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October 2005 - and then they were 2!

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stinkymalinki · 26/09/2007 13:23

My darling boy's birthday today

We gave him a Fisher Price Little People garage as his main present, which he loves, as well as loads of Bob the Builder trucks and Thomas the tank engine bits.

He's currently having a nap, then we're having a little birthday tea later.

A good day SM x

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mawbroon · 11/01/2008 13:16

But no sad faces please. I am quite philisophical about it just now. There is nothing I can do to influence things either way and I will just have to wait for a few days to see what happens.

I am about to try to get Johnny to nap. Ha ha ha ha. He still needs it - he just doesn't know it!

ELF1981 · 11/01/2008 13:42

I know you didn't want any sad faces, so I'll resist my urgue to type one, but thinking of you

mawbroon · 11/01/2008 14:40

Thanks Elf. The bleeding seems to have stopped for now. I didn't bleed even one tiny bit with Johnny, so have no experience of this.

Ignorance about my uterine abnormality was bliss when I was pg with Johnny....

How are you doing?

ELF1981 · 11/01/2008 17:37

I bled with Evelyn, it is a horrible experience. I think I was about 11 weeks when I bled though, but still had to wait for my planned scan to find out if I were still pg.

I am feeling a bit better, though I always seem to struggle over the weekends. I think it is because my body forces itself to work during the week and then gives up during the weekend. Fingers crossed for no sickness for me tomorrow, I'd like to spend the day with Evelyn rather than hiding under the duvet!!

mawbroon · 11/01/2008 18:01

Are you back at work f/t? Would it be possible to reduce your hours is you haven't already done so?

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stinkymalinki · 11/01/2008 20:15

Fingers crossed everything's still ok Mawbroon - i had a big bleed similar to what you've described shortly after i discovered i was PG with Joey, at around 8 weeks. I got scanned at my local EPU, but they never did find the cause, and obviously Joey is now here In my case, that was when they discovered i was a rhesus negative blood group, which often causes unexplained bleeding, so i had to have an Anti-D injection.

Sorry to hear you're still suffering Elf - its grot when you're feeling like death warmed up isn't it?! Toddlers just don't understand, and i hated not being able to do stuff with Joey when my back was really bad. Hope you get sorted soon x

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ponto · 11/01/2008 21:48

Mawboon, was v excited to hear your news, hope everything works out for you.

I have spent the last 2 days trying to potty train Alice. Yesterday she did one wee at 9.30 in the morning, which I managed to catch most of in the potty (though I didn't get her knickers down first) then she did nothing all day until she went into her bath at 7, when she started to wee and DH caught most of it in the potty. He then persuaded her to sit on the potty for a story and she did a poo, so we felt we were getting somewhere. She was dry overnight but did not wee until 10am today (caught some in the potty), then had an accident in her pants at 1pm and has not done a wee or poo between then and going to bed at 7.30. I suppose it is just possible that she weed in the bath but I was watching her and she didn't appear to. She had a complete screaming fit each time I put her on the potty this afternoon but I felt that she must need to go, she has been drinking today (not a huge amount, but some). Surely it can't be good for her to hold on so long? Anyone have any advice?

mawbroon · 12/01/2008 12:05

Morning. Some more copying and pasting on my situation:

I have had some more bleeding. It's not really that heavy, nothing like as heavy as a period, but still a worry all the same. I phoned the EPU and they will see me tomorrow morning. I also have an emergency number to call if things take a turn for the worse. The bleeding isn't really my main concern as I know it is very common. The disappearance of the sore boobs and the nausea, coupled with bleeding is more worrying. The lady I spoke to did say however that with a bi-corunate uterus, the other half can react to a pregnancy with some bleeding, so there is a glimmer of hope there.

I do have a gut feeling that it's gone though, so will not be surprised if that's the verdict tomorrow.

Will let you know how I get on....

ELF1981 · 12/01/2008 15:44

Fingers crossed for you for tomorrow MB.

ELF1981 · 12/01/2008 15:48

Re potty training - we tried a while ago and it was not sucessful, so we waited a while and now she is doing really well. She had an accident Mon morning, and then two accidents on Wed, but other than that, she has been in pants, out and about in pants, and today we went ice-skating, put a nappy on her, was out for a few hours and she asked for a wee at lunch, so I took her and her nappy was dry!

I have noticed that she goes from around three until six wihtout needing a wee, and this morning was about nine until half eleven, so she is going longer without doing a wee.

Yokefleet · 12/01/2008 17:25

Fingers crossed for tomorrow morning Mawbroon xxx

Still not attempting to potty train Thomas as I am waiting til his speech is better then the minute.
His speech is improving every day now and we are regually getting new words which is great

mawbroon · 12/01/2008 17:32

I'm going to phone EPU tonight YF as the bleeding is much heavier and there have been some clots.

No potty training here either. One disasterous attempt before Christmas showed me that I need to wait until he's really really ready. This is mostly my lazy mummy parenting style talking though. Same with reverting to the cot. I saw no point in fighting with him about the toddler bed, and his sleeping is wonderful now he's back in the cot. He's even napped every day this week and I am waking him after 1.5 hrs so that it doens't affect his night time sleep.

mawbroon · 13/01/2008 11:37

Hi girls. Just to let you know that there was nothing on the ultrasound this morning. Pretty much what I expected, but not nice to have it confirmed. I'm fine though, I had a little cry at the hospital and feel a bit sad, but I'm not distraught or anything.

NO SAD FACES PLEASE!!

On the plus side, we saw on the ultrasound that my bi-cornuate uterus isn't too badly mis-shapen, so that makes me feel much more positive about it.

Yokefleet · 13/01/2008 12:04

MB wishing you lots of luck next time hunni xxx Take Care of yourself xxx

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stinkymalinki · 13/01/2008 14:42

I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out this time Mawbroon. I know you don't want any sad faces, but i am thinking of you.

I'm glad i'm not the only one subscribing to the 'lazy mummy parenting style' - we did exactly the same with Joey and his toddler bed (and he's still currently in the cot, but he sleeps so much better like that!), and potty training - i tried him a few months ago and he SO wasn't ready. I still don't think he is, so we're now going to wait until he can communicate properly that he needs a wee (rather than telling me "poo!" after the fact. As if the grunting, red face, and smell aren't a clear enough indicator to me)

Back to work this week (eek!), so probably won't get chance to log on for a while. Take care All, SM x

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ELF1981 · 13/01/2008 17:14

Sorry things did not work out MB.

I am a lazy mummy too, so much easier to turn on a cartoon at six in the morning rather than getting up at that god forsaken time in the weekends!

DontlookatmeImshy · 13/01/2008 21:53

Sorry to hear your news MB.

I'm a lazy mummy too. Like YF I'm waiting until ds's speech is better and he can tell me properly he needs a wee/poo, also if I train him now he could well relapse once the baby comes along and I'm not doing it twice!! so he'll just have to wait for now.

mawbroon · 14/01/2008 12:19

Thanks for all your kind words girls.

Well, as if I didn't have enough on my plate, I woke up at 4am with stabbing pain in my ears and everything was all muffled. I put the hall light on to find some painkillers without waking dh - or so I thought. Then Johnny must have been awake as the hall light set him off crying and coughing, and bloody hell, does he not have croup.

I have been struggling with a rotten cold since last week which of course got overlooked what with all the miscarriage stuff happening, and now it's really taken a hold on me. We both went to the doc. Johnny is just fine (he's had croup before and I know that this was mild) and I have infection in both ears and have been prescribed ABs. If only the NHS could prescribe a week in the sun eh?

Yokefleet · 14/01/2008 15:25

aw hunni I think a week is the sun should be readily available! I hope that you are both on the mend soon. Hope that the AB's kick in quickly x

Thomas seems to have suddenly dropped his 2hr nap in the afternoon I have put him down again at usual time but for the past 3 days he hasn't settled down at all!! arrggghhh I have left him up there chattering for about an hour then he starts crying so I have gone and got him but I need a nap!! ah well will see what happens tomorrow I guess!

ponto · 15/01/2008 13:07

Sorry things did not work out for you Mawbroon.

I have abandoned potty training today. Although Alice knows when she needs a wee she will not do it on the potty or toilet, instead she just holds on until it gushes forth all over the floor, then screams. So it's back to nappies for us (at her request). At least I can now go out and about without worrying about puddles. Will try again in a month or so I think.

mawbroon · 15/01/2008 14:08

Hi ponto, sounds like a good plan going back to nappies. I know a lot of people can't wait for their dcs to be out of them, but tbh I'm dreading that little voice saying "mummy, Johnny need a pee" right at the most inconvenient moment when we are miles from a toilet.

Good news from the hospital today. My hcg levels have plummetted so I don't need to undergo any further tests or procedures or anything re the miscarriage, which is a relief. I am bleeding much less and am hopeful that it will stop soon. They advised to wait until I have a period before ttc again, mostly so that they can pinpoint dates I think. When I am pg again, I can self book myself in at the pregnancy support unit for a "reassurance scan" at 8 wks. People complain about the NHS, but I can't fault the service I have received over this. I did notice however, that the unit is sponsored by Standard Life, so I'm guessing it might not be quite so homely and welcoming without the private money.

Yokefleet · 15/01/2008 14:39

Ponto, Good luck when you start the potty training again.

MB, I am glad the news from the hospital was good xxx

I have my scan on Friday and am really apprihensive (sp??) but I was last time too. I am having trouble sleeping with worrying about it so Friday just can't come soon enough!

mawbroon · 16/01/2008 09:17

Oh man, it never rains but it pours. Johnny developed a raging fever yesterday afternoon and was up a couple of times in the night burning up. He's been really good about going back to sleep at night time, but I didn't want him dehydrating, so I took him into bed with me for breastmilk. Now, he is running about the place right as rain and I am like a half shut knife. My ears are less painful now, but everything is muffled, just as if I had earplugs in.

I needed something to look forward to, so I have booked flights to go and visit friends in Dublin who I haven't seen for years. I have been threatening to visit for ages now, and thought this would be something to cheer me up. It's not until March which is a long way off, but I am really looking forward to it.

Yokefleet · 16/01/2008 09:27

aw MB, glad to hear the Johnny seems right as rain this morning and I hope that you are feeling better with your ears soon too, has it affected your balance? When I have had ear ache in the past it has really affected my balance, I looked drunk until the AB's kicked in!
It is nice that you have your trip to look forward too and March will be here before you know it x

I am going out to the cinema for a girls night out tonight it is going to be the first night ever that I haven't been home to put Thomas to bed!

mawbroon · 16/01/2008 14:41

What are you going to see at the cinema YF? I haven't been to the pictures since before Johnny was born. I was given vouchers for my birthday, so will have to go some time soon!
I have only been away once at bedtime with Johnny, I think it was maybe around a year ago and it was very odd indeed. I told DH to try to con him with cows milk in a bottle and he looked at DH like "WTF is that?" and went to bed no problem. Hope your dh doesn't have any trouble.

We made it out to toddler group this morning which felt a bit odd for me as everything was completely muffled! It's normally so noisy there! Then we went to see my SIL, so it was lovely just to get out of the house for a bit. We are meeting with a couple of MNetters tomorrow to take the kids to soft play. I'm sure Johnny will enjoy it and i hear they have nice tea at this new place. As long as there's tea, I will be fine.