The Berry-Copter!!! (Early 2015 edition)

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Here we go! Here's to a big Berrie clusterdiff from the other thread and many a safe and healthy baby Berrie arrival in 2015!

Oh congrats Feather!

I actually got all teary at that

I remember when you joined the Berries thread, and all the ups and downs, and then us getting our bfps so close together..... And now finally, you are a mum with your own baby DD. I am so happy for you.

What a beautiful name, and an amazing achievement. I was an emergency section baby myself - all the best people are

feather that's wonderful news !! I has started to get a bit worried. So glad your baby daughter is here and you have chosen such a lovely name.

Wishing you a swift recovery from your c section and all the loveliest and best wishes for your little girl.

Enjoy your precious bundle and give her a cuddle for us :-)

Congratulations Feather, enjoy those precious early days with little Cleo Jasmin. Hope your section recovery goes smoothly, do take the painkillers they offer you (and ask for more if you need them) so you can be as mobile as possible as I really believe this helps the healing process.

Feather! Fantastic news!!!!
PM me if you need some support during the sleepless nights - there's a bunch of us pretty experienced with those

Hello hello! Wandering Bunny Berry returns!!!

Bushy your little incident last week did make me chuckle, I have to admit it happened to me post birth, it's not glam this birth thing and what it does to your body lol. 16/17 weeks how did that happen?!?

RP apologies I've been meaning to pop in to say CONGRATs but you'll now know how it is, the days just disappear don't they! She is absolutely beautiful, hope you are settling in nicely to motherhood.

Feather another big CONGRATS from me, sorry to hear it was all quite traumatic, hugs and welcome to motherhood!

Hello to everyone else, I don't think I know many of you but I'm founder Berry

Popping in my head to say congrats to feather! What a long journey and now you're finally here! hooray!

Fab stuff feather! Wel done you!
lovely name too x x

Feather how's recovery? Will you allow us sneak peak of your daughter?
RP are you now an old hand?
Hello bunny . Elderberry heritage still going strong. How's family life?

Bushy you must be coming up to 20wk scan soon...?

Hi pixie, yes I got my date through yesterday for 20 week scan. 2 weeks on Friday. I am starting to go through a wobble though. Just a bit nervous that all won't be well. I haven't felt baby move yet ( 18 weeks this week) & work with a girl who discovered a loss at 20 wk scan so that is playing on my mind. I did hear the heartbeat at 16 weeks but I'm just feeling anxious. I know it's not going to do me any good & I may as well stick with the I am pregnant bit as thinking the worst won't actually make it better. I've also been comparing my bump to other pg ladies at pg yoga & worrying about that too. It's silly, like men comparing willy size!! Anyway, it's just on my mind because I lost my last bean & I don't think I could cope with losing this one. My rational mind tells me to stop being silly as this us a totally different pg & all has been well so far but then these niggly thoughts worm their way in.

Wow feather!! Congratulations!! I thought something might have happened as you went so quiet. Sorry it was a bit traumatic for you & hoping you recover well.

Hello bunny, these moments are so graceful aren't they!! In pg yoga we were on all fours leaning down on our arms when suddenly I could feel the curry I had for tea trying to make a reappearance!! Luckily it didn't but you could imagine the shame!!

I've had such a shitty morning, was just eating my breakfast when my neighbour knocked telling me someone had taken off my wing mirror.mi went out & the glass was hanging out, the casing completely off & bits of broken black plastic on the ground. The idiot that did it left their wing mirror casing behind so I know the make & colour of the gut that did it. Anyway have done nothing today apart from try to sort it out, ringing garages for quotes, going to one etc. One initially quoted me £199!! He's taken it down to £120 & clicked it back into position for me so at least it's safe for now but mega grrrr! Dh thinks he can buy the parts & fix it himself, let's hope so!! Was so peeved off & hungry after visiting the garage that I couldn't resist the macdonalds by it. It was bloody lovely!! Baby had salmon last night so not all bad!! Was meant to be my day of schoolwork today, not going to get a fat lot done now but hey ho. As a treat have booked a pg massage for later today ( was going to get legs waxed but frankly not that bad & couldn't face it!) so have that to chill me out.

Just nipping in to wish feather a massive congratulations on your little bundle! So thrilled for you and hope you are ok too xx

Hurrah feather! I hope all is now calm and you are healing well.
I have my first meeting with midwife at my house tomorrow and then 12 week scan next Wednesday.
nausea seems to be easing off as is the boob pain which makes me worry a bit but trying to keep optimistic.
beard, sorry about your mirror. I have a dent in my door, completely my own fault, but it is quite depressing seeing it all scrunched.
Hope hubby can sort it x
hi everyone else, sorry, been away for 3 days in Devon and trying to catch up. very full of the 'fresh sea air' mil kept telling me to get! lol

Bushy I think I was about 20-21 weeks before I could feel any movement (anterior placenta). I was fortunate because I had a doppler so I could listen to the heartbeat daily. Love the bump size comparing at yoga!

fluffy i am 14 weeks tomorrow and my breast stopped being tender and sore around 12 weeks so I was a it concerned as well but when I had my scan, all was good.

bushy So sorry you're feeling worried, but it doesn't sound like you have any reason to be concerned. Your baby was doing great 2 weeks ago and nothing has changed - bump size and movement are very variable.

I finally revealed my big news at work last week, and everyone has been so lovely about it. Wierdly, it seems to entice people to tell any unusual or horrible birth stories that they have heard/ experienced. Today's story was all about a colleague's friend who gave birth in the hospital car park and had to get a stranger to help wrap her partly born baby in a towel!

Got home last night. Can't believe the allowed us home so soon after a section!

Thanks for all the congrats and kindness. rp I've been feeling super emotional re the Berrie Journey - you were the one that told me about the group when I posted on MN for the first time asking whether I was the only one that had fertility issues. I felt so lonely and sad at the time and you scooped me up and intro'd me to an amazing bunch of women.

I attach a pic - not the best lighting as it's in the hosp etc! Will post a couple more soon!

jess oh, don't you worry - I'll be taking up everything they've offered!

merk thanks! I will be in touch. At the moment she seems to be feeding non-stop. And when she's not, she's screaming for it. Sound familiar?

xxx

Oh feather how lovely that your home with your daughter now, I'm welling up a little bit damn hormones

Fluffy my nausea completely stopped bang on 9 weeks as did any boob tenderness. It freaked me out no end but all was and still is fine. It seems that it's a very, very common thing to happen at your stage.

Sorry you had such a crapbag morning bushy. I hoped the massage worked wonders for the stress levels?! Do you know, I'm 33 years old and I've never once waxed any part of my body! It's just never seemed worth the pain quite frankly. I'd choose a massage over pain any day

Glad everything went well at work pearl. I told my manager last week and she was surprisingly supportive. I just need to tell the rest of the office now. I kind of like people not knowing though. I've found that once I tell people, I seem to stop existing as 'me' anymore and all I get are questions about the pregnancy. Does that sound silly? I kind of want people to just say that's nice news and then forget all about it/not mention it until the baby is born...

I had my 12 week scan and NT testing on Wednesday which went well. They dated me a whole day ahead of where I knew I was (that irrationally annoyed me a little bit!) so officially I'm 13 weeks today and due date is 28th August. NT measurement was good, just waiting on the combined results but I've started telling a few people now. I have a few friends who are struggling with infertility so I want to tell them gently before they hear about it through the jungle drums.

Did anyone else feel the need for maternity clothes at this stage? I'm now wearing a pair of mat jeans and a pair of mat work trousers which are so much more comfortable then my regular clothes, but I feel it's a bit early!

Here she is. Will write properly soon xxx

feather what a little cutie! thank you for sharing the photo, it's just wonderful to see her

otters Good news about your scan and that you are telling people about your pregnancy. Is it feeling a bit more real now? I am only a week ahead of you (due date 21st Aug, they moved my date back by a whole 5 days!) and I have not been able to wear any of my normal waisted skirts for about 2-3 weeks now. I have realised that I do not have a single thing with an elasticated waist in my wardrobe as I dress quite formally for work and after making do with a few dresses that I already had in heavy rotation I have given in and decided to buy maternity clothes at week 13. It seems ridiculous as I have not gained any weight but my belly is already pretty big - part baby, part fibroids, part gas. I am glad I did though as I am so much more comfortable now, though I did feel a bit silly. Also, it's pretty hard to look smart in all this stretchy clothing - a blazer and scarf seems to be the solution to still looking at least a bit like I belong in the office.

fluffy fingers crossed for your scan.

Hooray for the weekend being here. I am getting ready to move house next week and also planning to catch up on some sleep. Off for nap just now methinks...

AWWW. She has what DH calls the concentrating-on-snoozing face

Massive congrats. It will definitely be hard at times - I have totally had some 'omg what have I done??' Moments - but those will all be outweighed by all the lovely stuff to look forward to - her first smile, the first time she reaches out her little arms for you, first steps, first day at school.... All the way to uni and wedding dress shopping with your gorgeous daughter.

Enjoy it all xx

....sorry that post was like some ghastly John
Lewis ad or something blame the hormones

Arr feather it's so lovely to see your baby! It's made me well up, esp the description of being lost in the ttc wilderness & rp finding you.

Arr rp that's what having a little girl is all about, lol at John Lewis ad.

Thanks pearl your words really helped me & I am going to try & stick to the positive, like you said all has been well so far. I think my boobs stopped being sore around then too. My sickness is still hanging around but I think it's different for everyone. I'm not surprised that your workmates are sharing their birth stories. For so many years, having so many colleagues fall go, I've heard loads. I almost feel a bit like otters that I'd like to talk about non pg things & just be me. I felt that once I announced my news then that would be it, everything would be linked to pg. It annoys me a bit now if I do something silly it's linked to 'baby brain' however I've started to think just embrace it & sometimes it can be nice to talk about it.

otters perhaps you're not as hairy, I need the waxing! Good news about your scan & nuchal. I found I needed the maternity clothes the same time. I let myself buy some after the 12 week scan. Ironically my maternity h&m jeans are too tight, should have got a bigger size!

Feather she's lovely, looks very content, I hope you're getting some sleep!
Fluffy good luck for the scan on Wednesday and I hope the midwife appt went well. Did she come round to your house because you're planning a HB or is that just normal practice in your area?
Pearl I hope the house move goes OK and all you have to do is direct people rather than lift anything!
Re:maternity clothes, I'm so glad I get to wear scrubs all day! I haven't had to buy very much really, just the basics from new look (and then ever-increasing ginormous bras!)
Last on call DONE! 3 more weeks at work and they don't look too strenuous. I'm going to try and wear compression stockings this week because my legs look so swollen by the end of the day. Baby is currently transverse which is very uncomfortable but I kind of want it to stay that way or breech so that I can have an elective section
In other news, I see that Marilyn from Home & Away is pregnant by IVF at 45.

hi lady, the midwife visit was lovely, not judgemental at all and I even asked silly questions as I felt comfortable with her. Our postcode falls into a bit of a dodgy area and although our road is lovely it's not too far to the not so nice bits. she said she specialises in social services cases, drug problems and teenage mum's, and she could see I don't fit in any of those so she's really looking forward to working with me. She explained that usually people would only get 20 mins max, but I get a home visit every time for up to an hour and more hands on advice.
can't wait til Wednesday.
Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday and Feather, hope you're ok at home x

Good on Marilyn from home & away. She doesn't appear to age! I do wonder though how a lot of well known famous people seem to manage bfps with Ivf but most normal folk struggle. I really feel for our berries at the moment, list of Ivf negatives.

Hope the legs aren't too sore this week lady

Glad midwife appt went well fluffy, you sound like a welcome change to your midwife's normal clientele.

I went on a bit of a shopping spree this w/e & treated myself to some new maternity gear & bigger clothes. My new jeans are soooo comfy!! I don't know how I will go back to normal ones.

I'm not sure whether I am starting to be able to feel the baby move or not but I've noticed today a kind of weird twisty feeling which is quite uncomfortable. Also I noticed my bump feeling quite heavy today. First day back at work so doing more than have recently but also was an inset so nice way to warm up. Sure I will be feeling pooped by the end of tomorrow!!

No pregnancy yoga tonight as the poor instructor fell down the stairs & has hurt her coccyx & sacrum. Ouch!! My friend has lent me her pregnancy DVD so if I make myself finish earlier tomorrow I might try it before tea! I certainly need it at the mo, quite stiff. I might try a bath tonight, just feeling v lazy.. Maybe too lazy to pour one!!

Oh, had a bit of bump rubbing by colleague. Walked round the corner & it's showing a bit more now, she squealed out & rubbed it!! Lucky I'm not too squeamish about these things. I know it used to drive a colleague of mine crazy & she had 4 children so was always trying to avoid the bump rubber!!

It's gone a bit quiet on here, come on ladies!!