tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39438537758946816062024-03-22T12:28:15.174+13:00Once Upon A BFPJust another fairytale waiting for it's happy ending...Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-87910418832069960592015-05-03T21:18:00.002+12:002015-05-03T21:18:57.424+12:00Surprise!Oh my gosh. Where do I start?<br />
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Well, I'm sorry I just disappeared to those of you who were following my journey. I felt like I needed space for a bit, and then life took over and I just never got back to it. :( A friend has just decided to start her own YouTube journey about TTC their second child, and it gave me the push I needed to get back on here. It's exciting to see some of you have since had little ones of your own! YAY! And to others I hope your journey will soon have its happy ending too.<br />
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<b>My journey since I left you, 2 years ago, eek :</b><br />
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On May 9th 2013 we welcomed our baby girl, Payton, into the world. She was a healthy 8lb 3oz, with a bundle of hair & we were smitten. She is about to turn TWO, and is a very independent & strong willed wee girl.<br />
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We also were overjoyed when Payton had a cousin join the world, nearly exactly 6 months after her birth.<br />
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2014 brought us sadness with my partners mother's fast & terrible struggle with terminal cancer, but also some joy he FINALLY popped the question & we got engaged!<br />
We also managed to buy our first home, and are slowly renovating it for our wee family.<br />
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Mid-July we are due with another wee girl! I can't wait to see them both grow together and become (hopefully) the best of friends.<br />
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Next easter we will tie the knot, and I'm so excited! The planning is so daunting and the saving while i'm no longer working ! I can't even try on dresses till much later in the year once I've worked off my baby weight, uh oh haha.<br />
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I hope everyone else has had some joy during the time I have been away & baby dust to all!<br />
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xxOnce Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-55715213895768778442012-11-29T11:25:00.001+13:002012-11-29T11:25:46.589+13:00I've been slack, but help please! :)Hey everyone sorry I have been so slack lately, I really thought that going back to my normal work hours would mean I had more energy, but that was a joke. Hahah.<br />
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So today I am 18 weeks exactly, it all seems to just be creeping up to that 20 mark, half way uh oooh.<br />
People always say "it doesn't feel like halfway though because there's about 5 weeks you didn't know" and I just feel like saying "actually I was struggling to conceive so those 5 weeks you "missed" were infact the longest 5 of this whole thing!"<br />
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Anyway, I will do a proper weekly update HOPEFULLY tomorrow as I don't have anything planned tomorrow monring, but for now I am wanting some advice from all you lovely people. :)<br />
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I am going to post some links and want to get your thoughts etc on a few different things.<br />
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Item 1) Travel system, has anybody used/heard about the Chicco Travel Systems? I am liking the Cortina one a bit more I think, but just wanted to get some advice on whether it was good/bad/heavy/waste of money etc.<br />
If you haven't heard of them, is there a travel system you would recommend? (I live in Hobbitland thou so may not be able to get the same stuff here :( )<br />
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<a href="http://www.chiccobaby.co.nz/navigatenz.html?option=com_scart&task=prodetails&cid1=3&cname=Baby%20Equipment&cid2=414&cname2=Travel%20Systems&pid=218&pname=Cortina%20Travel%20System&cccountry=NZ" target="_blank">Chicco Cortina System</a><br />
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Item 2) Cloth Diapers. Whose good, whose bad, who leaks? Etc. I LOVE the patterns that I found on this Luv Earth facebook page, but would love to get some feedback. :)<br />
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Item 3) BABY NAMES :D I am just wanting maybe some suggestions on names I haven't got on my list that may be similar or something I might like. Let me know, I am keen to hear ANYTHING as you never know what you may like. :) I do already have my faves but I'll let you know them later when we find out what bub is<br />
<a href="http://www.huggies.co.nz/baby-names/share/90odesqp" target="_blank">My Baby Name Ideas</a><br />
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So PLEASE let me know what your opinions etc are, I am open to hear anything and just want to get some background info on these things.<br />
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<br />Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-21368647211358894162012-11-15T10:45:00.000+13:002012-11-15T10:45:53.793+13:00So Busy! + Weekly UpdateWow, I have been SO busy lately with work I just haven't had time to be on here! But things are getting back to normal now for about another 5 weeksish. Over Summer (winter to you in America) I won't have much time at all but I will attempt my best at getting on here. :)<br />
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So whats been happening? Well...I've still been feeling baby move. :) Finally my MS is all gone and eating food is no longer a hassle, I can eat whatever. Doesn't have to be exactly what I want at the time, but I still get strong cravings every now and then for some things.<br />
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My belly has popped! I'm so excited, I can't wait till its a bit more pronounced so I can look properly "pregnant" to those who don't know me. Those who are on my FB and saw my latest pic reckon I am 'perky' and 'high set' which makes me happy, I really would love a girl... but I'm just happy I get a baby!<br />
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I have been looking around at cots, prams, carseats, bouncers... and I have found the pram and bouncer I want. I know the style of cot I want, just trying to find a good not too expensive one. As for carseats, I am damn picky! Haha.<br />
If anybody has any good recommendations PLEASE let me know, or if there are any brands I should avoid also let me know. :)<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>Today makes me 16 weeks exactly.<br />
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<b>How big is baby?</b> Baby is now an avocado! Woo, getting big.<br />
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Last night I came home fully prepared to do Date Night with DP as he'd requested earlier in the week. DP didn't finish till near 7pm, and in he rocked with a box of bourbons and his best friend in tow. Conclusion: Someone forgot about date night.<br />
Little while later DP asks if I left car outside for a reason, i reminded him of said Date Night and he had totally forgotten. I didn't mind as by time he got home I was exhausted, but the thing that gets me is how he brings home workmates/friends occasionally on a week night. I have explained to him I usually am shattered and just want it to be us to relax and weekend is friend time, but no he still does it.<br />
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Well he had to go pick something up for work the next day so he and BF went to get that while I had a shower.<br />
Normally Im not a fan of showers as I get sore feet standing so long, but last night it turned to hell.<br />
I went to get out the shower and noticed my stomach was quite sore, it quickly progressed to the "OMG must sit down NOW" stage and whenever I sat it eased, but standing it just felt tight and sore.<br />
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Me, being me, I then proceeded to lie on the couch and go through all my days food and activity and possible things that may have caused my pain and whether I had just given myself a miscarriage. Yes, thats right I believed I was about to experience yet another miscarriage.<br />
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Turns out I'm not as "safe" feeling about this baby as I first thought. :(<br />
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This morning I woke up and still felt a bit off and heavy, but since I've been farting I haven't been feeling so bad.<br />
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This has not meant my miscarriage fears are gone however, as the other night lying in bed I noticed I kept getting these sensations that I wondered were they baby or was it gas from all the coke I had drunk (BIG craving that night). Then I read D's post <a href="http://mylifeisaboutthejourney.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/this-is-becoming-more-real.html" target="_blank">here</a> and I realised I was feeling the same stuff she was!<br />
It WAS baby, baby had just been awokened by all the damn Coca Cola it made me drink! Me and DP found it quite funny about that craving as DP is a lover of coke and I am always telling him he drinks too much, so we began joking that baby was taking after him.<br />
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Last night however, I didnt feel those same sensations. And now all I want more than anything is to be at that stage where I can feel baby strongly and all the time. I'm only 15 weeks, so I know it's normal to not feel that yet espec with first baby... but I can't help it!<br />
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What do you all reckon? Was this round ligament pain? Was it just gas? Or just random pain? As the time ticks by without anymore serious pain or bleeding I feel safer, but I still want to know what it was, I want to know baby is safe!Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-45972538744253374652012-11-05T10:38:00.002+13:002012-11-05T10:38:43.277+13:00So slooowTime is going so slooooowly. I am 14 weeks and ..... erm, 4ish days I think? I have lost track.<br />
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What's new in my life?<br />
Well DP is getting right up my nose. In the past 3 weeks he has forgotten twice to put out the bins in the morning, and that is a disaster here because one week is the Big bin, then the next is the glass, then the big bin, then glass etc etc. And he remembered only the glass bin... NOT the one that NEEDS to be emptied.<br />
I text him this morning to let him know he had forgotten again, and that I don't know how he forgot since all the neighbours bins are out and they are bright orange. He had to walk past one to get into his work car. :/<br />
I wouldn't mind as much, except he had already been annoying me with his laziness. I feel like he thinks I am already on maternity leave and have nothing better to do than clean up after him. Leaving his stuff wherever it dropped, leaving food and allsorts on the kitchen bench, toothpaste all over the bathroom sink, marks in the toilet.... urgh its never ending.<br />
I actually sat here and cried this morning as our lounge/kitchen is open plan and so the smells of food from the kitchen just float through to the lounge and make me feel less than ideal aswell.<br />
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I am also getting sick of everyone asking me "Can you feel it move yet?" No. No I cannot, and when I can I will be sure to let the world know my excitement, but for now shut up and let me sit in anticipation. They have asked me so often that now I feel like perhaps I should be feeling it, and why aren't I? When will I? Is baby ok? Thank you dear people for scaring me.<br />
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I'm not sure whether its just me, but I HATE it when people who have already had children feel the need to tell you "oh you'll feel this and this will happen" "have you done this yet?" "i can't wait till you ____". Seriously, I am so glad you enjoyed your pregnancy, but I too would like to enjoy the fact this is my first pregnancy and I would like to discover everything BY MYSELF. They are sucking the excitement out of it for me.<br />
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<i>So this post has accidentally turned into a moaning blog, woops. I am sorry, but there are some good things going on. :)</i><br />
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I have found myself getting a little bigger and I enjoy just sitting or lying and rubbing my belly, it just feels nice. I hope baby inside feels it too.<br />
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I am going away on a girls weekend at the end of the month with my mum, aunty and cousins. We all get along fantastic and my eldest cousin is bringing along 3 of her kids, and the youngest one is only a few months old. I am pretty damn excited to spend time with him and know that soon I'll have one of my own! Does mean I won't be able to jump on the motorbikes, but I shall survive. :) Plus, getting away to relax will be amazing! I should be 17 weeks by then, and have myself a cute bump that people will not be able to mistake for fat. Hahaha, plus it will be Summer! YAY, my favourite season.<br />
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Well I think this post is pretty long, so I shall leave it there. Hope you are all enjoying life, and FX for some more BFPs soon!Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-3585868296371706432012-11-02T10:58:00.002+13:002012-11-02T10:58:24.709+13:00Woops Bit Late..Realised I haven't done a Weekly Update for weeks 12 or 13 !<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>Latest scan makes me now 14w+1day<br />
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<b>How I'm feeling? </b>Tired! I am so much more tired, and everyone kept saying Id have more energy. Liars. :(</div>
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Possibly also because I ate a piece of ham earlier that day and started panicing I was suffering from listeria, lesson learnt.<br />
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But as the time on Monday morning got closer I did get more and more excited, the blood test was the fastest I've ever had as my blood just flew into the tube and off we were to the Radiology centre. I had drunk about 750mL of water an hour previous as they requested and surprisingly I did NOT need to pee, this made me even more nervous.<br />
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Finally got in there and lay down on the bed, held my breath and there it was. Upside down, but very clearly a little baby. Not a blob, but a fully fledged baby shaped baby. She was showing me my placenta, babys bladder and stomach, spine, brain, everything and all I wanted to see was the heart! She finally got a good view of it and pushed the button to get a reading, at Midwife last week because baby kept running away she could only put down it was between 140-150 BPM, and yesterday it was 154 BPM. I was elated, this is actually happening and it is actually alive in there!<br />
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We saw it's little feet, and even got a photo that made the ultrasound lady go 'Aww look at that, how cute!', its little hands which baby LOVES to fly all over the place and touch its face with, it's tiny tiny nose which makes me think perhaps DP's genes have kicked in and baby will get his cute native nose.<br />
But one thing baby did not want to do is keep still enough and in the right position for US tech to get the measurements she needed of the Nuchal fold, so we tried again after I pee'd and still wanted nothing of it, then she had me jump up & down and kneel on all fours for a bit and eventually she just had to make do with what she had.<br />
I wasn't too concerned as it meant our scan lasted 45 minutes and to me the main thing was that it was growing and has a strong heartbeat.<br />
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Baby measured at 13weeks + 4 days, so was 4 days ahead of last scan dates and much closer to my LMP date of 14 weeks. So going by that my EDD will now be 2nd May, but I will have to see what they say at next midwife appointment for agreed EDD.<br />
Next appointment is a while away though, 6th December or something like that, and next scan will be mid December. I don't know if I can wait that long!<br />
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Bump is getting rather large, this bub definately wants its presence known, and everyone does know now. We posted on FB after telling all those that mattered first, and everyone seems very excited. Yay!<br />
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I will try do a Weekly Update in next few days for the one I missed, but I have to go right now to work. :( Sigh, so can't be bothered today, have another headache.Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-26556243453175879232012-10-25T11:26:00.001+13:002012-10-25T11:26:38.579+13:00Midwife ApptSo I just got back from my MW appointment and thought I would do a quick update. :)<br />
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I got to hear bubs heartbeat, and it was so relieving! The little so-and-so would let us find it then run away, did this about 3 times and then finally sat still for a bit. It was very exciting, for a moment I paniced she wouldn't find it. But baby is OK, YAY!<br />
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Now I must toddle off to work in a state of bliss, and then come home and figure out telling f.acebook and what I shall do re:maternity leave and how long.<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>Scan dates make today 12+1<br />
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<b>How big is baby?</b> Week 11 baby lime - I love limes! :)<br />
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Time is going so slowly to me, I feel like everyone else I follow is progressing faster and passing me! Is my little corner of the world on slow pace? 11 weeks, or 12 if by LMP. Oh how I wish my scan had not been a week behind. In life I have seen a few pregnancy announcements on FB and it's just made me so much much more upset at how slow it is going, I want to finally have that feeling of people knowing and congratulating me. Usually i'm just the one sitting reading about everyone else's going "whens my turn?" and my turn is very very close!<br />
I mentioned in my last post about DPs friend who is an expecting father, they announced their pregnancy last week so she is 2 weeks ahead of me, which is not far at all. Another person who announced theirs I was not so thrilled about, and not because I do not like the person, but because I fear for the baby. She is not mature enough to even look after herself safely and hygienically, let alone a helpless child. Drug loving, minimal clothing, 'gangsta' wannabe, law hating citizen. Yes, she is one of those. She will not tell anyone how far along she is, which has raised eyebrows. She has had her first scan, so she should know, but will not say. What is the point in announcing it if you aren't going to tell people about it? Secondly, she has history of twins in her family and I swear to god if she has two I will scream.<br />
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<br />Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-83242425906277534452012-10-07T16:10:00.001+13:002012-10-07T16:10:09.472+13:00Week 9 Update + More<br />
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Wow these school holidays are CRAZY busy. I am just so tired by the time I come home I eat, sleep, wake, work, eat, sleep... etc etc. And we had our sleepover Friday just been, and I felt the best I have in ages! No sickness, pheeew. It's going away now, MS that is, and I am quite happy to see the end of it on the horizon. Yes, it also makes me worry that something has gone wrong, but I just need to push that to the back of my mind. No spotting, bleeding and still get other symptoms so I will be A-OK. :)<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>By scan dates today is 10 weeks. Double digits YAY!<br />
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<b>How I'm feeling? </b>Much better now, just so so tired! And missing a few things of non-pregnant life.</div>
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<b>What I miss? </b>Luncheon! OMG I want luncheon soooo bad. One those Ham & Chicken luncheon rolls, I could just eat one all up. Everytime a child at work has a ham sandwich I just want to cry. Also some shrimps and surimi wouldn't go a miss...</div>
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Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-4995322144785153272012-09-30T13:01:00.000+13:002012-09-30T13:01:08.614+13:00Weekly Update - Week 8<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>I'm going to go by scan dates since that what everything else is running by, so today is 9 weeks.<br />
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Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-41303161356175725762012-09-27T10:31:00.000+12:002012-09-27T10:31:08.535+12:00InvisibleSo I have been pretty slack lately, I'm not blogging like I used to and I am not making videos either.<br />
To be honest, I just forget sometimes and other times I feel so crappy that I just cannot even think about picking up my computer.<br />
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I'm sorry, I wish i could post more often but I just don't know what to say. I'm still reading everyone's blogs and following your journeys, some happy and some not so much, but i'm still there supporting you!<br />
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Whats new with me? Well MS seems to finally be slowly drifting away, thank goodness! I won't miss her, but I have this feeling she may be back again sometime later.<br />
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Dr had prescribed me some Metoclopromide (or something like that..) but it didn't seem to be working too well, so went back and today he tried me on some B6 tablets. So we'll see how that goes, but I'm hoping with it going away that it'll all be ok for the next two weeks.<br />
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The next two weeks I am petrified of. Not for worry of loosing bub, but because I have to work 8am-5pm with only fleeting moments of time to myself. I will constantly be nibbling, and drinking, and i'm sure some workmates will find this strange. Even more nerve wracking is that if I do need to vomit, I have limited toilets and only one is non-public, but is still very close to reception and I swear people would hear me vomit. :/<br />
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Next Friday also I will be running a sleepover out of town, we are going to the zoo. Wee! I am very nervous that some smells will be overpowering and that perhaps I can't do my morning routine I have come to rely on. :( Will def be taking myself lots of snacks and my tablets!<br />
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<b>Weight? </b>Unsure. I don't have scales and nobody weighs me yet.</div>
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<b>How I'm changing? </b>Tummy is growing. Boobs are growing. </div>
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<b>What I miss? </b>Thinking about food and not feeling sick. Being able to eat anything! Waking up and not having to run to the bathroom or eat straight away.</div>
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<b>Symptoms? </b>Feeling sick all the time, worse if I don't eat. Tired. </div>
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<b>Meds? </b>Folic acid + Iodine + Iron, and Blackmores Morning Sickness tablets.</div>
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<b>Appts? No more appts until Week 13, got form to book scan and bloods. So far away! :(</b> </div>
Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-30528580650710166302012-09-12T20:53:00.002+12:002012-09-12T20:53:12.643+12:00Hoorah!No more brown spotting today. Bliss :) Baby is fine, and I am happy and excited.<br />
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Still wishing this MS would go away...dammit.Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-80054701487179518622012-09-11T16:54:00.000+12:002012-09-11T16:54:02.423+12:00Ultrasound #1So today was the day I was so nervous about, our first ultrasound.<br />
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I woke up and still had brown spotting, and my morning sickness had reduced so I barely even cared about it anymore. This concerned me as I thought "oh here we go..all my symptoms are disappearing"<br />
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Got to the clinic and sat down, not needing to pee at all like usual, instead just wanting to vomit all the water back up. I actually didn't get through the whole 1L, after about 750mL I was so close to bringing it back up I dared not drink anymore!<br />
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My name was called, turned around and it was the woman who had told us about our first miscarriage, and she was not very nice. Went into the room and she was much friendly than our first meeting, perhaps it was to do with the "2 Previous Miscarriages" written on my form.<br />
She asked about if I was having any bleeding, and I said I was having some brown discharge and she said, like we all get told, that it's just old blood so not to be concerned.<br />
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I don't even remember if it was me or her who undid my pants, but she had the towel and gel done so fast. Then she put the scanny thingy (noooo idea what the wands name is) on my tummy and I held my breathe.<br />
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I saw the blob come up, first sigh of relief as there is something there, then I saw it. That beautiful little patch that flickers, first thing she said "Theres the heartbeat".<br />
YAY! Our baby is alive! :D Her heartbeat was 119BPM, i say her as thats what me and DP reckon haha.<br />
She was only measuring 6 weeks 1 day, but the tech didn't seem concerned. I wasn't too worried either as that just means baby is going more by my Ovulation date than my LMP dates.<br />
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I'm still getting brown discharge, and I'm a little nervous still about it but seeing that image today made me stress a LOT less. Tech said she couldn't see any bleeding, and it might just be implantation bleed. Phew.<br />
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Midwife appointment on Thursday will be a lot better. :) Thank you everyone who had their fingers crossed! We have made it to this point, now lets keep chugging.Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-47295611236631620432012-09-10T10:19:00.001+12:002012-09-10T10:19:45.335+12:00UpdateThanks to the ladies who are reassuring me saying it isn't always the end, I just find it so hard after the last two to ever see brown discharge as anything but the beginning of the end.<br />
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This morning I checked and had a small brown clump of discharge, stringy and darker than last night. I will keep an eye on it as time goes on.<br />
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I just wish that if it was going to end, that this damn morning sickness would go away. I am feeling nauseous 24/7 and haven't pooped in a few days as everything keeps coming up not down. <br />
I am not sure how I am going to cope at work, Friday I left thinking I was going to throw up at any point and that was my early finish day. Today is a late finish so who knows.<br />
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Will update when/if more happens. So down at the moment I just don't even know what to do/say.Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-74996652104266647432012-09-09T20:16:00.001+12:002012-09-09T20:16:24.813+12:00CrushedWent toilet and my discharge was brown. Sigh. Here we go again. :(<br />
I was starting to get excited with the morning sickness (lasting all day) and for our scan on Tuesday. Now it will just be another scan to confirm the misery.Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-55420793457478889462012-09-06T11:15:00.002+12:002012-09-06T11:15:40.795+12:00It's here...It's officially here. Morning sickness. Bleeeeeeeeergh. It started yesterday at 6w 1d by LMP.<br />
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I got it yesterday while still recovering from my flu and thankfully made it to the bathroom in time. In preparation for today I bought some Morning Sickness tablets and bought some crackers and ginger beer.<br />
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Woke up this morning, ate a few crackers before getting out of bed. Got up and had my morning sickness tablets, and attempted to eat breakfast. Baby did not agree with breakfast, so I had some ginger beer.<br />
Now I just keep feeling little waves of uneasyness. I think I actually felt better yesterday when I just vomited and let it out.<br />
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In 50 minutes I have to go back to work for the first time this week, and I am extremely nervous that I will feel even worse there.<br />
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I reckon the worst part of it all is not knowing when it will end, how long will my MS last? Is it just a fleeting visit to let me know things are ok, or is it here for the long haul?<br />
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It does make me feel much better about this pregnancy, I didn't have MS with the last two so perhaps it's a sign saying this time is different. :) I will take that and clutch it with two hands.<br />
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I am slightly nervous about Tuesdays scan, but also excited. I just wish it would hurry up! DP is working away that day so I will have to get up early to drive and pick him up, then drive back again and drop him back off. That journey back will either be very solemn, or very happy.<br />
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Does anyone have any tips for MS, how to deal with it etc? Everything is appreciated!Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-49783997718197080192012-09-03T12:29:00.001+12:002012-09-03T12:29:45.780+12:00Week 5/6 Update <br />
So I missed this on Friday, I've been sick and busy. :(<br />
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<b>How Far Along? </b>5w + 6 days<br />
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<b>How big is baby?</b> Started at about 2mm but is growing bigger every day! So about the size of an apple seed.<br />
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<b>How I'm feeling? </b>Still nervous, but bit more confident! Would be better if wasn't sick and constantly worrying about food/drink.</div>
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<b>How I'm changing? </b>Bloated all time, tummys firmer, and feeling more yucky. </div>
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<b>What I miss? </b>Eating leftovers, Subway, KFC, relaxing on a girls night and not hiding things from them.</div>
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<b>Symptoms? </b>Sick after food, pee all the time, sick if I don't eat... </div>
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<b>Aversions? </b>Not sure yet, but i'm enjoying being able to eat what I can atm.</div>
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<b>Meds? </b>Folic acid + Iodine + Iron still, bought Elevit in the groceries other day but it was the wrong one! :(</div>
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<b>Appts? </b>Blood tests all came back ok, went to midwifery centre and signed up with midwive. The one i had in past is going away April/May, when i'm due, so she is looking after me now until she knows when she's leaving then we'll transfer me to someone else in the centre. She will still be able to see me and help out though which is great. Have appt with her again next Thursday.</div>
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Also, next week is my first ultrasound. Eeek. Nervous that i'll start bleeding again like last time and so will know what the scan will show, but excited to see hows it going and if its the right size etc. I will be exactly 7 weeks (by LMP) on the day. </div>
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-36901935558438105552012-09-02T17:40:00.001+12:002012-09-02T17:40:14.852+12:00I think I'm dying...I must have caught the man flu.<br />
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Last few days I've had a very sore throat, then last night as I held a girls night at my house, I went to bed thinking I was dying.<br />
I have been drinking OJ lately as it keeping my throat relatively painfree, so last night I thought "Right. OJ + "vodka" it is :)" as obviously I have not told anyone.<br />
My throat started feeling a bit worse as the night went on, eventually to the point where I thought I was going to vomit and couldn't breath properly.<br />
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Then my nose started up, and has blocked itself so bad I couldn't even blow out or suck in the tiniest piece of air, I felt like my nose has closed up.<br />
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I began to cry. I didn't know what to do, how to fix it, or how to get to sleep! And that's all I wanted, SLEEP. :(<br />
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So here I am, waking up and nodding off all night thinking any minute now I will wake up dead from suffocation. My lips have taken a beating from having to constantly have my mouth open.<br />
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Today was not much better, blocked nose all day and sore throat off and on, not to mention how sick I felt after stuffing myself at lunch today. Whether that was overfull stomach or morning sickness rearing I am not sure.<br />
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I hope I wake up tomorrow with a clear nose and the ability to breathe again.<br />
<br />Once Upon A BFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01942686240610326419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943853775894681606.post-81855883152240437012012-08-30T10:48:00.005+12:002012-08-30T10:48:48.169+12:00New YouTube VideoHey guys,<br />
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Just posting link to latest YouTube video. It just recaps basically my last update :)<br />
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