Babies due after IVF

Mornings!!

Wow, so much to catch up on!!

Thinking of you for your scan today Tanners!! I can't wait to hear all about it (and remember to take HEAPS of tissues, haha).

Yay for your scan too Farmgirl. At our 13 week scan our little one was sleeping and it took a bit to wake her up but boy was she indignant when woken. Funny! I'm not a huge fan of maternity clothes and live in my gym pants (thank goodness they are stretchy) and singlets at the moment. Fortunately some of my pre-preggy clothes still fit but are pretty darn tight! I hope you find stuff you like.

I can't believe someone baked for your AN class Minxy - what a greaser, lol. Nah, am just jealous! I'm sure you'll meet lots of great people through it.   I'm sorry to hear yours was a bit negative last night Paulab. You may not even need pain relief but at least you now know what's available. As Minxy said it's all about you, DH and your little one - nothing else will matter once you are holding her!! So close now!!! I asked my MW about the cord thingie a couple of weeks ago too Paulab. She said it only takes a few minutes to stop pulsing so if the placenta is delivered medically they can wait until after it stops pulsing before giving the drug. Apparently the only time they don't wait for the cord to stop pulsing is with a c-section delivery. Hope that's right!

Your outside area sounds lovely Jennsta!! What else did your MW tell you to buy?

How's the MS today Nightingale? Pleased Macca's works for you, lol. I had 5 days of BK veggie burgers in Canada and hated eating them but it was the only thing that worked for me at the time, lol. Whatever works I reckon! Am counting down for your scan next week!!

Have you got Leah a paddling pool yet Kazper? Am thinking I might pop up for a dip.      How's the party planning coming along? Your invites look awesome!

Emma is a darling Fordy!! I love seeing the pics and can't wait for more!!! Hope your boobs are settling down a bit.

What is Jumping Beans Gannet? It sounds like fun and am sure Mia loves it!

lol at the tears Shopa - pleased I'm not the only one! I used to get teary seeing other people with babies and dreaming of my own and now I'm teary thinking my dream will finally come true all so soon! Some people are never happy huh!

Hi Snoopy and ABLC! Hope you guys are enjoying the summer sun.

AFM - our building work is well underway and should be mostly finished by the end of next week! Can't wait!! The plasterer is coming on Weds so it's all happening now. I had my MW appmt yesterday and Monkey is still 2/5 engaged. Is it wrong to feel bad that she is stuck upside down?? My MW assured me that she couldn't turn now - has anyone else heard this? She mentioned sending me for a scan at 39 weeks as reassurance that all is on track (paranoid that I am!) Oh yeah, had THE BEST ice cream yesterday at Kaffee Eis (for those Welly ladies). Can totally recommend the passionfruit. On the way back the stoopid bus driver told me that he went along Cuba St in Petone only to discover that nope he went across Cuba. Was not impressed (it's only a short walk but I was being lazy). He had his sunnies held together with blutack so did wonder about him .... hehe

Sorry, another novel! Gotta shut myself up .... Have a great day all!

Hi Appy, great to see ya on here. Fantastic news about the scan. Always a relief to see everything is going well. Yeh the kidney thing is quite common hun. Both Leah's were dilated and came right after the birth.

LOL Karnie no paddling pool yet. Looking at getting one for her Birthday though. Party plans going well. I'm so excited. I have so many ideas. Borrowing a big gazebo and putting up pink ballons around it with white drapy things tied between.

Gee talk about short term memory. Gonna have to go back to see what I have missed lol

Hi ladies,

Hi Minxy, the instructor seemed to be a bit anti medical and I kinda got the feeling it was like, if you have an epidural or medical pain relief it’s very highly likely you will end up getting cut, and having to use forcepts or the vontuse (sp). She said a few other comments that I’m not going to mention as it won’t have any benefits to anyone hearing them and I don’t want to worry anyone. I’m going to head out to the library and grab a book thats more positive and get my nerves back on track, really looking forward to sitting down with a good book

Oh and the boobs in berrys Link
- You will need to contact her via email re the dates

Hi Karnie, thanks so much for asking your MW for me, our AN teacher said the same thing so I’m not sure why my MW said different, will have to talk to her about it again next week. Awesome about the builders!!!! Thats so cool its going to be done soon! WOHOO!! I really like how you have been offered a scan to reassure you, we would love to have another one but have been told we can’t unless something goes wrong..Your bus driver story made me giggle, I have seen people with their glasses held together by ductape but blutack? Hehehe

Hi Appy, YAY!!! And congrats! What wonderful news, I’m so pleased to hear how well she’s doing! Enjoy the weather x

Hi Kazper, the gazebo sounds beautiful, what other plans have you made?? Thanks for your comment, I completely agree, I would go through anything to have a healthy baby, pain, whatever, bring it on

Off for a hot choccy! xxx

Karnie – sunnies held together with Blutack – brilliant!!!!
I don’t think it’s silly at all that you worry about your little one being upside down now until they are here. I think it’s adorable! Shows how bonded you already feel.
Glad your building work is almost over too. Our plans had to go back for some adjustment so it’s clear we won’t have all done before Wolfie gets here but I am ok about that now. We will work through that :)

Thanks for that info Jennsta. That makes sense to me now. I recall that when I asked for it I would have been in transition stage – right before bearing down. And so (knowing more about labour now) – I can understand why I requested it. I wish I had been more clued up on it all back then. I do recall that I read an amazing positive book called ‘Spiritual Midwifery’ which is all about seeing ‘pain’ as ‘energy’ etc. And although it put me in a very positive frame of mind for the birth (had me looking fwd to it actually – and the amazing experience to come) – I wish I had balanced that with as much info on pain relief and when/how in case I felt that was a path I needed to go down during the birth.
Easier said than done when 20yrs old! Haha.
Paula – great attitude you have. You are remaining positive about the birth , as you should. But you are educating yourself on all your options. That is a fantastic plan and one that will see you make great decisions, with confidence as you labour. Proud of you sweets :)

Hi ladies
Couldn't wait to pop on here and let you know the scan was amazing! There was a really strong (and loud) regular heartbeat, we saw the little flutter first before the sonographer zoomed in and turned on the sound.... and yep instant tears it was the most amazing thing DP and I have ever seen in our lives... what a miracle!

Thanks so much for all your support and kind words on here girls..... your all so great!

Nightingale, can't wait for you to experience this... just a week for you to go, how exciting!

Appy2, so wrapped your scan also went so well and you can relax a bit into the final few weeks!

Interesting about the Elevit, although I like it as it has 800ug of Folic Acid and I know alot of the other brands have only 400-500ug and I think this is the main element your body needs most of in the first trimester to help with neural defects.

Well hope everyone else has a fabulous day!

Tanners!!!!! AWESOME NEWS! Have been waiting all day for your post. So happy for you :) :) :)

Gannett – you summed it up best when you said “she wont remember any of it”. Focus on that to get you through – and that you are doing the right thing. Thinking of you. x

Snoopy - I giggled out loud at the image of ALBC giving her lungs a working during her massage. Good for her – she knows what she likes and doesn’t!   

WOOHOO TANNERS! I've been waiting all day to hear how you go! I'm soooo nervous for mine on Thursday, it's so scary! So happy for you!

Got my latest BT back and at 6w4d it's now 47,662 (up from 12,654 last Friday) and they said no more BT's! They are very happy with that so that's it for me now. Scan on Thursday and then I'm on my own! Eek! Is that beta ok?

Paulab - good on you for doing research for yourself. Your AN lady probably has to give statistics etc, just a shame it was so negative though. Also just remember that at the end of the day, no one gets an award for not having pain relief either, so don't guilt trip yourself.

Jennsta - I watched that JJ and Dom IVF journey ondemand after it aired. Very sad to watch aye. I really hope they have their dream come true.

Gannet love sorry to hear wee Mia has to have surgery - possibly two. Your right, she won't remember which is great.

Tanners - YAY awesome news on the scan. So happy for you love. You can relax a little bit more now and start to enjoy your pregnancy.

Snoopy - lol about the massage. Oh dear. I bet the lady giving the massage felt terrible to. She would have been hoping for the relaxed affect tehe

Sarah great to see you. OMG can't believe you are over half way already. It felt like only a few weeks ago you were posting news of your bfp in here.
Hope your feeling better now after that massage. I've heard that there are massages you can get specifically for pregnant women. May be there is somone in your area that can do one.

Nightingale, great news on hcg levels.

Will def post some pics on fb of Leah's birthday party when it happens. Still a few weeks away. Was wondering if I should bake all the cupcakes soon and put them in the freezer to save the work later on. Anyone know if cupcakes freeze?

Sorry for novel. Wanted to try harder to comment on everyones posts this time.

Thanks for the info Minxy, my sister is reading a similar book at the moment called ‘stand and deliver’ I think I will read it after her.

Gannet – that must be really hard to know your little girl is going to be subjected to that sort of treatment. I like that you have such a great attitude about it all.

Tanners – that is fantastic news about your scan. So emotional seeing that little heart beating away isn’t it. You will be surprised by what you can see at the 12wk scan in comparison, hard to believe how much they grow in four weeks. Make sure you get a photo or a DVD of the next one if you can. I compared the Elevit and Blackmores ingred and it seems Elevit has far more of everything so now I’m confused. Although Elevit doesn’t have fish oil or iodine so I wonder if that’s why my MW prefers it.

Snoopy – thanks for the reassurance. My MW told me the same thing about size, she also said her easiest birth was her largest bub. I am not to worried at this stage and I just keep telling myself he is long and slim. Sounds like you are having a great time taking ALBC out and about. Has she started the chatty goo and gaa stage yet? So adorable when they chat away to themselves.

Sarah – hope you are feeling better now, it could well have been the massage. I can’t handle any pressure on my stomach. As Kazper said it might pay to find somewhere that caters more for pg woman.

Nightingale – those results look fantastic hun. I look forward to hearing how the scan goes.

Karnie – how are you feeling? Only just over a month for you to go, do you have pressure when you walk or anything as yet?

Kazper – I am sure the cupcakes will freeze fine, then you can just pull them out the day before and ice them. Looking forward to photo’s soon. My friends bub is turning 1 on 18th Dec and she is having a teddy bears picnic theme. Not sure I will make it tho as it’s the day before my due date!

Hi Jennsta. I have heard the same thing about big babies being easier to deliver. That's cool and your right, could very well be just really long and slim which fits in with ivf statistics anyway.

Freezing cupcakes it is Oh a teddy bears picnic. How adorable. So many cool things you can do. I'm so excited.