Fruit of the week

11 weeks today, and according to the ticker, we now have a plum sized baby! Scan booked for Sept 2nd so pics will follow later that night, all going well, also have the ante-natal appt booked for Monday morning, not sure what there is to talk about yet since the scan wont have happened, but thats the date his nurse picked so I'll turn up and find out.

Technology has been rearing its ugly head at home, the camera shat itself, so no more bump pics til thats replaced, and just when we thought we had the funds, we have had to divert them to fix the washing machine which ALSO shat itself this week... still waiting for the 3rd shoe to drop! Needless to say, plans for buying our pram have had to go on the backburner :/

Been feeling pretty good this week, tired, and the occasional nausea rush, but otherwise good. Still a novelty to NOT be tied to the toilet at this stage of pregnancy given how I (didnt) cope during previous pregnancies...

Still dont like chocolate, and can now add the smell of anything being deep fried to that list, but ironically I am still at the same weight I was when I found out I was pregnant... guess it helps when your favourite vices are off limits!

The house of vomit

Ironically enough, its not me right now! (although now that I've said it out loud, I'm sure that will change!) Both kids have been/are sick, making for a very tired mum, best I get used to multiple middle-of-the-night wake-up calls... Bit early to be getting back into practise though isn't it!?

Vomiting bugs aside, have a very important appointment this afternoon in regards to #1 and his 'wee' problem. Poor thing hasnt been able to go properly for months due to the skin closing over (at his age it should be starting to pull back, not close over!), and today we will hopefully get it sorted. According to the GP, the best (and likely only) solution is to do a circumcision... Ironically he is the only male on both sides of his family (adults and children) that wasnt done at birth, go figure that he ends up being one of the unlucky few who end up needing it for medical reasons later down the track.

#2 has finally managed to finish cutting the 4 molars that have been giving her jip for the last couple of months, heres to having our happy-go-lucky wee miss back! Speaking of, she can now add 'pulling herself up to standing' to her repetoire of tricks! Clever girl!

As for #3 (and the lucky last the blog refers to) I think I have finally found our pram. Its not quite as cushy and comfy as THE pram I wanted, but same basic design, MUCH closer to home, and cheap. The latter being what sold E on it, of course! Cheap means I can use it guilt-free at speedway without worrying about re-sale value once #2 no longer needs a pram, and if, when that time comes, it is still in fairly good nic, I will simply clean it up, and sell it on again, albeit at a much lower reserve of course!

Eek at the poll... 66 days... about 2 months and I'll be far enough along to have the big scan to find out what this baby is packing, and whether #1 will finally get the brother hes wanted, or if he can add another sister to the 3 he already has! First things first, 3 weeks and we'll be able to post more sneak previews of our lucky last... and play guess the gender if I get a good enough angle ;)

Tick, tock - 9 weeks down, 30 to go

Managed to make it through my first saturday without throwing up (still felt horribly vile though!) only to be woken up this morning to a cot full of vomit that put me back in my place. Luckily E was home so he dealt with the vomit, and I, once i had retreated from the toilet bowl, did the bath, and change clothes/bedding job...Still, not bad considering at this point with #2 I was in hospital learning first-hand about the side effects of Cyclizine via I.V.

Otherwise not much to report, ticking along nicely. Going to book another appointment with the GP/LMC in a couple of weeks and get the scan referral form for the 12 week scan.

So far, so good.

First baby photo!

Scan went well, only ONE baby (all breathe a HUGE sigh of relief now!) and measuring a few days behind, but scan was rushed through so I will wait and see what the next scan at 12 weeks reveals as EDD before I go rushing around changing tickers everywhere! Even managed to see and hear the heartbeat!

So poll-voters, that only leaves Option A or B to pick!

5+ a day already!

So according to the ticker on my first post baby is now the size of a rasberry, and the weekly developmental email i get says its the size of an olive, either way, its getting bombarded with fruit/vege analogies already, and its only been in existence for all of 5 weeks!

HCG came back in and in the words of my very professional Doctor I am 'very much pregnant' with an hcg result of 85,000! According to Dr Google thats a snapshot average for someone around 8 weeks, rather than not quite 7 weeks. Scan booked for lunchtime tuesday, so will be a bit of breath holding when the scanner dude/chick starts waving their scanner wand towards my tummy!

Yesterday was a rough day for morning sickness, probably not helped by not eating much, started off today much the same, but after having something to eat/drink, I am back to just FEELING sick, rather than actually BEING sick.

Will update after Tuesdays scan!

Scan - Another Fail

So it turns out the old portable scanners like you see in hospitals arent too flash at seeing anything tiny, I should be hovering around 7 weeks, and we saw... nothing. Just a nice big black hole that is the inside of my uterus. Well gee whizz Doc, that sure takes a load off my mind! Luckily a little persuasion and reminding the GP of my history of miscarriages and twins do run in the family (albeit a couple of generations back) made him change his mind and give me a scan referral to a more up-to-date scanning place. Along with more blood tests. Yippee.

Scan is Tuesday just before lunch, and since i should be well into my 7th week, we should get some decent blob pics!

vomit count stands at 2 as of this morning... doing much better than both the other 2 kids, by this stage I was virtually chained to the bathroom!

Symptom check:
Sore boobs
Constant nausea (of varying strengths)
Excessive tiredness

Since theres been no bleeding, and I am still feeling absolutely vile, its a safe bet that I am definitely (still) pregnant, but I will feel much better once I see a good strong heartbeat flicking away on the ultrasound screen!

Thats me for the week, will update with todays hcg results once they arrive :)

Battle of the loo: Fail

So I made it to exactly 6 weeks before the fight was lost. I threw up. Was hoping to avoid it, but in all honesty it was my own damned fault for not eating anything before getting up and about in the first place. Lesson learnt!

Tiredness is creeping in and becoming all-consuming, but that may have more to do with the grumpy teething demon that has flown in and taken over our happy go lucky J. Four molars cutting in one go will do that to a child!

Touch wood but we may be able to get my pram for under $200 after all. Just found one that will be about 1 1/2 hour drive away to pick up, but is relatively close to where I drive to every second Sunday to pick B up anyway, so not that much further out of my way. Failing that, apparently Baby City do a very similar model that I may try putting on layby if its close enough!

Got an email about the Big Latch On event in 3 weeks (6th August) and although I wont be able to attend and boost numbers this year, I did manage to get involved last year, and will hopefully be able to last long enough to attend next year too. It is a very worthy cause, and they dont ask for much, just a few minutes to do what we would do several times a day anyway.

Inorganic weekend and cars driving up and down our road... wouldnt be so annoying except for the fact we are a very small cul-de-sac and space is minimum already without vultures hanging around to pick through our rubbish heap! Still, I have old toys and kitchen junk to clear out, and now that my body has cleared out and feels much better, this incubator has to get back to work!