Only a matter of days and I will be back online at home. The move is complete! I am currently down in Townsville for work and will hopefully be back online at home on Thursday. I will be busy for the first few days though, boxes to unpack and groceries to buy etc. But am excited that the next phase of our life is beginning.
We told the inlaws a couple of days ago when we arrived about bub. It was a great moment. It was MIL's bday when we arrived and Laci was wearing her "I am going to be a big sister' tshirt. MIL was hugging her and then Shannon said, your present is on Laci's shirt. MIL read it and it was a great moment, she was like "really?!!" we said yes, she grabbed me in a big hug and then Shannon all whilst crying with happiness, was really cool.
I had a bit of a fright yesterday, something that has never happened before, I had blod in my urine. At first i panicked and though it was coming from elsewhere, but no definately red urine :( So with my history of BP and kidney issues etc etc, we throught best to go to the hospital. There began almost the whole day in the emergency department. We thought I may have a UTI. But no, its a mystery! Bloods came back normal and urine when I got there showed high levels of uro-bilirubin and moderate bilirubin, evidence of recent bleeding, but follow up urine was clear. Very strange. So was discharged with no diagnosis and just to keep an eye out.. Very weird, never had that before.
The nausea has really stepped up a notch the last few days, the medication is stopping the vomiting but am finding the nausea more and more difficult to deal with at times. I am 10 weeks today so hopefully not much longer. Bring on the second trimester!
well thats it for now, am sitting in a hotel lobby, paying $14 an hour for the privledge of net use, so might fly.
Promise to be back sson.
Oh and I know I mentioned it, but I think its pretty cool. I am in double figures!! 10 weeks woohoo! Love you little sparkle.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Exhausted
Very busy weekend preparing for the move, Thank goodness for the medication otherwise I would have been useless. Finding it non too easy as it is. But, we are just about done. If I ever see another dust ball it wil be too soon! :) Another 2 trips to the tip today as well. Surely we have no more junk hiding?
Now tonight I have to do last minute study for a 2 hour online exam at 9am. Not sure how well that will go!
Laci driving us a tad insane this weekend, the talking never stops! I swear she just likes thew sound of her own voice, she constantly asks questions that she knows the answer to which drives us batty. Of course we are happy that she want to know everything, but gee child just giv us 5 minutes of quiet every now and then!
So the next few weeks are pretty planned out. Shannon drives our car out to Cairns this week (had to be there for work) so he leaves about 4am Tuesday morning, conveniently this leaves me car-less and with child, working mon-wednesday and also the packers/movers are coming on thursday and friday and shannon returns on saturday arvo.
Saturday night we are having some farewell drink here and then Sunday is clean clean clean.. We then work mon-wed again then fly out on Thursday. Bye Bye Weipa for me. Shannon will still be back here for a couple of days every fortnight, but I won't!
On the friday our stuff arrives at the place in Cairns and then Saturday we drive to Townsville for Shannon's mum's bday party. We will arrive with Laci wearing her "I'm going to be a big sister" shirt as our way of telling them the news :) Should be a nice moment.
Well best get back to it. I expect probably no updates for some time now. I may get a chance at inlaws in 2 weeks or beofre if anything important..
So I will leave it as "no news is good news" for now
Now tonight I have to do last minute study for a 2 hour online exam at 9am. Not sure how well that will go!
Laci driving us a tad insane this weekend, the talking never stops! I swear she just likes thew sound of her own voice, she constantly asks questions that she knows the answer to which drives us batty. Of course we are happy that she want to know everything, but gee child just giv us 5 minutes of quiet every now and then!
So the next few weeks are pretty planned out. Shannon drives our car out to Cairns this week (had to be there for work) so he leaves about 4am Tuesday morning, conveniently this leaves me car-less and with child, working mon-wednesday and also the packers/movers are coming on thursday and friday and shannon returns on saturday arvo.
Saturday night we are having some farewell drink here and then Sunday is clean clean clean.. We then work mon-wed again then fly out on Thursday. Bye Bye Weipa for me. Shannon will still be back here for a couple of days every fortnight, but I won't!
On the friday our stuff arrives at the place in Cairns and then Saturday we drive to Townsville for Shannon's mum's bday party. We will arrive with Laci wearing her "I'm going to be a big sister" shirt as our way of telling them the news :) Should be a nice moment.
Well best get back to it. I expect probably no updates for some time now. I may get a chance at inlaws in 2 weeks or beofre if anything important..
So I will leave it as "no news is good news" for now
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
An update
Apologies for no posts in quite a few days, really struggling with the all day morning sickness. On Monday arvo I also flew out to Cairns to attend my first high risk antenatal appoinment in Cairns which was yesterday. All went well besides being there for 3 hours which of almost 2 hours was in the specialist going over my history and an immediate plan.
Basically I have started the low dose aspirin again (in the hope of postponing the pre eclampsia and placenta issues I get). They have repeated all my clotting tests and every other test you casn imagine just to check nothing has changed. Only if there is a new diagnosis will they add the daily clexane injections as well. I need to do a 24hour urine collection tomorrow (gotta love those) as a baseline and from about 16 weeks it will be fortnightly! (It was the level of protein in my urine that precipitated Laci's need for delivery).
I also got to have another scan! So cool, dr wanted to check dates etc herself and I wasn't going to protest. She did an internal one and wow it was so clear. I am still smiling :) we could see the chambers of the heart and the little head and even the spine! So amazing at only 7 weeks. Bub measured just perfect too..
The dr gave me some medication called ondensetron in the hope of stopping the constant nausea and vomiting. Today it seems to have stopped the vomiting but the nausea remains and I am oh so tired :(
Part of the tiredness is due to me not being able to sleep, lots of thoughts going around about moving etc. I feel calm about bub, its just all this organising for the move. We applied for a rental place I inspected yesterday in Cairns and should know if successful by tomorrow. Was weird applying for a rental after 7 years in employer provided accomodation. We are planning that we will only be there 7 momths, till after bub and all settled. We will begin house hunting soonish for our first home to purchase :)
Okay, thats all I can manage for now.. Back soon
Basically I have started the low dose aspirin again (in the hope of postponing the pre eclampsia and placenta issues I get). They have repeated all my clotting tests and every other test you casn imagine just to check nothing has changed. Only if there is a new diagnosis will they add the daily clexane injections as well. I need to do a 24hour urine collection tomorrow (gotta love those) as a baseline and from about 16 weeks it will be fortnightly! (It was the level of protein in my urine that precipitated Laci's need for delivery).
I also got to have another scan! So cool, dr wanted to check dates etc herself and I wasn't going to protest. She did an internal one and wow it was so clear. I am still smiling :) we could see the chambers of the heart and the little head and even the spine! So amazing at only 7 weeks. Bub measured just perfect too..
The dr gave me some medication called ondensetron in the hope of stopping the constant nausea and vomiting. Today it seems to have stopped the vomiting but the nausea remains and I am oh so tired :(
Part of the tiredness is due to me not being able to sleep, lots of thoughts going around about moving etc. I feel calm about bub, its just all this organising for the move. We applied for a rental place I inspected yesterday in Cairns and should know if successful by tomorrow. Was weird applying for a rental after 7 years in employer provided accomodation. We are planning that we will only be there 7 momths, till after bub and all settled. We will begin house hunting soonish for our first home to purchase :)
Okay, thats all I can manage for now.. Back soon
Friday, June 6, 2008
Moving plans
I can't believe 3 weeks from today we will no longer live in the bush! After 7 years of remoteness (with only about a 8 month break on gold coast and nsw for Pipers pregnancy and 4 months out for Laci's pregnancy) it will be strange to be living in the 'real world' :)
We are waiting for the confirmation today of our packing and uplift dates, but looks like being Thursday 19th and Friday 20th June. So from then for about a week or more I will be offline. May be able to update briefly from inlaws during that time.
Still no place to live, ha ha. Not too easy to organise a rental when you live 1000kms away. At this stage just thinking a unit, so we can continue towards our goal of saving for our first house in early 2009.
So I have pretty much told everyone about the pregnancy now. Just too excited to keep it in. That and I need some explanation for my lack of energy and poor concentration, in between the dashes to the bathroom! We haven't told the inlaws yet however. My mother in law is a complete stresser, but will also be over the moon to know we have finally managed to get pregnant again. We have decided to tell them in person when we see them next. I will be 10 weeks. I bought Laci a cute little top that says "I'm going to be a big sister" and we will put it on her for when we arrive and see how long it takes for them to figure it out. We haven't told Laci yet, so she won't blab. Should be a nice moment. Have told my sister and relo's over the phone, so will be nice to do face to face.
Oh for those who haven't noticed. I have a pregnancy tracker at the very bottom of the blog to show where I am up to each day.
Yesterday I tried to have a talk to myself about focussing on other things going on around me, study, work, moving, Laci etc so that it doesn't seem like each day of the pregnancy is going forever.. Well that didn't last long.. Thats almost impossible to do with constant nausea, extreme fatigue and multiple bouts of vomiting and dry wretching hey? So back to a day at a time.. Hoping it eases around 11 weeks like it did with Laci.
This entry has taken forever, not really going too well today.. "Is it the weekend yet?" (Laci's favourite question)
We are waiting for the confirmation today of our packing and uplift dates, but looks like being Thursday 19th and Friday 20th June. So from then for about a week or more I will be offline. May be able to update briefly from inlaws during that time.
Still no place to live, ha ha. Not too easy to organise a rental when you live 1000kms away. At this stage just thinking a unit, so we can continue towards our goal of saving for our first house in early 2009.
So I have pretty much told everyone about the pregnancy now. Just too excited to keep it in. That and I need some explanation for my lack of energy and poor concentration, in between the dashes to the bathroom! We haven't told the inlaws yet however. My mother in law is a complete stresser, but will also be over the moon to know we have finally managed to get pregnant again. We have decided to tell them in person when we see them next. I will be 10 weeks. I bought Laci a cute little top that says "I'm going to be a big sister" and we will put it on her for when we arrive and see how long it takes for them to figure it out. We haven't told Laci yet, so she won't blab. Should be a nice moment. Have told my sister and relo's over the phone, so will be nice to do face to face.
Oh for those who haven't noticed. I have a pregnancy tracker at the very bottom of the blog to show where I am up to each day.
Yesterday I tried to have a talk to myself about focussing on other things going on around me, study, work, moving, Laci etc so that it doesn't seem like each day of the pregnancy is going forever.. Well that didn't last long.. Thats almost impossible to do with constant nausea, extreme fatigue and multiple bouts of vomiting and dry wretching hey? So back to a day at a time.. Hoping it eases around 11 weeks like it did with Laci.
This entry has taken forever, not really going too well today.. "Is it the weekend yet?" (Laci's favourite question)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
I'm back home
Short post, super tired, having a lay down before dinner. All went perfect at the scan. One bub measuring on dates and a heartbeat of 130 beats per minute. One happy mumma :)
The scan
So there was a cancellation for the sonographer's clinic. So less time for me to wait. I am having the scan at 11am today. I am happy just to get it over. Feeling alot more anxious than I thought I would. Alot of it is to do with the blighted ovum last year. I know that today may be too early to see a heartbeat but as long as its not a small completely empty sack, then I'll be okay. Hoping they will see a yolk scan and hopefully the fetal pole.
I won't be able to report back until this afternoon as have a work lunch/team meeting then a staff meeting. But I will certainly appreciate positive vibes :)
I fly out next monday night to have my first antenatal appointment in Cairns on the Tuesday, so if todays doesn't sho heartbeat yet, I will ask for them to book me in for a repeat scan then.
I am just home now quickly grabbing my water bottle as they want a full bladder first.
Okay off I go!
I won't be able to report back until this afternoon as have a work lunch/team meeting then a staff meeting. But I will certainly appreciate positive vibes :)
I fly out next monday night to have my first antenatal appointment in Cairns on the Tuesday, so if todays doesn't sho heartbeat yet, I will ask for them to book me in for a repeat scan then.
I am just home now quickly grabbing my water bottle as they want a full bladder first.
Okay off I go!
Monday, June 2, 2008
6 weeks exactly
Today marks 6 weeks exactly and my HCG levels have risen nicely to 35000. Not long till the scan. It is seeming like a long wait, waiting for this early scan.
Another week begins
Monday morning and the week begins. I'm working Mon-Wed at the moment so its just about time to get organised for the day. Laci very excited about going to daycare for the day, screaming "yay' and clapping. Shannon left at 6am in the work 4WD, off again for a 2 day trip to remote community.
We were certainly blessed with a child who has the gift of the gab, she drives me spare at time though! The backchatting and an answer for everything that and every request to do something or stop doing something is met with "WELL..." we are still trying to teach her that not everything requires a verbal response!
Yesterday we did a bit more sorting for the move, we only have three weekends left so its slowly getting closer. We did some gardening and also went through Laci's room. Not much else was achieved I must admit as I spent quite a substantial amount of time snoozing. The tiredness coupled with the constant nausea is pretty exhausting.
Have decided to get one more bloods done this morning, I know I know, I feel like I just need a little reassurance before the scan on Thursday arvo.. Should have results by tomorrow.
We were certainly blessed with a child who has the gift of the gab, she drives me spare at time though! The backchatting and an answer for everything that and every request to do something or stop doing something is met with "WELL..." we are still trying to teach her that not everything requires a verbal response!
Yesterday we did a bit more sorting for the move, we only have three weekends left so its slowly getting closer. We did some gardening and also went through Laci's room. Not much else was achieved I must admit as I spent quite a substantial amount of time snoozing. The tiredness coupled with the constant nausea is pretty exhausting.
Have decided to get one more bloods done this morning, I know I know, I feel like I just need a little reassurance before the scan on Thursday arvo.. Should have results by tomorrow.
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