20 WEEKS!!!! WHOO HOO!!! HALFWAY!

Sooooo Amazing today!!

Today was our 20 week ultrasound!!!

Here is Baby Skippy!  Isnt she gorgeous, and so like her Daddy :)

My appointment was for 9 so the school kids were booked in for morning school care.  But guess what?!  First morning EVER and all three decide they want to sleep in!!! WTH??!!  I had to switch on lights and whip off doonas to get them to start to move, even Miss 3 told me to "Pull my cover up Mummy!"

Mmmm...I told them if they didn't start moving I would pour a cold cup over water over them, cause I'm a super mum (:o)

Kids dropped off and we headed up to the Angliss for our appointment where we awaited John (IF).  Poor IMs condition has flared up and she is prostrate on her couch in pain so was unable to make it :(  Very sad as this was a big day.

Walked into the Ultrasound room and said...ok this is baby daddy, but hes not my husband...paused and waited for the confused look, then laughed and explained...Tee hee!

Ultrasound went awesome.  Everything was were it should be, measuring fantastically and nothing abnormal. One beautiful healthy baby girl.  Lovely 2D and 4D photos, just amazing.  I spent quite a bit of time just watching Daddy watch his baby girl on the screen.  I was very humbled.  This is something they have been waiting for for 15 years...I cant imagine it.

After a good 40 mins we headed off to brunch and then Babies R Us and I explained a lot of baby items and what are essentials and what are mostly fads :) 

Then I went home and Ayla and I both had a nap...sooo tired.

Afternoon saw John baby siting and school pickup while I visited the Respiratory specialist again.  More prescriptions..

Came home, Andrew bought home Fish n Chips for kids and made me a Cesar again :)  

What a day, Busy, Amazing and Wonderful :)

17 weeks and Discussion on Compo.

Suppose I need to catch up here..I am so crap at blogs..I have too much other crap to do! LOL~!

So The Tuesday after my Asthma appointment I had a Physio appointment near the Royal Woman's with a lady that 'specialises' in Pelvic Dysfunction.

Was running late to get to IPs as just barely missed being in a car accident...movie scene stuff...the car slewed past and cut across me before crashing into a driveway and car parked in it.  I pulled over quickly and ran across thinking there would be not a happy picture.  Luckily guys were fine, but shaken.  Seems the car they had been on a test drive with (2006 Alfa) had gone out of control, they had no power steering, no brakes and no air bags..was nuts.  Left details with police and continued to IPs.  They were getting worried as I am usually early or on time...lol

Ayla hung out with John again (big grin and cuddles, she thinks he is the ants pants!) and Pam and I headed into the city.

Slightly late for appointment.  Was ok, but didn't teach me anything I wasn doing already to minimise pain and acceleration of the disorder.  Oh well.  Nice lunch and chat and then home again.

Cant believe I am 17 weeks today (Monday)  Pretty cool.  Its going fairly fast :)

While away showing over the weekend It came to my attention that my friends were being asked "what I was being paid"  I did know that this would come up sooner or later.  Doesn't bother me, its a legit question. :)  Also like I am sure there are plenty who will not believe I am not being paid at all too.  Meh.  I did post on my FB page the explanation about Australian Altruistic surrogacy. 

I am also a member of the Surrogate Australia FB page and it seems there are woman offering their 'services' for large gifts (car/holiday etc) or an amount of money.  See, this is why I'm not a fan of compo.  There will always be a % of people to exploit those desperate to have a baby. 

Here below is what I was a little shocked to read..but not surprised :"(

Just a reminder for everyone on this group who is considering surrogacy in Australia as we have had a few incidences lately where surrogates have been asking for money or IP's have been offering it. Commercial surrogacy is illegal in Australia. Every state law has certified that it is illegal for a surrogate to benefit financially through surrogacy. This includes gifts of car's or expensive holidays. If you are found to be paying your surrogate you are putting your ability to obtain a parentage order at risk. Further, if you are found to be in an Australian arrangement that includes financial gain other than expenses from now on you will immediately be removed from the group.

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2nd Trimester!!

So, According to the Ultrasound we are in the Second trimester now (12 weeks and 3 days) Whoo hoo!

Today we got these awesome pics of little peanut :)  There was a bit of a muck up as my referral hadn't been faxed through so we had to wait an extra hour and a bit before the actual ultrasound..which for 3 year old Ayla was a great trial...sigh...

But we went downstairs and had her nails painte..blue of all colours!

 

 

Everything looked great and Peanut even waved a little.  I think they (IPs) were amazed over the change in peanut and that he/she had a profile now and fingers and toes!   I love the fact that it looks like a real baby now and not shrimp. ;)

 

So the place just rang me and it looks like from my bloods and nucal screening test (from the ultrasound) we are cutting it fine for the Downs Syndrome (and Ive nothing against Downs babies/kids, they are gorgeous)

 

So apparently there is a new rather expensive test that is done out of the USA which can give you results that are 99% accurate and avoid the risk of doing an amniocentesis.  I'm pretty sure my IM will have me do this test (bloods)  waiting to hear from her for when..

 

We are finally getting around to looking at hospitals next week.  Really slow off the mark...lol

 

So a few weeks ago my right hip started really hurting getting worse and worse every day..couldn't bear it any longer so booked into the Chiropractor.  I was correct in guessing the SPD was coming back..I now have a support that literally binds my pelvis together!  Ohh and the dreaded clicking is back now too...

 

Otherwise all is well and fine in Surrobubba and Tummy Mummy land!!

Genea IVF World First?

Dating scan tomorrow!!  Sorry for the lax updating...but really there has been nothing to update! lol 

So it looks like this lucky embryo embryo #9 was part of the guinea pig trial by Genea as to the solution they use to soak the little embryos.  IM rang me and was telling me all about it and said she didn't think much off it until she saw the article!

http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2013/02/10/IVF_breakthrough_boosts_pregnency_chance_844213.html

Feeling much more off now...smells putting me right off and a constant ill feeling.  Joy.  It actually feels very similar to my last pregnancy.  My joints have all loosened too and my hips are already playing up a bit, so will have to watch that a bit in things that I do.  I suffered from Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction with my last...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphysis_pubis_dysfunction  

I actually didnt think Id have to worry about it this early on though, mmmm..oh well.  

I had to remind IM that it was IF baby too and he should be at the ultrasound when she suggested that he could mind my kids while we went, lol!!  Cant wait to see their faces!

Week 6 already..

Ok here we are at week 6...cravings, mmm potatoes still, healthy salads and foods.  Totally gone of sweet stuff which was my poison, so that's great for my waist I guess!

I feel extremely tired ALL the time..I forgot how wiped out you feel.  When Miss 3 is down for her nap I usually get some shut I too, but have to set my alarm in case she sleeps late and I do to and the boys don't get picked up on time!!  That would be bad...

Very slight nausea still, comes in waves..

Otherwise things are ticking along very well and so far I am enjoying the ride.  IM and IF are still in the land of OMG, I think it will be more real for them both when they see that wee heartbeat on the screen next week.

Making a baby

Thought I should break it up a bit.

So we have a lovely breakfast at a gorgeous cafe and wait for our appointment time...taxi was so stinky!!  I had to keep my window open...pooooo cigarette...stale cigarette....mmm everyone wants to smell that on the ride from the airport.

We went up to the level where transfers were done.  I was still wondering if we would get the to tell us so thing that would devastate us both...guess I was cautiously optimistic :)

Name was called, paperwork refilled in and we were shown to a room where we both gowned up...oh and put wee paper booties over our shoes.

I think the hardest part is all the waiting!  Finally we were shown into another room with a recliner,chair  and a hospitals table with a box of tissues on it....so here's me joking that they just flip back the chair, insert and wipe...at least it distracted dear IM as she is a worry wart/stress head (said in the most affectionate way!!). Waiting, waiting...I pulled out the recliner and dozed until the embryologist came in to chat about the embryo.  Grade 2!  Looks great :)

Finally dear Devora (Dr Liberman) came to collect us and we all strolled down to the theatre thingy.  Up I hope on the "very comfy" table with stirrups and while Dr is fiddling with her tools and getting my bottom half ready, IM and I are oohing and ahhhing over the LCD screen with the embryo floating around in space on it...I instructed IM to get out my phone and take pics as I know she will treasure them later and also I was so fascinated!

Small pinch, and the feeling all woman just adore, cold steel sliding into your nether regions!  I watched the ultrasound screen to my left while trying to ignore the want being pressed upon my overfill and bursting bladder...

Amazing stuff watching g that little embryo shoot up into its wee resting place, so so amazing!

So here we are at the 2WW!