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So Excited!!

I'm 33yrs old and haven't really been broody until the last 2 or 3 yrs, through this time I've become worse and worse and became desperate for a baby. My boyfriend is very supportive and after trying for just 3 mths found out I was pregnant. Hooray!

I'm now 11 weeks and have been very lucky. I haven't had any morning sickness but I have been extremely tired, I hope this passes soon as I spend more time sleeping than awake.

I have my first ultrasound next week to make sure the baby is growing normally.

Good luck to all of you mothers to be!

Maxine

A baby! Am I ready?! Is he?

OMG! I have wanted a baby for MANY, MANY years and always thought that I would settle down and plan one if I was to get pregnant... well my period is about 3 weeks late and my breasts are sore, I thought it was just my period about to start, yes I have been feeling unwell - feeling sick, and yes I have been dizzy and have been off my food and YES I have been extremely tired BUT pregnant?!!

I've just turned 27 (I've been dreaming to be a young mom or at least by 30! lol!!) and have just gotten into university: Photography 3 years Honours degree starting in October.

I took a pregnancy test yesterday morning... positive.
I took a 2nd in the afternoon... positive.
I just took my third 10 minutes ago... positive!

OH MY!! I have a man in my life; I am going to tell him about this VERY soon (trying to find the words)

I cannot believe my dream is coming true! (Also my sister-in-law gave birth to her 3rd child on Sunday!!!)

I am so pleased but I am worried that after so many years of trying to get my life together I get two things I have always wanted.... university (and a career at the end) and a baby!

A baby!?

Me.... a mummy!?

Oh my!! :o).


Tamsin

Virgin at this

Well, what can I say? I just found out that I am four weeks pregnant.

My husband and I are so happy, but I am so worried. I am reading about all these things that can happen within the first couple weeks. I am scared. I want my baby! My husband and I thought we couldn't have babies, and now there is one, growing inside of me. Oh, please Lord, let me have my baby.

I am going to the doctor soon, she'll let me know if everything is going according to plan. Pray for us!

Georgia

Here we go again!

Hello everyone! I'm 33 years old and 7 weeks pregnant, very happily but nervous.

I have a 4-1/2 year old son who was born 6 weeks premature (I had a placental abruption), and he developed a life threatening intestinal infection at one week old. He spent the next 11 weeks at a state children's hospital 3 hours from our home recovering from the infection & undergoing multiple surgeries to repair his damaged intestines. He came home on a feeding tube (I should have been given an “honorary” nursing degree with all I had to learn to care for him at home), then he had reflux until he turned a year old. Everything seemed fine after that and we thought we were finally out of the woods. He didn't even have any lasting effects from the intestinal problems. Little did we know that he also had a profound hearing impairment all that time (caused by the antibiotic he needed for the infection), which didn’t get diagnosed until he was 17 months old. My husband & I had always planned on having two children, but our son’s newly diagnosed hearing impairment put the brakes on trying for another baby for quite awhile.

Fast forward three years, and now our son is doing fantastic. He received a cochlear implant at the age of 2-1/2 and with lots of speech & listening therapy, he can now hear at near normal levels, and he talks just like any other kid. We did all of this without the use of any sign language, so he could learn to hear without any visual aids. He was doing so well that about nine months ago, we started trying for baby #2.

Well, you never know when infertility might creep up on you, and it did for us. We struggled for so long just trying to decide if it was a good idea to have another baby, with my history of pre-term birth and the problems we had with our son. Then the infertility made us wonder if that was a sign that we shouldn’t try for another one, and to just be content with the one we have. No offense to anyone who has just one baby, or if you’re an only child yourself, but my husband & I both have siblings that we adore and we wanted so badly to have a second child. We compromised on the issue by agreeing not to undergo any major fertility treatments like IUI or IVF. If it came to that, we would just be happy with the one we have. We were even trying very hard to avoid Clomid, fearing multiples. I figured if I couldn’t carry one to full term, how could I handle a multiple pregnancy? So, about three months before we were going to start Clomid if nothing else happened, it finally happened!!! I had been diagnosed with PCOS and my doctor put me on Metformin to help regulate my periods, and within three weeks, I was pregnant! Now we know our second child was meant to be and we couldn’t be happier.

I’ve already had one ultrasound, and everything looks good. I’m only pregnant with one, which is what we hoped for, and it’s developing very well. We’re telling our family members the good news this weekend for a Mother’s Day surprise, and our son is going to announce it for us that he’s going to be a big brother. I’m due on December 26, so unless this one comes earlier than planned too, we’ll have a very nice Christmas gift this year. :-)

Good luck to everyone out there!

Buffi R.

6th time around

A week ago my husband and I found out that we were pregnant again. We have a lovely 3 yr old daughter and after her we've lost our last four children to miscarriage. I am so excited, but very nervous!!

The doctor has me on some Progesterone treatments to help me carry the baby for the first trimester, but I'm only 5 weeks pregnant now so I have a ways to go yet.

I'm not sure if it's the hormones or not, but I'm only 5 weeks and look like I'm five months, which is very embarrassing.

Congrats to all of you and good luck!


Amanda Kay