It has been a while...again

I am ashamed that I have been away so long.

To fill you in (thanks to people who have inquired after me!) I had a baby girl in June and she is wonderful. 8lb 6oz. I was five days overdue and was induced. Had to get my waters broken (hideous) and had an epidural.

Overall the labour was shorter and the pushing part didn't seem so bad. But the pain...oh, the pain!

I am not sure whether to keep blogging as this started as an IF blog and well, I don't appear to be infertile anymore!

What do people think?

Octuplets update

I rest my case after writing my last post.

Octuplets craziness

The unfolding story of the Octuplets mum has me fuming. Now as a journalist I know that the media are baying for details and quite clearly the mother has signed a huge deal with some organisation for her story. It's a big story and professionally I recognise that. But personally I am sick of idiots getting paid for being irresponsible, immoral or just plain stupid.

I want to know what is going to happen to the doctor/clinic who implanted 8 embryos in this woman. I know the rules and ethics in the States are not as strict as in other countries.

For infertile women I think this story is sickening. If the emerging details are true then I think the kids should be taken from this mother. Do you? She could not have been so naive to think that she'd only get one baby from having eight implanted.

I am cynical and I really believe that in addition to this woman being crazy, it may be an attempt to make a lot of money and get her family out of debt. Clearly there's money to be made from multiples and large families (The Duggars - 18 and Counting and John & Kate Plus 8 ...I am a guilty watcher of the program!)

Speaking of the Duggars, I saw them interviewed on The View and they seem like a sweet family. The mum was super-sweet but to be honest the whole thing grosses me out a bit! But I am curious to try out her homemade baby wipes recipe.

Maybe I am bitter at the moment because all this "recession" talk is freaking me out. I work for a newspaper group and Journalism is not the most stable of industries at the moment. If I lose my three-day a week job then we are stuffed. But I must be positive! My natural state is to be cynical and pessimistic though!

Back

Hi everyone (like how I am assuming people are still reading!).

I am pleased to report that I am fine, apart from sweltering in Melbourne's heatwave. 43 degrees today!

I am 21 weeks pregnant and things are going fine. Had a checkup today and it's all on track.

I don't know why I haven't blogged for ages. I felt quite sick in the first trimester. No throwing up but nauseous a l0t. That stopped at about 14 weeks.

Very excited about the baby. I'm a bit anxious about going on maternity leave and the financial side but I'll be taking about six months off and then back to work 3 days a week, which I do love. Thankfully I get 10 weeks paid leave and our Government in Australia gives people $5000 when they have a baby...it used to be a lump sum but from Jan this year it is paid in 13 installments. That's cool. It will help pay my mortgage!!

I am 7 weeks pregnant. Seeing the obstetrician in two weeks.

I feel nauseous...all day, which is really irritating. I can't really remember if I felt this nauseous with Baby Eggs. I never threw up though and I haven't with this pregnancy so far.

I am a little nervous about everything and with the economy heading down the tubes I worry about losing my job but that God I will qualify for the 10 weeks paid maternity leave my company gives. I already put the baby's name down at my daughter's daycare centre because I will only be able to have six months off.

Not sure if we'll find out the sex? I am excited but just feel pretty rough at the moment!

Dumb luck

Okay...so it seems I tested a little too early this month because I peed on a stick this morning at work and I got two lines.

It is day 32 and I just wanted to know...

I am in shock but very, very happy. I felt really sick this morning and have been getting weird pains in my stomach and boobs over the last few days. I even did a spew burp this morning, which is very, very odd.

My husband was amazed because I told him I wasn't pregnant this month.

Amazing...

I have no idea what to do from here re. getting a gynae. In the UK it was all just choose a hospital and see the midwife and obstetrician once every few months.

It's day 31 of my cycle. No AF yet..had a few tiny streaks of blood the past few days but nothing else. If I haven't got it in two days I'll do another pregnancy test. I daren't though because if it comes up negative, which I am expecting, it means there's something wrong with my cycles...

Could I have tested too early and that's why I had the negative? I used a test called Foretel Forelife. They are compratively cheap compared to First Response.