Libby Jane Hall, born 26/08/10 weighing 6lbs
Showing posts with label Baby. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baby. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 August 2010
Friday, 23 July 2010
All that worry....
for nothing!
So the midwife scared us to death, we went for a scan this morning and everything is perfectly normal, even down to the fact that yesterday she said the baby was bum breech like Imogen was and the scan showed she is actually head down......
So the midwife scared us to death, we went for a scan this morning and everything is perfectly normal, even down to the fact that yesterday she said the baby was bum breech like Imogen was and the scan showed she is actually head down......
Monday, 19 July 2010
Just a lil update...
So what’s been happening….
Well I’ve obviously been getting closer to my due date all the time, only 6 weeks to go now and I must admit I’m starting to feel it now!
I don’t think I have put on as much weight as last time as everyone up until about a week ago kept looking surprised when I said how many weeks I am, this is not down to any attempt from me but just luck ha ha
As usual we have left all the things we need to do before baby comes till the last minute but we have finally started to get organised. This coming weekend there is a carpet being fitted in the cellar which will become our bedroom, we can then move Imogen into our room and into a big girls bed which considering she managed to climb out of her cot a few days ago cant come soon enough, and then of course baby Libby can go straight into the nursery as it is.
I am desperate to finish work now, partly just because I know I am and partly because I’m starting to find it harder just getting there now, I finish 30th July unless my manager miraculously comes back to me about some holidays I am owed that she seems to be studiously ignoring in which case it may be slightly earlier. Either way no more than11 days to go…..WooHoo!!!
We have been telling Imogen that her sister is in my tummy and all the usual things that pregnant mums tell their toddlers, I don’t think she understands at all and think it will be a shock for her, I’m convinced she isn’t going to react well since she was so awful with her cousin when her auntie was looking after her but who knows, she will be around 8 months older and may surprise us, keep your fingers crossed for me lol
She is a delight most of the time, she is talking a lot now showing greater understanding all the time, its quite strange that we can actually have a conversation with her now!
This isnt always good though as she is now throwing lots of tantrums, saying no a lot and generally doing things she knows she's not allowed to do and winding me up immensley lol
She is impossible to punish, nothing bothers her, if we take toys away because she has thrown them or done something naughty she doesnt really react, i will say to her that she will go to bed if she is naughty and she just gabbles "bedtime" and runs to the stairs.
It is so frustrating!
The only thing that i have managed to do to make her understand she has been naughty is withold yoghurt which while in a way it was a breakthrough to find something i can punish her with was also a pain as i actually want her to eat it grrrr
Anyway i am sure this will only get worse as she gets older, i just felt like a whinge!!!
Friday, 11 June 2010
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Thursday, 18 February 2010
Thursday, 24 September 2009
The good and the bad...
Sometimes Chris and I wonder if it was a bad idea us getting together, we have had so much thrown at us since we met, within the first three months of us being together I had been made redundant, lost my dad and Chris had lost his house.
Things have never really changed since then, it has always been one thing after another, when we returned from our honeymoon we were told Chris’s dad had cancer, he underwent a massive operation but nearly dies in intensive care on several occasions during the following weeks.
Chris’s Nanna had a spell of collapsing and being taken to hospital at the same time as this so we spent quite a lot of time visiting different hospitals.
Of course we also had some good things, I fell pregnant and we had Imogen who is amazing (yes I’m biased lol), my sister-in-law had a little boy around the same time who we love to bits also.
Niece Claire has lived with us a number of times, each time driving us mad but improving with each return, she’s with at the moment but is looking to move out and this last time has been fairly hassle free.
I have to say though this last 6 months has been the worst ever, in March Nanna became ill, was taken into hospital to have her bowel unblocked and it was discovered she also had cancer.
In July it became clear the end was close, the family gathered to sit with her and say their goodbyes.
On the Monday evening Chris’s mum and her partner went home to shower and change, they were met by the police who told them her partner’s son had been found dead in his flat. He was only 40 years old; his kidneys had just stopped working.
On the Tuesday afternoon Chris’s uncle left us with Nanna to go home and shower and change, when he got home he died of a massive heart attack.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning Nanna slipped peacefully away.
Two weeks later Chris’s dad who had been told he had 12 months to live in January began to get poorly, He sadly passed away at the beginning of September.
I don’t know how but Chris has coped amazingly, I am so proud of him.
On Monday this week we discovered we are going to have another baby!
Its VERY early days, I will be due the end of May.
It almost feels wrong to be happy about it after this past year but we are, we have something new to look forward to, maybe now I’ll be posting more, I haven’t known what to say its all been so awful.
So be happy for us guys, we have a little spark of happiness in the midst of a year of hell and please please send me Boy vibes, that would just be perfect :0)
Things have never really changed since then, it has always been one thing after another, when we returned from our honeymoon we were told Chris’s dad had cancer, he underwent a massive operation but nearly dies in intensive care on several occasions during the following weeks.
Chris’s Nanna had a spell of collapsing and being taken to hospital at the same time as this so we spent quite a lot of time visiting different hospitals.
Of course we also had some good things, I fell pregnant and we had Imogen who is amazing (yes I’m biased lol), my sister-in-law had a little boy around the same time who we love to bits also.
Niece Claire has lived with us a number of times, each time driving us mad but improving with each return, she’s with at the moment but is looking to move out and this last time has been fairly hassle free.
I have to say though this last 6 months has been the worst ever, in March Nanna became ill, was taken into hospital to have her bowel unblocked and it was discovered she also had cancer.
In July it became clear the end was close, the family gathered to sit with her and say their goodbyes.
On the Monday evening Chris’s mum and her partner went home to shower and change, they were met by the police who told them her partner’s son had been found dead in his flat. He was only 40 years old; his kidneys had just stopped working.
On the Tuesday afternoon Chris’s uncle left us with Nanna to go home and shower and change, when he got home he died of a massive heart attack.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning Nanna slipped peacefully away.
Two weeks later Chris’s dad who had been told he had 12 months to live in January began to get poorly, He sadly passed away at the beginning of September.
I don’t know how but Chris has coped amazingly, I am so proud of him.
On Monday this week we discovered we are going to have another baby!
Its VERY early days, I will be due the end of May.
It almost feels wrong to be happy about it after this past year but we are, we have something new to look forward to, maybe now I’ll be posting more, I haven’t known what to say its all been so awful.
So be happy for us guys, we have a little spark of happiness in the midst of a year of hell and please please send me Boy vibes, that would just be perfect :0)
Monday, 3 November 2008
And the day finally arrives.....
....and still NOTHING happens!
We were so bored on Saturday we made this lol.... be warned it's 8 minutes long...
If it wont play here try here!
We were so bored on Saturday we made this lol.... be warned it's 8 minutes long...
If it wont play here try here!
Sunday, 2 November 2008
One day to go....
...and frankly waiting for this baby is driving us both crazy!
NOTHING is happening grrr, we have tried the old wives tales, pineapple, curry, driving over speedbumps lol.
I have been taking Raspberry Leaf Tea tablets and we even tried having sex to bring on labour but still nothing!
I only hope baby is as chilled out when it arrives.................finally!
Wednesday, 29 October 2008
5 days and counting!
I am so hoping i dont go past my due date, this week feels like the longest week ever!
My SIL put it really well when she said its like queueing up for a big ride at an amusement park, you spend the most part scared and then when you eventually get near to the front of the queue you just think well i've come this far lets just get on with it!
We're already getting phone calls asking if anything is happening, the house is prepped and ready, we even have car seats and sun blinds installed in the cars and the pram is in the boot!
Poor Chris is at work and really cant concentrate waiting for me to let him know something/anything is happening and of course i'm at home over examining every time something moves trying to work out if its the start of anything, it's driving us both mad!
We've even filled in the bits of the baby books which are before baby is born, one of which included a photo of "Mum & Dad" shortly before baby arrives and is also the ONLY photo we have of me pregnant lol
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Just under...
....2 weeks to go!
I've been a very bad blogger and havent posted. I'm at home now and Chris was off work poorly with me for the first week which once he started to feel better was really nice :0)
We're both fed up of waiting now, i feel like i have been waiting for this baby FOREVER!
Thank you so much for all the comments! And welcome to the black box visitors, i will get round to visiting everyone this week in between washing baby clothes :0)
Is there only me that if i had to shorten Imogen would shorten it to Gen????
I've been a very bad blogger and havent posted. I'm at home now and Chris was off work poorly with me for the first week which once he started to feel better was really nice :0)
We're both fed up of waiting now, i feel like i have been waiting for this baby FOREVER!
Thank you so much for all the comments! And welcome to the black box visitors, i will get round to visiting everyone this week in between washing baby clothes :0)
Is there only me that if i had to shorten Imogen would shorten it to Gen????
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Small update!
So it seems you all like Tom Andrew but Imogen has had a mixed response!
I liked Max but my sister put me off, for those old enough to remember Max Wall, it's a little too close to Max Hall lol
Imogen is the only and i mean ONLY girls name we can agree on lol
Why are girls names so hard???
We are both hoping for a boy so i do wonder if we have a boy and then later try again for a girl if we will still find it so difficult!
I havent been able to post much as i have been training my replacement at work, its my last day tomorrow!
Cant wait :0)
I liked Max but my sister put me off, for those old enough to remember Max Wall, it's a little too close to Max Hall lol
Imogen is the only and i mean ONLY girls name we can agree on lol
Why are girls names so hard???
We are both hoping for a boy so i do wonder if we have a boy and then later try again for a girl if we will still find it so difficult!
I havent been able to post much as i have been training my replacement at work, its my last day tomorrow!
Cant wait :0)
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Drumroll please...
Ok the names we have in mind are......
Tom Andrew Hall
and
Imogen Mary Hall
What do you think??
Ooh and it's my 100th post since i moved over to blogger!
Tom Andrew Hall
and
Imogen Mary Hall
What do you think??
Ooh and it's my 100th post since i moved over to blogger!
Monday, 29 September 2008
5 Weeks to go...
We've had a really good weekend for a change! No painting, no chores really just catching up with lots of people, thoroughly enjoyed by both of us although both knackered!
Thanks for all the name suggestions! Neither name we have chosen came up in your suggestions which amazed me!
So should i tell you our ideas now? Or wait till Pug actually arrives??
Thanks for all the name suggestions! Neither name we have chosen came up in your suggestions which amazed me!
So should i tell you our ideas now? Or wait till Pug actually arrives??
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Names
I've been asked twice now if we know the sex of the baby and if we have any names in mind.
Well we don't know the sex and we do have names in mind but i would be really interested to hear your suggestions before i reveal ours!
So please feel free to suggest names, our surname is Hall........
Well we don't know the sex and we do have names in mind but i would be really interested to hear your suggestions before i reveal ours!
So please feel free to suggest names, our surname is Hall........
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Poorly Sick!
It seems sailing through a pregnancy is not allowed and if the pregnancy cant get ya then something else will!
Since last Thursday i have been getting really bad headaches, when we went to see the midwife on Friday morning we mentioned it, she told us i could have co-codamol instead of paracetamol but to keep an eye on it over the weekend.
Saturday i get a rash, Sunday the rash is slightly worse and i'm feeling sick...
Monday morning we have to go to the hospital for the diabetes test where we bump into my midwife who takes one look at me and arranges for me to see a doctor.
So three hours later when the diabetes test is over we head up to the third floor to see the doctor, blood pressure is checked, urine sample is checked, i'm put on a monitor for baby and babys heartbeat is good and strong and baby is kicking away.
The doctor then says she only deals with "pregnancy and women's bits" and doesnt feel qualified to discuss the headaches or the rash and so will get another doctor to come and see us.
Some time later another doctor comes to see us, looks at the rash and says he is going to speak to someone in dermatology.
He comes back and tells us he is actually a cardiologist (WTF) and as such doesnt really know a huge amount about rashes but he can tell us it isnt menengitis or chicken pox.....well we could probably have told you that!
He gives us a prescription for some painkillers and tells us we should go and see our own GP!
We go to the hospital pharmacy where the pharmacist comes out with a medical dictionary, tells us the drug we have been prescribed isnt commonly used in this country but is used in Germany quite a lot without any side effects to pregnant women. She then asked us if we still wanted it!
I dont know about you but i dont go to a doctor so i can be the one to decide what i am prescribed, isnt that why they do the study and get the salary....
Anyhoo we then manage to get an appointment with our GP, the new one remember??
We had been in her office less than five minutes when she said "looks like shingles to me"
I've been back to see her this morning and she has referred me to another hospital, i am waiting to find out when my appointment is this afternoon to get the diagnosis confirmed.
I have been signed off for a week and told i will probably be off next week as well.
And where am i lucky enough to have this rash you ask??
Lucky old me, it's on my face....
Since last Thursday i have been getting really bad headaches, when we went to see the midwife on Friday morning we mentioned it, she told us i could have co-codamol instead of paracetamol but to keep an eye on it over the weekend.
Saturday i get a rash, Sunday the rash is slightly worse and i'm feeling sick...
Monday morning we have to go to the hospital for the diabetes test where we bump into my midwife who takes one look at me and arranges for me to see a doctor.
So three hours later when the diabetes test is over we head up to the third floor to see the doctor, blood pressure is checked, urine sample is checked, i'm put on a monitor for baby and babys heartbeat is good and strong and baby is kicking away.
The doctor then says she only deals with "pregnancy and women's bits" and doesnt feel qualified to discuss the headaches or the rash and so will get another doctor to come and see us.
Some time later another doctor comes to see us, looks at the rash and says he is going to speak to someone in dermatology.
He comes back and tells us he is actually a cardiologist (WTF) and as such doesnt really know a huge amount about rashes but he can tell us it isnt menengitis or chicken pox.....well we could probably have told you that!
He gives us a prescription for some painkillers and tells us we should go and see our own GP!
We go to the hospital pharmacy where the pharmacist comes out with a medical dictionary, tells us the drug we have been prescribed isnt commonly used in this country but is used in Germany quite a lot without any side effects to pregnant women. She then asked us if we still wanted it!
I dont know about you but i dont go to a doctor so i can be the one to decide what i am prescribed, isnt that why they do the study and get the salary....
Anyhoo we then manage to get an appointment with our GP, the new one remember??
We had been in her office less than five minutes when she said "looks like shingles to me"
I've been back to see her this morning and she has referred me to another hospital, i am waiting to find out when my appointment is this afternoon to get the diagnosis confirmed.
I have been signed off for a week and told i will probably be off next week as well.
And where am i lucky enough to have this rash you ask??
Lucky old me, it's on my face....
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Just an update
So i was going to post a gorgeous photo of Neice Sydney meeting baby Joshua on Sunday but its on my phone, as soon as i get chance i'll put it on!
In the meantime to answer some comments, no i havent had any weird cravings as yet but i have gone off meat a little bit, the strange thing is its only proper pieces of meat for example a chicken breast or a chop etc
Put a burger or a crappy sausage in front of me and i'm quite happy lol
I've also started eating stuff i used to eat which i havent for ages because they were snacky type things i had as a quick fix when i lived alone and obviously i dont live alone anymore and Chris wouldnt eat them anyway!
As for movement, yes you'll be pleased to know there is plenty, as i am sitting here typing this baby is happily kicking away :0)
Chris has just about managed to feel 2 kicks on the outside the other day but they are still pretty much only felt by me.
The baby is VERY high up so i dont have a massive belly, if i'm honest it just looks like the flab i had before! I am sure when it drops i will look like i have ballooned overnight!
I have the midwife tomorrow morning for the normal check up and quick listen to the heartbeat and then on Monday morning i have to have the test to see if i have gestational diabetes
This means from 10pm Sunday night i can have nothing but "plain water" then i go to the hospital Monday morning for a glucose drink to see if i fall over!!
We're not particularly concerned about it, i havent shown any symptoms so far but my brother was diabetic and my dad had middle aged onset diabetes so its just a precaution.
I have only yesterday begun to get swollen ankles which i'm amazed at as i sit on my backside at a desk all day but hey ho swollen ankles, heartburn and tiredness arent really much to complain about (unless i'm really tired lol)
I have just over 11 weeks left and i'm already bored, just over 8 weeks left at work and counting the days, no doubt when baby comes i'll be rushed off my feet and wishing i were back in work!
In the meantime to answer some comments, no i havent had any weird cravings as yet but i have gone off meat a little bit, the strange thing is its only proper pieces of meat for example a chicken breast or a chop etc
Put a burger or a crappy sausage in front of me and i'm quite happy lol
I've also started eating stuff i used to eat which i havent for ages because they were snacky type things i had as a quick fix when i lived alone and obviously i dont live alone anymore and Chris wouldnt eat them anyway!
As for movement, yes you'll be pleased to know there is plenty, as i am sitting here typing this baby is happily kicking away :0)
Chris has just about managed to feel 2 kicks on the outside the other day but they are still pretty much only felt by me.
The baby is VERY high up so i dont have a massive belly, if i'm honest it just looks like the flab i had before! I am sure when it drops i will look like i have ballooned overnight!
I have the midwife tomorrow morning for the normal check up and quick listen to the heartbeat and then on Monday morning i have to have the test to see if i have gestational diabetes
This means from 10pm Sunday night i can have nothing but "plain water" then i go to the hospital Monday morning for a glucose drink to see if i fall over!!
We're not particularly concerned about it, i havent shown any symptoms so far but my brother was diabetic and my dad had middle aged onset diabetes so its just a precaution.
I have only yesterday begun to get swollen ankles which i'm amazed at as i sit on my backside at a desk all day but hey ho swollen ankles, heartburn and tiredness arent really much to complain about (unless i'm really tired lol)
I have just over 11 weeks left and i'm already bored, just over 8 weeks left at work and counting the days, no doubt when baby comes i'll be rushed off my feet and wishing i were back in work!
Friday, 8 August 2008
See i am still here!
So we went to see Jeremy Kyle last Friday afternoon and it was hilarious.
The first people we saw on the stage were a couple in their 30's and a young girl of 18 who was the wife's "best friend".
The husband had admitted to sleeping with 18 women behind his wifes back and the wife had admitted to sleeping with 3 men!
The night before the show they both confessed to one more each making it 19 and 4!
The husband wanted a paternity test for their youngest child since her confession, he wanted his wife to take a lie detector test to ensure he now knew everything and he was taking a lie detector test to prove....
are you ready for this....
that he had slept with his wife's best friend as he had confessed but the friend was denying it! and yeah i mean the 18yr old lol
Well the tests came back, the child WAS his, his wife WAS telling the truth and while taking his own lie detector test he changed his story and admitted to OVER 30 WOMEN!
This included the best friend who still denied it but hadnt taken a test.....whatever....
We were there for around 4 hours as they were behind with filming, the crew made everyone aware that they knew the show was regarded as a bit cheesy but politely asked us not to laugh if somone was breaking their heart on stage, there were other stories but nothing else as entertaining!
In other news my FIL who had an operation on his throat last year has just started to consume small amounts of liquids again after over a year of feeding himself through a peg in his stomach.
2 days ago he had his first cup of coffee!! YAY!
I'm so chuffed for him, when my SIL has her baby in September i will be able to pour him a glass of champagne :0)
We have now changed doctors and i have met her once, she seems very nice so hopefully it will be plain sailing in that area now, ill keep you posted!
As for baby im lucky enough to be continuing to have very few symptoms that people complain about during pregnancy. With only 12 weeks to go my only real complaint is the amount of heartburn i am getting.
Gaviscon is my new best friend!
Have to say though if thats all i have to complain about i better shut up before a horde of pregnant women who havent had an easy time hunt me down!
Oooh and after today only 9 weeks left at work, thats 45 work days guys and believe me i'm counting!
The first people we saw on the stage were a couple in their 30's and a young girl of 18 who was the wife's "best friend".
The husband had admitted to sleeping with 18 women behind his wifes back and the wife had admitted to sleeping with 3 men!
The night before the show they both confessed to one more each making it 19 and 4!
The husband wanted a paternity test for their youngest child since her confession, he wanted his wife to take a lie detector test to ensure he now knew everything and he was taking a lie detector test to prove....
are you ready for this....
that he had slept with his wife's best friend as he had confessed but the friend was denying it! and yeah i mean the 18yr old lol
Well the tests came back, the child WAS his, his wife WAS telling the truth and while taking his own lie detector test he changed his story and admitted to OVER 30 WOMEN!
This included the best friend who still denied it but hadnt taken a test.....whatever....
We were there for around 4 hours as they were behind with filming, the crew made everyone aware that they knew the show was regarded as a bit cheesy but politely asked us not to laugh if somone was breaking their heart on stage, there were other stories but nothing else as entertaining!
In other news my FIL who had an operation on his throat last year has just started to consume small amounts of liquids again after over a year of feeding himself through a peg in his stomach.
2 days ago he had his first cup of coffee!! YAY!
I'm so chuffed for him, when my SIL has her baby in September i will be able to pour him a glass of champagne :0)
We have now changed doctors and i have met her once, she seems very nice so hopefully it will be plain sailing in that area now, ill keep you posted!
As for baby im lucky enough to be continuing to have very few symptoms that people complain about during pregnancy. With only 12 weeks to go my only real complaint is the amount of heartburn i am getting.
Gaviscon is my new best friend!
Have to say though if thats all i have to complain about i better shut up before a horde of pregnant women who havent had an easy time hunt me down!
Oooh and after today only 9 weeks left at work, thats 45 work days guys and believe me i'm counting!
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
I know...
i am being a very absent blogger lately.
I do actually have some stuff i wanna write about such as when we went to watch Jeremy Kyle, my FIL's good news, update on the doctor situation and of course the whole being pregnant thing.
I will get to it as soon as i learn to deal with this damn heartburn!
I do actually have some stuff i wanna write about such as when we went to watch Jeremy Kyle, my FIL's good news, update on the doctor situation and of course the whole being pregnant thing.
I will get to it as soon as i learn to deal with this damn heartburn!
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