I am still stuck on the hiccups thing

 

Yeah no babies for AV I think i will stick to my pets!

It is because their muscles are still developing so they are much more prone to them than adults

It is the most funniest feeling

 

 

Then when you first feel them move it is Like real butterflies in your tummy

 

Av that freaks you out wait to see their foot push through the side of your belly

Edited September 23, 200816 yr by Neat

It is the most funniest feeling

 

 

Then when you first feel them move it is Like real butterflies in your tummy

 

Av that freaks you out wait to see their foot push through the side of your belly

 

 

AWWWWWwwwwwwwww that is adorable

I only got elbows and knees sticking out my belly as both kids were anterior

See that picture to me looks painful and just strange. I love kids don't get me wrong but the concept of me having kids freaks me out and I feel sick.

Ha ha! That picture cracks me up- Av dont worry its not real, there is a lot more tissue and skin and stuff in the way for the foot to be so defined, you just get a big lump in the side which looks like an alien is trying to escape!

 

I am also planning to have another bubs. I am a little bit apprehensive but excited at the same time. I have a 7 year old girl and a 3 year old boy but for some reason that i cant explain i want one more? I love being pregnant(apart from getting fat!) I had two perfect pregnancies and now i think oh but what if i jinx myself and have a horrible 3rd pregnancy or their is something wrong with the baby? But these are the chances that we take and most of the time it all works out in the end. We are planning to start "trying" in 1 month-2 months so it will be a august/September baby if all goes to plan.Good luck with it.

But on a serious note does anyone know if there are any bad illnesses that can be caught from the birds while being pregnant? Do i have to give all of the feeding and cleaning jobs to my hubby?

Edited September 24, 200816 yr by **Liv**
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As long as your birds are healthy Missylu I don't think you have anything to worry about

 

I copped a problem with the ligaments that hold my pelvis together last time (can't remember what it's called) and I was so bad I could barely walk. I was still at uni too so I ended up on a temporary disabled pass so I could park my car close to the buildings. There is a good chance I would get it again which is what makes me so apprehensive

I have 4 kids MB and i will tell you the more kids you have the more hectic your life gets.The hardest thing i find is making time for them individually so they do not feel that you love one more than the other. Going out is hard when you are trying to keep a eye on where they all are. Sometimes things do not always go right, my 3 baby was my hardest and never slept and is still a handful. But even with the hassles that come with more than 2 children the joy and love that they give to them is worth it. Only you know if you can handle more kids. If it is something you really want them you will find the strength to do it.

I have no doubt I can handle more kids as we have done foster care and have not only had our own child in the house but also had difficult teenagers staying with us, one stayed with us for nearly a year!

 

It 's really the pregnancy that I'm dreading, but I may prove myself wrong and have no problems I think I am in slightly better health now than when I was pregnant with my second so that is a start. I have been pon a strict regime of supplements to fix some long term deficiencies and I am a bit fitter now too so fingers crossed that the hard work pays off.

I had awful pregnancies. I hope that if you decided to have another one that it all goes well for you and you have a problem free pregnancy.

Babies babies everywhere haha

 

I'm with you AV, no babies for me for a LOONGG time

 

About 5 of my girlfriends are either pregnant or had a baby recently at the moment so that's enough to throw me off them for a while haha! As far as I'm concerned they're all too bloody young haha

I bring up my Bosses kids, had the youngest for about 12 hours a day from the time he was 5 days old till now when he is going on 4. I feel like a working mum and I have done all the major step, when he crawled for the first time, his first steps, his first word, his first day at school, his first hair cut you name it I did it (even that really awful first nappy) so I don't feel the need to have a kid as I feel I have already had one if that makes sense.

That totally hits home AV!!!

I look after my brothers children everyday of the week full time and most weekends.

Kain is now 3 1/2 and Lauana nearly 8

I've had him for almost 3 years of his life

His first word Yahtzee (said by him as yah-gee) was taught by me

He's been toilet trained by me and taught numbers and letters and everything else by me, so as far as i'm concerned and anyone around me is he's my child and I raised him also

AV and Libby, why do these super busy working parents have children in the first place then

My kids frustrate me and drive my up the wall on a daily basis, but there is no way i would let someone else raise them for me, especially full time

Edited September 24, 200816 yr by **Liv**

To pay the bills I guess, want to provide the kids with the most they can via luxuries which means as opposed to childcare they come to me... I'm just praying they don't have another one LOL!

Also because without both of us working we have no chance of ever having the security of our own house. My oldest wants to paint his walls and build a cubby, two things we won't be able to do until we have saved up the rest of our house deposit and found a place to call home. The time we have together though is all quality time, we play in the yard, read books and go to the park, plus they have great friends at childcare/kinder. We don't have luxuries, just the necessities really but just having 'The Great Australian Dream' really is becoming just a dream for those who aren't lucky enough to have a partner on a substantial income.

I have nothing bad to say about working mother, heck I feel like one but I do sometimes feel like my bosses kids are missing out. At one stage i worked out the kids went about 4 days without seeing their parents and they live under the same roof.

 

MB you spend time with your kids, like the bird auction/sale thing we went to. We took them, yes Alex is a little money and tried to disapear a few times but we worked it out and worked around it. If my boss thinks it is to hard to take the kids somewhere they don't go. They are not going to the show because it's to hard to take all of them, Oliver does not do swimming lessons because that requires someone getting in the pool with him and that is to hard (they just bought a house with a pool so worried about how that is going to work) I wonder sometime why they had kids as they don't seem to enjoy them like other people I know do.

When Dylan is in School - I will be returning to work ..

I have done that with Tj so I couldn't be a mum that stayed home 24 - 7 until the kids left home.

 

I think i would have a mental break down

I enjoy taking my kids places although I must admit at times there are things we don't do just because it is too hard but that is more because I operate as a 'single parent' than because I don't want to do them. Neither of the boys have started swimming lessons yet but that is more a factor of having to take both the boys and then I can't be in two places at once. Once Alex is old enough to do his lesson without a parent in the water with him then I'll be taking thm both and while Alex is having a lesson I'll either do an official lesson with Max or we'll just do some water familiarity stuff and have a play

Well I have two boys, 2 years apart and it was so much easier than I had expected. I thought it was going to be absolutely hellish with a 2 year old and a baby but I was so pleasantly surprised. The only drawback is that the "baby" years are over and done with too quickly and they both grow up together. That's also an advantage though :)Oh I should have read on...You already have 2 boys! Well forget my reply - you already know it