I am...
 

...pregnant.

After 2 years of trying.

Hooray! Fingers crossed everything goes well. Early days yet, so I'll be taking it easy after a small amount of minor 'spotting'.

Woo, congratulations! I'm very happy for you, and for your family. I hope everything goes beautifully over the next few months (and next few years!) :)

WONDERFUL!

Congratulations Ali!

Awesome! Congrats, Ali!

Wow! Finally! Hooray for you and your family.

O darling I'm so pleased!
You thought it might happen with the boys away didn't you?

Congrats to you and Big D!

Congrats!!

Wonderful! *hugs Ali*

Bingo! Well done! Hope all goes well for you.

Congrats!

the best part is that now you'll have an excuse to act nutty.

-grats.

Ditto what everyone else has said ... CONGRATULATIONS!!!
:cheerldr: :cheerldr: :cheerldr: :cheerldr: :cheerldr: :cheerldr: :cheerldr:

Thanks everyone. We're very excited. Overwhelmed to have our dream finally come true to be honest. It's been a long time coming, so we're hoping and praying that everything will go smoothly for us from here on in.

Oh, and since when I have needed an excuse to act nutty?

Let me add my congrats to the list.

This means my trip is no longer an option mate. I'm very sad about that, but I don't want to travel OS alone, but I will get there. I swear to you from me!

Congatz Ali, and smooth sailing from here on luv

I guessed that, but didn't want to bring it up while you're still in the first flush of celebration! Not to worry, life gets in the way of the best plans. I'm just glad it's because of something longed for.

Wonderful news, Ali! Congratulations! May your term be peaceful and full of hopeful, happy memories!

Congratulations, good luck and all that!

Now, which thread will we be naming the little tyke from:
Alternative
or
Cruel?

Not cruel, possibly alternative. We have about 8 months to decide though, so there's no rush. :)

Thanks again to all of you who've wished us well.

SG, I guess these things happen. Maybe I'll come this time next year instead...and bring my little bundle with me. lol We'll see.

Congrats!

You'd both be welcome. I love children as long as their other people's.

Congratulations, Ali! Wonderful news. :)

Congratulations! :)

thanks guys.

Went to the doc yesterday and according to her I'm about 5 weeks gone and the little bit of spotting is nothing to worry about. Good to know. Still a bit worried about it though. I suppose that's natural. Not much that can be done even if things do go down the shitter (so to speak) anyway though, so I should just stop worrying.

Oof, Ali! :headshake
Hope you really have had your mind put at rest. Semantics aside, you're quite right - nothing you can do but be sensible and let nature take its course. Despite all my feelings to the contrary, this is what we were designed for after all.

Congrats, I hope pregnancy treats you well!

FWIW, before I knew I was pg, (wasn't trying) I just thought I was having a very light period. The spotting was nothing serious.

Good for you, Ali! And best of all, it was fun trying for two years, wasn't it? :D

:fingerx:

It's always fun making love, but after a while, the constant routine of making sure you're doing it at the right time of the month, then of course the frustration when you're apart and it's not possible etc. Because Dazza travels a lot with work, this was a major issue for us.

Thanks for your kind words though.

Yours to LR. I'm having a less leaky day today, so I'm hopeful that it was just the placenta forming and attaching etc which caused the bit of bleeding. Hopefully that's the end of it for now. :)

Congrats!

It's the most work you're ever going to love.

Congratulations! :) I hope that everything goes well.

Wow, hang in there lady. You worked hard for it. Rest. Best thoughts your way.:3eye:

Wow, I just read this thread. Cool!

Hey, I just thought, are you going to post a video of your birth on the cellar so we can all share? :D

its the least you can do since you were so inconsiderate that you didn't record the conception for us.

Thanks Flint. I know you're a slow reader sometimes, so I'll forgive you for your tardiness sometimes. ;)

I doubt I'll be posting a video of the birth or the conception for that matter. I'll ask Dazza if he wants to though. I'm pretty sure he wont want the world to see him acting like a blithering idiot either.

Would that be during the later or for the former? :D

For the sake of clarity, I'm going to say during the birth Dazza is likely to be a blithering idiot. Probably mostly because I'm likely to be a bit rough on him during the process and he might just not know where to stand or what to say by the time the birth comes around. lol

Congratulations. Don't forget to post some of your sonogram photos

That I'm going to upset my husband? lol

Well you could tell him to stay out of arms reach and keep items you could throw at him out of reach as well. :lol2:

Yes, I could do that. he's probably smart enough to stay out of the way anyway.

If I have the good drugs it probably wont be an issue though. Things will be much calmer and more peaceful.

I'm almost in my 9th week now. Only a few more weeks and we'll be over 'the danger period', so that's something to look forward to. I'm not so tired now either, so that's good also although I still feel like vomiting at the drop of a hat.

So far so good.

thats great to hear! Tell the little one to keep up the good work :P

Actually, I'm starting to wonder if there might be more than one in there. I hope not, but everything seems to be stretching inside more than I remember with the first couple. I suppose it could just be that I'm old and dried up now instead of young and supple with the first couple. lol

eta: or maybe I'm just paying more attention this time round.

Congrats!

Oh man... I don't miss that one bit... I was sick the entire tiem with our daughter. The only relief I felt... and mild at that was from ginger Altoids, sour plum drops, and the rasberry preggie pop drops.

Here is my unsolicited advice.... Oh... snow cones were good too... I highly recomend the snow cones... and sleepy or not... you might as well... once baby arrives you'll never sleep the same again... man I wish I'd slept more while I could... of course it was hard to go to sleep any earlier (I went to sleep around 7pm) considering I got off work at 6pm... still it wasn't enough.

I feel for you... I remember how scary the beginning was... we lost several pregnancies before we finally had our daughter and I couldn't relax and let myself be happy till I held her. We didn't find out about our son untill I was already 3 months along... that was the shortest pregnancy ever...

Speaking of finding out late about a baby. With my second son, I was 16 weeks when I found out. He was concieved about 6 weeks after my first son was born, and i think it was mostly that during that time, I just wasn't paying much attention to myself. I wasn't feeling sick although I was tired, but when you've got a new born, who isn't tired? Finally I realized I still hadn't had my period, so there might be something wrong. I went off to the doc who had a feel of my uterus and happily informed me that I was about 4 months along. Yehaa was all I had to say to that. I don't think I'd do the same thing now, but back then I had my baby, a spouse who was a total dickhead, and working full time while trying to care for the baby. I'd come home at night and my partner would say, "I've had him all day, now it's your turn". Excellent! Then on the weekends he'd be off to the pub for most of it. I finally left him when my second son was about 12 months old and never looked back. He's still a dickhead.

Thankfully I have a wonderful husband now and he's been very supportive, which I expect will continue right through this childs life. Incidentally, my two older boys love him too. He's the best step father ever. :)

congrats, Ali. This is an exciting time in your life! I'd LOVE to have another baby---I think I'm more ready now than I was when I had my two sons in my early twenties. Enjoy your bundle (even tho he/she is making you puke!)

Thanks Bri. No puking today. I bought some perier mineral water yesterday. I haven't had it in years (probably since I started drinking wine in cafes instead of water) but I remembered how refreshing it was. It is just as I remembered, so that's a good thing.

Ali all other things aside, wonderful news and congratulations. You are a great mom. Hooray for you and Darryl Dazza or Mr.D

Thanks foot3. We're very happy about it all. Well actually, I'm not so happy these days considering I feel like shit half the time, but Dazza is happy enough for both of us for now. :)

Pregnant is super sexy ;)

...lemme revise that... PLANNED pregnancy is super sexy!
Good luck & best wishes!

Thanks waffle. I have to say, I'm not feeling too sexy lately. In fact, I feel downright frumpy, and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable in some of my old clothes which really shits me at the moment.

On a brighter note, I'm officially 11 weeks today. That means I'm over 25% of the way through. Yay.

Flint always thought I was extremely sexy in a pair of maternity overalls... perhaps that would work for you ;-))

We don't get them over here too much. I'd have to search pretty hard to find them I think. lol

I shouldn't feel too bad though. I'm going to get much fatter, so it's probably best if I get over my feelings of frumpiness. Maybe I should go shopping and get some nice pretty maternity clothes instead of trying to squeaze into my old ones.

Good idea Ali, buying new clothes always is. :)

I agree - squeezing into clothes that don't fit always makes you feel worse.

If you don't want to spend too much money I seriously advocate eBay - lots of people want to sell maternity clothes due to their ephemeral nature, and there are some really nice things on there.