Book Giveaway - The Infertility Handbook

As most of my followers know, I recently got my Big Fat Positive after undertaking my first ICSI. Prior to undertaking IVF course, I won this book from one of the blogs I follow, A Field of Dreams and am proud to say upon receiving this book and use of it for a couple of weeks due to myself being succesful with IVF....I now no longer want to hold onto the book as I want to share the good luck charm from this book but i had to wait until I reached Trimester 2!!

No way at all do I consider myself fertile..Hello I conceived via IVF and am definately still classified as an infertile but I dont want to be selfish and want to spread that baby dust where I can

So if you would like to win such book

respond below and i will draw it within one week and arrange for it to be posted to you...

Pregnancy update - Photos of baby and my bump

Well after the controversial NT scan....I went ahead with it....I already had the blood test and was so looking forward to it even though I knew it would not change my mind the results about keeping the baby..but the scan was excellent..it was great as since we already had one two days ago we knew everything was going to be ok...so we could relax more at this scan...

and when the lady said our risk factor was low, pregnancy appears normal there was some relief as well as there was a girl in one of rooms waiting for her amnio who obviously had high risk...I could feel her pain of not knowing and risk of possibly losing the pregnancy and our scan was running late due to her amnio...I was ok with it...I have been there in the ultrasound place before surrounded by pregnant women when I knew I was having an ultrasound to confirm my baby had no heart beat (first pregnancy 2 years ago) and remember how it felt...I remember just crying with my mum at that ultrasound..looking at that screen I was meant to see something alive...and I asked the sonographer to turn off my screen...SO IT WAS EVER SO EXCITING THIS TIME I GOT TO SIT THERE AND WATCH MY BABY KICK AROUND AND HEART BEATING!!!

All close family and friends now know of our news...the most precious was sharing news with my nanna on her 90th birthday....I showed her the baby ultrasound...she couldnt see (hard vision) and I said its a baby...then we both just cried together!!!

My aunty was also standing by and she cried too...

I have not told the world we did IVF but I did say in the sms message to my friends that we have received our blessing of a miracle to become parents..Im not ready emotionally to share the pain of our IVF journey but I am not r letting people think it was easy for us either...most people get it anyways without us saying anything since we have been married for so long...but I like to add that miracle ....maybe at later point in time I can tell others

I had trouble with one of our good friends wanting to tell some people who live in our local community but since I used to run a business in it....I was centre of gossip when business sold that I was pregnant Im not ready for them to know yet...I will make them wait a week but this friend could not understand why I wanted to wait...she got annoyed that I kept changing my mind when she can tell the world...its my news I can change my mind however I like..I told her Im not ready for their gossip and one week is one week what does it matter..I just want to enjoy the news for a week with my close friends and family....

anyways so nearly in Trimester 2 so lets share my photos of joy for all of you

Also over next couple of days..I will announce my win a book competition for my followers...I won this book from one of blogs I follow..Field of Dreams and feel it helped me get my BFP and I want to spread that luck to someone else..not that I think I am fertile now that I am pregnant but feel that since I have now got my BFP someone else suffering like I did trying to get pregnant can benefit from this book

Blogger Award Response

Athena from Field of Dreams..what a sweetie and legend...thank you for nominating my blog for

Thats really sweet and I totally agree with her post about connection over cyberspace with some really special ladies and our journey with infertility....when at times you feel so alone your not in the world of internet and what would we do without it?? Love the 7 things revealed about yourself...Im glad I dont catch the train lol

So after being nominated, we need to tell 7 things about ourselves then nominate 7 followers so here goes:-

1. I love hotted up cars, come from car fanatic family and have a bit of led foot (settled down in my older years now since Im a mature woman)..When I was younger we used to drive around in my friends red mx5 convertible to the city, bondi beach run and through kings cross as we both loved to drive all night..and maybe picked up some guys on occasions :p
2. I have always had a weak bladder (remember pelvic floor... lift) and remember once I was so busting to go to the toilet during cross country race at school I just wet my pants (was competing for first)...no one notice thank god otherwise I would have been teased for rest of my high school years
3. I travelled overseas when I was 20 on Contiki tour and guess what...I had a boyfriend living in Amsterdam (left Australia to live there) so I promised to be loyal to him living in Amsterdam whilst Im holidaying in Europe on Contiki tour with some cute guys...and never cheated once...I did get to see my boyfriend after the tour for four days and it was our last sight of each other before the break up (very very traumatic tears everywhere at the time thought the world was going to end)
4. Got caught doing the do in my bedroom at home with boyfriend above by mum (very embarrassing) and the BF was in a gstring...it was a unspoken moment with my parents lol. Lesson learnt...with my husband now never to do it in the same house as parents when home.
5. One of my sisters is my best friend...we are so similar...we even get told we finish each others sentences off...we are so closely related and even share endometriosis together
6. I love staying in 5 star resorts and hotels whilst holidaying (not that we did when I was a child caravan parks were the best) but now with one income and my small income with baby to be...I think we may need to resort to those holidays at caravan parks but hang on those Big 4 caravan parks rock now!
7. The first grandchild of my family and child to go to Year 12 then university...

and the 7 blogs that I love following and have helped me on my journey are as follows:-

1. My path to insanity & Beyond
2. A year on..Our New Beginning...
3. Love and other drugs
4. Baby where are you
5. InfertiliTEE
6. Who said 3 is a Crowd?
7. Longing for lullabies

All these women have inspired me and have helped support me through my journey...there are of course more but these ones are predominant and Athena I thought since you nominated me how could I nominate back so I shared it with some other ladies...I wish all these ladies if there dream has not come true yet that it will as you all are amazing women who are kind to help others out there in need...

Pregnancy post - 12 weeks tomorrow

Just an update to say we met our obstetrician tonight and he is very funny but thorough at same time.

Got to see baby again and watching Baby G kicking around was so cool.

Anyways I am now confused as to whether to do the NT thursday as my OB reckons if you are not going to do the amnio test if its high risk there is no point and if you are not going to terminate then why worry yourself throughout whole pregnancy as sometimes NT results show high risk and baby can be normal....as the NT are not conclusive on their own with blood test...

I was excited to go see the baby again but now am having second thoughts...

UPDATE

Thanks for all my supporters...well after I sorted out my head and stopped trying to convince myself not to do it since I had made my mind up I did want to do it until I saw my OB...and all the help from you guys...I ended up sticking to doing the scan...I already had the bloods done last week and scan today...so everything is normal well low risk which either way is nice to know so now I can saviour in the moment...Im in love with my baby I could watch it jumping around all day lol...will post a pic soon just wanted to update my supporters...Ive been a bit busy with work, this baby stuff and my nannas 90th this weekend and I get to share the news with her....cant wait....