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Perrie Edwards looked delighted with herself as she left the X Factor studios having debuted the highly-anticipated Zayn Malik 'diss track', Shout Out To My Ex.
The blonde babe wore a large pink Little Mix foam fingers, which were throwing up the peace sign, looking excited as fans screamed at their idols.
Little Mix had just performed their latest single, which the girls have admitted was based on their experiences.
After busting out slick choreography for the break-up track, Perrie looked as if she'd changed out of her costume, while some of the girls remained in their raunchy get-up which caused uproar among viewers at home.
The girls, who shot to fame after winning the family entertainment show in 2011, got blasted for wearing some extremely revealing clothes and were even called "prostitutes" by some of the viewers just a day after Spice Girl Mel C slammed them for being too sexy for her daughter to watch.
As the girls took to the stage audience members didn't know where to look as long legs, groins and buttocks were flashed on display for everyone to see.
One fan of the show said: "Why are they all wearing their swimming costumes? # XFactor ".
It seemed that the theme for the girls was less is more, as they danced, gyrated and strutted across the stage in barely any clothing.
While over the knee boots was the one item they all rocked, thighs and bums on show was the other thing they all had in common.
Jesy Nelson looked particularly raunchy in her outfit and was picked out for criticism by viewers with one man writing: "Jesy needs to cover up ASAP", and another posted: "Jessy no X Factor."
Some people were loving the music, though, with one guy tweeting: "OMG girls you're slaying this performance #XFactor is killing it again."
But when it came to the wardrobe choices of Little Mix, reviews were more than a little bit scathing.
"Girl role models? really? dressed like that?" said one, as another posted: "Are you joking!? The strippers have arrived then ... # XFactor ".
More negative comments followed with people adding: "What the hell are they wearing or not wearing.We had britney spears in my day #XFactorLiveShows XFactor".
The appearance of the girls supports accusations made by Spice Girl Mel C about the girl band being too "provocative".
Contrasting the raunchy act formed on The X Factor in 2011 with her own 1990s hitmakers, she said: "I love Little Mix. I loved them from The X Factor. I just thought they were so different.
"But they are getting more provocative. To me, they were kind of the closest thing to the Spice Girls we've seen.
"They are all gorgeous and great singers. But they weren't sexy and it's got more and more that way. I love them – but I just say, 'Stay you'.
The singer's concerns about over-sexualisation have also led her to ban her seven-year-old daughter Scarlett from using social media.
Melanie, 42, told the Sunday People : "I'll show her a silly dog falling over on YouTube or something but I'll keep her away from the rest of it for as long as possible."
"She is a massive Little Mix fan but I've started to be more sparing in what I show her. I don't let her watch videos by artists that aren't appropriate for her. That makes me a bit sad.
"All young women want to look sexy and hot so I understand it's hard. But I think it's such a shame. We live in a narcissistic age – it's 100 per cent worse than when I was in the Spice Girls.
"It was a more innocent time, although we were criticised for wearing crop tops."
Little Mix once claimed that they didn't need to be overtly sexy to sell records, and even went as far as to say that their fans would find it intimidating if they did sex up their image.
Speaking to the BBC last year Jesy said: "Do you know what? I think it's different for girl bands. Fans can find it intimidating if you're being sexy.
Bandmate Perrie then added: "We're not about that anyway. We're in our own lane, we know what we stand for. We want to inspire people."
Jade then added: "There's no need to do that kind of dancing. Obviously, sometimes we do do a bit of sexy dancing but it's more empowering."
Perrie, who was the main writer of their new single, which is aimed at Zayn Malik, agreed: "Yeah, it's sassy. Not gyrating on the floor thrusting our vaginas.
"If we're a bit sexy, we're a bit sexy, if we're not, we don't really care. We don't feel like we have to have really skimpy outfits. We do whatever the heck we want."


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Up and going this Tuesday morning...headache starting but oh well just need a pill!! smile!!
Looks like we will be heading to Illinois. Finally got hubby to make up his mind last night. His brother is having a triple bi-pass this Friday and we are needed there!! I dread that 1000 mile trip!! Hubby says it is only 800 miles...I don't think so!! Like that 200 miles he just conveniently took off just because....would make it any easier!!?? hm!! I don't think so!!!
We are going to be leaving very soon once I can get someone to watch these wonderful two cats of ours!! Pets are wonderful to have around but when you need to leave in a hurry then they are NOT the best to have!! You have to figure out what to do and quickly. Simon has to have his "chill pill" and his anti-biotic shoved down his throat twice a day!! It is such a fun job!! I have the pleasure of that!!
Last night was our youngest granddaughter's 9th birthday!! Their parents always let them pick out the restaurant they want to eat at. Both kids always pick a Mexican one!! This time it was no different...so off to eat Mexican...again!! She looked so grown up. She told her mother that she now could comb her hair better!! She came in all dressed up like always with her purse thrown over her arm like she was about 18!! She has always been a girly girl and still is!!
We told the waiter it was her birthday. She got a big fried ice cream with all kinds of whipped cream on the top!! Both kids LOVE whipped cream so they dived in!! Her grandma Donna had sent her some money so she had to look around at the mall some after dinner. She was good and could not find anything that she just HAD TO HAVE. She has a birthday party this Saturday too!!
We left our family at the mall so that they could go home. Bedtime is important since it was a school night!! Hubby thought it would be a good idea if we went to Dairy Queen and got an ice cream cone in honor of Maddie's birthday!! Any excuse that he can find!!
Today I am just going to try to get as much done as possible. For those wonderful ladies that will be coming here soon...i hope you realize that this is NOT going to be the plaza when you come!! My maid is on vacation and the butler....well the BUTLER Max...we don't talk about him anymore!!
I am going to clean when I can and hopefully it will not be TOO BAD when ya'll arrive!! Try just to look past the DUST BUNNIES...Okay!!
Everyone have a great day!! Looks kind of overcast here..Maybe rain... (probably why my head is hurting) who knows!! Love ya'll!!
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Posted by Ramblins of a middle-aged goddess at 7:00 AM
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- Hootin'Anni said...
Oh dang.....I really wouldn't fret over 'being a plaza' when the group gets together. They'll be there for fun! Besides, you could make a game of it and chase dust bunnies....and the one with the most will get the door prize when they leave!!!
In all seriousness...do drive safely and know you'll all be in my thoughts. Hope the surgery is a success.
- Linda said...
Have a safe trip to Illinois. And, I'll be praying for your brother in law. Now a days, heart surgery is so routine.
- PEA said...
I don't envy you the 1000 mile trip but I think it's very important to be there for your BIL if you can go!! Happy 9th Birthday to your granddaughter...she looks adorable and very grown up:-) You all must be getting so excited for the upcoming blogger get together...I wouldn't worry too much about how clean your house is, I'm sure they won't notice it!! hehe xox
- Talk..to..Grams said...
I will be praying for your brother in law that all goes well.... boy that is a long drive from GA to IL whew!!I will pray for you to have a safe trip....It is hard with pets when you leave....
You all will be having so much fun and caring on when the gang gets there that if there is a dust bunny here or there they won't even notice!
- Jennifer said...
Honey, I am not in the least interested in staying at the Plaza...being in your home, with you and your family, sounds better by far...dust bunnies or no (and I have more dust bunnies than you, hands down, any day!! :) )
Have a safe, careful trip...love you!
- Julie said...
You are coming to Illinois and we don't even get to see you :( We are going to be gone this weekend ourselves-either to a competition for Em or to see Caleb's football game(long story)
Tell everyone hi for us. Wish we could come see you. Love ya, Julie
- Baba/night owl said...
Hi Sandy, Wishing you a safe trip to be by your brother-in-law's bedside.Don't worry about the dust,it comes and goes.... My daughter gets a person at the vets to come to her house and feed her cat when she is out of town..I don't know how much they charge. What day do you leave??
Take care. Love ya, Barb
- Denise said...
Praying for your brother in-law, and for your long trip my friend.
- Sandra said...
Praying for your BIL....hope you have a safe trip too.
I know what you mean about pets, I love them but they're a big hassle when you have to go somewhere fast or on vacation and can't take them.
- Susan said...
No worries about dust bunnies. I'm sure you've figured out by now they make me feel right at home! I can't wait to be there and visit with you all. It's going to be so very very fun.
I'm praying for your trip and your BIL. May God bless him and the surgeons.
Blessings, Sandy.
:-) Susan
- Susie said...
I've said a prayer for your safe travels Sandy.


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Darren Bent, the England international striker will sign on for a one year loan deal at Fulham – probably today – that's now official with Fulham manager Martin Jol welcoming his new signing to the London club.
Darren Bent – will move to Fulham on loan
And Alan Pardew has come out and said Newcastle were close to signing Bent – but in the transfer market – we know that close doesn't count for much and you either get your man or you don't, and whether you were close means very little at the end of the day.
This is what Alan Pardew told the local press today:
"He was close." "Close, in terms of the deal but Darren has decided to go elsewhere." "I wish him all the best." "We need a striker." "Joe is working very hard."
And this is what Martin Jol, the Fulham manager has said about his new arrival:
"Darren Bent is a striker I have always admired." "He has shown in the Barclays Premier League that he is composed and clinical in front of goal but, even if he is not scoring, he is involved in some good link-up play, creating opportunities for his teammates."
"I'm delighted that he has joined us, he gives us pace up front and I am confident that he will add to our goals scored tally this season."
This is the seocnd striker we have missed out on this summer, following our number one target Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang deciding in July to goto Borussia Dortmund rather than Newcastle.
We don't know exactly where we stand with the potential Bafe Gomis deal, but according to reports that one could also be dead in the water.
It is being reported that Newcastle were unwilling to meet Bent's wage demands, which is why he finally ended up at Fulham.
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Joe is working very hard….by doing sweet nothing to get players signed up. Never mind a B-list. He is probably working through the alphabet at the moment!
On another note, I am trying to get one of the SBR day shirts for an ill family member and wondering whether any other members know if you can buy more than one shirt per member, as I kinda fancy getting one myself? Cheers in advance!
I get the feeling Joes hands are tied while waiting to see who offers what for our own players. Either that or he is inept and out of his league in the modern football world where not being a habitual liar and being able to pronounce players names matters more than he realises.
Regardless of who offers what for Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Debuchy or whoever, we need more options up front. Is the hold up a domino effect from other clubs transfers which are dragging on? I don't know – its all a bit puzzling!
@G.unit: He's working hard on finding his B and C list. He took them on holiday with him and left them in his hotel. Don't worry about other clubs catching onto it, though. It literally just says "fcuk."
re: Bent, if he wanted to come here then he'd have taken a cut. It's no love lost as far as I'm concerned. He's a canny player but it's very difficult to fit him into any formation that isn't using him as a lone striker so… yeah, I'm not fussed about him at all.
FFS… Bent this, Bent that, Bent, Bent, Bent…. Howay man!
Like he's the only striker on the planet and our no1 target……
We will not sign anyone because it is JK's job to frustrate AP until he goes, allowing JK to take the manager's job. Ashley will not invest anymore in a manager he doesn't want anymore.
Obviously, we got Remy but he's a player that could get into any team.
Feel sorry for Joe he gets the brunt of everyone anger wen he has to work within an extremely tight budjet, If
MA and DL got their finger outr lst summer and gave BA the 80k he wanted he would have supassed the 20 goal mark and got us the the europa league final which we very easy could have won instead they played hardball lost out Ba walked and with him went the goals, we barely stayed in the league and made a 9million revenue lost bcoz of it and now we have pay millions to replace him a man we had for free little wonder why DL got the door.
Top & bottom of it is M.A will NOT pay the money so no matter how good JFK is or Pardew they cannot complete the deal as the target is not reached money wise. Lets face it we will not sign anyone this summer and we will struggle! I have never in my 58 years been so annoyed and frustrated at our situation, for heavens sake there will be an abundance at the end of the season to pay for these players, how about some forward thinking by the management? I am totally disheartened and disappointed by it all now, doubt if I will watch many games this season as its going to be the same old same old and I could honestly not stand that for another term.
Kinnear's working hard? Doing exactly what, I wonder.
Let's not confuse activity and productivity and to date, what added value has he brought to Newcastle United?
Can anybody show any positives that he's initiated and concluded? I exclude Remy as that deal was almost done by Llambias and Kinnear finalised the loan.
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I know its a bit of subject so sorry but thought i would post this as im sure you may be interested. Sale is closing within an hour
Here we are days away from the kick off on Monday night against Manchester City and we have only one injured loan signing to show for six weeks of endeavour in the transfer market. Newcastle will be beaten again live on Sky, and the restless rot will start all over again with our supporters whose patience, like mine, has worn itself out. How many games will it take to sack Pardew ? I reckon 3 – the first three, which should be enough to see him on his way – some three months later than it should have been. Meanwhile, the long suffering supporters will have put up with same old bollocks about trying harder on the pitch. So what makes you think I'm pissed off with NUFC !


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Took Bub shopping for new clothes today.
Shorts for $5 (K-Mart) and new SKECHERS for $20 (Ross).
He is a BIG boy! Size 4.5 shoes and 12/14 shorts.
Geez dude...lay off the rice! Hahaha...just kidding!
He's a growing boy! :D
We had pizza for lunch, then I took them to the park to play.
It was a nice day. :)
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This special CCSA and CCSE bundle covering Check Point Security Administration & Engineering (R77.30 GAiA) provides you with an understanding of the basic concepts and skills necessary to configure Check Point Security Gateway and Management Software Blades.
During this course, you will configure a Security Policy and learn about managing and monitoring a secure network, upgrading and configuring a Security Gateway, and implementing a virtual private network. This part prepares you for CCSA certification. The advanced part of the course provides you training on how to build, modify, deploy and troubleshoot Check Point Security Systems on the GAiA operating system. Hands-on lab exercises teach how to debug firewall processes, optimize VPN performance and upgrade Management Servers. This advanced part prepares you for CCSE certification.
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- Design a distributed environment and Install the Security Gateway in it
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- Acquire user information used by the security gateway to control access
- Define access roles for use in an Identity Awareness rule
- Implement Identity Awareness in the Firewall Rule Base
- Configure a pre-shared secret site-to-site VPN with partner sites
- Configure permanent tunnels for remote access to corporate resources
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- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot SecureXL and CoreXL acceleration solutions on the corporate network traffic to ensure noted performance enhancement
- Using an external user database such as LDAP, configure User Directory to incorporate user information for authentication services on the network
- Manage internal and external user access to resources for remote access or across a VPN
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Our auxiliary Fuel Tank project
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Fuel tank modifications are not normally required for burning BioDiesel in your vehicle unless you expect to use straight B100 without blending it with #2 diesel in temperatures below 40F. Burning straight B100 BioDiesel in winter months with temperatures in the 30F range your BioDiesel will be more likely to Gel or cloud and may present you with problems unless you provide some form of minor fuel line or fuel tank heating. Since we drive long distances & we are in need an extra fuel tank anyway, we are planning on adding an auxiliary fuel tank into the bed of our truck which we will likely dedicate to B100.
The Project: For future winter time use we will install a bed mounted insulated auxiliary fuel tank with minor heating modifications such as a heated dip tube for warming up the BioDiesel fuel to around 70F to 75F along with a fuel tank switching valve & some heated or insulated fuel lines. We will start the truck on #2 diesel in cold weather & switch over to tank #2 once the fuel lines warm up to around 70F to 75F. We are not talking about heating up our BioiDiesel anywhere near 180F like the Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) guys have to do because using that much heat is known to damage expensive fuel injection parts.
The secondary fuel tank parts are now on hand. We are now in possession of our new MIG wielder and have been taking our time learning how to use it correctly. Current plans are to shorten two identical size hydraulic oil tanks to fit into the bed of our truck. After shortening the tanks, we will double stack them & place a very long and continuous weld bead around the junction. This will form one tank with a capacity of around 27 gallons. We will custom make a heated dip tube as required to fit. The parts currently on hand for the fuel tank project include, 2 hydraulic oil tanks, 20' of fuel injector hose and to prevent possible degradation caused by solvent attack from B100 Methyl-Ester it is flexible Fluoropolymer Viton lined. A 6 port electric PollicK fuel tank switching valve, a short 12VDC electrically heated European diesel fuel line, a 12VDC heated diesel fuel filter wrap, a "General" brand 10 micron Fuel Oil filter or perhaps we may use a heated Racor brand 5 micron filter and build a small heat exchanger. We gave up trying to construct a bed side mounted fuel tank that can fit just ahead of both the wheel wells in the bed of the truck since we determined the fuel capacity would be too small. If we could use such small fuel tanks they would take up less room in the bed & that location would help protect them against potential damage from heavy loads that could shift when braking.
Because of space limitations we make our BioDiesel outside. Since standing around in the winter rain & wind causes us to get very cold while making BioDiesel. Because of the weather we normally suspend BioDiesel production during the cold bad winter months & wait for warmer weather before resuming production in the spring. Besides washing our BioDiesel with a garden hose in the winter is almost guaranteed to freeze up our plumbing. We normally build up a store of fuel for potential winter time use providing the weather allows. 200 gallons of BioDiesel should hold us over most of the winter months provided that we burn it in moderation. For those of you that have the space, there are 2 ways to extend the temperature parameters of BioDiesel lower than 40F. By removal of the Tallow from the WVO and also by cold fractioning the BioDiesel. See our book for further details.
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Judging by experience, most top managers and innovators feel that they are in a maelstrom of change. For some, the rate of change and the magnitude of the consequences induced are so high that they feel a kind of 'Present Shock' – a term coined by Douglas Rushkoff, building upon Alvin Toffler's concept of Future Shock, to describe the psychological impact that occurs when too much is happening simultaneously.
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The Process of Curriculum Development: Two Levels of Interpretation.
Silberstein, Moshe; Ben-Peretz, Miriam
The process of curriculum development involves two phases: transformation of research findings into curriculum material by external developers and implementation of curriculum materials by teachers. In a study of the development of an eighth grade biology unit in Israel, the authors examined the characteristics of and relationships between the activities of external developers and teachers. Analysis of the first phase, material development by an external group, involved examination of various versions of the curriculum material, minutes of meetings, and comments of development team members. It was found that the developers made changes in transforming research in the field of biology into eighth grade level curriculum material. These changes included simplifications of content, omissions, and changes in style and forms of expression. Analysis of the second phase, implementation of the unit by teachers, involved a survey of the 20 teachers who used the unit. It was found that the teachers spent more time on the unit than was specified in the teacher's guide, used more teaching strategies than were outlined in the guide, and emphasized approximately the same content as was stressed in the guide. Additional research is needed to explore the impact of personal characteristics of developers and teachers upon the process of curriculum development. (AV)
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Even though I've only known Dewey through her popular blog and even though we weren't the closest of friends, I was deeply shocked and moved when I heard the sad news. It still feels really strange to think that she is not here anymore. Hers was a blog I would visit almost every day, to check on the new weekly geeks, to read her insightful reviews and her sunday coveting. I remember being envious of her beautiful house by the woods, not knowing what was going on behind the walls. I thought she was some kind of superwoman. Managing her reviews, her challenges, and building the blog community. She recently participated in Nanowrimo, and still kept posting reviews. I thought she was amazing. Now I think she was phenomenal. I can't imagine what kind of pain she was going through, but to us, she always managed to be the usual ultra-organised, motherly, kind, and funny Dewey.
The Read-a-thon was one of the best thing I've ever done this year, it was incredibly fun, and it was all her idea. It started off with few people and went on becoming a huge event. I hope, next time, we will manage to keep her legacy alive, and have a Read-a-thon in her memory, although it will never be the same without her.
It's only a coincidence, but I'm reading Toni Morrison for the first time now, and it's absolutely amazing. I've always loved her quote that gave Dewey's website its name, and now I'm glad to discover the writer behind it.
Also, Dewey was reading or had read "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" Another coincidence. A friend of mine just finished it and left it for me to read it. It's supposed to be incredibly funny and witty. Just like Dewey.
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Weekly Geeks# 27: for Dewey
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- Nymeth said...
Funny and witty. That was Dewey indeed. I also remember seeing the book be compared to the movie Amelie, and for some reason the movie reminds em a bit of her too. I can't remember if she ever mentioned liking it, of if it's because it's French, or what.
I've always loved that Toni Morrisson quote too. Her writing is amazing, isn't it? I've only read Beloved and Jazz, but I was awed by both.
It's good to hear from you, Valentina. This whole week I've been feeling like reaching out to all my dearest blogging friends and giving them a virtual hug. So here's one for you.
- 6 December 2008 at 19:52
- Maree said...
Dewey was some kind of superwoman. I'm still in awe of her energy.
- 7 December 2008 at 00:04
- Serena said...
yes, dewey was a superwoman. amazing.
- 7 December 2008 at 14:38
- Trish said...
I had no idea that the quote came from Morrison, but seeing the quote in its entirety is very fitting. Beautiful tribute, Valentina. Dewey will certainly be missed.
- 7 December 2008 at 15:10
Beautiful post! I think you nailed it when you said Dewey was funny and witty...I completely agree! I would love to have a read a thon in her memory.
- 9 December 2008 at 02:56
- valentina said...
awww Nymeth, I'm glad to be among your dearest bloggin friend, and knowing how sad you were these days, I wish I could give you a real big hug:) take a virtual one instead!
The elegance of the hedgehog compared to Amelie? strange, I wouldn't have thought by what my friend told me about it. I have to read it soon!! also because she wants it back for christmas:P
I'm so glad I've started reading Toni Morrison. But it takes a lot of attention, because every sentence and every word is meaninful, and beautiful!
maree, me too!
serena, yep, she was, a real inspiration...
Trish, thanks! I wish I knew from which bopok the quote was taken!
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Had my 2nd beta on Thursday, and feeling fine about it. My nurse rang with the results, 3994 which she said was normal. Sounds like a great number to me!! I've only had a beta that high once before. With both my early m/c's, I haven't managed a beta anywhere near that high. It made me feel a lot better about my chances of carrying this little one. Everyone keeps telling me how strong it is, and we're staying positive about it.
Had a little bleed this morning, which freaked me out a bit. Hardly anything, just 2 wipes worth on the loo paper after I peed. It was fresh looking though. Have been reclining on the couch all day since, and haven't had any more. DH has been really, really good, getting me food and drinks so I can lay around and try to relax.
I know DH always finds it incredibly hard when there's even a hint of something going wrong, so I know he finds this difficult. I stayed really calm when I told him, and didn't make a big deal about it, even though secretly I was talking myself into relaxing. He has always said, that he won't feel really secure about things until we get the ultrasound where he sees the heartbeat. That's the one thing we have never achieved before. Less than 2 weeks now until the u/s.
So, I'm really happy to have the weekend off, AND no plans for once, so that I can chill all weekend.
Next beta is on Thursday again, fingers staying crossed until then!!
Saturday, February 28, 2009
2nd beta... on track
Sorry for taking so long to put an update on here!! Work has been chaos as usual, and I've been exhausted all the time, taking 'nanna naps' after my shifts. Plus, have had a couple of things on in the evenings this week.
Friday, February 20, 2009
1 duck and 2 fat ladies
Kinda. I think. I'm not really into bingo talk!!! lol
Anyways, had my bloods done today, and it's official.
Beta today (16 days post transfer) was 288. I'm not really an expert on betas to be honest. The nurse said that they expect a number between 80 and 100 today, and that I'd done very well!! Although baby med says that normal range for 4 weeks + 2 days is 200-300. My friend A still thinks we're having twins :)
More bloods next Thurs, and the Thurs after that, to make sure the beta is rising nicely. Then the (dreaded) ultrasound is the Thurs after that, which happens to be the same day as my followup appointment with my RE, so that's worked out nicely.
I stopped in at my obstetrician's office after work (it's almost right next to the hospital I work in) and started the process of booking in. I know you have to get in early!! Unfortunately he wasn't there, he was in surgery, cos I woulda loved to have seen him, and I can guarantee I woulda got a big hug!! Never mind. Haven't got the appointment yet, cos his books are pretty full, but the receptionist said he's planning to add in some extra appointment times, and she'll get back to me.
It's still kinda surreal, but I'm liking it. And I don't feel shit scared like I have the last couple of times. We're staying positive. We believe that this is the right sperm, and the right egg. We know it fertilised nicely. So now we just wait, and make sure it 'sticks' around.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Yesterday... 8dp5dt....
OK I totally caved yesterday and POAS. Why? Because the box made some very impressive claims...
- Australia's most sensitive test
- Most women have enough hCG to be detected as early as 6 days before the day of their missed period
- 99% accurate
- Simple
I went and peed on that thing, with my good old afternoon urine :) And as the liquid was moving across the results window, I could already see 2 lines. 2 freaking lines!!!! I had to leave it there on the floor, and leave the room. I was shit scared that maybe they all look like that as the liquid moves across, but then if it's gonna be a negative, only one darkens up and the other one fades?!
Longest. 3. minutes. ever.
When I went back in the ensuite, I kinda snuck up on the test, I was scared to look at it!! But here it is...I'm so stoked to have a dark line!!! Previously, ALL my HPTs have had a faint line, and I hate it so much. I have this pee stick sitting next to my bed, I had to look at it again when I woke up this morning, in case I dreamt it!!
I'm 4 weeks pregnant today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We spent last night driving around, stopping in at both sets of parents, DH's sister (the good one), and my 2 besties. We are still waiting, of course, for Friday's BT, and keeping our fingers crossed for a great beta... but in the meantime, yay!!! We'll spread the good news a little more after that... of course I would tell you girls tho!!
DH wasn't actually home from work yet when I POAS, and the traffic was terrible, so I had to wait a whole hour before I saw him, and showed him the pee stick. A whole hour!!! OK I admit, after half an hour of excitedly waiting, I had a nap!! LOL
My BF A said she couldn't believe that I got such a dark line at 13dpo, especially with afternoon urine. She used the same brand, and despite it's claims, she got a negative result the first time when she did it with afternoon urine.
So, if everything progresses as we're hoping, we will be due to have a little bubba on October 28th!!!
I'm so relieved and excited.
Monday, February 16, 2009
And the waiting is starting to irk me. This really is a test of patience, and of my mental stability.
Only a few more days to go.
I had to really talk myself out of stopping at the supermarket on the way home, because I was nervous that I wouldn't be able to stop myself from buying a HPT!! I don't want to be tempted by it yet. While there's not one in the house, I can't give in to moments of weakness, without a trip to the supermarket. And let's face it, I'm kinda lazy :)
I still have a couple of symptoms, but I can still attribute them all to something else (eg progesterone) so I'm trying not to think about them. And for the most part it's working, thank god. Hence, I'm still (mostly) sane.
I rang my RE today and made another appointment. The clinic recommends that you go back and see the doc about 2 weeks after the BT. My appointment is actually almost 3 weeks after the BT, but Dr W only consults once a week, so what are you gonna do? Really.
My mum gave me a crystal yesterday. She said that she chose it when she was in a meditation class. It wasn't her first choice, but somebody else took the one she was going to grab. Then she got this one (it's clear quartz). While she was meditating, she was thinking of nothing in particular, and the image of a moving (really active!) fetus came to her in the crystal (she assures me she is not, in fact, crazy). And she felt compelled to give it to me. So I've had it in my bra ever since. I'm scared that I'm going to lose it some time when I take my bra off cos I always forget it's there, but every little good luck charm is important at this stage!!
I will let you know when I give in to the urge and do a HPT. I'm kinda thinking it might be Wednesday.... we will see, cos I'm shit scared of getting a negative result.
Posted by G at 4:18 PM 3 comments
Labels: crazy, crystal, HPT, IVF referral, mum
Friday, February 13, 2009
4dp5dt... Waiting...
I'm proud to say that I have not driven myself psycho.
I have tried not looking at anything, or my body, too closely, and trying not to over examine everything I'm feeling. I know that afew of my 'symptoms' are possibly side effects of the progesterone that I'm taking every night.... such as waking up in the middle of the night to pee every night, around 3am. And being quite tired despite being on annual leave this week and taking it easy. And the sore boobs, which frankly have been hanging around for awhile. And I think I've found a couple of veins here and there that I hadn't noticed before, although I am honestly trying not to look for things!!
Today I feel slightly blah. Not exactly nauseous. But as I'm getting hungry, I feel a bit blah. I have this weird thing where I kinda don't want to admit to anyone that I'm feeling anything. Cos what if the embryo hasn't taken, and I end up with a BFN. Then I think I might feel kinda stupid. Or psychotic, which will probably be not far from the truth by next week anyway.
I'm still ever so slightly sore from collection, too, which I am pretty over now. It's just a teeny niggly dull ache now, but I think that 9 days post collection, it should be about done. They did say that I would be sore, especially because they collected so many eggs, but really.
And yesterday (PS this might be TMI) when I wiped after I peed, there was what I assume was some progesterone gel coming back at me. And a teeny bit of brown mixed in with it. I guess it was old blood?? I had a teeny freak out at first, as we do. But then I settled down pretty quickly. It was definitely brown, no hint of red. And I figure it could possibly be from implantation. Or, more likely, probably just a remnant leftover from collection. And I've had nothing since.
I am trying to work out which is the best day to POAS, any advice??? I would hate to do it too early and get a negative. And so far I'm not at that point where I feel like I desperately need to POAS (probably cos I know it's too early right now, and there's nothing I can do about it). But I'm sure by next week I will be holding myself back from buying a test... or seventy.
Oh, also today we got a letter in the mail from my nurse coordinator, giving us a summary of our treatment cycle. Turns out we have just the one snow baby. I'm glad we have one, I would hate to have had none left, out of 27 potentials!! So I told DH that if we want more than 2 kids, we will have to either make 1 the old fashioned way, or do this whole thing again some day, with ICSI. As I've said for a long time to people who ask me how many kids I want, "Let's start with one, and see how that goes" :)
Posted by G at 6:27 PM 4 comments
Monday, February 9, 2009
The big day... Transfer!!
I now have one little embryo inside me.
It's so cool.
It's so surreal.
What am I now? Pregnant? Almost pregnant? An embryo carrier? A substitute petri dish? I don't know! :)
Arrived at the hospital this morning for our embryo transfer. Unfortunately, DH was back at work today, and being a Monday, there was no way he could skip. So we met each other there. He went to work for a couple of hours prior, and then had to go back again afterwards.
Got admitted pretty promptly, got my labels on again (they get checked about a bizillion times) and then we waited. Seems like we waited there for ages, for the embryologist to come see us. Cos yesterday was Sunday, we didn't get an update on the embabies, so I was keen to find out how they were doing.
Turns out, we had one beautiful blastocyst, and that was the chosen one for transfer. She showed us a photo (so exciting!) and pointed out the nice 'core' in it, and the 'fluffy' cells around the outside, which are apparently the features they look for when selecting a blastocyst. We have another one that's almost as good, but it's core isn't quite as nice. That will probably be our only snow baby!! A couple of others who didn't progress overnight, will be checked again this afternoon to see if they catch up to freezer-worthy status. So that might be it! (btw, this photo is not my photo, but that's what mine looked like)
Then we sat and waited some more. DH was holding my hand, cos I was feeling nervous. After a while longer, a nurse came (another one that's looked after me before) and took us to the "Transfer Room".
OK it's a small room, with a little curtain near the door. There's the world's most uncomfortable looking chair in the centre (I guess I was the star of the day after all), a tiny ultrasound machine next to the chair, attached to a laptop. A small chair for DH on my other side. That's about it. My chair was of course height adjustable, slightly reclined, with gorgeous stirrups at the end (optional velcro straps to 'tie' you down) and a moveable lamp thing by the right stirrup. Woo, what a joy ride!!
After stripping my bottom half and covering up with a blanket, again we sat and waited. My palms were sweating a little, but I was generally okay I gotta say. There is an option to take sedatives prior to transfer, but I've been told that it's better not to, and to be honest I really didn't need them anyway.
Check out my transfer toes!! :) I went with purple, then added some 'Diamond Shine.' In the end, I was wishing I'd worn socks. Even though it was warm outside, my feet actually got quite cold sitting around waiting for Dr W! I made DH hold them for a sec to warm them up a bit :)
Finally Dr W came into the room, and I gave my permission for a student doctor to come in as well (hey the more the merrier in the tiny room, right? hehehe Actually, I know they have to learn somehow, so whatever). Dr W said that we'd learned some things during this cycle. He said that even though we had a great number of eggs (27) we really didn't have a great number of them fertilise. 10 did nothing at all. (9 were too immature, they were excused). Dr W said that although sometimes egg and sperm don't like each other very much in the lab, it was still a low number. So if we have to stim and collect again (please God no) then he is going to do ICSI to improve the fertilisation results.
Dr W almost yelled at the student doctor, who had started to close the door. Dr W said, everyone feels a need to close the door when things are happening vaginally. (Thank God for the curtain!) But when someone is bringing an embryo from the lab, you don't want them to have to take a hand off your embryo to worry about opening the door. Fair point I guess!
Then on with business. Another nurse that I know from previous admissions in the hospital held the ultrasound probe on my tummy. She was fabulous! She showed us all the landmarks that we were looking at on the screens. Showed me where my bladder was, where my uterus was. Dr W put the speculum in (fairly gently actually!) and then passed the guide catheter, and you could see the end of that on the screen as well. When everything was in position, they rang the lab and asked them to bring the embryo. (I know this is long, sorry! I want to have a record of it for myself)
On the screen, you could see where they passed the catheter through the guide catheter, and stopped about 1cm from the uterine wall (apparently that gives you the best chance of pregnancy). Then we could see the fluid passing through the catheter, and then there was a white blob on the ultrasound screen. That's where the fluid, and my little embaby were! Again, it was really surreal to think that the miracle of life was happening right there, inside me and on the tv screen!!
I had to stay in the same position while the lady went back to the lab to ensure that the embryo hadn't gotten stuck in the catheter. Once we got the all clear, the room cleared out. After all the waiting, it happened so fast!! I couldn't believe it was already finished! Dr W said "Hopefully that will be the only IVF you ever need." I kinda hope he's right!! He said that we had a 75% chance of getting pregnant from this cycle, cos there's a 50% shot with each of our 2 beautiful blastocysts. So we're certainly trying to stay positive and "glass half full" about it, and hope that this is the one!
Unfortunately DH had to go straight back to work, which was such a bugger cos I wanted to go and celebrate. So I met up with my mum and my sister, we went to my favourite Chinese restaurant, and had a banquet for lunch. It was nice!
My blood test is going to be next Friday 20th Feb. I'm wondering which day I will POAS, might depend how long I can last for. Right now I'm feeling calm about it, but I wonder how long that will last. I've certainly heard that this 2ww is tough.
In other, not so exciting news, our state is in crisis. Saturday was the hottest day Melbourne's had since records began. It was the hottest day any capital city in Australia has ever had. In Melbourne, the mercury hit almost 47 degress celcius. And there were winds of up to 100km/hr. Consequently, there were an unprecedented number of bushfires, all over the state. Some are still burning out of control today. So far the death toll stands at 130. Several towns have been wiped off the map completely. Around 1000 people are homeless. We are blessed not to have been in any danger, although we could smell the smoke and there was a horrible smoke haze all over the sky. It's our state's worst disaster in history.
Posted by G at 4:33 PM 5 comments
Labels: blastocyst, bushfire, embryos, toes, transfer
Friday, February 6, 2009
My well-behaved embryos
And then there were eight!!
One more jumped on board yesterday afternoon, woo! :) C tells me that they're all doing fine, and all where they should be on Day 2. I am so relieved. I hope y'all don't think I was being ungrateful yesterday about having 7 embies in the lab, I was just stressing about them.
I thought C would never call. I emailed her a little before lunchtime and asked her to call me at work, because I had left her phone number at home. Good planning, Mel. Anyhoo, I watched the phone like a hawk for the rest of the afternoon (luckily I didn't have to discharge any babies today!) and it never rang. Dammit.
Got my mobile out of my locker after work, and I just missed her call. Dammit again. Tried calling her back, but there was no answer. Grrrr. I sent her phone number to DH's mobile and asked him to call, as I was about to start driving. 5 minutes later, she called, SO apologetic that she hadn't called me at work. Never mind, at least she called. I would have gone mad thinking and worrying about my embabies all night until tomorrow's call!!
Took me forever to get to sleep last night. First of all, I couldn't get comfortable. How long does this damn bloated abdomen hang around for I ask you?? And then I couldn't turn my mind off. No matter how hard I tried. Think I got to sleep some time around 1am, which always makes the 5.15am alarm more fun!!
Anyway. After speaking to C on the phone today, I am feeling much happier. I'm still having some separation anxiety, but feeling less stressed about the embabies. Tomorrow I get the call to book in a time for transfer.
Posted by G at 5:30 PM 2 comments
Labels: embryos, phone calls, stressing
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Fertilisation Report... Day One
C rang me today far earlier than I expected!
It's DH's bday today, and I happen to be off work after egg collection, so we decided to go to the movies, nice and relaxing. All my literature said that I would get a call between 2-4pm, so we caught an 11.45am session. And C called me before the movie started!! I freaked out a little, wondering why she would call so early, but all was ok.
She said she was calling to see how I was... well, still pretty sore actually. And it's not just my lower abdomen, I kinda hurt all over my guts, and I'm still walking real slow. Sure hope that improves before my return to work tomorrow!! On the upside, bleeding seems to have just about stopped, which I am loving. Finally, when they said that the bleeding would only last for about 24 hours, they seem to have been right!!
OK so here's how my little lab babies are doing... 9 of those eggs were too immature, and didn't fertilise. Fair enough. 7 fertilised overnight (yay!) And there's another 11 that they were going to check again this afternoon, to see if anyone fertilised late.
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, 7 is fantastic. We are currently referring to them as the 7 dwarves, although I'm really not keen for a Dopey or a Grouchy :)
On the other hand, I was initially disappointed. What the heck are those other 11 doing??? C said that they were able to add sperm to all of the eggs, so what are all those other millions of sperm doing?? The egg is right there after all, it's hardly much to ask for them to do!!! Ehhhh
I wonder if I relaxed too much when they said 27. I thought there would be loads fertilised, and it wouldn't really matter if a few dropped off before the 5 days is up, we would still have lovely quality embies to transfer. Now with seven, I'm a little more stressed about how they will grow. I feel really protective of my 'babies' already, and they are only tiny little dots!!
I'm not sure when I get another report. I thought I might hear something this afternoon, after they checked the 11. But so far nothing, and it's getting near to 5pm. I wonder if C will ring tomorrow to let me know how they're doing?? She's not working this weekend, so she said one of the other girls will ring on Saturday to set up a time for Monday. But apart from that, I don't know. Hmmmm. Perhaps I will ring tomorrow if I haven't heard anything. I already hate being apart from my precious little cargo!!
Posted by G at 4:30 PM 3 comments
Labels: dwarves, eggs, embryos, fertilisation, sperm
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Egg collection
I am far from thinking of a witty title today, but hey! I was just under anaesthetic less than 3 hours ago!!!!
Just got home from day surgery. I'm disappointed to say that I'm still really bloated, and I'm sore, but there is nothing else to be disappointed about, because today went AWESOME.
We got stuck in a little traffic this morning, which stressed me out a bit, but still made it to the hospital on time, so I'm happy about that!! DH had to leave me immediately, because he was booked in to make his deposit at the same time as my admission time. I had hoped to see him again while I was still in one of the little waiting rooms preparing for theatre, but apparently he just missed me. Oh well, I'm a big girl, I managed by myself :)
My RE had warned me that he may not be doing the procedure, because it depended on who was rostered on each day. But I was pleasantly surprised when he walked in the door and said he would be doing my procedure! He looked at my ultrasound report and said I must feel like a balloon that's ready to pop, cos there's so many follies in there. I could not disagree with that!
I also had the same anaesthetist that I've had at that day surg twice before, so I knew all my docs, which I think made thinks easier. He's the head of anaesthetics, you can't really ask for better, can you?? He was lovely again, and I was asleep in no time (does anyone else kinda like that feeling when you're going into a drug-induced sleep?? No? Just me? Okay...)
Woke up a bit sore, but nothing that a hot pack and some pain killers couldn't take the edge off. The nurse handed me a piece of paper with my result on it, and said it was no wonder I was feeling sore... (drum role please)
I feel like I should be in the Guinness world records or something lol
One of the nurses who has looked after me every time that I've been there told me I'm a mother hen :) She's so sweet.
DH said that he did fine as well, and the nurse said the sample looked good. So now we wait! Fingers crossed for a good fertilisation report, it's DH's bday tomorrow. My RE said that with a high number of eggs, we had a great chance of fertilising some eggs that will behave for the full 5 days, so hopefully transfer will be Monday.
I think I will be even happier once I'm not so tired. I'm always a little knocked out after anaesthetic, even the lighter ones!! I'm gonna go lie on the couch and catch some daytime tv. DH is cooking dinner :)
Posted by G at 1:46 PM 4 comments
Labels: anaesthetic, collection, fertilisation, happy
Monday, February 2, 2009
Ultrasound #2... woo hoo!!
Let me start by saying, I was feeling SO much better for this ultrasound, than I was for ultrasound #1. Amazing what a decent ultrasound experience can do to thwart one's irrational fear of ultrasounds.
We arrived at the clinic early, traffic was unexpectedly fabulous, even taking into account that it's the kids first day back at school today! We arrived at 6.55am, and my blood giving appointment wasn't until 7.20am. We decided to go in anyway, so DH could read magazines while we waited.
Turns out, most of the 7.10am appointments hadn't gotten there yet, so we were in and out of there in only a few minutes! (much to DH's disgust, he was trying to finish reading the article that he started last time we were there hehehe)
Figured we might as well wait in the ultrasound clinic (next door) even though we were way early for our 7.30am ultrasound appointment... and we got to go straight in there as well!! I rather enjoyed this lack of time to stress about the ultrasound to be honest.
Oh, I went with socks today, because my appointments were right before work. Not too exciting I know, but I'm really into stripes! Can I point out that I also had purple undies, bra and singlet... very coordinated! :)
I thought this ultrasonographer was alot more thorough than the last one. She spent a good deal of time measuring, and she was lovely. (The last one was lovely also). I just kicked back and watched the numbers on the screen. I nearly freaked out when there was one on the left that was 25mm!! A couple of others were 20mm and above, with a bunch of other ones around 16-19mm.
We headed back to the IVF clinic to get the results, and the lady there (not my normal nurse, who didn't start until 9am today) said "You'd better keep Wednesday free!!"
Woo!!! I was so excited, couldn't wipe the smile off my face :) She said that there were lots of follicles, and I must be ready to pop (so true.) She also said it was a really great result for a first cycle. I'm so proud of the team!!
My nurse coordinator, C, rang me this afternoon to give me all the other details. I have to trigger tonight at 8.30pm. No more nasal spray!! SO happy about that!! Tomorrow is a drug free day, also VERY happy about that. And then fasting from midnight Tuesday night, for admission Wednesday morning at 9.30am, and collection at 10.30am. She also checked if I've been having any symptoms of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome... that's kinda scary, I guess the follicles must either be humungous, or in a pack!!!
I think DH was ever so slightly disappointed that we're not collecting on Thursday, cos that's his birthday, and he thought it would be cool to conceive on his birthday :) But I'm stoked!! It's getting so close now, I can hardly wait. Was a little hard to concentrate when I first got to work, but now I have only one more day to get through, yay!
My work pants were kinda unconfortable all day today, due to my embarrassingly bloated tummy. Every time I sat down, I had to pull the waist band up so it didn't sit over my ovaries!
In other news, I found out this afternoon that I didn't get the job I applied for. I wasn't even a bit suprised, I'd already convinced myself that I didn't get it. I wasn't too hard to convince, after my lousy, hormone induced interview!!! I'm a little disappointed, but keeping my focus on making a baby, and looking after myself instead. At least I don't have the stress of a new job to add to the mix.
Posted by G at 4:26 PM 4 comments
Labels: job, ovaries, socks, trigger, ultrasound


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Uckfield's Junior Squash team played its third but first away fixture on Saturday 6 December against Lewes 3 at the Southdown Club.
Against a long-established club with great strength in depth, this was always going to be a tough match!
Making her team debut at number three was Natalie Killian who had only just recovered in time from a shoulder injury. This was a tremendously close match with Natalie losing the first game but winning the next two. With the fourth going to her opponent, the fifth game was won by the Lewes player but it was a terrific performance by Natalie who showed signs that she can fulfil her potential.
At number two, Alexander Darlington got off to a nervous start but could easily have won either of the first two games. Instead he found himself 2-0 down but showed great determination to fight back to 2-1. The fourth game was an epic and he was so close to taking the match to a fifth but just lost it 15-13! He was unlucky to have been drawn against such a strong opponent, who according to the noticeboard was the Lewes club's current under 13 champion!
With the match already lost, brother Oliver Darlington looked very determined at number one and was much too strong for his opponent, driving her back with deep shots to the back of court to earn an excellent 3-0 victory!
So a defeat 2-1 but the youngsters all gained valuable experience and improved their games.
With one game left before Christmas, all the squad have now played at least one match and the team sit in a mid-table position, hoping to improve as the season progresses.


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