Ok, so I think I have a crazy idea.
I'm currently 26 weeks pregnant and so far have hated pregnancy. I had a MMC last year which was traumatic and for the first trimester of this pregnancy was tense and nervous. I suffered awfully from sickness and nausea (although not bad enough for anyone to actually be worried), aces and pains, migraines and fatigue.
The nausea and sickness has carried on and started to subside at about 24 weeks. Lack of food has meant that I've lost weight and have generally looked like shit (face looking gaunt, dark circles around my eyes).
I suffered with some pelvic pain from about 10 weeks and by 14 weeks could hardly walk around the supermarket (my chiro has massively helped with this).
So all of these things seem to be resolving and now a couple of my ribs are almost permanently painful. I'm getting agitated and irritable and it's just making me want to cry. It's waking me up in the night and I'm just so tired and frustrated.
Ok, so I think mostly that's everything. On to my thoughts...
I've been doing some reading on hypnobirthing and the book I'm reading talks about the power of positive thinking. I spoke to DH about it last night and he said that he feels I have been focusing on the negative parts. He agreed that I've not been having a great time so I know it's not all completely in my head.
This is my plan...
Does anyone want to join me on a true positive thread? Things are shit, uncomfortable and worrying, yes. However, the idea is that the more you think of the positive things, the easier things feel and potentially the better things might go (obviously this is putting medical complications aside).
I'm going to fake it until I make it. I'm going to stop the whinging about all of the hard things and if anyone asks me how I'm feeling, I'll tell them something good. I'm going to ignore the breathlessness (tested and shown to be normal) and I'm going to go for a swim/a walk to try to strengthen my lungs. I'm going to ignore any worries and anxiety and just talk about how I'm looking forward to my baby coming and think about the preparations.
This thread is going to be my little positivity haven with not a single complaint in sight.
Maybe I'm mad? It can't hurt to try.
Would anyone like to join me with some relentless positivity?
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DoubleCarrick · 06/10/2016 11:02
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So lovely to hear that some people are in 
it'll be nice to have company.
Dh unexpectedly came home from work early today so we went shopping for bedding for the nursery. Not sure why but the only thing I actually really care about it having the cot set up and looking beautiful. I'm not even bothered that baby won't be in it for six months or so! Dh is surprisingly really wanting Winnie the pooh stuff - dun elm have a nice set which we will probably order online.
Someone today asking me how long it was until I was due. First time ever that someone has realised that I'm pregnant without me saying anything. It was lovely. I'm carrying quite small and even though I'm 27 weeks Saturday it's not massively obvious that I'm pregnant
I've started a Yoga class and whilst not hypnobirthing the breathing exercise and gentle stretching has made me feel much more positive.
In my new positive thinking I'm now letting myself think more about the birth and what I want. I also find buying things for baby makes me feel better but that's no good for my bank balance 
All of this positivity is making me smile so much I've really been enjoying the pregnancy yoga too. It's funny - we do pelvic floor exercises every week. It's the only place where you can be in a room full of people and be told to "draw your vagina up and in"...."draw your back passage up and in as if you're trying not to break wind"....etc. I never knew there were three types of pelvic floor - front, middle, back. Makes sense when you think about it though.
whatser I'm hoping to have some updated pictures very soon of the nursery we're doing! Furniture has been put up - DH has lots of grand plans of modifying it and painting it, etc.
seashell the positive is that they've taken the decision to keep your baby safe and well and as it's potentially been decided you can spend time getting your head around it so you know what you might expect. A friend of mine had an ELCS. She said it was such a lovely, calm way to have her baby. She loved it.
Macauley know the feeling on the finances! We have a dog with bad back legs so have forked out on loads of rugs for the house to help him with his walking on the laminate so are spreading our finances as far as possible!
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Aww talking about baby names and looking at the babies things always makes me feel happy!
I'm going furniture shopping this weekend for baby which I'm excited about. Also got a large bar of dairy milk to eat tonight
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