May Babies 2006

[hockeymum]

I thought I'd start a due May 2006 club even though its very early in the month for it.

My stats are

ME: 31
DH: 30
DD: 3 next week!
Next DB due: May 1st (4 weeks pregnant today!)

Just been to the docs to get it all confirmed and seeing the midwife tomorrow. Look forward to more of you joining me as the month progresses!

Actually, I expect to have an elective section after an emergency one with DD so db will probably be born at the end of April. But like the idea of a May thread nonetheless!

thanks! Will definitely try popping to neal's yard. And I'll hope that the 'magic' 24 weeks turns out better than the 'magic' 14 weeks did . I got 6 hours sleep last night, so I'm feeling MUCH more chipper today. Well done on the cot, runtus! We haven't bought anything practical yet. But I've written a list of things to buy, and we reckon we'll start shopping in February.

thanks! Will definitely try popping to neal's yard. And I'll hope that the 'magic' 24 weeks turns out better than the 'magic' 14 weeks did . I got 6 hours sleep last night, so I'm feeling MUCH more chipper today. Well done on the cot, runtus! We haven't bought anything practical yet. But I've written a list of things to buy, and we reckon we'll start shopping in February.

Runtus so pleased you said you had bought something I went shopping with my mom and bought a new pram last saturday its not at home but on order for the big day and I thought I was the only one

I have finally got what I always wanted a proper pram and carry cot

what else have you bought (sorry being nosey now) because I am on my third noone seems that interested this time around and I am just as excited

on another note I am shattered and getting more mardy I turn 24 weeks this weeks heres hoping it will start to ebb away for me to

Sorry I havent been on for a day or two. I got a bit of a shock on Tuesday night. My right eye went funny and I couldnt see, then after half an hour it got better but I couldnt speak properly, went numb down one side and couldnt understand what people were saying to me. I got rushed off to A & E, I felt a bit better after a couple of hours and more normal, but with just a bad headache, but was really shocked when the doctors told me they think I'd had a minor stroke! Apparently, they cant tell for sure because they can appear like super bad migraines (I've never had a migraine so wouldnt know) and the only way they can check is to do a CAT scan which they wont do when pregnant. I just have to rest a lot more now (thought I was already) and keep an eye on it.

It seems mad to me, particularly now I am functioning normally again and feel ok, just super could sleep all day tired! It seems this pregnancy is not going to get any easier! and I thought I'd have everything already! (just really thankful I havent suffered like some of you with SPD, cos that sounds really nasty, keeping my fingers crossed on that one) but I'm totally keeping my pecker up (as Granny would say!) and keeping as positive as I can till the birth date, then I can relax knowing I'm never going to have to do this bit again, and I can meet my lovely little chap and forget all this rubbish!

Sorry, that was probably a bit of a waffle (can you tell I get bored at home with no 3D people to talk to!). I've been buying things too Bec and Runtus. I got the playbead cot from mothercare from my Granny and I bought a baby swing (it would have been a godsend with dd so hopefully db will like it) on sale in Mothercare for £32. I'm going to go to Asda when I'm allowed out again and get some nice babygros and vests etc. DH is off to Ikea tomorrow to get awardrobe and chest of drawers for all the baby stuff to come down from the loft. I've got 12 weeks to go now till the section so its nice to be able to plan things a bit more now.

hockeymum, so sorry to hear about your scare, but thank goodness all seems to be back to normal now. Do look after yourself, and make yourself a priority - hard with dd I know, but it is for a relatively short time now.

Take care

Hockeymum, sorry you're having such a hard time. the symptoms do sound like migraine in a severe form. When I have a migraine it starts with dodgy vision in one eye (like a blind spot - I have to turn my head to focus with the other eye), then tingly feelings in one arm, those feelings give way to a crashing headache and intolerance to light. A friend has bad ones where she describes paralysis down one side and dodgy speech. She has been told they are like minor strokes. Don't mean to scare you, they pass and in all other ways she is absolutely fine.

Saw doctor today and he said I can't work as I am and gave me a further 4 weeks sick note. Boss came to see me this pm and says he doesn't think I will be back now until after my maternity leave has finished (that's Nov!). He seemed fine with it though which was good as he seems to be understanding and knowsI can't do much else about it.

Thanks for the messages and thanks for telling me about your friend lmp. A few people have told me since that they had similar when they had migraines, so I'm telling myself it was just that. Definitely trying to focus on myself and relax. My MIL has come to stay for a few days which is a great help so I'll make the most of the rest.

Poor old you hockeymum that must have been really scarey. I get distorted vision with migraines too, so it could well be that. Did they take your BP in hospital? I also once lost lost the sight in one eye through a reaction to quinine (temporarily thank god! I'd been prescribed quinine for muscle cramps). I was TERRIFIED at the time, so I really feel for you. Glad you're feeling better now though. Poor old Helsi as well - glad your boss is understanding at least.
I'm having a much better day - I slept until 7am without being woken by nausea, which was just bliss! Madly busy at work too so must get back to it...

Helsi, Hockeymum - sorry to hear about what you're both going through - puts my complaints and whinging about just generally feeling lumpy to shame! Hope you both start to feel a little better soon.

Seriously though - the only complaint I do have right now is a general thing about uncomfortableness - starting also to realise that my extending stomach is preventing me from getting as close to my desk as I used to! I do feel massive though - even though I'm probably not. I think I must just remember how neat and compact I was with dd and now I just feel like a bloater...and have nightmares about having a baby that'll be too big to get out!!! Only another 17 weeks of growth to go though - now I can really appreciate why they make maternity trousers that extend so far................

Hope everyone else is OK. Enjoy your weekends!

Is it meant to be this miserable?
I always thought that being pregnant would be quite nice, everyone said so and it has been awful. Had an ectopic 2 years ago and am 34 so already my stress levels were a bit on the high side.
They all said the morning (read noon and night) sickness would go after 3 months, yeah....
I haven't been off the toilet since the beginning and my manager keeps telling me that you only need to wee a lot at the end when the baby is big, I don't go in to admire the decor!
Haven't slept through the night since week 6.
Pubic pain, abdo pain, back ache, bloated hands and ankles. Cried all through month 4 started to feel better and now am consumed by this RAGE that comes from no where.
Blooming just means not having the toilet water reflected in your face from the vomiting.
And then, people tell you if you feel bad now wait till the baby is born as though the true punishment is yet to arrive.
Feeling fed-up, fat, uncomfortable and am only 25 weeks.
1 good thing - dp is being an absolute star!!

you poor old things!

hockeymum that must have been very scary. If it is any consolation I get bad migraines and my vision goes totally in one eye, I lose my balance and the whole side of my face droops. I also have trouble speaking.

I feel fine but with terrible pelvic pain so I waddle unattractively and dread to think what I will be like in 6 weeks

Hello LadieS

Hope everyone is feeling good on this beautiful day!

I am feeling tired and fat but happy! Everytime I feel little one kick inside or think of what he/she's little personality will be like and thinking of he/she playing with dd - it makes me all warm and happy.

It will all be over soon for those of you who are experiencing difficulties.

Take care

Wow that must have been terrifying HM and it must be a bit of a shock for you too Helsi! Sorry you're not feeling too good at the mo.

On the subject of buying things, I think we might have peaked a little early - we bought the pram (pushchair travel system -thing)at about 16 wks (well it was on special special offer and VERY reduced - so I told myself it was OK!). We've bought a baby bouncer (also reduced from m+p)a changing station with bath (my SIL told us it was the best thing since sliced bread with her two) sterilising eqpmnt + pump + bottles, various clothes + a Johnsins skincare starter set. We've also inherited the family crib (which my grandmother bought when she was pregnant with my mum) and my SIL's Cot-bed.

I didn't realise I was buying this stuff too early - whoops!!

Oh well, at least it meams there isn't that much left to buy (although I do have this terrible feeling I'm missing something huge!!)

I have just bought some pink socks from Baby Gap!!! to be honest I have everything so dont need much but would love to buy loads of pink things scan said it should be a girl but I am nervous now incase its not !!!

Hi all - sorry to read some of you are having a bit of a rough time atm - hope you all start to bloom ASAP!!

I am now 26 weeks pregnant and huge! I live on the toilet, can only eat crap, have horrible pelvic type pain (SPD?) and am in the middle of having our house extended!! Roll on May!

On the plus side, i am sleeping ok atm, finish work at end of March, have nice maternity tops to wear and can get away with eating loads!!

Keep smiling XX

hey mm how's your extension going, i'm fed up of tasting plaster dust here and into 3rd week of no kitchen and washing machine..... spd not been bad this week but just can't sleep! roll on the end of march i say!!! or a dust free house!!!

Morning ladies, sounds like some of you are having a really rough time at the moment - hope it improves soon!

On the subjectof uying things, I don't think getting organised early is a bad thing at all.........we were in Ikea last weekend watching some MASSIVELY pregnant women trying to negotiate their way round to the kids section to pick out nursery furniture. I have to say it looked like hell! That place is a nightmare enough at the best of times, let alone when you are literally days away from giving birth . There is no way I am leaving it that late to get anything vital, hence we have bought the nursery furniture and the pushchair already, we are inheriting loads of clothes and other stuff from freinds and I have pinpointed pretty much everything else already!!!!!!!!! Call me daft, but I would rather have it sitting here waiting than do a last minute waddle round the shops............plus you get stuff loads cheaper in the sales

Makes me feel much better to know I'm not the only one who isn't blooming, and yes, fenny1 I keep getting the same comment re: 'just you wait 'til this baby is born!'.

I mean it's my first baby so maybe I'm completely wrong, but I've got this crazy idea that staying awake all night long retching over the toilet with only bile & blood left to come up, is probably no worse than getting up every 2 hours to feed a baby. Or maybe that's just crazy talk...

thebecster, as one of those who is totally with you on the blood and bile vommitting and sleeping on the bathroom floor, but also one who already has a dd. I can assure you that having the baby out is no harder than when they were in, it is just totally different. You will still be getting up every 2 hours but (once you are over the birth) you wont be feeling ill, just really exhausted. Plus you also KNOW why you are tired and you have the proof in your arms screaming in your ear. Also, people expect you to be exhausted and emotional and give you a bit of lee-way (which you don't tend to get much in pregnancy). When I was expecting dd a "friend" said "you'll never cope with a baby if you are exhausted now", (very helpful). But I did very well with my baby, despite a section and assorted infections! Don't worry about well meaning people and their useless comments, you will cope very well with your db I'm sure.

Thanks hockeymum! Good to have confirmation from someone who knows what they're talking about! Come to think of it most of these 'just you wait 'til the baby is born' people are single & childless... I guess they're just repeating something they've heard from new parents cos they don't actually know what to say

definitely, either that or they are old enough to have forgotten! You need to remember that some lucky ones do have easy pregnancies and for them it is much harder to be at home with a newborn (the majority of people really) but with the time you (and I) have had a newborn is no less difficult (although not any easier either for the first 6 weeks of sleep deprivation). Newborns are often only difficult for the first 6 weeks until they establish a routine, whereas pregnancy is 40 weeks of drama!

hope that everyone is well, my week at work is over. According to dh i'm on holiday... ( well looking after ds who is 18 months old in an unsafe dust filled house ha ha )

Wow, some of you are having a really tough time of it. Hope things get better for the third trimester.

With regard to buying things, you have all convinced me to go and get everything now! Don't need too much, just a pram and feeding stuff. Got a gorgeous cradle from ebay back in November! Ok, off to have my legs waxed (sheer agony, but will feel better afterwards!) Have a good weekend all.

Helsi, Hockey and Fenny. Hope you are all feeling a bit better.
Have recently been given loads of baby stuff. Mainly clothes so have been sorting through and saying 'ah! a lot.
Feeling achey with the flu, I think. Must get some paracetamol in. Baby has been kicking like a champion kick boxer! One or two actually hurt! Is the wives tale: active inside - calm baby OR if it's active inside it will also be energetic outside? Are your baby's kicks more fierce in the evening and when trying to sleep?