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!

hockeymum - great news, sounds like you have being having a tough time. i feel stupid for my silly moaning moments now.

i have been on all fours too just to see if baby moves, i know now that I still have a few weeks before i need to worry about it but i really think it worked.

last week i felt a hard surface under my right ribs which i thought was the head but tonight the hard surface is down low on the right so hopefully that is the head and he/she just needs to stay there now.

look forward to seeing mw in over a week to see if she can tell me the position.

all week i keep thinking about boys and have started to convince myself it is a boy - dont know why??? i never really cared what the sex was as long as the baby was healthy but lately i have started to think about boys.

i have also taken a growth spurt and my belly is definitley bigger than it was when i was pregnant with dd. up until now I have been smaller and was actually measuring smaller at mw/gp app.

boys usally are bigger and the other thing was at my last app, when the gp listened to the heart beat it was so much slower than a few weeks back and i remember when pregnant with dd it always sounded like a racing horse. i think slower heart beats can indicate boys. i also have a boys name and cant decide on a girls.

its so exciting, not long now before i find out. dd has her heart set on a girl! :)

since last week i have become sooooooooo tired in the day that if someone comes over i ask them to watch dd whilst i have a kip. i just want to sleep, any walking tires me out. my blood test came back normal so i dont know why i am so tired.

lovecloud - never feel silly for moaning. That's what a forum like this is for! I think this stage (tbh most stages) of pregnancy are hard even when you are well so don't feel that you can't share when you're not top notch. There are not many people in this group (can't think of any actually) who say they have had amazing glowing pregnancies, and even if they had, they'd be more than welcome to moan and groan if they wanted to. Groan and grumble away girls - I'm all ears!!

Hi everyone,
Well I had my last day at work yesterday. Horray. I have three A/L then maternity offically starts. Now the nesting begins.
I am 31 weeks, I started antenatal yoga last week( there was a long waiting list)Like everyone else I am trying to get this baby into the right position, I am pretty sure it is head down, but want to make sure it does not turn into the posterior position.
I am also going start antenatal aqua aerobics this week.

Nez, what sort of washable nappies are you using. I want to try some, but there are so many types out there

Sorry for misleading yuo into thinking I had midwife with x-ray eyes! She works in feto-maternal medicine and scanned me. She told me the head is down, which was a bit embarrassing as I had taken the bum as the head when feeling it!!
Got my mega corset support for SPD, physio told me I can wear it under my clothes or over, I wish there was enough room under my clothes! Did seem to help though when I went out mooning over girly clothes,was VERY restrained though.
10 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finishing work Easter weekend

What a lush day it is- certainly helping my mood to see more blue skies. Hockey - don't tempt me to vent/ moan too much!! Could go on for hours about the smallest of things...It's all so new and exciting for me - have sent my poor hubby to sleep a few times.
Cori - Have bought second hand Tots Bots from The Nappy Lady. (Google it for full address) Also called Twinkle Twinkle for advice about wraps and if I have enough nappies. Need to get some Terry nappies as back up, just incase I don't feel like doing another load of washing one day! Am gonna buy multi pack of Moltex (biodegradable) nappies too to help at start and for those 'can't be arsed' days.
Twinkle on the web can send you a catalougue that has loads of info and the lady was so helpful and full of impartial advice.

Q Should I ask midwife how fast baby heart is beating? To me it sounded really fast and I love doing those old wives tales about finding sex of your baby out!
Have feeling it's a girl and think we have a name. My fave boys names have all been taken by friends and family who got there before me!
Whoah! See what I mean about rabbiting on and on?! Sorry..

nez - I think normal heartrates are between 120 and 170, but if it is consistently different from that, then that could be normal for your baby too IYSWIM. Also, when they do the trace or use the handheld thingy, the heartrate will go up and down a lot as the baby responds to the machine.

The wives tale is that heartrates above 150-160ish tend to be girls and those around the 140 mark tend to be boys, but other midwives say its all a load of tosh!! (I know I'm having a boy and it varies from 125 to 180 so we can't tell by that!) Also, with regards to the sound, they say a boys heartrate sounds like a galloping horse and a girls like a washing machine, but I've been told that's rubbish too, if it sounds like a horse, you are hearing it through the babies chest and if it sounds whooshy like a washing machine then it's because there is fluid between the baby and the transponder(?) so the heart beat is being heard conducted through the water. You will get both of these at different appointments I expect!

I know what you mean about the names being taken, we've found a boys name now (at last) but were really stuck before. My friend never names her children before they are born and if she's not careful this time (due next week) her husband will get first choice of Lemuel or Jesse for a boy! She'd better decide quick!!

Morning all!
Good to hear everyone's news. I'm a bit grumpy and knackered today - another bad night with morning sickness. Lots of blood vessels under my eyes have burst - I think from retching so hard for so long (sorry if TMI!) So now I look as if my DH has been beating me up And I've got the horrid blisters in my throat again. Yuk, yuk, yuk. Sorry for the whinge. On the positive side, it is such a beautiful day, and it's only 2 weeks 'til my maternity cover starts and I can start handing over some of my work - hurrah!

Hi Everyone!
Agree that the sunshine is doing wonders for my spirits. Seems like we've had uninterrupted sun for over a week now. All we need is for a bit of warmth.
I'm not usually one to believe in old wives' tales but baby's heart beat has been consistently around 144 bp and we know he's a boy so maybe there is some truth in that one.
As for me, can I really get any bigger! I still have 11 weeks to go but there is NO MORE ROOM!! Somebody tell this baby please. And my back (disc problem since DS1) is starting to give me gyp(sp?) as well.
Funny moments were had yesterday with DS trying to get the baby to move by jiggling my tummy and falling about in fits of laughter when the bump jumped.

Hi Everyone

This is my first post on the May antenatal thread. I am having my first baby in May (due 20th) and so far everything is going well. My only complaints are waking with aching legs and getting cramp.

I have been reading the posts on this thread for a couple of months now and am sorry to hear so many of you have had a rough ride so far.

Am excited to think that (hopefully) the first few months of my baby's life will be spent enjoying sunshine like this!

Ta for info Hockey. Thought babe's heartbeat sounded like a train or a horse..oooh, do need to get a few more boys names on list!
Becster - can't believe you're still sick. Maybe you have extreme reaction to all those hormones. I've been on very plain stuff in morning like porridge and cereal and then spicier stuff in evening.
Bet you don't look bad to other people. Am convinced that since sleeping on right and left side I have been getting more wrinkles (used to sleep on back)Also have very dark circles, but feel quite rested today: I should look bloomin gorgeous! And, new veins all over legs: very attractive. Guess, they will get worse as legs continue to feel heavy. Love it!
Still getting heartburn but it's OK. I like milk! Have been scoffing so much. I've put on another stone. Yikes! Is it true that you lose alot of this after birth/ feeding? Not too worried, I've never had a healthy mega appetite like this before and dh loves me being enthusiastic about cooking. Oohps, blah blah, me me me, sorry folks! x

went to see an osteopath today. She said my sacrum bone is stuck so she is hoping to manipulate it to help me give birth. And ease my pain.
anyone needing to wear breast pads yet???

no breast pads yet thankfully mind you they leaked a lot more the first pregnancy I remember waking up thinking I had wet myself only to realise I was wet in the wrong place took me a good 5 mins to work out what was going on!!!!!!

this didnt happen at all last time though untill I gave birth so hopefully wont this time

Nez its nice to hear you so excited because its my third every one else isnt really that interested and think I am not either actually its really nice to remember the first time around excitment and makes me more excited

No breast pads but definite leakage on and off....nice

Welcome Nez!

7 weeks to go
7 weeks to go
7 weeks to go then I'll be off work!

And we're getting a new car next week after 18mths without

Life is looking sweet

No breastpads here either (and long may that last!). I've just realised that I've got 9 weeks to go now until I start my maternity leave!!! Can't believe it's come around so soon.

Welcome WinkyGirl :)

By the way, has anyone got any ideas for boys names...

TheIncubator - I've chosen Theo Jack for my boy. My friend has just had a Matthew Mackensie and my other friend wants either Levi, or Lemuel!!!. I also love:
Samuel
Daniel
Max
Joel
Charlie
Have a look through the archive for boys names threads for inspiration!

We are thinking either Cameron or Patrick.......

Hi all,
Hope you're all well. My pelvic ache has finally eased again, I was a misery guts. Quite literally a pain in the bum bone!!
We are thinking of Samuel or Charlie as they are both in the family.But, they are so common/popular.Don't want anything too original i.e. whacky either. Teaching 'challenging' kids with my fave names hasn't helped. Had a little nutter Sam yesterday which put me off that one.
My sis called hers Joe..nice and easy for him to learn to spell!
It's so hard to decide. How long do we have after the birth to decide before we register?? Been advised to wait until I see babe. Kinda hope it's a girl as have list as long as arm of lovely girls names!

Forgot -hockey, like all of your list. Dh has said NO to some, though. Runtus, I think Cameron is lovely. Have met 2 lush Camerons!
Will be thinking of names all day now.

Been told the home birth is off
They are rescanning my fibroid next week to see if it is likely to cause other prob.
Can anyone tell me is l+ protein in urine is anything to worry about? BP slightly higher than last time too.
Good News, lots of pink baby things to look at!
Thinking Gracie Mae.

fenny1 sorry the home birth is off. I hope you manage to have a say in how you would like your hospital birth to be and get an experience you are happy with. Protein and a higher bp can mean early signs of pre eclamsia but protein can also mean the sample was contaminated (e.g. by a slight infection - was it a mid stream sample?) Bp can be high if you've been rushing that day or are nervous or stressed (had you just been told no to the home birth - that might do it). Your midwife should be able to tell you more. How high was the bp? FWIW I get a higher reading when they use a small bp cuff and a really low reading when they use a bigger cuff.

nez - you have 6 weeks after the birth of the baby to name him/her. My friends waited the entire 6 weeks before choosing a name for their dd and were chased by letter from the registration board. Personally I couldn't wait that long and I found having a name made it quicker to know who the baby was iyswim. My cousin chose the name Alexander for her dd2 and told everyone but didnt register, then 3 weeks later decided she preferred the name James and registered him as James. The poor mite has all his congratulations cards made out to Alexander and has a lovely baby blanket with Alexander stiched on!!!

We are also having huge problems with boys names. The one we both really like is Thomas but are worried that it is very popular...
Nothing else seems to "click"

Like Nez we have a lovely list of girls names.

Hello all, havnt been on in ages, cant believe how the time is flying and bubsy is due in 9 wks, eek. Have got to move house in 6 weeks!

Some of you are having a really rough time I hope all of the SPD, Heartburn and other nasty things are easing a bit for you all. I feel totally different to my last pg (which was only a year ago) probably due to chasing an 11 month old dynamo everywhere. The Braxton Hicks are in full force though, when I am standing up they are almost constantly one after the other...do any of you know roughly how many a day you are having? Had to go up hospital last wk as they thought baby was small and too much fluid, all turned out ok bubsy is 3lb 9oz already but placenta is at the front of my tummy and baby is breech so I really need him to turn in the next few weeks before he runs out of room.

I can say HE now because the stupid doctor did the scan and pointed out his scrotum to me!...the last 2 scans we said we didnt want to know so am a bit as we really didnt have a clue, oh well it will make planning easier. Have a relaxing day everyone and how great is it thet cadbury's cream eggs & mini eggs are in the shops when we deserve them the most

Hello all!
Just got back after taking a couple of sick days from work & feeling better having had a good rest. Only 4 weeks to go, and my maternity cover starts on Friday so I can start handing some work over - hallelujah! No leaky boobs or Braxton Hicks yet, but I'm a few weeks behind most of you (29 wks today). Had a lovely day on Saturday - my DH bought me an antenatal pampering session at a spa - massage, facial, pedicure, reflexology etc. Am floating away just thinking about it... If I won the euromillions I'd go there every day

We haven't got a name yet - we know it's a boy, and we've started to write a list of names we like but we're going to wait until we meet him before making our minds up for certain. I like Thomas, hadn't thought of that one before... I'll add it to the list!