Feb babies 2011 - We may not be glowing but we're definitely growing!

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The old thread was getting quite full so I took the liberty of starting a new one, I hope nobody minds! I thought I'd keep in with our glowing and growing theme (I'm not very creative, sorry).

Happy Birthday Ledkr.

Anyone else on here had a C Section previously too? My scar is begining to feel a bit itchy and uncomfortable. I just wondered if anyone else had that sensation too? What with that any my itchy boobs I sound like a right old flea bag!! I do shower every day! Honestly!!

Needtosleep I did another 30 lengths today without the stabbing pains. Glad you've not had a repeat either.

I plan to give the Yoga a go this week. I did the NCT Active Birth Classes first time round and they were brilliant (if anyone has any near them, then go along). I guess the yoga might be quite similar.

Have sent dh off to Little Tesco to get 'something nice' for pudding. I have no idea what he'll bring back, as he went without clear written instructions!! !!

Busy watching x factor but can just about tear myself away to wish ledkr many happy returns :)

Happy Birthday ledkr birthday twin! (Tis still Saturday here). I hope you had a great day - mine's been lovely so far.

Happy belated bday ledkr and hornedtoadjennyp . Hope you both enjoyed your day :)

Well I'm still alive after my smokey oven incident

ledkr it makes such a difference to have a nice interested knowledgable professional for your appointments doesn't it? I feel your annoyance at your 24 wk appointment. Still, at least you've now got the gaviscon.

I'd love to do pg yoga but can only find it in the evenings around here and I'm in bed by 8 most evenings and not really of any use to do anything past tea time.

Happy birthday hornedtoadjennyp-bet you not as old as me tho :(

Didnt get my early night as may mate offered to do my hair so was there till 8.30. Me n dh went to bed to watch one of my scary movies on my new tv but fell asleep after half an hour.
Is anyone else getting breathless?Its driving me mad and a little bit worrying,its not just when i do stuff its happening now and im sat down.
HornedI have had 3 previous sections and so far my scar seems ok but i think its quite sensitive inside as sometimes the kicks feela bit sore.
Am dreading work but am glad i made decision to bow out.I cant even bear to look at him tbh i have not changed my mind that he was a spitefull bully last week!Roll on November.
Am trying to take dd to the baby show next Friday but the coaches are so wierd. They stop at earls court on the way but then on the way back not until the really late bus and i dont fancy the drive.

Happy belated birthday Ledkr and Jenny. Done a few split shifts this weekend so absolutely cream crackered and sickness is back!! Always happened when I'm extra tired!! But headache has gone, quick dose of co-codamal which really seems to have helped.

Hope everyone has a lovely Sunday, might try and catch up on X factor but dd1 has already given me a breathless blow by blow account of every minute . She loves 1 Direction, she's only 5!!! but only in a platonic way as Mr Wiggles assures me!!

x factor seems a nice idea although i seem to have so much to do on asunday with back to work and school Monday.DD has gone out with ex h so me n dh are supposed to be painting the babys bedroom but so far its just him as i keep finding things to do!
Have to cook a roast too which is time consuming but yummy and wouldnt mind a swim too.Have a good day everyone

Hi All - I'm just back from M & S where I was hoping to get another pair of over-the-bump jeans. Wrong!! What a load of rubbish, and it's a BIG M & S. Honestly, they had about 10 items in their Maternity range. I was really stunned, and have resorted back to Ebay (please no-one else bid on the new but with defect Mothercare ones with the hole in them ). I had sworn not to buy any more maternity clothes, but I only have one pair of fab Next jeans and one pair of rubbish Next Boarders that drive me mad.

I pacified myself by going in to the Sainsbury's next door and buying everything I need for a scrummy roast dinner. Yum yum, roll on 6pm.

trojan my jeans are from h and m and are really comfy.They are on the small side tho i had to have a 16 am normally a 12-14. I hate the under bunp type. I have some dorothy perkins ones that just feel horrible. I have 2 prs of jeans one denim skirt a couple of jumpers and jumper dresses and leggings,i am tending not to wear leggings that much due to my chunky hulk hogan legs but Mum bought me some black thick maternity ones for my b day and they are really nice.Was looking in newlook yesterday and yearning to buy some nice normal clothes again.
I ma just doing anice chicken dinner,i dont think i have any cravings but am sure enjoying swede and peas together.

Dont want to spoil any surprises but with my dd and now this dd i seem to have the same symptom of my leg and arm pit hair hardly growing-it must be the oestrogen but is very convenient i must say.

Happy birthday ledkr and horned!

horned this is my first, but find that area really itchy, i think it's due to the stretching, so your thing might be to a bit exacerbated by the scar but not entirely due to it.

All those reading Ina may guide to childbirth, what an amazing book! it has completely convinced me of trying for a hb if all carries on alright, and I'm actually excited about doing it that way, rather than feeling as if I'm taking a risk. the NCT pages also have some good resources on that. My family will be hard to convince though... (am not having any of them at the birth, just dh; my mum would make me incredibly anxious).

Good sunday night!

Yes many happy returns to you horned I didn't know it was yours as well.

Re: Mat clothes, the ones I got online from Fun Mums website have been excellent. I'm a bit of a special case because I'm so short and I've found they do decent, value for money stuff for a shortie like myself. Why did I buy online, you may wonder? Because maternity clothes on the high street are SO F'ING RUBBISH . I don't get it. I'm tempted to start up my own mat clothes shop in my town as there is such a massive gap in the market but in my paranoid moments I wonder if there's a gap because there aren't enough pregnant women out there to buy them, or something... surely the big shops like M&S would smarten up their mat clothes act if they thought there was money in it...

zero - I've just tried to get on the Fun Mum website but it's down at the moment. I'll try again tomorrow.

ledkr - I'm planning a trip to H and M in lunchbreak tomorrow. My one and only pair of work trowsers are from there, so I'm hopeful of some jeans.

Roast dinner was yummy. Just the ironing to face now

Trousers!!!! Doh!!

Think it was Trojan who was feeling a bit itchy. I had a really sore bump on the inside the other day and couldn't walk well though! Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone, it was a lovely day!

knitta I'm reading the Ina May book at the minute and loving it :) Feels so reassuring and makes everything seem so instinctive and natural.

ledkr I've noticed my legs/arm pit hair is growing REALLY slowly since getting pg (especially in the last couple of months it's got noticable). I've gone from needing to shave every day or so to stop the stubble to maybe once or twice a week - at last - a good side effect of pregnancy . Is that fact (well, as factual as can be) that it means you're having a girl though ? Anyone had slow hair growth and gone on to have a boy?

Evening everyone,

Happy belated birthday to jenny! Glad you had a good one.

The best maternity jeans I've found are the over the bump boyfriend style ones from Matalan and at £16 a pair I didn't even mind sewing up the bump bit after one wash (well maybe a little bit but they're fine now). I also love most things from jojomamanbebe and seem to have accumulated lots of things from there

I've read the Ina May book and love it. Will be reading it again for confidence and reassurance as the time draws near but agree with knittakid that I'm excited about home birth and not nervous! I've started listening to my hypnobirthing cd and reading the book now.

Was thinking about the hair thing and one of the reasons I thought I might be having a boy was because of the amount of hair that's spurted on me. I don't think I'll need to buy a winter coat as I'll have my own insulation soon . Maybe it is a hormone thing, I'm blaming the extra testosterone anyway.

I'm a little annoyed that my stomach (not my bump which has grown lots this week I'm sure) seems to have shrunk so I'm eating little and often now as feel painfully full really quickly. Just had crumpets with marmite for tea though, yum yum.

Ledkr just wanted to wish you luck for work tomorrow. Wanted to say "kick ass" or "you go girl" whichever you would personally find less embarrasing, in real life I can get away with saying neither

DD1 isn't very well, has been running a temp of 39 degrees for most of the day, think she has a dose of the flu, she's asleep now so hopefully will do her the world of good.

On a happier note I seem to remember having less hair growth with both dds, and think am having less this time as well, although still don't know which we are having.

Hello! Just popping in to say Hi! I don't think I've posted for a few days and I haven't caught up.

Congrats to those that have had scans and Happy Birthday to those that have had birthdays recently! I hope you've all had lovely days.

Well not much to report from this end really. It's been quite uneventful here, spending the weekend doing housework and watching X Factor!

hello all and a belated happy birthday to ledkr and jenny

wiggles I hope your DD is better soon

Re hair growth, I'm expecting a boy and have a disgustingly hairy tummy at the mo, have to shave armpits daily too (although that may be because I desperately need a new razor )

I've been a bad mother today - noticed that DD was drinking from 2 sippy cups, asked DH if he had given her 2 drinks today, he couldn't remember, then when tidying up after she had gone to bed noticed that one was full of mould Really hope that she is ok, and have been reassured by googling 'mouldy apple juice' that I'm not the first parent that this has happened to, and that all is usually fine. She must have stashed it in her toy box for safe keeping about a week ago.....

My SPD has really kicked in this weekend - was starting to think that I wasn't going to be too bad, as much worse at this point last time, but after an hour (each way)in the car yesterday I could barely walk.

On a positive note I have a child free day off work tomorrow, to be filled with shops, lunch with a friend and a few 'mentalists' that I have on the V+

Ooh, Simon Baker is worth a watch, isn't he? Hope you have a lovely day sbf!

Sbf, I've been known to find cups under DD's bed with old milk in them as she used to go to bed drinking milk then when she was ready to go to sleep she'd put it next to her bed. I forgot and somehow it got pushed under the bed. Thankfully she didn't try to drink it. I don't let her take her milk to bed anymore.

The poor little mite has earache tonight and would you believe it - we have no calpol! DH has just gone out to see if he can get some. She's tired herself out crying so she's finally drifted off .

DH has just arrived back with Calpol but she's asleep now! But at least we've got it in case she wakes up still in pain.

Hope your little one feels better soon slaughteredsheep.

As for the hairyness i am like a yeti hairy bump, have to shave under arms every day and have just noticed hair sprouting from under my neck and I am having a girl! Oh this pregnancy lark is soooo glamourous NOT!

Woop woop! Put in a cheeky offer on ebay for some jeans and got them for £8!

Have a good Monday everyone. Good luck to anyone with a scan today.

Morning ladies, I've not been on here for a few days as had nothing to say, and was mainly feeling sorry for myself due to no sleep and still throwing up in the mornings, and didn't want to just come on and whinge, but today I'm feeling better, because Hoorah! I slept last night!

I had been unable to get comfortable to sleep on my side since being unable to sleep on my front, and was literally sleeping about 1 nightin 4 or 5, so was getting a bit desparate. However, having realised that I sleep perfectly well propped up on the sofa during the day, I decided to dry and build a sofa in bed with pillows, and it worked! Not a lot of room left for DH, but he managed, and will have to continue to do so for the next 4 months I think!

And being more propped up seems to have meant my horrid phlegm doesn't make an appearance in the morning so I haven't thrown up either! It's a good day all round really.

I also had a lovely day yesterday, where I felt like I had a totally 'normal' day where being pregnant didn't define what I felt, thought and did. We had friends over for Sunday lunch and just had a lovely time, busy morning cooking up a storm, and I wasn't exhausted, ill, or fed up.

So for the moment at least, all is well. Ask me again in 10 minutes and we'll see if it's a blip...

D

Hi!

Bargain Trojan!

DD says she feels better today. She did wake up again, a few minutes later, and was crying in pain so gave her the Calpol and she went straight to sleep, then woke up this morning marvelling at the fact that her ear felt better "mummy, you came and gave me the children's medicine and now my ear feels better!" She's just full of a cold though and sounds a bit husky so may give her some calpol later.