Feb 2011 - The home stretch! Let's see more of those babies :-)

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A shiny new thread for a shiny new year.

yep,nil by mouth from midnight,have no idea how ill cope without my morning cuppa and ginger nut.
wigglesi left mine so long i looked like a badger,its just been done,im so pleased.
feel very odd today,my lower belly feels constantly tight and the weight is terrible,i literally cant walk,only shuffle,have phoned a friend to get els from school.

[hugs] to wiggles and angels

angels I had GD last time and didn't need insulin during labour or have a section.
I did control my GD with diet alone though, which was a bit of a faff at first, but I couldn't face the idea of injecting myself daily. Let me know if you want any hints and tips with regards what to eat and when.

EauRouge I had considered that a neighbour could be feeding her too, but her sick looks very much like a partially digested version of what I am feeding her, so don't think that's the answer either. She could have found something manky outside that she is licking and keeps going back to though. Still no sick today, so hopefully that's it.

sbfsi am feeling panicky about coping with 2 and they are 8 yrs apart and its my 5th I am excited but feel a bit resentfull as well as i have to start night feeds and messy house all over again.And wiggles this had def caused more tears than usual and i feel so nasty,i cant find a good word to say about anyone.I cried at "got to dance" last night then at news this am. Last night i had a tearfull rant to dh about his life not changing and mine is and its not fair etc.and my body is ruined and he will have an affair and on and on and on.Do you feel once you start crying you cant stop either?Cant wait to be normalish.

Ledkr I feel that if I start that'll be me, my tears will put the Australian floods to shame!! As opposed to worrying about dh and affairs I'm going down the "he will die and leave me with 3 children and no-one will ever want me again wah wah wah" I think its a subconscious (hark at me) reaction to his job. I'm also quite sore and shuffling about so don't think that's helping and I can't find anything I want to eat - not helping.

Ah girls I am sorry you feel like this but also glad it's not just me. I have never been a weeper but now I feel like I need good cry in order to cope with day to day stuff. I can't face any of the household chores, everything seems to involve bending down and the baby is constantly kicking me in the bladder and I sometimes wonder if it must hate me it kicks me so much! Ridiculous i know. I lost it at ds2 today because he scratched yet another DVD by dragging it across the wooden floor with his foot and now it won't play & ds1 is devastated as it was his favourite. Just don't feel like anything is going right and am totally out of control and it's only going to get worse! And I cannot get comfy EVER and ben I feel like a spoilt bitch when I should be so happy that I am expecting dc3 whn so many people struggle

Just thought i'd pop my head round and say hi, as things have been a bit mad at home. Can't believe our pregnancys have gone so quickly. Congrats to all those that have had their babys.

Angels i had insulin for my gd with first pregnancy, because my induction wasn't working i had to fast from midnight due to possibility of cs, wasn't given an insulin drip either. Ended up with a cs at 10am with ds. But my blood sugars returned to normal almost immediatly after they got him out.

Went for a growth scan yesterday at 34weeks and the baby is 6pounds. Also had consultant appt to discuss cs, but have to go back in 3wks for another scan and book date then. But have been told to rest and take it easy as have a raised bp (mines normally quite low) and swelling in my legs and ankles. Can't believe i've managed to avoid gd and anemia to be told i may develop pre ec kind of took the wind out my sails a bit.
Sorry for goin on
Take care ladies

angels it was the MW who told me about the reflexology but BP wasn?t so high then so will ask at my appointment tomorrow ? better to be safe than sorry as its a good 30 mins away so a bit of a wasted journey! Re: chocolates for MW ? last time we sent the MW a bunch of flowers the day we got home from the hospital ? though I can see how this might be expensive if you have more than one MW! Maybe just for the one who actually delivers the baby?

I've had a nice morning - pedicure, facial and eyebrow wax :) Nearly fell asleep during facial though !

Sorry for those feeling emotional - I was feeling like that over the weekend and had a good old cry which seemed to help. 40 I also felt out of control so you are not alone. I will only have 2 DC as well!

O bollocky bollocks.

Went to see consultant today. Had to wait THREE HOURS, then when I finally saw her she said I might have:

1. Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
2. Gestational Diabetes
3. Anaemia

Plus baby is prob 4kg already (37wks) and they may have to induce me early because of possibly undiagnosed GD.

Have GTT tomorrow, then BP check and monitoring at (different) hosp on Fri, again next week, then scan and appt with consultant again next weds. DH is fuming, thinks they're just trying to find something wrong with me, which is NOT helpful. Was out from 9.30- 1.30 and he didn't even offer to make me a cup of tea when I got back.

So now am worrying about what's wrong with me and baby, who's going to look after DD when I go for all these appts (DH is busy, mum has cancer), and what's going to happen.

wiggles Yeah the job has its own probs,dh works in ppu so the hrs are fairly family friendly,they are now f'ing changing them to include nights and later evenings-nice timing eh?I will be coping on my own a lot of the time and thats bad enough when on leave but dont know how im going to manage when i go back to work-i have a difficult job too.I cant even imagine if he finishes at midnight then he wont come to bed untill 1am ill appreciate that if a feed is due at 2 and i suppose ill be up getting 2 kids to school and cm before i do a days work
maybe you can tell me how you cope.Dh means well but is a slow lazy bloke who needs to be motivated to do anything.When he did nights before he slept from 8 till about an hr before he went to work but i didnt care cos only had my dd.Suppose it gives me something else to moan about tho.

debka what a nightmare . What has suddenly led them to all of these conclusions?

From my experience of GD, consultants like to talk about early induction, but it is only for worst case scenarios or just in cases. The only reason to be induced early is if your placenta stops functioning properly as a result of the GD, and this is usually diagnosed by checking the volume of your amniotic fluid, if it is normal your placenta is ok. I was induced on my due date last time because of the GD. Also studies that I have read say that GD poses very little risk, and that current medical practice around GD is based on 1 guy's opinion and not backed up evidentially.

In my hospital lots of people take their toddlers when going for appointments and monitoring, there are even toys in the monitoring room.

oh no debwhat a nightmare.I am going to give you a good talking to now.
If you have got these things at least they have picked iyt up and can treat it. You may get your baby early and its big and ready.
You can change none of this so have no choice but to go with it.If they thought the baby was at risk they would have done an emg c section.
as for dh kick him in the gonads that will help.

Oh debka you poor thing! Cannot beleive they made you wait for 3 hours ! Bastards! Agree with ledkr that the baby is clearly ready to come out at 4kg so if they want to induce you early it won't be the end of the world. Does DH have paternity leave booked? Can he change the date or is it set?

I know my best friend always took her DD with her when she went for monitoring as she didn't have anyone else and it was fine. Depends on your DD of course though (I would NOT be able to take DS but that's another thread!). Do you have PIL near by? A helpful friend? Does DD go to nursery at all - would they be able to take her for a few extra sessions?

Have they given you a prescription for iron tablets? Though I think they take a few days to take effect but I may be wrong.

Hello all,

Apologies I haven't posted on here for aaaaages, but I have been lurking! My excuse is that i've been too busy but I no longer have that now i'm on maternity leave! Can't believe I officially have less than two weeks to go before little one arrives, although I have a feeling that he is going to be late, as apparently hasn't fully engaged yet, and i've had no braxton hicks at all yet during pregnancy, but who knows... would LOVE him to arrive early as going stir-crazy at home, can't concentrate on anything anymore and my brain is just full of baby, baby, baby thoughts, haha!

Had a horrid weekend and woke up on Saturday morning with a nasty bout of pre-natal mastitis boob felt hot and I felt a little achey and shivery, and then rapidly went down hill with full on fluey symptoms and ended up vomming at the docs, thought I was dying! Prescribed anti-biotics which seemed to have helped, and going to get fitted again for new nursing bras tomorrow as I suspect I brought on mastitis myself by wearing a too-tight bra, grrrr. Wouldn't wish it on anyone! Bad news is midwife thinks i'll be now more prone to it again once milk comes in after little one arrives which i'm really not looking forward to!

It's been lovely to see that some babies have arrived already and that everyone seems well

How many of you are on maternity leave now? I feel knackered most of the time, but been trying to keep pottering around and going to preggers yoga on a Friday morning which I love, so relaxing!

I echo the hormonal can't stop crying thing- ANYTHING sets me off and i'm finding it hard to watch the news and read papers at the mo due to sobbing at sad stories- DP deserves a medal! I also cry because i'm worried that something will go wrong now, think i'm finding it hard to believe that all going well DP and I will actually have a baby here so soon...

Hopefully now I do have some more time i'll be on here more often... most important thing is that you're all well and babies are all well too

I have three weeks 'left' as of tomorrow, and my mum is positive that first babies especially are usually late, but I asked the midwife last night and she said she had never noticed any particular trend. I guess they come when they're ready, more or less!
I'm on maternity leave too, and it seems to take me ages to get anything done - am i just lazy?
I'm also welling up at random things - like stories in the news (very not me) and I don't know how DP is putting up with me being so irrational. The thing is, I know i'm doing it as well!
Oh well, I still think he has it easy!
Crossed legs for you ledkr hope your DD's party goes well.
cheese that sounds awful, hope you are feeling a bit better by now. You have made me think a bit as I'm sure i've worn too tight bras yep, right now. Maybe I should go shopping...

On the subject of beauty treatments, is anyone else having a bikini wax before the big day, or is this just stooopid? Don't want baby to have fight his/her way out!!

Just crashing on to say hello, not been on for ages - my section is booked for 2 weeks time and am torn between euphoria that it will soon be over (i know that's such an awful way to think of it) and fear of what's to come, how I will cope with 2 DC

I called my DH a "stupid tw@t" in my sleep last night, I feel like i hate everyone and just cannot be nice. give me 6 months and i might manage to be civil to people

Blimey debka what a day! I hope you get everything sorted and it's all OK - let us know after your appointment tomorrow. And just to reiterate what sbf said - I've just found out I've prob got GD and my mw told me today that the hospital I'm going to treat those ith GD as 'normal' and only give insulin if blood sugar too high. I was worried about induction but told it's unlikely just because of GD and that docs often ask the hospital to induce patients with GD and they tell them to bog off if it's not really needed :) That made me feel a bit more positive

Glad it's not just me over reacting/getting over emotional. Sorry everyone is getting so teary. It would be nice to feel normal. I get the whole 'I'm so big, DH will never want me. I don't want anyone to se me looking like this' type upset alot too. DH actually has bouts of getting quite emotional at everything too - not like him at all. Must be his hormones

chomper mastitis sounds horrible. Hope it goes away super quick. I'm on mat leave too btw.

Had a bit of a suprise at mw today as my uterus measurement has grown a whole 5 cm in 2 weeks . SHe said given the big growth and new GD I need a scan and have one booked in next week. SHe also said baby was 3/5 engaged and v low, which accounts for all the sharp pain when she wriggles about alot. Have a feeling this will be a BIIIGGGGG baby

Yes angels i actually stopped going swimming cos i felt like people would be revolted by me.
DD is doing my flipping head in today,she coughed in my face today as i was doing her hair then juat now she got a block of cheese out of the fridge cut a bit then left cheese crumbs everywhere and literally threw the block back into the fridge door shelf with the wrapper half off. Is it me?I lost the plot just as dh came thru the door,i just cant cope with anything today.

cookingfat, I tidied up my bikini line with a hand mirror last time, never again!! Didn't much like what I saw I think MWs are quite used to seeing rather unkempt lady gardens, not many people can reach and I think a lot of people don't care when they get to that stage!

debka I hope you are OK :( Give you DH a good telling off from us lot, he should be running around after you while you put your feet up!

Afternoon ladies-what a day for some of you!

cooking I had mine 'tidied' yesterday at beauticians. Prob being a bit too optimistic as still got just under ; weeks left, but I feel better for ut!

Finally got the nursery/guest room sorted so now the washing begins in earnest! Just as well j got ut sorted today....got some of the in laws down this w/e for baby shower. Dh last night set up the sofa bed & arranged room so ut looked like it could be a 2nd living room! I've rearranged today so that it is more of a baby's room so that they get the idea that ain't much room when baby us here

cheesechomper I went to get fitted today for nursing bras as I am getting so uncomfy & leaking slightly-tho need to go back in a few weeks as baby ain't yet fully dropped! But I did get some comfy nursing bras jn the meantime. I can use them for sleeping if j get a better fit next time!

2nd last nct class tonight.....hope I stay awake!

That's meant to say 4 weeks left....bloody iPhone!!

Thanks everyone, has been a shock today but it really helps having you all to offload onto! SBF that's good info on early induction- I really don't want to be induced too early and end up with a CS because my body wasn't ready. My mum's going to have DD tomorrow so I don't have to have a rampaging 22mo during my GTT. I'm meant to be her carer but ATM she's looking after me more than me her!

Don't know why DH is so crap, think it's his weird way of being concerned. He gets angry with the doctors on my behalf and it comes out as angry at me.

Really feeling like it might not be long now, though, belly feels SO heavy and had lots of tightenings and odd pains today. Please God let it be soon!

angels sounds like we're in a similar boat GD-wise. Any tips on diet? I've not been given any information.

ledkr thanks for the kicking- you're right, no real need to worry, at least they are looking into it all.

byron and snowyangels1- think what shocked me about the mastitis was that it made me really ill and not just the sore boob! I'd heard of mastitis before but 1. never in pregnancy (tis rare) and 2. thought you just got a tit of fire, not could get really poorly too! . I've been told that not all cases of mastitis actually lead to a flu-inducing infection but lots do, bah

debka only dietary advice I got was eat lots of wholemeal/wholegrain (not white), eat lots of veg and try and stagger fruit through the day and eat lots of protein. Low GI foods are good, sugary/fatty foods not so good. Tbh I'm a fine one to talk as I haven't really changed my diet at all, but, I do tend to mostly eat home made/not v procesed stuff anyway. Hope you get on OK. Once you get a little pin prick test thingy to test your own levels it gets quite interesting to see what makes it low/high [sad and nothing better to do emoticon].

Hope needto is OK. Know she was having lots of BHs etc recently and I don't think has been on today yet - think she had mw apt re: hb so wondering if that turned into actual hb nothing to base it on other than general wondering though.

chomper I had a friend who had mastitis and know she likened it to having the flu and v painful breasts and it sounded awful