Due August 2011, third and final trimester here we come!!!!

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Oooooo ladies, an exciting time for us all either already here or speedily arriving.
Can't believe how quick it's all going.

Bubbas will be here in no time!!!!

Oh Selina - We have shortlisted Shay for a boy as well!! Love the name and thats the only name DH and I agreed on. finding it so hard to come up with more Boy names!!

On another note, ive noticed that my breasts have started to leak a little bit the last 4-5 days. Its not milk though as it seems to be clear liquid!! Also Its not much so still dont need breast pads but it did feel wierd cause the baby is no even here as yet and im only 33+4 today! Is that normal?

Totally normal, Anu, mine started leaking at around the same gestation when I was at work last time, I just looked down and there was a wet patch on my top where each nipple was!! Thankfully it wasn't warm weather and I buttoned up my cardigan for the rest of the day :o

Not much going on here apart from that I have my 34 week appt on Friday (at 33+2 ) with the consultant, where we'll be discussing whether an ELCS is the preferred option or not

Great minds think alike Anu3!
No leaking here, but I didnt last time either.
S x

Great names ladies! Even though we have a shortlist, we have decided not to settle on a name until bubs is here which seemed to work well for us when it came to choosing a name for the girls. I found this blog great for inspiration.

I'm with you Selina - I'd quite like to be somewhere far away & warm too. My maternity leave is unlikely to start until bubs is born... boo!

Anu mine started leaking on 17th May (remember it cos we were out to dinner with DH's parent for his mum's birthday, and DH kindly pointed it out while everyone was listening!) Mine is clear too (sometimes yellowy), and leaks mainly when I am in bed as I wake up in a wet patch!! I was only 27+5 :)

Oh, clear stuff is the colostrum or however you say it BTW :)

I'm quite thankful that we're having a rubbish summer as this the third time I've been due in August and I can't stand humid weather even when I'm not pregnant, nevermind when I'm heavily pregnant with an almost 4 year old and almost 2 year old to run around after! Yesterday afternoon was really hot and humid here and I remembered why I vowed not to be this pregnant through the summer again...... oops, easily forgotten last autumn when we were TTC! I think I must be particularly fertile in November! Thankful to be pg obviously as I know not all are lucky enough to get pg easily, just hoping for a continuation of the current weather but with maybe a bit less rain!

We also named our two after they were born (within a few hours) so we're just making a shortlist of names for each gender and will decide when we see him or her. Lots of lovely names being mentioned on here.

Anu leakage is normal, it's colostrum. Some women don't leak though and it has no bearing on breastfeeding success. I am also getting a little bit coming out, same as with my other pregnancies.

This baby is really active in the evenings and has quite a powerful kick! I have actually said 'ow' a few times in the past week, he or she is a strong little one!

LifeofKate good luck on Friday. I have my 34 week appt next week, looking forward to getting a date for my ELCS.

Hello ladies, nice to know all is well with everyone!
littlemiss I too remember the joys of being heavily preg in the summer and am thankful for the crap weather!
wishw Morgan is thriving hope you get the seat thing sorted

My sleep isn't that disturbed ATM just once a night for a wee at about 3 but I'm so knackered I just drop off again quickly!

The huge and fat comments have begun- I think ppl think as I'm usually very toned it's ok to take the piss

My bump is also v active about 9pm but I think that's just because I have the time to notice it!

I am currently trying to organise dd's 2nd party mid July so I am going to be very busy over the next few days! Oh I also think I've found a pram a double buggy baby weaver? Any thoughts on them?

Jenni I'll take a look at freecycle, never used it before but I do remember wandering around the internet and stumbling upon it once.

Leilandri Thank you for the advice, I'll take a look. :)

Carrie Thank you. I think the frequent pessimistic comments are just really starting to hack me off, since I've met DP I've felt stronger, and I'm more ready to try my best than I was at the start of this pregnancy. I feel like I've made progress within myself, and believe this will make things easier in the long run.

RE: Names - DP and I are still mulling over Ciel Freya or Freya Ciel. I know he's only joking, unlike my grandmother, but they say to others that our baby will be called Freya Ciel. He knows it irks me, and I do get amused by the childish determination of it all I suppose. DP knows I love the name Freya, it is gorgeous but at the same time my own selfishness to want to be able to give my first child their first name peers through. I really need to talk it out with him, just don't know how to bring it up without him getting upset - and ending up with me wanting to end the conversation.

RE: Bump activeness - LO on this end is very active, it is very sweet to see a little lump wriggle around my stomach. I stroke my stomach, talk to her, smile at the bump, poke her if she's somewhere painful gently, etc. Am I mad?

Midwife appointment today, blood tests are going to be done. Nervous and hoping my iron levels have improved enough for them to deem the hospital unnecessary! Fingers crossed over the next couple of days please.

Last night was quite awful, heavy nausea for the whole evening and very sore pelvis. Has anyone else had nausea in the third trimester? Thankfully I've only had it twice, and I'm guessing last night's bout was either due to me eating not very healthily (and not very much) or there is something in our room that is making me feel ill. I'll be mentioning it to the midwife just incase though.

MrsV the fat comments piss me off as well. People are such gits at times!

Left DH waiting on the landscapers arriving this morning - why do I have a feeling of dread like they're not going to turn up... can't be doing with any hassles, I just like folk to do what they say they are going to do.

Hi all, were pretty set on names with Willow Ann for a girl and Jack Oscar for a boy ive got to work on getting the oscar for middle name but i have allowed Ann for girl which was dps mums middle name!
Were finally going on holiday on Fri, got to get up at 3.30am i have waking the kids up that early, but its been 35 degrees where we are going in spain so im worrying now ill be too hot but ill just have to wallow in the pool all day, my parents are coming too so hopefully i will get a bit of a relax i hope.

then on return dds bedroom being fitted then we can finally start the babys room, ive been selling all sorts of old motorbike spares from dps garage and made over £500 so were well chuffed, managed to buy gliding crib, baby gym, baby seat, changing bag, and just a little short to buy a phil and teds double pram. dont need much else after that just want to get everything organised i have leaving things till last min!

Well i am 34+3 today so exactly 5 weeks today we will be meeting DS. Name is all sorted, DD's room is being decorated as we speak and flooring is being laid next week so feel like we are actuallly getting there.

I had a growth scan today and DS is estimated to be on the 81st centile and already weights circa 6lb 2oz so is predicted to be around 8.5lb at delivery, so exactlythe same as DD who was 8lb 5oz. Kind of glad to be having an ELCS as DS's head was off the charts big (mearuring over 39 weeks already) so glad I don't have to push it out!!

Hello everyone, been absent for a few days but had loads going on here and been too knackered to go on laptop.

well im now paying for not having sickness etc at the beginning, so far this week, BH, water retention and back ache have all kicked in :( its going to be a long 8 weeks!!

Hello everyone, not posted for a few days as hectic at work, but have been lurking.

Had my 31 week check up today and BP is up not great especially as I've had the day off so had a relaxing morning. The community mw is coming out on Monday to check it again and I'm really hoping it is back to normal because otherwise it will scupper my homebirth plans.

Am off to look at the local mw led birth centre on Sunday, just to remind myself what its like (it hadn't opened when I had DS) but I'm 99% convinced I want to stay at home. Still waiting to hear from the consultant mws though.

On the plus side, I really got myself organised at the weekend - everything out of the loft, carseat/pushchair covers washed, dried and re-fitted, baby's bag packed just in case, school unform for DD and DS sorted for September (barring PE and shoes) so am feeling much better on that front. Roll on mat leave :o

Love Willow never :) Well done on selling loads of stuff :)

KT you have been busy!

Well, all the plastering done woooooooohoooooooo! Just got the smell of damp to put up with for a few days now but it all looks fab!! Can't wait to paint it all now. Lounge almost dry, got a bit of filling around windows and doors to do (where he didn't plaster as didn't need a full plaster, but now looks shite cos the rest is so smooth lol) so I'll do that tomorrow and hoping can paint lounge Friday :) Finally, a job I can do!!!!

I opened the envelope and no longer on team yellow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not going to reveal the team until i've decided weather we're telling people (I don't want to be identified by people in real life!). Got to get my head around it now!
Sorry to post and run, I have been lurking and reading what you've all been up to (mainly between the hours of 2 and 5am when I can't sleep!)
x

I too have been lurking for days without posting ... slack really. Very interesting reading the names that some people have chosen - I love them all! One of my fave names if we have girls is 'Freya' but MIL's bloody cat has that name, so that's that ruled out! I also love Joshua, Oscar, Leo and Ethan for boys - BUT our surname is Stevens so 'Ethan Stevens' sounds a bit like 'Even Stevens'. Ava and Eva for girls are ruled out on the same basis!! It's SO difficult to choose names for twins!!!

All good here. 31 + 1 now - absolutely amazing considering we thought we were losing them at 20 weeks! I STILL haven't packed my hospital bag yet - keep getting embroiled in other stuff and then basically ran out of cash to buy half the stuff I need in it. BUT pay day tomorrow so I will be shopping-tastic!

Anyone been watching Baby Hospital - heartbreaking!!! Particularly baby Michael whose mother couldn't be arsed to spend any time with him whilst he was in SCBU (well, I'm making the massive assumption / judgement that she couldn't be arsed ... I missed the beginning bit which told us her story).

Am currently making a list of things I need to take to hospital and hits/tips for life immediately post-CS. Does anyone who has had a CS in the past have any little gems of useful info I can add?

Also - I'm getting LOADS of braxton hicks now, reasonably regularly and they are very tight. Also got some discomfort as i have a UTI (Booooo!) but got some antibiotics today so hoping it will clear up.

Anyway, I should head to bed now really for another restless night of tossing and turning trying to get comfy! Thank god for afternoon naps!!!

OK, I've just read about baby Michael on t'interweb and it turns out that his mother had other children and transport issues which prevented her visiting the hospital to see him. I take back my judgey judgerson comment. Still, not visiting your premmie, and very poorly, baby in hospital for 2 weeks seems a bit extreme to me.... think I'd want to live at the hospital with them given the choice.

Everyone keeps asking me if I am 'getting slept OK' and I guess at 30+4 the answer is now 'no'. This isn't the first night like this... Have been tossing and turning and sleeping for about five minutes a time since about midnight, keep waking up with random stuff from work in my mind (nothing that actually needs thinking or worrying about) and my back and legs are really uncomfortable. So I'm downstairs now. I can't stand being so restless as I know it is disturbing DH but I can't help it. :(

I know sleep deprivation is in my future once baby is here and it's really not the biggest pregnancy problem ever but if I could just manage to sleep at nights until I start my mat leave in 4 weeks (I have some holiday saved up hence starting quite early) then that would be reallygreat. I'm just seeing you are also having difficulty MrsStevo, hope you had a good night tonight.

And Annie456 too I have just noticed! Feel a bit bad for moaning now... also feel a little better knowing it is not just me... pleasant dreams to all :)

Mrs Stevo - I watched it too and totally had my judgypants on... there was a short interview with her where she said that she couldn't go to the hospital because she had the two other kids at home, but then there was the scene of her sat around with kids and two friends, so she clearly wasn't entirely isolated... If she didn't trust a friend to take care of them, she could have brought one to the hospital with the kids and they could have watched them while she was with the baby! There was another story of a single mum with two kids and it seemed like she just brought them to the hospital with her The longest she didn't visit was 3 weeks, which would be inconceivable to me. If money was the issue, I think I would have begged/borrowed/stole/gone without to afford to go!

Anyway, will climb down off my pedestal now :o

I started to get upset at baby hospital so turned it over :( dam hormones!!

Well looks like il not be seeing our judgy antenatal calss today, its meant to be 1-3pm but last week it didnt finish till 4pm. I need to see the doctor today and the only appointment is 3.20pm so will have to do the breastfeeding class in 4 weeks time.

Any tips on water retention?? My feet seem to have doubled in size over the past few days :(

Well, I was awake from 2.30 til about 4.30 this morning, and been awake since 7.30. Not been that bad yet this trimester. Usually I'm up a couple of times for the loo and straight back off again. Think it's because we've still got so much to do before LO arrives. It's such a pain isn't it???

Well, mum and dad back off their 6 week hols today, so I have my personal MW back yay!! Hopefully they'll be able to come here next weekend from the Midlands and help with any bits that need doing in the house still :) Or might just have the time off for some retail therapy!! DH got to go back to the Midlands to wrap up some business before bubs, and he's not keen on leaving me on my own JIC junior makes an early arrival, but I don't want to spend 3.5 hours in the car, and he doesn't really want me to go back as he'll be a hell of a lot quicker on his own. So fingers crossed my mum and dad will come keep me company :)

Not been watching baby hospital MrsS as think it would make me too upset! Heard about that baby though with the can't be arsed mum, and yes she did have other kids, but like you say, 2 weeks without a visit?!??!!?!?

BTW, can't believe am 33 weeks today!!!
Doesn't seem 5 mins we were all having our anomaly scans!!

I watched Baby Hospital too with my judgypants hitched up high - completely agree LifeofKate - she didn't seem to be trying very hard to me, although she did have a 2yo, 1yo and Michael . Completely heartbreaking - I don't know why I watched it, but once I'd started I couldn't turn off.