December 2011 - Bring on the 2nd trimester

[jomouse]

Lets get with the glow :)

Hiya horse - so glad its not just me! Been starting to get a little bit down about it, maybe the babe is just having a growth spurt. I didn't realise that pregnancy weight is not just confined to bump area. I have a big moon face and an enormous bum suddenly.
On your point on sciatica, friend really suffered from it and said the only thing that helped was walking and a pregnancy relaxation cd, which really seemed to help.

I get sciatica a few times a year although i have been strangely back pain free this year, I found previously the best way for me to relieve it was to sit on the floor and have my back against a wall (though appreciate this is hard in work). I am just waiting for it to hit me!! I think there are some physio exercises that can be recommended in pregnancy.

I read yesterday that you should expect to have put on 10lbs by 20 weeks i have put on 11 so feeling a bit better but cant imagine how much more i will pile on as i am currently half a stone less than my maximum weight 10 years ago and the idea of shooting past it will make me very unhappy. Am still in my normal clothes on good days (like today) but have a growing supply of second hand mat clothes in the cupboard been buying off ebay like a demon have some really nice stuff actually.

My bumps getting bigger though I'm currently still just looking fat rather and pregnant as it is not a defined bump at all, but it never really turned into a defined bump with DD either (when I was 6 months with DD and breathing very heavely after 3 flights of stairs someone asked me if I was asthmatic - had to explain I was pregnant...)

Also think I slightly pulled a tummy muscle yesterday when carrying DD around so I'm now using a bump band to try and support my unshapely bump. Anyone else started using a bump band?

jomouse you're so organised!

I discovered yesterday how much of a sentimental bugger my DH is. After I washed some of DS's old baby clothes I was brooding over a cute unisex sleepsuit that was the first thing DS ever wore. DH said that we need to keep it 'special' for sentimental reasons and that the new baby isn't allowed to wear it. Thankfully as DS was premature it's up to 5lb so hopefully will be too small anyway.

Has anyone decided on names yet and is happy to share them? We definitely have James for a boy. I like Elizabeth and Freya for a girl but not sure if I like either of them enough to use them.

Im so glad that there are other mums out there going through what i am....
Im 18.5 weeks and suffering from small bladder syndrome! Ha! ha! Getting up all hours of the night and sometimes it takes me forever to get back to sleep. Hubby is a very light sleeper and whenever i get up he awakes saying "Is everything ok?" I reply... "Yes, your child has kindly decided to sit on my bladder." I think its my bodies way of getting me ready for evening feeds and sleepless nights....

Secondly, the Siatica.....Mine attacks me most days. If Im sitting down i get up and walk. If im on my feet, i know i have to sit for a while. Unfortunately there isnt really anything you can do....Try taking up Yoga or pilates....
I personally go swimming, find it relaxing plus really good excercise.

Growing bump? Over the past 2 weeks my bump has grown dramatically. Its great to see as i finally look pregnant and not as though ive attacked the sweet cupboard...

Movement? I started to feel kicks last week and this week i can feel baby move. Im loving the second trimester of pregnancy.

DH and my family went for a 3D scan last week. How precious, it was great to see baby and rolling around. If anyone is planning on a 3D scan, do it now as its the best time to be able to see the whole of Baby.

Good luck with all the 21 week scans. Mine is on the 4th of August.

sevendwarves - your names are gorgeous, I love, love, love Freya.
We have a close friend who is a James who would be UNBEARABLE if we named our first born "after him" so that was out of the running unfortunately.
We have Kitty for a girl and Arthur for a boy (after DH's grandfather) - I don't love Arthur as can't think of a "short" version - Art or Arty sound a bit, well, odd somehow. I'm trying to get DH think about Arthur as middle name instead.
My mother says Kitty is slang for that meow meow drug (how does she KNOW these things??) and makes her think of Hello Kitty. Wish I had never told her! I also like Holly as December name...

Kitty is lovely and actually I don't mind Arthur, I don't think it's so long you need a short version. My only reservation with Elizabeth is that I really don't like Liz or Lizzie (there's a local woman known as cocaine Liz whichit makes me think of!)

You could always go Elizabethan and have Bess?

We both like Pirran for a boy and Olwen for a girl...but we'll see if those suit the baby when it arrives.

DH is wavering on Pirran as he is Cornish and thinks Pirran is too common - I'm trying to convince him that to 99.9% of the world Pirran will be very unusual!! He also likes Petroc and Demelza but I don't like either of those.

I love Kitty and Arthur, we're decided on Franklin (DP's family is related to an Acrtic explorer called Sir John Franklin) or Miranda.

Yahey, we are back in business! I was worried all the other december mums had left!

I had 20 week scan last friday and it's a girl!! Both thrilled, would GENUINELY have been happy either way. To be honest i wasn't sure i could say that until the day, i thought i secretly wanted a girl but had convinced myself it was a boy. So when she clearly saw the 3 lines from 3 different angles and was sure it was a girl i was surprised i was a little disappointed and then happy!

Just so pleased everything is ok.

I only have 3 days of school left but i am so emotional and tired it's really hard. I keep crying over nonsense, i am hving to pack up my classroom as although i am staying until end of october they are using me as supply, group work and some other bits and bobs, rather than have my own class and abandon them after 6 weeks. Which is of course the most logical, healthy thing and I was the one who suggested it! BUT the hormonal woman is jealous of all the other staff talking excitedly about new classes, displays, topics, trips etc and i feel like norma no mates, :(
And my kids are checking out too, i have had a fabulous rapport with them and so much fun this year, now they are all talking baout new teachers or new schools (Year 5/6). I will miss them so much!

Utterly ridiculous i know!

Sorry that turned into a long one, OOPS!

Tyelperion wow to the Cornish names, I have never heard them before and really like them...can I be really honest though and say I'm not sure on Demelza.
msbuggywinkle I love your names as well

We December Mums have great taste...

Laurasmurf - only 3 days left, you can do it!
I feel like a bit of a passenger at work too. They have given me some fairly high profile projects but its still so strange to think that I'm only there for 3.5 months. Mind you my boss is the absolute SPIT of Melody from the Apprentice in terms of outlook and attitude so I can safely say I shall be glad to leave her to her political empire building - its very tiring.

Evening ladies

Well day 2 of a headache

With regards to names we can't agree on anything - it's going to be a long process of elimination. DP is still determined he doesn't want to find out the sex and I really really do it's eating away at me!

Tmi but noticed in the bath earlier I've started to produce milk - 17+5today and baby very active

Darcies - thank goodness someone else hasn't decided on names - all these other posts are making me feel VERY behind! I definitely have a boys' name but nothing for a girl (well, not a first name anyway - we will name the baby after my late mother and my husband's late father as a middle name regardless of gender). Naming DD2 was a big struggle and I really have nothing left...

We've discussed names, but it's traditional to name children (we're thinking a middle name) after a dead relative so we're not going to pick one until the child is born...just incase the child looks more like an XXX than an XYX!
Liking all the names on the thread so far.

Feel so far behing everyone else as our scan isn't for another fortnight!
Hope you feel better soon DarciesMum!
DH gave me a lovely massage earlier which has helped the back/butt pain!!

hey girlies :)

Its great to hear about the scans!

I wentt o spain over the weekend, felt kind of like i just had a beer belly rather than a bump in my bikini... 1st timer, and still no kicks, although i thought i may have felt a little one when my tummy got too hot! not 100%though

jomouse i am having the bladder problem... and also TMI, and quite embarrassing, as i have always thought i had strong pelvic floor muscles, but i have sometimes been getting "dribbles" after the toilet but i think bump is still very low, and on my bladder, as i am feeling like i need to go alllll the time, but nothing is there and no UTI

Tyelperion we have a photo like the voldermort one from our 12 week scan, along with another of it scratching its bum! (must be a boy!)

awomancalledhorse my scan isn't for another fortnight either, feels like such a l

long time away.

I've got my first appointment with my consultant tomorrow due to pre-eclampsia last time.

It's official I have pregnancy induced migraines :( with low BP baby is active tho.

Feel shite!

I've 'only' gained 2lbs since June 23rd, should I be worried?
Overall I've gained 13.4lbs since getting pregnant.
Sorry that it's pregnancy migraines darciesmum!
Good luck at the appt tomorrow sevenwarves

Morning ladies, I'm now at 20 weeks 6 days, I've gained 10lbs overall. I haven't seen a midwife in the last 3 weeks, but I had my 20 week scan this week and the baby was above average size (but nicely within the norm). Apparently our bodies will store fat/nutrients - and the growing baby will draw from it when needed, - so the 13lbs gain is probably good, and the "only 2lbs" in the last month is probably nothing to worry about at all Awomancalledhorse. It's from this stage that the baby really starts rapidly growing, until now it's been developing it's organs and all the necessary bits. Now they are there and ready to grow. So now we might start growing too...

Good luck today Seven

Awch I havent weighed myself since pre pregnancy. 13lbs is good tho.

Having a pretty awful couple of days, my sister is in hospital with either a brain bleed, a brain/spinal infection or the worst migraines the consultant has ever seen. She had a CT scan yesterday which ruled out a big brain bleed and meningitis, waiting on the results of a lumbar puncture this morning to find out if it is a small bleed, an infection or migraines.

She might be discharged today with oramorph for the pain, if she's staying in I'll go and see her later (with basket of goodies!). Its DD1's birthday on saturday and we're supposed to be going away!

As if that wasn't enough, my Mum's partner's Mum is dying so he isn't around and my Mum is very upset.

Then this morning I found out that a friend who had a baby 3 weeks ago has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer...I'm a total mess today. I'll feel better when I know what is going on with my sister though.

Msbuggywinkle you have my every sympathy. How awful. It's difficult to know what to say, with everything that's happening around you. I hope that your sister gets some better news soon.
xxx

Msbuggywinkle big hugs... any one of those things is a lot to cope with, you poor thing.

We are all sending lots of love for your sister today, hopefully it's good news (as good as it can be).

xxx