We're now halfway and it's PMA all the way - Nov 2011

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Halfway there now ladies. on the countdown.

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Thanks for the advice... I know deep down that I am being silly. I just had a bit of a tummy bug recently and since then everything is worrying me.

mashpot that pain sounds awful. Is there any way you could rest between appts nevermind work?

Hope blooming is kicking in ziggi!

Bump I like your Christmas ideas. Just bought some kids books in the m and s sale and got some maternity tights as my store doesn't stock them.

Been sorting out bedroom so big bin bag of rubbish for dh to put out when he gets home. Run out of energy now so will have some toast and juice in the hope it perks me up. Did have breakfast at 5 when dh got up so not surprised a bit tired.

ouch the pain doesnt sound good at all :( hope you are able to get it sorted.

H007 am sure that it is just as others say that there is a bit more room in there or she has moved another way. I have days like that but then other days where it is literally none stop!

I got an unexpected day off today, dd isnt feeling too well so I decided to keep her off. Cue mahoosive argument with OH. He has gone 'out' and hasnt been seen since 8.30..... He will be... at his mothers..... Pah. If I had any energy then I would be bothered but honestly right now I am not really bothered at all. I have enough going on without it feeling like I have to look after him too. Sorry for the mini rant but hey sometimes it has to be done!

h007 if you get worried, have a very cold drink and/or ice lolly and lie down. For some reason cold liquid seems to get them going and baby gets active for me when i lie down.

voodoo i hope dd is feeling better. i know what it feels like with dh, i wish sometimes he'd go to his mothers.

mashpot the pain sounds awful - let us know how you get on & whether the osteopath is able to help!

H007 I think you're right about noticing movements more when we're relaxing at home & not working. I only feel movements when i'm at home very still, or sometimes if I get really stressed at work - I don't think the baby likes it :) I went to see Derren Brown in the week (amazing!), and I was feeling so nervous in parts - and there was kicking all over the place then!

Had our 22 week scan today!! All was fine. Baby is lying transverse - I know that it could be in any position by the end, but explained why I'm getting kicked low down and to the side, rather than right in my belly?

Was also convinced it was a boy - turns out i'm team pink!

congratulations on team pink lkane0

Hi all,

Well I don't know about a double bump but I've got a knackered one. Had my MW's appt today. Bunny doing great, spot on size wise, lovely to hear her heartbeat. But my midwife grimaced in surprise when she was checking my tum. Her words: 'I wouldn't be surprised to see a hole this big in your abdominal muscles if you were a first timer who'd just given birth , after four babies I'd reckon on maybe this big . You? I'm struggling to find the edges of your torn abdominals muscles way past your side by your hips.' I'm going to need urgent physio as soon as I'm 6 weeks post birth and it may need surgery. Until then I can look forward to hideous backache, (she couldn't believe I didn't have it already as I have basically no muscle support on the front of my body) and the muscles opening wider and wider. I'm currently wearing a stomach sized Tubigrip bandage I've been told to wear til November to try to have some support. None of this would have happened if the MWs in Edinburgh had noticed this post birth and referred me to physio, or even told me how to move safely so it wasn't allowed to grow wider and wider untreated after DS.
Also she was sceptical I'll get on the MLU after previously being positive because the cause of my big bleed - my uterus was atonic, it it didn't contract down - is potentially likely to recur and also because I kept haemmorrhaging for an hour after they began trying to stop the bleeding last time so I don't respond well to any treatment. Not my best appt. Sigh.
On a lighter note
water labours Oh my goodness water is miraculous in labour. I didn't need gas and air with DS til 7cms and it was all down to wonderous, wonderous hot water. I was sceptical until someone recommended it to me, but that's the sole reason I'm battling to get in the MLU so I can use water again. Really it's that good. Plus you feel safe, and private and secure. It's just lovely.
biooil well I used it last time and didn't get stretchmarks til 38 weeks. But they still found me. But then looking at the horrific damage to my abs, my last bump was truly monsterously huge. I'm not bothering this time as theres not much to salvage .
Bretton I too thought it was a place, but I was thinking Breton in France!

Missyraines I did wonder about IKEA, we have friends who shipped a kitchen over from the one in Glasgow before they ever opened one in Belfast! But DH is, how could I put it kindly, oh, I know, useless! Bless him, he has many talents, but DIY isn't one of them. If he was 'handy' we would definitely go to IKEA, but I think by the time we factor in paying someone to actually fit the thing etc, and the stress of co-ordinating it all ourselves (have visions of us discovering part way through that some fixing that we thought was included actually needs to be bought separately!), it might not be worth it. Got my first quote today and it wasn't too bad, but still need to factor in floor and lighting, so it could yet spiral out of control......

Hi all, I just joined and wanted to say hello to all the ladies. A bit nervous, but...

Hello princess :) welcome to the group!

Thanks everyone for the advice, still not much happening here, but I figure as I felt her this morning that she is probably just hiding!

Hi Princess,

welcome to the group :)

Glad to hear that you are feeling better about the bean H007, like someone else said, it might just be that you've popped and there is more space in there at the moment, I think I read somewhere that you shouldnt worry too much about regular movement until the third trimester, but having my doppler means I can listen in every so often just to check, although mostly all I can hear are kicks rather than the heartbeat, which is still very faint.

I am having an excellent day, ordered a moses basket online this weekend - thought we'd better get on with getting things, so it arrived today along with a breast pump. We splashed out and got a clair du lune basket, they are a lot bigger than others we saw, with no handles to get in the way and when the baby gets too big for it, it'll make a really good dog basket for our two jack russells (I know, but they are our first babies and are spoiled rotten!!!).

Decided to get a breast pump so that when the bean comes along DH can help to feed with expressed milk so he will be able to bond too or so we hope - I can also have a sleep sometimes and leave daddy to get on with - he he!!!

All that was good enough, but my neighbour has finally managed to sell her house after nearly two years so finally her husband will be home every night and not just on the weekends, don't know them well but so chuffed that things are working out for them.

And then the best news, some money has come through that we have been hoping for and now we can get a newer bigger car, am driving a clio at the moment which has been great, but am so excited to be able to get something bigger!!!!

Sorry for the massively long post but wanted to share, hopefully everyone else is having a good evening too, now am off to obsessively trawl through Autotrader....

Welcome princess what are you nervous about??? Being pregnant or us... not us I hope! We're lovely

Gold Is restless leg syndrome the shakey foot thing... my dh does that... I'm just getting full on cramp in my calves in the moiddle of the night. Not everynight, but once a week or so.

Pam I'll add to Folics birthday list... PATE!!!! YUM YUM YUM!!!

I agree re movements H007 as I often say that I feel less at weekends, but think it's probably because I'm busy, and buy sunday night when sat in front of the tele she's kicking away again. Though if you're worried and have helpful midwives it's always worth a call to put your mind at rest? Would they let you pop into the clinic for them to have a listen? Unfortunately my mws refuse to do that before 25 weeks, but I know some mws will.

Ikane Yay on team pink! I think us girls are starting to catch up with the boys in terms of numbers now!!

Actually fed, bathed, washed up and sorted before 8pm tonight, so gonna settle down with strawberries and dh in front of the tele for a couple of hours now! yay! Night all xxxx

Welcome the tubigrip club poppet. I have massive tubigrip which goes from under bust to over knees until doubled over. Hope you don't need surgery after birth.

Welcome princess.

Too hungry to wait to eat with dh as he wont be back til 9. Just hope I can stay awake as so tired.

Love the name ideas people have been posting.

Just two words tonight ..... Raspberry Sorbet

Mmmmmmmm

Welcome princess jump in! When are you due?

Poppet one of the girls I work with had that, her stomach muscles were knackered after two pregnancies (she is a teeny weeny petite girl). Anyway, she had corrective surgery a few months ago, and although the thought of any operation is scary, she looks and feels fantastic and is very glad she had it done. I guess what I'm trying to say is, try not to worry now about possible future surgery, it might never come to that, but even if it does, they can make an amazing job of it. Easier said than done, I know......

H007 If in doubt (which I was last week) phone the Maternity ward at your hospital. They said "Yeah, come down asap and we'll listen in" without as much as a grumble. If that's what you need for re-assurance, go for it.
Sprout was hiding, and we had to scan for the heartbeat, as the mw couldn't find it with the doppler. But everything was fine in the end.

Don't worry, you're not being silly - you're worrying about the life inside you!

Welcome princess

Congrats ikane on team pink

staceroo when cramp starts try pointing your toes up towards your nose; this is uncomfortable as it stretches the leg but stops the cramp a lot quicker (had really bad cramps in last pg & this one but they last a lot lesss know how to deal with them!)

poppet hope that the tubigrip helps support you - what we go through for our DCs!!

Had training this morning & walked there as just up the road from me (normally 10mins) was a bit of a mistake as it ended up taking 35mins & I was in agony by the time I got there & again when I got home!! Then got into work & had to do the same number of patients the othets had - normally fine by me but the other 2 had had all day (instead of the 3hours I had) & when I got in they were sat chatting & didn't move all afternoon - despite me saying how much I was in pain!!! Hey ho...got through it...just!!

I've had a rough couple of days. Anxieties have got the better of me and ended in two panic attacks yesterday. One was in the middle of the night; DH came to bed and disturbed me, I woke up in a right state. Can't remember everything but finally coming around properly with DH holding me tight telling me I was ok. Had another one yesterday dinner time then and took all afternoon to recover - spent the entire afternoon in bed more or less.

Still haven't felt quite right today so phoned hospital who asked me to come in to be checked over. They were really good and reassured me that I can come in whenever I want without hesitation. Both me and baby fine, just appear to have hit a not coping point. I'm 24 weeks now, so 13 weeks until they will induce me. I'm getting more and more anxious as the weeks pass and I'm really scared of going into 3rd trimester again (Belle died at 32 weeks).

Hi everyone! Welcome to princess! I've been away with the kids and my ex for a week in Spain. It went pretty well. Not a cross word between myself and my ex, tho DD2 said that there were obviously times when each of us was biting our tongue. I think it has confirmed for both of us that we much prefer our lives apart, and with baby Connor on the way, we'll never do a holiday together again, anyway. I've reluctantly chosen Connor, which I'm not that keen on, but then I don't like any boy's names, and it seems mean to call him Sienna, which I'd have had for a girl... or maybe Sadie. I thought I would have an easy time picking a name with no partner to have to get onside, but my DDs are very opinionated, and I would prefer to choose a name we all like if possible.

Edinburghers . I think we have coming...

Folic, Pamsco, Poppet, TwoJacks, Ziggi and of course me! I think the plan is 11.30am at The Elephant House on Sunday 31st July (someone couldn't do the Saturday). Should be good. I'm really looking forward to it.

I've been shopping for Connor today. All this talk of buying stuff on the thread started a minor panic attack for me when I realised I had erm... one babygrow which I'd kept for sentimental reasons as all my 4 DCs have worn it home from hospital. Off I went to John Lewis, and have ordered an I Candy Cherry in red and black (buggy and pram wotsit), a car seat that fits in it, the display cot (£50 off!) that has three wooden balls at each end they can twizzle round and round when they're a bit older, and some sheets and blankets for cot and pram. The rest will have to wait till next month when funds will hopefully be higher. Should really have waited altogether until next month, but with everyone else seeming better organised, and Danielle LLoyd going 10 weeks early I thought that with me being single, there's no partner to rush out and buy stuff if I suddenly need it early. I can't believe how quickly time is zooming by. I feel much better now with the big things decided on and bought!

Cross posts Caz ! Sorry to hear that you've been having a bad couple of days. I'm glad that your DH and the hospital are being supportive. It must be really hard for you. I hope tomorrow is better.

Hey all just thought I'd update with the fact I've been kicked and kicked and kicked for an hour now :) feel like such a muppet haha

My MW is lovely and I would be able to go in anytime or phone her and she always phones me back but I work a 2 hour journey away in Birmingham and MW is where I live in Swindon so popping in and appointments are difficult

caz sorry to hear you've had a bad few days, hope you manage to find some peace in the next few days. We are all thinking of you x

knockedup I absolutely love Sienna!! Would be my name of choice, but it wouldn't really go with dp's surname. Those of you not married what will. You be doing about surnames?

h007 great about the kicks!

My latest things are skin tags and I can literally feel the blood surging through my body which feels a bit odd.
Bought those woodland animal stickers from dotty hippo for the nursery today! So cute!

caz sorry about the rough couple of days. glad you were able to get the reassurance you needed. All you can do is take one day at a time, we're all here when you need us.

princess welcome, and congratulations.

hoo7 glad baby finally woke up.

knockedup seems such a shame to just to settle for a name you don't really like. glad you had a good holiday.

pam i'd say to have everything you've wanted but not been allowed to have for the previous 9 months.

bump they don't sound all that helpful