PART 2!! The-Knicker-Checking-Boobs-a-Swelling-Carb-Craving -Christmas-and-New-Year-Shaggers-all-aboard-the-Se pt-2012-Baby-Bus

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Hoping to carry on the brilliant thread started by misscoffeenwine which was so popular we got to 1000 posts before starting another - come over and join me...... Promise to think of a more original name for Part 3!

Congrats helsbels

Been AWOL for a while but will catch up tomorrow. I'm feeling really big this week - 24 weeks on Saturday but suddenly have a proper ball!! V jealous of 4lb weight gain shel I think I've put on around a stone.... Anyone else please???

i turned 22 weeks on Tuesday, and have put on 7lb so far...but i was overweight to start with. Would be interested in what people's pre-pregnancy weights were, and the weight they've put on since.

Great to hear that all the scans are good news so far, long may it continue!

I am so tired at the moment, DP had a cough/cold for a few weeks, took pretty much bugger all for it even though he could take anything he wants, and i came down with (i assume the same) bug few days ago, trying desperately to keep it off my chest, have been unable to sleep for more than an hour at a time before i wake up unable to breath, and then have to clear my head and chest of gunk and then try and get back to sleep, for an hour later max to be doing the same all over again.....combine this with DP also snoring, and DS waking at 5.30am on average, and a lively bean who seems to be awake wriggling late at night and i'm knackered!! DP's parents are here for a week from today, then he is going abroad for a week with work, and i'm desperate to be well and to sleep. Even when not ill, i'm not sleeping great, need a wee in the middle of the night, and pelvic pain really not helping, cannot turn in bed without using the metal headboard, and as well as pelvic issues, i seem to be getting discomfort/pain on the right hand side of my CS scar area, although it's hard to pinpoint where, as its still very numb from my belly button down, and i'm not sure the feeling will ever return.

Got another consultant meeting next Tuesday, and really hoping my head will be clearer after that. The last one involved her not having even looked at my notes from last pregnancy/birth (which is about a 2 inch thick file) and basically telling me that i have a 70% chance of a successful VBAC - but this is the standard generic percentage, and doesn't take into account anything that happened before...and according to the greentop guidelines, i now tick 7 boxes for the "reasons why a VBAC could be unsuccessful) and i just want to know exactly how risky the VBAC might be compared to the managed risks of an ELCS, rather than risk ending up with another Category 1 EMCS under GA and nearly losing this bean like we nearly lost our DS. Hard to put faith in them when they let things go so far before doing the CS that he got into such a state.

Might also help me sleep if i don't have this sort of stuff whirling round my head!

Oh Loopy, hopefully you will get more sleep soon, hopefully after you meet with the consultant again things will be a bit more sorted and you'll find it easier to sleep?

On weight gain, I was 9st 5lb pre-pregnancy, and have been down to 8st 7lb with morning sickness. However as I'm 21 wks today I weighed myself and I've put on a few pounds - now 8st 12. Still feeling and being quite sick though unforch, although people have started saying I'm glowing nowadays!

I was 10st 8lb before my last pregnancy (which is maybe 5lb overweight for me - BMI of 23-4), 10st 14lb at 17 weeks then 10st 12lb two weeks after I lost him, stayed that weight but conceived again very quickly (and at Christmas so who know what part that played in weight gain!) At my BFP I was 10st 13lb, and at 22 weeks I'm 11st 5lb. So over all the 41 weeks of pregnancy I've put on 13lb but in this one since BFP I've put on 8lb (which feels like a lot!)

I would love to keep it down to the 13lb I put on with DD but I don't think it's going to happen.

Loopy, that sounds exhausting. I've got a streaming cold too, it's foul. DD had it last week but she's ok now and is sleeping ok again now.

I was 65kg (10st 3lb) at booking in and now I'm 74kg 11st 9lb) at 21 weeks. So that's about 20lb so far, which seems like a lot now that I've written it down... I don't know how much I put on with DD - I didn't weigh myself at the end, but i was 65kg at booking in with her too, so however much I put on I did lose again (although my body shape was never quite the same!

I just checked and apparently on average a woman of my height and weight at the start of pregnancy will put on about 30lbs in total but as this is my second pregnancy I'm resigned to putting on a bit more than that.

I have put on 2 stone (the total amount I put on with ds) and am 21 weeks today and have had to go up a size in maternity clothing. I did sob about it at first but trying to take it in my stride now as I started off as a skinny size 8 and have had people say to me I actually look better with a bit of weight on me. I also stopped smoking so it's kind of part and parcel putting on weight because of it. Sod it, will worry about it once the baby is born.

Had the big 20 week scan yesterday and everything seems to be ok from what she could see. Had a bit of problem trying to get certain measurements as baby had wedged their bum deep in my pelvis and wasn't anything in stomach or bladder but the sonographer made me go for a walk for an hour and called me back. Bit bruised today from where she was digging the scanner in hard to try and get it to move.

We are still officially team yellow as baby wouldn't co-operate with showing bits. Hid in pelvis with legs crossed and umbicial cord between them. Gah! Have another scan in 6 weeks so may be able to persuade them to have a check then.

Congrats mrshelsbels! (and all the other positive scans - I've been AWOL for a bit.)

So sorry for those with colds. I had one in feb and it was rotten! The worst was not bring able to take anything to ease the symptoms. Inhaling steam didn't help. In the end, after much deliberation, I used olbas oil drops on a tissue next to my pillow and it really helped my breathing.
I've since had a flu jab and haven't had any more colds. I'd love to know if that has helped - I'm usually very susceptible!

Also finding sleep difficult - uncomfortable, sore back, over-active bladder! I got the dream genii pillow and it's great although I think not turning over (to right side) in the night contributes to back pain.

How seriously are you all taking the advice to sleep on your left side? (people of my parents/grandparents generation were never told this and think it is ridiculous!) :)

I've tried to sleep on my left side but it means I'm facing DH & just don't sleep well that way round (no offence DH :o ) so I usually wake up and find out I'm back on my right side or back. Although, when I've been sleeping on my back I've noticed that what wakes me up is the pins and needles I get in my fingers (hands crossed in front of tummy). Never had this before so I guess it's a weird pregnancy thing. Another one :)

That's interesting nightmare, (the pins and needles) as that is supposedly why left is recommended. Right or back can apparently cut off circulation (blood supply and oxygen to baby?) and result in numbness or pins and needles. But I dont think our mothers weren't told this, and we are clearly fine!! I asked my MW and she was vague, said it was more of an issue later on. Will ask GP at 24week appt!

I also can't sleep facing DH, heehee. But for that reason I do luckily favour my left already, but do need to shift around in the night. Just not sure how seriously to take this!!

I do try to sleep on my left, but I often turn back onto my right by morning. I try to avoid sleeping on my back as that's bad for your back and also can apparently make piles worse... I had very mild piloes last tie and don't want them any worse this time!

Thali - annoyingly I had the flu jab too and I've still been catching colds since. On the plus side I haven't died of flu yet!

...piles, obviously, not piloes!

well although i've only put on 4 pounds, I was overweight to begin with (BMI 28) so i probably don't need to put on so much anyway. Kinda worried about putting on too much and not being able to lose it after- but not concerned enough to not eat what i want when i want!

I think i look bigger than i should for 21 weeks- even when i went to 'stretch and breath' last night, someone said they thought i was much further on than i am :( think i'm just struggling to accept a changing shape.

maybe the fact that i'm quite short with a smallish torso makes me bigger too? there is no room for baby- the only way he can grow is OUTWARDS!!

Good news that scans are continuing to go well, even if some babies are a little stubborn and won't move so you can see their bits! How funny.
I called the midwife today after a very slow and painful walk back from town which is only about 1/2 a mile from my work! She asked me lots of questions and said that my pains sounded very much like round ligament pains and that once the ligaments had stretched as much as they could the pains would stop but it could go on for weeks! She said she was afraid it was just an unfortunate symptom of pregnancy and to just rest/take it easy and to try an elastic band around my tummy (think you can buy them) as it might help. I'm very pleased that she doesn't think anything else is wrong but I'm also a bit sad I cant walk lots and stay really actuve at the moment.
I've put on about 18lbs so far which scares me slightly but I was a size 10 to begin with and have bought size 12 maternity clothes which doesn't really bother me. I have been eating more but am generally being healthy and not over indulging so it must be all fairly necessary weight for me to gain. I will just deal with it when I have the baby. I did Weight Watchers before my wedding a year ago and it worked really well (lost nearly a stone) so if I can't do it on my own after the baby, I'll go back to WW I think. Also, everyone is saying how great I'm looking and they keep commenting on my face and hair so I'm quite enjoying this blooming stage!!
I am taking some notice of the advice to sleep on your sides. To be honest it's probably a fairly even split between left and right but I do try to favour left. I often end up waking up on my back and feel a bit weird (tingly like someone said) so I know that can't be good for me as it feels wrong. I'm fine flitting between my left and right and am sure that's safe enough. I get too achy if I stay on my left all night.

i'm not totally sure how much i weighed at BFP, i was around 9 and a half stone/BMI 20. i'm now 10 and a half (at 21 weeks) so i suppose about a stone.

my consultant commented that i've barely put anything on... hopefully she didn't mean that in a bad way... i have really small wrists/prominent collarbones etc and that makes me look thinner than i am really.

Oikopolis I only knew because I weighed 1st January to see the damage I'd done over Christmas - didn't really expect this kind of weight loss program though! :o I checked when I saw my consultant last week as I had been worried about not putting on anything and she just said 'you're lucky!'
so I'm not worrying any more :)

I sleep on my front, it's the only way I can sleep. Had a great kip last night though. Sorry for those with colds. I never knew there was anything you could take for a cold so taking something is a strange idea for me anyway, but thankfully I suppose that means I won't miss it? Have only had one cold in pregnancy so far. I don't tend towards bugs thankfully.

Hurrah for the scans! I also had my 20 week scan this morning and pleased to report that all is well. I have an anterior placenta which has been cushioning the kicks so not felt movement really so far but little 'un showed up somersaulting, waving and high-fiving - a great birthday present for DH who is 40 today!

We didn't want to know the sex but I wondered if those weren't little testicles I spotted? Hmmmm.....

As for weight, I was a lean 56kg before DD1 and started this pregnancy at 65kg eek so will make a concerted effort to shift the weight after this baby though I don't know how much I've gained so far. Total myth that breast feeding making the weight "fall off" IMO

I have gone from about 11 stone 4 to 12 stone 1 which, considering what I have been eating, isn't as bad as I had feared (though I did weigh myself about three weeks back and was 12 stone 13!!! but back to 12 stone 1 the other day). I have used weightwatchers several times, always successfully losing weight (lost 2 and a half stone once a few years back) but I always put it back on. I have started walking and swimming a few times a week to try and keep it sensible but this may not last! Though having the baby's health to think of has motivated me more than doing it just for weight loss purposes.

Congratulations to those with successful scans, it really is lovely isn't it?

I'm one of those with a streaming cold at the moment - it was really gutting to go the chemist and come away with just a bottle of Olbas oil.... however it did allow a couple of hours of sleep last night.

I feel a bit better about my weight/girth gain now after hearing all yours - I have just felt huge and cumbersome but in reality put on about a stone (now 22 weeks) so now weigh just under 12 stone. This is the same weight I was before I lost 2 stone with slimming world a couple of years ago, hey ho, if I've done it before I can do it again right?

I really need to do some exercise but there are no antenatal classes near me and walking in the rain just doesn't do it for me. Fingers crossed we eventually get a bit of summer.

Congrats on all the latest scans, has given me a boost to hear the good news mrshelsbels, maketea and ballroom

Commiserations on your colds loopy and madmonkeys - lets hope we shake them off asap

Well it looks like I'm in the lead at the moment for putting the most weight on! I have to say, my bump looks huge today, loads bigger than it did yesterday - I think my tummy muscles have given up!

Been sewing curtains all day - I started a pair of blackout curtains for our room when I was expecting DD and she came early, so i never finished them. Well, one of the pair is done now so I just need to finish the other tomorrow.

ladygagoo - sorry you're not well at the moment either. Let's just think we're using up our illness allowance now so we'll be bug free when the little ones arrive!

Ner ner I beat you madmonkeys having started at 8st 7lb and now 10st 7lb. Was kind of glad the student mw forgot to weigh me at my last AN appointment as I thought she would have given off.

I'm a side sleeper anyway so tend to switch from side to side throughout the night. Having really disturbed sleep most nights, waking up every time I turn over which means I'm wrecked in the morning. Hideous dreams too - last night I had another premature baby but this one was even tinier than ds and someone had turned the incubator temperature up and it somehow had become boiled . Dp just laughed when I told him this morning but he doesn't realise how vivid the dreams are and leave me with an icky feeling thinking about it.

ballroom I've had a few hideous dreams too. They seem so real don't they, and very disturning especially when you wake up with your heart thumping in the middle of the night. I can still remember some of the dreams I had 2 years ago with DD. On a lighter note I shall pass you the weight gain crown for the moment although you've got a way to go yet before you catch up with my current 11st 9lb! And from the look of me I've probably put more on since yesterday!

Hurray, I've finished the curtains, so our room will now be lovely and dark for the little one to sleep in. It has been licking away loads in teh last few days. This morning I could see my bump moving for the first time. I just lay there in bed with my tummy exposed watching it!

Hi ladies. Lovely to hear good scan news. Not sure how much I have gained. (not dared weigh myself)
I am now 20 + 4 and still waiting for scan.

Well weight-wise I think I might be the heaviest (or at least the heaviest that's admitted it!!!)
I was 15st 9lb when I got my BFP, then I lost my appetite and a bit of weight, but once I got past the 12 week mark-ish, my appetite came back, along with my usual chocoholicness, and I think I'm teetering on the brink of the 16st mark, assuming I haven't fallen off the cliff already. Not put much on, but then I don't think my midwife wants me to put ANY on... was peeved that I put on 4lb last week, just seems unfeasible.
DH has got me on a no sweets, chocolate, crisps or fun diet for the rest of May, so we'll see if that has any impact.
Also trying to fit in the last remnants of DIY before I get too big to bend over, scrunch up or go up ladders, so hopefully the exercise will do some good.
I find if I have to do more than half an hour of walking, then I get a stitchy pain low down on the right of my stomach, so I expect that is ligament whatnot.

Glad to hear good scan news, feels like a long wait to the 6 month mark but it's only 2 more weeks for me. Maybe I'll start getting a bump then! (or at least, one distinguishable from my normal belly fat).

I had a lot of bad dreams earlier on but these days I am being plagued by sex dreams

Happy to say they feature OH most heavily have to say I didn't know he had it in him