Due in October 2012 - Part 5

[Kyyria]

Just starting us off on a new thread

Hi all!

I firstly want to apologise for not being on here for AGES! I couldn't keep up with all the posts but happily reading them :-) but I have chance tonight to update!

I'm 22 weeks today and everything is ok, I hope! I had a car accident Wednesday, I was very shook up and was checked out, baby thankfully is fine but I have a bruise on my bump and my left boob - the size of an orange and purple!! Very scary to look at! So I'm hoping all is well inside and that I'm able to breast feed ok .

We found out we are having a boy this time, so I will already have a 3 yr old girl that's a little madam and bouncing boy by October 7th +- a few days!

I'm so hoping everything is ok with the bump. My car was a write off and I didn't feel hurt at all on the day but have come up in bruises all over- must have been the air bags. Amazing really and I feel so lucky.

Anyway, I am currently suffering from sciatic pain at times and loo trips every time I move and the baby is a real wriggler but that's all my issues- so relatively nowt!

Hope you are all feeling well, and still enjoying pregnancy!

Marie x
30yrs, 2nd baby, 22 weeks

Hi all, hope you enjoyed the day today, bit wet I'll say!
Marie sorry to hear about your accident, glad you are ok.

It was my birthday today the 3rd and DH has been working mad hours all week and all weekend, sadly that meant no card, no flowers, no gift and well no nothing, not even a cup of tea. Felt v depressed till a friend came round with a home made cake, she never bakes so the effort was really appreciated. On the DH side I really do feel let down but then he wasn't off for himself he was working, but it still hurts.

At least DS let me nap today and was sort of well behaved.

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend.

Oh poor you Gigglewhizz . That is a man thing. And he is not bad, just doesnt realise how disappointed you would be!!! Well happy belated birthday!!!!! And of course, had he been home, things would have been different. Hope you get some sense of feeling special over next few days!
Xx

Arh happy belated birthday Giggle. I pretty much did the same to my poor DH this year as both me and DD had the norovirus. Ignored him all day and he even had to clean up puke. We are rescheduling a day where we spoil him rotten. I am sure DH will realise once he is less mentally busy. Hope the cake was lovely.

Poor Giggle, Happy Birthday. I find with my DH that things that seem completely obvious to me really need spelling out to him sometimes, and spelling it out but then getting what I asked for is nicer than not getting it. Is it worth sitting him down and explaining how upset you felt that your birthday was ignored, and how you would love it if he would still get you a little something even thought it is late and you are asking for it? I find explaining how happy it will make me (then being over-the-top happy about it and telling him how lovely and considerate he is) usually does the trick .

Marie, sounds horrible, very glad you and bean are OK. Take it easy over the next few days as neck strains and emotional trauma from car accidents can come to light a few days later - don't want to scare you, but don't be surprised if you get sudden unexplained emotional wobbles (although how would you tell the difference between those and pregnancy hormones?).

Thanks all for the thoughts re breast feeding, it's interesting reading about your experiences. I'm still freaked by it though

We went to see What To Expect... last night. It's OK, but forgettable. It's trying to go for a Love Actually style, I think, where all the stories somehow connect, but it doesn't quite pull it off. DH loved "The Dudes" but I found them annoying and stereotyped. And we chose that over Snow White and the Huntsmen, and dammit, I could have been ogling appreciating Chris Hensman's fit body acting skills instead!

We are off to Paris for 5 days on Wednesday, I'm buzzing with excitement! Trying to get all my schoolwork done by end of today and have done pretty well so far but left the biggest job until today so I'd best go and get on with it.

Happy Jubilee weekend everyone!

Happy birthday for yesterday Giggle I'm sure DH will make it up to you :)

Spent yesterday in the rain which was at times pouring racing with my Dad,he does sprints & hill climbs in a single seater race car (kind of similar to look of an F1 car) though he wouldn't let me do much,I was only allowed to refuel & clean the splashed on mud/dirt off! Still it beats humping tyres through the paddock to be changed on the car & last minute tinkering if something breaks lol :)

Off to a bbq with friends this afternoon so hoping the sun may make an appearance or at least stay dry!!

Happy jubilee bank holiday everyone

That sounds a horrible accident, glad you are ok (other than all the bruises). Am absolutely certain bump will be fine but (as others have said) don't be too surprised if you start to get achy and sore, just make sure you take it properly easy and look after yourself.
Dd1's birthday yesterday - cant believe she is 5 already! Doesn't seem very long ago since I was pregnant with her. I have to admit I found the newborn stage, and even the first 6 or 9 months really hard - struggled with sleepless nights and so on - but she is just the best thing that has ever happened to the two of us and the absolute centre of our lives. I hope everyone on here has a wonderful postnatal time but just to reassure anyone who finds themselves struggling it gets so so much easier and better and now, 5 years on, even though obviously we still have difficult days, I just couldn't be happier and prouder with my beautiful little girl.
That's my random thoughts for today done!

Marie you ARE marvellous to be so upbeat after the scariness of your accident So glad you are okay!

Giggle happy belated birthday :) Really glad your friend came through for you - I'm sure your DH will feel awful when he realises. So some for you too!

Yomping getting holiday envy! :o

Smiley I will hold on to that thought when we are pacing through the night with the bean...!

Today we went buggy hunting and also picked out a nice cot. Probably going to get a Babyjogger Summit XC as it has giant wheels for the beach and you can just slot a MaxiCosi carseat in. Debating whether or not the carrycot is worth it, guy in shop said hardly anyone buys them and it is £120! We have also been offered a 5 year old Bugaboo set (buggy, carrycot and carseat thing) for free from friends but don't know what state it is in after their 2 kids have been through it. They have a Phil and Ted Explorer inline thing now. It's all a bit of a minefield - and v expensive!

Enjoy the rest of your BH :)

Is anybody good at finding cheap Travelodge deals? I've heard that this is the cheapest way to go on holiday but everything I look at comes back £££££. We want to take DS to London for a couple of nights and do the Natural History museum and a couple of others but I think it's so expensive!

I sat here poking my belly, at it's poking back

Giggle Your DH is a total arse for for not doing anything! I don't think men have the power of forethought like we do. I find with DH I usually have to ask outright what we are doing for birthdays/anniversaries a few weeks before, and still end up booking it myself.

We are currently sat on a train to london with dd1 to go and see the museums (and hamleys!). Spent ages googling for good deals but basically everything is expensive. Best deal I found is premier inn kensington olympia for about £90 for a family room per night - good reviews on trip advisor and walking distance to museums. Decided that although it's expensive we're doing it for a sort of birthday treat and will be much harder to do wit new baby so now is a good time. We are all very excited!

morning all!

Marie so sorry you have had such a frightening experience. Hope you are able to really rest up and get better.

giggle that is rubbish! Especially at the moment when you are coping with so much-a bit of a fuss to show he cares would have meant a lot. My dh has always been quite thoughtless, but I think that is because his family never went in for birthdays etc when he was young. It has taken me years of spelling it out to him for him to actually realise that a little bit of effort on special occasions goes a long way. There is hope! Glad your friend, at least, was kind to you.

yomping I totally agree with orange on the bf thing. I went to all the classes and read the books last time, and found the experience totally different to the primal, natural, easy act they described. It is a skill that you and your little student have to learn together. I have loads of friends who got the hang of it quickly and are able to feed quickly and discreetly so don't mean to be scaremongering (is that a word?) but in my experience, I found it quite hard, especially at first. I am only saying that, as orange said too, because I wish someone had said it to me. Then I wouldn't have felt so disappointed in myself when it took a while to get the technique right. Once you do that, it doesn't hurt and is a lovely close feeling with the bairn. I have to say- up until that point in my life, I had not given my nipples a second thought- but for a few months there, they ruled my life! Ha! Avent nipple gel is AMAZING! Stock up everyone! So much better than lanisoh which is v thick and hard to rub into tender nips!

We had a great day yesterday at the County Show in Northumberland. DS loved all the animals and we got through with very few potty training disasters surprisingly! (unlike the wedding we attended on saturday when the little fella peed all over my outfit and my husband's suit!) My Mum bought me a really sweet little picture frame for my two scan pics so I have put it up with pride!

Feeling so exhausted all the time still. Is anyone else? My SIL is staying with us this week and I am v. Tempted to suggest that she and DH take DS out for a picnic so that I can have a quiter day for once and catch up with my ironing/other dull jobs. Since we moved in to our house at Christmas, the room that will be the nursery is just full of junk that needs to be sorted. But I never seem to get on with it as DS always needs me to go and be Buzz Lightyear/Fireman Sam/Postman Pat etc. Don't think it will go down well with DH but might give it a go...

Have a happy day everyone.

Age 29 dc 2 edd 18th oct 20 weeks + 5 days.

Thanks for the electric shock reassurance, dame, still lots of wriggles, so i think we're fine. Am very envious of wantanorange's tummy poking back, i dont think mine has learnt that trick yet. I think it is too busy with it's stealth growing tactics; i was a at bbq on sunday and everyone said 'oh, what a neat little bump', but yesterday it had suddenly grown massive and my friend was laughing at how preggers i look.
giggle and marie, hugs to you both, how dreaful :(, and bella, i can't imgaine coping with potty training accidents when you're all glammed up for a wedding! I hope it will seem like less of a disaster when it is the bean's turn to learn.
I have 24 season 6 and am going to put it on now and hopefully park myself infront of the tv for most of the day :) Enjoy the bank holiday, everyone :)

Hey ladies quick post but in case you haven't seen it there's a good thread about baby stuff you'll use and baby stuff that just lies there. I know some of you are old hands but for newbies like me it's quite interesting e.g. I nearly bought a top and tail bowl the other week and most people say they never used them.

Bella chalking up the Avent cream :o

Have a good day ladies! x

Just bought a packet of Softmints to get me through the afternoon and they were 75p!!! I'm sure last time I bought them they were 27p (this may have been some time ago...) Had to eat the whole packet one ofter the other in order to recover from the shock.

Hope all you lovely ladies are enjoying the extended bank holiday weekend. Any of you stuck at work like me have a to make up for it. I was supposed to be at work yesterday too, but had the day off due to morning sickness :( is anyone else still suffering from this? It's not everyday, just every so often it knocks me sideways. Hmph.

However, 20+2 now so half way there. It's all down-hill-with-the-wind-behind now, right? (the 'wind behind' bit I can certainly take care of!). Scan on Friday and then in 2 weeks time DH and I will be winging our way to the Mediterranean for a week of lovely sunshine - Yay!

Marie I hope you're recovering ok from your accident and your bruises are receding (or at least pretty colours, if not!)

giggle I feel your birthday pain - DH made a right hash of my last one as well. Hope his work is a little less manic soon and he finds the time to make it up to you :)

Smiley I am so jealous [envy)

Guess I'll have to suck it up and pay loads. We too, wanted to do something really nice with DS before baby arrives. He wants a go on the underground!

Booked it. We are staying in the London Hammersmith Premier Inn. Looks alright and it's right near a tube station so we can get anywhere we like. Already planned to go to the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, and Hamleys! I can't wait to tell DS!!!!

Slighty teriffied of finding my way around London!

You'll have a fab time Want,if you're right near a tube stop you can easily find your way about just get a tube map & know whereabouts you need to be beforehand & prepare for it to be busy!!!!

I went in January and it wasn't nearly as scary as I first thought, but then I was with a group of friends who mostly knew what they were doing, and it wasn't that busy. I am a list maker and planner, so all journeys will be printd of google maps 3 weeks before we go....

Tube honestly is easy - even I can manage it. Had a fab time today, dd loved the dinosaur skeletons though found the animated t Rex a bit scary! Spent the whole day in the natural history museum, going to the science museum tomorrow then back for more natural history museum before hamleys and home on thurs. Premier inn really comfy and helpful staff too, hope you enjoy it as much as we are!
Is anyone else getting a reallt heavy uncomfortable feeling in their pelvis when walking a lot? Thinking this is normal and probably still good to stay active but it's not nice, actually slightly painful. Never mind!

wow, we planned the same holiday! Wierd....How old is your DD? DS loves dinosaurs but I think he'll be scared if they are life like.

Definately uncomfortable in my pelvis when walking a lot, lower back too!

One more question (sorry) do kids have to pay to use the tube? I have an oyster card but don't know what DS needs. He'll be 6.

dd was 5 on sunday - it was only the t Rex that scared her all the rest she loved. They don't need anything for the tube at least till theyre 10 - don't know about after that, just travel for free :-)

Hi everyone :)

It's been yonks - all is ok with me though - just not managing to get on here when I have a semblance of brain available! I've got a lot to catch up on, only managed to read about half a page, and it's late now. Just wanted to mark my place really as I'd been bumped off as active on the thread :(.

giggle - belated happy birthday

Marie - hope you're ok after the accident. What a scare! I've had whiplash 4 times now and it always creeps up on you so don't ignore any neck, shoulder or arm pain if it comes on. Fingers crossed you've nothing more than your bruising though.

21-ish weeks now, (so confused with what date to go with so I'm counting from the day I know I conceived - f*&% charts and wheels...) am HUGE "really looking very pregnant now" according to my friend today and all going well apart from super-swollen feet, wrist-weakening carpal tunnel and difficulty getting up from a supine position off the sofa unless aided by DP

Feeling the baby lots some days with almost visible kicks (or punches?) around my belly button and similar (but less visible) lower down. She's going to be a sociable baby I think as the main thing that triggers off frenetic activity is hearing the voices/shrieks of other babies and toddlers which sends her off into breakdances of delight!! I've tried sweet, ice cold, chilli hot etc to induce movement and none of it works. 1. other babies 2. DP's voice sometimes 3. Certain kinds of music - can't remember which, will have to keep experimenting :) And some days, it's just like she's asleep 24/7...

I'll endeavour to have a good read/catch-up tomorrow and I hope you're all really well and, if in the UK, had good jubilee holidays :).

Busy couple of days ahead. Only in work til lunchtme today then off until Monday, but have a friend coming to visit Thu-sat so spending this aft and tomorrow morning cleaning.

Not had any movement since Wednesday night. Is it usual to go so long without feeling anything? I'm presuming it is so not stressing, just getting very impatient!

At what point have people started developing proper bumps? I'm 19+3 and was overweight before I got pg - definitely some minor tummy going on as can't fasten bottom buttons on blouses etc anymore, but still not got anything to show - still just looking fat to be honest!

Hope everyone is ok :)

31, 19+3, #1

Hi ladies, hope you all had a lovely long weekend.

Well I had my scan on Friday and have only one thing to say to anyone who hasn't had theirs yet: GO WITH A FULL BLADDER.

I was never told to, even when I phoned in advance and asked if I should. However, my mum said it might be a good idea as she was always told to. So I did. Then my appointment was almost an hour late (can any pregnant woman in the world hold it in for that long?) and I got a telling off for not having a full bladder! I did mention that no one ever told me that it was necessary.
The result was that she had to press INCREDIBLY hard in order to get the view that they needed- I was nearly crying with pain, and all bruised the next day. She just stuck the thing right into my belly button and basically pressed as hard as she could because baby was hiding under there.

Still, that's enough complaining because I'm happy to report that everything looks completely healthy, and we're having a girl! I would have genuinely been thrilled either way, but am really happy to know as it makes her seem more real.
Not I just need to find shops that makes clothes which aren't frilly and pink because I'm just not into that stuff at all.
Will catch up on all your other posts from the weekend today.

Much love