BROOKING NO ARGUMENT for pain-free sneeze births and an abundance of empty birthing pools - pt 12!

[FluffyJawsOfDoom]

I think this is the first time I've ever started a brooking thread!

Flutterings are so exciting, they don't ever get old, either :o

smegs does everyone get tested for Strep B at 36/7 weeks or have you been flagged up for it?

No, it's not available on the NHS. I'm going to do one of those private tests and send it off. Hopefully will come back clear.

There's a really good website called Group B Strep Support (GBSS.org.uk) with all the information on it.

Ah, I seee..... I've not heard of it before!

I have a question - I'm 17 weeks today and occasionally have a rather dull ache. Sometimes I think it can be attributed to round ligament joy pain but other times I wonder if it is baby turning/ digging something into me?
Yet to feel and proper kicks but last night at dinner I had this pain on my right side (which at every scan thus far is baby's preferred cosy corner) which went and came back again but really felt like someone digging something into me...

Just curious for ideas i guess... am slightly worried that my bump will be mainly on the righthand side of my belly because I'm pretty sure this is one very lazy baby!! :o

Still no answer Nutella? Sounds to me like the baby is jumping or your muscles are expanding to make room for the baby. I'm sure it won't be long til you know for sure that you are getting kicks! Your bump will certainly spread to fill all sides, North, South, East and West, believe me, so don't worry about having a wonky bump.

Nothing much to tell you all today. I stayed up too late watching OBEM even though I don't usually indulge. Quite sad - about a young (rather nice) woman having her 5th and she was v ambivalent, even more so when it turned out to be her 4th girl.

I seem to get a headache in my temple area by the end of most days. Is this just a classic pg symptom? Nothing crippling but could do without it.

Munx - sorry about your pelvis. We are brooking, so I'm sure it will stay in tact a bit longer than you reckoned.

xxx

Evening all.
I find the whole flutterings thing really tantalising - I think I can feel something, but then if I concentrate on it, I can't.

I think there are so many associated curious sensations nutella with pregnancy that it's hard to be able to distinguish them. It's kind of like 2ww symptom spotting in a way - everything could be related, couldn't it! I imagine you are feeling the baby move, you just don't realise that's what it is. No doubt all will soon become clear.

I had all sorts of bizarre pressure/pulling things going on... Still do but in a different way. I am sure all is well. Your ligaments all gear up to stretch again in the second tri as you gear up for the 20week growth spurt.

Depending on position it is absolutely correct that the funny feelings are movement rather than anything else. My placenta is all at the front so I get a lot of odd twinges.

I did the group b strep home test myself last time, it was a bit awkward with the bump in the way but I did manage. I got the test through the website already linked and you paid when you returned it, they also texted through the results as well as posting them..which was helpful as the postal results arrived a day after DD did due to her being early!

tock I got headaches a lot til I was about 16 weeks or thereabouts. I don't think you need to worry about them in tri 1, the mw put it down to hormones.

Tri1 well and truly done and dusted for me now Fluff - I'm 16wks. I have been putting it down to hormones but it feels weird that the headaches are only in my temple area (and my head is generally pounding although I do remember this strange sensation from pg1 and I think it's all the extra blood you pump around). Ah well; trying not to gobble paracetamol. I also think that my diet isn't as nearly as good as it was while TTC so I feel a bit toxic. Willpower is crap right now: planning to ditch the wheat, dairy and sugar in 2014 after my return from holds in mid August.

return from hols rather than holds

Wow time flies!! In my head you'd just had your scan :o

I'd mention it to the mw at your next appt (20w?) but not worry unduly?

My diet's been one of contradictions. I think it's been the first time in my life I've regularly got my 5 a day, but I have been eating a lot of sweet stuff too. I'm bang in the middle of pregnancy weight gain charts though (have gained 21lbs at 29 weeks) so not worrying too much.

I don't get a 20wk app Fluff as I'm a 'multip' so go from a 16wk- to 28wk-appointment! I'm seeing MW today - just want to get my blood pressure checked as routine. My weight seemed quite normal at 12wks pg - 61kg - so I don't imagine it will rocket but I just eat too often I think. I'm like you - the basics are good, plenty of veg, fruit and organic meat, muesli etc - but snacking on daft stuff. Anyway - well done at staying bang in the middle.

I'm not that worried about the headaches - just wondered if it was the same for others and it is.

Well thank crunchie it's Friday eh? How are all you Brookers? Plans for the weekend?

xxx

Sleeeeeeep - and decorating the spare room before I'm not able to anymore

With the mention of weight gain I was wondering if I had gained as I should. From my pre pg weight in Jan i've only gained 7lb, but a little into pg I lost then regained weight and that regain was 14lb up till now. The weight I got down to was the weight I was aiming for before I got pg lol. Not sure my diet has improved massively i've never been very good with the fruit and veg eating.

Weekend plans are day on steam railway and visiting family. Had my lie in today

I'm sure it's fine cakes - I remember you lost a lot with morning sickness which can't be helped! 14lbs sounds very reasonable imo :)

cakes you sound like you're doing really well, and your weight gain sounds normal really if you take into account how sick you were at the start.

Hmm - don't really know what I weigh! I know I must have lost a bit during the lovely ms phase. I'm trying to be healthy and avoid the bad stuff, but DH keeps buying me Skittles, my nemesis . I'm wearing a size 8-10 in maternity clothes which can't be bad, although I wonder about the sizing of some of this stuff. I'm in size 2 gap jeans which need a bit of shrinking trust me there is no way I'm a UK size 4-6! I know someone who is and she's half my size!

Cakes I only put 1st on during the whole of my pregnancy and the mw was pleased that I had done so well in not putting on lots of weight. I now weigh less than I did before I was pg

How are you doing today nutella? Have your pains subsided?

smegs I was a 14 pre-pregnancy. All my maternity trousers are 12, though I've had to stick to size 14 tops due to oversized norks :o

Blimey jen how did you manage that?

If you gained half a stone for each trimester that would be considered 'normal', and I'm sure a steady gain after losing some is a good indicator that all is going well now that you're not being sick. It may be a horrible generalisation but from my observations people who were overweight before pg seem to have a lot more problems with increased weight gain during. Jen and Smegs get the medals for least weight gained/staying slim. That's a couple of medals you've got now isn't it Jen?

I have a naturally very slender friend who breastfed each of her children for 2 years and my goodness she was like a stick with each of her babies until they were fully weaned. But she has difficulty gaining weight even though she's a good eater.

Have just heard a very strong heartbeat at midwife clinic. Am very happy.

I wish I could blame ms for the weight loss. I was definitely luckier than some in that I didn't get any just felt awful so perhaps ate less for a short time. I'm in size 12 maternity trs.

Smegs you had really bad ms didn't you? sounds like you were of a slim build anyway?

Jen I would love to weigh less than my pre pg weight that would be my ideal weight then. Pre pg I fit in size 12 trs but I probably would have been better in a size 13!

Yay for strong heartbeat tock

I'm a size 20 so would have been absolutely gigantic if I'd put on too much weight. I've still got a long way to go before I reach a nice weight though

Cakes - breastfeed like mad and you will reap the benefits apparently!!! Even though I'm an old duffer I would say that my body went back to normal (size 10) in about 6 months post birth. Your pregnancy weight sounds fine btw; it's better to gain in tri2 and 3 anyway, rather than in tri1 like me.

Thanks Jen - feel v blessed; just got to do well with anomaly scan now and will feel v settled about it all. Great that you are already less than pre-pg then - v encouraging. I've got a sneaky feeling it will take me a good while to get back to pre-pg weight with this new little babster, but it's worth every extra swim I'll have to do.

Oh yay tock, wonderful news! Very reassuring

Don't know about being slim before - I really struggled to lose the weight from DD while I was breastfeeding. Think I'm the exception to the bf rule . In clothes size I seem small but don't actually look it, which is annoying. I could definitely do with losing some weight after this pregnancy anyway.

Thanks Smegs Steady weight loss after birth is the best approach, they say. I didn't really think about it too much; it just worked out that I was fitting back into my old clothes when DS was about 6/7 months old. But my norgs were so huge while b-fing that they must have weighed 7lbs extra on top of the pregnancy fat! Anyway - size 8-10 is fab, you sound fine!

Btw Fluff - they are seeing me at 20wks, you were right, but then I think it's a 28wk app after that. Nearly didn't go to 16wk app but am glad as it was so lovely to hear such a good heartbeat though the MW didn't half jab me hard with that fetal monitor even though she was 30wks herself and could have been more sympathetic.

Right - must sign off and make Maybe's polenta cake for weekend BBQ when we make our announcement to close friends.

xxx