May Babies - Blooming? Us? Never!

[hockeymum]

A new thread for the final 6-12 weeks! Nearly there girls!

Welcome abigilby and ladyoracle. Neither of you are too late. Aligilby, I didnt have any braxton hicks with my first pregnancy so dont worry if you dont get them this time. I've had quite a lot this time, rather pointless I think to be training my body for labour when I'm having a caesarian, but apparently no-ones told my body that yet!

I had them late last time just tightenings from the rasberry tea

Had them more this time but I think maybe you do when you have 2 others to run round after !! they arent painful just uncomfortable this time

I had to have my wisdom toothe out today the pain yesterday got unbearable!! now I cant open my mouth!! wo is me!!!

welcome to ladyoracle and AbiGilby x

I've been having loads (about 10-15 really tight ones a day - is that loads????!!!)

Actually thought i was going to go into labout at one point they were so strong.

Am now 33 weeks and dont remember having them this early or this strongy last time.

Have just had house extension done so am now busy nesting in my new bedroom and utility room!! I literally have to clean something every day or i get moody - dont really think thats normal but never mind!

dd has now decided to enter the terrible 3 zone and is driving me mad - she has also developed an extremely whiney voice which the irritates me no end. However, she is being very cute with the whole baby thing and melts my heart every morning when she comes in and kisses my ever expanding belly!!

Anyway, have a good weekend everyone and happy nesting!! X

hey all! new girl here...

you all sound v wise so maybe you can advise this first timer...
am 33 weeks and literally up until last night baby has been lying across me (head on right side, bum on left)which mid wife said was fine and dandy. now after lots of wiggling it seems to have flipped right over and is sticking lots of limbs out both at top and bottom of my right side (wish i could include a diagram!).
am petrified its gone breech as have two young skids to run after and really don't want a c-section....
I'm just being silly right?
(dont want to phone midwife as she is grumpy old cow!)
thank yoooooooouuuuuu

hi AbiGilby, I'm not especially worried about anything specific with the baby, I was just really wondering how doctors know if there's anything they should look out for. Somebody on the other thread said that their scan showed a couple of light spots on the baby's liver and as a result their doctor was going to scan the baby as soon as it was born to check everything was OK. I was just wondering what happens if you haven't had a detailed scan - do you just carry on regardless in blissful ignorance??

Other than that, I am planning to have the baby in our bedroom as soon as it's born and for as long as it fits in the crib, however, our bedroom's not big enough for a cot-bed so baby will have to move as soon as the crib has been outgrown. Other than that, the nursery will be the base for all the baby things, including clothes, changing unit, toys etc etc... as there isn't really room anywhere else in our tiny house, so it still needs to be ready.

Other than that..... it feels half-cut having it as a junk room with lots of baby things all over the place but in total disarray!

Forgot to ask earlier - what do you do with sheepskins + what are the benefits? I've seen a few and wasn't really sure where they go? Pram? cot? help!!

evil step mom my kicks are in the same place now because my baby had turned last week had a scan and its head was down so I think and if its facing the right this is also good as at the mo it isnt posterier hope this puts your mind at rest x x

the MW will tell you the position and there is quite a lot of things that can help you turn a breech I spent half an hour on all fours a day for three days if you are still worried

Hi all. Should I be drinking raspberry leaf tea then?

Squidgeymiller ditto - our bedroom's not big enough for a cot either, so will have a Moses Basket in with us, and all clothes, nappies etc. to be stored in the nursery, which is not yet done. We don't have a cot yet, but are not going to worry about that until baby is here, as s/he will be in with us for a while anyway.

Thebecster, I know how you feel about the MIL. Is DH an only child? Mine is, and boy do I know about it. When she comes to visit I clean house from top-to-bottom. One time I forget to clean in the microwave, and we’d had re-heated spag-bol the night before, so it was bit messy, and MIL said “This is DISGUSTING. I can’t believe you live like this”. I was as I’d been up to 3am the night before cleaning, after working full-time! Oh well, as you say, she did do a great job of bringing up DH, and I love him to bits. He’s really supportive and has told her not to make him make a choice, as he’d chose me any day !!!!

hi all, i'm new to this thread.

has anyone else been dreaming about giving birth... every night?? i'm hoping it's a passing faze.
my EDD is 24th May, i'm looking forward to it all, but nervous about juggling new baby and ds who is currently 19 months old

Hello everybody. Hoping to jooin in for the last stretch! (I have been one of those awful people who reads regularly but hasn't been brave enough to post.) Me 35 (Just!) DH almost 36. DD age 31/2. Baby due 20 May but DD was a week early. I don't know the sex. I'm currently living 300 miles apart from DH and have been for 10 months now ( was supposed to only be 2 months but his work transfer is taking ages). It is just not funny anymore and am finding things hard on my own with work and DD. DH doesn't even get down every weekend as has to work weekends. Hoping he'll get here before the baby arrives. Keeping fairly well now (except waddling, heartburn and tired) but had bad hyperemesis from 6 - 20 weeks ( hospital, ondansetron, nearly 2 stones weight loss) Hoping the end goes smoothly.

Hello, and welcome to the Newbies.

I think I am starting to get Braxton hicks contractions. I thought at first it was just the baby moving position but it seems quite regular now. They are not painful, but I might start taking the raspberry leaf tabs soon.

Hello

Anyone else daydreaming any chance they get about baby and the birth?

I can stop, last thing at night and first thing in the morning I daydream the whole scenario, holding my baby for the first time, putting them on my breast, looking at their little face trying to absorb it all... I remember this with my dd. Those first few hours after she was born when it was just me and her were so exciting, emotional and amazing.

I really feel like I will give birth before my due date beginning of May. I dont fear the birth, if anything I am looking forward to it but I am terrified that this baby wont turn and i will have to have a c section. That is the last thing I want.

My weight gain has slowed down and my face actually looks slimmer which is good, a massive head is not a good lokk

... that is another sign that makes me think I will go early but I am only 33 weeks.

If I went into labour at this stage, can you give birth naturally? Can they still try turn the baby when in labour so I can do it naturally?

should read " i can't stop" :)

6.5 weeks to go for me. Though obst says will go early, but he is being coy about how early! Wonder who will go first?? I have hit the wall, so to speak. Fed up of being pregnant. Still feel sick a lot of the time, but have started wearing seasickness bands which help loads. Baby stuff all bought, hospital bag packed, braxton hicks nice and regular.... Yep, I'm about ready.

wow - well dne bouj on being all organised. I haven't even thought of packing my hospital bag yet! I've got 32 days to go now- one month tomorrow, but because I was so late with dd (20 days late) I don't think I'll go into labour before my section date, but I guess I should be a little more prepared just in case!

Sickness has come back worse this week again (happened towards the end with dd too) but generally I feel well and am actually looking forward to it now. Started having lots of day dreams about a baby snuggling into my neck when cuddling it on my shoulder and all the little squeky noises they make when they are new!

Welcome to all the new ones! I'll do another update soon there are so many!

hehee, it's only because I was (trying)to have a lie in on the weekend, had a couple of twinges and panicked at the thought of dh packing my stuff for me. The idea got me heaving my enormous whale body out of bed and packing madly!

Morning all and big welcome to the Newbies!!

Sounds like everyone is busy getting ready now.
I bought my first thing for this baby yesterday, a 3 pack of sleepsuits from Tesco! We are so not ready. We have been struggling without a car for a while but got a new one at the weekend which has made things a lot easier and DH will now be able to go to start clearing the spare room and go to the dump. The room will at first be so my mum has somewhere to put her head down when she comes to stay around the birth and then be the nursery until baby is old enough to share with DS1. At first he will also be in a crib in our room.
Have also been having some really weird dreams. Last I had several. In one I dreamt I was drowning because there was no dry land left after a flood, then I dreamt I was driving a stolen Porsche (I don't actually drive) and then I dreamt I lost DS1 in a restaurant and when I finally found him and he came skipping back to me he had transformed into a miniature of one of our cats. God knows what it all means!

Morning everybody
Jsut thought I would post something cheerful for a change. PSD feeling better at the moment, think the baby must have moved up a bit. Consequently EVERYTHING seems brighter, sleeping better, walking better, little pain and more energy. Making the most of it.
Feelin' totally loved up with DP, baby wriggles like mad when he talks to her which I think is so cute (even if it is coincidence!).
Midwife this pm, bound to bring me down, she usually does so I am posting now
Trying to pack my bag light, only 32 weeks so figure I have a bit of time - famous last words!!

God hospital bag - not got that far yet..........where the hell do I start?

I did manage to hire my Tens machine yesterday though. Company called Natures Gate, they deliver it 3 weeks before the due date and I have it for 6 weeks in total. Comes with reusable pads, so I can use it to relieve back pain and in case I get a false labour - all for £26. not bad I thought?

The hospital bag - exactly what size bag???

First time I managed to "squash" everything into a suitcase - this time I am determined to use an over night bag/holdall but already it is full and only half of what they recommend in books is in there???

towels, night wear, dressing gown and slippers take up the whole bag?

Juast done a 1st draft list (working off the recommendations of other posters and www.babycentre.co.uk) and it looks like I'll be taking a bloody backpack at this rate!

Christ!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the newbies! I haven't been on for a few days and there's been loads of messages to catch up on! :)

Judging by the HUGE list I have for the hospital/birth/baby bag (saw a suggestion that you split them into 3) I think I'll need several back packs and some strong backs to carry them! Haven't even started putting it together yet and my dh is starting to pester me to do it! Mind you, better that I do it than he does!!

Had another scan today. Everything is going really well with the little chap, he's very average which is great news. I had a problem with the placenta as it wasn't working as well as it should have been but he's spot on for size so all is well. I was told that it's likely that I'll be induced at about 38/39 weeks (got a bicornuate uterus so they won't let me to go full term) so my due date will be more like mid May rather than end of May.

I'm 30 weeks now and still feel like I've got ages yet but now that we know he'll be breaking out sooner I feel like I need to pull my finger out and do all the stuff I've been putting off! Not really got any nesting urges yet...

can't believe you lot are so organised... i didn't pack my bag until my due date last time....

wow - hospital bags already? I've mentioned it to DH a couple of times but haven't really got a clue what I need to take (apart from the obvious). Do you all have seperate face stuff for the bag or are you keeping your face stuff in a washbag just in case? I couldn't cope with the idea of not having my moisturiser etc with me - feel all yukky and taught if I haven't done it. I know I'll probably ahve other stuff to worry about but trust me - I'll probably end up making DH go and get it if I don't have it 1st morning!

had a bit of bad news this morning, thought baby had turned at my last (32wk) appt but it turns out it hasn't and is still v definitely breech (head under right-side of rib cage and arms tickling my side as I type!). have had to make appt with m/w and consultant for 2 wks (I'll be 36 wks by then) to see what my options are. I know it's not that bad and there are worse things that can happen, but I'd got my hopes up after my last appt and had started thinking out my birth plan etc. Now not even sure if it will be poss to have a natural birth.
has anyone had a natural labour with the baby in breech position? I know it is possible but think it sounds pretty horrific for baby + mum.

Hi to all the newbies!

As one of the newbies, thanks to everyone for making us seem so welcome. Am having spare room decorated for bump at present but still have loads of things to order, like new mattress for cot, TENS machine and waterproof sheet for our double bed ( ah the joys - mind you I want a good quality nice one this time as our mattress is less than a year old. With DD we bought a cheap one which was like sleeping on a bin liner!)