March 2013 VIII: feeling kicks, comparing knits and halfway there

[theTramp]

Old thread www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/1588951-March-2013-VII-Our-little-pumpkins-are-getting-fatter?msgid=35174657#thread

[Funnylittleturkishdelight]

I'm so pleased Stealth! Sat here cheering for you!! Woohoooo!

Zoey- throw something very hard directly at him. Hard. At him. Dick.

[mandasand]

Just popping in v. briefly to say that I'm SO happy for your great results, Stealth! Hope you can put this behind you soon, once you get over the worry and relief, and get back to enjoying your pregnancy!

Sorry not to catch up properly with everyone else's news but will do soon (at least, I'll try: how many posts on this new, shiny thread?!!)

Waves to all! xx

[mandasand]

PS Oh my word, I can see one of my babies kicking through my dress! Freaky!

[Oodthunkit]

manda when you get further on have a bath. It's really weird watching your stomach move in & out of the water by itself.
The nurse said she saw baby move when they were after the heart beat today but dh missed it as twatty Dr was in the way.

[Funnylittleturkishdelight]

manda that is super freaky!!!

[LexiandBeanette]

Tramp I am normally a cheese kind of girl but my sweet tooth has gone crazy. I need to rein it in as I know it's not good for me.

[TeaOperated]

Stealth woo! Wonderful news.

Zoey your boss really does sound quite... Special.

Ood good on you for complaining.

lexi and em - I'm feeling huge too, but also like I don't really have a bump. I was a size 16 before and very hourglass - so I feel like my waist has disappeared but you can only see I'm PG, not eating too much cake, if you knew what I looked like before. Think bump is finally starting to show properly, though.

Whisper it, I think I might finally have got some energy back. Suddenly got it back at 16 weeks and then spent three weeks fighting off a cold, but I'm now feeling awake and only normally tired after putting in overtime after a manic day at work.

Aw, DH has just come through with a massive grin on his face. He's found a nearly full jar of marmalade with a best before date of Friday, and has set himself a challenge....! Strange man. Won't tell him it'll last fine a bit longer, he looks so happy.

[FloweryBoots]

Yay stealth so so pleased for you. Reall relaly pleased. Am actually frinning like a cheshire cat!

Sundae hope you're doing OK tonight. Keep thinking, not long now.

Zoey Don't know how you keep it together in the face of such, er, whiticism. I like Tramp's suggestions.

Had a really sicky day again all day today, urgh. Not actually thrown up which is somehting I suppose, but really, feeling nauseas for an entire day is tiresome. Improvements seem to have plateaued (sp?!) and I'm begining to think I'll be stuck with the sickness at the current level throughout now. At least it's much better than it was. Might re consider the offer of anti emetics the consultant made last week though, hmm... And still zilch energy.

Moan over. Sent letter formalising when I want to start mat leave to my boss today and hammed up (or according to DH, just made sure he was aware) of how tired I am, that I'm still truggling with sickness and that consultant says I must rest rest rest. Included that baby measuring small and, consultant instructed to start mat leave at earliest oportunity etc. Feel glad I've notified them, especially with me starting earlier than I'd thought and it's nice to have an end point fixed and in sight. Last day at work for me will be 21 Dec. And then I never have to go back to that awful place again (haven't told them that bit yet of course).

Little baby girl (still have no nick name, did for DS, but that just sort of materialised and nothing has this time) has been doing sumersaults or something in my tummy thisevening. DH felt lots of Kicks and sat there grinning maddly, very sweet.

Right, bed time, nigh night all

[zoeymlucas]

Loving your evil plan tramp I knew MN would cheer me up and have the answers he def ain't fat is little, single and ginger can't imagine why- he thinks he is the ultimate 'lad' don't worry the sly digs have been on all day and when he tried to arrange a meeting that would kill me with pressure I laughed (in front of other managers) and said you pay me your wage and I will work that hard would of meant evenings and weekends until then I will do my normal hours and made him push his whole plans back a week :) then he moaned about going home to a microwave meal so I told him about the roast pork and crumble I would be having with my family but he is a twat :)

[zoeymlucas]

Oooh and baby bean was very quiet today and was a bit worried but just had a bath and little monkey went crazy and when he kicked you could see my whole belly move- think he has moved which is why it feels a bit different!

In other news I think the new bird DH is a lesbian, lol!!!!!

[EthelredOnAGoodDay]

Yeah manda, I second ood's suggestion about baths later on! It is really bizarre, my whole stomach would move!

[Em2010]

Aw! Yay for those of you seeing babies move! Such a lovely feeling. Actually felt a bit teary reading some of this tonight! Oh my hormones!

Have been getting a bit worried tonight about how appalling my diet has become. I'm eating so much rubbish and hardly any fruit or veg. Additionally I'm not doing any exercise. I need to overhaul things a bit but I don't feel like I have the time or energy. Does anyone have any tips for healthy, easy midweek meals? (dh won't eat fish- bah!)

[Em2010]

ooh also ethel meant to say, will see you on the 1st - am definitely planning on coming to the NCT sale. Will be in the market for some girls clothes so will bring my money! Am very impressed with your organisational skills.

[Emus]

Stealth - I'm beyond pleased for you - I actually welled up on my desk today when I caught up with the thread!

Zoey - what a knob of a man. He's obviously got a very bad complex that he has to make himself feel better by being horrible to others. I loved Tramps suggestions, made me lol.

Ood - sorry about your horrid experience at hospital today. Hopefully the next one you see will make up for him and more. Don't these people realise how stressed we already are with things?!

Manda - how lovely to see one of your babies move in such a big way. I can't wait for that to happen to me but I suspect I'll be around 7/8 months before that occurs due to my podgy stomach and larger size.

Well I've had an eventful and stressful evening. Haven't felt baby move as much since returning home from Vegas were it was fairly active. I've been quite calm about it until 16:30 this afternoon when I text my midwife with a brief description fully expecting her to tell me that it was completely normal and not to worry but she didn't, she replied telling me it didn't sound right and I should get it checked out. I then went from a number 3/4 of calmness straight up to a 10 of complete panick!

I went to see the on-site nurse who pretty much said the same thing but I didnt want to be dramatic (especially as there are two other pregnant women working here and they are fine!) so I went and drank two ice cold cans of coke (the small ones) and ate and banana which didn't seem to produce any movement either. My midwife had told me to definitely get is checked out if no movement was felt after a cold drink.

Luckily I work with some really great people and the decision to go to hospital was taken out of my hands by a kind colleague who had rearranged her own duties, got a car and a local Spanish crew member to take me to a private clinic that specialises in babies. i ended up being given a scan (which was beyond crap quality, even worse than my 12 week scan) but turns out that baby Emu is fine, has a heartbeat and moved slightly a few times. [Grin] Cost me ?325 but I don't care as I needed to know. Now I can't wait for my repeat scan on Friday where the quality will be much improved to make sure that babies heart is ok.

Sorry to bang on, am off to bed now where I'm praying little baby Emu will move and reassure mummy! Thanks for listening (again)!! Xx

[zoeymlucas]

Glad you got a scan to help you emus it does seem a few little monkeys are having quiet days lately so maybe it's something to do with grow spurts or something and my normally crazy boy hardly moved all day until bath!! Glad you don't have long to wait for another scan though just for peace of mind x

[StealthToddler]

emus how scary.... You did right to check it out.... Can never be too careful.

Dh is complaining he is a mumsnet widow!!!

Am too eating lots of rubbish. Still just want white refined carbs most of the time but I di try to eat healthily but that's when I end up being sick still. Big empathy FI everyone who still has ms...

[theTramp]

Zoey - so pleased to cheer you up :)

Healthy mid week meals, ready:

1. salad. Mixed salad leaves, finely chopped sundried tomatoes, chopped up artichoke, chopped up avocado, pepper (pick a colour), pine nuts and humous. Serve with quorn steak, chciken breast or thin lean steak. Yum.
   
   
2. Stir fry. Pak choi, petit pois, sweetcorn, pepper, broccoli (purple sprouting particularly yum). Start with protein base - quorn chunks, smoked tofu, prawns, chicken - whatever. Make a satay sauce out of a tablespoonful of peanut butter with a good hearty dash o soya sauce and sone hit water. Simmer your already fry cooked meat in the satay, then add noodles or rice (pre cooked) and then add vegies - fry and serve.
   
   
3. Sausage casserole: big pot, fry your onion and garlic. Simmer in red wine and add in a vegetable stock cube and basil to the mix with a good sprinkle of chilli powder (not enough that you can taste it overtly), reduce sauce. Now add mushroom and aubergine chunks. When reduced add courgette and pepper. When softened add two cans of tinned tomatoes and a can of kidney beans. Stir well, add more basil and now add your sausages. If vegie they can pop right in. If meat brown them first. Now put big pot in oven and slow cook for between two hours and four - depending on your timing. (So basically make a nice rich Rajput and include sausages.
   
   
4. Vegetarian lasagne. Same as meat lasagne but make with quorn mince, so half the fat. Secret ingredient a good pinch of nutmeg. Trick to success, slow cook the quorn mince ragout on Hob for a good hour and half to two before making the lasagne. Serve with green salad.
   
   
5. stuffed jacket spuds. Before finish cooking scoop out innards, mash up with sweetcorn, tuna, spring onion and cheese and then pop mix back in the hollow jackets. Bake for another 20 mins. Serve with green salad.
   
   Any of the above appeal? They're all my present favourites!

[theTramp]

Hey there - so pleased that baby is ok. Blimey, an afternoon of panic. Really pleased your colleagues pushed you into checking and big hugs.

[kirsty80]

Just a really quick one - so happy for you stealth!

Take care emus

And good luck for scans tomorrow :) x x

[backwardpossom]

Oh shit, I think I've spotted a stretchmark. And I avoided these with DS. Grrr!!!

[backwardpossom]

Wait, panic over, it might just be where there was a seam in my tshirt. I'll double check in the morning...

[theTramp]

Chuckle (sorry possum) chuckles bit more

[Oodthunkit]

possum!

[zoeymlucas]

That made me giggle sorry possom

Question- should I have my MATB1 by now as am 21+6 and I have no appointments to see midwife until 28 weeks? Should I ring her and ask for it as my consultant is amazing at what he does for me but paperwork really isn't his strong point so I doubt he would be able to, lol!! Plus it's not like I have 18 weeks left it more like 10-13 if I am really lucky!

Good luck with scans today peeps I will be thinking of you all and waiting for pictures and news- goodness I feel like a proud aunt

Hope you slept better stealth and your amazing news has totally sunk in and today you can take a deep breath, forget all the worry and enjoy the rest of your pregnancy waiting for your little healthy bean x what a difference a day makes

Suppose I am going to have to go to work now my being off sick plan didn't work as my work load just played imy mind all night so it's best I suppose to just go in and hit it head first and dick boss is not in again till Thursday now and I have a day off for DS1 birthday tomorrow anyway!