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

Oh wonderful news Stealth! Xx

Zoey - I'd say you should have by now yes.

Zoey I don't have mine either as I asked consultant and she didn't have a clue! You have to give it work by something like 25 weeks ish I think. I called midwife yesterday and she has said she will do it next time she is at my health centre (tomorrow) and I can pick it up at the end of the day.

Possum te he he, how is it looking today - do we have a final verdict?!

Sundae thinking of you today. Let us know hwo you get on at the scan and hope it gives you some reasurance.

Manda and others with the big kicks, how cool!

Yep good luck with scans today ladies x

Morning all
Tramp can I move in? Your cooking sounds amazing! I've been a bit better at eating well this week, a move in the right direction at least.
Sundae thinking of you and hope all goes well today.
Emus so glad all is well!

Random tip from me - have been suffering really badly with my stomach and my mother suggested I have warm water with a lemon slice as the first thing I drink every morning. I thought it sounded rather like rubbish but I've been doing this for a week and indigestion, wind, etc all eased a lot. It may just be coincidence but I thought I would share!

Zoey I would chase midwife, mine said 25 weeks, nut if you don't have an appointment

tramp I love toasted pine nuts on a salad

Emus As Zoey said we do seem to have some quiet beans mine loves worrying me, hopefully though the sign of nice contented babies to come

Lexi I used to drink hot water and lemon years ago I must start as my digestive system isn't great anyway with my broken thyroid

Possom I got away with just a few on hips with dd1, but ds was not so forgiving, dd2 added a few more but thankfully mine were never and aren't big red angry stretch marks, a bit pink while pg and now just silvery/white ones.

It's ok ladies, I can confirm that it was NOT a stretchmark. phew

Lexi sounds like a good tip :)

Good luck today scan ladies x

Phew indeed!

Lexi - since pregnancy I've turned into worlds laziest cook. All my fave meals are the easiest to cook and involve either potato or brown rice accompaniment to keep Socs happy. Cubed, roasted butternut squash on a salad is also lovely btw, with feta crumbled over it. Mmmmmmmm.

I'm waiting to see MW. (whistles tune to self)

All this talk of food makes me think I should get more creative with my cooking! Potato waffles and beans, although hearty student food, is not the greatest thing to be feeding bump on a regular basis!!

Backward i'm also giggling at your stretch-mark drama! Glad it was a false alarm! I might have some stretch marks, I don't really know because I can't see that far around my huge tummy..!

Emus sorry to hear about your scare. Always good to get things checked out.

Tramp thank you for the meal suggestions, they are fab! DS will love a lot of those too. Might get some sweet potato in and try and squash my sweet tooth with it. Mind i'm quite keen on your student meal suggestion too jojo mmm beans and waffles... yummy!

Lexi my digestion has been awful this pregnancy. I'm def going to try your hot lemon trick. Thanks!

ps. good luck to those with mw or scans today!!

95% chance we are team pink with a seemingly perfect stretched out little lady :O)

Lovely news sundae :)

Sundae - so pleased all is well. Feeling more relaxed now?

JoJo - you evil woman! I now HAVE to pop upstairs and make myself potato waffles with melted cheese on. Lord I am actually drooling.

Em - ha, you are welcome. As MrM says, I am the queen of comfort food and pregnancy has only made me worse!

I relaxed as soon as I was in there, I had a proper meltdown ad OH had lost my handheld notes so we were late and I was sobbing all the wat in the car!

Now very relaxed and she is having a move. We are going to stick to mainly neutral colours as we know 95% isn't 100!

noooo! Just lost a decent post..boo

Anyway, briefer than previous tramp thanks for sharing recipes. Yummy. I've been trying out 'new' stuff recently but it has to be super speedy. Current favourite quick meal is sweet corn chowder served with corn tortillas, melted cheese and red chilli. Ten minutes to sunshine and a hug in a pan.

sundae great news on scan, it's stressful leading up to it and you'll be relieved now..exhausted soon. Treat yourself to a nice relaxing bath or a brain free film x

tea please update us on mr tea's Paddington style marmalade challenge... Has he reached midway?? Made me laugh so much! Nigela does a marmalade brioche French toast recipe (not for dieting diabetics for sure) that may give him some...erm... Variety from the spoon and pot technique .. Tee hee

I missed a full stop in first sentence... It's meant to before before I refer to Tramp... Without said full stop it sounds like I'm a rude batch. Sorry

Yeay sundae! So pleased for you! :)

sundae now you can chill!

zoey matb1 needs to be given to work by 25 weeks ( with the letter re mat leave). I got mine yesterday from a hospital MW so doesn't have to be your specific one, IME I wouldn't rely on the consultant!

Eek, I've just added DD to the waiting list for my local nursery! This feels ridiculously early but had to be done. Has anyone else done anything like this?
tramp Oh yummy food, all sounds great.
zoey I got my MATB1 at an extra appointment I had, she just wrote it out there and then. I was originally told 25 weeks which is silly as after the maternity leave cutoff.

Stretchmarks? Can I be expecting these already?! I don't want to look!

my job I recommend a bit of full fat coke!! I went through the same phase for a couple of weeks 25+2 now and back to the reassuringly strong boots!!!

Great news Sundae. Realy pleased for you.

I've had beans on toast about 4 days running, and last night for tea I had a cup a soup . Did feel rotten though, had felt sick non stop all day and eating was making it worse not better, adn by end of the day had trapped wind too so really not in a mood for eating. Day off today so will try harder and making spag bol for tea. will probably have beans on toast for lunch though

Flowery apparently beans on toast is actually incredibly nutritious. Sorry to hear you are still feeling sick. Hopefully once you are on maternity leave you can shake it.

Sundae Yaaay!! Really pleased for your happy scan and little girl. We seem to have a lot of pinkness on this thread!

Jojo full fat, ice cold coke used to make my little DS go mad, this one seems more active after a nice warm cup of tea though!

Dame giggling at your mistake. Rude Batch indeed!!

Sheldonella I've not put DD's name down at DS nursery yet, but I probably will as soon as she's born. It would be a disaster if I couldn't get her in! Some of the good nurseries do get booked up ridiculously early though so sounds like good planning!

My job hoping you get lots of wriggles later. I often find baby is very quiet in the morning and her bounciest is when i'm relaxing on the sofa after dinner in the evening.