Jan 2013 Part 5: Once we pop (on time!), we just won't stop!

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New thread! I've lost my lovely spreadsheet so if someone can add in the stats and update, that would be wonderful; I'm sure someone else had a spreadsheet that was as anally organised as me

Oh dear, we're all in the same boat worrying about stuff. Birdies - it's ok to have your new pram in the house. We are already using our Donkey to get dd3 used to it - and I love it! When the bednest comes we will assemble it and put it in place too so that she understands where the baby will sleep (and hopefully avoid jealousy). I will be glad when our car seat arrives as that's the last thing to sort out. After that the baby can come whenever it feels like it!

I would like to sleep now... Was getting stuff out the tumble dryer when my bump made a very odd noise... Kinda sounded like a muffled fart - can't think of any other way to describe it!! Bump became softer at the top and although I had movement before going to bed, there wasn't much. Managed to dose for a couple of hours and then woke up the back of 2am. Was getting faint movements but no where near as strong as usual. Cue Baby taking until nearly 4am to have a good strong wriggle around on my bladder! I'm now happy that it's fine, but can't sleep despite my eyes being really sore and tired! I am SO glad that I have very little on my agenda today....

hugs to every one having a worry including myself. had a shitty nights sleep but only got shopping and lunch on today. have a great weekend everyone x

Many hugs to all - my madam is also being quiet overnight/this morning, but I'm fairly sure it's because she's completely anterior ATM so all kicks are aimed into my back. Cold water is waking her up. I'm such a lovely mummy.

Have a lovely weekend, all. No major plans here either; DS is going for a haircut as he pretty much is sporting a mullet, and picking up the weeks food shopping, and Christmas dinner a trois as we may be all alone on the big day, and I'm not doing a huge roast for 3 when we'll have it all again the next day!

complicated and everyone else worrying, I hope you got a good nights sleep, or as good as you can. Hope some of these babies make a timely appearance soon and make us all feel better! (Sneeze births preferred!)

Hi all. Lots of worries it seems.

I seem to keep waking at 2am and today no movement til 7am, was having a real fret. Not helped by the fact that the medication I was given for my now v itchy bump said NOT to take during pregancy, had been happily taking since weds! Phoned docs, they were really vague and said maybe stop taking them Saturday. Yet theyd given me enuf to last for weeks!! Was really mad and decided not to take them all .Surely docs shud know what theyre doing??!! Sorry for rant. Then stressed that bump hadnt moved :-(

On plus side finished work yesterday- hurrah! Also at my 34wk scan bump measured 6lb3, if I go full term he could be a monster size!

Hope youre all doing ok.

My friend had her baby in the night! So cute to see the pictures on Facebook. Think her edd was Christmas Day....

Woke up at 5 with mild period pains but it didn't seem to mean anything, hopefully not anyway as I'm due 28.1..

Been washing baby clothes this morning! SO CUTE!! I imagine it gets old after a week or so but it's cute for now

hello,

like someone else said upthread I am also reading this every day on my phone, but find it too fiddly to update till I get to a computer.

I also had a bit of a stress out in the week as I didn't feel the baby move all morning. I ended up bursting into tears in front of a couple of women at work - luckily they are both lovely and have children themselves so they were really nice to me . I called the day assessment unit and they told me to go home from work and lie down and drink a cold drink, and sure enough I then felt loads of movement. Unfortunately that was the day of my work xmas lunch so the naughty baby made me miss it :-(

I had a midwife appointment yesterday, she said the poky pains which I thought might be a UTI are probably ligament pains. Turns out I have been drinking cranberry juice all week for nothing. It does seem to mostly happen when I walk and I have to slow down and take tiny steps till it wears off. It also hurts when I am in a car and we go over a speedbump without slowing right down.

My bp was a little higher than usual, but not high enough for them to be worried about. The good news is she said I should be fine for a homebirth provided my iron levels are high enough and my bp is low enough at my next appointment.

The other good news is I only have one week left at work, then it doesn't matter if I stay in the house for the last month. Who wants to go outside in January anyway? :-). I also feel like I have loads to sort out before the baby is born so I don't think I will get bored on maternity leave. Lots of necessary stuff like washing baby clothes and setting up the cot, but also I am having urges to do things to the house which we have never done in the two years since we moved in - clean the outsides of the windows for example (yes I know i am a slob). Is this nesting?

I have started listening to the natal hypnotherapy cds. A friend lent them to me and she had really good births so I figure it is worth a try, especially as I tend to be quite anxious.

Pmgkt so glad you are getting your section

complicated my SIL was induced last week, and she found the bit on the ward before labour started really boring. She also couldn't sleep for the noise which meant she was knackered before labour even started. Based on what she said i would definitely take lots of things to keep you occupied and some earplugs to help you sleep.

birdies I ate blue cheese again yesterday. I went to a christmas meal and the veggie option was portobello mushrooms with blue cheese so it was that or starve. I figured statistically I am far more likely to die in a car crash on the drive home than to get listeria poisoning from a stuffed mushroom, so sod it.

bunny try not to worry. For obvious reasons medicines are not tested on pg women but will still be safe. I take cyclizine which states it's not to be used in pg but I know it's widely used in pg women with hg.

mrsbugsy I only ever 'nested' with dd. I suddenly noticed the kitchen ceiling and then spent ages mopping it! Never did it before never did it again

katolla my washing is out of control but I still felt all excited and emotional when I did the baby clothes. Yes it does get very old very quickly as new babies produce tonnes!

bealos ahh bless at friends new baby will be us soon enough sooner rather than later please

Have had a few mornings where baby has seemed not to move for ages after waking up. Worries me everytime then it kicks hell out of me while I get dcs off to school!

hello all and blue cheese eaters!
surely, if it has been cooked it should be ok?
I have been eating plenty 9 slices! of smoked salmon yesterday; I don't think I was meant to though, hey ho.

A bit pissed off as I have received two letters from NHS screening:
one telling me (finally) that my pregnancy is low risk for downs and NTD, the other about my infection screen (rubella, Hep B, syphillis etc).

Basically, it took them 25 weeks to send the results. What is the point?

knucking that sounds like a manic few days, hope you get some rest this weekend.

complicated no slaps for you as I'm not surprised consultant stressed you out. They never seem to think of the mum. It's not as if she's said anything you don't already know so she shouldn't have said any more. Baby is lovely and healthy and just small. Of course you would keep an eye on movements. I think we're better off without our consultants really. Mine is away so decided she didnt need to see me for 3 weeks. Its meant to be at least every two though. So I am checking my own BP now.

Lol at bondage!

spring I have a donkey and bednest too. We're spoiled!! What colour covers did you get?

bealos maybe your friend was on here?! Oh except she'd have announced it by now if she was...

bunny I've been waking in the night too and it takes me an hour to get back to sleep. Then I worry I can't feel movements.

katolla I liked washing the clothes too, so cute.

bugsy glad all was fine in the end and you've nearly finished work. I've got the natal CDs too. I did hypnobirthing last time as well and it really worked for me (a bit too well as I didn't know I was in proper labour so be careful to get checked earlier than you might think!).

apple I have nested this time more than last i think. Yesterday I was INSIDE DD's wardrobe cleaning the walls and floor!!

Birdies - we have a black carrycot and seats with red covers. We don't know what we're having this time and if we had a fifth red would be a good colour to have I thought. I do love it but it's a shame I'm too fat / too SPD ish / too exhausted to go far at the moment.

We're just back from the hospital as wasn't 100% happy about Baby's movements. Like everyone else, it started doing the highland fling as soon as I was on the monitors! It's been having a right little party since then too.

Good thing about going to hospital today is that they are speeding up my appointment for a scan to confirm breech position. Think I'll give the ECV a go as don't really want a section. I've gotten my head round that being a possibility though.

Glad everything turned out OK Happy its always best to check.

I miss blue cheese and beer

Happy Saturday everyone....bloody hell this thread is moving along at an alarming rate!
Also really weird to think were next months antenatal club.....remember seeing all the months moving up through the ranks Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov.....and now us!!!!! eeeeek!

Sorry to hear people are feeling anxious about movement.....Ive been feeling a little bit worried too, just about the birth and bub being born healthy....guess its cus were soooo nearly at the finish!

I proper thought I was going into labour last night then again today.....had been out the shower bout 10mins and was in my towel when I had a trickle....enough to reach my knee lol (and sorry for TMI!) then went out for a bit...then had diarrhea when I got in and a few cramps then had a runny bum all day today too with a couple more cramps......but now just think I prob just ate summit dodgy lol!!! Aww man just want to know when its all going to happen!

On a good note NEXT WEEK IS THE LAST WEEK OF TERM!!!!!!! Oh my Lord can't believe I've (almost) done it...so ready to finish and just chill out.

xxx

The baby has been head down at the last 2 morning rounds, and I realised that I hadn't felt much today, so asked the nurses just to have a listen. The baby had moved to transverse, where is does seem to lie stiller, but as soon as she started prodding it moved loads, and did a full 360 turn. The first half of my trace print the heart was on my right, we then lost contact and found it on the extreme left. Such a little pickle.

Ooo for any ladies measuring under...just got an email from a lady from my nct class,she has had a 10.4 baby n was measuring 4 under...remember her being really worried too x

allchik all mine measured under for weeks and I've never had anything less than 7lb. Always a shock to others as i am tiny! Am quite pleased to make it to the end of term too, school run turning into a bit of an ordeal! Having said that they go back when I'm 38 weeks so I doubt that's going to get any easier

pmgkt wow sounds like you've got a little tinker there!

Glad everything ok happy.

Ok so felt really uncomfortable n emotional last nite n have just woken up with wet pj bottoms...not sopping wet but def wet patch that covers my whole bum n fanjo area of pjs?? What do u think? Doesnt smell of wee or discharge?

allchik pop a pad on and lie down for an hour - the advice my midwife gave me! If its waters then it'll continue to leak. Apparently. ;)

Is anyone else fed up of all the worrying? I find myself worrying about movements on a daily basis - how much have I felt, did I feel a kick or a BH... Every time I see the midwife she finds a good strong heartbeat straight away and I go away happy... then start stressing until it's time to see her again! At 34 +4 I've still got almost 6 weeks left of this

Yes Woody, I'm totally fed up of worrying. I've got a month left (induction at 38-weeks).
I simply can't concentrate on anything else some days - Christmas? What's that!?

Allchik, it sounds like things could be happening soon for you? Have you seen MW to check you in the last days?

I am almost 38w now, went to check-up Friday and both GP and MW said head was almost fully engaged and looked like things could be imminent. So now I am on high alert!! But all quiet so far.

Wish everyone good luck!!

how are you Allchik?

Hey ladies,well phoned up the maternity centre n told to put pad on n call bk in an hr (u were right bunty) its that coupled with t fact that I feel really weepy too,which is not like me at all...oh and the runny bum!
Was 4/5 engaged on Tues n pressure seems more intense since then!
Prob a false alarm but I do feel v odd (if I do have bub in the nxt wk thatl teach me for being smug bout making it to the end of term lol) x