June 2013 - thread 6 - will this thread see any early arrivals?

[AlohaMama]

Welcome back all June-ers, just realised we were about to run out of space on the old thread.

Oh gosh really? They're not like massively swollen - I usually have bony feet and this morning they're not like balloons, just not bony.

I'd call oli, in light of the last few days and your tests it might be something they want to know.
fingers crossed they say you can wait until tomorrow but I have a feeling they may want to check you over again.

best of luck - let us know x

Gah ok. Thanks all....

I'd call as well, if in doubt then always ask.

Re the feeding down - I had to wait until DD was a bit bigger - 7/8 weeks I suppose as she was too tiny to hang on - best advice I can give is have those numbers I posted before to hand and ask for advice from breastfeeding councillors rather than midwives who are not sadly all well trained

Have had my first belly stroking by a not so random friend of the family today, this is the first person other than DP who has touched my belly (im impressed igottnis far)and lots of gosh only 33 weeks today, well yes, if I was further I'd have said surely! To top it off my mum has been calling me a frigate which is apparently a very large ship, and she has revelled telling everyone at the funeral we were attending that I'm like a ship in the night :/

Hope its nothing to worry about oli but let us know how you get on.

Steffanoid families can be so sensitive can't they!

oli I have now started using 'aces' at work. It's a good word. I never heard it before you used it. So, 'thanks for dealing with this Bob, your response is aces'. Lets see how that pans out.

Afternoon!

My day has been a bit dull...this wind down thing is all very well and good, but I've had time to do all of tomorrow's tasks as well as today's today. Tomorrow could be a thumb-twiddling kind of day! Ah well, only 7.5 days left :-)

Baby B has been doing god knows what today, but I've had various body parts poking out all over, feet in the ribs and lots of 'Alien' movements going on. I hope he's not busy turning round again! Think he may be though. Clearly head down is not where he wants to be!

I asked the midwife about tours of the maternity unit, and they're on a Sunday. We have to call up at lunch time and see if it's happening before heading over at 2pm. They've only got one birthing pool and we have to say when we ring up in early labour that we'd like to use it. In fact, the midwife wasn't that interested in whether I was writing a birth plan or not!

Oli, I hope that you called up and got checked out, or at least reassurance that it could wait. Give us an update when you can.

I need to start my hypnobirthing DVD thingy. Will get round to is once I finish work, I hope. Not sure I'll get that much practice in, but will have a go at doing some, at least.

Rue, sorry you're in so much pain. I hope the next 3 weeks rattles past so you can cuddle your new baby and move on past the aches and pains.

Regarding breast feeding, I have an NHS course on 6th June to go to, plus there's a helpline to call once you start breast feeding for help and assistance if you're having problems. They're rather into promoting it up here, which I think is great.

Steff, I'm impressed that you've got to 33 weeks without being touched. I can't say the same, but there haven't been too many people and certainly no randoms!

Right...DH is just dishing our dinner up (well trained) so time to shift my bulk from the sofa to the table now. :-)

I'd just like to say that if you're offered a piece of pregnant belly size tubigrip, take it, it's marvellous stuff. I put mine on today and its really helped me getting around - it feels like its holding the bump up rather than me iyswim. Which makes a nice change. Although I do feel sore, I've not taken any painkillers today which is a massive change. Just hope it carries on doing its magic now.

I've also been shown/told all about colostrum harvesting, so will be starting that this evening. Not very dignified, milking your own boobs for 1ml of liquid gold, but never mind

Oli, hope you got checked out and are ok?

Busy day on the baby front today - we had our 32-week scan and all looks good. He was opening his little mouth and sucking his thumb and fingers! Head down, feet at my ribs at the mo - hope he stays there. Measuring a bit over average and 4lbs something. It all felt v real! Got midwife AND consultant appt tomorrow so feeling well monitored.
Hope all ok, Olli.
Only another 11.5 days at work...

rue, colostrum harvesting?! is this something we all need to know or is this particular to your situation? i'm not sure i could really get into self-milking . although saying that i had to pump for 9 months with ds which I guess is hardly any more dignified.

It's because of the early delivery and risk of LO having low blood sugars post delivery, Aloha - my hospital recommend it for people with (gestational or other types of) diabetes, those carrying babies with Down's syndrome or a cleft, think there's another couple of categories but I can't remember them now.

I can confirm that it's both fiddly and not remotely dignified

well good luck with the nipple tweaking, as you say every ml will be worth the effort!

Good luck with the nipple tweaking Rue!

Hope all ok Oli.

After having rushed waddle-style to the train station from the car park for my quarterly commute to the office I can really appreciate how those if you with daily commutes are finishing soon. An exhausted before I begin today!

Morning all!
Just checking back in after a holiday. Not sure how I coped with a week trailing round Disneyland Paris, but since returning I've got the most godawful cold and can't stop scratching... So cross your fingers I can speak to my midwife today!

Morning Hawkmoth! Scratching sounds awful hope you get through to midwife soon. Was Disneyland Paris good? Thinking of going later in the summer.

Duh! Forgot how risk averse the MW team is. Off for tests and monitoring I go.

Always worth checking Hawk

Disneyland was smashing. Didn't realise how much walking it would be, even with staying at a Disney hotel and getting the shuttle bus. The kids loved it, the food was great and there are some excellent survival tips on here to get you through and save money. Such as, take your own kettle, make sandwiches from the buffet breakfast, take Capri suns and water bottles... And eat early in the evenings!

In hindsight, wouldn't do it again this pregnant with SPD! But probably that's obvious to everyone apart from me. Had a little cry one day after giving in to pressure from DH agreed to hire a wheelchair only to find they had run out so I had to keep on waddling round clicking and pulling faces every step... But the kids were running in circles with excitement so they were marginally easier to keep up with!

Aww bless you Hawkmoth. I've had a bit of itching but its down to the varicose veins. I put my prescription in for support tights 3 weeks ago and still no sign of them so unfortunately (for everyone around me) I'm still scratching quite a bit.

Last night I made the sad decision to give up on Zumba until bubs arrives. After my walk to work and my walk home from work I'm just too knackered to do a full class. The last few times I've been yawning like an ape halfway into the class. I'm sad because the girl who runs it is lovely but is talking about closing the class because she can't get enough customers. Will really really need the class once bubs comes to work off some of this flab!

Morning!

Rue, can your DH help with harvesting. I know my DH would want to get involved with that!

Hawk, sounds like your kids loved the trip, even if you struggled somewhat. And itching is a PE symptom, so I'm not surprised they called you in. I've spent more time being checked out by medical professionals since 22 weeks than I had in the preceding decade, I think! I hadn't ever considered how much I'd be seeing medical professionals, somewhat naively, I suppose!

DH appeared with an iPhone for me last night...almost too much for my pregnant brain to deal with!

Sunny I?m amazed you have kept up Zumba so long. And I say that despite the fact I still go to the gym three times a week, and do the odd long walk! I just couldn?t cope in a class based environment. I need to know I can stop at any time! I went to the gym yesterday and did think this might be it now. I pretty much only walk on the treadmill and cycle, and its boring, and it gives me a ridiculous appetite. It?s more not knowing what to do with my exercise time. Once Small Girl is here it will be very straightforward, but at the moment i don?t know what to do with myself during the 472 hours a week I would have previously been moving my body in!

Well I'm home with a sore arm waiting for results. They've given me Piriton so I'm expecting to pass out fairly soon! Protein and leukocytes in my urine... Not good signs but hopefully just a bug. Wednesday is my busiest day at work as well, poor timing!

Sarah to be fair I've been doing the fat girl version of Zumba for the last few months i.e. no high impact stuff and need to be capable of holding a conversation the whole way through. I now know why the ladies of a certain size who stay at the back of the room can walk out of class without breaking a sweat. In my non-pregnant days I used to crawl out of the class!

I did a reasonable amount of low impact exercise in my first pregnancy including walks, swimming and yoga, found a note I'd written in my diary for 2010 about how "might be time to start getting the bus one way home" which was about 36 weeks last time (used to walk into town to the river and back). This time around I just don't have the time let alone the energy but I'm a lot more active thanks to toddler. Hats off to anyone still doing a lot of exercise!

Hawkmoth I hope you feel better soon
Oli Any update? Hope you are being well looked after and not bored wherever you are!