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.

Hehe pinkbear that made me chuckle ill stay on your bus as that's very much how I feel at the moment although feeling crap as I now have a cold to boot!!! Grrr feel rough and look rough so off to bed for me goo luck cycle hope it speeds things up as you have your little baby soon x

Cycle- hope things are starting to love on a hit more for you, have they said how long it can take for it all to get going?
AmI- I'm in the same situation as you- nipple wise. Breast feeding lady told me to start off by "practising" hand expressing I the bath, just to see how nipple will react, he also said about nipple shield, though these are not ideal, she was alot more positive about -Niplette, by Philips Avent. I however found a cheaper easier alternative, which arrived in the post yesterday- Lasinoh Latch Assist- I had a little practise with it yesterday- and my word it is a powerful little thing! Look it up online (I'm afraid I have no idea how to add a link) I highly recomend it!
Is anyone else getting the "pregnancy itches" I wake up soooo itchy!
Hope everyone is sleeping better than me!

Anyone sick and tired of waking up in the night?? I. Seem to get up on que every 2 hours for a wee!!!! Very cross since I'm still at work and have a staff meeting till 8.30pm tonight grrrr

Pink I'm a natural insomniac. I generally always sleep til about 2am then go back to sleep after an hour or so. Pregnancy seems to have blown my midnight waking up to a whole new level. I generally wake between 2am and 4.30am. Strangely it doesn't bother me almost at all now. Just have to hope that baby's night rhythms match mine though!

And all this silly talk about having babies. Whaaaaat?? A colleague did say wouldn't it be better if I was having another puppy instead of a baby. At this point I'm vaguely wondering if there is a way of changing my order with the stork?

I know its a nightmare I woke at 11.53, 2, 4.10 and 6 ridiculous - think I like the idea of another puppy how do we change this said order? Shall I put a call in?

Yep, think I got up to pee about 10 times last night but I do fall straight back to sleep. Except at 4.30 am which seems to be my lie in bed thinking/stressing time.

Off to bed now, too late. On the plus side much progress has been made; handed in my maternity leave request, told my boss when my last day would be, booked flights back to England, booked shipping, added a hundred more things to my 'to do' list, and even remembered to do pelvic floor exercises for first time in weeks. Oh and I did get a post-work beach visit in with dh and ds which was nice.

Looking forward to hearing the news tomorrow cycle. And then who will be next?

Morning!

Unless there are any surprise arrivals, Rue should be after cycle, I think. I'm looking forward to hearing from cycle with her news :-)

I have only had to get up twice this pregnancy for a wee. Until this morning where I got up at 5.50. But I don't think that's too bad and I did get back to sleep. I'm just too bloody hot in bed now the weather is warmer. DH seems to have an aversion to sleeping with wide open windows and says the fan is too loud too. Grrrr. He should try being 8 months' pregnant!!

Having a properly lazy day today after doing loads yesterday. Including getting locked out of the house. Fail!!

Aloha, your plans seem to be moving really fast. Does it feel a bit surreal?

I'm so impressed with you doing this now! Not sure I could be arsed! Are you excited?

Wow aloha- that does sound like a busy day!

I'm with you all on the insomnia front. It's driving me mad. That and toilet trips. I had to give in and call in sick today as I feel really rubbish. Just getting back into bed after seeing DS off to nan and gramps. Planning to sleep for several hours, bladder dependent of course! Will have to just hope for the best with return to work interview. The way I am emotions wise at the moment I might well just cry at him- not the most professional thing to do but can't seem to control it!

Thanks for recommendations Maisie- I'll have a look on Internet later!

Hearing you all on the insomnia! I woke up at 1228, 146, 250, 4 and then 630. On every occasion a proper wee was needed. Where does it all come from?! I started to stress because I had to come into work today. I only have two office days left so feel like it would be pretty off for me not to pitch up for them! I smiled at Mrs Bri and her ?I?ve only had to get up twice for a wee this pregnancy?. How I wish that were actually true, and not actually a reference to the number of times a night, or these days the number of times an hour!!

This really is the business end now isn?t it. Energy has pretty much gone, everything is heavy, and it?s just a case of dragging ourselves to the finish line. I really miss my body. I wonder how it feels the first time you get up after baby. Do you feel a stone lighter or do you not notice?!

im waking up every hour and a half or so, not always fir tge bathroom a lot of the time it's cause I need to roll over and can no longer do that asleep apparently! still feeling sore from the weekend, this pgp lark is not fun, doesn't help that im stubborn and loath taking painkillers to mask a problem, id rather find a resolution

Morning everyone!
I'm not too bad on the waking up for a wee, some nights worse than others. But if I wake up with leg cramps I go for a wee when I'm up.
Got mw this morning so I'm going to be brave and ask for an estimated weight. I'm starting to struggle with the extra weight I'm carrying now so the thought of an extra 6-8 weeks is quite scary!
Miserable wet day here so bit of a shock compared to last few days of hot sunshine.
Hope all ok cycle. Looking forward to hearing some news.

Sarah, I have a bladder of steel, I think.

I wake to turn over too, Steff, as my knees ache, so I have to turn over to relieve the lower knee. I've had problems with my knees for years, so I think the extra strain is making them bad. The right one has started going on me in recent weeks too.

Littlemiss, I'm going to ask about weight next time too. I'd rather have a vague clue what size baby is going to come out!!

Is anyone else noticing a change in movement pattern now poor baby is rather squished? Baby B seems a bit quieter than he did. I'm getting more than the required number of moves, but his acrobatic days are well past him, I think! Poor baby!

I also have a bladder of steel I'm afraid - rarely get up in the night. Sorry!

I wouldn't stress over the guessed weight of the baby - mostly they get it wrong!

I'm going to look at birth plan this weekend. Got out my old notes to see what kind of third stage I had last time and apparently it was a natural third stage, but then later i needed the injection to contract my uterus. Don't remember much about it but going to check with midwife tomorrow if that sounds normal! Saw a thread the other day about whether better to clamp cord asap or let it stop pulsing and there were obviously lots of conflicting stories.

Mrsbri, by little girl has been head down for ages but defintiely has restless legs - constantly wiggling them!

Scary isn?t it, I am in denial too, am due 27th June though so I keep thinking I am way behind most of the rest of you. We went for another 3D scan yesterday and hubby fell in love with our little girl saying what a pretty baby she is. I personally thought she looked like any other baby and think I upset him a bit as he expected me to say how lovely she is. Felt awful then! They said she currently weights 4lb 12 (33 weeks).

I couldn?t quite believe though she will be here and that there is an actual baby inside. I would be grateful for an early arrival though as am struggling to get comfy and SPD has started up, I have another 7 weeks ? feels like forever!

Re hospital bag, yes got loads of snacks and some energy tablets and also energy drinks for hubby (I don?t like the taste of the drinks). I think I have got everything ? been doing it as I go along, so need to get everything out and check everything is there.

She is kicking me really hard and it hurts, why do some people say it?s magical feeling them kick ? it hurts and is uncomfortable lol!! We have our first of three antenatal classes tonight so that makes it more real still, our builder scared hubby yesterday telling him how gruesome the birth is ? I said just stay up by my head and you don?t have to see anything too gruesome then. He?s not very good with blood and hopsitals so I do worry about him.

Cycle ? how exciting, any more news?

Delayed cord clamping was in the news the other day. Apparently quite a few healthcare trusts are adopting it as standard.

I'm going to say that unless there's a medical reason to clamp straight away then I want it to be delayed.

My plan is going to be vague...safe delivery of baby is paramount. So I'm open to all options.

Baby B has feet everywhere, Learner! I'm having an octopus, without a shadow of a doubt!!

I've missed my mw appt
Thought it was later than it was (completely my fault) and mw just phoned asking where I was.
She can't see me till next week now and typical I had a few questions for her. Just had a huge cry I feel so stupid.

The only thing that puts me off with the cord clamping is they say it can increase risk of jaundice, so I might ask for it to be delayed a little while but not for long.

Yes, I think that's what I'm going to say too. There were stories of babies having bad jaundice as a result of delayed clamping but it wasn't clear if that was clamping after it had stopped pulsing or just delayed clamping. As far as I can see the blood keeps going to and fro until it stops pulsing, so unless you wait til the cord stops pulsing then baby could end up with too much blood and jaundice problem. Certainly my second didn't have any jaundice problems.

I've had a huge frustrated cry this morning little miss dont worry, my sister who lives quarter of a mile away from my mum won't go round to let Her dog out while my mum has a rare day out since my dad died nearly a year ago despite mum doing everything for her like going and cleaning and driving her tge mile to the doctors everyday since she had a c section 8 weeks ago and the once mum asks her to do something she calls me and asks if I can drive the 7 miles to mums house despite tge fact my pgp is really bad since the weekend and im not supposed to be driving about my sister is just a selfish hitch, even before she had her lo she wouldn't do anything for mum, I moved 7 miles away cause I wanted dome kind of life of my own, dont get me wrong id do anything for my mum, but I even end up getting dragged back to my old town to take my sister to the docs when mum couldn't, I deal with depression and have trouble saying no yo people and a lot of trouble when it comes to feeling guilty
feel free to ignore my rant just wanted to get rubbish off my chest to see if I can stop getting frustrated with myself, I can't say anything to mum cause she feels bad that it's always me doing it and I dont want her to feel worse

Steff that sounds very frustrating.
Maybe we just needed a good cry?
I don't feel great today maybe did too much last couple of days.

just back from 36 wk mw appt. blood pressure up protein and leukocytes in urine again. mw not happy but the maternity assessment ward was busy and not answering phone so she has booked me back in on Friday for a check again and if still not good I'll be sent off to hospital. meh.

been told to rest and take it easy - not quite so easy to do when still
sorting things out without dp around. ho hum.

Stef- sounds like that situation merits a frustrated cry! I too have some interesting family dynamics with my lot and can definitely sympathise!

Also littlemiss poor you! All of these examples of pregnancy hormones interfering with brain power can definitely get too much at times!

Nothing yet from cycle today. With a bit if luck that means things are progressing!

Pinkbear- sorry x post!

That's rubbish but good that she's keeping an eye on you. If you feel any worse before fri make sure you phone mat assessment unit direct anyway

Still no news cycle? Hope your ok?