October 2013: Almost halfway!

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Ok then you've talked me Into it. Should be sorting out laundry first I suppose but sod it.

Damn. Just discovered that Dp stripped the bed before heading to work and hasn't put any clean bedding on it.

Oh MoN that sucks, my DH does that all the time but only after I tell him to strip the bed would never do it without being asked

I only work 2 days a week so I have managed to have an hours nap 3 days this week. I am shattered and the insomnia isn't helping. I think my DH is "nesting" already as he is repainting the inside of the house and some of the outside too. Bless him.

I am 20 weeks on Wednesday (so very nearly half way now) and have my scan on Thursday. I can't wait for the reassurance that all is well.

In bed now eating tiramisu. Dp would not be happy with me eating in bed but while the cat's away...

I'll be 21wks by the time I have my scan wicked. I'm getting impatient now. I just want to know that all is well then I can truely relax and enjoy being pregnant.

Hello new ppl.

Spark SPD is getting better. I can kinda hobble without crutches. But walking is hard. N night time laying down hurts. But still. Getting better. So that's the important thing.

Any tip to stop me clenching my jaws together? My jaw, tongue, head, face is hurting n I think it's because I'm clenching my jaw. Seems to be an evening thing. 3rd evening in a row I've noticed it.

passed out in asda feel like a prize turkey, probably something to do with only having a mcflurry and sweeties since 1 o'clock, plonker that i am!

Hi GT the advice I give to my clenching/grinding patients is relax (easier said than done), rest your to tongue between your teeth (to act as a spacer between top and bottom teeth), or rest your mouth open about 10mm as if your mouth breathing (not the most attractive look!) and keep trying to do this for a few days.
It's to try and stop the bad habit of teeth clenching, ideally at rest, teeth should be about 15mm apart, so when you clench you just stress all muscles/ligaments/etc.
Hope it helps

Sorry falcon, hope the Asda staff looked after you!

No naps yet for me this week... Although 4 days off now so who knows!

I'm having my hair cut tomorrow... Long overdue and as my hair is quite long the ends are atrocious! Think I had it done last in January! I'm shamefully excited and hoping it'll give me a new lease of life! Ha!

Still over a week till my scan... Humph!

Think I've had a growth spurt mind. Bump is quite achy after work and been getting lots of twinges. Hopefully that's just a sign its stretching

Anyone got anything nice planned this weekend?

Oh no! Hope you are ok now.

I am ok phoned mat triage they were lovely and explain eat put your feel up but if you still feel dizzy/sick or get any pain/discharge then phone back and they will get me in I will be fine like i said i just felt like a plonker!

lying in the middle of aisle 4 like a sack of potatoes The staff were very nice!

Oh no Falcon, glad you've spoken to triage.
I'm getting quite a lot of pain around my c section scar (not on it, but above it) Hayle.
I. Feeling quite positive as by now with DS I had spd/pgp, carpal tunnel and awful heartburn. 19 weeks tomorrow and so far just mild heartburn and a couple of spd type twinges that I'm ignoring.

Oh no falcon! I have moments when I'm out shopping when I just have to find somewhere to sit down for 5 minutes... Haven't yet got to the point of fainting though. I hope you're ok.

My bump isn't really if enough for maternity clothes yet (I am over 20 weeks, but am tall) but am going through a bit of an identity crisis where I take forever deciding what to wear in the mornings, but tend to settle for the same items of clothing and leave the house feeling really quite frumpy and horrible. I actually think I look my best in my pyjamas! Anyway, I have just ordered a bunch of maternity stuff on New Look. I really hope it all fits!

Poor you Falcon.
I too am getting pain that seems to be behind my c section scar. I hope it's just stretching but I don't remember feeling it in my other pregnancies but I suppose I'm more panicky this time because of all we've been through .

It's quite unpleasant isn't it MoN. For me it almost feels like perhaps where the internal incisions are/were. Although I did have terrible bladder pain for months after my section, so maybe I have adhesions or something.

Oh no falcon! Start eating sensibly ignores own advice

Thanks Rach! I guess I need to be more aware of it. As I don't realise until its hurting

Lol I know i will be more aware of time and eating decent food till shes here! feel so bad for those of you in pain right now spd and c-section scars etc not nice! I hope you get help with it soon xxx

falcon oh dear. Hope your feeling ok.

I haven't had a section but seems to be fairly low down, where I feel baby. My stomach retracted quite well after dd so reckon it'll probably need to stretch. Hoping to avoid stretch marks again though! It's not painful though just uncomfortable. Think I had this with dd but much later on. Took me a whole to show with her though.

That's exactly what I'm thinking it feels like Pseudo. I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing it.

Big welcome to the new ladies

MrsO27 - yes, it is the same fb group that gtbaby set up.

Those of you with heartburn - a friend suggested refreshers.

Re Nct classes - we went through all the different forms of pain relief but they did suggest that the more interventions you have with the birth, the more likely it is to lead to further interventions. I found that the classes empowered me to ask questions whilst in labour and have an idea about how I'd like my labour to be. Ended up having dd in the pool (which I wanted) and managing with gas and air.

textbook - looks like we're scan twins! Baby lying on tum here too so couldn't carry out all of the checks, rebooked for 31st too.

Been advised to have fizzy drinks before the scan to encourage movement so worth trying!

On ours they said 99% it looks like a boy so just waiting for this to be confirmed, excited and very glad to get another look at baby.

Enjoy your extra scan untitled. Sorry they couldn't see everything.

We have to wait until June 15 for our next scan, a whole month! Not fair! We did hear the heartbeat at the gynae yesterday though and she said everything seemed absolutely fine, which was reassuring.

I told the new job people about the pregnancy. I don't think I'm flavour of the month but there's not much they can do about it. If they try to retract I'd have a cast-iron case for an employment tribunal and they know it.