Morning all!
I have been lurking for just over a week as we were on 'holiday' (went home to Cornwall last week). I have read every post over the course of the week, but cannot remember everything that was said so will try to summarise as best I can;
- LegallyBlonde good luck today. I hope that it all goes well. I read an article on the procedure in a parenting magazine a couple of weeks ago. It will be nice to know that baby is held in there after the op, although I can imagine that the prospect of having the procedure is very daunting. Please let us know how you get on though.
- Welcome to all of the newbies!
- Congratulations to everyone who has had scans this last week. Seems as though there are a lot of uncooperative babies! We almost had to go back for a second scan, but fortunately a bit of rolling onto my side seemed to make baby move into a better position.
- Sorry to hear that so many of you are having rubbish times with DH's and DP's and big boobs (umlauf). I am feeling ok at the minute, although I still have my bouts of crying for no apparent reason. DH is very understanding, but I am sure he'll get fed up it and snap sooner or later! My boobs are starting to bug me a bit. I am getting fed up of splashing out on pregnancy safe bras (that always seem to be expensive) and, even though I am sure my boobs aren't growing anymore, they seem to stop fitting after about a week!
- My placenta is posterior fortunately, but I still have had the occasional day with very few kicks and I know how stressed out I was on those day so I feel for you ladies who have anterior placentas and are not feeling regular kicks. My sister bought me a bracelet for my birthday where you move a little charm along some beads everytime you feel a kick. That way you can look at it at the end of the day and see that you have been feeling things, even if you've forgotten about it. I find it quite reassuring on the low activity days.
Is anyone else suffering with swollen ankles? My left ankle is really quite swollen, and whilst it is mostly just uncomfortable, it is sometimes quite painful if I stand up for too long, or if I sit down for too long and then stand up!
I cannot remember who said that they've turned themselves into a lobster over the weekend, but high five you are not alone! I spent 2 hours on the beach on Friday (would have been longer had I been able to get comfortable) and I was crispy by the end of the day! I am now glad that I couldn't get comfortable as I would have done some serious damage I think. Fortunately it has turned into a nice tan, just in time for me to come back to work. Pregnancy is a strange thing though; it would normally have taken me a good few days to get a tan like this!
Someone else as well (sorry, forgotten who again) recommended the nappy lady. I thought I would submit a form and get a recommendation from her, and she recommended Bambinex Teddy's, which sounded and looked lovely until I read some reviews on them! Does anyone have any experience with them?
I think that's everything. Sorry if I forgot anything, and also for the mammoth post! I will probably have more to say again later when I remember something else...