September mums-to-be - the bumps get bigger and we all get more excited!

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Here we are ladies. A shiny new thread for us all. Let the chatting continue!

purple I don't, most of the time, so I worry that only one is kicking! I asked the mw about counting the kicks when i couldn't tell who was who and she laughed at me and said I'll never know which one is kicking. Maybe after my growth scans start at 28w and they haven't got room to move around I'll have a better idea. One has an anterior placenta too, and that's the side I feel less movement on too, so I attribute some of the reduced movement to that too.

ION just realised the scan is £55 more than I thought it was because I wasn't clear when I booked it. Not sure whether to cancel given my next NHS scan is in ten days, but I do have a really important work week this week so it would be nice to have less anxiety. Argh.

dietcoke I find your twins absolutely fascinating! I keep thinking it must feel so different to just the one! It's a shame that they don't always have the same placenta, I bet it would be so much nicer for them to kick about together!

Every time my DH puts his hand on the bump she/he stops kicking. DH reckons it's his natural authority (ho, ho, ho ) transmitting to baba.

I haven't got the ankles thing but the carpal tunnel I've had since 10 weeks has got dramatically worse recently. I think it must be a combo of the heat and the swollen hands. It's mostly in my right too which is a complete bugger.

Any one else had a perfectly lovely day soaking up the sun? Our nearest neighbour is 2 1/2 miles away so I took the opportunity to let the bump have some rays. Also watched the lambs and calves playing and thought about how much nicer everything is when the sun shines.

Happy days!

Hi all,

Joskar I had the most amazing day just sitting on an island in strangford lough, looking at how beautiful everything is!! I do get really roasting now though, and have started to burn, never burnt before in my life, especially not in northern Ireland!!!

U also have the snoring issue, my hubby keeps giving off about it! Any suggestions on how to sort it are welcome!

jammy except if they're anything like my sister and I they'd be merrily kicking each other in the head

Will see where they are and what they're doing tomorrow hopefully - at 24w they were both breech and facing each other.

Aw, they were cuddling! Or challenging each other to fisticuffs, I suppose...
Rake, my WC jab was Thursday afternoon & the dead arm feeling has almost worn off now so hopefully you'll be back to normal by tomorrow night.

andadietcoke it would be great to see a scan photo...I'm also intrigued by what happens when there are more than 1!

I didn't have the best day yesterday, it was my nephew's first birthday & my chaotic bro made a complete shambles of it! Not really surprising, but very stressful for my parents who were hosting. I ended up completely exhausted & hungry to the point where it got to about 6pm and I had to go and hide and have a bit of a cry. I think my body is teaching me how it feels to be a small child....just all got too much! Anyways, fortunately DH had agreed to drive us home so although we didn't get back til 10.30pm at least we have the day to ourselves today...hopefully it'll be a little more relaxing!

I can't remember who mentioned the stuffy nose, but yes I'm still suffering...and snoring. Not tried any remedies, DH is just having to put up with that one....after all, he got me into this state!

I lost you all for a while. Been back at work for 3 weeks and I hardly get to look at MN. I've asked to join the group, my profile pic is me and my baby on a big tyre swing thing.

Still have ankles but my feet got a little burnt yesterday so that's sore. Feeling much sorer the second time around. Probably due to the small gap between my pregnancies. Hope everyone's doing well

dietcoke I've got an anterior placenta too - some days I don't feel much at all, some days I feel loads. Most of the kicks tend to be downwards, on my bladder and inside my pelvis still + occasionally directly down which is the wierdest most horrible feeling! If you get any of those type kicks its probably your anterior placenta baby :). It would be amazing to really understand the difference, as I've got much more tuned it to feeling it now, but they are rarely strong enough for DH to feel even now. I understand you feel so much more with the placenta at the back!

Ps I have a funny mental image of them kicking each other in the head now, knowing a friend with twins, I would imagine you're not far off ;) at nearly 2, her little girl still hits the little boy round the head when he doesn't do what she wants!

Girraferama I suffered with the most horrific blocked nose at the beginning of the second trimester. Have to say it lasted 6 weeks in total and was a nightmare. I must have spent near on £50 on various remedies and sprays! The only thing I found gave me any relief was vix sinex soother spray but you can only use it for a week I think as it can become addictive, I have to wean myself off! I expect th high pollen count at the moment is making it worse for you, I do sympathise it was horrible :(

I have varied days of movement (25+4) and no pattern yet with no response to sweet things/prodding either! I'm not really too worried as have a layer of fat for him to kick through he he and sometimes it's just annoying when he's moving around anyway!

Had the most horrific stomach pains last night, think it was trapped wind or something in the end but was a bit worrying as did feel like period pains. I'm going to be a nightmare when it comes to 'proper' pains!

Just wondering... If you have anterior placenta... Can it move? I'm feeling my boy move ALL the time, he doesn't stop for very long at all, day or night. I can't imagine feeling him more than this with a placenta at the back?! I can see him shifting about too, most bizarre!

After a few very busy, very tiring weeks (thank feck I've not hit 3rd trimester exhaustion yet!) I slept 9-7 last night, and have been ravenously hungry all morning! We're off out for lunch at DSILs in a bit, think I might have to eat before we go so I don't single handedly demolish the entire buffet!

My placenta is high and to the back, and all my kicks bar one have been down and in, so that must just be the way DD2 is facing. I can still feel them clearly, as they're not being cushioned, but sadly no one else can.

Have a lovely day all, I'm off to raid the fridge!

Holy mother of ... well, of pfb manic consumerism!! ... I've just spent the morning getting 0-3y everything out of the loft to have a sort through... actually not quite everything, I've left the cot, buggy and car seat up there. And most clothes and quite a lot of toys are out doing the rounds of friends' children. But the rest, dear god, just the stuff I wanted to keep would fill a decent sized box room.

Have already decided to sell off a very last-resort umbrella-fold buggy (in a fetching shade of poo brown) and a pair of stair gates that have to be drilled/fixed into the wall. Just a minute and I'll post a pic of the rest to FB...

Frog, another one here with an anterior placenta but being prodded, kicked an wriggled to pieces!

Had same anterior placenta last time wirh DD and never remember the kicks being so strong!

About 26 weeks here now

DH and I have had yet another fall out about baby names.
All the ones we've ever agreed are now off the list, and he's yet to come up with something good and not just shoot down everything I suggest!
A severely hormonal outburst of fury ensued from me this morning after I came up with yet another lovely name in my opinion (Kiera) just to be told it was 'too Catholic'. WTAF does that even mean?!?

Jammy ... has DH got some hormonal pregnancy thing going on?!? what a random response!!

Kiera is a perfectly lovely name. Hope you find one you agree on, some day...

Went to see a midwife led unit closer to where I live.... Never seen one before but oh my life it was lovely! I wouldn't want to go home! Big decisions on wether to transfer to hopefully have baby there or stick with slightly closer to home hospital :-/

Jammy, I only know one family with a Kiera, ironically they are Catholic, however I've never once thought 'oh, that's obviously a religious choice'... now, Mary on the other hand...

I've asked to sit down and come up with a list of ten names which are not in any 'top 20/40' list and which have not been used by anyone we know for their kiddies/ themselves'. I just want something a little bit different and he seems to be completely unable to wrap his mind around that! Anyway, that whole Kiera incident has put me in a right grump today! And it was only made worse by finding that there are no biscuits in the cupboard...

joksar- baby does the same here for any of my friends. None have got a kick yet! Every evening when baby starts it's workout, I make husband keep his hand on for hours so he gets to feel as much as possible!

jammy- WOT NO BISCUITS?! eek
I made cheesecake last night so I have cheesecake AND leftover biscuits. And lemon jelly which I made to use to set the cheesecake with. And leftover cream. I think I win today!!

frog and triple maybe it depends how high/low it is - but I'm sure they can all move - as they always talk about low placentas moving out the way. I guess the same for anterior ones - esp as we get bigger?

Hmmm maybe, I didn't properly feel him till 21/22 weeks but now at 25 he's non stop! I didn't get the whole flutters/popping thing either, just a good jab!

ION I am currently sulky about DP buggering up my plans for today. I planned to do some plants shopping, tesco shopping, plant the plants and then visit a cousin that's given us loads of baby loveliness.
DP decides he's going to invite evil SIL round mid afternoon while I'm shopping/planting/tidying/cooking/out visiting. She then decides she needs picking up because she's lazy (two kids in tow) and gives us a time that she's happy with. This meant we had to stop shopping in the middle of tesco, pay and go fetch her. She comes to our house, watches me put the shopping away, talks bolloks while I'm trying to plant things and gives up all responsibility of her children while she's here. After heavy hints to fuck off bk home go, 2 hours later she's just gone. It's now too late to visit my cousin and im starving. Proper huffy I am!! Grrrrr.

Rant over. Most annoyingly we didnt make it to the goody aisles in tesco.

My life ladies! I left you all on page 6 of the last thread and you are all knee deep in a not so new thread!

Hope I've not missed too much and everyone's ok.

28 week check in 2 days.

Terrible 2s have kicked in with ds!! nural how is your 22 month old coping?