December 2013 - blue, pink, what do you think?

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New thread! Pile in!

Yeah eBay bargain - hardly used £169 cot bed for £30 as no one else bid. And kiddicare have half price mattresses at the mo so ordered one of those too.

I'm an obsessive bargain hunter - even my wedding dress was 1/3 price as I imported it from the USA. My dad said in his speech that it was only my knickers that hasn't come from the Internet!

I wouldn't recommend it personally MrsShrubs, they can make you dehydrated which isn't good for the wee one. I'm so constipated just now and I've heard Fibogel (or something like that) is really good but I've not tried it myself.

I've gained over a stone at last count and am nearly 14 stone now. I spent the best part of a year losing weight and I'm right back up there now not too worried though, I'll just have to make the effort when the little man is born :)

Congrats to everyone having good scans! So exciting!

A wee group of women were asking me when I'm due and everything today :) that made me smile, so glad I actually look pregnant :) a lovely lady in Morrisons also helped me get my shopping from the basket on the floor to the till which was also really nice :) although, a huge woman barged me off the pavement and onto a busy road in Glasgow today, and then screamed at me in the street saying that it was my fault! It really wasn't, her and her mates were standing chatting taking up all of the pavement and I said excuse me and tried to walk around her when she took a deliberate step back. If I had knocked anyone onto the road I would be hugely apologetic, never mind a pregnant woman

We don't get baby on board badges here, they sound fantastic :(

Eesh, sounds awful daley! Ah Glasgow, never lets you down with the mentals.

Just out of interest, does anyone else get mega kicks when lying on their back? The bab has been bouncing about like crazy for the last hour (must be a night owl, like her Mum!)

God, I know. I love Glasgow but some of the people you meet...

I do, I was even able to video it when lying on my back!

My DP says your hometown is a bit like your Mum: you can make fun of it but hell mend anyone else who does!

Daley I'm a similar weight (+half a stone or so), and had managed to get from 16st 5 down to 13 flat before conceiving, so I have the same worries! Fancy a loser buddy when we've popped?

Been up since 3 scratching again, really fed up

Had the scan and all looking okay - such a relief!! Bit she was not very sure about sex - thinks it's a girl but when I asked her how sure she was she said between 50 and 100%, which does not sound very certain. To start with its legs were crossed and the bottom was aim a funny position so she couldn't see anything. So I don't feel it's helped me on nursery colours! I kind of am thinking it is a girl, but that it could be a boy. Told our parents and a couple of friends, but I think for everyone else we are just couldn't say we couldn't see, as I don't want everyone thinking it's a girl in case it turns up a boy!

Hadn't slept since 2am last night so was shattered, but went to H&M afterwork to get a few maternity bits, as was in desperate need for clothes!

20 weeks until Christmas Day everyone!! X

i hope you enjoy it itsliz. i think we're going through enough that we should treat ourselves once in a while. or even better get dp to treat :)

Yep I was lying in bed last night feeling the kicks! So nice to feel, tho that coupled with restless leg meant I don't fall asleep for a whole! Also got bloody thrush from the antibiotics ive been taking for that mega spot/boil that has now gone. Does it really matter if I don't finish them?? Finding it hard enough to take them as have to be taken an hour before food or 2 hours after 4x a day- are they having a laugh? i eat practically every hour so my stomach is never empty! Now I have to go to the docs for some cream- grr!

So anyone found a really good pair of maternity leggings? I've got a pair from last time but they're a bit out of shape and have a mark on them so look pretty scruffy and I know I'll be living in them most of the time so need to invest in another few...

Bloody iPhone always mistyping- 'didn't fall asleep for a while'!

I am also worrying about weight gain daley and think I am prob about the same as you although I don't dare weigh myself to find out! Definitely keen for joining folk for a weight loss plan in 2014 - reckon I'll be trying to lose about 4 stone - yikes! feather how did you manage such an incredible weight loss before ttc?

I was reading a MN thread yesterday about the benefits of weight loss and it really made me feel determined to sort myself out next year. Easy to be determined now though....!

And mrsshrubs am with you on the blocked up feeling! Was in absolute agony and actually yelled out loud when on the loo yesterday (sorry tmi)! Have been eating loads of fruit and always have a high fibre breakfast, but I do know I have been slack and have indulged in some less than healthy options, especially when i am,especially knackered, which I don't think has helped. Am snacking on prunes now, and swapping my coffees (only max 2 a day) for peppermint tea. Also just trying to drink a lot more water which I don't think I have done enough. I know pharmacists won't give constipation remedies to pregnant women as I asked them, so am trying to fix it myself!

Ros
I love the cowshed! If you go to the one in holland park--I hope you get Susie K! She's the best mani/pedi I've ever had. Also, she's one of the sweetest therapists I've ever met.

As far as the leg pain/butt-- the massage therapist I was using had her baby so I have no one right now...but Standing up straight, aligning my back and then taking turns with each leg, I take a step backwards as far as I can go while keeping the entire foot on the floor, once it's there, I gently bend my backwards. It helps me; I hope it helps you! x

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It's so frustrating and every time I eat I just feel like everything's piling on top of each other all stodgy and bloated. Even bran flakes doesn't seem to do anything, haven't tried prunes though so might get some today.

Glad your scan showed everything is looking good aurora even if you couldn't find out the sex.

Ps to the losing weight after pregnancy will be joining up to slimming world so up for weight loss friends after little ones here, is overindluged after we got married and was heavier than I normally would be when we got pregnant so have baby weight plus about half stone from before that to try and lose

feather, really hope you feel better soon. And those with constipation too, hope the prunes do their magic.

I had my scan yesterday afternoon and it went pretty well. Unlike last time we didn't have to wait for 1.5 hours to be seen - was only delayed about 15 min! The sonographer was lovely and talked us through what we were seeing on screen. Baby was in a good position at first and allowed us to have most of the measurements taken (they seem fine) but then moved to face down and despite my wriggling, jiggling, squatting, walking, eating and drinking, baby wouldn't move out of that position! Clearly just as stubborn as his parents

So yes, it's a boy! 'Almost definitely' ...and we get to see him again as I have to go back for another scan next week, to finish the measurements.

She also offered and gave me an internal scan, to see how wide my cervix is. Was expecting that to be like a smear test but wasn't half as uncomfortable.

She said I have an anterior placenta (high) which I guess explains why I haven't been feeling much movement.

Now looking at boys' names and waiting for DH to come up with his shortlist...

I lost weight with WW before TTC, I'll probably do the same again if I manage to establish bf, but if I end up ff I may try the 5:2 diet as there are a lot of people I know who've done well with it. Don't fancy fasting while bf though, I only managed 10 weeks with DS1 but I remember how hungry/thirsty it made me!

thanks for the tip queen! i will definitely try it tonight. the pain is making me toss and turn at night and it's in my left leg which means that i find it hard to sleep on the left side, which I hear is the ideal sleeping position for baby.

Re: cowshed I alternate Holland Park and Carnaby Street. Pretty sure I had Susie for a pedi a while back and she was adorable.

Soooooo just went to the toilet at work, got as far as walking into the cubicle, did a huge sneeze and the pelvic floor exercises are not working as well as I thought they were! Thank god I've been wearing pretty good panty liners anyway otherwise I'd be feeling very uncomfortable till 7pm when I get home. The joys that come with having a baby

Grrrrr. Teambuilding day at work. I've had to walk between 10 and 15km today, after our boss said it was 20 minute strolls with activities in between. Yep, the activities included an obstacle course, riding scooters round an obstacle course, fitting as many people and objects into a mini, and my personal favourite, a human pyramid. I had a tantrum at that one when I was told the whole team had to be in the pyramid. Our boss kindly said at the start of the day if we pregnant ones didn't feel up to it, we could sit at one f the stations all day (but we would have to say in front of the entire staff that we weren't doing the team building). I have been so careful not to overdo it up until now, last pregnancy I was signed off at 30 weeks with SPD, which work know about because I told them when I said I pregnant.

loki that sounds awful

mumof I got some maternity leggings from next which I like but I also got a pack of 2 from new look the other week, they're comfy and worked out cheaper, I got a large so I have plenty of room to grow. I have some maternity dresses in a size 12 that I'm thinking won't fit for much longer if my bump gets bigger, which obviously it's going to and my boobs are starting to burst out of them too. Really don't want to buy much more, I might look on eBay again, I know I will be in my maternity stuff after having the baby for a while too.

We had our scan again yesterday, as all checks couldn't be completed first time round, and all is great with baby. I'm so glad
And as a bonus my placenta is no longer low lying, so I can exercise again and give birth naturally as long as everything goes to plan yey. Still have a scan at 34 weeks to check placenta position but I'm feeling positive I took the kids on a long walk to the park today now that I can, didn't feel so guilty eating 2 scones earlier now

2labs yay!

Evening! Today we discovered that MiniPistachio is a boy! I had no preference either way, but had a feeling it was a he Unlike last time, as soon as they put the sensor on it was immediately obvious he was a boy! This does seem to be a very boy-heavy group

Lady, thanks for the tip about the half price matrestess at kiddicare, I'm going to order one tomorrow.

loki, that sounds dreadful, and completely unsuitable for pregnant women!

My asos mat leggings are v nice. I'm
5'2" and got the cropped ones which are actually perfect length for me.

Feather- yes, sorted eventually with consultant. Can't remember if I already posted but basically after the awful email he apologised on the Monday and said I'd be within my rights to report him for bullying ( which obvs I didn't want to do). Was pretty uncomfortable working with him after that but med staffing got the hours reduced and its waaaay better. Switched jobs today ( black weds and all..) to a lovely ward where I know and really like all the nurses, therapists etc so work much better overall.

How are you feeling now?

Sorry cross posted with you pistachio- congrats!

aaargh. constipation is really doing my head in too. I think cutting down on my coffee intake is making it worse. I'm definitely going to get some prunes tomorrow.
just went to a pretty useless healthy pregnancy workshop which my hospital are making me do before they'll refer me to a physio for sciatica. two hours being told how to do pelvic floor exercises and what not to eat= not helping the sciatica!
well at least I can say I've done it now.
am
really jealous of the cowshed massages. We are trying to save save save but I might have to book myself in for one anyway.