Graduated elderberries - 30+ and looking forward to DC1! (Thread 6)

[HazleNutt]

Oh, looks like I wrote the last post! So new thread here where we will see more berry babies and hopefully loads more graduates as well.

Have had an eventful day so far! Baby didn't move for the whole morning. Cue panic mode! Came to hospital at around lunch time and spent an hour being monitored. Was told to go home and come back in 2 hours so am here again. Baby ok
Looks like I will have a sweep later today. They reckon she is moving out of space and not moving much as a result.
I cannot begin to tell you how scared I was. A bit more relaxed now.
My wonderful friend brought me here and now DH arrived to take over.
Hope u all ok

lol we understand the panic when you haven't felt the baby move! Good luck with the sweep.

alex always good to get checked out if you're worried.

Same old here, feed-change-repeat. Bloody hot. Vic's one month doc appointment tomorrow so will ask if it's ok for me to use the pool as well - will otherwise probably just melt.

I've sent my consultant an email asking for a cervix check next week. Didn't have any cramps today but I've had a weird, heavy feeling between my legs so a scan would put my mind at rest. Feels like I've put a tampon in wrong, that's the only way I can explain it, but I had this before for 2 days at 17 weeks and all was ok in that cervix scan so am managing not to stress too much.

Who else did NCT? My course is only four lessons which seems quite short for bonding? (Two of those are long Saturday lessons, half nine to half four!!)

Hi alex, what are NCT classes? Ive sent my form off for the antenatal ones and Im going to do a pregnancy yoga course, but I dont fancy any full day courses at all!

mother they're kind of like private antenatal classes organised by NCT (can google), you have to pay for the classes (they're not cheap) but I'd heard it was good for talking to other people at exactly the same stage of pregnancy who live in the same area (also you get tips on breathing, the birth etc). I'm hoping DH doesn't embarrass me by getting squeamish when they talk labour and birth! He can't watch even a second of one born every minute!

Oh and the group is smaller than NHS ones I think. I'm not sure whether it's worth me looking into doing NHS ones as well as not sure if I know anyone who did those (my mum mentioned she did but that was years back!)

I loved my NCT class, meeting them all for a pub lunch tomorrow In terms of bonding, we've done all ours after the classes so will be fine.

In terms of the NHS one, I'd at least make sure you do the one that's a your of the labour ward. I would def have done that had I been giving birth naturally, think it would really help you to know your way round and feel comfortable there....

No ones mentioned that at my midwife apps (the NHS ones) - is it something I need to ask for/look into myself? Better make sure I'm not missing anything else!

They didn't tell me about it or give me the schedule until the thurs trimester. You could ask if you wanted to though?

Feel like absolute shit. Aching and a fever of 39 degrees (the things you know when you own a baby thermometer!). Currently expressing as DP doesn't want me too near Miles!

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon Janey (I think you can tell we've got babies from what ungodly hour we're posting!)

FX for feeling better soon Janey. Every cloud and all of that, can you retire to bed to catch up on sleep while you get better??

Did anybody elses boobs grow super early? None of my bras fit which seems a bit crazy at 6 weeks

Mine were looking better bigger really early on too. They haven't grown much, much bigger like some boobs do but my bras have been tight, I can only wear a couple comfortably that I have to keep washing (well they're not comfy but I'm squeezing into them!) Keep meaning to sort out another one or two, either bigger size or maternity, but I like trying them on before buying and get tired when I shop these days!

Yes, mine went huge within the first couple of weeks (ask Alex - all my friends said it was really noticeable!) but then thankfully after first trimester didn't grow any more....

Temp 39.8 degrees now. I obv feel great...

poor janey! Any idea what it is?

merkin and alex, my boobs grew loads early on, but luckily then settled down for a while. I would recommend just buying normal bras in bigger sizes- those non-wired maternity bras are actually not so supportive. As pregnant women might not feel so gorgeous all the time anyway, there's no reason to also add ugly bras and droopy-lookikng boobs to that.

Victor has put on almost a kilo in a month. No wonder I feel like a cow..

I hope you feel better soon Janey. Having a newborn is tiring enough without illness adding to it.

My boobs didn't grow until mid-30's weeks. I was really looking forward to the novelty of massive norks as well.

I have expressed for the first time this morning which yielded 95ml after about 40 minutes and 2 attempts on each boob immediately after a short feed. This doesn't seem very much, how much do you get Janey and Purple? Elodie generally feeds little and often due to the tongue tie so it's not entirely surprising that I couldn't get more in one go. How many mls are your babies currently taking in one expressed feed? I am not going to give her any expressed for a few weeks, I am just building up a freezer stash so it's not really a problem if it's not enough at the moment.

Merk, mine got huge very quickly, probably went up 2 sizes by 10 weeks. Thankfully they stopped around 18/20 weeks. I'm currently 36e and started as a 34 c/d. Eeek.

Hope you feel better soon Janey!!

Ahh yeah I did look at the NCT classes but they looked a bit full on, no way my OH would be up for that. I'm going to do the NHS ones and the the pregnancy yoga classes, they go through relaxation, breathing etc etc and they are hour classes each week for 6 weeks so should be quite nice.

No idea what it is. But I only have the fever and aches and pains that go with that, so hopefully it's nothing scary like mastitis or an internal infection from my c section... Bloody hell though, looking after a newborn when you have a fever results in a whole new level of exhaustion!

mother my DH didn't get a choice on NCT. Poor guy has the breastfeeding class on his birthday

Really hope you feel better soon janey and your temp goes down

Hope you feel better soon janey!
Well I had a seep yesterday after some panic over lack of movement and have been having some small contractions for the whole morning!
Lets see what happens x

That sounds very promising Lol. I hope this is the start of things for you.

Oh exciting, good luck lol!

Oh and cavort re expressing it really depends on time of day. In middle of night or first thing in the morning I usually get 120-150ml now (was less when I started) in about 10-15 mins, but in the day if I've been feeding him recently I usually get 60ml or so in the same time...

Janey how much expressed milk does he take when you give it to him? Or does it vary?

Really varies. Have been feeding him expressed milk today to avoid giving him the plague and he's been taking around 70 ml but at night he usually feeds off me and takes up to 100 mL! Greedy bugger

I mean feeds off me and then takes 100ml after. He's a real evening cluster feeder though....

Hi girls. Think I may be in labour!!!!!
Contracting every 5 min or so and have mw watching me lol. Told me they need to last 1 min each but so far bastards are only lasting about 45 sec. Don't know if things will slow down but right now I am in agony!!
Will keep you posted x