October 2013 - Countdown to D-Day!

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Baby due dates/sexes/name choices here

Falcon...... Glad that everything looks ok

Nat.....how are you today?

I love feeling the baby move but because if the SPD and heartburn, I too am almost wishing the last 9 weeks away. I just want a healthy baby in my arms now. I'm fed up with waiting

Thanks for asking after me ladies just seen the midwife she was happy with his heart rate on the hand held doppler still have protein in urine so she has asked me to do over to the hospital as he is head down with back to my left side so not in an unusual position to not be feeling movements she wants a full monitoring on him so I'm going there at 2pm so I could arrange child care to save dd sitting over there for hours on end xxx

Glad everything seems ok with u 2 falcon xx

I'm gona join in. I am so blooming uncomfortable. It's 100% worse when I sleep. I can not get comfy. Being on my back is only position I have no pain in. But same position all night is uncomfortable. Then when I eventually move onto my side it lasts 10min then I'm in agony in my pubic bone area. N my bump kinda stretches down so feels pulled at. Then in agony I turn bk to my back but then it takes a while for pain to die down. Arghhhhh.

nat im glad things seem ok and then mw and hosp are taking it all seriously.

ive got a dodgy tummy again today and keep panicing that it means im going to go into labour, like that's the only time people ever have upset tummys!! please someone reassure me its probably all normal haha

Glad all is ok Nat and falcon.

roofio I had stomach cramps yesterday but think it's just everything being squished and constipation. Try not to worry, unless they are really sharp and regular pains.

I'm the same, fed up of feeling uncomfortable/ sore/ tired and just want baby here (though not as a premmie but a full term, healthy baby!) We really are nearing the end now though so hang in there and at least we know we aren't alone. Hard for Dhs/ Dps to understand though and sometimes I feel like I'm just being a whinge.

I haven't had my urine tested since my 16 weeks apt...I forgot a sample last time and offered to go and do it but the midwife clearly couldn't be bothered and just said leave it until next time

Just ordered a cotbed..woo hoo...another item ticked off the list .

Oh dear seems like we are all a bit fed up! I had a hormonal tired cry this morning. Am literally so tired and my back hurts constantly and I don't know how I'm going to make it until October let alone then look after two little beings. Also a bit cross with DH who is always up last, I know he is the one earning the money at the moment but we go to bed at the same time each night but I get up to wee and see to ds so he gets a full nights sleep and I don't but at 6.30 when ds is up for the day why am I the one who has to get up??? Grrrrr.
Moan moan moan.
Natalie hope you get some reassurance this afternoon.
Glad it's not your waters falcon but please do keep an eye, if it didnt smell like wee then what was it?

Same here on the bad nights sleep at the moment... Lots of times up for a wee, general aches and pains, and the new thing this week is constantly wanting to turn onto my other side (which now takes effort and lots of huffing and puffing, and then have to rearrange my pillows around me!)

For the people who asked further up the thread, yes I'm the dentist, only got 8 days left (spread over the next few weeks) till I finish for 12 months. My back cannot wait!

Argh I'm 32+1. Which I read as7 weeks left. Scary. Yet to go check out our chosen pram in RL. OysterMax2 is quite new so not held at many places yet it seems. Really hope I like it when I actually see it as I have no idea what our 2nd choice would be.

23 days and counting.

Rachel I am the same with sleeping and pillow arranging. DP and I end up in seperate rooms most nights now.

Shooting i also worry about dp not pulling his weight. Like your dp my loves his sleep. He is vile in the mornings i just hope and pray he does his fair share otherwise there will be tears!

I've had a really fed up couple of weeks, post the weekend-wedding-marathon. I don't think the heat has helped (so lovely and cool here, today!) but the abrupt confrontation with my own limitations really brought me down - especially with months left to go.

However, I really want to try to enjoy this time more. This is what I really, really wanted and would have swapped my right leg for last year. I also think I'm getting off quite lightly with pregnancy problems, really. Yes my back aches and my bump hurts, but I'm fit and healthy and should try to do more to stay that way. So I set off this morning for a long walk with the dog. Nothing too taxing, just slow and steady and taking breaks to give him swimming time (which he loves). Got home two hours and five miles later feeling much better in my head.
I'm not daft enough to think that I could do this every day, but I'm going to try to do it whenever my back (and time) allows.

Glad to see that nat and falcon are both doing/feeling better! I hope this afternoon goes well nat :)

I'm going to make the most of a chance to moan too! My back is driving me insane! Constant dull ache! I have also started my maternity leave now - had a meeting at work and due to the worries last week they felt it was best that I am off and resting for the remainder of pregnancy! I'm glad in the respect that I don't have to struggle with the shifts anymore but on the other hand when I am due to go back baby may only be about 4 months old :( ... I do have the option for additional leave but that is unpaid and I don't think we will be in a financial position to do that... Arrgghh moan moan moan!!

I am enjoying the posts about dogs too! Have some great tips now for the first meeting - thank you ladies :) ... I'm both excited/nervous to see my lil dudes reaction to a tiny human! I hope they grow to be solid friends together!

I don't have a dog, just cats. One if them insists upon always sitting on me but has only been like this since I became pregnant. He won't sit on anyone else and if I'm busy, he meows at me until I sit down. Bless him

GT I saw the oyster max 2 yesterday and its lovely the only thing I would say is its a tad heavy but I was comparing to a single not another tandem. I think it would be my double of choice.

Glad everyone Is ok sleeping is not much fun at the moment but I can't get out of bed to drag myself to work either! Im still really not enjoying being pregnant I would quite happily fast forward till after the birth when she's here!

Flyer and shooting I was very surprised at how helpful dh was with night wakings. He is a lazy sleepy man otherwise. But did more then his fair share of night when off work for maternity. And then depending on his shift was really helpful. He stopped doing morning wakings when lo start sleeping through the night. But that's fair as he is at work and I'm at home all day.

ATM as he is on nights he comes home, changes lo gives milk n breakfast then wakes me at 10am! Which when you have kids is a major lay in lol

Thanks dolly. I have maclaren xlr ATM which is quite heavy to me. Will have to compare actual weight.

For those that like to symptom compare, I've been watching a YouTube channel called Bumps Along The Way since I found out I was pregnant.

They do a week by week 'bumpdate' of all the things that have happened and I find it really interesting to compare with.

She's just had her baby and they're still doing updates so I'm using it to learn what on earth to do with a newborn.

anyway, I found it quite useful, so you might too.

Here's the link:

www.youtube.com/channel/UCxL7KXCV5YW0KdPRV583VJQ

Hi roxvox sorry I crossposted then my battery died last night. Yes I do have my hands full! But I love it and wouldn't swap :-).
After reading the last 2 pages of the thread I feel like I'm getting off very lightly with this pregnancy, I do wake up in the night but I'm so shattered I go straight back to sleep this time. I sympathise with all those with spd though, I seem ok this time but last time it was really bad, physio tried to give me crutches but I had a 1 year old so I'm not sure what she thought I was going to do with them!!
Morning was 5.15 in our house today though, then ds1s
best friend arrived at 6.45 and is still here while
his mum works.
Falcon glad you got checked. Natalie hope everything is ok.

Flyer, I'll be next to jump on to the complain-train. My tailbone and lower back - ouch ouch ouch. Like GT, I'm only comfortable on my back but try to sleep on my side like the MWs recommend. Painful as F. And changing sides is a 5 minute operation, makes me feel like a whale being hoisted back into the sea.

So glad everything ok Nat and Falcon

I really need to make something healthy for dinner tonight as today's menu has consisted of 2 yum yums with coffee, a large bar of chocolate and 2 strawberry and chocolate muffins. Completely ridiculous.

MoN I had Weetabix for tea last night, so I kind of need to kick it up a gear with some vegetables or something healthy too. I am bizarelly jealous of what you've had to eat today though; it all sounds yummy!

Same here with the diet. Yesterday I had 2 scones and a cream slice for my tea (dinner to you southerners) Only bonus is dp is currently doing the Jason Vale juice diet and is making all these green healthy shakes, so i've been having them too...other than that i'm existing on sugar, sugar and more sugar!

I've always slept on my side but starting to find it a bit uncomfortable. One thing that works for me is pushing the edge of the duvet around my bump as its easy to get different thicknesses. Obviously only works if you are cold blooded like me and not suffering with the heat. Not sure when the inbuilt baby heater is going to kick in

Thanks everyone, the trace on the ctg was fine for his heart rate the doctor asked for a blood test to be done for obstetric cholestasis, and I have to go back for another trace tommorow and another one Thursday then a scan on the placenta Friday morning unless they manage to squeeze the scan in tommorow morning then they said I won't need to come in Thursday as well. Nice to no they are being thorough though. And at least they were nice to me today and no mention was made about my weight and the heartbeat was found easily with the ctg so I have absolutely no idea why that cow made such a fuss about me being fat on Saturday night! Xxx

MoN I'd kill for a strawberry and chocolate muffin at the minute That's one of your 5 a day though, right?

Has anyone found they just don't have room for food anymore? I can only eat a little until I'm full at meals now.

Falcon sorry you had a scare and Nat glad you didn't let that cow of a midwife put you off, you can always specify that you don't want to deal with her in future on your notes I think... Hope all's well with you.

A couple of people on the last thread mentioned the city mini GT - I really liked it but I think I'm going to go for the city versa because of the reversible seat... It's free returns from John Lewis and since nowhere here stocks it I'll just have to unpack it carefully and give it a go...

This is probably a stupid question about prams, but for those who already have children - what happens when a pram says suitable from 6 months if you have a baby that can pull themselves up in the bassinet before that? (can babies even do that? I don't know!!) Is it more of a weight/strength recommendation than age?

Nat I'm so pleased they are taking care of you now. I hope all the tests come back as normal and he's just a sleepy boy!

Suffering with awful heartburn today which Gaviscon can't shift (which is unusual). Also feeling really breathless this evening which is worrying me as it can be a symptom of increased amniotic fluid (which is what my last scan showed).

Just trying to catch up, chatty lot today. Glad to hear all is ok nat and falcon
Got my 'leaky boobs' badge of honour today. There should be a smiley for that