February 2014 - is there an octopus in there?

[LittlePandaBear]

Okay I don't like to run out of things, even threads, so here's the new one.

Can't remember who described their baby kicking like an octopus but it's very true :)

thingy am so glad you said that about the BH, my bump has been going hard a lot late lately and I never know if it is bean turning or the BH. It's always reassuring when others have the same symptons.

Sorry for all the house hassle, and hope it does get sorted.

Think i need to buy my advent calendar asap so I'll be ready for sunday! Can't believe it's already dec it doesn't seem two minutes since it was June and my BFP. Think this counts as the last stretch :)

winter get thee to the shops pronto (well, tomorrow) - our Sainsburys was down to the dregs in the calendar department. Luckily I managed to hunt out a couple of Lindt ones behind the Kinnerton choc nonsense.

I've been reading What to expect the first year - got it out the library but think I might buy a copy. It's broken down month by month and is super informative, non judgemental, simple. I was a bit meh about buying any books as there's so much info on the internet and a lot of them do seem highly agenda-d but maybe having one or two would be a good idea!

Thanks for the tip off Jazzcat - duly ordered.

I could actually cry tonight I have such terrible heartburn that Zantac isn't touching it, and at the other end I have seriously painful stabby pains under my bump. I'm guessing it's IBS but it could be pain from the irritable uterus my midwife thinks I have.

After being up for 3 hours last night with DS, and possibly facing the same tonight, I was in bed at 8 ready for sleep but as soon as I lay down the acid reflux got me.

Sorry to moan and be all me me me but ouch

Self pity post aware: up for the last 2 hours thanks to next-door neighbour inexplicably yelling 'big bums' very loudly in the garden . Now boiling hot, wide awake, no position is remotely comfortable, terrible acid, can't breathe properly, face neck and hands all weirdly swollen and baby is ceaselessly trying to beat it's way out of my uterus via my abdomen (this is no longer cute, baby, just very uncomfortable indeed. Pack it in, please)... Finally got up, cleaned the kitchen, now on my second cup of tea and fed up. Apart from the getting-a-baby-at-the-end-of-it bit, pregnancy sucks balls.

Who's setting up the next thread? Please may I suggest February 2014- "If I got a massive dildo in the post I would be very happy! Plus they don't get you pregnant do they!!!!"

lastnight and notone hope you manged to get some relief and some sleep eventually.

Day off today . New test: can I get close enough to the floor for long enough to fit the kick boards to the kitchen cupboards...? I think I know what the answer is but dh's take on it is that I shouldn't have put it off for 3 months after promising I'd do it in August he may have a point

Great thread name Shrops! I say let's do it!

Sorry you had a crap nights sleep notone. Can you go back to bed this morning?

How many weeks are you again, Thingy?
I've noticed my bump goes hard when I go on my exercise walks and I don't know whether to worry about that or not.
It doesn't feel like a tightening, it's just when I prod it, so I've been hoping it's not BH. If it is, could I have an irritable uterus? That would mean I'd have to avoid the walks, I think - wish I knew! I've talked to the Tommy's pregnancy line midwife about it and honestly she wasn't very helpful.

I'm terrified something will go wrong before I'm due.

If I got a massive dildo in the post I'd think - damn, can't use that til after feb because I'm paranoid about introducing infections/ annoying my cervix!

Morning all. Loved shrops new thread title, made me giggle at 6am after a shitty night's sleep!

I'm so so so pleased it's Friday. Even though I have to work the weekend, at least it's from home (well, my parent's home) and I get to see my lovely family. My bump has grown lots since I saw them 6 weeks ago, and I'm sure my little nephew will have grown lots too. My sis has set aside some maternity clothes for me, I'm not sure any of them will fit me as she's 6 inches shorter and 2 dress sizes smaller than me. But if just one top or jumper fits me I'll be a very happy girl.

I hope everyone has good Fridays and the pain/discomfort eases off for those of us struggling with it.

I got about 3 hours broken sleep in the end. Was in so much pain better now but v tired and a full on day ahead. 3 year olds have no empathy so he's not going to let me rest!!

shrops fab thread title

I am working from home again today which is much needed after almost no sleep. My arm is so sore and stiff from the WC jab I had on Wednesday so I can't lie on my left side. So I try lying on my back which then hurts after 10 mins. So I roll onto my right side which also strangely hurts after 10 mins. Each roll taking a lot of huffing and puffing as not only do I have a bump and a sore left arm but also suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome (numb hands at night). All in all a rubbish 3rd trimester so far for me but really can't complain too much as the first 2 were a breeze compared to some of you.

Yours sounds more like the baby moving into a comfier position while you are moving julie but its so hard to tell isn't it. I think BH contractions feel like an all over pressure or tightening but the hardening does correlate with BH.
I'm nearly 31 weeks (always working ahead to the next week ). Mine happen when I rest and they take my breath away sometimes. I remember having lots of strong BH contractions with my second throughout the third tri so perhaps some people are more prone to them, I wouldn't worry.
Love the new title idea.
Today is the first time someone has offered me a seat on the bus! Was it the 20 or 30 something men or one of the teenagers? No, of course not, it was a little old lady who offered when I got thrown down the bus.

Love the tread title shrops - do it!

Sorry so many have the dreaded Preggo insomnia. I thought is escaped last night but have been awake since 5.22 atleast I can have a lazy day. Good luck to those of you who will have to be functioning human beings today! I agree turning over in bed is a pain! I might get one of those slidey bed things someone posted the other day (can't remember who it was sorry!) - I showed DH expecting him to scoff but he thought it was a good idea and proceeded to replicate the huffing and puffing noises I make when I have to rotate!

Gosh I need to go and buy some fruit today! The novelty of living on meals out is wearing off (alas I couldn't resist the cooked brekkie again today). I think I'll need to go veggie for a few weeks when we eventually get home!

Sorry to hear about all of you who haven't managed to get decent job cover in yet. It's a nightmare isn't it. Try not to worry or feel guilty though - all of our employers have had plenty of notice about the babies so it's their fault if they've left advertising so late.

If it helps the teachers at all - the guy covering me did a not great lesson and they were really unsure about hiring him but he's actually turned out to be pretty good and is doing well. I know that doesn't always happen (god we have had some awful supply in!) but sometimes a bad lesson might not mean an awful teacher. Fingers crossed everyone's employers get cover sorted soon. Time to be productive! Wanna get some reports written today as cover guy doesn't know the kids so I want to do it and then I need to bloody make some of my Christmas pressies which are slowly coming along but a long way off finished! Hope you all have good days and have lovely things planned this weekend x

Another one suffering from the joys of insomnia still. Love the new title Shropshire!

Good morning! So sorry to hear about the broken sleep you're getting - nothing worse than trying to function when all you want to do is close your eyes (I know, remind me that I signed up for this in a couple of months' time will you?). Would it help to make a nest on the settee and sleep upright? If I nap during the daytime I'm normally on an incline, which wouldn't work so well for sore hips, but if you can kind of self-swaddle/cocoon in a duvet and pillows would you be able to sleep?

There are some stretches on the Spinning Babies website (awfully put together website, but helpful on the content for turning breech babies) like this one:
spinningbabies.com/techniques/activities-for-fetal-positioning/side-lying-release
which might be worth a try?

For those of you not on FB group:

Not sure if this was a glitch or a genuine thing but when I downloaded updates to my Mothercare app on my iPhone I got sent another £10 off when you spend £50 code alert (a few days later). They currently have 20% off everything including existing offers until 2nd December so some bargains to be had if you order through your app with the new code and the 20% deal.

I'm usually awake for a few hours a night but it doesn't sound as bad as some, so I shall not complain!

However, the vomiting is back with a vengeance (knew I shouldn't have jinxed it yesterday) - had one in bed this morning and another on the loo at which point waste was being evacuated from three orifices simultaneously. Horrific.

I have read in a few places that sleeping in a sitting position can be good for acid/heartburn so gnitting's suggestion could be a good one to try.

Ouch marzi that sounds like a truly horrendous simultaneous hat trick, you poor thing. Managed to avoid puking this morning thank goodness and it sounds like I'm doing much better than most in the sleep department so counting my lucky stars on that front.

Interesting to see others wondering whether bump pains and tightenings are BH or baby moving as I've been having similar thoughts. I fairly often get a really sore hard patch on my bump (in different places) which i definitely don't remember getting in my last pregnancy. I generally assume the baby has shifted into an awkward position but then often when I feel the whole bump it does feel fairly hard/tight so maybe it's BH. Are they supposed to be painful? It usually passes fairly quickly.

Shrops the new thread title is inspired. Other people who see it will run a mile! Wonder if someone has received a secret santa gift this morning on that note. I need to get shopping, have done nothing about mine yet!

Working from home today which is bliss. Laundry on, slippers on, a small amount of work being achieved, perfect!

I had to sit up in bed until 1am because of the heartburn/acid reflux. No way you can lie down with it but then the sitting position made my bum/hips/legs ache.

Guess I've been super lucky with my jabs as neither arm has been sore enough to cause problems sleeping.

Gosh marzi - I think you win the prize for grimmest pregnancy event thus far. You poor thing

I get a really hard top of bump frequently in the afternoon. No idea what it is - maybe just eating too much food...

Marzi that sounds awful you poor thing. Hope you're feeling a bit better now. Is it def still preg related or could you have caught a bug?

Aw thank you for all the sympathy! It's def pregnancy related - it has the same feeling, if that makes sense?! Just nauseous rather than crampy. However, it's soooo many million miles better than it was earlier this year that it doesn't really bother me all that much. And as Loves always says, I am going to feel AMAZING after I've given birth! :)

Hi all,

Sorry to hear some of you are having such rubbish sleep. I have been the same and the other night I actually started having a major panic moment. I had been so tired I went to bed at 8pm and at 1am I was still tossing and turning. I suddenly had an irrational anxiety moment where I decided there was no way I could cope with a new born and sleepless nights and came to the conclusion he would have to be adopted as being so tired was going to ruin my life make me depressed and affect my children.

So after falling asleep at about 3am I woke up feeling normal again, be it very tired. And can't believe I was thinking like that.

Anyway the bit I wanted to get to is, I had a bath on Wednesday night. Haven't had one of those in a long time (I do shower honest). It was very very hot and I just lay there for an hour with some lavender in the bath. After I felt too hot and regretted having the bath. BUT! And here is the exciting bit, I had the best nights sleep of my whole pregnancy so far. Did not toss and turn all night and only needed to go for a wee at about 6am. So maybe we all need to be taking very hot baths with lavender.

Last night however, I was too tired to run a bath and yet again I slept badly. And the addition of my little girl wetting the bed and having to get up and change all her covers at 3am.

So some good and not so good news!

I started my work at the school finally, suddenly I have no time to do anything. But enjoying being busy and a new challenge. I have been put with year 6's and I have only ever worked in infants before. So it's really great doing something new. I never would have chosen to work with year 6's as would have been worried about attitude. But apart from one girl all seems ok.

Teachers, you may advise me here. This girl was so rude to me (testing new teacher) and told me her name was something it wasn't. So here I am calling her the wrong name and she thinks its hilarious, her and the girl next to her are in fits of laughter. When I ask her to get on with her work she just says no and carries on being silly. So I asked the Teacher what she would usually do if a child is consistently rude. She told me the consequence and I did this for the girl. She was not very happy with me but hasn't been rude since. So I am hoping that I have done the right thing. I just have always been very soft and gentle in my approach to working with children. I don't want that to change but I am thinking I may have to be a bit more stern at times as they seem to think I am a bit of a push over. Also it's hard only being a helper as I don't feel like I have the authority of the teachers.

Another bit if good news, my friend is throwing me a baby shower tomorrow. It's only a small group of us about 5/6 I don't know exactly who is coming as she has not let me be involved its all a surprise. It's a bit early I know but didn't want it to get in the mix of Christmas and new year as then everyone would be busy. Plus as I may have prem baby late January may be too late. So I am quite excited to see all my girlies all together and eat cake.

Bad news is that DH is not entitled to Paternity leave as he is new to the job. Which means he will have to use his annual leave. Which in turn I know means he won't take more than a week. I wanted him home for 2 weeks that might be greedy but I am worried about school runs and getting myself together in the morning. So I just wanted a few weeks to he used to things. Oh well I suppose I am lucky to have even that. DH and I were separated when our first was born so I didn't have anyone at home then and that was hard. At least I have him home for a week.

And to end on a good note, I am really excited about the secret Santa I have decided on one little thing but just have to think of the other thing to add. I am buying for baby is that ok?