The Definitlies - May 2014ers!

[MrsFooCough]

Almost there now, May mums!

Stats page: docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvygwA-EKhURdDMwQWNNWGt0cHhmVkloazVVQ0hYNUE#gid=0

Size of baby chart: m.thebump.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-tools/articles/how-big-is-baby.aspx?MsdVisit=1

Really sorry to hear the sad family news.

Moomin it sounds like your giving OH the support he needs which is all that you can do.

Re contraception, I will be back on the mini pill initially as it doesnt affect bfeeding. Then it'll probably be sterilisation for me. My OH was petrified for me and baby when I had the prolapse and we have agreed not to have any more after this one. It upsets me as I would have several children for myself and others (surrogate) but my body seems to have had enough. Really shit as kids is the only thing im a natural at.

I'll be trying the coil after this one - I don't get on with the Pill, and the implant was awful, so fingers crossed the coil suits.

Moobaloo - that happened once when I was pg with DS1, all was fine after, but it was basically my cervix objecting, and my doc said it was best to lay off sex from then on.

I am O neg so will be having anti d soon anyway, should i phone someone and try and get it sooner or will it be ok to ask my mw about it next week at my 24 week appt?

Thanks for replies x

I would ask someone now :)

Don't want to pee on anyone's bonfire but the reason I am on this thread with dc3 is because of catastrophic failure of copper coil! V happy and excited about baby now but just saying ;)

Feel rubbish today. Bumped into a colleague today's who is due 2 weeks before me. She looks wonderful, so healthy and with a perfect little bump. She was very slender before with a beautiful, willowy figure and now it is just like she's exactly the same as pre pregnancy just having swallowed a pea. On the other hand, i Have rotten cold that I think is morphing into a chest infection, red nose and eyes from all the congestion, flabby tummy that everyone has said "oh god you're MASSIVE for 21 weeks" dry skin rubbish hair and nails from all the previous puking and a constant nausea that makes me feel like I'm on a boat all the time. Combined with a faint whiff of vicks vapourub and the fact that i am so knackered because every time I move in bed I wake up as my hips and or tummy or calf muscles spasm, I am afraid that I had very uncharitable thoughts after seeing her. Wished the pox on her pretty glowing face and lankness to her glossy hair. And wanted to cry. Which I may have done a tiny bit on the way home in the car.

Our hospital policy is after 14 weeks every knock I tummy or sign of a bleed u need to go in!! My cousin had
Post coital and got bollocked by te midwife by not going in!I

It's all to do with the anti bodies that can effect baby! Please ring now

Moobaloo - you need to be seen as Rhesus neg for any bleeding. It's nothing to worry about for positives though, unless its prolonged. I always have old blood after sex when pg.

Contraception: I am going to be sterilised. Considering condoms, the mini pill, Mirena coil and vasectomy have all failed it's my only option really. I was so done with having babies after #4 I won't regret being sterilised when #5 arrives.

Aww dobe, sorry to hear how bad your hips are. Glad to hear you've got a sympathetic gp.

Moobaloo hope you're ok. Sounds like a good idea to ring the midwife.

I think I might try the injection too. I feel a bit the same as moomin, a bit squeamish about the coil, I know that sounds silly though

Hiya, I called and am now off to delivery suite for bloods and anti d injection. Thanks for the advice (but I really just want to go to bed instead, hospital is ages away!) as a total newbie to this I only want to do best for my baby but it's scary when you don't have a clue!

Hope you all have lovely evenings!

Xx

Good luck moo x

Good luck moo, hope they get you sorted quickly.

Glad to hear they're taking action dobe. I have to say, I don't know how those of you with toddlers and pgp or other pregnancy aches and pains cope. I briefly pushed my friend's toddler's buggy today and it really hurt my hips - figured I'd better stop since they say not to push a trolley etc but it must be a nightmare when you don't have any choice about it!

Re contraception, I'll probably go back on the pill, breastfeeding allowing. It didn't seem to take long for my cycle to get back to normal for ttc so generally seems to work well for me.

I was on the implant prior to ttc but what I did find that once id come off it that it was like a big sigh of relief for my hormones! I didn't realise it but it was making me really cranky and grumpy and not like me at all- so I'm going to be trying out another method. I'm crap at remembering to take the pill (hello dd1) and REALLY don't fancy the coils.... So I guess it's injection for me too but the reliability worries me. I know a friend who fell pg on the injection and I really don't want three dc!

Hello everyone! Glad you got it sorted other Moo. Hope it's not too late a night.

Sorry for those struggling with things esp back problems. I had history of back problems going back 14 years , thankfully I'm managing well with daily physio routine and not too many extra pregnancy niggles so far.

For the person with sacroiliac joint prob , a serola belt is v good. I've used one before.

Had physio (private) MOT / check today and doing ok so far so hers hoping!

On another matter woke up breathless and faint on my back last night. Oooops. Trying my theraline beady pillow behind me tonight so I don't roll on back again. Bump isn't even that big yet!

As for contraception.. I have no idea!

Random questions for everyone. Has anyone else found that loads of the people they know are due in May/June? I have now found 11 women I know who are due then. I know maybe 2-3 others who are due either earlier or later but then huge numbers who are due when I am. I don't know if it is just a coincidence or whether other people have found the same?

Thanks for the tip re the serola belt clearly. I've seen them recommended before and am planning to discuss with my physio at my next appointment. Just slightly concerned it would make the muscles more lazy if you see what I mean.

Moobaloo I have experienced bleeding straight after sex whilst I've been pregnant. I mentioned it to my midwife and she wasn't concerned. My blood type is positive though so I guess that's why.

Had a bit of a freak out yesterday. I was sitting on the bed and all of a sudden felt a small amount of fluid run down my leg. It was like CM, but it was the consistency of water. Called the hospital midwife as it was in the evening and again they didn't seem concerned. Scary when it's the first time, had terrible thoughts I was leaking amniotic fluid, no repeat experiences and lots of movement today so feeling better now.

Think we'll go back to using condoms once baby arrives. I'm really forgetful so the pill isn't great for me, and never liked the idea of more long term contraceptive so always used condoms and me and DH must be one of the few people who don't mind using them.

Randdom I'm so jealous you know loads of people due in May/June. I don't know anyone pregnant at all! Think perhaps 2 Facebook friends are pregnant but they are people I haven't seen from school. I really want some preggo friends as mine of my friends are pregnant or have kids. Hopefully will meet some at antenatal/baby classes.

Still thinking of Alyss and wishing her well. Hope her baby is doing well and staying put in Alyss's stomach for now.

Baby isn't kicking tonight, just wriggling! Been lying here with my hand on the bump and feeling it wriggle around under the skin, it's amazing!

I'm hoping to meet some other new mums at baby Welsh classes, I don't know anyone pregnant, or anyone with very young kids other than my cousin, whose little girl will be a year old in May, and we only see her two or three times a year.

In terms of contraception, it'll have to be something I take, as DH is allergic to latex (and non-latex condoms never fit him ~bragging~ haha) so condoms are out. Probably the pill, mini-Pill most likely as I'm a fatty, but maybe once baby's bigger and BFing is over I can get some weight shifted, so in that case I'd go back on the combined Pill in a HEARTBEAT. I loved that when taken every day I could control when my periods happened - even on hormonal contraception, my periods were horrid, so the mini-Pill was a bit of a slap in the face and I mostly ran a series of 5 or 6 packs together and had a period then, when I knew we weren't scheduled to go anywhere or do anything nice lol! I would go for the implant/injection but a) I'm a fatty so it'd be less effective and b) NOBODY AIN'T PUTTING NO SCALPELS OR NEEDLES IN ME NO SIREE; and the coil would last too long and I'm not sure it's that effective tbh.
Re: mums also due around May/June, I don't know anyone except you lot! Only one friend is currently preggo AFAIK, and she's due in mid-Feb, so nowhere near me reeeeeally. And she lives in Walsall! Long way away. Most of my friends have either stayed in academia or are single/not wanting kids until their 30s if at all, we're all 25/26 (same year at school).

Hope you didn't have to spend too long in the hospital moo.
Contraception. Hmm. How about I just never let dh near me again! if that doesn't work, I'll go back on the coil. I can't take the pill or hormones, so it's coil or condoms for us! (or two bricks to his knackers)
I wonder when the male pill comes out.

I know a couple of people due in May... I guess we aren't the only ones to forget contraception during drunken summer nights!

Last night I went to bed early (as usual) and ds came up and was chatting away to me about all his thoughts and whatnot. The whole time he was talking, the baby was going nuts! Kicking so hard I could see limbs poking out of my tummy! It was so nice. Almost like he was trying to communicate back with his brother

Aww dobe thats really sweet, baby reacts the same to my youngests voice too. I love the thought of siblings being close, my two girls just winde each other up most of the time!

Hope everything is ok moo

Re other people being pregnant, my friend is due in march (3 of our children are/will be the same ages as each other, not planned on our behalf!)
Another two mums are due that I kmow well.from school one in April he other in May.

Looks like we all enjoy sexy summers ;)

Hope you got in and out of hospital quickly Moo and they've put your mind at rest

I have a lovely close cousin in law due 2 weeks after me, then my old vet school roommate and my oldest friend both due 2 months after so despite living all over the world it'll be so lovely to have all these littleones so close in age!

Hope everyone has a lovely, pain free as possible, day!

One of my close friends, who lives about 30 mins away, is due in April, so quite nice we'll be on mat leave together and have kids the same age. I've had a few people tell me they know other people due around the same time, but no-one else I directly know. Lots of people keep saying it's a lovely time to have a baby (though that might just be one of those things people say to be nice!).