October 2014 #9 - Into the home straight we go, 3rd trimester here we come!

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Keep up the chitter chatter ladies!

Thanks ladies - I needed to hear some sense xx

And fedup if you have any out of date biscuits - send them this way. Though I doubt that out of date biscuits ever exist.

They do in my house yellow! I was obsessed with some biscuits in first trimester and now are out of date as don't want them any more - make me feel sick as associate with ms! They just go a bit soggy though don't they!

bugs the worry worm has got me at least 4 times this week. Mostly regarding lack of movement. But baby has been having a lovely day today!

Oh and I weighed myself. 1st 11lbs. Bit scary. Not worried about losing it just not sure of that's too much. Probably on a par with ds to be honest. Will ask the mw about it on Monday.

That's weight gain, obviously not how much I weigh!!!'

I think the pregnancy worry and paranoia is actually the body's way of readying you to be a Mum. The worry is a really useful skill once you have a helpless wee one to look after and tend to day and night. It really is.

Another key food poisoning risk for preggo mums is because the stomach cramps associated with severe food poisoning can trigger uterine cramps and premature labour. But you honestly, honestly won't get this from a one day too elderly salad xx

gunwalloe that's exciting! What date is it booked for? We're due sections the same time right?

I like that idea Yellow! Hopefully it means I'm readier than I thought! fedup I've turned into such a worrier this pregnancy. Before I was SO relaxed about everything. Now, I'm verging on insanity. In fact, after raw chicken Monday, I think I was insane for a few hours.

My plan to stay home today to avoid any problems has just been screwed up by finding a black widow in the garden. I hadn't even thought about insect proofing the baby's cot etc. Now I'm convinced a giant spider will come and take her to its lair in the night. Ridiculous.

I don't know what my pre-preggo weight was exactly but I've gained about 10kgs (22lbs) just since my booking-in appointment 18 weeks ago, oops. The ravenous appetite seems to have calmed down and my sweet tooth has gone though (I'm back to wanting cold things and tangy fruit), so hopefully I'll be back on an even keel weight gain wise for the next while at least. Got my 30 week check on Monday, if they ask to weigh me I'm stripping down to my smalls
And I'm with everyone else fedup, a wee bit of droopy lettuce will be fine!

I only found out about whopping cough from you ladies, my midwife didn't even mention it today and when I asked she just said oh it's summer you dont need it and it depends on whether your area is prevalent to it as to whether your GP offer it. Wasn't impressed, rang GP and booked it for next week. I know London is a busy place but gosh those midwives seem clueless, had to ask about antenatal, hospital tour and blood tests myself!

I did some proper reading of my notes the other night. I have previously had some food 'issues'/eating disorders, and really didn't want to know my weight - I've not known my weight for about 4 years, instead I go on clothes size/measurements. After I accidentally saw my weight on my chart on Tuesday, I sat in the waiting room trying to calculate how much I might have put on based on knowing my BMI was high at the booking in appointment. I worked out I'd put on a stone, which I was pretty happy with - from a starting weight that gave me an 'overweight' BMI.

THEN, when I actually read my notes properly, turns out I'd got the wrong number, AND had done my calculations between stone and kilos wrong. In total I've put on 10lbs. Which a) seems like nothing, how is that possible? and b) is brilliant - if I manage to not put on too much more, I'll not have much to lose to get back to pre-pregnancy over-weightness. Hopefully this also means I'll be able to end up post pregnancy lighter than I started. I could do with being two stone lighter than my booking in weight.

Regards the eating problems though, the minute I knew my weight, I started to stress about what I was eating, yet up until then I had just eaten as I fancied - clearly with no harm done. Sometimes I hate my brain and its weirdness.

Meanwhile I feel massive, and the heat is really sapping any hint of energy I had. I hope it cools down soon.

goats I think a lot of my weight gain is fluid not fat. I think I'm one of those people that gains a lot in that way. With ds I put on about 3.5 stone but lost 1.5 pretty easily. It was 2 stone that was fat I think. I think a 10lb weight gain is fine - I was just worrying mine was too much for this point, particularly as I really don't look like I've gained almost two stone! I'm normally quite slim too so the crazy face stuffing I do in first trimester does set me off on a weight gain foot. Another reason why I think a lot of it is fluid is that with my mc that I got to 12 weeks I was eating the same as a healthy preg as felt really sick but only gained 4lbs compared to almost a stone with ds.

Please don't worry about what you are eating now - I know that's not easy for someone with a history of eating probs. it's inevitable you will gain some weight but howich each person gains is very individuals and you know how to lose it safely for when you are ready to get back to pre preg weight. I have an anorexic friend and she struggled with being preg too, but somehow even though she's not happy with her post preg body yet, she loves what it's produced so more calmer out it - if that makes sense. Before she would have been out running for 2 hours at 5 am, now she's cuddling her gorgeous little boy and may do half an hour run later in the day.

Interestingly. I have only been weighed twice and don't think I will be again - once at booking in and once at 12 wk scan. I just read rapid gain can be a sign something is up so got me worried AGAIN.

I'm with you porcito. Total nut job this pregnancy. When we had those crazy thunderstorms I was worried water would come through our roof and somehow ds would get struck by lightening that would travel via the water. Mad I know but I was moving his cot away from the wall!! I think if I lived in a spider zone I too would stress about that. Can't you use one of those mozzie net things?

Thanks for the reassurance re the salad saga everyone. I will prob stress for a few days then calm it down! Waiting for baby to move this morn to hopefully appease me a bit.

captain 23rd Sept it seems so weird knowing the date unless emergencys on the day bump me back.

Omg, woke up with the worst leg cramps last night! Ouch!

Any tips?!

Thanks fedup, I know I need to chill out about it, and might be able to now I've finished work. What I've noticed, which is really interesting, is that since I've not really been eating with my boyfriend, and sorting out my own choices (which are not always about having a proper meal etc), then I've enjoyed food more in general. Turns out that the whole 'three meals a day' thing that I was brought up on, and sort of insisted on carrying on, doesn't work for me.

My SIL is anorexic, has 2 kids, and says that since having them, her eating has been much better. She wax scared the same as me that she'd pass on food issues, so I'll have to take a leaf out of her book.

Cooler and rainy today... how lovely..

Fed up I gain a lot of fluid too. When my waters went last time it was spectacular and despite putting 3.5 stone on in the pregnancy - a week after I'd had him over 2 stone of that had gone! The night sweats in that week had been horrific mindst. The rest was porn star boobies and a cake enhanced arse breast feeding stores? Which sadly disappeared from 8 weeks when I had to cut out dairy . So weight gain, highly idiosyncratic and don't worry about losing it - BF (700 calories a day!!!), toddler chasing and baby lifting are great ways to burn calories.

Goats that's great you have been eating what you like and only put on 10lbs well done. I've put on a stone it seems, although I can't really notice it so happy with that. Sure you will drop the weight pretty quickly too after birth, you seem like an active thing!

Had my whooping cough yesterday - was fine but it does give you an achy arm. I think with most babies being born oct and not getting their first jabs til 8 weeks after then it'll be going towards winter so can be no bad thing at all to have it surely?

I'm having whooping cough vaccine on Monday morning and a check up on Tuesday afternoon.
Baby was very quiet yesterday and I was getting worried but this morning she is lepping around.

Blimey- 11 pages to catch up on after being away for a week. Enjoyed the sling/carrier chat. Too many choices!
Hope you've all coped ok in the heat- it was >30 degrees every day so lots of lying in the pool. Got massive cankles/ feet at the mo. not attractive!
I think I've put on more than 2 stone already, pretty sure a lot is water, my boobs and thighs ballooned in the first 8 weeks. Refusing to weigh myself until end of Sept, I'm scared if I'm honest
Right off to get through a mountain of washing and food shopping

Morning all :)

No idea about weight gain here, and I haven't booked the whooping cough vaccine yet . I have my 28 week app next week so presumably the midwife will let me know how they do things here...

Well baby has jumped back into action...I think like some others have said it must have turned around the other way so I wasn't feeling kicks in the usual places. Now its back doing ninja kicks out the front of my belly I'm worried he prefers to be back to back and I will die of pain during labour lol!

Gosh what miserable weather today...Dd is in some weird annoying mood and dp is still sulking about the car situation and then the laptop broke yesterday so it's the end of the world around here! Happy Saturday!

Horrendous weather here too, it's supposed to be nice here tomorrow though and I'm off work on Monday so we're having my parents over for a bbq, so today I aim to have a lazy day out of the rain, researching baby names - so far we only have one boy's name shortlisted :-/ and try to listen to my natal hypnotherapy cd without passing out!
Munday I think a good bit of my weight gain is water as well as I can't see an enormous difference to my body other than bump - bum, upper thighs and boobs are bigger but not hugely so. Hope everyone else is having a nice weekend so far.

I've piled on the weight but wasn't really bothered until I tried on a pre pregnancy bikini the other day. Obviously wasn't expecting to slip into it but wow. Where did ALL that cellulite come from?! The cheese, Coke and McDonald's diet probably isn't doing a great deal to help it.

Does anyone know anything about sleep sacks? Sorry if it's been talked about before, I've only just started buying stuff as the 2 month panic sets in. There was one on JoJoMamanBebe in the sale for 10 but now it's all sold out. Are they instead of sheets, as well as sheets, just for naps? Clueless...

We tried out some swaddle stuff at NCT the other night, and think we're going to go down that route (turned out that boyfriend had done a load of research into swaddling that he hadn't told me about - surprise!). I'm going to get a couple of swaddle blankets along with some bigger muslins and see what works. Trying them from Gro I think - £12.50 for a blanket.

Then when it's a bit older (by which I mean 6 - 8 weeks), if it's big enough, then we'll do the sleeping bags. Hoping that my SIL will pass hers on, since both of the nephs were in sleeping bags when they were big enough.

And same porcito - suddenly had an aargh moment that we don't have anything for a baby. I'm going to do the whole lot tomorrow or Monday online. Have a list of what I want from where, if it's not in the sales then I'll just wait for some bits and buy it at full price.