March Mummies 2015 - second tri continues with ever growing bumps, boobs and babies

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New thread - have lost count which number it is!

Same here, feels very low down. At 28 week midwife appointment he was head down and I was measuring 1 1/2 weeks big. I went to see the consultant today (I thought it was for a growth scan but it wasn't) he measured me again, again baby head down and now 31 weeks and measuring 33 1/2 weeks! My bloods and urine are all fine. In fact he says I have excellent iron levels! My reply to that was then why do I feel tired all the time. He said because you are pregnant. Anyway, he has asked me to come back in 2 weeks and if baby is still measuring big they will do a scan then. I knew I would be measuring big as everyone tells me how massive my bump is!

Have kicks down low and high too. Makes me inadvertently go 'oooo' in the street.

Just thought I'd let you know guys, my cousins son was born Thursday night, asleep. They named him Jacob, and got to spend the night with him. He fit in the palm of my cousins hand ?? Rip little man ??

That's so sad, Gudgy. I can't begin to imagine how they're feeling. And for you it must be tough as well at this time. xxx

Oh so tragic gudgy. My thoughts are with the family.

Grudgy - that is so sad.

my thoughts are with your family gudgy so sad

So sad gudgy. My thoughts are with your family.

So sorry gudgy! Thinking of you all

So sorry for all your family Gudgy too sad.

Also, hope your scan today goes well.

How's every one doing. Feeling very disorganised and worried about how to organise everything for the birth and the weeks after without dh. I've realised I'm going to need people staying with me I think because I'm not going to be able to lift toddler or deal with the dog after a csection. Feel like there's so much to work out and very little to look forward to.
Trying to make myself sell some of my dd old clothes so I can buy some for new baby but can't bring myself to.
Going to have a go at tie dying my old skanky looking muslins to see if I can give them a new lease of life. Any one know if this will work? Never tie dyed anyting in my life ha.
Going to think about doing some hospital bag shopping this week, and sewing my own breast pads and baby wipes.
Consultant apointment Friday to hopfuly get okayed on a c-section feeling quite nervous even though I know they can't really say no, taking a friend for moral support.

Had my 32w growth scan today. Baby girl is growing nicely, around 4.4lb now, but the little minx is extended breech. Legs straightened out right down, lying diaganol as I thought with her feet down towards the left of my pelvis. Her head is just above and to the right of my tummy button (can actually see this when I try and sit up from lying down!) her hands were scrunched up by her face in the scan, but there's loads of room above her head so sonographer says she 'must be doing a superman' for me to feel movement in my right ribs! She also said its difficult to move babies when they are in this position, but I'm not too fussed as I'm booked in for a section anyway.

Also, my OH doesnt think he will be able to make the next growth scan at 36 weeks a his work only give him 2 scans off. So I said I'll ask my mum. His response was, 'maybe you shouldnt, that will just start riots with my mum' EXCUSE ME?!?!?! I told him that it wasnt her daughter going in for a scan, if he couldnt make it I was bringing my mum, and if he thought his mum would feel so bad about it we just wouldnt tell her. End of. Had to take deep breaths there or else I would have exploded.

And there was me hoping to have my mum in hospital when I gave birth!! But no, cant upset the f*ckin master.

I'm confused.

Sonographer told me baby had her legs straight out and lying diaganol, just saw on google that extended breech is actually bum first. I must have misread her some way.

Feeling disorganised too fish. I don't have absent partner problems like you do. But today I have 6 weeks to go before due date and tomorrow we have builders in knocking down walls. The next week its the electrician and plumbers re-doing our wiring and heating system. We have one bump outfit bought and other than that no baby things organised. I've tie dyed before, it should take really well on muslin. Just make sure the dye/setter is baby friendly and well rinsed out after you have finished. You can get some great patterns. Sounds like a fun job to liven them up. Who will be with you for support?

I am feeling a lot more confident since my NHS antenatal class on Saturday, we had a really great calm midwife taking it who was really reassuring. She was trying to encourage me to try home birth but I think as our house may well still be a mess the local MLU which is visible from our bedroom window is a better alternative!

Glad to hear the scan went well Gudgy As I've been feeling movement the same as you and am going for a V birth I am hoping that you misheard the breach bit and that your little girl and my little yet to be determined bump are in fact lying diagonal with legs out.

Hope you manage to get your DH to sort out the MIL issue. I generally get on really well with mine. Except this week end when we went round she showed me fabric she thought would be good for the nursery curtains that she had bought the other day and informed me that Monday would be her day and she would be coming round and spending time with baby and doing some housework. I know I should be grateful, but an offer rather than a statement would have been nice. Luckily DH is very supportive and said that he would have a word with MIL when the time comes.

She defo said extended breech butterpuff :( I think I misread her when she said legs straight out, I just assumed straight down as opposed to up over the wee witches head! Funnily enough my mum just told me that's exactly the same position I was in. We're still early enough for them to shift though!

Thats a lot of work on your house so close to due date, will it all be finished for baby coming? You must have the patience of a saint!

Think theyre all just seeing me as an incubator now tbh, including him.I dont know how you managed to hold your temper when your MIL said that, that would have been the end for me. Hate all these people making a claim on MY baby!!! I think you should book a mother/baby class or meet up with your antenatal class mums on a Monday. Or thats just me being twisted!

Also though, what makes her think she will needed to do your housework

Ha, ha. All the thoughts going through my head are the ones you just wrote down! Book classes on Mondays, why oh why would I need anyone else doing my housework etc.

I think I do have a lot of patience and a high stress threshold. The house stuff should be done in three weeks, then we can get it straight and settled. Work is another stress, I'm a director and nobody seems to understand what I do so I'm not sure who will do it while I am off. Plus there has been a really serious situation with one of our colleagues that I have been dealing with which involves some serious police action with her as the victim. Those conversations are not comfortable.....I'm just ploughing on hoping it all rights itself in the end!

I might check out some spinning sites just in case my baby is breech as all the movement I have felt has been exactly the same as you have described. See if I can get the little monkey in the right place over the next few weeks.

Cant hurt to try the spinning babies website!

Oh we cant be evil or twisted then if both of us are thinking the same thing! Evil MILs. The housework thing would really irk me actually! But thats because MIL's house is spotless, constantly. I asked OH if it was like that when he was younger and he said yes as far as he can remember. I told him not to expect our house to be like that, because the baby will be allowed to make mess generally as long as she is having fun. And I wont be jumping up immediately to clean up after her! A messy child is a happy child :)

Ouch that doesnt sound good at work. When do you finish up? Hope you get it sorted before you go off, not really fair if you have to finish up with that over your head, can imagine thats something you'd want to see through to the end.

4 weeks till I finish and will probably have to hand it over, but stay in touch.

Oddly, my house is always far cleaner and tidier than MIL's who has a cleaner and doesn't do her own housework. My parents house is even more spotless still. So its not a veiled insult or anything. I know she is just trying to find ways to help, but really, she could just ask if there is anything she can do. I think having the cooking and the housework to do will be a welcome distraction to just feeding, changing and calming baby, and if it does get too much, then I can take up any offers. Strange.

I had a 4D scan yesterday, here is our little munchkin! We said right the way through that we weren't finding out the sex, and caved yesterday at 30 weeks haha! We are having a boy, which is what I really wanted. It's crazy because it's made a huge difference to how I feel, I finally feel like I'm actually going to have a baby. I've really struggled to get my head around the pregnancy, but I'm finally excited now!

Just checking in to place Mark

Hey all, I'm still here too. Regularly reading just not adding much! Hope you're all ok :). It's getting scarily close now!!

Cute pictures coastergirl glad your getting excited now.

It really is getting close, we had an NCT class last night......and we were the furthest along but one couple due the day before us. Eeek.

Really am looking forward to meeting the bump.

coastergirl my oh didnt get excited until our private scan either. he was moaning whenever i looked at baby things and didnt seem too bothered about thinking of names. as we had a lot of trips to hospital and all our scans were anxious ones up until then i put it down to that. when we found out he was a boy oh was instantly thinking of names and slowly started talking about him more. hes still not super excited hes just not that kind of guy but he will be totally in love with him the day he is born

Ladies, dont answer if you dont want to, but are all of you still having sex?

We havent in a few weeks :( we cant do it ahem 'from behind' because of my stitches, but doing it normal missionary is scaring me. Feel as though he's squashing the baby. I'm 32+3 now.

I've been trying to 'please' him in other ways, but I can't even give him a BJ now because my gag reflex is so sensitive :(

I feel so bad. But tbh I'm just not in the mood right now! Nipples are sore as well.

Me and DP are still DTD, still managing missionary as long as he's lifter higher off me or kinda sitting while I'm lying back! Don't worry about squashing baby as long as he doesn't put all his weight on you, baby is well protected in there