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!

life was your dd in a "normal " position then? I'm planning on no pain relief if possible as gas and air doesn't agree with me at all.

Massively disorganised here too, junior's room is still a junk pile. Mil is coming to hang curtains tmrw, not sure she can even get to the window!

A friend came to see me last week, I knew her dd was early, but I didn't know how early. Her dd was born at 34+1, that's Wednesday for me!! Getting pretty scared now, I've not had an elcs granted yet (appointment is on friday), and seem to be getting more random symptoms every day atm.

Seeing mw tmrw, so will have a good moan to her lol. Hope everyone is doing alright x

Nice to see people enjoying the weekend It started off good,spent a lovely evening on Friday with partner watching French films but not had much sleep since between being sore and uncomfortable and breathlessness. 30 weeks today so still a while to go yet unless my blood pressure keeps rising, im on methyldopa but it still fluctuates quite a bit. Anyone else got no appetite? Ive spent large part of pregnancy like this but even worse now and when I do want to eat can only manage tiny amounts.

Sorry Shelly, I have no problem eating. Rather the reverse.

Anyone got pins and needles in their hands? Mine go all tingly for no apparent reason at any time of day. MW said ignore unless painful, but its a bit odd.

shelley im having trouble eating altho im always hungry i cant eat much at a time anymore. im also 30 weeks edd is 29th but im having a c section around week 39

Yeah I'm struggling a bit now with eating. Still hungry, just dont seem to have much room for food! Getting full a lot easier.

This last bit is dragging in. 5 weeks today I'll have a baby!!!

Almost had a heart attack when got home today. Letter came through from hospital with my induction date...it was booked for today!!! Thankfully they got the date wrong on the letter and it is for 19th March and not Jan...honestly, I thought they knew something I didn't for a moment there, Phew!!

Thanks for the welcome ladies! Durham, that letter would have sent me into a full on panic! Well done for keeping you cool. I am hoping I'm going to be roughly on time, partly because I need more time to get organised! But I am also hopelessly impatient: once I'm ready, I'll be wanting this baby born straight away! Someone told me that first timers usually go late... Is that a myth?
Anyway, mass internet purchases made for baby over the weekend, so I am at least starting to catch up with getting prepared. And so many people have been so kind already with giving us stuff. My boss gave me a cot bed the other week! Totally unexpected!

Butterpuff - I didn't want an epidural with DS (wanted a home water birth in fact!) but the labour was long and painful - due to him being back to back - and I got to the point where I felt totally out of control and couldn't cope with the pain any longer. I started begging for an epidural, and even though they said I was 8cm and didn't have long to go, I wouldn't take no for an answer!

I have to say, it was the best thing for me. I instantly felt calm and relaxed and because I was fairly close to delivery I could still feel the contractions as pressure, but they no longer hurt. I actually enjoyed the pushing stage, it lasted about 30 mins and I wasn't in pain at all.

I totally understand why people want to avoid epidurals, but for me at that stage, it was a really positive thing.

As for DD's birth, it couldn't have been more different! She wasn't back to back and arrived very quickly after my waters broke, so fast that I was still at home and was completely alone - DH had gone to take DS to his mum's, still thinking I had hours to go, and the MW didn't get there in time. She was born in the hall and I then called 999, although luckily she was totally fine. So that's why I had no pain relief, although the whole thing was so much less painful than DS's birth that I didn't really need it anyway.

So now I'm wondering how labour no 3 is going to go!!

Wow life I woulda panicked if I was alone and that happened!! And if have been equally as panicked to get letter Durham!

Fondue they say it's more common for 1st time mums to go late but it's not always the case

Omg life, no offence, but that is my all time worst nightmare!!

fondue I'm sure some first time mums go over, some go early, and I know at least one baby who was born on due date. You'll be one of them! ;)

Why would I take offence? There wasn't anything I could do about it and I didn't choose for it to be like that.

But actually, in some ways it was a really positive experience to have done it all by myself. Obviously I would never choose a birth with no medical assistance, and will try and avoid that at all costs this time. But in some ways it was a very special experience to have spent the first 10 mins of DD's life just me and her. I was very lucky though that both she and I were fine - if she hadn't been breathing or something...well it doesn't bear thinking about. It was also terrifying for DH to arrive home to a paramedic car and an ambulance outside the house!

Hey everyone just checking in! Been a bit absent from here as been busy at work and then and visitors over the Xmas break so been away enjoying our wonderful summer weather!

Hope everyone is feeling well. Single digit countdown is on only 8 weeks to go yikes! Baby has turned from breech to head down and central and 1/5 engaged - good baby! Measuring well, heart rate good and my bp good today too. So thing seem to ge going well. Still suffering with sciatica and lower back pain but still seeing osteopath too.

Almost finished the nursery and bought car seat, jungle gym and other bits and bobs. Next on the list is hospital bag!!

Wow life, what contrasting experiences. Actually, your description of ds's birth mirrors my back to back dd. For me, an epidural was absolutely the right thing at the time.
I wonder what we'll get this time!

Thanks for sharing Life.

Really, really different experiences for you then, must make you wonder what will happen next! With you and DD both being well your second sounds like an incredible experience. First not so much, I hope that baby is not back to back for me as it sounds like from your experience that I may want an epidural if he/she is and our MLU doesn't offer one. Its 20 minutes drive to the local hospital if I was desperate. Looks like I will have to try to persuade bump to get into the right position now.

I have a day off tomorrow, going shopping with Mum to look for baby things, top of this list is pram/snow suits. Anyone have any recommendations on where to look?

Back for more rambling.

We haven't found out the sex of our baby. Yesterday the MW said she guessed boy after doing her tests, prodding and listening.

Just wondering if anyone had experiences of MW's guessing correctly or wrongly in the past. I think most people who know me are leaning towards boy.

morning ladies. baby elijahs carseat should be here tomorrow along with the rain cover for it. ive added lots of baby products into my online shop ready to check out too and things for my hospital bag. will still need to get more nappies and wipes and breast pads and nipple cream and one more of these www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00JFUND00/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1421758726&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&dpPl=1&dpID=41HlJhhpENL&ref=plSrch then a few lovelly outfits and socks and booties and thats me done

I dont know how she could possibly tell the sex from bump feeling and listening to the heartbeat butter, she sounds ridiculous!

My OH is doing my head in. Got home from work yesterday and he was being right strange. Quiet, unresponsive etc. Such a change as he is normally hyperactive and a complete pest! He was out at his friends saturday night and stayed over as weather was too bad for me to go get him or to get a taxi, so I can't help but think he's done something he shouldnt have and now feels bad. He says he's just tired and has bad heartburn. But he also knocked back sex last night! Not like him at all!

Suppose he's maybe getting scared now. Or just needs some down time. But its awful when I'm feeling so hormonal and paranoid!

Oh I don't think she was basing her guess on anything more than sixth sense or old wives tales Gudgy she told us that she had a 50/50 chance of being correct. Maybe she looked at bump shape - most people use some kind of old wives tale. I guess I was just wondering if a MW's sixth sense is any better than the rest of my family!

Sorry your OH is driving you mad. Could it be that he enjoyed the freedom of staying out and probably drinking late and realised that would be more difficult once baby arrives? Anything baby related can turn my DH from bouncing around on top of the world to a terrified little boy. When I first told him we had a BFP he went mute for three days.....and we were trying and he was getting annoyed at it taking as long as 3 months to be successful!

I just think she was being pretty silly guessing like that being a medical professional! We all know the old wives tales are mostly bollocks anyway arent they? I heard one where apparently if their heartbeat sounds like a train its a girl, or a train if its a boy,or the other way about? Mines has never sounded like any!!

If thats the reason then hes being out of order!! He's been out or at least drinking almost every week since the start, I'm now 33 weeks so he's known for a while what's happening. He's almost 30 for goodness sake, he should be grown up by now! I'm going to have one baby, I dont want another big sulking one. If he told me that's how he felt, fine, we'd deal with it, but to sit and sulk in his own world just isnt on.

If it helps my one is 37 and still has moments of mute. Gets used to it and seems fine then gets all freaked out again and goes funny. Luckily at the moment destroying the house is keeping him distracted. But then I know why he is acting weird as it always happens around baby discussions, revelations etc. and I find it cute because I know he is taking it far too seriously and panicking about things like university fees

Sounds like you might just have to ask what he is playing at.

Butter she's probs just having fun guessing and maybe rolled s few old wives tales together, e.g shape, heartbeat rate and how high/low your bump sits!

Gudgy the trail is the boy and galloping horse is a girl, it's to do with boys more commonly having a slightly lower heart rate than girls! I went with my friend a few months ago and said after hearing heartbeat she was having a boy, defo sounded like a chugging train, she had a boy 2 weeks later! Know these are all a load of crap probs but it makes the guessing game fun!

Pressed send too soon- gudgy do you think it's maybe all becoming more "real" to him now and he's maybe just a little scared?

Just leaving work and I guarantee he is sleeping when I go in! If he's not in a better mood when he wakes up he's getting told he's not on. I have enough on my plate being heavily pregnant and working full time without coming home and tip toeing around playing guessing games with him.

ARGH MAN CHILD!!!