August 2015 part 3

[Dozygirl]

New thread for all due in August 2015

Happy Friday! Another week down. 30 weeks today, finally! I'm glad to be out of the 20's, they seemed to drag a bit! I'm bloody knackered today. I woke up THREE TIMES to pee last night, three times!! So bloody annoying and feel like the walking dead today.

Frolic my book is the Maggie Howell Effective Birth Preparation one. I think I paid a tenner on Amazon.

Lily Aw that's fab news about your SIL! And great that the babies will be so close in age, lovely to have cousins that you're close to when growing up.

OMC I'm with you on the clothes front. I hate having to wear normal clothes for work!! As soon as I get in I have to strip off almost immediately. Sadly I've still got 6 weeks to go!

Happy Friday, gang!

Frolic; so pleased you're feeling a bit better now! The weeks seem to be going VERY fast! Like pinkie, I felt the 20s went quite slow but now we're in the final stretch it is going super speedily - probably because I have so much left to do!

I'm glad everyone enjoys watching their bumps too and I am not alone in this new obsession! I wonder if I will be as fascinated in the future with bump number two!?

Baby has definitely made themselves comfortable on my bladder this week; constant feeling of needing to wee, but not very much actually there when I go! So frustrating! My bump also feels lower today; I really doubt it has dropped, I think its way too early for that, but it does feel a whole lot heavier!

I am so very very jealous of you only getting up 3 times to wee pinkie. :(

Happy Friday everyone!! Just a quick post to share my humiliation at being so fat I broke one of the plastic stoppers on the toilet seat last night. Pregnancy is such a special time

Yeah I'm exactly a week ahead of u frolic. I really have had a second wind this week for some reason. Someone at work commented that I made pregnancy look so easy! I've not felt like it's been easy but I guess looking back from the start I've generally been well throughout with only the odd problem. I think it's just how I feel about my body and the weight gain that's made me feel crappy on the inside but that must not show to people on the outside. I love the bump growth but not the thighs bum love handle etc growth heehee.

Siani how many time do u need to get up to wee?! 3 seems a lot to me pinkie. I'm complaining that it's once but last 2 nights I've managed not to get up yey.

Omc perhaps baby has changed position. My bump has always been on the lower side buy I think it's because I have giant hips so plenty of space for it to grow rather than to sit high up into my ribs which I'm very grateful for.

Lily u also lol'd at your story of getting out of bed. It's only gonna get harder ! We have reclining sofas and I find those tricky to get off once I've wriggled down into a comfy position :)

I'm having a lazy morning today on my day off. Meal tonight for my friend who's having twins so kind of an unofficial babyshower for her. She's due same time as me but likely to have them early. Really need to go buy carpet for babys room so I can start organising all her things. We have so much stuff already but nowhere to put. Also need to buy mattresses for the crib and cot that I've bought off my friend. Part of me feels like I have all the time in the world and part of me is panicking that it's coming around very quickly now!!

Pinkie - Thanks for the spinningbabies.com, going to hoist myself out of bed and get exercising! Oblique breech is like head up, but lying in a kind of diagonal position, so she's more curved round in a 'c' like position – probably from all the slouching I do! Happy 30 weeks!! That one felt like such a milestone!

Lilydreams – ah congrats on becoming an auntie! Is this your first time? I have a niece who'll be 4 in November and I love her to pieces.
Good call on passing on the yoga, I went to my class the day after my jab and couldn't really lift my arm as much, was a bit pointless going lol. I'm definitely going to get a birthing ball now, and next week I think it's time to hit the swimming pool – the water at the gym is soooo cold though and i'm a wuss lol!

mzzzf – thank you for the advice on breech! It's really comforting to know that i've got a few weeks before major panic :D I'm so pleased that woof is on the mend, I can only imagine the sense of relief! Pinching food is an awesome sign!!

Frolicacid – Ahh Frolic you do make me chuckle!! Clearly it's not you though and just a faulty toilet seat :D! Glad you're feeling chirpier, perfect timing for the weekend and happy 31 weeks! :D

OMC1 – I too am intrigued when the 'dropping' starts! I know we have a while to go but I too feel heavier – and even more so in the boob area!

Ahh that's lovely Dozy that everyone thinks you're doing an awesome job at growing bump! It's not easy but you're clearly doing really well! Sod the weight gain, i'm sure it'll drop off post baby, just continue what you're doing and enjoy every minute!

We sounds like we're at the similar stage of what we need to get and feeling like we have loads of time. I think the main things that we need to get are mattress, blankets/swaddle cloths and the pram/travel system now. Must also pack hospital bags and wash all the baby clothes - the latter is what i'm reeaaalllllly looking forward too :D

I get about 2/3 times to pee on average, although on Monday night I did have my personal best of 4 times! Might as well sleep in the bathroom...

Dozy 7 - 10. :( I'm really not exaggerating about only being able to sleep for 45 minutes at a stretch. I have a pre existing bladder condition which WAS under control to the point that I usually only got up once or twice, but pregnancy has made it worse than ever before.

Hahaha!! To the loo seat My embarrassing ones so far are the involuntary noises I make when getting in/out of the car and chairs. Oh so glamourous - I kinda sound like a grunting cow!!! Scchexy!!

Went to my consultant appt this morning, all good and they'll next see me 2 days before my due date - which is only 5 BLOODY WEEKS AWAY!!!! ARRRGGGHHHH!!!!! As you've all mentioned the 30's really do go super quickly. I must must must do my hospital bag this weekend and get the final bits we need sorted next week. 5'weeks is nothing!!!

Also it wasnt nice that the midwife with me today said she'd bet a tenner than I'll be back at 38 weeks. She must've noticed the colour drain from my face!!

Do you all feel ready for birth?? I've been going with the idea of 'going with the flow' and being as active and upright as possible but maybe I should have a more solid plan.... Part of me just thinks what will happen, will happen and it's more important to be chilled out. However, I could be totally wrong!!!!

Oh and as for the sleeping thing, I've added another two pillows to my 'nest' under my head and shoulders so I'm half sitting up, cue a deep up disturbed sleep! A must look a bit like th elephant but it was fantastic to sleeeep!

Oh and YY to getting the second wind, mine lasted from 30-34 weeks, now though I feel like I've been run over. Enjoy it while it lasts ladies!!

Oh wow Siani!! That is some serious weeing!!!! I don't think anyone will be able to top that amount, you poor thing!!!

OMG Mzzf! That is crazy!! ESSSHKKK! It really is getting real now!!! :) :). I'm like you, love the idea of active, natural birth but i'm going with the flow. There are a couple of girls i've met via NHS/NCT that are obsessed with the midwife led unit but i'm going for the whole what will be will be! She says lol, if baby doesn't move and I need a c-section due to that I will be a little eff'd off lol :) xx

Frolic haha!! I swear the actual LOO doesn't feel 100% stable when I sit on it these days!!

mzzzf that's super close!! I'm so excited for you! I keep thinking I have ages and ages (which I do compared to some of you) but then I've just seen a thread for February 2016 babies and I'm suddenly realising there will be babies very soon!

siani Oh bloody hell, I feel silly for complaining about 3 times now!! That's really pants! :(

My plan is also to "go with the flow". I hope I will just be able to listen to my body (ha, how hippyish does that sound?!) and hope for the best! Active and upright is also my plan. Maybe I'll try the pool for a while too! I think keeping an open mind is a good idea. I don't think I'm going to propose a solid birth plan, because you never know what could happen. And I feel like if I had a solid plan, and I had to deviate from it for some reason, then I'd end up getting stressed or disappointed and I really don't want that.

My belly is really gross now too! DH spotted my first stretchmark on Sunday, and now there are loads! I guess my skin just got to capacity! It's also really pale and hairy, and I have a horrible outy belly button. And because the belly button skin is so used to being inside it's really sensitive. I bash my belly button on everything all the time and it makes me gasp with discomfort!!

With sleeping I now have pillows under my belly and wedged up against my back so that I can't roll. I kept sleeping on my belly but it made it so sore and achy in the mornings! This configuration has also eased my horrendous heartburn - not sure why! Oh, and one pillow between my legs, but not sure if it helps or not. The only problem is having to deconstruct this pillow fort every time I need the loo in the night - so about every hour!

Fanby at our antenatal class they said that if you have a breech baby you should spend lots of time on all fours because that gives the baby lots of room to turn.

I'm going to 'go with the flow' in labour too (I hope!). I think most twins end up with some kind of intervention, so to be honest I'll be more surprised if I get to do it naturally!

I started a birth plan right at the start of my pregnancy, but given that I currently have a breach baby and a low anterior placenta, I may end up just shipped straight to c section anyway! My plan was also basically just upright and go with the flow, but I've got a few specific things in about not wanting any hormonal interventions and about delayed cord clamping on the off chance it does go to plan! I'm aiming for a home birth if baby turns and the placenta moves. I'll go to hospital if I have to, but I spent most of a month hanging about being moral support to friends with a baby in NICU in the autumn, and had rather a lot of scary or depressing scans with my previous miscarriage and the bleeding in this pregnancy and now I feel edgy there. :/ also they don't have anywhere you can go outside to walk and that sounds SHITE. :P

Siani what are hormonal interventions?

Eek sorry u have to go for a wee so many times, sounds horrendous

Frolic I totally missed that about the broken toilet seat! An unfortunate coincidence I'm sure, not because u are too fat.

Mzzf u are so close to the end now, how exciting! No wonder ur so much more uncomfortable than us in the early 30s.

On subject of birth plan I'm still keeping with the gonwith flow type of plan. So much can happen in child birth and each persons tale is different so what will be will be. As much as I'd love her to just pop out quickly it's unlikely haha. Have the same attitude towards pain relief, I have no idea what it's like to be in pain so I might either handle it really well or struggle loads so I'm open to whatever. Although I'd like to do it as naturally as possible and without pain relief I'm open to the reality that this may not happen.

Dozy hormonal interventions are things like the shots given to help deliver the placenta faster and stuff to speed up labour if it's taking a long time to get going. I'm not totally opposed, if baby is at risk I'm going to accept recommendations, but some of them seem to have minor unintended side effects, interfering slightly with breastfeeding for a bit, that sort of thing. I'd just rather avoid them if I have the choice and it seemed worth writing down as I'll probably be too busy swearing to explain politely at the time!

Ahh it's really lovely that we're all hoping for the same kind of births and sound fairly flexible with everything. Whoever ends up popping first will be the guru with all the tips :). I'm enjoying reading peoples views on birthing plans, a couple of things i'm after are, skin to skin post birth, if (and hopefully won't) baby and I are poorly and need to be whisked away I want DH to go with baby, i'd prefer for staff not to ask me if I want pain relief - i.e don't offer it - i'll ask if I want it, and can I just pray and beg for no tearing ;) xx

Deffo yes to skin-to-skin! I'm planning on wearing a stretchy sleep bra for delivery so she can just be plonked straight onto that, I can't have my huge boobs swaying free and easy throughout all of labour!

Re the hormonal interventions. I'm all for assisted placenta delivery, and if needs be I'm up for meds needed to assist labour, such as those used in the drips for induction. I'm pretty comfortable around medical stuff due to work but the only thing I feel iffy about is forceps, mostly because then I know they'll give me and episiotomy - and I'd love to remain intact, however unlikely that may be!!!

Doesn't it make it seem so real to be discussing our hopes for labour!?

I am hoping I won't need a c section, will find out at 36 weeks when I have another scan for my low lying placenta, which I hope has moved by now, but if I have to have a c section, that's not the end of the world; I just don't like the sound of the recovery!

I am quite excited for labour, I am feeling like it's the ultimate endurance challenge and I'm so curious as to how I will handle it and what my pain threshold is like (having said that now, I'll probably be a wreck! Lol!)!

I'm sure we all agree no matter what happens, as long as us and our babies are safe, that's the main thing! I for one am not ruling out anything at this stage!

I'm sure it was just a faulty loo seat and nothing to do with my current girth!! It didn't put me off fish and chips for tea anyway

I'm thinking similar things to you all in relation to not having a set in stone birth plan. I'm hoping for as little intervention as possible, but like dozy said, I've no idea what I'll feel like in the full blown face of pain, so am not ruling anything out. I think an open mind is the way forward for me. I'm such a control freak that I think I could get really into the whole birth planning thing and possibly end up feeling very disappointed if it doesn't go to plan. I keep telling myself not to over think and just accept that whatever will be will be. Getting this boy out safely is the most important bit.

5 weeks mzzf!! Wowzers!! You really are on the last lap. How terrifying exciting. And interesting what your midwife said about seeing you at 38 weeks. You best start packing

Sorry for those of you getting up lots in the night. I'm waking a few times with cramps or a full bladder, but getting straight back off and generally getting enough sleep and feeling relatively comfy. Your nest sounds super cosy dani!

I seem to be shattered every Friday at the moment. I might talk to my manager next week about going down to 4 days for the last few weeks.

Ooooh could murder a portion of fish and chips right now!!

I did not know forceps = cutting!! I just didn't like the idea of forceps full stop now that's really put me off.

I'm on my way to another wedding, loads and LOADS of traffic, fortunately not needing a wee this time around

Sorry ladies, I seem to have missed so much! I have had a quick read back through, but sorry if I don't respond directly to much of what has been said - I'm blaming it on baby brain!

Fanby I hope you enjoyed the wedding.

mzzzf, five weeks is so soon. It's really scary how close all our due dates are now. I can't believe I'll be 32 weeks tomorrow!

It's really exciting hearing everyone's birthing plans. I haven't really made any as I have not yet had the appointment to discuss my options. Due to injuries last time round I was supposed to be seen early in pregnancy to discuss the best options, but they changed the guidelines and locally and sent me an appointment for when I'd be 37 weeks. I pointed out it was a bit late so they brought it forwards but have now postponed again. I'll now be told what options I really have when I'm 34 weeks. I'm getting a bit anxious about it now, as by this stage last time I was really well prepared. I think, however, we'll be going for a hospital birth of some description this time round. I'm hoping to be as drug-free as possible, but I'm anticipating opting to have more than I did before (2 paracetamol).

Frolic, I'm sure your toilet seat fiasco was just coincidence, but it did make me laugh.

Siani, I really feel for you having to get up so often.

I hit a new low today when a nanny at the park told me I was enormous. She asked when I was due and then said 'wow, I thought your baby was going to come any day. You don't look like you have months to go' . This came two days after a retail assistant in a fashion store asked whether I shopped there often, and when I said no, explained that she had just wanted to check as she didn't think I would! I got the distinct idea she was suggesting I looked too old .

Interesting to read everyone's birth plans/ ideas- I too am trying to stick with 'go with the flow' although secretly planning no drugs/ interventions/ natural as possible! Frolic- I'm a complete control freak too so when I say secretly planning that's the one I've planned in my head but won't dare let myself write down as I too would feel disappointed if I do and don't get it!

OMC- I keep saying I see it as some kind of challenge!!! I thought it was just me - people have started asking me am I getting worried etc and i keep saying no I'm more excited than anything- looking forward to seeing what I can/ can't cope with!!

My worst nightmare is a caesaerean because as I've mentioned before I'm not good with any thing hospital/ medicalised enivronment and I think that would be the ultimate! If it got to that point I thing all my attempts at calm yoga/ hypnobirthing breathing would go out the window and I'll probably have a panic attack!!

One thing I am going to try and do is stay at home as long as I possibly can- don't want to make wasted trips to hospital to be sent home and I don't want to be there for ages giving them the excuse to suggest 'moving things along' etc based on time it's been.

Sorry to those getting up so much in the night to wee- Siani especially I couldn't cope with that! I average once per night but wake up at least 5 times as I need move position- involving me and 4 pillows!! Weirdly through the day I don't feel tired though generally!

Got first lot of stuff for hospital bag yesterday and off to buy changing bag today and hopefully the rest of the stuff- all getting very real!

SIL got keys to their brand new first house together yesterday and as they walked in she turned round to find her other half on one knee!!! I nearly exploded with excitement when we got there and she told us- so they have pretty much done the big 3 in a weekend!! Lovely! So excited for them! On a high at the mo that no amount of pregnancy aches/ pains/ complaints can ruin! A good job really considering we spoke to the salewoman about our house yesterday and she told us it's most likely not going to be finished until August- oh August when I'm due, our couch is ordered to arrive and our mortgage offer expires yeh cheers that isn't remotely inconvenient/ annoying/ stressful: makes me wanna punch you in the face for ever telling us June!!!!!

Happy weekend guys!!!