March 2016 Babies!! Thread #7 The one where we all say.... "Stay put Flump!!"

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Stay where you are Flump!!!

Me and DP have kept at it about as much as before (once a week). I'm struggling with positions now due to size of bump but there are still a few enjoyable positions! Its strange DP doesn't find my bump off putting at all, I find it a bit distracting when baby moves during sex though!

scared have you thought about attending a pregnancy yoga class? In my Wednesday class we have a lady who was advised to attend yoga by her mw to help with anxiety. It might help you to relax - I find my yoga classes both relaxing and invigorating and no matter how knackered I feel I always come out feeling refreshed. Worth looking into perhaps?

beaut sorry for the bad news about not getting a home birth. Hope the baby stays put for a long while. My sister had a c section in September, she was out of hospital within a day (I was a bit at that!) and was driving within a couple weeks. I saw her at a family meal when my nephew was 4 weeks old and she turned up alone with a 4 year old and a 4 week old in a car seat/buggy having driven there herself and sorted the kids out. I completely forgot to ask her about her recovery because I forgot she'd had a c-section because she seemed so normal!

Finally finished work for Xmas yay. Ended up doing work in the evening before yoga yesterday and sending a quick email before I left, then heading to yoga to completely declutter my mind. Can't quite believe its Xmas eve already! December has gone quick! Once Jan is here things will move really quick and it won't be long before we're all holding our babies

Beaut sorry to hear that your plans are having to change.

Please don't worry about a section if that is what will keep you both safe. I had a 'normal' delivery with dd and was expecting the same with ds. In fact, I would have been devastated if you had told me that I would have a section.

As things turned out, I ended up with a crash section due to a complete abruption and we were both lucky to survive. Recovery was fine, even with a 2 year old and a newborn to care for and even though the section was under GA.

This time I am booked in for an ELCS and I am genuinely calm and feel excited by the prospect (plus I will have a date in the diary when I know DS2 will definitely be arriving!)

Omg I woke up this morning to a completely lopsided bump! Baby was entirely on the left hand side and the right hand side was almost flat. Most disconcerting. He had a very active night (thanks baby, keeping me up) and I'm convinced he's transverse at the moment because I keep getting kicked all the way across the top of my belly from one side right over to the other - like ripple movements, so I'm thinking he's going at me with his arms and legs?! Very strange, hope he turns around.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one with a crap sex life atm! We're currently averaging once a fornight, which I thought was quite a good effort . Jealous that you're still managing 3-4 times a week Tri! We tried it a few days ago and dh had to stop because it was 'like doing it with an old woman' and he 'just felt sorry for [me]'. Its hard to get comfortable now and I get stitch easily and at one point we changed position and my knees actually cracked . Pregnancy is so sexy, isn't it?

Had another difficult night last night. Finally got ds to sleep at 10pm, he woke up at 11.30pm and it was some time in the early hours before I finally managed to get to bed. Dh is on toddler night duty tonight though so i can have a lovely 8 hours .

Hope everyone is having a nice xmas eve.

Oh God, DH would still be horny if he was half dead! He's like a 17 year old. I can never be arsed though.

Tbh I'm not upset about the home birth anymore - just terrified about my baby. I know she's going to be in hospital for at least a little bit and that's horrible. Can't stop thinking about it all.

Woke up to some gorgeous side affects of the steroids - a nice flushed face! God I looked sunburnt. Thank God for make up. Just waiting for the second lot now...

Had my 28 week app this morning. My midwife is always running late and everything felt very rushed and I just didn't have it in me to ask about the tingling feet. My oh came with me today and he mentioned how he didn't like her as she always rushes, Barely listens to heartbeat for five seconds ( tbh I'm not even sure how she knows it's the heartbeat ) she doesn't take much notice and she finds it in two seconds every time where as all the other people I've seen at the ante natal day unit take about two minutes to find babies heartbeat.
Baby still head down she said and measuring 28cm today so that's good I suppose. Had bloody down and omg she rushed them to it bloody killed! Blood tests never normally hurt me but it hurt when the needle was in until she took it out I nearly had to ask her to stop. God knows how I'll cope with the epidural ( if I need one ) if I can't stomach a simple blood test.

I hadn't considered yoga. To be honest I'd be very nervous. Suffered sever bullying during pe lessons at school and the thought makes me feel a bit queasy. It's worth having a think about though.
Feet still tingly unless walking. It's funny they didn't tingle during the blood test or when she was palpating my belly though. Just not enjoying life at the moment much. Feel like I'll be like this forever and I can't see a way out. Finding it hard but I need to find a way through.

Beaut- glad your feeling a bit better about the birth but I can understand how scared you must be for your baby, your under the right care though and sounds like their doing their best. Sending hugs :)

Glad I'm not the only one with a rubbish sex life atm. Not that I feel like it anyway haha.

Hope everyone has a good Xmas eve.

scared so far my midwife has never even bothered to listen to the heartbeat in any appointment, I can only assume they don't do it in this trust.
If going to a yoga class doesn't appeal that you could always YouTube them, ive tried a few on there and definitely felt the benefit after a few days of them.

beaut at least you're getting the best care you can get, hopefully all will be well and baby will hold out until February at the earliest

scared I would definitely recommend a yoga class if you can get the courage to go - I go to two classes and everyone is lovely. Its not really about 'fitness' as such but relaxation and stretching and both my yoga teachers are careful to ensure everyone only does what they are able to. You'll also learn some useful relaxation techniques.

I've got myself into a bit of an awkward situation... Came to DP's parents today and are staying overnight, we're in the spare room which DPs brother and SIL had been staying in. Anyway they've left a load of stuff here so I was moving it to one pile , and noticed they'd left their red book for DPS niece. I probably shouldn't have but I was flicking through it idly and noticed that they haven't had the immunisations page filled out and DPs niece is 11 weeks so should have had some by now. They didn't have the vitamin k injection at birth because DPs SIL was a bit funny about it, so it may be they they haven't vaccinated their daughter at all so I feel a bit awkward- I feel very strongly about vaccinations and it really riles me up that people dont do it (sorry if anyone here hasn't vaccinated their child or is planning not to). If it was anyone else I would try to be polite and not say anything even though inside I would feel otherwise, and I know that DPs brother and SIL are well within their rights to not vaccinate their child, but given that I'm going to be having my own child in three months I feel a bit iffy about it and exposing my baby to risk. a baby in DDs nursery contracted measles recently because they weren't old enough to have been vaccinated, so it can happen. Thing is I can't say anything as I was being a nosy cow looking through the book! anyway so I can't really do anything about it, just venting on here to get it off my chest

Lol beaut my DP is the same - once a week isn't really enough for him but I can also never be arsed haha

Hi everyone, haven't been on here for a while been busy with work, shopping and sorting the house out! Last day today tho and I'm off for 10 days yay

Beautiful I'm sorry about all the problems hun, the most important thing is that your baby girl arrives safely and healthy :) Oh and I didn't order the buggy yet, dp's parent's are buying it and they want to order it after xmas lucky the offer is on until the end of Jan. The one I want won't be delivered until feb 2nd :( I want to play with it at home haha

Reg the linea nigra, mine appeared when I was 24weeks which I thought was early but now it's much darker, wonky and noticeable haha

God I hate feeling rushed Scared, you feel like a bloody inconvenience. Good that you're measuring spot on though :) sounds like baby girl is thriving but you're the stressed one!

I've got to go in on Sunday morning for a CTG and then next Wednesday for a growth/Doppler scan. The growth scan will be scary. If the baby has dropped off the line they will be even more concerned. The consultant is on annual leave that week but she gave the midwives strict instructions to phone her if she's needed, which I thought was fab.

Aagghhh I haven't done any exercise since April! Oh well.

Cucumber I'm 99% sure this won't be a March baby, which is crazy because the other children's birthdays are in May, August and November so they'd be perfectly spaced out!

Scared I have heard really good things about the Yoga by Adrienne and doyogawithme prenatal sequences on YouTube. Classes are a much more pleasant experience than you can imagine though if your only real point of reference is school PE classes - everyone is there for the same thing, to ease the aches and niggles and to relax, generally prenatal teachers are full of pregnancy wisdom and it's a good opportunity to get chatting to other pregnant ladies before and after too. I really enjoy my Monday evening class anyway and I'm looking forward to going back after the holidays.

I think little man has just discovered that he can stretch upwards too - have been getting a good few rib kicks if I'm slouching forward in a seat in the last few days! Cheeky little fella :) It seems like everyone thinks my bump is really small, have had comments from friends, my mum and MIL that I'm "carrying very neat"...

Would have been my 28wk appointment today if I wasn't back in Ireland for Christmas, it's actually on Jan 7th at 29+4 instead!

Also Mothercare can go and eat a bag of dicks, trying to check out the sale online and they are forcing me to use the shitty Irish site, it keeps redirecting back when I try to use the normal site. I don't give a rats arse about euro pricing or shipping to Dublin...

Tri I just spent £100 online on mothercare! oops!! Also everyone keeps telling me I'm carrying very neat, because I'm petite they keep saying that my belly looks too big and fake, seriously?? that's just lovely isn't it haha

Dammit guys, now i'm looking on mothercare! Didn't even know there was a sale on!

Never mind, I didn't find anything I wanted!

Hello all!

Happy Christmas Eve! (DS is super excited, as you'd imagine).

Scared, I recommend yoga too! I'm going to a regular class (as there's no pregnancy yoga within 30 miles at least). I can relate to the school PE bullying - it really knocked my confidence about what my body is capable of. I can safely say, however, that I've never had a bad experience in a yoga class. In fact, there are often women who have had exactly the same experiences. This year, I also began running for the first time ever (at 34 years old!). After always believing I couldn't. I'm terrible at it, but I could do it! And I feel like I've neglected my body a bit for all these years. The This Girl Can campaign really resonated with me. I'm (weirdly) looking forward to getting back to it in April/may time.

The other thing about yoga, is that according to my sleep cycle app, it is one thing that has a hugely positive influence on my sleep. Maybe find a class, and do a YouTube video every evening before bed.

Beaut, you're coping admirably with all this change. Can I ask, what's CTG?

TriJo, love your phrase!

I'm bypassing your earlier discussion topic - frankly it's a wonder I ended up pregnant at all!

Ha, thanks Indom! It's the strap they put across your belly to monitor the baby's heartbeat. Not sure why I have to go for these but I guess most other services are shut over Christmas.

Btw "it's a wonder I ended up pregnant" pretty much sums up my foetus!

Ah, thanks Beaut. I stopped being lazy and googled it too: cardiotocography - foetal HR & contractions, apparently.

Evening everyone.

Bought my self this today, hAve started doing some. The tingling is still their though. Driving me crazy. I literally feel like I am being tortured. I can't live like this any longer, it's the worst feeling I have ever had in my life. It makes me cry every evening and I am dreading bed later because of it. Been out 9:30-6 ish and still I have restless legs/tingling the second I sit down. Dreading bed time, just tried to nap and after 30 minutes of my feet tingling and not having fallen asleep, I am up :'(. Feel like my life has gone. I give up on anything at the moment.
Thanks for the yoga suggestion. I will look into it and at the very least try and do some at home. It's hard to picture my self being with all those other women though. I'm always the shy oddball haha.
Doctors Monday for me as I can't live with my feet like this, I bet they can't do nothing though, I told oh to chop them off tonight whilst sobbing :( feel so depressed.

Beaut- I hope growth scan goes ok and baby proves them wrong.

Scared I used to get restless legs when I had terrible insomnia. I found drinking more water and reducing salt helps a lot but it is truly horrible and you feel like you are going mad. Good luck at the doctors.

I'm not great at keeping up with this group so hopefully you don't mind me posting. Has anyone discussed transferring it to a private Facebook group yet? I know it gets controversial but my October 13 group did it and especially as babies start being born it's a great way for sharing pics etc. some of the girls just started basic profiles just for the group.

We have a Facebook group, straws, but there don't seem to be very many of us straddling both fb and mn. Pm me your email address if you want an invite to the group.

I'm going to echo the others scared and urge you to find a preggo yoga class. I did it in my last pregnancy and slept brilliantly afterwards. I also remember from one of your threads that you were worried about making baby friends and having support once the baby is born, and a small yoga class could be a great way to meet some friends. At my class we used to start each class by introducing ourselves and saying how many weeks we were and how we were feeling that week, so it felt like we knew each other already if that makes sense. I then used to see a couple of the girls at baby groups afterwards and as we recognised each other it gave me someone to sit with, we ended up doing buggyfit together. If you can find a class maybe email the instructor beforehand and tell her you're nervous, I'm sure they'd make you feel welcome.

Merry Christmas all! Bringing some Britishness to the States today, been baking mince pies and Welsh cakes

Baby has been so crazy active the last couple of days, love it!! I had a friend years ago who didn't know she was pregnant until the day she gave birth ...... I've always defended her story to people who didn't believe me, but now I'm actually pregnant I just can't imagine what she would have thought was wriggling inside her!

scared I'm so sorry things are still tough, I really don't know what to say to help but just know we are here for you and your OH sounds amazing and obviously loves you. You are stronger than you think and will get through this

I'm on the Facebook group Suz mentioned, it's not as active as here but equally supportive, I think it will be great once babies are born etc. It's completely secret so I don't mind being outed on it!

I'm also on the Facebook group, its not hugely active at the moment although I guess it might get more active once babies are born...

Was falling asleep whilst watching TV earlier, came to bed and now wide awake! Sigh. Sleeping in DPs parents spare room, DD is sleeping in the bed with us so have no idea how she'll sleep once she realises we're here... Hoping to have an uninterrupted nights sleep. She's also been waking up at 5am recently so dreading that tomorrow

I'm on the app and am currently working out how to pm.

I was one of the mnetters who got hacked earlier this year and for some reason I can log into the app but not the main site. Very odd! I keep meaning to email them about it. I'll keep trying! Thanks!