March 2016 Babies!! New Year, New Thread - #8

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Thread 8!!! Eight!! Blimey we don't half prattle on

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Oh Beaut, I wish you hadn't said 2 was easier than 3!!

I have another scan tomorrow (32 weeks) to check growth/placenta etc. Secretly hoping they will tell me to finish work now

Evening all,
Just had a catch up of the last few pages (Cor, we do chat!) and I can't remember who said what!

Good news about the scan maybe

ffaux I think a Primark trip is on the cards for me, I'm fully expecting to chuck knickers away for the first week post birth.

I had been trying not to look at my phone whenever I wake up but I think I'm going to start, otherwise I'm pretty sure I nod off ten mins before the alarm goes off and wake up more groggy than ever. Sleeplessness is a bitch. I could take the heart burn, the back ache and the swollen feet but being so flipping tired all the time makes everything so much worse. I'm cranky, teary and my memory has gone out the window.

MrsBen I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

Massive love and to you Rosie just keep counting down, you'll get a baby in a few weeks and being pregnant can be blissfully forgotten.

Apologies if I've gone and chucked anyone's name in the wrong place

Yep, Rosie was meant for scared I'm a daft bugger

I can't keep track of who said what either...so...

I sympathise fully if you are in the crap sleep club. I am most definitely a fully paid up member. I'm bloody shattered but just can't fall asleep.

For anyone having a shit time (((hug))) Can't give you a real one as much as I would dearly love to, but I do think about all of you and hope you are coping as best you can xx

well my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
Baby's Bag? - CHECK!!
My Bag? - CHECK!! Although now I want to go to Primark for nighties. I'm currently planning on labouring in a big bright pink t-shirt. Subtle...
Dad Bag? - WHO KNOWS!! I've told DH he needs a bag. I've given him a list of things to put in it. I'm not stressing about his bag. If he hasn't got it sorted by the time I get induced that's his tough shit.

I am going to attempt an early night but i suspect Kicky McKicky has plans to keep mummy awake for a bit longer little bugger

I appear to be checking in for another night in no sleep centeral! Last night was rubish, dozed on and off for hours, and just when I started to feel myself drift into a deep sleep dd thunders into our bedroom and for the first time in a long time tries to climb in with us. Dh tried really hard to get her to settle in her camp bed without disturbing me but I had to move to use my sturn voice and was back to lightly dozing again. Then of course started to fall asleep after dh got up for work, but had to get up to let the builders in. Typically dd slept for another two and a half hours, so feel very cheated out of that sleep. Couldn't even sneak a nap when my mum took dd to her usual toddler group for me as I had to be around for the builders.

Tonight trapped wind is making me very uncomfortable.

Have to be up at 6 again for the builders too. But hopefully they can get the last of the work done tomorrow so I think about getting the house back in order again. Then I might be able to order the baby bits we need, until we're straight again we've got no where to put them!

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Woops! Really glad to hear all's well Maybe, and an estimated 4lbs, wow! Zach is only 2lb 11oz now...to be expected he'd be smaller now than if he was still inside tho.

So sorry to hear about the all round crap sleep club. I will send some sleep dust to sprinkle over everyone (plus some anti restless leg dust for Scared and Rosie....hope you two are coping ok, it sounds like pregnancy has been so hard on you...you're all on the home straight now)

MrsBen, hope all goes well with your scan.

To all those worrying about the sibling issues and sharing the love...I know exactly what you mean. I have been feeling guilty a lot for DS1 recently as he has only had two fun times out with both DH and me since Zach was born. Otherwise he's with one or other of us or in childcare (which we're still paying for 4 days a week of even tho in on maternity...ouch!)

He is dealing with it very well but had definitely become more defiant and is pushing the boundaries constantly...but then again he is 2.5 years old. It must be weird for him as he's aware he has a sibling - we take him to visit once a weekish - and that he's sharing us but Zach isn't here with him. Maybe it's a good easing in for him, I don't know but I do feel guilty. He does say lovely cute things like "my little bubba in hospital, he get bigger and play with my toys"

Hayley, your DS sounds so cute talking about his little brother too!

Zach is doing fab. As I said above he's gaining weight nicely, now 2lb 11oz so he's gained almost 1lb since birth. He's now been off any breathing support for over 48 hours and once a bed becomes available he'll be moved from intensive care to low dependency! Amazing news. Can't quite believe it. Got him to latch on for a few sucks again today which was lovely. Here he is at 6 weeks 1 day old, and growing out of his first clothes!

Missicat Way to go Zach! He's bursting out that vest and looks so good!

Brilliant news Missi! Well done Zach!

I think the doors to the CSC Resort are already open (that's Crap Sleep Club Resort), so I wanted to pop in and share some sympathy for Scared's bladder. I've got octobaby grinding his head on mine this evening - makes me feel like I need the loo. I know if when I go it'll be a drip. I can feel (with my hand) what I think is his head turning really low down, just above my pubic bone. It's not quite unpleasant/infuriating yet!

Lol Indom!

Pulling up my bar stool at the CSC resort! Slide me a Cocoa please Indom.

Baby must be sitting on a nerve as I keep getting sharp pains through one buttock, carrying on down through my leg. It's so sore and no position is comfortable. Was in tears with DP and he wants to help but can't. Am now in spare room again so I stop disturbing him.

Missi Zach is gorgeous! He is doing so well.

Hope everyone else is sleeping.

Urgh am gonna feel awful tomorrow.

Zach is just gorgeous Missi and what a weight gain! I love his tiny little vest and how he's bursting out of it.

Missi Zach is Gorgeous and well done he's doing so well bless him when have they estimated that you could take him home? Hopefully not long to go

I can't believe I'm going to say this but I had the best sleep ever last night I seriously can't believe it, not going to get too excited though night just be a one off! Went to bed at 9:30 and didn't wake up one, no trips to the loo, no legs aches no back aches!! I feel wonderful I wish this was the case until my bubba is here!! Oh well we'll see tonight. I hope everyone else managed to have a decent night sleep!

well done! V glad for you!

Crispy, hope that cocktail did it for you and you're still snoozing away. Rhu, hope your pain settled.

I think the cocoa did it for me, I fell asleep much quicker last night. I remember turning over a lot, and a couple of wees and some rain/hail, but right now, before I turn the light on, I feel pretty good. All hope is not yet lost!

And woken up to see Cameron is investing in mental health, particularly perinatal mental health. (Hope it swings into action soon).

Another one who can't keep track, but Paper I may have lolled at Kicky McKicky.

Just anyone else's baby actually TICKLE them?! Oh my god it makes me jump! I can just be sat watching tv and her little toes will reach round almost to my back and it tickles, little monkey! I tell her off sometimes

Rosie congrats on the sleep!! Having been a fully fledged (yet silent) member of the CSC I'm proud to announce that I, too, slept last night. Yay! Despite not being able to breathe as I'm so blocked up, and coughing all the time, ugh.

Ohhh Missi he's doing so well! Did you think anymore about the magazine publication?

Glad your scan went well maybe. Its good that they did that for you. Did it help? Good luck with yours today MrsBen and ha, sorry! I do actually love having three, it just becomes an epic mission to "pop out for milk" and so on. In fact I don't. I just wait until they're all out!

Soooo I woke up to no hot water or heating yesterday which was bloody great. DH had gone at 5am to work away for the week. Cue me and DC freezing and me desperately trying to clean with baby wipes!!

I rang the estate agents and they sent a gas engineer out. He seemed nice but I hadn't got round to emptying the boiler cupboard - it's a huge cupboard full of stuff for the new baby. He helped me empty it and I said something like "Well, if I hadn't got pregnant I could've sold half of this!" And his reply was "Do you know how you don't get pregnant? Keep your legs shut!"

Wtf! Oh I hate how crap I am in those situations. I just sort of squeaked a pathetic "oi!". But come on. For a start I think DH was involved in conception!! Grrr.

I've got scan number 12/13 tomorrow, to check blood flow and growth. I can categorically state now that there will be no issue with growth... she (and I :() have most definitely grown in the past two weeks! I know that's a good thing, but it's starting to get uncomfortable...

The real test will be the Doppler results. I never wrote about my scan last Wednesday but basically for the first time all the results were normal. The consultant couldn't believe it. I think she thinks it's a bit of a fluke, and I sort of agree with her. So apparently if they're normal again tomorrow she'll have to accept that she was wrong and that my baby struggled for three weeks then got over it. I asked how often that happens. She said never!

But if they are normal then she'll still keep an eye on me and "won't let me go overdue". If they're raised again then I'll probably end up being induced around 37 weeks.

I am so bloody scared of induction!!

Scared I hope you're ok. I think lots of women have rose tinted glasses about pregnancy - you might too!! I have had horrendous morning sickness four bloody times now yet I always used to look back and think "aww, I'd love to be pregnant again!" Not long now though Scared. Honestly my "baby" is starting school in 2017. When I answered the door to the gas engineer yesterday she said to him "My shower is broken, you need to fix it!" My point is that time goes so so fast. One day this will all be a distant memory.

Dobby really hope your house gets back to normal soon! Mine was gross when we had to pull up the carpets and rip wallpaper down.

Rosie congrats on the sleep.
Went to bed at 9:45 here woke at 10:30 then at 1am then woke at 2am and was kind of dozing until 4:30 waking up every half hour. I know I was sleeping as oh said I was snoring and he tried talking to me at one point and I said nothing but it was such short bursts I didn't really notice I'd slept. Then I woke again at 5:55 and up at 6:30 :(
Shattered today. Will I ever sleep again? It really doesn't feel like it? I know my restless legs are anxiety related as normally come 4:30 I'm so tired I think " I can't be asked to think about them anymore" and then they stop. Also if I knit, colour etc I don't notice them but as soon as I stop their normally their again.
Thanks for all the encouraging posts. 30+3 today. It feels like years off still but I'll get their. I never want to be pregnant again. I want another child I just wish I could skip the pregnancy part. Been suffering with back pain, legs pain etc as well. I knee pregnancy wouldn't be easy but I never knew it would be this hard. Had a good old cry as I woke up so tired today with legs kicking about all over the place.

Also I have a growth scan tomorrow as I've reported reduced movements twice. Anyone know what is done in them?

Missi- lovely photo of zach. He looks great.

A bit of a better night for me too though still not great. But I'll take it!

Missi Zach looks great! Amazing that he's off breathing support.

According to my pregnancy app at 32 weeks (which I am) my baby will be roughly 4lb off his birth weight, which would put him at somewhere between 3 and 6lb already depending on how big a monster I've got in here! I haven't had any growth scans but at my 20 week scan he was measuring between 26th and 44th centile for everything. My bump measurements have all been spot on so far so I'm hoping that means he will come out bang on average or a bit less. No more than 8lb please would be nice!

Haha Paper Kicky McKicky made me laugh. Mine doesn't usually bother me too much at night, he does kick if I'm awake but it doesn't keep me up. He gave me a good pummelling this morning though when my alarm went off. He obviously didn't want to get up either!

sorry to hear you're still struggling scared . Hope the growth scan tomorrow goes ok!

I also had a decent-ish sleep last night. Finally getting over this cold - still a bit sinus-y but much better. Only remember waking 2 or 3 times to turn over and then went straight back to sleep. Also DD didn't wake up till twenty past 6! which is a miracle.

so glad to hear Zach is doing well missi - it's amazing looking at the photos of him and seeing how much progress he's made!

32 weeks today and I am fed up of work. still got 4 and a half weeks to go as my last day is 12th Feb. Just can't be arsed, but I really do have a lot of work to do before I leave and am getting 60 essays handed in this week which will need marking think I will have to do some weekend working which is always a joy

beaut I would be absolutely livid if someone said that to me! but like you, would probably be too taken aback to say anything and would just say 'oi' or something similar! hope the growth scan goes well. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Was reading my 'birth skills' book by Juju Sundin last night and I had a sudden flashback to the pain of labour/birth and had a mini panic about it . As time gets closer to birth I am starting to feel quite apprehensive about it. I know there's nothing we can do and I'm hoping it will be as relaxed a possible for me at home but I'm suddenly worried when the time comes I won't be able to cope! Think I need to work a bit more on relaxation etc. I bought a hypnobirthing CD so going to start listening to that daily to try to relax myself about it a bit more.

Sorry you were in CSC too scared. It is awful lying there awake, unable to get back to sleep. Think I was awake from 2.30-5, which on top of the norovirus I had at the weekend, has wiped me out totally!

Re bump measurements and baby size, on Tuesday the baby was measuring 63rd percentile and on Friday at my 29 week appt the bump was 31cm. So sounds like you may be on for a 50th centile one me?! Having said that, my bump measured small last time and the baby was 50th, so guess none of its that accurate...

beaut great news about the Doppler. Fingers crossed it's normal again and you can then put 2 fingers up to the consultant and hospital birth!

Crispy that's reassuring though everyone says that bump measurements are notoriously inaccurate! I was and am very average sized myself, DH is 6'4" which worries me but MIL says that both he and his sister who is also over 6' were normal sized babies, so hoping that history will repeat itself!

Good luck for your scans Beaut and scared.

Morning all. I also slept much better (though not for long enough) so didn't get down to the CSC resort last night. Hope you're open again tonight! Another one who chuckled at kicky Mckicky!

Missi what a lovely photo of Zach, can't believe how much he's 'plumping up', he looks great!

Beautiful good luck for your scan tomorrow - I've got everything crossed for you.

Marmite I'm starting to become terrified about labour, but I'm a FTM so more fear of the Unknown. I'm trying to stop myself imagining the worse case scenario, but it's not easy! I'v just started hypnobirthing classes, so have the book and CD - going to have to start doing some homework.

Xpost but glad you brought up bump measurement inaccuracies Crispy as at 28 weeks I was measuring 29 cm, and at 31 I was measuring 32 both of which put me above the 90th centile on the chart in my notes . Had a dream the night before last that baby was 10lb 5 and I ended up having an emergency C-Section as he got stuck, woke up at 5 am in tears . Doesn't help that all the way through the pregnancy people have commented on how big my bump is. I know they don't mean anything by it, but it really gets to me and feeds into my fears. Hoping the measurements are inaccurate and baby is not a whopper.

Me DP is 6ft3 and his brother is 6ft7 and both of them were regular sized babies - about 6lbs actually, so quite little really. I don't think you need to worry

scared sorry to hear you're still having a shitty time. I had a growth scan for the same reason (two reported episodes of reduced movements yesterday). It was very quick - she just checked baby's position, measurements, fluid level and placenta. She said he was moving normally, he was measuring bang on for dates and all looked well. It was really reassuring!

32 weeks today, am getting impatient now. Also, is anyone else starving? I've had two breakfasts this morning and I'm still hungry

Morning everyone, so, so tired today but at least am working from home. Had the shooting pains all night . Glad most others seemed to have better nights!

For those worried about big babies = difficult labours, I was told by the NCT instructor that really it's no different to having a smaller baby. The skeleton of baby will be the same. Bigger babies just have more fat/padding which is squishy, so shouldn't affect birth. Not sure how true that is but makes me feel better as I'm sure I have another huge baby coming.