July 2016 Babies (8) - 3rd trimester here we come

[Ellizardo]

Hoping this works as total techno-luddite! Happy Saturdays all.

Another one here counting down weeks til maternity.. 7 to go plus a bank holiday and a few days off for a house move in between!

I was worried about baby's movements last night to the point where I just lay on the sofa crying. DP who is usually pretty useless, lol, Googled things to get baby moving and had me doing star jumps with him at 9pm last night whilst I cried my eyes out! Baby is fine by the way, he perked up eventually. Really wanted to avoid having to go to hospital!

Hope everyone else is getting on OK.

Long time no see. Well finally back from my last stage production so now its just 2-3 weeks prepping to move house and my working from home starts. I will stick with that til the baby arrives.. thank goodness for that because the last few weeks in the heat with mega ankles is just not something I fancy doing around other people.

Thistledew I am guilty as well of never posting. I have been reading in the morning but then work just builds up and never get to post. I even professed my guilt on our fb group (I am Colleen). Hoping to start finding the time.

Jem01 never had BH last time but about 3 weeks ago I go through periods of tightening. Weird sensation.. glad they gave you a bit of peace of mind.

Lulabells will join you on the countdown to the end of work. I move as well in 2-3 weeks. In regards to kicks it does get harder and harder to feel them, mainly because they are running out of room. When in doubt though always head to hospital, honestly they really rather you show up and have kicks 2 seconds into monitoring than to leave it.

Ellizardo I love waterbabies. My DD started at 5 weeks and we still go now (shes almost 3). Tbh I feel as big as a house so quite happy to float about in the pool with her. On the fence about starting them with the new baby. DD was a July baby and the sept session I wasn't fully in the swing of things. She loved it at that age and found the water really nice. Otherwise I will wait til the Jan term.

Dowhat how lovely that your friend threw you a baby shower you will have to post a pic of some of your presents to show us.

Bel I'm loving the weather too I love a summer baby with their newborn bare feet. I have two may babies and both years we had a great summer.

Indians she looks so cute. Those lips.

Missing he looks a cutie too with his little hand up.

Thom I think most companies only recommend a 4d scan up until 32 weeks as otherwise baby is too big to see anything clearly.

Eliz baby didn't move around a lot here over the weekend either. He squirmed quite a bit when I was sitting in the sun so I guess he wasn't keen on the heat. Plus I guess they are starting to get a little cramped in there.

YouandMe go for it and finish work early. You won't get this time back make the most of it before baby arrives. I worked up until 38.5 weeks with ds1 and bitterly regret it. I took maternity leave at 36 weeks with ds2, 34 weeks with ds3 due to severe spd and I've booked myself off for 36 weeks again this time plus for the first time taking a full year off. I can't wait.

Kaytee I'm really funny about my personal space. MIL groping your tummy sounds awful. We had a BBQ on Sunday with the in laws over. MIL told me I was huge and to stop eating, she told DH he is fat (he is really not) and yet her daughter is severely obese and always ill but they don't say a word to her. It irritates me so much as they feed her up. They took a load of cake for her.

Cookies I burnt over the weekend despite using the children's factor 50 sensitive lotion. I think pregnancy hormones just make our skin so sensitive.

Foobio get that bag packed tut tut. I have to say I left everything last minute with my first but this time I've been surprisingly organised.

We won't be having a 4d scan as we need to save the money for our deposit. There is a possibility that in 3 years this house will be sold so we are working on that time frame to save. I would love one though.

For those of you worried about your cankles I've attached a picture for you. No one can rival mine. By the end of the day they are just horrendous

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Bluebell it was ages ago that you posted, but I highly recommend the seraphine dress you linked, my lovely MIL got me one very similar when I was getting frustrated about not finding nice clothes anywhere! Don't go up from your usual size, it is very forgiving, stretchy fabric (I may have even been better with a size down).

Elliz - we went to the south London artist open house as well. We were less restraint and bought two pictures. They will go well in the new place or in our current house if it falls through.
kaytee - that sounds exhausting. I did some sorting through cupboards / draws over the weekend & that felt enough!
Loads of us seem to be in the process of moving house. It is exciting, along with stressful / exhausting!
I had reduced movement over the weekend as well. Baby was really quiet Saturday and Sunday. I felt a few kicks but no way as many as I usually do. Do you think that dehydration could cause it? I also think I was eating less in the heat.
Good advice on the scan. I have checked & most places stop going them at 32 weeks.
beautician - your cankles give mine a run for there money. You do have very nice manicured feet, which has reminded me too book an appointment.
anna moving does bring the worst out of people. We keep getting very aggressive emails from their solicitors. I am starting to wonder if it is worth. We could definitely have a baby / toddler in our current house.
foobio - I love the dress. I need to get some maxi dresses for the summer. I have really struggled in central London today. I was so pleased to come out of my meeting at 6:30 to find it raining! It made the walk & commute easier than in the heat.
I have had to go for fortnightly & now more recently weekly hospital apts & my OH has been to none. He does come to all the scans though. He has just phoned to say that he is finally coming this week! Only taken nearly 29 weeks, but it is really nice to have him see the consultant too. I do often go with my mum. Also, he will finally see what I suffer through!

Thom I bought a load of bottles of water at the weekend and I've made it my mission to make sure I drink at least 2 litres a day. Despite drinking more I'm peeing less. my ankles are obvious holding onto the extra water.

Foobio love the dress- lovely gift and great colour on you!

You all seem very busy preparing... I tried my best but our washing machine has died. Not a great surprise as it is old, but meant also we could actually invest in something that will hopefully make future months a bit easier.

Lovely scan pictures too, very cute!

Had midwife today. I'm apparently measuring a bit big - but as neither the gp nor the other midwife plotted or recorded my measurement before I now have to go back in two weeks... Annoying. But it has led to many jokes about this being due to my husbands big head genes, or my hobnob/fruit and nut consumption.

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Struggling to keep up with the thread!

Im reassured that there are others on here concerned about movement. I can feel less movement now than 20 weeks (although enough not to panic about it) but i do think the weather/having less space has made the movement feel different? Seems to fit with other peoples stories. I have my midwife appointment tomorrow so i will quiz her about it!

I am also retaining water in my feet and ankles like crazy, i havent been drinking anywhere near enough so today i have had a water bottle attached to me and ive managed to guzzle over 3 litres! Very proud of myself ;)

Hope we're all coping ok with the heat. Apparently its all over now and back to drizzly may again

Some lovely scan photos too :)

foobio dress looks gorgeous on you. I got a nice dress in New Look the other day I must link for you ladies

beautician your poor feet. I think mine are on their way- however not so nicely pedicured as yours . Were you at work yesterday? You must be on your feet a lot.

photographer glad to have you back post production.. You must be shattered from it all. Glad you can take things a bit easier even if you will have house stuff

lula well done DP, great news everything is ok. Good efforts!!

thom glad OH is coming along for support. My DH has only ever come to the two scans but luckily not too many appointments. Bet it will be really nice to have him there. Best of luck with the appointment

Anyone else feeling dizzy/light headed and tired but in a weird way? I've had a bowl of porridge and some fruit and two glasses of water. Yesterday I drank over 4L of water including some in the night (and did no exercise other than yoga) and I just don't feel great. My blood pressure has always been fine so I don't think it's that. Should be getting DDs ready but I'm lead on the sofa :/

Morning ladies. You are all reminding me that I really need to up my water.

Cookiesandcoffee sorry you aren't feeling that great today. Weather changing could of thrown you as well. I'd like to think anything now is acceptable to pop in the GP if you have concerns. Midwife/Day assessment if its movement, cramps etc.

primarynoodle I find movement a bit strange now, its like a tugging. I think LO is running out of room quick and not happy about it. I still use the extra cold juice trick at night to get some strong movements.

Fifi so glad everything worked out!

Thistle I too have been struggling a bit with feeling heavy and everything being a bit hard, physically. I am so used to being full of energy and fit, that the changes in my body are a lot to accept! I am most annoyed when DH remarks that I'm "waddling" - I tend to snap back, "Yes, because the baby's head is pressing on my bladder and if I stride out then I feel like I'm going to pee myself!"

Jem how funny, someone else recommended Tiba and Marl backpacks to me the same day you did! They do look very gorgeous. Glad everything was fine with your baby. Lots of my NCT ladies had had Braxton Hicks by this point in pregnancy.

Bel hope you enjoyed the babymoon! I am jealous!

Indians and Missing what lovely pics!

Thom I hope everything goes okay with the move. We had three bloody houses fall through before we got ours - and that was without one to sell!!!

Cookies that birth plan class sounds ridiculous. Did you manage to avoid it in the end? I think I would have been tempted to be "ill"...

Lula I feel for you with the crying session over baby movements - I had one of those a couple of months ago and it was horrid. Glad baby got a wriggle on for you :)

Beautician but how PRETTY your toenails are! Are you still doing them yourself?! I can't bend!

Ooo Foobio thank you for sharing that picture of the Seraphine dress - it's beautiful on you. I think I might actually order mine today - I am so sick of looking frumpy.

Cookies if you're not feeling great, always worth ringing the midwife, I reckon. Though it may well just be the heat...

I was in London this weekend and GOOD GOD was it hot. Very nice though - I went to visit a friend and kind of felt like it was my last hurrah before the baby, because I think it'll be a long time now before I ever go for a 'sleepover' on my own to a friend's again!

Starting to struggle a bit with work. I have realised though, that as I've been made redundant from school, there is absolutely no need to push on to the bitter end, so I think I'm going to bring my maternity leave forward. Going to sit and think today about how much longer I am happy teaching for, realistically. Bending down to deal with 5-year-olds all day is quite tricky!

I've also been offered a ton of freelance work from another job, which I think I'm going to have to turn down - gutting, as it is really well-paid and I would enjoy it. But I just think that if I keep taking on more work, the baby is going to be here before I know it, and I won't be ready.

Has anyone else been dreaming about their baby? I have recently started to dream about babies / giving birth / being pregnant more and more. The baby is becoming more present and real to me, somehow. (Could be the fact that I look like the side of the house and can't go for more than 2 hours without peeing, of course...)

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So hard to keep up I can't keep information in my head to continue chatting, but generally I need to up my water intake as well I get so many braxton hicks and baby is very low head down and enjoys punching my cervix. He moves loads when I sit and eat or drink anything but goes bananas lunch time and dinner time. I'm really suffering from pelvic ligament pain a lot more than last time it's really starting to affect me and mobility :( but had scan last week ( Portugal do 3 standard scans) and they do standard 3D scan and free pictures which is awesome

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Thanks ladies. I've put it down to tiredness and the humidity. Still getting lots of movements limbs poking under my ribs
Sounds pathetic but I'm sensitive to weather changes- I didn't realise quite how humid it was. Sets off my asthma as well and I think combined with baby reducing lung capacity it makes me extra tired.
Dd2s behaviour REALLY not helping. Ready to put her in the bin today bad mum

Vikki those pics are gorge too. These scans really are great. So nice to get the extra scan and 4d as standard.

bluebell yes I did sack it off in the end. Really not got the time or energy. I just left a message at the children's centre that DD was poorly.. Not at all sorry. Sure I'll get sturn face from midwife next week. I would focus on yourself and well being, as much as its hard to turn down work (I should prob take my own advice!) especially teaching a class of 5 year olds I don't know how you're doing it. All the picking up as well. Sounds like a lovely time with your friend, despite the heat. Rest assured you will go on a sleepover again

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34 week midwife app today, baby head down and slightly engaged. Good BP (me) good heart rate 150bpm (baby). Next midwife app in 2 weeks and they do a home visit for that one. Suffering with the heat, it's very muggy here today, I've been feeling a little light headed. Definitely upping the water intake.

Hi

Sorry, I read but none of it sticks much!
Cookie, I'm too feeling a bit ill today. Can't describe it well but really tired, feel a bit sick and like someone's sat on me?! Also feeling tight under ribs and a bit of wind pain down below. baby seems happy enough so I'll see how I feel tomorrow. Best description for me is its like a hangover! Gonna take my bra off as it's not helping lol.

Bit embarrassing to know my puffy cankles are so much worse than anyone else's

Still painting my own toenails. I always have pedicured feet and manicured hands it's just habit now.

The weather must have more of an affect on me than I thought. Other than having puffy feet I've actually felt great in the hot weather. Today it's rained all day and I've felt awful. I've slept on and off all day.

Bluebell I keep having the same dream over and over. That I go into labour when DH is at work and have to call him home. We get to hospital and I give birth to a girl (I'm having a boy). I'm a little upset at having bought blue boy clothes in my dream.

Lucia try not to take bump measurements to heart. They are very inaccurate. I don't think bump size relates to what size baby is. I measured big with ds3 and at 40+3 he was 7lb 3oz.

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Hi everyone, I don't think I've posted since the last thread. I do love reading though and can't believe how far along we are now. Luckily my dreaded PUPPS rash has gone down and I'm praying it doesn't come back.

beautician believe it or not my feet look that big (and bigger) if it's really hot even when I'm not pregnant!! I really suffer with swollen feet and ankles particularly when flying etc. I'm 29 + 3 now so don't worry I'm sure mine will be worse than yours in no time! And my toenails will not be as pretty.

Just trying to get the nursery organised and looking at cot bedding, bumpers etc and they all seem to say 12months +. Am I totally dim to be confused by this??

Sorry I havent really caught up, just posting because OHs nan has just sold the kitten she couldnt afford to keep her and the family that came to pick her up look lovely and like they will look after her! Will be weird not waking up and watching her dart round like a lunatic! Her mum is upset (kittens mum) shes just sat at the window looking out, and very quiet oh pregnancy hormones got me emotional!!

Just dropping in to give a bit of swollen feet/ankle solidarity. Mine are dreadful, and take ages to go down of an evening - they're definitely the same or worse than Beauticians!

smallplainblonde as far as I recall bumpers aren't recommended for small babies as they are a strangulation risk. Pillows are also not supposed to be used with small babies as they're a suffocation risk. When DC1 was born (also in July) it was so hot in the evenings that we hardly used any blankets or anything. Sometimes just a nappy it was that hot. So beyond sheets/mattress protector and maybe cellular blankets there isn't much else that you might need, I don't think.

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I have been reading up on Strep B and I am thinking of taking the ECM test. Has anyone else looked into it? Apparently it is not routinely offered on the NHS. vikki - is it offered in Portugal? Also, lovely scan pics. I think that the test is only £35 so think I will go for it.

Link to the information I have been looking at - gbss.org.uk/information-and-support/about-gbs/what-is-gbs/for-pregnant-women/

Morning ladies. Well I am amazed how much the water is helping, I had so much water retention in my arms and legs and now after two days of drinking cold water in the office today I am down 2lbs and feeling so much better. Funny that. Really counting down to the first week of June before I go on mat leave, hope I can keep the water drinking up at home to (where I am really failing).

beckslovestimmy Midwife appointments really speeding up now. Glad to hear its going so well.

Vikkijayne2507 Lovely scan pic

Cookiesandcoffee hang in there hope the rain cools everything down today.

smallplainblonde my daughter was a july baby, honestly I never used any of my cot bedding. In the early days it was just a sheet on her bed. Then when October hit she had a small blanket on rarely as we had sleeping bag suits on her. It was only just before 2 years old I started using her cot set blanket as she was potty training in her big girl bed.

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Just had a mw appointment, she said I'm measuring big and has booked me in for a scan on Monday. I know this is ridiculous (especially as DH was a big baby and is fit as anything) but I feel embarrassed and ashamed. I don't know why but I'm already dreading all of the 'omg he's huge' comments about my baby
Maybe being daft and hormonal.
Will catch up on thread later going to work to wallow in self pity and explain to hr that I need another appointment.

Kaytee it means nothing don't worry. I got told I was measuring too small with ds1 and had to go to hospital. Super scared from the midwifes reaction that baby may have growth problems. The consultant at the hospital actually had a little chuckle and said don't worry midwifes aren't qualified to diagnose so have to be over cautious and that I was just having a small baby. Ds1 was 6lb. I know of more babies born closer to 9lb than any other weight and bigger babies are supposed to be easier to labour as more to push against.

Thanks beaut I'm not sure why I feel so down about it, feel like a bit of a failure I suppose if the baby is too big.