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

[Ellizardo]

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

Oh no bluebell I'm happy for you it was a success in the end though. Constipation has been a bad side effect for me. I'm debating phasing out my vitamins as I'm sure the extra iron does me no favours. I haven't had any time to fit in swimming yet I'm most disappointed. I keep getting some really funny stares in the gym.

fifi definitely colostrum. Had it last preg. Haven't had it yet despite a sneaky squeeze in the shower the other day. Breast pads are only solution. I found it helpful to sleep in a sleep bra with pads in, as as the weeks went on the volume increased.
That is a long journey and hope the countdown til May passes quickly.

primary I'm definitely of the opinion that babies are a lot easier than toddlers! You'll be absolutely fine.

youandme not that I know terribly much about it but that does sound a bit OTT. And that isn't many days to monitor for? I was wondering if it made any difference what you ate on the day pre the GTT? Eg if you ate more sugar then would your first result be higher? Is there any one you can speak to for a second opinion?
I've been wondering myself as my GTT is tomorrow morning and I'm in two minds about what to eat today!

elliz I feel as though the 'no news is good news' moto seems promising. Fingers crossed for you. Jealous of your yoga class! My NCT one clashes with a class I teach and need to keep it up as I'm self employed and need the extra. Eekk your holiday has come round quickly how exciting. I looked into flying in a previous preg and think I saw this charge too-I think its a stupid admin fee. Total rubbish.

birchy v exciting purchase indeed! I really must start mine...

youandme I was thinking about the GTT results, and it seems a bit over the top to not just test you again. Particularly because where I am, the GTT is done differently - they only take 1 blood sample. So you fast the night before, but you don't have a blood sample taken before you drink the lucozade, they just take a sample 2hrs after you've finished drinking it. So if you'd have had that test you would have not been picked up for further treatment! It just seems daft that there are different ways of doing the test depending on where you live, that would result in a different outcome.

I have my 28 week appointment tomorrow, with the consultant, where I should get the results back of my GTT. The growth scan on Tuesday was fine, baby is growing as it should, no issues detected at all. Baby isn't too big at the moment, and isn't too small. Fingers crossed that this one won't be as massive as DC1!

28 + 1

I know what you all mean, but it's not really presented as something that's up for discussion. Though I did eat quite a lot of sugar the day before the test as it was my birthday!

To be fair, the midwife was being a bit disingenuous with me when she said I was "just over" the limit with my fasting bloods: the limit was 5.1 and my result was 6.3. So it seems likely that something is not quite right with how my body is processing sugar at the moment. So far all my levels have been fine, so should at least be able to avoid the meds for a bit longer!

There was a woman at the session with me who was 38 weeks pregnant, booked in for an ELCS next week, and who was still being made to faff about with starting monitoring and possibly meds because she'd been sent for a late GTT off the back of an elevated random blood sample, and then her post lucozade result was 0.1 over the limit. So they are very rigid about it! I felt so sorry for her, she burst into tears when the nurse got the machine out!

So much going on in this thread. It is hard to keep up.

I had a blood test to check iron levels on Monday and got a call from the doc today to ask me for a urine sample as my protein and albumine levels were low. It all seems a foreign language to me but we shall see if it was just a freak of nature or a simple explanation in the next couple of days!

I feel so far behind so many of you but know I am not alone bringing up the rear with an end of July EDD, although I am suddenly getting very big very fast! And starting to really struggle to breathe!

I submitted my mat leave stuff today and have until 13 July before I finish. Strange to think that a good number of you will already have your squishes by then and I will still have time to go.

Ladies, have any of your midwives mentioned the whooping cough booster? I have the option of getting it at 28 weeks and I'm leaning towards getting it just to cover those first few months. There's been so many outbreaks of whooping cough and measles that I'm not inclined to risk not getting the booster.

Pulpi my midwife didn't mention it but I knew I had to get it so asked her, she told me to book it at my gp surgery which I have done for 28 weeks and a couple of days

pulpi my midwife has mentioned it and I'm planning to have it next week

I had my whooping cough booster last week Pulpi (I'm basically a walking pin cushion now - lucky I don't mind needles!). I mentioned it to the midwife at the 28 week appointment and she just told me to book in with the GP surgery, which I did. It was a piece of cake - took about 2 minutes and there weren't really any side effects. My arm hurt a bit for a day or two, but not even as much as after the flu jab tbh.

pulpi I was supposed to have mine today but had to cancel due to work commitments. Re booked for next week.
going hope it was just a blip and every thing is ok.
youandme that does sound traumatic poor lady. I think they must just be 'clamping' down. And with the weight thing I'm at the same surgery I was with both previous pregnancies and not once was I weighed. And I was bigger then than I am now, did no exercise etc
Anyway I know it's shit but hopefully you can control it and you won't need the meds, but if something isn't right it's totally not your fault and at least you're being monitored, for sake of baby etc.
speak good luck for your results tomorrow. I had forgotten the process of even getting the results back!

I don't know why I'm quite this anxious about the test to be honest. I think half of it is the faff of getting there so early and dropping children off in different places etc, all with no coffee or food!!

I've booked in for a whooping cough jab next week, as I was also worried about the recent outbreaks. It can be very unpleasant for tiny babies apparently.

Glad that my constipation woe has brightened a few peoples' days! :) My midwife has suggested Lactulose for easing things through, which I will certainly go and get a bottle of tomorrow.

YouandMe you sound like you feel much better about the GD now - so glad. I can't believe they have bothered with that poor lady with only one week to go!

Speak I've got to ask... How big was DC1?!

pulpi yup, I got given the leaflet for the whooping cough vaccine today, and I booked in to have mine done next week (I'll be 30 weeks).

I heard the baby having hiccups today through the doppler at my midwife appointment... So cute!

Then my day was absolutely made when I went back to reception to book my vaccination, and the one of the receptionists - who I don't know and have never had a conversation with before - said "We've been saying we think you look fantastic, and we wish we looked like that when we were pregnant!" I found this VERY cheering as I have been feeling really frumpy the last couple of weeks!!! What a nice receptionist! :)

I am getting all thecjabs and so are my kids. It is nice to see reminders in case I miss them. A bit gutted my toddler missed out on the meningitis jab as we can't afford it privately.

Saw the doc and although we are waiting for the urine results back she said I was also low in iron so has prescribed my iron and luctolose. Isn't being pregnant glam!? She said if there is protein in my urine they will need to keep a close eye on me. We should have all the results by the time I have my mw appt next monday. My mw clinic is in the docs so will be able to check on my way in.

She also said the pain around my shoulder and bum are to do with an ongoing weakness in my lower back and can be helped with strengthening my core more and swimming and ye faithful paracetamol.

I love feeling the bany wriggle inside me and watching my body create another lofe, but not sure why pregnancy has to be so destructive. I suppose you could argue it is natures way of population control!

Honestly ladies i can bloody sympathise with the constipation. I was literally like clockwork before and since about 5 weeks (what prompted me to poas actually) i think ive pooed maybe 3 times slight exaggeration

I HATE constipation :'(

loopy the only nice thing about pregnancy are baby wiggles and kicks i think!

I did a brilliant poo at work today came out all honestly I either feel blocked or seem to half poo. Very annoying, always feel lighter and less uncomfortable after a real sized poo... Pregnancy is indeed ultra glam huh! Nearly told my work colleague I was so happy but thought was deffo tmi ha ha

Bluebell how lovely of the receptionists! I hope you managed their expectations by saying 'yeah but I did take twenty minutes to get a poo out, earlier'

MrsRolly hehe

I absolutely hate pooing at work, it's grim! I have a certain toilet I call my 'poo toilet' (only in my head, obvs) where I'm less likely to bump into immediate colleagues. I alway have this fear that I'll be so long, someone will tap on the door and ask if I'm ok!!!

Oh pooing is becoming hard for me again!! Cant remember who said, but I either am constipated or stuck to the loo!! No inbetween but I loooovveee the feeling of getting it all out! Like a massive weight has fallen out haha! (Sorry my memory, I blame baby brain, I can never remember who says what!)

Ladies any of you have short term SPD solutions?! It has suddenly got worse and now I can hardly walk, took the day off sunday because of it, had work today, only 5 hr 15min shift but I am in so much pain Im wondering if Ill be able to stand tomorrows shift which is 7 hours I am dreading it and wondering if I should go in..?

missing My self diagnosed SPD has bad days and terrible days... i work through the terrible with hot water bottles and regular paracetemol doses

I did my back in as a teenager and frequently used either deep heat/freeze spray (not checked if they are allowed in pregnancy though) and there were these stick on patches that heated up once stuck to the skin (i think you can also get them for period pains) which helped too..

Have you spoken to a physio about getting a support belt? Think thats my next move.

Paracetamol doesnt really work for me, tried regular doses but the pain just doesnt budge I have my first physio thing on the 20th, sounds like its a group one by what the letter says Ill see what happens with that

It'd be great if I could sit down when needed at work, Ive tried but been told off because its infront of customers so the only chance I get to sit is on my break

While we're sharing poo stories ... I've luckily remained quite regular (sometimes a bit of constipation and sometimes the other but maybe only once a week). On Saturday I weighed myself as usual expecting to have put on about a pound from last week, well I was horrified that I had actually put on 4lbs!!!! An hour later I went to the toilet and just felt 10x lighter afterwards, jumped on the scales again just out of curiosity and had lost 3 of the 4lbs!!!!

Missingpeice. If you can't sit in front of customers then they should allow you more frequent breaks. I am sure someone with more knowledge than me will confirm but I think they are legally responsible in some way.

I wonder if a suppport belt would help with the crippling pain O am getting through my left buttock and left shoulder. Doc said about doin more to strengthen my core. So will do more at the gym but I am starting to get to the point where ai get out of breath going up the stairs. Not sure how I make it through Step and the Gym!

puzzle quickest fix is get yourself a belt. Mine is from Jojo, it was about £20 - or splash out on a Serola one - about £40. I'm not finding mine as helpful this time round (my PGP is different), but last time was a godsend. This time I'm seeing an osteopath at £40 a go, which hopefully won't be for much longer as it does seem to be helping. She recommended a hot water bottle too and that's been helping this week. Sitting on sofa with it on my lower back.

Pillow between your knees while in bed, keep knees together as much as you can.

See your GP and get co-codamol prescribed. Or you can buy it OTC - but I bought some and was too scared to take it - duh. But it IS prescribed for PGP/SPD.

Rest as much as you can. Look up some exercises, yoga cat/cow is good. Rotating your hips in a figure of eight.

Sympathies! It's shit! But mine also went instantly after the birth last time - like magic.
dats errr 26?+ somethingggg

Wow Kaytee, a 3lb poo, that's incredible - that's like nearly half the weight of a baby! I'm impressed. Tonight I think it's fairly safe to say that I won the award for the smelliest poo. I didn't weigh mine though.

I'm now at the stage of visible pregnancy where people are offering me to skip to the front of the queue. This has happened to me a couple of times for toilets, which I appreciate (although have declined in classic British style) and also in museums, where for some reason people think I have greater urgency than non-pregnant people. Not convinced the same thing will happen when I get back to London (although I'll learn to milk it if it does).

Bucking the trend here: I'm actually quite enjoying my pregnancy. I've been lucky not to be too unwell, and have been enjoying the feeling of being pregnant, especially since the kicking/somersaults started. It's all whizzed by so far and I've been so busy at work that I don't feel I've been making the most of it. I'd like to do more yoga classes, resume swimming etc, and am looking forward to NCT and buying clothes/furniture etc for the baby. So when I get back from hol at the weekend, I'm going to try to prioritise "me time" over work time. No more stupid working til 2am. Am thinking of signing up to various classes eg preg yoga on weekday evenings, so I've got an excuse to leave at specific times and have a chilled evening.

I'm sure the last 3 months will fly. I'd actually like it to last longer. Things are quite easy for me now - I have the enjoyment of nurturing a baby but without the hassle of cleaning up poonamis etc I also suspect I'll get less sleep after the baby's born (and sleep is very precious to me). So I wouldn't mind keeping it inside me for a little while longer!

PS Ellizardo - what's the deal with the fit to fly letter? At what stage do you need to have one? Is it for all countries/airlines? It didn't even occur to me - I just booked a flight and hopped on the plane - I didn't tell anyone I was pregnant and no-one charged me a £15 fee for the pleasure! Is it a legal requirement, or is it the airline's prerogative?