Babies due in November 2016 #4

[FuzzyOwl]

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Mallet?? Meltdown!!

Happy halfway point to us Fedup!

It's my 30th birthday today. Little one has given me a few somersaults this morning which has been nice as as I had a terrible sleep and woke up early crying because I was so frustrated about not being able to get comfortable! Better get used to it

Happy birthday Elderberries!

Happy Birthday!!

Ahh happy birthday Smells and happy halfway!

I've been quite teary this afternoon, not even sure why. Gym was a bit of a disaster, it was a different teacher for Pilates and I really didn't enjoy it or feel like I was achieving anything and I only managed two tracks in spin before feeling really sick so had to leave early.

I think I need to sleep!

Thank you for the birthday wishes! GD a pretty good day, little one was kicking me all day and I ended up with terrible indigestion from 3pm onwards haha.

My boobs have been killing me intermittently over the past 10 days or so, sore nipples and just really achey, and last night I noticed there was a tiny wet patch on my pj top. This morning I've realised if I press the top of my breast, after about a second of pressure (firm but not hard) I start leaking I don't mind, it doesn't bother me, but will it stay like this now for a while or should I expect the leaking to get worse the closer I get to giving birth? (This is totally normal, right?! )

Just catching up.

Yes to the gender thing- I saw (and still see!) myself as a mum of girls so it feels all kinds of wrong that I'm carrying a boy, but I wasn't very bonded with the pregnancy before I found out the gender anyway so I expect it won't seem real or right until he's here.

I thought I was getting a bump but looks like it was mainly bloating. 19+1 and you still can't tell I'm pregnant, fed up of looking pudgy. Also can't feel baby moving much, just get the odd prod every few days.

I'm on holiday at the moment, it's lovely but it's soooo hot and my skin is just frying when I go outside. Damn pregnancy!

Also catching up.

Happy belated birthday Smells. Hope everyone else is doing well and having a good weekend.

I have finally popped and no longer looked bloated or chubby, but definitely pregnant. So far it is just my stomach but I am sure last time most of the baby's weight was in my chin, so not looking forward to that again!

Am finally feeling really excited about this baby arriving. I think getting a good 20 week scan and having an obvious bump with daily movement were the triggers. Now I just need to be organised and prepare for the new little one's arrival.

Scan tomorrow and I'm looking forward to it. I'm stopping myself from buying anything in the sale (White Company, I'm looking at you) until we get the OK tomorrow.

Hope everyone's having a nice Sunday

My scan tomorrow too. Slight scanxiety despite feeling lots of kicks and having a huge belly!!

My little boy felt his baby brother kick for the first time this weekend. A real magical moment as his eyes just lit up when he felt it.

I still haven't felt anything! I know when it's your first you don't really know what you're feeling but I really hope it becomes clear soon.

Can I ask a question about wee!

I feel like I'm drinking loads of water. Easily two litres a day. But every time I go to pee very little comes out (relative to hope much I've drank and also compared to how much I usually pee), even my morning pee which used to be very satisfyingly long. It's very disappointing. (sorry for the TMI).

Anyone finding the same? I'm starting to wonder if my body is holding onto fluid or something. But seriously, this must have to end soon, there must be about 6 litres of extra water inside me still, although not according to the scales

good luck with the Scans today

fuzzy I Think a good 20w scan has finally made it a bit more real for us too we went round Ikea yesterday and looked at some furniture for the nursery (still haven't bought anything mind you!)

aye are you weeing more often? (so never having a really big wee like you used to!) Or getting up for a wee in the night and not remembering!

Good luck to those of you with scans today!

Good luck for the scans!

The midwife has just phoned to say that apparently I have a short cervix so have to go in for a transvaginal ultrasound (sorry anyone reading this during breakfast!). Anyway, I've just been reading up on it and a short cervix increases the risk of preterm birth but is relatively easy to fix. So if you're having your scans, you might want to ask them to check your cervical length as I don't think it's standard procedure but this is the best time to pick up on it.

Aye, I'm the same pee-wise. Hardly any loo stops, short pees, drink heaps and no noticeable weight gain yet. Had my urine checked today so if there's a problem, I'm sure they'll tell me.

Good luck to those with scans today mines tomorrow and I can't wait!

20 weeks today, can't believe I'm halfway there, where's the time going xx

Aye I've had urinary retention during this pregnancy and trust me you'd know if there was a problem! Do keep an eye on it though as it's relatively common in pregnancy.

It's worthwhile remembering though that you have 50% more liquid in your body during pregnancy so you will need to drink and retain more.

I forget about this thread.
19+1 today. Still not really looking pregnant although have had a massive weight gain. Am quite long bodied so just presume it has lots of room to hide in. Scan is a week tomorrow, cannot wait to find out if it's a boy or girl! Been feeling some movements, wasn't sure at first but they've got stronger and more regular over the past few days.

Hope all the scans today and the rest of the week go well.

Not weeing any more often, no. It's so strange! I've had a read about urinary retention, sounds grim Spotty, will keep an eye on it.

Bolly let me know if they do think there is anything strange with the urine results as it sounds like exactly the same as me. I actually wonder if I'd be able to fill the sample pot when I go for my scan next week!

I used to really enjoy a good, long wee. Now it's like 4 seconds and I'm done. So weird!

Hello all, think I've just about caught up with everything. Was away last week so haven't really been checking the thread.

So glad to be reaching the 20 week halfway point tomorrow. Got my scan tomorrow, luckily it's at 8.10am so I get it out the way early in the day.

Good luck for tomorrow bobcat, I've got mine too tomorrow, 2pm though really wanted an early one but DP had to do it later with work

Home from work our scan and all good news. We're team yellow so a surprise for us in November!

Hope everyone has positive news at their scans.

Hi all, congrats on all the good news and happy birthday smells!

So... I've not been posting much for a while because I was feeling a bit eurgh, I ended up posting about this on another part of the site first but I think I want to post about it here as I kind of feel the need to talk about it but it's not so easy to real life.

Basically, I'm struggling. Really struggling. I'm just not happy about anything. It's very weird, it's like I can feel this happening to me rather than it being something I'm reacting to. I've just looked back over my posts on here and now I can kind of see it coming over the past month or two. Thank god for having spent years on MN because I can see what's happening, I've read enough about it, but it's horribly unsettling feeling it happen. I'm not happy about the baby and the pregnancy, I feel very disconnected the past week or two. The scan didn't make me happy. I can't bring myself to care about names or shopping or any of that. The baby is moving and kicking and it just makes me think... meh.

I've been to see my very nice GP and we've talked about it and have a vague plan in mind to monitor this and see how I continue to feel but it's so very weird. I keep crying on DP. I can't focus much on telly or books. I'm snappy with DD (though being with her is when I'm at my best).

DP knows what I'm feeling like and so do my parents, but as much as I sort of want to talk to people in RL I also can't bring myself to, they've all got their own problems, some of them very bad problems which would make saying "I'm sad because I'm pregnant" feel almost offensive to them. It's all a bit of a headfuck at the moment.

Sorry, another not happy whine from me but I'm just finding this all so hard .

Sorry you're feeling like this Thurlow. Wish I had something positive, helpful or productive to offer but I don't think I do, except that you need to let yourself feel how you feel without feeling guilty for it. Glad the gp is involved.

I'm in the scan tomorrow club too... 10 am for me. Given everything that's happened so for this pregnancy so far I'm feeling terrified in all honesty. Might be a sleepless night here!