October 2016 #5 Third trimester here we come

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They're lovely fresh -I'm definitely ordering a new one!

Blast the bump is now big enough that I can't it completely covered in the bath. If forgotten about cold belly syndrome.

Ah yes cold bump syndrome! I am familiar with that!
26 weeks tomorrow!

Aaaaaaaaah schnitzel those star straps are so cute! Just been googling them and definitely going to be buying one before October! I've spent loads today in the Amazon Prime Deal day though so I think I might wait until next month to get that wrap.

28 week appt today - BP fine (amazingly with house stress), heart rate good, bump right size, blood taken out and anti-d injection in. Not seen again for 6 weeks.

21lbs up though woops

Need to check out Amazon prime

Mw today suggested 2nd babies are bigger than first god I hope not ds was 9lb 4!!

Each of mine has been bigger than the last by about 5-8 oz

Last was 8.6 so I'm thinking up to 9lb

I spent a fortune on Amazon today too! Got quite a few bits for the baby and a few Christmas presents sorted

First was a week overdue, next 4 all induced at 38-39 weeks.

First (boy) - 8lb 3
2nd (girl) - 8lb
3rd (girl) - 7lb 1
4th (girl) - 6lb 12
5th (boy) - 8lb 3

I don't know whether I'm having a boy or girl this time and won't be induced until 41 weeks. Hoping I go into labour naturally by 40 weeks.

I managed to hold off on spending too much on the Amazon sale today though I did get some water wipes! Wanted to get the bjorn baby bouncer but it was gone so quickly I missed it.
I am 26 weeks today. Struggling a bit the last few days, everything was fine at my last midwife apt 1 week ago and I'm feeling baby kick regularly each day but for the last few days I am feeling quite a lot of tenderness in my upper abdomen. Being my first time I feel like I'm panicking over the littlest things so I called the clu at the hospital this evening as couldn't stop thinking about it and they were a bit like well pregnant women experience all sorts of unknown aches and pains if you're feeling kicks and not seeing any discharge then just take a paracetamol and keep an eye on it. Feel so huge right now my organs must be all squashed maybe it's just heartburn, general aches and pains or even braxton hicks...can you get braxton hicks high up in your abdomen?! I hate feeling so clueless!!
Oh that star suit is lovely I might also have to buy one! I've got quite a few clothes now, my snuzpod and furniture for nursery has been ordered - we went for mamas and papas set in the end but got a good deal on it through the Argos sale.

Hiya all!

Heartburn was still lingering today but nowhere as bad as Sunday into Monday - that was absolutely horrendous.

Had a busy day at work today and really struggled, i'm a theatre nurse and spent the majority of the shift on my feet, had to nick a stool though but at the end of the shift I was holding onto things to get around - i've no idea how i'm gonna through the next few weeks. Starting to worry me now :(

I didn't see this Amazon sale! Boo!! Nursery furniture is coming tomorrow from Mothercare -huzzah!

Hope everyone is doing well x

26 weeks!

Need to phone and book in for my 28 wk app and whooping cough jab

Baby will be sharing a bedroom with DC3 so no real need for much furniture, have bought another chest of drawers to match what she already has, already have a cot to go up. Not got the space for a changing table but would like to get a cot top changer I think

Oh my god, those star suits are adorable! Just like Maggie in The Simpsons!

I'm definitely going to get one. I didn't even know they existed - thanks for sharing!

Third trimester now (28+2) - eeek!

Hi everyone, hope all is well.

I'm off work today and tomorrow - thank goodness, but I am really struggling now.

I'm working on Friday 8-6 then off for 9 days, after that I have 4 more weeks of work left before I stop for annual leave/maternity leave but i'm getting more and more concerned i'm not going to be able to do it.

My work have been amazing throughout this pregnancy, they've let me use annual leave to reduce my working week, taken me off on call shifts so I don't need to stay overnight at work and I worked my last weekend last week...they've been massively supportive so I don't feel like I can go in and say "I don't think I can do the next 6 weeks".

I really don't know what to do, today i'm 24+5 but the weight of this bump, the back pain and the breathless are really bad today. I've literally sat on my bum the majority of the day because even going to the toilet is getting me really out of breath. I absolutely hate moaning so I tell everyone i'm doing fine but i'm really not some days. I feel for my OH, he's at work 9-5 and then he'll come home and some days i've literally done absolutely bugger all and he'll be doing the dishes or trying to sort out the babies room etc.

I feel like such a useless gigantic whale!!! Yesterday in work I had a load of people ask if I was okay because I looked really sore/breathless and i'm all "yeah yeah i'm good. not long to go now!"

What do I do?

I'm 26 weeks with just one baby and could easily finish work tomorrow!

Six weeks to go

April it sound like your work have been great but don't forget you're doing really long shifts if 8-6 is a typical day length. That's a long time to be on your feet, even without pregnancy. I do 7 hours in an office and am only having one baby and I'm shattered when I get home. It might actually help you more to do shorter shifts, but I don't know if that's an option? Hopefully your 9 days off will help you rest and recover a bit but remember work isn't worth making yourself ill over no matter how accommodating you feel they have been. It sounds like people can see you're struggling anyway so tomorrow might be the time to start being honest about it, even if just a little, so at least people are a bit more aware.

Kariana You're right, i'll just need to tell people that i'm feeling rotten if I am, I don't want to end up hurting myself or babies. I went to the maternity triage unit last night because of the breathlessness/back pain and spent 3 hours having obs done. They got a doctor down to check it wasn't a blood clot before letting me go >

Had a small bleed this morning so have spent the morning being monitored at hospital. Luckily all ok and no reason found for bleed, just one of those things it seems.

Looks like baby gave me an easy 2nd trimester but is back to being a bugger for the 3rd!

Hope all continues to be well northernlight.

I've not really been online that much last few weeks - I sort of settled into a pattern of movement some days and not alot days after, but baby seems to be relatively consistent at the moment, fingers crossed it remains like this. I don't have kicks so much as slides/rolls, and he feels so low down still. Maybe he's a puncher rather than a kicker

I'm really concerned though - me and DP have spent last 3 days arguing off and on about really petty things because I'm hormonal/exhausted/stressed and he's hormonal/exhausted/stressed - normally we work fine with this combination, but he really upset me Saturday (tbh, he was an absolute shit) and I've been unable to let it go - this has caused HUGE amounts of anxiety and stress - I'm talking hysterically crying for hours, hitting my head in frustration, smashing a bowl and cutting my hands . I've not eaten properly or drank much either and haven't been taking folic (although I'm under no instructions to do so other than normal dosage which I know is not mandatory at this stage now).

I'm 29 weeks+1 and I'm petrified I may have harmed his development - he's been kicking, I've had no pain other than normal and no bleeding. But I'm already high risk because of BMI and I've not been able to take the asprin I was prescribed at 12 week stage due to adverse reactions (basically I get the shits). Nothing has changed, his movement is normal, I just feel exhausted and worn out (to be expected). I've tried to up food and water intake, but there is a part of me that is so afraid I spent two days basically being a raging, emotional mess, that the stress hormones and lack of food will have harmed him.

Northernlight22 Oh no you must have gotten a fright! Glad everything is okay.

Aww missy don't worry yourself, your hormones go crazy during pregnancy and babies are okay and as long as you're eating something babies will take the nutrients you need. In my first trimester I literally ate crisps, biscuits and takeaways because I literally couldn't face most things and babies are totally fine.

Think of all the women who don't know they're pregnant and drink/smoke/go out partying/eating whatever and they have happy healthy bouncing babies.

Have you been back to your midwife/GP about the aspirin? I'd let them know you've not been able to take it and see what they recommend. Try speaking with DP aswell to smooth things over, you don't need all the extra worry on top. Easier said than done obv!

Northern I hope everything is ok. I had a bleed right at the end of my first pregnancy, and everything worked out fine. Never found out what caused it.

Missy I'm sure everything will be ok. I have sat exams in my first pregnancy and this one, and I am very bad at dealing with exam stress - I get very anxious, don't eat or sleep properly, and find myself crying hysterically, and there have been no adverse effects. Be as kind to yourself as you can be, and maybe go back to your midwife/gp about the aspirin. I also have high BMI, and no one has told me to do anything different, other than needing the GTT in a few weeks.

Hi everyone,

I'm 25+4 now with my 1st, I was on mumsnet lots while TTC but decided to leave in the 1st trimester as I had some bleeding and just wanted to try and relax a bit and not post about every sign and symptom as I was driving myself crazy!! So I hope you don't mind me joining in now.

Just wanted to say Missy a close friend of mine went through a terrible time during the 3rd trimester with her OH constantly arguing and all the horrible emotions that come with it but she has the most gorgeous baby now and things were much better once baby arrived, all the pregnancy hormones definitely don't help! Hope you can both try to let it go as you and your baby are far more important than silly argument xxx

Missy please do try not to worry. I bet a fairly high % of expectant parents have some big rows etc, I know I have!

26+1 here. Booked midwife app for in just under two weeks but somehow forgot to book my whooping cough while on the phone!

Missy don't worry - I'm constantly rowing with the OH at the mo, normally followed by a load of tears and me apologising for being a bit of a psycho!

Just taking it easy tonight, still a bit shook up from this morning. Got a growth scan next week though so that's some reassurance!