Late December - Early January Thread 2!

[Bella1985]

Hi! We're on to our 2nd thread for babies due at the end of December/Early January. 3rd trimester is in sight...!

Ohh exciting everyone - Stealth - are you pleased knowing you have a date for a section (if you wish). How are the ribs now?

Bella - have fun with the tree today. We are hoping to get ours up next weekend. For some reason it's not feeling like Christmas for me yet, I'm hoping setting up the tree and decorations will help with that!

The fanny daggers and BH are a bigger, as a first timer I hope I am recognising them correctly and not going into early labour! They come in waves (which I can talk through) and then go for ages. Although I had a ctg last week and it picked up regular BH which I can't feel....

Lucy - congrats on your last day, Mine was Friday too. Such a relief to get there but must have been knackered as I've slept so much this weekend. I have s few things still to finish off so will be getting the laptop out tomorrow and Tuesday to finish. Then it'll be off till autumn next year!!!

Col - yes! I can't get comfy on the sofa either (Or in bed).

Hope the baby stays Emz - hope all goes well/went well at the hospital?

After all my classes and practices, baby was still in breech position on Friday (37w). The hospital can't perform an ECV to turn baby due to the cord being round the neck (I was not going to consent to an ECV so sort of glad that I didn't have to right my corner!). Anyway I've been booked in for a c-section on 22/12!

It's a weird feeling, I'm not pleased to have an end date as I think deep down I wanted to try a natural birth despite my anxieties. I think was prepared for a c-section if required during labour but for some reason the ELCS has hit me hard and I've been a bit tearful about it (not like me at all!). I've been so lucky this pregnancy so I think I'm also mourning the impending end of pregnancy and start family life. So strange as I've had over 7 months to prepare for this, the date is just so real and final (not the right word, but my vocabulary has disappeared!). So stealth, we could have babies on the same day!!

Glad you have finished & going to get some rest Admarks. Sorry that you won't have the birth that you had geared up for but baby just isn't playing ball. I sort of know how you feel. With DS I had a low lying placenta & they kept talking about CS. I felt so disappointed that I might not experience & do it myself. I had a very late scan & it had just budged out the way but I remember feeling so upset up to that point. At least you have a date to plan for. The uncertainty is driving me insane!!

Wow admarks - you have your end date! Sorry it's making you feel sad. I think as a first timer I would feel the same - you always picture having a baby as seen on films - at a hospital, legs spread and a myriad of people looking up there shouting at you to push. It's taken me a little time to accept that on your back is the worst position and gravity works best on all fours/stood up trying not to picture people staring at my behind whilst I'm on all fours There's nothing wrong with having a csection but again that is only depicted on film as a last resort things are going wrong sort of scenario so we don't imagine ourselves having one when we find out we're pregnant. Everyone who's had one has said that it's a very calm process so atleast the stress of the unkown will be taken away. And you know when you'll meet your baby - very jealous of that! it's good too that you've escaped the ecv, they sound painful.

Hope you come to terms with it soon.

I've started mourning my old life again - just seeing people out having festive fun across the city has made me realise that DH and I probably won't be going out (to pubs and restaurants) together as much anymore - we'll probably have to arrange to be out on separate nights, which is weird because we get along really well and enjoy being out together. I know we'll have an amazing baby and it's what we want and we'll adjust, but it's the end in sight feeling that's making me a bit nostalgic. DH did say though that he's already planning days out for us as a family, that we wouldn't do together normally, so atleast there will be new things to do together!

Congrats on reaching mat leave lucy and admarks - good luck with your final week stealth.

So just as I hear up to call babys movements have picked up. It's not been normal. When we went in a few weeks ago the MW told the other couple in triage that as long as baby moves every half hour they are happy. So he now thinks because Iv had movement then everything's fine. That's not what's been drummed into me! I don't know whether to calm or not.

Very well put Bella. That sums it up really well about the expectations we have. I also feel similar about the big change about to happen. I guess it's just the mind catching up with the body

Oh.. it's not only me having bad nights then. I guess our bodies are preparing us for birth. I had really bad back pain on Friday night and spent an hour at midnight rocking on all fours on the bed. I eventually found a position to lie down and sleep, i figured if it was early labour I would if contractions intensify. But it all but disappeared by Saturday morning so not early labour then.

I would love to have baby with us by Christmas but somehow I have a feeling I'm going to be the last to have a baby on here (i.e. well into January).

I have to go into the DAU next week sometime for my weekly BP check and have a MW appointment later in the week as well. Along with DD's nativity play, my work Christmas lunch and decorating / painting work starting in my kitchen, it's going to be a busy start to maternity leave! Good luck for your last week stealth

admarks we might be date twins - cool! Personally I'm happy to know that I can access the c section if I want. All my friends who have had Elcs rave about how good they were, and worryingly many of my friends who have had vaginal births are telling me to go for the section! I think I just feel happy to have the choice. I will almost certainly take up the doctor's offer to do an internal exam before the section as if I am close to labour maybe I'll give it a go. But let's wait and see what this next scan on Thursday says!

My ribs are still in absolute agony, I can actually feel now where one of them has totally moved out of position. Am thinking of going to the osteopath next week when I finish work to see if they can move them back a bit as it is so painful.

bella I know what you mean about life changing. DH keeps saying "is this going to be absolutely awful? What have we done?!". Meanwhile I'm just so grumpy and pregnant I'm focusing on the baby coming!

And I have been eating first breakfast at 4am for a week now. Hungry hippo!

Emz - i would call as I've been told anything that's not normal for you should be checked out. Hope everything is ok as I appreciate your post was sometime ago now.

Good luck with your last week Stealth!

Lucy - hope the kitchen painting goes smoothly and enjoy the nativity!

Thanks everyone - I think the anxiety is because the decision has been taken away from me and I've had time to reflect on it. I'm not anti c-section, as it was my initial birth choice, so I'm finding it really hard to work out why I feel his way.

Bella - you're so eloquent- you've summed it up perfectly!

The date has given us a definite kick up the backside to get things moving house wise. baby has been showing no signs of going anywhere so we were expecting a Jan baby!

We are planning on having a nice meal out the night before CS to celebrate our last night as a two. I think OH is actually secretly it will be a CS as it will be calmer and he was wondering how he would cope seeing me in pain.

Thank you. Been into hospital. Baby moved a bit under monitor. It's still quieter than normal but as long as you get movement they are happy. They also checked my cervix. Still closed. I did have some of the painful tightenings which the dr felt & said they were definitely tightenings happening. He wrote irritable uterus in my notes. Iv heard about that but could mean that this baby is ages away but my body makes me feel it's soon. We will just have to carry on the waiting game.

Hope you manage some rest Lucy. Hope your rib pain lessens Stealth. Sounds awful. I know what you mean Admarks. Sounds like you are getting your head around the big change & can find a way of enjoying knowing when it will happen. Glad they checked about the cord!

Glad to hear you've been monitored and the baby's fine emz

Love that stealth - hungry hippo!!

admarks that will be nice, having a nice meal together.

lucy that sounds like such a busy start to mat leave, try and fit in a little rest!

Glad the baby is ok emz, but how frustrating that your uterus might be sending out false signals.

Happy Monday everyone! Am so excited this is my last Monday at work!

Eurgh I think I may be back in 1st trimester hell...the nausea has returned! Antacid tablets aren't working, it doesn't really feel like heartburn, just a sicky feeling from about 1pm onwards but so far haven't been sick. I had it yesterday and thought perhaps it was a bug starting, but was better this morning and then had the same again this afternoon...oh joys!

Morning everyone. Sorry you are feeling rubbishy Bella. The nausea has returned for me along with killer heartburn. I have been a bit sick so assumed it was a bug. But I think it might just be our bodies getting fed up towards the end & everything getting squashed. Woke at 5am to cramps that got worse but then disappeared. I get excited & then it all goes. Officially 37 weeks today according to NHS. Yay.

Happy 37 weeks emz!

Yep I'm sick a lot at the moment (moreso than I have been the last few weeks) & lots of nausea too. Have been trying just to eat very small, very frequent meals and that seems to help. And lots of herbal tea and fizzy water (still water makes me vomit). Also have had way more bloating and trapped wind and vicious poos. Think everything is just squished!

Woke up at 2am today wide awake. Didn't fall back asleep until 530. Currently sat at my desk like a zombie. Zzzzzz

Sorry to hear you're vomiting emz and stealth - I haven't been sick once during the whole pregnancy but have a feeling it could be coming soon as everything is more squished and the nausea feels a bit more threatening than in the 1st tri!

With you on the bloating, wind and poos stealth so that's an extra offence added to the glamour patrol list! That must be so hard if still water is making you sick! poor you being in work after so little sleep, atleast you're on the home stretch this week! I bet you're counting down the hours to start leave now!

Argh emz that must be so annoying when you think things are happening and then they dissappear. DH is adamant that we'll be ringing the mw when I start to have any pains but I keep telling him about stop starts and how the first stage could go on for days when it eventually begins! He's so dramatic!

Congrats on hitting the official full term emz - once Thursday comes lucy will be joining us in the full term club and then I think we've all reached the important milestone!

A little frustrating. Did a miniature yoga Nidra & hypnobirthing workshop yesterday. It was really helpful at making me feel much more positive & giving tips to help. I was wide awake at 5am & now feel shattered. I'll be a zombie with you Stealth. Not long until you finish.

I wonder if any of us will become victims of the full moon tonight. I had DS on a full moon. Our bodies are certainly getting a battering.

I'm due Christmas day feels like it's dragging now

Hi princesspinkgirl

I don't think the full moon is going to do anything for me...unless my waters go...my uterus hasn't given me any indication that it's about to eject this baby anytime soon...

Welcome Princesspinkgirl. It does feel like Iv been pregnant a long time!

I woke an hour ago & was violently sick with an upset stomach. Getting quite bad pains. Could well be another bug Iv picked up. At least DH & DS have slept through it all. I did feel wide awake but now feel so sleepy. Been wandering around & now not sure whether to try & sleep.

Hi emz, I'm awake too! How are your pains?

Don't think the full moon is going to do much for me - apart from another night of rib-shredding, this baby feels very comfortable!

Welcome princess

They kept me awake until 6.30. Must have dozed off. They are still there & back is killing me. Hope it's not another sick bug Iv picked up! Oh Stealth that rib pain sounds brutal.

Oh you poor thing! hopefully they either settle down or develop into something more imminent!

I've booked in to see an osteo on Friday afternoon to see if they can just gently manipulate the ribs into a better position - I can actually feel one sticking out now at an odd angle .

Picked up the keys to our new house today - gulp! exciting day but everything is happening at the same time!

So sorry to hear about all the ongoing aches and pains everyone! I'm just checking in, all fine here, got worried sick yesterday morning about reduced movements but he's back on form now thank god. Also finally started washing the baby clothes. Panicking slightly that I don't have enough but never mind.

My appetite, after being fairly normal for the entire pregnancy has gone off the charts, anyone else experiencing this? I know a few of you are having some nausea - and emz your sickness must be a nightmare. I hope it clears up soon.

Stealth massive congratulations and good luck with the new house! You are a brave soul!