January Babies #5 - Are we 'glowing' yet?!

[millsbynight]

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Current January babies due dates list:

Noodleaddict – EDD 24th December – team yellow
Alpanini - EDD 25th December – team yellow
Cookie22 – EDD 27th December – team yellow
MammyHester – EDD 29th December - team yellow
Mumoftheark – EDD 28th December - team yellow
Kilicat – EDD 28th December - team yellow
WLMcl – EDD 28th December - team yellow
MummyM33 – EDD 29th December – team blue
Pickledsausage – EDD 30th December - team yellow
Millsbynight – EDD 30th December – team pink
Newhere123 – EDD 30th December team yellow
DiveItLikeYouStoleIt – EDD 30th December - team yellow
MissMango – EDD 31st December - team yellow
SilverLinings2014 – EDD 31st December - team yellow
MarthaC – EDD 31st December - team yellow
GenerallyHappy1 – 31st December - team yellow
SJ1989 – EDD 31st December – team pink
HariboFrenzy – EDD 1st January - team yellow
JJenky34 – EDD 1st January - team yellow
Kirsty157 – EDD 1st January - team yellow
NoOneLikesACrispyTowel – EDD 1st January - team yellow
GruffaloSoldier – EDD 1st January – team blue
Emma2803 – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
Stripeyfish – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
Bunanarama – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
PurplePoppySeed – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
CharlieWeasley – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
Hanna87 – EDD 2nd January - team yellow
Ziggzagg – EDD 2nd January – team blue
StylishDuck – EDD 3rd January - team yellow
ALHCTPS – EDD 4th January - team yellow
Reetgood – EDD 4th January – team blue
BreadAndJam00 – EDD 4th January - team yellow
Owltrousers – EDD 4th January - team yellow
Loulou1286 – EDD 4th January - team yellow
LadyM0ndegreen – EDD 5th January - team yellow
Lenska999 – EDD 5th January - team yellow
Sophsta – EDD 5th January - team yellow
Dddddddddd – EDD 5th January - team yellow
Whoknows123 – EDD 5th January - team yellow
SpringChicken26 – EDD 5th January - team blue
Hotpinkangel19 – EDD 6th January – team pink
Rememberpurpleronnie – EDD 6th January – team pink
HariboFrenzy – EDD 6th January - team yellow
Laurelloves85 – EDD 6th January – team pink
Poppypopsicle – EDD 6th January - team yellow
ChocoMunchi – EDD 6th January – team pink
Coffeecoffeebuzzbuzzbuzz – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Ifeellikechickentonight – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Pebble82 – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Hutch2016 – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Usedtorun – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Kitcaty – EDD 7th January - team yellow
OutComeTheWolves – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Embo – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Hannah91x – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Spitzbergen – EDD 7th January - team yellow
MegRam – EDD 7th January - team pink
BELLAARA – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Ladybunnikinds – EDD 7th January - team yellow
Klc75 – 7th January – team pink
Rabbitstail – EDD 8th January - team yellow
MrsCorr – EDD 8th January – team pink
Ndo4000 – EDD 8thJanuary – team pink
GiraffesCantDoMentalArithmetic – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Usernamegone – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Tinywithtoes – EDD 9th January - team yellow
SummerHopin – EDD 9th January - team yellow
HeyBea – EDD 9th January - team yellow
PregoinKH – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Train1 – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Klaw87 – EDD 9th January – team blue
Serendipper – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Waitingonasmile – EDD 9th January – team blue
Briggs18 – EDD 9th January - team yellow
Chocolateshortcake – EDD 10th January TWINS!!!
Thingymaboob – EDD 10th January - team yellow
Jellypi3 – EDD 10th January - team yellow
Questabelletreetop – EDD 10th January - team yellow
ElleMcElle – EDD 10th January - team yellow
ChocolateMuffin595 – 10th January - team yellow
Kirst11 – EDD 10th January - team yellow
Bringmethechips – EDD 10th January - team yellow
LoobysMummy14 – EDD 10th January - team yellow
Banania – EDD 11th January - team yellow
JoeyR – EDD 11th January - team yellow
LadyFuchsiaGroan – EDD 11th January - team yellow
SandyAmazon – EED 12th January - team yellow
Maybebaby2 – EDD 11th January – team pink
Fattycowagain – EDD 12th January - team yellow
Auntym – EDD 12th January - team yellow
JB1983 – EDD 12th January - team yellow
DreamBigHaveFun – 12th January - team yellow
Isabeau1980 – EDD 12th January – team blue
Mrsb87 – EDD 13th January - team yellow
LinaBl – EDD 13th January - team yellow
Flossyfloss – EDD 14th January – team pink
Shaaan1329 – EDD 14th January - team yellow
SJP3 – EDD 14th January - team yellow
Asafemooring – EDD 14th January - team yellow
Purplechoc – EDD 15th January - team yellow
Maybebaby88 – EDD 15th January - team yellow
Isambardo – EDD 16th January - team yellow
ImBreakingBad – EDD 16th January - team yellow
Issywizzybelle – EDD 16th January – team pink
Wapphighwood – EDD 16th January - team blue
ElsaMars – EDD 17th January - team yellow
Ruthcarr1990 – EDD 17th January – team blue
FromHackneyWithLove – EDD 17th January - team yellow
AdorableMisfit – EDD 17th January - team yellow
Star1980 – EDD 18th January - team yellow
Winsones – EDD 18th January - team yellow
Victoriaaaaaaaa – EDD 18th January – team pink
Hobbs123 – EDD 18th January
Mummy87 – EDD 19th January
Kittykat89 – EDD 19th January
Moodybutmarvelous – EDD 19th January
Disinterested – EDD 19th January - team blue
Roseandbee – EDD 19th January – team pink
Sybarite85 – EDD 19th January - team yellow
Polkadotflamingo – EDD 20th January - team yellow
ForumUsername – EDD 20th January - team yellow
Fredthefrog – EDD 20th January - team yellow
Acquiescence – EDD 20th January - team yellow
Rosehyd2 – EDD 20th January - team yellow
NovaArt3mis – EDD 20th January - team yellow
DooWhaaDiddy – EDD 21st January - team yellow
Beachbaby2016 – EDD 21st January - team yellow
Peachgreen – EDD 21st January - team yellow
AmandaP86x – EDD 21st January - team yellow
Owl1011 – EDD 21st January - team yellow
UnicornsandRainbows1 – EDD 22nd January - team yellow
Ndt90 – EDD 22nd January - team yellow
Seven0fNine – EDD 22nd January - team yellow
Icantthinkofastupidname – EDD 22nd January - team yellow
Chubchub – EDD 22nd January - team yellow
Coragreta – EDD 23rd January - team yellow
Beanmp007 – EDD 23rd January - team yellow
Abbixxx – EDD 23rd January - team yellow
Gemxo – EDD 23rd January – team blue
StarTravels – EDD 23rd January - team yellow
MissyJones80s – EDD 24th January - team yellow
Lolly34h – EDD 25th January - team yellow
Flyingbaby – EDD 25th January - team yellow
BumbleBee1982 – EDD 25th January - team yellow
Kdd1980 – EDD 25th January - team yellow
KimmySchmidt1 – EDD 25th January - team yellow
RedPanda25 – EDD 25th January - team yellow
Supper16 – EDD 25th January - team yellow
Iamchanging – EDD 26th January – team pink
Haily123 – EDD 26th January - team yellow
MrsPayneworkingmummy – EDD 27th January - team yellow
Robindeer – EDD 28th January - team yellow
EekThreek – EDD 29th January - team yellow
Siarie – EDD 30th January - team yellow
Sureitsgrand – EDD 30th January - team yellow
Decaffstilltastesweird – EDD 30th January – team blue
Starsshinebright – EDD 31st January - team yellow
Dabarai – EDD 31st January - team yellow
Flamingoprincess – EDD 1st February - team yellow
Pickledprogress – EDD 2nd February - team yellow
Emzwell – EDD TBC – team yellow
Hobbitsy – EDD TBC - team yellow

I could have written your post @Maybebaby2 . Have hardly been sleeping and waking up 6 or 7 times a night. Restless legs were horrendous last night and had a cry about how rubbish bedtime/sleeping is. I also felt like babies dropped right down into pelvis and everything feels uncomfortable and swollen down there. sorry you are having rubbish time of it too.

Restless legs are horrid aren't they @Waitingonasmile. I had them before I was pregnant but not to this extent, and every time I try to stretch out to ease off the restlessness my legs start to cramp!
I'm off work this week so hopefully can catch up on some rest and start to feel human again! Hoping it will ease off the Braxton hicks too as I won't be moving about as much as I do at work. I definitely find the more active I am the worse they are.
As for the wriggling and kicking I love it that she's so active in one way but honestly it really hurts at times. Yesterday I said owch out loud a good few times because of it. She must be so strong to be kicking that hard so I guess it's a good thing!

Lack of sleep and near constant braxton hicks here too @Maybebaby2 Iim getting really fed up with it and feeling pants as well so I feel your pain. Like you I'm off this week so hoping it eases and have a massage booked tomorrow that I got for my birthday so really looking forward to that, can't come soon enough!

Have been looking after my friends 12 week old baby today, so has been a bit of a test run for me - This morning was a bit 😬😬 but this afternoon I think we've got a little thing going 👍🏻 not easy this baby lark 😅

Also has anyone else had extra iron tablets prescribed? They've told me I have mild anaemia after bloods last week so am picking up my prescription tonight but worried it's going to make me even more constipated 😬 the joys of this eh

@klaw87 you might want to try Spatone first? It’s a sachet of water with iron in. You drink it with orange juice (helps to absorb iron). No horrible side effect.....

Will have a look at that thank you @ndo4000

@klaw87 I've been taking 3 iron tablets and 2 spatone sachets per day and have had no constipation. I did have constipation at 19 weeks without iron tablets.
I have been drinking a lot of orange juice though which might be helping...

Fab - spatone, tablets and orange juice 👍🏻 thanks ladies

Did you find it actually helped with any tiredness @Scots? I'm not sure whether to expect to feel any better in a few days or if it's just usual pregnancy tiredness

I was so reluctant to take it due to the side effects so I was only planning on taking spatone but then I felt guilty and decided to take all the iron tablets as well as extra spatone. I'm amazed at how much better I feel. I'm tired today as I had awful nightmares last night but generally I've felt really good since taking them.
I've also been told I'm low on b12 and folic acid so taking them as well.
I would start off slowly on the iron tablets and work your way up to the dose your doctor has prescribed. I've to take ferrous fumerate which seems to have less side effects.
My ferritin was at 12 and it's meant to be 14-186. I wasn't anaemic but dr was worried I would become.
Don't take the iron within an hour of milk, Gaviscon, caffeine or grains. These lower the absorption rate of the iron so more comes out...
enjoy the black poo!

That's great to know - thank you! I've been prescribed ferrous fumerate to take twice a day so will start with that and lots of orange juice - good tip about the milk too as I normally have cereal for brekkie so will have something else - glad to hear it made you feel better!
Absolutely no idea what my levels were, just a post it note on the prescription I picked up saying mild anaemia - no one has actually called me which is a bit annoying but I suppose it's pretty self explanatory - and I'm coming to expect that from the care I've received so far lol

I phoned up to ask my levels as I was so reluctant to take them. The dr printed out the blood results for me. I'm just nosey though!
I eat a lot of red meat and chicken but I tend to have it with milk or Coke so I think I've not been absorbing it well enough. Now I've read up some more I'm trying to avoid red meat with grain and only having water/squash with it. I'll end up in iron overload lol
Good luck!

@klaw87 enjoy your massage today, sounds like just the thing to pick you up after sleepless nights and Braxton hicks and low iron! Well done on the babysitting, if anyone handed me a 12 week old to look after at this point I'd probably cry and run away!

Is anyone else still suffering from morning sickness?? I'm so fed up with it!

Yep me @Waitingonasmile ! It's not as bad as it was at the beginning but still rears its head every few days, off work sick today with it.

Does anyone know at how many weeks work can make you take your maternity pay if your sick?

Leave not pay*

Mine isn't everyday either just seems totally random.

I'm not sure if every job is the same gemxo but with mine it's from 36 weeks.

@Gemxo It’s the last 4 weeks as standard

www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/sick-pay/getting-sick-pay-when-youre-pregnant/

I asked my midwife about restless legs as they have been driving me nuts, she suggested a small salty snack, like a handful of crisps, about half an hour before bedtime. It does seem to help, although I’m definitely getting the insomnia too.

Me too @Waitingonasmile so fed up with the feeling sick and being sick. Feel sick the whole time. 🤢🤢 had a cry the other day about it but think am just resigned to that is it now for the rest of the time xx

Thanks @Maybebaby2 it was bliss and pretty sure I fell asleep during the second half! It really was just what I needed!

When my friend asked me if I could look after her baby my first thought was good god no he's far too young 😂 then I thought actually I could probably do with the practice haha! It wasn't too bad but is difficult when you don't know the babies habits, felt a bit helpless when he was crying sometimes - which I'm sure I will feel with my own but at least he'll be mine lol

Really feel for all of you suffering with sickness still, it must be horrible 😔 we're almost there ladies - we're on the home stretch now x

Anyone else's baby really hurt when they kick? Had a growth scan today and where he has been "kicking" he is actually punching!! Feels like Mohammed Ali in there!!

@ziggzagg ouch yes me. Currently being beat up from the inside.
Has anyone else been told their baby is currently breach? I was told last week at 29weeks but apparently still plenty of time for her to turn. I’m having another scan at 32 weeks so hope she will have flipped!

Can anyone recommend a pram brand? We originally found a great bundle from silver cross, you got everything from pram to car seat & changing bag all for £695! We have gone to buy it online to see the bundle offer is no longer on!! & wont be back on now until January which is too late as can't risk not having car seat Incase of early labour!!

we ideally only wanted to spend £700 max on a pram set and was hoping it would include the car seat/changing bag/stroller style, so can anyone recommend any they have seen or know of any good brands?

@rememberpurpleronnie I was told last a week an a half ago that baby was transverse but today at midwife she is head down but she could still do a few flips lol

@rememberpurpleronnie yep 🙋🏼 he's been breech at my last two appointments, 29 weeks here too. From what I've read they can flip round lots at this stage and they don't start to worry until 36 weeks - st which point baby still has time to turn but they will check more regularly etc. I got worried too and googled lots!!

@Gemxo I was toying between silver cross and icandy for a while and eventually went with the icandy, I found them both light, easy to put up and down and liked the look of both. icandy was cheaper although doesn't come with a car seat - it does come with car seat adaptors though and is compatible with a few different types so may cost much the same to get a separate car seat. I would just go and test them all out in a store and see which one works for you and has the same qualities you like in the silver cross :)