February 2019 babies. The third trimester: it's all starting to feel very real now!

[maxiflump1]

Here we are again ladies with another new thread..... maybe some of these babies may make an appearance on this one!

@lullabel1 also not first hand experience but a lady in my yoga was induced with her first, she said because it’s happening faster than your body would have gone it is difficult but she managed to remain calm and use lots of the hypnobirthing/breathing techniques to get through it ok.

@twiglet i’m on iron tablets and find that upping the amount of fruit i’m eating adds enough fibre to counterbalance them. Alternatively the docs will prescribe you something (can’t remember what) that’s safe to take with them if you tell them the problems the iron is causing.

@powkin another one with horrid dreams here too. Feel for you. They arent nice. I woke up crying as I had dreamt my water has broken and I was bleeding but I was just running around the hospital lost. Was horrible. Turns out my waters breaking was me just waking up sweaty from a hot flush 😂 (anyone else getting them?)

Woken up this morning to a lovely present of an Ergo 360 being delivered. Such a lovely surprise and so thoughtful. As they had remembered I was always a big fan of it.

Fastly getting through my list now only bits and bobs to get still and to start sorting things out/find a home for them.

One thing I am struggling with though. Has anyone seen any nice tummy time mats? (Not essential or in a hurry but just casually looking) they all seem to be really garish. I want something non plastic/non musical thats not to cheap looking/scratchy fabrics.

Seems to be the impossible ask...

My babies have all come at the same
Gestation - in fact they outdid each other by a day! 38 weeks for all although induced with my first.

I found induction was a lot more intense, I guess because the contractions were forced instead of building up naturally but it wasn't unbearable and I had perhadine and gas and air! All my labours have been about 2 hours!

With my daughter my water went at midday,
Period pain didn't start until about 9/10pm and slowly built up to proper contractions, I got to the hospital at midnight, I was only 2cm and they wanted to send me home but MIL insisted and she was born at 2:20 in the morning! The midwives were quite shocked! Midwife this time keeps asking me about a Home birth as she is worried I won't get to the hospital but I'm not worried as my waters go, then I get period pains and when they become a bit too much I make my way in and that's when the active labour really begins so I would like to think I have this down to a fine art now on baby 4! Watch it will all go wrong, I'll be overdue and induced or something 😂🙈

I have still somehow been sleeping really well and not needing a wee every night either so sleep through! I slept 12 hours last night and feel amazing! I was having horrible dreams around 20 weeks and I think a lot of that was anxiety but haven't had a dream at all for a few weeks now (at least that I remember) can't believe I'm nearly 30 weeks and potentially 8 weeks to go it's quite scary really!

I am trying not to think of the birth, it does worry me but I know I can do it and will come out the other side. Starting to get really excited now about having a newborn again (have been a bit worried the whole pregnancy and anxious) but now we've got
Most of the stuff I feel a lot more prepared and excited to test it all out and get using it with her!

@sickmumma - what are you doing to me lol. I've been up since 3:45! X

@Yakadee next week you will be the same
I promise! We all had the sickness bug a couple of weeks ago it was awful, all one after the other for the kids during the week and then come weekend me and DH got
It despite me cleaning everything within an inch of my life! Probably why we are sleeping so well now playing catch up 😂🙈

It's horrible when the kids are ill isn't it! 😢

@sickmumma - I know really. I'm sure I'll probably get it anyway with my rubbish pregnancy immune system! He's perked up a bit, he's just had some calpol and a dry plain biscuit - it's the first thing he's wanted all morning.

I'm just glad we'll all be over it by Christmas! Glad you're all feeling better xx

Aww bless him! I hope he's feeling 100% soon! And fingers crossed you don't catch it! Always the way this time of year! Apparently the school had lots off with it, I don't think we stood a chance!

@sickmumma - nah, I've heard it's doing the rounds. He hasn't had a bug like this for over a year so can't complain really. X

Anyone else find the size comparisons completely bizarre?! Or am I just buying my lettuce from a different place to everyone else 😂

At 29 weeks apparently my baby is the size of a puppy! Tbh once it gets onto melons I stop looking 😳😂🙈 (that's next week!)

Also can't remember who asked about the playmats but I have found some really gorgeous shops on Instagram called scandiborn and the modern nursery which have some lovely bits and pieces in which are modern and trendy! I've basically got all I need now (just got to get a bouncer, a couple of nice hats and some sheets for our snuzpod) but there are a few little bits such as pram toys and extras that I'm going to pick up from these stores! (Had to give baby buying a rest so I could get all my xmas shopping done!!) which after my amazon delivery today I have finally completed all Xmas shopping and just got to wrap!!

@twiglet I'm on iron tablets which make me constipated so I'm also on laxido (prescribed by GP). I was in the laxido before the iron tablets as I have been constipated from early on: the iron tablets just make it worse!

NotAsGreenAsCabbageLooking yep I paid £30 odd for a private GBS test in my first pregnancy and will be doing so again this time round!

Ugh I still feel so paranoid about the steak. I'm going to mention it to my midwife on Thursday. Please tell me I'm being stupid?!

I was sooo sick last night, horrible.

@Lookingforadvice123 - sou said awful but sounds like even if it was (which I'm not saying it is), it would be out of your system if you were ill shortly after xxx

If its any reassurance. My midwife was telling me ways to up my iron. As im really low like infusion low (those of you who are suffering with the pills. Infusion is uncomfy but easier on the stomach!)

Anyways she said steak is a really good way to eat iron. And I made some off hand comment like I dont like it well done though. She said as long as its not blue its fine. They just over compensate on the guidelines as there will always be some numpty who eats blue steal daily and has zero common sense.

So I shouldnt worry too much it was probally just to rich rather than anything sinister.

30+2 and has anyone else's morning sickness made a return?

Dark chocolate is also good source of iron x

Was meant to have them antenatal course today but the traffic is absolutely horrendous. We left at 1 course started at 2 and by 1.45 we hardly had moved. I didn’t want to turn up half way through and also parking at the hospital is a night mare that prob would of taken another 20 mins to even find a space! Especially as the email I got said the course needed to start at 2pm promptly. So I decided To just turn back round and not bother.
I feel very bad I did email the lady to explain but there not a must are they? They are optional so I guess it’s not the end of the world if I didn’t go today. I do have another next week as it was a 2 part course but I don’t know if there is any point going to the 2nd half if I didn’t go to the 1st?
And also will my midwife find out that I hadn’t gone?

@Alicejj8x I wouldn't worry. They are only optional. I didn't go to any of the NHS ones in my first pregnancy and no one batted an eyelid although I did pay to do NCT instead but don't think the midwife even asked. Might be some use if you can get there again next week. I shouldn't really worry too much though as no class can really prepare you for childbirth and a newborn anyway!!

@maxiflump1
Thank you for the reassurance. I just felt bad that the lady was expecting me but I did email to explain and would of hated to walk in half way through. So just didn't worry

Yes I will see if I can get there for next week again.

I feel very confident I'm a nanny and have worked with children for many years now all diff ages but I 100% understand it's a totally different ball game once it's your own and all you learn goes out the window I'm sure lol. Xx

I had a dream I had found one of my rabbits dead in their shed in morning! 😕

On another note I am so emotional. Is this usual for everyone? Especially about anything baby / young children... I just have to think about my baby girl arriving and I could cry! 🙈

@Alicejj8x one thing being baby is ours 24/7. I have warned OH when it comes to 6pm I may hand him over 😂 xx

@babyp160
Ahahaha yes that's the thing there is no ok see you later I'm
Off home for a quiet night .. unless like you say OH can have baby and we can clock off 😂😂😂

I went to all the classes in my first pregnancy, they didn’t teach anything I hadn’t found out for myself and even then... nothing can prepare you for actually having a baby.

You think you know what exhaustion feels like? You don’t. You think you understand the pain levels involved? You don’t. It’s like nothing you can imagine or can be taught, you have to experience it.. the highs and the lows.

But you get though, and once you’re out the other side it feels brilliant 🙌🏼

So I really wouldn’t worry about missing a class 😊

@twiglet lactulose is good and safe in pregnancy if you don't need something as strong as the laxido /movicol. Just avoid senna and dulcolax as they can cause contractions.

Notquiteagandt oh that's so reassuring, thanks so much! I've got my next midwife appt on Thursday so will mention it then too but you've made me feel so much better, thanks!

It's felt like the first trimester again today, horrid.

alicerr yes super emotional. I was in tears earlier just thinking about the first time we heard my son's heartbeat (my son who is now almost 3!) as we'd thought I was miscarrying at the time. This goes back to May 2015 and it still got me