June 2019 - Part 6!

[Kescilly]

Welcome to the middle of the second trimester, ladies! Apologies if anyone has been left off the list!

Kescilly, 1st baby, due May 29th

rollerskaterdata, 2nd baby, due 30th May

Sassehmonsta, 2nd baby, due 31st May

Torsz, 1st baby, due 31st May

PeachPotato, DC2, due 2nd June

Fee1234, 1st baby, due 3rd June

Stellarfox, 1st baby, due 4th June

Fiona1619, DC2, due 4th June

Ksjourney, DC2, due 5th June

Mummytomollyandbean, due 6th June

MadeInCornwallx3, DC 3, due 7th June

SK17, DC1, due 7th June

ExcitedMama, DC2, due 8th June

Fabuluce, DC2, due 9th June

Silversister, DC1, due 9th June

Chocomalt, DC2, due 9th June

annihall, DC1, due 10th June

lstef, DC1+2!, due 10th June

Bimbabo, 1st baby, due 11th June

Diamondbutterfy, DC3, due 11th June

Heebyjeeby99, DC1, due 11th June

CrazyCowLady, DC1, due 11th June

KoalasAteMyHomework, DC2, due 12th June

Toasterstrudle, DC2, due 13th June

Napssavelives, dc3, due 14th June

Kimbishop86, dc2, due 14th June

Toomanyflatwhites, dc2, due 14th June

Blondcat, dc1, due 14th June

emily1511, 1st baby, DD 16th June

hexagon01, DC2, due 16th June

R4ch4el12, 1st baby, due 17th June

HoneyPea, 1st baby, due 18th June

2countries1bump, 1st baby (girl), due 19th June

Spargle, 1st baby, due 19th June

Curlypasta, dc3, due 20th June

Holly257, DC3, due 21st June

WeeBean, 1st baby, due 21st June

Bigonesmallone3, DC3, due 22nd June

Pigriver, DC2, due 22nd June

mindthechaos, DC3, due 24th June

Socktastic, DC2, due 24th June

Reastie, DC2, due 24th June

thedocisin, DC2, due 24th June

MauisLeftNipple, DC4, due 24th June

LauralovesLuke, DC1, due 25th June

Coastergirl, 2nd baby, due 26th June.

JBCG 1st baby, due 28th June

@PaulHollywoodsSexGut oh how miserable, I’m so sorry! You’re allowed a pity party, vent all you want. Congrats on the offer for the house though!

Sorry I’ve fallen off the radar a bit everyone. It’s been about a month and I’m still recovering from my colds. I have barely left the house, just for essential appointments.

I have my second glucose test today and am currently in the waiting room. It’s been half an hour and they haven’t even done the first blood draw. And on top of that, I was scheduled for another appointment at 10AM so have no idea what will happen. I can’t stop coughing and I can’t have cough drops. It’s going to be a long day.

Paul and Kescilly, sorry you're both having such a rough time! Hope you both feel better soon!

I ended up phoning the midwife this morning, they were so lovely. Told me to have breakfast and lie on my side for an hour and a half and right enough I felt wee bubbles of movement nearly straight away!

Thanks @WeeBean! Glad you felt movement right away. It’s so reassuring, isn’t it?

They started my GTT 40 minutes late so I’m going to be here a while. I’m glad I was able to get another though, and thank you for the support in this thread encouraging me to do so. The endocrinologist agreed with my concerns and said he would have scheduled another for me if no one else had done so.

Talking to people here definitely helped me to advocate for myself!

Weebean I’m so pleased for you not being sick this morning! Sorry about the pains last night, could it be baby’s position hurting? I remember with dd occasionally she’d get in a really awkward position and it would be really horrible and painful/uncomfortable until she decided to move. I think that might e been more later on though

Sass sorry to hear about your grandmother. Hopefully some tlc and medication will see her strong again.

Bigone genius use of tampons! I have smell issues too, still can’t cook lots of things and have to open windows a lot. Dd loves lush bath bombs but the house has to be fumigated afterwards with all windows open to get rid of the smell! Dd hasn’t had any meat at home since I got bfp as the thought of the smell of cooked chicken/fish/meat of any kind is repulsive to me.

PaulHollywood poor you with the flu. Sounds like they got the strain wrong in the jab (they say it’s all guess work with which strain for the jab anyway). Be very gentle on yourself. Last time I had flu even after I was over the worst it took quite some time to build up strength again for everyday activities. It really takes it out of your body so be gentle.

Kescilly how miserable. The gtt is something you really don’t want then running late for.

Thanks guys. Now if anyone can recommend anything decent on Netflix or amazon prime I’ll be grateful. I’ve watched both series of Mrs Maisel plus tried to get into Russian Doll but didn’t like it.

I need to find a way to keep myself upright and distracted x

@Kescilly I recommend glycerine pastels for the cough- poor substitute for cough drops but help a bit!

PaulHollywood I enjoyed ‘you’ (didn’t think I would). Dirty John and the sinner are on my to watch list. Dh are currently watching strange things which is quite good. Abducted in plain sight was but good. The fyre documentary also was good.

Sex education is quite amusing on netflix

Oh yes sex education is definitely...distracting!! 🤔

I caved in and rang for reduced movements today, the triage is miles away so they sorted me out popping to the local unit instead. Just had a quick Doppler and all sounded ok, bump 'popped' last week so think it's probably just everything sitting differently that's made movements less noticeable. They were really lovely though, glad I called in and it was so quick I didn't even get charged for parking 😂

@Paul The Good Place is excellent! Quite funny and light hearted and a new season has just come out. Very different but the Haunting of Hill House is really good if you like scary :) If you are feeling productive I'd say the Marie Kondo program! If you fancy a film Get Out has been added recently and that's really good

I watched the whole series of Fleabag.

I’m still not sure what all the fuss was about, much preferred Killing Eve.

Tomorrow will start “You”. I’ve had my peepers on that for a while. Now - more paracetamol.

@Heyha glad everything is ok! It's bloody awful when that happens but better safe than sorry x

@PaulHollywoodsSexGut I got obsessed with "You" and binge watched the whole thing over a weekend when DH was away.

I'm in the US, so YMMV on whether any of this is on UK Amazon or Netflix, but I really liked "The Terror" on Amazon and "Penny Dreadful" on Netflix. Also just watched all of The latest adaptation of Vanity Fair when it arrived on US Amazon. Also "Harlots" - on Hulu in the US - is fab.

I’ve been watching Brooklyn 99 recently, and I’m very tempted to rewatch the Sopranos but I don’t think it’s on Netflix :(

This morning I had an hour to myself (unusual) and I did my make up and put some clothes I love on (I’m really enjoying my bump at the moment) and I though ‘yes! This is it! The pregnancy glow!’. Then I went out and my hips started hurting and my pelvis stiffened and I remembered I walk like an old person now, and realised I can only ever glow when stood completely still doing nothing.

@hexagon01 😂😂 that's exactly how I feel! Glowing when not moving lol!

I've booked one of those HD live scans for lunchtime.. I'm just getting so impatient and want to see my little guys face! Hope he cooperates so we can get a good look.

Fee how exciting, had a 3d scan with dd which really helped with bonding.

Hexagon at the sedentary glow.

Went to local mw this morning. They are far more helpful than hospital. She straight away realised the hospital refusing to answer my csection questions until 35 weeks is causing me unnecessary anxiety and that they will make sure I get an appointment with someone willing to be more helpful. She also agreed seeing a birth choices mw (which consultant said I had to do before they would even discuss csection with me) would be a waste of time and is going to try to bypass this. Have another apt in 2 weeks. Heard hr and did the usual wee check and blood pressure.

Ahh it was so cute he's a wee chub already measuring 2lb11 at 26+4 😯

Would recommend the HD live scans... it was £69 but totally worth it to get a glimpse of his face

Wow what a gorgeous pic @fee1234 !

That's incredible @fee1234 😲🥰

@Fee1234 that nose! So sweet.

@2countries1bump I haven’t gotten the call about my GD results yet but I will look into those if needed, thanks! It was just annoying that I couldn’t have anything the entire night before or during my test.

@Heyha so glad everything checked out and you’re reassured. It’s the biggest relief, isn’t it? Hope baby doesn’t give you any more scares!

Re: Netflix, I also enjoyed the Fyre documentary. Except that bit about getting the water released from customs, I couldn’t believe that. I couldn’t do much yesterday and watched “Isn’t It Romantic” which was kind of funny. If nothing else it has a Hemsworth in it which always helps.

Been for 25w mw appointment this afternoon bp and pee all good measuring 27cm so on 90th percentile but mw happy so I am happy. She was curled over mainly on one side of me and gave a few jabs the other.

Went to see my Psychologist again this morning, and I officially have pre-natal anxiety.

I suppose that it's good that I have help, but I'm so stressed out and sick and miserable it's hard to stay positive. Hopefully the coping strategies work, or at least help a little...

@allfurcoatnoknickers sorry to hear you've got it too, but you're not alone. I also have prenatal anxiety and am finding engaging with my therapist helpful, but of course not a magic bullet. I'm trying to take each day and week as it comes and use the strategies they're giving me. I hope you have good support in place