Due in December 07- we're almost halfway there!! NEW THREAD

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Hope this works....! Here's hoping July is the month for

• proper bumps not fat looking tummies
• feeling them move!

Sounds like everyone's getting great news with the scans and blood tests. Congrats. Quite jealous of you Nbg and Ambi for knowing what to expect. I made such a big deal at the start about not wanting to find out, now I'm starting to waver and dp won't let me.

Have been absolutely wrecked lately, done nothing but sleep. I chased dp out to the pub for a hour or so as it can't be much fun watching me snooze infront of the telly on a Saturday night. Even though I'm quite 'neat' (as people keep telling me) starting to feel quite uncomfortable around the belly and back, esp at the end of the day.

Pecka - go for it, but def tell DH. My oh would crack up if I went for a scan without him. Think it's a lovely idea for a wedding anniversary.

Def with you thelady, love to stuff my face at the mo, , will enjoy struggling to lose the weight once babys been born, (in my head it will magically disappear and transform me into a size 10 the minute the hospital doors hiss behind me on the way out)

I'm a bit disappointed that I wont be able to go mad on the shopping front.
I just put all ds's clothes in a black bag and stuck them in a cupboard incase this one was a boy! Good job really.

I will need to get a few things as I gave all the newborn stuff and first 3 month things away.
I got the new Next catalogue for autumn and winter and there are some gorgeous multicoloured spotty sleepsuits and dungerees, so I plan to get a few of them and maybe a couple of outfits

As for other stuff all we need is a double pushchair, a single bed for dd, a moses basket and 2 new mattresses for the cots we have.
I'll also get some new teats for the bottles. I attempted BF with both but neither worked out and they were both a nightmare to latch on and actually get them to suck.
I'll give it another go, even if they just get some Colostrum, its better than nothing.

hi all

lovely reading all your excited messages. It's perked me up a bit as for the first time since I got pregnant, i just don't feel like it's still in there, despite hearing the heartbeat a week ago and thinking i could feel flutters. now i wonder if it was just my tummy making noises/feelings, as since the MS has subsided i've been eating sensibly again and am not bloated anymore. Also i look less preggers than i did a month ago! Having said that I am (fortunately) a slim person so maybe lots of wind has escaped and now i'm eating normally i'm an average size for a 16 week woman.

I want to phone the midwife tomorrow and run to her office in the docs and demand another heartbeat listening session.

This is firs time i've felt a bit panicky about any of this pregnancy. My tummy is mostly flat in the mornings with a sort of quite obvious hard, round pudding shape, like someone's stuck a pie right in the middle. I can see my tummy muscles round the side of it below my ribs (are these traversus muscles Suey2?). So i am hoping the hard pudding still has a baby neuro floating in it somehwere and that i'm just being a typical pregnant worrier...It is my first baby so don't know what is normal.

Is it possible too that after all the emotions and ups and downs of finding out you're pregnant, coping with body changes and tiredness and morning sickenss, that now everything is beginning to calm down it's alarming me?

I am still having to pee every half an hour though! And having not been able to eat meat for nearly 4 months, i've got a big bacon sarnie planned for my tea

Thanks,
A slightly worried Neuro
p.s. i dont have any tummy pains or any sign of spotting/blood. Am i being bonkers?!

buzzybee CONGRATULATIONS! you must be so relieved

Neuro yes but me too...the round pudding is no doubt your baby
see my post about using doppler at work to listen to heartbeat had to pop in to catch up some paperwork and nearly did it again but don't want to get obsessed Just enjoy bacon sarnie

Oh gosh buzzy, I totally missed your post!
Thats great news!

And Ambi too

So hard keeping up with you lot!

Also I wanted to mention that I've had a few braxton hicks over the last few days.

Who was it that said they were getting them too?

i thought id had those Nbg and thought i was imagining it, glad to know im not a complete nutter, how far are you ?

I'm 20 weeks.

I'm sure its been them.
I can feel it inside.

Fantastic news buzzybee so happy for you, I know that you will be relieved to have got back such positive results.

Nbg, I'm glad you mentioned new mattresses - I know they recommend to get a new mattress for every child but I was sort of talking myself out of it as an unecessary expense but when I read that others are doing that it pushes me to re-think and I should really get a new mattress for the DD's cot that will become new babys.

Does anyone else have spotty skin? Mine is bad around my chin and have forgotten if anything worked for me when I was pg with DD (another reason why I think I'm having a girl)

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend,

Hello girls, am back from Scotland
Have only just skimmed, but congrats to those who have had their 20 weeks can (and to NGB whose impatience got the better of her )
Now you can all go out on mad shopping sprees...
Had a great weekend in Scotland spoiled by the fact I have a stinking cold. Didn't do much walking because I had terrible back pain as welkl, but went swimming which improve things. Weather was disappointing until Sunday when we had blue skies and sunshine - pity we were heading home lol.

Morning all,
Hope you all are well and had a nice weekend.
Moan from me (sorry first thing Monday morning): had bad night sleep (3 hrs and at work trying not to fall asleep) - keep getting really bad nasal congestions, and as as I can't stand breathing through my mouth, I keep waking up at night, Been told it's a pregnancy sympton and will pass, but had it for a couple weeks now it's really annoying. Tried those nasal strips, which does always. Does anyone know if it ok to use Olbas oil in pregnany?

Told you I am not quite there this morning. This is what I actually meant:

Morning all,
Hope you all are well and had a nice weekend.
Moan from me (sorry first thing Monday morning): had bad night sleep (3 hrs and at work trying not to fall asleep) - keep getting really bad nasal congestions, and as as I can't stand breathing through my mouth, I keep waking up at night, Been told it's a pregnancy sympton and will pass, but had it for a couple weeks now it's really annoying. Tried those nasal strips, which does not always work. Does anyone know if it ok to use Olbas oil in pregnany?

Loucee, How long have you had that mattress for?
The only reason we are buying new is because the mattress that is on the cot bed is what dd has used since she was born and its revolting . The cot we have is what my MIL bought to keep at her house for when she babysat dd and then we took it for ds. So both dd and ds have been in it.

I think the safety issue with it is the dips in it from the other child.

MotherZ, I'm sure Olbas is fine. Have you still got the box for it with the instructions in? It should tell you on that. If your still worried, call your local chemist and they will tell you.
The best thing to do with it if your struggling to sleep is boil your kettle and pour the water into a bowl, then add a few drops of olbas, stick your head over it and a towel over your head and take deep breaths.
It will clear your sinuses for a good couple of hours.

Glad you had a nice break Turtle.

Loucee - I didn't know you were supposed to get a new mattress for each child; do you know why? We inherited our first one for dd from my brother. Have changed it since so probably won't get another one.

A question for everyone: did anyone have a c-section last time and is thinking of having a VBAC this time? DD was breech so I had an elective. I am going to see consultant on Thursday to discuss this birth. Anyone in a similar position?

claraq - I had section with ds and hoping to try for VBAC. Yet to see consultant apt is 4/9 will be about 24 weeks then i think.

claraq - only a flying visit as i'm running out in a sec, but I had an emergency section with ds (CPD) and am hoping for a VBAC this time but have to discuss it with the consultant at my 20wk scan at the end of the month. Will be interested to hear how you get on.

Clara, read my last post about new mattresses.

I think its ok depending on how long its been used for.

Thanks Loucee, Suey and Nbg! Yes I'm stoked. And had MW here tonight so got to hear HB again - 128 bpm (boy??!) Have also heard that HB tends to start high early in PG and reduce as PG progresses. She has referred me for 18 week scan hopefully next week.
Neuro I think its quite normal to loose the bloating after the first trimester. Sounds to me like you're just going through a nice quiet patch and you should enjoy it! I can definitely feel a hard ball which may or may not be the head slightly to me left side.
Maybe you should get one of those doppler things if it would help set your mind at rest?

I think when your laying down thats the best time to feel your bump at this stage. I also find its good for feeling kicks too.

I'm getting lots of kicks if I sit too far forward when I'm on the laptop

Morning everyone - great news about all the scans and boys and girls news. Am starting to get excited about mine now...

And fantastic news buzzy - feel really relieved for you - it's funny how much you can worry on someone else's behalf!!

thelady - I was exactly the same about putting a girl in pink and was always a real tomboy and just thought it was ridiculous to colour-code babies. HOWEVER, after a few months of 'oh he's gorgeous, how old is he?' I have to admit I gave into it and now dd has loads of pink stuff and looks very cute in it too - wonder if you'll hold out any longer if you have a girl!!!

Loucee and claraq - dd's toddler bed is the pine one form Ikea - although she has been getting up at 5am the last few days and toddling in to our bedroom singing twinkle twinkle so not feeling quite so enamoured with it now!! How's your dd getting on in here claraq? Has she been in it yet?

Claraq - I also thought this summer would be a great time for potty training and have a potty and everything but now think dd just isn't ready although she also likes nothing better than running around starkers (and we've had more than a few accidents....)

Had a lovely weekend - my two best friends came up to visit and took me off to a hotel in Newcastle as a kind of hen's weekend (all pre-arranged with dp) - it was fantastic although not very wild, they are so lovely

Sorry so long, but there is so much to respond to!!!

NBG - thanks, I'm not going to stress about it - too many other things to stress about!

Awen and Peanut Butter - will let you know how I get on with the consultant; I am keen to know how long they let you labour for and how closely you are monitored, and how this interferes with as active a birth as possible. As it was an elective section I have not been in labour or dilated etc so I am assuming this will be similar to a first birth (oh joy!).

Oh and I came across this website which gives an estimate of how much you might weigh at different gestations - based on your height and pre-PG weight. I was reassured to find I was in the middle of the predicted range having put on about 5kg (10lb).

www.paternityangel.com/Preg_info_zone/Weight/CalcWeight.htm

Re mattresses I think the reasoning is that there is some research linking cot deaths to older mattresses on the basis that they can build up bacteria over time which give off gases or something like that. NZ has very high rates of cot death so these things are reported endlessly down under.

Hi Skiddaddle

Glad you had a good weekend away - I am going up to London for the day next weekend on MY OWN and very excited just to be escaping from being a mum for a day!!

We still have not made up the bed! Must get round to it soon. But if it means 5am wake-ups, hmmm, maybe we should leave it a little longer!!! Do you put her back in bed or get up?