Due August 2021 - the final countdown!

[Daffodil21]

Continuation of the previous thread.

All newcomers welcome!

Not long now!!!

loving all the bump pics forgot who sent the photoshoot one in but that looks amazing makes me wish I’d done a maternity photoshoot

Ahhh beautiful 🥰🥰🥰 Can't wait to see more photos tomorrow!

@Whatshouldbemyusername that's a stunning shoot, really tastefully done! You must be looking so gorgeous pregnant, love the skin and the hair! You're just glowing. I am pale as a ghost, quite large stretchmarks at the bottom of the bump and hair doesn't cooperate 😂 I wish I could put at least some gradual tan on to look healthier, might try after the birth.

@biscuitcat everything I read says we will likely leak overnight. I got some cotton, comfy night bras and several nursing vests with extra breast support, will be trying them out xx

@biscuitcat I think it completely depends as some women leak a lot where as others don't. I personally leaked wuite a bit when I had DS so I found the nursing tops from H&M a life saver for sleeping in as they had extra support for your boobs and space to put breast pads x

Currently woken up as I could hear my cats bell jingling but couldn't see her in the house anywhere and I looked out the window to find her waiting outside the front door to be let in😩 wonder how long she'd been outside bless her. Baby is also having what I can only call hiccups but they've lasted for at least 10 minutes now 😬 should I be concerned ?

Morning ladies. Hope we slept better?

@Aaaaa1519 and @PurplePansy05 thank you so much ladies! Ah that's one thing I wanted to do as soon as I hit second trim abs was starting to feel abit better. Decided to capture the first pregnancy. Plus I am blessed that I haven't as @PurplePansy05 said got stretch marks. To be honest I was abit shy in the start but once the fans were rolling I felt abit like a star 🤣🤣🤣

Can't wait to see more bump pics today xx

Not sure why the message got sent in bold! 🤣🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

@biscuitcat totally depends. I never could have slept without a nursing bra and pads on but some people can. I’ve bought some of the H&M sleep nursing ones as I don’t like having any fastenings on my back when i sleep. Just hoping they fit when they arrive. I’ve already had to send back some other ones I ordered online

Morning all!

Wow @Whatshouldbemyusername, beautiful pic, what a lovely keepsake from your pregnancy.

Calming vibes to everyone trying to make birth plans/ having the stress of wondering if nhs capacity is going to fit with their choices/ wondering if baby will get in a good position. I’m sure the maternity teams are doing their best with a baby boom & their staff being pinged to isolate, but it’s none the less frustrating when you’re meant to be minimising stress!!

Bump pic today, Pre swim at 34+3.

Yes you'll probably leak milk at night. I would strongly recommend a waterproof mattress protector, even just for the first few weeks, but it all gets very leaky from now on. Night sweats, waters that night break (the chances of them going in bed are low, but it did happen to me!), post birth bleeding which is heavier than a period, I leaked in bed both times, breastmilk, bottles of water that may get spilled, then baby fluids! Sick, wee, poo. If you change nappies with cotton wool and water at first I managed to spill a bowl of that on the bed as well. Mattress protector was honestly a godsend.

You will normally stop leaking breastmilk at some point so you'll be able to stop wearing a bra at night. I wore sleep feeding bras or tops with support in from H&M.

@Smurf123 I think it’s appalling how your being treated! I would personally really kick up a fuss. Trust your instincts you know your body and your baby best. Hope you get somewhere with it!

@Whatshouldbemyusername @PurplePansy05 @lucyrp @BertieBotts and all the other bump pictures are beautiful! I may upload one tomorrow when I’m looking a bit better instead of slobbing with DS today 🤣

@Jessicapebbles very exciting that you know your date! Getting super real now!

Also in terms of leaking milk at night, I did a lot. I also felt that my boobs really needed some sort of compression at night else I would wake up in agony!

Hi ladies, hope everyone is surviving the heat! It sounds like it is meant to cool down a bit by the weekend which is good news. I’ve just had a growth scan and waiting to see consultant now. Everything seemed fine in the scan but baby is still breech. At the moment I’m booked in for induction on 10 August but they’re going to book me into the breech clinic a week before to see if baby has turned and if not I think will just opt straight for c section as I’m not sure I like the sound of ECV or vaginal breech birth. Is anyone else’s baby still breech? Sorry if anyone has already posted on this, I’ve missed quite a few posts. I was pleased to have a bit of a plan with the induction and now it feels like it’s all going to be up in the air until the last minute but what can you do 🤦‍♀️

Yes! Mine has just turned breech at 36 weeks. We are going to attempt an ECV on Monday. I probably wouldn't except that I will only be 37 weeks (so still plenty of room ro turn), I literally felt him turn around and he's still really mobile and flaily, so he seems to have plenty of space, I'm on my third baby so they say my uterus is nice and squishy (errrr... thanks! Haha), it sounds like the pain/discomfort is mainly from the pressure, DS2 is constantly jumping/climbing on me, which can be surprisingly painful so I wonder if people are just referring to that - and it sounded like the monitoring before and after will be extremely thorough, so I have faith in the German hospitals there!

I'm feeling a bit torn between just accept the possibility of a c-section (which was my initial gut feeling) and try everything to get him to turn back - I'm settling somewhere in the middle. I'll do the ECV, but I have a few questions about it before we start (cord, amount of pressure, next steps) and I think I will ask them to stop if I have any bad feelings or it's too uncomfortable when it's happening. I don't feel like doing loads of weird upside down things or acupuncture personally. I also don't want to invest a HUGE amount of emotional energy in the idea of him turning back in case it doesn't work, I think that would be setting myself up for disappointment. But DH has been talking to the baby and trying to stroke him to encourage him to move around, as he's been so responsive to stroking/scratching all through the pregnancy. These two methods, that and the ECV, seem reasonable without being overinvested (again, just my gut feeling about what will work for me.)

I 100% do not want to attempt a vaginal breech birth. There is a hospital here that does it, but I don't like the sound of it, I want to stay at the one that has gas and air(!) and I would much rather have a nice calm planned c-section than any kind of higher-risk or complicated vaginal birth, while bearing in mind that of course complications can develop during birth - I don't want to go into it knowing it's going to be a complicated one.

SO - I now have a THREE split birth plan XD It's funny that I've been so focused on whether he's back to back or not that I never really considered that his position could get worse!

@HopefulB thanks babe. Your bump is super cute too x

@Magik01 thank you. Looking forward to seeing yours maybe tomorrow x

So I read online for all those with breech babies (not sure how far it's true or if it works but might be worth a shot?), that if you put a hot water bottle at the pelvic region and a cold ice pack at the top of your belly it can force baby to turn as baby looks for warmth. Not sure if anyone has tried this?x

Ladies who are FTMs, what appointments are you having between 37 and 39 weeks? I was told I won't have any more before the C-section which freaks me out a bit. Is this right? xx

@PurplePansy05 I've got a midwife app next week where I'll be over 37 weeks, but the consultant said I'd have a phone appointment ahead of the CS to go through things (I won't have anymore consultant apps/growth scans). I think in Scotland you may get more frequent midwife apps towards the end though - from just before 34 weeks I've been having one every 2 weeks x

@Daffodil21 Yes, same for me re telephone appointment before the section. It's just that my notes suggest that I should be seen by a MW at 38 weeks and that I should have blood and urine tests before the section, but no one seems bothered about this xx

Here we have every 2 weeks from week 32-40 and then every 2 days after 40 weeks! Seems like a big jump - I thought it would go weekly at some point but no.

I suppose you can always call triage if you have any questions or concerns in between.

I thought about the cold/warm method but it seems a bit unkind! And while the ECV doesn't seem like the nicest thing ever, the fact it does have a proven (ish) track record and the doctor is recommending it (for me) makes me feel differently about it.

@PurplePansy05 I have no idea I'm afraid! I'd give your midwife a call.

@BertieBotts every 2 days after 40 weeks?! Wow, that's thorough!

I've just emailed my MW to ask, will see what she says. xx

@PurplePansy05 @Daffodil21 I have an appointment at the birth centre at week 38,40 and 41 if needed. X

I had appointments at 32 weeks and have them every 2 weeks from then x

Hmm well mine were all over the place then at 28, 31, 32 and 36 weeks plus a couple at the diabetes clinic in addition. It just seems weird now to have a 3 week gap without a single appointment xx

@PurplePansy05 I have a 38 week appointment - I thought that was standard on the NHS? Then 40 and 41 (though I hope beyond hope I won't need the 41 week appointment!).

I haven't tried the hot/cold thing for turning a baby as mine is currently head down so far as I know, but I've been using a frozen hot water bottle the past few nights because of the heat - I don't think baby likes it very much! I like having it sitting on the bump but baby clearly objects as they kick up a right storm trying to move it when I do that 😂 so I usually end up having it between my boobs or right down low below the bump.

I'm finding it very hard not to be jealous of those of you with induction and section dates - I know it's a good thing that everything is looking fine and I can just go on, but I'm so sick of being pregnant now that a nice defined end date would be amazing! Might try my luck at my midwife appointment next week to see if she'll do an earlier than normal sweep...

@PurplePansy05, think mine were similar to yours…
Growth Scans at 28/32/36
MW at 25/28/34
GP at 31 weeks
Health visitor at 34 weeks (think this is a trial in our area).
Think MW goes to ev 2 weeks soon for BP checks, and assume that if baby is breech at 36 they will rescan at 38.

Thanks all - I thought I should have the 38 week one, you've all just confirmed this. Let's see what my MW says xx

@PurplePansy05 I don’t remember having a 38 week appointment when I was scheduled for a csection at 39 weeks but I did move hospitals at 36 weeks and things were a bit all over the place. I last time I saw the midwife was around 37+4 when they booked my csection and did the swabs for Mrsa. Then I had my pre op appointment 2 days before where they gave me my schedule and my pre op tablets but definitely check with your midwife!