Hi all I?m just back from London and not happy with you all! You?ve been talking far too much while I?ve been away and now I have too many threads to catch up on!
I had another cervical length scan yesterday and they said my cervix is actually longer than it was last time! I?ve got another one this week and if last time is anything to go by, another one next week too and Tink is off from the CM for two weeks as she?s on Jury Duty (CM not Tink!) so I?m going to have to take her with me
KT1983 it?s not too early at all, I think the first one is harder to feel because the feeling is very close to other things that go on inside and experience through the pregnancy helps you to discern it better next time. Also the muscles are stronger first time around so that masks some of the movement. I can feel the feet dragging up and down my tummy. Sometimes with Tink, if I was lying on the spare bed at Mum?s (which used to have a mirror opposite) I could see her outline. I could always hold her head because she was breech and it was wedged in between my ribs.
nadssss I can feel it just above my pubic bone and with my hand to around midway between the pubic bone and my belly button. When I feel it with my hand I can feel the corresponding movements inside, it?s also harder around where the baby is than elsewhere. Folic acid only needs to be taken for the first 12 weeks and other vits are optional. I don?t bother because they always say not to be taken with Aspirin.
PinkTulips baby is prodding at anything that presses on my tummy, including the seatbelt, Tink when she?s having a cuddle and of course Mummy having a good prod!
Watching you all talking about weight, I?m remaining quiet about mine! I look a lot slimmer than I actually am; I think my boobs must carry an awful lot of weight! My back has prevented me from being active since Tink was born so I?ve put some weight on.
MarkStretch if it?s anything like here they will tell you how to behave properly and won?t do any actual physio on you. Apparently they?ve found that whilst they can stop the pain it lasts a couple of days and then comes back worse than ever - not helped by mothers who think ?it?s gone now I can go back to my normal life?! Not that I mind because she?s been really good and said I?m not to have physio after the baby is born until I?ve seen a specialist.
Cocodrillo I?ve had PGP (I don?t normally get SPD and they?re moving towards the umbrella term PGP anyway) for three years since I had an accident when pregnant with Lily-Hope. I?m totally fed up of it now. I tried using a crutch today and it really helped. My physio said she will put me on crutches when it gets worse, but I don?t know how bad it has to be for her to do that. I had pain in my dimples before I knew I was pregnant.