Due April 2009 - Farewell nausea and all things ghastly, our boobs and bumps are growing vastly.

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LOL at BabyBorat! Am visualising a baby in lime green g-string leotard!

I think they could pull it off!!!

hi all

saw the MW yesterday. thinks i might have a urine infection (boo!) and i got her to take blood to check for anemia (she said i'm feeling tired because i'm pregnant, that's all )
she was going to send me on my way. i asked if we could hear the baby's heart. she said oh it's very early for that, we probably won't hear anything... HA HA! bub's beat was loud and strong!

one thing: has anyone done yoga while preggers? i went last night for the first time. it's not an ante-natal class but the guy who teaches it adapts it for pregnant women. i really enjoyed it but the jiont between my leg and my pelvis is SORE. did i do something wrong?

I did yoga the first time round when I was about 25 weeks. Was a bit odd (I'm not really the ahmmming or mooing type) but I did find it really relaxing. Some positions I struggled with (like the dog) and got a bit achy from, but your joints shouldn't be sore unless you overstretched something - easily done in pregnancy. Next time you go mention it and check your doing it right. My yoga teacher was very flexible but the pregnant ladies weren't, so we could only get into part positions sometimes. Must admit I couldn't stop laughing at the girl who was sooo relaxed she let out a loud, and long, fart. Farts always make me smile.

PMD - thats rubbish, the GP heard beans heartbeat at 9 weeks pregnant so it can def be heard at your stage!!

that's what i thought too, hopeful. and that's why i insisted! she kept saying i don't want you to be worried or disappointed if we don't hear anything.

B52s - LOL @ farting

i'll talk to the instructor next week to see what he says. last time i ended up going for physio for this pain so i was hoping that yoga would help rather than hinder!

Show of hands, please:

who else is sitting carefully, making no sudden movements, at work with their bra undone?

Just wondered. Hope it's not just me.

Hi Gingersarah (aren't you my due date buddy??)

I have you BEAT - I have my bra undone, my trousers unbuckled, unbuttoned, unzipped AND my shoes off...

I'm needing to get up and go to loo now - this should be entertaining! tee hee...

lo gingersarah and kitty - i am unfortunately just having rather a bad smell follow me round today - seem to be sweating so much more than usual and it stinks - need to go and wash before dh takes me out (although fil has just invited himself along so not the romantic night I had in mind.

and lol too b52 at the farts- thats one reason i have avoided yoga although i quite fancy trying it.

conkertree - i'm the same with smell. i'm a sweaty person anyway, but it just seems more pungent right now.
maybe it's just because our sense of smell is heightened?

ginger - by the end of the day i can't stand my bra anymore! by the time DH gets home i'm usually in my pjs, bra-less. (unfortunately for him, it's SO not in a sexy way!!)

Yes! Down with bras! (although if I really followed through on that my 38F puppies would be dangling around my knees like spaniel's ears)

I now have to join the 'hip agony' club too. It keeps clicking down the LHS (sciatica?) and OMG does it hurt. I'm not sure I've ever sobbed from pain before except when giving birth to DD. Does yoga help, or is it worth going to GP my wise MN friends?

Gemzooks, I thought they were all on valium and patchouli oil in the 1970s. No wonder they were so relaxed about stuff.

Mathsmummy, it might be the beginnings of SPD. Mine started with clicking. Get thee hence to a chiropractor who has experience treating pregnant folk. Do not leave it like I did and end up insane with pain. And get them to send you to the obstetric physios as well. Apparently they do different things from normal physios, according to my consultant.

boffinmum, yes, the valium plus rose tinted granny glasses. My mum is currently annoyed because we haven't told her the sex yet (she would have been quite disappointed with another boy!) Oh the pressures of being an only child and thus all hopes pinned on you for grandchildren!

purplemonkey, I would seriously advise not doing any postures or stretches where you are pushing your legs/pelvis apart, for example that commonly done stretch where you sit with your feet together and push your knees down towards the floor. Everything is a bit wobbly during pregnancy and it can strain. Or any of the yoga ones where you sit cross legged and try and get one foot up over the other leg. I found whenever I did that that I got pelvis pain which threatened to turn into SPD. It improved after I stopped walking fast over uneven ground and went back onto the cross trainer where your feet are fixed and quite close together.

about the smell, I also noticed I smell more, and I read somewhere on the net that it is part of preparing for breastfeeding that your sweat glands get kind of stimulated along with your milk glands. Certainly with DS I absolutely stank for the first 6 months (not even going into the farts issue, not sure what the explanation for that one is!!). Also I use Weleda deodorant, because there are so many nasty chemicals in ordinary deodorant which have been found in breastmilk, along with brominated flame retardants from your mattress etc, and unfortunately it doesn't really work! Oh well...

Evening all

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend - am off to get DH from the airport in an hour - (YAY!!!) so very excited - think bubs is too as it's having a little party in there!!!

Have had a really nice day, had some friends down who I haven't seen for ages and they were so excited about the pregnancy that made me feel all excitable again x

GingerSarah - from 3pm everyday I count the hours until I can get home and get my bra off!!! ha ha!

Gemzooks - I have just been using DH's Gillette sport deodorant - is that bad for breast feeding?

hi babybolat,

I have become very careful about products I use (also household cleaning products etc) since working for an environmental NGO specialising in women's health, and reading up on all the possible risks. Basically, there are lots of proven carcinogens in many everyday cosmetics and personal care products, that is one of the reasons why the Cosmetics Directive and REACH (the complete overhaul and testing of chemicals on the market) are being worked on. Probably a lot will be banned over the next few years. one example is phthalates, which contribute to feminisation of baby boys' genitals, the EC finally banned them in teething toys for under 3s, but they are found in most softened plastic toys, so children shouldn't chew them! There is also clear research linking increased incidence of breast cancer with women working in professions where they are exposed to chemicals a lot, e.g. nurses, hairdressers, gardeners (because of the pesticides).

There is a US database of cosmetics where you can look up what's in commonly used products, it's at www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1

I now only use stuff like weleda, kneipp or whatever, found it hard with things like hair mousse but you can get safe stuff. Also considering having my breast milk tested to see what's in it (we are at the top of the food chain after all)..

so there's my little paranoid rant over! I never used to be aware of this, it's just once you are aware it's hard to keep using the old stuff, just in case...

Hello everyone!

I am pleased to announce that mobility has improved quite a bit. Today I made it around Tesco's doing a full shop, and pushed the trolley around for 2/3 of the time until it got very full, when ds (7) took over for me.

I needed a bit of a rest when I got home, but altogether this is much better than last weekend, which I had to spend bedbound.

Yippeee!

hurrah for you!

I had one of those dreams about my boss last night ...(enormous spew emoticon)

I had one about Alan Titchmarsh.

I am very worried too, lovely as he is.

Helloooo! Long time no speak! I've been super busy & also not wanted to post without catching up. I have read everything, but can I remember any details to refer to now? Of course I can't Baby brain is rubbish.

I had a dream last night that DP was still engaged to his ex & was sending her flowers & things. I was somehow more jealous of the flowers than the rest of it. Good to know that my priorities are so well ordered

Yesterday, I went to the Baby Show in Manchester with my mum. It was a nice few hours, but I don't know if I'd actually recommend anyone to bother to go. The most useful thing was a 15 minute chat & demonstration with a lovely man from Avent who showed me all the bottles, sterilisers, breast pumps, etc. As a first timer, I found that quite helpful, but it wasn't really anything that couldn't have been done anywhere else. The best bit of it was that my mum said that if there wasn't anything else I wanted from there at that point (I figured it was all expensive & was worth waiting for January sales / looking on the internet for) that she'd pay for us to have one of the lovely private 4D scans in a couple of months. You're meant to be between 26 & 32 weeks so there's enough 'meat on the bones' of the baby to be worth seeing & enough room for the baby to move & be interesting.

I'm 19 weeks now, but that suddenly sounds a lot more than 18 did. I like that I'm so close to the baby being 'viable'. I find it comforting to know that if I do something stupid & get hit by a car or whatever that no matter what state I'm in, the baby stands at least a chance of its own. & every day that passes will increase that chance. I read the other day that at 24 weeks, the chance of the baby surviving is 39%. That's so much compared to now, when the poor thing is still helpless.

I'm getting quite a few little kicks now, which is lovely. At first I thought that I'd possibly even imagined a couple of them, or optimistically identified trapped wind or something. But no, baby's definitely moving around in there. & we have the 20 week scan a week tomorrow, so hopefully everything will be fine (I have no reason to think that it won't be this time & am currently less nervous than the dating scan when I expected to find an empty uterus) & it'll just be a lovely chance to see our baby.

How is everyone else doing? BoffinMum I really hate Alan Titchmarsh. I can't watch the man on tv because I find him unbearable for no reason. I am suddenly very glad not to be having sexy dreams because I'd hate to be risking that

Hello everyone - sorry it's been a while, hope you're all ok.

I'm good, I was at a family party on Friday so it was lovely to catch up with people I haven't seen for years.

I had a minor accident when I got to the cottage we were staying in though, I had taken my boots off and was walking down the stairs in my tights when, whoosh, started sliding down them! Thankfully/unfortunately I put my hands out to the side to try and grab onto the walls to stop myself. While it eventually stopped me and thankfully helped me avoid banging down onto my bum, I've bruised my elbows and hands quite badly. I knew I hadn't landed heavily so bump was probably ok, but waiting to feel baby move again was still a bit nerve-wracking. Felt it loads since though, so that's a big relief!

I'm really enjoying my pregnancy at the moment. I'm not too tired, and am loving feeling the tiny kicks. Had a really spotty face in the last few weeks which has really been bringing my confidence down, but they've pretty much cleared up now. Had that in 1st pg too.

I haven't really got much other news. Oh, I also love getting my bra off!

Alan Titchmarsh? Gosh. I think you need to lay off the Gardener's World for a bit Boffinmum. And certainly don't read any of his books. I gather they have rather steamy scenes in them.

I am still having 'those dreams' too but always involving DH. Phew!

As for the bras - agony. I have a couple of maternity bras left over from last pregnancy. They have about 8 different settings to adjust the back to, but even on the loosest they are always agony by the end of the day. Has anyone had any luck finding comfortable bras? Today I'm wearing an underwired on (naughty I know) that is really the only one which is semi-comfortable and my boobs don't spill out of on all sides.

Lots of kicks and wriggles from the bump at the moment - especially in the evening just as I'm getting ready for bed. Oh joy! It's going to be one of those babies....

Anyway - must dash. DD has lost her bottle and will be v. upset if she doesn't have her milk by 10am so must rush out to the shops and buy a new one (yes I know she is supposed to be off bottles by now, but she is pretty attached!).

Hello lovely ladies,

Haven't been around for a while as I started the new job and it has taken all my energy - 6am starts, anyone

however, am rapidly qualifying as most irritating employee ever, as today is meant to be the start of my second full week (have done 1.5 weeks so far) but yesterday I slipped on some steps and have broken a small bone in my foot. I'm currently in a temporary cast which means I'm not allowed to put any weight on it at all, so hobbling around at home on crutches.

Am waiting for my boss to call me back so we can discuss options for work - it's a half hour drive away or a bus journey, neither of which is very feasible when even getting to the loo is quite hard at the moment! Seeing the fracture clinic on Wednesday to see if I need a proper cast or not, the A&E doctor wasn't sure.

So they must love me - pregnant, childcare commitments so no working late, and now off work with a broken foot and have only been there one and a half weeks !

Bump seems to be ok though, didn't land heavily as I think I saved myself with my hands. Baby wriggling away.

Haven't caught up on all the news yet, but am about to read the rest of the thread. Hope everyone is ok

Hi Everyone,

Just catching up with all the posts

I was fitted for a bra on Wednesday as I was 'busting out' of my usual bras all of a sudden. Have gone from 34D to 36E!! Ay carumba! New bras are STILL uncomfortable though and I find myself sneaking off to the loo and taking them off by about 2-3pm if I am wearing something bulky which you can't see I'm braless through.... TMI??

I have also been having 'those dreams' - some involve DH, some involve kind of 'faceless' people but the latest was my younger brother's best friend !! I hope I don't have to see him in the near future...

I have my scan today (18+4) and am very nervous as I'm still not feeling any definite movements (with triplets you would think I should be!!). Am very worried that something might be wrong as everybody else on this thread seems to be feeling wriggles and kicks aplenty!

Today is going to drag...scan at 2.40pm....

Love, Barbarella XX

Oh WhatFreshHell - what a nightmare - still these things happen and they knew when they employed you that you were pregnant and had childcare commitments and the foot was an accident so sure they understand! At least bump is ok and moving around!

DH got home late saturday and then yesterday felt the baby kick! he then spent 2 hours trying to feel it again but couldn't but at least he got to feel it!

Baby is very quiet today but think it may have worn itself out yesterday with its kick boxing trials!

Hope everyone is ok!