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

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PuzzleRocks · 29/10/2008 15:01

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LuLuBai · 17/11/2008 11:37

Good luck Barbarella - perfectly normal not to feel kicks yet so don't worry. And I bet your boobs get way bigger than that before you're done!

WhatFreshHell - so sorry about your foot. What a nightmare. Obviously none of it is your fault, but I can't see them voting you 'employee of the month' just yet.....

When I was pg with DD I put my back out picking up something off the floor and actually had to be wheeled out of the building on my office chair (considering I worked for a charity supporting older people you would have though there would have been a zimmer frame somewhere about the place!).

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 11:52

Morning!

Bras are not my friends, either. Luckily I spend most of my time at home sitting at my desk not moving, so I don't even bother putting one on most of the time. I remember weeks ago switching from normal to maternity & being overwhelmed with the comfort. Now I've pretty much shunned them, too. I'm going to go & see if maybe I just need to buy some more (my boobs are huge & veiny now - they've at least doubled in size in the last 19 weeks!) or whether I'm doomed to be without comfortable boob support for God knows how long. If anyone has any recommendations of a good shop, that'd be great?

I'd forgotten that Alan Titchmarsh writes porny bits in his books. It's awful to think that he has those kind of thoughts at all, let alone any experience of it. Yuk, imagine his creepy, rough hands touching you & hearing his odd, whispery/nasal voice in your ear. I don't know why I allowed myself to think of that, because I still get morning sickness every 3 or 4 days & that's just asking for it to happen.

Speaking of sex though, last night DP told me that my bump's 'too big for [him] to go on top without throwing his back out'. Throwing his back out, indeed. He's 21. & I'm not convinced. I think he just wants to make an excuse to be extra lazy & let me do all the work. My bump's not that big

Ooh, although, I had a Tesco delivery this morning & the man was lovely & asked when I'm due, etc. That was nice. It still makes me really excited when people can tell, although I'm sure the novelty will soon wear off.

Barbarella Maybe you don't feel very much yet because they don't have as much room & they're busy kicking each other instead? I don't know how it'd work, really. I do know that there are lots of reasons & it's still really early - most places say 18-22 weeks for movement, so you've certainly no need to be worried, although I know that you won't stop until you see them all wriggling on the screen later!

WhatFreshHell Stuff like that always happens at the least possible convenient time. But it's not like they can mistake it for a hangover or anything - it's obviously just an accident & you're trying to work around it. They can't hold that against you & try not to feel guilty! Glad the bump's okay, too - same for you, tristalee! xxx

BabyBolat How is your DH? Yay for him feeling the baby kick Is he all Proud Daddy now?

LuLu I have one of those babies, too. Mine wouldn't cooperate at the last scan at all & was keeping me awake last night & woke me up a couple of times. I think it has too much room in there - it feels like it takes a big run up & hurls itself at the sides of my uterus. It's gone, in a matter of days, from requiring attention to feel things to demanding my attention from whatever it is I'm doing. Which sadly includes sleeping! Although if I ever start on an Alan Titchmarsh dream, it's more than welcome to play up then...

Kalikaroo · 17/11/2008 12:11

Hi everyone - sorry I haven't posted for a while. Hope you're all having a good day so far!!

I completely agree with the whole bra thing - I have one left that sort of fits, but that's it! I went looking for maternity bras over the weekend but found either horrible granny-ish ones or nice ones that I couldn't fit my massive boobs into! Not sure what to try next...hopefully I'll find some that are ok eventually!! My only bra left is underwired....is that bad????

Has anyone else been having trouble staying asleep recently? I seem to be waking up all the time during the night without any obvious reason.

Don't worry Barbarella - I'm 20 weeks now and haven't really felt anything yet since my placenta's on the front. Does make you worry if everything's ok though....

Looking forward to my scan next Monday (I'll be 21 weeks then)

hopeful1 · 17/11/2008 12:15

Barbarella- please dont worry, I am 19+3 and still not felt any kicks. My sister had twins a year ago and she didn't feel a thing until she was 20 weeks so I dont think it makes much difference how many you are having.

BarbarellaNz · 17/11/2008 12:26

Thanks so much everyone... it is so nice to have that reassurance that things are normal. I am hoping that they will all be active on 'tv' this afternoon. At present I feel happy for the day of the scan and a couple of days after, then start feeling nervous all the way through the week and a half till the next scan. God, I sound like a moaner - I'm lucky to be being scanned so frequently .... I just think that once I can feel them kicking I have reassurance that everything is ok.

I have one of my new bras on today and it's REALLY itchy...

Kalikaroo - the lady in the lingerie department said not to wear any underwire bras as it can do 'something' (she didn't say what, exactly!) to your milk production??? I was wearing one when I went in to be fitted and she told me off..... I have also had trouble staying asleep - I've always been a gold medal sleeper but I wake up several times a night and sometimes take ages to get back to sleep.

SpringySunshine - that whole Alan Titschmarsh (sp?) papery, leathery hands thing has made me feel ill too.....oooooohhhhhh (how do you type a shudder of revulsion??)

Thanks again for all your support ladies - will let you know how things go this afternoon.

BarbarellaXX

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 12:32

Barbarella, you don't sound like a moaner; you sound like a mother. It's our job to irrationally worry about everything these days. Not long until you see them again now Good luck!

tristaleejac · 17/11/2008 12:38

Good luck barbarella, we'll all be thinking of you x ask them where placentas are and whether babies are facing in or out towards your tummy. Might ease your mind if they tell you that there's a cushion of placenta at your tummy and the babies are all facing towards your back anyway? Be nosy, I was and I found out placenta at front so explained why I didn't feel anything for ages.
Damn I have been wearing underwired bra. You'd think I'd know better by now. Better get to boring bra shop pronto.

PuzzleRocks · 17/11/2008 12:38

Aah our lovely ante-natal thread. There is so much ugliness on MN at the moment, it is always nice to pop in here and hear everyone's news.
I watched a homebirth documentary yesterday and DD was mesmerized. It was very graphic and I worried it was too much for her but went the baby emerged she said "baby" "sweet" "upside-down". Twas very cute.

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BabyBolat · 17/11/2008 12:47

Only 2 hours to go Barbarella - see how fast that last 1.5 hours went!!!

I have only been wearing underwired bras - best change that! To be honest my biggest problem at the moment is that my nipples are ridiculously itchy - they are driving me crazy!! (sorry if TMI!)

Springy DH is ok I think, just waiting for the news now so the baby is definitely keeping his mind off of things!

Puzzlerocks I keep making DH watch Discover Home & Health with the birthing programmes and he hates it!!! so funny tho!

Swaliswan · 17/11/2008 12:49

Afternoon Ladies,

Sorry that I haven't been on here for a short while. We went to Centerparcs last week and had a fab time. Thank-you to everyone who came and reassured me on my thread about crampy/BH like pains. I've been sent home from work sick today as my morning sickness has returned with avengence along with pretty bad dizziness. I'm feeling a bit sorry for myself and very fed up.

Sorry that this post is all me-me-me. I'm off to bed now...

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 13:39

Yes, it's lovely in this thread. It's like coming home to a lovely warm house & fluffy slippers & hot chocolate. People are quite unpleasant on some of the other threads! If I don't have anything nice / constructive to say, I don't say anything. Other people seem to enjoy being controversial & unkind.

Speaking of other threads, I just made one asking about portable dishwashers & it's not seeming like there's much knowledge on the subject! I don't suppose any of you have any experience of them? [hopeful]

conkertree · 17/11/2008 13:46

think i am missing out on the boob expansion that everyone else seems to be benefitting from - they definitely grew lots last time, and was bf till a month or so ago so maybe they just didnt get smaller again or something - but no busty new looks here .

and kicking has got pretty quiet over the last few days- but my philosophy is not to worry about things, so I wont - might lie on the sofa tonight as that seems to be when i've felt kicks in the past.

good luck with the scan barbarella - sure it will be great to see them all bouncing around in there.

kalikaroo - i am having the random waking up in the night - and often find it hard to get back to sleep again - really annoying cause ds wakes us up enough.

alan titchmarsh??? not my cup of tea - although I do have a bit of a thing for older men but more Karl Kennedy (before the Isabel thing) than Titchmarsh.

babybolat - with you on the nipples - at times itchy, other times just really sore/sensitive. dh is not happy that they've been off limits for so long .

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 13:50

Karl Kennedy is better than Titchmarsh in my opinion. My aunt (only 39) surprised us all the other day by saying that she was watching Strictly Come Dancing because she fancies John Sergeant. It was difficult to know where to look

mathsmummy27 · 17/11/2008 14:29

Hello busty ones! Am having a day off with D & V so sat in PJs with no bra
Barbarella so excited for you! Hope all is well this afternoon, let us know.
Springy, lol at your DH - but bouncing up and down is the last thing you want to do with these monster sore puppies and wobbly vast tummy - that means spooning hurrah!

I've just made fudge - anyone? xx

B52s · 17/11/2008 14:30

Got my amnio results - all clear. The sprout is apparently a CF carrier, but it would have got that from me or DH, and as it's never affected us (didn't even know), am not worrying about it. Suppose years down the line will tell DC so their DP can make an informed judgement about it all, but that's miles away. Am so relieved, can get life back on track now. I know the odds were tiny that anything was wrong but I just had a feeling that something was wrong. Have found out I have an anterior placenta so aren't feeling many kicks yet, although I am 18 weeks tomorrow.
Barbs - good luck with the scan, let us know how it goes.

mathsmummy27 · 17/11/2008 14:38

Oh so pleased for you B52s you must be delighted. have a hot chocolate on me x

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 14:42

B52s That's great news - I'm so pleased that you've had your mind put at ease about it all. It must've been very worrying for you, but now you can move on & enjoy the pregnancy a bit more. For about 5 minutes until there's something else to needlessly create panic

mathsmummy SNAP! for the jammies & no bra look. I have the flat to myself until 6ish too, so I haven't even brushed my hair. The Tesco man was so lucky to gaze upon my unbridled beauty this morning
Totally agree about the not wanting to bounce around, too. Oh, the agony of unwieldy pregnancy breasts. Not sexy. Spooning is definitely the way forward - asides from anything else, it keeps my newly hairy tummy & veiny boobs from being on obvious display & that can only be a good thing.

& yes! Fudge for me, please! I've just been sick again (When will it end? 19 weeks, baby! Stop it!) & could do with something yummy to take the edge off the impending hunger. Plus I'd not want to ruin my 100% track record by turning down fudge! Mmmmmmmm...

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 14:42

You didn't say there was hot chocolate on offer too!

conkertree · 17/11/2008 14:43

great news b52s.

and mathsmummy - fudge - ooh yes please.

mathsmummy27 · 17/11/2008 14:50

pull up a comfy chair and let's all get our slippers on. I bet I've got some marshmallows too...

Back in a bit, DD's supposed to be napping but has just twigged that I'm home...

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 14:54

It's okay, I have some special mini marshmallows in the cupboard for such an event. An afternoon hot chocolate break definitely warrants them. Although I really want some of the big, fat ones now. The kind that are pink & white & almost crispy on the outside, but all gooey in the middle. Cor...

mrsfossil · 17/11/2008 14:55

Hello All Glad everyones doing well.
Can i ask a question - wanted to buy olvatine or horlicks but found that vit a is added. I know thats why we can't eat pate and liver but does antone know what levels of this vitamin are safe. Am i being a bit ott

mrsfossil · 17/11/2008 14:56

After reading the rest of this thread am now off to buy marshmelows and drinking chocalote

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 14:59

I just had a quick look, mrsfossil - I think you're definitely good to go with the Ovaltine at least (didn't check Horlicks).

They have a whole page about why it is good for pregnant women & say that some foods rich in Vit A should be avoided, but that Ovaltine is fine.

You can read it here HTH

SpringySunshine · 17/11/2008 15:00

The official Horlicks website also says:

"Horlicks can be consumed during pregnancy, about once a day as part of a well-balanced diet is fine. However, Horlicks does contain vitamin A which some pregnant women choose to monitor over the course of their pregnancy.

In the unlikelihood you suffer any ill effects from consuming Horlicks then we would recommend that you discontinue use immediately and consult your GP or obstetrician who will be able to advise you further."

& goes on to advise:

"Please note that Horlicks should not be used as a breast milk (or infant formula) substitute..." Words fail me.

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