March 2009: Pelvic pain, sciatica, and getting kicked in the ribs: Are we prize fighters or just entering the third trimester?

[MKG]

Here's our new thread ladies.

Hey all, sorry been rubbish at keeping up to date!
Well I am huge, suppose its cos its no 4 but every one seems horrified whwn I say i'm not due till march! lol
RE names: thinking of Millie or Leyla for a girl,stuck on boys I like Ellis bur dh thinks it sounds girly he wanrs william as its a family name but I really don't want it so a girl would be easier from that point of view!
RE feeling yukky! i've hot been too bad got terrible heart burn, constant stuffy nose and nose bleeds, a dew head aches and feeling a bit tender down below but coping ok so far, the time seems to be flying by!
Hope all goes well 2 cute and every one else is ok!
L xx

Sorry for typos my keyboard has hardly any letters left on

Gee whiz! Must be a stage where the pregnancy starts to take it's toll on the body! Hope you all feel better soon and good luck with the OP twocute - It all sounds hellish.

Emma Do you think it's maybe a muscle twitching? You know when you get it on your eye when your tired?

I guess that's the answer then why we are more prone to skin tags in PGY if it's to do with a concentration of blood, we've got plenty more of it right now so that would make sense!

Glad to say not feeling so desparate today and so far, the pain in my sinuses seems to have eased a bit - maybe the bawling session I had last night relieved some pressure!!! So feeling better, despite being kept up ALLLLLL night by DD2 crying cos she now has a sore throat and snotty snotty beak. And now DH and DD1 has sore throat. IS THERE NO END??

Welcome to Tess! You sound like you have your work cut out for you as well!

Oh well, Happy Friday everyone! (My God, again! Didn't I just type that????)

Slickbird I dont know what it is!! Googled it and there is lots of mention of it on other forums with no real explanation...but plenty of happy healthy babies...so I have made a conscious decision not to worry!

I cant wait for 5pm...I am going to the Christmas Markets in town (Manchester!)...although I cant partake in the Gluhwein I can definately have some hog roast, belgian waffles, crepes and mini pancakes!!! Mmmmmm...tasty! And I might even have a hot chocolate to warm me cockles!!!

Go on - you can have one Gluhwein! I'm looking forward to my weekly glass of Chianti tonight! Yip.

emma-I googled it, and there are a lot of women that complained of it pregnant and not pregnant. It seems to be down to nerves and blood flow. Try not to worry.

MKG thanks!! I am trying no tto worry...especially because I dont want to have to go see midwife as she just stresses me out even more!!! Im hoping the weekend will distract me!

boobz I might treat myself to half a glass! It is quite strong and I wasnt a big drinker anyway but havent touched a drop since conception so it will probably go straight to my head!!!

Hope the weekend and some time off helps everyone start to feel a bit healthier. I have at last shaken off the horrible cold that seems to have been plaguing me for weeks, but the cough continues to linger!

TwoCute I really hope that your ailment is sorted - I have had an abcess removed from my perinuem region and several further ops afterwards - it is the reason for my slightly cautious reaction to a natural birth. I really hope that it is easily solved for you.

I seemed to have escaped the skin tags so far but plenty of time left for that to change I suppose.

But the hairy belly has definitely emerged - I was just looking at it this morning wondering when on earth my pubic hair had spread to cover so much of my tummy / upper legs ewwwgh TMI (SORRY).

I love the Christmas market in Manchester, I hope you have a good time Emma, I am hopeful I might get there in the next couple of weeks.

I had a nice relaxing day today, mum been round a cleaned my house and done my ironing (she keeping an eye on me and make sure i rested ).

And tomorrow i am having my hair coloured and cut so a nice day of pampering after this week.

Thanks everyone for the welcomes - jolly joanne lol, I know what you mean about the hairy belly and my belly button is huuuuge.

I dont have skin tags yet either but I do have wee scab type bits on my nipples, almost black, my sis says it is probably early milk which has come out overnight but they are taking ages to fall off - anyone else got them?

I am in my third trimester, anyone due in jan?

omg Hedge witch, I am so sorry.
You should definitely get Jobseekers allowance or something, and what about Ebay selling? You can sometimes make some money from things you were not using anyway - at least it could give you some paypal money for Christmas time x

Hedge - I think you should go to the CAB and take it from there, but I am really sorry for you, there is nothing worse than financial stress, esp when you are pg and feel so useless in terms of being proactive about it. CAB first and see what they say.

Big hugs.

Hi Missyanna - always welcome in our group, but you may find a thread where everyone is due in Jan? There seems to be one for every month! If not, join ours! We're mostly due in March

oh Hedge - that sounds utterly cr*p for you - in a very non-mumsnet way I am sending you a big hug!

Can't believe it's December already!

Is it just me, or is it sounding like December is just not going to be our month?

Hedge, so sorry to hear what's going on - sounds like others on the board have some good advice - hope some of it will work for you.

twocute, I TOTALLY sympathise with all things pains in the a**. I hope, I hope, I hope your surgery goes well.

I feel incredibly wimpy complaining about my situation given the two above, but honestly, as undignified and embarrassing as it is, I'm at the end of my rope and I don't know how I'm going to survive the rest of the pregnancy like this. My piles continue to worsen, and at the moment I'm completely unable to lead a normal life -- can't walk, can't sit, can't even sleep, because if I accidentally move in my sleep, I come bolt awake with a stifled gasp and tears in my eyes.

I called my OB today, and no good news from her, I'm afraid -- I came really, really close to bursting into tears on the phone. She said there's nothing more medication-wise to be done that I'm not doing now, and said I could make an appointment with a dermatologist if I wanted to, but warned me that she didn't know of any situation where they'd perform a surgical procedure pre-birth, as it could compromise the actual delivery process. So although I do have an appointment with a dermatologist on Wednesday, it seems very probable that I will a) have to live like this for another four months at least, and b) the delivery will make things exponentially worse. And, quite frankly, both are making me cry just thinking about them.

Hi everyone,

Sorry to hear about all the difficulties & ailments .

Just to say, lollipopz, I L O V E the name Ellis. Makes me think of Emily Brontë's male alter ego, a v soft & retro name that doesn't feel stuffy...
It's actually quite close to my DH's name (but his is a bit more weird/unusual) and nothing but good has come from that.

It just dawned on me baby may be here in 13 - 14 weeks. That's 13 weekends!

xx

Wow Mandy - when you put it like that its kind of scary.... I keep thinking time will go fast now we're in december. Once christmas is over it'll soon be upon us.

Sorry to hear about your problems Hedge. Hope you find some solutions soon.

Sorry to hear about your bottom issues Corgi and twocute. Hope they get sorted soon.

No news here really - saw the baby move across my tummy at the end of last week which was quite freaky (don't remember dd doing that, but she was tiny so possibly we didn't see it).

Corgi, that's hellish, I didn't know they could be as bad as that. This is the stage I think, where it feels like pregnancy woes are going to go on FOREVER!!

I am in third trimester now and have less than 13 weeks to go. Aparently. My tension headaches made a phenominal return yesterday and the sinuses are back to being painful, so I have booked a massage and reiki session on Wed eve with someone I know and we are going to see if we can relieve the pressure and pain. I can't really afford such luxuries, but when it comes to the point of daily headaches, sore sinuses and me crying on a regular basis, it's more of a health issue than a pamper I feel!! DH will just have to like it. I'm paying for it anyway. (Does that sound defensive....??? )

corgi and twocute sorry you are having such hard times with your nether regions!

hedgewitch my heart goes out to you, hope you come up with some sort of solution.

mandy 13 weekends...that has shit me up!!!!

Not much to report here, except my tiredness is back again...and getting worse!! I keep getting tummy pains when i sneeze and yawn...I am assuming this is normal though due to ack of space?!

I think I have finally come to terms with my lack of bump! I am now at peace with the fact that it will arrive when it wants!! I still have an innie belly button but I do have 3 stretch marks on either side of it I am going to have one of those hideous crepe paper bellies, I just know!!

I only have 40 days left at work until maternity leave!!! Cant wait!

emma2617 I apparently don't have much of a bump either - I think I do but at work today two ladies were having a proper stare at me and said I didn't look 6 months and one of them asked if I was deliberately not eating enough so I'd have a small baby! I said no, I eat a lot, loads, and the other one pointed at my bottom and said maybe it's all going there instead!
I was mortified and cried a lot. Anybody else finding that their body has become the subject of constant (and unsolicited!) attention?!

titmouse what a pair of bitches!!! I would have cried too!

EVERYONE feels the need to tell me I don't look 6 months and one girl keeps telling me I need to get day quick! Plus I mentioned the development of stretchmarks and a few people recoiled in horror! Lol!!

I wouldn't worry though...it seems announcing your pregnant is taken as an open invitation to comment on and judge every aspect of your life!

titmouse those ladies sound horrible - what a rubbish thing to say to you. Ignore them - they are just jealous that you haven't piled on the weight and just look like yourself with a bump.

emma I am at the other end of the spectrun and people keep commenting on how big I am - hmph!

mandy - 13 weekends - yikes! I know that when I go back to work after the Christmas break the time is going to fly in!

corgi and twocute - ouch - you poor things. My friend had varicose veins in her fanjo when she was pregnant and ended up in support tights and a support knicker type brace thing and said the pain/itchiness/pressure was unbearable.

emma and meep lol yes indeed I really was not prepared for my whole life to be examined in the way it is being.
I am over it now but still quite shocked at the things people say!

how's everybody doing with their brain and stuff, do you find work a bit of a struggle in terms of concentration etc?

titmouse I have an attention span of about 5 minutes!! I am pretty useless, would probably be better off leaving sooner rather than later, but I need the money!!

I am getting forgetful as well, DP was away on saturday night at work xmas do and I went to bed leaving a lit candle...ALL night!! I felt such a plank in the morning!