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.

Well, I've been gone for ages. With the surprise of the pregnancy, I then got neurotic that something would go wrong and so found MN a bit too much info. However, I'm back now and bit more confident that things are going as they should.....touch wood. I'm 26+6 today with a SURPRISE on the the way . My only scary hurdle now is a safari in South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland for the next month! Just when you guys are off on mat leave! It was booked before I got pregnant. Bit worried about the heat and being shaken in a jeep twice a day but apart from that.............
Buying loads of stuff now - can't believe we'll have a baby in 13 weekends! (4 of which we're away for - not long at all!)

welcome back firstduemarch09! Very jealous of your holiday - would love to be going away myself - I am sure you will be absolutely fine.

Also very very of all your ladies about to start your maternity leave. I am finishing work at the end of February - 3 weeks before my c-section date - and that is longer than I took with dd!

Yup - I have had the go ahead from my consultant to have an elective section. When she asked what my reasons were I burst into tears (didn't even have to pretend to be "anxious +++" as is now in my notes !). So the bean will hopefully be scheduled to come into the world on 23rd March - whoo hoo!!!

I am a wee bit sad that I won't have the excitement of going into labour - but I've done it before and this is the best option for me this time round.

and I didn't even have to mention that I was a medical negligence lawyer to get what I wanted - I think she just read my notes from last time, realised how upset I was and decided it was the best thing.

Am very relieved - I felt like this was the final hurdle in this very difficult pregnancy - so I can now relax and just smile at all the comments that I am now officially too posh to push !

meep that must feel like a massive relieve, onwards and upwards now for you .

Oh and btw to "posh to push" YOU i doubt that very much lol .

Well im 29 weeks Todays yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee , on the home run now girls!!!

twocute cant beleive your 29 weeks already!! Time is seriously flying!! I am 27+4

When do people believe the 3rd trimester to start?! Opinion on this seems to vary greatly...from 26 weeks to 30 weeks!!

emma personally i think the 3rd trimester starts at 28weeks, agree though that opinions on this vary greatly.

I plumped for 28 weeks too...I thought it was pretty middle of the ground!!

BUT....when people say "weeks 28" do they mean once you have completed the 28th week of once you enter the 28th week?!?! The little things are staring to annoy me now...I am spending so much time thinking ridiculous things!

I have only got 9 days left at work!! I have booked monday 22nd off as we have to go down to london for DPs grandads funeral so glad its on a monday though so we can drive down on the sunday as I cant face driving the 500 mile round trip in one day with this tiredness...i would be a danger!

DPs family has been up shit creek a bit recently with problems with his step dad having too much power over his mum but we found out last week that his step dad has a couple of convictions for child molestation we havent got any more details but it has seriously upset and worried me and DP, although relationships are tense with his mum I really want her to be part of babys life but now we have had to tell her that under no circumstances will step dad have anything to do with this child.

I come from a very respectable middle class family and my parents are still together, but DPs parents have split and he was brought up on council estate and the rest of his family have the stereotypical council estate dramas...and I find it quite embarassing sometimes, but then I get more embarrassed about being a snob

Wow that went rapidly down hill from a cheerful celebration of how little time I have left in work to what a mess our lives are!!!

I wouldn't worry, Christmas always brings home family problems. Things like parents / brothers / sisters not talking to each other, which don't seem like a problem for the rest of the year become a major trauma over Xmas, and any other times when something big happens ie new babies!

Oh and I have decided that at 27+3 (I think) that I am in 3rd trimester - sex drive all but vanished, chocolate becoming a staple part of my diet, constant urge to eat and feel like the size of a blue whale. All sounds like next stage of pregnancy to me!

Emma how awful i would personally give your MIL and her husband a wide birth if i was you!! did your DPs mum know this before she got involved with him? (tell me, to sod off if im being to nosy)

Oh and btw dont go thinking you a snob!! just because you have had a differant up bringing. Both myself my DH, and well all my family were brought up on a council estates..........we still have morals!!! but FWIW i do know what you mean though .

twocute glad your not offended!!! Apparently DPs mum didnt know about his convictions when they got married but I dont know how long she has known for. His step dad is an alcoholic and has 3 convictions for drink driving as well so he wouldnt have been having any alone time with baby anyway, but now it is strictly NO CONTACT which DPs mum is happy with.

I don't want to say no contact to his mum because she is so sweet, DPs dad had an affair and left her fo rthe other woman (who he is still with) after that she sort of lost any spine she had and now stepdad has far too much control over her. I kind of want to show her what a relationship SHOULD be like and also try to help her get the strength to leave step dad!! I just feel really sorry for her...as much as I think "oh just grow a pair" and I am convinced I would kick him to the kerb if I were in her position I really will never know for sure so I just want to support her. Especially as DP and his sister get very frustrated with her! Oh dear...what a mess! It'll work itself out one way or another, it has no choice!

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the boring flying visit. So busy with work and on top of that my brain doesn't seem to be working properly . Can't wait for the hols!

Oh, is anyone else getting LOADS of comments lite "well, you just enjoy yourself now because soon it'll be - well, not hell exactly but..."
Perhaps I'm over sensitive but I find that quite offensive considering how close this was to not happening. Bring on a living baby and let it scream its little heart out for five years I say!
I should say these comments often come from people who seem desperately surprised, disappointed and bitter about parenting not being all Disney-esque.
Sorry, rant over.
xx

Hello all! I've been so busy with tree decorating, re-decorating because 18 mo ds2 keeps taking them off and giving them to me, gift wrapping, work, and general life stuff.

I have my Gestational Diabetes test on Tuesday. Oh wonderful. Was told I didn't have to fast, but just eat protein before (egg etc), but with ds2 a nurse said that fasting helped prevent false high levels, so will go that route as the idea of a three hour test is not fun.

I bought some pacifiers for the baby today. I know not totally socially acceptable, but they work, and that's what matters to me. It suddenly seems very real that another baby is coming very soon. Ds1 was very cute in the store talking about all the things we need to buy for baby sister (most of them toys for him).

Mandy-Don't worry about what stupid people say. Honestly I find being a mom much easier than being pregnant. It's when they turn 3 that it becomes hellish. Before that is a breeze.

Hi All - it all starts sounding near with everyone talking about their maternity leave dates !

Not much to report here - saw midwife yesterday. All fine so far - the main areas of concern (bp and size of baby) all seem ok so far too. So, next stop a scan next friday when I will be 28 weeks.

I thought 3rd trimester started at 27 weeks.. but maybe that's just wishful thinking !?

It's nearly 11, I should be in bed, but I am sitting here in front of the telly eating biscuits and staring at my alien tummy. It's like MOVING all on its own and is freaking me out big style. I have been feeling movements since about 21 weeks (am 26 weeks tomorrow) but this is a whole other ball game - I feel like it's kicking my lady bits all the time and when it does it makes me need the loo! And now it LOOKS mad too. What on earth is it dancing to?

Oh and my belly button is starting to look different. Think I am going to get an outty.

My navel is starting to pop out a tiny bit as well, have had. Belly is still not particularly huge, easily manoeuverable around, can still paint my toenails etc, probably a couple of inches smaller than this person's belly: i15.photobucket.com/albums/a399/maybellicious/tumi30weeks.jpg

Am around the 29 week point so officially in the third trimester. Scary thought. In 10 or 11 weekends, I'll have a child. screams

MKG I didn't use a dummy with dd - probably because my mum kept saying that they looked bad!! Instead I let her suck my finger a lot! But I think SIDS advice now is that dummies are good? I don#t think I'll be so precious this time round - if the baby wants and likes a dummy (when I did finally try one with dd she just spat it out and looked at me in horror!) the baby will get a dummy and I don't care what anyone says !

boobz I have an alien too - the funniest thing was when dd was ill and spent a lot of time sleeping on my tummy - the alien went crazy!!!

lolianja - what a lovely neat bump!

(I'm still not getting a photo taken of mine - it will be done when I get to hospital just before the baby comes out - and not any sooner!)

Mandy I must admit that I was quite shellshocked when I had dd and it was hard - but it is so so so worth it. Even when it was tough I still couldn't wait to see her wee face - and it just keeps getting better and better. So ignore those baby humbugs - I would never say that to a new mum-to-be. Am happy to give a practical insight into why it can be tough but that is always qualified with how absolutely amazing having children is (I will go now before I gush about the wonders of dd for hours!)

Hi all, Haven't checked in for a while so I thought i'd pop in.

My belly button is now half inny and half outy. Belly definatly getting in the way. Can't breathe if I bend down to pick stuff up. Cant breathe when i put my boots on. Anything that requires squishing belly also squishes my lungs!

Had a dream last night that I went into labour and had the baby. Woke up this morning waddling really badly because I feel so bruised. Don't know what the baby was doing while I was sleeping!

Having a baby is definatly better than people make out. Hard work but so enjoyable it is worth it.

My belly button is definately sticking out now. It's been hovering for ages, and has now finally made the last push out... it looks quite cool like that!

Aaaarrrgggh!

Just typed a nice long post and pressed the wrong sodding button!

Good morning everyone

25 weeks here today, I feel so far behind the majority of you.

Boobz I know exactly what you mean about the alien in your tum. It is really weird watching it ripple from one side to the other. DH says it's fascinating, but I'd love to see his face if it was his innards on the move!

I'm very of those of you booking maternity leave. I work outdoors on markets and am really cheesed off with the long hours (tomorrow will be out at 6am and maybe back at home by 9.30pm) and standing around in the freezing cold. Tuesday saw me wearing 3 pairs of trousers, 4 tops and I was still cold! Mind you - a bag of freshly cooked doughnuts helped at the end!

Has anyone else had a mild "Omg I don't know what to do with a baby when it arrives" panic? Up until now I've not really thought about it due to the mmc last year. I do have a day long antenatal class booked - the one date I could get is when I'll be 37 weeks!

On the bellybutton front, mine is getting more stretched and shallow, but not showing signs of becoming an outy as yet. Although if I eat any more mince pies today, this could change!

I can't believe how many of you are getting outies. Mine has never popped, and so far no signs of poppping yet.

Grinningbee--don't worry about what happens when the baby comes. My dh put ds1 in his cradle looked at him, looked at each other, and were like, "Why would they ever let us go home with him unsupervised".

My belly button has been out for ages (dd2 (15mths) has a thing about poking belly button strange child) and has confused look when trying to find mine .

I haven't got a camera which will take a wide enough shot to get my belly in .

Grinningbee

Don't worry to much about what happens when you have your baby you be so much in love with it you manage.

Just 2 things you don't necessary won't your dh/p to say is:-

1} 3 weeks before your due - can you wait a bit longer i'm not sure i'm ready like i have a choice.

2} After having dd1 who was 9lb 4oz thank god she not a normal size baby, i'm not sure how i would have coped with a small baby.

Grinningbee - I remember coming home after DD1 was born and me and DH standing in the front room, him holding her, me and him looking at each other thinking - OK, now what we do?!

Hope we;re all well ladies, I've had the most horrific chest infection, poor beanie has been woken up every 5 minutes with me hacking!

Hi everyone
I have pretty much abandoned this thread lately as I have been sooo blimming shattered!

I fell asleep in front of the telly at about 9 o clock the other night, the last time I did that was when Dd2 was a newborn, over 4 years ago!
I am so tired I am snappy and irritable, I think I have some making up to do...

I am getting bigger and bigger - amazing how different my 3 pregnancies have been. Number one I barely showed I was pregnant until I was about 8 months, number 2 I was like a barrel. This time, I am all front and people think already I am ready to give birth! !

I have a busy run up to Christmas now, its Dd1's birthday next week, we have a cinema trip, DH has a new job and I have the last shopping to do. Add in the School events, fetes and fairs, and nativities and carol concerts and I will be definitely in need of a break!

Thats enough of my ramblings, hope everyone is ok. X