Right, massive post coming. Apologies, but I'm really bad at picking what to ignore! I want to talk to you all!
conker, I think the palpitations may well be to do with lack of iron, now you mention it - I was very anaemic to begin with (it was one of the first symptoms of the pregnancy to which I was completely oblivious) & I have been feeling quite wiped out in general. I shall bring it up with my midwife - am hoping to see her tomorrow afternoon at a drop-in thing at the GP, but I'm not holding my breath
Food - I've not been too hungry, really - but when I get hungry I need to eat now. Eating in 5 minutes just will not do. Which means that a lot of junk gets thrown down my neck because there just isn't time to prepare anything healthier than a bag of crisps or whatever. I should get some better snacks, but I don't fancy anything that I'd normally eat - I've always liked dried apricots, etc., but the thought of them at the moment makes me a bit sick. I suppose if I could manage it it may help the iron issue a bit though. I shall try to steel my stomach, I think.
Barbarella, have been fancying another trip to the cinema, so thanks for the recommendations. We've also been eating out a lot (does Ikea count today, as well? ) & lying around in bed a fair bit too - it's finally hit us that we have 13 weeks left to do what we want to do without a screaming baby to drag around with us. It doesn't seem like very long when you look at it like that...
Also, how beeeeautiful to think of the three little ones in the cotbed together. Awwww. How gorgeous
Boffin, I can't believe you got two sexy men! One was making me enough, but two?! I have been in an awful lot of pain recently I think that I should definitely be signed up for this ASAP.
Also, my period pains always have been quite sharp. My hormones have always been messed up (have been on the pill since I was 13 because of very heavy, painful periods - which is about as useful as it gets for me, looking at my tummy now ) & maybe my period pain is different from usual even when medicated? I suppose it's difficult to know. I'll report back in 3 months or so
Nutty, glad to hear that you've got the strange tummy pain under control. Like you, all of the women in my family have to have their waters broken, so I'm expecting the same. I'm hoping for the same, because apparently it dulls the pain of contractions. Fingers crossed, eh?
I'm a bit childishly amused that 'butty' is a term for 'friend' in Welsh. That's my favourite fact of the day. Closely rivalled by the discovery that Ikea sell a shower curtain called 'Femmen Vag'
Bleuravin, don't feel too daft about missing your MW appointment - I think we've pretty much all done something similar already. The pregnancy hormones really do destroy any organisation you may normally have (unless you're super woman like Boffin ) & it happens all the time. Your MW won't think anything of it, really
I keep meaning to go swimming (I even have a maternity swimming costume) but don't want to go on my own & will have to talk DP into it. But I'm not a very strong swimmer & have somehow avoided ever swimming in front of him before - I know I'll just be opening myself up to a whole load of mockery, so am bracing myself. Still, I have an excuse now I'm definitely unbalanced anyway.
BB, your 'because I WANT TO' made me laugh What better reason? DP was saying last night that he's going to teach ours to say 'mooooo' as one of his first 'words' as a very cute party trick when we're putting him in various cow print accessories when he's older We'll all have to do a meet up with our cow print babies & get a photo of them all together to torture them with in the future.
I'm also really paranoid about not knowing when I'm in labour. I know that people insist that it's just something that you can't question when it happens, but I'm a bit slow sometimes - I really don't want an accidental unassisted homebirth! & more than that, DP really doesn't
4D Scans - we broke in the end & booked one for the 24th Jan. As for not seeing the sex, I'm sure that you can get away with it - they were trying to charge us £20 extra for the privilege of finding out! For that, I'm going to trust the NHS!
Auld, I'm sorry, but your possible house sounds really cute Definitely look into rearranging the space into something more practical for you
frekkles, glad to hear that I'm still in good company I had an obscene number of orgasms yesterday - I began to worry that I was going to scare the baby out early & had to stop It's not even comfortable anymore (I don't want anybody to think that I'm lucky enough to be having lots of sex and for it not to be the most undignified, achy process it possibly could be!) but we're spending 24 hours a day together for weeks on end at the moment & are just running out of other things to do
Also to add - we definitely have Bleuravin's problem of not being able to squeeze past each other in the bath whilst showering anymore - yesterday DP managed to hit one of his delicate parts very hard against the cold tiles. I didn't laugh too much, honestly
Hormones - I'm really up & down with them at the moment. I don't know if I mentioned the other day (I think I probably did, but it's a good example), but I watched P.S. I Love You & cried continuously from about 10 minutes in. I very rarely cry when not pregnant, but I was a complete mess. Even at the time I knew that it was ridiculous, but I just couldn't pull myself together. Never mind when real life stresses are piling on top of us as well!
Curse you all for your Amby talk! I resisted looking (knowing that I can't justify one) for ages, but you all kept talking so I had to look & find out what you were going on about! & now I'm gutted that we have a family crib to use
hopeful, how is your DH still keeping the secret? I'm seriously impressed! Good to see you back & well done for catching up!
Sarah, I've read quite a few things where people have had huge junk food binges at the end of the 2nd / beginning of the 3rd trimester that have passed. I wouldn't worry about it - it may well naturally calm down very soon anyway & hey, if your body wants it... I'm loving Bleuravin's weaning trick, though!
Again, sorry about the huge post!