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Due May 2009 Hairy Mary!... We're on the final stretch!

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Belgianchocolates · 23/03/2009 15:14

Thought I'd better start the new thread before it was too late. Here we go!

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pulapula · 26/03/2009 22:13

Evening all, back from London and really tired- i think my feet must be swollen as my shoes are too tight and my toes were really squashed.

Only had chance to skim all the messages.

Daizydoo- good luck with the growth scan and making your decision about cs or not. After 5 nights in following my vb (and i discharged myself before they wanted to let me go as my BP was high) i was surprised to be out after only 3 nights with planned cs. You just have to take things slowly really if you decide to have a cs.

Divedaisy- my ankles are getting a bit puffy, and i definitely have restless leg syndrome again- could this be what's making your legs jumpy and tingly?

LoobyLou36 · 26/03/2009 22:13

oh bless your dd momino you should listen to her

LoobyLou36 · 26/03/2009 22:17

I'm off to bed

Night all...

Momino · 26/03/2009 22:18

night Looby.
am still lurking whilst i'm working (that rhymes ).

am bored.

Belgianchocolates · 26/03/2009 22:20

Looby the NCT sells the knitting pattern for that breast. I got it somewhere from a conference, but I can't knit or I would have made one for work. They're brilliant for practicing hand expressing. But I can't help laughing at the thought of little old ladies knitting breasts.

flippineck The brim is the enterance to the pelvis. The top of the opening. Your baby's head must be just at it, not in it, so sort of means the same as free.

Whether they retest your iron level really depends on your individual trust. Where I work we stick to the booking and 28 weeks bloods, but where I am booked they also do a 32 week Hb check. Being as your appointment was at 34 weeks I don't think they'd recheck it. It would be too late to rectify any anaemia in time for birth after now, so I don't think your home birth will be affected. My Hb was 11.6, not officially anaemic in pregnancy, but I felt anaemic and so I asked for iron and feel much better for it. The cut off depends a bit on each trust too I think, generally they want you to be on iron if your Hb is below 11-11.5.

With me dehydration causes leg cramps at night. The restless legs didn't seem to be caused by anything in particular. Funny how our legs are affected by dehydration!

I just watched that skinny pregnancy thing. I can't believe how people can be so worried about being fat when pregnant. Clearly the belly isn't caused by eating, but it's because there's a baby in there, so how can you think you're fat? The pregorexia was really worrying too. My mum was telling me only this week about someone she met at work who only gained 5kg in the whole pregnancy. Apparently this woman was determined not to gain any more than the weight of the baby and the water. What about the weight of the placenta, uterus itself (1000xbigger!), bigger boobs, extra blood volume, etc...? That sort of thinking is so dangerous and unhealthy and really amazes me.

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flippineck · 26/03/2009 22:20

Night Looby!

I'm thinking I should go to bed too, but haven't quite worked up the energy to move yet!

Momino · 26/03/2009 22:24

didn't watch the program but my sis was always worried about gaining wait in pregnancy and even dieted . worst is that she's not overweight at all but has struggled with disorders in the past so I had to be careful what I said to her even if I disagreed.

I do think it's worrying...

flippineck · 26/03/2009 22:27

Thanks Belgian for your reply, that was helpful. I'll perhaps be a bit more careful about what I'm eating (more dark chocolate, anyone?!) and hope that it doesn't drop much more.

It was shocking wasn't it to hear the woman speaking on the programme about having only gained 8.5lbs at 8 months pregnant.

Belgianchocolates · 26/03/2009 22:28

Very worrying. It used to be the one time in a woman's life where she didn't worry about weight. But now even pregnancy isn't safe anymore.

Gosh, baby stop poking me. It hurts! Well, at least it's leaving my bladder alone today. I'm sure it had a couple of days of lying breech, but this evening I'm finally having movements by my ribs again, rather than my bladder. I hope s/he decides to stay there now. I don't want a breech baby.

Right, bedtime now.

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Momino · 26/03/2009 22:29

ooh, flippineck, please could you pass me some dark chocolate? it's my favourite and have none in our house.
ta.

pulapula · 26/03/2009 22:31

I didnt watch the skinny pg programme but i know my brother-in-laws sister who i think already had some eating "issues" didnt like gaining weight in pg and didnt eat much. May or may not have been related but both were born prematurely at 6-7 mo.

pulapula · 26/03/2009 22:32

Sorry, did some editing on my message but read it back and it should say that she had 2 LOs and both were born prematurely.

Momino · 26/03/2009 22:42

wow, pula, that is strange for both babies to be born so prematurely. were they both ok?

pulapula · 26/03/2009 22:49

Yes, not sure if she just had problems carrying babies to term (I think with the 2nd pg she started haemorraging), or whether the lack of nutrition triggered the labours, but first baby was fine, just small, and took a long while to catch up, which i guess is often the case. 2nd LO has some health problems- a couple of holes in the heart, and gets a lot of infections and so on, so not the best start in life. For me, I would rather eat too much and try to loose the weight later, than worry about my figure during pg.

Momino · 26/03/2009 23:03

i guess time for bed for me. excited for MW visit tomorrow as I love hearing the heartbeat.

i'll know tomorrow whether or not i need a growth scan - almost hoping yes so I can catch another glimpse at little one.

good night all. x

LoobyLou36 · 27/03/2009 07:53

Thank god it's Friday!

It's been a real struggle the last few days, I'm having real trouble walking (my hips and pelvis are really sore) I take it this is just one of the joys of being 34+5?
9 more days left at work after today - can't wait but at the some time - what am I going to do with myself?? In the past 20.5 years the most time I've had off is 2 wks in a row.
Still feel guilty about time off despite the pay probs etc.

Meeting a friend for lunch tommorow so looking forward to that, last time we saw each other I was only 3months pg. Think she might have a when she sees the size of me tommorow.

Went to the garden centre last night to get some more veggie seeds. A stranger came up to me told me I was having a boy first tme anyone's said that - most think it's a girl. I don't know anymore - might have to start thinking of name tho.

LoobyLou36 · 27/03/2009 08:26

Not happy with my blood glucose today - just had a reading of 9.7. Think I'm going to ring diabetes clinic for some advice. My readings are either low or high.

Got letter for Parentcraft Class yesterday too. First class is on Tuesday so will have to drag take DH to that

daizydoo · 27/03/2009 08:49

Looby I'd ring them. Ask them for some proper advice on what food to eat or not to eat - can't believe they haven't given you any so far!!!

llareggub · 27/03/2009 08:50

Looby try washing your hands really, really well and try again. If I get an oddly high reading it is sometimes that I have a bit of soap residue on my hands before testing. Worth a go, anyway. What did you have for breakfast?

LoobyLou36 · 27/03/2009 08:56

had small amount of bite size shredded wheat with splenda, hot water and small amount skimmed milk (don't like milk) about 3rd of a mug of tea (was late for work so didn't have time to drink it all)

llareggub · 27/03/2009 09:11

That is quite high then. I did struggle in the mornings before going on insulin. I was told that for some pregnant women with GD, the morning is the worst time! I still can't eat porridge, even with insulin!

Blottedcopybook · 27/03/2009 09:21

I haven't caught up fully, just skimmed this page so sorry if I've missed anything!

There's a free pattern here on knitty for knitting your own breasticle

There's an article on the jumpy legs thing here on wikipedia which suggests low blood sugar levels and low ferritin can contribute to jumpy legs so make sure you're eating healthily and often!

I had a horrendous day with the kids yesterday and have another one scheduled today so I have no doubts I'll be back later in need of support and virtual gin! To highlight just how bad it was, I accidentally bit the dentist. Seriously. Who does that?!

LoobyLou36 · 27/03/2009 09:52

have done another reading llare now 6.4

have left a message on ansaphone at diabetic clinic so hopefully someone will call me back. Hope I'm not being silly by bothering them

LoobyLou36 · 27/03/2009 09:55

lol at "bit the dentist" blotted

daizydoo · 27/03/2009 10:56

Looby - you aren't being silly, that's what they're there for!

Oh dear blotted!

I had a wierd dream last night, that I couldn't remember who the father of my children was!! I thought it was an ex-boyfriend, but then remembered he'd married my friend so couldn't be him. Thankfully I remembered who DH was before I woke up!!

For the past 2 weeks DH & I have gone out on thurs evening, leaving ds with my mum. Both weeks he's refused to go to sleep and waited until we got in until he would go to sleep. It's been nearly 10pm but he's still been wide awake. I'm now worried about what'll happen if I go into labour and neither myself or DH are around at bedtime!

I'm trying to summon up the energy to do something with ds, but struggling - bad mummy emoction!