Due December 09 - Fluttering Tums and Excited Mums...

[SarahL2]

New Thread before the old one fills up.

Just been to pregnancy yoga after a very stressful day at work and must admit i did find it very helpful in relaxing. I don't know how much of the breathing and stuff i will actually take through with me to labour, but i guess it is worth a try!

Have got my GTT on friday - hope it goes ok!

Hope everyone is ok.

i love my aquanatal! its my get away lol

im jnackered after looking after the girls but its my time and love being in the water

as for BH mine wld sometimes be on off all day bloomin annoying and with dd1 they were painful enough that i had to stop and breathe

This morning I put on a skirt I wore at about this time some of my last pregnancies and - it was too small!!!!! Sometimes I wonder if I look preg but I am huge lol

Hi Bex - I started ante-natal yoga last night and found it very invigorating. Best thing is meeting other local Mums to be - am still in touch with many from last time (DS now 2). It's great to have someone to commiserate with (and have coffee with) when they're really wee.

I never made friends at Aqua Natal/Yoga etc but still see 6 other Mum's from my Ante Natal class.

It's so lovely that DS has so many friends his own age to play with and I enjoy having other Mum's going through exactly the same stage as us too.

Nesting seems to have kicked in here. Am getting really into cleaning and de-cluttering at the moment. Can only be a good thing

Hi all, just checking in. Am thinking of starting aquanatal and/or pilates fairly shortly mainly for the meeting other people aspect but also to give me some time to focus on the baby/being pg.

GS the instinct to nest has kicked in but the actual practicalities of getting up and doing it still seem somehow beyond me! Plenty of decluttering to do here if you get bored of the stuff at home!

DD has suddenly (2.1) has suddenly acquired a baby in her tummy too, he's called Charlie (no idea where that came from) she keeps lifting up our tops and rubbing tummies so that 'the babies can cuddle' - very sweet at home but slightly embarrassing when out! We also seem to have accidently potty trained this week which is great. I hadn't really intended to do it seriously yet but we went out and bought the stuff together and she's really taken to it... no accidents all week... yet... It's early days but really didn't fancy doing potty training with a newborn.

not quite sure where the two 'has suddenly's came from there sorry, must proof read.

Oh the other thing is that I have a scan on Wed to try to work out why I keep having small bleeds. GP thinks it is just a cervical erosion or similar but wants to get the placenta etc checked out just in case. Am not particularly worried as all seems to be growing and baby is moving but would be nice to have any more serious problems checked out.

I have enjoyed my yoga for pg so far. Haven't really got chatting much to anyone there, but still good to have a bit of time to myself. Think perhaps when those who go to it who are 35 weeks plus have moved on, those of us who are 20-30 weeks might get chatting a bit more.

Had my GTT this morning, just waiting for antenatal unit to ring back with results. Fingers crossed....

Well, for the first time in a long time the house is in a state where I wouldn't be mortally embarrassed if the MIL suddenly popped round for a visit - which of course means she won't

It's great but the need to clean is being severly hapmered by the pain in my hips

It's all lower back pain, well, hip pain but at the top of my bum IYSWIM. Didn't have any pain with DS until much later in my pregnancy and then it was all on one hip where I'd been sleeping on one side a lot. This all over ache that makes me walk like a duck is definitely new - and horrible!

I have sorted and cleaned all the lower kitchen cupboards (dont applaud me yet ladies Ive only had my new kitchen since February!)
Im currently desperate to scrub the grouting between my bathroom tiles with bleach and a toothbrush.
Have already donated 4 bin liners of clothes and books to charity shop.
But its far too early for me to be nesting according to my mum! (we need a roll eyes emoticon on here)

Can anyone recommend somewhere to buy really small maternity work trousers (black) The ones ive got are now huge on me round the leg and bum and I cant seem to find any that fit. Its a nightmare, its getting really depressing having to go to work looking like shit.

Ooh, tile scrubbing - I wanted to do that this afternoon but was too sore.

Never nested with DS. Hope it sticks, i'm tired of us being the family scumbags.

ABF - Next have some good maternity black trousers for only about £18/£20, might be worth a try?

We're moving ourselves into our back bedroom (currently just wardrobes and pc) so DS can have the front bedroom and baby can have the nursery but I'm determined to get it all done by mid november ish so DS can be settled in his new room as I don't plan on doing much during december! Anyone got any tips for hanging lining wallpaper?

I'm in cleaning/nesting mode too. I've bought and organised loads of storagestuff from Ikea and I've got two bags of dp's stuff for the charity shop.

I've been thwarted today as the joiner/builder was meant to come and start work on knocking out a cupboard in the nursery to be but he hasn't been able to come so I'm very disappointed. Once he's done that then I'll be decorating the nursery and getting the cotbed down from the loft etc. I'm then going to bundle up dd's baby clothes and ebay them.

I've just got some black slim leg maternity trousers from littlewoods and they are a really good fit and were only 20 quid. I've also got a couple of pairs from Next but don't get the suit ones, they made me look like I had a kangaroo pouch!

We're trying to get our kitchen finished. But I can't do a lot of the lifting etc so DH is doing most of it.

He's been calling me "hitler"

24 weeks tomorrow - only 16 still to go.....

Spent some of my mat grant today, got the bundle deal on the tommee tippee steriliser and bottles and some nice mum to be cream for the ever expanding tum from mothercare really loving being able to flash my staff discount card this time round, just wish they had took ELC over a year earlier then I could of got all of DS's stuff on the cheap!

Decided on the cot from IKEA for £70. Cannot wait to get it all set up in our bedroom now.

Thank you people for your suggestions regarding mat trousers trouble is my local next doesnt do maternity wear and id really like to try before I bought them (fussy bugger) I might try and get away with a pair of black jeans and just glare at my boss if he tries to say anything!!

I'm 24 weeks tomorrow too Millie

i am hoping to get my grant form when I go for my 28 wk check next fri. finally cleared out the nursery today...just need something to put in it now!!!
had my GTT yest, all clear!

spent 9 hours arguing with dp yesterday..... anyone got any headache remedies that work!!! Apparently its my fault because i am pregnant.... nothing to do with him snot=ring so much we no longer share a bed!! Grrrrrrr I need a hug please someone!

Those cool gel packs, or even a cold flannel on the forehead while you have a lie down wih your eyes shut can really help a headache.

I second the cooling gel things, one of those and a nice lay down in a quiet bedroom with nobody bothering you.

will try anything..... have thrown up aswell and he sat and listened to me without coming to check if i was ok!!!

Why do people assume that being sick is just part of pregnancy?!

Once morning sickness is over, it just means you're ill like everyone else!!

Hope you feel better soon Sparkly.

Try drinking lots of cool water too - that always helps my headaches.

ABF - Next do delivery to their stores for free and then you just return it back to the store if you dont want it so it will only cost you if you decide to keep them.

We've cleared out the loft today to make some room and I got down DS's clothes from when he was a baby and my god I had no idea they were so small!

Another one nesting here, have sent loads of stuff to charity shops, house has never looked cleaner either!

Hows the back pain GoldenSnitch? I had that and booked appointment to see osteopath, he said its sacro-ileac pain, very common in pregnancy. He did some manipulaton and a few days later i was pain free! Might be worth giving it a go.

Well im 28 weeks on Tuesday,and bump is huge! Havent put weight on anywhere else and its all out front, it gets really achy. DH is convinced i look the same size i did when i was term with DS .