Due Sept 05 - Thread 8

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Here it is.

Stm - I started getting BH well before 25 weeks. About 22 I think. To me it feels like tightening and belly goes very hard. Not painful but uncomfortable. Worse if sitting - found standing or lying down best. Also get sharp, stitch like pains at bottom of bump - esp on right - if I walk too fast. MW told me this was prob ligament pains. If its very bad I would discuss with MW again.
HTH

Has anyone else had swollen ankles yet? Mine puffed up yesterday and I'm now on the sofa propped up on a pile of pillows which doesn't seem to be making much difference. As if it wasn't bad enugh the rest of me looking like a hippo, now I have fat feet as well!

not got swollen ankles but have got swollen fingers, they look like sausages. Apparently frozen peas on ankles are good

swollen ankles here! But only when I wear a certain pair of shoes. You should see the cellulite though!

Stocked up on chocolate and ice cream last night, and the baby hasn't been still since , which is a relief!

No swollen ankles, but my feet look puffy - nice.

have spoken to my friend who is getting married............feel a lot better about things now. they did look at other dates but could only go a fortnight in any direction and the 3rd was just the most convenient (family already on holiday etc) she is quite upset about me not being able to take the role she would have liked (chief bridesmaid) but its too important a role if i end up not being able to go. she does want me to help with the wedding flowers though (MIL actually does them)so i feel like i am involved.

she e-mailed me rather than speaking to me (after i bumped into her in town ) and i get the feeling she feels really awkward around me because she doesn't understand what i'm going through and finds it hard to articulate how she feels.

now i just have to find an outfit? i'm loathe to spend money (haven't got any anyway!!) on a pregnant outfit that i may never use. i'm going to have to be creative with this one i think...................

know how you feel about thw whole cheif bridesmaid thing. my sis is getting married on 21st August and wanted me to do it. Course will only have 4weeks left so said no.

As for clothes, i;ve got the lady who made my sisters dress making one for me. All i need to do is buy the material going to be made really nig before hand then fitted on the actual day. I did look at hiring though, didn't really want to spend out on something i'd wear once, there are some really good internet sites. Can't remember the names though...sorry

Don't know if you have a maternus shop near you moschops but the one I went to in London was having a 50% off sale because they were going out of business. They had loads of really nice very well made stuff. The girl in the shop said they were closing down all their shops so if there is one up your way you might find a good deal.

Katts - where was the Maternus shop in London? Have a wedding coming up, so need to find something to wear, and something on sale sounds perfect!

It's on Cross Street off of Upper Street. Don't know if it's still open, this was about a month ago when I was there. But I got 2 pairs of linen trousers, one denim skirt, 1 top, 1 top/dress all for about £100. There's also a nice shop up that way on Theberton Road(or street?) but not sure about prices.

Sorry, that's islington. Just in case you don't know the area.

There's also a maternus shop in Dulwich Village, so I may go and have a sneaky peek!

Glad to hear your bump has gotten a little more active, KF. Chocolate and ice cream...the things we have to suffer!
Moschops - Have you thought about buying a really big size wrap over dress for the wedding? A friend of mine bought a size 18 or 20 dress for various weddings/christenings she attended while she was pregnant - the last one was dd's christening which was 3 days before she gave birth and she looked fab . She wasn't particularly big on top but because the dress was a wrapover she could kind of adjust it accordingly. I fully intend trying to find a similar dress for 2 christenings and a wedding I have coming up - it's worth a try anyway. If you really do end up spending a lot of money, you could have the outfit taken in for wearing after pg to get your money's worth.
House currently a tip at the mo'. Desparately trying to pack what seems to be the whole house for hols while dd has decided to display her artwork on the walls in crayon. Not brave enough to go abroad at 6 month pg and with toddler so staying in UK. At least if we were going abroad would only need swimming costumes etc. What on earth do you pack for a week away in the UK???? Anyway, back to it. Hope you and your bumps all keep well over the next week. "see" you then. x

For a maternity dress for weddings there are some nice options in the blooming mavellous & jojomaman bebe catologues - just recommend these as I've done most of my preg clothes shopping by mail order.
Feeling alot bigger & loving it!! - wish maternity clothes & tights were made in bigger sizes though.

Happy to be preg - but this evening just wishing I could fast forward to september when our baby will be born. Anyone else feel like this?

insomnia strikes again........i am sooooooo tired and repeatedly wake up between 3 and 4 am. its getting frustrating and dp has just wandered into the living room looking perplexed and annoyed, and asked if i'm ok..........i can't move or sigh at the moment without being asked that question.

milward.......i'm starting to feel like that a bit too. i'm fed up with people finding it amusing when i tell them i can't walk more than 10 mins without being in pain.........they find it amazing that a pregnant woman is suffering and seem to think i'm just putting it on to be a lazy cow. i REALLY wish i was having one of those text book 'blooming' pregnancies that every seems to think is the norm.

god am i ever going to feel like i've had a decent sleep? at this rate i'll be a zombie before the baby even arrives!

to add to my annoyance we have had a disagreement with our landlord at work and its looking more and more likely that we will lose our shop so the business is going under

what brilliant timing eh?

Hi all. Hope you sort out your shop Moschops - crappy timing I agree.

Milward, couldn't agree more about September coming soon enough. Even though it's flown by since Christmas ( and that fateful event!!!!) it seems such a long time until September.

Am starting to get pretty nervous about the actual birth. Even though my 1st labour was quick ( 5 hours) it was quite traumatic and ended up with ventouse, stitches etc) I think I just felt so out of it with the gas and air and pethedine that i felt I had no control. I've decided I'll ask for an epidural this time ( if there's time!) but am still pretty scared. Am starting to have irrational thoughts like " I hope the baby is breech and then I'll have to have a C section" which I know is stupid as the recovery after will be worse especially with DS at 2 and half. I don't want to bury my head in the sand, but am already watching far too many births on Discovery health and reading everything I can get my hand on! Any advice?

Moschops - hope your work situation gets sorted out ok. I'm the opposite of blooming - big and looking forward to the very hot summer weather!!!
Sarahhal - thinking about the birth as well. My previous experiences have all been so diff from each other that I think whatever happens will be ok. Hope to avoid a cs though because of the recovery afterwards. My first was born in a birthchair with epidural & everything went fine, second was a cs due to footling breech - no probs here just had to manage looking after 3yr old afterwards, third was born 2 weeks early in one & half hours no pain relief as didn't need any at all - everything fine but afterwards had hemmorage due to retain placenta. Took a few weeks to feel back to normal after that. So sort of feel that anything can happen and I'll just go with it at the time. I don't have the discovery channel but have seen desparate midwives - seems so different to my experience of childbirth.
Best wishes to all xxx

Sarahal, I know exactly how you feel! I've had 2 relatively 'normal' births (didn't feel like that at the time,, but that's what they wrote in my notes...!) but am already getting irrationally worried about this one. Dh has banned Holby City as something awful always seems to happen to pg women and he was in tears last week!!! Even with recovery, am thinking C-section would be preferable!

Anybody going to yogabase tonight? Boompi? Franch?

Yes, me hopefully

Great! See you there!

I am afraid I cant - see you sat though.

all quiet on here!!

well we have bought our pushchair......settled on a Bebe Confort Loola.....mainly because it was the only one that will fit in the boot of our miniscule car! mind you it was also the first pushchair we ever looked at all those months ago when it still hadn't sunk in i was pregnant!

i was so tired yesterday i went to sleep on the settee for two hours, and have slept a solid twelve hours through the night too. i feel absolutely shattered again and really seem to be regressing to how i felt in the first trimester.

we have contacted a solicitor about the conflict with our landlord, to see where we stand legally but it looks like the business is going under either way because trade is so awful we just can't afford to pay the rent/rates etc and the landlord seems unable to understand that we don't just work to give him money. he actually stood in my shop while there were customers in there screaming abuse at my FIL.

i'm trying so hard not to get stressed about it but the timing is so awful. dp says the plus side is that when i have the baby he is likely to be around most of the time so it will be nice to spend those early days together as a family.......we just need to be able to bring in enough money to pay the bills and although we have another business venture in the pipeline it is likely to be a while before it turns in enough money for us to live off.