October 2005 hot bumps - Nr. 5

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Does having the irresistable urge to start learning how to make beaded jewellery count as nesting? I always get weird projects going on when I'm pregnant...

I thought theo was crying because he'd got himself trapped in the front room downstairs just discovered him wailing in terror because he'd sneaked into the bathroom and locked the door after himself I'm so crap!

ELF - flower arranging? Candlesticks? jeez.... theres me worrying about a smudge on a glass coaster!

Elf I must be 25 weeks today as well!!! (Losing track a bit here). I bet you give birth before me though as I'm always 8 days over.

fastasleep - I don't know if it counts as nesting or not but I keep looking longingly at my dd's bead collection and suggesting that we play with it!! She's not interested. Damn!

I keep having urges to clean - usually not too bothered about dishes, etc. but have to do them straight away now.

Please don't remind me how little time we have left - I need to finish building my house! DH sticks his fingers in his ears and la las everytime I start panicking about it. My fault it's not done yet tho - I had a round window put into the design of the bathroom and refuse to change it so they're having a nightmare bricking around it, but looks as tho they've cracked it now so shud be done shortly. Hopefully!

Anybody starting antenatel classes yet? I have antenatel check up this afo so gonna ask about them then.

Off to see U2 tonight in concert - can't wait, but ain't got nothing to wear, everything is in wash from hols and don't kno whether stadium roof will be open or closed so got a feeling if a choose to dress warm, I'll freeze and vice versa. Think I'd rather be too cold than too warm tho!

Sorry to hear some of you aren't well, hope it passes soon.

You're all such good mums to be with your cleaning.. looks at house!

Guess what now I have hives. Hives AND gastric flu. I'm fed up. Everyone elses gastric flu's worn off but I can't stop puking (etc)

Fed. Up.

oh you poor thing. I emptied my wardrobe this am and boxed up all the clothes that no longer fit me ready to move house! I also have the urge to tidy the linen closet!

I keep getting nose bleeds.

Also baby still breech and have been doing loads of standing on all 4's. Anyone else got this problem? How much should they move about?

Mine's breech too. Don't let this be added to my list of problems/impending problems... they'll turn... they will lol. I'm not having anything else screwing up this week lol!

I don't know when you're supposed to start worrying about it though...maybe we should ask in the pregnancy forum?

Apparently we should start worrying about breechies at 32 weeks +... so we're ok for now

I once read somewhere that if the baby is breech, close to the due date you should wear the tight cycle shorts over the bump because the pressure is supposed to make the baby turn around for more room. Or be on all fours with bum higher and shine a torch which is supposed to encourage the baby to turn to the light. I swear I read these in the mumsnet guide to pregnancy books! I remember thinking how desperate I'd have to be to do that!

I was a breech baby, came 20 days early, weight 10lbs 3, on my mums birthday, very quickly as almost arrived in the ambulance... hopefully Boo's birth will be a bit more straight forward!!

Has anybody given any consideration as to who will be in the delivery room with them? I want my DH but I don't know whether to see if I can have my mum or sister as well, as I'm sure by that point I'll hate my DH for getting me in such a painful situation!

Ref classes - not gone to any yet, my M/wife told me I should expect a letter with details but nothing yet... will have to check when I see her again on the 7th.

Jockey - just checked list and we have same due date. I bet you have yours first, as I'm convinced I'll be pregnant til November!

fastasleep - were you still being sick with the pregnancy anyway before you got this? If so, you must be doubly wiped out.

Last time dh wasn't confident that he would be very helpful as he really does faint at the sight of blood (big phobia). I had my mum and my midwife who had looked after me all through my pregnancy and the hospital midwife and dh managed to stick by me in the end.

Having my mum was the best thing ever, she was great. Nothing can go wrong when you have your mum in the room .

She has moved to 2 hours away though and my last labour was less than an hour so I hope she will manage to get here this time round.

I was being sick in the mornings still Jockey I feel like my brain's left the building, finding it hard to move about it's a bit like being underwater!

I'll be a bit P'd off if Sophia decides to stay breech, I'll be that weirdo with the torch and the bum in the air! Have my heart absolutely set on this homebirth..

i haven't a clue which way round my baby's laying. My last midwife appointment was five weeks ago and they didn't note the position. Well I'm 26 weeks today and have an appointment tomorrow so should know then. My dd1 was back to back at 40 weeks but i stayed on all 4s constantly and she did turn in the end. I really didn't fancy a back to back labour, they're supposed to be pretty hard going ! Going to do lots of floor cleaning this time to hopefully help baby get into the right position.

Anyone else addicted to the baby programs on the Discovery health channel? I think I've seen about every birth scenario imaginable !!

Hi all. Well, today I saw another consultant for a second opinion (ONLY perk of working in the NHS - hot and cold running consultants on tap!) and he was much more reassuring. Said that the 5-10% figure is correct according to the literature but most of the literature is old and was done before scanning techniques got so good. The fact that I've had super-duper scanning, and that otherwise baby looks so well, means that my own risk - though still higher than normal - should be lower than that figure. he also said that in his own experience nowhere near 10% of talipes babies have significant additional problems, and so although he can't reassure me everything will be fine, he thinks I should try to relax and be positive.

So I will!

Oh, he was also very interesting on the stillbirth issue. Apparently you can have your stillbirth risk assessed by scanning the blood flow into the uterus. He did that for me and said it was perfect, and he would reduce my risk down from 1 in 100 to less than 1 in 1000. Brilliant!

He didn't pretend that I am not at increased risk, and I will carry on having a certain amount of anxiety about that, but I felt he gave me enough reassurance to allow me to stay moderately sane for the rest of the pregnancy.

Which allows me to start thinking about things like...

,,, nesting! I have no nesting urge AT ALL and as I live in a small messy flat this is beginning to be a worry. I envy you ladies your nurseries - I'm thinking, where the hell will I fit this baby in?! If any of you fancy working out your nesting urge at my place, do feel free

As for breech, my baby is also breech right now, and most of my kicks are right down in my bikini line. I'm not going to worry about it for at least ten weeks; they've still got plenty of room to move around till then.

Isn't being pregnant the scariest but also the most wonderful thing? When I was waiting to see the consultant today I could hear somebody else's baby's heartbeat booming out of one of the consulting rooms. I felt so moved, and when she came out - very young girl, grinning all over her face - I wanted to compliment her on the fabulousness of her little one. (Didn't, though.)

oh love, i'm so glad he was more reassuring! and lovely to hear you have a healthy placenta...it's about time you had some good news! lots of love, been thinking about you, xxxxxxx

Oh Hester, what a relief. I thought the age thing was complete rubbish, you know - I have never, ever, heard it mentioned to any other woman over 40.

Oh hester, hurrah! I am so pleased. What a blooming old gloom-merchant the first guy was. I kept thinking about this and I just couldn't see how he could possibly have factored your good scan results into that figure. Hah. Thank goodness for work perks, eh?

I told you you weren't old Hester!! ...I remember having to sit in the waiting room while a woman pregnant with 4! Was rushed in and strapped up to a machine... now that was a fantastic noise if ever I heard one it's enough to make you sniffle!

My mum was 38 (ahem ISH!) when she had me... and she wasn't old blows raspberry

Glad that you are feeling more positive Hester! Sounds like a good consultant.

My hip and back pain is getting BAD again. It's been a day of cbeebies while I've gazed longingly at the lawn wishing I was mowing it. I'm glued to the sofa and feeling crap!

Wah I was upset when DH went back to work after one measly day after to look after Theo for me while I puked and pooped and puked all day and now he's gone for a f£$%&^ drink! I feel like shit! And now I'm pissed off and the hives are covering my faaaaace!!!! Theo's incredibly bored cos I've been too pooey to play with him all day... husbands suck. He didn't even take any notice when he called to say he was going and I replied 'but that's not fair I feel like shit' ...I hope these hives are somehow contagious.

sorry to hear some of you feeling so bad.... i felt like poo just before the thunderstorm we just got, to the extent i was about to throw up, once the thunderstorm started, i feel fine.... pg does some strange stuff to you!

fastasleep, of COURSE your mother was young - a total spring chicken! (Funny how once you get into your 40s a woman in her 30s seems a mere child...)

I do feel much better now, to the extent that I'm noticing little thread veins on my bump and not freaking out

tamum, motherinferior, you are both my new heroines - and you know why

Sits here ranting to herself lol