**August 2010** Part 6!! Starting to show with gusto now ladies.

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Thread 6.

You lot talk too much.....

Happy chatting

Haha at all the nipple squeezing! I'm flowing so freely there is no need to squeeze - leaking every evening/night all over my pjs now! So attractive! DH likes to give them a squeeze to make them extra leak though because for some reason this ammuses him greatly!

Aussie - I would imagine it is related then if its started since baby... even if you aren't particulaly close, animals have this 6th sense about change don't they, and I think cats like things to be settled. Hope it improves for you! Fiz is my baby and she definately views me as her Mum so her nose is going to be put firmly out of joint with the arrival of the human kind. It will be interesting to see how long it takes her to adjust, I'm quite concerned about her for babies arrival considering how clingy she has become recently. I'm sure she'll be fine after a few weeks though. Will have to make sure she gets lots of TLC and attention despite baby is all I think.

Just sent DH outside to light the disposable BBQ - thought it would be nice to have a mini BBQ before going out tonight, spend a few hours outside in the sunshine!

Must remember to shave legs before I put on my dress tonight - haven't done them in ages cuz of the bump starting to get in the way...

Ha CazeEm, can I legitimately use that excuse now for not shaving? I don't need a beautician, I need a landscape gardener.

A friend is expecting her 3rd boy in May and they're calling him Jordan...they're Americans and live in Kenya but everytime she refers to Jordan I cringe a little inside...have to draw the line somewhere!
Sorry, banging the name gong again.
Having pasta salad and bbq lamb chops for tea, but I'll definitely have some of that choccy cake too please!

Nevermind the leg shaving, I just tried painting my toenails. I'm exhausted! What a polava!! Haha!

But yeh hector - use it as ur excuse, it is totally legitimate! Whenever DH moans about my lack of leg shaving I promptly remind him about his laziness as regards face shaving! Anyway onto the next beautifying job, hair removal. Oh the joys of being a woman!

Ooo have heart burn now from all the bending, stretching and all manner of positions to reach to the toes...

caz i thought u said pavlova and now i want some lol

Starshaker - I am not having palova tomorrow but I am having merrianges, strawberries and white chocolate ice-cream

sticks fingers in ears and says lalalalala
or should that be eyes

Hi there Hippychick, good to hear from you! I remember chatting with you back in December; glad you managed to track me down again. I'm so, so sorry to hear about your MMC - here on this thread we had loads of people going through MCs in the early weeks, and it was just so heartbreaking. Best of luck trying again - on the positive side, at least your recent experience showed that you're able to conceive, so no reason why you can't do so again.

To answer your question, yes, I did keep using the cream after I'd got my BFP. I'd almost forgotten, actually, but early on in the pg I went through real agonies about whether to continue with it. My consultant had told me it was unnecessary full stop, and I was also concerned about 'medicating' my pregnancy by continuing to take it (I was also paranoid that I'd forget to take it one day and something dreadful would happen). On the other hand, I knew how awful I'd feel if I stopped taking it and then MC'd (because I'd never know whether stopping the cream had caused it). Anyway, to cut a long story short, I eventually decided that I would start to cut it down gradually after my 12 week scan, just using a tiny bit less each day, and I eventually stopped using it altogether at about 15 weeks IIRC. It was a tricky time, because every time I felt a cramp or something, I was terrified that it was because I was cutting down on the cream. But, as you can see, I'm 24 weeks now, and all is well - and I've finally stopped worrying about it. Actually, as soon as I'd had a couple of weeks without the cream at all, I felt pretty happy that it had been ok to give it up.

Sorry, long ramble. In short, I'm pretty convinced that the cream helped me to conceive (or rather, it helped hold off my period for the crucial few days while the baby had a chance to implant). I actually have no idea whether the cream made any difference after that - it may be that I took it unnecessarily for three months - but it certainly doesn't seem to have done any harm, so in retrospect I think it was the right decision, for my peace of mind if nothing else.

HTH. Very best of luck with your TTC, and do come back any time if you want to ask me anything else - I'm only too delighted to be of any help I can.

(I'll try to find your other thread to post this in as well.)

neenz can i ask, when you were pregnant with your twins did you feel 1 move more than the other?

morning all.

star pavlova is really easy to make you'll just need to make yourself one!

Taking dd1 plus her friend/cousin and my niece and nephew to the circus today (also known as the circles)

Didn't have enough sleep last night.

Thanks for the reply elusivemoose. I explained to the others on the 40's thread what it was all about cos a couple of them are thinking about the cream too.

Wishing you all the very best with this pregnancy, i was so pleased to see that it had stuck especially after your initial trepidation.

i will defo use the cream for the first 12 weeks if/when i get a BFP. I know there is the fear that you might be extending a pregnancy that wasn't meant to be but I guess you have to weight that up against an embryo that just needs a couple more days to get comfy. Anyway, with my last preg the foetus stopped at 8 weeks and I carried on with it for another 3.5 weeks so carrying on with a preg that's not meant to be can happen without the cream as well.

i'll let you know if i am lucky enough to get a BFP and i'll check back on you nearer your due date.

Thanks to the rest of you for letting a looney pop in!

Hello all

Woke up with a much better vibe today - yesterday I was feeling very low (crying, the lot!) - not had the hormornal swing for ages - so much so forgotten what it was like. Today out in the sun early with DH for a sunday coffee by the sea. I have not been in the area that long and still feel quite isolated - gave up work due to stress in Feb, so have little contact with likeminded folk (thank goodness for all of you!!!! )

Have homemade blackberry pie for tea (made by my DH's 94yr old gran! mmmm)

Hi all,

Difficult day for me today -- just had to admit to my supervisor that there was no chance I was going to get my big piece of work done for the deadline. Hoping they'll come back and be supportive as I have existing mental health issues logged with them that are accentuated by stressful situations, but we'll see. Husband is being very supportive so that's good.... spent quite a lot of the last week stressed / crying so now trying to curtail the additional worry of whether I've harmed the baby.

Sorry to be so depressing, I know I'm very lucky in lots of respects but it's a bit of a difficult time!

xxx

Pample sorry you are having a rough time, but a bit of stress will not harm your baby, so do not add that to your worries. As long as you keep healthy that is all that is important for the baby.

Hello everyone,
Thanks for all the congrats messages about our boy. Its so nice just to be able to refer to bubs as 'he' now. I dont know how all of you expecting a 'surprise' are doing it, you must have so much will power!

Have had a lovely weekend in the sunshine; makes so much difference doesnt it? Even motivated me to do some gardening & im no gardener! Although the front and back lawns were getting to be a bit of a jungle... Cant believe i have to go back to work tomorrow, this last week has flown by.

Just wanted to second what Alice said to Pample, please dont give yourself extra worry about harming your baby by feeling upset/stressed. I went through similar worry earlier on in pregnancy, got myself so worked up & tearful etc that it made me feel absolutely exhausted for a few days afterwards & the same thing then went through my mind. I felt so guilty & selfish, like i should have been able to control my feelings for baby's sake but i just couldnt. We cant help beating ourselves up over the slightest little thing that we might not have done perfectly for our LOs but i think they're tougher than we dare to believe. Hope you're feeling smilier soon x

Also just wanted to ask a bump question. Does anybody else's bump feel tighter/more solid in the evening time than earlier in the day?
It seems to be happening pretty much every night now & can be quite uncomfortable. Im not worried about it or anything just wondered if anyone experienced the same or knew why this might be happening?
I thought it might be to do with how big a meal im having as evening meal is generally the most, but then again it's still happened when ive had a big lunch & more of a snack for dinner!
Maybe bubs is just a typical boy already & likes to sleep like a starfish at night so there's less room!

Hope everybody is well x

Pample, sorry you are feeling low. The tiredness and hormones in pregnancy really dont help these situations ime.

Hippychick, if you are still lurking good luck with the pg. I have a short luteal phase (11-12 days) and considered taking progesterone but the gp put me off saying not to mess with my hormones, and I got pg without it thankfully. But hopefully it will work for you. I read in Miscarriage: What Every Woman Needs To Know great book that in trials, taking progesterone after a BFP did not make any difference to success of the pregnancy but I can totally understand wanting to try. Good luck and sorry about your loss .

Star, yes I think one twin always did seem to move more, and movement in total seemed a lot less than it is with this pregnancy which is weird as you'd expect double the movement! I think it was just all a bit squashed in there. I always found it worrying that I couldn't really know whether just one or both twins were moving, I just tried my best to feel movement on both sides and pray that both of them were OK (I think I would have been at the hospital at least once a week if I'd gone in every time I was worried one of them wasn't moving!)

Vix, the Stokke is a great pram, I have a friend with one and she loves it - she said the only downside is it doesn't fit a buggy board so she is struggling a bit now that she has a second DS. She is having to use a twin pram atm. But she says she would still have bought the Stokke even if she'd known that before!

Bubba my bump is very tight on and off and the MW said it was just braxton hicks.

Oh okay thanks Alice i hadnt thought of that, I always thought BH were like real contractions (ie painful) & didnt happen this early on but have just read up on them a bit & it could be. i'll be seeing my doc for a check up in the next few weeks so will mention it to him if it continues / gets more uncomfortable.

I did wonder, but thought it was probably just the way the baby was lying, but the MW said "Oh, you have BH, thats good" It is much worse when i have been doing a lot.

Well at least she said it was good! It hasnt been painful, just felt like somebody's pumped up my bump like a space hopper so there's no room left in there! I am always pretty active during the day, whether at work / swimming / round the house (i dont sit still for long) & it then happens after ive stopped & am sat on the sofa relaxing in the evenings.

Evening ladies...

Bubba My bump has been like that from about 16 weeks most evenings and occasionally during the day. I haven't asked about it, I'd just assumed it was normal, although sometimes it is really uncomfortable. I usually take it as a sign I need to rest...

park and pample - sorry to hear you've been feeling quite low. Hope your both feeling happier again soon!

Still haven't finished that stupid essay (ahhh its never taken me this many attempts in the past!!) - but have done a fair amount over the weekend... going to hope for a week of excellent motivation and energy so I don't have to spend another entire weekend doing it! Haha! I'm expecting it to be unlikely though as I'm so tired in the evenings after work.

Anyway, hope everyone else has enjoyed the sunny weekend!

Just a quickie before bedtime for me bubbabear my bump is huge at night (starts quite small in the morning and just gets bigger as the day goes on). It has been like this since I started showing at 10 weeks. It also feels tighter at night and I put this down to the skin being stretched! It also does feel much firmer and less comfortable, though not painful like you say. I put it down to food and water intake throughout the day, and maybe tummy muscles giving??

I am so thirsty tonight and can't stop drinking water - lots of toilet-trips for me through the night tonight I reckon!

Evening all - I've been away all weekend so just catching up now. I was staying with my best mate and we spent a large part of yesterday evening looking up old wives' tales gender predictor things and doing quizzes, hanging my wedding ring over the bump and seeing how it moves etc. According to nearly all of them I'm having a girl! So maybe that will help even up the numbers. I think we've 90% decided on Zoe (probably Zoe Violet) as a name for a girl, boys' names are harder.

The baby seems to have shifted round today and is kicking somewhere deep inside that is REALLY uncomfortable! Every time he/she does it I do a little wiggle of discomfort and hope the baby will shift...

Morning all, just popped on for a Monday moan! Is anyone else having trouble sleeping the night through?I fall asleep just fine, but, more often than not, wake up at 5ish for a wee and cannot for the life of me get back to sleep again! The baby's moving around, but not vigorously enough to keep me awake. Dunno if I'm stressed about work or it's hormones or what!!

I'll join you in the Monday moan soontobefatnat - same here, every night without fail now between 4-5 and usually between 1-2 too. I do drop off again, but it takes a while to settle and yes, usually baby is awake too!

Time to get ready for work again! No doubt I will have loads to catch up on when I get home later! Haha! Have a good day everyone!