Morning all! Not posted much recently (sorry!) so have a fair amount to catch up on.
Hope everyone is doing ok today. I'm finding it a bit of a shame that the weather seems to have gone a bit cooler again, but since I'm back at work today after a long weekend I guess I can't really complain that much. I'd rather the sunny weather waited until I've got my LO to take for walks anyway!
That's interesting that your iron levels were considered to be ok at 11, Chulita. Mine normally hover pretty low at around 13, probably because I don't eat a whole lot of meat. (Prefer veggie stuff, but not a vegetarian.) My pharmacist friend was surprised they were making me take iron tablets when my levels were 12 too, as apparently between 12 and 16 is pretty normal for females! Oh well, I guess I'll ask my midwife on Friday. I have a vague suspicion the receptionist probably told me the wrong figure, they've done that before, and I was probably down at 10.5 or something.
Also asked my pharmacist friend about the heartburn tablets and he basically advised not to take them at the same time of day as the iron - same as what you said, memphis. However he also said not to take Rennie for heartburn as they can cause problems with dehydration to the LO or something, and that Gaviscon is the recommended remedy. So guess I'll scrap the Rennie I got and switch to Gaviscon! Do they do mint flavoured tablets?
Attended my friend's wedding on Sat (in the sunshine!) and only got compliments about the bump and no really surprised looks that I still have two months to go. So that was a bit of a relief - hopefully it means I'm not going to be producing some kind of giant monster baby when my time comes!! Incidentally, there's a 31 week pic up in my profile now, DesperateHousewife.
I'm not struggling too much with breathlessness (unless I try and do anything particularly energetic!) but I'm getting rather bored of needing to stay within easy reach of a bathroom now. One tiny squirm from LO sends me scurrying to empty a thimbles worth out of my bladder! Not too worried it's a UTI, as it always happens just after LO moves so I'm pretty sure it's down to being headbutted.
I'm also getting a few pains on the right hand side of my ribcage, but they're pretty minor and occasional, so in my case I'm fairly sure it's a tiny pair of feet wedging themselves up there rather than anything to be too concerned over.
I'm kind of the opposite, in regard to wanting/expecting to appear as a yummy-mummy, Anifer. I'm wearing the biggest tent clothes and granny undies I can find and I'm eating mostly rubbish. Yet for some reason I've not gained weight except for the bump, my skin is the clearest it has ever been, my hair is thick and shiny and people keep telling me I look fantastic. Darn... I'll just have to try harder to be frumpy and unattractive-!
Funny you mention your dog is scared of the birthing ball, viksam! My cats are petrified of mine! Though I mostly blame my DH for that one... He keeps chasing them around with it in an apparent effort to recreate the boulder scene from Indiana Jones.
My hospital bag is pretty much sorted. I think I've acquired everything needed, I'm just waiting for some overnight/nursing bras to arrive in the post. I've gone for some of the low support ones that will cope with a variety of sizes for the first week or two and then for overnight. DH has promised me a trip back to Bravissimo when we go to City Hall to register the birth, so I can get some nice fitted nursing bras then.
My DH had to paint my toenails too, Emster, as my shoes for the wedding at the weekend were sandals. He did a pretty good job too, and even removed the polish for me for the day afterwards and trimmed the nails back! What a sweetie.
WickedWitch, I've had a lot more discharge over the last few days too. It's not a problematic colour or smell though, so I was mostly figuring it was probably due to the weather being warmer over the weekend. For example I've been drinking more, so figured that might make things a bit more moist, and also if it's warm then maybe my body was cycling through a bit more in order to make sure things stay nice and clean and fresh for the LO.
I started off with cankles (genetically inherited from my paternal grandmother...) so there's no change there for me. However, I'm loving the fact my feet are swollen - all my shoes now fit! I've got flat feet (genetically inherited from my maternal grandfather...) that are really narrow, so normally nothing fits me and I slip right out of most shoes unless I add a bazillion innersoles or somehow strap the shoes to my foot. However at the moment shoes are fitting me much better. Long may it last-!
I think I'm up to date, finally! Apologies for the epic post... Cookies for anyone who made it this far!