October 2010 pregnancy thread - welcome to the other side....

[Hevster]

Well ladies, it's a bit in advance but here is the new thread, started especially early for Saartjie!

Hi everyone,

You all sound as fed up as I feel!

I saw my midwife on thursday because I couldn't take the pain anymore, and wound up in hospital for 48 hours strapped to a monitor because the baby's heart rate was racing every time I had a 'tightening'...

It resolved itself after a day and a half and they let me go home. Since then they've called asking me to go back in tomorrow for more monitoring, and to see the consultant about her 'plan'.

What does this mean? :S

I'm so worried! Not sure if its best for the baby to just sit still or to go about my normal life! I feel awful on top of it... so much stomach and back pain and up all night with what felt like food poisioning...

Moan moan moan! sorry everyone! xx

Aw anything sending you tons of sympathy :( I think we're all as pissed off as each other these past couple of days. Hope you feel better soon.

I'm feeling a bit pathetic actually, I feel like throwing myself to the floor several times a day and throwing a tantrum. A proper all singing, all dancing, screaming, raging tantrum. I'm not entirely sure why...

Still feel a bit miffed about the growth scan on Tuesday. I just keep worrying that if anything's wrong, it's totally my fault because I missed that midwife appointment because I was moving house. I've just read that back to myself and I just think 'well that's no bloody excuse is it?' I fully deserve ticking off there. What an idiot. Chuh.

I was reading a pregnancy book yesterday actually, and it was saying that even if you don't feel like it, you should set yourself small tasks each day like having a little stroll, or meeting a friend for coffee. I remember reading that when I first bought the book about 6 or 7 months ago and thinking 'ooh, how lovely'. Now, to be perfectly honest all I can think about is if I can be arsed to lever myself off the settee to fetch another packet of hobnobs, or if I should ring DH at work to come home and do it for me...

dilly what's the latest on your dss's mum? Hope you're coping ok xxx

Aw Honeys, I'm so sorry you feel so crappy. Sorry about your horrid experience anything let us know what happens tomorrow. I'm feeling better, I slept relatively well last night and although I now have a cold I'm in a lot less pain - of course, I have done almost nothing all w/e with DH doing all the chores, once I get back to a working week I suppose it'll be downhill again...hmmm...

Sorry about the bad mood Jazzie that's horrible. How many weeks are you again? We won't know about the DSS's mum for a few days, she has more tests on Friday so then we should know what the plan is. Poor thing.
Listen, whatever happens at the scan, it's not your fault - seriously - I mean, have you been taking crack?!No! You know? You haven't been doing anything terrible. Anyway, let's see what Tuesday brings.

Lotsa love all, feel better
xx

hello everyone, can I be really insensitive and say I'm feeling great! got the nursery furniture in and the rooms finshed right down to the mobile above the cot, and have my last antental class tonight which we're looking forward to. So exciting now I'm 34wks!!!! Welcome babyroos I'm the same have no mummy mates but will look into parenting groups when the baby arrives.

My sympathy with you all who are struggling

Lol at roobear of course you can - glad you feel wonderful!

hi all

dilly that sounds like a horrible situation for your whole family. i hope it all turns out OK.

roo i am pleased that you are feeling great! i am also 34 weeks now, but i have to say i am feeling a little ropey right at the moment. i think her head is burrowing right down and i feel like there is a lot of pressure down there. i have managed to escape piles so far, but i fear that they aren't far round the corner!

jazzie I am also massively hormonal. I was just weepy, but now i am grumpy as well. How delightful for DH.

it's our NCT classes this weekend, so DH and i did our "homework" yesterday and prepared our presentations it was quite fun doing it to be honest as we realised that we would be unable to say the word vagina without cracking up and have prepared it with the word "birth canal" instead. how old are we?

DH got my bag down from the attic yesterday to pack for hospital. Contents so far: 3x pairs of big pants, some face wipes and some pads (both for bra and pant). Nothing for little one yet! Not very impressive. I just cant get my head round it. It still seems so far away

xx

Hugs to all those who are having a hard time for various reasons!

Jazzie good luck with the scan tmrw, chances are it'll be absolutely fine but whatever happens it's nothing you did or didn't do.

anything... what happened with your monitoring today?

Am now 35+4 so officially one day past where I made it to with DS - woo hoo! Was a bit jumpy all day yesterday but having got past that day I'm now optimistic that this one will make it through to the planned CS date and not follow in her big bro's footsteps!

Hello Ladies,

Hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was ok-ish which is good these days so cant complain!

Had my 34 week check up thismorning. Glad to say baby girl is now head down and midwife thinks she will stay this way - still free and not started engaging yet but second baby so she may not until labour. Only scary thing - im measuring a whole 2cm bigger than i should! which took me way out of the 'normal' growth range. (eek!) midwife said if im still outside the range next time i will be sent for a growth scan but she also added (thank god!) that she thinks theres quite a lot of water in there and that its not a big baby - she estimated 7 1/2 to 8lbs if i go full term which made me feel lots better! I dont mind a lot of water at all! . Bit worried about the state my belly will be in after all this stretching though and starting to panic about the whole 'body after birth' bit now as i plan to be in my bikini next june in canada on the beach!
Must be getting close for some of you early october due dates now, think everyone is ready to meet their babies now...its a long old stretch 40 weeks!

HI All,

Good appointment yummy I had mine today too and baby's head was down but not engaged, he moves around all the time but so glad he can at least get his head down (got a bit of a ticking off for tight tummy muscles last time) and my bp ok (always worry about that as a bit of a stress monkey)

Well done Jacks on getting past your 'scary day'!

Ok, gotta go and collect the cot - hurray!
xx

KFW your post made me laugh lol! I can't believe you have to give presentations, I thought ante natal classes were all just about sitting and listening... Don't think I'd be up to much more! I definately couldn't say 'vagina' without giggling either, I still feel a bit dirty saying that word, it feels all clinical so I still call it a flower.

roobear glad you're feeling good still, i don't have any mummy mates either but the health visitor came round to our house last week to give us small's red book and she gave me some information about various bump and baby and mother and baby groups so I think I might phone up this week and check it out. Not really sure its my thing to be honest, but it'll get me out and about and when small gets bigger it's a chance to play with other babies.

dilly I'm 36 weeks today so not long to go now anyway.

Bit nervous about the scan tomorrow just want to know he's ok now really. Fingers crossed!

Is that a growth scan you're going for Jazzie? What will they do if baby is big - do they schedule you for an induction? i only wonder as i may be in that position in 3 weeks time!

Glad alls ok with you too Dilly - nice going to the appointments just to find out everything is fine isnt it! Im just glad she's head down, she can be as big as she wants but head down please!

I'm glad im not the only one with no other Mummy friends - im the second out of our group to have babies but the first moved over an hour away so we dont ever see each other meaning im left with all my single/free friends who i dont really have much left in common with any more! :( Im hoping once we move to Canada and i start going to all the 'Mommy and me' groups as they call them over there i will start meeting other mums and make new friends. It makes such a difference having other mums around you who you can have a moan to and talk about baby poo without them flinching and thinking its gross.

Baby will not stop fidgeting today, she's a right little wriggler!

pleased it's not just me jazzie! so many of these words bring out the child in me. i am a little more grown up than DH though. He can hardly string a sentence together on the subject of anything to do with birth. He can't even look at the word "perineum" without giggling

yummy - i am having a growth scan. i had a scan at 32 weeks at doctor's recommendation and my little one's head and abdomonal circumference were both on the top line (97th percentile I think), so i am going back at 37 weeks for another scan. i am quite as to why she is big. i am small and petite in every dimension (usually - although granted at the moment i look like a watermelon with legs) and although DH is 6 foot, he isn't wide. And he definitely doesnt have a big head. his mum promised me he was a small baby too!

Happy monday!
I'm sorry if this makes me unpopular but I am feeling good today....snap with RooBear...think it's because it's my last week in work and I've almost handed everything over to my team members now! Got invite from my boss today to go out for coffee and cake on Friday morning so that's even less time working this week :) :)
A lady in my office came back from mat leave today after 10 months off...I really felt for her, and I know I'm already dreading going back there but trying to push that out of my mind. I've got other things to keep me busy between now and then!
Meant to write birth plan tonight so I can discuss with midwives on Thursday but had a nap instead will definitely do it tomorrow though- they are bringing the home birht kit round and then we are good to go for having the bambino at home :)
And OMG KFW A presentation?? I hope we don't have to do anything like that...sounds a bit too much like work to me!
Hope things work out with DSS's mum Dilly much love

Hi all..

My monitoring showed regular strong contractions today so was admitted again to hospital.

Not dialated at all yet though, but contractions getting painful enough to be offered pain relief and an injection for the babys lungs.

The registrar said it could stop any minute, or it could be the real thing as they're too strong and too much of a pattern to be braxton hicks.

Eek.

I have not quite finished with the washing yet and haven't picked the car seat up from my mothers.. plus, i'm just not ready!!!

I really really can't wait to meet my baby, but am quite keen on her cooking a tad longer!! I think i'm 36 weeks but the consultant thinks i'm 38 so no talk of stopping anything.

Hope everyones having a good monday! There is a woman here who has been induced and is about to be taken to the delivery room and all i've heard is her complaining about the heat and talking about eastenders.. maybe its not going to be that bad?!?! ;)

xx

Jacks hurrah, so glad you made it past D day, I didn't like to ask in case you were trying not to think about it!

Jazzie hope scan goes ok, laughing at your word replacement, flower sounds loads better!

another day done at work, there was a fire in a server somewhere so no connectivity so I was ultra productive and worked out exactly how long I can have off work, how much annual leave I have and which public and privalidge days I can tack on the end

anything... hope you are ok! Keep us updated (if you can!!) Steroid injection = good, will help baby's lungs mature fast if she is putting in an early appearance. Thinking of u. x

Wow, there's lots going on with you guys - scans, monitoring, injections... yikes, we're getting near the end now, aren't we!! . Good luck to all of you!!

I'm still feeling good, but unfortunately sleep is becoming more elusive - which is annoying because it's the one thing I've always been really good at.

Also, the more people tell me to slow down, the more I'm doing. I am totally knackered and have the busiest last 2 weeks at work ever. It's my own fault for volunteering to help out with everything (it only took one person to say 'are you sure you should be doing that' and bam my name was down for the lot. Oh well... I'm due a month today, so the end is nigh! Also, the whole nesting thing kicked in at the weekend, so instead of resting, I was on my hands and knees scrubbing the bathroom floor amongst other things.

Hoep you all have a good week. Looks like anything could be the first across the line! Good luck to you all!

morning all, had my last antenatal class last night and found another couple from my town so we swapped numbers yeah !! and lots of people were giggling kfw and we didn't do any presentations so your not alone

Also had my MW appt baby is being good at the mo and is head down.

good luck anything how exciting!

so.... I have finshed the nursery and packed babys hospital bag. We have nothing but ben and jerrys in the freezer so can start so stock. I have to still pack my bag and wash babys clothes cloths etc... what else??

Is anyone considering a pool birth?

Good luck anything! So exciting seeing some of us getting so close to the end! 6 weeks still sounds sooo far away to me though but im hoping she will arrive a week or 2 early (please baby girl, for Mummy!)

RooBear i have been thinking about the pool birth thing - although not renting one for home as i will be in hospital but i know they have a pool if its available when you get there - which it wasnt last time so may not be an option but im not quite sure how far they let you get in Wrexham hospital - aparently some hospitals wont let you actually give birth in the pool and make you get out at the pushing stage so maybe i should look into that. Are you having a home birth RooBear?

DS1 is poorly atm - chesty cough and cold, which i suppose he got in at a pretty good time seen as it should have disappeared just in time for baby's arrival. So i have had the day off work to look after him, just put him down for his sleep and all seems to be quiet up there so looks like he's gone!

Hmmm...what to do now....cleaning or resting on the sofa?...hard choice!

Yummy - Do you even have to ask? Sofa, every time!! Hope your DS recovers soon.

I'm hoping for a water birth at the midwife led unit. I say 'hoping' because if the first contraction floors me then I'll be heading straight for an epidural!! But water birth sounds ideal, so fingers crossed I cope with the pain and go through with it!

O my life Anything how exciting! You go, girl! Keep us posted!

Jenko I hear you... at work the dept HoD said 'You know, you're not expected to do a year's work before you go on maternity leave, and if I see you doing too many hours I will stop you' which was vay sweet and supportive but still all the work needs to be done ...

yummy the sofa and see if you can get Jenko to sit down with you ;0)

Roo what do you need in the freezer apart from Ben & Jerry's

Well i was good. :) i did the washing up and have prepared ingredients for cookie making into little bowls ready for when DS wakes up! One day off work and iv already turned into a housewife!

Getting lots of braxton hicks today and LO is very quiet in there - well when i say quiet i mean quiet for her - shes usually bouncing off the walls about now making me jump like mad!

roo pleased to hear NCT was good for you. i am hoping that the couples in my class will all be able to "bond" over the shared misery of being the only class in history to have homework.

roo/yummy/jenko - i dont know why but birthing pools dont really appeal to me, so i'll be going for the traditional bed approach. i do hope you get what you want though. and jenko - i am sure that the contractions wont hurt a bit

jacks i hope you can relax a little now you're past d-day

hevster i am so going to count my extra days off too. i am sure i will have a quiet moment to do so soon happy thoughts.

anything it sounds like things are hotting up! how exciting.

only just ate my lunch but already hungry for something sweet. off i go...

hi all, just been trying to read up on everything, but phone is now showing the pages as one long post so it's taken me ages. Anything... How exciting! Keep us us to date! Can't remember who just said about induction due to growth scans... It's all balls... I had my 36 week scan yesterday and been told she's well over the 100th percentile weighing 7lb11oz already but all they've done is said that i'm now high risk and that we've got to have a registrar present and we now have a high chance of having to have an emergency c-section! Feel so so annoyed as would rather not know that she was large than have the life scared out of me! Oh well. Have to just get on with it. And will have to accept that i'll probably have to give birth to a toddler! Oh well. How's everyone else? Many sounding as fed up as i am! X

Ok this mint craving is getting slightly out of control now...my supply of Trebor spearmints has ran out and im having withdrawl symptoms cos i need some more. Im waiting for OH to put DS to bed and then he's off to the garage down the road to get me some - is that really bad of me sending him out just for my mints?! I just cant stop thinking about them!

jenko do you have a TENS machine yet? if you're worried about contractions, i totally wouldnt have gotten through the first stages of labour without mine - i mean i wouldnt have gotten through it smiling and laughing anyhow. I honestly was so glad to have bought one off ebay, it made all the way up to pushing so much more bearable. i foolishly sold mine for about a fiver on a car boot sale after our first thinking i didnt want any more, so had to buy another one for nearly 30 quid on ebay. gutted.

Hi babyb - they estimated my DS1 to be 8lb and he was only 7lb5 born 2 days before my due date so they may be wrong? And this may be a little naive of me but how i see it is its a bloody big thing coming out of a small place - what does a few pound either way matter?! it may mean LO will make an early arrival if she/he is progressing ahead of the due date?

so hows everyone going on the stretchmark front? were pretty close to the end now, any appeared out there yet?