Pregnancy post mc: Totally's grads continued part 7

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New fred!

did the super moon bring any babies last night?

Yep Owl, I think Brian has firmly taken up residence here

Ivy I may be being over-generous to myself on the marbles front Soooo exciting to be nearly full term!!! FX everything works out perfectly for the homebirth.

Lovely new fred, thanks Ivy, and you've got me right on the list too... you clever clogs

Hurray for the good scan nix, and for misbehaving baby...always the best kind .

I had a lovely surprise today at the hospital...turns out they should've booked me a growth scan today, but they didn't...so they squeezed me in before my appointment . All completely average, including head....DS was on the larger size and I had a 2nd degree tear...so hoping a smaller headed baby might result in no tearing this time. and I get another scan at 35 weeks, so something to look forward to.

MW also prescribed 'rest'...DH is on strict orders to look after DS so I can have some time to myself once he's better (DH has sinusitis at the moment)....all in all, a lovely trip to the hosp.

Hope you're enjoying due day lia, and that things settle down at home so the little one can get a move on.

I still lurk in baby names, mostly looking at threads about names that were on our shortlist to try and work out whether they're becoming popular. I remember when J was born you saying people keep pinching your names, well I've just found you on three different threads for names I love so turns out it was always going to happen, we clearly both have great taste! I really hope you get to use one of them soon.

loopy I remember that feeling - like an elephant pregnancy, just felt like I'd been pg for ages because of the mmc. However now I'm cuddling a little one who is practicing his smiles I would do it all again straight away (bloody hormones!)

nix great scan news- hope you are now relaxed and feeling really positive about this pg x

viv ouch! Was going to suggest tracking down Toomt or samb* ad they had rib pain. Hope mw can help work out what it is. Have you tried paracetamol to see if that helps a bit?

ivy full term next week- wow!

lia best of luck my lovely- can't be long now...?!

apple hope you feel better Soon and get lots of sofa time x

It's terribly quiet in here

Echo!?

ELCS booked for Wednesday 13th April so 3 weeks tomorrow - scary stuff! The theatres are closed for their annual service on 14/15 so no electives booked on these days or weekend. So it was either 38+6 or 39+4 which I thought was a bit too close for comfort given how fast my labours have been previously. Now just need to hang on for 3 weeks - having v painful branstons for the last 3 nights so hopefully she will stay in there for a bit longer!!!

YEY for the date penguins.... and for being fully cooked ivy

How ridiculously exciting! Can we start putting out the new thread bunting? Can we? Can we?! :)

Still can't get my head round the fact that in 3 weeks I will calmly walk into the delivery suite, skip down to theatre and have my baby that day ! As opposed to the mental screaming middle of the night speed labours I've had before! V surreal!

Oooh, Penguin tis v.v.exciting knowing exactly when your little one is going to turn up. And also rather odd.

Bonkers knowing huh?

wow penguin, that's quite scary and exciting. I've always thought it must be kinda crazy knowing in advance when your little one's birthday will be....will you get more or less sleep in the run up knowing when it will be?!

So... I have a TMI question for you ladies, which I figure if I can't ask you I can't ask anyone... I think I have piles . Can I get some over the counter treatment or do I need to admit it to the mw or doc? Tis a fleshy lump after a rather difficult toiletting session Any advice???

ah bless Dont be embarrassed apples! I thought i had them a few weeks back.
Do you have hard things poking out your bottom? Sorry if thats an intrusive q!!

Ah yes just spotted it (on your post!) - apparently you can get over hte counter creams. V common in pg :)

I would also say dont strain....! makes it worse. lots of fibrous food, apple juice, nuts, all the things that make you go easily....

Sounds a bit daft but during pg if i struggle i tend to rock from side to side rather than straining, also seems to take the pressure off episiotomy scar!

I know i sound a bit barking... but it works for me :) Good luck x

thanks nix going to do an online tesco shop now...will add some apple juice to my basket, and try and find some medicine.

You MN lot are the bestest [hormonal pregnant woman emoticon]

Ivy how exciting, full term :) A homebirth sounds great, I'd be too chicken

Apple great you had a unplanned scan, another chance to take a peek. Hurrah for average size head!

Loopy it hadn't occurred to me that I would overlap being pg this year too, which is a strange thought. Not much longer now?

Penguin I hope the branstons aren't too bad, not much longer to wait. Tis my exam day, too!

apples prune juice is good, my dr recommended Lactulose which I've been taking a v.small dose of regularly which seems to keep me, regular. You can get on prescription, sorry if you knew that already. My movements weren't great pre-pg so I've been a bit over-cautious on that front

Can I ask a question? When did you ladies start to feel movement? Over the weekend I thought I felt an odd gentle flutter, but nothing really the last 2 days. It's my first, what's 'normal'? I'm 16+3

I forgot my gut wasn't there any more! I may have had more then and dismissed it. Good to know it might not be regular too

Speaking of regular, I just had a paranoid Lactulose google despite being prescribed it, all says ok. I've taken for while now though, it's the only thing that helps me go. I'm thinking half a teaspoon a night wouldn't be classed as excessive...[paranoid emoticon]

aaah loopy! Not long to go now - have you woken in my house?

Agree O, up until a week ago i had to lie and wait very still for sporadic movement. Placenta muffled though. Usually about 17-18 weeks for the first i think. Now - different matter :)

Dont worry about sporadic.... day of my scan little beast was belting me all day and night... then yest hardly anything! til last night

I find eating ice cold ice cream/drinking ice cold fanta or a bowl of cereal with ice cold milk tends to wake bambino up for a bit... if evere you need re-assurance - sister told me i was being cruel the other day to which i replied "if hes up all day he might sleep better at night, lets get her in a routine before it arrives"

O i was told for my DS (who suffers with holding poo in, compacting it and it then hurting him) to use apple juice rather than lactulose as it does the same thing. It absolutely works i can tell you Not had a problem with him since. Got lactulose but thankfully havent used it on him - not a chance he would take it - little monkey spits calpol all up the wall

Thanks Nix both ice cream and apple juice will be on the menu tonight

Actually when the MW was checking for HB I had a get up and jiggle to get things moving! Maybe just relaxed unlike me

Orange I first felt them at 15+4 after the MW had poked around trying to find a heartbeat at my appt. And they would have been ever so easy to miss as just the tiniest fluttering popping feeling that felt like indigestion but, as someone charming put it, didn't end in farting

Pregnancy is just so glamorous, isn't it? I found eating a more vegetarian-ish diet helped a lot, too much meat is far too hard to digest.

Hello Jolls lovely :)

Hi ladies,

No don't get excited, am not here with baby or labour news, I am officially holding out forthe longest pg in history

apples piles are no fun, I've got them in the last week or so having never had them before, wtf's that all about. Have to say I didn't find the over the counter remedy very good so have been to doc and got industrial strength cream, something proct, (sorry it's in bathroom, I am in dining room). Can't recommend highly enough.

I had first flutter with this one at 15 wks following amnio, than a bit on and off for couple weeks, then non stop bloody full on streetdancing I think ever since. :)

Pears are good for the digestive system too, and yummy at the moment.

jolls hi, do not, I repeat, do not eat all ofthet brie. Hasthe woman no compassion?

So who is going to beat me to it then? Bearing in mind the only times I have gone into labour by myself were

dd1 16 yrs ago, 18 days over
dc5 4 yrs ago, born at 37 wks..... Well we've missed the 37 wk window so who's got money on the 18 days over?

have developed spd on laft side during last couple weeks too so walking quite painful and I have to take a second to get comfy when I stand from sitting, feel about 143 yrs old. :)

Haven't resorted to sex yet, mw has booked sweep for next Tues at week over but dunno if I'll take her up on it, if the bodies not ready, it's not ready.

Ok, there was my catch up post, hi to everyone, on a good note, dh and dd have been told they need to call ceacefire till after the event and they actually seem to e doing ok, so fingers crossed.

Going to fam this afternoon with little dd, I will sit gossiping, she will play with little friend, sorted.

Have good day all. xx

Hello all. Just to let youi know my scan went well today, so..... drum roll.... I'd like to join the list please

Pg brain is very much in residence still so I hope I've got this right:

Wednesday's List

Lia - baby#6 40 + 2wks EDD 21st March
Hopefully - baby#2 38+4 wks EDD 2nd April
stuffedmk - baby#2 38 +2wks EDD 4th April
Osch - Baby#3 37+3 wks EDD 10th April
Ivysedai - baby#2 35+6 wks EDD 21st April
PenguinsMummy - baby#3 35+6 wks EDD 21st April
VivClicquot - baby#1 34 +2 wks EDD 2nd May
Loopymumsy - baby#4 34+6 wks EDD 5th May
Tigerbear - baby#1 32+4 wks EDD 14th May
Caribou - baby #2 (DD, 3yrs) 32 wks EDD 18th May
appleblossoms - baby#2 28+4 wks EDD 11th June
crochetcircle - baby#1 28+4 wks EDD 11th June
LittleMiss - baby#1 26+5 wks EDD 24th June
Wobblewatcher - baby#2 26 +2 wks EDD 27th June
urbanlolly - baby#2 24+1 wks EDD 12th July
Inbetweener - baby#3 23+3 wks EDD 17th July
Nickster - baby#2 20+3 weeks EDD 7th August
Owlbooty - baby#1 20+3 weeks EDD 7th August
PrettyVacant - baby#1 17+3 weeks EDD 28th August
OrangeGloss ? baby#1 16+3 weeks EDD 4th September
Wombat33 - baby#1 15+4 weeks EDD 10 September

Waiting to join the list:
emmywoo
Purplehibiscus
Lucysnowe
mamapower
pinkisacheeseaddict

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
Totally with daughter Faith Juliet, 9lb5oz born Tuesday 16th February 2010
Amyboo with son Matthew James, 4.714kg (10lb3oz) born Tuesday 30th March 2010
Hoops with son Benjamin Scott, 7lb4oz born Friday 2nd April 2010
Memorylapse with daughter Olivia, born Friday 16th April 2010
Jacanne with daughter Lotta Eliza, 8lbs 5oz born 20th April 2010
Becky78 with son Thomas Christopher born 22nd May, 9lb 1oz
Meita with son Ianto born 23 August, 7lbs 4
Boodleboot with daughter Alice Elizabeth born 10 Sep - 8lbs 2oz
LeeWT with son Andrew Anthony born 28th Sept 7lbs 14oz
TFLS with son Charlie born on 30th September, 6lbs 8oz
SamB with daughter Ruby Mae born 19th October, 7lbs 10oz
Effilump with son Arlen born 16th October, 8lbs
Sarahlou8 with daughter Emily Isabella born 21st October, 7lb8oz
Unbuffy with son James Anthony born 3rd December, 6lb8oz
HappyGirl with daughter Ciara born 10th December, 8lb2oz
Malteser1981 with son Eli born 18 December, 8lb 6oz
Zayja with daughter Winona born 19 December, 7lbs 11oz
Sparklyrainbow with son Alex born 28th December, 9lb 7oz
GoodLuckBear with son James born 25th December, 8lb
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz
Toomuchteaching - with daughter Jemima Ella Phoebe born 17th Jan 2011, 8lb1/4oz
Dorcas111 - with daughter born 4th February 2011 8lbs 5oz
Clareanna - with son Tobias born 10th February 7lbs 10oz
Muser - with daughter born 15th February 6lbs 12oz
Ba8y1 ? with son born Tuesday 15th February, 8lbs 11oz
Lotta123 - with baby born Monday 21st February
Magic8ballhastheanswers - Identical twin girls, born 27th February 6lb8 & 5lb15
Northerngoldilocks - with son born Wednesday 16th March, 9lb 6oz

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October

We share the pain and and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, Freezing, BarrenBrook, MsJL, LadyBee, Banana87, BatteryHen, HairyTriangle and Waterplate