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Welcome fellow big belly, nipple tweaking, (im)patiently waiting mums-to-be..... Time to join the PMA pregnancy thread

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Dollydaydream2829 · 27/09/2017 10:21

Welcome to all the old and new PMA pregnancy ladies as we navigate our way through the amazing and not so amazing parts of pregnancy!
All welcome from all stages to help and support the transition from flat bellies and sleep filled nights to heartburn, hip pain and the growing excitement at meeting our little bundles soon!

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bakingmad83 · 27/09/2017 20:58

Sorry, missed your post Amanda, as took me a while to write mine. Sorry you're finding baby movements a source of anxiety - was definitely past 28 weeks when I got a pattern and even now can go hours in the day where I don't feel much, but think I don't notice when I'm running after a toddler most of day and on the go, only first thing and in evenings when I'm sat/lied down and feel her regularly. Have you tried lying on your left side after a cold drink/something sugary to see if that helps with feeling movements - can't remember the other things that are meant to be good to try in addition for reassurance.

Chipsahoy, hopefully you'll soon have more buddies on here due in the spring :)

Any more thoughts on names ladies? We had a list over 20 till last week, when we whittled it down to 8 and now in my mind there's only a few I'd definitely want to call DD, though not sure if my DH would agree on those 4!

Expectingbsbunumber2 · 27/09/2017 21:33

Team blue here due 23rd of December

scampiandchips1 · 27/09/2017 21:51

Hi All! Team Pink due in Jan. Am 24 weeks today.
Just starting to feel movements this week, had my midwife appointment earlier and heard the Baby's heartbeat which was really reassuring. Such a lovely sound isn't it!
Toes currently look like sausages and rolling over in bed has become an Olympic sport! Feeling good apart from that though! 😁

Moo31 · 27/09/2017 23:58

@Baking funny you should mention baby names - oh and I have just consolidated the 5 or so lists we had on the go and think we have whittled it down to 5 girls names (our boys name is decided thank goodness!) I am struggling to "love" any of them though. Such a big decision! And I am awful at making decisions!

@amanda it was a few weeks after 24 weeks when i started getting a regular pattern of movement and as baking said if I have a busy day I can miss them until I sit down in the evening! Hopefully yours will regulate soon xo

Welcome newbies and congrats!! :)

Oldschool41 · 28/09/2017 07:25

Team pink here and due 12th of December 2017

AmandaP86x · 28/09/2017 08:38

Thanks girls. I did the cold water thing and he was going mad lol!!!! I am far too anxious to be pregnant lol!!!

Baby brain today forgot my uniform so kicking about the ward with scrubs and someone else's top on !! Feel like a tramp! DP to the rescue though he's bringing my uniform up ha ha!!

InThisTogether · 28/09/2017 08:58

Hi, first timer here...
Edd 5th December and team blue x x

bakingmad83 · 28/09/2017 20:31

Welcome Oldschool and InThisTogether :)

Moo, we really struggled last time to scrape together 5 boys names we liked. Initially seemed easier with girls names, but when it gets closer to actually giving a name for keeps, seems we're a bit more fussy and not such an easy decision :)

Think most days I end up blaming something on baby brain Amanda :) That was good of your DH, hope you felt more at home in your uniform!

I've organised a coffee morning for Macmillan in the church hall tomo. These things always seem a good idea at the time, but sure it'll go relatively smoothly :)

Anna2006 · 28/09/2017 21:14

We have quite a few names on a list but think we are going to have 3 boys and 3 girls names and then see what they look like when they arrive. An add to excitements for everyone on finding out!

21+4 today and had my whooping cough and flu vaccine with the nurse this afternoon. Had one in either arm. Both were fine and hardly felt a thing and no sore arms yet! My next 25 week midwife appointment isn't until mid October.

When is everyone starting antenatal classes? I'm doing mine from week 28-32 as that was when our closest area landed an was the time they suggested to go anyway.

Hope all are feeling well. Are you still coping okay with your shifts @amanda? I'd be a nightmare. Can hardly keep my eyes open for my 9-5 job at the moment.

Looking to get nursery furniture on order by 25 weeks so decisions to be made 😍😍 literally can't wait to make the room look all lush. Have any of you set up the nursery yet or finished it? Pictures if you have please!!

bakingmad83 · 29/09/2017 06:15

I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't left with a sore arm after either jab either Anna :) Not doing antenatal classes this time round, but with DS I was 27 weeks when started. Most of the mams were 30 weeks plus, but the next round of classes didn't finish till I was 38 weeks, which I felt was a bit late, as knew several mams who delivered at 36/37 weeks. Enjoy setting up your nursery! No change here, though we did get DS to help us choose a new pic for the wall.

Any plans for weekend? I'm going out for afternoon tea with some of the mams and grans from village playgroup, as this is my last week running it, so bit like a leaving do.

Dollydaydream2829 · 29/09/2017 09:45

Hi PMA ladies and newbies to the group! Great seeing everyone's due dates - getting so much closer and more real for a lot of us now!

34 weeks tomorrow for me and feeling it now! Keep having moments of panic where I feel I should be a bit more organised and prepared than I should be. And I really MUST pack my hospital bag 🙈🙈

Had my last antenatal class last night and I found them informative and very helpful - as did DH, as first time clueless parents to be! I start a woman's only one next week and hoping to meet some mummy friends there.

I also went for a bikini wax yesterday.... waxing is something I'd done regularly before pregnancy and not found that sore. This was a whole new level of pain. Maybe cos of my SPD or maybe I'm a bit more swollen down there than usual, but I feel bruised now.... God help me in labour!!

I've been having major anxieties about the labour recently, I think because of the birth I went through with my best friend and also where I work, the docs are often quick to warn you of things to look out for etc which isn't always helpful when you're a nervous person soon to give birth!! Anyone else getting nerves? Is it normal? Or do I just need to get myself out this mind funk I seem to be in?!

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BellaMoon · 29/09/2017 15:38

hey ladies

hope you’re all well 😁

Gestational diabetes test this morn. wasn’t half as bad as i thought however just heard from the hospital and I have it! absolutely gutted and feel that my body has let me down but what can i do? back to the hospital first thing on monday to see the consultant for further tests and hopefully it’ll be diet controlled. which should be fun considering i have zero appetite and the thought of force feeding myself makes me
feel sick. anyway, could always be worse off so not going to complain too much about it.

i had a feeling i had it due to midwifes chat with me on wednesday that baby is measuring big and had signs of sugar in my urine.

i have an 11yo niece who is type 1 diabetic
and she had just sent me a message telling me she’ll support me through blood monitoring. god love her, she’s such an angel.

anyway, will have a proper catch up of the thread when i’m home tonight. hoping you’re all well and ready for a fun filled weekend xxx

Ohb0llocks · 29/09/2017 19:34

@Dollydaydream2829 I need to pack my bag! And get the last bits!

Oh bugger I can’t believe you have it! Hopefully it will be diet controlled @BellaMoon I have everything crossed for you (except my legs because that seems to be friggin impossible at the minute!)

bakingmad83 · 29/09/2017 20:56

I've never even had a leg wax Dolly! It's strange as for all I've given birth once, I'm still too chicken to try waxing! Really need to sort myself out down there before the birth though, mind you, they'll have seen everything, so even if she's early and I don't get the chance, it won't matter :) I think it's natural to feel worried before labour, but even though my previous experience wasn't particularly good, I'm trying not to think about it and hoping just to go with the flow on the day. Easier said than done though!

Sorry to hear you've got GD Bella. There's nothing you could have done to prevent it, so just very unfortunate. Sounds like you've good support from your niece and fingers crossed you'll be able to stick to diet controlled treatment - does mean eating regularly including carbs at every meal, but sure the dietitian you'll see has lots of experience with mums-to-be with little appetite, so can give helpful suggestions.

Managed to raise £202 at our coffee morning for Macmillan today, though wasn't too busy, so wasn't rushed off my feet. Got a call early evening to say we've got our first viewer tomorrow lunchtime, so going to give the house a good clean and tidy first thing.

Anna2006 · 29/09/2017 21:04

Oh no @BellaMoon sorry to hear about the GD. Fingers crossed it can easily controlled for you An least they realised now and can monitor it and baby. Best way to be safe than sorry! These babies and births never go to plan do they.

Wow 34 weeks Dolly that's crazy. I'm not surprised labour and the birth is at the forefront of your mind. But you shall be fine we all will. This is what we are designed to do. I keep telling myself that. An there's that women whose had 20 children. So all must be worth it in the end!! Lol x

BellaMoon · 30/09/2017 05:05

congrats on the house viewing @bakingmad83 fingers crossed all goes well for you. it’s reassuring to a first timer that you didn’t have a particularly easy/pleasant experience with your DS birth but here you again, that shows that it’s definitely all worth it. also well done on raising over £200 at your coffee morning, that’s fab. well done you!

you’re so right @Anna2006 why would a woman have 20 babies if labour was that bad (i’m going to repeat this to myself over and over nearer the time haha). i was sure you were team pink btw, did you not have an early blood test that picked up baby’s DNA and confirmed it was a girl? i am obviously away with the fairies and mixed up so apologies if iv ever referred to baby as a girl, i am not psychic, psycho most of the time but definitely not psychic! lol. also, my nursery furniture is due to arrive next week. i cannot bloody wait as the baby’s room currently has about 50 carrier bags full of stuff waiting to be washed and put away. good luck choosing, i found it really difficult to decide! ill do a pic once all the furniture is in place!

ohhh for all those November EDDs you are almost giving birth next month. omfg!!!! i am so frigging excited for you all. please please try to spare us PMA’ers a wee thought and update us whenever you can to let us know of baby’s arrival. ill be scoping out who has gone quiet on the thread around due date!

regarding our lady areas... please just remember it was mid trim in the shower that i slipped and tore the pubic ligament sooo please please be careful ladies. i haven’t attempted to trim the now extremely unruly bush since then so i’m well overdue some lady garden maintenance but i just can’t be bothered. now that all nhs websites are telling me mums with gestational diabetes tend to go early (not to mention also have rather big babies - eeeek) , i best get this bushy mcbush under control. i won’t be waxing tho, i bruise terribly so it’ll be trim or veet for me hehe.

iv been in a terrible mood since the diabetes result came in earlier. both DH and MIL have pissed me off with saying things like “oh you had a bit of that red velvet cake a week passed on wednesday” and “you’re only eating fruit maybe there’s too much natural sugar in it” RAGEBALLS! all of a sudden they are experts! i know my diet and food intake has been shit for last 4-5 months, i try to eat fruit in the mornings as it’s the only thing i fancy and it’s tasty. i manage a sandwich or soup for lunch but dinner is always a fight as i just don’t want anything. the odd night i’ll manage a “meal” but i mostly have a slice of toast or some porridge. i actually can’t remember the last time i managed a vegetable! i now feel incredibly guilty hence why i’m wide awake at 4.30am researching what i can do to help this situation. i feel like i’m harming my wee baby, the guilt is terrible!

well if you haven’t nodded off before getting to the end of this post well done, take 10 bella points and proceed to the next round 😂

have my father staying over sat into sunday. only 2nd time seeing him since being pregnant and it’s only cos it’s his birthday. he does my head right in. please pray that i 1) don’t murder him whenever he talks about his “girlfriend” (term used loosely given i don’t think this individual is even human, she’s definitely at least half dragon), 2) he darent come round, drink all our wine and fail to say thanks for his bday gifts and finally, 3) well take him to the restaurant for dinner, he’ll meet loads of old buddies and spend most of his time talking to them not us (always happens as he’s retired cop) although now that’s iv written that out, that’s probably the best thing that could happen 😂

anyway night night ladies, or morning depending which suits. i’m going to try get another wee hour or so xxxx

Dollydaydream2829 · 30/09/2017 08:44

Morning bella - sorry to hear about your GD diagnosis - that was always a worry for me too with it running in my family. So much so that I researched it a lot and asked a lot of obstetricians I worked with. It is often just 'one of those things' That develops without you doing anything other than being pregnant so don't beat yourself up about it - it doesn't sound like you've been over indulging or had an unhealthy pregnancy by any means! And I know two ladies - One a close friend, who had GD. One was diet controlled and the other unfortunately had to go onto insulin. Both went to term at least and one had an 8lb 1oz baby and the other a teensy 6lb 13. So don't let the scare stories stress you out even more. You're doing a fab job by being aware of everything and researching. They've obvs caught it at the earliest stage which should mean the best possible care for mini Bella!
Sounds like you have a stressful weekend with the father in law! Hope it passes quickly!

Fantastic amount of money raised baking and good luck with the viewing! All fingers and toes crossed!

You're absolutely right anna - no two birth stories are the same and need to get back in the positive mind set of 'nailing' this whole birth thing! We can do it!! And bet a beaut baby out the end of it!

I've been up since 6am this morning! Staying up in a lodge this weekend for a nice chill out before baby arrives so was looking forward to catching up on sleep. I've now got to the stage where sleep doesn't like me very much and with the discomfort, heat and size of me, it all adds to a very disrupted sleep pattern! But Hey, it's more than worth it!

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Anna2006 · 30/09/2017 09:20

@bellamoon nope I'm team yellow don't know what we're having. Think that might have been roseandbee who had that test and found out early it was a girl but could be mistaken.

Think we might be getting some mamas and papas nursery furniture. An almost decided on a pram I think..watch this space.

Cannot believe some are giving birth next month practically. That's crazy. How exciting!! Can't wait to hear the news and the names!

Xx

Moo31 · 30/09/2017 09:35

Morning all and happy weekend!

@Amanda great about the kicks - they know how to worry us don't they! That's funny about your uniform 🙈 dh to the rescue!

@Anna we are waiting on a new window being fitted (hopefully this week) and then will finish painting nursery and will assemble cot etc - I can't wait to have it sorted! Have you any idea what you want to do - themes / colours / furniture etc? We did our antenatal classes at 31+32 weeks. They run them once a month for 2 weeks and that's the one our midwife put us down for. I found them useful too.

@baking well done on the coffee morning and great news about the viewers - fingers crossed! Hope you enjoy your "leaving do" :)

@dolly I definitely feel better for having my bag packed but now I'm paniking that I've forgotten something! I have anxiety too - must be something that kicks in around 34 weeks! It's going to be painful, what if something goes wrong, what if i can't cope. Oh response - it will be ok, women do it all the time and they are fine, there will be pain relief. I don't know what else I expect him to say but I was like "you don't know that, you dont know what will happen". He's probably scared inside but coming across as calm for my sake! How is your oh feeling about it?

@Bella no! So sorry to hear about GD hopefully it can be diet controlled. I think we are programmed to feel guilty about anything we do in pregnancy but you're not eating cakes for dinner so don't beat yourself up over it as dolly said it's just one of those things! I remember you talking about your dad before - good luck for the weekend!!

I have flu jab this morning (Bella - I think u asked about when to get it - I would say as soon as possible so you are covered, my drs has just got them in) and am meeting friends and their children for a long overdue cuppa and catch up this afternoon

Re hospital bag - I have energy drinks but i still need to buy snacks (anyone got any suggestions? I'm thinking it has to be non perishable and not require chilling as we won't have access to a fridge?)

I've been having period like pains down low last night and this morning - scared to Google - @dolly/@ohb either of you had this? Really hoping it will pass and isn't a sign of early labour ... oh is on the golf course lol!!

Dollydaydream2829 · 30/09/2017 10:37

Yes Moo - I'm definitely getting a lot of pains - new and far lower down. One of the obstetricians in my work made a comment about my bump being low and I defo feel like I've dropped cos I'm far less out of breath than I ever have been. But with the lower bump comes the pressure and new pains very low down in my pelvis.
I get a lot of discomfort and pressure under my bump, at the top of my vagina, like the pubic bone bit. Especially when I turn round in bed I feel it! God knows if this is normal?! There's so many parts to this that's uncertain at this stage of pregnancy too 🙈🙈

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AmandaP86x · 30/09/2017 17:48

Good evening girls!!!

@BellaMoon sorry to hear about GD. My aunt who had a baby girl on Sunday also had it. & the baby was 7lb 2oz & she was born exactly on her due date 🤗 try not to worry! However I have now ate 6 mr Kipling angel slices since yesterday so I actually I'm now getting paranoid I'll have it too 😣

Baby been moving around & seen loads of my wee new baby cousin she is bloody adorable !!!!! I can't believe I have 16 weeks left!!! Starting to freak just slightly! Getting bathroom done this week then I NEED to get the nursery sorted! Lol! Ahhh

Nightshift ALL weekend!

bakingmad83 · 30/09/2017 20:38

Must be annoying Bella when people suggest getting GD is down to what you ate. Not quite the same, but used to annoy me when I worked clinically and nurses/doctors used to tell people with diabetes not to eat specific fruits - rather than give sensible advice re portion sizes, they put fear into them that bananas/mangoes/grapes or whatever could no longer pass their lips! I'd be rich if I'd been given a pound everytime a patient told me that one.

Hopefully your pains have settled Moo. Is the pain you mention related to your SPD Dolly? Mines in a different place, but turning over in bed is one of the worst triggers.

Thanks re the coffee morning and viewing ladies. They seemed keen and said they'd probably be booking a second viewing. Sounds positive, but will just wait and see.

Moo, snackwise for my bag I've got dried fruit, UHT custard and jelly pots - former probs good for keeping up energy and the other two can help meet your fluid needs, that's my thinking anyway :)

Enjoy your lodge break Dolly :)

Was nice to catch up with other mams without having little ones to chase after today. Found I mainly ate sandwiches, as bit off sweet stuff and didn't fancy what was on offer other than the scone, but relaxing afternoon out :)

Sorry I've probs missed stuff out that has been posted, just quickly doing this before early night, as hardly slept as DS has cold so v unsettled. Here's to a bit more sleep tonight!

Roseandbee · 30/09/2017 21:14

Sorry to here about the GD Bella I'm having my test next week. You sound similar to me with the eating, I'm mostly on fruit due to struggling with appetite/finding something I fancy eating.
Fingers crossed with the viewers baking, they do sound keen.
Yup it was me who found out girl with a NIPT test at 10 weeks.
Moo I'm sure it's prob normal I've had some discomfort and what I believe they call fanny daggers. I seem to be googling something all the time. I booked my flu jab and whooping couch vac in this week
I'm super excited for a first pma baby can't believe it's getting so close now.
Cakes don't worry I'm sure people will join and others will hang around

Ohb0llocks · 30/09/2017 22:17

@Moo31 I’ve had a few pains, but I did have ones like you describe when I had a uti so definitely worth ruling that out!

ruthieruthuk · 01/10/2017 00:20

Team blue due 11th November, feeling heavy and in pain a lot, 6 weeks to go! Will be my 4th boy! X