Due October 2019 Thread 2 💙💖 babies are coming x

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Thread 2

@HJWT oh dear! At least it’s washable. I’ve got it all to come!

@Slinkyreptile thank you, I’m trying not to worry. I definitely think he’ll be early, just hoping he stays put a little bit.

How is everyone this evening? I’ve had a nice day with another leaving lunch. This time with some ace colleagues from our main office.
But now I’m in bed with ds, who has a really high temperature. Only sleeping with mum would do tonight. I hate it when he’s poorly ☹️

@Frizzy1986 my acid is majorly bad today and baby feels really high again. He’s bobbing about like a little fish in there. I think they can still move, but, if my experience of when this one moved from transverse to head down is anything to go by, you would definitely feel it. It was very uncomfortable! Their bums can feel surprisingly solid and head like I think.
Your sisters advice is spot on - there is no dignity in pregnancy or childbirth.
And yes to wanting a crystal ball - I know i’ve my section in 3 weeks, but am getting increasingly worried about him coming before that.

Hope it’s all going ok @newbabyyy2019.

My uncontrollable wind turned not so funny last night too @Em39ma. I simultaneously had a dodgy tum at both ends and a nose bleed. I didn’t know where to start! I spent the whole night panicking I was going into labour as my mum is our childcare and is away until tomorrow. Nothing came of it though!
I hope you are feeling better. Good luck with the appointment tomorrow & fingers crossed they sort you a plan.

@HJWT you need to get checked for an uti ASAP.
I’m so glad ds isn’t into writing!
I think I tried everything on that list last time - apart from the pumping. No success with any of them 😂

@srk16 do you know where the pram was stored? I think the risks with mattresses is around mould & damp spores. So I would definitely replace if it’s been sitting a while or in a garage or something.

Spent the first day of my leave either sleeping or ironing.

On the plus side I was asked for ID for alcohol this evening. Don't know if I look younger pregnant or I was with my sister 🤷‍♀️

I’ve got to unpack a bag that I’ve been putting off for a week, and I need to tidy our room. But all I want to do is sleep!!.

In other news we finalised a name (for sure) today!. So that’s great. My acid reflux is terrible, it’s actually making me sweat

@cattaxi Iv never had a UTI in my life! Do I go to the midwife or GP? I sound so stupid 😂

Baby is sticking everything out tonight! Having to keep rubbing him so he stops! Iv felt a foot knee and bum in the last 2 minutes! He must be needing a good stretch ☺️

I was reading my notes today from last week and it says ?engaged will soon see at scan next week! Not like it means anything he is still firmly in there! xx

@HJWT I think either is ok - you basically need your pee dipped to check. It might be nothing, but it’s worth checking as they can be nasty.
I’m still in bed with ds - he can sleep fine if I’m in here, even with the tv on! But if I leave the room he gets really upset. Good job we’ve got an en-suite and I don’t mind peeing with the door open - it would be a tricky night otherwise! Poor mite - it’s so hard when they get ill.

@carysred yay for finalising the name. Must be bit of a relief. I'm desperate to know what's in there now so we can at least make a decision.

@cattaxi it's really rough when they are ill. Thankfully it's been a while since I've had to sleep with dd, although I have gone into the spare room with her before and we've shared the double bed in there if she's been really bad. Thank god I've not had to do it while pregnant, I don't think I could handle it and would probably not sleep a wink.

@YorkshireIndie yay for mat leave. I'm still finding it rather strange. I've just started my 3rd week and today I managed to get a few bits done round the house to keep on top of it now it's clean. I also managed to get a lovely pink tinge to our bedding as the red sheet dd has leached colour, for the first time ever.

After my gloat about a few good nights of sleep I woke up at 11:50pm (I only went to sleep at 10:15pm) assuming it was the middle of the night. I've been up and down since and woke up properly at about 4:15am and haven't been able to get back to sleep yet. Hoping I'll drift off shortly.

Now officially 39 weeks and don't feel like I can sense an end in sight. I know there's still at least 2 weeks before I'd end up being induced but really want an active labour so will be disappointed if I'm forced onto a bed.
I'm trying to start preparing myself as I am starting to feel like it's the inevitable outcome for some reason (I'm very much a pessimist with a history of anxiety and depression)
I know there are lots of old wives tales etc to encourage labour, but the scientist in me says that I could do everything, but baby ain't going to shift until it wants to. It can be hard as spending each day on my own at home gives you a lot of thinking time. They tell you to stay occupied so time goes fast and you aren't symptom spotting, but i don't really have anything to keep me occupied during school time.

I’ve been up since 4.30, need to be up at 6 anyway to get the van.
My hip is really bad again tonight, I think it’s the chairs at NCT. Had our last session last night, really seemed a waste of time. Only new thing she went over was breathing and relaxation techniques. Which actually just made me more tense. I know I’m weird, but the music and visualisation, just made want to hurt her. I relax better when there’s complete and utter chaos going on around me.
DH knows I hate anything like that and he couldn’t help laughing as I was getting tenser and tenser.

@Em39ma I'm not sure I found nct itself that helpful but did find the people we met were invaluable in the first few months. I still hadn't made that many friends and definitely didn't know anyone who had kids and was off work. It meant that I had some people to meet up with for cake and to share in the relentless parenting worries.
I do remember one session where they were talking about massages partners can do during labour to help ease pain. Dh wasn't so keen and didn't really put in much effort at all. He's not a massively social person with strangers. He has his friends but can't be arsed with random people.

@Frizzy1986
That’s what I have decided, the people who we have met are really nice, but the actual NCT part is a bit useless.
I know in my case it probably doesn’t help that I have been a nanny for so long either. Only bits I was really interested in was the labour and pain relief parts.
The others use me as a personal information bank for learning things about the baby for afterwards. I don’t mind, that’s why I trained so they have asking me things better than the teacher.

@Em39ma definitely probably has an impact as you'll already know so much.
I think the only information I found useful was about c sections. They did a bit of a role call and we each had a job label to show the number of people who will appear should an emergency occur.
It didn't happen to us in the end, but it was good to have prior warning that if they need to act, a hell of a lot of people will descend on that room, so I wouldn't panic as it's standard that so many people show up.

@frizzy1986 last night definitely not the best sleep i’ve had! Poor ds is such a mum’s boy. He didn’t sleep too badly, but was very hot so I was awake worrying about him. I feel really nauseous now - not sure if it’s the tiredness, pregnancy or something more sinister 🤢

Sorry you had a rubbish night @Em39ma.

I think it will be a sofa & snuggles day for us today.

@Frizzy1986 yes that’s what we wanted to know. I have quite a lot of people to fall back on for information, as I have mainly worked for Doctors. I’m still very close to a few of my bosses, so they come in really handy if want to know more.
@cattaxi hope you DS is feeling a better this morning, it’s horrible when there like that, as there’s not much you can do.
Sofa and movie day for you both. Hopefully you not feeling great is just lack of sleep.

Sorry I have missed loads! Congratulations on babies that have come and comiserations to those of us with broken sleep and too much symptom spotting! @Frizzy1986 I can relate so much to what you have said about wondering if every twinge is going to lead to something. I'm cross I'm doing it to myself as I'm just 37+2 so potentially still have ages to go.. and DD was late, so I should know better!

I would have said I was sleeping ok but the last few nights I have needed the loo, had cramp and this morning at 5.50am had to get up to change my DDs bed as she had wet herself and hasnt done that in ages..! The only upside of being awake that early is I have caught up on MN and done a loaf of jobs and its only 7am

@cattaxi hope your DS is better soon, rotten when they are poorly.

The bloody rain has woke up me up!! I was awake all night needing to wee, and now the rains woke me up. Honestly, I think this might be my first and last pregnancy, I’m not sure if I can deal with this little sleep again

Dh is going to stay home & look after us. I’ve had a good cry about feeling shitty & tired. Ds is like that calpol advert - an hour ago his temp was over 40 and I was really worried about him. Now he’s running around playing dinosaurs like a loon!

I’m another who is over analysing every twinge. I wasn’t like this last time. But I’m worried about going into labour before my section date now, so overthinking everything. I’m still only 36+4, so very unlikely to start now.

Back to sleep for me now I think!

Waaa panick mode I’m 37+3 weeks and my first DS was born 37+5 and I still have so much to bloody doooooo..

1- wash newborn clothes and iron
2- prepare my maternity recovery stuff/toiletteries
3- prepare my lactation snacks and station
4- find my breastfeeding tops and put them somewhere accessible!
5- update hospital bag.
6- organise nursery drawers
7- download audio/videos for me and toddler for labour

That’s aside from the ongoing

• sleep training my toddler 😭
• night weaning my toddler (still breastfeeding my collustrum)

Don't worry @mrsnotnice dd was 37+4 and I'm now 39 weeks so you might still have loads of time, who knows!

@MrsNotNice - all I really need to do now is get Moses basket, baby bath, bouncer and crib down from the loft (linen already sorted) and deep clean the steriliser but I can relate to the horrible feeling it’s going to be a LONG wait. DD was born 36+2 and I’m currently 37+1. Was really hoping he would make an appearance before now. I don’t know if this has anything to do with it but myself and my 2 brothers were all born 35-36 weeks so think that got my hopes up

Anyone else find it difficult to get to sleep if the baby is on the move? Did not fall asleep until 1am because baby was having a party.

Going to do an order for supplies through Boots today. Need to get organised now I am 37wks

Lots to catch up on here - I went back to bed after the school run yesterday and didn’t wake up until 1pm!! House looks like a bomb has gone off, but DH is home this week and has promised to get it pristine. I feel too tired to ‘nest’ properly and need to finish some stuff for work.
I feel like this baby will come once I have got everything sorted and relaxed. It’s weird but as I also know that this will be my last pregnancy, despite the crappy sleep and aches and pains, I feel like I am quite enjoying this last week or so of being pregnant and it just being me and the baby. Does that make sense?

Finally managed to clean the house!! I’ve got what looks like a bit of the mucus plug, not sure if it’s just loads of discharge.

@Carysred oooh exciting. Do you normally have a lot of discharge? I always get a fair bit of it even when I’m not pregnant but apparently an increase in it, especially if it’s slightly red tinged is a step closer. Fingers crossed for you

I don’t normally have much no, it’s usually nothing like this either

@carysred Ooo sounds promising. Is it really thick and jelly like??
Hopefully it means that things could be getting going at some point for you.
I've had a load more discharge yesterday, overnight and today but it's definitely just discharge. No blood tinges, not jelly like, just lots of discharge.

Just came back from lunch with my MIL. She gave me a call mid nap as she was in the area so that was a nice break in my day.

@Figuringitout I hope your feelings about baby arriving once you are sorted is right ☺