Anyone else due May? How you doing?

[Cazzy198]

Hello all,

Just checking in on all mummy's due in May.

I'm due 22nd May with my first and it's starting to feel very very soon . I'm both excited and scared in equal measure.

I've packed a huge hospital bag in case hubby isnt allowed with me in hospital and I'm nervous about how COVID19 will affect labour but otherwise trying to relax in these crazy times.

I was hoping to meet other mums to be in my parenting classes so I dont feel so alone after birth but obviously that's not happened.

I have my 36 week scan next weekend and then I haven't heard what they are doing about my 36 week midwife appointment yet.

I haven't even packed my hospital back yet but I left it late the last time too 😂

Up until today I have been fine with my preg woes HOWEVER I now have the worst restless legs :'( Due 9th May...any idea how to ease this? Sob xx

@thinkpink I also have restless legs which is driving me nuts. Emptying my bladder helps and I have to take a walk sometimes. It's the most annoying thing!

@ThinkPink71 Try a sports drink with electrolytes in or a tonic water

Epsom salt in a warm bath and using a rolling pin on my calves often helps me the most! Xx

Thanks! I will try these...been in agony all day!! xx

Hi, can I join? Due 20 May with baby number 2. Still working (from home) until end of April, homeschooling DD7 too. Haven’t packed my hospital bag—still hoping for a home birth—but know I need to soon, homebirth or not. Was just getting started on the nursery when the schools closed so have now given it over to DD for a few weeks so there’s more space (and less mess!) in the house. But I’m itching to get in there!

Booked May 2nd for induction birth DC2.

Am nervous giving birth in the time of corona but at my last scan the medical staff were all kitted out in visors and masks and were taking all precautions. Unfortunately my hospital trust has recorded the highest number of CV deaths for a trust anywhere in the country today so a bit .

I’m due on 1st with my 1st, hospital bag partially packed. No idea whether I have enough or the right things. Had been feeling pretty good until last couple of days Braxton-Hicks, sleepless nights and lacking energy. Feeling quite alone, live with partners parents and not feeling very supported by partner. It’s taken him a while to come to terms with baby but I feel so unloved and forgotten about, he does try but i feel so alone.
Trying not to worry too much about the birth. Hope for the best 🤞🏼

Good luck ladies 🙏🙏🙏
Baby no 3 due end of May. Can't wait to bring him home 🏡

I’m due on 7th and this is my 1st. Hospital bag hasn’t pack yet but I’ll do it tomorrow. My husband just ordered car seat (hopefully it’ll be delivered by next week lol) I let my husband buy all baby stuff. I’m getting so excited and nervous too.

I am also due 1st May
And I’m currently in a refuge none of the staff care at all they been very much distant and complaining I don’t answe my welfare check messages that often.
They open my unit front door sometimes just to leave mail in my kitchen and it’s making me feel so vulnerable also as I am with my 4 year old child aswell.
Family have been estranged anyway and they’re 300 miles away.
There is no birth plan in place so I’ve done the stupidest things googling and YouTube on if I were to have an emergency home birth.
I dare not advise anyone to do that but me personally just don’t know what I’m doing 💜

I can't sleep anymore... My hips are so painful. I m in my bed crying 😢
I just don't know what to do
I hate the last part of the pregnancy :(

@3xmother

I’m sorry you’re struggling, I’m struggling with my hips as well, I am on a mattress on the floor downstairs because my hips are very painful and I’m finding stairs difficult. But I’m struggling to get off the mattress in the morning (and during my night wees) so not sure what’s best. I’m 34 weeks and feeling selfish because I just want baby to come out now, even though it definitely wouldn’t be the best for her, but the aches and pains are getting harder to deal with!

Thank you for your reply. It's getting harder and harder every day...
I can't wait to give birth and bring him home 🏡. Is my third one for me, how about you? ☺

My first one was premature and I already made it further than last time. That being said, I am knackered as my 3yo is a mental child (love her to bits, but wtf does she get all that energy???). Not seeing peopel or being outside has not been grat either, I would usually go out, have a coffee, relax on the grass, now if we go to the park I am dodging runners and dog walkers, so even more stressed :/

My first one she was premature too. 29+5. She is almost 4 now. Second one is a boy, he is 2,born 40 weeks and I am 33 w pregnant with no 3. I think I m done.... No more babies after this. 🙄 💝

This is my second, very different pregnancy. First pregnancy was actually fairly easy, this ones been hard. Still is hard. Midwife shit. Brushes off all my concerns, including how quiet baby is. My anxiety stops me phoning the triage unit. Especially with how pressured they are. Don’t want to be a nuisance. I want to, I really want to, but I can’t seem to dial. Not only would it be a nuisance for them but I don’t want to inconvenience my husband either, he would have to look after my daughter, then I’d have to drive to the hospital which is also scary, don’t even know what entrance to use.

Maybe you should just give it a go. Use a mask and gloves and hopefully nothing will happen to you

@kittykat7210 They don't actually think you're a nuisance. I had multiple reduced movements in my first pregnancy. The midwife once actually almost shouted at me because I waited too long to ring them. They'd rather you came than not. She spoke about a lady hwo could not feel her baby at all and was there every other day and they saw her.

Parts of hospitals are very quiet at the moment. I had a scan last week and it was like a graveyard- usually the waiting room is full of people, but there was no one but me and one other person and despite me being early they let me straight through. Ring, ring, ring and ask for advice. Take gloves, mask if you have one, sanitiser if you have some and go!

@kittykat7210 I agree, get yourself seen, not worth taking any risks at all.

I'm due 14th with my second.
I'm seeing the consultant tomorrow for a scan and catch up as I'm having a scheduled section in about 3 weeks.
Cannot wait to get him out, had horrendous SPD for about 4 months now and it's just getting worse as he gets bigger.