Due July 2022 (thread 3)

[CaptainCarp]

Hi all
I could see the other thread only had a few posts left so thought I'd do a new thread before i missed the chance like last time & we lost people 🙈

Is anyone else still able to sleep on their stomach? I'm 20 weeks today with my first (with another girl to add to the tally!) and although I'm beginning to show a bit I can still quite happily sleep on my stomach (which is great as it's my preferred position). I've googled and it says it's fine to do for as long as it's physically comfortable, but I definitely expected to be needing a pregnancy pillow and unable to by this point!

@heya101 I am on my third pregnancy and I’m still able to sleep on my stomach which I do sometimes and don’t need a pregnancy pillow I am 20+5 and know baby is fine as feel plenty of movement which I have done since 14.5 weeks (don’t know the gender but think it’s a boy as my 20 week scan is identical to its brother’s scan!)

@heya101 I'm 18 weeks and can still sleep on my stomach. Side is more natural for me, but there's something so comfy about being on my stomach with one leg bent and shifted up the bed (that description makes more sense in my head haha)

I heard it's advisable to sleep on your left side eventually, but not sure when you're supposed to start doing that? Maybe third trimester?

Hi, I'm a bit late to the party! Due end of July with baby number 3, a little girl. 18 weeks and paranoid as not felt any movement yet.

@DueinJuly22 I haven't felt any real movement yet and I'm 18+1 I'm sure I've felt little flutters here and there but not sure
I had a gender scan Saturday and they said I have an anterior placenta which may be why as it's a bit more cushioned
So hoping for some real movements SOON ! X

@strawberrysummer19 it's so frustrating isn't it! I had a scan and mine is at the back for the first time! All my other pregnancies I've had an anterior placenta! I was really hoping this time I'd feel movement earlier!

@DueinJuly22 so frustrating! I'm constantly stopping and thinking is that movement? And then nothing
But I'm definitely getting bigger and all was good Saturday and measuring on the dot
I have my 20 week scan in 2 weeks so hoping by then will feel movement ! X

@DueinJuly22 i literally started feeling movements the evening after my 20wk scan when I was 20+4!
I had started getting worried myself but baby was all good.

I'm naturally a side sleeper but I'd say as long as you're comfortable you should be OK sleeping however you want. Why is the left side recommended?

@CaptainCarp left side is ideal because of where blood vessels are internally (I think the aorta comes out of your heart on the left?) but either side is fine for sleeping. The reason they say not to sleep on your back is the weight of the baby as it gets bigger can put pressure on blood vessels and restrict blood flow although my midwife from last time said if you wake up on your back don’t worry, just move back to your side before going back to sleep

I’ve got my scan tomorrow but all of a sudden I feel really pregnant and quite uncomfortable. I’ve taken today off work as I’ve felt so rubbish.

Hope I don’t feel like like this for the next 20 weeks!!

@CaptainCarp it's something to do with there being a large blood vessel not being squished if you lie on your left hand side but it can't be that super important as we'd be extinct otherwise.

Ah @SamanthaVimes got there first with a much better answer than me! Good luck for your scan tomorrow @SamanthaVimes, mine is next Tuesday and it's on my mind too.

@SamanthaVimes & @Mattieandmummy thank you both. I do tend to sleep more on my left as I've got an old shoulder injury on the right which means my arm goes numb.

Your extinct comment did make me laugh though. When you look at all the "rules" in pregnancy its sometimes a wonder we survived as a race at all 😂

I have a feeling we have a baby girl but the way I am carrying so many people have told me im having a boy! So we will see 😂
Im getting the usual scanxiety for next weeks 20 week scan, although my tummy is definitely growing my bump isnt obvious and so many people have told me they had no idea! Also felt strange sensations but not sure if its movement just like some of you ladies. I dont know if its growing uterus, my baby or my bowels! 😂😬 Lookong forward to seeing the little mystery bean

I can see that this thread is almost full so I've made another new 1 ready

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/4489662-Due-July-2022-thread-4?watched=1

@JJ1992 when I told everyone at work they were surprised as they couldn't tell! Definitely getting a baby bump now though.

@JJ1992 I get scanxiety too, although not quite so bad this time as with my first pregnancy. I’ve taken tomorrow off work as holiday as I’ll be no use and won’t be able to concentrate all day no matter what happens!

@samanthavimes thats a good idea then your mind will be fully focused on little baby 💕 hope you can manage to sleep tonight!

@CaptainCarp ive never been so excited to gain a tummy! 😂😂

So nice to hear of everyone finding out the sex of their baby! So lovely to have surprises too.

Does anyone get little electric shock sensations in their lower stomach? I've been getting them and I'm 20+5! Just wondered what this was..

@Capricorn8990 probably the baby? When I feel it move its like little pulses? Took me ages to realise its that. 🤣
@heya101 I have never slept on my stomach but although I look fat I probably still could? I use a pregnancy pillow but more for my hips and back. Don't need one for the bump yet. I'm 18 weeks.

[quote paintfairy]@Capricorn8990 probably the baby? When I feel it move its like little pulses? Took me ages to realise its that. 🤣
@heya101 I have never slept on my stomach but although I look fat I probably still could? I use a pregnancy pillow but more for my hips and back. Don't need one for the bump yet. I'm 18 weeks.[/quote]
I'm second pregnancy and definite bump- popped early - but use pillow similarly for my hips and back not my bump. Loved my dreamgenii first pregnancy and whacked it out very early on this one lol

@paintfairy ohh I didn't think it would feel like that! Could well be xx

@Capricorn8990 no i didn't either. Wasn't sure. But it's happened too many times though now so it's got to be that. Its really subtle in the beginning so as it gets more only then will you look back and be like ahhhh. 🤣

@Capricorn8990 @paintfairy I was getting them too but not clocking it was the baby, I thought it was just my digestion

Last week I was awake very early and decided to put my hand on my lower tummy to see if I could feel her. She was helpfully kicking away and that was the AHA moment. Over this week I’ve just started to identify kicks. She’s very low, down between my hips really.