19th October Ladies ... **5 Births Already**

[x-TyMa-x]

I was cleaning the tops of tin lids last time ...... was serious!! lol I had nesting problems haha

Arghhhhh ive just seen your ticker sam, baby is the same size as a honeydew melon.........holy crap! thats gonna hurt .... again!

 

[sam#3]

It changes to a watermelon at 37 weeks - my poor vag has already evicted 23lbs 9ozs of child..... it will never forgive me if i make it birth a watermelon!!!!!!!

 

[Phantom710]

bahahahha "my poor vag"

So just got back from my appointment. 1 more in 2 weeks, then every week from then on.

Baby is Transverse. :S

Other than that though.... am not measuring as far ahead as usual. Only about 1-2 weeks and have actually lost a lb since my last appointment.

Asked about all the normal aches and pains... knowing they were all par for the course... and in a very nice way pretty much got told that it's only gonna get worse until i no longer have a child pressing down on all my lower regions.

Was a bit confused on one point... they told me the little aches pressure and such in the lower areas is a sign baby is beginning to drop. but how does he "drop" if he's sideways?

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Boo for transverse, Altho he can still move yet, Lets hope he does soon & im not sure about the dropping sideways thing hun, Glad all is well at the appointment though.

sam- Lol your poor va jay jay!! ........ watermelon i wont ever look at a watermelon in the same way, our bodies are not designed for watermelons to be popping out of small areas!!!

 

[katerdid]

Yeah, dropped baby hurts like the dickens! I get up to walk and it takes everything not to start groaning lol. Bowling ball between the legs for sure!

I want to nest so bad. I had my DH start setting up the nursery last night and I supervised while in the chair. But he started getting frustrated and it didn't even get half way done. Stupid bed rest...I have stuff to do!

 

[Phantom710]

Kait------- how ya doing? crossing ur legs like a good girl to keep baby in? hehe

 

[katerdid]

Kait------- how ya doing? crossing ur legs like a good girl to keep baby in? hehe

Lol, I wish it were that simple!!! I'm doing alright, still having irregular contractions. My tummy muscles are getting a major workout - contractions have been going on since the 3rd!!!

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Well I've just got back from my 34 week midwife appointment, all is well, told her about my hospital visit last week and loosing the bits of plug and she was saying the same .... Just to keep an eye on it & call if there's blood etc.
Blood pressure has gone up slightly and it's now considered "normal" ha as usually it's very Low. Urine fine too.
Heartbeat sounded perfect
Fundal height measuring at 33weeks so 1wk behind, shes still head down & she's started to engage yay!!!! She's 4/5 palpable so just n so engaged but this is very exciting to me cuz this didn't happen with Tyler untill i was overdue!!
I would say this explains the sudden back pain I've had past few days x
So I'm happy and hoping she continues to engage and be a good girl xx

I'm off now to treat myself to a gingerbread latte nom!!

Next appointment is my anti d at the hospital next Friday (16th)

 

[Phantom710]

yay for engaging !!!!! I won't get to find out anything until either my 36 or 37 week appointment. :S But I'm pretty sure if he's transverse (I almost tried to shorten that to "tranny"...... but that would be odd.) he's not engaged. hehehe.

Do you have to be engaged to dilate?

I'm so dumb guys. ahahaha

 

[x-TyMa-x]

tranny!!

No i dont think u have to engage to dialate as some 1st & most 2nd babies dont actually engage untill labour has actually started.

 

[sam#3]

I have had the most awful backache today - it hurts to stand, sit, lie, walk.... i also got told i had the waddle today so im guessing cookie has dropped!!!

 

[Phantom710]

i want a dropped baby LOL

 

[BabyDeacon]

Morning!!! ive now been awake an hour and a bit... yesterday i had my growth scan and the AC is in the 95th percentile along with his weight and basically everything else...
5lb 13oz he esitmated weight is. and my fluid is in the top f the normal range too... saw MW and she was like Oh its too late to do a GTT.... ERRR hello ive had one done it came back PERFECT!
i was like i would like to know where im hiding him cause my bump is a bump but not a bump i would expect for a 5lb 13oz baby...she was like you have a lot of fluid too! so its not going to be uniformed shapped..
she then looked thru my notes and was like oh youve got slightly LOW bp..... ermm 120/70 normal???? ok its been lower 115-110/65-70 but i dont think thats actually to low! i work in a hospital and have done for nearly 6 years now done 15 months and a student nurse i kinda know whats low BP... Anywho's i got to go see her tomorrow (sunday) and have another growth scan before 37 weeks... then they will Review from there?!
she said i think 37 weeks would be a good time for baby to come... yes ok so what do you mean by that... induction? what,,, i quickly replied my fear is not being able to have this baby vagnially (SP) she was like oh hun dont worry about that we will support you every ste of the way to have this baby as you wish!!
i think the reason she was worried about the weight was because they were expecting him just to double from last scan and he was 2lb 4 from last scan.. so around 4lb 8oz! PMSL!!!

soo heres a pic of our "little" man (and we got to confirm his man hood again!)

 

[katerdid]

Lol, michelle - you're gonna want to take back that wish as soon as happens as Sam and I can attest too

That's a good weight Victoria. Sounds like you got a rubbish MW that time though. I hate it when that happens!!

 

[ay2808]

My new symptom is indigestion. I suffered a bit in first tri but I'm finding meals I've been able to eat I now cant without feeling really uncomfortable all down my windpipe. My food is repeating on me and I'm burping even more than usual (one of my first pregnancy indicators!) I've got some Rennies at the ready tonight! Hope everyone has managed to have a relaxing weekend so far. x

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Kait - Glad your still holding on in there .... maybe william is learning to behave!! xx

Michelle - A dropped baby is uncomfortable!

Sam- I bought spatone .... gonna have one after Tyler has gone to bed x

Ay- Urgh sorry your suffering indegestion, its a right bitch x

Victoria - 96th percentile!! Big baby boy , hopefully you will still be ok to have your little man vaginally x

As for me, i got told baby had started to engage and was 4/5palpable .... well ive felt sooo uncomfy today walking around a carboot sale and the shops in town, Seems this little lady has dropped even more by looking at my bump tonight

heres some piccies took about 5mins ago.......what do you girls think??

https://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/pl4ym8/IMG_1946.jpg

https://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z456/pl4ym8/IMG_1947.jpg

 

[katerdid]

It def looks dropped to me! Never heard of the term palpable before....is that the UK's way of measuring station?

 

[x-TyMa-x]

sam explained to me that palpable is how much of the babys head can be felt out of the pelvis ..... so basically my midwife can feel 4/5 of the babys head so only starting to engage ...... so her head isnt free but its not fully engaged

is this right sam??

 

[katerdid]

Hmmm, sounds confusing. I think I like our way better. -2 is a free head, 0 is fully engaged (where I was at on wed) and +2 is the head's coming out.

 

[x-TyMa-x]

Sam where are u to help me understand it again haha ....... if im 4/5palpabe or whatever it is ..... how engaged am i?? ..... Just a little bit yeh?