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[GingerPanda]

GP, I'm sorry to hear that lovely! Have you been able to identify what caused it exactly? Also happy third tri!

I'm pretty sure it was the tempura shrimp I made for dinner last night. Never again!

And thanks!


Luci has decided I'm not allowed to sit cross-legged in my computer chair anymore. She will repeatedly punch my legs until I put them down.

 

[3boys]

Oh gp I hope you are feeling better.
Docs have me due on September 21 so according to them I've been in 3rd tri for nearly 2 weeks. I'm so confused lol. Had a nightmare night last night my 3 year old feel and broke his elbow. Trying to get him to sit for xrays was a disaster. He was in pain having complete meltdowns. I had to ring a friend to come and hold him in place. Poor little money.

 

[Hit Girl]

That's just horrible! Your poor little guy!! How did it happen? I can't imagine trying to get my DS to sit still for an xray while he's in pain.

 

[3boys]

That's just horrible! Your poor little guy!! How did it happen? I can't imagine trying to get my DS to sit still for an xray while he's in pain.

Sods law really. We were out all day at this place where there was this huge tree house with slides and tunnels and we were nervous wrecks trying to keep him from falling etc. We come home I turn my back for a second and he tries to get a biscuit from the kitchen and falls.

 

[tallybee]

Gp sorry to hear about your food poisoning hun I hope you're feeling better xx

Omg 3boys I hope lo is ok.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. We made it to the campsite. I drove for nearly 12 hours due to ridiculous traffic and then getting lost near the end. Then we had to mess around for ages getting into crew camping and not having to park ages away from it, I was a crying mess. Got sorted though and it's good. I have my maternity pillow. Bumped into lots of familiar faces already

 

[Hit Girl]

3boys - Yikes! Typical murphy's law! I hope he feels better very soon. No doubt you're giving him plenty of extra cuddles.

Tally - So glad you made it okay. Great to hear you have your maternity pillow.

 

[Kirsty3051]

I might be a little late to the party

 

[craquinette]

Tally, I hope your camping week-end was great! I love camping and still go now, we went camping last week-end and might go again this coming week-end (we'll probably decide at the last minute!). Even if it's winter here, I really enjoy it, it's so good to get out of the city for a couple of days! I don't envy you on all the driving though!!

I hit 27 weeks yesterday, so I guess it's 3rd Tri for me too! Crazy!! I had a bit of a freak out on Saturday, Baby seemed to be quieter than usual (and had been for a couple of days) so rang the midwife who told me I could go in and get checked. It turned out that everything was fine, and of course as soon as the midwife put her hand on my belly, baby started kicking like crazy! We're team yellow but she said "oh I bet it's a boy to be giving such strong kicks!!". So much for being worried about a quiet baby haha!

I hope everyone had a great week-end!

 

[apreslaube]

Craquinette - Crazy that he/she started kicking like that. Edison will kick a lot but as soon as you put a hand on him he stops. He does kick back though if we give a little (gentle!) poke.

I've heard about counting the kicks once you hit 3rd trimester or 28 weeks. But that doesn't make sense to me. Edison has a routine. I know what is normal for him. He kicks a ton in the morning when I am waking up. Like 10 kicks in 2 minutes. He kicks sporadically during the day. He NEVER kicks if I am walking or being active. He kicks a ton after I am home and relaxing for an hour. And then kicks sporadically again until I'm asleep. The must be 10 in an hour thing is just not reasonable for him.

 

[craquinette]

Totally agree apreslaube, I think actually counting kicks doesn't make much sense.. It's just the perfect way to get all stressed up if baby kicks a bit less during that hour! (and it's already easy enough to stress without counting, no need to add the pressure of a specific number of kicks!)

My baby is similar to yours when I'm active. I usually can't feel anything then, I think they're probably being rocked by our movements and then once we stop, they start to move... Which is the best

 

[Hit Girl]

apreslaube, yes my little guy is exactly the same!

 

[Charmed86]

I'm not sure on the advice for different countries, however it's changed for the UK. You don't count kicks now.. You just make note of what's normal for your baby & if that changes, then get checked out I had to pop to see the community midwife a week or so ago because Oliver wasn't moving one evening. Evenings have been his active time since I started to feel him! When I went in, they listened for his heartbeat & I guess woke him up because he began kicking like crazy! After 28 weeks, they do foetal monitoring to make sure baby isn't in distress.

The stopping of the counting the kicks is relatively new though. When I saw my midwife last week, there was a student in there. She told me to take note of what's normal for him etc & don't count kicks.. Then the older mw chimed in & told me to count 10 kicks!! Sigh.

Go with your gut. If you're worried there's a problem then get checked out xx

 

[craquinette]

Haha charmed, that sounds exactly like me this week-end, going in for what felt like reduced movement, only for baby to start kicking like crazy!
Cheeky babies!!

 

[Twag]

Yes I read on the count the kicks website the other day it is more about pattern of your baby now than actual number of kicks! some babies kick way more than 10 times and others not as much which is normal for them but makes the mother freak out!

I am still too early at the moment for a normal pattern for her but she does tend to move about the same times each day and then the odd day she will go really quiet on me and freak me out so I get all worried and then just when I get the doppler out (as I can then hear her moving about even tho I can't feel her and hear her HB) she then moves into a position to kick me like mad little madam is going to keep me on my toes I think

 

[bathbabe]

Unfortunatly the UK and US count the kicks websites says comepletely different!!
UK - its all about babies pattern and whats normal for your baby
US - pick an hour a day (same time every day) and make sure baby kicks 10times within that hour

 

[Rainstorm]

I've heard about counting the kicks once you hit 3rd trimester or 28 weeks. But that doesn't make sense to me. Edison has a routine. I know what is normal for him. He kicks a ton in the morning when I am waking up. Like 10 kicks in 2 minutes. He kicks sporadically during the day. He NEVER kicks if I am walking or being active. He kicks a ton after I am home and relaxing for an hour. And then kicks sporadically again until I'm asleep. The must be 10 in an hour thing is just not reasonable for him.

I agree. It's all about knowing your baby's rythm and what's normal for him/her. During my last pregnancy I was only asked to monitor movement in the last month, and it was just making that less than four hours had gone by without him kicking.
I personally would go crazy if I had to monitor monitor ten kicks and I didn't get them...

 

[GingerPanda]

Yep, I'm not even going to worry about movement for another month or so yet. I read that their movement patterns are starting to change and get more on a schedule right about now, so it doesn't make sense to stress about it because it's supposed to be changing.

As long as feel her occasionally, I'm not worried.

 

[StaceyM]

I'm also trying not to worry about this until a bit later on. My doctor always seems unconcerned, but ladies on this website sometimes seem very concerned. My baby kicks about 100 times per hour at times, and then seems to take a nap for hours on end. I don't want to go to the hospital every time she doesn't kick for a while. I would go insane.

 

[Charmed86]

I'm never sure whether to call the midwife or not. I've not really felt Oliver all day. I've had him a bit, but nowhere near as strong or as frequent as normal. I asked the mw when I should start being concerned about that as some people say now & some say beyond 28wks. She just said if I'm ever concerned & didn't really answer my question.

 

[bathbabe]

I'm never sure whether to call the midwife or not. I've not really felt Oliver all day. I've had him a bit, but nowhere near as strong or as frequent as normal. I asked the mw when I should start being concerned about that as some people say now & some say beyond 28wks. She just said if I'm ever concerned & didn't really answer my question.

Ring and see what they say xx