***April Sweet Peas*** 204 Babies

[Lorna]

Just returned from consultants - was due on 4th April but being induced on 1st.......now being induced on Monday 22 March as baby not moving very well!!!...........goodness me thats in 3 days time and I dont feel ready at all lol!!
xx

 

[mommyof3girls]

Just returned from consultants - was due on 4th April but being induced on 1st.......now being induced on Monday 22 March as baby not moving very well!!!...........goodness me thats in 3 days time and I dont feel ready at all lol!!
xx

Good luck. I'll be having mine next week too. Where has the time gone?

 

[bump_wanted]

good luck xx

 

[jaccib]

Hi all

Well we are now back on line at last!

I have had to be put on blood pressure tablets and am now having to go to hospital twice a week for monitoring and blood tests. I am 34 weeks today but could this LO possibly arrive anytime from now!!!??

My liver function has been gradually rising which can indicate pre-eclampsia which I had with my daughter and ended up having to be induced 2 weeks early!!
My consultant measured LO 2 weeks ago and he was weighing 4lb 11oz.
So I see consultant next friday. The blood tests are being done for PET and my liver function every time. My blood pressure seems to be stabalised and there was only a slight trace of protein in my urine once in the past 2 weeks so hopefully we will be ok!

On an amusing note everytime I go in for monitoring this little devil is a complete showoff!! When midwife felt him to see which way he was laid he stuck his bony bum up at her!!

The belts to monitor him go on and he starts writhing and moving all over so that we keep losing his heartbeat and then when someone else is put on a monitor too he is in competition....sounded like he was competing in the gold cup today!!!!. Plus I am getting tightenings!! I had 7 in the space of an hour....all getting stronger every time.

 

[mrsraggle]

I started maternity leave today! WHOOP! Had a lovely day, lots of gifts, flowers, cards etc and cake. Feels very strange now though - just like a long holiday or something.

 

[MrsGlitz]

I am gutted that as I have been off sick I won't get a leaving do or gifts.

 

[mrsraggle]

I am gutted that as I have been off sick I won't get a leaving do or gifts.

Oh man, that sucks!

 

[babybean10]

hi can you add me due the 9th team yellow thnkz good luck everyone xx

 

[Freyasmum]

I started maternity leave today! WHOOP! Had a lovely day, lots of gifts, flowers, cards etc and cake. Feels very strange now though - just like a long holiday or something.

I can't wait to start my maternity leave. Only one week left for me, so that's bearable, I guess - especially since I'm working from home three of those days! I won't have any special leaving thing either, because I won't be in the office!

I had a mw appt on Friday. All good there. My mw was off delivering a baby though so I had her fill-in. She was lovely, but didn't book my next appointment for me so now I'm not sure when I'm going back. When she was checking measurements she said she thought I was bang on for dates, so maybe Stinky isn't so huge after all.

I got my results from my glucose tolerance, and all good there. Whew - I wasn't sure I was ready to give up chocolate!

Just over a week till my hospital appt, when I'll FINALLY get a date for my section.

 

[mommyof3girls]

Had a nice little trip to L&D last night as in little I really mean little. I was contracting every 4-5 minutes, with really bad back pain and stomach cramping. so I go in get the gown on, pee in a cup, lay down on the bed and get hooked up to the monitors for a whole 10-15 minutes just to be told you are not having contractions, your uterus is irritated, drink more water and was sent home. The funny thing is when she told me that I was contracting I was in the middle of a contraction. I was super upset and the nurse made me feel like I was crazy and had no idea what I was talking about. I sat and cried while I was waiting for my discharge papers. The contractions did ease up today so I'm not freaking out anymore but it is still the point that nurse really upset me. I did find out that I'm only a cm dilated, so now I doubt that I'll be induced this week. Today my feet to my knees have tripled in size do to swelling but I refuse to call the dr because I don't want to deal with the nurses at L&D. The hubby is worried but I won't go in until I'm 99.99% sure that it is it. I'm done with being pregnant!!!!

 

[sabriena]

Aww I'm sorry that the nurses made you feel upset. Some of these nurses and doctors just have no bedside manner whatsoever! It really irritates me.

How come they won't induce if you're only 1cm dilated? I hope you start feeling better and labor kicks it into high gear!

 

[mommyof3girls]

Aww I'm sorry that the nurses made you feel upset. Some of these nurses and doctors just have no bedside manner whatsoever! It really irritates me.

How come they won't induce if you're only 1cm dilated? I hope you start feeling better and labor kicks it into high gear!

Thank you. The dr wants to induce but the hospital will not allow induction unless you are 39 weeks. The sad thing is I'll be 39 weeks on Thursday but the hospital has me as being 38 weeks and a handful of days that day so they won't allow induction. I hope I know more on Tuesday.

 

[mrsraggle]

My hands ballooned over night! I've managed to get two of my rings off with oil in the shower this morning but my wedding band is going n-o-w-h-e-r-e. I hope I don't need it cutting off. Seems OK at the moment now my engagement ring's off. Was quite sore overnight so I'll see how I go tonight.

Right now I'm washing all of bub's clothes (three loads!!) so they can be dried and put away in the ever so nearly complete nursery! Just needs a few finishing touches before I can post pics.

Lovely sunny day here and I'm feeling very summery!

 

[KittenKat]

Feeling really restless today, hips, thighs, stomach are aching, just feel like a bundle of poo (physically) but really feel the need to get and do stuff. Would love to go for a walk but DD is napping so can't get out and I have mountains and mountains of housework to do

 

[chele]

When I turned over in the night it felt like something snapped in my pelvis. If this baby comes out with no bruises, broken limbs etc it'll be a miracle!!

Getting more and more period pains all the time lasting between one and fifteen minutes so nothing I can count as being of anything yet. Poop

yeah loving the sunshine too. Can't wait to spend the summers in the park with my new family

 

[bobobaby]

Sorry so many of you ladies are having such a rough time!

I have gotten all of baby's girls clothing, blankets, and bedding washed. Just need to finish decorating her room and I'm basically all ready for her! My DH and I took our childbirthing classes this weekend. That was a waste of time, in my opinion!! We didn't learn anything, we already knew everything!! I guess that's a good confidence booster that we are more prepared then we thought we were.

 

[want2bamom]

When I turned over in the night it felt like something snapped in my pelvis. If this baby comes out with no bruises, broken limbs etc it'll be a miracle!!

Getting more and more period pains all the time lasting between one and fifteen minutes so nothing I can count as being of anything yet. Poop

yeah loving the sunshine too. Can't wait to spend the summers in the park with my new family

Quite often when i'm sleeping on my left side and turn onto my back or other side i will hear a snap in my pelvis too, i thought it was just me..Do you know what that is exactly??

 

[MrsGlitz]

I feel a bit sick this afternoon. I think it might just be a really bad case of acid indigestion and heartburn (thanks to a bag of fruit pastilles) but I have actually been sick and I feel rather tired and run down but each time I lie down the acid creeps back up, despite drinking plenty of Gaviscon.

I'm meant to be cooking curry for dinner but I don't think that is going to help my indigestion!

 

[MrsGlitz]

Oh and I also have a horrid back ache and my SPD is quite bad.

 

[Freyasmum]

Sounds like misery, MrsGlitz!
I was about to start complaining about the bum which appears to be poking out from beneath my ribs (and causing all sorts of discomfort), but now I'm thinking I might be a bit lucky that's all I've got to moan about!!