Curvy ladies

[cranberry987]

I think it's a myth about bigger ladies feeling kicks later. When you think about it what's going on? There's no fat on your uterus after all. It will mean it takes longer for dh to feel the kicks. I'm pretty sure I've got an anterior placenta (ie at the front) as on the Doppler placenta is super loud and baby is a nightmare to hear. That'll mean I feel the kicks later on most likely. Or some say not but I dunno, won't be surprised if I do

Cant sleep again tonight. Had a horrible row with dh last night. Seems like he just won't let up this week. I admit I'm hormonal and over sensitive but some things he does are just plain mean by anyone's standards

Going to ikea tmw to get some storage. Getting the house a bit more sorted. Been here 10 yrs and I've just got him to put my pictures up....

 

[cranberry987]

Oh and that cow outfit is so cute! I've got a ladybird costume in 3-6m and a 0-3 elf costume for Xmas. Hope bubs comes before Xmas as it'll look odd wearing it in mid January! Has to be done tho. Looking forward to playing dress up with a toddler and making fancy dress costumes. My dressing up box is gonna rock!

 

[Cherrybinky]

Morning girls.

Amy, I didnt realise you were in the USA either, it was the word cookout that did it, I love that, its so much better than BBQ lol. Ive always had an obsession with the Mid South area, the accents, the food etc. Ive always wanted to go over but its expensive for us from the UK I LOVE the cow outfit, so cute and so is your doggy x

Helen, I had a couple of weeks where I didnt sleep well at all but now Im back to normal.

I dont think my infection has gone so Im getting back onto the Drs in the morning, Im really struggling with pain in my hips too, being big and pregnant clearly isnt helping me
:*(

Have a great Sunday everyone, we have the in laws coming this afternoon with Xanders birthday present and a huge chocolate cake - hellooooo chocolate cake and Rachels mouth!

Xx

 

[pink sparkle]

Sorry not been on much ...busy weekend...im doing the two page thing to try and reply to everyone here goes lol ...

Han - great idea about meeting local ladies, i joined netmums when i had ds and have made a couple of really great mummy friends through the meet a mum section and they both live very local x

Cranberry i love how active you are yoga and pilates wish i wasnt so lazy..i know that only i can change that though x

Rees - thats what i plan to do become a teaching assistant, i was all ready to enroll in an access to working with children in schools course which begins in september but ive put it on hold until next september now, so sorry about what happened with social services when Tegs was little must have been awful for you, there are some real horror stories out there it has always made me worry specially as ds has always been so into everything and went through a stage of forever bumping his head ..i wouldnt take him to the health visitor incase i got reported...not that i had anything to hide x

I always wanted to be a social worker but everyone and i mean EVERYONE put me off doing it. Ive often thought about doing it now im older but i suppose ive still got a few years to go for it if i really want to.

Oh Sunshine, sorry you got so upset about feeling bubs moving, honestly hun it is nothing to do with your weight at all. Im at my biggest ive ever been in pregnancy and i felt baby earlier than with the other two. With my first two i didnt really feel anything until 20+ weeks and it can be completely normal not too big hugs hun xxx Love the crib btw beautiful x

Im pretty sure ive missed a couple of pages...

I was at a wedding yesterday, had a fab day ended up rushing out in the morning and buying a new maxi dress and new sandals ...so glad i did though as felt very comfy and actually felt that although im fat as a hippo i actually looked nice, sil looked after the children for us so was really nice to have some time just me and hubby we honestly never spend time alone anymore sometimes miss it really...feel very loved up atm..even though hes laying in (i never get to lay in!).

Ds has slept through two nights in a row in his own bed which has been bliss but someones stupid house/car alarm was going off for an hour from 6.30 this morning so im still feeling pretty worn out.

Were going to have a nice family day today...sit in the garden and enjoy the sun ...get the paddling pool out for the kids.

Hope you all have a lovely day xxx

 

[pink sparkle]

Rach - hope the doc can help tomorrow hun and your feeling better soon. Enjoy the cake ...mmmmmmmm i want chocolate now have to settle for dds choc cereal x

Happy 4th July weekend Sunshine! xxx

 

[cranberry987]

I find that staying active helps with the aches and pains tbh. My tailbone is a lot better now Im back to pilates, things bend easier and it gives me more energy I think after a few sessions.

Wedding sounds fun, is great that you found something you felt good in

Sorry the infection is back, hope the Dr can suggest something to help, or rather give you some magical pills.

Have my 16w appt tmw, will tell them Im having a home birth, rly hope they dont make a fuss as I just cant be bothered with it. Ill just send letters if they do get arsey as theres no point arguing. DH is coming with at least, but I doubt he'll be much use if they do start threatening me with dead babies and pools of blood.

 

[Cherrybinky]

thanks Helen, Ive had a weeks worth of meds and thought it had gone but seems to be lingering and Im getting fed up and worried now. They know what it is as I had swabs done but its a typical pg problem and grrrrrrrrrr etc. lol

Home birth, youre so very brave. Petes ex and my friend Lorraine were both set on home births but Petes ex had complications and Lorraine was in so much pain she phoned an ambulance at last minute. I hope it goes well for you, Im not brave enough to go for that.
X

 

[cranberry987]

I don't rly see it as being brave tbh. I can have gas n air if I want it and I rly doubt I'll want an epidural throughout the birth however painful it is. I just know that there's more likelihood of being pressure into/needing interventions if I start the ball rolling and it would just worry me and put too much pressure on to deliver in a specific time frame which would slow me down so more likely to need more intervention.

I'm not adverse to a transfer or epidural near the end but want to do as much as poss at home. I won't be too disappointed if I have to/want to.

I'll have my own midwife there the entire time and I think they call a second at the end, not sure about policy, and ive got a doula coming so rly I'll feel quite pampered with all these ppl helping me.

I kinda feel like it's something which I want to experience in full tho iykwim. Yes it's going to be the worst pain I've ever felt but it's not gonna be done often so I want to feel it. Sounds mental I know.

I can also have more control over my environment if I have a home birth. I can use a pool, eat and drink without them having a shitfit, make a nice calm place without doors banging and ppl coming in all the time

Right. Ikeatime! Come looking for me if I'm not back in 48 hrs!!

 

[pink sparkle]

Hat off to you Cranberry for going for a home birth, im too much of a worrier and dh wouldnt let me be at home even if i wanted to. he made it clear with ds that he would not support home birth at all as he wanted us at hospital where he thought we would be safest. Just his opinion though. Ive read some wonderful home birth stories on the birth stories section. I did stay at home to the point of needing gas and air with ds and i was 5cm when i got to hospital. Will try and do the same this time round. The hospital where i had both mine try not to intervene unless absolutely necessary and they discourage epidurals too, i had a shot of pethidine with ds and it was hard enough getting that. I may be weird in saying this but i actually like them to examine me as i like to know where i am and need to know that im progressing. They are very anti-examining (like thats a word lol) because of the risk of infection though. I love the idea though of giving birth and then going back to your own bed afterwards. I hate staying in the hospital so that will be fab cranberry x

 

[Rees]

Amy - I wouldn't worry about not feeling kicks, I felt a few flutters with Tegs at 14 weeks, and then she'd go all quiet. She mainly kicked at night, so maybe yours is active at night when you're sleeping and you just don't notice it

When I was nearly due with her I felt hardly any movements, so midwife told me to count, and if I felt less than 10 movements to ring up, I tried everything to get her to move, chocolate cake the works! Then I rang them up, had only felt 7/8 movements in 24 hours, the minute I hung up she started to party!

Some baby's are just lazy Especially some girls, Tegs is still lazy now!

Lovely cot and cow vest! Bloody rich

Jayne - I got as far as having the interview for the social work degree and then they suggested the degree I ended up doing! I had to work with social workers in my 3rd year on a unit and I couldn't stand them, they were all so pig-headed and up themselves, I just wanted to slap them and say get a grip! You can't think like that! You're there to support the kids not ruin their lives! The ones I'd come into contact with when I was volunteering made my blood boil, they'd referred a young person for one to ones when she REALLY didn't need it, turns out she did need them but not for the reason they said, I wasted 8 weeks with her working on the wrong issues She was a sweetie though

Rach - mmmmmm, cake! And chocolate cake too? yum

Helen - how far away from your hospital do you live? My last midwife was all for my homebirth, she just happened to be on holiday for 2 weeks when I was due (ta love) Doctor tried to talk me out of it, was in labour and on-call midwife hated me and sent me to bloody hospital anyway It got me down for ages. I'm not allowed one this time which sucks

I had a full roast dinner before I went to hospital and when I was there I was eating chomps and wispa golds, eating helps and they didn't turn their nose up at it.

I don't remember the pain of giving birth, I don't remember the crowning. All I know is that I can't wait until I'm in labour again and know that my baby is on the way and I can't wait until I'm actually pushing him or her out (I think I'm mental!)

Jayne - so long as baby is fine after delivery I'll be having my bath and discharging myself from the L&D ward, I'm not going anywhere else but home after I've had the baby, I know they're gonna want to keep me in to keep an eye on us both because of the group B strep, but if I have the anti-biotics there shouldn't be much of a problem.


Have any of you thought much about your birthplan? I'd pretty much decided mine before I knew I was pregnant again But it's the same as Tegan's pretty much, but in hospital and I've added in music, I want to give birth to the Foo Fighters

I hope you all have a lovely day, it's really sunny and warm here, Tegan went in my cousin's paddling pool yesterday (after wanting to go into the big pool she settled for a little one!) and so I think I'm off to buy one today for her We have thought about going to the beach after 4pm and having tea there too, but Tegan decided to wake u last night at half 11 and didn't go back until half 3! Then she woke up at 10 (after I'd been up for an hour, put washing on and did a major hoover - don't know how she slept through me hoovering for 20 mins!)

Enjoy the sunshine/BBQ's/party's/shopping xx

 

[Rees]

Oh, everytime I see the name of the group or our little piccy I get "All the single ladies" in my head, but it's "All the curvy ladies" That's gonna get stuck all day again

 

[cranberry987]

Were about 20 mins away from the hospital and as they say emcs should be started in 30 I'm happy with that. Things rarely go from fine to dangerous with no warning signs tho. My birthing plan is going to be basically leave me alone. Don't want anything offered, if i want an exam I'll say. Don't rly fancy pethadine and will try g&a but might make me feel icky so won't count on it. Id be happy with no mw tbh but she's there just in case rly. If she sends me to the hospital based on no evidence I'll just not go. They literally can't force you. If I need it the fine, otherwise jog on. I'll just call em when I'm advanced if I think they'll give me shit. Doubt they'd want to transfer me as I was pushing baby out.

 

[Rees]

One of the Septembryo's (the group of us due in September 09) had a home birth, she wanted to push but held off until the MW told her as she didn't think she was that advanced, eventually she was pushing for 2 hours and no success, got into the ambulance and baby was born in a lay-by

At least you're not too far away from the hospital, I'm about 35/40 mins away from ours. Can't see why they won't let you go for a home birth if you're hospital is that close! i hope you get it hun!

 

[Cherrybinky]

Leigh, I had it all sorted, hypno-birthing, soft music, water pool, gas and air.

Now, its do as much as I can on my own, maybe some gas and air but definitely using the hypno-birthing. Then epidural all the way as I dont do pain well. I have also decided, if I need to, I will take the extra hospital time too! Bed, fed and kept an eye on by the pros, nice!

Lunch today girls?
Were having deep filled steak and onion pie, fresh steamed carrots, garlic butter asparagus and new potatoes with herbs roasted in the oven YUMMYYYY.
x

 

[xheartsx]

Afternoon girls How are you lovely bunch? I haven't stopped cleaning since i got up, and i've been doing lots of bending etc and my belly and back really hurt. I'm going to have to start realising that i am actually pregnant and can't do as much as i used to! Baby is very active now i've sat down though! Lots of flutters in there

Dougie will be back from work about 5pm. He owns a catering van and has taken it to a dog show this weekend. I've got beef in the slow cooker so i'm going to do a nice roast with boiled potatos and yorkie puds and peas! And for pudding... CHOCOLATE.

Watching scrubs. Love it!

Dougie woke me up at 3 o clock this morning because he could smell smoke, he was convinced our flat was on fire! Then he tried to get lucky, but i kind of had a 'rumble' but let him down last minute.. he wasn't a happy bunny! I told him it was for his own good, he had to get up at 6!! I don't think he saw it like that, he's not had bedroom fun for a looooooong time!!

xxx

xx

 

[Cherrybinky]

I havent had any bedroom action for 3-4 weeks now because of this bloody infection! No sex before Drs because I knew something was wrong, no sex during antibiotics and now no sex because I dont think its gone and also because youre not supposed to do it for a week after either. Im even getting annoyed that I havent had any and thats not like me as since my bfp Ive been right off it and I have to say were both normally sex mad (tmi)! lol

Isobel is sitting behind me playing with my hair and it feels sooo nice, Id love an indian head massage for a good hour, that would be so relaxing.

Ive been listening to some relaxation on You Tube and its amazing and really chills me out. I collect indian gods and along with holding one of those for comfort, its bliss! (you will all think Im weird now!)
x

 

[sunshine623]

Thanks Cranberry and Sparkle! Logically I know that, and I do have an anterior placenta, so that's probably what's keeping me from really feeling anything yet. Still drives me crazy though! lol

Rachel, It's the same here. I'd love to travel over there sometime, but it's really pricey, so that'll have to be a ways in the future. Nick's been all over the world with the military, so he really doesn't care if we travel or not. Men! I have been to Brazil once, but that's the only time I've been out of the country. Oh, and I hope you feel better soon!

Cranberry, I think it really is brave to do a home birth. I guess that's what women did for ages, so it should be normal, but I don't think I could do it. I'm too much of a chicken!

Rees, made me laugh when you said you wanted to deliver to Foo Fighters! lol Hadn't even thought about anything like that.

 

[Rees]

I only realised I wanted to deliver to the Foo's when I was coming back from the scan and rocking out to Foo's sat on the train listening to them

My friend has gone to see them again today and I'm so jealous!

Rach - I've been thinking about hypno-birthing but I keep changing my mind! I think I'll start looking at the technique's in about a months time and discuss it more with Luke I guess!

Tegan's been a pain in the ass at night and keeps waking up and keeping odd hours, so we've not been "getting jiggy" and we're still not back to normal after our fights last weekend! Sometimes I've felt like it, but he stays downstairs for so long on his laptop that I get fed up and fall asleep!

We've had a fun day today, bought Tegs a little paddling pool from argos, put it up in the back yard and she had a ball Splashing around, face in the water, drinking it like a dog... best £4 I've ever spent on her! Apparently it can also be used as a ball pool, but we already have one of those for her (and 400 balls!).

I feel knackered already and I have work tomorrow so hopefully it'll be a bit cooler tonight and I can get some proper sleep!

 

[cranberry987]

Seems like everyones having a larvely sunday

Ive just cleared out the back bedroom and put all my craft things away. I have kit for about 20 hobbies, stained glass, jewellry making, knitting, the whole lot. Just finished off a patchwork blanket which has been hanging around for 7 yrs or so. Heres thepic

We're having chicken kebabs tonight which I and are super healthy. Im so hungry now that Im not sure I can wait actually!

x

 

[cranberry987]

Has anyone else got a journal btw?