Due In May :)

[Hann12]

Thanks for all your lovely messages

Annabelle is only just starting to get hair now and she's 18 months! All the other little kids call her 'baby' I think because of the no hair and because she's little.

 

[Jary]

Well it's my birthday and I'm hoping baby doesn't try punishing my bladder! Hopefully we will get to Durham as mum says there's a nice baby clothes shop there (btw Durham cathedral is one of the Harry Potter filming locations...our bit of fame lol)

 

[Sass827]

Happy birthday! Have a great day!

 

[nearlythere38]

happy birthday!!

both my boys had hair, especially my second son, had a growth scan at 36 weeks and u could see all this hair swooshing about haha. and i was crippled with reflux with both. not so much this time tho x

 

[mathgenius33]

I also have the indigestion thing I think. I take tums and it seems to help a little, or maybe it's just that I like tums. Personally I can't do it too well, but they advise us to eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones. But when I'm hungry and see food in front of me I sometimes forget that getting full might not be the best thing. My indigestion passes quickly, but if I eat too much I just have to wait around until I don't feel so full or bloated.

Also, has anyone else started to feel the baby's kicks in a more startling or painful way? Yesterday she kicked me super hard and it almost hurt. I'm really glad for it, though, because it means she's getting stronger. DH and I are both really lower-body dominated (meaning we both have very strong/athletic legs) and think the baby has a good chance of inheriting that from both of us. Maybe that's why she's already kicking so hard.

 

[robinson380]

Well it's my birthday and I'm hoping baby doesn't try punishing my bladder! Hopefully we will get to Durham as mum says there's a nice baby clothes shop there (btw Durham cathedral is one of the Harry Potter filming locations...our bit of fame lol)

Happy Birthday

Mine was last Wednesday....now I am 30!

 

[BellaRosa8302]

Happy birthday!!!

I've had really bad indigestion often to the point of almost vomiting acid... I've found tums just don't cut it but I e cream or milkshakes do the trick nicely

 

[Powell130]

Happy Birthday!!

My dad says to try a spoonful of mustard for the indegestion. He's had it basically all his life and says it may sound crazy but it works wonders!

Question, we have a 3D ultrasound next saturday. I'll be 28w4d ... will we be able to tell if he has hair yet??

 

[Jary]

I also have the indigestion thing I think. I take tums and it seems to help a little, or maybe it's just that I like tums. Personally I can't do it too well, but they advise us to eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones. But when I'm hungry and see food in front of me I sometimes forget that getting full might not be the best thing. My indigestion passes quickly, but if I eat too much I just have to wait around until I don't feel so full or bloated.

Also, has anyone else started to feel the baby's kicks in a more startling or painful way? Yesterday she kicked me super hard and it almost hurt. I'm really glad for it, though, because it means she's getting stronger. DH and I are both really lower-body dominated (meaning we both have very strong/athletic legs) and think the baby has a good chance of inheriting that from both of us. Maybe that's why she's already kicking so hard.

This is me! I can't eat smaller meals because when I'm hungry I want a normal sized meal and I do eat fast sometimes which I shouldn't but again when I'm hungry and it's tasty I can't stop! I have acid reflux to begin with which doesn't help but I know if I slowed down I'd be more comfy. I have my rennies so I'm prepared lol

I've not had painful kicks yet but it does feel like baby has a stretch in the morning and I feel pressure up by my ribs. The only other time it's uncomfortable is when baby has flipped into breach and kicks my cervix and bladder.

 

[mathgenius33]

Happy birthday Jary and happy belated birthday Robinson. It's good to see all the February birthdays with babies to be born in May. Mine happens to be in February too, in 3 more days. I'm getting the most amazing gift for my birthday this year: my third trimester ultrasound. We had to move our ultrasound appointment up 2 days, and it turned out to fall on my birthday, so I'm even more excited now.

Jary, I know what you mean about the bladder thing. My baby punches my bladder pretty often too and makes me feel like I need to go, but as soon as she stops I don't really need to as badly anymore. I still like it anyway because I love feeling her when she's active.

 

[Sass827]

I'm getting the hard bladder kicks too. She rocks my whole stomach sometimes.
And major rib pain. Not sure if that's from kicks of just stretching.
So many February birthdays! I love it. I'm the 25th and I'll be 31. Getting our 3d on the 22nd, so I'm sure it will be my best present.
No indigestion, but I am a mega gas factory. It's embarrassing!

 

[Powell130]

I'm getting the hard bladder kicks too. She rocks my whole stomach sometimes.
And major rib pain. Not sure if that's from kicks of just stretching.
So many February birthdays! I love it. I'm the 25th and I'll be 31. Getting our 3d on the 22nd, so I'm sure it will be my best present.
No indigestion, but I am a mega gas factory. It's embarrassing!

your 3D is the day before mine

 

[Jary]

I do love feeling movement too even when it's uncomfortable! I felt a little stretch again this morning....do babies do that in the womb?? Apart from that I think baby has decided on a lie in. Got annoyed at OH because he let my mums dog up the stairs this morning and he always likes to jump on us and lick our faces and get a belly rub. He's a staffy and a bit fat so he's very heavy and his paw landed on my belly. Not too hard and on the side but I still got annoyed. Anywho I know baby is ok because he or she is tickling me at the mo.

OH made up for it by giving me a valentines day card and a lovely pandora charm of two birds with a little heart underneath saying 'love you'. So of course I couldn't stay mad at him and his forgetfulness (I've told him before not to let the dog up in the mornings)

 

[Sass827]

Are you so excited Powell? I'm freaking flipping. So excited and a little scared. I want her to look like me or a combo of us both. I told DH if it was a boy I would want it to look like him, but not for a girl. DH's brother had a baby last year that is his spitting image. It's cute because it's a boy and BIL looks like his dad. My DH is the spitting image of his mom, so if the baby looks like him, it will truly just look like her. Sorry for the rant. It's just been one of my biggest fears all along. I don't want to make a mini me for my mil.

 

[Hann12]

Belated happy birthday to you both!

Lol sass my little girl looks exactly like my husband but has my eyes and hair. Everyone comments on how she's a mini me of him though however thankfully my husband looks like his dad and nothing like his mum! Of course MIL still thinks Annabelle looks like her when she doesn't at all, to the point my mil has gone and retrieved her baby photos to try and prove her point and the only similarity is in the cheeks but even then it's just baby cheeks like they all have and so thankfully we have been able to say she looks nothing like her! Whatever your baby looks like your mil will probably say they look like them though lol - mil madness!!

Exciting for the 4D scans!!

 

[Powell130]

I'm SO excited!! I feel like a kid waiting on Christmas!!!

I understand that fear/worry completely. I want Phillip Jr to look like his daddy, but not have that "Powell" face that most of the men in their family have. I also want him to have hair (but dont know if you can see that on the 3D) lol I know it's a silly worry, but we both have it since my brother, niece and I were bald (niece still pretty much is) from birth til about 2 and a half-ish lol

My friend had her 3D yesterday and despite drinking a Mountain Dew before going in , her bubs slept thru the whole thing. I hope mine doesn't!! But I have a strong feeling he wont, because when I lay on my back, he goes crazy! I was up til 3:30 last night cuz right when I laid down at 2 to go to bed, he decided it was boogy time lol

 

[Hann12]

When it's born it will seem perfect hair or no hair! All the little ones with hair instantly look much older than those without. Annabelle is still seen as a baby as she's so fair and not much hair. Your baby will be just right though

 

[Sass827]

Thanks girls. Making me feel more normal. Hann- you are spot on. My stupid mil came armed with pictures of everyone in her family for nephews birth. Now I can admit he did look like his dad, but it really hurt my SIL feelings. She had just been through 12 plus hours of labor and aggressive mil just wouldn't give it up. It's all we heard about for hours upon weeks. I had to sit w SIL and her baby pic and point out how he did look like her too. It was really traumatizing for us both. I'm just so scared of this happening for our little girl.

 

[mathgenius33]

I have a feeling our baby will have hair. A few mornings ago DH woke up with his hair sticking strait up. We were joking about how we thought that's what the baby's hair would look like.

 

[Sass827]

I'm not sure if you can see hair or not. And, even if you do see hair, it can fall out before or after birth and not come back for a while. I'm just hoping to make and find some cool hats.