Due In May :)

[Powell130]

Whoa lol

 

[pinktiara]

We're not quite finished, I still have to wash and put away some clothes and get some stuff to hang on the walls (any ideas?!) but it's so close to being done, have to show someone! lol

looks like you have enough baby wash to last a lifetime lookin good

 

[Hann12]

Math - I took my wedding ring off last time but not had to yet. It's def better to remove though as they will cut it off otherwise if they have to!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

I agree math take it off, you don't want it cutting off!

How's everyone today? I am shattered I was admitted to hospital on Tuesday and got out yesterday but I didn't sleep well at all on Tuesday night. I was in bed asleep by 8.15pm last night

Going to the butchers later for fruit, veg etc then I need to pop to the supermarket for a few things too x

 

[Jary]

Ahh I love bump pictures like that Powell...can see just how much it grows!

I still don't have a problem with my engagement ring but then I don't wear it all the time because of work. And it was a little big anyway but pregnancy is the very reason I haven't had it resized yet lol. My fingers only seem to swell in the morning which they did pre pregnancy anyway.

Miss mummy moo why were you in hosp? Hope all is well!

AFM I woke up in the middle of the the night again to rib pain. No matter how I was lying it was there. Eventually I fell asleep and dreamt my baby bump was like a bag I could take off and feel where baby was better (I could see a foot lol)

 

[Hann12]

Had the whooping cough jab today, arm ache!!

Anyone else feeling massive? I think I'm housing a small elephant - especially from the movements!!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

for the rib pain Jary! I've been really lucky not to have it this time as babys really really low!

Hann I feel huge! Like a beaches whale

Ill update tomorrow what happened x

 

[Jary]

I feel huge lol

Will ask the midwife at my next appointment if I can get the whooping cough jab...I'm gonna write a list of things I want to ask her because I always forget when I go in lol

 

[Powell130]

I feel HUGE myself! But am measuring right on schedule so I guess it's normal for this stage to feel like a walrus!

 

[nearlythere38]

Hands up for feeling huge today!! Had midwife appt this morning. All is well. Measurin right, blood pressure excellent and even my iron levels came back good. With both my boys i needed iron tablets by now, so looks like this little one is being good already

 

[pinktiara]

yup I feel giant im also measuring right on but its all baby so thats good I guess haha. I have yet to take my wedding rings off yet there still ok.

 

[Hann12]

It must just be this stage, maybe there is less bump growth between now and the end? I don't remember getting loads bigger than this last time. At least we all feel the same. I think part of my worry is the fact that I haven't been measured so have no idea if I'm big or small or just right. I tried to do it myself but its not very accurate I doubt!

 

[Jary]

I think now our babies just need to pile on the cute baby fat that keeps them warm when they come out. So I can't imagine our bumps getting that much bigger.

Lol baby gave me two massive jumps yesterday. All of a sudden my belly just jumped in the air! The second time I was down the pub with friends for quiz night, and one of the guys saw my belly jump and he was like 'wooooww I saw that!'

Ahh 9 shifts left at work to go...I'm counting down!

 

[Hann12]

9 shifts will fly by (hopefully!). I'm thinking you must be right that we won't get massively bigger. I know I got smaller at 38 weeks last time when DD dropped down.

 

[MissMummyMoo]

Mornin everyone

Jary hopefully those 9 shifts will fly by!!

A little update about my hospital visit.

At the weekend I had mentioned to my friend and hubby that I had quite a bit of watery discharge but didn't worry about it too much. When I had my scan on Monday it showed that the fluid around baby was on the low side of normal (last time it was 15cm this time 7.1cm) at the time I didn't think and put 2 and 2 together I was just happy everything was ok. Once I got home and mentioned to my friend, she said I should have mentioned about the watery discharge at the weekend as it could have been my waters. It had more or less stopped on Monday. Anyway I phoned the DAU on Tuesday morning and she asked me to go in. She done a speculum and said my cervix was closed and she couldn't see any liqour but she would need to speak to a doctor.

She phoned me back at lunch time and said they wanted me to go into hospital to be monitored for a few days to see if I have anymore loss. So off I went to the hospital, got admitted to the ward and had another speculum which again showed my cervix was closed and no liqour. Doctor came to see me and gave me steroids in case baby decided to come early and his lungs would be developed. Had my steroids at 9.30pm. I was sick at 10pm but my tummy had been dodgy since around 6pm. I was sick again at midnight and I was given an antisickness drug. Eventually managed to get to sleep but woke almost every half hour with my pelvis

Was up for the day at 5.15am and the rest of the ward joined me at 5.30am Doctor came round again in the morning and he said they were happy there was no more loss and that they would be discharging me. I have a scan and consultant appt on 25th and they will check the fluid again then and go from there. I haven't felt any leaking since Sunday so I think everything's ok now x

 

[mathgenius33]

I read somewhere that after 32 weeks you're not gaining amniotic fluid anymore. So the only thing that's gonna make us bigger from here until the end is the baby growing. It's supposed to be around 1/2 a pound a week and then it starts tapering off. Personally I can kind of tell when someone is 8-9 months because they do look bigger than me, but it must just be that their baby is 5+ pounds already.

 

[Hann12]

Wow missmummymoo - what a time you had! At least the cervix is closed and no more leaking. Hope you get plenty of rest (if thats possible!!).

Math - thats interesting and good to know as I know how much more I want to gain in weight and I can gain another 5 pounds but thats all i want to gain, if the baby is 4 pounds now (approx) the hopefully I'll only gain a max of 3/4 and I'll be in my target weight gain. I know I have little control over it in reality but its nice to dream!!

 

[Jary]

Glad everything is ok miss mummy moo! Must have been scary x

Baby is doing something to my cervix and it bloody hurts!

 

[MissMummyMoo]

I've had a pretty restful day although I am STILL exhausted! I'm ready for bed and I've had a nap today already. I haven't felt any more leaking which is good, bubs is good as he's taken to headbutting my cervix quite a lot recently, he also has a thing for hiccups

I think that's just what babys do now, just put on fat which is good. I've put on 11.2kg so far!! Not sure if I'm happy with that or not I'm really hoping to not gain much more though x

 

[Hann12]

Miss mummy moo I've put on 11kg too! Hoping only 2-3 kg more but can't exactly stop it lol! Glad you had a nice day. I'm with you on the weird pains and cervix stuff!

Got a hen party tomorrow - just doing the lunch but will miss out on my nap time which is annoying but will be nice to see friends. It's in London so off on the train I go! Not doing te cocktails or watching others do the cocktails after the lunch, will be coming home and seeing my husband and baby!