Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[Sarahcake]

Thank you both x

Im the same, Im always saying to Neil ooo im getting cramps, next thing I know hes walked down from work and asking me to time things and when should I go to hospital etc...Then I feel bad when the cramps go 20 mins later and dont come back haha! I wish there was a 'definate labour' alarm! Someone needs to find a way to make something like that and sell it, they would make millions!!

 

[ttc_lolly]

Happy 39 weeks time it does vary area to area but usually the MW will visit you on your first day back home and then the HV comes a week later, and sometimes again after that.

Pops, well done on the shopping! Asda do cheap sieve's in their smart price range, I think they are only a £1-£2. Plastic too

Hahaha I'm the same I said to my OH the other night ''Oooh I wonder if this it?'' and his reply, without even looking up from what he was doing, was just ''You've said that every night this week''. lol!

 

[Scally]

Inoue- oh bless your OH!

Sarah- great about your appointment, lovely bump pic on fb! that sounds horrendous with your legs and how badly u were treated at work.

Time- Happy 39 weeks, not long now!!!!!

Pops- Ikea at 39 weeks pregnant, u must be mad!!!!!

Thought i'd put on my final bum pic- i am the one in the grey jumper- comparing bumps with my sis who is due in Jan. And my belly today x

 

[Scally]

oooh yes mw came today, and i have one coming tomorrow to do the newborn checks. Hv comes after 10 days i think x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Wow Ally, I can't believe you were hiding Poppy in that neat bump! And you look amazing already, 3 days PP is it? You need to change your ticker too

Urgh it feels like I've done 100 sit ups or pulled a muscle at the bottom of my bump it is so sore. Pretty sure it's not a symptom of labour either, will ask my MW about it tomorrow as its really bugging me. It's just one thing after another!

 

[pops23]

Ally your bump was teeny and you are looking fab already

Don't worry Lauryn, am only 38 weeks! He he! Xx

 

[time]

Lovely bump ally and you are looking amazing already!! I'm hoping it won't take me years to try get my tummy back to a normal size haha!!

Really not feeling well today I can't eat or drink as it us making me do sick. I've managed a glass of squash but I just feel like death and I am still having spurts of contractions and backache. Seeing midwife in the morning so hopefully she can give me some advice if I'm going to have to deal with this much longer.

I have a really sore bump too lauryn maybe it's just cos were nearing the end!

My husband has to travel down to Essex and back tomorrow which is 10 hours all together.. Praying I don't go in to labour then it would be such bad luck but he really has to go to collect a machine for our business. Stress!!!

 

[Inoue]

Sorry you feel poo Time . Your body seems so confused about what it wants to do. Kind of like your teetering on the edge all the time, must he very tiresome. Just see what your mw says but I dare say theres not alot that can be done untill your body fully takes over, maybe she will do a sweep if you go in the room as an emotional wreck.

Few little pp cramps from me but nothing to write home about. Now bouncing on ball with a rlt but dont quite know why im bothering.

How is everyone elce doing? X

 

[Scally]

Sounds like you are all so close! Come on babies!

I wanted to do the after birth photo as i am always so interested when people put them on here, I want to keep an eye on how long it takes to get something resembling my normal tummy back! lol

The MW came round today, Poppy has a slight lip tie and tongue tie which could explain some of the difficulty we had at first with breastfeeding but she thinks its mild enough that Poppy has sorted her technique already. She's a little jaundice too from the use of forceps, but hopefully the frequent feeding can sort that out.

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Hey All

Ally, you look great! That's impressive for 3 days after, how are you feeling now? Glad to hear Poppy's tongue tie isnt making things loads more difficult for feeding, hope her billarubin levels come back down to normality to shift the jaundice fast

Everyone seems all sore and crampy I feel for everyone, Its getting frustrating now isnt it. Hopefully not long now

Neil marched me up to day assessment earlier after id had a bit of fluid trickling on 2 occasions. Really didn't want to go as im starting to get paranoid that they have seen loads of me and I feel like im wasting their time. After a check up, it was as predicted, nothing at all just a bit of built up discharge. I cant wait till Monday now, get things started and get him out. Feeling a bit meh about it all now, fed up of being pregnant and symptom spotting every 5 mins. Pissed off at myself for going up there today when I knew in the back of my mind that I shouldn't really be going, but Neil was just adament I went up and got checked.

 

[Inoue]

Hi Scally, glad your doing ok . Must be such euphoria to have little poppy now, I remember us counting down from 14 days

Sarah, glad you got checked out, even if it was against your wishes. Its difficult to know whether your wasting someone's time with something thats probably nothing but you just never know. I leak quite alot of watery discharge on a night so I sometimes think about getting checked out but mw says if your waters are leaking then its throughout the daty, not just at one point.

Yeh I think most if us are getting fed up now, just horrid to see another 24 hours go by without any hints of upcoming labour. I really dont want this to drag out to 42 weeks

Xx

 

[Sarahcake]

I think that was what alarmed Neil, Inoue. Ive not had a massive amount of discharge throughout the entire pregnancy so he just saw red and though arrrrghhhhhh waters!!! Turns out it was just some watery discharge after all.

I don't blame everyone for feeling fed up The later stages of pregnancy arnt really a whole lot of fun are they! But then, I feel guilty for moaning because there are ladies at 42 weeks just plodding along and doing awesomely! I think id have had a mental breakdown by that point!

 

[pops23]

I also get a lot of watery discharge at night, it's always tempting to think its your waters but like you say time it would carry on leaking

Today I've walked for 1 hour, bounced for 1 hour, eaten half a giant pineapple, drunk 2 RLTs, I'm on the case,
Feeling pretty chilled now tbh and planning lots of nice things to pass the time

Xxxx

 

[Sarahcake]

I saw your Facebook status on it Pops, and it did make me giggle! Pretty standard day in the life of a heavily pregnant woman eh!

 

[pops23]

Ha ha indeed it is!! Xx

 

[Sarahcake]

Gotta give you bonus points for dedication mind hun! That's quite the regime you have going on there lol x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Will catch up with the thread later, just thought I'd let you all know that I'm in hospital yet again. Happy 38 weeks to me

Had my MW appt earlier and BP was up again but more worryingly, baby's heart rate was far too quick. 190bpm+, and the MW explained at this stage it shouldn't be any higher than 160. Admitted straight to hospital for monitoring. Her heart rate has come down loads thankfully but my BP is just ridiculous. Had to take a photo as I think this is a record for me, even when I had high BP with Amber it was never like this!!

https://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m503/laurynp86/66B2AD57-9821-4E87-926A-0817E1EBDD63-1896-000000EFAF3FFF50.jpg

I've been put on labetolol (about bloody time too) and will be monitored through the night and then we'll see where I go from there.

Hope everyone else is having a better day than me x

 

[pops23]

Oh hun so sorry to hear that, glad you're being looked after though, maybe they'll induce you and get baby out so you know it's safe and sound

Good luck whatever happens and keep us updated

As for me, had the most horrendous back pain on and off for the last 2 hours, not sure if its back labour pain but doubt it, just got a heat thing on that you put in the microwave and will head to bed soon to see if it eases off

Xxx

 

[Sarahcake]

Holy crap Lauryn, that's probably one of the highest bp's I've ever seen, that diastolic especially, wow :s

So they've actually decided to start the medication then after all the backwards and forwards between consultants? Really hope it gets that bp down and sharp ish. Have they got you on any IV fluids at all? Really glad little ones heart rate has come down. I wouldn't be surprised hun if there was talks of inducing you maybe now to be honest. Massive hugs, hope you manage to get some rest in there tonight.

Pops it really seems like your just teetering on the edge of something happening! It's like your body is just biding its time currently. Hope you manage to get some sleep also and that the heat works for you. Hugs all round tonight x

 

[Scally]

oh my god Lauryn! hope they finally get it sorted for u x