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

[Sarahcake]

Morning

Sleeplessness returned last night so I'm shattered today, got asda to contend with too as we're in dire need of some food! Fun times!

Just realised that I've gone up a box on my ticker, they seem to change at the most random increments!

You guys got anything nice planned for the weekend then?

 

[Inoue]

Hi ya!

Sorry to hear about your poor night sleep Sarah, i have good/bad nights but mines usually down to RLS .

DH has just come home from work with bad headache so ive got him tucked up in bed to rest. Were off to MIL at 4pm as she wants a cut & colour then were having a big take out chinese tea x

 

[Scally]

Inoue- mmmmm chinese!

Sarah- oh god no sleep sucks especially followed by a food shop! Hope you managed it today!

I didnt sleep much at all last night again, work was VERY hard today! I am really hoping i sleep tonight, its been quite a few nights now in a row and i have huge suitcases under my eyes!

My plan tomorrow is to get our pram out of the loft and our christmas box to see what wrapping paper and tags etc i have!

x

 

[kellie_w]

I have returned! Thank you all for Luke's birthday messages, had a lovely but tiring day. Ally, he loved barleylands! He was scared on that big bouncy piillow thing and the zip wire (naughty daddy caused him to cry on both!) but loved the indoor soft play. Think the child prices are a bit high though, couldn't believe only a pound difference between a adult and two year old. Was worth it though! His party went on until 11.40 last night, my house was trashed with sweets so I had fun cleaning all that up today!

Sarah, how are your braxton hicks today? I saw on Facebook that you were suffering. Some of them can be really painful! I'm back to having bad leg pains again, I really think its spd but my midwife isn't worried so I won't either. I'm now getting leg cramp in the night and if we dtd... That's gone out the window a bit now as it's just too painful, crampy and uncomfortable. Feel sorry for dh as once a week not enough, but it's not for much longer now!

 

[Sarahcake]

Hey Kellie, glad Luke had a good birthday

Sucks to hear that the spd is hurting you it's really not pleasant at all that so I can totally sympathise. You can try and ask for a pelvic belt or something but to be completely honest, I don't really find mine to be that beneficial so I just carry on without it, some days are worse than others, but like you say, not that long now is it.

Yeah the Braxton hicks have started to calm down now thank god lol being as this is my first I really panicked as I read online and in books that they shouldn't be painful and these really were :s feel like a bit of a wuss now I know it's just BH's mind lol but yeah, I'm fine thank you

 

[Scally]

Kellie- Glad you enjoyed Barleylands- i thought it was a bit steep for a child too, but as you said it was worth it, Izzy loved the giant pillow, but the zip wire looked lethal so we gave it a wide berth! Me and Dave loved the shooting balls! Luckily no kids were in there at the same time as us! Wow that is one heck of a party, good luck cleaning that up today!
Sorry to hear about your SPD, it feels like the birth is so close but when u r suffering with something like that it seems ages away!
I dtd last night, and we think that will be the last time until baby is born, it was just so uncomfortable and then i had a shooting pain in my tummy- i think it has scared us to stop!

Sarah- glad your braxton hicks have stopped- I always thought they didnt hurt, that sucks, lets hope they stay away!

Well its 5am and i have had no sleep, i have given up trying and have come downstairs, i really can't cope with this for much longer, I am a zombie!

 

[kellie_w]

Luke was also scared of the shooting balls. Dh was so desperate to play with them but had no one to play with. I sometimes wonder who the child is! Oh ally, that sucks that you have been up all night, is it worse when you been at work the day before as I think I remember you having a bad night last weekend? If so def time To give it up! X

Sarah, hope you gt a better nights sleep! X

 

[Scally]

Haha the balls were good fun, i did it on my knees though so my bump was hidden behind the shield!

I have managed to grab 2 hrs sleep today- one in the morning and one this afternoon, so thats good! I have had a bad week of sleep but the Saturday nights i then get no sleep whatsoever! Luckily we had a chill out day today, next week we are off to Gloucester for the day so thats going to kill me!

x

 

[ttc_lolly]

Hope you get some sleep tonight Ally I only had heartburn that one time, but now I'm being woken up to pee every hour or so and my bodyclock things it's acceptable to be wide awake at 6.30am (even if I've only had 4 hours sleep) gotta keep telling ourselves ''not much longer to go, not much longer to go''

Hope everyone had a nice weekend? Amber & I went to Nottingham to visit my family which was nice but glad to be back home! Traffic was awful on the way there due to an accident and then just as bad on the way back because of the rain. I'm done with long car journeys for now!

 

[pops23]

I've been wide awake since 6.30, it's so frustrating seeing as this is the best opportunity for sleep before the baby comes! Oh well

Hope everyone had good weekends! I was working all day yesterday but sat afternoon went to an nct nearly new sale and got a few bargains which was good. It was brilliant for clothes but I couldn't get any as team yellow, really annoying tbh and first time I really wished I had known what it was!!

Ok, get ready for TMI but my vagina is really achy especially at night in bed. Feels like someone has kicked me there! Anyone else? Xxx

 

[ttc_lolly]

Morning pops also wide awake at 6.30! I was fast on until OH's alarm woke me and then the bloody cat heard it and started miaowing to be let into the front room no sleep for me since!

I hear you on the achey lady garden front too it's like in my pelvis, but feels muscular... I'm not sure how to explain it! Only happening at night like you and then eases up after a bit. Really uncomfortable to turn over at night though or get up to pee!

 

[time]

sorry i've been out of action all weekend as had no internet! decided to move to sky tv broadband/tv etc before baby comes so when we're up in the middle of the night we have something to watch haha!

so achey everywhere this weekend, hardly slept and don't know how i'm getting through 8 hours a day at work and then getting home and wanting to nest! baby's room is almost finished i will put some photos up once the carpet's fit this week! very exciting!

i had my midwife appointment on friday and i'm still measuring 3 cm/weeks behind but again she said we're not going to worry and she won't refer me for a growth scan so there's not a lot i can do! pretty annoying that they bother measuring you in such an unreliable way when they don't do anything about it when you're not measuring up! was a very quick appt and just checked pee sample and bp (all fine) and sent me off! gave me more talk on breastfeeding and a leaflet though!
not there again for another 3 weeks which seems ages away but am i right in thinking then it's every 2 weeks until birth??

hope everyone is ok! good luck getting the pram out ally.. i really need to find somewhere out the way for mine to go for now!

 

[Scally]

Time- how bizarre with the appointment, why measure if they arent going to do anything about it? Glad bp and pee ok! How exciting about the babys room almost finished! But oh no to the achiness and not sleeping!

Pops- know what u mean about the achey bits! Mine comes on at such random times of the day- i used to blame it on lots of walking or something but now i can get it as soon as i wake up.

Hey Lauryn!

I slept for a bit last night so i am over the moon! Funny what a few hours can do for you after so little all week!
It annoys the hell out of me when people say your body is getting ready for baby- well thanks for that i have another 7 weeks yet, and i am really hoping i get a bit more sleep with a newborn baby!

One more week of September left then we can say we are due next month!!!!!!
x

 

[ttc_lolly]

That is so scary, yet very exciting!

I don't get why they bother measuring the fundal heaight either. Mine has only been once this entire pregnancy (even though I had a low birth weight baby previously ) and even then she measured me using her fingers... just her fingers! No tape measure or anything!

I just got a letter through from Emma's Diary offering me 40% discount on tickets to the Baby Show @ Earls Court at the end of October. I really don't need anything else now, but I can't seem to resist a bargain!

 

[Sarahcake]

Hey ladies

Ally, glad you have finally gotten some sleep! Even a few hours can refresh you cant it.

Time, My midwife gives a leeway of 5cm's on measurements either way before she will refer you for a scan so maybe that is how it works with yours?

Lauryn, that is actually quite a nice chunk off the ticket price! May be nice to go and see what new gadgets are floating around these days, see if there's anything that you like and find it cheaper online when you want it lol

Im back from my midwife appointment, she measured my fundal height, looked concearned and asked me if she had definately had my pubic bone, then checked a further 3 times...and im measuring 39 weeks....

yes, 39 effing weeks.

She was going to send me to the hospital there and then but didn't as I already have consultants on the case regarding his size. I have another appointment with her on 15th Oct (my birthday of all days!) and if he hasn't slowed down a bit by then, she will be sending me up the hospital.

The pain ive been feeling, is him getting ready. He's still in the same position, but he's now 4/5ths engaged, which she seemed worried about at 31 weeks :S and ive had blood tests for obstetic cholestasis.

Its fair to say, that currently, I am shitting a brick.

 

[Scally]

My god Sarah!!!!!!!!!! 39 weeks!!!!!! When are you next seeing your consultant about his size? And wow about him being 4/5ths engaged! My god your head must be spinning! Good about the blood test for OC, did you share your worries about the itching with her? How is that going at the moment?

Lauryn- that is a good price, but all that way and at such a late stage in the pregnancy, i dont know whether i could be bothered!

x

 

[kellie_w]

Waaa, Im so shocked Sarah! I know I wrote on Facebook, but just wow! Looks like Logan will be a October baby then! I would be so frustrated if I was you, the not knowing and 3 weeks to see a consultant is a bit of a joke. I'm the kind of person who would need a answer! I guess this little boy just can't wait to meet his mummy and daddy.

Hi everyone else just a quick one from me as I have a snot monster to wake up! X

 

[Sarahcake]

Yeah 39 weeks, was not expecting that AT ALL! Really thought he would just be his usual 2 weeks ahead which im ok with but even the midwife seemed miffed. Measured a few times to be sure but yup, 39cm's every single time.

As for the engaged part, yeah...head is a bit of a mess right now, that has sent me into full panicky flap mode as we just arnt ready for an early appearance. We have the stuff (bar moses basket which a friend is couriering up to me) but none of it is set up, at all :S 4/5ths is like the beginning of engagement right? She didnt really explain, she just seemed shocked.

Told her all about the itching, that was what prompted the blood test so hopefully that will be ok, will find out wednesday if there's something up with the bloods. Itching is still there, but it has subsided a bit. It is worse at night now but Im not sure if thats a coincidence because its maybe a bit warmer? Our heating is on now so dont know if its prickly heat at night if that makes sense.

Next scan/ consultant appointment is 22nd october. So a little way away. Will be seeing the midwife before then though, so I suspect she will be marching me up the hospital should be be bigger still at that appointment.

Edit: Just seen your reply Kellie! Yeah I am massively frustrated, I want to know now exactly what is going to happen :S Annoyingly, I cant make that appointment come any faster as he only has clinics on certain days which are always all full. tis actually 5 weeks i have to wait to see him, midwife is in 3. Gahhh!

 

[Scally]

Has she wrote in your notes 4/5ths palable or engaged? I think if its palable she can feel 4/5ths of the head out of your pelvis.

I still think you should have had a growth scan, even though you under consultant care that scan is so far away and that is a big jump in measurements!

I am glad she did the blood test for your peace of mind, it could be the heating now its on at night.

x

 

[Sarahcake]

She's just wrote Ceph 4/5 which I think refers to cephalic meaning head down?

Yeah im beginning to think I should have pushed for a growth scan tbh, I was just in a bit of a flap and Neil wasn't there as he couldn't get out of work so I didnt push it as much as I should have.

If I dont end up needing to see her before, I will push for one I think at the next appointment 3 weeks away. It is such a massive jump in measurement isnt it, another week either way I can understand, but 8 weeks?!

Yeah im thinking its likely the heating but I am glad she took the bloods, least I know im being tested for it so I can (hopefully) wipe that thought out of my mind come wednesday.