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

[pops23]

Hi everyone!!
Had a dream that I met you all last night and you all had really small bumps, was so weird!

Sarah saw your fb, you poor things, so glad you're all ok ��

Kellie, sounds like your doing great lovely, from what I've heard milk rarely comes in till day 3, sure whatever you're doing is fine for gorgeous Oliver xxx

Went to look at a birthing centre this morning in a different hospital to the one were booked in at, it was gorgeous! 3 water birthing rooms with a birthing pool and couch, mood lighting, iPod dock and aromatherapy oils, was gorgeous! The hospital itself isn't as nice but if I go into labour naturally ill be heading there for a lovely water birth hopefully!

Today been busy fitting car seat base, working out how to collapse pram and fit carry cot and car seat to it, practised using Breast feeding sling, tried breast pump ( over a jumper, ha ha!) and sterilised it, feeling much more prepared now!

Ally only 2 more days for you, how exciting! Enjoy the garden centre tomorrow

Lauryn send me a cake please!! Xxx

 

[Inoue]

Well, managed to DTD last night and been having minor period pains but there pretty pathetic tbh . Nevermind hay! Marc has been snoring ALL night so probably had about an hour sleep. My eyes are stinging so bad .

Pops, glad you had a constructive day! The breast pump sounds hilarious ~ think id use mine over the jumper to test it first! Lol. X

Just jeed some help from FB people. I had a random guy mail me on my account being flirty, what do I need to do to so other people cant see my account or msg me?? .

 

[Sarahcake]

Random dream pops! Definately couldn't have been me there, I am seriously huuuuuuuge haha!

Thank you we're ok now, just was a bit shook up yesterday, closest either of us has ever been to a crash and it was nasty

That birthing center sounds amazing! Like a really nice and relaxed atmosphere to be in, just what you want during labour i imagine. Bet your glad you went and took a look eh!

Inoue, congrats on managing to DTD haha! Fingers crossed that the cramps come back and turn into something

As for Facebook, if you go to your account settings, you can change your privacy level from there. I would recommend just setting your account to private which means its totally locked down and only friends can see things. I have no idea weather that stops messages coming through though :S the privacy settings are pretty extensive so I'd imagine there's an option there somewhere. On my phone at the moment but ill have a proper look when I'm on my pc later on for you if you still need help

Besides getting up every hour to go pee...I actually slept some last night, hurrah! I'm actually gonna try and get back to sleep now lol

 

[Scally]

Good morning!

Sounds like you had a productive day Pops! Lol to you trying the breastpump over your jumper! That birthing centre sounds amazing!

Good morning Inoue! Congratulations on dtd! Lets hope it brings labour on, and the period pains become something! Grrrr to Marc snoring!

Good morning Sarah- what a massive scare yesterday, definitely have a calmer day today! Yay for getting some sleep last night!

So this is our final day of just the three of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! agggggghhhhhhhh! So we are planning on going to the rememberance parade, the garden centre and then McD's! lol

Whats everyone elses plan for today?

x

 

[pops23]

Have a wonderful day ally!

Sarah good news on more sleep, hope you managed to get back to sleep this morning!

Inoue, I'm very impressed, I've told hubs its happening but thinking about saving that excitement for next weekend ;-)

We're off on a date today! Popping in to see my mum and dad, hitting tk maxx to get lee some new jeans and then going to see skyfall in VIP seats and then cosmos for dinner. Cosmos is this incredible all you can eat restaurant but there are loads of different cuisines and everything is cooked fresh in front of you! Yummy xxx

 

[ttc_lolly]

That sounds amazing pops, enjoy your day!

Ally, ahhhh your final day before baby arrives I hope you 3 have a lovely day together, enjoy your McD's hehe!

Sarah great news on getting some sleep I did too, 3rd night in a row and am feeling great for it.

Inoue, sorry you didn't have such a great night whenever my OH snores I always wake him up, push him on to his side or just hold his nose

Nothing much planned for me today, OH isn't working so we are just going to have a nice relaxed day and then I'll cook a roast later, yum! I was having some irregular but strong tightenings last night and got excited. Got my contraction timer up on my phone and they suddenly stopped - typical! DTD again to see if it would jump start anything but it didn't, I got some good sleep though so all was not for a lost cause!

 

[Inoue]

Thanks Sarah, ive looked on FB settings and changed it to 'friends' but dont think thats stopped anything. Ill have to go on laptop later to fully sort it out and find the 'private' setting.

Pops, that all you can eat buffet sounds gorgeous!!! Jealous! Lol. Ive got spaghetti o's on toast for dinner .

Scally, oh my..... Your last day of just you 3 . Sounds like your going to enjoy it by getting out the house etc.

Lolly, seems like me and you have the same idea's! . Get some cramps, jump on your man . All my cramps have gone so its not worked again - booo!

Im also going out to a garden centre this afternoon as they have all there xmas stuff out now, they also have live reindeers and hot roasted chestnuts . Im like a kid again when I walk around there xx

 

[Scally]

Pops- enjoy your date! I like the sound of the all you can eat restaurant- will have a look online see if there is one round here.

Lauryn- glad to see you got some sleep too! Hope you manage to jump start your contractions again! And enjoy your roast!

Inoue- how was the garden centre? Sounds lovely!

We had a great day, now at home but can't sit still for long! lol, Dave is the same though keep jumping up to do things!

Went through my hospital bag and thought i could really do with getting some Arnica tablets (no chemist open today!) and some more pj/lounge bottoms, and a thin dressing gown! God knows why i have thought of it all night, on a Sunday, with no chance of getting it! lol. We'll have to make do!

x

 

[Sarahcake]

Sounds like you've all had a nice day I've just been chilling out at home, currently taking bets with Neil as to how big Logan will be at tomorrow's scan lol he was 6.5lbs at 35 weeks, I'm reckoning at least 7.5 lol

Ally, how typical that you realise these things now haha! Standard last minute packing right there so excited for you!!!

 

[Scally]

Oooooh what time is your scan Sarah? They really predicted him to be a giant baby and put you through all that worry, and now he's normal size!

I cant believe i think of all this now! lol, going to try and get someone to pick me up some arnica tablets tomorrow i think

x

 

[Sarahcake]

I know! Mad isn't it! They were like Oooh he's going to be a 10+ lb'er...doesn't look that way at all currently unless he's had a massive growth spurt in the last 3 weeks! Scan and appointment is half 8 in the morning, always the early appointments...fun times!

I've heard of arnica tablets but I can't remember what they are for - I wanna guess at reduces bleeding but I think I may be wrong lol! What time are you in the hospital in the morning?

 

[Inoue]

Ooooohh Scally, your getting all prepared now . Bit of a bugger a few things have been forgotten but im sure you can make do with what youve got (...well, your gonna have to ).

Walked around two garden centre's and had a nice time, was hoping to bring on my cramps again which it did, then they died down few hours later, bummer . Oh well!

You have another scan Sarah? Hope all goes ok and your right with the estimate of 7lbs, not 10lbs!

Still cant believe your having your baby tomorrow Scally..... God where has the time gone from when we were getting excited about our gender and 20w scans xx

 

[Sarahcake]

Keep up the walking! Its obviously doing something if your getting crampy afterwards

Yup my last growth scan and consultant review, going to be asking him to bring my induction forward to 39 weeks. Im back again for this appointment as he could see that I was in pain last time so he said he would bring me back and check on me, and if I want the date bringing forward then it should be doable by that point. Ive had enough now so fingers crossed he lets me have the induction earlier.

I know I look at the title of this thread everyday and see 'its June' and think oh my god, seriously how fast have the last 5 months gone?! Before we know it, another 5 months is going to have passed and we will be sat here talking about our not so new additions by that point!

 

[time]

I've not heard of Arnica tablets what are they for?

Cannot believe it's tomorrow ally unbelievable!! How are you feeling? I bet it's all so unreal! Hope you had a lovely day today together and get a good night's sleep tonight although I wouldn't blame you if your up all night haha!

I've spent all day cleaning today I just could not stop!! The whole house is now spotless and we got rid of so much stuff! I've also put a sheet on the moses basket so it's all ready for baby now!

I've still been having contractions along with period pains, still every 10 minutes and for about 2 hours and then they die off. I've tried dtd, squatting, hoovering, walking but nothing seems to get them closer together. I've just ordered another curry but I'm not holding up much hope as it has been 3 days of this now and nothing seems to be going anywhere! Not seeing the midwife til Friday since will just wait and see what's happening in guess!

 

[Inoue]

Hope you manage to wrangle an induction date before/on 39w Sarah, all you can do is explain to him how much the spd is hurting you and hope he's an understanding consultant

Time, its a pain in the ass isnt! Mine unfortunately arnt like contractions, its just constant dull period pain very down low but then it eases all together. I dont think anything can get these babies out! Lol x

 

[Scally]

Sarah- ooooh nice and early appointment, will keep checking for updates! I'll keep my fingers crossed that he will induce you at 39 weeks, thats not long away at all!

Inoue- woohoo to cramping, you need to do lots of walking! Glad you had a nice time at the garden centre!

Time- Arnica tablets are for bringing out bruising etc, there are mixed reviews online (mainly good) for helping with recovery from labour and c sections, thought its got to be worth a shot!
Sounds like u are totally nesting! I'll keep my fingers crossed its the start of something!

I am sooooo excited, but sooooo nervous! I wish i could picture the baby part of it, but at the moment all i can think about is the waiting and the c section bit! It just seems so surreal that we'll have our baby tomorrow!

x

 

[time]

Good luck tomorrow sarah! Hopefully they will bring your induction forward slightly!

 

[Sarahcake]

Thank you ladies I'm going in with an open mind this time. If he does say yes then fab, if not then I've gotta soldier on another week

Random bump thing going on at the moment though, earlier on I had a fair amount of movement and thought nothing of it. Now just had my hands resting on my bump and noticed the entire thing has gone squishy :S like just my normal tummy fat there. I don't seem to have as much butt cheek against my ribs and movements are all feeling stronger than they have in a while but more toward the middle of my bump rather than off to one side. The lower part of my tummy is just soft now :S googles saying that he has either a) turned back to back or b) fully engaged himself.

Any of you had anything similar?

 

[Inoue]

Funny how you say that Sarah. I was feeling my bump yesterday (night time) and was pushing quite firmly where its usually very hard and there wasnt much to any resistance ~ kind of felt like belly fat. I think she has dropped into position more as you can notice that my bump has dropped since last week or so. My bump had gone less squishy today and i can feel her little foot and botty quite easily but lower down (kicks are still pronounced to the side and get butt lifts but there not in my ribs anymore, more like it extrudes from the top of the 'bump' about 3 inches below bust). They say to tell if a baby has gone back to back, push gently where your belly button is, if its squishy and not firm then the babys spine is facing your spine xx

 

[ttc_lolly]

Eeek Ally I'm so excited for tomorrow for you send Dave out for the arnica tablets and pj bottoms tomorrow whilst you're recovering.

Time I hope you manage to get them to come on more regularly. Annoying isn't it, our bodies playing tricks on us I've felt odd today, a bit dizzy and lightheaded and have had a couple of "clear outs" it's all come to nothing though!