***January Jellybeans***~ 35 BABY GIRLS & 23 BABY BOYS BORN ~***

[LittleMrs]

Mom 2B - just had a thought - the wayto tell if the baby's growth is on track is to measure your bump from the top of your uterus to your pubic bone. It should measure ROUGHLY the same number of centimetres as you are weeks pregnant. It's not an exact science but is closer in accuracy than weight (after all, a lot of my extra weight seems to be ass and therefore wouldn't give any indication about the size of the baby). ope that helps.

 

[millward329]

Yay new jellybean mummies good to see you all come over

I was supposed to be getting the carpet down in the nursery today but the shop wouldn't give it to my fitter so it has been postponed till Monday Disappointed now but hey ho at least I can get the window frame and door painted without fear of spillage. Getting car back from mechanics today as well so hopefully not too costly. Just battery issues I think and it has to get me and bump home for Xmas - not looking forward to the 3 and a half hour boat ride at 36 weeks pg but all in a good cause. Got a cabin booked

Hope you guys slept well, I didn't do so bad apart from bean's usual bladder dancing antics Awake from 4 though so may get some kip this afternoon and wake up for XFactor (is that a bit sad?)

 

[Disneydancr]

Right, I am trying the multi quoting but I don't think it's worked coz nothing has come up. Mrs Parks, 23rd Jan will be my 30th birthday - good due date!

Laura, I've gained an absolute *&^% load of weight - the dr thinks it's a stone (er...16lb?) because when they weighed me at 8 wks I'd already put on 16lb from quitting my diet when I found out I was pregnant. Beig overweight to begin with, I shouldn't really have put on any. Oops. Midwife seems happy enough. Also, my stepsister-in-law is pregnant and her baby hasn't grown since about 29 wks and she's 35 now. They're scanning twice a week but leaving him as long as poss for his lungs to develop because his heartbeat and other signs are all perfectly fine. To be honest I was quite worried abut his lack of growth but the professionals seem to think that as long as it isn't affecting development in other areas then he's still better off in utero and I guess they'd know. Don't worry, either way- stress releases a hormone which CAN prevent growth so (in a bizarre catch 22) it's better not to worry about it. If your daughter was fine then (fingers crossed) the chances are your son will be too (although there are probably lots of cases which don't prove this, I'm fairly sure, statistically speaking that it's pretty much spot on - if in doubt, statistics always help me through).

ok so seems like I can't do the multiquote thing either! Now to see if I remember....

Firstly welcome to the new ladies Have you just moved over from 2nd tri? Hope your all having great pregnancies! I have a 4 year old son already and now having a girl this time and my name is Jo!

I've put a stone and half on up to now, thats 21lb for you that count in pounds, think I'm heavier than last pg but I've had shocking sickness this time round, if I don't eat I get sick so quick that even the vomiting didn't make me lose weight

completely forgot anything else I wanted to say so bye and hope everyone got a nice weekend planned! x

after hitting all the quotes you ladies want to, are you sure you're hitting the PURPLE reply button on the left-hand side, right under the last post, under the blue box where it has the poster's name, avatar, status, and the report post link? Methinks you might be going too far down and submitting a quick reply instead of doing that... which is why they're not coming up. when you push the purple reply button, it should take you to a whole new page where it has a purple heading: reply to thread with a text box and a bunch of smilies to choose from next to that text box. Underneath there should be another heading reading: additional options and still further down another purple heading reading topic review.

 

[LittleMrs]

wt.....? Disney - I believe you may be a genius. I most certainly was not managing at least half the things you were saying but I will try again later. It's seems very complicated. I think I may be technologically challenged.

 

[Disneydancr]

With my first I was 129 to start and gained 27lbs total. This one i was 155 to start. I go see Dr on monday so will know more then. According to my pictures I have gained quite a bit since 25 weeks so we will see. Im just horribly worried ill have another teeny tiny baby and maybe wont be so lucky that he will be healthy like my daughter was.
Ive mentioned to dr a few times but just kinda brushes it off saying that I am gaining some weight. Im just not so sure its enough.
my daughter stopped growing around 30-32 weeks. And im 29 weeks almost. Dr did say that there is no way to prevent iugr ahead of time other than quitting smoking (please dont yell at me...i get enough of it around here. But I have not quit) Dr just basically said we will deal with it if it happens. I just dont know...if im not gaining weight how can i be sure my baby is gaining? Also with my daughter I kept gaining and growing but she did not. its very frustrating

And as for the quitting. OH said he would quit with me so it would be easier. I know its not a very good excuse but he didnt even try. Just told me everyone he knows smokes and had nice size babies. His mom smoked 2 pks a day with him, his sister and his two brothers and they all came out fine. he thinks it was just bad luck that our little girl was soo small and he keeps reminding me that she was healthy and our boy will be too even if he is small. I think we were lucky that she was so healthy and thats what the dr and mw told me at the time.

Ok Ok im just rambling on and on now. Sorry ladies

I don't think you should worry too much about the size of your baby. If the doctor's not bothered, you don't need to be. I do know smoking can lead to low birth-weight and your LO coming early.

Believe me, I can totally sympathize about trying to quit smoking, especially if OH is still. To tell the truth, I didn't quit smoking until I was 19 weeks! Everyone told me that the instant they found out they were pregnant, it was a no-brainer, and they didn't even WANT to smoke anymore. it was TOTALLY NOT the same thing with me.

I'm not going to try to pressure you to quit, but if you want to, here's a few things that helped me FINALLY kick the habit. The thing that helped me the most was telling people around me that I was quitting smoking. In doing that, I felt like I was making a promise that extended past myself and my LO; now I've told other people, they're expecting me to quit, which helped motivate me (I can't stand letting people down... so the more ppl I'd let down, the more I avoided the ciggie!)
Secondly, get OH to only smoke outside. I don't know if you smoke inside your residence or not, but my OH and I did. After a week or so of not smoking inside, the apt. felt fresher, cleaner, and didn't smell constantly of tobacco and ciggie butts (which induced cravings for me). The less you smell it, the less you'll crave it.
Also, Smoking was more of a habit than an addiction for me (I would smoke roughly 12-17 cigarettes per day) so I had to find something to replace the habit with. There were certain triggers that made me want to light up: waiting at the bus stop, after meals, during meals and breaks at work, sitting outside reading. I bought a puzzle book (sudoku is my favorite!) and constantly had it out wherever I went- that way I had the book in one hand and a pen in the other so both my hands were occupied, and I sometimes even caught myself chewing or sucking on the back of the pen to satisfy the hand-to-mouth fixation. When I sat outside and read, I would either bring one of OH's cigs with me and not light it- just hold it- and pantomime the whole thing while I read for a few minutes until my habit was satisfied. Other times, I would bring my lighter out with me and just play with it in one of my hands until I felt ready to go inside again.
Finally you just have to do it and want to do it. I started out with the patch, but after a few days, it made me sick, so I went off of it. I just told myself I would pretend like I was still wearing it and that I would get sick again if I started to smoke. Granted, I did slip up a couple times that first week, but by the time that I finally told my co-workers I was quitting (and the reason why, since nobody knew I was pregnant up until then as I was too ashamed to tell them while I was still smoking) I had pretty well kicked the cigs.

It's gotten a LOT better, believe it or not. The first 3 weeks was BRUTAL! (not to scare you or anything). But since then, my cravings are weaker, less frequent and don't last as long. This is NOT to say that I don't get cravings
to smoke, especially when I'm stressed or OH and I are fighting, or right now when I've been awake since 3 am and it's almost 4 and I don't know if I'll be able to get back to sleep. I just have to tell myself that I'm denying myself for a good reason and that even if it might not hurt my little Madison if I have one once in a while, should I really take the chance? Especially now that I know she's been practicing breathing (at least that's why they tell me she has hiccups constantly!- Go to sleep little girl!)

Anyways, like I said, I'm not going to pressure you to quit, as it is your own decision, and you know your body and your LO better than anyone. If you do decide to quit, though, I hope these shared experiences might help you. Good luck and welcome again to the thread!

 

[Disneydancr]

wt.....? Disney - I believe you may be a genius. I most certainly was not managing at least half the things you were saying but I will try again later. It's seems very complicated. I think I may be technologically challenged.

aw, littleMrs. I'm sorry... maybe I explain things too confusingly. I wish I could walk you through it. I'm going to try to figure out a way..

 

[Char.due.jan]

Thanks for the welcome everyone


Yay I'm 29 weeks today!

 

[smiffy85]

Hello gorgeous mummys! I thought I would try to do the multi quote thing cos I've been wondering about it too lol! And I think its worked so here goes with my message!!

Ooh forgot to say, 34 weeks today! Woo! Although I know most of you are sleeping now

Woooop! Hope your starting to feel better now and not so down hun!

Hi everyone,

My name is Laura and Im due on January 30th. I have a 2 yr old little girl named Tessa and this baby is a boy.
I will be having a planned c-section on the 18th or 25th of January if I make it that long and my growth scan at 32-34 weeks is showing no problems.

I'm not sure what else to say here but read a post suggesting I make a post in my due date month so here I am!!!! LOL

Hope everyones pregnancies are going well.

Hi Can I join?? EDD is Jan 31!

Hi ladies can I join you?

I'm from Sydney Australia and I'm due 23rd January with my first baby, a little boy!!

How are you all doing?

Hello new jellybean mummys!

I love the text buddy idea! Not sure if I will need someone to post for me as I have an iphone and can pretty much go anywhere with it...although I have not checked if I can post on here from it. I should check that out.!

I do have some questions thou...seeming as this pg is sooo different from my last.

How much weight (if you dont mind sharing) have some of you gained by 29 weeks? Ive been really concerned about my weight. At my lasat appt (22wks) I had only gained a total of like 6 lbs. With my daughter I had gained 17lbs by 20wks. Now i was about 15-20lbs heavier starting this pregnancy but with my past history of IUGR I am worried.

Anyone wanna share their weight gain with me pls???

I don't mind sharing. At my 28 wk appt I asked to be weighed and I had only put on 13lbs so just under a stone! I did have morning sickness tho till 15 weeks and lost about a stone then so I have just been putting it back on lol!

ok so seems like I can't do the multiquote thing either! Now to see if I remember....

Firstly welcome to the new ladies Have you just moved over from 2nd tri? Hope your all having great pregnancies! I have a 4 year old son already and now having a girl this time and my name is Jo!

I've put a stone and half on up to now, thats 21lb for you that count in pounds, think I'm heavier than last pg but I've had shocking sickness this time round, if I don't eat I get sick so quick that even the vomiting didn't make me lose weight

completely forgot anything else I wanted to say so bye and hope everyone got a nice weekend planned! x

Jojo - I forget that your still suffering with sickness so wanted to send you mega hugs You never really mention or moan about it hun! Well done for being so strong about it!!

Hope everyone is ok!!! I'm gonna do a separate update on my in another post lol! xx

 

[smiffy85]

Ello! Me again lol!

I haven't done a big update lately cos I've been feeling so tired this week as soon as I've caught up with your messages I can't summon the energy to reply to them all!! Lol! Lazy me!

Bean is as active as ever. He seems to enjoy stretching himself out now so I get a bit of sharp pain in my bladder/cervix/foof area aswell as feet in ribs at the same time lol! Little rascal can't stay still. But I love feeling him move around.

I've been a really lucky girly and had a second baby shower thrown for people who wokr with my mum and have known me since I was a baby myself. My friend who couldn't make it to the other one came up too for the night so we had a mega girly chat which was lovely. There was also another lady who is due on 5th jan at my shower so we had a big comparing of notes (and bumps lol)! Took some more photos so will probably post later on facebook when i can be bothered to load em on lol!

Me and OH have been a bit up and down lately. Think he's really bored with our stay at hoem lifestyle lol as he can be a bit ADD sometimes and isn't a fan of loafing aorund at wknds and sitting on his arse for hours like I am. I liked that before I was preg and now I'm knackered from work, all I want to do at the wknd is sit. Basically it ended up coming to a head on thurs night when he just went all funny and quiet on me all of a sudden. Me being me I thought I had done something wrong which in a roundabout way I had. He had been messing around throwing his socks at me (that he had had on all day! MING!!!) whilst I was washing up. So I casually joked and said 'you do realise we're having a baby in like a month and a half and you might have to grown up a little bit' and then laughed COS IT WAS A JOKE! He stopped then and when I went back in the room he refused to speak to me! And I didn't know why and he wouldn't tell me! And kept this up for the rest of the evening till I finally got it out of him when we were in bed and I couldn't sleep for worrying about what I had done wrong - after I cried a lot many many times. He told me my little jokey comment had really hit the nail on the head with how he had been feeling lately and I was being very oblivious to the fact that he was feeling quite overwhelmed with everything. No one thing was worrying him like the labour or having the baby in our life or even the stress of work, it was just everything getting on top of him. So the grand total of all that was that he was feeling pretty stressy and no-one ever asks how he's doing. And I have to admit he's right cos they always ask about me and the baby. Even his mum and gran. I felt really bad cos he was obviously down about it all and I am one of the guilty ones. But I told him off for not telling me how he was feeling and that we needed to communicate more. He did say sorry for upsetting me and that he wasn't punishing me but just felt like our lives were never gonna be the same again and don't I ever think of that?!? I said yes but I think I'm more of a live in the moment person really and it only takes bean to kick me to make me remember how wonderful this all is and he doesn't have that. He agreed that's true and we just both cuddled and said we needed to think of each other more.

Wow I wasn't gonna offload all that on you guys but it just flowed out lol. I feel much better now than yesterday and he has been texting me cos I'm at my mums this wknd without him. Spoke to him on the phone too and we are doing ok. Think now it's getting closer its all getting very real for him and hes feeling the weight of the responsibility falling to him about taking care of me and the baby whilst maintaining the success of his job.

Anyway I am having a lovely relaxing day with my mummy and we are going to go shopping although god knows what I need lol as the baby has been spoilt yet again!!

Hugs xxxxxx

 

[Disneydancr]

Right, I am trying the multi quoting but I don't think it's worked coz nothing has come up. Mrs Parks, 23rd Jan will be my 30th birthday - good due date!

Laura, I've gained an absolute *&^% load of weight - the dr thinks it's a stone (er...16lb?) because when they weighed me at 8 wks I'd already put on 16lb from quitting my diet when I found out I was pregnant. Beig overweight to begin with, I shouldn't really have put on any. Oops. Midwife seems happy enough. Also, my stepsister-in-law is pregnant and her baby hasn't grown since about 29 wks and she's 35 now. They're scanning twice a week but leaving him as long as poss for his lungs to develop because his heartbeat and other signs are all perfectly fine. To be honest I was quite worried abut his lack of growth but the professionals seem to think that as long as it isn't affecting development in other areas then he's still better off in utero and I guess they'd know. Don't worry, either way- stress releases a hormone which CAN prevent growth so (in a bizarre catch 22) it's better not to worry about it. If your daughter was fine then (fingers crossed) the chances are your son will be too (although there are probably lots of cases which don't prove this, I'm fairly sure, statistically speaking that it's pretty much spot on - if in doubt, statistics always help me through).

See - totally buggered the whole multi-quote thing. I suck.

Also, I had awful dreams last night. BOOOOOO

ok so seems like I can't do the multiquote thing either! Now to see if I remember....

Firstly welcome to the new ladies Have you just moved over from 2nd tri? Hope your all having great pregnancies! I have a 4 year old son already and now having a girl this time and my name is Jo!

I've put a stone and half on up to now, thats 21lb for you that count in pounds, think I'm heavier than last pg but I've had shocking sickness this time round, if I don't eat I get sick so quick that even the vomiting didn't make me lose weight

completely forgot anything else I wanted to say so bye and hope everyone got a nice weekend planned! x

wt.....? Disney - I believe you may be a genius. I most certainly was not managing at least half the things you were saying but I will try again later. It's seems very complicated. I think I may be technologically challenged.

Ok, ladies.... here's my last ditch effort to explain with pictures... hope it helps.

 

[Disneydancr]

Smiffy! so glad to see you back and posting! Sorry to hear about you and OH having a little trouble. Trust me, you're not the only one. Both OH and I are super stressed out about the whole thing and especially with me being so hormonal, I often off-load on him which isn't very fair, and he's trying to handle the stress, but he can't help getting overwhelmed with everything. It also doesn't help that I've not been able to go into work much lately, so he feels even more stress to be the provider and try to make sure that we have everything ready for when Madison gets here.

In the end, I'm confident love will prevail for all of us and conquer our fears- and hormones!

Have fun shopping!

 

[sar35]

aww thanks for the help with multi quotes, seems like hard work though lol, ill give it a go when i got more time.
Smiffy we forgot dont we how it affects OH's! mine was on PS3 yesterday and moaning saying he'd been at work since 5am and this was his time! I said you are gonna be a dad in a few weeks and you need to grow up, but I do appreciate he needs 'his' time as he wont be getting much of it when baby is here! he is fishing tonight, makes me so annoyed when he plays computer games like a teenager.

 

[bekki_d18]

Hi all

I have just found this thread. So here is my introduction, I am 22 and due to have a lil boy on 26 January fingers crossed he arrives on time. Had quite a good pregnancy up until the last couple of weeks, when I have started with SPD and had one labour scare already. How are all you ladies doing? I am sure some of you will recognise me as post quite a bit in third and second tri still!!! xxx

 

[Disneydancr]

welcome bekki!

 

[sar35]

hi bekki and other new jellybeans

 

[Mom 2B]

See - totally buggered the whole multi-quote thing. I suck.

Also, I had awful dreams last night. BOOOOOO

ok so seems like I can't do the multiquote thing either! Now to see if I remember....

Firstly welcome to the new ladies Have you just moved over from 2nd tri? Hope your all having great pregnancies! I have a 4 year old son already and now having a girl this time and my name is Jo!

I've put a stone and half on up to now, thats 21lb for you that count in pounds, think I'm heavier than last pg but I've had shocking sickness this time round, if I don't eat I get sick so quick that even the vomiting didn't make me lose weight

completely forgot anything else I wanted to say so bye and hope everyone got a nice weekend planned! x

Thought I would try the multi quote thing and see if it works for me!
Thank you ladies for telling me about your weight gain I really appreciate it. My OH made me look through pictures from my daughters pregnancy and compare them. I think after looking at the pictures im bigger now than i was 4 days before having my daughter, or atleast the same size.

Just realized it didn't quote the right messege for the first one.....the lady who talked about her sister and them keeping baby in utero.....They did the same thing for me. It was discovered at 32 weeks that she was small. they did another u/s at 34 weeks adn she still had not grown so they had me going for non-stress tests every week adn u/s every 2 weeks until I had her. I was suppose to see the high risk specialist again the day after I had her and talk about being induced but i went into labour on my own. i didnt even get sent to the town that had my high risk dr (its an hour away) they just let me deliver here.

And as for the stress. I was worried about that as i had some very serious stress related to my mothers health about 3 weeks ago and i was cramping lots because of it. Im now off work on sick leave until the baby is here.

I'm not ssure about the other new ladies but i did not move over from the second tri forum. Im totally new to this forum. I was on a different forrum but its not very active anymore so i thought i would look for a new one and came across b&b. Im very happy to see that this forum is active adn their seem to be lots of ladies on here.
Glad to join you all

 

[Mom 2B]

I just noticed I skipped a whole page of new comments. LOL

Mom 2B - just had a thought - the wayto tell if the baby's growth is on track is to measure your bump from the top of your uterus to your pubic bone. It should measure ROUGHLY the same number of centimetres as you are weeks pregnant. It's not an exact science but is closer in accuracy than weight (after all, a lot of my extra weight seems to be ass and therefore wouldn't give any indication about the size of the baby). ope that helps.

I can honestly tell you that measuring my bump is not an accurate way to tell if baby is growing. With my daughter My dr always measured my bump (starting at 20 weeks) And even though she stopped growing my bump did not. My bump always measured the right amouint of cm for how many weeks I was. I dont know if this is common for other women with growth problems but for me the midwife was amazed that my bump was still growing when u/s showed no change. And I know u/s can be off on weight measurments too but for me it was bang on. At 32 week u/s she was estimated weighing 4lbs adn when she was born she was 4lbs 13oz. I was on bedrest from 32 weeks and delivered at almost 39 weeks. So 7 weeks of bedrest and she only gained 13oz.

Im not going to worry as much now about babys weight.since looking at pictures of me pregnant with my daughter i feel better knowing im the same size now or even bigger than when she was born. If the 32-34 week u/s shows problems i will deal with it then.

Thanks so much ladies

 

[ttcgeordie]

iam on there already but i know i am having a boy now X

 

[beccybobeccy]

Hi to all the new Jellybean mummies! I started multi-quoting but then there were quite a few! lol!!

No time to really update today as am still working on the nursery but hope everyone is having a fab weekend!!

For those of you not on FB - we had a nightmare with the Cot yesterday. Lovely M&P cot with 2 lovely nails sticking out the top.... perfect for a baby!! Needless to say it WILL be sorted one way or another but I'm still in a bit of shock about it all!!

 

[lovealittle1]

Hi JJ's

Welcome to the newbies so great to see so many new gals on here. For those that were asking I am a fellow Canadian. I do not have a text buddy yet if anyone is interested.

When should I pack my hospital bag?