January SnowAngels 2012, 2nd and 3rd Tri

[truly_blessed]

I think we will all stay in this thread and rees will just rename it to third tri once we're all through the gate.

 

[mmcheek1]

yeah i feel like i have been following everybody's pregnancy, life, joys and issue don't want to start over after 6 months. i would miss everyone

 

[daisybby03]

I'm staying! I know for a fact I am not going to deliver in January either...but this is where I started and this is where I shall stay
I am excited to move over to 3rd tri forums though I feel like I fit there more than 2nd anyways. My one pregnancy book says 25 weeks is 3rd, but I have also heard 27 too...so I am so confused

 

[21p1eco]

i know how you feel daisy. i dont feel like i can relate to any of the 2nd tri anymore, i lurk in the 3rd from time to time but dont feel quite there either yet with going into labour. I heard 3rd was 26 weeks....

 

[mmcheek1]

i guess i don't see that much of a difference between the two. i am almost 24 weeks but i don't think that in my 4 prior pregnancies that other than the increasingly uncomfortableness that the issues are much of the same. did the baby move enough, how is my nutrient, does this mean something is wrong, i am tired, i feel good, i cant see my feet now stuff lol. to be completely honest i really don't get a whole lot bigger with my babies then i am now and he is a beast in there kicking it's kind of crazy how strong he actually is.

 

[daisybby03]

scheduled my glucose test for Tuesday...yuck! Doctor said it is a 2 hour test now. With DD is was a 1 hour test and if you failed it was 3 hours...so I am not looking forward to that. I will have to bring my ipad and plenty of things to do. Maybe it will be a good time to catch up on phone calls with the grandparents.
I think I may say I am in 3rd trimester come this weekend when I turn 26 weeks it will help this twin pregnancy seem closer to the end I don't think I am going to miss this pregnancy at all! I will be so happy to feel normal again! It would be nice to actually be able to play with your toddler and not waddle everywhere and make sounds like you are an 80 year old woman. LOL

 

[mmcheek1]

yeah i remember when i was carrying my daughter i was pregnant with twins until i lost hers in my 5th month and i was really not feeling very good often the twins can take so much out of your body

 

[kezz_howland]

Hi everyone. Sorry been MIA, computer charger stopped working and e ordered another off ebay while we still had power left, then had to wait several days for it to arrive! Work is killing me now... I'm having problems with my ribs, which apparently is to do with the pregnancy, something to do with muscles loosening and ribs moving. I'm pretty much in pain from when I wake up to when I go to sleep. Although I'd take this over the morning sickness any day! However, apart from taking some paracetamol now and again whch doesn't do much, there's nothing I can do. It's a bit of a nightmare, and i've been coming home and laying on the bed about 7.30pm and pretty much falling asleep from there. Bit boring really but so uncomfortable even to sit downstairs and watch tv.

Anyway, enough moaning!! I hope everyone's doing okay! We're doing good apart from the above. Little boy is kicking hard enough now to move my belly and me and OH can watch it, which is cool. He also moves sometimes so he's sticking out of one side, which is just bizarre. I love every minute of watching and feeling him. Makes it all worth while! I have a meeting at hospital at 28 weeks to discuss birth plan. I'm planning to stand my ground on the whole c-section thing and hopefully I'll be able to have one. Doctor frightened me to death in the last discussion saying if they have to induce me they won't be able to give me an epidural and it will have to be done and I will just have to let them do it. She kept saying 'will you be able to let us?' and I was like 'er no....!' she tried to piut us off c=section telling us all about the risks etc, but i don't think she was saying no, so we'll see how it goes.

Daisy - you're looking gorgeous in your pic

Here's a pic of my little one sticking out on my right side while i was laid in bed the other night.

https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c378/kezz_howland/308295_10150385185764343_609589342_9733310_1999484485_n.jpg

 

[TillyMoo]

Hey ladies!

I'm stickin here with you all as I've been reading/posting on this thread since I was 4 or 5 weeks pregnant!

Radience - hope you're doin ok hun xx

 

[daisybby03]

kezz- do they not think they epidural will help? Sorry if this has already been asked, or do you just want to avoid that all together just in case Cant blame you if so. Seems more and more people are offered the choice of a c-section now a days, cant see why they wont let you have one if you request it.

 

[daisybby03]

yeah i remember when i was carrying my daughter i was pregnant with twins until i lost hers in my 5th month and i was really not feeling very good often the twins can take so much out of your body

so sorry you lost a child. But you are so right, twins really do take a lot out of you. I am now at the point where my back is in constant pain. It hurts to walk, sit, stand...I find comfort when I am asleep. Even that's a chore. I sleep with pillows under me and around me to keep me at an exact arch to get the pinch out of my back. I am not doing to well on getting 4000 calories a day like the doctor wanted me to. It's so hard and I feel so bloated and full by 2500 Besides that, I am doing good. People tell me how good I look for twins, that I am glowing..I don't tell them it's all the oil in my skin from the pregnancy that gives me that beautiful shine

I can remember from pregnancy with DD how much it hurt when baby pushed or touched my cervix. Man oh Man, this little girl in there now is really rubbing on it. I think I told you all we could see her on ultrasound machine just pushing her head against it. That feels like there in a fork in there digging out!

Ah pregnancy, why did I remember it as something so beautiful

 

[kezz_howland]

Well they think epidural is fine but not if there's complications like needing inducing or if i'm in labour for too long etc. They're basically saying I need to have a backup plan cause if it doesn't all go well they'll have no choice but to examine me or whatever and they're saying an emergency c-section isn't the best option if it comes to that. I think an c-section is just easiest all round then i cut out all the worry, and all the worrying about baby's safety through the whole thing. I don't see that they can refuse really, cause if I say I really can't tolerate an internal exam, then what can they do? surely it's safest for baby to just get him out? I guess we'll see... but the doctor's aren't very understanding so far... they seem to think i'm exagerating the whole thing because they have no idea how painful it all is! I wish I was...! lol. I was on the phone to my mum crying saying 'don't they think that if I could physically tolerate sex with my own fiance I would?' but I know there are also psychological conditions that cause sex to be painful, and I think as none of the doctors actually understand what I have, they think it's all in my head. Wish there was a specialist somewhere round here like there seems to be in America who could tell them to give me a break!!

 

[daisybby03]

kezz- yeah,. I think they should just give you a c-section before you go into labor. I do know they like to check ur cervix in your last month, but I guess ur doctor wont do that if you request it. I hate you have to worry about this I also hate there is nobody there who can help you medically. I get so tired of doctors always think our problems are in our heads! We are not all a bunch of crazies! People told me doctors who think my heart problems would be anxiety and they would just give me meds...well, turns out I had SVT and needed heart surgery! NOT CRAZY!

 

[TillyMoo]

I'm with ya Kezz & Daisy!
Obviously medical professionals have to be clinical in their decisions - but only to a certain extent - good listening skills & a little compassion go a looonnng way!
xx

 

[LM2104]

Kezz, I really feel for you. I'm worried about the birth and I dont even have a condition like yours so I know the worry can take away some of the enjoyment from you. Its seem crazy ypu wouldnt be allowed a c-section when some people just decide they are too posh to push and get their own way especially if they have money to throw at the docs. I hope you get what is best for you and the baby!! Good to have you back!

Daisy Im sorry to hear the pregnancy is being so hard on you, just focus on those LOs and it will all be worth it. Sorry if its already been mentioned but do you have a planned c-section in place because of you heart condition?

I need some advice from REES, Annies nursery has an outbreak of Chicken Pox. I just wondered what the doc or MW said to you about it, I cant remember. Ive already the Chicken Pox but Annie and OH havent.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[5-a-side]

Hi all, hope your all doing well and managing to feel more "blooming"

 

[lintu]

I think I'm starting to get a little paranoid ladies first time mum and all that.

But I was in agony yesterday, just got worse as the day when on, by night time I was seriously considering going to a&e!! Went to bed thought I'd see how it went. Anyway lots better so far today, think my ibs was playing up, hard to tell the difference these days! But I'm concerned iv not had much movement over the past few days and what I have had hasn't been as strong

Could this be cos baby has moved? Or just having a quiet day? Still getting a HB and the odd boot but nothing like it's been! I'm gonna be grey with worry by the end of all this, 9 mths is soooo long

 

[mmcheek1]

LM- hey i know you said rees but my daughter got the chicken pox when i was pregnant with my 3rd son and the docors told me as long as i have had them already that i have an immunity and would be just fine

kez- i know your worried and this maybe easy for me to say but its a miracle of God you even got this far I read your journal just remember if he has taken you this far then he will be there for you all the way
5-a-side-why does your statis say worried is everything ok
lintu- agony cause you are concerned or agony cause your in pain. my little guy has less active days too and of course we r all so far into this now it freaks us out but remember that usually if there is a stress on the baby the HB usually reflects it by being either higher or lower. i say if the is causing you this much stress and your instinct is saying hey pay attention then go in

 

[daisybby03]

LM- nope, I'm gona go vaginal iif I can. I had an ablation to my heart in December and have been better ever since! So glad I did it before I got pregnant. I am nervous about birthing two babies though! One was easy...two scares me.
Baby girl has been a squirmy baby, but boy is quiet. He dies this a lot, scares me. He has placenta in front, so I guess that's why.

 

[LM2104]

Thanks MM (I didnt mean exclusively rees its just I remember her going through it not long ago! lol), only thing is ive had pox twice already, once as a baby and once at 16, so Im not sure theres anything stopping me getting them again. My dad has had them 4 times, everytime me or one of my sisters get them.

Me and Annie both have colds at the moment and Ive read that cold/flu symptoms are the beginning of chicken pox, Im really scared!!

Lintu I didt have much movement for two days in the week, but everything was fine and baby is being a jumping bean now. If you are worried though call your MW nothing wrong with being a little over cautious!

Daisy my friend gave birth to her twins naturally at 38 weeks, I thought she was mad, but she did it with just gas and air!! I hope it works out and you get the birth you want.