July/August (Summer Sunbeams) 2012!

[Bug222]

happy double digits Torz!

 

[struth]

Hey ladies - just thought I'd pop in and say hi. I've been a bit absent lately as I've just been so exhausted. Work has been busy, we have been busy getting things ready at home and so I haven't had much time.

Is anyone else having patches on insomnia? I keep waking in the night and I am awake for about 2 hours each time. It is a killer....!

 

[TTCinBC]

I'm not too sure if mines insomnia so much as i'm just super uncomfortable. I'm carrying differently with this one then my DD, so it's making sleeping more of a challenge. I forget what the days of sleeping without a beach ball under my shirt feels like! lol

Can't say I've gotten too much done for getting ready for baby. He will be in our room until he's sleeping through the night as he will be sharing with my DD and I don't want him to wake her all the time. So Haven't done much yet. Probably won't until after he's born if I'm honest.

 

[puppycat]

Yeh sleeping is a nightmare as well as the constant loo trips! Lol

 

[TTCinBC]

lol I was actually wondering today what it's like to not have to pee once an hour. It will be nice once I can go a few hours without having to go to the washroom!

 

[struth]

Agreed - it is amazing how you can feel so in need of the loo and then when you get there hardly anything comes out! LOL!

 

[MamaBear518]

I too get the patches of insomnia. I can go to bed exhausted, sleep real good for all of 3 or 4 hours then wake up to go potty and then I lay awake thinking about anything and everything for hours ontop of peeing and being beaten up from the inside lol. Lilie has started to cool down during the day I think does her growing and sleeping when I'm awake, but as soon as I lay down to go to sleep she wakes up in full force and goes alllll night until I wake up to begin my day. Lately my hips have been KILLING me. Today for instance I can't put weight on my left leg without it kinda going numb from my hip down. I read up on baby sitting on my sciatic nerve and everything but I think its bc I can only sleep on my sides I miss being able to sleep on my belly or on my back Also makes me nervous about delievery when the time comes bc of my hips. Like, if they hurt this bad now I can't imagine how their gonna be when I have to hold them up to my neck to push this baby out lol

 

[bunda]

I've had insomnia since the middle of the second trimester. It's not bladder related (I can go all night without needing to pee) it's definitely proper insomnia.
I wake up at somewhere between 1.30am and 2am and I am as awake as though it were midday. Occasionally I can get back to sleep again within an hour, but often as not I'm fully wide awake until at least 5am and sometimes until getting up time.

I am wondering whether my brain is settling into a newborn's sleep pattern, in preparation. I can think of no reason to be so awake (no need to pee, no kicks keeping me awake) and it's not like the waking up to turn over that is such a nuisance. And it's so predictable in the time.

Mamabear: have you considered it might be pelvic girdle pain? It is often misdiagnosed as sciatica. I have been referred to a physio who has given me some exercises to do to help strengthen the muscles that hold the pelvis together:

On all fours, arch your back upwards (like a cat) and downwards (like you're up for doggy style do this ten times, twice a day. (OH can't watch this without getting a bit excited

Then, also on all fours, move the hips to the left and right (like a dog wagging its tail) slowly, again ten, twice daily.

on all fours still, walk your hands around to the left so your torso curves around, stretching the sides, then walk the hands around to the right, curving that way. Stop if it ever gets in any way painful.

And also, lots of kegels (ten slows ones, ten fast ones) at least 6x a day
when seated clench the buttocks (10 cleanches, 6x a day)
when seated, pull inwards with the abdominal muscles just below your bump. (ten pulls, 6x a day). I do these by setting a reminder at work. (I still forget a lot, though)

turning over in bed she told me to clench my buttocks and pelvic floor as I do the turn - that should stabilise the pelvis as I make the turn.

 

[kat82]

Thanks for this info Bunda I have just been diagnosed with SPD and I have been in agony, altho they have not referred me to physio :/ so I will give them exercises a go!! I get so worried about my pelvic floor muscle, with the strain of carrying a baby and giving birth I dnt want to damage it!! You hear all kinds of scary stories of women becoming incontinent after child birth!!!

 

[apple_20]

Hey everyone how are you all? I'm very excited as my 4d scan is tomorrow! I also have an irrational fear that they will tell me the nhs messed up and it's a girl (not a boy like 20 week scan said). Im Sure It won't happen but if it did all these boy things would be wasted. I'll post pics Sunday hopefully.

 

[TTCinBC]

Thought I would post my 27 week/3rd tri bump picture. Am officially feeling huge and like I'm bursting from my clothes! lol

 

[puppycat]

Happy 27 weeks chick - think I might join you

 

[TTCinBC]

Aww cute bump puppy!! Happy 27 weeks to you too!! only 13 more to go! lol

 

[MamaBear518]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY EVERYONE!!!! Hope everybody's day goes amazing and that we all get pampered properly before the big arrival day

 

[DHime]

You ladies look absolutely georgeous.
Both are smaller than me even now. I am so jello

 

[DHime]

Bunda - thanks for the excercise tips. gonna try it

 

[apple_20]

had my scan today, will upload pics shortly.
he IS a boy and growing fine, was stubbornly putting his hand over his face alot but got some cute pics and a dvd.
soooo glad i did it

 

[TTCinBC]

aww can't wait to see the pictures Apple!

 

[apple_20]

this was our favourite pic and the only one we got in colour.
dvd will soon be uploaded and ill post the link!

 

[TTCinBC]

Awww so sweet!! I'm still on the fence about if we should get one or not. But I better make up my mind soon since I've only got a few more weeks window! lol

So having something I haven't had in a while...cramps! They feel like stretchy cramps from the first tri, so I'm not worried. But they do suck!

Happy Mother's day to all the moms and moms to be!