June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[vaniilla]

Pixie - I'm an 18 too and are pretty much in the same position re not gaining weight. I have a healthcare worker visit every 6 weeks to weigh me as my bmi is just over 35, so depressing.

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Really that's mental! My bmi is 39 (gulp!) And I don't have to do anything like that. I do have to take asprin though (partly bmi and partly pre eclampsia when I had Xander

 

[vaniilla]

The midwife referred me to them - to be honest I wasn't sure what I was saying yes to - she said they would like to put me in touch with the healthy eating team to get some advice, I didn't expect a woman with scales knocking on my door

It would be mostly for the pre-eclampisa as you have to tick a few things to get the aspirin, weight alone isn't considered a risk. I am dreading the GD test at 26 weeks though, it sounds horrible.

 

[Boo44]

Pixie and vanilla it sounds really tough not gainin any weight I salute you!

I'm on aspirin too as I had pre eclampsia first time around

 

[Lil_Pixie]

I had it last time and it was fine. Just a blood test, some super cold cold lucozade and a 2hr wait. Hardest part was gulping down that much lucozade in 15 mins it's mostly just boring. So glad I had it though since Xander was so big there would have been questions raised, but I know for certain I didn't have gd and he was a very healthy baby. He had to have so many heel pricks done though to check his own blood sugars even though mine were perfect.

Worst part for me this time is I've put on 42 lbs in the last 12-18months, especially after the last mc. I could be so comfortable right now if I'd stuck at that stupid weight

 

[vaniilla]

Boo - I haven't actually done anything to not gain weight, lack of appetite has helped, I still can't eat a lot of things -I'm practically vegetarian now.

But it involves a blood test before and after which for me means going to the hospital and hoping the nurses are any good on the day - phobia of needles and being hard to bleed don't go well together, that and the taste of lucozade makes me wan to vomit it also means DH has to take time off work as you're not allowed to do it alone at the hospital?!

Pixie hopefully they won't wont put this lo through lots of heel prick tests, I'm sure everything will be okay again. Don't feel bad about the weight gain, it is what it is, focus on it after lo is here and you've had time to recover.

 

[AngelofTroy]

I haven't weighed myself in a couple of weeks but I reckon I'm at least 10lb up from pre pregnancy.. But considering I lost 5lb in first tri that's really over a stone!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Yikes the GD test doesn't sound like very much fun. Lucozade Is gross

 

[mommyxofxone]

i am nervous about the gtt test as well, but that's because my first mw with dd told me i didn't have to fast- and when i took the test i failed. it was the hour one. well they told me there i shouldn't have had the oj and should have fasted. i was very upset!!! i had to take the three hour! ugh! that was so boring but easy to do. just annoying.

i'm going to ask if it's really necessary this time, cause i really don't want to do it again.

 

[Teeny Weeny]

I have put on so much weight.
I was a size 10 before and now I'm very much bigger all over. I try not to worry too much as I know i will lose it after baby is here. I have put on well over a stone.

Feeling pretty crap today. I don't feel well to start, but the fact I can't feel baby move is really getting me down. Even a few little pokes here and there would help put my mind at ease that she is okay. Pregnancy is such a worry. xx

 

[Squig34]

I've put on about 3 or 4 lbs, but I think it definitely looks like more. However, given the sweet tooth I seem to have developed in the last few weeks, I'll have to be careful not to pile it on - I started overweight too!

Boo I feel like my pregnancy has really slowed down these past two weeks too! & I'm not 18 weeks until tomorrow!

Ehj, your bump looks about the same size to me but a little higher or something this time? Looking great anyway!

 

[Lil_Pixie]

Vanilla aren't they always at the hospital? It is here, and the waiting room is tiny so you're not allowed to bring anyone along sorry about the needle thing, thankfully it doesn't bother me and lucozade isn't my favourite but I can drink it if it's really cold.

That was just because of his size, I think it might be over 9lb 10 or something is considered over sized and they have to make sure baby is healthy. I can't imagine this baby will be any smaller than my last one but I feel confident I'm not doing anything to make the baby be bug. With Xander I gained 31lbs, and lost 31lbs within 2 weeks of the birth so I didn't gain anything other than pregnancy weight. Hopefully I can do that again.

Teeny I'm sorry you're worrying have you not felt any movement at all up to this point or has it disappeared? Either way it's normal as I know you know, it's just a scary scary time

I think I might have felt the first movements last night. First I felt a poke, and then it felt like there was a washing machine in there like squidge was doing flips in there. I hope it was - the 2 months between 12 and 20 week scans is just as scary as the wait for 12 weeks!

 

[vaniilla]

My midwife said they tend to do the gd test at the gp surgery, I still don't understand why DH has to come - apparently walking to the blood room on an empty stomach and back to the chair makes you unstable and likely to fall?!?!

It's been going slow here for ages, I feel like I should be close to third tri now!


They kept thinking DS was huge because my stomach was measuring huge -the week he was born they were going to scan for possible inducement but he was a diddly 6lb. I'm terrified of weight gain - I was size 8/10 when I fell pregnant with DS and went up to a 16 in pregnancy, it just never shifted and I gained more after he was born.

 

[Teeny Weeny]

Pixie, it's just that I haven't really felt her at all. I know why. The scan last week showed her real low down with her back to my front. The tech said that's why I'm not feeling her.
Roll on February, where they will check she is all okay and I can stop worrying so much. I just hope and pray that she is okay. Xx

 

[boosted88253]

So did the boy tally in this group rise to 2?!?!

I had my anatomy scan yesterday, baby is growing fine. It would not show it's face however so I get another ultrasound next month to get all the missing facial detail. It did cooperate and reveal it's gender though.....

Gender is in a sealed envelope with my friend! She's putting a party on Sunday for us so we have to wait till then! Gonna go crazy till then! Ultrasound tech was really good and found looked for it without us even realizing. I have no clue what I'm looking at during these ultrasounds unless she pointed it out to us. DH is saying girl because he never saw anything that looked like boy parts but I'm not putting my bets on that!

 

[Boo44]

Big hugs Teeny, I find pregnancy incredibly worrying too. I sometimes wonder if my anxiety is a bit too high really. I seem to find something new every week like today I'm worried that I feel a bit 'damp' down below. It's just discharge and I keep telling myself it is too early at 18 weeks to start worrying about waters and stuff like that. I will drive myself crazy the pregnancy will feel so long. I worried about all the same stuff in my other pregnancies too. It just feels like such a precious responsibility...

 

[mommyxofxone]

Boosted woooo! Can't wait to hear! And yes right now we have two boys!

Teeny- it really is worrying. I've been feeling baby for a while now but its not constant yet so I'm always worried when I feel nothing. You just can't help it! I totally understand!

I went out and bought some boy bits today and I feel so much better. I was really getting depressed and didn't know why. It's cause I didn't have any time to shop! I hate feeling like I have nothing. So dd and I got some onesies and gowns, mittens socks feetie jammies etc. Not a ton but a few bits. Wow I feel so muh better.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Oo mommy, post a picture of what you bought? I love ogling baby clothes!!

 

[mommyxofxone]

Definitely! Just can't from phone but will on computer tomorrow! Keeps saying files are too large arrrrrgh

 

[AngelofTroy]

Aww I'll look forward to it. I. Glad shopping helped you feel better. I had an anticlimax feeling after finding out the gender but shopping helped me too.. Now I've got to stop shopping...