Knocked Up Naughties

[Blondie]

My movements are certainly less nowadays though I do get a lot more of it shoving its elbows and knees out which is so painful and really freaky - my baby is a bony one I tell you

I like it when it gets hiccups and I just feel really small rythmic jumps going on lower down The bigger movements are just too sore nowadays though looking at me I'm not surprised it's trying to make a bit more space for itself

just sat here and drank a pint of cordial as just realised I have midwife appointment in an hour and I haven't done a urine sample yet so hoping that will be able to get one before I have to go up to see midwife

 

[tori_cottier]

Yep me too George is strugling for room now and it shows, be likes his legs in my ribs now lol

don't panic Caitlenc hun.

blondie Fab room/clothing etc finger xd for your midwife appointment!

Yay Mum2be! does this mean we get to whooo over the scan pics? i miss the scans i haven't anymore now (stupid sheffield rules).

 

[Mum2bewaiting]

Yup, although Pip should be just before me...
I just hope that I don't end up with my anomaly scan at 19 weeks, if anything I would prefer this one earlier and the next one later...

 

[caitlenc]

Thanks, girls, I've had some good movement this morning, just being a paranoid mama, I guess.

 

[Blondie]

Well midwife went ok-ish - fundal height is now 31cm so it has increased 2cm in the last 2 weeks which is a good sign, heart rate nice and steady at 120bpm (though I always worry this seems low but midwife didn't seem concerned). Also baby is now straight up and down so is moving into position Hopefully it won't do any somersaults in the next few weeks and it will stay head down

Hmm trouble is although baby appears to be growing ok - my weight is still the same - it just won't go up so if baby is growing it means I'm still shrinking

 

[Mum2bewaiting]

blondie, did the mw seem worried?

 

[topazicatzbet]

i ve just got back from my midwife as well.
callum i doing better than mummy at the mo, cos i feel like ****. the midwife even said i looked rubbish, bloody cold.

been and bought some honey and lemon to make myself a hot drink in the hope it will perk me up.

anyway, FH 27 cm, hb 130-140. and he is lying transvers. was supposed to have my bloods taken again today but the midwife looked at my viens and wasnt even going to attemp to get any so i will get someone at work at the weekend to do them for me to save me having to go to the phlebotomist.

 

[caitlenc]

Glad babies are doing okay, girls. Beth, I hope you feel better soon, sweetie Blondie, what does the doctor think of your weight? Any way to drink protein shakes or something in an attempt to fatten you up a bit? I so wish I could give you some of the extra weight I'm carrying around, sweetie. Get some rest, and eat, eat, eat!!!

 

[topazicatzbet]

I like it when it gets hiccups and I just feel really small rythmic jumps going on lower down

think i may have just experienced this for the first time. felt just how you described it.

 

[samzi]

well after complaining that i hadnt felt isa all day, i finally felt her while i was in a meeting

 

[flowertot]

can't wait to see your scan pics mum2be.

get pigging out blondie! now that you're on mat leave if you can't manage 3 big meals a day try 4/6 small ones. thats how i stopped myself losing loads of weight in the first tri. i just ate small amounts all though the day but of course you need high calorie food. i hope you manage to put some weight on soon.

beth glad midwife appt went well. isn't it weird that it seems to be true regarding fetal heart rate and gender. (boys beings slower etc).

maybe you're having a boy blondie???? its not always right though.

i'm getting very low kicks this evening, feels strange.

 

[Blondie]

Midwife just said I really need to start putting on some weight now - at least now I'm home all day I can just keep picking at things throughout the day so can hopefully boost my calorie intake a bit. Though to be honest it doesn't seem to matter how much I take in as my body can't handle too much due to all the damage done to my digestive system over the years from the crohns.

Will just have to keep monitoring it and see but as long as baby is growing ok for now and getting everything it needs (which by all indications it is) then I can hold out a few more weeks and then just concentrate on pigging out when my body isn't directing half of my calorie intake to a baby.

I suppose the worst that could happen is that the baby stops growing aswell and I would get induced early - which is why I've got the growth scans and under consultant care.

 

[flowertot]

Just asked DH to take this and i'm in shock! didn't realise just how big my bump is now.

i'm the opposite to you Blondie and i'm 8 weeks behind you!

 

[Freyasmum]

Gorgeous bump, Flower!

I can't believe you ladies are all heading onto mat leave already. It feels like I'll be in first tri forever. It's been at least a year so far, I'm sure.
My 12 week scan is booked for next Thursday. I can't wait. The last couple of weeks since I booked it have been the looooooongest ever.

Blondie, I know you've had other offers, but you're welcome to some of my weight if it'll help. It's a sacrifrice I'm prepared to make.

I'm at home today, feeling a bit sorry for myself because I have a horrible cold. Poor me.
I'm also watching news reports about the devastation in Samoa. It's so sad, and really makes you think about how vulnerable we all are. There have been so many big earthquakes over the last couple of days; Just off Samoa, Peru, Indonesia... It's quite frightening.

Sorry. Enough doom and gloom. The sun looks like it's coming out here now. Maybe I'll get out of bed...

 

[Blondie]

Flower - your bump is gorgeous

Freyasmum - I keep forgetting you are over on that side of this planet, hope everything is ok with you

Today my list of tasks is to go to supermarket and buy enough food to last over the weekend and to buy a birthday cake for one of my husbands colleagues whose birthday it is tomorrow. I hope DH hasn't forgotten it's MY birthday on Sunday - not that I particularly feel like celebrating it as I feel about 10 years older than I did last year

 

[Blondie]

Ooooh and I've arranged with my little sister to go down and get my maternity photos done on 24th October (when i'll be 36 weeks) as we are booked solid at the weekends until then. That will be exciting - though as she is currently building her portfolio and I will effectively be modelling for her then she is currently researching loads of poses she wants to try. I've told her anything goes - which will also apply to baby photos once it arrives. She will be coming up to stay very early on and taking as many photos / poses she wants. She always says its hard with paying customers as they are so protective of their babies and reserved about trying things but I trust her with anything so have told her to go ahead and do whatever she would like

 

[topazicatzbet]

sounds great blondie, i dont think i ll be getting any bump pics done, 1 i cant afford them and 2 im not that brave.

i ll put my dad in charge of the baby pics when he arrives as he has quite a good camera.

 

[caitlenc]

Flower, great bump pic!!

Happy early birthday, Blondie!!

No maternity pics for me, I have no desire to document my elephantine silhouette!!

 

[topazicatzbet]

thats what i was thinking cait, my thighs look massive now.

 

[caitlenc]