Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

[twinkletoe]

Sorry for you guys having a tough time with tough toddlers......I haven't got that experience yet but I can only imagine how tough it would be. Hopefully today will be a better day!

Bump pics all fab.....def keeps them coming!

I know what you guys mean about being so worried about everything...... because I am on bed rest and contracting all the time I keep worrying is this contraction putting me into established labour.......is baba coming......,is it too early.....we have all just got to try and focus on positive thoughts and try and think of the fun and games ahead!

In terms of stuff for baby we are really far behind and now that I am unable to go to shops, online is my best friend!!

Hope everyone has a good day!

 

[Girly922]

I've been in leggings or maternity jeans since about 10 weeks!! Before that, most of my jeans were high waisted to hold my belly in. As soon as I started getting the bloat, I couldn't fit in them anymore. Can't imagine trying to get a pair of normal jeans on now! Lol.

At the moment, I'm not really thinking too much about labour. My biggest concern is that if I follow the family pattern, it could happen any day now. My mum had my brother at 32 weeks and my sister had my niece at 33 weeks. So far I haven't shown any signs that ill be following that pattern. I keep dreaming that I've started bleeding though. And my BHs are definitely getting stronger, but no more frequent at the moment. I saw my midwife on Monday, and she said baby is in perfect birthing position so lets hope I can keep him/her there!

I'm still working full time, and actually working over my hours at the moment due to staff shortages so am not getting the time to make sure we've got everything ready. Online shopping and click & collect has become a good friend to me!! Lol

 

[Sbmack]

I haven't seen a button in a months. I have some pants I could still wear unbuttoned with a belly band, but they are so less comfortable than a dresss or maternity pants that I don't bother.

I'm also still working full time and I think I'm overdoing it a bit. On Monday I called the dr. because I had blurred vision. They had me come in and checked my blood pressure and urine. There was a trace amount of protein in my urine, but the nurse said it was normal. My blood pressure was fine. The midwife told me not to go back to work and to go home and rest for the day. I went back out and made a few more stops though because I was going to be tied up all day on Tuesday. I'm going to take it easy today and go home early.

 

[goddess25]

I am still working FT too with a 3-4 hour commute in there too. Its not easy, however the end is in sight 12 days of work left..and this is day 12. I am on vacation for the next 2 weeks and my official leave date is Sept 13...a Friday oOOOooooOOO.

 

[Murmers0110]

So im 30w2d and I dont think I've had any bh. Is it possible that I've had them and just didn't realize it?

 

[goddess25]

First time around I don't remember noticing any BH until the last few weeks and they were not particularly strong...each subsequent pregnancy they start way earlier with more frequency and strength.

You might be having some small ones now that you can't really feel, typically you feel tightning/hardning in your tummy.

 

[Girly922]

I felt my first BH at 24 weeks while we were away on holiday. Think I'd been overdoing it a bit. Wouldn't have felt them if I hadn't have had my hand on my belly. Now I know what they feel like, I'm more aware of them. I only really feel them if I've done too much. Which is most days at the moment.

 

[girlnboots]

I get them anytime I move too fast. Bend over, getting out of a car, anything like that. If you feel your baby stretching a lot, it might actually be BH.

I had to get maternity pants at 8 weeks. I bloated up so big, so fast I couldn't even use the rubber band trick anymore. Wasn't a fan of belly bands since I move so much at work. If I was shopping or running errands they were ok, but I usually camp out at home on my days off.

2 months from today! Yay!

 

[ptr]

Same here- ditched my jeans as soon as I bloated up too much to wear them comfortable, i did try as long as I could go in them but once I broke out hte maternity pants it just wasn't something i looked back to

however, i love my jeans, the jeans that i buy are really comfy so I am going to lose weight and get back in my jeans. I don't quite like some of the leggings that i have because they give me muffin tops look whereas jeans dont ... maybe i'm just the odd one out but jeans all the way for me (when i can fit in them comfortably, that is )

 

[Maze]

Hey girlies....

Had my ultrasound today, baby currently weighs 4.7 lbs. However, baby went from being transverse to head down and completely dropped into the pelvis. His head was pressing so much into my cervix that they had to do an interior ultrasound to get a proper measurement, it is starting to thin out they said, but is still closed.

Not sure if I will make it to September 24th after all!

I have been having pelvic pain and the constant need to go to the bathroom with difficultly walking but I hadn't figured it was because the babes had already dropped and instead thought it was due to the contractions I have had for the last three weeks.

 

[ptr]

i have tons of pelvic pains as well.. but i think that's due to SPD pain, not due to baby. it hurts to walk, even rolling over in bed - my dh jokes and say I am nothing but rice krispies, all i do is crackle snap and pop when i walk

 

[Maze]

Aw! Yeah.. SPD would definitely cause that. I have always found walking somewhat uncomfy during the last two months of pregnancy, but this is a bit different. Like my hips are locked and like my bladder is about to explode (even if I just went to the bathroom)...I am also getting these shooting pains right in my groin and it can be super awkward because sometimes the only way to make it go away is to rub at the muscle...which needless to say looks a bit odd. lol

 

[ptr]

I bet your dh is amused!

 

[goddess25]

Maze I am the same. At last US they had to do internal to find placenta as baby so far down. Having a tonne of pelvic pain too.

 

[Maze]

Maze I am the same. At last US they had to do internal to find placenta as baby so far down. Having a tonne of pelvic pain too.

Silly babies, don't they know it is better for everyone if they wait until delivery is closer to drop? The weird thing is when I read up on it, it seems less common with subsequent pregnancies than first ones. I guess we don't follow that rule of thumb!

 

[girlnboots]

Speaking of babies dropping, do they drop all at once, like overnight? Or is it a gradual thing? And when do they normally drop? I'm super excited for my acid reflux to lighten up a bit.

 

[broodymrs]

I'm feeling shooting pains too and can feel dylan's movements really low, like it actually feels like in my hips and groin. Wonder if he's dropped? Everyone seems to think i'll go a couple of weeks before due date, and my mum says i'm like she was 4-5 weeks before we were born. I hope so coz that would make dylan just 37 weeks and i'm so excited to meet him!

I will put bump pic on at some point and join fb, just need to get on laptop rather than phone.

Can't remember when i started wearing maternity but it was early as bloated massively from 6 weeks.

I'm signed off work at the moment due to diastatis recti but i am going back on reduced hours on 26th otherwise they'll start my maternity leave. No idea if i'll cope but if i can at least stick it out a couple of weeks, it's a couple of weeks more maternity spent with my baby rather than just me feeling sorry for myself at home!

 

[Maze]

Apparently there are varying levels of engagement and the process is different for everyone! It can happen over a few days, a week, an hour sometimes as late as an hour before labour. There are also cases of babies dropping at 29 weeks but still going to term, or babies who drop around now and go overdue.

You can find diagrams online for it, my bubs head is pressing right against the cervix so he is definitely as low as he can go. Now that I think about it my all-day heartburn has disappeared, so that is at least an upside!

 

[goddess25]

Mine seems to be bumping my cervix too although it seems to be happening every few days so I think he/she is still moving up and down a bit.

 

[Junebugs]

Mine seems to be bumping my cervix too although it seems to be happening every few days so I think he/she is still moving up and down a bit.

Mine does this too, actually sometimes it feels like s/he is so low s/he is going to fall out! I asked my midwife today and she said it is very common on your 2nd or 3rd from them to "pop" in and out until labour, not like your first where they normally "drop and stay there. I have felt that alot with this pregnancy. Mason seemed to get into one position and stay there but this one seems to be all over the place!