March 2013 babies - we all have our beautiful babies :)

[Lou1234]

Hope baby turns Sharn. I've read a lot on here about the Spinning Babies website. At my NCT class they were saying to make sure you sit upright a lot. Maybe on a ball if you have one? Apparently just lying slightly at an angle on the sofa can encourage baby to not move head down.

I washed a load of baby clothes yesterday! So cute seeing them all hanging up drying. Once they are dry I can put the clothes I want into a hospital bag to start getting that ready.

Had an email this morning to say my moses basket and stand are now in the store. I'll be picking those up at the weekend - excited!

 

[rose.]

I had my first physio appointment today. It was ok, the physiotherapist did some assessment and decided that one of the joints in my pelvis was moving the wrong way so she did some manipulation to try and put it right. She also gave me a sheet with some exercises to do. It doesn't feel much better yet but we'll see its worth a try. Got another appointment booked for 2 or 3 weeks time so at least I've got another one if things get worse!

 

[boxxey]

hey there ladies hope everyone is doing ok, here is my 31 week picture I took today, Marlie-Jay decided she need to be in the picture too

 

[iprettii]

I had such a horrible day, 2 gall stones attacks, was out of commission the entire day, now once again I'm scared to eat and dammit I'm HUNGRY!

 

[MrsChezek]

Catching up from last Thursday...it's been a crazy couple of days...

Lou - I'm glad your scary episode ended up ok. I too woke up to blood spots in my undies yesterday and turned out everything is ok after I visited my doc. But boy is that stressful!!!

skeet - we had snow in yesterday's forecast and ended up with barely a dusting too! I'm in the Northeast so perhaps we need to move to the UK to get some snow! But we're in that same cold front…it's FREEZING out! Sorry to hear about your OH's grandma…I hope she holds out as well


my LO was 4lbs 9 oz at almost 33 weeks…wondering if she's big! But I guess all of your numbers are from a week earlier so I guess she's on par.

sharn - sorry to hear about the breech turn but I bet it must have been SO cool to see all that movement!!! Hope she turns back soon Check out spinningbabies.org if you want some tips for how to encourage her to do so.

rose - my DH and I used to throw dinner parties once every 2-3 weeks to keep the house really nice and clean! It's a great way of getting ourselves to tidy as we're both neat freaks when it come to having company! That might be harder with an infant though

bladesgirl - good job on being almost ready! I'm jealous…we still have a LOT to go! But I bet it feels good to be nice and prepared

ipretti - ouch! poor girl Hope you feel better!


AFM, my ultrasound last week showed that baby was growing well and perfectly sized (50th percentile, if that really means anything), but it showed that my AFI was a bit high - 20.8 When I met with my doc he suggested doing a rescan this week just to make sure it wasn't going to go up further. I'm heading out for that in 15 minutes. By the time I saw my doc, I was a bit freaked out cause I thought it was 28.8 and the norm is 5-20, where we're supposed to peak at 36 weeks. BUT turns out I just heard wrong so it's 20.8...which isn't as bad I guess. Hopefully today we'll get a nice number and we can attribute last week's number to lab tech measurement error!

The weekend was good but as I mentioned earlier, I woke up to some spotting yesterday morning so I had to go back to my doctor's for a check up. He had a quick look at my cervix and said everything looks good. So I'm taking it easy and keeping and eye on things but seems that everything is good. We're closing on the new house this Friday so trying to get all our ducks in a row for that. PLUS, I finally changed my last name to my DH's a month or so ago and finally updated my driver's license last week so now I'm trying to update everything else...which apparently is A LOT of things and a very slow process All fun and games at my end!!

Hope everyone is well

 

[baby_maybe]

Don't worry about your AFI hun, here it's only if it goes over 25 it's considered high. I'm sure it will be just fine. Mine was 29.8 when I had the scan 2 weeks ago, no plans for further scans at the moment, but I have another review with the consultant next week so we'll see then.

I woke up with loads of pain in my lower bump this morning, thankfully it's eased right off now so I think it was due to either a trapped nerve or more stretching caused by the fluid. Could also have been caused by baby as he was rolling around all over the place when I got in bed last night

 

[MrsChezek]

Yeah I freaked out cause I thought it was 28.8 and we made the decision to rescan with that number in mind. So when we clarified it was only 20.8 I thought about canceling this scan but then my conscience got to me and I started stressing about ignoring it So here I am in the waiting room! Going to be very clear that I just want a super quick scan just to do the measurement - don't feel too great about scanning baby too much!

 

[Kte]

Hope it all goes well and your reassured MrsChezek

I'm getting all annoyed with myself today. I've just sat and pigged out on Eclaires, I can't seem to stop. I decided last week I need to change how I am eating, a lot of the time I have tried fruit and veg only to get horrible bloating and cramps so apart from the odd, sudden major fruit craving I've tended to stay away. I've not pigged previously, I was even good for Christmas - but I'm suddenly in a rut, I dunno, maybe its cold and January or something. just hate that it's not good for baby and I'm letting them down, need a major kick up the backside. I guess I just need to be good from now on and that is it, sit on my hands or something!! It's not as if I didn't end up outside 4 times at least yesterday with LO, 3 the day before that and 3 again the day before that - out in the thick snow. So i've had a work out - plus Ive cleaned a little, not to what I'd like (Any takers?! ) But it's better than nothing and that pooped me out, so maybe a rest is what I need, I'm just no good at it - resting and justifying I can have one .

Was funny walking back yesterday though, I kept on catching my reflection in cars and thinkin *bloomin' heck am I that big?!* Don't look as big from the down view

I've called two pre-schools for us to visit on Friday, hoping there is space! Starting to be slightly organised I guess!!

 

[MrsChezek]

Wow calling preschools already!!! You girls are all SO much more ahead of me...I really need to make a list of things to do and GET ON IT!

Kte - when I get cravings, I try to make them as good for the baby as possible...I'll go to a cafe and get some decaf caramel latte thing that appeases my sweet tooth but at least I know I got my calcium and protein in! Or I'll bake some fruit thing (chop up some fruit, sprinkle with sugar or honey and bake it). Worse comes to worse, I go for a peanut butter and dark chocolate treat so at least I know I'm getting antioxidants and healthy oils and protein in! I'm sure there are some things you can whip up easily or buy that will ALSO be somewhat nutritious...I know it's hard when our hormones take over our brain...but just some ideas Also, it's never good to just cut treats out cold turkey cause that is when you end up overeating! So respond to them just try to sneak in some healthful aspect...ice cream is always good (just not as appealing in the winter!).

*EDIT: forgot to update that my scan went well...from what I saw, my AFI was 12.6 which is insanely different from last week. So clearly there is a lot of room for error when doing these tests...so I'm going to ignore it all and just pay attention to Bean's kicks and any major signs of trouble.

 

[baby_maybe]

Glad the scan went well hun

 

[Kte]

Mrs Chezek - Don't panic, your not that disorganised, the Pre-school is for my 3yr old . . . although when she was still a bump she was booked in with a child minder as I could only be off work for 4 months, this time I'm taking the full year off, and I am not as stressed about locating a place when the time comes as I didn't see eye to eye with the childminder in the end and found an awsome nursery the same week, thankfully they had spaces and transferred her there, where she has been and loved ever since! So i'm more easy going but for baby, it looks like I'm going to be a SAHM anyway for a bit (which I can't wait for) so baby won't go until the free funding happens. I couldn't fully take my daughter away from pre-school now as she gets loads from it and is very social - we have three birthday parties coming in the next two weekends!!

I'm glad your scan went well and hope it was just a blip on their part!!

Thanks for the snack tips - your right, I just need to be more sensible with them and plan them out a bit more too. I could soooooo eat peanut butter right now but OH is allergic to nuts so I have to stay away from all kinds just in case.

 

[MrsChezek]

Kte - Ooooh that must be tough! There's already so many limitations on what we can eat!!! Peanut butter is one of my comfort foods I find myself relying on a lot lately. So big hugs to you! And I'm SO glad to hear that preschool isn't for your bean! I was thinking I was WAY screwed at this point. But I'm going to be a SAHM for the first 3-6 months and then a WAHM once I feel like I got my bearings on parenting. That's why I switched from a desk job to being a photographer cause I can easily control the amount of work I do. I can start with a job or two a month if need be to figure out how to work things. I'm glad you get to stay home this time too! It will be such a treat

 

[anna1986]

Mrschezek- glad all was ok with the scan

Kte - were in the process of putting my little girl into preschool too, i know shell love it, we went to view the one she will be going to last week and she idnt want to leave lol

AFM - been all fun n games again little man hadnt moved allday so gave the midwife a quick ring who old me to go n see her. When she checked bubs he said his hb sounded irregular so i was sent to the hospital, luckily all turned out to be ok though! Phew talk about panic! Now just gotta wait or my scan nxt thursday.

 

[baby_maybe]

Glad all is ok Anna, my LO had a very quiet day yesterday to the pont where I was going to phone and then I went and laid down in bed and he went crazy I swear this baby will be the death of me, I feel like I've aged about 10 years during this pregnancy!

 

[MrsChezek]

anna - glad everything turned out ok! That must have been stressful yet again.

 

[rmsh1]

Hi ladies,

I was sure I was subscribed to this thread but maybe it was another. Anyway! Thought I would join you all, our first LO is due on March 23rd, and we are having a little girl. OH does not know her sex, he does not want to know so it is my little secret

 

[rose.]

Sorry to hear a few of you have had scares, glad everything turned out ok though!

I'm a honeydew today wahoo I remember seeing that on someone else's ticker a few months back and thinking wow that's huge I'm never going to get there. But now I am so excited. Wish it was march now!!

 

[Kte]

MrsChezek: That sounds great that you can work at your own pace when you want to

Anna: Glad your LO is okay after that scare It's great that your daughter is loving pre-school too, makes it much easier when it's time for her to start I'm feeling bad I can get mine to her's because i'm freaking about the ice! Safest for all with 2 hills to contend with but she enjoys it so much and her time there is running out I don't want her to miss a bit. Never thought I would think that!!

Baby_maybe: Glad your LO behaved in the end as well.

These LO's really are testing us right now - the stress and worry starts here!! Be good babies!

rmsh1 - I remember you from . . .somewhere?!! I'm sure you were saying that you wanted to know and Hubby didn't and so you were undecided on what to do; so it must of been a while back. Is it hard to stick to it without giving it away? Does anyone else know or just you?

Rose: Hurray for honeydew!

AFM: Ive booked today as a holiday since I'm not risking the ice, going to try and make some kind of Angry Bird hat for LO as she is going to her cousins party this weekend. I'm going to get her to help so we aren't stuck in bored!

 

[rmsh1]

My mum and his mum know the sex too, and a few other family members, but I have just had to call her "it" the whole way through. No slip ups so far, so going well!

 

[baby_maybe]

Welcome rmsh1 :wave: