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

[rose.]

I take a pic of my bump every week, this week is the first week I've noticed a drastic difference...

34 weeks
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35 weeks
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[baby_maybe]

Sorry to everyone who's been having a worrying time lately

Went to have my cervical stitch removed today and I'm now stitch free It came out easily and quickly, no pain at all from it. I have a little spotting, but just from where he pulled it through. Little monster went really wriggly after though while they were trying to monitor him, so much so the midwife had to sit next to the bed and hold the disc onto my bump to keep contact. I think he was trying to tell her something Anyway I'm home now and baby evacuation procedures will commence forthwith! My next appointment is weds next week with the consultant again and we get to see which way he's laying, the midwife today seemed to think that his head is slightly off to the left of my pelvis which is closer than its been all pregnancy, so hopefully this means he's getting himself into the right place at last!

 

[rose.]

That's good news baby maybe must be exciting knowing things are moving forward!!

 

[Kte]

OOOo rose hope you can do something to help. I'm living off malted wheat's for breakfast and they seem to be working. Lovely bump pics, yep there is certainly a difference tho!

Anna: Hope you managed to get to the docs since your Mum can have your daughter and everything is okay

babymaybe: Hurray the stitch is out! Glad everything went well with it's removal

AFM, well baby has been better behaved today and given me some more movement and a few kicks. Sometimes I think this anterior placenta still covers up things I would normally feel But, although tired and still feeling off weather, thankfully i'm not as stressed as I was this morning!

 

[anna1986]

kte - he started moving for me again earlier little tinker! i think your right about the anterior placenta cushioning the movements. my little one is actually sat right behind mine.
when i went to the hospital the other week they were picking up loads of movements i wasnt feeling.
be glad once hes here and i can see that alls ok!!

Glad your lo has been better behaved today x

 

[baby_maybe]

I think my placenta still covers some movements too! It's weird being so far on and still not feeling everything. I was monitored today at the hospital after my stitch removal and it was amazing hearing so many movements that I couldn't feel!

 

[katyblot]

Congrats Paula on yr driving test!

And big to those of u having it tough at the mo.

Well I was enjoying my mat leave, until my little girl has now just come down with chicken pox. Bless her she looks terrible, and is really tired, but apart from that it doesn't seem to b upsetting her too much at the minute, thank goodness.

Hav got my 36 week appt with mw tmrw, so hopefully baby is still head down! Fx

 

[rose.]

Oh no Katy, hope your little girl gets well soon! And hope the chickenpox doesn't affect you at all

 

[MrsChezek]

Congratulations on your drivers license Paula! Great work

Kte - I totally understand about your wanting to take another tour of the hospital. We did a tour about a year ago when we were trying to pick which hospital to give birth at (this limited our choice of OBs so we had to do that first). But I wasn't even pregnant then! So I have so many diff questions now plus I don't remember half the stuff! We are scheduled for a tour on Monday night and now I'm nervous I'll have to skip it cause of the bed rest! I see my doc for another NST that day tho so maybe he'll clear me to go...FX!

My goodness heaveneats! That must have been awful. Glad things seem to have calmed down for you and hopefully that was the extent of it!

Rose - that is quite the difference! I take my pic on Friday mornings and I'm always excited to see any differences...haven't seen anything drastic for a while! Cute bump tho and sorry your digestive system is being non cooperative!

Baby_maybe - yay! Glad everything went smoothly and you're moving forward! Exciting times

Big hugs katyblot! Hope ur little one gets relief soon


I think my ant placenta muffles movement as well cause there was so much sound coming from in there during the NST but I only felt half of it! Have my next NST tomorrow (Thursday) so hopefully the contractions won't be there at all...or at least not be so regular! I've been mostly good. Except last night when I decided to attend my breastfeeding preparedness class. DH drove me and I sat in a chair the whole time so I didn't see how that would be far off from what'd be doing at home. HOWEVER, when we got home I had a lot of contractions and those lightning bolt pains for 3-4 hours It was so uncomfortable that I really thought I'd be going into labor. I finally fell asleep and slept most of the night and woke up pain free. Been fine most of the day. The only thing I could think of is that seeing all the babies and breastfeeding footage and talking about it all and getting excited got my body to release oxytocin which caused the contractions Craziness!!

Thank you all for your well wishes!

 

[Kte]

MrsChesek: At least you know that the bed rest is working, must be hard to think your doing well then set them off again, even by doing something minimal! Hope everything goes well at your next appointment

I'm off to the docs this morning, well booking in when they open at 8.30. Have a splitting headache, so much so the screen on my computer is tilted. I feel I have my contacts in worong or something. I know I haven't. I have been feeling iffy for the last few days as mentioned, I was going to just get on with it and go to work today though as they have been most unsupportive with me being off, so I thought that it was a little stress as well. But as I was getting my daughters clothes ready I got light headed and since then BOOM headache!

 

[rose.]

Oh no kte, definitely a good idea to go to the doctors! Health has to come first and your work will just have to understand that.

Mrs chezek, how strange about the breastfeeding class! I bet you're right, all that oxytocin in the air. Glad it's all calmed back down again now though

 

[Lou1234]

I have my baby drinks/party at work today! I'm still planning on working until Friday next week but we have arranged them for today in case I end up wanting to leave early.

We'll have have nibbles, cake and alcohol (juice for me!). I'm quite excited but it is going to be such a strange feeling knowing I have just a week left.

 

[Kte]

Enjoy the drinks Lou

Well my head is no better and I am more confused this morning that I was before I went to the Dr's! I managed to get in at 10.20 so went on down and waited (head still throbing btw). Explained to GP how I had felt, that I had been off but today had the head and dizzy and short of breath and that the labour ward had said to go to Dr's. So he checked my throat, ears and chest. That was it, said yeah it prob is a virus but it's not so severe, if I cough up flem go back. I was given some asparin to gargle only for my slightly sore throat and some more paracetamol. No blood pressure check?! Seriously?! So I'm sat bewilderd in the pharmacy thinking why didn't I just ask him to do it but not exactly in the best thinking mood at the moment! So I have called back the labour ward and the midwife advised me to rest once my partner comes home from work for a bit, if I feel the same go in and we have a hospital wait to get monitored, which would simply be my blood pressure. Basically since it is my second they said that you can't get pre-eclampsia (or its very rare to) if you haven't had it the first time around (as i'm with same partner). So why bang on about it all the time then? I am asked at every MW session about the signs etc. Confused much! Don't get me wrong, they seemed lovely on the phone, said I could go in straight away but I would be there for a few hours, it takes me an hr to get there on the bus (16 mins in car!) and I'd have LO to entertain all on my own. I think becsue baby is active too they aren't too worried. I don't know. I'm waiting and seeing I guess. They said to call back later on either way after I have rested. Bit of an awkward case apparently!

 

[sethsmummy]

Kte - oh my gosh.. that GP is rubbish! Can you not goto a pharmacy and ask them to check your BP for you? I would have thought the gp would have done that automatically. I always thought you could get pre-e in any pregnancy regardless of whether you have had it before or not, its just "less" likely if you didn't have it first time round xx

 

[rose.]

What a rubbish gp! Surely it's not impossible to get it second time around - I thought it was just less of a risk?

 

[anna1986]

my 36 week bump (i look n feel like a whale)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/...1305952004106.492339.756964105&type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...5952004106.492339.756964105&type=3&permPage=1
ps if anyones off our thread is on fb feel free to add me x

 

[baby_maybe]

Lovely bump Anna, mine is about the same size albeit pretty shiny now because of the fluid. I've added you on fb and sent a message so you know it's me

There's a lovely pic of my bump on there that DH took the other evening lol!!

 

[Kte]

Lovely bump Anna (i've sent you a friend request. My pic is a weird looking drawing that my daughter did!) Hopefully not much more growing to be done now

Yeah, I think after looking there is a slight risk, which is something like 1-2% sooo I guess although there is a risk they didn't think it would be because it's low. Still don't get why that isn't mentioned at my MW appointments, I get asked what are the symptoms every time I go, it's like a test But I had a nap and still felt like poop so they kindly let me go in still. I have to say, they were really nice to me and didn't treat me like a time waster (there was one girl on the end of the phone when I was there and she was told to stop watching too much one born every minute!) So they monitored baby and after getting me to wake them up with a cold drink they were happy with the heart beat - it was awesome to hear and the first time we have heard it at all in this pregnancy! They did my blood pressure (and were shocked the GP never did it). I had some glucose in my urine but after a blood test, coming back at 5.something, 7 I think, they were happy to let us go. So I guess I do just have a virus but I am so glad they checked.

 

[anna1986]

glad all turned out ok kte!
got your friend request

im thinking i may ring up tomorow morning as im still not happy about babies movements. dont get me wrong he is moving but not that much. im sure im over reacting though.

Oh am currently watching OBEM and its now scareing me!

 

[baby_maybe]

Forgot to say earlier, I can't remember if I've mentioned in this thread what the little mans name will be, but we haven't told anyone irl, so if I do have you on fb please don't mention it on there it's a surprise