MARCH 2014 Monkeys! - Please join if you're due in March 2014

[Avas_mum]

I had this midwife with my daughter and she was not like that at all the first time and I am basically the same size. That was 7 years ago so obviously something in that time has changed and is not me

Oh well I am loving the new midwife now that I have...she is a bigger lady but very realistic with everything and as she said she believes she is dealing with adults who can make decisions for themselves which suits me as I dont need to be treated like I dont know how to eat healthy foods. I was going to be referred to a specialist and was going to be having growth scans from 28 weeks as because I have a BMI of 30. In short I will not be having to go through all that now as my new midwife thinks that is ridiculous as I am not high risk.

On a happier note I am so excited for tomorrow as we are having our gender reveal party.

 

[donnarobinson]

My midwife has never once said anything about my weigh to me ,
She refered me to healthy eating but only because I asked as I am petrified of getting fat. I haven't been yet tho.
My bmi was 32 wen I got pregnant , but with the stone and half I lost it dropped to 28/29 , no idea what it is now !
Aww exciting 4 the gender reveal hun x

 

[Eltjuh]

I had 2 different midwives in clinic when I was pregnant with Lucas, they worked together... And when I went into labour I saw about 5 different midwives cause it took so long! Got in at 8pm saturday night and didn't have him till 7.30pm sunday night! And when we got into hospital they were just about to change shifts...

I'll just have the 1 midwife for clinics this time though! Which is quite nice, but so far I'm not really liking her too much.... I'll give her a chance though!

I'm kinda scared of gaining too much weight. They say only to gain upto 20lbs when your bmi is 30. I've gained about 9 now. So I can only gain max of 11 now!
Hoping the breastfeeding will help more this time, it didn't seem to do anything for me last time!

 

[donnarobinson]

Yeh I ha loads of midwifes wne I was in labour ! I was In delievery from 9pm ish sunday night til 3.30pm monday evening
Was wen he was born !
13 and half hours in labour from when they broke my waters! Was hard!

I don't know how my I've gained . I went to weigh myself and they wudnt come on. My son keeps picking them up hope he hasn't broke them . Lol.

Or maybe it was a sign not to upset myself ha x
I didn't gain a lot with my son. I was al bump. But it was after I got fat lol. I was 10stone when I met my oh. ha gone r the days of being skinny . I'm considering breast feeding this time . I don't no tho I think ill probz end up bottle feeding again. My son was just fine on it x

I had 2 different midwives in clinic when I was pregnant with Lucas, they worked together... And when I went into labour I saw about 5 different midwives cause it took so long! Got in at 8pm saturday night and didn't have him till 7.30pm sunday night! And when we got into hospital they were just about to change shifts...

I'll just have the 1 midwife for clinics this time though! Which is quite nice, but so far I'm not really liking her too much.... I'll give her a chance though!

I'm kinda scared of gaining too much weight. They say only to gain upto 20lbs when your bmi is 30. I've gained about 9 now. So I can only gain max of 11 now!
Hoping the breastfeeding will help more this time, it didn't seem to do anything for me last time!

 

[Mrs Doddy]

I'm the weight now I was at the end of my last pregnancy so will be the heaviest I've ever been once I've had him but will deal with it after I've put on 4lbs and am 21 weeks bump is very small too at the moment if you didn't knows you wouldn't believe I'm as far gone as I am

 

[donnarobinson]

I was 13stone 8 afta cj was born , I was 13stone 4 afta I'd lost al that weight at the start I have no idea what I am now ..
Aww my bumps huge bt I tend to just be all bump x

 

[loulabump]

I have no idea how much weight I've gained.. I haven't been tracking at all but I do feel like I've gained a lot

 

[Eltjuh]

I wasn't really checking my weight either, I just had to weigh myself for my appointment the other day (well, about 3 weeks ago now!) and noticed I'd lost about 3lbs since I got weighed at the doctor's when we registered!

 

[Avas_mum]

I found breastfeeding really helped....I breastfed for about 9 months with Ava and then once I stopped I put on weight I will be very careful this time, not to let that happen again. I also think it will be different this time as I will have 2 kiddies I will be running around after and I will pretty much be going straight into playing netball for my club about 6 weeks after giving birth.

Here in NZ we typically just have the one midwife for clinics and birth unless they are away or delivering someone elses baby, but they alway have a back up they call on if that is the case

I just baked a nice big blue banana ring cake as I will fill the middle of the cake with blue sweets, then ice the whole cake with choc icing. Will be so relieved once everyone knows what we are having....its hard work keeping the secret!

 

[azure girl]

Awesome fun Avas_mum! We will keep the gender a secret for 5 days! It's gonna be maddening!
My last appointment (Halloween), I was up 10 lbs, pretty much where the doctor wants me. But, I had a bmi of 19, so I have at least 15 lbs to gain by delivery.

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Hi ladies, just checking in, hope u are all well!

22 weeks tomorrow and my belly really popped!

 

[donnarobinson]

Hi nikki hope ur ok

Hope the rest of ur girls are ok to x

 

[Avas_mum]

Hi ladies gender reveal was so much fun...thought I would post a photo

 

[wannabubba#4]

Hi Ladies

Avas mum -your reveal looked fun and pics are great xx

I had a really hard shift at work yesterday, SPD pain kicked in 2 hours into a 13 hr shift but I am determined to make it as far as possible; until I start to become a liability I suppose -there are many occasions on an ICU when speed and agility on your feet are upmost

xxx

 

[donnarobinson]

Aww bless u donna. Hope ur feeling better today try and rest as much as u can x

 

[donnarobinson]

I don'tno if babies big enough yet but my ribs are killing I'm sure he's under there. I've been having kicks high iup to.
And today I saw him completly stick what looked like his bum out ! Stayed there 4 ages ! X

 

[ruby83]

Looks like fun Avas_mum! Cute cake!

 

[ruby83]

I had gastro yesterday, was sick all day! Rang my OB because I was worried about bub and she said that as long as I am drinking I wont need to come into hospital and not to worry about eating if I couldn't. I managed to drink a litre of hydralite throughout the day very very slowly and today I am feeling fine so trying to eat lots of nutritious things! I forgot how much it sucks to vomit- really feel for the ladies who suffered terrible morning sickness in first trimester!

 

[Nikkilewis14]

Anyone else getting very bad braxton hicks yet? Im 22 weeks and was out shopping w mil today and omg i had bh's literally every 2 mins for 20 mins straight that i had to bend over ... I hope i dont start this earlier than last time! I had very strong braxton hicks w dd1 starting at 28 weeks... I was 1cm at 32 week check ( which is normal for some)... By 37 weeks i was 2cm, so i am not worried about her coming early or anything, but god, this seems so early.... Starts at the bottom and hardens all the way to the top of my belly.....talk about ow!

 

[wavescrash]

I've been getting them a lot for the last few weeks, especially when I have to go to the bathroom (not always when I have to go that bad either.) Some nights I've had them last for awhile, some nights I only get 1 or 2. Some nights they're very uncomfortable, bordering on painful and some nights they're just annoying. I figure I'm getting more/stronger ones because this is my 3rd.