May 2012 babies - so far 8 yellow, 22 blue, 21 pink!

[zephyr]

rjsmam - hope your boy is better! I heard about the vicks on the feet thing many years ago too and when me or the kids are dreadfully sick and nothing else is working I do that and somehow it makes everything a bit more tolerable. Dunno why cos I heard it was a myth too.

Chloe - Yeah I'm not sure how things are done over your way but we have seperate Independant midwives who have their own clinic and usually do your whole pregnancy and birth if theres no complications. You pick the one you like and you see her. But in cases like mine they sign you over to the hospital. So I still saw someone between 20 and 30 weeks, just not the specialist only the midwife.
No, no date for my scan yet I have to wait for them to phone me Hopefully they look at the notes properly and get me in as soon as they can!
My boy is head down but my girl is still breech so I have a head between my ribs too haha but its not so bad anymore since everything has dropped.

Waves - wow when you say the 17th of April I think man thats ages away but when I look at the calendar its really not! hehe we will be racing to the finish, I wonder who will have babies first?! I really want a May baby though

yazzy - Yeah I really am! though these pains wont be easing up at all. When your full term with a single baby that feeling you get when the head engages, thats how it feels and unfortunately I was told that its probably going to get worse as their weight increases. Everything else is great though! I may be sore but its so much better than vomiting.
Good luck with your hospital bag packing today! So exciting!!

Luci - Nahh no explanation, its just one of those things that happen and thankfully for them my pregnancy has been straightforward and my babies have been growing very well so far. Hopefully I get the date for this scan really soon.
Good luck with your house hunting

Haha its so funny, everyone's so eager to get their babies out! None of those things ever worked for me

I had another crappy sleep, dreamt of zombies all night! even after I woke up to pee I would go back to sleep and my dream would continue. So I'm very tired again.

 

[rjsmam]

hi everyone! thanks for thinking about ds - he slept really well but when he woke the cough was just as bad, so i kept him home today & got him to the drs. thankfully it's just suspected viral infection & his chest sounds clear... i still have 'trust issues' with drs as when he had the pneumonia as a babe the dr told me to go home & that i was just being an uptight 1st time mum... then he was admitted via a&e over a wk end & his white cell infection count was so high they quarantined him as suspected meningitis & did a lumbar puncture etc.. a long time has passed but i made sure they listened to his chest really thoroughly today.

yazzy hope you had fun shopping for hosp bag - i'm still finding it scary that we're at that stage

luci - happy house hunting! i reckon talking to you could make oh actually miss you even more... i still got my fingers quietly crossed for an early return!

zephyr - wow you must be so fricking annoyed! maybe your mw forgot!??! jeezo! and poor you - the pain of an engaged baby AND one in your ribs - here's hoping it's not too uncomfortable for the few wks you have left

waves - did you find out if baby is tranverse? are you suffering back ache. i am really struggling with it now, both sides right at across my ribs - not sure if it's related or not but i sure hope it doesn't last the next 10wks


hey to everyone else!


xx

 

[frangi33]

Am glad things are going ok for everyone - I can't believe how far we've come!


Rjsmam- I hope your DS gets better soon! Poor thing

Rburnett- Am glad you got some good nights sleep, I've not yet been suffering bad so have been getting plenty of shut eye. Reading about your probs I wondered if you'd ever had any type of abdominal surgery? Reason I ask is my cousin has recently been in hospital with pains like urs, it turns out that after surgery a couple of years back some of here scars fused against organs and muscle and as the baby started growing they were tearing apart, nothing to worry about but super painful

Luci - glad things are going well for you OH and you can now keep in touch better x

 

[zephyr]

Few weeks hehe omg! This week has gone by fast already too. I can't believe it.
Good to hear your son slept well, I hope he gets better soon.

 

[luci and bump]

I hope in a way talking to me does make my OH miss me more! Just want him home now! He's having a bit of a miserable time atm, his friend hired a motorbike, and crashed it (luckily he was only going about 10mph) and was charged £450! He's also really hurt his back and is in a lot of pain. Luckily my OH was sensible enough to know that if you can't or don't ride a motorbike at home, you shouldn't do it in Thailand! So their budget has been severely restricted!!

House hunting went ok, apparently its much too early to start looking now, for somewhere to live middle to end of may! Apparently we need to leave it until at least April, or so pretty much every estate agents told us. However, we did find the most beautiful house!! It'll be my OH and I, our baby, our friend Dave, and his 20 month old daughter, who will be with us 2 days a week. We decided to go for 3 bed places, so the babies can have their own room, and we found this:
https://www.peteralan.co.uk/let/PAP36103/
I am absolutely in love with it! Haven't even seen the house in the flesh yet, but I can see myself living there! I am in love with the kitchen! Just waiting to get the go ahead from the estate agents to arrange a viewing, but am pretty sure its the one!!

On a negative note, the people in work the other day who were rude to me and made me cry, apparently made a complaint against me! Not sure exactly what was said, but my store manager said this evening that we need to sit down and discuss a complaint from a lady with a pram. Luckily one of the other managers was there whilst she was being rude to me, so hopefully he'll back me up!!

 

[Ems77]

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[Ems77]

Does anyone know the lastet time to have a 3D scan, i dont want to go but to far ahead for it to be any good.

They like to do by 32 weeks at the latest here in the US.

 

[zephyr]

Luci - good luck with the house it looks very nice! We fell in love with the place we are in now through photos online and we managed to get it so hopefully its just as great in person and you get yours

I finally remembered to post my 30 week bump I gave up on trying to use the same top so I could see how tight it got. It barely fits now and is uncomfortable haha. My bump is starting to look awkward now like its getting too big for me

 

[chloe11]

morning ladies!!!

zephyr - your bump looks fab hun!!!!!!! love it!! def going fast this week though!!mid week already!! hopefully they will call you soon re your scan! but seems like your twinnies are fine, hehe! at least the boys head down and your not uncomfy or anything! my first twin is breeched as far as i know! we shall see on monday how he is! even though i know they can move again! ahh so exciting that we are talking about baby positions etc!! i remb a few weeks ago when it hought i was still miles away before i had to think about it!!

luci and bump - what a beautiful house!!! is there no chance that they would hold anythng till may? or if theres tenants that are living around that time and you can view those houses? i want to move!!! but we only bought our house 2 yrs ago, so think hubby wants to stay here for while and then move! i love house hunting!! hehe! aww big hugs re your work!! i really hope that they dont say anything much to you. customers can be a total nightmare! i never understood why people have to be so rude!!!!

rjsmam - hope DS is getting some good rest and getting better hunni

hope everyones ok!! i was having slight period pains last night like thigh pains and lower back.. had it on sunday too? both times its been on days that i have been doing alot of things and moving a lot and happend in the evenings!!! but when i wake up in the moring i am fine! so i dont think is anything to worry about!?

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[yazzy]

Anti - don't be worried about the RLT. My mum breeds pedigree cats and even gives it to her queens because it is just meant to help the health of the uterus so after the birth it helps to contract it back to normal. That's the only reason I am taking it, to get everything healthy and ready to go and then return to normal afterwards.

Ummm i've just read everything and now can't remember it all lol!

Luci - good luck on the househunting. When renting you do generally need to look the month before you move, unless the landlord will hold the place for you if you put a desposit down straight away. We did that with the house we are in.

Zephyr - yep I definitely want my baby arriving in May, not an early one...mainly because of the wedding but because I have it in my head he/she is coming in May lol. Being due on the 10th I can't imagine baby will arrive much earlier and they can leave me up until the 24th May here.

I've got my midwife appointment later today so will ask for some gaviscon as the heartburn and indigestion is back. I think baby is stretching out today as I have a foot or feet in my ribs when i'm sat down.

 

[rjsmam]

hey everyone... well i am getting some sleep deprivation practice ds was worse than ever last night - woke at 1.30am coughing & i eventually got into bed beside him after trying more medicine, vicks etc with nothing working - can't believe a viral infection could make a cough so bad - i was rubbing his chest counting the seconds between each barking cough - never got past 45seconds & i just couldn't leave him - eventually he got off to sleep at 4am ish. So i am home again this morning - yest i went to work in the afternoon whilst ds' grampa came round but i may stay home all day today as am shattered...

luci - the house is really lovely, bright & spacious & looks ideal - here's hoping it works out

zephyr - fab pic - you certainly look all babies!!

chloe - will you have a cs with your twinnies? it's getting really close! i am in same boat - really want to move house & love house hunting but is only 2.5yrs since we bought this one & the market is dire for sellers... boo. i've been feeling period type pains on & off too - mostly in the evenings & have put it down to growing pains - but defo mention to mw at next apmnt!

hey to everyone else... am off to try catch some z's as ds is sleeping for now


x

 

[luci and bump]

I forgot to say before, the house is even more perfect, in that the couple who own it, and currently live in it, are expecting a baby, so moving out middle/end of may to be closer to family. Which means, it comes up for rent pretty much as we want it! Its like it was meant to be!! We're arranging a viewing, just waiting to hear back from the letting agents. Have emailed the link to my OH and he seems to quite like it

 

[chloe11]

yazzy - hope you get your gaviscon etc! and hearburn gets better!!! hopefully LO will move around and move its baby feet from your rib!! hehe!! does it feel painful?

rjsmam - well at the moment cos the first twin is breeched seems like it! but they said if the first one is head down then i wont need one even of the second twin is breeched or transvers etc! the only one they want it to be head down is the first one! and he is the one that isnt!!! lol!! lets see at my next scan what he is up to!!! hehe! i would rather not have a c section but whatever they suggest i guess i will go for!!! i am soooooooooooo exicited!! 30 weeks tomorrow! i cant wait till single figures!!! woop woop! hehe!
i know my hubby says same, its just not the best time to sell houses at all!!! and we are still decorating ours as half of the rooms are empty as we just havent had the time till now to decorate!!! so thats what we have been doing evry weekend!!! will mention to MW on monday re my period pains! hopefully its nothing major! i am sure it isnt!

luci and bump - sounds like the perfect house hunny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! good luck wit the viewing! cant wait to hear all about it!!!

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[RBurnett]

Am glad things are going ok for everyone - I can't believe how far we've come!


Rjsmam- I hope your DS gets better soon! Poor thing

Rburnett- Am glad you got some good nights sleep, I've not yet been suffering bad so have been getting plenty of shut eye. Reading about your probs I wondered if you'd ever had any type of abdominal surgery? Reason I ask is my cousin has recently been in hospital with pains like urs, it turns out that after surgery a couple of years back some of here scars fused against organs and muscle and as the baby started growing they were tearing apart, nothing to worry about but super painful

Luci - glad things are going well for you OH and you can now keep in touch better x

Last year I had a Laparoscopy for endometrious. I only had small traces of it and the consultant said pregnancy normally cures it but u might be right about the scaring.

 

[wavescrash]

Waves - wow when you say the 17th of April I think man thats ages away but when I look at the calendar its really not! hehe we will be racing to the finish, I wonder who will have babies first?! I really want a May baby though

I'm sure those of you with twins will have the rest of us beat haha. I may be starting to try and get things moving April 19 but it probably won't happen right away. We'll see! It's roughly a month away... So crazy!

waves - did you find out if baby is tranverse? are you suffering back ache. i am really struggling with it now, both sides right at across my ribs - not sure if it's related or not but i sure hope it doesn't last the next 10wks

I didn't, my OB said that she's not going to worry about her position until 35 weeks as she could still flip around a lot. I feel like shes transverse one day as head down the next so who knows! Hope your pain gets better :/

 

[yazzy]

Back from my appointment, all is well with baby. When she started listening for the heartbeat baby was moving out of the way so it took a while and then it was quite fast just over 160 beats per min so she listened for a while until it had calmed down slightly. Also baby now seems to have head and feet down low and the back and bum are curled around level with my belly button! Not sure what will happen at my scan for the placenta to see if it has moved because she could also hear that really, really low down! And i've got to have some iron tablets because my bloods came back low.

Rburnett - it could easily be the endo which is causing your pain, i've heard that can be extremely painful at times.

 

[chloe11]

i can never tell what positions they are!!! how do you guys know??? xxxxxxxxxxx

 

[RBurnett]

Yazzy - I get my scan for the placenta on the 26th March. They did a quick scan on a old simple scanner and the Dr sais "looks like is had moved, oh erm not sure acutally!" so we will wait and see.

Baby head is under my left rib...pls move baby so uncomfy. Im going to bounce on ball to try and move him..hehe!

 

[rjsmam]

chloe - i can tell because i feel 2 large lumps on each side, one a bit higher then the other, which the midwife confirmed as being the head and the bum!! she said the harder bump is the head but i can't really tell difference myself

yazzy - glad to hear apmnt went well, hope the iron tabs aren't hard work!

i have procured my latest ammunition against ds' cough ! special night-time cough medicine - here's hoping for a few more z's tonight!


x

 

[zephyr]

Chloe - I had those period pains right before my bump dropped down a couple of weeks back. I took paracetemol and lay down and took it easy, did my cleaning in 10 minute spurts cos being on my feet definitely didn't help.
It could be that your bump is dropping? I read online for a lot of people with twins it happens around now, some dont of course but a lot do.
I mentioned mine to my midwife and she said that if those pains come back to lay down take pain relief and if they dont go away to ring her. Chances are its nothing, but its one of those pains to keep an eye on and rest when you get them just in case.

rjsmam - I am so sorry your son is still sick! That's gotta be rough, you must be so tired. Good luck for tonight!

waves - I think you might be right I'm dying to see who will go first!

I have heaps of sorting to do later today it seems like it is never ending. My house is starting to look more cluttered every week that passes and stuff just cant get done and well....there's not a lot I can do about it. I can't stand mess, but I have had to just ignore it! My poor body is so wrecked haha I feel broken everywhere! Especially when I go from sitting to standing, I cry out in pain every time now. I get to the end of my day and all I can think is "omg finally the day is over, one day closer to feeling myself again"