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

[bumpin2012]

Cliqmo: I started right at 32 weeks with 1 cup/day. I have had a hard time with tea in general, and I found it gave me LOTS of heartburn and nausea (but i've had bad HB and Nausea throughout this pg anyways) so I switched to the capsules. Either way - Me and bubs are just fine at 36 weeks!

 

[yazzy]

Anti don't worry about not going with your OH to the antenatal classes....I can guarantee you he would probably be really bored lol! I didn't take my OH to any of mine, just updated him on them when he got back from work.

I'm going to wait and see what happens at my scan next week and if my placenta has moved I am going to start the RLT then. If not I will ask my midwife about it because of a possible c-section.

Right now I really, really want to go to bed! Don't feel great and my back and pelvis is hurting so much everytime I move however I have to go and teach 3 hours of dog training...thank god my mum is there aswell as I think i'll be sitting down through most of it! Is anyone else getting really achy now?

 

[wavescrash]

Is anyone else on Raspberry Leaf Tea?? When did you start? I am due right at the end of May so a few weeks behind you, but keen to start planning so wondered if I could start drinking it now?

I'm taking the capsules as opposed to drinking the tea but I started them at 32 weeks. They're 500mg and I take 2 a day. Once I hit 36 weeks (and start taking EPO) I'm going to up my RLT capsules to 3 a day.

 

[luci and bump]

I'm baaaack!!
Meeting my OH at the airport was the best feeling!! He arrived a bit early, which meant I got to see him a bit earlier Then we drove to the hotel, and he was really surprised Had a lovely 2 days wandering around bath, and bought some of the most delicious fudge I have ever, ever eaten! And, discovered they have a website too, so I can see me getting very, very fat haha.
We're back in Cardiff now, and settled back into work and normal life. Things are pretty good, we've been spending every day together, which before might have felt a bit intense, but now, we both want to be together all the time

I feel like everything is prepared and ready, just waiting for the baby now!!
Have been so, so uncomfortable recently I can't sit down for longer than about 15 minutes without having to get up for a walk about There seems to be bits of baby everywhere! It seems to be trying to push its way out of my tummy, which really flipping hurts!! Just want it out now! But, I'm only 32 weeks, so it needs to stay in a while longer yet! Am going to buy my raspberry leaf tea capsules tomorrow Then ante natal classes start next wed
What actually gets taught at ante natal classes? I literally have no idea what to expect!!

 

[Ems77]

This pregnancy has been so different to my single babies, and I am really quite terrified of labour and the birth. You would think cos I've done it before a few times that I would be all good but the more babies I have had the more anxiety I feel before each labour.
Sorry for the mini meltdown but times getting closer and I am really quite scared. I feel like such a big baby

I don't think it matters that you've had other children, this is TWINS and the whole thing is brand new like having your first again! I would feel the same way you do. I threatened to kill my hubby if we ended up with twins, I don't think I have the proper mental faculties to deal with that sort of situation

 

[Ems77]

Self-sweep? Oh, do explain!!!!
I'm starting all my eviction plans at 37 weeks on the dot hahahah. This baby feels plenty big enough and I trust that she'll be okay if she comes before 40 weeks. Plus they say nothing will work unless she's ready anyway so no harm in trying.

They have instructions on the interwebs about how to do your own, it's make-shift of course ie, an easier version, but that's good because we are not doctors either. :-D

 

[wavescrash]

Self-sweep? Oh, do explain!!!!
I'm starting all my eviction plans at 37 weeks on the dot hahahah. This baby feels plenty big enough and I trust that she'll be okay if she comes before 40 weeks. Plus they say nothing will work unless she's ready anyway so no harm in trying.

They have instructions on the interwebs about how to do your own, it's make-shift of course ie, an easier version, but that's good because we are not doctors either. :-D

I'm intrigued hahah.

I think she dropped some more. Left is from Friday, the right is from today. The discomfort is surreal. Pain in the front and back. I feel her behind my pubic bone. Doctor appointment in the AM so hopefully she can tell me what's going on in there and if we're looking at her to make an early arrival (good God I hope so!)

 

[zephyr]

Haha oh man I bet mine are gunna stay in till I need to be induced and you'll have yours before me waves!

Vaurissa - yeah I suppose you're right it is new and scary, I'm just a giant wuss when it comes to pain. Even though I'll be having an epi, I'm worried it wont work, or that I will have them too fast and wont get one and have to do it all natural.

Awh I had a busy day today! And now I have put my feet up and I REFUSE to cook tea tonight or do anything else. My daughter had to get a tooth pulled at the dentist today so we did that and I promised to take her to the school fun day afterwards so of course I had to walk a bit cos it was packed and finding a close park was hard!

It was cool cos they had a police dog demonstration, which was so awesome but then they let off gun shots and my babies jumped around heaps and I thought maybe it might of been a bit too loud.
The first half an hour I was great, then I waited in line for face painting for half an hour! OMG then I was like "okay honey we have to go now I'm sorry mummys getting very sore" and some dick locked the school so I had to walk the long way round back to the car like 4 times as long!
Then I had to do my grocery shopping cos evrythings shut over easter and today is our usual shopping day and of course everyone thinks its the bloody end of the world and need to stock up and so the lines were huge!

Finally got home and realised I forgot paracetemol, antacids, butter and hot x buns. easter with no hot x buns?! that's almost as bad as forgetting to get the chocolate!

 

[wavescrash]

Haha oh man I bet mine are gunna stay in till I need to be induced and you'll have yours before me waves!

Hahaha I wouldn't hate it if that were the case. Everyone keeps telling me she's coming early but we'll see! I'm wishing so hard that my doc follows through with the internal tomorrow and tells me I'm like 2 or 3cm dilated already. All the pain and pressure, I'd better be. It's getting so bad, I can hardly stand or walk at all.

 

[RBurnett]

RANT WARNING...

I go to my normal consultant appointment at 4.10 which normally lasts 10mins! The consultant tells me im looking big to be expecting a small baby then she measures me and im acutally only measuring 31 weeks..doh!

She tells me she wants bloods doen due to the pain i get (i had all through pregnancy)

I go to the day assesment unit for bloods and urine to check for pre clempisa due to my very swollen feet. The mw tells me that she not sure why im having bloods for abdo pain and tells me I got to wait for the results to be assessed. They put me on the monitor and all is fine.

They send to L&D to wait for results. I ask when ill get seen and they repsoned saying soon. 8.00 they tell my my bloods are lost and never got to the labs so they want to take some more but Im allowed home (oh thank you) and call this morning for results.

My battery died in the hospital so my OH was so worried bless him.

Im soo angry!!!

Its my last day at work and i should be happy but im so tired as i didnt get in till 9 and had to eat before i went to bed..ZZZZZZZZZ!

Ill be 35 weeks on Sunday so measuring 31 weeks is not gud, least i got my scan on Wednesday!

 

[RBurnett]

Bloods have come back raised, they want me back in but i managed to get them to agree that i come in wednesday morning before my scan!.

Ill be very suprised if they let me go 40 weeks with him. He is weighing small, im measuring small and one set of bloods show inflammation and one shows signs of pre-clampsia!

Just got to wait till Wednesday now!

 

[anti]

Rachel we will be thinking of you. Please keep us updated!! Xxx

 

[RBurnett]

Thank you. As long as its best for baby ill do what ever.

I was measuring 31 weeks when I was 31 + 4 so im not growing!

If they do want him out at 28 weeks then its not bad really, ill be full term and there have been babies born a lot earlier then that.

Just hate having to wait!

 

[wavescrash]

Rburnett - I have no experience with the blood levels you do but with my first, I measured 3 weeks behind for about a month so my doc ordered a growth scan thinking baby stopped growing. They said she only weighed 5lbs but she was born a week or so later (not induced) weighing 7lbs 9oz and very healthy. So measuring small isn't always a bad/scary thing. Sometimes we just carry that way. Good luck though!!!!

 

[RBurnett]

Thanks waves Im sure he is just going to be a lil baby, he so active so must be very happy.

 

[wavescrash]

I had my 35 week appointment... I’ve gained even more weight, my blood pressure was normal and her heart rate was at 158 bpm. I did have an internal exam (as well as the swab to test for Group B strep) and unfortunately there’s nothing going on with my cervix. I was so sure it’d be softening or lowering or something with all the pain I’ve been having but no such luck. On the plus side, she’s head down. I go back on Tuesday so we’ll see if anything changes.

 

[bumpin2012]

Waves: Im sure your next appointment will show some progression... it has to with how much you have dropped!

Rachel: Hopefully your next scan shows some growth! I was measuring 32 at my 34 week appointment and my dr said it was perfectly fine! How has your blood pressure been?

I went to the gym this morning. All I did was walk on the treadmill, did a few leg exercizes and some hip stretches, followed by a walk on the indoor track, but OH MY the braxton hicks I was getting! OH wanted me to do jumping jacks...lol... I hope this is a good sign that things are progressing as Im pretty sure baby is dropping, and im getting more and more braxton hicks with activity. Im starting to do lots of walking and bouncing on my ball to (hopefully) get things moving in the right direction...

 

[bumpin2012]

36 week bump is the first one. 34 week bump is the second. Does it look lower to anyone else?

 

[wavescrash]

Waves: Im sure your next appointment will show some progression... it has to with how much you have dropped!

Thanks! I hope so. I was so sure that something would have been different from my last internal with how much she's dropped and the insane pressure I've been feeling on top of the cervical pain but no such luck. I really hope there's change next week. There's no reason to be in so much pain for nothing to be going on hahaha.

I wish I were closer to 37 weeks so I could start working on the eviction process. The pain today is probably the worst it's been so far. Walking is almost near impossible. I had some hip pain out of nowhere and at one point it was so bad it stopped me in my tracks and had me doubled over. I'm sure it's just her on a nerve but my goodness. That plus the lower back pain and the pelvic pain and hip pain... all my OB said was that I'm a trooper for dealing with the pain so long. Well lady... I have no other choice. I can't exactly stop being pregnant haha. UGH.

 

[RBurnett]

Waves - i would have been annoyed to that nothing has happened if i was getting that much pain and pressure, talk about teasing u!

Bumpin - my blood pressure has and is very good which is great news. It does look like u have dropped. Im not sure if i have, I do know he is getting lower has his bum isnt as high in my ribs!

LAST DAY AT WORK TODAY...WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!