*~* May 2013 - Spring Babies*~* 117 Jelly Babies - 22 Boy's & 19 Girl's - 5 Babies :D

[Longing2bAMum]

I'm having drier skin that normal, it's a sign of a boy, and I see you are also carrying a boy

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Hi ladies. Hope you've had a good weekend.

I had a lovely day with friends in the city yesterday and have been busy with baby bits today. Knitted a wool nappy cover and sewed a changing pad cover. (Ours feels cold and plasticky to me and I have tons of cute fabric so thought I'd jazz it up.)

TMI question for anyone who doesn't mind answering -

How have you been with constipation etc recently?

Mine was pretty bad (only going every 2-3 days when I've always been at least once a day) bit since Friday I've been like 5 times a day!

Not bad or painful or anything. Just not sure if I'm getting out a backlog or what!

In any case I prefer it to not going. Although sort of hoping I can avoid it at work during the week!

 

[Sass827]

I've had dry skin on the front of one leg for months, but now its on my face an belly too. So odd. And I go from not being able to go to going way too much, but I think the going too much has been from all of the traveling. I did start eating lots of prunes during the second tri, which I think helped a lot. I'm going to go back to that and see if it helps.
2 weeks til our 3d scan. I am beyond pumped and cannot wait to see her and her size. I'm hoping if she is still running big that she might come a week or two early. Maybe its wishful thinking though. Like Kezz, I am totally impatient and cannot wait to meet this little lady!
Here's my latest pics. I cannot believe how big I am. Ugh!

 

[TTCBean]

You look great Sass!

 

[Hann12]

I had itchy sensitive skin last pregnancy and had a girl so it's not gender related

 

[lpjkp]

Wow sass,you have a mega cute bump! I just look huge! Lol

Glad you had a lovely weekend cupcake about the number 2 situation,I wish mine were as forthcoming as yours but I've definitely noticed an improvement in my toilet routine in the last month...im going most days now anyway!

I didn't sleep a wink last night,bloody sore arm from the whooping cough jab,and the morning sickness and heartburn are a killer this morning!

I've got midwives this afternoon,and im going to ask about the possibility of a water birth at home...its upset me that ALL of my family and friends are dead against it,but after my awful experiences at the hospital im booked in for, both me and DH want me to labour in as relaxed an environment as possible...id get two midwives,whereas they were too busy for even one at the hospital,I wouldn't be left in triage until I was pushing (this happened to a lady there when I was there) and a hospital is only a mile up the road if I needed to go in...someone tell me im not crazy or stupid for considering it? I know its my first,but it looks at the minute like there won't be any more babies after this,and I want to do the most comfortable thing for me and my baby,and don't think I can relax in a hospital x

 

[Hann12]

LP to be honest it depends how bad your SPD is, mine was pretty bad, although I had also slipped discs in my back, and I'm glad I was at hospital for my first. I did end up needing an epidural (actually as I was pushing) because my daughter was causing so much pain on my pelvis and back. I'd say that if you are having a good pregnancy and not in pain etc (beyond general pregnancy aches and pains) then a home birth is very achievable but if you are in a lot of pain already I personally wouldn't do it but that's just me.

 

[lpjkp]

The spd is still pretty mild to be honest..ive got general aches and pains but nothing that stops me from doing day to day tasks...ill have a word with the midwife and see what she recommends, because as far as I know the closer hospital is not an option either x

 

[Hann12]

Go with your gut instinct and what you feel comfortable with. If your SPD isn't bad then it shouldn't cause you any problems. You can always change your mind nearer the time if something happens.

 

[jtink28]

hey ladies! i was out of town for 4 days...missed chatting!

has anyone gone on a plane flight lately? i haven't had any swelling so far, but after i got off the plane, my feet were swollen and hurting!!! they still haven't gone all the way down, but are better.

anyone have swelling yet??

 

[julesjules100]

It's hard to pull apart what swelling and what's weight gain (!).

No swelling yet really but I have found that my hands have been getting flame hot and as a result they swell up. Really hope I don't have to take off my engagement/wedding rings but it's looking like that will be at the case at some point.

I haven't had any itching (and I'm carrying a boy) but apparently it's very common on your stomach as the skin stretches/gets thinner. Something else to look forward to!

x

 

[jtink28]

my hands and feet have gotten swollen just since i flew on an airplane on thursday - before that, they were totally normal.
now they're swollen and huge. my bp is fine, so i know it's not pre-e, but it's obnoxious.

this morning at work, a girl in the lunch room said, "OH MY GOD, your feet are HUGE!" and then started laughing while pointing at my feet, and everyone else in the room started laughing, too.
i just walked out and went to my desk and started crying.

 

[julesjules100]

Oh no jtink! If she does it again tell her you can arrange for her mouth to have a much closer inspection of your foot....

Its just probably fluid retention from flying! Don't get upset over it. Try to keep your feet elevated at work if you can (and if not have rest breaks to put your feet up), drink tonnes of water and when you get home soak your feet and hands in cool water, which has helped my Fire Hands.

x

 

[jtink28]

thanks jules....i love my baby, and i'm so grateful and blessed to be able to be pregnant and have a baby, but.....i don't really love being pregnant and all the icky stuff involved. feeling the kiddo kick is fun, but i could do without everything else.
makes me feel like a monster for saying that...

 

[maybesoon]

oh jtink.... THANK YOU!!! I am the exact same way! I LOVE my Mason but I couldn't be more ready to have him hear & OUT of me! I'm not the glowing pregnant woman. I HATE it. I can't ever get comfortable, haven't slept good in months, I feel like I have an alien inside of me trying to get out some days, I am to the point of waddling like a duck (as my mom was nice enought to point out on Friday), can't see my feet, it's hard to put on my socks & shoes, forget about shaving my legs & I still have 10 1/2 weeks to go! I'm going to be a buffalo!!!

 

[maybesoon]

oh & yes jtink.... I'm all swollen also...

 

[julesjules100]

jtink and maybe, I'm totally with you. Not everyone is in love with being preggo and many people just want it over. I'm certainly one of them. Aside from knowing what's at the end, all of this stuff has been hideous - I detest being pregnant. That doesn't make you bad or a horrible Mum, it just is what it is. I just said to my consultant on Thursday the same thing and he said that he completely understood and he wouldn't want to do it either!

At the end of the day, some people love it but not everyone does and there's no reason to feel guilty if you don't. If I could bypass pregnancy and have the baby straight in my arms I would. Better still, medicine needs to move more quickly so we could have the option of letting our OHs carry the joy! Surrogate anyone?

x

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Aww ladies I'm the opposite.

I feel guilty because I almost don't want her out as I'll miss my belly! I love being pregnant sooo much, and I know we're having a big break, and I'm kinda nervous about DH and I not having these lovely times we have together now rubbing my belly.

I've wanted to be pregnant for what feels like ever, and I just adore it, and I know of course I'll love Bee more than anything but I just want to stay in the phase of the two of us and the bump for a bit longer than 12 more weeks if that makes sense?

It was like with wedding planning - we planned and planned and then by the time it was 2 months before the wedding everything was sorted and bought and there was nothing left to do! That was miserable too, although of course I wanted to get married and we had the most magical wedding I've ever been to, but it was sad that after my whole life of imagining my wedding that that chapter was finished?

I think it's becasue I've lways daydreamed about being pregnant and picking out bits in shops and waddling around etc. And now I'm doing it and I don't want it to stop!

Now I sound really ungrateful! Lol.

 

[julesjules100]

Tee hee Cupcake, we're all different! I hated planning my wedding as it was just another long to-do list in an already manic life! To each his own.

I really wish I was enjoying it as it would make me stop feeling like the time was dragging. Not only do I want my baby safely here but I want my old self back (mentally and physically) and I want to be able to go out to dinner, eat sushi, rare steaks, drink, go for a run, not feel like a heffer etc etc. The list is endless for me. Hurry up 40 weeks x

 

[maybesoon]

lol Cupcake.... I'm glad at least one of us is enjoying it.... jules I'm with you. I just want to be me again!!! I have waited & waited, tried, tried, tried to get pregnant for years. I knew it wouldn't be a cake walk, but ugh.... I want him in my arms & not kicking my bladder. I miss my sushi & rare steaks SO badly. I miss being able to bend over. Hell I miss being able to breathe! With all of that said, this is all completely worth it to have my Mason arive safe & healthy, but I'm ready to have my body back also!!!