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

[julesjules100]

you look great sass!!!

i'm hoping i fall in my mom's footsteps - she had 5 kids, and not one stretch mark. none for me so far, so fingers crossed!

anyone else starving all the time??? i just ordered my lunch - a huge salad with a cream soda and an oatmeal cookie. i was craving it - that's my excuse. hah!

Actually for the first time in my whole pregnancy I'm finally NOT starving all the time!! I've had about a week of feeling more like how I used to eat, which is great! Hope it continues (although I'm sure I won't be that lucky lol).

As for the AF type pains being BH, in my experience I'd say no. My BH's are more arresting than painful but every once in a while I will get AF type pains that last for a few mins and then go. I suspect that it may be to do with stretching and they go up into my lower back too and I know on me that that area is a little under pressure at the moment.

x

 

[TTCBean]

I'm starving all the time!! I woke up at 5 am and had to get an apple and some cheese because I couldn't fall asleep again I was so hungry. I feel like 30ish minutes after a meal I need to have something else, it's insane! This little man is doing some serious growing!

 

[Hann12]

Sass you look great! You are really small so I'm not surprised by the weight increase - you'll lose it I am very sure so try not to worry.

I'm losing appetite too - back to normal or less than but I am trying to eat still so my blood pressure doesn't get dangerously low again.

I agree with jules on the AF pains versus BH. BH are more stomach based and pressure of stomach tightening rather than cramping if that makes sense?

 

[TTCBean]

I get AF type pains recently, but I don't get the stomach tightening like I do with BH. I think it's a separate thing, but I have no idea why the AF pains happen. Maybe stretching?

 

[jtink28]

i haven't noticed that i've had any BH. i'm concerned that i haven't!!

 

[Hann12]

Jtink I had none with DD so don't worry

 

[kezziek]

Jtink i didn't have any braxton hicks with my first baby either, well none that I noticed xxx

Leaking pee happens to me quite frequently my pelvic floor officially does not seem to exist anymore. I have to wear pantyliners a lot just incase it does happen.

Yep exhausted here too. Getting up the stairs even is just a mammoth task at the moment. I've just started to take iron supplements to see if that helps. I'm trying the drinks first (spatone) mixed with orange juice as the tablets normally make me feel dreadful. I know I have to just stick with it though- the drinks are making me nauseous but i think after a couple of weeks last time the side effects settled down.

Sass you look great. I'm jealous of how trim you are! X

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Sass - you look great!

Jules - glad your little man is measuring the same % how lovely that he has long legs.

Hann - I agree get a scan if you're worried, but everyone's right in how far out their estimates can be too. As long as baby and placenta look healthy then size (other then if they're way off either end) shouldn't be too much of a concern. Everyone's different after all.

Kezzie - I have a huge flight of stairs up to my office and some days it really takes it out of me. X Hope your iron supplements work. X

As for peeing and BH. I've only peed a teeny bit once or twice if I've been in an awkward position and sneezed. Although when my MS was bad I peed a couple of times while wrenching really hard.

I get the occasional tightening. Normally if I'm peeing after holding it too long. It doesn't hurt so much as just feel really hard and weird. Cramps and pains for me have been more stretching related.

Im super tired every night lately so have taken to getting in bed with the ipad and watching 4OD or BBC iPlayer - I just watched a tv show about adult babies out of sheer perverse curiosity. Sort of wish I hadn't as it's all a bit weird!

 

[TTCBean]

I am so tired most of the day, feels like I can't even think. It sure is a struggle - I hope I snap out of this soon! My iron levels were normal, midwife doesn't think I'll benefit much from an iron supplement. Sleeping has been ROUGH, no matter which side I lay on my hips go numb, constant peeing (seems like hourly), and I've got into this lovely habit of waking and not being able to fall back to sleep for an hour or two. I think it's natures way of sleep training me for when the baby's here, lol!

 

[Hann12]

Ttc that's what happens to me, when I wake I'm up for minimum of 2 hours! I remember it last time really bad towards the end and just lying there thinking that I wished the baby was there to keep me company!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Morning ladies.

A couple of weeks ago I had that where I was awake for ages in the night, and I also thought it's a shame she's not here to keep me entertained - lol.

Sleeping OK at the moment thankfully, although I do wake up with really really sore ribs if I've been laying wrong, and then I feel like I'm stuck in that position as it hurts so bad I'm scared to move!

Baby is kicking my cervix and bladder laods this morning. It is so uncomfortable and weird - keeps making me jump and gasp and I'm sure people at work think I'm mad! It's also making me have loads of discharge - I got a little worried but checked and it's very milky and white, so I think it's just the pressure of her kicking that's pushing it out!

 

[missmayhem]

Issue I'm having with sleep is boobs getting in the way, not my bump but my boobs...


Just stopped for coffe and had the yummiest mars bar cheesecake

 

[missmayhem]

Oh also getting odd cramps. Never had BH with dd so this is new to me. It's cramps like you get with diarrhoea... Anybody any ideas, wondering if I've eaten something dodgy

 

[Sass827]

Morning ladies! Feeling like we're all going through the same stuff. I'm changing daily from ravenous to not very hungry at all. Really tired almost all the time, but even when I'm not that tired, I have no endurance.
I only have bh when I overdue it physically or if I'm dehydrated. But I have had the AF like cramps as well. I kind of thought it felt like RLP. I get to meet my delivery dr today, so I will ask her.
So here's my weird observation of the day: when I'm feeling thirsty (always) my eyes start feeling dry! So stinking weird! Anybody else having this?

 

[pinktiara]

My son (3) has been waking up at 6am which is not normal for him at all so hopefully he goes back to his usual 730 soon i'm tired. the GD doesn't help everytime I eat I feel like i could instantly sleep I don't see the dietician etc till next friday so thats lame. I drrink a ton of water a day always followed the rule of half my weight in ounces I just stop drinking about 2 hours before bedtime so I am only up about two times a night to pee which is nice. I cant believe Its only 8 weeks to go this saturday time has been flying by got my Avent bottles coming in the mail today my diaper bag came the other day so exciting and i have been getting awesome deals online!!

 

[CupcakeBaby]

Afternoon ladies.

I'm super thristy all the time too, and my nose and eyes have been dry - but I think it might be all the plants starting to come out for spring.

I booked a 4d scan today - for a week tomorrow.

I know 32 weeks is pretty late, but I so want to see her and check she's OK and that she's definitely a she!

 

[Hann12]

Pink - my DD is suddenly waking at 6/6.15am every morning! Only started this week but I'm not loving it either - weird coincidence!!

 

[MightyMom]

My mom told me that she read at 31 weeks the baby starts to compress your stomach and digestive tract, slowing it down. This causes increased gas and burping. So if you're getting AF type cramps, it's probably gas or BM trying to squeeze through your intestines. Apparently it only gets worse until the baby is born. And since she mentioned it, I do remember being REALLY gassy with DD! This one, not so much yet but I have been burpy lately so I'm sure it's coming.

 

[Lady H]

Cupcake my hay fever has started as there is a lot of tree pollen from the willows about. Makes me wheezy and I get a cough.

 

[missmayhem]

clocks go forward soon so hopefully that will help you little one sleep better