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[lisaf]

heck, I get annoyed at the dog sometimes for being too clingy

 

[hopefulmama]

HAHAHAHA ya i hate when my husband plays the "i'm still asleep" game when he's too lazy to go walk the dogs, or likes to wake up at the exact moment i do so conveniently then say " oh did you already take the kids out?" hahaha sometimes men can be such fools

 

[Wiggler]

Hi ladies!

Silly intercom phone woke me up again at 4.15am so i tried to get back to sleep only to listen to the front door intercom say "please press enter" over and over. Need to ring the landlord and tell them that its broken and maybe they will fix it before the baby is born!

About the stretchmarks thing, the easiest way to find out if you are prone to them is find out if your relatives have them. My family have them and i oiled my body up loads and by the time my son was born it looked like i had a map of the London underground on my tummy, boobs, back, thighs, butt they faded super quick though! I can barely see them anymore.

I'm not too bothered about how much weight i put on with this pregnancy as the plan was always to go on a diet once i have recovered from giving birth properly.

xxxxxxxxxx

 

[wild2011]

morning ladies, how are we all feeling? i've had a not so good few days but feeling a little brighter today, fingers crossed it may be easing. had my swinf lu jab yesterday, nursed an aching arm over nite, dh got a few pokes in the ribs for leaning on it.lol.

trying to ctach up but lots to go through and my 18 month old is being demanding DD

i bf my eldest for 3 months, milk supply wasn't enough and i switched to ff when i returned to work 3 months later.

2nd lo bf for 6 months and then milk supply failed once more so onto ff.

3rd lo really struggled to get my supply and combo fed for 6 months.. hated it, didnt work for me, baby was confused with bottle and breast mixed, if i had mastered expressing i would have been ok, but sadly never did on any of them and spent alot of money on different types of pumps.

not pressuring myself this time, as got really down last time, will try and if i feel its not working will switch, my mw and hv are really supportive, i see every bf a bonus, but dont think anyone should feel pressured to do either,


xx

 

[stardust22]

Another thing, don't use soap on your belly or your breasts unless it's absolutely necessary. Soap dries out the skin, and when it's already stretching, it spells bad news for the way of stretch marks. The soap drying the skin out is what increases the itchiness on the belly and breasts.

Just lotion, lotion, lotion, and make sure it's a moisturizing lotion. Bio Oil and cocoa butter are best.

You are my new best friend!!!!!! I have a real phobia about stretch marks. thank you for your advice! I am prone to get them but any advice is always welcome THANK YOU!
x

 

[Sparklypants]

Ladies after my hospital scare the sonographer has moved my due date back to 30.05.11 ... I am thinking this is more likely to be a June baby! x

 

[new_to_ttc]

Morning ladies

Ive come down with lazyitius again today lol Just got in from work and have soooooo much about the house to do but I just can not be bothered rofl I had 11 hours sleep last night and I dont recall getting up to pee yet still managed to wake up this morning feeling like I havent slept in years arghhhh lol Feeling a little bit icky today. I was upset yesterday about the scan coming up next week and being so nervous, think baby is just letting me know they are doing ok

As for me time, it really is important to try and get a little bit every day. When the baby takes a nap dont do the chores... take some time out!! Or if you have a dp make sure you use him, when he is about go out have a walk 20 minutes fresh air. If you have baby sitters, use them for couple time not to catch up with jobs you havent done all day. Its so important to get that me time, you can just curl up with a film, a book, a hot bath (you'll realise very quickly how these are few and far between) just dont do anything mummy or wifey related at least once a day. The chores can be done while the baby is kicking off lol Nothing like white noise (hoover, washer, dishwasher etc lol) to settle a screaming child lol

 

[twinmummy06]

hey everyone, hope everyone is feeling as great as possible haha!

my symptoms are settling down, but not completely gone, and flare up randomly BOOOOOOO!

i feel like im am going crazy as i swear i have started to feel movement. yes i know its just about impossible this early but holy crap does it feel like movement. i felt the twins at 14weeks, and that was fairly strong and noticable to me, this feels exactly the same just alot softer and very very very random maybe once every day or two. i havent told anyone because they will just think im some kinda of paranoid freaker looking for any sign oh well even if its not it gives me hope until my next scan

ohhhh we are discussing BF already im definately going to try again this time. i tried with the boys, but holy moly was it hard, everyone says it gets easier but it didnt, especially with one semi-inverted nipple i ended up exclusively pumping for 5 months until my milk supply dropped so low i had to start supplementing with formula. pumping just isnt the same as BF i wish i had perserved some more but this time will hopefully be much easier and if not my boys turned out just fine on formula

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Another thing, don't use soap on your belly or your breasts unless it's absolutely necessary. Soap dries out the skin, and when it's already stretching, it spells bad news for the way of stretch marks. The soap drying the skin out is what increases the itchiness on the belly and breasts.

Just lotion, lotion, lotion, and make sure it's a moisturizing lotion. Bio Oil and cocoa butter are best.

You are my new best friend!!!!!! I have a real phobia about stretch marks. thank you for your advice! I am prone to get them but any advice is always welcome THANK YOU!
x

No problem. My family is very prone to stretch marks. I have maybe 3 small, barely visible ones on each of my breasts, and 5 small ones combined on my hips, but none on my belly. I followed this advice from someone else with all of my pregnancies. So far so good for no stretch marks on my belly.

 

[hopefulmama]

OMG, I just did pilates for the first time in like a week... I feel like someone just threw me down a flight of stairs, it was so hard compared to normal... i am shaking it was so hard... i can't believe how tired i got with my instructor. My instructor was being sooo mean too! ugh people

 

[wild2011]

aww , try and take it easy, excercise is all good, just dont over do it. x

 

[luckyme225]

I'm sooo tired. Only getting around 5 hours of sleep the week I work sucks. It takes everything in me to wake up with my son and not just go back to bed. My bum is feeling a bit better today but last night I kept saying "ouch" where my pants moved around my Rhogam injection area.

As for "me" time once you have a baby, you just take it where you can get it. My "me" time came in the form of going to the grocery store for some groceries and enjoying a Starbucks while strolling the isles.

 

[wild2011]

my me time thesedays r on the way to the school to pick los up wen 18 month old sleeps in the pushchair, the daily ritual consists of a choc bar or ice cream etc without her screaming for it lol. the only time of day i ever get to eat summink i want without sharing it hehe

 

[BrandiCanucks]

So, I should have waited. I haven't officially been set back yet, but I had my 12 weeks ultrasound today for the nuchal translucency and apparently the baby is measuring right on for 11w2d, which is what I am according to my LMP and May 2 due date.

I think I'm just going to stick with both due date clubs. I know I won't make it to May, but I miss you ladies.

Speck has a strong heartbeat of 150bpm, measures 46.7mm CRL and is very stubborn (S)he didn't want to cooperate for the technician, but we managed to get the measurements. Will post a picture tomorrow when I can get to my scanner. I look forward to my gender ultrasound now.

 

[BrandiCanucks]

Here's a picture of today's ultrasound picture, lol. I can post a better one tomorrow.

 

[lisaf]

hmm, lol... Brandi... I'm really not sure what I'm looking at on that scan

 

[sarah54]

I'm due May 22nd, can you add me to the list please! Thank you!

 

[charlotteb24]

evening ladies!
my me time is when Noah goes to nursery school for a half day on a tuesday so that i can get on and clean the house! and on thursdays when i go to help out with beaver scouts at a local school!
I have a funny feeling that all of this will be knocked on the head somewhat when there are 2 of them running around!
Had my home visit with the midwife today running through my options and i have my scan date booked for the 4th november! can't wait!
and i've been very busy updating my signature this evening finally got our logo on there!! xx

 

[hopefulmama]

Going through these posts I am noticing how much later they do the scan in the UK than they do in the US. I am getting my 1st scan on Monday and my dr's consider this extremely late and i will only be 8 weeks 3 days then, yet my parents who are both dr's think that seems very early ( they are also both european ). Also reading through stuff online a lot of people don't do their first scan till 11-13 weeks, i guess that the US trying to take all insurance or personal monies from people.

 

[lisaf]

lol, or the fact that we are more high-demand instant-gratification people
Since our healthcare isn't nationalized, there isn't really a budget or such a limited availability of scans.
There isn't 'much' value in doing one before 12 weeks... meaning nothing medically important to know in a normal pregnancy with no spotting or other concerns.
The NHS saves a lot of money by doing this.

I think if you had no insurance, they wouldn't insist you have an early scan. Just an option thats available that insurance covers for some reason even though it isn't medically necessary.