September 2021 due date babies!!!

[Suggerhoney]

@LoneWanderer

I won't be getting the vaccine but that's just me.
It is good pregnant womon can have it now tho.


So today we have had rain and sunshine and then thunder and lots of heavy rain and hale.
Lovely British May weather lol.


And I spoke to soon about the feeling so great.

Wonderful leg cramps started last night. 3 times it woke me up.

I had it with DS too and awful foot and toe cramps.

The leg cramps I can just about manage but I really hope the foot and toe ones don't start because that is agony.

With the leg ones as soon as it starts I get out of bed and stamp my feet and it goes.
But foot and toe cramps are a whole different story. Hope I don't get them this time .


Also had my first braxton hicks connection. Not painful at all just went all hard and tight then released.
Crazy how the body starts practicing so soon b4 birth.

 

[Suggerhoney]

Also booked my next midwife appointment. I've not seen her since I was 8 weeks.

But booked in to see her at 25+4 weeks on June 16th.

So many appointments in June.
2nd June consultant
10th June growth scan
16th June midwife
31st June consultant

So the appointments are definitely rolling in.

Is anyone feeling broody? Like how can u feel broody when pregnant lol.

I just can't wait to have a newborn again. Even the newborn smell I just can't wait.
Just over 17 weeks until induction.

Won't get my official date for ages yet though. They always give me it at the last minute like 35 36 weeks.


Yeah I'm not sure it I told u all why I get induced 3 weeks early.
I had a liver transplant in 2011 so because of my scar (its huge) and me being on immunosuppressents they don't like me going the whole hog because it puts to much pressure on my scar and new liver.

I have gone full term in the past 40 weeks and even 42 weeks so I know what it's like.

I'm actually quite glad I get induced early because normoly by the time I hit 35 weeks and huge I'm done lol.
Just hope this little one stays put until induction day because I've also had a premmie and I wudnt wish that on anyone.

Just want this one to stay put untill induction day and be healthy.
But not massive lol I'm only tiny hehe.
A nice 7lb something again wud be lovely hehe.



@LoneWanderer
They give u those horrible injections with natural birth now too.
I was in hospital for 5 days after having Tommy and had them everyday and then when we went home they gave me another weeks worth to take home with me.
I've never had that happen b4 so it was all new.

U should of seen me trying to inject myself it was so funny i just cudnt do it but I did in the end.

I will be straying in again this time too for 5 days after baby is born.
That's why I've got such a big suitcase lol.
Need to get a holdel too lol.

 

[Zoboe95]

Hey! Sorry, went away for a week and had 0 signal! It was so good to get away from everything for a week with my family, and see the sea!

I will be getting the jab as soon as I'm offered it, but I'm only 25 so it could be a while yet!

I'm still pretty tiny, but I do feel like I doubled in size last week, and little wriggler is so active now it's mad!

 

[Suggerhoney]

Hey! Sorry, went away for a week and had 0 signal! It was so good to get away from everything for a week with my family, and see the sea!

I will be getting the jab as soon as I'm offered it, but I'm only 25 so it could be a while yet!

I'm still pretty tiny, but I do feel like I doubled in size last week, and little wriggler is so active now it's mad!

Isn't it great feeling them movements hon.
Mines really active at night and In the morning.
I love it.



Soooo I changed my signature. Prob end up changing it again a few times I get bored haha.

 

[atx614]

@MadamRose i will totally get a birth ball if it helps with hips!! Is it just like a big exercise blow up ball? And are there exercises I do on my to help my hips?

@LoneWanderer here in the US pregnant women have been able to get it. But my doctor said to hold off until baby is here so I am waiting until after delivery. My husband, parents, siblings and inlaws have all been vaccinated so everyone I see is at least but it does stink to not get to go anywhere as it seems everything. Is starting to open up. Do y’all have the same three vaccinations we have here (Pfizer, moderna, and Johnson and Johnson) or do y’all have any different options?

My 20 week scan is tomorrow!! I am so nervous but hubby is allowed to come to this one only and I am so thankful. I also need to call my insurance as the lady from my doctor just called and said they cover my appointments and blood work but not scans this time around...WTF. So I am hoping that’s an error as well have the same insurance as we did with my previous pregnancies.

 

[MadamRose]

@Suggerhoney wow that’s a lot of appointments close together you are going to be super busy! It must vary by trust in terms of the injections I don’t think everyone is given them here unless they have increased risk factors

@atx614 it’s like a big yoga ball (normally 3 sizes so check the right one for your height - I got mine from Amazon for like £10) I normally just sit on it occasionally I’ll rotate my hips in circles or gently from side to side, I think the reason it helps as the way you naturally sit on it takes the pressure off a lot of the normal pressure points. Good luck for your scan I’m sure all will be fine!

@Zoboe95 hope you had a nice time away. It’s so lovely you are feeling so much movement!

 

[LoneWanderer]

@atx614

Similar but we have pfizer, moderna and astrazeneca (British one) - they won't let preggos have that now as its got a slightly higher risk of blood clots. So we get the pfizer as standard. Until about ten days ago they were saying no to pregnants having it as it was untested on us, but as 90000+ have now had it in USA with no issues, they've changed the guidance and now say we should get it as soon as called.

Really excited to finally get mine and be able to do normal stuff with confidence again, and feel safe again: especially after losing my mum in law to the virus, I've seen first hand how awful it can be and just how fast it can strike. But yeah midwife said same to me, if no high risk factors like job or health, then to wait til delivery. Boooooo.

Suppose that risk level might change today based on glucose test result though...

 

[LoneWanderer]

Urgh so I am ten minutes into the glucose tolerance thing. Not the same midwife wooo, and blood test wasn't awful BUT she's gone and put a bloody plaster on it before I could insist no (I'm proper phobic about plasters. Yes I know I'm weird haha). So now I'm trying not to think about my arm at all.

The sugar drink thing is gross. Tastes like irn bru wkd that's been left to go flat and then been drunk the next morning in a fit of madness. Memories of my youth flooded back. Grim.

Now sat in the world's most uncomfortable chair listening to AWFUL local radio and wondering how on earth to pass another hour and 50 mins without going insane.

I'M SO BORRRRRRRED!

 

[stephx]

I’ve had my vaccine invitation but I think I’ll hold off till baby is here. Just personal preference.

Still feeling rubbish and not leaving my house anyway... I can’t take the 24 hours of sickness/ tiredness everyone seems to get.

 

[Bittersweet]

Had a bit of a scare. Started cramping and in pain on and off since yesterday evening.got al checked out and it looks like baby has moved back to transverse and basically every time she stretches or wiggles it’s pushing at my organs so gotta try and get her round again

 

[Suggerhoney]

I've had several invitations for the vaccine.
I am classed as highly vulnerable because of the transplant and being on immune suppressants.
I've told them I do not want it and I wish they wud leave me alone.
I've told them to please offer it to someone else.

I'm all for people having it if that's what they want but for me I just don't trust it.
My nanna had the astra one and she had her second shot the other day and she has been fine.
She's 84.
But I Do know some people who have had and it made them so unwell.
I do get the flu vaccine tho once a year. And may get the covid one once it's been out longer. I just feel its still so new and I just don't like the idea of having something put in my body that's only been out a short while. I keep seeing stuff about blood clots too and that scares me.


Have any of you had the hooping cough vaccine yet?
I didn't have it untill I was 34 weeks with our son.
I was told on here that they do it after the 20 weeks scan but I wasn't offered it.
I'll probably have to book in to have it done at the doctors surgery.
Knowing me I'll probably keep forgetting and end up having it last min like a I did with my son lol.
Think I mite bring it up with the midwife next time I see her.


@atx614
Good luck with ure scan hon. Can't wait to see pics.
I also recommend getting a Birth ball. I always love having a ball to sit on and it helps with painful hips.
Also a pregnancy pillow works wonders for sore hips.

My hips are not bad but I know my SPD and PGP will flare up soon.

 

[Bittersweet]

I've had several invitations for the vaccine.
I am classed as highly vulnerable because of the transplant and being on immune suppressants.
I've told them I do not want it and I wish they wud leave me alone.
I've told them to please offer it to someone else.

I'm all for people having it if that's what they want but for me I just don't trust it.
My nanna had the astra one and she had her second shot the other day and she has been fine.
She's 84.
But I Do know some people who have had and it made them so unwell.
I do get the flu vaccine tho once a year. And may get the covid one once it's been out longer. I just feel its still so new and I just don't like the idea of having something put in my body that's only been out a short while. I keep seeing stuff about blood clots too and that scares me.


Have any of you had the hooping cough vaccine yet?
I didn't have it untill I was 34 weeks with our son.
I was told on here that they do it after the 20 weeks scan but I wasn't offered it.
I'll probably have to book in to have it done at the doctors surgery.
Knowing me I'll probably keep forgetting and end up having it last min like a I did with my son lol.
Think I mite bring it up with the midwife next time I see her.


@atx614
Good luck with ure scan hon. Can't wait to see pics.
I also recommend getting a Birth ball. I always love having a ball to sit on and it helps with painful hips.
Also a pregnancy pillow works wonders for sore hips.

My hips are not bad but I know my SPD and PGP will flare up soon.

Yea I had whopping cough at 16 weeks

 

[MadamRose]

@LoneWanderer hope all goes okay.

@stephx I won’t be called for a while due to my age but not getting it anyway whilst pregnant.

@Suggerhoney I had my vaccine after my 20 week scan. Definitely worth getting that one booked in if you can! I always dread my 28 week appointment as I have to have the dreaded anti-d injections

 

[atx614]

Scan went perfectly! I will upload pics once I get home. We get the whooping cough vaccine at 28 week appt. my doctor also told me they don’t do a 28 scan anymore, now the next one is 36 weeks!! Which makes me nervous because at the 28 week scan is where they noticed my dd was small and we had to keep track of her growth. If I didn’t have one until 36 weeks we wouldn’t have noticed it

 

[atx614]

Here is my little girl!

the only negative thing my doctor mentioned after the scan was that my placenta is low. I already know it’s in the front, so now I am worries it’s low. But he said it should move up as my uterus grows.

 

[MadamRose]

@atx614 glad all is good! It’s really common for low lying placentas to move up as baby grows. It’s another thing that they’ll be able to check at 36 weeks. If you are worried about waiting that long with your daughter being small etc maybe see if he could do you another one sooner?

 

[Suggerhoney]

@LoneWanderer hope all goes okay.

@stephx I won’t be called for a while due to my age but not getting it anyway whilst pregnant.

@Suggerhoney I had my vaccine after my 20 week scan. Definitely worth getting that one booked in if you can! I always dread my 28 week appointment as I have to have the dreaded anti-d injections

I think when I see the midwife next I will ask her about the whooping cough vaccine and then book it.
Ooow no what's anti D jabs hon?

I have to have a glucose tolerance test in a few weeks abs I'm not looking forward to the nasty drink they make you drink. They do a orange one which isn't so bad but they also do a clearer one that's really disgusting and mega sweet it tastes like that laxative medicine yuk.

Here is my little girl!

the only negative thing my doctor mentioned after the scan was that my placenta is low. I already know it’s in the front, so now I am worries it’s low. But he said it should move up as my uterus grows.View attachment 1098497View attachment 1098498

Awwww shes beautiful hon. So glad all well. Yeah I heard that the placenta can move higher as u grow so ure be ok hon.

 

[Suggerhoney]

Anyone else keep getting a blocked nose?

 

[atx614]

@Suggerhoney my nose is stuffy every morning it seems. But once I blow it once and and then moving around it seems to drain and is better the rest of the day!

@MadamRose yes I think I will ask him if I can do one a bit sooner, maybe 32 weeks. I had GD with my daughter so maybe that’s why I got extra scans

 

[MadamRose]

@Suggerhoney I’m a negative blood group and if baby is a positive one it can lead to me creating antibodies against babies. They give anti-d at 28 weeks for anyone who is negitive blood, then again after birth if baby is positive (they take a bit of cord blood when born to check)

I don’t get a blocked nose but my nose keeps bleeding