3rd Trimester bumps!!

[Guest]

Hi Girls

Kim - at least you know what the plan is hun..........and an advantage is that you won't have to wait around and get to meet your little man earlier yeahhhhh!!

I know have some friends who had c-sections (one of them my cousin who is a midwife) and they have all been on their feet a lot sooner than the drs would have you believe........my cous (although not supposed to) was driving after a week!

To be honest I am praying my consultant does not let me go over at all.....I feel awful at the mo, really really tired........can't sleep etc.......and I am fairly sure that sods law will ensure I am in hospital on my 30th birthday.......1st July!! Not that I will mind as a. it will be early b. I will get to meet my miracle!!

How is everyone else?? Anyone bored out of their mind yet!??

Hugs

Jenfx

[sophiejane]

Hello all,
Just a quickie as dp is just about to dish up a curry. Going to the midwife was the best thing I could have done. She assured me that baby was fine (she says she's going to be over 8lb!!!!), that her heart beat is strong and she's in a good position. She says my pains are normal and I have been suffering from many loose bowels ( ) which she again said is normal.
Oh blimey Elizabeth farmer giles (piles) ... I do feel sorry for you.
I'm thanking God for Birkenstocks at the moment .... as they do cushion my elephant ankles a bit. When I look at my puffy feet and legs its as if they belong to someone else!!
better go, I'm being called. Can't wait for celebrity love island tonight.
From Soph-J

[Toni]

HI Soph-J

Blimey over 8lbs???!!! thats huge ... but YAY!!!!! that everything is good and your baby girl is going strong!! You sound a lot calmer and more reassured!!!

hope you enjoyed your curry - tired and off to bed now................

Love and kisses!!

Toni xx

[valpas]

Hi Girls,
Sophie,
I am glad Everything is good and the baby is strong. For me also my Ob/Gyn said baby is going to be 8lbs. Hope you enjoyed the curry.
Kim,
Wow, hardly 3 more weeks for you to hold your son.
About C-section I am too scared. Before it wasn't that much scary thou I thought its going to be C-section for me(As I am obese and gestational diabetes patient). But after knowing from the Doctor that its going to be C-section, now everything seems to be too scary. Most of all I had a hope that my mother is going to come to help me for a while, but her visa got rejected. So its everything is up and down for me now. DH is saying he'll take leave to help me.
Toni,
Don't worry, everything will be alright.
How is everyone else?
Lots of love,
Valli

[Toni]

Oh Valli

poor you you sound in a right panic. It must be pretty scary having everything fixed and looming. I think having the 'unknown' at the moment is making it easier for me, when it happens it happens. the prospect of a c-section does in reality terrify me - which is why i try not to think about it. But thats just cos I hate hospitals and I'm a bit of a wimp.........

Please try not to worry too much. I know its easier said than done.......but they are doing what is best for you and your precious baby, try and hold onto that thought. Im so sorry that your mothers visa got rejected also - what a total bummer!!! Is there anything else she can do to get into the country? Even for a couple of weeks? Sorry i don't know much about visa acceptance in the US ...... and as for your dh taking some leave - I should bloody hope so!!! My DH has no choice about that .... my mother won't be around and althought my dad is v excited, lets face it he'll want all the cuddles and none of the dirty nappies, right?!

like I said tho Valli - try not to worry and try to relax for the last few weeks of your pregnancy, hard as that may be. remember that your health and your babies health is more important than anything else, and that they are only doing the OP to make thngs better, safer and easier for you!

really thinking about you honey! take good care!

Toni xx

PS How is everyone else doing? Im at the point where i lie wide awake all night feeling sick and restless and completely uncomfortable!! A decent nights sleep is becoming a thing of the past sigh.............................................

[Jackie S]

Hi everybody

Wow!!! I can't believe how little time we all have left until we become mummies.

I am glad you are all progressing nicely -it looks like a lot of us will be having a c-section, I get my date on Thursday. I am not that worried at the moment, I know it is the best option for me and Stitch and it sounds like John will be looked after too. The midwife at Parentcraft classes said that after the baby is delivered and checked they hand him straight to the mother. After she has cuddled baby for a few minutes then he will be passed over to the father. Then when we are ready the midwife takes the baby to recovery and the father goes with them. He gets to see everything that is done and also gets to take as many photographs as he wants. That was the thing that was worrying me -not having any early photographs.

Stitch is solid in my stomach. The midwife said he is taking over!!! If anything I have actually lost weight. When I was weighed about 6 weeks ago I had only put on 2kg but this is because I still have no appetite, the nurse said I will not get my appetite now so no mad cravings either. Typical, the first time I have been told to eat what I like and I have no appetite. I have only had one small meal a day throughout the whole pregnancy, the good thing is Stitch is doing great. He weighed just over 2.5kg last week according to my scan. He is very big now and the best scan picture we could get was one of his foot but you can see all his toes. We have had scans every 2-4 weeks throughout the whole pregnancy and we have purchased pictures from each one, Stitch's photo album is getting full already!!! He has about 14 2d scan pictures and 11 4d scan pics, also I captured loads off his dvd. Everytime we have a scan John puts the pictures on our online photoalbum.

I am still not sleeping and it got so bad I actually got John up at 5.30am during the week and we went shopping. I am so tired I have gone the whole pregnancy on less than one hour sleep a day and really can't cope anymore. It sounds terrible but I can't wait for Stitch to arrive because then I will be on sleeping tablets in hospital and I will get to sleep -YES!!! I just want to enjoy him without being so tired I don't know whats going on. The good thing is I have been getting a lot of extra support through the hospital and a nurse is coming out to see me to make sure I am coping. They are offering me options for sleep and are also saying it is alright to feel scared and it will be ok to ask for help. It is great because they put everything into perspective. It is my last reflexology on Friday but she has said she would like to do an extra session after Stitch is here so she can come and see him, she said it feels like she knows him already. John is to telephone her to let her know when he is here.

Sorry no personals today, I have been reading about everybody each day but have been struggling a bit recently. Is anybody else getting really bad pain in their pelvis? When I stand up sometimes I can hardly walk, the midwife said it is due to ligaments being stretched.

Anyway that is all our news, I will post later with personals, I am thinking of you all.

Jackie

[Guest]

Hi Girls

Big day looming.........everyone is really getting a bit jittery.........I know we all know we are the luckiest girls alive.......however it does not stop the thought of labour/c-sections scaring the life out of us!

Toni - sleep is becoming a long distant memory for me too!!

Valli - 8lbs how fab........every time I ask my consultant he bloody well ignores me!!

Jackie - I think there are a few of us on here with the old pelvic pain......not good especially at night.......I get out of bed and can hardly stand!!

I had another check today..........consultant was lovely and I had a scan......saw the babies face.....sooooooooo cute.....really big lips!! And I have to go back first thing in the morning as my blood pressure has shot up......may be a blip but he is just making sure.........could be the beginnings of pre-eclampsia! I have been focusing soooooo much on pain in my tummy area that I have had headaches that I have ignored. more than likely they are related to the old b/p!

Anyway.......that is my bit of commotion for the day!

Hope you are all good!?

Getting my bits waxed tomorrow afternoon and an eyelash tint

Hugs

Jenfxx

[Toni]

Blimey getting your bits waxed Jen? You are a glutton for punishment aren't you?! hee hee..........at least you will be all nice and tidy when the big day comes.

just wanted to reassure you about the pre-eclampsia thing.......... my next door neighbour had pre-eclampsia and gave birth to a healthy (and totally adorable!) baby girl. I think they really know what they are doing nowadays! (apparently they whipped her into surgery - called her husband and said 'you'd better get down here, your baby is going to be here in about 3 1/2 mins time!')

I know how worrying stuff like that is though - being a twin pregnancy i am already prone to pre-eclampsia! Im just putting all my trust in the hospital and hoping they won't let me down. its a big reassurance that they are seeing me for scans and check ups every 2 weeks now.

cant believe how close we all are.....i think, although we feel and are lucky, as its the biggest thing you could possible ever do in life, thats whats so scary............

and i get ignored when i ask how big the twins are too............... hmmmmm ...............

Love and kisses to all

Toni xx

[valpas]

Toni,
Thank you very much for your support and kind words. These days I became a crying baby. May be because of hormonal changes.
For mother there is no other go. We need an appointment again to get visa, but now until October they are full and they haven't opened for november yet. So for me its no no. Husband is very supportive now.
Its really sickening, not getting sleep in the night. And beacuse you are awake you need to make trips to bathroom to pee. Everybody says sleep as much you can now only, because you won't find time to sleep when the baby comes. But I don't think its possible now also.
Yesterday we did some shopping for baby for the first time, it made me so happy. I have to make a list now.
How about you all, how is your baby shopping going now.
Jackie, I also have pelvic pain especially when I get up in the nights.
Lots of Love,
Valli

[Toni]

Hi girls - forgot to say. i get pelvic pain also - but mine radiates all around my addomen and up my lower back a bit. any one else get it like this?!
And does any one else lie awake at night feeling physically queasy and sick? if so - ideas on how to help it would be greatly appreciated. I have actually BEEN sick a couple of times................................... maybe its the iron tablets im taking as i take them last thing at night (originally to help the morning sickness.)????

Toni xx

[sophiejane]

Hello all,
The midwife has just left. We did a birthing plan. I'm hoping for a water birth. However if there is any indication that baby is distressed I have urged for a c-section soner rather than later. Dp wants to hold the baby first and then give her to me. Oh my God, so excited, Is it really going to happen????????????
I'm 33.4 days pg. Two weeks left at work. I am meant to be working at home today but lacking a bit of concentration!!!!

All my baby shopping is done (except for a monitor). The nursery furniture is not put together yet but is in the garage. The dog has even got a birthing present so she doesn't feel left out!!

valli - have you got many friends in the US who will be able to offer support. have any of them recently had babies????? I know my friend found it hard without her parents with her when she gave birth in US, but she did cope and is a wonderful Mum. She just phoned us regualrly and got on the net for support ... like we are doing now.

Jackie - things must be so bloody difficult for you right now if you are still not eating or sleeping. Stitch really has got a strong mummy. You must feel beside yourself but still manage to go shopping and see the reflexologist and post on here. Look after yourself, and do ask for as much help as you can. Stitch seems to be in great shape which is fab.

Toni, Jen, Kim, elizabeth ... hello . I've got no advice about nausea or cramps, but am suffering too. Some days I am walking as if the baby is half way out. Jen - I tried to wax myself the other day, but had to give up. I don't trust dp either so I also need to make an appt for a wax and trim!!!!!
I must go as I need to get on with work or else I wont get it all done by the time I leave.
Bye from Soph-J

[sophiejane]

By the way, it would be really interesting to know where you all live. Do any of us live near each other. Sorry valli - i think we can say that you dont live round the corner from us

Don't worry I don't plan to stalk any of you, its just that my sister asked me the other day where you were all from and I didn't know.
I'm from Bournemouth.

[Toni]

Hi Soph-J (by the way what do you prefer to be called???)

You sound dead organised - good for you. Ive still got loads to do, but its just a case of buying and packing my bags really............. we have made decisions on what we want - its just a matter of getting them.

As for where I live well, i dont think anyone is near me. I live in Leicester, in the Midlands.

Toni xx

[Paige]

Hi 3rd Trimester Ladies!

Hope all is going well.....I know there are lots of aches and pains when your due dates loom near, iti will all be over soon and you'll be holding your beautiful babies.

For you C-Section ladies (I've had 2 of them) make sure you have help....especially in the evening. I found the hardest (or most painful) thing was actually getting in/out of bed at night. You really use your lower abs to get out of bed. Try to talk to your DH's now and set their expectations that they will need to assist you for the first couple of weeks by changing diapers and bringing the baby to you to nurse or bottle feed in the night. When you're up and around during the day it's not as bad at all. I was driving and going for walks with the stroller and a week and a week and half...but still the evening thing was painful.

Best of Wishes to all of you,

Paige

[valpas]

Paige,
Thank you for your suggestions. I need them very badly. I'll prepare DH ready for this.
Sophie,
As you all know I am in Virginia, US.
Yesterday went to the Doctor for stress test. Everything is perfect. Need to go next week for the scan.
Bye now,
Love Valli.