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:)leabie congratulations!! All i can say though is the worrying never ends. I totally hear you on all you are feeling right now, i felt exactly the same.
Sonya i say definitely go to New York!! DH and i went to Phuket when i was 12 weeks pregnant and had the best time! Totally do it!
Renee HAPPY BIRTHDAY for yesterday. Hope you had a great day!:happybirthday:
LondonMiss Yay im 11th on the list. Looking forward to that number dropping soon :dance: LOL at bub being born and resembling a chocolate bar.. Love the humour you bring to this thread:)
Brunette i had my NT scan when i was 12 weeks. Im sure that one extra week either way shouldnt really matter but always speak to your Obs if you have any concerns.
loula great to hear from you and to see all is going well. We are only a few days apart! ;)
Starting to get back pain these days however had the best night sleep last night though. Only got up for a wee break once and slept straight through the rest of the night, no tossing and turning as usual. Really looking forward to the 4D scan on Saturday as i keep mentioning. Just really hope she is in a good position so we can get lots of nice pics which i will be sharing on facebook!
Lise - oh I so want a massage already lol... I am soooo jealous!!
Brunette - I'm trying to keep up the water but being so cold at the moment its really hard. I'm sorry you're lacking external contact, it must be really hard.
Loula - Hey you, so happy to meet you in here. This is very cool!! :)
Paula - wow... a full nights sleep, that's incredible. How enjoyable - to look forward to a 4D scan.
afm, definitely going to NY, I am seriously excited about it. Feeling tired and cranky after being woken up at 2am and not being able to go back to sleep. Nervous having to wait for another 3 weeks until the first scan. It's all very bizarre still though.
Hello all. I think I was 13 and a half weeks when I had mine Brunette, as it was Christmas and New year and they only did them two days a week. So it must be ok, because the doc was quite happy with that. Thank you for the compliment Paula, I told DH and he rolled his eyes at me so he obviously doesn't agree!! cheeky bugger!! I'm off to the hospital tonight on my own for the hospital visit, insert rude words here. DH has a board meeting to call into, and my friend who is my birth partner is in New Zealand kicking some poor call centre manager who is underperforming's arse. I wonder if I will remember the things I get told when I'm in labour! I hope they aren't this busy on the actual day.... if they are, you'll all have to come and join me in the Royal Wimmins in Melbourne. Just bring chocolate to ensure entry to the birthing room : )
Sonya YAY on NY. You will have the most amazing time! I wish to go there one day.. but those being the key words "one day"!!! I hear you on the anxiety of waiting for a scan. Hopefully it will be here quick for you.
LondonMiss how did your hospital visit go last night?
Hi lovely ladies!
Firstly, thank you for such a warm welcome to this thread! Sorry I posted then disappeared for a while, got a dreaded head cold last week, so have been laying low.
Brunette - your outing sounded exciting - bet you didn't expect to go on a thrill ride while you were out! Hope the house arrest isn't driving you TOO crazy. I am salivating at hearing you've been instructed to drink wine! Its the thing I'm missing most, even bought a de-alcoholised wine from the supermarket the other day to try and fool myself, with no luck! I totally understand that its stressing you though, we do so much to protect our little bubs, it must feel weird to be told to do it. Trust the doc, they wouldn't say it if it wasn't beneficial. I hear you about the lack of support re drinking, DH started drinking for the both of us, I think! I've put him on 3 AFDs (alcohol free days) a week now, as punishment for being able to drink. ;)
CK77 - hope you had a great time up in Cairns for the wedding, oh, to be nice and warm in the tropics!
Renee - was so excited to read about your scan, I've got a week and one day til mine - nervously awaiting it! Happy birthday for the 16th! Hope you're feeling ok and the MS isn't too bad.
LondonMiss - good advice on choosing the books, there's so much info out there. Thanks for the tip on preg yoga too, am looking forward to getting into it once this darn OHSS buggers off.
Wantbaby#2 - hello to a local girl! I'm in Penshurst, going to go to Hurstville Private though, not St George. Who is your OB? Hope the nursery is coming along nicely!
S'rose - CONGRATS on your pregnancy! How magical to get that BFP. Thanks for your support, have been chatting away to the little bean, and making DH rub my belly (he's rather reluctant though! Maybe when its a bit fatter, he'll be more enthusiastic). You HAVE to go to New York! That would be absolutely brilliant! Had a giggle about your sore BBs when you were clapping, have had that problem too, they seem to always get in the way at the moment! I too am wearing a singlet to bed, I call it my "boobcatcher"...
KitKat - sounds like you're having fun with your increasing pg symptoms! Good luck for your next BT test tomorrow, hoping your progesterone and hcg are sky high!
Lise - hope your pg massage was lovely today, it sounds divine!
Mitf - Japan sounds awesome, hope you had a great time.
Paula - thanks for your words, I'm such a worrywort at the moment, its nice to know I'm not crazy! Have a great time at your scan on Saturday, it'll be like a little window into your belly, hope you get lots of great pics!
HI to anyone I've missed! :hello: Sorry, still getting my head around where everyone is at! Hope you're well and feeling good.
AFM - I went to see my GP yesterday to have a download on her, and to get another HCG reading to tide me over to the scan next Thursday! Feeling good today about it all, I'm 6 weeks exactly now. Looking forward to getting the HCG results though. Apart from my head, I'm feeling OK, except a head cold, and the OHSS seems to be lurking a bit. Feeling bone tired more than anything, luckily I only work 2 days a week! Having a lot of nana naps... zzz
Sorry for the long post. Have a great day everyone!
Good Afternoon Ladies,
Wow so many people posting in here at the moment! Firstly, I thought I would throw my 2 cents in on the book debate. I like Conception, Pregnancy and Birth by Dr Miriam Stoppard. As you move towards the birth, I would recommend New Active Birth (which is a British book written in the 70’s but still relevant) and I have just started reading Juju Sundin’s, Birth Skills with Sarah Murdoch. I haven’t read much of Birth Skills yet but it came recommended independently from 2 separate friends. I have also been recommended Save our Sleep and Baby Love for afters bubs is born.
The weeks seem to be ticking by quickly. Work, plus yoga and prenatal classes keeping the days busy. We are 3 weeks into the 5 week birth classes plus I attended a breast feeding class last Friday. The breast feeding class was an eye opener… I think I was so focused on growing a baby and the birth that I hadn’t thought too much about what do with Snuggles when he/she arrives!!
Leabie – Welcome and congratulations on your BFP. I have been doing prenatal yoga too and absolutely love it. Would highly recommend it to anyone as a way to de-stress and build up your core strength! I hope the head cold improves quickly.
Brunette – I hope you don’t mind me asking why the strict orders to drink a glass of wine with dinner. I really miss wine and constantly tease myself with a sip or too of DH’s! I think I was 11w5d when I had my NT scan… no reason just the day that suited.
CK77 - hope you had a fabulous time in Cairns.
Renee – glad to hear the first scan went well and you like your new doctor. Hope you had a lovely birthday.
LondonMiss – Good job on the list. Can you update my DD to 3-7-10. My DH is originally from Melbourne and we visit quiet a lot. I f you want to meet up I can let you know when we are down next (which will not be till after bubs is born). I haven’t started drinking raspberry leaf but was planning too. I got told not to drink it till the last 4 weeks. Haven’t heard anything about nettle tea.
Wantbaby#2 – 12 weeks will go quickly. Enjoy decorating the nursery!
S'rose – Welcome and congratulations on your pregnancy. NY sounds awesome, how many weeks will you be when you go? A baby moon is a great way to break up the pregnancy. I went to Japan from 24-26 weeks. I found the stairs in the train stations a little tough at times, plus not being able to drink when constantly out to dinner. Had a great time though and glad we went when we did. I would have gotten to tired if we left it much later.
KitKat – Welcome and congratulations on your BFP!
Lise - hope your pg massage was fantastic….. interested to hear your thoughts. I have booked one in town for this Saturday with my Mother’s Day voucher.
Paula – I have had a bit of on and off back pain. I have found wearing a belly belt helped. Hope your feeling better soon and all the best for your scan on Saturday… should be amazing.
Sorry for the epic post and a big hello and sorry to anyone I have missed… still trying to catch up on everything since being MIA....
Hi ladies, just a really quick post because I have caught a dreaded head cold, too. Think it was from DH's youngest daughter who we had last weekend who was sick with the same thing. Does anyone know if it affects the bubs? I'm such a worrywort and not taking anything other than an odd Panadol.
mitf, I was told to drink one glass of wine at lunch and at dinner to prevent the uterus from contracting, as I was at very high risk of "threatened miscarriage" - overheard FS very quietly whispered words before we left the clinic. I feel terrible about it, and also now that I'm sick with head cold it's the last thing I want to do. So for the last week I have stopped the glass at lunch and just had very small one with dinner, but couldn't even finish that last night. I am also on valium throughout the day for the same reason - to stop the uterus from contracting. But honestly between the four progesterone pessaries per day, the 16 progesterone tablets, the 12 ethinyl oestrogen tablets, anti-clotting tabs, multis, iron tab etc etc I am so tired and cannot think straight!
Better sign off now and see if I can force something down for dinner, as I have not only a head cold but a very sore throat!
Also, big thanks to everyone for replying about when they had their nuchal scans done :)
Hello all. On DH's laptop which is wierd so just a quick one for now... Yes, Mitf I would love to meet up. PM me your details at some point... lovely idea thank you!
The hospital visit was good actually, really reassuring. The only downside was when she invited us to observe how sound proof the walls are... which just makes me thinks of gory axe murder films which probably wasn't what she was expecting.... it's all so lovely and clean and looks like a chain hotel. It's very hard to imagine someone giving birth in there, it seems such a messy thing to do in there! I feel a bit bad about messing it up... how silly is that.....:rolleyes:
Now, can't recall who has a cold and who doesn't, someone asked to advice: just drink lots and lots of water (as if you aren't all ready), bub is so protected from all that stuff, placentas are jolly wonderful things, blocking so much out and being very bossy about what gets across and what doesn't. My DH has a head cold and one might imagine that his leg was hanging off by a tendon the way he's going on about it. I think sleeping in the front room tonight for me, I'll get more sleep!!
Brunette - you poor thing, you sound like a walking pharmacy. Well I hope you can try and enjoy your small glass of wine each night. I know I have enjoyed the odd half glass here and there. Plus, I am sure you FS wouldn’t have recommended it if he didn't think it was safe and necessary. I had a couple of colds and things, plus really bad hayfever early in my pregnancy. Doesn't seemed to have caused any dramas. Like you I was worried about taking anything stronger than panadol, and wouldn't take anything for my hayfever at first... but it was so bad I finally settled on a couple of things I was assured would be ok. Try not to stress to much about it all.... I know that is hard early on in the pregnancy but I found things settled down after the 12 week scan and as the weeks continued to pass. I hope you are feeling better soon.
Thanks mitf and Londonmiss re not to worry about bubs being affected by this cold. I knew I had to be careful around my DH's daughter (from 1st marriage) who was sick, as I am on steroids, too, which suppress my body's immune system so as to not reject the babies as foreign beings. Being just shy of 9 weeks, though, do you think the placenta has kicked in enough to protect them yet?
Gee you make me laugh, Londonmiss! Love the bit about your DH having a cold and it's like his leg is falling off. So true of males, hey?
Hi to all the other lovely ladies. Hope you are all doing well.
Just popping in to say "hi". Had my follow up BT to check HCG and Progesterone levels. Will post more after have the results!
Hope you are all progressing well . . .
Kitkat72
PS. Brunette, damn that's a lot of meds they have you on -- you poor thing!
I swear to God, a baby could not be more troublesome than a man with "flu". I've never heard so much moaning in all my life, and it seems that tissues are quite out of fashion. (I should add that I otherwise adore my husband ;))
Anyway, exciting news of the day is that Little Miss G has turned I think! She's been lying straight across my belly for weeks, head on the left. Now there's something big and hard at the bottom, and the kicks are more at the top and front which they never have been before, ever. So maybe she's getting into place. All of a sudden I've got back ache, which I seem to have had only at the same level as I did pre-pregnancy.
I've been nesting madly this week (supposed to be studying) even did some gardening yesterday. Happy happiness. ha ha she just did a kick so big it nearly knocked the laptop from its somewhat precarious balance on a cushion on my belly - that must be a hello :)
Brunette - you poor thing having to pop all those pills! (I am a fellow rattler, tho I promise I'll never whinge about my 20 tablets a day again after reading your list!) Just wanted to let you know my doc said to me don't worry if you get a cold, as other ladies have said. If you do unfortunately end up with a chest or a sinus infection, there are antibiotics that are totally safe to take during pregnancy. Not that you'd want to take any more tablets, you poor chook!
LondonMiss - was laughing at your post, I too have a man who suffers terribly from the "man flu" when he gets a cold! They're something else, aren't they?! Heaven help him if he caught the real flu... heaven help me, more like it! Hehe :)
Have a great day everyone.
Wow, so much action in here!!
Londonmiss - glad that Little Miss has turned for you! I think I must be have the laziest baby in history - the Chicklet has basically been in the heads down bum up position since conception, and although I can feel him moving, judging by the pressure he's exerting on my bladder with his head he's not moving much which i'm taking as a good sign...!!
KitKat - hope your results come soon xx
Brunette - and I used to whinge about taking Elevit, B12 and an antihistamine every day, you poor thing honey! I wouldn't worry about your cold or the other drugs though, I know my GP is very strict about what I can/cannot take so they wouldn't be advising anything for you that's not okay. Hope you feel better soon, i've come down with a cold myself so am sharing your pain... Also - I had my NTS done at 13w2d, but I know you can have your bloods down earlier which speeds the results up significantly - is that an option for you if you're concerned about the timing?
Leabie - there must be something going around with all of us having colds, perhaps we're spreading it by osmosis!! Hope you're feeling better.
S'rose - oh i'm so jealous you're going to NY!! DH and I really wanted to fit in some east cost USA on our trip later this year to Canada but we just can't afford any longer than the 4 weeks we're taking and we can't fit it in. I'll be hoping for a full report complete with photos on a daily basis ;)
Paula - yay, only a couple of days till your scan!!!
Loula - don't be a stranger, come share with us how you're going too!
Mitf - massage itself was just lovely, I just LOVED being able to lie flat on my tummy. I'd seriously consider buying a pregnancy massage table for my next pregnancy so I could sleep like that every night, hehehe!! The whole experience though and the atmosphere, well, not quite as good, but I probably would go back again...
Well we had our last antenatal class this week and it was really quite funny! The midwife went through what to expect AFTER the baby is born - including warning all the males not to get too excited if they have boys if they look very well endowed... as we all probably know, baby's genitals can be quite swollen and enlarged when they're born but reduce to normal size soon after. Apparently she's seen many many males get terribly excited and proud when they first lay eyes on their newborn son's genitals ... :rolleyes: All the girls had a big chuckle when she said that and all the guys looked a bit sheepish, hehehe!
Otherwise, thought perhaps i'd start packing my hospital bags soon so i'm all ready. I feel a little ridiculous being ready so early, but everything else is all ready for the Chicklet - i've even washed all his clothes/sheets etc, so nothing else really to do...
Anyway, i'm off to research new computers as i've been whingeing long enough about this one. Hope everyone is having a lovely Thursday xx
Gees, I go out of town for a week and then it takes me an hour (on my boss' time, of course) to catch up on everything!
Firstly, congrats and welcome to KitKat, Loula, Leabie & S'Rose!!! (S'Rose, I LOVE your enthusiasm and excitement!)
Renee - happy belated birthday for the other day, hope you enjoyed yourself.
Miss K - the Wesley DOES sound good, but Nth West is less than a 5 minute drive from my house so I figure that I'll probably be at home when I go into labour and that will be quite handy. I currently work 5 minutes away from the Wesley so if I was working right through to the date then I might consider going with Wesley.
KitKat, regarding EDD - when I went for my first scan and we got the photo printout of little munchkin, the EDD in the bottom corner said 19th December, and that I was 6w3d. If I go back to date of last period, I was actually 7weeks on that day, and therefore in my signature I've put the date that I have worked out - 15th December.
Brunette - I am so pleased that your health insurance got sorted out and that you escaped in the crazy wheelchair for a few hours! Did you manage to fit in any baby shopping? How much of a tease are those catalogues that have turned up in the junk mail lately! BabiesRUs (ToysRUs) had some great prices, so I'll be sure to jump onto bubs.com.au and pramwarehouse and compare. I bought a Baba Sling from Ebay the other day ($26 plus postage, hardly used) and the lady I bought it off used it for her twins so I thought of you and wondered if you had worked out how you're going to carry your pair around? The Sling is the only thing I've bought so far as am waiting for 12weeks to hit (my birthday!) and I am still wearing those horseshoe earrings for us both.
Lise - a boy! Imagine how simple the 'facts of life' talk is gonna be ;-)
Mitf - my hubby proposed to me at the base of Mt Fuji. I absolutely fell in love with Japan and we'd love to go back once bub is born and a bit bigger. Where did you go? Would love to hear about your experiences over there.
Mift, LondonMiss & Lise - when did you need to book your hospital? Do I have plenty of time, or is this something that should be booked as early as possible?
So pregnancy yoga - when should I start it, and Glenny & Brunette & MissK, did you want to sign up together? I'm not much of an exerciser much to my gym junkie DH's dismay. Also, re the classes at the hospital, did we want to do that as well. I was talking to someone at the wedding that I just went to up north and he said (the father of the baby) that classes were a waste of time, so I'm in two minds about it. [B]LondonMiss[B] - did you do them, any good?
Glenny - I think I'm resigned to the fact that I'll stay with Titiz, I've got the scan on Monday arvo which would be 10 and a half weeks (by my count, or 10 weeks by FS count). Should hear the heartbeat. I feel like such a ditz, because at our first scan he turned on the doppler and there was a heartbeat. So Dirk and I turned to each other and had a lovey dovey moment. It was only about a fortnight ago that I was talking to Kris next door to Titiz and she informed me that it would have been MY heartbeat - DOH!! Would have really appreciated him telling us that what we were hearing was not our baby's heartbeat.
So, at 10 weeks I've not put on any weight. I've found that my appetite hasn't been that great, I don't feel like cooking so have been relying on convenience meals (and a lot of deep fried stuff), so I'm a bit worried that I'm not giving the baby the best start in life especially at this really crucial stage. In WTEWYE, there's a pregnancy diet but there's just so much on there that I need to be eating, and I just can't do it.
LondonMiss - I think it was you that was saying that there's been zero or one case of listeria which makes me feel heaps better as I've avoided salad (in pre-made sandwiches) like the plague, hence I'm not really getting many greens in my diet as I'm too tired at night to prepare something myself. DH and I ordered and antipasto plate the other day and I didn't eat the cold meat, salami, fetta etc. I ended up with roast capsicum and artichoke hearts - lucky me ;-)
Oh, regarding the baby book debate, my WTEWYE is the Aussie edition and I got it for $15 at Aldi, so it wasn't much to outlay. Hanging out though for another week and then the next book in the True Blood series is released (WaaaHooo!) and then I can read something other than baby baby baby!).
So much has happened so I've probably missed some vital things that have happened in everyone's life for the last week, sorry!
Take care everyone, don't work too hard ;-)
Chrissy xx
Hi Chrissy. Question answers ....
a) booking a hospital. I think I did it about 12 weeks and then felt offended that no one saw me until I was about 18 weeks. I felt totally rejected after going through IUI and seeing a doc practically everyday! So don't feel offended.... it's just a sign the docs think you are 'normal' which is a very new and odd feeling!
b) yoga - as soon as possible for maximum benefit. I did it for two reasons: one, firstly the physical side - lots of squats and so on are shown to be really good in labour and the special focus on preg stops you doing anything too dramatic that might damage your ligaments. Secondly, the mental side. I have grand plans of avoiding pain medication well, other than a bit of gas and air and I hardly think that counts in the scheme of things : ) and yoga is really good for helping you read your body and get used to the constant adjustments you'll do in labour. And thirdly, just thought, I've met three ladies the same week as me, so it's a good network thing... I mean, you can't really ask your workmates, "Did your nipples change colour this week?" can you. So useful to meet other preg people in the area.
c) classes, yes I'm definitely finding them useful. There is obviously a problem in getting it at the right level - two people in our class seem to know more about child birth than the midwife and are insanely irritating with it; some people ask questions like "is that actually when the babies born then?" when she's been explain pushing and crowning for an hour... yeesh.... For me, a couple of tips that she's given us have made it worthwhile (even though I am a good girl and have studied my books comprehensively!) so for example one of the things she said that really struck me, was no matter how good your birth partner and or your husband is, and your medical team; ultimately this is a journey you are making on your own. You are pushing a baby out of your body. And to make sure that you do it the way you want it, and make sure you are number one, and if you can, take time on the journey to be on your own even for a few minutes. I think this was rather empowering (at the risk of sounding mushy) and made me think that it's not anyone else's strength you are going to rely on, but your own. The other thing she told us a lot about were the hormones in birth. In this instance, adrenalin is the enemy and can slow things down and is basically caused by fear. So a lot of what she talked about was identifying your fears, and working out ways to deal with them, and so on. For me, a key part is recognising that pain is not the same as fear. Personally, I think the "birth is like a butterfly landing on your fanny" school of hippy childbirth is a dangerous lie. Far better from my headspace, to accept that pain is inevitable and not part of some evil plan God has for my perineum. So, a long winded answer to your question but there's also many practical reasons to go - e.g. breastfeeding info, parking info (5 min contractions not the time to find out that the machine only takes 20c pieces or something), when to come to hospital (this bit was particularly useful) and a few stories of 'births I have seen' which were really interesting.
d) Listeria. Had a really long chat with my auntie over the weeknd. She's a food hygeine specialist with what used to be the Ministry of Agriculture in the UK. She said that listeria was once a very high cause of still births but that this was primarily in Europe where farmers were making soft cheese using wooden moulds that were first made in about 1250, then turning them by hand, on shelves that were last cleaned about the time Napoleon was invading Russia. She has a very high opinion of properly cleaned metal shelves and automated cheese turning technology that she has checked is used in most australian fromageries (I didn't ask her to check this, she just did it herself ha ha). So whilst she's certainly not advocating that we all go out and start scoffing the brie, it really depends on what sort of cheese you are eating. She says a baked (bubbling) cheese is completely fine (which was lucky as DH and I had just eaten a baked brie for dinner : ). Her main advice on whatever you are eating - cook it correctly, and eat things that are either hot or cold and never lukewarm esp when you are out.
e) Nutrition. I'm pretty useless on this... my new rule is that one meal a day has to have good nutrition... three is too difficult to organise. If the rest is chocolate well, baby will just have to survive on that!! Perhaps try a watercress salad with your dinner? I sneak good nutrition in - like tip half a punnet of raspberries on my cereal or something. Aunty told me that with most brands, there's as much nutrition in frozen berries as fresh ones and about quarter of the price.
f) heartbeats... ha ha I did exactly the same thing. The doc explained it to me on the last visit - there's three things to listen for: your own heartbeat, the blood in the placenta which sounds a bit like a water swoosh, and the babies heart beat which is much quicker and quite staccato, a bit like marching music if you know what I'm on about!
Sorry, that's a really long and waffley answer to your questions. Hope it helps, feel free to disregard some/ all of it!!
The good news is that DH has worked at home today and I haven't yet killed him, although I have glanced to check the size of the patio a couple of times just in case.... I hope you are all travelling well x
just popping in to say a big hello.been mia for a while now but have been thinking of you all and i sure hope you are all going great.will catch up on all your post very soon,take care all and cant wait to start hearing some ba
Wow! So much to read through!!! Sorry I don't have more personals today. I promise I will come back and fix that when I have some time!
Chrissy- Yeah, I'm pretty set with Titiz as well. I still think he could use some work on his bedside manner but I think technically he knows what he is doing (well it worked with me...) and I've found that if you ask questions he is very honest. Problem is that he doesn't think to offer the info before you ask and as you'd know- first time round you don't know what questions to ask!
Yoga and classes sound brilliant! I was starting to look around for pregnancy yoga on the northside. I would love to start as soon as possible. It would be great if Brunette and MissK want to come too. We could have our own little posse!!!
Also guys bookwise- I just bought one that seems pretty good (although what would I know- first time mum!) It's called "Pregnancy- the complete Australian guide to planning and birth" by Heather Welford. It has a month by month as well as sections on everything from morning sickness to birth plans. Seems good to me but I like books with concise information and pictures.
I hope all you girls are doing well and looking forward to the next step in this amazing trip!!!
Glenys
Hello ladies!
Well after deciding yesterday that I was going to 'look' at computers I of course had to go out and buy one - I think DH is a bit cross at me...! But I was so tired of having to wait forever for the computer to do the simplest task (like turning on!) and i'm having lots of fun playing with the new one, though I have to admit i'm getting a little frustrated - I bought a Mac and i've never had one before so i'm not quite sure what i'm doing really...!
Anyway, welcome back smithy, it's been a while! Hope the move went well and you're all settled in now.
Chrissy - I didn't get a choice when I booked into hospital - at my first OB visit (which was about 12 or 13 weeks) they asked me to fill in the paperwork and they sent it all off for me.
Hope everyone else is going well xx
Hi all
Just a really quick post to keep in touch, i haven't been out of bed the last couple of days. I definatley opened my mouth too soon when i said i was starting to feel better!!!! The last couple of days have been rough, i haven't even been able to eat which to me is just as awful as i kind of love my food!!!
I also have a question - I have only in the last couple of days been getting a sore belly button, i have a really big innie and at the end of that it is quite sore. Has anyone else had a similar thing, i realise it is probably muscles stretching but just curious.
Anyway hope everyone is great! I will hopefully catch up soon.
Hello girls.I apologise for neing MIA lately.I have been reading your posts but just cant keep up,especially with all the newbies.I keep forgetting who wrote what as you all seem to be early on in your pregnancies.I hope you are all doing well.
Londonmiss,Lise,Paula~ Hope your plodding along nicely. I have cancelled my fb account as i was being hormonal and moody and disagreed with my brother over an issue so i clicked..deactivate account. :)
Well im having a whinge today.Im hoping someone can help me by reading this....
I had my antenatal app yesterday and much to my dismay,i was told that my baby is now too small for 29 weeks!! My fundal height was 28 which wasnt too bad but after the routine scan which we have every visit,prof said she is small.I now have to have a growth scan done in 2.5 weeks and see him in 3.As i was born 6.5 pounds,he says its probably (90%) chance that she is just genetiically small.
I am only 160cm and weighed 47 kg before pregnancy.
He said depending on the scan,if she continues to grow along the lowere percentile,she is just a small baby BUT if she shows no more growth over the next few weeks,i will need to have a caesarean to deliver her early!!!!!!
I havnt slept lastnight and am just in shock.At my 19/20 week scan she was average sized now she is too small. The worry of it all is making me sick.I know i cant stress as that is bad for her and i am going to eat more to hopefully build her up.
I have been eating healthier this pregnancy and am hoping that its only food that i need and nothing more seriuos like placental insufficiency.
The good thing he said was that babies that are 'growth retarded' usually have low amniotic fluid levels.Mine were perfect which he said could indicate she is just little because she is built that way.
Does the worry EVER end.I was sooooo happy to get to the 28 weeks mark as she would be big enough to come early but now im worried all over again.
If she comes early she wont be coming at least until 3-4 from now but it doesnt make it easier.
Does anyone know of someone who has had to have a growth scan done??
Any advice would be great!!!
Hugs,Alicia.x
Wantbaby - a good friend had a growth scan and turned out the baby was just a little small. Like you my friend is petite so her baby just took after her. The baby was also lying really far back so my friend's tummy looked small but was all okay. I know you're probably completely stressed by it all but I think continuing on as normal and eating up big (now is a great time to order DH to the shops each night for ice cream!!) is the best you can do xx
Thankyou Lise.Did your friend have her baby?if so how big was he/she? If not,did her dr want to deliver early? I have just been reading other peoples stories on various forums and that has calmed me a little.Im definately going to eat what i want from now on.Lastnight i had maccas and a hot apple pie.So far today...cereal,2 pieces toast,apple,2 glasses of juice.For lunch im thinking chocolate and for diinner...well,maybe chocolate.LOL.(if i dont laugh i will cry) LOL LOL LOL LOL...blah.
She had a little girl, 10 days early but weighed 6 pounds somethingand absolutely perfect! She's now a very active healthy toddler :-)
Hi ladies
Hope you're all doing well and fighting fit!
Just a quick post for Renee - sorry to hear you're feeling so lousy babe, have you ever tried the acupressure wrist bands for travel sickness/nausea? I have some and think they're brilliant. Most chemists stock them, if you don't have them and wanted to try them. I've got elasticised ones and velcro ones - I'd go the elasticised, as the velcro tends to cut off the movement/circulation! Even my darling sceptic DH swears by them (he gets bad seasickness). Another tip for nausea is eating outside, or with a breeze blowing on your face (eg fan) so you can't smell the food so much.
Hope this helps?
PS Wantbaby - hope you're doing OK sweetie, it must be a stressful time. She sounds like she's petite like her mum! :crossfingers: for you, and enjoy eating up big!
Renee, have you tried acupuncture for your MS? I know everyone on here is probably tired of me harping on about it, but I truly think that my fortnightly acupuncture throughout has been one of the reasons why i've had a very easy pregnancy (touching wood now so not to jinx myself!!) without any MS or other major symptoms. As for your belly button, I vaguely recall maybe LondonMiss having a similar problem??? No doubt she'll let you know ;)
Hi again ladies!
Just trying out my new ticker - I opted for something a bit silly, so please please PLEASE let me know if it offends anyone!
I forgot to mention in previous post, my results are back from Tuesday's BT - apparently my HCG levels are "within the expected range for my dates". They didn't actually give me the number, a bit frustrating, but hey, its good news!
Have a good weekend everyone.
LondonMiss - thanks heaps for all that info, it has helped immensely, especially all the info your Aunty was able to provide.
To everyone else, have a safe and happy weekend :p
Lise, your pregnancy massage sounds wonderful. I didn't know about boy's genitals being larger after birth; that is very funny. How is your new Mac going now? I've never had one before but I have heard that they are pretty user-friendly? They are very cute computers :) I booked in today for 12.5 weeks for the nuchal scan. I was told as I am carrying twins there is no point doing the combined bloods as they wouldn't know which one might have higher levels - or something like that. I am only worried due to my age, being a dinosaur at 37! And therefore higher risk of Down syndrome etc.
Londonmiss, thanks for the good advice re listeria, antenatal classes, yoga classes etc. I am glad that your little girl turned xx.
Chrissy and Glenny, I'd love to do pregnancy yoga but I would have to check with my FS first, given being on home bed rest till week 12. Definitely think if we're all going to NWPH then we should try to get into the same antenatal classes. Sounds like fun. Chrissy, how cool that your birthday coincides with your week 12. Thanks for still wearing those horseshoe earrings. That combined with me wearing my horseshoe necklace must be helping! The power of positive thoughts, hey? But I'm not buying anything baby related till a lot further down the track. I can't bring myself to yet. Re booking into hospital, I got a booklet from Kris which said to book from week 12 to week 15, and I'm sure it also said to book into antenatal classes at the same time - but I'm not sure when they start, ie what week in the PG.
Chrissy, I've not put on any weight either - in fact, I've lost one kilo, which worries me because the twin/triplet/multiples books I've been reading say how much extra weight you should be gaining. I am eating all the time, though, and making sure to eat all the right things. Plus, it's not like I'm active; I only sit or lie around. I will have to talk to my FS the next time I see him (next Tuesday) to see if he is concerned.
Renee, sorry to hear that you are still suffering from MS, but a few good tips have been given to you so hopefully those tips will help you.
Sorry, wantbaby2, I havent' heard about a growth scan, but itsounds like common sense that if you were a small baby, and you are very petite, then the baby is going to be small too.
Leabie, I think your ticker is really cool. It took me about 2 hours to figure out how to do mine, and I can't make the thing smaller because if I do the site I use drops out relevant stuff from it. I don't think anyone will be offended. Good to hear your levels are what they are supposed to be. My old FS (now my current FS; long story) used to be like that, too, and just say that the tests were fine, yet when I changed FS (the one who got me preganant with twins and has now nicked off to Greece for a holiday!) is completely different and tells you all the levels. If you want, just be proactive and ask for it. It's your PG and your body.
Better sign off as my eyeballs are falling out of their head - literally. Have a good weekend, ladies!
Hi All,
LondonMiss, thanks for all the info you've been posting -- very useful (and I'm finding your humour very amusing, too). And thanks to everyone else for posting such useful tips about everything from scan dates to the size of baby's genitals!
Also thanks to everyone else for piping in with their favorite books. I ended up borrowing a book called The Pregnancy Bible from the library last week, and finally finished it last night. I thought it had some pretty useful information, along with some informative, if not downright eyepopping, pictures & charts (including some graphic pix of childbirth and sex positions for pregnant ladies - lol, that made me wonder how they found willing models). I was able to download the American version of WTEWYE from Amazon to my Kindle for $9 (USD), so I figured I might as well buy it despite how controversial it is. (I'd like to see the Aussie edition, too, since I'm giving birth down here, but haven't had a chance to search for it yet.) I haven't read all that much of What to Expect yet but my initial thoughts are that the current (4th) edition seems to be a bit of an improvement with regards to some of the stuff that was causing criticism in past editions. I think the author's tried to tone down the fear-mongering, for example. I do find the tone a bit annoying, but for $9, I'm not really going to complain about having another source of information.
AFM, happily the results of my BT on Thursday were good - HCG rose from 260 last Thurs to 4200 this Thursday, and progesterone was at 240, which the nurse said was great. So that calms my mind a bit that things are progressing as they should. It's so hard to tell in the early days, isn't it, and I think I'm a little paranoid after seeing so many IVF stats where live birth rates are quite a bit lower than the initial pregnancy rates. It really drives home that getting pregnant is only half the battle! I think what I appreciate about being in this Pregnancy after LTTTC thread is that you all understand how tenuous pregnancy can seem to to us LTTTCers, while in some of the "regular" pregnancy threads, girls are already talking about buying baby clothes the week they find out that they are pregnant. Not that I resent that -- I wish I could be that carefree -- but I find, and I'm guessing that some of you are or were probably the same, that I won't really believe that this pregnancy is legitimate or a permanent condition until I get more confirmation that it's not going to be taken away from me.
Anyway, I have my first scan on Weds, so that will be the big test, I suppose. I'll be exactly 6 weeks along that day. I'm a bit ambivalent about going in so early; I could have booked it at 7 weeks, and certainly would see more then. But I am anxious to talk to my FS since I have chronic high blood pressure, and want to get his input as to who would be skilled at dealing with that before I book an obstetrician. In light of my health issue, I feel like I need to get my future medical care sorted out ASAP, although I am frustrated that this means I probably won't see all that much at my scan.
Well, better run, as I have to be at acupuncture in 10 minutes. (Luckily it's only around the block from me.)
Have a great weekend!
Kitkat72
Thanks Leabie and Lise i am willing to give anything a go at this stage. Today seems to be a good day, we actually managed to go out for breakfast, so if i can get a couple of good days a week that would suit me!
Pregnancy Yoga
Okay - tried to find some Brissie northside ones:
yogababy: Welcome to yogababy - Presbyterian Hall, Corner Maygar & Whish St Windsor/Grange
Thursdays 6:45pm - 8:15pm $189 for a block of 9 classes (they allow you to catch up on a maximum of 2 classes if you have missed them and they supply your equipment)
Yoga Living - Holy Cross Heritage Hall, Chalk St, Wooloowin
Thursdays 7:00om - 8:15pm $140 for 10 classes
Australian school of Meditation and Yoga. Meditation and Yoga classes, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney - 23 Kurilpa St, West End
Hatha Yoga - Easy (for pregnancy)
Tuesdays 5:30pm - 7:00pm
$60 for 6 classes
I'm thinking that I wont book anything until I get to around 15 weeks. That was about all I could find for the northside (or close to).
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey Ladies!!!
How are you all?? Sorry I have been MIA! Welcome welcome to all you ladies this is fantastic having soo many in here now you all deserve it very very much!!!
As for yoga I am looking into doing Brisbane Active Birth & Yoga out at Capalaba because the northside is too far for me to go! and I am thinking starting this monday!! So excited!
Sorry no personals I am trying to catch back on the thread!!!
Belly Rubs for you all xxoo
Brunette - I didn't even think about how having twins would impact on your NTS, very silly of me! I will suggest to you though NOT TO GOOGLE TOO MUCH when you get your results back - wait until you talk to your OB. Our results were fine (eventually!) but in the interim my OB thought the measurement was on the higher end of normal and even called a specialist to see what they thought (this was before my blood results were in). I of course panicked and worried and spent the entire time anxious until finally our results came back okay. Even so, compared to some of the younger girls on the thread I know our 'risk' was much greater than theirs though within acceptable limits. A very long winded way of saying don't worry too much (I hope I haven't made you feel worse!).
KitKat - there's not that much to see that early on, they all look like blobs, but you should still be able to see the heart beat and that's the best part of that scan! So I wouldn't worry about having the scan at 6 weeks rather than 7 - just enjoy :)
Chrissy - pregnancy yoga sounds great, I wish i'd started it sooner, well actually at all! I was going to do it this term but the classes I wanted to go to clashed with our antenatal classes and I would have missed too much and I figure it's a bit late to start going at 35 weeks...!
Renee - glad you're feeling a little better xx
Leabie - like the new ticker! Always good to have a laugh about what we're all going through :p
To all the girls worried about not putting on any weight - it didn't really happen for me until later on in the first trimester, and even then by my 12 week scan i'd put on just under 2 kgs. I'm now almost 35 weeks and have put on about 14 kgs, so it does happen eventually, don't you worry...!
AFM - my sister has given me a new nickname - buttercup! I was telling her that I was a bit freaked out last night because for the first time I noticed I was leaking colostrum!! I know that for some ladies on here it's been happening for ages, and I know it's perfectly normal so not sure why i'm so weirded out by it, but there's something about liquid coming out of my boobs before the baby is even born I just find a bit freaky!! Good old sis decided I was now as good as a cow, hence the nick name buttercup...
Anyway ladies, hope you're all having a lovely weekend and belly rubs to all xx
:clap: but so wonderful to see..
a big hello to all you new girl joing this thread and i wish you all a wonderful pg.
also a huge hi to all my old girls its been a while but ive just been reading up on some posts and your all going so good.thinking of you all girls chins up and enjoy the ride
love smithy;)
KitKat, not long to go will your first scan on Tuesday. You and DH will love it. Do you mind if I ask what our "chronic high blood pressure" is? I'm normally 120/80 but since being pregnant have been 140/80.
Renee, glad your MS was better yesterday and you had an enjoyable breakfast.
Chrissy, thanks for looking into yoga classes. As I said earlier, I don't think I can do them but am still keen to do antenatal classes together if possible. Some nights wil be difficult for my DH as on certain weeks he works nights (Tues, Wed and Thurs) and plays touch footy on Monday nights, so it might have to be weekends for us anyways. I don't know when we are supposed to start them but a book I read about twins said I should do mine early, like around week 16? Anyway, I'll do some research into this.
Lise - aka "Buttercup" :) - thanks for relating your experience about your nuchal scan test. I do admit to being worried due to age. It's so unfair that we're considered over the hill when you reach 35!
Hello all. Don't worry, most classes don't start until about week thirty/ thirty two although best to be signed up to them by week 20. In answer to a belly button question, yes, I had pain under mine for a while and now what looks like a dark smudgy ring of make up after a big night out round it. I'm assuming its just bruises from stretching but I like to think of it as my fairy ring like you get in a lawn. No one in the medical profession seems the slightest bit interested, so I just rub cream on it... my best friend from the UK arrives today and I've got a sore throat and a sore head (I think we know the source of the crime) and I'm miserable. And I'm fed up I'm miserable on such a day.... : (
Hi everyone,
APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR THE LONG POST TODAY!
Brunette - my chronic high blood pressure has varied in severity over time but I've had it since I was a teenager (it runs in my family and there doesn't seem to be any cause other than genetics as I'm not overweight, work out (and used to be very athletic at the time it was first diagnosed), never ate salt until I met my DH, etc). Anyway, when they first caught it when I was a teenager, my BP was around 160/100. All through my early 20s it was like that; sometimes I'd go to the doctor and it would be as high as 170/100, which is really bad. For years the doctors had a hard time getting it under control even with medication, and it would go up to the levels I just mentioned. Finally I found a GP (who was also a cardiologist) who was more aggressive in treating it. After that, as long as I was on medication, it hovered around 110/70. I should note that this doc takes a very aggressive view on treating high blood pressure; under my old doc, my BP, when I was on medication, was in the 130-140/90 range, but this doc thought that was still too high so he kept fiddling with my meds till we got it to 110/70, which he thought was perfect. Interestingly, I talked to him about what would happen with my drugs and everything should I get pregnant around the time DH and I first started TTC (way back in 2004!). The doc mentioned that I wouldn't be able to take my drugs b/c they can cause birth defects. In fact, he had a patient who was a Broadway actress who insisted on staying on hers when she was PG b/c it also controlled her stage fright, and her baby was born with a hole in its heart. However, the doc said that the pregnancy hormone tends to naturally suppress blood pressure during, at least, the first half of pregnancy, so he said that his first instinct would be for me to go off all of my drugs when I got PG and just monitor things. We never got beyond that in any discussions since I never got pregnant before I left New York.
When I moved to Australia, my BP ended up lowering a bit on its own -- must be the more relaxed Gold Coast environment compared to working at a high-stress job in NYC - lol. My new GP here in Aus. clearly did not appreciate how bad my BP had been despite my telling him my entire medical history and giving him a copy of my chart, so it took a bit of fighting over the course of several months for him to give me the prescriptions I needed. It seemed that he couldn't believe that a young, healthy-looking person needed those kinds of pills; he just told me to exercise more and cut out salt, which was a total joke considering that I never even touched salt until I met my DH, and used to work out 3 hours a day with the varsity crew team when I was in uni (at which point my BP was very high). Anyway, I finally convinced him that I needed some prescriptions even if he wouldn't refill the exact dosages my NYC doctor had been prescribing (very frustrating), and we got things back kind of under control (keeping in mind that he thought it was ok when my BP was at 135/90, whereas my old doctor was adamant that that level was too high). Then we started TTC more seriously again, so I had a whole new rigamarole when I asked the doctor what medicines would be safe if I was TTC (since I was back on the one that causes the birth defects). Basically, the doctor was clueless. I can't believe he had never had to consider the suitability of BP drugs in pregnancy before. He even told me the drugs I was on were fine, although I knew they weren't. After he told me they were class A (safe in pregnancy), I came back with printouts showing that they were both class D (teratogenic -- ie, causes birth defects), and he was just like, "Oh, I guess I was wrong." Great, and imagine what would have happened if I had beenn dumb enough to listen to you, you dope! I brought in print outs from legitimate medical websites listing the handful of blood pressure drug that are known to be safe in pregnancy (Aldomet/methyldopa and labetalol, in case anyone is curious) and he poo-pooed them. Instead, he told me I had to ask an OB/GYN what I should take and gave me a referral to the most clueless OB I've ever met, who just said, "Why are you asking me? Your GP is the person who should know this". Thanks for taking my $220 for nothing, doc. (This was the same OB, by the way, who at the same visit refused to do a pap smear, which I needed, and had me do an FSH test but then didn't tell me till 17 months later when I finally went back for the pap smear that I had high FSH, should have started TTC with AC the year before, and would have no success with IVF b/c the stim drugs wouldn't work on me. Like, thanks for being so on the ball to tell me this at the time I did the test, dude.) Anyway, I went back to the GP with a big stack of research, thanked him for wasting $220 of mine for nothing, and pretty much told him that since no one here seems to have a clue about high blood pressure in pregnancy, you're just goig to have to do what my research says: put me on Aldomet (generic name methyldopa) so that if I fall PG and don't find out right away my baby won't be injured. He then, finally, tapped away at a few medical sites on the computer while I was sitting there and says to me, as though I had never told him about this drug before, "According to my research I'm going to switch you to this drug called Aldomet!". DUH. Anyway, I did switch to Aldomet. It did an OK job of controlling my HBP, but, unfortunately, I had to go off it because I got this bad form of anemia that is potentially life-threatening that is a known complication of the drug in 25% of women who take it. (Then the same GP started telling me I had to spend $$$ working with a hematologist to figure out what was causing the anemia! Needless to say, I refused to go to the hematologist and the anemia cleared itself up once I went off the drug.)
Right after the Aldomet debacle I started working at a local university and was able to start seeing this great GP at the uni medical clinic. This guy, like my old cardiologist, has a much more "modern" view that even levels in the 130s/90 range are too high. So he put me back on the stronger drugs I was on before and I got back down to the 110/70 range. Before I started fertility treatment, he just told me to let him know right away if I got pregnant (since he knew I was trying), and that we would adjust my drug regimen then. Interestingly, when he gave me my referral for IVF, he just told me to mention my HBP to the FS, and indicated that the FS would tell me what to do about the drugs if I got pregnant. However, even though the GP mentioned the issue in my referral, the FS never once even mentioned my BP to me. Granted, I didn't bother asking him either except for at my first meeting with him when I mentioned that it might be an issue, so I can't pin all the blame on him. I should have insisted on speaking to him about it at some point before I got my BFP, but I somehow thought I would jinx things if I did, so I didn't. Anyway, clearly high blood pressure in pregnancy is a bit of a black hole in that the GPs think it's the pregnancy docs' problem, and the OBs seem to think that garden variety high blood pressure (not pre-eclampsia) is the GP's issue.
SO, after this long and convoluted tale, what's ended up happening with me is that I realized about 2 days after my positive blood test that I better stop taking my meds, so I just stopped them cold turkey before I even had a chance to talk to a doctor. I realized that very early pregnancy is the exact time when they do the most damage, and, in fact, I'm kicking myself that I took them at all during the 2nd week of the TWW. Well, I just have to pray that 2 weeks or so on the drugs didn't do the embie too much harm. Then I went in to my GP this past Tuesday to let him know I was PG and discuss the drugs. First, he was shocked that the FS had blown off the stuff he mentioned in the referral about my HBP. He said the FS should I have been on top of that even if I wasn't nagging him about it. After the confusion my with old GP and old OB/GYN, I just said that I wasn't surprised. Second, he mentioned that his natural instinct would have been to put me on Aldomet, since it's safe in PG, but that he couldn't since he already knew I couldn't tolerate it. (How nice to have a doctor who listens to what I tell him, unlike my original GP down here!). Then, he said that his next instinct was to keep me off drugs at least for the first trimester and see how I did. I mentioned to him that that was my old cardiologist's plan, based on the fact that HBP supposedly naturally goes down in PG, and he agreed. However, he said this would all be dependent on my BP actually lowering on its own. If not, he said that he would refer me to a cardiologist to see ASAP, with the idea that the cardiologist would find some other drug to put me on and would monitor me closely during the PG along with whoever I get as my OB. If my BP was OK, however, he said that he would be comfortable not to give me the referral and just to continue monitoring me himself. So, the big moment was when he took my BP. On his first try, it was 136/90. He was that was too high, and that if I was consistently over 135/90, he would be sending me to the cardiologist. 5 minutes later, he took it again, and it was down to 127/79. He was happy with that. He told me I'd have to monitor it daily, however, and if it crept up to the point where it was consistently over 135/90, I had to call him immediately. Since then I've had readings the past few days in the 120/80 range, including 118/80 when I went back to the med clinic on Friday (2 days ago) at the doc's request and had his nurse take it, and 120/72 yesterday when I got back from acupuncture. I've never had my BP that low without medication since I was about 13 years old, so I guess it's true that pregnancy really does naturally lower blood pressure. As for you, Brunette, it's interesting that yours has gone up, but I suppose with all the stress you've been under with your pregnancy, perhaps it's not surprising. Is your doctor concerned about it? 140/80 really isn't all that high, esp since your systolic # (80) is still looking great, and I suspect that if it's only like that for a few months he probably won't do more than monitor you for pre-eclampsia. As for me, that's my biggest concern: the fact that people with chronic HBP like me have a heightened risk of pre-eclampsia. But I'm not going to worry about that until I'm a lot farther along.
Sorry for the long story, but I thought this might be interesting not only for you, Brunette, but also for anybody else dealing with blood pressure issues. (Actually, Brunette, I suspect this level of detail was way more than you wanted to know, but I still put it in just in case it helps somebody out there!!)
LondonMiss - sorry you're feeling sick. I hope you are nevertheless able to enjoy having your best friend out for a visit!
Smithy - nice to meet you.
MissK - thanks for the welcome and nice to meet you!
Lise - you gave me a laugh with the Buttercup story. It must feel quite odd indeed to be leaking before the baby is even born!
Renee - just congratulating you on managing to make it out to breakfast. I hope you continue feeling good!
A big "hi" to Glenny, Leabie, CK77, and everybody else.
Kitkat72
Smithy~ Wow,Little Charlie has grown so fast! She is such a pretty little girl too.You are right in being so proud.She is adorable.
Londonmiss~ I hope your feeling better soon.I was looking at your ticker and it seems like yesterday that we were all so early on in our pregnancies.It seems ( well at least for me) to have gone so quickly.I bet now that i have said that it will S-L-O-W right down.:) Its weird for me because i know i have 10.5 weeks to go but if little miss peanut doesnt grow i might only have 4 weeks to go.Fingers crossed i have the 10 weeks for her sake.(health wise)
Lise~ I am 29.5 weeks and have gained 9 kilo's. I hope i can put on some more.Since my appointment and having been told...YES..TOLD to eat more mars bars (due to my perfect GTT) i have been eating like crazy.I can hardly move im so bloated.If it helps bub to get fatter then all the better.Im sure i will soon rolling instead of strolling down the street..LOL.
Hoping all is well.Not long to go for you either.Will have to log back onto fb to see your bub when he is born.Has Kyra posted pics of Tristan?
Miss K~ I cant believe your 16 weeks already! Well done.That has gone quickly too.
Well i hope everyone is doing well.
As for the weight gain/loss questions by the newbies,i lost 2 kgs in the first trimester and didnt start gaining til 12 weeks.I didnt have sickness,just lost my appetite in a huge way!
Belly Button question???....mine started to hurt at 20 weeks when the uterus reaches that point.My ob said iits normal for itching and pain there as its just stretching.Like London miss,i have a brown smudge where my outie once was.Its now flat.
Well after a long day of shopping and eating im going to do some ebay shopping for more sculpting supplies.
Goodnight all.x