Kellbell-Hiccups are a good sign that bub is drinking the fluid and practicing their breathing every day this last couple of weeks little miss has them and at my u/s the doc said she is a little guts and is always drinking.
And i had to have a full bladder at 32 weeks for my scan which was silly because then they made me empty it as it was pushing bub out of the way and they couldnt get a good shot i would say dont be full but dont be empty just have a normal glass half hour before you go.
Reet- my 3 boys i got mastitis really bad i was just to engorged and the bubs couldnt latch without tearing my nipples to pieces i tried expressing some off before but it made no difference i got really sick i had a rash all over my chest and temperatures i was in agony even the midwives brought me frozen cabbage leaves and a bottle of formula but this time i am taking breast shields and going to try again but i know how sick i got before so just being prepared.
And my frog was cute now it's the size of a toad lol lucky i have no stretch marks to ruin it.
And DTD while pregnant is still great but not as good we can only manage the one position and it's getting boring as everything else is just to hard or my belly is to big and the cm isnt a problem DH loves it EEWWWWW! but my boobs are so not sexual at the moment and i hate him touching them it feels really annoying if he tries to so i just distract him to down below.
Dory-God i forget to reply to some of the ladies at every post sometimes i just have nothing to add dont feel bad sometimes we just need to post without persies.
Reet-i forgot the nipple cream everyone is swearing by is lanshilo in a purple tube not the cheapest but it is suppose to be awesome and dosnt need to be removed before feeding bub.
Alish-if you have a normal healthy pregnancy then no sex will not harm your bub it is actually good for the uterus when you orgasim the uterus receives extra blood flow i have been a nympho with all my pregnancies i cant get enough of it but with this bub i have had to be gentle because of the position of the placenta but we still have sex and i have orgasims the baby is protected so as long as you have no pregnancy complications dont hold back this is a time for you and your DH to be close before bub comes and have some intimate time together and the orgasims can be more intense when pregnant a great side effect of pregnancy.
thanks for your advice! i never knew it was good for you, well i knew it was good for you haha but not in that way!
when we had sex with the ectopic it made me bleed and be in a lot of pain! i know its not even the same things but im just a worrier thats all!
cant find the motivation to get off the couch and do my housework today, someones stupid dog barked ALL NIGHT last night and im having really intense dreams i just want to sleep all day brett wouldnt be impressed haha!
did any of you ladies have a bassinette for the baby when they first come home? we have a cot in the next room but im debating a bassinette?? is it worth it? im leaning more towards no but there is always that little voice saying get one!
have a great saturday everyone! yay! i love weekends! finally the weather is nice here! xoxoxox
Alish-like i said as long as it is a normal healthy pregnancy then its fine there are women who have m/c and blame sex or something they did to cause it but if the pregnancy is normal and healthy they will stick i have had whooping cough ,chest infection , knee surgery a really bad flu you name it i have had it during pregnancy and nothing will budge my bubs when its a normal pregnancy and then i had a pregnancy i m/c at 7 weeks with and there was no reason just wasnt ment to be.
And i have always had a bassinette or cradle for the 1st few weeks but my bubs started sleeping through the night after only a few weeks so i moved them into their cot in their own rooms not long after i have a beautiful cradle for Ella in our room i hope to get at least 6-8 weeks use out of it.
AFM-NESTING HAS HIT WITH A VENGENCE!!!!!
I have cleaned the laundry done all the washing and ironing cleaned out under the stairs cleaned the shoe rack got rid of all the shoes no one wears anymore i have even ironed a weeks worth of school uniforms for the kids i have stripped our bed and washed our sheet's cleaned out the linen cupboard cleaned the coffee machine and now i am forcing myself to have a rest before i start again.
Reet- I got the gel breast pads from bras n things for 5bucks, bargain! If you dont have a store near you I'm happy to get some and post them for you. I dont have nipple cream yet tho, hmmm. And yes, DP is on a strict no drunkness regime lol. I said he can have a couple of beers but needs to be under the limit jic. Daily DTD? I'm worn out just thinking of it! We can't remember the last time we got it on, but luckily he's fine with it. I told him if he wants to I will but neither of us really feel sexy right now lol.
Ferrals- yay getting so close! 9 days for me omg!!! I'll check out your tummy pic as soon as my internet is up and running again.
Kellie- enjoy your scan, I didnt get a 32 week one, spewing!
Alish- go for it woman
AFM- having some really sharp twingey pains around the cervix type area, and peeing like a trooper! Our friends came over last night with a cake with 10 days to go on the icing soooo sweet!! I'm getting all edgy just waiting for things to happen, argh! Oh and my man flu seems to be easing a little bit thank goodness!
forshelby~ i am so excited for you that the time is getting closer.
Ferrals~ i loved the nesting feeling my place got so clean i felt better after doing that.
alish~I had the same debate inside about a cradle and we do have one and it had come in handy. So that the LO can sleep in the same room for when they wake the frist few weeks. the cradle that we have actually was made for my bf when he was a baby and has been passed along.
AFM~ Honor is doing well she is starting to sleep almost all the way though the night.I got my frist actually smile today and not gas. We have a routine now call me lazy but about 2 in the afternoon Honor will cry i will feed her she will wake if i put her down she wants to take a nap with me it the best part of the day.
ferrals - wow! nesting indeed! i bet youre buggared! good effort!
yeah i think im going to give the bassinette a miss, as much as hers is so beautiful i just dont think ill use it, our cot is so gorgeous it would seem a waste, our room is big enough to put the cot in anyway if we really have to
forshelby ahhh 10 days!! eek! how nice of your friends
mmm my housework didnt get too far, my friend came over about 11 and has just left so im starving & then ill get back into it
angel - yay for sleeping through the night, i bet youre feeling better, not as tired etc etc.. and yay for first smiles i would cry lol
Last edited by alish; March 5th, 2011 at 11:38 AM.
: posted same time as angelfish!
Well my mad cleaning turned into cleaning the microwave the pool table i polished the stainlees steal fridge toaster and kettle vaccumed the floor upstairs and down and now i am having regular painful contractions i hope it is just a little false labour like my last son but i think i will go have a bath and see if they settle i am not allowed to dialate in case i bleed so i hope they stop.
Forshelby-9 days OMG! any minute you could go.
Angelfish-awww mum and daughter time i cant wait until it's my turn.
OMG - it is SOOOOOO exciting hearing Forshelby and Ferrals on their countdowns.....
Forshelby - I recommend that nipple cream too, though it can help promote nipple thrush ( warm moist environment)... I just used it when I needed it rather than every time. God it was a lifesaver. It's ok to be antsy..... just go with it. And I love the cake... those friends are keepers. Good that the flu is easing.
Ferrals - love the belly girl.... I just love the idea that little Ella is in there and almost ready to come out. Hope you have an easier time BF'ing this time around.
Reet - too funny about little YOGI.
Cheshire - good to see you're still checking up on us.
Stoked - good to see you're still following too.
Alish - yay for 1st trimester completed! And all the sexies. My poor DH was on a drought from weeks 10 to 37... poor bugger. I LOVE our bassinette.. Hannah still uses it. Her bedroom is at the other end of the house and we don't have a monitor yet, so bassinette works a treat. I like it as she's close by. Initially you'll find it hard to sleep with bubs close by as they are quite noisy in their sleep, farts included. LOL. But you get used to it. I like being able to reach out and touch her if she's starting to fuss, as she usually goes back to sleep. I like not having to bolt to the other end of the house if she wakes up screaming ( she usually doesn't wake up crying or screaming). I like being able to peer over at her in the mornings and either see her fast asleep or smiling up at me. So I'd recommend one if you afford it. But be sure to get some mattress protectors! Poonami's can strike at any time. Her bassinette is also on wheels, so when she was little we could trundle her around to be near us. The other thing? They are so tiny when newborn that putting them in a big cot just seems, like there's too much space. Well I thought that. In the end it just works for us, but we all have to find our own way.
Kell - GL with your scan....
Got to go, not having a very successful attempt at our afternoon nap.... again.
dory youve seemed a bit flat in your posts after the last couple of days, but that one you seemed like your normal self!
yeah you make a good point! i still have a long time to go so i will think about it a bit more! brett dosent care either way so thats good!
eh i have to cook dinner tonight, i haaaate cooking dinner
Kell- I think my dh will die not getting any for 6 weeks after baby is born! Oh well...!
Alish-Can understand ur fears and worries! But i think u will be fine DTD.. if ur a bit unsure just tell ur dh that u only want it shallow! I had a bit of a bleed at 14 weeks so it was shallow only for a few weeks til i felt safe enough. And there shld definitely be no pain unless u have thrush or a UTI!
We bought a second hand bassinette. If u can get one cheap or for free i think its a good idea to have one.. i wldnt want to spend heaps on one brand new since baby wont be in it for very long but i honestly dont think i wld be able to sleep without the baby in our room for the first couple months! Ive even bought this thing that baby lays in and can sleep between u in bed.. its like a big soft bottomed thing with cushioned sides.. i wld like to think we will be tough and not have him/her sleep with us but we let our little puppy sleep with us for his first 4 weeks so i know we will definitely be suckers for a tiny little beautiful baby!
Ferrals- I hope u slowed down this arvo after ur mad cleaning spree! Ur body was definitely telling u to take it easy. I hope ur tummy is feeling a bit better now and ur not getting any more painful tightenings. No wonder ur all prepared to possibly formula feed, what u went thru b/fing sounds awful and very painful!
And yes i so agree with it being annoying when dh gets touchy feely with the bbs! Mine arent overly sensitive or anything but when he goes need them i just feel like hitting his hands away! I feel like that when he starts having a play down below too.. not sure whats going on with me! We can still manage our top 3 positions.. him on top, me on top and spooning altho the him on top is getting a bit awkward if he forgets about my tum and half lays down on me! Just curious whats the only positon u can do now??
I will definitely be getting myself some of the lanshilo then! Just from the chemist??
Forshelby- Thanks for offering to send me some of the gel pads but we have a bras n things here.. hopefully they stock them! Are they actually meant for sore bbs from b/fing??
That is so so nice of ur friends to bring the cake over! They are definitely keepers! I hope u let urself have some
Hi Dory and Angelfish!
AFM- Had a good old time baby shopping today, didnt actually come home with anything but we know what we want now. Only problem is its so expensive! The cot we chose is $770, change table $300, and the pram $500. The cot we want is just beautiful. Its white and has 4 posts with lovely fine netting around it, it looks so pretty and cosey! (we also have mozzies here so the netting will keep them away!) And the pram is the Baby jogger City Mini, we wld LOVE to get the City Elite instead but its $900 and we cant quite justify it! (or afford it!). We decided to think about it all over the weekend and put our order in on monday.. the lady said it cld take up to 6 weeks for the pram and cot to arrive so we better get our butts into gear!
One of dhs cousins had a baby a few days ago and i just found out she had gas, 2 epidurals and pethadine and still really really struggled! It kinda frustrated me hearing that, this chick a few weeks ago had written on fb something about labour and bring on all the drugs.. and thats exactly what she did! I know i shldnt really be commenting cos i dont know how painful labour is but i dont think its the right frame of mind to go into labour with cos ofcourse no amount of drugs is going to help if u go into it thinking u are going to need to be fully dosed up for the whole thing! Am i making sense or just being nasty??! I dont have a birth plan but i wld love to try and get thru as much of labour as possible drug free.. (whether that be only a bit of it or most of it) I think with that frame of mind tho ur more likely to be able to tolerate a bit more pain whereas if ur trying to get drugged up with the first little bits of pain ur definitely going to struggle as the contractions get worse! Plus a lot of ppl arent warned about pethadine.. a lot of the time the baby comes out blue and u can also have trouble feeding for the first few hrs because u have basically drugged ur baby as well.. which is exactly what happened to dhs cousin! My mum has the attitude of the more drugs the better..no point putting up with unnecessary pain, and it really annoys me!
Anyway im just ranting on here, has it made sense tho??!
Reet you have a great attitude. i have had 4 bubs and i tried gas with DD1 and discovered it was much better as a thing to bite on than suck hehe. Child birth is not painful so no drugs needed
Tho some nights when it all goes ferral after dinner...i could use some Gas then to keep a smile on my dial
Reet~ i felt the same way you did when it comes to pain meds ( not putting down women who do use pain meds) But i was in back labor from 5 am till 10 pm and i had one pain shot and they had to talk me into it. They said that the pain was making my bp up so i took it. The only reason i took the epidural is that i got really tired. then the baby heart rate dropped and i needed an emercery c~section. sounds like your shopping went well.
Ferrals~ your time is coming fast when it comes to mommy and baby time. I find that i forget everything else that is going on all the stress is gone. The smile did make me cry she is starting to giggle more in her sleep.
Forshelby~I keep coming on here to check to see how your doing.
Dory~ you are right that they are very nosiey when they sleep. Honor will start to cry then stop make sounds that i have never heard before. She will sound like she is yelling and toss her hands up in her air.
AFM~ Someone sent me a cause request on Facebook it was about child abuse and it was a bad case and i had nightmares last night. People dont understand that i will do the causes but i need time.
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brett wouldnt be impressed haha!
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