Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Zziggi

mr.blonde wrote:

6 years on found out that I still cannot play in the playround with the kids - tried the sliding thing on a rope and 'crack' - ouchee!!!!!:eek:

So much for the "It'll sort itself out by a year", then! As for the corset thing, it took all the skin off my hips!

Oh, so I wasn't the only one sent off home and told i'll be fine by the time DS is 12 months old. BTW he's starting school in a fortnight and the SPD hasn't cleared up at all.

I also got sciatica-type probs down one leg. I was told that was just because the baby was lying on a nerve and it'd get better when (a) baby moves or (b) when i give birth or (c) within 12 months of having the baby. Well the REAL answer is (d) it doesn't get better!!!.

I also get the SPD 'crack' sound too. What exactly is it? When i asked the consultant he told me that it's just "nothing to worry about" [which didn't actually answer my question...]

Lillibet_2

Ah yes.....Mummy Brain Syndrome......also known as Mummy Memory. I'd forgotton about that:rotfl:

skylight

I'm only 12 weeks and have gotton forgetful already.

Fot a bit teary on Tuesday - went to Tesco for a cooked breakfast and couldn't remember the names of anything! I had to point and say - 2 of that etc.

Luckily, the lady asked if I was okay, - I mentioned I was just a bit forgetful lately and she replied - ah yes, your pregnant aren't you, I remember it well! Didn't feel so bad then!

bargain_babe

Lillibet wrote:

Ah yes.....Mummy Brain Syndrome......also known as Mummy Memory. I'd forgotton about that:rotfl:

After three kids, losing a few thousand brain cells with each, I think I still have this, I often cant think straight - even the simplest words - I end up gesturing madly (yesterday - I was trying to describe badminton and couldnt think of the word - so I was throwing an imaginary ball? (see what I mean!!!) I mean shuttlecock and hitting with a pretend bat!!!! ) People who dont know me must think Im a bit mad!!!!
So in my case this has never gone - my youngest is 8 !!! WILL I EVER GET MY BRAIN BACK :eek:

bargain_babe

Ooh yes, almost forgot, another secret ....
How far your new sprinkler breasts are able to shoot milk, its a wonder the poor babies dont choke.

I was sat on the settee, a good 12 foot away from the gas fire, when off comes DD1, (in front of 4 friends!!!- so much for discreet!!) and the milk squirts right into the gas fire with an enormous hiss!!! How embarassing, but really funny, too !!!:rotfl:

ooobedoo

I can't feel anything from my c-sec scar to the middle of my stomach, it's totally numb and I could literally get my stomach caught in the zip and not know, I am down for my next c-sec on either the 7th, 8th or 11th Dec, my last baby was 8lb 15oz 2 weeks early.......I am 5ft, size 3 1/2 feet, my GP bet me that I wouldn't have it naturally...apparently if I had gone ful term he would og been 11lb thank beep it was c-sec and 2 weeks early, he didn't fit in any clothes as it was!!!!

Penny_Watcher

After a couple of years at home with toddlers you can loose your ability to make adult conversation.

I remember OH's best friend from school visiting us from the NZ a couple of months after our youngest had been born.

I made a lovely meal for everyone and put it infront of him on the table, absent mindedly accompanied by the information "Careful - hot!" in the same way as I told my 2yr DS1.

"S'okay darl", says he, "I've got jet lag not brain damage!"

moggins

LOL, I end up having to go through all my kids names to get to the right one

finc

Zziggi wrote:

Oh, so I wasn't the only one sent off home and told i'll be fine by the time DS is 12 months old. BTW he's starting school in a fortnight and the SPD hasn't cleared up at all.

I also got sciatica-type probs down one leg. I was told that was just because the baby was lying on a nerve and it'd get better when (a) baby moves or (b) when i give birth or (c) within 12 months of having the baby. Well the REAL answer is (d) it doesn't get better!!!.

I also get the SPD 'crack' sound too. What exactly is it? When i asked the consultant he told me that it's just "nothing to worry about" [which didn't actually answer my question...]

Just OT a bit so sorry but...

go to your GP and ask to be referred to physio if it's still bad. I had SPD with my 2nd and was begging to be induced as I couldn't move, sleep, sit etc and I have BIG babies! I was also told it'll clear up by itself blah, blah, blah but there comes a point where you have to think 'I need to do something about this!'.

I've been going for physio for over a year, had to carry on wearing the corset thing for over 6 months and had lots of accupuncture. It's just getting better now and I can stand for more than 20 minutes again and finally able to turn over in bed without a military operation :rotfl:

Seriously, though, if it's still giving you problems please don't ignore it, you could make things worse.

Christmasshopper

elisebutt65 wrote:

Another guilty secret here as well.

Has anyone ever caught theri OH(past or present) trying to shut up baby(or just experimenting) by trying to get them to suckle on their own nips!!!!:eek: :eek: - RAFLAMO!!!!!!! Now that weirded me out but a few friends at LaLeche told me their OH's had done it as well, so then there was mass wetting of knickers - remember those dodgy pelvic floors:D as we all rolled around in tears!!!!

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