12 to 24 week pregnancy thread

mrsj28 · 28 January 2013 at 3:52PM

mogwai - we decided not to find out the sex and keep it as a surprise! did see lots of lovely wriggling though, and it waved at one point!

I'm definitely up for doing hypnobirthing, the courses are quite expensive though - has anybody done it before and not actually done a £££ course, just read the books and listened to the CDs? My sister in law says she has a book on it she'll lend to me.

Metranil_Vavin · 28 January 2013 at 4:30PM

Congrats on your scan MrsJ

I listened to a hypnobirthing CD someone leant me, and was really into the idea of it, however I have to be honest..once labour kicked in and the pain started, it all went out of the window and I was wanting DRUGS asap!!!!

I also have to say the pregnancy yoga I did helped me more with breathing/relaxing techniques than the h.birthing did.

mogwai · 28 January 2013 at 4:32PM

pigpen wrote: »

Mine haven't.. they are still dark too..

noooooooooooooooooo!!!!! :eek::eek: my boobs look like someone elses because of the colour change, cant get used to it..

mrsj - you can do home courses as well which are a lot cheaper than the classes. Ive ordered the mongan method book and cd, got a used one from amazon, the mongan method seems to be quite popular and it seems all methods have something to recommend them.

pippa80 · 28 January 2013 at 7:06PM

Congrats on your scan mrsj!

I also have really bad skin, which is a reminder from when I got bad skin about 10 years ago. Urgh! Definitely looking forward to it clearing up.

I haven't done any classes, but have been swimming quite a bit (though not so much while everything was covered in snow and I didn't want to drive!).

Eew re nipples staying like this :eek:

Emily_B · 29 January 2013 at 9:49AM

Morning. Thanks for the reassurance ladies. I’m glad I’m not the only one with bad skin at the moment (though I’m sorry others are suffering too).

I didn’t make it to the pregnancy pilates class last night as my silly train was delayed. I was so annoyed as I’d psyched myself up, and was a bit miserable when I got home. I think I'll try and go swimming later in the week instead.

I’ve not even thought about what sort of labour I want. What exactly is hypnobirthing?

Has anyone booked themselves onto ante-natal classes? The nhs one I've been offered is only a one day thing, so I’m considering doing NCT. To be honest I’m mostly interested in the social side, but if I learn something at the same time then it’s a bonus!

*BigBird* · 29 January 2013 at 10:26AM

Glad your scan went well Mrsj

It's so lovely that you're going for a surprise on the gender. We did that with DS and it was lovely to still have that one little thing to look forward to finding out on the day.

I tried hypnobirthing last time and had some CDs, but to be honest I fell asleep every time I listened to them beforehand! I also had a CD of just the music to listen to during the birth and I did have that on, which I found very relaxing. I didn't do any of the visualising though.

I would definitely recommend a water birth if anyone's thinking about it. I was surprised at just how much it eased the pain and am hoping there will be a pool free this time as well.

Areolas - yep, mine never went back to "normal" after DS. You'll get used to them though.

As for skin, mine has actually got better

I don't often get spots, but it's usually quite greasy and it's a lot better at them moment. My hands and lips are really dry though. And sorry if TMI, but my piles are quite nasty today

This bit of pregnancy I really don't like!

We're not bothering with ante-natal classes this time as it's only a couple of years since we had DS and I doubt things have changed much. We did NCT ones last time and I have to say that the group of friends we made from them were the best bit

Triangle · 29 January 2013 at 10:45AM

Hi all :hello: Thought I would show my face here - 14+3 today

Already got a part hard tummy which I expected as its not long since I had my little man - although I'm too chunky to look pregnant yet

BTW, my Areolas are the same...but you grow to like 'em!

Txx

pigpen · 29 January 2013 at 10:59AM

Mogwai, you get used to them. Once baby arrives your entire body is different but you get used to it. I can't even remember what mine was like before!.. Thinner.. I remember that much.. lol.. I kept 3 stone of the 5.5 I put on with DD3 so I feel a bit hippolike. I am glad I managed to lose all the weight from the last 2 though I was just short of 14 stone after the last one arrived so being back to 11 was an achievement... I am staying well clear of scales again now lol