MSE Pregnancy Club 24

betty101

Congrats Monks what a quick labour. I'll have one of those please......

Chrissy1981

Congrats Monk!

Condolencies Kabie.

I'm back from seeing the obstetrician and basically he said that, while I'm getting palps at the same frequency (approx every 2 weeks) then they will continue to treat my pregnancy and labour as per normal.

If I start getting them more regularly then I need to go back.

Although it was good news, it felt a bit dismissive actually! I had to re-iterate that my palps are not a factor in planning my labour at all and he said no! We also got to see baby again on a quick scan which was lovely, and he said the size is good.

I was absolutely exhausted afterwards though, think I'd built myself up a bit for the appointment and I was waiting outside the labour ward seeing all these partners go into see their wives/girlfriends, and I saw a woman being wheeled around holding her new baby, it was all so emotional! Reminded me I haven't really got that long to go...

MissMonkeyMoo

Congrats Monks! So thrilled for you!

I'm now sat in bed eating some salad; did go to work today but have felt rubbish since I got up and didn't feel any better by noon. Tabby is now trying to steal my lunch and the tortie has come to see what she is missing out on now....

elj2287

Hi all, I am a lurker here, well put myself on the list but never got round to saying hello!:wave:
EDD 6th July, on holiday now till maternity leave starts, in which time I have a lot of revision to be done as I have an exam on 20th June and then I can rest till baby makes an appearance!

It all seems very surreal and I still can't quite believe I'll be giving birth at some point soon. :eek: Has anyone else felt like this?
E xx

MissMonkeyMoo

Elj2287 - welcome! And yes, I get how you are feeling - every day I think how surreal the whole pregnancy thing is. I know I am pregnant but yet I still don't quite believe it. It's like I'm in a bubble or something!

twinklie

elj2287 wrote: »

Hi all, I am a lurker here, well put myself on the list but never got round to saying hello!:wave:
EDD 6th July, on holiday now till maternity leave starts, in which time I have a lot of revision to be done as I have an exam on 20th June and then I can rest till baby makes an appearance!

It all seems very surreal and I still can't quite believe I'll be giving birth at some point soon. :eek: Has anyone else felt like this?
E xx

Thats a most excellent birthdate...it's my birthday!!
My maternity just got advertised at work today and that has made me feel a bit like OMG....I'm having a baby!!! Ha ha. That and being 27 weeks today! :eek:

BB1984

elj2287 wrote: »

It all seems very surreal and I still can't quite believe I'll be giving birth at some point soon. :eek: Has anyone else felt like this?
E xx

LOL my due date is this Thursday - 3 days time - and I still feel like this! :rotfl:

I'm sure reality will hit at some point...with my first contraction? when baby crowns? when I see baby for the first time? when we get home and think WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS?!!! :eek:

BB x

elj2287

MissMonkeyMoo So glad I'm not the only one!! We were unplanned - a happily unplanned but still took a good few months for that to sink in!
I can't wait to be a Mummy but it's going from bump to Mum that scares me slightly! Reading some of the birth stories here has helped a lot though.

That is a very good date Twinklie do you have any plans for your birthday with a bump? I was 25 weeks on my birthday, a sleepy and quiet affair!

fluffnutter

I think it's freaky that this bump actually holds a real person. I can't get my head round it at all. Luckily family and friends have said that you get used to the new baby so quickly that within days, or even hours, it feels like he or she's always been there....

I hope so. I don't want to be waking up every morning for months thinking 'Yikes! !!!!!!'s that??'

elj2287

Hehe BB I'm guessing reality will hit me when sleep deprivation gets too much.

BB1984 wrote: »

when we get home and think WHAT THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS?!!! :eek:

BB x

I just know I'm going to feel like this - I haven't been around babies since my younger sister (now 16) was a tot , I vaguely remember some parts as theres a 9 year age gap between us.

E x