MSE Pregnancy Club 25

martafdz

Ooooh, Rups, do Primark do them with buttons up front too? I will probably need another one that opens in the front.

Mrshaworth, they measure you laying down. They put the end of the tape right onto your pubic bone (below the pubic hairline, like a cm above the clitoris, you press down and you find the bone) and then go up all the way until they feel the top of the uterus, which is around where your belly starts to spring out, around your ribcage. Measure in cms, it is generally +/-2cm in relation to how many weeks you are. So if you are 25 weeks, you can expect around 23-27cm.

Rups32

marta yes, i got some with buttons but have a closer look. think they were like for 6 pounds and i thought even if they get messy etc then i can chuck them. my sweet mil found me a nice satin gown from debenhams on sale for 12 pounds, think she has picked me up. hope she got me a few sizes bigger as i dont want to struggle fitting in lol

chonorla

Hi Can I join too please? :hello: Am sneaking over from the 12-24 week thread too (Hello Saffagal , am not stalking you )

Baby number 4 for me - due on the 13th April. (But measuring 5 weeks over already - I cook them large :rotfl:) As for the fast labour thing if you are having a big babies SavageHK - I may be testament to that - labours were 2hr 3 mins, 1 hr 13 mins and the last one was 35 minutes and they were all nearly 10lbs ers :eek:

Sadly still got hyperemesis and on medication and spent last weekend in hospital again...but keep having the odd "better" day (still sick a lot but can actually function ) so maybe the end is in sight!!!

Have had a number of scans (5 or 6) already as I developed 2 haemotomas due to the severe sickness and kept bleeding, but have got my 20 week scan a week on Monday and me and DH have "finally" decided to find out the sex of this baby :cool:

Hope everyone is well xxxxxxx

Rups32

welcome cholorla and congrats on baby num 4! So many new people coming on here now. yay!!! we will all be gone soon hopefully

have finally finished this lot of work and can relax now. hmm fancy some decaff latte. :0)

LittleMoog

1. Babynumber4 - 2nd November 2012 :female: (scheduled c-section)
2. Dribblekitten - 5th November 2012 ?
3. Maddie - 12th November 2012 :male:
4. catbag - 12th November 2012 ??(twins)
5. LittleMoog - 13th November 2012 ?
6. Kimmilew - 14th November 2012 ?
7. spudthedog - 15th November 2012 :female:
8. dizsiebubba - 17th November 2012 :male:
9. kavics17 - 23rd November 2012 :female:
10. savageHK - 26th November 2012 ?
11. missbunbury - 26th November 2012 ?
12. Sa-ra-ra-ra - 30th November 2012 :female:
13. Myatt - 1st December 2012 ?
14. jonno7 - 1st December 2012 ?
15. cazza1973 - 3rd December 2012 :male:
16. LadyMorticia - 3rd December 2012 :male: (scheduled C-Section)
17. CL - 4th December 2012 ?(scheduled C-Section)
18. DayDreamBeliever - 4th December 2012 :female:
19. got-it-spend-it - 6th December 2012 ?
20. martafdz - 8th December 2012 :female:
21. mlbarrett - 10th December 2012 :male:
22. Cupcake88 - 19th December 2012 ?
23. MissKeith - 21st December 2012 :male:
24. Bamama - 22nd December 2012 ?
25. Rups32 - 24th December 2012 ?
26. lozzy88 - 24th December 2012 :male:
27. bezzyk - 26th December 2012 :male:
28. Aida - 26th December 2012 :female:
29. welshgirl78 - 1st January 2013 ?
30. Canucksfan - 3rd January 2013 ?
31. mayforher - 4th January 2013 :male:
32. maddnessandmayhem- 10th January 2013 ?
33. hngrymummy - 10th January 2013 ?
34. Jenjenf21 - 13th January 2013 ?
35. Missus Aka- 15th January 2013 ?
36. walby1993- 15th January 2013 ?
37. mountainmum - 16th January 2013?
38. cali77 - 19th January 2013 ?
39. Elisabeth854 - 22nd January 2013 ?
40. BikerChick - 22nd January 2013 :female:
41. mintedby30 - 24th January 2013 ?
42. Nephthys - 25th January 2013 ?
43. mrs_B - 29th January 2013 ?
44. zcrat41 - 30th January 2013 :male:
45. ellionic - 30th January 2013 ?
46. babymonster2 - 30th January 2013?
47. morocha - 1st February 2013 ?
48. b_girl - 11th February 2013?
49. countrybum - 12th February 2013?
50. tattoo - 13th February 2013 ?
51. earring - 17th February 2013 :female:
52. jwil - 20th February 2013 ?
53. Queen_B - 22nd February 2013 ?
54. JT100 - 28th February 2013 :female:
55. ellie1788 - 1st March 2013 ?
56. Sarahs999 - 12th March 2013 ?
57. MrsHaworth2b - 13th March 2013 ?
58. findingmyownway - 15th March 2013 ?
59. lkmc01 - 15th March 2013 ?
60. 2ba3c -17th March 2013 :female:
61. abbeybryan1982 - 28th March 2013 ?
62. SpiderWestCider - 30th March :male:
63. dundeediva - 31st March 2013 :female:
64. chonorla - 13th April 2013 ?
65. Saffagal - 20th April 2013 ?

Hospital Bag list here

Supplement list and dosage here

BIRTH LIST

:male: emsbet - 16th September 2012, 8:17pm - Connor Stephen, 7lb 14.5oz
:male: milliebob - 17th September 2012, 10:20am - Oliver Jack Albie, 7lb
:male: Mishkanorman - 20th September 2012
:male: twinklie - 21st September 2012, 9.49am - Archie James
:male: Shery - 24th September 2012 - Jude 5lb 5oz
:female: MissMonkeyMoo - 25th September 2012, 12.40am - Gracie, 7lb 10.5oz
:female: SamW - 26th September 2012, 00.00am - Elizabeth Jane
:male: sexymouse - 26th September 2012, 9.32pm - Jonathan Ian 9lb 7oz
:male: MummyOfTwo - 28th September 2012, 6.59pm - Elijah Ruairi 9lb 1oz
:female: KatyLiz - 28th September 2012, 8.49pm - Eliza Grace 5lb 6.5oz
:female: Carrie80- 29th September, 7.40pm - Lara-Rae 6lb 15 oz
:female: Snowyz81 - 30th September 2012 - Daisie Mei 7lb 9oz
:female: bikelesschick - 3rd October 2012 - Sophia 3kg
:female: toni_ - 3rd October 2012 - Maisie 7lb 10oz
:female: punkpink - 6th October 2012 - Tylah 4 lb 10 oz
:female: Candycane - 6th October2012
:female: snowbean - 6th October 2012
:male: ikkle87 - 15th October 2012 1:29pm - Jacob Anthony - 9lb
:male: moneypuddle - 16th October 2012 6.38am - 8lb
:male: Twinkle - 17th October 2012 - 7lb 1.5oz
:male: CherryDrop - 28th October 2012 9.47pm - Kai Thomas Harry - 8lb 12oz
:female::female:Cake4brains - 1st November 2012 13.01 and 13.02 - Amelia (7lb) & Mollie (5lb14)
:male: izzydogsam - 31st October 2012 - Daniel - 8lb 2oz
:male: Alamaya - 5th November 2012 10.45am - Matthew Stuart - 6lb 13oz
:male: scottishchick27 - 5th November 2012 03.00am - Brodie Graham - 9lb 4oz
:female: Taadaa - 5th November 2012 12:02pm -Violet Autumn
:male: colli - 10th November 2012

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Allow 2 weeks after EDD before transferring to this list

tigerwhite - 26th September 2012 ?
fozpot - 27th September 2012 ?
will-be-debt-free - 1st October 2012 ?

CONTRACTION MASTER TIMER

Please post your birth stories here when you have time/energy

LittleMoog

Afternoon ladies

Welcome chonorla, and congratulations on team blue spider!

MissKeith, my baby is partially back to back (more like side on now) and advice from mw was to spend time on hands and knees with hips higher than head, and sit on gym ball/upright chair. Key is to use gravity to move them, as their back is the heaviest part. Try to avoid sitting with knees higher than hips, or slouched on sofa, as this tips them towards your spine. There are also exercises you can do, check out spinningbabies.com.

Been swimming with sister and niece this morning, and they stayed for lunch and a play afterwards, was really nice. I'm exhausted now, and my groin/pelvis are really sore, hoping to find out baby's engaged at the mw tomorrow

Rups, I'm not sure what you mean by bubbles, but all kinds of different feelings are normal, just depends how you interpret them I guess. You mention them quite often, so I guess they're normal for you. I kept getting a weird sensation just above my pubic bone like fingers scraping - turns out it was probably the baby's hands playing by it's mouth, as they've stopped since it turned to the side! Weird!

savageHK

Mrshaworth2b wrote: »

Hello
How do they measure your bump? Are you lying down or sitting up? Because lying down I don't have much of a bump.

Lying down - and that's normal I look massive standing but lying it's much smaller, my back curves in quite a bit (always has) which makes me look bigger standing.

chonorla

I had dreadful heartburn on my DD and she was born with a shock of long dark red tiny ringlets!! Superhairy!!! All the MW's/doctors etc in the hospital were told to come and have a look at her hair!!! Both my DS's had hair, but just a normal head of hair and no heartburn.

If its any consolation to those who have back to back babies - both my DS's were born like that. I did have to have a ventouse with the first but that was because he had passed meconium and they wanted him out asap. But second DS was born back to back with no help at all. And I had spent the last 10 weeks sat on a gym ball but he was having none of this turning business :rotfl: I also crawled round a lot and basically looked like a mad woman the last couple of weeks trying every suggestion going

moneypenny - I had hyperemesis for the whole 40 weeks for the first 2 babies, so just feeling a little better at this stage is a bonus!!!

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Rups32

when are due chonorla? sorry if imissed it somewhere!

Am getting ready to go now lol. been a better quieter day and tomorrow am working from home so am really looking forward to it. yay! hopefully will try and log on here later but meeting my friend for dinner so dont know what time can get back to log on - i wont be partying away, that is for sure!

Enjoy your evenings. xx

missbunbury

Afternoon all! 38 weeks plus 2 days for me, just back from midwife appointment and everything is looking pretty good. I am only measuring 35cm but she didn't seem concerned because a.) I am generally a little person and b.) baby is more engaged than last time (when I measured 34cm) which apparently means they are measuring less of it. 3/5 engaged she said, so that sounds good. Have been finding my whole pelvis is really achy this week especially if I do a bit of walking, but it's nothing I can't handle. So excited now!

Am struggling a bit to find a mattress to fit my beautiful handmade wooden crib - if anyone knows where I can get a proper thick mattress (one of the 10cm ones) that is 70cm x 30cm I would be most grateful.

Also, another question - anyone here know anything about maternity bras in small sizes? I am so small that I haven't really got a bra size usually, currently wearing my normal pre-pregnant 34A gel bras. My measurements right now are 33 inches under the bust and 34 around the bust. They say to add 5 to the underbust and then your cup size depends on the difference between under and around but this maths doesn't work for me as it would make me a 38 but with a minus cup size!

Do you think I am likely to suddenly get bigger when the milk comes in, or should I just get 34A and hope they'll fit? To be honest I don't actually *need* to wear a bra in terms of support, I wear them to give me more shape but I assume this will be different when I am feeding? Or do you reckon I could just decide to go all feminist and do without bras for a while?