12-24 weeks pregnant (part 3)

daisiegg

lollypopswater wrote: »

Daisiegg there's a wee hatch at the back of the seat that should have instructions if it's the pebble? Think you said it was?

It is! Thank you. I did think I had looked all over but I must have missed that, will have to have another look tomorrow!

Lixi_2

Lilmiss LOL at the paper email. That's hilarious.

Lemon Tree - sympathies on the outlaws front. I thought I got on with my OH's mum until I had DS then she went slightly mental. Possibly menopause, but who knows? Anyway, I feel your pain! Sure that your new job will be fine. There's bound to be a settling in period. Hugs.

Dais - cheeky !!!!!! of a neighbour!

Mrs C hope you feel better soon.

Teacake - a couple of fleece blankets were indispensable with DS. Soft on the skin and I took one every with me.

Teabag that foot story is so cool!

Disney sorry to hear about your nan. How sweet of her though.

No work for me tomorrow. Yay for long weekends. I'm signing up to a lazy daisy class I think and will be trying to motivate myself to do some yoga at home as a cheap exercise supplement as I have the dvds already!

Lx

time2deal

Any Name Will Suffice 27th August - 9th April
Dinah93 - 28th August
teabag29 - 4th September - 16th April
jenand8285 - 11th September - 5th April (gender scan) - 1st May
Bluebell1000 - 13th September - 2nd May
Teaandcakeordeath (TCD) 13th September - 1st May
Lemon Tree 22nd September - 6th May
LailaP - 28th September - 9th May
Lollypopswater - 29th September - 13th May
daisiegg - 2nd October - 4th May (private gender scan) - 15th May 2014
FallenArcher - 4th October - 23rd May
Peonie - 7th October - reassurance scan 11th April - 20 week scan 22nd May
time2deal - 8th October. 20 week scan 23 May
Whattodonow - 9th October, 20 wk scan 27 May
Lilmissreading - 13th October - 20 week scan 23rd May
MrsC....tobe - 17th October -20 week scan 29th May
Monty-doggy 31st October :eek: 20 week scan 19th june
Alioops78 - 2nd November - 20 week scan 16th June

Gosh that took a while to find! We do chat a lot. Thought I would update to remove a few people from the top (Bye Creditcrunch, disney and Lilmissmup, see you soon).

Sorry not around much today. I've been a bit down for no good reason, other than coming to terms with some solid weight gain over the last week. I KNOW it's a normal thing, but I'm being silly and letting it get me down. Doesn't help reading of women who lose weight or only get back to their starting weight sometime in the third trimester. That's probably the exception, but I find myself drawn to all those stories. But it will all be worth it.

Also, I can't believe that the newbies on the <12 week thread already have EDD's into 2015! Time is somehow moving slowly and quickly at the same time. 18+1 today. Might start to believe it is real soon!

Peonie

I've been getting down about my weight as well. I think I look a lot wider than I did a few weeks ago. But losing weight is not a good sign; it can be a sign of gestational diabetes.

I'm feeling a few bubbles, is it the baby...

teaandcakeordeath

How has me being joint 5th on the list happened?!?! I don't want to move over in 3 weeks. The big girl thread is scary! It means it's real!

Peonie, the only way I could initially figure out if what I was feeling was baby was *ahem* to try and fart as it felt all bubbly like air... It was baby though. I can't remember if it was someone on here or irl but they described it as feeling like bubblegum popping low down and I think that's the best way I've heard yet to describe it! I felt it more at night lying down, I can feel it during the day as well now as I'm moving about.

Glad you like the smell of the oil- I think the only drawback it has is the silly glass bottle- I'd quite like it to be plastic with a pump dispenser but hey ho. I use it on the ends of my hair which have gone like straw and a few drops in the bath when I have one. It's the only perfumey type smell I can tolerate at the moment. About the redness- have your bra's got the latex/ silicone grips on the underside of them? I get red, sore skin when I wear bra's with that as I have a latex/ silicone sensitivity... It's worse when I wear sports bra's- probably because they're tight and because you get hot when you're wearing them. Hope you can get it under control though!

Hugs for feeling down about your weight T2D and Peonie. I was saying to OH this morning how I simply can't believe that my belly will get bigger- I've always hated my body and weight so the idea that it's going to be changing and getting bigger is daunting. I read somewhere that Katie Price has only just discovered she's 6 months pregnant and is still a 6-8. Could've cheerfully punched her if she'd been in front of me. lol.

Peonie

For the oil I bought a plastic bottle pump dispenser from bottles for £1.55 from B00ts. Only used the oil in I it twice but it's working so far. I've started to carry a second and moisturiser around with me for those day time itchy moments.

No silicone grips either. I'll try to take note over the level of redness and what makes it worse. The bra fitter said the ones I was wearing were too loose so that might have caused the redness but now it's worse when the bra feels really tight. It took me a few weeks to actually think 'hmmm this colour might not be normal'.

How can Katie Price not have known she's pregnant! She's had loads of kids.

Lixi, I'm also away down south this weekend visiting family and friends. We're seeing my BIL and he winds me up. It's my problem really.

At times it looks like my belly button is going to pop out. This is a concern as I thought it was sewn in during my ops.

Right I'd best go and lather my skin in oil and cream.

daisiegg

ARGH sometimes I hate the iPad just typed a really long message but then navigated to a different tab to check something,and when I came back it refreshed this tab and lost my message :mad: so annoying.

In summary

- I also worry about my weight gain. It sucks. I do not, however, appear to be worried enough to stop over eating.
- I know what you mean about people who have lost weight during pregnancy. There are a few on the next thread up, don't know if anyone else lurks there like me. I feel cheated - I spent the first trimester and beyond being SO sick, and even now am vomiting once a day, yet didn't lose a lb! You'd think a little weight loss would be the least I could expect after vomiting ten times a day for three months
- I dreamt last night I was breastfeeding and lemon flavoured yogurt was coming out instead of milk. I was concerned this was unhealthy for the baby but no one seemed too worried.
- I have reduced my hours at work as of next week by 5 hours a fortnight (got one class taken away from me). I'm not sure how much less money it will mean but I don't think it will be a huge amount, and it is worth it for the difference in stress levels it will make. Actually makes me feel a lot less worried about returning to work next week.
- gender scan on Sunday! Eep!

That is all. I may return to sleep now! Hope everyone has a lovely day.

19+1

alioops78

Hi Ladies

Thanks for sharing the lists that you've used. After the girlie weekend I'm off with hubby and want to make sure that we price up everything that we need new so we know when a bargain pops up on eBay / Gumtree etc.

Re the paper I'm public sector also and it was discovered yesterday that there was no paper left anywhere over the 2 floors of our department lol.

As to the weight gain I lost a heap before falling pregnant but hadn't weighed myself since January so it was a shock to see I'd put on a stone however I just changed from snacking on carp to trying to pick healthier alternatives plus hoping that would help with the constipation.

Enjoy your weekends xxx

Peonie

You were vomiting 10 times a day! I've vomited 4 times this pregnancy and that was bad enough. Are you on anti-sickness tablets?

During the night I had quite a few pains on my left side and wondered if the baby was picking one of my organs.

I feel a bit happier today. I may not wear my mat linen trousers as often as I had hoped as I think they are what's making me feel fat.

Tea and WTDN wouldn't be it funny if you two lived around the corner from each other.

daisiegg

Peonie yes easily ten times a day until about 14 weeks, sometimes more. Also had diarrhoea for about the first 9 weeks. Not fun! No anti sickness tablets; it never really occurred to me that it was bad enough to see a dr or anything. And as evidenced by my lack of weight loss I was still obviously keeping enough food down (though at different times of day to the times I was being sick! And for a period it was just white bread or potato. Hmm, no wonder I didn't lose weight!)

I went slightly mad on amazon earlier this week ordering books for baby...and they arrived this morning! I hadn't realised I had bought quite so many so may well keep some for his Christmas presents. But either way, Little Bean has the beginnings of a very impressive library for someone who is not even born yet!