MSE Pregnancy Club 28

Mips

I am 39 + 5. Had a hot bath last night then started getting painless contractions around 10pm .. they were going from 4 to 3 to 2 minutes and getting more and more painful. Then I fell asleep and they stopped!

Am sat bouncing on a birthing ball reading MSE.

Very crampy low down, bump seems to have dropped, nose has started running.. don't know what's going on!

I started with a stitch in right side before contractions, then contractions and back ache....

I was very nauseas when contractions were coming and from googling it seems to suggest I was in proper labour!

Very tired today and aside from being a bit achy, nothing much to report.

Have had two sessions of reflexology in last 2 weeks... she was careful not to stimulate the parts of feet that encourage labour though.

Raspberry leaf tea, evening primrose oil capsules...

... third delivery this will be and dreading it!

VickyVics

Good morning ladies,

Goodness me, I don't log on for a few days and I manage to go from number 28 to number 23!!! Can say I am getting nervous now. Really need to start putting my hospital bag together me thinks.

This week we have managed to pick up a second hand moses basket and stand for £30 and a baby bath and bath seat for £5. I say they are second hand, they actually look brand new. Really wanted a moses basket so that daytime naps could be made a little bit easier by her sleeping in the living room. I just wasn't willing to pay £70-£80 for a new moses basket and another £20-£30 for a new stand. Its not like she will be in it for a long time.

In other news I am getting really tired and really hungry. I just feel like I could sleep forever and then when I am not sleeping I could eat forever. I never feel satisfied with the amount of sleep I am getting or the amount of food (even though it feels like I am eating tons).

xxx

Mips

VickyVics wrote: »

In other news I am getting really tired and really hungry. I just feel like I could sleep forever and then when I am not sleeping I could eat forever. I never feel satisfied with the amount of sleep I am getting or the amount of food (even though it feels like I am eating tons).

xxx

Are your iron levels OK? I spent 3 months like that because when tested I was 1mg below needing a prescription of iron! Last blood test a few weeks they finally gave me the iron (stronger stuff you can't get in shops) and I have had a pretty good week now.

VickyVics

They were low a few weeks ago and then the midwife retested me and they were fine. She said it was just a blip so I am keeping my fingers crossed for that. Although I do feel permanently exhausted, even after just waking up from a full nights sleep

fireyfirenze

iv felt so horrible and tired today, everything is hurting! was feeling miserable but just got some good news, I'm only on a temporary contract at work even though it's been renewed yearly for 4 years! yesterday I had an interview for a permanent contract and I got it! :T yay! what makes it better is that iv interviewed last year and didn't get it because I was so bad at interviews. but my manager said I blew their socks off this time

so nice to know when I go back off maternity I'll have a permanent job to go to, even if nothing really changes for now.

Lara44

Well done Firey :T That's brilliant news, and so good to have the extra security. I hope you are celebrating with a nice nap

fireyfirenze

Lara44 wrote: »

Well done Firey :T That's brilliant news, and so good to have the extra security. I hope you are celebrating with a nice nap

thank you I don't finish work until 6pm today so I'll be rewarding myself with the nap then, or maybe an early night one more day of work and then me and the OH are going away for a couple of nights to a swish hotel for my 30th birthday so it makes up for feeling yuck today! x

lushlifesaver

yay - congratulations Firey!

well I'm still here - I've done a walk of slightly over a mile today in to the market and back with mil, then we must have done at least another mile round Trinity in Leeds (me, bf, mil and niece) and now I am exhausted with a few aches but not able to nap and not in labour

I'm fed up now, I want to hold my baby and not be stuck in this awful limbo anymore Generally I pretty stable emotionally but today I could burst in to tears right now just because I'm still pregnant which is ridiculous

sorry to hear about your gestational diabetes mrs happy - I'm sure they will help you manage it well and hopefully it won't cause you any hassle or problems

sophiasmum

Viks - I felt same and have been told to take 3 iron tablets a day. Problem is I cant as they make me feel so yuk! Have been throwing up etc. Im now taking x1 with lunch and drinking an iron supplement drink a couple of times a day - but I know the drink does not have sufficient levels of iron in it. Am seeing the midwife next Thurs for a repeat blood test so hoping my iron levels have improved. I honestly could have fallen asleep in work this afternoon!!x

mancbird

Hello, I've popped in and out of this thread earlier in my pregnancy. I'm 36+2 now and am so ready for this baby to arrive!

We found out at a scan that we are having another little boy so we are now getting all the bits and bobs we had for our first son out and washed and ready

Baby is measuring three weeks ahead so I've been having growth scans. He's looking to be a bit of a whopper so I'm starting to get a bit worried about the birth now!

I have another growth scan this week and an appointment with the consultant on Thursday so am nervously looking forward to that as we will know then what's happening. When I last saw the consultant he talked about me being induced by my due date if baby was still measuring so big.

Does anyone have any experience of this?