12-24 weeks pregnant (part 4)

afoolandhermoney

Freddie - I hope that was in a good way

Bosscout - I'm another one having trouble sleeping, I think that's why the dreams have got weird, I'm up at least once in the night to pee. Maybe you are having a niggling doubt that it might not just be one? (even if the rational bit of your brain says they'd have noticed at your scan) and in someways it would be lovely to skip right to the toddler stage and avoid the teething and nappy changes.

No idea what the deep fried turtle on top of my beef-and-sea-bass-steak coming to life and turning into my cat meant other than that I should probably avoid eating cheese after 2pm

Bosscout

Afoolandhermoney - No, I was always sure it was just the one (Didn't think I was sick enough for two!)

Hahaha none of my dreams have been as good as your beef-and-sea-bass! And I'm craving cheese at the moment... I'd love a nice bit of brie!

Anyone else in the weird stage of feeling like nothing's happening again? I'm gently getting rounder, but apart from that, most days I forget I'm pregnant at the moment! Can't wait for my 16 week/feeling movement/something to happen!

afoolandhermoney

sorry i've been a bit quiet - just plodding along with it all for the last few weeks. Having had all last week with no morning sickness at all (not even a tiny bit nauseous) I thought that might be it but alas this morning it was back with a vengeance - I think it might be nerves though as its anomaly scan day today.
Been feeling a few movements (like popping candy in my tummy, or being snapped by an elastic band) the last couple of weeks. I'm assuming they are baby movements as they feel different to my normal IBS bubblings. There's not really any sort of pattern though but I've noticed it several times a day which has been encouraging. Hope it happens during the scan so I can see what baby's up to when it happens.

Belly button is gradually starting to turn outwards too, which is odd to look at - and I stupidly hadn't expected that it would catch on things so much (another reason to find some over the bump pants)

Toots14

Time to move over here! Had our 12 week scan on Thursday so been given a due date of 23rd November! Everything looked perfect!

I'm consultant led so seeing them at beginning of July. Have to make a decision over the next few months about trying vbac or a planned section! Decisions!

afoolandhermoney

Hi Toots - great to see you on here. Will you see your midwife again before seeing the consultant to maybe discuss your options with her?

Just got back from the anomaly scan - all looking good and baby developing as they'd expect. So cool to see how its grown and to actually see a face emerging from the grey and black ultrasound fuzziness. Baby stayed all curled up asleep though and didn't want to stretch out so it took a lot of prodding around with the wand before all the measurements were done

Bosscout

Afoolandhermoney - Mine was stubbornly asleep at my 12wk scan. Really didn't want it's little brain looked at. They told me to eat a sugary snack before the 20wk scan to try and liven it up!

So glad the scan showed everything was going well though.

Welcome, Toots! Glad your scan went well too

I've been feeling mainly very boringly un-pregnant. Although I did a big stretch in bed this morning and absolutely killed my round ligament thingy! Had to curl back up and groan a lot

Also I can't sleep. I mean, I am, a bit, but I'm getting up really early and waking up a few times in the night. Might have to get some sort of preggo pillow. Starting to feel distinctly round!

afoolandhermoney

oh yes, the insomnia. After the first few weeks when I was so tired I would fall asleep at any time of day practically as soon as I sat down (and it was touch and go if I'd even get that far on some days) I now wake up in the night needing a pee and can't get back off again. I think its my body getting ready for the inevitable lack of sleep when baby arrives. I've never been a naturally early riser before now, although I'm also still going to bed about 9 most nights so that might have something to do with it.

Bosscout

I'm feeling 100% un-pregnant today. Work was fine, slept quite well, don't feel particularly whale-like... I should be glad, right?? But nah, I just feel a bit 'meh' about it all. Glad I've got my 16wk check this week, or I might start to think I'd imagined the whole thing!

Anyone else feeling distinctly...normal?

(Oh, also, my GP surgery are being absolutely useless this week, questioning me about the prescription the consultant gave me, and telling me they had my 'free prescription' thing ready, then telling my partner who went to collect it that I had to fill out a form - which I'd already filled out and left with them for the doc to countersign - and then deciding actually they'd done all that and put it in the post so I'd get the exemption card in the mail... Has anyone else got the card yet, and did it really come in the post??)

afoolandhermoney

haha - yes, even with the horrendous nausea and sickness I would still have days I thought I was imagining it (and it still doesn't feel quite real even with an obvious bump!). So if you're feeling good I'm not at all surprised that you feel normal.

And my GP is beyond useless, although as I get free prescriptions anyway in Wales I hadn't bothered about the exemption but you've reminded me that I will have to give them a call later about getting the form to fill in anyway so I can get free dental (that bit isn't automatic here). Mind you, my GP (which is in England) is baffled by the idea that I don't pay for prescriptions as long as I get them dispensed on my "home side" of the border and will automatically dispense them from the surgery unless I insist on a paper one. But then they also only issue my current one as 28 days worth at a time even though I need to take it all through the rest of my pregnancy, pretty certain it would work out cheaper all round (and definitely be easier) if they'd just give me a prescription for 100 days of them.

Bosscout

Ugh, I got really down today, for no reason. Obviously blaming hormones, because right now pregnancy gets the blame for everything!

I think part of it is the total lack of feeling pregnant! Going to ask my MW tomorrow if she can listen for the heartbeat. I've never been worried before now, but now I feel it sort of creeping up on me...

(someone remind me of how I didn't enjoy feeling fine when I'm back in a few months moaning about being kicked to death and boiling hot and feeling like a new land-mass in the heat of summer!)

Commiserations on rubbish GPs! Mine are usually good, which is why this is even more annoying!