MSE Pregnancy Club 28

MW went well. Bump has had a bit of a spurt so no longer just on the 10th, just below the 50th. Head has started to engage too so Will see her next a few days after my due date, hopefully I won't have too. Been having a few twinges/tightenings since seeing her so you never know.

Fingers crossed for your scan on Wed Arbrighton.

Another one who can't see down there, tried to tidy myself up but no luck. Meh I'm sure they've seen it all now :rotfl:

Snow hopefully work won't be too bad this week and you get a chance to put your feet up at some point.

penguingirl wrote: »

going with the attitude that midwives have seen it all!

Exactly! I imagine it's the last thing on your mind when you go into labour.

Good news about baby's growth,
April - especially if he's head down and ready to go 😊

BabyB is the opposite- pushing over the 95th percentile and MW reckons 8.5-9.5lb if she comes before my due date :eek:

Ladies, on the personal grooming question... before my massage last week I had a Lycon / hot wax bikini wax. Would definitely recommend this option - like the rest of you I can't see down there and haven't for weeks! I had a strip wax earlier in pregnancy and with the increased blood flow it was definitely worth opting for Lycon this time - virtually painless. Although I actually have no idea how it looks!! But as I swim once a week I do like to try and stay tidy... I have another booked in for 38 weeks so hopefully unless I go very overdue this will suffice!

Definitely tired again yesterday at work but so far today feeling OK... working on positive mental attitude to get me through to maternity leave. I do enjoy the work I do but tiredness plays mind tricks and causes concentration struggles which can make it all quite frustrating!

Hope everyone else is going well. Excited for the mini baby boom to help my own countdown!

Glad everyone is well. I managed to shave my legs last week as I had a wedding to attend to, and pleased to report that my hair seems to not grow back that quick (a pregnancy side affect?)
I haven't managed to sort out down below tho, not sure if I will get time to visit the salon and not sure I can rely on the DH to assist!


Swelling of feet has suddenly hit me in the last two days, which makes walking around a bit painful. Skin goes really tight and ankles really stiff. Still managing over 8000 steps might not be helping it!

Have hit the batch cooking hard and cooked a curry, chilli and cottage pie today. Plan on doing a bit more tomorrow, and will rest easy knowing we have some decent meals to eat in the early days of constant feeds!

Didn't sleep that well last night and finding the Braxton Hicks make me rather breathless, babys movements are not as dramatic either, maybe due to lack of space? Having on and off cramping and every trip to the loo I'm looking for signs of a 'show'. Tbh i don't mind if baby stays in a little longer as I want to get all this cooking out the way first!!

Yeah arbrighton I need to pack a spare bag for the car, just in case.

Vanilla I had quite bad swelling for a while and found that the walking 8000+ steps a day did not help it. I now do 2/3 days where I hit between 8000-11000 and take it easy the other days and it does seem to help. They don't swell as often. Even thought I'm about 10 or so days behind you, I'm also constantly on the lookout for the 'show'.

How you feeling Penguin, only a few days to go