Due Feb 2013!!

Hi Goldlocks - thats great about the dress, at least that is something else done. I think a-line dresses are probably the best shape since it leaves room to expand. I got two dresses in Debenhams end of season sale rack too - great value when its really reduced like that. I find maternity clothes so expensive in proper maternity stores - slightly annoying when its only for so short a length of time!! I have been looking at ebay and online shopping to try to see any bargains. But other than that, I'm trying to hold out til I'm in the UK!!

I was going mad for a robin hood ice pop the raspberry one but I'm over that one which is great cos you cant get them any more

That sounds about right with the salt you might be drinking too much water aswell if you hold back on some you might find a difference before I was pregnant I was in Weight Watchers and I was 3lbs off my target weight for my gold membership looks like I'll be starting that again when I'm recovered from the birth!

I've been having very vivid and sometimes scary dreams too that seem so real about the birth any one else like that?

Congrats sun moon stars.
Weirdest craving I've had so far was for ColCannon with SUGAR!!!!! eeeggghhh, I feeling sick now just thinking about it lol. Other than that no cravings as such I just want food when ever I see it, I've had to stop watching "hell's Kitchen" because want whatever food I see at this stage. I think it's just my body making up for nerly 3 months of not being able to eat much more than a couple of slices of dried toast a day.

So how is everyone feeling today then? I have my first qapp with my consultant tomorrow (2nd hosp app though), cue running around like a headless chicken, due to havn to drop kiddies to school first and then sit in traffic for an hour to get to the coombe :-( ah well, has to be done.

Tilly Tally wrote: »

Colcannon with sugar does sound a bit vile but obviously must have been nice at the time. I was so lucky that I never had any sickness so I've no food deprivation to make up for!

Best of luck with your appointment tomorrow. I have mine on Tuesday morning and am looking forward to having the scan done. I'm presuming baby will be buzzing around since s/he has been punching my bladder and moving around alot in the past week!

It was disgusting, but I couldn't stop eating it. Thankfully my stomach has returned to normal again, although i'm eating alot more spicy food than normal, which is saying something considering I live on spicy food anyway lol.

Appointment was grand today, aside from the 2 hour wait to see the midwife for blood pressure and urine check and then another hour wait to see the consultant. It was 2 o'clock before I was back at the check out desk and the consultant won't switch me to the mid-wife led clinic in Naas either due to previous complications ffs.

Ah well I got what I wanted out of it, They have finally given me a clear due date (21st of Feb, but they are still almost 100% certain of a January induction), they won't give me a c-section but i'm booked in for may to have my tubes tied, (woohoo, don't mean to sound ungrateful about being preggers but 9 kids is enough) only thing left now is to find out the sex of babs, I have my anomly scan 19th of October so hopefully we'll be able to see then

How's everyone else getting on? Any more news on scans etc?

My dreams have been scary I've had 2 that really made me terrified! The first one was the docotor that does all those post mortems on tv was in the room when i went in for a scan and he did the scan when he scanned lower there were 6 octopuss there waiting to form he told me if my baby fell out that 1 of them would take over the growing and become my baby but there is a chance they could all hatch and I'd have 7 babies

The 2nd one I had to have a c section in a tiny dirty prefab because there was no space in the maternity for me I was nearly convinced I had the baby then cos it felt like i could feel drips going in my arm. I hope thats the end of them for the next few months!

Its mad the things that go through your head when your pregnant!

sun_moon_stars wrote: »

My dreams have been scary I've had 2 that really made me terrified! The first one was the docotor that does all those post mortems on tv was in the room when i went in for a scan and he did the scan when he scanned lower there were 6 octopuss there waiting to form he told me if my baby fell out that 1 of them would take over the growing and become my baby but there is a chance they could all hatch and I'd have 7 babies

The 2nd one I had to have a c section in a tiny dirty prefab because there was no space in the maternity for me I was nearly convinced I had the baby then cos it felt like i could feel drips going in my arm. I hope thats the end of them for the next few months!

Its mad the things that go through your head when your pregnant!

You're not wrong there sun moon stars, but don't worry too much about the dreams, they can be quite vivid and scary, I've had some right freaky ones myself this time round but a nice cuppa and ten mins to wake up properly usually does the trick of putting them outta your mind. Oh and keep track of what you're eating before going to bed as well, i've noticed that certain foods tend to trigger them off more so than if I wasn't eating some things late at night.

Hey bp, i had it there myself a couple of weeks back. Only thing you can take is paracetamol. No lemsip :-( although i did make up a homemade one(ish). Boiling water a spoonful of honey and lemon squeezed into it. It did help. Hope you feel better soon.

Aww delighted for ye expecting and foxy.
@expecting don't be worrying about the birth stories. If we let our own or others not so great experiences get to us we'd scare ourselves ****less lol.
Hell my first to were terrible but here i am on num 4. Granted this one wasn't planned but still lol.
@bp how ya feeling now any better?

Just adding myself to this thread
Was 20 weeks on Saturday. All going well for me so far touch wood. Scan this Friday.
Been having lots of weird dreams although not as many lately as I was having a few weeks ago. Started pregnancy yoga too and its so relaxing. Been doing an ordinary pilates class but its really nice doing a class with other pregnant ladies

I hadn't really felt movement up to 18 weeks but then I started recognising small wiggly movements (bit like ripples or worms more than bubbles or butterflies!!) as movement. Once I realised what it was, I couldn't stop feeling it. Now at over 23 weeks, I'm getting kicked all around the place all day long - my bladder is obviously a good punching bag!! I do find that there is way more movement just after eating or when I lie down at night.

Thanks BP. Really looking forward to the scan but scared at the same time. Hopefully I'll be reassured on Friday

Hi Thumby, Best of luck with the hospital appointment today - hope you are able to find out! I actually saw that list on the January thread and was going to suggest it myself. Its a great way to keep track of dates and the big countdown. I'll send you on my details this morning!

Househunter - best of luck with your scan today, hope everything goes well for you.

Got on great today. OH couldn't make it so got the doc to give me a sneaky scan and he's 90% certain it's a boy. He wouldn't say for def because it was one of the portable ultrasound machines.
Jaysus expecting ya never know we could be sharing a room if i don't go early. Lol
So how's everyone doing today then?

Househunter - thats great news that the scan went so well, you must have been delighted and so relieved.

Hi guys, have not dropped by since page one. My beautiful fiancé and I had our 21 week scan yesterday and it was the first time seeing the baby, what an amazing experience. The most important part was that the baby was growing fine and is well and healthy thank god and also we found out It is a little girl we are having god we are both over the moon. Have a lovely picture of the baby either sucking its thumb or sucking/biting her finger unreal it is. My fiancé has had bad morning sickness and terrible back pain for most so far. Nothing a good massage cant help. She is an inspiration to me and I will forever remember what she has done for our new family. Hope everyone else is doing ok and getting through the scans and all the comes with pregnancy.

That's all for now, take care now

Magicface.

Hey everyone.
Bp i'll add ya to the list when i get home, it's a massive pain doing it on the phone.
Congrats magicface.
Delighted everyone is doing great. Have my big scan tomorrow thankfully as i had a bleed sunday night and have been told i have a low lying placenta but they couldn't tell how serious or if it's covering the cervix on the emergency room ultrasound as its just one of the small portable ones.
Anyhow hope ye all have a great day.

Thanks tillytally.
Believe it or not this is the easiest pregnancy i've had. I didn't even realise i was bleeding. It happened while i was sleeping, woke up monday morning and found the blood in my pj's. It had stopped by that stage thankfully.
Oh my next app is the 9th of nov they brought it forward for some reason. Well depending how tomorrow goes anyway i could be in sooner again if the placenta is too low. Ah well what will be will be. Babs is a lively little thing and doing great so i'm trying not to worry too much.