December 2012 Babies

Hi all,
I have been watching in the sidelines a wee bit and so busy with work that haven't thought to post to this - but thought I'd tell you what's happening with me.
Hubby and I are expecting on the 22nd of Dec, and fairytale stuff - we conceived on the wedding night! we had planned to begin trying but thought my PCOS would get in the way - apparently not!
This is my hubby's 3rd child and my first, so for me there are/were a few emotions that i had to get past.
I had HORRIBLE constipation right at the beginning of my preg which I eventually had to take panadol for as the stomach cramping was extreme. That turned into the usual MS but lucky for me - that only lasted a week!
Everything else has been pretty smooth sailing. I had a high polycose test but a normal GT test (which i have to repeat next week) - did this happen to anyone else? talking to others it seems to be common.
We found out that bub is a wee girl so are getting together supplies for her - not too much pink though!
We moved house a couple weeks ago - not fun! And doubly stressful is that our old house hasn't been taken yet and we have to pay double rent :(:( We love the new place we are in though and didn't want to move when the old lease ran out which is a month before the baby's due!
Hope all the other expectant mums in this thread are enjoying their time and being looked after well. I am working fulltime and plan to go on leave at 36 weeks. I have an office job - if i didn't I think it would be a lot harder to work for that long!
Best of luck to all xo

Hello everyone. I haven't been on here for a while because I didn't get any emails to say there were new messages but it looks like there were a few...not sure if some settings have been changed lately? I was wondering if everyone had deserted these forums for the Facebook group for a while there.

I can't believe I'm nearly at 33 weeks...anyone else feeling huge, like there's no more growing room left, they're going to pop any minute, and tired and achy with random pelvic pain? I'm understanding now why so many pregnant women complain about going over 40 weeks, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to MOVE by then :-)

I've had a pretty easy time so far so really can't complain overall though! Hope everyone else is doing OK and there haven't been any nasty surprises lately.

I can't decide about a baby shower to be honest...and have a wedding coming up on 3 Nov out of town (I'm a bridesmaid/matron of honour/whatever) then due 2 Dec so starting to run out of time, too much happening!

Sorry to hear about your kidney infection! The worst I had was a bit of a stomachache that had me ringing my midwife in a panic a few weeks ago! Apart from that, I've been really lucky so far.

Oh I soooo get the little old lady feeling!!! Just doing a few jobs in town now makes my back hurt and I can wind up on the couch in the evening and struggle to get up without feeling like my legs are gonna give out! Going away next week for a wedding (I'm a bridesmaid/matron of honour/whatever) - hoping not to be too grannyish but...

Hi everyone, sorry I've been so absent! Hope everyone is good apart from those annoying 3rd trimester things.. how's the sleep? My hips are awful most nights, I guess its good practice for broken sleep later on!?

Kiwi2010, I'm not flying from now on but I did fly a few weeks ago (short flight, ak to dunedin) and all was fine except for a bad nosebleed, brought about by cabin pressure and thin blood (I'm on aspirin). Hardly glamorous, but not the end of the world. Will you have to get permission from your MW?

Take care, not long to go now! Eeeek! We're in the month before THE MONTH!! :)
x

Oh and by the way, my growth scan today showed my baby right on the average for growth - and exactly 3 kg +/- about 500g, which is oddly enough what I just noticed my signature is saying right now...

So far so good - BP was actually better on Friday! still high but just below the pre-eclampsia cutoff - so now the jury is out as to whether I really have pre-eclampsia (yet), despite it seeming a sure thing on Thursday, so back to hospital tomorrow for MORE tests. Every time I've been on the CTG machine the baby's been absolutely awesome so that's great, it's just me that's the problem :-)

Anyway he's term today (and it's his Dad's birthday, how's that for timing)!!! So even if tomorrow's results are bad and I wind up induced soon, it's awesome to know The Bump is most likely going to be totally fine.

Hope everyone else is doing well, I know some have had some scares in the past - we're all so close to term now, I can't believe it!!! We have our capsule installed now and clothes washed...I can't believe we're going to have a baby in the next few weeks!!!

Most likely will have a baby to cuddle in the next few weeks, but my BP and urinary protein aren't entirely co-operating as far as having a baby SUPER soon - they were both fine today! Back to hospital on Wednesday morning to see if they can actually diagnose me yet!!! I think the deal is that as soon as they actually decide I have pre-eclampsia I'll be induced but it's taking a while to figure it out!! Praying I go into labour before they work it out and decide on the induction but not sure my chances are very high of doing that :-)

It's pretty funny in a way, the whole situation. Could be a lot worse!!

So glad everything's going well Tanithe! My baby's bang on average too - except with a big head....I blame his Dad! The ultrasound tech was assuring me the measurement can be out with fluid levels and positioning and is probably an overestimate...maybe trying not to scare me??? Ha ha. At least the tummy should squish more on the way out ;-P

I haven't done a baby shower - with all the pre-eclampsia drama if I have anything it will be a post-baby shower now!

Hi ladies, hope those of you left looking on here are all well. Any babies yet?? I'm not on FB so would love to know how everyone is doing. Only 2 weeks til I'm due and really looking forward to meeting this baby!