Yeah I had a better sleep last night as well - helped today as we were so busy at work today!!! Was crazy!!! Only just got home and am exhausted - am so glad I am not working full time at the moment as I couldn't cope.
Anyway aside from being oncall over weekend I have no work till next Thursday YAH.

I think my bubs was quieter yesterday as well but all the walking around I did must have rocked him asleep cos he came alive just as I was going to bed last night!!

Am deciding what to have for tea tonight - am starving so going to have to decide quickly! WM - noodle canteen sounds good -might have to have that myself.

Hi guys

Just off to school- I know it's Saturday but a teachers work is never done!! Anyway, just popping in to say hi and see how we all are over the long weekend. Anyone going anywhere exciting? We were going to go somewhere but have decided it more prudent to stay home and save our money.

Getting lots of kicks this morning. I often do first thing- gave DH a good one, he out his ear down there today to see if he could hear anything- just a lot of sloshing, he reckons, that could be bubs but could also just be my stomach growling!!
He read an article that said sometimes you can her the heartbeat if you listen- think maybe it is still a bit little for that.

Anyway, have a great day all.

am probably posting to no one right now but need to do something as distraction while I have a meltdown!!!
I haven't felt baby kicking all morning despite trying everything so just waiting on midwife to call me back....I have had this dull ache in my groin since yesterday but I thought it was just a groin strain type pain from being on my feet so much at work and yesterday we did heaps of walking ANYWAY now I am paranoid its not a strain at all and something else

Anyway just waiting to hear from mw - mine is not oncall this weekend so just waiting to see which of the others can see me

SIA- have you talked to someone yet? I feel for you hon, I know how scary things like this can be. I hope someone talks to you soon and that you can find out what is going on- Big hugs for you and hope all is OK.

Yes thanks Phish - saw my mw's offsider at local maternity unit - she was so fabulous and just didn't even hesitate to see me which I was so grateful for cos by the time she rang me back I could hardly speak I was crying so much...poor Gee and dh have been so great and I have just laid on bed all morning drinking ice cold water, all with no effect, so trottered up the road to be put on monitor and all is good *phew* heard immediately and by time she put me on the ctg (think thats what its called) he started booting away!!! and when I came off that he started booting me normally!!!

So talk about giving his mum a heart attack/anxiety attack - not what you need on a Sunday morning..
MW thinks he has turned around and breech now so possibly one of reasons why I couldn't feel him kicking me in the tummy like he usually does and also I was really really busy yesterday and did heaps of walking including last night (had to walk miles from car park to lantern festival in town) and so she thinks I might have worn him out a bit

Anyway thanks Phish for your concern, I really appreciate that also.

Lucky all good as we have friends coming for dinner and I had to cancel on them last weekend so didn't want them to get a complex thinking we didn't want to see them

Hope everyone else is having a better Sunday than my start to the day and feeling well.

OH SIA poor thing! Glad you got to see someone and hear the Oh man my heart was in my throat till I read your second post! I am only still 'just' feeling the kicking with my placenta being where it is so I can get a bit paranoid sometimes but try and talk myself out of hysteria (which isnt easy sometimes!) cant wait till she is outside of me and I can physically look at her and make sure she is alright!

Hope everyone else is all good ~ DH and I are knackered for no apparent reason ~ going to have a nap........

I know what you mean Salamander - I can't wait either so I can keep my beady eyes on him!
I think he is def moved position though as am def feeling kicks lower abdo/cervix (yeah really nice baby NOT!!) today - but not going to complain too much as I am just so GLAD I can feel him.

Its so hard to relax with this pregnancy sometimes and second guess myself all the time thinking I am just being over-paranoid crazy lady but the mw today was just she told me she would rather see me every day if I was that anxious than not have me ring and something went wrong so that was a relief to hear - am sure my mw would say the same.

On the plus side (is there a plus side of over-worrying??) my BP was best its been despite my stress!!! Go figure!

Right friends almost hear for afternoon nibbles and dinner so better get off my fat bottom and get sorted

have a lovely afternoon and thanks again for the support

YAY for a great result!! I'm so glad you have been able to have your mind put at rest and all is well with the little guy.

I have an anterior placenta too Sal- but somehow I still manage to feel quite a lot of movement, especially around the side of my belly. perhaps mine is a little higher? being my first pregnancy, I'm always interested to know what it would feel like if the placenta wasn't there.

We just back from afternoon tea out at a lovely cafe- we haven't being doing that much lately cos we are trying to save as much money as possible, but you can't stay at home forever!!

Sounds like a lovely afternoon Phish...I love going out for morning/afternoon tea!!

I had an anterior placenta with Gee and all I really felt with her were flutters/small bubbles popping and then when she was much bigger I felt/saw her when she did big movements but no real kicking sensations, however this time I have posterior placenta and I can feel a kick, starts off as a flutter/tightening usually at the side of my tummy and then that sensation gets stronger to feel and then a kick or a few of those in a row. I can also see when he is kicking a lot the movement of my stomach up and down - very cool to feel since I felt like I missed that with Gee HOWEVER he must keep kicking and not scare me anymore!!!

We have had a lovely evening with friends and their kids, dinner was lovely but am so full now!
We are off with some other friends tomorrow for a picnic with the kids...am really hoping Gee sleeps in tomorrow as need a good night sleep!

Yeah I am no expert on placenta placement etc but at each of my scans the ladies have said to me I would have less sensation of kicking and movement ~ it must be on my right hand side cause I mostly feel kicking/movement on me lower left But have now started feeling a bit more higher and to the middle ~ would like to feel more but then I see the downside to that too after your experience SIA ~ cant win eh!

I have been like that lately ~ very contrary (spelling?) I got mad the other day when DH let me do something that he could have taken over for me (think it was a very full washing basket) but then got mad when he wouldnt let me carry something else.........hormones!!

Well have a good day everyone! Much better than being at work!

We are sorting/tidying the house and I will build the bassinet today

I have been very contrary too. The slightest thing and it makes me cry also!! I know I am being a bit of a bitch, but somehow I con't seem to not do it.
I guess it's all a part of this wonderful journey!!

So far, have done a bit of house work today. Would like to go out but it is very windy here today so our plans for a nice walk somewhere are probably doomed to not happen. Maybe a movie is on order.

I just noticed from your ticker that there are about 99 days to go- double figures!! yay for us.

Hope you all have a good day. xoxo

Oh yaah ~ double figures! Man time is going quite quick!!

Hi girls,

I have been reading but not posting as I'm nearly always on my ipad and it's so annoying to type anything on. I've nicked the laptop today though so thought I'd say hi.

SIA - how scary to not feel any movement for a while. I had the same thing with Ben and ended up at the maternity unit with the monitors etc one evening - but he was fine and I felt a bit dumb but still glad I checked. Same thing happened the other day and I had a bit of a freak out too but lay down and felt movement after a while thank goodness. It's so scary when it all goes quiet. I, too, just want her on the outside so I can see she's ok.

I've been mostly good - got scared the other day because I felt crampy and sore in a weird way, ended up going to see my obstetrician and having blood and urine tests etc, she was wonderful, saw me straight away though she was at the delivery suite at the hospital that day which really freaked me out having to go in there I can tell you! All's fine though, turns out it was just an upset bowel (oh joys).

Apart from that, looks like DH has got a job that he really wanted, but it's in Palmy so we will probably be moving there for that. I'm overall quite excited as I hate our current house and there's some awesome deals for houses there. It's not a huge move, only an hour and 10 mins away from where we are now, so still close to grandparents etc though not quite as close which is a downside (though an upside sometimes, I love my MIL but she can make unhelpful comments sometimes!).

I'm totally freaking out about giving birth at the moment, seems so close yet so far away and it all went so badly with Ben that I'm terrified. Think I have PTSD or something just about. Tempted to have a general anaesthetic and a cesarian but I don't want to miss it even though I'm about as scared as I've been ever.

Anyway, please excuse my novel. and my lack of posting - I am lurking in the background and keeping up with how you all are going (seems like we're all pretty much in the same boat eh). Any of you other ladies still feeling sick? I am a little bit on occasion, much better though overall.

Hey Sweepy

Yah for your dh getting a new job, how soon would you need to move??
sorry to hear you had a scare as well - how frightening - so glad your obstetrician took you seriously and you got seen quickly, am really admiring some of these health professionals we have and how great they are at taking us seriously - I felt so silly yesterday as well but am glad I went along....
Can your obstetrician recommend anyone you can talk to in the upcoming weeks to help relieve you of some of your anxiety?? for example would it be worth talking to an anaethestist to discuss options there?? How stressful for you having to worry about giving birth when you haven't had a great experience - I will have all that things go more smoothly this time

I have still been feeling sick at times Sweepy - better than it was but for example this morning I got all enthusiastic and got up and got ready and decided to make a cake but had to go to supermarket first and silly me did this on empty stomach - anyway half way up the road I started getting that awful saliva feeling and really nauseated and started gagging and had to stop and be sick!! Gee just laughed
Moral of the story - do not go out of house on empty stomach or with indigestion as they seem to be my worse triggers at the moment


Baby boy been kicking me all day but def lower down now (poor bladder not liking it!!) and doesn't feel as strong but all day kicking so that has been a relief.

I took Gee to botanical gardens with some friends and had a picnic - was lovely, esp as I came home to my car washed, the house tidy and the windows washed! Gee and I had a lovely time out and then my friend took Gee with her and her dd and I got to have a lie down for an hour before she came home.

holey moley!! Cannot believe we are down to double figures!!! Time flies ah!

Oh another lovely friend gave me cot sheets today - awesome and they are boy colours so will just keep the pink ones for when desperate

His bedroom is still such a disaster zone though - am not sure where I am going to find room to put all the stuff that is in there in order to make it look more liveable and less like a junk room!!!

Hi Ladies

How are you all? Just had a quick flick back over the last few days, and I am sorry to hear you have not been well SIA11 and others, its awful when you get nervous about baby.

Hope those in NZ are enjoying their day off? We went away for the weekend, got stuck in dumb traffic though on the way and on the way back which was unfortunate.

bubbs seems to be okay, I don't feel him every day, and I still get nasty period pains, I just thought it was normal so just try not to stress about it, although sometimes it can be hard not too. Hope you are all feeling better now you have had a check up etc.

Well, heres for a good week this week take care xxx

I have been getting a bit of period pain type thing as well. MW said just stretching, but I'm with you on the hard not to worry!!

I've started Antenatal classes! First one last week and it looks pretty good - there's one other woman there with a due date super close to mine and another with diabetes and at the high risk clinic so nice to have some points in common to compare notes. Class looks like it'll be fine, I'm going to be attending by myself most of the time but will try to get DH along for a couple if I can get baby-sitting organised.
My appointment last week was weird. Diabetes and Physician both pleased with everything, then Obstetrician tried to measure bump and said I'm measuring 31cm for 27 weeks, so a bit on the big side. Got a scan and another appt week after next but I'm not sure what else I'm supposed to do - am controlling blood sugars, if baby is measuring big it's probably because DH is tall and it's genetic. Anyway, one step at a time.
My butt hurts! honestly I think I need to blow up the gym ball and get on that because my sofa is doing me no favours at all!
Phish - going back at 10 weeks is going to be a challenge, but I'm sure you'll find solutions if that's what you need to do. Are you planning to breastfeed and express, or mix feed with formula or formula only?
Sal - I'm definitely starting to think about the giving birth bit. Mainly because I think it's going to get a bit complicated. But I've got faith that if I have the chance to labour I'll be able to cope and with a bit of luck should deliver successfully. I've just got to get to the point of being able to labour! I think I've mentioned it before, but if you're starting to panic, I really recommend reading some practical advice about coping with it all - Juju Sundin's Birth Skills is great, or you could try finding something by Ina May Gaskin, or there's a book called 'Stand and Deliver' by Emma Mahoney (http://www.amazon.com/Stand-Deliver-Emma-Mahony/dp/0007153996/).
SIA - I thought the polycose test WAS the one where you need to fast and have the sugar solution to drink. Where will you have the test done? Maybe you could call and talk to them about the requirements. Glad to hear everything turned out ok with the quiet bubba, it's scary but you did absolutely the best thing, any noticeable change in movements needs to be checked and our carers would much rather check and find everything is ok, than to find out too late that we'd noticed something but didn't want to be thought 'silly' or 'paranoid'.
I remember distinctly having a day where I just got more and more tearful as I realised I hadn't felt DS move since the morning. Was told to go up to the day assessment unit at local hospital for checking and it was the same story, as soon as I got the monitors on he starting kicking away..typical..but nothing I did before then would provoke a movement and I'd much rather be safe than devastated.
Sweepy, will you be moving before the baby is born or afterwards? Congrats to your DH! Sorry to hear you're finding the prospect of birth again scary, do you think it would be helpful to talk through it all again with someone? Might help to go through what happened, why, what if anything could be done differently? There's a birth trauma counsellor quite close to me, is there anyone like that where you live?

Hope the coming week is a good one for everyone, I'm on my own most the week as DH is in Melbourne for work, so will be battling my grumpiness by the end of it I expect..poor DS, he's such a chatterbox and when I get tired it's the first thing that starts irritating me. Thank goodness my mum is coming up for one day, hopefully that'll give me a chance to have a small break.

Morning

Thanks again for all the reassurances that I did the right thing going to see MW - am so glad I did. Baby of course been kicking up a storm since

Ladybee - I hope you have a good week without your dh to help, I hear you on the talking, Gee when she gets started can hurt my ears/brain after a while - feel so mean asking her to be quiet but OMG if I don't she can drive me demented
Glad your appt went well last week, am sure your "big"baby is just as you said a genetic thing...also glad antenatal classes started off well.

Shellz - glad everything going well with you, am sure the period type pain is just ligaments/uterus stretching as baby grows.

Have a nice day everyone

Hi guys, wow what a busy weekend of posting from everyone!

Nice to hear from everyone and espcially those that we haven't heard from in a while.

SIA - I am so glad that all was well and your heard the ok. It really is so upsetting when you don't feel anything for awhile! I am with SAL - My heart was in my mouth but then was so relieved!

Lady bee that is great that you have started antenatal and have found others that have things in common, always helps to break the ice with these types of places too!

My little girl is kicking me so much to the point where it actually hurts sometimes. I can feel it from my groin right up to a few inches above my belly button. The different positions change within half an hour of each other so she must be spinning round and round. Just the last week I have been feeling movement a lot more and can see it also.

We spent the weekend, plastering and painting the babys room. We have painted it a colour called "Resene Cherokee" it is a peach colour and is just so cute. I can't wait to set up all the new furntiture we have and fold and put all the little clothes away!!!!Hopefully I can leave it until I am on leave or else I won't have much to do!