Due December 2012! Christmas Babies!

[NeedAGirl!]

Sweetsister - it will almost definitely move. (As long as it was not actually crossing the cervix.) After 20 weeks, the lower segment (area closest to cervix) is what expands as babe grows. As it expands it lifts upward taking the placenta with it. I have very rarely seen anyone who still had a low lying placenta at 30 weeks.

Oh, and I have lots of contractions daily. I actually think it is slightly less than with my boys but here every day many times per day.

[sweetsister]

I have been having BH contractions, is that normal at 22 weeks?

Yes because it is your 3rd right?Ihave been having them ages now,my doc says also because i had 3 pregnancies within 5 years it takes a toll on your body,im on magnesium for mine though.

[sweetsister]

I've been contracting since 14 weeks. I think the more pregnancies you have you're bound to contract.

Rest as much as possible sweetsister! It should move if you do.

Thanks fivebabies..im scared only because my last pregnancies i was completely high anterior at this stage,and do you mean to help it i should be moving alot and it will move?I thought it would just grow as the uterus grows?

[dloui128]

Yes because it is your 3rd right?Ihave been having them ages now,my doc says also because i had 3 pregnancies within 5 years it takes a toll on your body,im on magnesium for mine though.

Yes its my third. Do you get them everyday? I feel like I get a few everyday

[Pstar32]

Sweetsister I have a low lying anterior placenta! At my big scan they told me to come back at 34 weeks to check it again. When I met my consultant he did a scan and said it would definitely move! Hope yours does too!

[Yuzu]

I have contractions, too. Also a lot of pressure in my pelvis. I know I am having more this time than in my previous pregnancies. I'm not worried, but it is very uncomfortable.

[Gentle]

Sweetsister, with ds1 my placenta was over the cervix at the 12wk and 20wk scans so i had to have a late one to determine whether I'd need a c-section. By 36 weeks it was moved out of the way. They told me that it often does move.

Yeah, I liked the hypnobirthing programme. I bought it off ebay so not full price but I think it is worth it if you know you can commit to doing the exercises. You have new tracks to listen to each week (listen daily lying or sitting undisturbed) and should try to set aside 30-40mins to do them properly but I rarely could. I tried to listen properly once then put them on my ipod as I was going to sleep each night. This seemed to work fine, but I can see there would be a benefit is practising more carefully. It is just so amazing to get to the stage where you can induce anaesthesia quickly and get yourself calm in seconds. There is a lot of information in the scheme too, weekly reading - 5-10 pages A4. I read it with a little cynicism (I always wonder what the "other" side would say) and took from it what was useful and positive without buying into some of the more way-out things. And I felt like some of the nutrition stuff was a bit dated. But one of the great parts is a daily track called "affirmations" - the only one you can listen to any time. I was a bit of an English cynic about whether they would make any difference but they did - really helped me stay positive during the pregnancy. Plus there is a yahoo group where you get brilliant support from one of the scheme creators and experienced and new mammas alike.

[Gentle]

I'm not having any contractions at all, but then, I didn't really with the previous pgs. My placenta this time is right behind my belly button which feels a bit weird... I can almost work out the shape of it! It does mean I only feel movement down low, and not at all over my tummy. I hope that changes so the boys can feel baby kicking!

[pearl]

I have contractions every day too. Sometimes few a day, the more rest i get the less contractions i have.

[amari]

HI, girls. HOpe all is well with everyone! I too have contractions lots! Irritating but ok!

So I have a question for you all..

So, as you all know, I am pregnant with twins and swayed girl. I am not finding out what I am having. I go to a specialist office every two weeks in addition to my OB because they measure my cervix and the twins. Anyways, the receptionist there always talks about what I am going to have and teases me about maybe having 4 boys since I always have my 4 yr old and 2 1/2 yr old boys with me. When I told her I wasn't finding out a while ago, she said, "oh, when you have your anatomy scan I'm going to have to look in your chart and find out what you're having!" Obviously, I thought she was kidding. Well, today, I was there and checking out and scheduling my next apt, she starts laughing. I say, "What's so funny?" she replies, "remember what I told you I was going to do?", I reply, " you looked in my chart, you know what I'm having?!", she giggles and says, "yes, don't you hate when people know something you don't know?". I respond, " yes! I can't believe you know what I am having, I can't look at you!" and I leave. I was so upset, of course all I can think is that she was laughing because she found out I am having two more boys. I haven't stopped obsessing about it all day, her laugh just irked me. She was taunting me, and I will not be going back there, I can't deal with her comments and feel like I will be reading into it. I am so mad, it's none of her freaking business. She was being so selfish.

Do you think her laugh is because she found out it is two more boys? I can't help but think my dream of a girl is over. Thanks for listening...