Dreaming Pink Due Date Group: TTC and Beyond #2

[GeCon]

Ladybugs, good luck with your appointment tomorrow.

Dreamofpink, I agree with the others. It certainly sounds like your body is gearing up to labour. Woohoo!

Emily, hope all is well where you are. What a worry it must be for you. *Big hugs*

Bunny, yay for a great scan. I hope seeing your little bean has managed to put your mind at rest a bit for now.

[meeks32]

Emily what's going on over there? I heard Vietnam wasn't hit as hard as expected? 120km/hr winds are nothing to scoff at but at least not the 300+ speeds the Philippines saw. Hope you are ok!

[meeks32]

Meeks, good luck with your test. I never had it with DS1, but when I had it this time, I was physically sick just before having my blood taken and then more for the following two days. I am not sure if the violent vomiting and diarrhea were related to the test, but I certainly felt very, very rough afterwards.

I luckily didn't throw up, the nurse here said if I did throw up before the blood test we had to do it again! That's horrible that it lasted days with you, I haven't heard of anyone throwing up more than once or twice... Wonder if it was a tummy bug? Glad you are all clear though.

The nurse came an hour later than she was supposed to so I was starving by the end. It took me all day to feel better. Pregnancy is so odd. I'm usually fine to go ages without food but in pregnancy it's like 2 to 3 hrs max before I feel like fainting or killing someone, preferably both! Haha

[GeCon]

Meeks, I have been wondering if it might have been a tummy bug. I guess we'll never know, but it certainly left a bad taste in my mouth... literally.

I threw up a minute or so before having my bloods taken, so the nurse said it was fine as the solution would have reached my blood by then. Had I been sick any earlier, I would have had to repeat the test too.

[Charlee]

Hi ladies ... checking in!

Pumpkin - CONGRATS!!! Oh my goodness such excellent news

Dream - I've been feeling very similar actually... very nauseous and tired and generally terrible. I also have never gone into labor on my own (although I guess I kind of did this pregnancy lol) so I feel like I wouldn't know if I was gearing up or not! I'm sure since your baby has been measuring bigger for dates that he absolutely come earlier than your due date. Maybe you'll have him the same day as my induction! That would be fun

TTCPink - how are you feeling? Any m/s? Do you think you'll get an early scan?

Bunny - Great scan pics!! So glad your LO looks good and everything is going well

Well I've got 21 days left!! I sincerely hope they don't stop my labor again if it starts again... I am SOOOO ready to have this baby!! I can barely walk because my back is in constant pain. I've always done so well up to the day I deliver so this is a new experience for me. I guess it doesn't get any easier with age, huh? LOL

[meeks32]

Charlee I am so happy to hear you only have 21 days to go, you made it to the safe zone and I think baby is more than welcome at this point. I doubt they would stop you now.

FYI this pregnancy has been way harder on my body too, so I think it's more of a "the more you have the harder it gets" thing than an age thing, since technically I'm still low risk age and I feel bloody awful! Also I'm pretty sure I intentionally blocked out much of the last trimester from my memory!

[thehappypixi]

I feel very achey this time :/ I got a bit of SPD last time toward the end, but I'm already having pains in my butt, legs and back! Doesn't help that I slept between the boys in my bed last night, curved around in the space they left me!

[Emily]

Thanks for all your positive vibes ladies. We were so lucky in Hanoi and just got heavy rain. Some of the coastal regions were hit a bit worse but nothing more than the normal tropical storms we get. Phew! There was some dodgy reporting on the BBC claiming mass panic and supermarkets selling out and or raising prices here which just did not happen.

21 days eh? So exciting!

We sound like a group of geriatrics with our dodgy hips, nausea, back ache etc! To add to the list of woes, when I have overdone it I feel loads of pressure down there as if the baby is just going to pop out! I have never bought one of those bump bands before but wish I had one now.

Great scan pics Bunnywabbit - you must be so pleased to see it all developing so well. Vaginal scans are fairly routine in some parts of the world so please don't worry.

[TTCPink]

I just can't believe how close we are getting to some of these little ones being born!! Glad to be able to follow the girls I was TTC with even though my due date is so much later. This is a great thread to keep in touch.

I had bloodwork done and the doctor said the numbers look great! YAY! The nurse called at the end of the day today to let me know, and she said I could schedule my first appt. for 7-8 weeks and the doctor will do an ultrasound so we can see the heartbeat! I am SO excited! Two more weeks or so to go until I can see this little one for the first time!

[Charlee]

Can't wait to see the pics TTCPink!

I literally laughed out loud @ the geriatric comment Emily! Haha... I'm SO glad you didn't get hit as hard as they predicted... typhoons are scary! My sister delivered her baby in the middle of a typhoon when she lived in Okinawa. They lost power halfway through her delivery, so instated of freaking out she decided to call it "mood lighting"... haha!

I will try to get a belly pic and post it in the bump pics section so you all can have a giggle at my expense! LOL... baby is now well up over my rib cage and constantly kicks my under wire bra lol... I would ditch the bra if I thought it wouldn't scare people lmaooo

Meeks I know you're feeling like nothing looks good and you feel like a whale but the last pic I saw of you was GREAT! You looked absolutely gorgeous Honestly you don't look like you gained that much weight really... so take solace in the fact that you still look beautiful