Due in December/January/February 2013/14

[afy]

Mrs B I totally agree I hVe seen soooo many diff shapes and the outcomes bring different deff one Thing I wouldn't go by it definitely is the woman's muscles and how tall or short someone is and position of baby, it makes a different to how we carry the bubs.. It was weird when I was pregnant with DD everyone would look at my belly and say Girl! It was the shape I assume.

Are you not due for a scan anytime soon? As the days are passing I'm gettig more and more nervous!

[meeks32]

The old wives tale here goes (or according to my Greek friend): fat (big) belly = boy, fat bum (or showing wide not front) = girl.

I had to laugh, only the Greeks could put it so crudely.

Obviously I don't think there's much to this but since we were discussing for fun...

I carried all belly for both my boys, from the back I looked normal then I'd turn around and people would gasp at the massive belly sweeping the dishes off the table as I went. Haha. We will see this time!

I carried low with ds1 and high with ds2 because one was head down and the other sideways.

[afy]

Lol Meeks your comment about swiping dishes made me laugh!
Yea that's the old wives tale I heard, for me it was true with DD I was big bummed and hips were big and I did have a belly but everywhere else round hips And bum was getting wider.. Ill see this time but I'm not counting anything to be true, this time my belly seems to be more out wards and pointier and no real weight gain around anywhere just bump, well apart from the weight I gained from HE diet! The squats with weights made my bum big lol

[meeks32]

HE diet and exercise is extremely successful so I have a feeling you will be fine!

I never did weights myself with ds1 or 2, but I definitely exercised intermittently which apparently is boy style (every 2-3 days) and snacked ALL the time on super high nutrient healthy foods. Never ate much sugar but if I had a treat it would be high fat/protein. Drank lots of fresh juice with orange, ginger, spinach etc and lots of nuts like almonds etc. I never skipped breakfast, ate red meat all the time, and dtd every 2 days for the week around o. I also took all kinds of multivitamins. Basically it's NO mystery why I had boys before discovering swaying!!!

Hoping all the changes I made are enough to get me over the line. If not, there is really nothing else I could do, because I changed EVERYTHING while ttc girl.

[afy]

HE diet and exercise is extremely successful so I have a feeling you will be fine!

I never did weights myself with ds1 or 2, but I definitely exercised intermittently which apparently is boy style (every 2-3 days) and snacked ALL the time on super high nutrient healthy foods. Never ate much sugar but if I had a treat it would be high fat/protein. Drank lots of fresh juice with orange, ginger, spinach etc and lots of nuts like almonds etc. I never skipped breakfast, ate red meat all the time, and dtd every 2 days for the week around o. I also took all kinds of multivitamins. Basically it's NO mystery why I had boys before discovering swaying!!!

Hoping all the changes I made are enough to get me over the line. If not, there is really nothing else I could do, because I changed EVERYTHING while ttc girl.

I really hope so for you too! How was your LE diet? What did you eat and how much exercise did you do or not do?

My diet when I concieved my DD and pretty much for a long time was sooo under nutritious.. Though I pretty much ate everything minus fruit and veg maybe once in a while. I did cardio exercise like a mad woman lol for upto 1-2hours sometimes on an empty stomach (low
Blood sugar levels) hardly ate breakfast would starve myself so bad to the point where I enjoyed it lol! I over dosed on cranberry juice and remember we were DTD alot as me and DH lived away so once we got together lol no stopping us it was definitely every day and we used KY lube before we concieved and at the time we conceived DD, at the time I never knew it wasn't good for those trying to concieve.
However since I finally moved to states I was eating breakfast and more nutrient dense foods before I even started swaying which was Novemember 2012 I started my sway! Gosh it was an awful long time on the diet but purely becaus DH wasn't ready to try for another up until April time he seen how DD was pretty much alone and as shes growin up she would deff need a lil partner!

[meeks32]

My sway is in my signature if you want to have a look. I did text book LE. Low nutrient, low salt/fat/protein. Skipped breakfast, no snacks, long time between meals and small serves. No meat or eggs. Low fat everything. asperinine or whatever that fake sugar is. Fibre daily. No multivitamins, no juice or drinks that added calories. I decided to do no exercise at all because with two kids under 4 I couldn't commit to 1-2hrs a day. The recommendation was do nothing or do cardio every day for 1+hrs.

In the last month I added 1 piece of white bread with jam for breakfast then didn't eat between meals and stuck to plain simple lunch and dinner, if I used veggies they were low nutrient ones. In the last month I also added meat or eggs 3 x a week at dinner, tiny portions, only had chicken once a week and eggs twice. I was so low nutrient I couldn't conceive without that change, because I'd been going 18 months.

I had to take iron tablets because I'm anaemic and if my sway fails I will blame them. Whenever I didn't take them I would almost faint within 24hrs.

[I Love Ladybugs]

Red hat.jpg Pix of red hat(s) as promised!!!! He is going to wear the "Mom" onsie home from the hospital!!!

[thehappypixi]

Anyone else having their babies at home??
I'm looking forward to birth already I did a kind of hypno birthing and water birth, was lovely, hoping for the same again!

[meeks32]

Anyone else having their babies at home??
I'm looking forward to birth already I did a kind of hypno birthing and water birth, was lovely, hoping for the same again!

I'm forced to have a Caesarian, but with ds1 had planned an in hospital water birth before complications arose that prevented it. Wish I had!! In Aus it's not really allowed to have home births, but we do have midwifery group practices that are low intervention and focus on allowing you to labour for as long as possible at home. That's what I was part of with ds1, but ended up needing a doctor and had to move to the hospital anyway.

[Dreamofpink]

I'm being supported by my consultant in my wish to try for a VBAC after two c-sections. I have to go into labour and progress on my own though or else I'll have to have another section It's booked for 17th Dec - 12 days after my due date. I still believe that my due date is a week ahead of where it should be though! I'm trying to get as many tips as I can on bringing on labour naturally.

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