January 2017 mummies! **2nd Trimester.**

I am so achey in the mornings! Bump feels so heavy! I suppose it is like 2 grapefruits! My tummy cushion is so hot at night or keeps falling out! Ordered a proper pregnancy one, said to deliver round the back but got a card through the door saying it's at the sorting office! V annoyed, won't get it till Monday now. :(

My ribcage seems to expand in the evening too, bra is fine in the morning but suddenly gets tight and I get red marks!

So envious of your proper kicks! I am one of the furthest along but still only getting occasional tickles.

Midwife said go for the cruise but check insurance and I will probably need a letter from the Dr or consultant. Hope the holiday I saw is still available!
 
Super exciting Abi!

In the last 2 days everything seems to have changed for me - tiny bump popping out almost by the minute and little one has been wriggling and turning so much! Can anyone else feel this really low down like a strange twisting pressure? Xx
 
Sorry overlapped with you Blueflower. Fingers crossed you get your kicks very soon - something's happened to my baby in literally the last 48 hours so I'm sure yours will get going all of a sudden very soon!
 
Yay Abi isn't it cool to feel on the outside too! The last two days they've been strong enough that I've been able to video them as you can see them kicking! The last week Everyone has said how I look bigger Ek ha ha !

Blueflower I'm sure that they will start getting stronger soon and maybe they are positioned differently at the moment? I've defiantly felt like bump is heavier too. What cushion did you order? I'm using a normal pillow at the moment, my friend lent me her pregnancy pillow but couldn't get on with it as it had back support as well as front & I got too hot. Glad midwife was happy with the cruise, fingers crossed its still there as sounds lovely :-)

Holding thumbs Glad you've had lots of changes over last few days, very exciting X
 
Brilliant news about the cruise - very jealous though haha.

Good to hear thumbs!! It's all grow grow grow from here!

My OH keeps stealing my pregnancy pillow on the night :'''( lol

Xxxx
 
So lovely to hear how we're getting the nicer symptoms at last! (Movements and bumps!)

Is anyone having cravings yet? I was wanting fizzy sweets and Dr Pepper a couple of weeks ago (blech) but thankfully the only craving I'm having now is apples. Eating 2/3 a day which is really weird as I'm not a fan at all usually.
 
Sprout I have been obsessed with balsamic vinegar... I want it on everything and have even just been sitting drinking & sniffing it. :/ but it's given me a really sore mouth! I can't get enough of it though and get a bit sad if I don't have some for a while..... Creepy!
 
Ooh that does sound quite tasty! It's definitely the more acidic things I crave too. Last pregnancy I couldn't get enough of sniffing lemon washing up liquid....only mildly weirder than sniffing vinegar?! :lol:
 
Super exciting Abi!

In the last 2 days everything seems to have changed for me - tiny bump popping out almost by the minute and little one has been wriggling and turning so much! Can anyone else feel this really low down like a strange twisting pressure? Xx

Yes, that's it Holdingthumbs! Sometimes it feels like pressure and sometimes it feels like kicks. A new thing is I can feel the baby move like right under my skin. Like someone rubbing a finger lightly across my belly but just under my skin. It feels funny :) Then some kicks are hard enough to shake my belly and I can feel some kicks from the outside with my hand. :) He was moving a lot this morning, like from when I first woke up, all the way till like first break. Then I think he went to sleep. He's moving again right now as I type this. :)

I am so achey in the mornings! Bump feels so heavy! I suppose it is like 2 grapefruits! My tummy cushion is so hot at night or keeps falling out! Ordered a proper pregnancy one, said to deliver round the back but got a card through the door saying it's at the sorting office! V annoyed, won't get it till Monday now. :(

My ribcage seems to expand in the evening too, bra is fine in the morning but suddenly gets tight and I get red marks!

So envious of your proper kicks! I am one of the furthest along but still only getting occasional tickles.

Midwife said go for the cruise but check insurance and I will probably need a letter from the Dr or consultant. Hope the holiday I saw is still available!

Don't worry Blueflower you will feel them soon, it must just be how the little one is positioned. Yes that's how my bras were doing and I had to buy new ones. My bump feels heavy too, and when I walk I can feel the weight of my bump. And when I bend over or forward I can feel the bump pressing on my internal organs.


So lovely to hear how we're getting the nicer symptoms at last! (Movements and bumps!)

Is anyone having cravings yet? I was wanting fizzy sweets and Dr Pepper a couple of weeks ago (blech) but thankfully the only craving I'm having now is apples. Eating 2/3 a day which is really weird as I'm not a fan at all usually.

Oh yes, I've been craving chocolate! I haven't craved sweets in years. I rarely eat sweets but now I'm starting to crave chocolate and creamy white filling. LOL Like the white creamy filling inside a donut or cream puff. I don't crave the donut or cream puff, just the white filling stuff. LOL And chocolate. I try not to give into the cravings except like once a week. I don't want to eat too many sweets because I don't want gestational diabedes or anything. So I try to be careful but woo those cravings are strong. :D If I gave into it I might eat it every day!
 
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We have a double and my partner is 6ft 4 and 100kg of muscle so you can imagine how much room I get!! Add to that a 4 year old when she can't sleep haha 😂 Hope the aches and pains get better Sarah it's horrible feeling so creaky and sore! Ahhh Abi I had one last week and it was so incredible! I haven't felt her/him properly in days now though so i'm hoping s/he's just changed position..

Hope you all have a lovely weekend whatever you're up to? After this weekend I have 4 days to wait until scan day! Yippee!
 
Wow, thread just exploded. ;-)
I'm sure I'll miss half of the things I want to reply to.

We have a double bed too, it's working so far but I'm really worried it's going to turn into a serious problem when I get bigger. We were planning to buy a new bed, but obviously won't do it now just before the move.

The first movements I felt was the weird twisty feeling far down. Very odd as normally you don't feel internal movement there, with there being no intestines or anything. That's how I was sure it was the babies and not just gas or something.
Now I feel them much higher up, but not really proper kicks just, guess the placentas are cushioning.

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It's the new bigger bras that get tight in the evenings!

DH went and collected my special pillow, what a star! We are going to a wedding reception this evening and camping nearby in our van!

Checked the cruise guidelines and they don't allow anyone after 24 weeks. :cry: We will have to get a ferry instead and drive further to get anywhere warm.
 
Oh blue flower that sucks! 24 weeks seems a tad early for them to use as a cut off xxxx
 
Ohh i'm sorry Blueflower :( I hope you find something equally as lovely to do!

Those who were struggling with headaches - are you still getting them? I've had one every day for the last week, I thought i'd escaped them this time round!! Arghh they're so horrible they really affect my mood :(
 
I had headaches in the first trimester, and I never got headaches before. I don't get them anymore. I don't wear glasses but the other day when I woke up everything looked blurry for like half a day, then after that my eye sight was back to normal. That was weird. LOL
 
Haha, that is weird Papermoon!! I am prone to a headache anyway and got them all the way through with number 1 so thinking I wouldn't get any was wishful thinking I suppose! Rubbish though :(
 
I had a burst of energy today (yay!) so have started blitzing the house. I've also washed shed loads of baby clothes my cousin gave us - all NEXT baby and amazing condition!! And look at this majorly cute baby chair thing she gave us too. Yes it is sat in the living room, yes I am only 20 weeks and yes my OH is looking at me funny as I iron baby rompers. :'D hope you are all having a lovely weekend xxxxx
 

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Abi that chair is super cute & yay why not that all sounds very exciting :-)
 
So random questions but when the babies come & they are in the Moses basket, I know I'll have a fitted sheet on the mattress, the babies will be in a baby grow, do I then have a cotton sheet & then a cellular blanket? Or do you swaddle? What types of sheets / blankets do we need to buy?
 

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