Pregnancy and Slimming World

[Donzy84]

Thanks for all the support, i've been looking online and found a few tips, my 3 yr old daughter thinks its hilarious me on all fours with my bum in the air, but some are even stranger... like lying on your back with you bum propped up with pillows so your pelvis is higher than shoulders then turning off the light and putting a torch where you want babys head to go!!! Oh and the funniest one i've seen is putting some music on MP3 player and putting the headphones in your knickers yes really!!!! Lets see how desperate i get

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

haha, i can kinda see the logic!?


i have another scan tomorrow, due to fridays incedent.

please keep fingers crossed for me! x

 

[jojogonnabeslim]

Fernxx - Fingers toes and boobs crossed for you hun hope it goes ok xx

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

i feel like crying, but i think it might just be hormones, because in my heart i felt like all was perfectly fine before i went in to docs. Im feeling a bit scared, and mad at OH for not being worried enough. hes so bloody 'everythings fine, itl all works itself out, etc etc'

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

Hi Cheekypasterfield! Welcome and congratulations on your pregnancy! I think 6lbs at 20 weeks is not too bad, maybe a touch under the ideal amount you should gain considering your start weight. I use this website to calculate weight gain;

Pregnancy Weight Gain Calculator at Baby Corner

It's just an approximation but it'll give you an idea of what you should weigh through the weeks of pregnancy. Good luck!

Hi Honey, thank you for this. Spoke to a specialist MW today and she has said that nowadays, MW and doctors aren't so concerned about weight gain. She said they worry more if you lose a lot of weight. Plus she said as I'm on SW there is defiantly nothing to worry about

Thanks again

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

congrats cheeky! your doing very well- just to prewarn you, you mind find you really pack it on in the last 4-5 weeks, as my bessie did after gaining 7lbs up till 30 wks, .. she was so mad cos she couldnt control the weight gain, it was like 4lbs, 3lbs.. quite big numbers weekly, when she popped she said had LOADS of water when they broke and her bump almost halved from it.. and after birth she dropped 1st 5lbs, and a futher 5lbs the week after, so it ended up being all extra fluids towards the end etc.. so dont panic if it looks like your ballooning all of a sudden! lol

im feeling brighter this evening, despite being blocked up, grr!

gunna try and get my eating back on track over the next few days. xx

Thanks fern, hope you're feeling better today

 

[Honeyoc]

OMG Donzy84 LOL!! So are you going to put your headphones in your knickers?! Maybe you should stay away from music with a heavy bass... All that vibration, you never know..

Just been for my 36 week check up and they estimate that my baby is 6lbs 13oz at the moment OMG!!! The Dr was very happy though lol, she said the baby's growing beautifully! She's also pretty tall (98th percentile!) Apparently she had a big growth spurt between 34 and 36 weeks.

Looks like this baby is going to be an eight pounder!!

P.S. Good luck Fern! Keep us updated!

 

[jojogonnabeslim]

i feel like crying, but i think it might just be hormones, because in my heart i felt like all was perfectly fine before i went in to docs. Im feeling a bit scared, and mad at OH for not being worried enough. hes so bloody 'everythings fine, itl all works itself out, etc etc'

Men are bobbins!! x

 

[Lexie_dog]

Whooo!

Burst of energy today - walked a good 2.7 miles, burned about 500 calories and felt great! Could have walked more, all the way home in fact but got a lift off hubby.

Have another good long walk planned along the underground route, in case I get tired then I can jump on the train home.

Long may it continue!

Hope everyone else is well!

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

Jelous! lol im spending my day in my jammies.. then il go WI (not what i want to do on my birthday as i know il be a fatty! .. thenoff to pizza hut and shopping.. then out for a meal and cinema with hubby tonight! xxx

 

[Lexie_dog]

I'm dodging weigh in tonight, got too much to do today and cant face the drive there and back in rush hour.

Will try to make Thursday.

I still have no bump to speak of, still totally flat. Keep meaning to get a pic up, will ask hubby to get done at weekend.

Big walk day tomorrow - going to walk about 6-7 miles and get a pot of tea from Tchai Ovna tea house at the halfway point. Its a milky honeyed tea, but I figure after 1000 calories worth of walking I can have some tea. Slippery slope?

Fish pie tonight, trying to make a quark sauce but no idea what to do with it. Yellow fin sole (all the fish I have in the freezer) topped with mashed carrot and swede (def 1/3 of the plate there!).

Preg wise everything still fine, no nausea or real tiredness, but started taking palpitations esp when lying in bed at night or sitting at PC. It's not constant, and its not a pain, just aware its there.

Ah the joys!

 

[Honeyoc]

Hi Lexie_dog, I've been getting these palpitations as well. I just didn't really know what it was called. It happens when I lay down on my side and all of a sudden it seems like my heart is racing and about to jump out of my throat and then I find it hard to breathe. It lasts about 3 minutes... I've done some research on the internet and apparently this is fairly normal in late pregnancy as your heart is working so hard pumping twice as much blood through the body. As it isn't accompanied by dizziness or sweating I'm not too worried but I'll bring it up with my doctor at our next appt. I was a little scared though!

On a positive side note, having your DH/SO rub oil into your belly as you fall asleep is the BEST feeling ever!!!

 

[Lexie_dog]

I assume its just a wee blood pressure spikes as I'm still in early preg/second trimester, will mention to MW at next appt.

Rub oil? My hubby now he's past the overprotective "I'm the man!" stage, will touch my belly but wont do anything apart from that. Its like Im off limits now

Got the dog saddled up today, dug out my old running shoes and we went a good long walk today. Got tea, soup, cheese and crackers and then walked to get hubby from work. Google Pedometered it when i got home and it was a 4.2 mile walk and I burned 660 calories (which I prob ate in soup and crackers) but its good to get some walking in!

This weekend is marked for decorating and packing up stuff in the flat, so no ore walking til Monday

 

[Littleslimmingbee]

Oh is that what that is? iv been getting them too! my heart feels like its gunna pump out my chest! i thought it was to do with my asthma.

im gutted. went for MW app today (1st) no one told her i was there despite going to reception twice. . i waited an hour and bloody half.. then she tells me i get no 12 week scan because the EPU dated me over 10. meaning joe wont see a scan untill 20 weeks. im heartbroken now il be 20 weeks before joe gets to share that moment with me. Yet iv seen it twice now i feel so guilty.

sad times. x

 

[Honeyoc]

Oh Fern I know exactly how you feel! I messed up the times on my first scan, I thought it was at 4 and it was actually at 2 so I had to wait an extra two weeks to see baba. I was absolutely devastated, I burst into tears at the reception. It was the worst heartache I'd felt in a long time, I'd been so looking forward to it and then messed up at the last minute! It seems so silly now but it really felt like my world had come crashing down. DH was in Russia on business at the time and he actually came home the next day (2 days early) because I was such a wreck.

It may seem like forever waiting for your 20 week scan but just concentrate on other things and the time will fly by before you know it. Good luck hun!

Does anyone know much about maternity pay? I know you get 90% of your salary for the first 6 weeks of maternity leave and then something like £124 per week thereafter but someone told me that this is usually supplemented by your employer. Is this true? I have no idea how it all works out, I just assumed all I'd get was the stated amount... Help?

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

Does anyone know much about maternity pay? I know you get 90% of your salary for the first 6 weeks of maternity leave and then something like £124 per week thereafter but someone told me that this is usually supplemented by your employer. Is this true? I have no idea how it all works out, I just assumed all I'd get was the stated amount... Help?

Hiya I can only tell you, how my employer pays maternity pay but I think its similar to others

I understand that on maternity leave, you are paid £124 statuary maternity pay (smp) for 33weeks. For me I receive 90% salary and 10% smp for 6 months (this part I think is different depending how generous your employer is) I believe that the 90% pay & smp is a minimum of 6weeks. Once you've had your first 6 weeks then you just get smp till will week 33.

I am no great expert, so this is just what I understand but I don't think I'm far off.

If you look at the direct.gov website. You should get the details x x

 

[Lexie_dog]

Oh is that what that is? iv been getting them too! my heart feels like its gunna pump out my chest! i thought it was to do with my asthma.

im gutted. went for MW app today (1st) no one told her i was there despite going to reception twice. . i waited an hour and bloody half.. then she tells me i get no 12 week scan because the EPU dated me over 10. meaning joe wont see a scan untill 20 weeks. im heartbroken now il be 20 weeks before joe gets to share that moment with me. Yet iv seen it twice now i feel so guilty.

sad times. x

If you have the money (about £90) you cold always get a private one? We did this at the 10 week mark, and used Baby bond but depending where you are there might be cheaper clinics.

Alternatively, and not that I would ever advocate such a thing, I've heard of people saying they have abdo pain and some spotting and getting scanned then. They've been fine, and admitted they lied but wanted the scan.

Obv the didnt lie to the sonographer/midwife, just said afterwards to us.

I feel my heart palpitation most on my throat. Not all the time just the odd bit here and there which is why I think its Blood pressure related, but always worth sayig to MW. Especially with anything else ongoing like asthma etc

My 20 week scan seems miles away even though its 7th March.

Maternity paywise I have no idea, I'm not in work and I wont get any benefits either since Hubby is working. Sorry

 

[Leeanne910]

Just spotted the post on maternity pay.... And as me and oh are gonna start trying for a baby. I wondered when u are entitle to it as the directgov site words things in ways i don't understand.

How long do u need to be in work before u even conceive?

It sys something like u have to
Have worked for same employer for 26 weeks by the 15th week before ur due date (or sumert like that) tried to work it out but end up lost and confused!!

We would try now but..... We can't cope with no money as my ptime job earns me 13,000 a yr but I recently started it as I moved areas..

Sorry for barging in on ur thread girls. I just... It's one of those things on my mind. I am really broody and my boy just turned 4.... And it in some bizare way made me want a baby even more before the age gap is bigger!!!

Hope all ur pregnancies are going well enjoy it! Hope to be in ur shoes soon enough and next time enjoy the experience as I'm not 19 now and not with a nasty guy who was never there!! And have packed in smoking and wanna lose weight in hope for a much easier birth!!!

Good luck

Start weight: 14s 7lb Current weight: 14s 0lb Weight to lose: 3s 7lb

 

[Cheekypasterfield]

Just spotted the post on maternity pay.... And as me and oh are gonna start trying for a baby. I wondered when u are entitle to it as the directgov site words things in ways i don't understand.

How long do u need to be in work before u even conceive?

It sys something like u have to
Have worked for same employer for 26 weeks by the 15th week before ur due date (or sumert like that) tried to work it out but end up lost and confused!! /

Hiya all I can do is tell you what my employer does but again our rules are based on the government rules

For me, in order to receive 90% pay I must have be employed for 26 weeks. I am allowed to start my maternity leave and receive maternity pay, 15 weeks before my due date. I think this is what direct.gov are referring to

 

[Leeanne910]

26 weeks before u conceive?? Cuz direct gov reads it different thhats what confuses me. Wish they would write it in simple terms lol instead of confusing!!!

Start weight: 14s 7lb Current weight: 14s 0lb Weight to lose: 3s 7lb