Im getting so uncomfortable now its a real pain, i cant sit lie or do anything for too long a time because no matter if its hard soft or inbetween surface my back just starts aching.
Also my bellys starting to hurt me, had some really horrible pains in there the past few days was worried something was up but babys been active so i know alls ok, sometimes the movements are really odd, cant imagine whats going on in there but its not like a normal kick its like its doing some triple axle somersaults!

Also do you think if your bellys cold the babys cold? hehe i worry sometimes because it gets so hot i kick all the covers off and the fans going so then my bump gets really cold and i worry my babys in there shivering, so im lying there with the blanket on jut my belly.

and you can send me some warm from there lol

i think the important thing is making sure your core temperature is ok - which means needing to cool when you are too warm and warm up when you are too cold. i am fairly sure that the temperature in your womb is your core temperature the baby is well protected

i've been getting strange feelings too (i'm not thinking of them as pains, more sensations, makes a difference how you think about them for example, choose a word such as pressure or tightening etc, then it's also easier to think 'i want this to relax or release', if you think 'pain' then your mind is limited into focussing on that - our brains are good at doing what we want\expect - sorry, can't help it, it's the therapist part of me lol) but as you say, Siri is being active and kicking away (so much so my whole tummy moves sometimes, when i was in the bath she made the water ripple lol) so i'm guessing they are all stretching feelings and i also read that we do actually have BH from around 6 weeks, the uterus starts practicing early lol, so it could be that.
i think it's easy to get scared or be in pain when we don't understand what it is - the fear often creates the pain. yesterday i found myself getting a bit concerned about some feelings and i started thinking 'oh it hurts' (because i was worried i think)and then it did really hurt - but as soon as i started thinking of it as my uterus just doing it's thing and that everything was fine, i relaxed a great deal more and then because i relaxed (i think) i was able to just let the feelings fade - muscle tension creates muscle tension.

and yeah, my back is also really feeling the pregnancy now - tend to have a hot water bottle on my back and on my hips lol - though i know you can't do that :S i've also been listening to my hypnobirthing cd and finding that time of relaxing is sooooo helpful can you get OH to give you a massage?

hugs
elizabeth xxx
23 week pink Siri bump

Yes please not too many minus degrees but then if you minus 18 from 26 it might end up being a nice temperature!
I get lots of weird sensations alright honest its so odd wish i had xray eyes to see what babys up to. mostly that i dont mind just think oh thats really strange only rarely do i think ow that actually doesnt feel good. I try not to worry as i know theres a lot going on in there so think its natural.
I think ill ask my OH but hes scared to touch me these days thinks he going to poke the baby in the eye or something, and if i lie on my front he has a go, so he'll probably think hes going to break us if he gives me a massage! I did a massage class so i know its ok, ill just sit up in a chair and lean over and he can rub my sore muscles.

" me too "

Got a bad back too. I'm gonna go and see a pysio or something, because I think I need a stronger back for giving birth!!

About your belly being cold, don'"t worry about the baby inside. If you think that whenever someone takes their temperature with a thermometer, a person's internal temperature is always the same, so baby will be same whether you're belly's cold or not.

Lea xx

" i know "

Exactly how you feel. Im sooo blinking miserable at the moment. My back was really bad last night, went to bed in the end because of it. Ive also been getting really bad pains each side of my bump, quite low down. I was almost crying with it yesterday. My midwife says its the baby engaging. Ohhh and the kicks, sometimes she crunches my ribs, ouchh.....Im not cold though, my body feels like a furness in the evenings, I have like hot flushes. how long have you got left????????

love Debs and almost 38wk pink bump xxxxxxx

well i say ages but the times flying! im 22+4 today so i hope mines not baby engaging! my childs a right fidget i wonder sometimes if theyre sure its just the one in there because the places it hits me it feels like 5 different areas at once, im wondering if its doing gymnastics in there or something!
I dont know the pains were so weird they go from like stabbing pains and then like tight feeling and hard to explain just didnt feel nice, but as i say baby was all wriggly then so i figure everythings fine, got an appointment tomorrow so ill ask about it any way.
The heats definitely affecting me more, i used to be able to handle it but now even sitting down in the shade i get all hot and sweaty, i was never like that. But at night its only my belly that gets cold, as long as i know babies alright im not too worried, i figure the couple of layers of fat will keep it insulated

Hi there,

Isn ... about now we should experience the BH? I thought it was round 20 plus weeks. You are exactly the same stage as me but I have not had pains like you but it does sound like you are experiencing the Braxton Hicks......

Am getting a bit of back ache, just lower back and not all the time so I guess I am lucky. I am still quite small though with icle bump so maybe I will get that joy later on.......

Mark got freaked out by Baby Rice last night - he put his hand on my tummy and Baby Rice decided to kick him - really freaks him out - I love it!!!

The baby apparently keeps a constant temperature - thats the job of the amnomic fluid to keep constant temperature......

Do you feel like time is flying by now......!!

Natalie (and Baby Rice 22+4)
x

Yes! i cant believe its not even that many weeks until 3rd trimester! thats 26 weeks and the time has just gone whizzing by its kind of scary actually, especially as today doc told me i could pop as early as 3rd feb! What due date were you given as we are the same stage? ive had about 6 from feb 11th-16 I dont know what to think i reckon somewhere around the 13th/14th but my sis said she wanted baby to come on 1st as its her bday, she might just get her wish according to doc! I know its not a huge amount of difference but those extra weeks being taken have worried me haha. I thought i wouldnt like it when baby moved but i love it to. For now, maybe when its stomping on my bladder i wont be as happy. OH likes it when he gets kicked hes shocked the baby is that powerful
My bumps not huge right now but its getting bigger for sure. I actually lost 2kg though since my 3 month scan. Doc said its normal and id add as baby grew more, and to be honest that was probably because i stuffed my face then but my appetites gone down since so its all good!

"Time..... "

scary how quick time goes, and we have Christmas in between!!

Trying to get organised now - gots lists for everything to ensure that the old brain does not forget anything vital....

My due date has never changed since day one, always the 11th Feb and the scans have agreed with that date - I quite like to have a Valentines Baby but I reckon it will be 18th or 19th Feb.....

I lost 10lb in the first 3 months but I have only put back on about 6lb so really I have not put any weight on at all at the moment. I am quite lucky as I am quite a small frame, only 5ft 2 so I would not expect to be huge in the bump stakes (famous last words ).

I guess it is about now we will start to grow and put weight on......

Happy Days
Natalie (22+5) Baby Rice xxx