IslandBreeze
Castaway
I'm now in the final month of my second pregnancy and haven't been this far before - DS was prem and arrived at 35 weeks so this is new territory for me. Most of the pregnancy books seem to be aimed at first pregnancies really and I'm not sure quite what the last month should feel like - so far it isn't feeling like I thought it would.
This baby has hardly moved at all throughout the pregnancy, usually just once or twice a day at most. However on Friday it suddenly started kicking and hasn't stopped since! It's very reassuring to finally feel some real movement but I'm surprised as I thought you felt the baby less at the end as it was running out of space? But since Friday night it's been dancing non-stop which is great. I keep getting a lot of sharp pains very very low down where it seems to keep jabbing something sensitive - I don't know what it's poking, presumably not my cervix as the pain is very low and at the front. I think the cervix is towards the back?
I also thought this was a stage when you're peeing constantly again but I'm not. No excessive peeing, no swelling, no Braxton Hicks, no indigestion. A bit tired but nothing much really. I'm still throwing up a lot but that's seems to be routine for me, I threw up until delivery with DS too - I'm deeply envious of anyone whose morning sickness actually goes away after the first term and who only throws up in the morning - I have it all day, all pregnancy.
Anyway, any ideas on what the final month should be like 2nd time around? Is this how it is? If so, it's better than I thought it would be? Apart from the puking of course, but I expected that...
Baby is already apparently head-down, ready for delivery. I thought they normally engaged later on second pregnancies. I'm wondering if that means it's planning on arriving early. I wouldn't worry if it came now as I know it's old enough to be OK but as I have to have a Caesar it would be nice to have a calm, booked one rather than an emergency one like last time. All our bags etc are ready to go though in case it does decide to speed things along.
This baby has hardly moved at all throughout the pregnancy, usually just once or twice a day at most. However on Friday it suddenly started kicking and hasn't stopped since! It's very reassuring to finally feel some real movement but I'm surprised as I thought you felt the baby less at the end as it was running out of space? But since Friday night it's been dancing non-stop which is great. I keep getting a lot of sharp pains very very low down where it seems to keep jabbing something sensitive - I don't know what it's poking, presumably not my cervix as the pain is very low and at the front. I think the cervix is towards the back?
I also thought this was a stage when you're peeing constantly again but I'm not. No excessive peeing, no swelling, no Braxton Hicks, no indigestion. A bit tired but nothing much really. I'm still throwing up a lot but that's seems to be routine for me, I threw up until delivery with DS too - I'm deeply envious of anyone whose morning sickness actually goes away after the first term and who only throws up in the morning - I have it all day, all pregnancy.
Anyway, any ideas on what the final month should be like 2nd time around? Is this how it is? If so, it's better than I thought it would be? Apart from the puking of course, but I expected that...
Baby is already apparently head-down, ready for delivery. I thought they normally engaged later on second pregnancies. I'm wondering if that means it's planning on arriving early. I wouldn't worry if it came now as I know it's old enough to be OK but as I have to have a Caesar it would be nice to have a calm, booked one rather than an emergency one like last time. All our bags etc are ready to go though in case it does decide to speed things along.