Pretty at all = prenatal

that's autocorrect for you. Lol

5 lb gain this week. My belly has really jumped out. I look like I should be at term already. Other friends around the same due date are just barely showing. Oh well, it is what it is. Looking like the largest person not having twins.

Very true. Thanks!

I've gained 2 lbs this week. Highest jump yet... I've popped a bit but it looks more like fat than baby so I'm finding myself sucking my stomach in still at 19 weeks. Can't wit to actually look pregnant.

I'm also not feeling much kicking and the kicks I am feeling could be gas too I guess... my ultrasound is on Monday so hopefully that will put my kind at ease.

Welcome nwright and congratulations! I'm due around the same time as you (Oct 23).

I get to find out this coming week if baby is a boy or girl! so excited.

In other news, I've gained 6 lbs in the past two weeks. Any thoughts on trying to maintain for a couple weeks or should I just write it off and try to scale it back a bit? For my starting weight I should gain between .5 and .75 lbs per week at this point in pregnancy. I feel like it all went to my arms

@RosieRaz, I went to a party at 20 weeks and everyone was commenting that my belly looked bigger than my friend's, and she's 6 weeks ahead of me. But I think it was mostly because I am carrying high and out in front, and she's carrying low and wide, more in her hips.

@ summer8it I guess that's proof that perception is everything, eh? Not exactly what a pregnant woman wants to hear though. ...

@KatyAverill welcome to the group and congratulations! I'm due October 23rd.

I've been a bit quiet, but hello to all the new folks!

I'll be 18 weeks tomorrow. My gender scan is scheduled for the 17th (so excited)! But I'm still super exhausted and my weight gain appears to be in full swing. I may just be holding on to water, but I didn't gain anything in the first trimester, and now I appear to be up 5 pounds since last week (about +6 pounds in the last two weeks). My eating has been a bit out of control, though, so maybe I can just try to be more watchful. With my starting BMI, the doctors think I should try to gain 11-20lbs, and I thought I was doing well but now I'm nervous.

Need to still try to get better at exercising. Some weeks I do relatively well, and then I seem to be unable to do anything for many weeks before I can encourage myself to do something. It's funny - the motivation of trying to get healthy to conceive was a very strong force in me losing weight, but now that I'm pregnant, I appear to be unable to motivate myself to do anything. Silly brain, stop making excuses!

I had my glucose tolerance test yesterday, the 1 hour version, and I think I'm suffering digestive consequences from the nasty glucose drink. I felt sick as I was driving home yesterday, and was sick again this morning. It felt a bit like the illness I get from consuming dairy. Blech. Let's hope that's over and done with, and that I get good results so that I don't have to do the torturous 3 hour fasting version of the test!

Morning all.

Poke- so glad your rash/ itch is a lot better. I need to sort through our clothes but we have boy stuff and this one a girl. The vests and a lot of new born will be ok as it was mostly white.

I'm not sleeping as well either. Isaac usually wakes for a drink but is asleep within a few minutes afterwards and usually I just go back to sleep too but finding it harder to fall back asleep. Last night he didn't wake so was ok.

Rosie- it's exciting and reassuring too. I can only just feel movement from outside (25 weeks now). So won't be long until it's bouncing my belly about tho. Have been able to feel inside since about 16/18 weeks. With Isaac it was defo after 20 weeks tho.

Summer- hope ur glucose test results are ok. How you feeling today? Did you start your registry list?

Sarieth- glad u are doing ok. Think you done brilliant re weight. Prob just a growth spurt and will settle again.

We been thinking of names and my OH likes Clara which is my grandma name. We pronounce it Klar -rah here in UK think in US it's Clair- a. (Prob just the accent difference tho). I'm not sure on it but don't mind it. My grandma doesn't actually like it tho ! Lol. We did like Hannah if Isaac was going to be a girl but I'm not sure on that one now (it's both my great grandma names). I like a family name if we can.

Today Isaac goes to school for first taster session. (1.5 hours). He starts in September as he turns 3. He will go 3 hours per day. I go with him today and each Thursday afternoon for 5 weeks. He is excited so I'm pleased. He used to going to a childminders so hopefully this be ok too.

This morning we are doing jobs at home and think going to buy a balance bike with some Xmas money Isaac has as he wants one and his birthday August but think better getting now at beginning of summer.

Right best get going.
Bye for now