April Collin (teen_mum), Mum of one

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 18/10/2012

  Too true Kal! Everyone's telling me to enjoy it whilst I can but it's always the way - when you're pregnant you want your baby, and when you have your baby you wish you were pregnant again. I believe going over your due date would be horrible!! Sucks that it happened twice with your bubs.

  Over being pregnant!

  I'm over it. I love my little guy, but I'm over pregnancy. I'm a cranky dragon, a cranky, fire breathing dragon. Everyone calls me a dragon, they're like "Watch out, dragons coming." My sex drive, drives me crazy, Dylan's not too keen on sex with a pregnant lady every night, and I don't blame him, but I do a little bit. My morning sickness is back, not as bad as what it was in the first trimester, but the nausea is pretty bad. I can't sit in one place for too long because EVERYTHING hurts. He finally dropped late last week so the pressure "down there" is almost unbearable, the kid must have a pretty big head, cause it feels huge. I'm always picking fights with people, over the most petty things, lucky for me Dylan doesn't retaliate. My back feels like it's going to just snap any minute now. I'm over all the aches and pains! My skin is sooo itchy now, I bruise really easy, I'm just breakable right now. He kicks me in the ribs all the time now, because his feet are up there, and his head is engaged, so he's always kicking my ribs, and his head is resting on my bladder so the toilet is my second home. I waddle like a duck and probably look ridiculous walking. I always feel as if everyone is embarrassed to be seen with me, I haven't been out with friends for god knows how long. I was going to have a baby shower but money is tight and I really don't have the energy to smile all day. I've noticed it's pretty hard to breathe, I mean I can breathe, but I get breathless quickly. I sleep all the time, which isn't really a bad thing, but I'd like to be able to stay awake for longer then 2 hours. My boobs are constantly sore. I've had Braxton Hicks which was just a little taste of what I'm in for.
  Anyway, I was just naming all the bad things about my pregnancy. It really is amazing, just holding a child in your tummy is enough, but the fact that he already has a little attitude makes my heart melt. Reading to him, singing to him, Dylan playing guitar to him. Just being a family of 3 is enough for me. Having my son in my tumtum is the most amazing and surreal feeling ever. I love my little guy to pieces. I'll be in the worst mood and as soon as he wakes up and does anything, sticks an elbow out, pokes my belly, gets the hiccups, anything, I'll automatically smile. This little guy has changed my life SO much already, and I can't wait too meet him!
  At least my hospital bag is packed, right?! :D that's one thing I actually did this week... Even though I forgot most things and Dylan was going around after me packing the things I forgot.
  I want my son to keep cooking, but if he could just be really nice and stop kicking my ribs... Even that would be a great thing.
  BRING ON THE LABOR AND BIRTH!! Just not yet.
  -End of rant :D thanks for reading!!

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 18/10/2012

  So true! After all this, I'm sure I can go through only 8 weeks! I definitely consider my lucky for having Dylan, some people don't even have a partner at all, so I'm very happy with that. The last trimester is kind of a bitter sweet time, only a few months till you meet them - but at the same time everything gets really uncomfortable and painful, but it's going to be worth it! You'll have to post a bump picture soon! I bet you're just glowing. Hopefully your partner starts doing some more things for you, I find if I just tell Dylan to do things he'll do them, sometimes I forget that they can't read your mind (which would be kinda great if they could!) but just ask for the things you want done and if he doesn't do them, don't get too upset, as hard as that sounds! I know I love that I can just vent to Karimum's, definitely stops me from getting upset around other's. I might just hold a small shower and everyone can bring something simple like a plate of food, or an old book that they have laying around or some nappies... Lol, still need more of those! I'll just see how my moods going in the next few weeks. Thanks newbie!! Goodluck with the remainder of the pregnancy.

  Over being pregnant!

  I'm over it. I love my little guy, but I'm over pregnancy. I'm a cranky dragon, a cranky, fire breathing dragon. Everyone calls me a dragon, they're like "Watch out, dragons coming." My sex drive, drives me crazy, Dylan's not too keen on sex with a pregnant lady every night, and I don't blame him, but I do a little bit. My morning sickness is back, not as bad as what it was in the first trimester, but the nausea is pretty bad. I can't sit in one place for too long because EVERYTHING hurts. He finally dropped late last week so the pressure "down there" is almost unbearable, the kid must have a pretty big head, cause it feels huge. I'm always picking fights with people, over the most petty things, lucky for me Dylan doesn't retaliate. My back feels like it's going to just snap any minute now. I'm over all the aches and pains! My skin is sooo itchy now, I bruise really easy, I'm just breakable right now. He kicks me in the ribs all the time now, because his feet are up there, and his head is engaged, so he's always kicking my ribs, and his head is resting on my bladder so the toilet is my second home. I waddle like a duck and probably look ridiculous walking. I always feel as if everyone is embarrassed to be seen with me, I haven't been out with friends for god knows how long. I was going to have a baby shower but money is tight and I really don't have the energy to smile all day. I've noticed it's pretty hard to breathe, I mean I can breathe, but I get breathless quickly. I sleep all the time, which isn't really a bad thing, but I'd like to be able to stay awake for longer then 2 hours. My boobs are constantly sore. I've had Braxton Hicks which was just a little taste of what I'm in for.
  Anyway, I was just naming all the bad things about my pregnancy. It really is amazing, just holding a child in your tummy is enough, but the fact that he already has a little attitude makes my heart melt. Reading to him, singing to him, Dylan playing guitar to him. Just being a family of 3 is enough for me. Having my son in my tumtum is the most amazing and surreal feeling ever. I love my little guy to pieces. I'll be in the worst mood and as soon as he wakes up and does anything, sticks an elbow out, pokes my belly, gets the hiccups, anything, I'll automatically smile. This little guy has changed my life SO much already, and I can't wait too meet him!
  At least my hospital bag is packed, right?! :D that's one thing I actually did this week... Even though I forgot most things and Dylan was going around after me packing the things I forgot.
  I want my son to keep cooking, but if he could just be really nice and stop kicking my ribs... Even that would be a great thing.
  BRING ON THE LABOR AND BIRTH!! Just not yet.
  -End of rant :D thanks for reading!!

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 18/10/2012

  The best advice I can give to mums-to-be, is it's okay to rant, it's okay to be angry and unhappy sometimes, it's okay to feel huge and want to sleep all day, it's okay to be worried about anything and everything with your baby, it's okay to call the hospital 15 times just for some peace of mind, and most important; It's okay to ask your partner, family or friends for a massage... Every pregnant lady needs one of those a day.

  Your wisdom

  Congratulations to you Karimums! Each of you have the most adorable kids that I just want to thank each of you for continuously sharing here – long may your happy photos continue! I am SO enjoying seeing smiling faces each day. Now I was wondering...along with all these gorgeous kids, must be some pretty amazing Mums with great tips and wisdom. That is tips and wisdom to share for our mums-to-be and mums with newborns. It’s such an exciting time for us all, I’d love you to share your tip or wisdom here for our up-and-coming MUMS.

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 18/10/2012

  I initially wanted Tyson for a boy and then Summer or Mila for a girl... Then I found the name Ryker and my mind was changed! Pretty cool thinking of what name they would have been if they had been the other sex, right?

  Baby Names

  A couple of our long standing loyal Karimums – Kittykat008 and AprilMum are having a good ole conversation about baby names. Meaning the name that was on their list if Hunter was a girl he was going to be called....and if Kittykat008’s Bonnie was a boy she was going to be called....so I’m thinking – let’s create an urber list here of the names that if our baby was the opposite gender, what name was on the list. For me, if Luke was a girl, he may have been Daisy. If Brooke a boy, she was going to be Solomon....Join us and create a very long list of names that might have been...

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 18/10/2012

  What a happy little guy! That smile is so cute!

  

  my happy little boy.. <3

  full of smiles this morning!!
  

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  teen_mum posted a Story 18/10/2012

  Over being pregnant!

  I'm over it. I love my little guy, but I'm over pregnancy. I'm a cranky dragon, a cranky, fire breathing dragon. Everyone calls me a dragon, they're like "Watch out, dragons coming." My sex drive, drives me crazy, Dylan's not too keen on sex with a pregnant lady every night, and I don't blame him, but I do a little bit. My morning sickness is back, not as bad as what it was in the first trimester, but the nausea is pretty bad. I can't sit in one place for too long because EVERYTHING hurts. He finally dropped late last week so the pressure "down there" is almost unbearable, the kid must have a pretty big head, cause it feels huge. I'm always picking fights with people, over the most petty things, lucky for me Dylan doesn't retaliate. My back feels like it's going to just snap any minute now. I'm over all the aches and pains! My skin is sooo itchy now, I bruise really easy, I'm just breakable right now. He kicks me in the ribs all the time now, because his feet are up there, and his head is engaged, so he's always kicking my ribs, and his head is resting on my bladder so the toilet is my second home. I waddle like a duck and probably look ridiculous walking. I always feel as if everyone is embarrassed to be seen with me, I haven't been out with friends for god knows how long. I was going to have a baby shower but money is tight and I really don't have the energy to smile all day. I've noticed it's pretty hard to breathe, I mean I can breathe, but I get breathless quickly. I sleep all the time, which isn't really a bad thing, but I'd like to be able to stay awake for longer then 2 hours. My boobs are constantly sore. I've had Braxton Hicks which was just a little taste of what I'm in for.
  Anyway, I was just naming all the bad things about my pregnancy. It really is amazing, just holding a child in your tummy is enough, but the fact that he already has a little attitude makes my heart melt. Reading to him, singing to him, Dylan playing guitar to him. Just being a family of 3 is enough for me. Having my son in my tumtum is the most amazing and surreal feeling ever. I love my little guy to pieces. I'll be in the worst mood and as soon as he wakes up and does anything, sticks an elbow out, pokes my belly, gets the hiccups, anything, I'll automatically smile. This little guy has changed my life SO much already, and I can't wait too meet him!
  At least my hospital bag is packed, right?! :D that's one thing I actually did this week... Even though I forgot most things and Dylan was going around after me packing the things I forgot.
  I want my son to keep cooking, but if he could just be really nice and stop kicking my ribs... Even that would be a great thing.
  BRING ON THE LABOR AND BIRTH!! Just not yet.
  -End of rant :D thanks for reading!!

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 15/10/2012

  Thanks AprilMum! Great idea, I'll definitely try that if I need it again. Can't believe there's only 8 weeks left. Thanks for the help everyone! :)

  Have I just got a "lazy baby" HELP

  So bub hasn't kicked yesterday or today... He's usually really active especially when I'm sitting still or listening to music or daddy's talking to him, and no matter what we tried he wouldn't move. I've had so much sweets today just hoping that something gets him going... But nothing. I can't sleep, Dylan's at work and felt horrible leaving me this way, but we need the money.
  I had a really bad anxiety attack a few days ago and then wouldn't/couldn't leave the house. Usually when my anxiety gets really bad, my depression seems to build up as well. So I was feeling pretty crap, Dylan and I both know that the meds I was taking before I got pregnant are not good to take during pregnancy (I took them up until 9 weeks, because at that stage I didn't know I was pregnant) we went to the hospital and they got me on some new medication - it helps both anxiety and depression and is safe for pregnancy, it's not merely as good but it will do. Problem is, I can't stop thinking that the medications have taken an effect on Ryker, so I've stopped taking them.
  We went into the hospital yesterday and the doctor checked his heartbeat, which was fine. Hasn't changed since last time. We couldn't have an ultrasound done though just to get everything checked but I do have one booked in for week 36 (4 weeks away...)
  What annoys me the most is that the hospital just brushed it off their shoulders like "Meh, whatever, you're 16. If he dies, I bet you wouldn't care anyway." I FEEL as though that's what they're thinking. They really just took me into the room, checked his heartbeat and says "If he doesn't kick in the next few days, come back in." ... NEXT FEW DAYS?! By then whatever's bothering him could have killed him (whatever that may be) has my doctor made a mistake by saying this, or do I not have anything to worry about?
  My friend was telling me that her friends sister's baby had stopped moving in the womb and is now autistic, I would NOT complain if my son was autistic, but it would still be heartbreaking for him to be that way. The baby now can only sleep for about 3 hours, in the length of about 25 hours I've felt him jostle once, and that wasn't a kick, it was kinda like when you're having a nightmare and your leg twitches, kinda like that.
  
  Is this just because he's dropped into my birth canal, or is something wrong? I'm so worried, I hope nothings wrong with him.
  

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 14/10/2012

  Thanks Tigger45! It definitely feels like that - all the time - even from friends and family. By the way I read your story and it sounds so adorable! High school sweet hearts for sure! And nope not long at all, only 8 weeks left! :) thank-you mumma! x

  Have I just got a "lazy baby" HELP

  So bub hasn't kicked yesterday or today... He's usually really active especially when I'm sitting still or listening to music or daddy's talking to him, and no matter what we tried he wouldn't move. I've had so much sweets today just hoping that something gets him going... But nothing. I can't sleep, Dylan's at work and felt horrible leaving me this way, but we need the money.
  I had a really bad anxiety attack a few days ago and then wouldn't/couldn't leave the house. Usually when my anxiety gets really bad, my depression seems to build up as well. So I was feeling pretty crap, Dylan and I both know that the meds I was taking before I got pregnant are not good to take during pregnancy (I took them up until 9 weeks, because at that stage I didn't know I was pregnant) we went to the hospital and they got me on some new medication - it helps both anxiety and depression and is safe for pregnancy, it's not merely as good but it will do. Problem is, I can't stop thinking that the medications have taken an effect on Ryker, so I've stopped taking them.
  We went into the hospital yesterday and the doctor checked his heartbeat, which was fine. Hasn't changed since last time. We couldn't have an ultrasound done though just to get everything checked but I do have one booked in for week 36 (4 weeks away...)
  What annoys me the most is that the hospital just brushed it off their shoulders like "Meh, whatever, you're 16. If he dies, I bet you wouldn't care anyway." I FEEL as though that's what they're thinking. They really just took me into the room, checked his heartbeat and says "If he doesn't kick in the next few days, come back in." ... NEXT FEW DAYS?! By then whatever's bothering him could have killed him (whatever that may be) has my doctor made a mistake by saying this, or do I not have anything to worry about?
  My friend was telling me that her friends sister's baby had stopped moving in the womb and is now autistic, I would NOT complain if my son was autistic, but it would still be heartbreaking for him to be that way. The baby now can only sleep for about 3 hours, in the length of about 25 hours I've felt him jostle once, and that wasn't a kick, it was kinda like when you're having a nightmare and your leg twitches, kinda like that.
  
  Is this just because he's dropped into my birth canal, or is something wrong? I'm so worried, I hope nothings wrong with him.
  

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  teen_mum posted a Comment 14/10/2012

  It's so exciting waiting for them to kick, right? :) all throughout my pregnancy I was just waiting for that special day when bub would kick. My bub did his first kick at about 19 weeks, your day will come! :) just keep on talking to bub and eventually you'll feel a kick. It's the most amazing thing!

  when did u all feel you're babies move for the first time???

  iv just gone 18 weeks and have not yet felt any kicking or "fluttering" im not to concerned as i know all pregnancy's are different but would like you to share how far along you were when you first felt baby move! :)

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