November 2011 - more hand holding, scans and 2nd trimester chat coming up.....

[Katiebeau]

New thread chatty girls.......

Mine's also on Wednesday at 2.30pm, giving me all morning to pace up and down winding myself up into a worried frenzy whilst dd is at preschool! I think the reminder texts will be useful later on in pregnancy when our brains have officially turned to baby induced custard [bugrin]

Just a quick one from me (on phone atm)

Crackpot I would defintely speak to your GP (or MW if they able to) to get signed off... I felt exactly like you a few weeks ago but felt compelled to keep working, ended up breaking down at work as really couldn't cope & got sent home where GP signed me off, on my 3rd week off (& have another definite off) and only just starting to feel myself again & think that I may be able to cope with work!!! Even if it is one week off it may be enough to make you feel better x x

Its amazing how much you can change in yourself over the weeks, i feel normal now (still hungry) Now that im 12+3 i have passed the worst stage i hope?? Get lots of rest and take it easy, it will pass hopefully. I have baby brain,some days i cant string a sentence together. Its only going to get worse! Thats 3 of us on wed having scans!

a quick question, i've lost about half a stone in the last couple of weeks, is this a normal amount for ms? i think that the house move stress has maybe contributed a bit too. should i be worried?

Bloody hell peeps, I'm sending please stop now vibes to all of you having what sounds like completely horredous MS still. Wee buggers! We must remember to check and see if you are all having girls like the old wives tales says (little comfort now though admittedly).

little WW I hope all goes well with your scan. I know that feeling of terror well. Stay positive if you can.

Good luck to everyone else having the '12 week' scan this week. I'm a week tomorrow, or 8 sleeps

oh and missvague sorry I don't have any idea about weight loss and MS. Good luck with the packing though...my tip is have a massive clear out so you don't end up moving lots of crap from one house to another. If you miss your crap in a years time you can always buy it again

So sorry to hear of the ladies with horrid ms. I'm 'lucky' in that I only have 12 hour nausea which I can manage by eating regularly.

MissV - I'm not sure about that, but maybe you should check with your mw?

LWW Good luck for your scan tomorrow. Hope everything is ok with your bean.

My scan is also on Wednesday but at 8.15am. Good luck to the other scannees (is that a word??) this week.

I'm 11 weeks, 2 days today.

Wow - a lot of scans Wednesday!

Goldmaple - I can feel a hard little spot just above my pelvic bone, about 2-3 inches wide, but I'm flabby so it's all theory at the moment! DP felt it and went "Wooow" - but everything impresses him atm. He's a right little soppy girl :o

I was watching "Obese and pregnant" last night on DMax and made DP promise and swear to get me out of the house if I ever went towards the 340lbs mark!

missv You're heroic - we moved 3 weeks ago and I made DP do everything - I was far too exhausted to even lift a box!

localcrackpot I'm so exhausted all the time too - I start work on the 3rd and I'm wondering how I'll manage! I slept until 1pm today and needed a nap at 4! Luckily no MS, just feeling sick and tired.

I'm starting to get impatient, too - I wish I could microwave the bun instead of oven baking it! 6 months left and I'm bored of pregnancy already!

thanks - will definitely push for being signed off. Feel like hell. MissV as others have said, I'd check with your midwife. That must be some sickness! Poor you, and poor other MS sufferers. Right now I'm thanking my lucky stars I don't already have little ones who need looking/running after! If you're doing that, moving house, or digging a vegetable plot (as a pg friend of mine is doing at the moment - think she's at about 8 weeks) you have my deepest admiration!

Evening all, been booted off the settee so the OH and DS can have a bit PS3 time. Seems fair enough as they don't often demand it! How's everyone feeling?

Crackpot sorry to hear you are feeling rubbish, hopefully it may be sorted soon and you can actually enjoy being pg.

Got mw appt on weds, shall see where that leads. However I don't know if this is because this is my 3rd dc but I am HUGE! Easily look about 5 months and the top of the bump is solid! Hmmm....

Hello all! Back from our long weekend away up norf to visit DH's family - no phone reception and no t'internet, was quite lovely. Alls well with me and Poppy. Was lovely telling everyone in person but not so great when they said "yes we already know". FIL told his GF who has a really big mouth and told all DH's aunts and uncles, was not impressed!!

Skimmed the posts but can't read all - just so happy there has been no bad news!

stace not got my other urine results yet, I only gave them on Thursday so I will wait until the 8th, otherwise will assume all is ok.

Caz thanks for following my blog, think I am following yours but will check too!

Hope everyone has a good evening. I'm off work this week, potty training starts tomorrow!

hi all, nothing new to report, but just marking my place so i dont get lost next time I come on saying hello!

Good luck for all the scans on wed.

Folic mine is a week tomorrow too! Can't wait. Decided I'm gonna tell my boss this week, as I'm running out of excuses for needed to pop out of work for appointments. But to tell her not to say anything untill I get the all clear on tuesday! FX!

I'm gonna reitterate the question asked above, because I want to know the answer too... how likely is it to mc after seeing a heartbeat? As all looked ok at 8 week scan, but still fretting something could go wrong, even though no bleeding or anything, Really need to buy some new clothes that fit me, but worried it will jinx it!

I am actually finding it impossble to hide being pg now, I have such a huge stomache, its all bloating but constantly look about 5 months pg! Have to dress so carefully! Least I only have 3 more days at work to try and hide it!

Good luck again scanners... and thinking of all those with ms, hope it subsides soon!!!

Hi all!
I'm so sorry for those still stricken by ms. I definitely agree those really suffering should get signed off - if you were feeling like chucking your guts up 24/7 by any other cause you wouldn't be at work. Those few weeks of feeling utterly vile but still not blessedly actually sick this time round were a real eye opener after my pregnancy with DS where basically I burped for a month solid but felt fine. I have so much more sympathy for sufferers now! Weirdly though I'm much less tired this time round: although with DS I was a newspaper subeditor so worked 13 hour days and cycled 10kms to and from work each day, frankly having afternoon naps with a toddler is much less stressful (most of the time, he has his moments)!
I remember my bump rising above my pelvis around 12 weeks with DS and I was amazed how beautiful it felt. Like a domed carriage clock! This time round all I can feel is the c section scar through each layer of tissue so it's harder to work out if anything's there yet through the war wounds :( .
Speaking of bellies, today I ditched the baggy camoflague and wore a clingy pregnancy type top for the first time and I looked HUGE! I know I have v very weak ab muscles after diastasis recti but I'm easily as big now as I was at 17 weeks . Have any other second/third/fourth timers found this. Will my bump slow down, or am I actually going to birth an elephant?
Anyone else having horrid, horrid vivid 'dreams'? Last night I woke up twice with my whole belly in spasm - like a huge almighty contraction - and just thought oh god no this is it it's over. I've had the dream about three times now, I think when DP is stressing the hell out of me, but it's just awful.
Last but not least good luck scanees! I get mine on May 5th Finally!!

Oh that stat was pretty reassuring: I think it was if you've seen a heartbeat the risk of mc falls by 80 per cent!

missv with my pregnancy with Belle I lost over a stone with morning sickness. I was horrendous with her, all day up in the night etc. couldn't eat. I started gaining quite quickly after I felt better and the mw wasn't at all concerned.

No weight loss this time. Convinced I've put on a stone already! haha!

Scan tomorrow at 9.45. So very very scared but a little bit excited too.

poppet xp - I'm having really vivid dreams too. Mine seem to be about death at the moment. I know thats my fears about this baby coming out in my dreams after Belle though.

No weight loss here. I know I hadn't gained anything by this time with DS but my god I know I have this time (although it's hard to tell from my 20 month cake diet from breast feeding). I was trying on potential wedding guest dresses my lovely sister had brought over and I looked bloody awful.
Good luck with the scan tomorrow Caz!

Poppet I think I will have a bit of job finding my rising uterus too. I have a horrendous scar due to a haematoma following my cs. I have developed an alarmingly rotund belly already, but although I have been having a gentle prod I can only feel layers of scar tissue. I had a lovely unblemished belly the first time around, not this time!

Right, I'm off to bed to get through the 2 sleeps 'til scan time. Good luck tomorrow Caz

Week of Gestation Percentage Likelihood�
of Miscarriage
6-12 5% (or less if heartbeat heard)
2nd trimester 3% (considered stillbirth after 20 weeks)

Looking for this statistic made me stumble upon a million threads I shouldn't have read the titles of. ARGH! Off to bed.

staceroo brill, a scan buddy!

Good luck tomorrow Caz

Hello all feeling very sorry for all those still suffering with bad ms, I haven't vomited for a week and a half now :) though have that hungover feeling 24/7 still.... I relented and told my girlie friends today by text one has 3 failed IVF so wanted to do it delicately! Had to relent as I'm 10+2 and haven't heard owt from MW or hospital about the scan still saw a locum GP and MW 2 weeks ago they were rubbish! Anyhows lucky me one of my girlie friends is a sonographer so she is going to check I'd I've been refered and whereabouts on the system I am. Have to admit it was nice telling people :)

good luck to all those with scans soon!
We had a lovely weekend with family and friends.
DD was baptised yesterday and she was absolutely adorable! (she's 2,5)
we also told everyone yesterday and they were all very happy for us!

Have also been wearing stretchy tops, and my bump is huge already :o
It's funny now that everyone knows, I'm fussed over a lot, not allowed to do anything, being told off for picking up DD she is quite heavy though
and I know I should be careful specially with having the bleeding and spotting.
Although that seemed to have stopped/lessened since my 12 week scan

oooh yeah and very vivid dreams here as well, which seem to affect DH too

right I'm off to bed, absolutely exhausted, not doing anything tomorrow!

Hello all,

I am 9 weeks today. My next scan is in 8 days and I can't wait.
I am also mildly terrified that something may have gone wrong since my last scan 3 weeks ago. I hope I am being just silly, as we saw a HB.

I hope you all had a nice Easter.

Oh and I second the vivid dreams

morning.

caz good luck for the scan.

H007 My MW was rubbish, too - basically told me that unless we knew the baby was alive there was no point doing anything - this was at my booking in appointment! Took my BP and stressed about paperwork, then sent me on my merry way - I'm a first timer, and it really did nothing for my confidence in the NHS!
Was also told that despite choosing home birth, my midwife won't come if I start during the night - that it could be anyone on rota that night - I'm absolutely distraught that some stranger I'm not comfortable with may be there when I'm going through the most horrific pain I can imagine!
I'm so glad my mum is taking two weeks off to be there, she's an ICU nurse and has the benefit of having known me for 31 years...

Sorry about the rant - I'm just really appalled at the poor reassurance given by the people who are supposed to take care of us!