October 2011 Baby Bus ... part 3

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thanks for the expl;anation babs. Ill have to remember to ask my MW about that. It seams a good compromise between dp and myself.

DD is 3.9. She is very cute, (when she's not being a pain in the bum :o )
She asks every day if I've had the baby yet. I keep telling her it's too small yet and I've got to grow very big first. I don't think she believes me.

Domino care, and Midwifery led are the same thing. Basically you stay at home for as long as you can, Midwife comes to you and when she things it's time to go to hospital off you go.... or to a midwifery led unit.
Once there the midwifes are still in charge. They keep an eye on you but don't necessarily stay with you. Monitor baby using a doppler rather than all the wires I was hooked up to last time. Once baby is born you're usually allowed home within about 6 hours, sometimes less.

Upsides, much less invasive, more relaxed, and at my hospital I'd get first dibs on the pool if it's free over the consultant led.
Downsides, you can't have an epidural, G&A and pethidine are the options where I'm going, and if you're in a midwifery led unit and there are complications they have to transfer you to a hospital.

I'm off now to our local market to see what St George has to offer... and save my neighbours from DD.
She's currently playing her percussion set outside for the snail she's just found and named Emily to listen to!

Hope you're all making the most of these lovely sunny days. We'll be cursing them come summer.... although when I was pregnant with DD it was like this at Easter, then it rained all summer. It was the year Sheffield flooded, (my family all live there) DD was born 2 weeks later when the south flooded. My FIL was stuck on the M5 for 10 hours. Everyone else got to see DD. We sent him pictures of her, and he sent us back pictures of cars floating past him!

Super hahaha you're too funny! [buwink]
I feel bad because I can't seem to catch up with this thread properly [bublush]

Have my next scan on June 6, and hoping to find out the sex! THEN let the baby shopping begin :)

DH has named my bump Nigel [buhmm] I think he's coming to terms with the fact it could be a boy.

How do you feel about the name Nigel? [bugrin]

I haven't been out of doors for over 48 hours! [busad] I've been trying to plough through the typing up of my dissertation for the last two days, and still have to do another 2000 words tomorrow. (Have any of you read any Elfriede Jelinek? Don't. I'm sick to the tits of her.)

Also, PenguinArmy, I noticed you posted on the veggie thread about being vegan and iron levels - I got my blood results in the post today, and the midwife suggests that I need to get more iron in my diet, as I'm at Hb 11.1, which is marginal, apparently. I'm already taking an iron supplement and eating a decent amount of soy and green leafy veg - any other things you can think of that might give a boost?

BabC am not veggie so can't really give you nutrition advice but my iron levels, according to my MW, are very good - she was surprised that they were so high - I haven't been eating that well at all with all the nausea and lack of appetite but I have taken BioCare Antenatal (which also contains iron) religiously since we ttc in December? I'm pretty sure the capsules are suitable for vegetarians.

OK so I don't know too much as I'm of the lucky ones who iron has always been OK. I do however have a book about vegan nutrition out from the library atm so will cope and paste comments from that

To help ensure iron intake, supplemental iron at a rate of 30mg/day (60-120mg/day if anemic) starting at the second trimester of pregnancy is generally recommended So you could have a look at the amount of iron in your supplements.

Even if you are using iron supplements, it's still a good idea to include plenty of dietary sources too! Legumes, tofu, nuts, seeds, dried fruits, whole and enriched grains, and dark greens are great choices i.e. stay away form processed foods and go back to basics, I tend to do this anyway as I don't like jarred or processed foods.

Eating these foods with a source of vitamin C will improve absorption considerably, and cooking in a cast iron will help increase iron content of food. To help ensure good iron status in pregnancy, avoid tea and coffee with meals, as they are high in tannins which interfere with iron absorption

The following is a list of the iron content (in mg) per serving of various foods. Just to get an idea of quick snack foods that might be good.

Vegetables: Mung beans (1), Broccoli, raw (0.8), Kale, raw (1.1) Cauliflower (0.2) Mushrooms, cooked (1.4) Spinach (0.8) but contains oxylates which inhibit iron absorption, Squash, cooked (0.2) Potato, baked, med (1.7) sweet Potato baked med (0.5)

Legumes/Tofu: Aduki Beans (4.6) Black beans (3.6-5.2) Chickpeas (4.7) Lentils cooked (6.6) Soybeans (8.8) Tofu firm see label (1.8-13.2)

Grains Oatmeal (0.8) Quinoa (2.1) Rice white (1) Rice brown (0.5)

Nuts/Seeds: almonds (1.4) cashew (2.1) Flaxseed (1.9) Pine nuts (3.1) pumpkin seeds(5.2)

Fruits: Apples (0.2) Apricots dried (1.6) bananas med (0.4) orange (0.1) figs dried (2.1) prunes (2.1) strawberries (0.3)

Animal foods:Milk (0.1) cheese (0.1) egg, medium (0.5) mince beef 2oz/60g (1.1) chicken (0.6) cod and salmon baked (0.3)

Sorry that was bit long but hopefully of some use.

I don't know if breakfast cereals are fortified with iron or not.

BabCNesbitt I am veggie too and my blood results were really good for iron on Wednesday. I am been taking the Pregnacare (with a pink and a green blister packs in).

It's expensive but beats talking iron tablets as apparently they make you sick and your pooh black (according to DH) .

Felt a little "pulse" type feeling from bean this morning :)

Cheers for the advice (and thanks for all that typing out, PenguinArmy!) Dinner tonight was going to be citrus BBQ tofu with spinach, anyway, so it looks like we're going in the right direction :)

I have ordered some Spatone sachets as I was very low in iron the last two times but the tablets bunged me up something rotten!

They're not cheap but I figured it would be worth it if they worked and I could avoid tablets this time. I will let you know if it works...

Had a bleed on Friday and was sent up to the hospital. No visible cause and baby seems fine - have had anti-D too so hopefully that's that now!

I had the Pregnacare ones as well. MW said it's better to take a little throughout to try and avoid needing full on iron ones later.

Hope you're OK Fleecy and not stressed out

Hope everything is ok Fleecy.

Relax and have a glass of grape juice (pretend it's wine)

Hope all's ok Fleecy Floradix vitamin tabelts are really good at keeping your iron levels steady if spa tone doesn't do it - natural source of iron. I'm going to go onto them once my pregnancy vits (with mega folic acid) run out.

Having mild achy tummy pains which I think at 13.4 is probably my uterus expanding. Also have worst wind ever (sorry if TMI) and that's saying something! Unfortunately after a week or so off the nausea it seems to be back with a vengeance [buconfused]

Been spending a lot of the weekend making lists of what we'll need for baby and researching buggies/prams.

Saw a great offer on a Micralite Superlite with carrycot and after much discussion with DP just ordered it. Eeek! First big buy but it was such a bargain and decided on a carrycot (and cot upstairs) rather than moses basket will be best for us for daytime sleeping in the early days.

Intrigued to know, what have other people bought so far?

For any other first-timers I found this shopping list thread really useful

I'm also finding out the sex, and definitely want to speak to MW about domino delivery,
Keep waking in the night to pee and can't get back to sleep just know I'll be exhausted tomorrow.

DS just woke and shouted for nemo then went back to sleep had him at deep sea world last week and he's been obsessed since lol

Any more insomniacs?

ouch on the insomnia. I find I'm struggling to sleep well past 5am, which is normally my best time for sleeping.

Hello! joining this bus a bit late :D

I will be 16 weeks tomorrow with our first, EDD of 11.10.11 (but we are secretly hoping for 9.10.11 just for fun!) though thats not very likely since the EDD makes my baby 3weeks older than it could possibly be :) (I'll just have to bare that in mind if I'm 'late'). I'm very short so have ballooned over the last few weeks. We won't be finding out the sex, its just too much fun annoying everyone who 'won't buy anything for the baby until they know for sure' hehe and also because I really don't want an all pale-blue or pale-pink babyroom, i prefer bright colours like greens, yellows, oranges and purples even - it's forcing people to have a little more fun with their pressy ideas!

Not an insomniac here, just the opposite - can't stay awake! which is doubly annoying because I'm trying to finish my degree and revise for exams at the mo :) mind you for a few days last week I kept waking up at around 3/4am and not falling back asleep until around 7/8, which was an odd glitch, and it kinda felt like 'fluttering' (like I've got a nervous belly/ butterflies in my tummy) that woke me up and i wonder if it could be the baby moving I'm beginning to feel? (a little early though I think) - I now get that feeling on and off a lot (like right now!)

Anyhoo, nice to meet you all! there is no way i could read every post already made but will certainly be keeping an eye in from now on :)

All the best!
x

Hi sleepybump (waves) welcome to the bus

I only seem to have trouble sleeping between 2am and 5am but could sleep all day if it wasn't for work & DS I'm exhausted this morning

Hi sleepybump

I'm fine thank you - no more bleeding for a while and have felt some movement so all seems good.

The Micralite superlite looks good. We had a fastfold with DD and loved it but replaced with P&T when DS came along. Haven't bought anything at all this time but I am planning to get a decent sling. Just not sure where to start looking so will have to hunt out old threads and look at the review section.

I've been away for the last 2 weeks & managed to pick up a cold & mild d&v! Feeling v sorry for myself now! Today is the first time in about 4 days I've managed to eat anything even close to a proper meal so I've been a little concerned about little chicken-legs... (if you saw our scan pics you'd understand!!!) NHS direct assured us this morning that it probably wasn't too much of a problem but I started having palpitations last night. Didn't worry about it when it was just a little bit last night but I've been getting them all day, only lasting a few seconds at a time but I seem to go through regular phases where I get them every couple of minutes! I know I had a low folate level a few years ago so I took the folate tablets religiously throughout the 1st trimester but stopped after that... am concerned that at 15+4 I may have developed folate-deficient anaemia! =( Got my next check up on Thursday so can talk to MW then.
Just wondering, has anyone else had palpitations in pregnancy?

I have been so sick again with the morning sickness so have spent the past 2 days in bed. I had it quite bad from weeks 5-14, then it went away and now I'm 16+4 and it has come back badly. What is this all about? I haven't actually been sick, but just the dreaded nausea and that 'feeling' again. I was so disheartened yesterday, and have spent most of the day feeling sorry for myself and crying. I suppose I've relaxed in the past week or so thinking the ms has gone and now it's hit again I feel like I can't cope with it..

Hi sleepy welcome, and Fleecy I hope you are feeling better and no more bleeding!

Jojoba no palpitations for me, but used to suffer with panic attacks and anxiety so used to get the regularly and I know they are not pleasant. Maybe your intake of food (as in not eating too much) didn't help and I usually get panicky if I'm not feeling very well, so that also may have had something to do with it? I hope you start feeling better soon.

Edward me too I'm exhausted and grumpy.

Anyone else getting restless legs? - they were the bane of my pg last time and have already made an unwelcome return. Hate them hate them hate them.

After feeling rather smug pleased that I'd only put on 2lb I weighed myself this morning and have put on another 4lb in one week Can't have anything to do with all the good things I ate over Easter now, could it...

Have a huge bump and look 6m pg.

Hope everyone under the weather feels better soon.

As for big purchases I don't know when I'll feel up to tackling the Double Buggy Problem.

I still refuse to admit we're going to get a double buggy. See how long we do with the sling.

Congratulations Liabella - you're much braver than me - we decided to put the wedding off until after the baby now - I would have gone ahead with it earlier if hadn't had such bad morning sickness, and judging by how much I have had to eat to stop feeling sick I would never have fitted into my dress (which was already bought pre pregnancy!)

Still it will give me a good reason to lose weight after the baby is born

Got MW appointment tomorrow and hopefully will hear the heartbeat (and get told I've put too much weight on already .

strawberry and rebel I am due 9th October too

Hope everyone is well [waves down the ever increasing bus]