Rats Successfully Smacked, the 'No Brookers' uneventful pregnancy and pain free birth thread :)

[MeconiumHappens]

Hello :)

I'm sorry to be a killjoy but I CANNOT BELIEVE it's sunny again today?!?! I mean seriously?!?! Any other time I'd be loving the weather, but the FIRST TIME I start getting light-triggered migraines just HAPPENS to be the sunniest Oct on record in the UK. I mean REALLY?!?! I'm so gutted. I just cannot do another day of these migraines!

Sorry to whinge, Biscuits I'm sorry to hear you're worried at the mo. I hope your LO starts giving you a few nudges soon! I'll be No Brooking that you have some reassurance soon.

I also hope Dizzy will be along soon to let us know how her scan went.

Oh scream you poor thing

Hope it clouds over soon for you xx

In the meantime have some to shield your eyes from the sun....

Will call mw I think.....

Phoned mw and they are going to see if someone can come and Doppler me which is really good of them . Just waiting to hear back....

That's good Biscuits, keep us posted

Mw appt at 11:45

Hope they can find something......

That's great that they can organise to see you so quickly Biscuits :) Will be brooking that it goes well - I'm sure all will be fine!

Scream, you should live where I do - no sun at the moment! Hope the migraines don't get you today... :(

Hoping all's well with Dizzy...

Shopping comes tomorrow, so there's a distinct lack of food in the house today. May have to do some baking just so I have something tasty to eat!

Pouring with rain here scream - you may need to relocate :)

Lots of brooking for biscuits and dizzy.

Huge hail storm here now scream.

Estate agent can't do outside photos now. Cannot believe I am going to be moving heavily pg/with a newborn AGAIN.

Pomme, such timing seems to happen so often!

Currently due mid may, and our lease comes up here at the end of May. We want to stay in the area, and would be interested in buying (had to rent this place, due to having to leave our last one with a month's notice!). Not sure if we'll make an offer on here or look elsewhere in the local area, but it could easily be that we move in similar circumstances!

One of my friends had a baby two weeks ago and moved the week afterwards. Seems to be quite a common thing..

I don't know what it is about changing everything all in one go but it does seem to happen to a lot of people.

I make DH play the 'at which Kevin update will the bump first appear' Grand Designs game as well because they are ALWAYS building a house/living in a hole and getting pregnant at the same time.

I moved house with DD 5 weeks old. Do-able but stressful, you poor thing pomme. I hope it's pre-baby- my friend moved at 26 weeks pg with her second and reckoned better than my newborn move!!

We had the worst night we have ever had with DD, ever... At least when she was newborn she might have been up all night but she was either just awake, or wanting milk, or cuddles. Last night she was so distressed, she was screaming, full pelt screaming, writhing, clawing at me, I couldn't keep hold of her, she was beside herself. DH and I were so stressed, we didn't know what to do. Did manage to get calpol and nurofen down by force, but she ended up choking and was screaming so hard anyway we both panicked at bit as she wasn't breathing properly due to the choking and screaming. Was awful. Finally got her to sleep at 11pm, and thought phew! but she woke again just beside herself distraught again. So dreadful. Anyway, we survived the nigiht. I'm loathe to try antibiotics because the calpol/nurofen is just so awful to give, and wouldn't help if it was rubella. I don't know what to do, GP again, or wait and see. My dad has arrived to help as I'm shattered, and drained, and throwing up big style. DD has perked up a treat for calpol and they have gone for a fresh air cure to give me a break.

Also slightly worried as I'm looking about 20 weeks but still 2 or 3lb lighter than I was when I got pregnant... 8 st 2 at 15 weeks with twins just doesn't sound good to me. Hoping this will have no ill effect on the babies but is just adding to my general tiredness/lack of energy. I think I'm burning muscle as jeans etc are all baggy on the legs. Hopefully I'll start bangin it on soon and feel better.

biscuits on my twins thread you found for me lots of people were saying that with twins they had only felt them at around 20 weeks, when some people were saying they felt their first DC move at 16 weeks yet second 2 were way later. It seems really common and will be where your placenta is already, etc etc. The mw implied to me with 2 I should be feeling them already when I had my repeat booking bloods yesterday and the only reason I didn't worry was having read that on the twins thread -and having had my scan on mon. Let us know how your doppler goes. xxx

Heartbeat heard - more later xx

Quick update from me. Back from hospital, got admitted last night and they wanted to keep me in in case of ectopic and do an ultrasound today. Ultrasound revealed yolk sac in the right position, no heartbeat yet but it is still early, so glad to know it wasn't ectopic. Bit tired and emotionally drained - hadn't slept all night and have to deal with phoning work soon, had to take today off, may have to tell them I'm pregnant since they know we were in hospital and will want to know why and I can't think of any reasonable excuses. Only worked for them for 6 weeks now so know they're not going to be chuffed.

good to hear from you both biscuits and dizzy have been lurking hoping you guys were ok.

good luck with the phone call too dizzy - can you say it was fainting and you bumped your head so they were being very cautious (i.e. outright lie to them)? x

Biscuits yay for heartbeat

Dizzy been brooking like mad for you. So good to read everything's looking as it should be. I second what hawthers said, I really would be tempted to lie at this stage. You don't know them that well yet and they don't know you either. I'd be loathe to tell them something so personal this early on when you've not really had chance to settle in yet. Say you slipped in the shower and was concussed or something. Unless you think they offer support?

dizzy, that's fabulous! I bet you were so worried, it must be a big relief. FX your bean keeps growing nicely. Lie if you can, if not, I wouldn't worry too much, it'll all come out when your bump does!!!

And biscuits too, fantastic news!!! These babies are just difficult little tikes sometimes. 18 weeks, brilliant, now you can safely tell yourself it won't be long before you feel the baby moving . In fact, it'll probably be this afternoon, dancing a jig in there to make you feel a fool for ringing the mw (I think you did the right thing though)

dream your night sounds horrific. Thankfully I've never had a night as bad as that with DS, I don't know how I'd cope. I'd have probably been at A&E to be honest. Have you managed to get her temperature down?

Dream, so sorry to hear DD had yet another rubbish night, but glad your dad's there to help take at least a little of the strain off of you. If I were you, I'd be tempted to take DD back to the GP (but not the one that prescribed the antibiotics!).

Biscuits, hurrah for a heartbeat :) Hope it has reassured you!

Dizzy, glad everything's ok. When I was at a similar stage (a little further along, but scan showed the same kind of thing, even though there should have been a heartbeat) everyone advised me to tell my employer, which I did. But then again, the employer in question (I have four!) is very supportive and wonderful, and was nothing short of helpful - probably helped that I already knew how I wanted them to handle it, work wise, and told them. However, as you're new there, I'd be tempted to lie slightly. They have no way of finding out the truth, plus you could say something that could still be true even if PG (or, if later, they go "wait a minute", you could say "Well, I was concerned generally, but the pregnancy was a further reason to get checked out").

Dream that just sounds so stressful. My heart goes out to your DD, and I'm sending lots of hugs your way too. Hurray for lovely Dads coming in for a brief respite! It all sounds very difficult at the mo, I really hope she gets better asap.

Dizzy how stressful to be admitted?!! I'm very glad everything looked fine on the scan though. I'm really not sure what I'd tell your boss. If you do end up telling them you're pg in 6 weeks time they'll be just as stressed and they might twig that you weren't being upfront before. On the other hand if they're going to be unsupportive either way maybe you're better off telling a white lie for now, for a quiet life! I don't know if you even have to give them a reason anyway? Can't you say it was a private matter?

Pomme and Musical I'm in awe of your move plans! Sounds tough, but I'm sure you'll make it work! I think we'll have to move by the time this LO becomes mobile, our house is just too small. Kind of thinking we might aim for the end of mat leave, if we can find anything!

I'm currently on my way home and feeling very guilty! I've been feeling v nauseous still, so havent been able to eat a full meal since the weekend, plus the sore throat, and when the migraine came back this morning I'd just had enough! It's finally clouded over here, but it's too late for me. I just hate going home ill when work knows im pg. I feel like they're all thinking "all the other pg ladies are still at work, why are you using this as an excuse to go home?". No one's actually said anything though, so maybe I'm just being paranoid. Feel a bit of a wuss though, esp compared to Dream!

Dream that just sounds so stressful. My heart goes out to your DD, and I'm sending lots of hugs your way too. Hurray for lovely Dads coming in for a brief respite! It all sounds very difficult at the mo, I really hope she gets better asap.

Dizzy how stressful to be admitted?!! I'm very glad everything looked fine on the scan though. I'm really not sure what I'd tell your boss. If you do end up telling them you're pg in 6 weeks time they'll be just as stressed and they might twig that you weren't being upfront before. On the other hand if they're going to be unsupportive either way maybe you're better off telling a white lie for now, for a quiet life! I don't know if you even have to give them a reason anyway? Can't you say it was a private matter?

Pomme and Musical I'm in awe of your move plans! Sounds tough, but I'm sure you'll make it work! I think we'll have to move by the time this LO becomes mobile, our house is just too small. Kind of thinking we might aim for the end of mat leave, if we can find anything!

I'm currently on my way home and feeling very guilty! I've been feeling v nauseous still, so havent been able to eat a full meal since the weekend, plus the sore throat, and when the migraine came back this morning I'd just had enough! It's finally clouded over here, but it's too late for me. I just hate going home ill when work knows im pg. I feel like they're all thinking "all the other pg ladies are still at work, why are you using this as an excuse to go home?". No one's actually said anything though, so maybe I'm just being paranoid. Feel a bit of a wuss though, esp compared to Dream!

As soon as I posted that it had clouded over the sun came back out! I'm jinxed!

lol scream, you poor thing. They'll forget all about a few migraines after your year off or whatever you can take!!! As will you. Look after yourself. I'm much ebtter actually, I'm only being sick maybe every other day now at 15 weeks tomorrow. Still nauseous but eating small meals. Just hoping I start gaining weight soon. Obviously I'm meant to be gaining more with 2, but as the babies are growing well I should probably relax. there's studies saying the amount of maternal weight in the first 20 weeks in a twin pregnancy is a good predictor of overall length of pregnancy and baby health etc (???? something like that) that was linked on a twin thread somewhere though. I avoided looking as I was still losing weight then... Still avoiding, but looking forward to gaining some lbs!!!!! Now, how often does a woman say that!?

DD isn't running a temp any more, no idea what's going on with her. DH is indeed home for about 2:30, 3pm today, so he will check her out again then and we will go to GP if necessary. Rash seems a little better, maybe rules out the rubella theory. scarlet, I wasn't coping, I was exhausted and crying myself at about 9:30pm as I was so tired and worried, DH was trying to comfort DD, she wouldn't have it, so I was getting more upset hearing her distress, just had to have her back, but that was when she stopped calming even for me. We considered A&E, but just as we were getting to the critical 'lets just take her!' point she finally, finally briefly fell asleep about 11pm. If she'd had the temp then too, we'd have gone. The trouble is that it's so hard to get her to take anything (chocolate mousse didn't work) that what else could they do? unless she was at the being admitted stage for IV something... I just hope we never have a night like that again. DH was saying we won't be able to cope with 3, we both felt so helpless and out of control. All seems so much better in daytime!

dizzy I bet you were worried to be admitted. They thought about admitting me on monday, I had DD with me and had a minor panic, as they thought they couldn't scan me til tue. Luckily they did scan me and sent us home!

hello all. on way home from airport, survived trip.
got loads to catch up on and will try to post later. :)

oh dream I really feel for you. It's so awful when they're ill. I have a tendency to panic, so fly up to the GP or even A&E at the first sign of anything not being right. Thankfully I've never been made to feel like a time waster and it has always been for a genuine reason. I think I've read too many newspapers and heard too many scare stories and I'm of the better safe than sorry brigade. It must be so reassuring that your DH is a GP himself, on the other hand I can imagine he's reluctant to be seen as a "time waster" as he probably has to deal with so many. I really don't think anyone could accuse you of that though with how poorly your DD has been.

You're so right, nightime is awful with a sick child. We've been out walking with DS in snow at midnight to try and bring his 40 degree temperature down when he's already been fully dosed up with Calpol and Nurofen. Warning: Nurofen = nappy explosions, if you didn't know that already.

Oh is that the cause!!!! Grim baby runs but i hadn't linked the 2. The trouble is its hard to take responsibility for your own child. Dh will look in ears, throat, dip urine, etc but we still went to out of hours gp Saturday night. He does discourage it if he thinks the gp will think I'm a 'time waster' but he agreed with Fri and sat visits to Dr. Her rash has died down a bit, she's even eaten a yoghurt so fingers crossed.

My colleagues son had meningitis. Her description, which i know isn't embellished etc frightens the life out of me. She says if she'd waited for the out of hours gp the outcome could have been different, but it was a rare week night her Dh wasn't working away and she left her eldest in bed at home and rushed to A&E before gp arrived and by time she got there her ds was semi conscious and wasn't breathing for himself within the hour. Is rather be safe than sorry too.