March 2013 IX: Cruising to Christmas with burgeoning bumps

[Sheldonella]

Thanks sarahs999 for the lovely new thread name :)

Old thread here

No 9, can you believe it

sheldon yes, normal , I think it depends on position , I usually feel like that if baby is head down, though this one so far seems to prefer horizontal

Does anyone have any experience of being on prednisolone while pregnant? Another medication the consultant is putting me on 'just in case'. I am very wary of taking anything without good medical reason so need to weigh up pros and cons very carefully before deciding whether to take it!

Sheldon it's perfectly normal I get lots of pressure and 'bubbling' can't think of a better description down there, it's prob not helped bu the fact that baby boy is head down and has been for weeks and refuses to budge!

Come home from work today and DS2 toddler bed has been delivered so hubby has just built that, however i still don't want to use it as it feels very grown up we have also been given a feeding/ nursing chair it rocks and fully reclines and is so blinking comfy I nearly fell asleep in it when I got home, the stool even rocks to, however the arms are a little worn so it's my new project to recover it all over the weekend :)

Dd3sbed came yesterday but there's no room for her yet as the room is full of Xmas & a bed settee!

rainbow what dose are you on? Also what were his reasons for corticosteroid's? Some can cross the placenta, although the risks are fairly low for things like birth defects (according to the BNF) but I'm no doctor!!

Hi all

Just a quick post before i go to bed.
pink she's fine thanks for asking. In fact, i'd go as far as to say as happy as larry!

Am phoning surgery to attempt to make my appt with mw for 28 week appt and for my whooping cough jab. It feels like aaages since Ive seen anyone, (HCP wise) but i do have the delights of the GTT to look forward to next friday!

Just done my christmas food online shop and my shop for DD's birthday next week. so, a couple less things to think about. Now just need to try to get DD's balance bike ordered (any recommendations anyone?!)

Thanks also for the seraphim info have never needed to buy mat clothes before I usually make do with my usual clothes and go up sizes!!!
DH noticed that I wasn't making much ermmm effort and has told me to get some clothes to make me feel better and enjoy being pregnant so have got few bits from H&M, mama& papa's and gave ordered someone bits online!!!! Def feel better and as all on sale didn't spend much at all!
Whoop!!
Loads of movement and huge kicks!!!!

Hi, hope everyone has had a good week.

After a bit of advice. I'm aboutbtongead to Australia and New Zealand for 5 weeks. I have 9 flights/legs. Hence will have to go throw the xray scanners. Can I assume they are safe? Thanks

Sorry to typo. "About to go"

Just marking my

Whoops silly iPhone - marking place and catching up!

Rainbow, I was on pred for the first 12 weeks of this pregnancy. It's the only reason I'm able to carry the baby as I have an over active immune system that attacks the foetus. What dose are you on? Interested that you've been given it now, not sure what the theory is behind that. Only time I've heard of it being taken so late in pg is for things like colitis and crohns. There's a whole pred thread if you search; lots of women with experience. It makes your sleep disturbed and can make you a bit hyper. Apart from that I didn't mind it.

Also acc to my consultant minimal amounts cross the placenta; teensiest chance of harelip is all the medical risk though this would not be relevant to you so late in pg.

Deep joy, have started this morning with sickness and diarrhoea. Just wondrous.
Assume whilst it's not pleasant, consensus is there's no risk to the baby?
Thanks ladies.

vivee no but you can ask to be patted down instead.

ethel your body prioritises baby so you might feel rough but baby will be ok.

Actually the backscatter ones are safe, you'd need to go through them more than a 1000 times before you would reach the level that radiographers are allowed to in a year. You will be exposed to far more radiation on the flight (natural background radiation is at a higher level, it is apparently equivalent to four minutes in the air). Not sure how many airports have them now anyway! Hope the trip treats you well!

Ethel, you poor thing! I had MS this morning at 25 flippling weeks, but I think it was due to only eating a cheese toasie and half a medium sized popcorn yesterday...

That sont sound very nice for you Ethel and I hope you feel better soon - baby will be fine as boddy gived baby everything it needs and you get the leftovers, however do get as much fluid on board as you can

Soooooo glad its Friday and am looking forward to 2 whole days off am refusing to work from home this weekend we are going shopping tomorrow to get some bits which I am excited about

A little annoyed at babies R Us - I tried toplace an order online yesterday the website said it failed and crashed so I stared again and placed the order and then I got 2 emails for 2 orders and they said I have to have them delivered as they cant canecel one - so have been charged for 2 and have to wait 5 days for delivery to take one back so I can get my money back!!

Oh Ethel lots of sympathy, that sounds miserable. I had a tummy bug a month or so ago and MW said not to worry unless a) I couldn't keep water down or b) I had a high temperature, as baby is well protected unless you get severely dehydrated. As zoey says, keep getting fluids on board, water, weak squash or diluted fruit juice. Hope you feel better soon!
vivee have a great time! AFAIK the scanners in airports are perfectly safe.

Feeling a lot more human today and trying to do a little work from home. Poor DH has now got full blown lurgy though, I feel terrible! He went to work this morning and I really don't think he should have done. The 11 hour days he's been doing don't help either :(

Morning all. Placce marking really as I have a few pages of gossip to catch up on. Saw consultant on Wednesday. Two hours of waiting (yes two bloody hours) only to be greeted by "Why am I seeing you, I did not need to see you until 30 weeks...." sees my exceptionally unimpressed face ..."Not that it isn't always a pleasure to see you." Anyway, Socs is fine. I am ok to take lemsip (HURRAH!) as long as I'm not mainlining the stuff and that should help with the colds. All other ails got a shrug. So basically - as long as Socs is ok and I'm not bleeding or dying a death they're not particularly bothered about me.

So thanks to scan I have discovered that when I feel like I am being continuously punched in the kidney it is actually just Socs being upside down and resting on kidney and bladder and merrilly playing with feet and hands. Still the contortionist it seems. There is lots of room for Socs to stretch out in, but every scan we've had we just have a baby doing rolly pollys. It also seems that Socs is either v keen of car, or not keen at all - as more than 15 minutes in car and there is definitely movement. And that the Foo Fighters get through loud and clear enough to merit a reaction. I don't think we're going to have a placid child.. :)

Hope everyone else who has been suffering colds etc is feeling better. I'm coming back to life again and am pleased that should sinus' flare up again I can attack some lemsip for at least a little relief.

Congrats on birthdays.

Northern Lights sound fabulous!

Well done on bed constructions and new outfits (amazing how much better you can feel when you have something nice to wear isn't it) and I hope party frocks are just as they should be.

I must get on with work now. Supe-twist.

Jojo my consultant has prescribed 10mg a day. She has given it to me because my platelets have dropped a bit to 76 (mine are usually between 90-110 in pregnancy which is completely normal for some women). This is not actually particularly worrying as I have been told by numerous specialists that they don't worry about platelet count seriously till it hits 20-30. Apparently the prednisolone 'might' help to support my platelet count. Platelet count is not an issue for baby at all, only for me and to be honest I am not prepared to do or take anything that could put my baby at risk purely for my own health reasons which as far as I see it are completely secondary. I was persuaded to put myself first by everyone in my first pregnancy and I ended up with a dead baby so I am not doing it again. TBH if there is any chance of the steriods crossing the placenta even in the tiniest of amount and doing any damage then aI simply cannot take the risk of taking them.

Sarah thank you for the heads up about the pred thread - will have a search for it.

Just marking place, will try and catch up this evening. x

Tramp glad to hear all is well with Socs and also with you! Hurrah for Lemsip

Rainbow I have no idea about the medication you have been prescribed but my platelets dropped a lot with ds2 but then rose again before the birth (I was given another blood test at around 36/37 weeks. I had a canula put in during labour and then was put on a drip to help with the bleeding afterwards. All was well though. I think low platelets can prevent you from having an epidural because of the risk of bleeding can't they?

Sorry to hear about those with sickness. I also have a horrid sore throat and earache and paracetamol isn't helping much. Ethel you poor thing that sounds nasty but as others have said the baby will be fine, just try and drink. Can you take dioralyte in pregnancy?

Vivee have a fab trip, I wouldn't worry about the scanners. I have done long distance trips in previous pregnancies and all was well.

Got the in-laws arriving tomorrow for their annual visit so getting ready to be talked to death! (they are Irish and there is never a silent moment)

Pink my platelets were lower as well with DD1 and I didn't need anything during labour - would certainly refuse to have a canula in during labour in any case! I'm not going to have an epidural no matter what so this is not an issue for me but I think you are right that they won't do it if your platelets are really low.

The canula was totally fine if i'm honest, I could still move around etc.. and only had g&a for the labour. I hope yours increase.