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November 2013-thread 4- nattering our way through the first trimester

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honey86 · 01/04/2013 15:40

pow... here goes another Wink

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OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 09:47

Fairy my mum's scar is vertical if that's what you mean. It's really really long!

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 09:49

Actually now I think about it, I don't remember if it's really vertical. It's just one of my fuzzy childhood memories Hmm

Fairydogmother · 03/04/2013 09:51

I feel sorry for people who had those sorts of c sections - they just have been in agony for months!

Waiting on Gp to call me back about yet more antibiotics for my chest. Seriously sick of taking tablets!

berrybomb · 03/04/2013 09:57

Saundy - gutted your DP can't be there for appointment, but if it's your booking in, he won't miss much. There wasn't even a spare chair for my DP at my appointment - he had to jump up on the bed. The MW asked me all the questions, and I tried to include him, but there wasn't much he could add.

On the scans debate, I agree with most here, that the anxiety and stress it would have caused me not having it done would be way more dangerous to baby than having the early scan. It's an interesting read though firsttime, and I'll be reviewing it if I get to the stage of wanting a 4D scan, someone mentioned this might be more dangerous.

So after feeling smug for not having very much MS, it hit with force this morning. I couldn't face a piece of toast, then had to run to the loo to puke up the ill-tasting pregnancy vitamin that was the only thing in my tummy! Ick.

On the subject of birth 30 years ago, my mum and both me and brother by elective C-section, because she is very slight, and has size 3 feet (just the same as me), and they thought she just wouldn't be able to do it. I think this has changed, and I'll be pushing! My mum wholly recommends c-sections, and from a kid I've had it in my head that's the easiest way to do it!

Fairydogmother · 03/04/2013 10:00

Over here partners are ejected from the booking in app until you get your scan! Apparently it's so women feel happier about disclosing domestic abuse etc if the partner isn't there hovering over her

Saundy · 03/04/2013 10:02

Oh dear Berry ms kicking in 24 hours after showing DP that article is bad timing haha, I hope it doesn't last!

berrybomb · 03/04/2013 10:11

Haha Saundy, he had the decency not to bring that up this morning while I was feeling rough. I expect it will get mentioned tonight!!

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 10:20

berry a friend of mine is very small but her DH is very tall. She was told nature is very clever and that the baby would be the right size for her to push. She was worried the baby would be too large to push.

I'm very petite too, 160cm and size 8 (topshop 8, I can't fit anything in M&S or gap). My bump was tiny last time and I was sent for a growth scan. The sonographer had a look at me and said, ofc your baby would be tiny Grin. DD was born just over 2.5kg, which is the weight she'd have to be kept in hospital for being born underweight. Even the newborn size was too big when she was born.

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 10:20

I mean my DD was born VB. So I think they'll make you push now even if you are petite.

berrybomb · 03/04/2013 10:25

Onetoddle - yep, I think they'll make me push as well. Which I'm fine with. TBH, I'm trying not to think about the birth yet!!

retroelle · 03/04/2013 10:28

I'm petite too - 5' tall and a topshop 8. My mum is equally tiny and had four kids by VB; I've never even considered it could be a problem. I'm more concerned about finding maternity clothes that don't swamp me!

Us petite ladies will be more or less spherical at full term :)

notsoold · 03/04/2013 10:31

morning all!!!

still lurking over here but I wanted to say honey I am thinking of you...xx

My scan will be on the 12th April!!!! It means DH will be able to come (as it is school holidays)...

berry...I read the article and I will not show DH ever :)

hello to everyone!!! xx

TiredFeet · 03/04/2013 10:34

Hi all, catching up with the new thread! Wow it moves fast!
No way am I showing dh the article about the supposed morning sickness cure! Something tells me a man wrote that...

purple I am so sorry to hear your news and wish you the best
dreams I hope everything goes well at the scan
honey I really feel for you. The relationships board is a great place to post if you need support and advice. And we are here for you too whenever you need us. If it helps you feel less alone, me and dh weren't in a good place when I found out I was pregnant, I am still not sure what will happen, I think we will try and work things through for a bit longer, ds loves his dad so I don't want us to all live apart but I also don't think it is good for children to grow up with constant rows. And my friends whose parents limped along and split when they were teenagers/adults all found it harder to cope with I have noticed.

Re c-sections, I had an emergency one as ds got into a crazy breech position in labour (they think because he was just too big - he had a massive head and was 9lb7 and I am quite small). I loved it! I have such happy memories of the whole experience, especially seeing DS being lifted out and then having my first cuddle. Recovery was hard but not that awful, and my scar is barely visible.

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 10:37

reterolle topshop and h&m both does size 8 maternity clothes. I was eyeing up the pink jeans on h&m website yesterday. But I already have a pair of maternity jeans so I'm debating to myself if I need a new pair, even though it will be a different colour!

But I know what you mean by swarmed. The tops look very large generally. But last time I managed with maternity trousers and normal long knitted tops until quite late. But I seems to be showing much earlier this time Sad. I already couldn't fit into my jeans and work trousers and it is only 10 weeks. Last time I was in Japan during 11-13 weeks and I am sure I was wearing all normal clothes!

TiredFeet · 03/04/2013 10:37

retroelle yes I didn't put on weight anywhere other than my bump last time (thanks to hyperemesis!) But my bump was enormous! I think it is perfectly right to expect a normal birth, ds was just excessively large relative to my size but if I had had a proportionally sized baby it would have been fine

Saundy · 03/04/2013 10:42

My sister is 5' & her baby daddy is 6'5" my nephew is 8 years old & nearly as tall as me but somehow came out a very reasonable 7lb something when he was born. I'm 5'4" so slightly taller but still expecting to go full sphere!

School girl error Berry DP showed me the article 5 times yesterday, I think he's probably getting printouts today, he'll probably paper a wall in them haha.

MummaPanda · 03/04/2013 10:43

retro I am 5ft2 and I have the funniest picture taken the day before my waters broke with dd, honestly looks like I've got a basketball under my top! It does look funny having such a big bump on such small people, I didn't look like I should be able to stand without toppling over last time!

berrybomb · 03/04/2013 10:47

What size shoe are all the petite people? I'm 5'4 and size 8, but back 30 years ago when my mum was having babies, they said because she had size 3 feet she wouldn't be able to do it. I've read a few up to date articles that say that was believed at the time, but now known to be twoddle!!

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 10:50

berry do you mean you have size 8 feet? or size 8 clothes? My shoe size is 4. So bigger than your mum. There are lots of things that were believed and then discarded. It's called science Grin.

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 10:51

But do they do vanity sizing on shoes? I mean was a 3 then the same as a 3 now?

retroelle · 03/04/2013 10:52

The boots I'm wearing today are a size 4 (clarks) but are a bit big. I'm probably a 3.5 but you can't usually get those, so I opt for comfort :)

I suppose they thought that foot size was related to pelvis size, which sounds like nonsense to me. Your pelvis opens up for the birth anyway.

MummaPanda · 03/04/2013 11:00

I was shoe size 5.5 but since dd I'm now size 6 lol

berrybomb · 03/04/2013 11:01

Haha - no, I'm size 8 clothes, and size 3 feet! Oops, didn't realise how that read!!

OneLittleToddleTerror · 03/04/2013 11:04

Actually I'm probably size 3.5 too retroelle. I can wear size 4 boots and anything with laces or straps. But size 4 ballet pumps always fall off me. The shops don't sell size 3 so I have never tried pumps in size 3. I just avoid them.

retroelle · 03/04/2013 11:18

I did a quick medical journal search (why yes, I do have work to do) and I found this British Medical Journal article from 1988 which makes me think it contributed to the end of foot size as a risk factor

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3139180

I did find quite a lot of articles linking maternal height and likelihood of c-section, but mainly small sample sizes, low significance vales, and not in the top journals, so I shall stand by my previous hope for a VB.

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