The PESH are getting busy and looking out for a cluster diff!!

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blonderthanred, boy, born 26th October 2012.
FriendofDorothy, boy, born 14th December 2012.
QueenRollo, boy, born 21st January 2013.

Need dates:

Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 2012
IveBeenExpectingYou (CockDodger), A very active baby girl, due March 28th 2012
Silver, hoping for an easier sneeze, due mid-July 2012
Starryeyedmole, regretting recently investing in scales
cakeandcava approaching walrus proportions, DC1 EDD 21/10/12

LazyMachine (38) DC1 EDD 9/2/13
CamelKnees (34) fat and fatigued DC2 EDD 22/04/2013
HaveALittleFaith (31), Faithlet arrived 14.04.13
fertilityFTW (34) date needed.
pinkr, (33), any day now!!, DC1 due 22/08/2013
Jethro (36) head in the sand Edd 071013
Frankel (32) nauseous and knackered Edd 4/3/14
Noks - info needed
Sinky - info needed

Done my best - apologies for any misinformation or omissions!

How was it Pink? You ok?

It's BOILING here today. I feel like I'm swelling up like a balloon. Midwife appt was fine. Heard the Actual Baybee, am measuring ok but was dehydrated apparently & also my iron levels have dropped - would explain why I'm so bloody tired.

Ah it was ok...the fluid is still the same and baby is about two Weeks measuring ahead. The only fly in the ointment was my bp came in really high so I ended up being monitored for two hours till they were convinced my reasons were normal. Was hooked up to a trace the whole time listening to the baby which was nice.
I've to go back in two Weeks for an internal examination and sweep and then get induced the next week. I didn't get a chance to say but i'm not keen on a sweep unless labour is looking likely...I've read that they don't really work!

Good that everything was ok & that you heard her. Why was your BP high? I have the opposite problem, mine always verges on the too low side.

If it helps....My friend had a sweep at 41+5 & went into labour the next day.

I had several sweeps, sorry to say they didn't work & nor did the induction.

Please be firm about what are and aren't happy with. There have been some recent threads on MN about internals and consent and it has really opened my eyes to some things. You don't have to consent to anything you don't want to.

Sorry if that's a downer. Hope very much you get the birth you want.

Thanks! I was surprised as he said 'we'll take a look and do a sweep' I hope he meant 'we'll take a look and if you're looking favourable we'll ask if you want a sweep'
As someone who often finds a smear quite stingy i'm not terribly keen unless there's good reason! That said I've long suspected our practice nurse is a bit of a butcher...
My bp seems to be high just because I was stressed...Mrdf helpfully told the midwife he knew I.e.. was because my voice goes funny and I ramble on

How are we all PESH? My husband is away this weekend so I'm currently sat on the sofa watching Harry Potter. Been for a lovely lunch with my SiL & am generally chilling out.

How you feeling Pink?

I'm good thanks...was out for a meal with my sister, her dp, dad, step mum and Mr. it was lovely to all be together...she's 30 today and she's getting married in 8 Weeks! ! Very exciting!
How you getting on? How's everyone else? Its quiet round here!

I'm here. Not much to report, just the usual queasiness! Can't quite believe I'm almost 10 weeks already, though I'm still waiting on my scan date.

I really need to get a grip on my diet, I seem to be surviving on mostly crap and it can't be good for me or bean.

I'm about. Also queasy and eating crap (although did manage to make and eat spag Bol tonight).

7weeks now. Have appointment with midwife a week on wed when I'll be 8.5. I got my maternity notes through the post, bit of a surprise, I had assumed I'd be given them when I went to to the appointment.

Am now on my own for 6 weeks so it looks like ghj will miss the 12 week scan. (He gets back when I'm 13+3. Round here they limit your "12 week" scan to max 13+6). Bit rubbish.

Wotcha PESH, hope everyone had a good weekend.

Quick question for the Seniors/Grads - did your symptoms come and go? My nausea was markedly less yesterday and so far this morning, touch wood, I've had none. I'm 10 weeks tomorrow, so perhaps I'm just coming through the end of the first trimester but its got me worrying a bit.

They weren't wrong when they said you don't stop worrying once you're diffed were they?!

They def came and went with me...in fact my worst bout of morning sickened was four days in a row at 13 Weeks after feeling fine for a few Weeks! I think its normal to cone and go...I remember I used to prod my boobs every night as that was my main symptom!

I didn't have any nausea so I can't say whether it changed or not. I was just overwhelmingly tired until I was about 16 weeks pregnant.

Because I had bleeding I worried all the way through my pregnancy. It eased a little after 30 weeks but not much. I kind of regret that I wasn't able to really enjoy being pregnant because I was so sure something terrible was going to happen.

Having said that, the worry doesn't even stop when they are here. I found a lump just under The Little Mister's nipple and took him to the GP this morning. Apparently it is perfectly normal and is hormonal but it doesn't stop me panicking.

Oh you're all here! I've just said and read through pages of posts!

My observations would be: Yes Frank, the puking started to come and go from about 9 weeks for me. Weeks 4-9 I chundered every day and was still sick occasionally later on (I recall being sick in the middle of handover at 23 weeks!).

Bras - I got measured at 11 weeks and I never grew any more through pregnancy. I got my measuring done at Debenhams but got my nursing ones at Mothercare. I went from pre-pregnancy 36D to pregnancy 38DD to nursing 38E! MSB supports the BF but says he feels like they're not his boobs any more

sinks awesome, awesome news that there's a baybee with a heart beat in your tum tum. Seriously, I'm so happy for you :)

pink doesn't sound like your baybee will be too ginormous then? Ooh not long now!

jeff tis true as they get bigger movement can feel different but if you have any concerns/worries get checked out, I ended up with a high BP due to anxiety because I didn't get checked out soon enough. Faithlet was fine but the monitoring put my mind at ease. One of the girls on my April '13 ante-natal thread had a change in movement and they ended up doing an EMCS. Both fine but they said if she hadn't acted quickly it would've been very serious :( not to scare you just to reiterate how important it is! They were so lovely when I went for monitoring.

Peeing - I found it easier to pee in a Doritos salsa jar and transfer it. Nice, wide brim! :)

FrankFrankFrank I'm all caught up with Sherlock! Flipping awesome! I luff it! Can't wait for the new ones! don't really fancy the snatch though, reminds me too much of my friend (who likes boys)

Right, after that essay I'll hang back a bit.
PS ooh I'm the other side of the 'not-list'!

Glad you enjoyed Sherlock Faith, tis truly ace! New series should be around the New Year.

Well yesterday I had a vomming incident. It was 4.30pm and I suspect it was more related to my lunch than pregnancy stuff. I had a yoghurt that was still about 5 days within date, but my stomach can be sensitive to "off" dairy at the best of times. So I chundered 3 times in the space of 20 minutes at work and had to leave a bit early.

I still can't shake off this bloody cold either, so all in all Frankel is not a well bunny!

Poor Frank. I couldn't stomach yoghurt when diffed. In fact I would wretch down the dairy aisle in the supermarket. I have just started eating them again! Plenty of vitamin C to kick that cold. Hope you feel better soon [thank]

Hope you're half day is still going to plan frank. Have you got a quiet weekend planned to recover?

How are you meant to brush your teeth in early pregnency? I vomit every time. It's getting a bit tedious (I brushed my teeth in the shower this morning. Nasty)

I was thinking of booking a 9/10 week scan. £95. Last scan at 6+5. I think I just need more reassurance all is well (boobs still sore, few stretchy cramps, no bleeding, still nauseated). Am I just throwing money away? Is this a slippery slope to 14, 16 and 18 week scans...

Oh, and I seem to be off tea, coffee and red meat. Toegther with smelly cheese and wine, this covers all my favourite foods. Hrumph.

I think whatever makes you feel reassured Sinks. It's probably worth keeping in mind that if you have a healthy 12 week scan you have a 98% chance of a successful pregnancy (yes I did look up the stats )

I am back at home and eating toast. Several people in my building (who don't know I'm diffed) commented that I looked pale, so it was easy to convince people how ropes I feel.

Interestingly I had a cup of tea at breakfast and I can only describe the taste like rotting vegetation , so I'm now wondering if it was the cup of tea I drank 20 mins before starting upchucking yesterday was to blame.

Seriously frank. I thought avoiding tea/limiting my caffeine intake would be a problem, but I've totally gone off tea and coffee (and chocolate -that was unexpected).

I have my booking appointment on wed. Maybe I'll wait and see if they are going to tell me when the 12 week scan will be. If its pushing towards 14 weeks, think ill "invest" in a private scan.

I went if coffee right away - tried to drink some decaf, but it tasted foul. I'm also off sweet stuff, which is apparently a "boy" thing

I'm still waiting for my 12 week scan date. I'm 10+3 now so will give them until Monday before chasing them up. Because I asked for the nuchal fold test they said my scan had to between 11.5 and 14 weeks.

Yes. I'll ask for the nuchal measurement as well. And already mentally put aside £900 for the harmony blood test should I be high risk. Don't think I could go through an amino. (Over thinking? Probably...)

Not heard about the off sweet stuff was a boy thing. Off red meat is meant to be a girl thing. God knows what I've got!

I'm getting the "overly emotional" aspect of being pregnant. I just watched Top Gear from last weekend and cried like a loon at the Best of British but they did at the end

I just cried at the best exotic marigold hotel. But I think we've already established on a prev BESH thread that old people are sad.

But now you've reminded me, I'm going to watch top gear on the I player.

I thought if you craved salty stuff it was a boy. I didn't have many cravings but did have a brief period when I was desperate for some salt & vinegar snackajacks. And he was a boy. I did also have a hankering for Percy Pigs, although that's more just because they are nice.

I've got proper panic! Was through at my dads to see him and some friends...we live 2 hours away...and everyone kept saying that next tine they saw me the baby would be here. Less than two Weeks. Shit i'm proper freaking out. I think I've just realised that this has got to come out somehow.

Don't panic pink! It'll all be worth it in the end and as has been said before (and I think it should be the MN motto), By Foof or Sunroof, Who Cares As Long As Everyone Is Safe & Well