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MARTIANS 2014 - Thread 9: Heartbeats, hormones and more Gregg's pasties than you can shake a stick at!

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rescoonetwothree · 21/09/2013 08:29

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MummyPig24 · 23/09/2013 14:27

Congrats on the little girlie Baldrick!

MummyBee87 · 23/09/2013 14:30

Prambo don't panic! Just quarter your apples and then with a flat edge on the choppng board cut a diagnal to take out the core - does that make sense?

Prambo · 23/09/2013 14:37

Yes, Mummybee! It does make sense! Fanks!

karamcleod · 23/09/2013 14:39

Predicted a boy for me too Baldrick I just want to know cause I'm nosey I'm not at all bothered about the sex.

pram why is your butcher so expensive? £4ish for 4 pork chops at my butcher in B/ferry!
And even if you didn't really enjoy the drive its good to get out. I can't wait for my driving test and car, feel like a bloody prisoner here!

karamcleod · 23/09/2013 14:40

Champ sounds yummy, and now I want an apple! :(

MummyBee87 · 23/09/2013 14:44

I must admit Prambo I think I'll now have to bake some apples for a pie or crumble! :D hungry horse that I am!!

April13 · 23/09/2013 14:48

Hi Ladies,
Apologies, not been on here for over a week Shock I have been really busy at work and have actually been working at work as opposed to trawling through Mumsnet!! I seem to have missed a whole thread, and I having caught up on it yet Blush I have managed to keep up with FB (i think lol)

I hope everyone is keeping well, and I promise to dedicate at least an hour of my working day to Mumsnet so I don't fall behind again Grin

16 week (at 16+5) tomorrow, hoping they'll listen to the heartbeat, but i doubt it!

NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/09/2013 14:48

Sounds lovely Appleandpramblepie. I love champ. Especially with some kale thrown in too.

Can't believe how pricey your butchers is!

BadlyWrittenPoem · 23/09/2013 14:49

I miss one day and there are over a dozen pages to catch up on!

Nurserys - our toddler doesn't have her own room (still in with us and will then move to share with her sister) so the baby definitely doesn't. And if the toddler isn't sleeping through soon enough, we might end up having to have toddler and baby in our room. Poor DD1 is desperate to share a room too.

Prams - I know nothing about them at all. We were loaned a really old (possibly from the seventies) silver cross for DD1 which we used a little bit although mainly just for sleeping in when we went away and were given a pushchair which we used occasionally as a garden seat and threw out recently as we discovered it had gone mouldy in the shed.

Maybe, you've probably already said but are you on medication for your sickness? Over the course of four pregnancies with hyperemesis I've had seven different antiemetics and most weren't effective or weren't effective enough (I've never been so well as I am this time - I'm still amazed I am capable of looking after a toddler while pregnant) so even if you are, it is worth seeing if they can give you something different or combine meds if you are still bad. You don't have to settle for just not vomiting uncontrollably. (I really regret not having pushed last time for the medication I have now as it could have saved me spending eight months in bed.)

Pram it sounds like a very difficult/complicated situation but I would agree that your baby should be the one with their own room rather than the stepson who doesn't live there and it seems like everyone else has already made useful practical suggestions. I hope you are able to get something satisfactory sorted out soon. And if something is only available second hand and it something a person would really like then it shows that you have gone to a lot of trouble to get it so not bad form at all.

I really want custard doughnuts now!

Hot I don't know why you can't take immodium - some things it's just that they don't know and other things it's because they do know that it can have harmful effects but a good way of getting an idea is to google "[drug name] in pregnancy" as if there is any research it will usually come up. Or phone NHS direct.

Scans - I was going to go for a private one at around 30 weeks if we didn't get the growth scans as last time the extra scans were really helpful for reassuring DD1 but we've got the growth scans so don't need to now. (She worried due to a combination of previous loss AND the MW and her supervisor deciding to give descriptions of potential labour complications in language a five year old could understandwhen they came to do the home assessment.)

BadlyWrittenPoem · 23/09/2013 14:52

I want pork chops now too! We have ridiculous quantities of apples as we get given loads by people with trees this time of year.

NoMaybeAboutIt · 23/09/2013 14:53

Thanks BWP. I've got buccastem which does help, I just don't really want to take it, so avoid where possible. The thing I'm struggling with is not food coming up, but that I can't get it down in the first place. I try to force myself to eat, but I can't swallow it. I've got to the point that if I randomly decide I want something to eat, I have to seize the opportunity and get it down ASAP. Then a minute later the thought of eating anything makes me feel rough again! I can't actually remember the last time I felt hungry. It's so depressing

Prambo · 23/09/2013 15:13

Kara, my pork chops weigh 1.018kg. Is that good or bad?

Now I have to go out for rosemary sprigs and chives..

Prambo · 23/09/2013 15:14

Appleandpramblepie!! It just gets better...!

Prambo · 23/09/2013 15:15

Thank you, BWP, for your input about The Omen Oliver.

FoxMulder · 23/09/2013 15:28

Oh, I so want to have the energy to think up and make nice food. I haven't cooked anything in 3 months now, and DH can't be arsed with is anymore either. So it's been cheese toasties a lot lately. But I love cheese toasties, so it's not so bad.

lumpylumps · 23/09/2013 15:28

Help your wife as much as possible with the responsibilities of the home, so that she may retire early and get up late.

See that your wife has mental recreation, such as an occasional visit to the theatre or a good picture show.

You should learn to practice self-control at this time so that there may be no cause for miscarriage at this time. In fact cohabiting after conception has manifested itself as an abuse of the marriage act. Intercourse should only take place if your wife desires it.

commsgirl · 23/09/2013 15:32

Maybs that's what I was like. Just to give you some hope, I'm now scoffing everything I can lay my hands on!

Pram I want you to come to my house and cook for me please. I can't stop thinking about mash potato now!

Thanks for all the mat wear suggestions. Has anyone tried Asos yet?

FoxMulder · 23/09/2013 15:42

Nice advice lumpy! Tip of the day: don't rape your wife. It makes you wonder how future generations will view the current advice. Much the same as we view that, I imagine!

You know in the last excerpt, it was saying about having a cold shower? I thought people didn't have showers in the 50s?

Pantomime · 23/09/2013 15:45

Anyone else at 14 weeks and not been sent for their 12 week scan? I had an emergency dating scan. Feeling a bit jealous of some of you getting the 20 week scan :). I just want to know that bump is ok...

karamcleod · 23/09/2013 15:49

Maybs I felt the exact same until last week, I lost a stone through morning sickness, but I've piled at least 4 pounds on this week and eaten everything in sight. stay positive, it will pass and it will all be worth it in the end when you have your little bundle of joy.

karamcleod · 23/09/2013 15:50

Oh and the Buccastem actually made me sick, and it wouldn't stay under my lip!

karamcleod · 23/09/2013 15:53

Pantomime I had scans at 4, 8 and 13 weeks. I'd maybe give your midwife a call?

BadlyWrittenPoem · 23/09/2013 15:55

Maybe is there any particular reason you don't really want to take the buccastem? (Well I know it tastes pretty gross but aside from that.) AFAIK, the only anti-sickness treatment used which has any potential advers effect on the baby is steroid treatment which may cause cleft palate if used in the first trimester (which is why it is the last option for treatment and usually not used that early) so poor nutrition/weight gain caused by either inability to eat or inability to keep things down is more of a risk than taking medication if that's your concern. I know a lady in her forties whose mum took prochlorperazine (which is what is in buccastem) with her so it's been around long enough that it would be known if there were risks.

MummyBee87 · 23/09/2013 15:56

Fox, you'll soon get past it, my sickness is pretty much gone now (only reoccurs when my blood sugar drops) So after 3 months away I'm now back in the kitchen. I've had pasta with home made arrabiata sauce for lunch nom nom. Although I'm gutted because we have a cake fair on Thursday at work and as the usual baker I'm gutted that this time round I can't lick the bowl Sad Cake its always been my favourite part since being a child baking with my Gran and Grandma. Oh well I'll just have to wait until they're cooked Grin

BadlyWrittenPoem · 23/09/2013 15:57

Pantomime, that sounds rubbish. Have they told you you are having a dating scan? I remember a friend saying that her SIL had an early scan due to bleeding and as a result didn't get another one until the 20 week scan (which I thought was pretty bad) but they should have told you if that was the case.

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