June 2014: Thread 4: Making our way through the first trimester one day at a time!!!

[GillyBillyWilly]

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Morning

I had a terrible nights sleep last night and I think it's down to scan related anxiety!
My scan is tomorrow (nearly there!) so I think I'll have an even worse sleep tonight

Anyway at least I just need to get through today and then I'm almost there!

Hope today goes quickly.

Regarding jeans... I'm in and out of maternity jeans, normal jeans, leggings and dresses right now.

Some days I feel like normal jeans will be ok... Other days I can't even look at them and head straight for the maternity jeans! My sister gave me loads of her maternity jeans and trousers so I have a good selection now!

Not long now Gilly!

I'm very excited for you, hope today flies by for you. 2 weeks today for me, argh that sounds like ages!!

Good luck for the scan tomorrow, Gilly

Thank you
Actually the last few weeks have gone quickly... It's just these last few days that are dragging. Arrgggg

good morning everyone. I hope everyone will have a better day today.
I'm home today because DS is unwell. It is so much easier to justify when we must stay at home looking after a little obe rather than ourselves.

Morning all,

Gilly good luck with the scan!

Ive been havung some wierd dreams lately and last night's dream was disturbing!

How are you all today?

Who gave tip about maternity jeans? Want to get some but the ones in gap are £50!!!

I spend tonight in total agony... Migraine still here and very intense after 16 hours... Don't know how I'm going to cope. Off work again..

DH came home with flowers yesterday saying I want to decorate downstairs so you feel like spending more time here with me. And I was like oh thank you but I'm dying from pain, up I go, see you tomorrow morning. Feel like a crap wife, crap employee and a crap mum already (paracetamol 5 days in row and counting - in 1st trimester).

Hope you guys have a better day...

MTMD Sorry, sounds hideous.

I had an 8 week scan a few days ago - strong heartbeat and everything looked healthy. But I feel quite numb about it all. Not excited, don't really want to tell anyone (won't until 12 week scan anyway). Just numb.

DH and I are not really getting on brilliantly and I think that's shadowing everything.

Sorry, just needed to tell someone how I'm actually feeling! To be honest, I think if DH hadn't been at the scan it would have been a much more positive experience. It just felt fake being together and watching all the other couples in the waiting room made me so sad.

Ladies I am freaking out a bit.
I've noticed for the last few days that I have a pinky red blotch on one breast somewhere between the size of a 20-50p piece.
There's no lump, no pain, no itchiness or anything like that. Just a blotched pink area of skin.
Anyone else ever had anything like this? I'm freaking out!
Can't go to the doctor today as they have no appointments and don't really want to go tomorrow as it's scan day and I want to have a nice day off with DH!

Mtmd, you are not crap. Your husband sounds very nice and understanding, flowers, wanting to spend with you etc. Perhaps it will pass and you feel better today? You are allowed to have a off day once in a while, you cant be on it all the time! You need some time to yourself!

mtmd you're not crap, honest. Migraines are awful. This morning I was about to leave for work when I noticed an "aura", I couldn't see so driving to work wasn't an option and luckily sometimes my auras give me enough warning that paracetamol and lying down in the dark knocks the headache part down to something tolerable, like today - but I've had full on brain explosions too and I know how terrible you feel. So go easy on yourself.

Thank you ladies. I appreciate your support. Just feel so helpless at the moment.... Still in pain..

It's not your fault MTMD! I am lucky enough not to get them but DH does and I can see how debilitating they can be. Don't be so hard on yourself - I can't imagine how rubbish it must be to have migraines on top of everything else

Have you heard anything yet Vickyvix, so frustrating that they are keeping you waiting so long.

MTMD, I have no experience of migraines, but imagine it must be awful. Thinking of you.

I had my 12 week scan yesterday!! All went really well, the midwife even managed to get bloods. phew.

We were really impressed with the hospital, happy with our choice.

Baby was extremely naughty. It was bouncing around on it's bum waving its arms in the air. Not quite the serene pic of a 12 week old baby lying peacefully on it's back like I had imagined!
So.... first I had to try jogging around the room. That didn't work, so I had to have the scan internally, much to the shock of my husband, he didnt know where to look . All was fine in the end, we have a little photo, albeit a slightly strange extreme close up of babies face rather than the usual shot (so no nub theory guessing for us)! We got the results there and then and we are thankfully very low risk for everything they tested for. All in all an eventful afternoon!

poppy I'm sorry you're having a tough time with your DH. Early pregnancy is so tough, and if it is a first pregnancy (is this your first?) it can be really really overwhelming, with lots of doubts and fears from both parents.

Do you think this is how your dh is feeling? Have you spoken to him about why you think you aren't getting on brilliantly? I know it's easier said than done to have frank and honest conversations when you are feeling really ill and hormonal.

MTMD don't feel like a crap anything - don't put yourself under more pressure, just try and concentrate on getting well. It was very sweet of your DH to bring you flowers.

Paracetamol is fine in pregnancy isn't it?

Paracetamol is fine, just not ibuprofen.

mtmd please don't feel bad. I feel awful and have no migraines to go with the constant tiredness etc. please remember that you need to take care of yourself as much as you need to grow a baby.

poppy that is very hard even if you have the full support of your partner. I can't recommend couples counselling through relate enough. It has to be worth giving things a try when you are pregnant.

Congratulations on your scan carrie

I feel like such a bad employee today as I just couldn't go in to work. No sleep thanks to the pregnasnot and a coughing and sleep avoiding 5 year old. I pity her teacher today as she was a misery this morning!! I think I will tell my boss tomorrow. He has kids and is lovely so I hope he will be appreciative of why I am being such a bad employee (he has probably guessed anyway). Will definitely keep it off the record though!!

Thanks hackney and marlena
We probably will go to therapy. It's our second baby... I'm hoping we can work things out so both babies have happier parents!

Mtmd I'm sorry you still feel horrid, have you asked your GP for stronger drugs? I've avoided even paracetamol and ibuprofen so far (which in Germany is the only thing really recommended until this semester when it becomes taboo, so different from NHS!) but I know other ladies who've struggled with migraines in pregnancy and they were prescribed stronger stuff. Might kill your headache quicker so you wouldn't have to take them that long.

Gilly, good luck with your scan tomorrow!

My scan is Thursday and I'm just not feeling excited about it. I'm just really either numb or stressing at the moment and not looking forward to this at all. Maybe it's cause I had those two scans at 8 weeks (stupid GP) and saw that things were fine, but then I did have that bleed since.

Dunno, I'm not entirely myself at the moment.

Hi all, thank you so much for the kind words. EPU called first thing and I had my scan at lunch time. I am very very pleased to report that all is well!!! I saw little sprog on the screen, healthy heartbeat and even a little wriggle around and am just so relieved and happy that everything is ok. I cried my eyes out when they showed me on the screen. They think the bleed was a one off, could be implantation of the placenta or could be a heamotoma something or other but all good and apparently nothing to worry about. I have a lovely little pic of sprog too and can't wait to show it to DH tonight.

If I can be sure of one thing now, it is that I really really want this little one, hoping for a smooth run to the 12 week scan....which has been moved back a week but I can cope with that :)

carrie great news for your scan, you must e over the moon.

gilly I hope the rest of today zooms by for you.

MTMD hope your migraine is improving must be horrible.

3rd trimester, obviously

Vicky, so glad to hear/read everything is ok! Glad they got you in for a scan relatively quickly.

10+6 and ms getting worse
So worried that it's going to be there for all 2nd trimester like last time.

Glad it went well vicky.

I had a very slight bleed today, scared the shit out of me. Midwives said to wait and watch. I'm embarrassed to say I lost it completely at work, sobbed my eyes out and had to be sent home. Oh dear. I just don't know how I would cope with losing 2 pregnancies in 3 months (badly, based on today's performance.)