May 2014 - the Maybies get even closer to Definitely!!

[ClearlyMoo]

I've been brave and started a new thread. Hope the name is ok....

Oh no Dobe, and yes often happens to me. Not that particular thought tho! Just general plotting! Awake for middle of night wee. Only 14 mins to loo and back tonight and much less pain (not, sadly, cos it hurts less but because I'm learning not to do what hurts IYSWIM).

On the subject if weight. Last time I weighed, at 26 weeks I'd put on about the same as the bigger gainers in the group (I'm not even going to mention numbers). Decided to (try and) eat less and see what happens. Not weighed since so who knows! Size 18 mat jeans still fit for now...

Peeks in and waves .. Yes i know i have not posted since about the third thread.. But i do occasionally lurk, but have not had the time or energy to post.

I hope you are all well!

I am also on iron suppliments, boarderline anemic. B12 as well as something to do with fat red blood cells (that usually get thinner with anemia so am probably REALLY lacking b12.

Also on zantac.for reflux and am constantly waking midsleep from gagging on stomach acid so have to sleep mostly sitting up. With all these pills i feel 70!

Hi Beeblebear I do hope all the pills help you regain your energy so you can join in more with our general wittering!!

dobe I've spent time worrying about exactly the same thing... v.morbid isn't it! (but reassure myself that the things we tend to worry about the most never happen!)

the weight chat - the huge variation we have here definately supports what mrsfoo said about every pregnancy being different..

I'm finding the whole shape change thing quite hard to cope with, I'm always a little on the heavy side, but generally pretty fit so even though I've not put on too much (4kg so far) and love my bump, as I've lost fitness and tone I feel like every bit of me is expanding and wobbling

not helped yesterday by a particularly unflattering yoga pose where we were leaning forward and looking back through our legs - straight at a mirror which reflected back my elephant-like derriere (clad in grey leggings for extra realistic effect)!!

hey ho, I know it's not at all important in the scheme of things, our healthy little ones being FAR more important than a little extra adipose tissue... but am definately finding it harder to accept than I imagined I would.........

Sorry for the moan! Hope everyone has a good day - mid-week - whoop!

I've put on about 5 kgs so far. My notes have an average per week weight gain. MW wants me to stay in around the 500g per week but after xmas I was doing about 900g a week so she is getting me checked for GTT. I know it was all the junk i was eating. So i cut back on the sweets. Still, last check it was 600g a week gained so test next week.

Does anyone here have Gest Diabetes?

I'm a big fat fatty anyway and I always get very very fatty fat during the first and second trimester. Seems to mostly stay the same during the 3rd. I think I've probably gained about 3-4 stone.

Dobe - yes. I was awake @ 3am thinking about someone stealing ds2 from me when we're shopping... So many people come up and speak to him/me about his curly hair and glasses that it worries me. (Not usually, just preggo overdrive brain)

Could gladly stay in bed today after last nights scratching and snatching antics!

I don't have gestational no, but I am full time type 2

I had a lovely dream last night that my baby was here. He was 6 weeks old and talking! Got me excited to meet him for real.

First NCT classes tonight, I'm really hoping I make some pregnancy friends. I think I'm getting worse at making friends as I get older. It's like I'm fine at the chatty smiley bit when I meet people but don't convert any of that into friendships anymore. Saying that, I wasn't really bothered until I was pregnant as I have lots of nice friends already. But they don't have babies, none of them. So really want some mummy friends. Perhaps people can smell my desperation and back off??

Morning all, won't know how much I weight I have gained until 31 week check next week but I think probably 1 and a half stone? Most of the flab went on in first trimester (disadvantage of not throwing up, as eating rubbish was the only thing that made nausea go away temporarily) and since then it's all on the bump. Also have huge boobs which in themselves have got to weigh something! I am trying not to freak out about it but, like bush, I am finding it harder to accept than I thought I would. New stretchmarks under the bump are not helping!

impatiently I know exactly what you mean. I am consoling myself with the fact that probably the other people in our group are exactly the same!

Hello Maybies! I think it was maybe a good thing my moan/rant at 1am didn't post! Exhausted, over-emotional, anxious, irrational and had a severe dose of the "poor me's"!

I am finding the OC really hard to deal with. The itching at night is unbearable and nothing is helping, so that along with reflux and heartburn mean I'm getting very little sleep.
I am being monitored at the day case unit twice a week, and they are really lovely and supportive, but I'm the sort of person who likes to know what's going on and to have a plan, so far there is no plan for me as I'm only 32+1. They just want to "wait and see how the next few weeks go".
The ALT levels in the liver function test from Monday showed another increase from 127 to 168 despite being on Urso for over a week and having the dosage doubled last Thursday. I am on the maximum dose for my weight and it doesn't seem to have made any difference so far. All they can do is increase the piriton to 3 times a day, but due to drowsiness I am no longer allowed to drive.
I am really worried and anxious about the OC and the complications which can arise from it. I've been told to concentrate on baby's movements and make sure he/she is moving a lot, but due to anterior placenta I can't always feel movements. I am scared that something will go wrong and I will be responsible. I don't want to go through the next few weeks feeling so helpless, but understand that nothing more can be done at this stage.

I am also being completely unreasonable when people keep saying things like "oh I had an itch in pregnancy too, it's no big deal, just make sure you are moisturising a lot" or (from one of my closest friends) "I've spoken to 4 mums this week who had the itch thing you've got and yeah it's not pleasant but you just get on with it, and their babies have all been fine". Makes me want to punch people in the face!

Xav as the only other person I "know" with OC, can you offer me any words of wisdom?

Baby definitely still cephalic - hot major wonky bump this morning which can

Only mean a bum sticking out front and right

Sadly Isean this is my second OC pregnancy and all I can say is it's fucking miserable! There will probably not be a plan as such other than monitoring til 36 weeks when they'll more than likely book induction for 37/38 weeks. Re: AST/ALT levels, from what the liver chap said to me the Urso won't cause those levels to drop - it's not a fix as such but is another bile acid which makes the effects of the naughty ones in your blood stream lesser... If that makes sense. So it won't improve liver function but MAY (bit emphasis there..) help with the itching eventually.

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*cough... As long as they're keeping an eye on baby all will be well! Sorry I can't be more reassuring. If it helps at all my last OC baby is currently serving me cups of plastic tea at toddler group

Thanks Xav I know I need to be practical and reasonable that all that can be done at this stage is being done, I'm just a natural worrier!
I'm getting my bile acid levels tested again tomorrow to see if they've come down at all (they were at 70 a week last Sunday).

Am I being unreasonable to think that the itching is any worse than someone with a "typical" pregnancy itch? Maybe I'm just being a big wimp!

Dh has managed to get tickets to te baby event in Manchester this weekend, I'm not sure whether to go as I'm off sick with my baby killing my back!!

No YANBU! It is far far far worse than any itching I've ever had before. It's so hard to relieve an itch on your hands and feet - keeping them cool helps. By the end Last time I had a constant itch inside my ears... Joy!

I've been in full pregnancy meltdown mode this morning! I want to see the doc and get signed off as I just can't cope with my shifts at work (finishing at midnight or 1am and up with the kids early the next day is not working). Anyway the first appointment they can give me is not until 17th March!! I know it's not life or death or anything but I'm struggling to function in the day due to lack of sleep and the nausea and sickness has come back. I just had a proper rant at the receptionist because they want to know why I want the appointment but I don't want to tell them. Sorry, I know in the scheme of things it's really pathetic but it's just all getting me down.

Squiffie!!!! Ure midwife can get a doctor at hospital to signs u off x

Isean I can't imagine how horrendous that is, I hope they make you more comfortable soon and that monitoring your little one will put your mind at ease

anyone giving up anything for lent?? have decided that I'll try and give up chocolate .... but allowing pretty much anything else in terms of etc!!! not sure how long I'll hold out though!!!

squiffe I hope you get an appointment soon and get signed off to you too xx

Squiffie tell them you're pregnant and it's an emergency. We preggos get special treatment and bumped to top of waiting lists in my area, maybe it's the same at yours.

I'm a very grumpy pregnant person today. I almost hit someone with my crutches earlier in Asda when I nipped out for lunch. Two people pushed past me! I'm very fatly pregnant on crutches ffs! What bastards.

Also work is mental busy - I shouldn't even be on here - I have a pile of shit on my desk to plough through. ARGH! So tempted to take the day off tomorrow.

Lol at "fatly pregnant" dobe - I thought I was DOIN ok until I saw an old family friend day before yesterday. Told her I had 3mths yet to go and she said "Are you sure?!?! And you're sure there's just one in there???" I so nearly punched her. DON'T SAY SHIT LIKE THAT UNLESS YOU'RE ALSO PREGNANT! Nobody wants to know how 25yrs ago you carried so small that nobody noticed until you took may leave. Especially not ME who waddles and hobbles everywhere. I think maybe that sort of comment is why I cling to my minimal weight gain as some sort of life raft of hope that maybe I'm not just some massive freak...
People aren't as considerate toward us preggos as I thought they'd be, tbh. It's DISCONCERTING.

I'm supposed to be prepping for my Mat cover replacement starting on Monday.

We've got 6 weeks to get her up to speed.

I've done nothing, except mog around mumsnet. And eat.

Somebody (I forget who) mentioned sudden super hunger. Thats me, if I'm not scoffing this week I feel all lightheaded and weary, I just can't get enough. Somebody brought in cream egg biscuits today....

Them jeans aren't going to fit for long at this rate.

Sorry I wasn't trying to strt comparisons/anything like that with the weight, I haven't been able to find anywhere online that says how much you should gain so I just couldn't be sure.

I'm doing Backwards Lent - at Easter (or possibly the week after) I'm going to give up being pregnant.

32wk scan today! Baby is head down (and apparently the head is very far down, possibly started to engage, it was too far down for her to measure HC) and growing perfectly my mum was so emotional, she couldn't stop smiling the whole way through! I'm so glad she got to see it.

Also got my gastroenterology appointment through, a couple of weeks time. There's very little they can do during pregnancy but at least we can get the ball rolling :)

Hope everyone's having a good/as pain-free as possible day!!

Sorry to read about you ladies suffering with spd and oc. I can't imagine being so uncomfortable yet having to somehow carry on as normal. You're all very strong.

I'm feeling a bit depressed today, I can't stop crying, which really annoys me because I normally never cry. I just sometimes have these moments of feeling so so alone that I don't know what to do. I have a wonderful DH, who is my best friend in the world, but what I would do to have some of my own friends/family here I'm trying to snap myself out of it but I can't help thinking it's going to get so much worse when the baby's here.