November 2014 Thread 3- Counting towards the second trimester!

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Hi everyone,

A new thread for us chatty bunch due in November. Could someone repost the stats? I'm on my phone so can't do it. Thank you!

This is where I currently am: boobs feel like they are going to Pop and start of stretch marks. I can't converse or do anything after none thirty and take a bee line for bed. Telling folks at weekend, mega exciting!

So glad for the Easter holidays this week- I've been going to bed most afternoons, and still feel like death warmed up by about 8.30! God knows how I'll manage when I'm back at school next week!

Also, is anyone else having horrendous heartburn everytime they eat anything? It seems to hit me worse in the evenings, but I didn't get it at all in my last pregnancy. Seriously annoying!

Alita - my skin is also bad, but I've found effaclar duo to be really effective. You can buy it from boots and it's safe in pregnancy.

My brother in law was rushed into ICU and nearly died, so we've been with him for the past week. Unfortunately that meant we had to miss the nhs scan, which I am a bit gutted about (selfish). It's rescheduled for 2 weeks yesterday, so hopefully I can make it through the next 13 days without going mental.

Yep Pinky I get heartburn too. Worse at night. Also get what feels like a bit of food going up and down the pipe. Magical.

The dog refuses to wear my pencil skirt so I've got no choice I've got to go in. Mans best friend my arse

Not that I can even fit into my cocking pencil skirt

Miskate. I'm so sorry to hear about your brother in law. I hope he makes a big improvement soon.

Thanks spanner - mans best friend my arse CHORTLE

7 sleeps till my dating scan!! Exciting and scared Just need to finalise babysitting for DS.

11+1

spanner that made me laugh! I've been so unproductive at work the past few weeks, that a canine would definitely be better than me. I've just been trying to lie low and avoid everyone and do as little work as possible, as felt like crap. I was planning to tell them after the scan (as it's getting hard to hide) but I'm not even sure about that now as have a complicated situation with needing to apply for my next job, and although we all know discrimination is not allowed, I have a slight paranoia that they would find a way to not give me a job, if they knew.

Miskate sorry to hear about your BIL. Hope he is on the mend.

10 weeks for me today. On my pregnancy app this morning I was greeted with the joyous sentence 'this next week, you will probably find your monring sickness is at it's worse.' Great stuff. Especially when we're off to Cornwall for the bank holiday weekend. A 6hr car journey with me wanting to throw up is definitely something to look forward to! Scan is 2 weeks today.

Tigsy, I'm in Cornwall at the moment. It's absolutely stunning here. Clear blue skies for the last few days. Hope it stays like that for you. Go see the seals at Godrevey Pt. We saw over 80 :)

Finally had my booking in appointment with the midwife this morning. It was quite quick as it was the same midwife I saw with DD and she obviously remembered some things about me.
I am exhausted and can barely keep my eyes open. I worked busy nightshifts at the weekend, finished Monday morning, had a few hours sleep, travelled to my Dad's house, pretended to drink wine in the evening, then went to LEGOLAND yesterday and got home just before 10pm. Midwife appointment was at 8.45, so had to get up early to clean up a bit as she comes to the house for the first appointment and get extremely tired DD ready for nursery. I would really like to go to bed now, but I have to pop into work for a couple of hours for a training session this afternoon and will pick some things up for DD's birthday and Easter presents while I'm there. Then I will have even more tired DD to deal with after nursery, I think I will go to bed as soon as she does today as I have a 13hr shift tomorrow.

Random and Monkey that's such a shame, can you request a different MW? I don't know how it works for others here, I don't have one MW, I have a team and if I have concerns or questions between appointments there is a 24h helpline. However if you particularly like one MW or dislike another you can request accordingly to the head of the MW team. As for BP, my BP and urine is taken at every appointment as standard. Could you request another MW, or will you see a different one anyway? Your GP should also be able to check your BP in the meantime.

I think yesterday's vomiting must be down to a bug. It continued all day, couldn't eat a thing and was in bed from midday yesterday to 8:30am today. Then DS started vomiting too - poor DH, no sooner had I gone downstairs with a pot to be sick in after vomiting in our living room several times, was he having to shower down DS who was covered in sick and struggling to keep anything down too Fortunately he slept through fine last night, keeping an eye on both of us today, had to take the day off work. Grateful that DH is fine though, no idea what we'd do if we were all ill!

I think none of you should have to go to work.... spanner go home! :p

ill have a look in boots for that stuff :)

sorry about your brother in law mistake!

miskate hope your BIL gets better soon. I think you are allowed to feel disappointed about missing your scan as well as being concerned/worried for your BIL. No reason why both feelings shouldn't be acknowledged, they are both important events. Be kind to yourself

I feel as big as a house today. My hips and bottom seem to have doubled in size overnight even though I was the same weight as yesterday on the scales this morning. Bought some hot cross buns this morning and can't wait to indulge my butter addiction...sure that will help the humungous bottom situation!

I agree with miss impossible, my uncle died last week (very expected, he had leukemia) and while I was sad he had gone I was also very worried the funeral would have been on my 12 week scan day, I couldn't have coped waiting to see if baby was alive if I'd had to rearrange it. luckily it's the day before.

sorry that made no sense, what I mean is, it is Ok to feel like that miskate as it's very important to you!

Random sorry to hear the mw is beyond useless, and hope you get some better support from the doctor. Why were you seeing her again? I don't think I'm meant to see another one again after the booking appointment until 16 weeks. Not checking with the doppler is to be expected though. MWs will not usually check until 16 weeks as they don't have time to spend ages looking for it early, and it's meaningless to them as if they don't find it, they aren't worried as it is so early, and they are concerned it will make lots of women anxious if they search and then don't find it. I have also heard lots of women commenting recently how they have also stopped listening for the heartbeat at 16 week appointments for similar reasons. Glad I bought my doppler now if this is the case!

Morning all.

alita, I will join you on the bad skin bench. My skin is gross. You'd think that the sharp drop in caffeine/alcohol consumption would have helped it -- but no. I feel gross. And the facial acne is just for starters. Thank you to whoever recommended Efflaclar, I'd heard good things but assumed it wasn't safe for pregnancy.

Prepare for TMI (I am working on the basis that there is no such thing as TMI amongst pregnant women)

I also am suffering with

• PILES yes, Giraffski, you're not alone. I got them during last pg yes, even though I walked miles everyday -- and they've never really gone away. Bastards. Can anyone recommend a good over-the-counter?

Ingrown hairs yes, Random, you're not alone either. Painful little bastards right where I don't want them to be.

• A real heaviness down there. Time to step up the pelvic floor exercises methinks.

I'm feeling anxious about everything too. Not the birth as that is still too far away to be thinking about, but just the reality of having another baby/child in the house. How miserable sleep deprivation is and how it will be much worse when you've a toddler to entertain too! (But maybe not -- I met a mum with a 10wk old and a 2.5yr old the other day and she said she is actually getting more sleep now than in the last 3 years.) I am still feeling impatient with DD who is relatively easy (and has really cracked toilet training, woohoo!) but who has entered a real argumentative stage. I've realised that I deal much better with mornings if I am awake and preferably out of bed before her. I spend the morning in a cranky fug if she wakes first and I have to run up to her room half asleep to get her on the loo for her morning wee.

Anyway, just talking to myself now. I've been doing much better recently with healthy meals but had a giant packet of crisps after my healthy stirfry last night (I was watching Game of Thrones! Treat night!) and had a Moro for breakfast this morning

Need to just stop having shite in the house.

I haven't really been on this thread much due to having some bleeding for a couple of weeks and fearing the worst,however am just back from EPAU and saw the heartbeat, all looks fine and I'm now 7+3 so still early but has put my mind at rest.
I feel like I can finally be a little excited!

10 weeks today. Decided to celebrate by climbing all 311 steps up the monument in London with DS. Currently in McDonalds eating a well deserved massive burger and chips with a smoothie. Won't be able to do it again until the bump is 5 ish.

Random, take a look at the NICE guildlines (i think) of what you should expect at your booking appointment. I'll find the link when I'm on laptop. BP should have been done. Doppler and uterus size aren't normally done.

Venus2 hoping the weather stays good for our trip down!

theWildones great news!

Greenstone, mine is also down my chest, on my back... grrrr- Does this effaclar really really work? As it's quite expensive so I don't want to buy it if it won't work if that makes sense :P

TheWildOnes - great to hear some happy news. That must have been really stressful for you

anyone's cramps get worse with stress?

DPs having a bad few days/weeks. Today is a really bad one and my god my cramps are bad

miskate I'm sorry to hear about your BIL being so ill. I hope he is making an improvement. I also hope the time goes quickly until your rearranged scan. That must have been an added stress in a complicated situation for you.

Winter yes, I find the cramps do seem worse when I'm tired or stressed. I hope you have a more relaxing afternoon and DP is ok.

random sorry to hear your booking in appointment with your midwife didn't go well and she wasn't reassuring about the help you need. I think going to your GP is a good idea.

This sun is glorious today! I had my booking in appointment this morning and couldn't have asked for a nicer midwife, she is very down to earth and took her time to answer my questions and reassure any worries I had. She put through a referral to physio for me, 'in case' which surprised me. I had an accident at work last year which gave me bad back problems and resulted in a misaligned pelvis, but I've had it treated by an osteopath and it's miles better than it was. I have been surprised by how much less painful it's been since I became pregnant as well. But she told me she'd refer me when I mentioned it to get it checked out and catch any problems early which is reassuring.

When are you all planning to tell work? I'm back at work next week (primary school teacher) and will be 10 weeks then. I don't really want to tell them yet but feel I need to as I've decided to leave in the summer as I'm covering a maternity leave contract and it's about two hours plus of driving a day which I don't fancy at 30+ weeks pregnant. I feel I need to tell them now so they can sort a new teacher for the next school year but I also feel a bit awkward about telling them given I only started there in Jan! Oh well!