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November 2014- thread 4- 12 week scans and blooming in the second trimester!

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barmybunting · 27/04/2014 12:04

Hi everyone, we have run out of posts on our last thread so hopefully we'll all find this one easily enough.

Here is to more positive 12 week scans and enjoying our second trimesters, all feeling more human hopefully!

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Polkadotscarf · 12/05/2014 18:14

Thank you all, I called midwife after a very un sympathetic response at work this morning and have been advised to self certify for the rest of the week which I will do! Am sooo tired! Docs appointment tomorrow.
I am still hoping it'll wear off soon, 15 weeks tomorrow :-)

Hopeful83 · 12/05/2014 19:08

polkadot - great. Stay at home and rest. Hopefully the doctor will be able to help.

Alita - I haven't had much to do with mine apart from a call about my bleeding but she seems ok. I have my 16 week next week and my scan date for 20 weeks but nothing after that.

Weeonion - are you having scans at 30 & 36 weeks? I thought the 20 week scan was the last scan?

weeonion · 12/05/2014 19:43

Hopeful - yep, i get additional scans due to age and homebirthing. If i go past due date, will probably also get one every couple of days to keep an eye on,things.
As far as i know, i will see homebirth midwife every 4 weeks also and an appt with consultant around 30 weeks.

Hopeful83 · 12/05/2014 20:07

Weeonion - interesting. I am too scared to consider home birth but my mum did it and loved it.

Does anyone have one of those car seat belt bump protector things? I saw one in John Lewis and was wondering if it's a great idea or a gimmick

pinkgirlythoughts · 12/05/2014 20:10

Polka, I don't know how you were managing to work whilst being so ill! Look after yourself this week Thanks

DP didn't take any paternity leave with DS, he worked in a holiday park so wasn't offered any as DS was born in May, and he hadn't worked there long enough to qualify. His supervisor initially said he'd be allowed a week or two unpaid leave, but then quickly changed his mind when DS was born during half term, and didn't allow him any :( Luckily I went into labour on one of his planned days off! We managed though, because my family were very close by, and as my mum, stepdad and sister all work in schools/nurseries, half term week was perfect in terms of them helping out! DP (now DH) is very excited about the prospect of two weeks paternity leave this time around! Grin

FTMK · 12/05/2014 20:43

Hopeful what's it like? Have a pre - pregnancy belly which is not really bump but have been trying to put seatbelt under it. Can't seem to position it so it doesn't turn up the opposite way onto the bottom of my belly. Not convinced I'm putting it in the right place.

Also 12+5 and headaches for the last week - thought it was the UTI but that's supposed to have gone now. Seems to come on after work. Anyone else?

pinkgirlythoughts · 12/05/2014 20:46

I've been getting lots of headaches for 2-3 weeks, mostly in the afternoon, then again when I finish work. Have been drinking lots of water to try and clear them, which seems to help a bit.

pinkgirlythoughts · 12/05/2014 20:46

I'm 13+3

FTMK · 12/05/2014 20:52

Thanks pink - I am drinking like a fish due to recurrent UTIs. Have a bottle of water on the go all the time. Wonder if it's work related - it's been worse weekdays. Might be to do with the classes I teach ??. I also wondered about hay fever - I normally take an antihistamine at this time of year and I have been sneezing but no other symptoms. I know it's not BP as GP checked last week as I had had floaters in my eyes twice. Probably just hormonal. Keep drinking the water! Hope yours clear up soon.

FTMK · 12/05/2014 20:53

That was a Wink BTW. Just getting used to emoticons on here.

Hopeful83 · 12/05/2014 21:16

FTMK - I haven't bought one but it looks like you sit in a pad thing and part of it attaches to the belt and your weight pulls the bell down low over the top of your thighs so keeps the belt away from the bump.

Re. the headaches. I had headaches every day for nearly 3 weeks (weeks 11-14) and they eventually developed into a migraine last Wednesday and I haven't had one since. Mine were often in the afternoon/evening no matter how much water I drank. They were worse on work days so perhaps made worse by stress although they did happen at weekends too. I think it might have been hormone related but plan to ask the midwife when I see her next week

barmybunting · 12/05/2014 21:25

Polka, thank goodness you managed to speak to someone today, you must feel horrendous! How are you tonight?

Alita, I was told I am not immune to rubella either. At my 12 week scan, the midwife said they would give me 1 jab of at at the hospital post birth before baby and I go home and another 4 weeks later. She stuck something on my notes to that effect as well. I haven't decided if I will have it done or not but the option us there. They won't give you the vaccine in pregnancy.

Twiglet, if your DP can take any time off at all, I think it would be worthwhile. My DH won't be able to take his paternity leave immediately after baby is born due to timing with work, he can only take it from Dec 5 but he will have a few days once baby is born. However, we have both sets of parents coming over until then to help out and we also live at DH's workplace (RAF base) so he can pop home for lunch etc most days so is close to hand.

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weeonion · 12/05/2014 22:54

ooh - nearly at the end of the thread....... suggestions for new title???

utopian99 · 12/05/2014 23:14

Hmm.. something to do with romping into the second trimester?

I've been feeling so dizzy today it made me nervous to drive. Someone else mentioned dizziness up thread - did anything come of it? I remember it mildly from DS but nothing like this.

On the pat leave front, dh started his new job at exactly the wrong time so won't qualify but is hoping to take unpaid leave instead. For DS he got two weeks but as it was over Christmas was more like a month which was wonderful, so we're going to hope his employer's okay about it. He started this job partly because they're letting him do a four day week, so it would be ironic if they refuse pat leave.

Nessalina · 12/05/2014 23:29

weeonion - thanks for the anxiety link Smile
My DH is off work with stress & anxiety at the moment. He's been planning to leave work at the end of this year anyway (teacher), so he's not likely to be going back now. It's a bit scary, because we'll be down to just my income (then just my mat pay!), but he's planning to do supply whilst he retrains.
The silver lining is that he'll be at home with me from day one, so I'm really hoping we can work well as a team and not drive each other mad!! He's very sensitive, and it'll be really hard to give him constructive feedback with baby stuff without him taking it badly, but then he may not need it as he knows quite a lot more than me (used to work in a nursery), and he's reading up loads which is good.
I think we'll be ok! Smile

alita7 · 13/05/2014 00:01

I'm also having headaches!

I was at my mum and dads earlier (just got home :o) and my mum took ages to cool dinner and I was getting hungry and looking forward to dinner and I have no Idea why but about 10 minutes before it was ready I suddenly got a headache that was from ear to ear....I then felt sick and ended up chucking up very acidy sick in the loo, not sure why haven't been sick in weeks and feel fine now, was it waiting to eat (would have snacked while waiting at home) or the pint glass of acidic orange juice and lemonade :s

I'm feeling stressed as there's lots of things dp and I need to get sorted very soon and some of them I can't do (like getting dsds birth certificate so I can sort next year's bursary...) and he's great at putting things off so I get stressed about the lack of control as I like to get on with these things!

PosyFossilsShoes · 13/05/2014 00:53

Well, I'm currently in A and E having spent the whole of today vomiting. Can't even keep water down - or the anti-emetics the GP prescribed. Not a happy camper.

RandomInternetStranger · 13/05/2014 02:34

headaches - I've noticed a few more frequently but nothing too annoying or frequent yet, just slightly more often.

caesareans - they're not always like that Elliekins! With mine I was up and about within 24 hours, home within 48, wearing my old jeans and pushing the pram 40 mins in to town and back up and down hills within 36. I didn't take any painkillers after leaving the hospital and all I had when I was in hospital was the spinal block and initial painkillers given during the op. I was picking her up, breastfeeding and moving almost normally almost immediately. I broke the no driving rule and was back behind the wheel within a week. It's not always this dreadful painful hell it is often described as and although my mw asked if I wanted to discuss vbac I am not even willing to consider it for a second, no way I want to do it the natural way after the fantastic caesarean experience I had last time.

mw care - hmmm. I'm not convinced so far. Last time was excellent but this time has been very different. I've had no extra scans or appointments despite being high risk, history of 4 mcs and assured that I would have early scans and extra care. I've only today had my letter for physio but I have to ring for an appointment and god knows when that will be, no news of the 20 week scan yet (I'm 15+3 now) and no sign of meeting my consultant yet despite being told at 6 weeks that I would see him/her immediately. My mw hasn't done things when asked, hasn't been very knowledgeable about basics and I've corrected her on things and informed her on things she should know, she's not advised me on anything she should, unless she is presuming I know everything I need to having done this before, I seem to be very much left to do it alone. She is very aware of the stress issues I've had in the past, plus ADHD and other issues, yet she's not checked on me at all or given me any useful information. She doesn't know any of the details of the situation with the father, just that he's not involved, for all she knows I could be devastated and heartbroken having been abandoned by the love of my life whilst pregnant and alone and be drowning in depression and anxiety and she hasn't a clue. I don't think it's great so far. I feel fine and am capable of looking after myself and researching information on my own, but that doesn't mean I should have to. I worry about younger, first timers on her books who don't know all the dose and don't and nd options and what's normal and what's not.

bump seat belts - they've changed the design. 8 years ago they were brilliant, kept the seat across your thighs & off your bump perfectly, and lasted well the whole 9 months and beyond and felt like you'd still be safe if you needed the belt to restrain you. This time they seem rubbish! Doesn't keep the belt off my bump, doesn't feel like it would still keep me safe in an accident, certainly won't last the full way through and is already noticeably well worn, and just doesn't seem as good at all as last time. Sad

I traded in my beautiful, sexy, sporty, fast, fun, 2 door convertible today and got a big, sensible, practical 5 door family car. Sad It will be perfect for kids and car seats, prams and all the other crap they need, but it's so not sexy or fun. I may have to pimp it up a bit, get a new stereo, sat nav, bluetooth, black out the rear windows, bring it into the 21st century a bit.

Mum left her emails open on my laptop from her visit the other day and saw my name on screen so had a look at it. Was an email she sent her friend bitching to the high heavens about me. You know if that is how she feels then she can fuck off. I don't need it. She moans about everyone else all the times and she's bloody vicious and I'm half tempted to forward it on to everyone she's bitched about in it. The woman is 64 years old and still acts like a bloody playground bully and she wonders why I'm not particularly close to the vicious old bag. The sooner the family dementia hits and I can shove her in a home the better. Angry

RandomInternetStranger · 13/05/2014 02:35

Posy that sounds horrendous! I hope the can sort it out and you feel better soon!

Loaf99 · 13/05/2014 06:18

Many one else got their twelve week scan this week? Mine is on Friday.

Loaf99 · 13/05/2014 06:18

I'm sorry to hear about the sickness problems. Not cool.

MrsWombat · 13/05/2014 06:33

Hope you are ok Posy x

Mathssssteacher123 · 13/05/2014 07:09

Posy that sounds horrendous :( hope you are feeling much better! I'm so tired this morning going to have to drag myself to work. Ds just said he doesn't want to go to nursery he wants to chill at home with me. If only!

WheresMrMonkey · 13/05/2014 08:34

Oh posy you poor thing, you must feel dreadful.

Utopian, havnt had the dizziness really, but feeling the breathlessness. Don't like it at all, it's making me feel very anxious. Don't actually feel like I'm short of breath, more just very aware of a heavy chest type of feeling? Anyone else feel this?

utopian99 · 13/05/2014 08:34

Poor posy that sounds grim! Hope they can get you sorted out soon..