Dec 2014 Thread #5 - Battered and bruised we limp through the second trimester

[SassehMonsta]

Here we go again, the thrills & spills of leaky boobs, and feeling baby move for the first time - Lets go!

Stats Link!

Ah that's a great chart, v.interesting, thanks covent.

Yeah a vary too ladylel - but at night I always feel like a whale

I'm seeing the consultant this afternoon. I'm bricking it. Trying not to eat too big a lunch as I'm sure I'll be weighed

miraculous thinking of you xx

!!! My consultant was so lovely! I'm in shock!
We talked about mental health, and then he said, book another appointment to see me after your 20 week scan. I was like, really? You don't want to talk about my thyroid or my BMI?? Nope! "You've got more important things to think about and you don't need to be made to feel crap about that". I LOVE THIS MAN AND I WANT HIM TO DELIVER ALL MY BABIES!

Your consultant sounds ace peace

I'm struggling with achey back and hips again today. Walked to the shop to get lunch (5 minutes round trip) and was in agony when I returned.

I'm a primary school teacher so I don't can't really get away with sitting down and not moving.

got drs on thursday so will add it to my list of things to query

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peace consultant sounds ace, especially after your shitty gp.

feeling rough here. Low bp at mw appt yesterday and am exhausted. This time with last pg I was striding up hills - right now, just getting out of bed is a struggle.

On a super cute note, we took ds to our mw appt yesterday as mw was the one who delivered him (there are 5 mw in the team and we'll see all of them during my pg so we'll know them all by the time labour comes around as you never know who's on duty) and he heard the baby's hb. When I picked him up from nursery today he shoved a soft toy up hi t-shirt and told me he had a "baby in the belly" - apparently he'd been doing it all day!

Am just about tomorder a shit load of maternity wear on zalando. How do jojo maman bebe sizes come up? Never bought any of their stuff before but like some of their tops and cardis. Finally got my maternity clothes down from the loft and some of jt is so comfy, I can't hold off buying some new stuff any longer!

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Whatsonemore that sounds scary :( what will happen next? Hospital?!

What a lovely consultant peace. I'm really glad it went so well

Just when I thought the sickness had gone...had a massive spew this morning I kind of guessed it was coming because I've felt nauseous again for the last few days but still...

Starting to feel enormous now and agree with engels that maternity clothes are definitely more comfortable. Unfortunately I seem to have a negative association and looking at or thinking about maternity clothes makes me nauseous! Very strange indeed.

I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable at the moment because of something at work and I could do with some advice actually. One of my colleagues guessed I was pg at about 9 weeks, and at the time she was 7 weeks. She has previously had 2 miscarriages at around 8 weeks and was having weekly scans to check everything was ok. The first of these was ok but now she is off sick and I'm thinking she might have miscarried again I don't want to jump to conclusions but I'm really sad for her. And feel a bit awkward because fingers crossed everything is ok with our baby. I don't know what to say to her when she comes back to work. obviously I'm not going to go bouncing up to her - I'll wait for her to raise it if she wants to - but she will know I've guessed if it is the case. Any pearls of wisdom? Things she might want to hear me say? Might she want me to keep out of her way?

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chinese if things did indeed go wrong for your colleague, the only thing to say is "i'm sorry for your loss" and maybe "let me know if there is anything i can do to help". And then just keep quiet about your pg until she asks, it's not a nice position to be in for either of you, fx she, and her baby, are fine. (I mmc when my colleague was pg last year, but she didn't know).

Which hospital are you going to Whats? I know you're nearby but can't remember how nearby!

Ah yeah you're in Dorking? Good luck! I hope it's all okay :(

chinese I was going to say similar to covent if the worst happened. I would say "I'm so sorry" (I wouldn't ignore the situation) and then give her space and accept she might find it hard to be around you for a while. Just speaking form my own mc experiences.

whats hope you are okay.

Thinking about you Whatsonemore, hope everything settles down x

Miraculous, Im so sorry You ve had bad news. Im keeping my fingers crossed for you! Have hour had this before Whatsonemore? That's awesome Peace! - so pleased for you!
Ive got a vaginal scan tomorrow to check m cervix a my last one came at 34 wks. Fingers crossed its ok, but also wondering what the chances are they can tell me the gender (18wks)?

Evenin. Am loving working through the day! Sitting in the office today I felt as though I had a foot or something wedged in my side lol had to keep pressing to stop it and it just moved from place to place. Now home and bra is off so I'm comfy lol. Am not going anywhere now lol.

Convent this happened to me but I was the one who lost the baby. We found out at the same time and she was two days ahead of me. A big hug and a box of chocs from her was a lovely thought as no one else knew I was pregnant. She didn't avoid me but didn't shove pregnancy in my face. I got pregnant straight away so due 5 weeks after her which has prob made things easier.

It's my 20 week scan tomorrow. Feeling nervous, dd has a chromosome duplication which puts baby at risk of heart problems and clefts. Got everything crossed this one is fine.

Good luck for tomorrow Imbrian

Imbrian I have my 20 week scan tomorrow too. Good luck ! It's a funny feeling being so close to it - after waiting what seems like forever.

I was in hospital last Friday checking out my sprained ankle ( ouchee!) and got to listen to baby's heartbeat after my tumble off the decking. Hoping my strange antibodies haven't started effecting the baby yet .....

Really struggling to get comfortable tonight. Got my Dream Genii in the front and another pillow wedged under my back, but I'm feeling a lot of fluttering and swimmy sensations in my tummy which are making it difficult to stay in one position. I don't think it's baby moving because it's quite high up, but it's irritating :(
I've got a rash on my legs too after shaving them, and when I was putting aloe vera on them this evening I found varicose veins will the glamour never end?!

Peace how high are you feeling them? Your uterus has moved upwards now so baby will be higher than where they scanned. I-ve been feeling flutters for the last week or so, getting steadily stronger . Oh and I meant to say earlier (in middle of loads of coursework so keep reading and running) glad to hear you have a good consultant! x

When midwife felt my bump it was above belly button level which was surprising. So don't think it's still low ;)

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