November 2014 - thread 7

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Jump aboard ladies.

Hopefully you'll be OK then popcorn! I know that DH would drive like the wind to the hospital rather than having baby arrive in the car!

Hi blamber I can't do it on my tablet just tried. Ah I missed one born, been out for a friends hen night.Anyone else getting uncomfortable sitting in one place for hours?

Hi blamber I can't do it on my tablet just tried. Ah I missed one born, been out for a friends hen night.Anyone else getting uncomfortable sitting in one place for hours?

Yes to getting uncomfortable - had to give my bum a jiggle in staff training this morning.
Someone add me please to Google doc. DC 1 - surprise. Due 10th Nov. Thanks

Well that was an interesting day! Won't go into it too much as the Facebook mums have had a blow by blow account of the whole thing all afternoon. I had preeclampsia last time and have started getting symptoms so rang the mw who sent me to the hospital to get checked out. They popped me in bed on the ward & did all the usual tests and hooked me up to a monitor & when the mw came back to check the machine she said "Oh! Can you feel these contractions??" which I couldn't. Long story short 5 hours later I've seen half a dozen mws, 2 doctors & a consultant, had bloods, urine, BP, temp, pulse, a scan, baby's been monitored, an internal, swabs, 2 meals and a nap and it turns out apparently they think my membranes have ruptured but doesn't seem a huge leak, just a little one, I'd not really noticed, I mean I knew I was definitely wetter than usual but in this heat and as sweaty as I am plus normal pg changes I didn't think too much of it, except that it smelt like my daughter when she was first born, but anyway, seems the contractions stopped, the leak is not huge and there's still plenty of fluid around the baby, there are early signs of preeclampsia (high BP, protein in urine, headaches, blurry vision and flashing lights, swollen feet - last night I couldn't bend my toes or point my feet as they were too swollen) and they want me in at least once a week, I'm on knicker watch and have to wear a pad which I need to take in to show them if there's anything at all there and it's scrawled across my notes in huge capital letters to go in for absolutely anything at all, first sign, slightest niggle, get in. Back home now but the hospital were fantastic. The staff were all absolutely brilliant and they went above and beyond checking everything they possibly could. Couldn't be happier with them.

I also cried at first birth on OBEM. trying to get DH to concentrate on it rather than phone or tablet is infuriating and I am trying not to be a boring old nag.
Got fun day coming up tomorrow, going to experiment with more fabric dye, got sleepsuits and longsleeve vests and they'll be going pink and blue, might even do some pink one end blue the other!!!! Also bought rainbow woolly tights yesterday while on jojomamanbebe. Eek. It's sooooo exciting.

I'm glad the staff were lively Mrs d, how scary for you!! Fingers cross crisis over and the rest of pregnancy is boring.

Ooh, dramatic day MrsDowneyJunior! glad you're happy with treatment though.

amy DH won't watch it, I have to watch it on the laptop upstairs. Did make him watch that first one last night though as we live 15 miles from the hospital and it might happen :-p!!

Morning folks!
Hi flowers - nice to meet you!

I didnt watch obem but want to as heard there's a home birth so keen to see that! How many homebirthers are there here - stripey,popcorn, myself and ??????
On last mumsnet antenatal thread - there were a few unplanned homebirths so wonder if that will happen here ??? ;-)

Pickle - also find sitting one place harder - long train journeys are tough with lots of wriggling!
Mrsd- glad it worked out ok and after having been unhappy with yr
MW and care - you got treatment you were happy with.

Mrsd wow what an unexpected way to spend your day. Good thing you came in to check your bp. Great that they're watching you closely even though that includes showing your pad! Good to hear the leak is minor and hopefully the preeclampsia won't get worse.

Picklebum if you post your due date, what number baby it'll be and sex if you know on here someone will add you to the list.

Just caught up on OBEM while I'm taking it easy chilling at home and my god some of these people are so thick it's scary they are reproducing. It's really putting me off watching to be honest. And there's no chance that woman with the ABC 6 kids and the husband who said you can't spell Frankie with an ie, the book only says e is 40! That's only 3 years older than me and she looks as old as my mum! So far this is not exciting me and pushing me towards a VBAC...!

Wow! Mrs DJ, what an episode! Glad to hear it's not too serious and you were in good hands.

I only managed to get DH to watch the first birth on OBEM last night before he fell asleep. I'm trying to educate him on birth as much as possible and what to expect as I'm worried that being the wuss he is he'll faint as the slightest sight of anything icky.

MrsD sounds like you're definately in the right hospital - how reassuring!

In the last 24 hrs my movements have definately ramped up a level (24+3)

Yesterday at work (I'm a nurse on a ward) it was actually quite difficult to do my work as baby was swishing around do much. Big heavy washing machine low down in my stomach. Turns out it was bacause I was overdoing it - or so I realised when I got a nosebleed. It was one of those clusterfuck hours on the ward where you have four discharges, four admissions, two going for xray, two going for CT, family in asking angrily to see doctors, canulas coming out left right and centre.....prior to pregnancy I thrived on such chaos as it made the day fly by.

Now baby starts going "OI!" And I get a nosebleed! The other nurses made me sit take my BP! (It was fine). But of course everyone says "take it easy" but you look around at the ward and the patients and the activity, and you just say "How???!" I mean, those jobs aren't going to do themselves! And there's fuck all people to palm jobs off onto on a busy ward! Everyone is running like its a race!

And the patients/visitors all look at me and say "You're all up the walls here aren't you?" And the old ladies all cluck and express concern, and I smile and say "Oh, you know....." But I feel like saying "YES, SO STOP ASKING FOR THINGS TILL ITS GOTTEN QUIETER! HELP ME OUT!"

Bad nursey!

Hi everyone,
Can I return? I was on the first few threads under a different NN but just kind of dropped out of posting and life in general due to horrible all day sickness that had only just left as I had nothing postive to say! I'm now 22 weeks and feeling human again.

I remember a few names from the first few threads and glad to see you are still here and doing well.

Hey rumapple - nice to see you back. Glad things are a bit easier for you now.

Mrsd - you were really stressed a few weeks ago about the scan and something they thought they had seen. I know there was reassurance on here but what was final word on that. I think you might be having the most turbulent pg on this thread!

Annarose - god that sounds like a rough day. Dp is a nurse so I hear what wards can be like but can't imagine it when pg! Good on you. When do you finish for mat leave??

weeonion they did a scan yesterday and I asked him to check on her heart but I didn't need to really, I could see the bastard little golf ball a mile off as soon as her chest was on screen. She's (hopefully!) still got 15 weeks for it to sort itself out before she's due and thats a long time in foetal development terms so fingers crossed it will still fix itself before the birth. This pregnancy SUCKS. I am so over it already!

Hi everyone.

Sorry you're having a scary time MrsDowneyJunior. I'm really glad you're being carefully monitored.

AnnaRose - that's crappy. Did you see the thread on the pregnancy board about surviving at work? You just CAN'T keep going at the same level when pregnant, especially in heat. I know it must seems impossible though - who else will do the work then? Is there anything at all that can be done? Even finishing up a bit earlier than planned?

All OK here, nothing much to report - 24 weeks today and plenty of movement. Alita, like you I think I have also been unconsciously counting down to 24 weeks - I was exactly the same in the last pregnancy. Work has been really busy but has calmed down a bit now, but the weeks do seem to be going quite slowly.

Can any of the second- or third-timers recommend a breast pump please? The one I had last time was old and crappy, and I could never get that much out. Also, my milk seemed to go off really quickly in the fridge, I heard people saying you can store it for 3+ days - well, mine never lasted longer than 24hrs and couldn't be frozen at all without tasting extremely gross. All of which is to say: I don't want to spend a huge amount because I think from about 4 months if I need to miss a feed I'll probably just go with those handy formula cartons :)

Last time I had the Medela Swing and an Avent manual. The swing was far better at getting more out of me and also was a lot easier to use! The Avent would break my hand after a while and never got much. I got another second hand Medela Swing this time because it was cheap and I'm used to it but I think there are far better ones out there now. I plan to be a bit more serious over breastfeeding and pumping this time and follow a proper schedule and get my supply up, last time I was very laid back about it all which was great but I feel I need more of a routine this time and need to get my supply up and express more so DD can feed the baby too. I never cared about exDH being able to do feeds, it was just tough luck that he didn't have boobs! But it is important to me this time that DD can be involved and build up a bond. Hmmmm. Trying not to read too much into that regarding the current divorce!!

Hi Ladies

Had my 24 wk MW appointment this morning. Blueberry is growing well (despite the fact I've lost a lb again this week...) and the hb was strong. BP is also good.

MrsD - So glad to hear you're being looked after well. Hope you're taking it as easy as possible.

Anna - Not good - have an office job but still am finding that I can't do usual weekend stuff as I'm just too tired, and in this heat as well. I don't suppose you can offer to take on more of the paperwork side, at least you can sit down to do that.

Am feeling a little low, DSis has just miscarried again (no. 6). The Consultant reckons it's clotting issues but they won't start the Fragmen injections until she hits 6 weeks (understandably), and a work colleague has also miscarried this week (she didn't even know she was expecting). Makes me realise how lucky I've been so far to have had (touch wood) nothing majorly in the way of problems.

Thanks everyone! Sadly the work is what it is - I can't change it, but am honestly trying to slow down whilst actually doing the tasks. And have stopped doing any heavy patients. I don't haul beds up to xray anymore either. Stuff like that.

But actually my mood is ok, cos I'm on the countdown! I have only 16 more 13 hr shifts to go until mat leave! So every morning I count one off and go YAYYYYY! AND I've two weeks annual leave in the middle!

Toni every time I feel baby swish I feel so grateful. There but for the grace of god and all that. So many even of us November girls had to leave the club early. I feel like shouting with joy that baby is still here and still thriving. No matter what happens, I'll always be so grateful for the wonderful experience we've had so far.

Really suffering from prickly heat today. It's at the top of my bump/under my boobs. Had it a few days, but it's really sore today.

Came home from work early to work at home as it's cooler and closer to ice. I'm currently in my cotton nightgown on the laptop, with camomile lotion all over my bump and hoping no one calls me and asks me how the bump is because I'll have to be honest!

Toni, I hope both your colleague and sister have plenty of comfort and support. I can’t imagine how devastating it must be. I’m glad you had the good news that Blueberry is developing as expected to offset some of the sadness.

I have to keep reminding myself that both miscarrying and stillbirths at our stage are rare tragedies, otherwise I’d be panicking over the slightest thing. Even though I’ve only really felt Bean moving for the past week or so, I get worried if I don’t notice anything for several hours at a time. I have to keep sneaking off to the ladies’ room at work to lie on the floor – I can feel movement much better then.

Anna, glad you’re toning it down as much as possible. No matter how important the work feels though, you need to listen to your body when it starts shouting that you’ve done too much. I feel horribly guilty some days for not doing as much as I used to, but I try to keep reminding myself that of course life does go on when you’re pregnant, but not at quite the same pace! Glad you’re on the countdown though, that’s something to look forward to on the inevitable crappy days.

MrsDJ, you’ve just made me realise it’s only another 17 weeks until my EDD! Holy cow, that’s a bit scary! Hope everything progresses in a much more tedious fashion for you from now on.

I had a revelation last night – did somebody mention the Mamas and Papas Zoom on here or did I see it elsewhere? It’s half the price of the Silver Cross travel system I liked the look of and looks pretty similar. Anyone tried one out? My only quibble is that the price might reflect the quality, but I would have thought it would have to be at least acceptable in this day and age, or they wouldn’t have such generally positive reviews?

Also, those wanting to take part in the Rainbow Collective exchange, please send me your addresses. I am going to be doing the mass dye this weekend!

Thanks weeonion so much better than I have been, couple of trips to hospital, anti sickness meds and general puking firmly behind me.

Greenstone - last time I had medala electric and avent. Didnt use electric one too much but svent was great. Had no supply issues. DD refused bottle though - she would drink milk from cup after 6 months and used my milk for that and for cooking everything.
Hoping this dc will take bottle as poor wee thing will be in nursery early. Like mrsd - DD is keen to get to fed it but if not - plenty of other fab ways for them to bond.