January 2015 #7: Glowing & growing? Rock on 2nd trimester!

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Onwards into the 2nd trimester, where hopefully the bumps will overtake the poo factories!

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Hi All

Had a couple of days to catch up with, but glad to see everyone is well :)

My DM called earlier to ask if I minded her taking DS to a Christmas show on 22nd December. I asked why would I mind, and she reminded me DS had arrived by that time pregnancy wise, so she thought best to check.
Christmas really isn't too far away at all - and some of us may have our babies on the outside by then - how scary is that! (and I already have one, so kind of should have realised baby generally follows pregnancy!!)

I'm hoping you can put my mind at ease...

I've been having some brown discharge since last week and some period pain like cramping. Over the weekend the tummy pain got better but the discharge was the same so I called my mw on mon morning. I left a message and was told she'd ring back. She did ring but I was on the phone so she left a voicemail saying she'd try again. She rung this morning as I was swimming and left a message saying I'm booked for a scan tomorrow at the epu.

I hadn't been particularly worried and had called mw thinking she'd just reassure me that this is all perfectly normal during pregnancy as your body changes. Now she's booked a scan I'm really worried - does she think something serious might be wrong?

Since finding about the scan the pains have returned so logic tells me they must be stress related as I was fine before when I was swimming and all day yesterday.

Anyone had anything similar or any ideas what could be wrong? I guess i will find out tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about the anxiety sprout generally brown discharge is old blood. Red fresh blood is much worse. It could be coming from the cervix rather than the baby. Maybe a day or so after sex? Period type cramps can be a sign of the uterus stretching to accomodate the baby, which is totally normal. Sometimes however the combination of brown discharge and cramps can be the early stages of a miscarriage and thats why its much better to go and get checked than to worry about it. They will take your blood and give you a scan.

How far are you sprout? I had period cramps constantly until about 13 weeks. I also had a little brown discharge early on which I assumed was left over from implantation... I'm surprised the midwife has reacted the way she has... But at least it's reassurance for you and a free extra peek at baby

I'm 14 weeks today. Thank you for the reassurances. I've got history of endometriosis so I wonder if it's linked to that. I just wish I'd gotten to speak to mw. Hopefully as you've said it'll just be a reassuring bonus scan. I've now achieved nothing all day just lazing around!!

Ugh, struggling today. This morning I suddenly developed a 'squashed' feeling in my chest, it feels like all my organs are trapped up against each other just under my boobs. I feel really uncomfortable unless I'm standing straight or leaning back, learning forward or bending feels horrible. Is this normal as things move to accommodate the baby or is this weird?!

16 week appointment tomorrow so I can ask the midwife if it doesn't go away.

babysprout sorry you are going through this. I'm sure she is just trying to put your mind at ease. As someone else has said brown is normally old blood so is less likely that it's something to worry about.
kat this is normal from my experience. Expect it to kust keep on getting worse :) I know... Not what you want to hear. I swear I had no lung space last time by the end. Ds also manage to dislocate my rib as he kept booting it!! Noootttt fun! Everyone says to me now they don't know how I coped as he is such a crazy baby!! He has been a kicker and puncher since day one :)
Went to kiddicare today. Dh and I are debating whether we should buy stuff yet or not! Doesn't help we are moving, so we don't really have the money!! Got Ds a new car seat as he is such a little Michelin man and has already almost at the weight limit for his seat

Babysprout I really hope that the scan puts your mid at rest. I had a couple of scans at EPU this pregnancy and both times they were really reassuring.

Katniss It might just be bad indigestion or trapped wind - both nothing to be sniffed at on the pain and discomfort scale. But hopefully your midwife will put your mid at rest.

I have really bad chapped lips today thats a first for me. Apparently it's not totally uncommon in pregnancy. Wishing I was up to just popping out to buy something for it.

Both my midwife and my consultant have told me I need to be signed off work possibly for the rest of the pregnancy Appointment with GP for that tomorrow Have no idea what I'll be entitled to as I'm self-employed, even the thought of googling it feels daunting right now.

Baby sprout I had similar and all is ok now (16 + 5) sure all will be ok. I had period like pains till around a few days a go... Maybe a week. Not long been stopped.

Wow K8 that seems like a long time to be off! Is that due to your suture?? How's the pain?

Kat I feel breathless a lot recently and some days my tummy feels uncomfortably large... I assume it's the baby squishing everything upwards!! Hope you feel better soon anyway... tho in all likelihood it will probably just get worse for both of us

RPopz I think it's to do with the pain and the bleeding. I think the pain is worse for me because they made such a botched job of the stitch when they did it with DS. It's really uncommon for it be like this so anyone expecting to have the same op shouldn't worry. I'm hoping it's only for the next couple of weeks. Then again if thats the case not sure I need to be signed off.... very confused.

Thanks everyone. It's kind of reassuring to know I'm not the only one, though not quite as reassuring to think this is going to last for a long time. It's okay, as long as I just relax on the sofa it's fine!

mummyk8, it sounds like it's a very stressful time, now with worrying about being signed off as well. Hoping the pain and bleeding subside soon.

Morning ladies. Hope you're all doing ok today. So yesterday I mentioned to a friend that I had a male midwife for most of my delivery of DS (until they had to get a doctor to pull him out). She was horrified that I'd let a man examine me when I was in labour and thought it all very strange. He did ask if we were happy for him to do it or if we'd rather him get a woman to do the examinations. He was absolutely lovely and I'm so glad it was him who saw me through my labour. Before we moved we bumped into him a few times and he always stopped for a chat. She also asked me if he was gay (as if that would make a difference) he wasn't, we had a lovely chat during labour about how he was planning to propose to his girlfriend.
So, how do we all feel about male midwives? Am I weird to not care that he was male?

16weeks

katniss if that's the case it sounds like you should be doing a lot of sitting on the sofa perhaps your body/mind will just take some time to get used to the new feeling then adapt.

loobyloo893 I'd have no issue with a male midwife - if that's the job their trained to do then let them get on with it. I one had to have an internal exam and the nurse had a male trainee with her and she asked if I minded him doing it - I said not at all but then the male trainee said he'd rather not and left the room! Rude!

vivipru have you had a petter night with dn?

Scan later today... After your comments I've chosen to think of it as just a bonus check up and nothing to panic about. I will update later?

Hope it goes well Baby xxx

17+4

Hi mads I had my 16 week check yesterday for my 2nd and was also told that I would have bloods done at 28 weeks then not need to see mw til 31 weeks. It's pretty standard for 2nd pregnancies if you are low risk.
Lovely strong heartbeat was heard and was 122 so possibly a boy?
Is anyone else feeling much less hairy? Wearing a short skirt today and didn't have to shave legs which is a bonus, I've also not had to pluck my eyebrows in ages!
babysprout sounds like old blood and stretching to me so I would definitely think of it as a bonus scan.

Hope the scan goes well Babysprout and sets your mind at rest

looby I wouldn't mind a male midwife. It's funny but I bet that person wouldn't mind being seen by a male dr, I don't see the difference!

baby good luck for the scan today, let us know how you get on

Glad you had a good appointment half it could be a boy or a baby girl could have been sleeping?

My mw appt is tomorrow, I wonder do I tell her I had a private sexing scan? Has anyone had any negative experiences of telling the mw you went private?

16+3

Good news on the 16w appts Camsie, Frances and Harris - glad to hear they went well.

Good luck today Sprout- sounds like you've got the right mental approach.

Well in wayward teenager news, DH has really proved his parenting credentials this week. The night we had the disturbances, he noticed that our DNiece had turned her bedroom light back on 10 minutes after he politely asked her to turn it off at 3.30am because it was disturbing the dog (she's up all night on snapchat sending selfies back and forth with her friends and needs the light on to do this it seems). I think that bit of defiance really made him see red, he is usually very laid back.

That combined with the fact she didn't surface until ONE IN THE AFTERNOON the following day when she's supposed to be doing work experience with us must have mobilised him into action. We didn't discuss it until this morning when he told me that last night unbeknownst to her he'd quietly set our wifi router so she couldn't connect to it between 12.30pm and 7am and we have no 3G signal here. Before bed he'd invited her on a bit of a treat trip out this morning. My eyes about dropped out of my head when she was up and about at 8.15am.

I'm so impressed how he's handled it, no heavy handed dramas, just smart, quiet management of the situation with instant results.

Adults 1 = Teenager 0. Although it's win/win as she gets a decent nights sleep for once and a nice day out today.

12.30am that should read!!