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March Mummies 2015 - ever hopeful for the return of sanity and departure of sickness as we approach second tri!

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lotsoftoast · 20/08/2014 12:06

New thread - think this is number 4?! Can someone post the link to the stats please? Thank you

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 02/09/2014 15:37

After making several phone calls The hospital have me down as been 11 weeks pregnant so they won't change the date , they asked where the date my midwife gave them came from so I said she worked it put from my last period and she said they shouldn't do that anymore as it is wrong Hmm

littlemissy12345 · 02/09/2014 15:56

That's rubbish panda, are they offering another date? It's not fair that you should have to pay privately for a nuchal fold scan.

Went back to work yesterday, really busy but felt well, but today I've felt horrendous. Nauseous all day and exhausted. Think my head has guessed though (she kept asking if I needed to sit!).

kittenmamma · 02/09/2014 16:09

Panda, where is the date supposed to come from then?!

persepolis123 · 02/09/2014 16:23

panda if it's not based on your last period what is it based on then? where did they get 11 weeks from?

MyPandaisasecretmonster · 02/09/2014 16:28

I had a scan at the EPU a few weeks back as I was in agony & the sonographer (is that the right word?) wrote down that I was 8 & a half weeks instead of 10& a half that I'd worked it out at , they never said anything to me about how far gone I were yet the appointment woman said I should of been told Confused

So from working out I'm 11 weeks today & will be just over 13 at my first scan but my midwife said that is fine

DurhamRed · 02/09/2014 16:35

Panda- sorry to hear you are having a rubbish time with scan dates - that's so crap.

Have just come back from 2nd midwife appt (I embarrassingly threw up in the street on the way there!) Who was so lovely and sympathetic re: morning sickness. Unfortunately I am still losing weight (have bump though, definitely not losing from tummy) and still have low bp. Is anyone else suffering severe ms losing weight and suffering low bp? Midwife said all is fine at the moment, though will need to keep an eye on food and fluid intake as will need to go to A&E if ms gets worse.

My antenatal care will apparently be consultant led as I am high risk due to age, my mum had pre-eclempsia with me and my dad is diabetic. Not complaining, I get to see the midwife every 3 weeks which is fine with me!

persepolis123 · 02/09/2014 17:02

durham poor you. That sounds absolutely awful. Really hope it eases for you soon.

My ms was quite bad at one point but has eased off in the last week. I haven’t lost weight but haven’t put any on so far either.

panda can’t believe the sonographer wouldn’t think to tell you what you are measuring. Do you still think your dates are right then or not?

MyPandaisasecretmonster · 02/09/2014 17:26

I honestly think I'm further on than the sonographer says as she literally had a quick look maybe two mins at the most and that was it Confused

I guess I'll find out at my Scan & just hope I'm wrong

fourmonthstogo · 02/09/2014 17:29

bounce I've been looking at bednest too, I think it sounds great so would be good to know if anyone else has any thoughts on them.
I was pleased to see you can hire one too which comes with a brand new mattress. I am worried though that with baby being able to see us and be so close that it will be even harder for it to get used to being in its own room.

Lifeisabeach · 02/09/2014 17:37

Panda, that's awful :-( is there any chance you can ring again and insist that they scan you earlier? Say you're certain of your dates and are feeling really anxious about having a scan so late? Might get you nowhere but might be worth a try.

FoscarC · 02/09/2014 17:55

durham I have low BP. It's my only ongoin issue. It make me really woofy and I look so pale. Honestly, it makes me look really washed out. I'm convinced it's what's stopping my glow!! It was 80/50 at my check up last week. And 85/55 at my booking in appt last month. Just need to make some extra blood!! Any ideas how??

FoscarC · 02/09/2014 17:57

Oh, although durham my
MW said that now my BP has been low this is classed as my 'normal' BP (even though it used to always be higher before I got pregnant) and so if it returns to normal I will then be classed as having high BP.

eatscakefornoreasonwhatsoever · 02/09/2014 18:08

bednests have been noted as having a higher risk of SIDS as babies cannot move freely, can get their face pressed against the raised side and it can cause them to overheat.

I was planning to get one, but a MW I trust told me the above and gave me some guidelines for safe co-sleeping so I feel reassured about how to do it, as I never really planned it with DS1, it just happened.

ZebraZeebra · 02/09/2014 18:42

bouncesky I read a really great book when pregnant with DS called Three in a Bed, all about co sleeping, how to do it safely, and how - and I mean this really nicely - ideas like co sleeping will make your baby clingy are nonsense. When - or even if! - you move your baby into their own room, there might possibly be teething problems because, well, it's a change. But some babies have loved going into their own room, even if the parent loved co sleeping! So much of it is down to the individual baby.

I personally don't like those bednests - expensive, not necessarily safe and have a short lifespan (six months) so in the event that you both end up enjoying co sleeping, you'd have to find another solution. I saw an official co sleeping cot in Mothercare fro £200 - and was horrified! - but found this in Ikea, the Gulliver cot, that worked perfectly and only £65. One side comes off and it has two heights. It fits flush against one side of our bed so there's no gap and I used to roll DS back and forth across it to latch on in the middle of the night. We decided to co sleep long term but because it's a cot bed, it could easily be moved into baby's room.

I've added a pic of how we have ours set up.

panda your HCPs sound like a right pain in the backside! How could the sonographer not tell - especially given you have a completely different date to your MW! If it helps, I'll be 13 weeks for my scan so I don't think it's too much of a problem. So annoying for you though.

I can't believe some of you are 14 or 15 weeks along! It's going very quickly.

Durham really hoping the MS eases off soon. What a joke to call it MS though!

March Mummies 2015 - ever hopeful for the return of sanity and departure of sickness as we approach second tri!
fourmonthstogo · 02/09/2014 19:16

eatscake - a higher risk of sids than what?! The bednest has mesh sides so is breathable, and from what I can see is as big if not bigger than a moses basket. For me that's the alternative, we definitely will not be co sleeping fully, which I can say with certainty as this will be dc2. There may well be the odd night though!

lotsoftoast · 02/09/2014 20:22

I had a cosleeping cot (babybay) BEST THING EVER. It was a life saver in the early days of breastfeeding when ds did nothing but feed every 5 minutes

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lotsoftoast · 02/09/2014 20:25

eatscake are you getting the bednest crib (which is a cosleeping cot) and those foam things that go in the bed with you that baby lies on? (like a cocoonababy?)

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lotsoftoast · 02/09/2014 20:25

Sorry, are you getting them mixed up is what I mean

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DurhamRed · 02/09/2014 20:28

Foscar although they are treating my low bp as normal for me they want to keep an eye on it as if combined with keytones in urine it can indicate dehydration especially as I'm vomiting often. Drinking lots of fluids can help raise low bp...though easier said than done.

My sister had low bp throughout her pregnancies and was sent to hospital when it rose to normal levels.

Zebra I agree, calling it MS is a total joke!!

Rainbow555 · 02/09/2014 20:31

Durham, yes I have lost 5kg...I have no idea how given my ever expanding waistline!! I really struggled with eating until recently though so maybe it was just lower intake of food. Bo has been ok though.

Panda, I don't really know how it works over there but could you go to another clinic/hospital and book in for a scan? Or perhaps try and get a dating scan for reassurance and say cos you have missed up dates and really want nt scan so can they check...or something like that?

MyPandaisasecretmonster · 02/09/2014 20:43

They won't change the Date I tried & ended up feeling like a 5 year old with the way I were been spoke to Angry Sad

lotsoftoast · 02/09/2014 20:47

panda if it is too late for the nt test, and it will be their fault for being awkward buggars (note when you phoned and spoke to them) they will have to do the harmony test for free if you push hard enough. A client of mine had it for free as she presented later in her pregnancy

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 02/09/2014 20:49

lots Thanks I'll keep that in mind

3isthemajicnumber · 02/09/2014 20:57

Hi ladies
Can I join you please. I'm due 6th march. So nearly 14 weeks.
Haven't had time to read the whole thread but will make time over the next couple of days to catch up.
This will be dc3 and I already have dd nearly 4 and ds 8 months. This pg has been a bit of an erm surprise as you may guess from ds's age. Wink We are thrilled though as I've had real trouble conceiving my other 2 as I had an ectopic pg back in 2009 and lost a tube.
Really excited to be pg again especially as ms is starting to ease up. Worried as well though as ds was born with gbs infection. He was very very sick and we are so lucky that he seems to have escaped without any permanent problems. I will need antibiotics in labour so will be at that hospital with every twinge.
Anyway enough rambling in the club is about to start....

KeeperOfTheZoo · 02/09/2014 21:01

Been awol for a couple of days, not feeling great again but trying to stay positive and blame the anaemia so telling myself that once the iron tablets kick in I'll start to feel better.

Rainbow I think it was you who mentioned the over the counter iron supplements? My levels are really low (8) so need more than they can provide - I think most of those remedies are 15-25mg doses but I need to be on way higher (currently I'm on 420mg per day!)

I did suffer with the side effects last time and am dreading them again now but I can't carry on with this level of exhaustion/breathlessness.

In other news I told my bosses today. All fine, they seemed genuinely pleased for us so 1 less thing to worry about.

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