DUE MAY 07 PART 2 the sequel

[mummymelling]

there you go ladies its started

Complaint form is in its way.Think DR has a bit of a God complex to say the least.
Think quite a few patients have left the surgery because of him.

Im off to some lovely training about diversity in the workplace now.Just the kind of thing that is guaranteed to send me to sleep even when not in 1st trimester!
Although I will say its sruck me how all my Nigerian staff have asked me when I will be having the next baby, (I have only been back a month after mat leave with dd1), whereas none of my white-British staff would even consider that I would have another baby again so quickly.Different strokes for different folks I guess.
Perhaps I will site that as an example in the training and look like im paying attention..

Hi everyone, haven't been posting much but have been lurking and reading quite a bit! It's good to hear how everyone is doing, I felt so relieved when I read about some of you being freezing cold all the time, as that has been me too! I couldn't really understand it as all I remember from last time was being nice and cosy and warm through the winter thanks to my bump!

The pukiness is upon me now, I sit here at work trying to concentrate while a wave of nausea passes over. Needless to say I'm not getting much done! I'm looking at the tasty yogurt and gooey cake I brought in, but actually all I fancy is dry bread, dry cereal, crisps and water, water, water.

Scooter good for you for complaining, that doc really is outrageous. And completely the opposite of my experience earlier today. I finally got round to going to GPs, I've had a tiny bit more spotting recently but so little I wasn't really sure it was worth bothering to check out - however GP sent me out of the surgery and down to EPU that instant. Luckily the results were fine, fingers crossed it stays that way.

Nicola I hope it goes well for you tomorrow and that the results are positive. Lots of hugs.

Hello LGAT Kitty here! I'm on the march threads! We are trying to get hold of a mercedes vito. It is the lowest of the 9 seaters which is an important consideration for me if I still want to get in shopping centre car parks !!! It's not obscenly long either. I think it also has isofx fittings on all seats, which is great. Anyway if you want to find me go to the March threads
Your age gaps are a bit like mine, bit crazy isn't it? This preg is panicking me, still seems a bit surreal , it'll be better when the baby moves more regularly. Wonder if you'll have twins again?

Hi
wow there are so many of us on here already.

My nausea is rubbish and it lasts all day. Dh was really sweet this monring and saw the state I was in a brought up two little gingerbread men for me to nibbe on which I think helped. I just don't remember feeling this ill with ds.

I have an early scan tomorrow at 1pm and I'm so nervous about it and what they're going to say that I haven't even told dh about it.

Could you all cross everything for me?

I'm tired of being tired. I wake up tired and I walk around in a haze all day. No nausea, no puking, I wish I did throw up just so I could have a change of pace. It would be a nice change from just feeling so blahh.

MKG just a few months and we'll all be blooming, right?

megglevampire you shouldnt be worried im sure it will all be ok. These first few weeks are so nerve racking. Good luck to you

Scooter my dh is in the navy. He will be away till xmas, then back for 2 weeks. He will be sent off after that for the same untill easter pretty much. We will only get the odd weekend here and there together. The kids miss him loads and as he can only phone late usually, they are in bed. It sucks

Saw my midwife yesterday, finally. Am 10 weeks tomorrow, they only offer one scan at 16 weeks and its not even an anomoly scan! Useless, i cant believe it. Am going to pay for a dating scan at a local clinic and then maybe the 4d scan they offer at 26 weeks, it costs £125!! I thought Plymouth scans were bad but this is ridiculous. Midwife was nice, but not mine, she is away sick and should be back next week. So have my notes now...feel a bit more official.
Hope you are all having an ok day, with the nast sickness, tiredness, constipation, backache, heartburn etc etc....

Thanks Meggle,

The most frustrating part now is that I feel like crap, I haven't had a scan, and there's no fun pregnancy things going on. I have my scan next week so things will seem real and fun then, now I'm just blahh.

A message for large G&T ( oh, how I love those ). The Ergo is a sort of soft back pack style carrier that you can wear in the back, front and hip, i'm experiementing with all the buckles and ties at the mo, but once you are profficient you can move babe to all the positions without taking them off. DD3 seems to like it, £60 so a bit pricey Still battling with my conscience as to whether it is absolutely imperitive that I replace my perfectly usable , but very annoying double buggy. I've even been offered a second hand double Maclaren for free, but I find them So heavy. We'll see if I can find any bargains on ebay.

Hello All - Nicola and MonaLisaSmile - my thoughts are with you and |I'm really hoping all is ok ((hugs))

I am having a hiatus in nausea at the moment, I'm actually feeling ok (seven weeks) which is freaking me out a bit. I have started Pregnacare vitamins, and I am eating regularly and getting lots of early nights, so I am hoping that that is the reason, and nothing more sinister. Still have bits of feeling sick the last couple of days, but not half as much. Boobs still really sore and I am tired though.

People at work are noticing I'm not myself as well - I teach Year 1, so it's a bit relentless, and hard to get any time to lay your head on the desk!

I got my scan date - it's the 26th October when I will be 10 weeks, so not just at 18 weeks like the GP told me, which I'm really glad about.

Hope everyone's feeling ok, some people must be nearly out of the first trimester, blooming here we come!

hi and congrats to everyone.

thanx for all the welcomes and support from everyone and the same from me to you. Group hug!

was a bit worried that i hadnt been given a date for the EPU so i called the hossy...surprise, surprise, they hadnt received the info from my GP cos it was sent to the wrong department!

Now have first appointment and scan on 16th Oct, when i will be 8 weeks.

sorry to hear how difficult it is for some of you - nausea, sickness, weight,thirst and tiredness. not something i can identify with im afraid. Go on, hate me! i had none of the above with my dd either, BUT mention the sore breast thing and it brings water to my eyes. even if the wind changes direction i feel as though my nipples are being sawn off with a serrated knnnnife!

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Is anyone losing hair like crazy? All my books say that pregnancy is supposed to make your hair stronger, not my hair. I run my fingers through it and i get a clump out.

Morning All,nothing much to report at this end except the worry that when i go for my nuchal scan im worried sick they are going to say that the baby has died or something really awful,mind you the fact im REALLY nauseous is a good indicator everything is ok,almost tempted to go to DRs with another niggle[ingrpwn toenail ] and then casually ask if he can check everything is ok.Im not sure what the procedure is for the local EPU if you need a referal or just turn up there????/

Hi all

Sorry not been posting but been feeling very introverted this week and not up to much.

Not feeling too sick just a bit yukky sometimes but absolutely shattered all the time.

Going away this weekend to an 80th birthday party in liverpool and really looking forward to getting away from home and all the jobs etc but now starting to panic as I have to pack tonight and usually collapse on the sofa at about 6 pm so don't know how I'll nmanage (at work all day today and tomorrow and setting off tomorrow night).

Got a scan date for 20 October so will have to book the day off as it is a Friday.

Good luck and finges crossed for you today Nichola63 and also to Monalisasmile

Hi all,
Sorry to those who are suffering but I wierdly feel alright today.Bit tired but thats par for the course.Still starving hungry though and a whole hour to go till lunch.I will be legging it down the road to the sandwich shop at 12.30. and ordering something extremely unhealthy no doubt.
Compared to with dd I have to say I a
havent ben nearly as geared towards healthy eating this time yet.I think I overdid it on the 'superfoods' last time and now I dont think I could eat a blueberry if you paid me.I ate punnets of the blasted things with dd.Tut tut,Poor old baby 2.So far its lucky if its seen a bit of fruit!

largeginandtonic.Blimey I dont know how you do it.My dh works ALOT and so is rarely at home before 10 on weekdays but at least he is about to give a bt of help at weekends.You are a hero!Do you live on the naval base?Is it like Topgun?!

mummymelling-I think you have to have a referral for the EPU.(Hence my experience with nasty gp).However if you are really desperate for any reason and you supect something is wrong then you can just go to casualty, (bit grim I know) and they will asess you and usually send you for an early scan I think if apropriate.Although I know its not ideal-thats what I was considering doing last week before I saw the other dr...

Morning all, hope you are all ok.
Am not feeling too bad today amazingly, ds age 4 wet the bed twice...last night and then dd age 6 did it to! Couldnt believe it, DD never does it and ds had pretty much grown out of it. Was like torture, ds 19mths was in my bed by 12, aaaagh. Went to bed at 9 may go up at 8 tonight!
Scooter of course its like Topgun, why else would i marry someone who is away for half the year! There has to be some benefits
Have phoned and booked a dating scan for next tues at 12, cant wait any longer to find out how many are in there. The antenatal care is pants here.

Scooter DH looks just like Tom Cruise too, well hes about twice his height but thats the only difference!! And i obviously look like Katie Holmes well more like Kelly McGillis really

Unfortunately I look more like the bald guy who is in charge of the big boat at the beginning than Kelly Mcgillis but still...

Love Topgun.I am so so sad.
Lunch time approaches!!

How happy am I???? I've got into the hospital I wanted for my antenatal care/birth

Well that was a waste of time, couldnt see any of regular Drs ,saw a woman locum, obviously no kids, who was totally unsympathetic to my funny stretchy crampy sensations and said wait and see and if i bleed then go back and il get a referal to epu, phoned DH and he said he will pay for a private scan if thats what i want...what do you guys think am i just getting over anxious over nothing or just too impatient to see the bean xx

mummymelling, I had pain which has only gone in the last couple of days and my GP referred me to the EPU who rang me with an appointment within 48 hours. I would go back to the doctors and ask to be referred because your getting stressed out about it.

Def go for a scan mummymelling, by whatever means, It will put your mind at rest and allow you to start enjoying this prg which is what you should be doing. We are plagued by what ifs at this stage and if a quick scan is enough to put our minds at rest then i say we should all get one in early prg, im sure it would help us alot.
So happy for you peacemaker, you must be so pleased. How did you go about it? Am thinking of changing my hosp to southampton instead of portsmouth, not sure how to go about it though.
Scooter i to love Topgun....

Mummymelling, re getting seen: I started bleeding on Tues- bright red blood- and boy did I panic? The GP just said 'oh it's probably a chromosomal problem and you're miscarrying, take some paracetamol and go home'. I asked to speak to a different doctor who tried to get me an EPU appt and couldn't so said just go to A&E and they'll refer you up to the EPU on fast track. I did go, it was very busy and took 7 hours but I had a scan that day and another follow up scan this morning. The baby is fine, heart beating strongly and good yolk sac etc. The bleed was from a cervical erosion, apparently very common.

They took it very seriously at the EPU and have given me an open access card so I can go back at any time without a referral if I bleed again.

Anyway, 8 weeks today!

largeginandtonic,
I was taken on by Queen Charlottes even though I'm out of their area because this is a high risk pregnancy. I had pre-eclampsia with my 1st son, 2 miscarriages and low lying placenta and pregnancy induced hypertension with the 2nd son. I knew I didn't want to go to the local hospital (West Middx) because I have no confidence in them. Also with this pregnancy I'd been getting what felt like period pains since 2 weeks after my last period. Have had 2 scans this past month and everyone is progressing as normal.