December 2006 - the home straight!!

[Olihan]

Just had a chat with Lucy5 and we decided that the old thread was getting too long and taking forever to load so here's a new one for all of us.

Hope everyone's well, nothing to report from me, everything's going smoothly still so far.

Not long now until we get the first of the birth announcements!!

Lucy, did you get my email? Had a few gremlins in it recently, thought I'd better check...

Castles, sounds like you'd had a heck of a time in last 3 weeks. To actually faint, I've come close but would hate to think of doing whilst driving or holding ds. I had bp of 60/38 the other week, which is ridiculous, I could barely focus. What has helped was the advice of my gp who said to keep my blood vessels open by drinking v.v.regularly coz dehydration was key and my dad (who also suffers) who recommended a brisk walk or some sort of movement every half hour. I've been sticking to that for the last 10 days and haven't had dizzy spells since. I know low bp isn't dangerous for the baby or for us, but nonetheless it's a pita esp when I'm at work & I had to stop driving whilst it was bad for fear of crashing!

Hola,

Eli i haven't recieved your email yet.

on the low bp front, my high bp tablets are making bp too low but it rockets when I stop. Doctor says low bp can cause low blood sugar and i have been advised to drink coke when i feel dizzy etc and to be honest it's really taking the edge off it. I'm still prety much stuck at home but to be honest it's still so hot here i don't mind. Hope everyones ok today , lots of love xxxx Lucy

Damn and blast, will re-send - gremlins again. One person said they seemed to be stored up and then she got three all at once

AQ, I've never heard of bp that low !! I'm amazed you haen't fainted. Maybe it all depends on whats normal for you...mine would be high for my sister, but for me its really low. With dd, it would have been around 140/86 by now - and first thing it was 111/53.
Good tips, all - though when I eat sugar, I feel extra specially crap for some reason. So will avoid that one!

Wow, AQ, that is really low! Poor you. When I was in hospital mine was around 70/50 but at least I was in hospital! My GP told me to go for little trots too. Sound's like the runs Interesting what you say about sugar, Eli: I crave it and then feel terrible so have decided to stick to crisps! What is it with all this junkfood cravings?!

We are having a rough time of it aren't we (some of us) - I'm starting to wonder if it is age thang ... my mother had finished breeding by 25 which is fairly typical of her generation. Hmmmm. {Hurries off to find December stats thread ... }

So are we sticking with this thread then?

You tell me! I'll keep posting on it till someone tells me different/starts a new one

Bet the feeling crap after sugar is a blood sugar thing, in fact - if you eat fast-release sugary stuff you'll have an instant kick followed by a mega-dip. Especially if you tend to be hypoglycaemic (low blood sugar) normally, which I do.

And aaargh, don't mention the age thang...

My mum has said several times that she doesn't understand why I'm so tired, and that she never was; swiftly followed by, oh, but I was about 20 years younger than you.

Ah, but my 99 year old grandmother said to me (this very afternoon) 'oh nonsense, all that can happen to you at ANY age during pregnancy - and same goes for problems during childbirth'.

And my older sister, who had her kids young, was utterly knackered during her pregnancy with her second, and actually warned me against having a second one based on how tired she was - she was in her mid-twenties.

So there

Hi Guys,

I have started another one called- December-The final Countdown!!! Some of us have been battling to log on, can we move across?..sorry

New thread (final countdown) here

Hi there, I am a student at Birkbeck College (Uni of London) studying an MSc Human Development, and part of my course requires me to take part in Infant Observations. While this sounds daunting (and maybe uninteresting for some...) it is not as clinical as you may think! It simply means that one hour a week, for about 18 months (probably no more), a warm and open mother will allow me into her home to 'observe' her (or her husbands/other family members) interaction with the new born. I will literally be a fly on the wall, I will not judge, speak or talk to the baby or the mother. I shall not be making notes (this is the clinical part I am afriad people will think), in fact you are not even suppose to notice me. The hour that you will allow me to visit will depend wholly upon the mother's wishes, though hopefully an hour when the baby isnt sleeping... As a mother with a new infant, I expect that some people will be thinking that this is the last thing they will want- an intruder/ and outsider. This is the last thing I would want to feel like too. I would like the mothers to know that this is completely confidential. Names will be changed etc. And if teh mother is interested- at the end of my course (June 2008) I have to submit a paper based on my observations, the motehrs are entirely entitled to read them too. As this is a requirement for my course, I have taken the necessary police/Crimincal Records Bureau Checks, and come from a background in child (and adult) related volunteer work as my CV will testify. If there are any expecting mothers who may be interested to hear more about this, but not necessarily make a commitment to allowing me their time, please contact me on [email protected]. My name is Neda, and I would also like to note that I think it would be in both of our interests if I could meet the mother during the end of her pregnancy to see if we are both comfortable with each other and ask any other questions beforehand. This will take the pressure off both of us!

I am looking for mothers who are expecting to give birth in November or December, or even January, preferably in Central London. I am based in Kensington.

Thank you so much and I really apppreciate your taking the time to read this!