April 2015 thread 6: our Christmas puddings are half cooked, now bring on the glow!

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We were getting perilously close to being full up, hope no one minds!

Aww Mel. I love the blanket. I've bought some wool but not started anything yet. Here's pic of mini blanket I made couple of years ago.

Aww Lady, that's such a lovely bump! Congrats on the scan.

Oh my god YES to the baby brain lol..last Thursday I went to work and it was only after an hour and a half that I realised it was my day off.. my colleagues found it hilarious but I was genuinely devastated..especially since I'd booked ikea to deliver furniture the following day (which I thought was my day off)

The funny thing is, I'm on a 2 week rota, so my day off never changes

I wake up with back pain in the night smogsville, I out that down to being in the same place for too long.

Have you been back to the dr Hidingthefear? Is it vomiting and then feeling ok or are you nauseous all day? Doesn't B12 have an effect on ms too?

Shame on your Dh kismac! How horrible of him to make you feel bad. Is there a different between trimesters with the different drugs? If not then it must have been fine when first prescribed them or you wouldn't have got them. Try not to worry and perhaps give someone a call at the antenatal clinc? At least for your Dh's peace of mind and if you need more.

I wouldn't be harsh with Kismac's DH. And without wanting to freak Kismac out, the Thalidomide thing wasn't that long ago. I am definitely risk averse when it comes to drugs, so I can see where he is coming from. He has no control, and it's his child.
Kismac, I hope you feel better soon. And everyone else who is feeling poorly.

Im ok to take the pills at the moment but not allowed in third trimester. Seeing consultant next week, so I will take my telling off and hopefully they suggest an alternative or I'll end up having to spend remainder of pregnancy on sick leave.

But she's been prescribed them and not that long ago and making her feel awful about it doesn't help anyone. Instead of doing something constructive he's just bullying to get his own way. Morning sickness really is awful and someone who hasn't experienced it can't imagine how draining the constant nausea and vomiting is, and my longest one was to 16weeks not 23!!

Does anyone know if it's safe to use a heat pad on my back? It's really sore today :(

Lady, a hot water bottle is fine, so I don't know why a heat patch would be different if it's not directly on your bump?

So sorry for all those still feeling rubbish, I honestly don't know how you're coping. Big hugs

Work have signed off my maternity leave so I'll be off on the 13 March 2015 (using a bit of leave too) and going back 30 March 2016..!! Seems so far away. Then will have approx 40 days of annual leave and bank hols left to take when I come back so hoping to use that to work to the end of August 2016 on full pay, but only three days a week. That's the plan anyway! Exciting...

23 weeks today (and a very kicky and wriggly babe) xx

cinnamon, I didn't post to make Kismac feel awful, and I hope that I didn't. I just didn't want her DH's position to go unheard. He isn't bullying - he has valid concerns. Chances are, baby will be fine. But let's never forget that the drug companies/doctors certainly don't know everything. What can the DH actually do, that is constructive?

I didn't mean that you meant to at all FreedomHuntress, a discussion about pros and cons, suggesting seeing the consultant, rather than ganging up with his mum. I agree about drugs and drug companies, I think everyone worries about taking anything as recent posts have shown. I see your point totally about him having no control and it's his baby too. I get a lot of negativity about my running from friends and family, midwife is happy I know how I feel and there is NO ONE in the world who cares more about this baby than me! My mental health is better for running and a medical professional has said its ok to, so although different to kismac's situation, I know the feeling of being made to feel you are putting yourself above your baby, so probably made me defensive!! My dh is very supportive of my decisions but other family members aren't and it's not fair.

Ok, cool!
I think it is hard for the OHs. I often think my DS may be a father one day, and I'd hope people were fair to him if he had concerns about his partner/child.

Hope everyone who is under the weather feels better soonest. And remember: this too will pass.

20+2

I never stop worrying about my ds's as husbands and dads, having been through it all with dh fighting for his ds, it frightens me! But I hope I will frighten off anyone unsuitable teach them the right kind of woman to go for

Don't worry, you didn't upset me. I understand his concerns cause I feel it too but Im in the horrible position where I have to be a wee bit selfish. Baby is measuring small, so I need to be able to eat to help the baby in the long run.

Its just not nice having all this responsibility and knowing that whatever choice I make they'll be risks.

I hope your mums partner makes a speedy recovery OneDay

Yes to baby brain and feeling emotional, I couldn't remember a password for my laptop that I use every week and I was stuck in traffic yesterday for 3 hours and I burst into tears at some traffic lights because I just wanted to be home

Sorry a lot of you are feeling rubbish, hope you all get well soon.

I'm working from home today and I have eaten way to much, cereal and scotch pancakes, 2 large homemade ginger biscuits , cheese on toast, yoghurt, 2 chocolates off the Xmas tree and now the kettle is on for a hot chocolate and probably more biscuits. Oh well it's cold and I'm fed up with work today.

If anyone has a 99p shop near them they have Johnson's breast pads pack of 30 they are £3.50 in Boots.

That's one of my concerns too, cinnamon. Hope he doesn't impregnate someone who then cuts him out of their lives. Anyway! Years off!

Kismac, I'm glad. Hang in there!

That doesn't sound too much to me, Wine! Not on a day like this when it is blimmin' freezing! Mm, I think I will have a hot chocolate too!

I really feel for all of you suffering from sickness at this stage, you're bloody heroes!

Speaking of doing things whilst pregnant..I play an..erm..woodwind instrument..quite a hard-work type instrument haha..im still able to play at the moment (just!) and I have a big event coming up end of January which I planned to play for..hope it's ok? I haven't actually checked with a professional like you, cinnamon, I just went with the "if you've always done it" rule..? X

LadyNovember I have found that my running has slowed pretty much because of my lung capacity/oxygen available not through muscle ability or tiredness. I wouldn't think it's dangerous but whether perhaps you'll be able to play as well as you would want for a concert by then? I play clarinet but not very well! If you're playing something like a bassoon I can see it would be a challenge!

lady I've been using a gel filled heat pad for pain, it stays slightly better and is easier to hide from my hot water bottle thieving toddler.

oneday I'm so sorry to hear about your mums partner, I hope he has a smooth recovery!

lol, I'm an emotional wreck, and I've given up on expecting to remember anything, just had a delivery of stuff that I ordered less than a week ago and was entirely confused and had no recollection of having ordered it until I opened it O.o

Bagpipes cinnamon I have definitely found my lung capacity to have reduced and my fitness levels, but I had put it down to not playing as regularly, so it's interesting to read you have felt it with running.

I've been sitting here with hot water bottle on back and it feels much better, so I'll try a patch when I go to work soon. Thanks guys. X

Lady I played tenor sax right through to 40 weeks in my last pregnancy with no problems apart from hauling the damn thing around.

Midwife said as long as I'm comfortable it's fine, tbh other than feeling more out of breath I don't notice I'm pregnant at all when I run. Everyone else does though, which is very annoying. I read online the biggest problem with exercise in prefnancy is overheating and as I only run outside and usually at 6am or 7pm I don't think that'll be a problem at this time of year!

Wow bagpipes!!! My grandad was Scottish and played but I've never met another person who does

I can't play any musical instruments, but I remember baby really squishing my lungs up last time, so I was huffing and puffing just walking to the shops, can't imagine actually managing the bagpipes!

I am also a very emotional person anyway but being pregnant has meant it takes less to set me off like an unexploded bomb, without warning

My poor DH is coping very well!

Looking forward to Christmas, mainly because I want to open the sling I made DH buy me for a present!