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The due in September crew head into the second trimester! :) (Thread 6)

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Treaclepie19 · 04/03/2015 17:11

Hi all! Stats sheet here :)

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misssmilla1 · 14/03/2015 18:23

mrs yes, feeling heaps better than the first trimester, thank goodness! At the time i didn't think I felt too bad but now the low level nausea, weird food intolerance / cravings, the exhaustion and just feeling a bit bleearrrghhh have gone I'm rethinking how crappy I felt. I'm hoping this applies to the last trimester and birth - i.e. at the time it won't seem so bad (wishful thinking much Grin)

hollyhoward · 14/03/2015 18:30

Hi, could someone please advise me on how to pop myself on the spreadsheet? I'm due September 1st ??

mrsatkinson · 14/03/2015 18:33

That's good to hear miss.
I'm slowly forgetting how lousy I felt aswell, and in all honesty I never really felt as bad as what some very unfortunate mum to be's feel. indigestion was horrific but morning sickness was mild and infrequent. I was very lucky

bonzo77 · 14/03/2015 18:46

Downs screening back. 1:7800 which is good for an old hummer! I've just got my fingers crossed that if there was something untoward indicated like patau or Edwards they'd have noticed. Anyway my lovely DH has it on FB now Hmm. Not best pleased but hey ho.

Boodlymummy · 14/03/2015 19:15

I've been feeling much better for a fortnight or so, but this evening (12+6) nausea is back and I feel lousy and emotional. Hope it's just a random blip and it's not back to stay for a while.... Sad

Guavasforbreakfast · 14/03/2015 21:20

I agree shinjuku - I worried so much in my first pregnancy and just don't have the energy to this time. I have had tiny amounts of wine on a couple of occasions with a meal (maybe a quarter of a glass) because it forms such a big part of my husband and I dining out (a rare occasion nowadays!) - he loves pairing wine and food, and it felt like a real treat to have a tiny amount to go with my meal.

The same with packaged food. I have been physically unable to cook during the day (luckily inlaws/DH cook at night) as the smell still makes me retch, and the only thing keeping me going has been spending the days out and about, ending up eating boots meal deals etc. The stress of feeling ill while caring for a toddler is enough without worrying myself sick over what I'm eating!

There's so much pressure on women from the moment you get pregnant, and then once you have the baby in terms of parenting - I think it does terrible things for anyone susceptible to any level of anxiety. My lovely midwife last time told me that stress would end up doing more to harm the baby than the things that I was worrying about!

DoNotDenyMe · 14/03/2015 22:12

Another one here who will have the occasional (half) glass of wine. What I find quite strange is that I don't usually like red wine, but during pregnancy (and my last one), the thought of a glass of red is quite appealing. Anyway, went for a lovely meal last night with dh and had half a glass.
It's personal choice- each to their own- that's what I say! Smile

Pigriver · 14/03/2015 22:17

Combined screening result same back today after only 5 days. Optimistically printed onto green paper and they were classed as low risk. Not as low as some but 1:1900 instead if the 1:590 that it should be for my age.

Seeing my family tomorrow and letting them all know the news. I'll be 15 weeks on Monday.

Maths88 · 15/03/2015 06:54

Happy Mothers Day everyone!

Bump gave me a lovely card and pandora baby carriage charm - quite impressed with the choices from one so tiny!!! Grin

Got my mother here so spending the day with her.

We settled on a pram yesterday - the bugaboo buffalo.

shinjuku09 · 15/03/2015 07:46

Boodly hope you feel much better vv soon.

Lots of women do choose not to drink during breastfeeding too and again I can understand that but actually once they're past the tiny newborn stage the chance of it affecting them at all unless you get absolutely blotto is almost non existent. It's good to try to not drink right before a feed if it's a tiny baby which obviously can be difficult to predict. Even if you imbibed quite heavily the most that would happen is they'd get a bit sleepy. The amount they get through you having a few drinks is about the same as if they had a bit if orange juice. Not criticising bfeeders who don't drink at all but am just training to be available bfeeding peer supporter and sometimes women choose not to bf because they don't like the thought of further abstention from the things they like!

shinjuku09 · 15/03/2015 07:46

Happy mothers day to all you mothers to be and mummies of one or more!

monkeymoonpig · 15/03/2015 08:17

Managed last 2 days without wearing nausea bands as settled a bit - came back with a vengeance at 2am! Thankfully bands were at hand so didnt lose too much sleep.....DS now has most awful cough and cold keeping him awake so grabbing sleep when i can!

Happy Mothering Sunday peeps! (My mother would not be best pleased if i said Mothers Day lol Grin )

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DoctorDonnaNoble · 15/03/2015 08:27

I don't know if I said but little bean wouldn't stay still enough to do the NF measurement at the scan so I have to go back in a couple of weeks for the quad test. Anyone had it before? How does it accuracy compare?

shinjuku09 · 15/03/2015 08:55

Ooh I've just opened a parcel with a cheapie breastfeeding dress in I bought from eBay. I know it's ridiculously early but thought I'd start buying little bits to spread the cost (that's how I justify it to DH). I'm really impressed so far with how it looks. I struggled a bit last time as used to wear dresses mostly and got fed up of tops and jeans but apart from two more formal dresses for weddings etc I really struggled to find anything in my style. If this dress seems to be ok I'll be back for more!

ambientolf · 15/03/2015 09:17

maths bump also gave me a card but with a Thomas sabo charm baby carriage! Looks like our bumps are quite similar! Grin

ambientolf · 15/03/2015 09:19

Hi tatters (waves)

SpamAnderson · 15/03/2015 10:12

Morning Mummies and Mummies-to-be! My gift this morning, a card from DH, dd1 and dd2 each and a lovely mug. Bump got me... morning sickness. Seriously!? I haven't had it for like 2 weeks now and baby chooses Mothers Day to be a good time for it to return. Thanks a lot! It has cemented my decision though that this is definitely a boy, a girl wouldn't do it to me ;)

amusville · 15/03/2015 10:53

Hi ladies and happy mothers day to you all. Ive been lurking for a while but finally decided to join in. Due 19th September with my first. Had my NT on Thurs measuring 2.1mm just waiting on my bloods and starting to panick a little. I know NT is fine and I'm 28 so fingers crossed numbers come back good.

TheMidnightHour · 15/03/2015 11:33

Hello again Smile thanks for the thoughts on screening. Have had to make so many choices before 12 week scan including where to give birth. Bit overwhelming.

Another q - does anyone know how it works with the prescription payment exemption cert? Midwife gave me an application, which my gp sent off. Any idea when I'll get it back? Will it come to me direct? Thanks Smile

lastnightiwenttomanderley · 15/03/2015 11:44

Midnight Mine came back within about a week - ten days. Had it before I even had my booking appt which I thought was quite funny as nobody had actually checked I was in any way pregnant?

TheMidnightHour · 15/03/2015 12:57

Thanks lastnight I'll try to be patient

misssmilla1 · 15/03/2015 13:33

Told my parents today, and to say they're thrilled is an understatement Grin my mum's advice was to eat lots of red meat, drink red wine as "it never did you any harm when I was pregnant with you" and my dad piped up "and you also smoked like a chimney.." so we left the advice there, lol

Managed to score some half decent maternity jeans cheap yesterday so am wearing them today, instantly more comfortable!

shinjuku09 · 15/03/2015 13:39

Midnight mine took about a week. You can get free prescriptions before you receive it though if you just explain you don't have it yet.

bonzo77 · 15/03/2015 15:17

My maternity exemption card took about 3 weeks.