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March 2016 #4 - entering the second trimester at last and (hopefully) waving goodbye to sickness

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marmitemofo · 02/09/2015 14:08

started a new thread as the old one was getting full up. Thought I would post the link to stats here too so people can update if they want!

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CWO_z74sygCKB3cdMb7jXf2VP1TwJB8KCTF-M5XbTyY/edit#gid=0

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Me624 · 12/09/2015 22:38

Anyone else having a problem with bleeding gums? I keep spitting a mouthful of blood every time I brush my teeth Sad it's getting worse, think I might stop using my electric toothbrush for a while and go back to manual to see if that helps.

Missikat · 12/09/2015 23:02

I am also in the 'a few drinks here and there doesn't hurt' camp. When pregnant with DS in 2012/13 the advice was 1-2 units 1-2 times per week is prob fine. I did have fairly regular (two/three times per month) small glasses of red wine (until the heartburn put an end to that!) and didn't feel guilty about it at all. Equally this time round I've had a few half shandys or small bottles of beer. When pregnant with me and my two siblings my mum had a glass of whiskey every night to help her sleep! As did my nan with Guinness! I feel there is too much scare-mongering for pregnant women and the list of things you shouldn't do grows year on year. In the same vein I have had some medium steaks and runny (lion stamped) eggs. Some of arguments behind recommending we shouldn't eat various things due to risk of listeriosis are flawed and out of date as really they should be saying we should avoid packaged salads which are one of the highest risks for getting listeria. I prefer to do my own reading and make my own decisions about the risks I'm prepared to take. Equally I understand why many people prefer to follow the recommendations and avoid drinking/eating particular food altogether.

On an aside congratulations motherkat on your double surprise news! Amazing to have some twins on here! One of my best mum friends gave birth to twin boys two weeks ago (naturally after less than 12 hours of labour And only 10 mins apart!). It's very exciting news for you, I'm sure your scared, as my friend was but you just learn to do things differently than with just one!

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 09:26

Morning, I woke up to cat poo Envy

Rosieblossom123 · 13/09/2015 09:47

My 20 week scan was booked after my 12 weeks scan too, 16th October!! Can't wait I'll be 19+5! I'm 15 weeks today and sickness is still here was sick first thing yesterday :( great start to the weekend, when is it going away!!! The only thing that's making me happy is my bump and I want it to get even bigger!!

JoannaZZ · 13/09/2015 10:02

docmc I was just about to recommend that book (Expecting Better by Emily Oster)! I love it as I hate blindly following advice without knowing about the research.

I drink the occasional small drink (usually stop after a few sips simply because I don't fancy any more) and I eat brie and camembert as long as it's pasteurised. I have also gone back to medium/soft boiled eggs after sticking to hard boiled for the first trimester (unnecessary I think).

Even sushi seems to be reasonably ok to eat if it's from a good restaurant, but I haven't felt the need for that yet. Have had some smoked salmon though.

I think it's up to each person to decide whether to follow all the guidelines, for some people it's easier to just avoid everything on the list whereas for others (e.g. those who can't live without camembert) it's better to look into the research and then decide for themselves.

blondiejess1982 · 13/09/2015 10:23

Hey Smile. Has anyone else got their first scan this week? Mine is Friday and I am a bag of nerves. It is going to be a very LONG week waiting !
As for alcohol discussion - I have had a few swigs of OH beer and a spritzer but nothing more. I went out Friday night and drank mocktails all night, it was fine luckily. I did feel a bit of a Heffa though which didn't help with the 'trying to feel relaxed' it was more feeling slightly chubs that hindered me then the being sober bit I think !

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 11:26

Hi blondie, mine's on Tuesday. I thought I was the last one!

blondiejess1982 · 13/09/2015 11:36

Hiya Indomitable ! My predicted due date is 29th March, so potentially I could be in the April gang! I am so nervous about Friday.. At least it's 8:30am appointment so I won't be waiting around all day. I have taken the day off just incase too. How are you feeling? It's weird feeling excited and nervous all at the same time !

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 11:45

My EDD is 25th. I'm not really feeling much at the moment. It'll be nice/a relief if everything is ok, but it might not be. I'm feeling quite pragmatic. (DS is just having a yet another tantrum so in some ways I'm wondering why we're doing this again).

I conceived this one and DS first time, have never had a mc, no complications last time. So I feel like I'm pushing my luck. I won't be surprised if there's a problem. It's been too easy so far. But that's not to say I'm worried. I've had no worrying symptoms (that this has been easier, so far, than last time adds to the pragmatism about potential problems).

It's quite weird, really. I'm a bit of a worrier, normally. I'll probably fall apart on Tuesday though!

Jenbee1 · 13/09/2015 12:05

Sorry I've been Mia for a long time. Back at work and the days just go. Mines on Friday too blondie, 840 so close to yours too. I'll be 12+6 which feels late but I'm sure they will put me back. Will be nice to finally have a due date.

magpiedreams · 13/09/2015 14:32

Good luck for scans this week blondie indomitabie and jen - none of you are the last...I'm Thursday 24th! My EDD based on dates is 28th, so maybe a due date buddy blondie if there's a bit of shift on the dates?!

Achm · 13/09/2015 15:55

Thanks for the welcomes! I had my 12 week scan a week ago when I was supposedly 12+6 and found out I was actually 13+6! So In 15+1 now. I had just started back at work so had been busy all week, scan was on Friday afternoon. I think all my anxiety about the baby's health hit me at once as I burst into tears before the lady could start the scan! I was just so desperate to hear that baby was ok!! It was an amazing day though! Can't wait till the next one, my mum's coming with us do it will be even more special as she never had any scans when she was preg!
Is anyone here from the Midlands! I'm really hoping to make contact with some local bumps soon!!! Smile

marmitemofo · 13/09/2015 16:16

Hi all, just checking in from camping holiday! Good luck to everyone having scans this week :-)

me I haven't had it this time so much till the last week or so, but with DD I had really bad bleeding gums throughout my pregnancy. I think its pretty normal as increased blood flow means more to your gums or something?

On the drinking front: I won't bother drinking this time. I used to be a bit of a binge drinker but gave up when I had DD and just fell out of the habit of drinking, particularly as I bf for 15 months. I did drink when bf as its safe to, just didn't drink much. I also don't eat Stilton etc. I actually find that more of a hardship than no alcohol as I'm vegetarian so love my cheese! I know the risks are low but I'd rather just cut it out and not have to think about it. I have been eating runny eggs though since all eggs in the UK are lion stamped so salmonella isn't a risk.

I can't work out if I can feel flutterings or not. I have a feeling I might just have a weird twitch in my belly! You can see it from the outside and I'm pretty sure with DD we couldn't feel kicks from the outside till 20 weeks or so. So maybe I've just got a trapped nerve in my tummy or something!

My sickness has mostly gone thank god, but I do still have moments every day where I feel yucky. Like now Sad really can't wait for the second trimester boost to kick in!

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BeautifulLiar · 13/09/2015 18:11

Achm I'm from Lincolnshire if that's any good?

Really annoyed that my sickness is still as bad and the gross taste in my mouth has got worse. 14+5 now!

shieldbug · 13/09/2015 19:28

Achm Welcome. I grew up in Nottingham, but I'm in NI now, so not much help!

Rosie 15+0 here as well, we're not scan buddies though as mine is on the 19th...you managed to beat me.

Marmite you may be able to feel something round about now with your second, but everybody is different. I'm feeling small movements every other day or so, but this is my third. It can also depend on where your placenta is as that can mask kicks for a while.

Finally getting some energy back, but then I tend to overdo things. I fell asleep on the sofa this afternoon after a busy weekend. We went to Tayto Park in ROI yesterday (Embolio will know about Tayto crisps, which are eaten in vast quantities over here, but I rarely see in England); it's like a theme park but on a small scale. It's great for little kids and we met up with friends and had a wonderful day. The sun even shone! Ds2 is a right NI boy though; he complains whenever the sun shines too brightly as he's not used to it!

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 20:33

Ooh! I was just watching Antiques Roadshow (I am that old) and saw the ad for Countdown To Life on BBC 2 tomorrow at 9pm. This week is the first 8 weeks after conception. Should be fascinating!

Gingerlady123 · 13/09/2015 20:58

Good luck to all the upcoming scans. Hope they all go well.
Indom- that does sound really interesting, I'll be watching.
Bought a tomee tippee bottle kit today. Electric steriliser, bottles etc.
Planning on breastfeeding but I also want bottles as a back up.
Feeling like I shouldn't of bought it though as I can't shake the thought of something being dreadful at my 20 week scan even if the nuchal fold decreased back to normal size. It's still playing on my mind as it was so high.
Havnt had a phone call from the hospital to say I'm high risk and had my bloods drawn Wednesday would I of got a phone call by now if they thought their was an issue?
I'm 13+1 today and still threw up this afternoon.
Also I have an anterior placenta and am very gutted as this can mean reduced movements and I was so looking forward to feeling baby move. As its my first it could be as late as 28 weeks and even then very reduced is what I've read. Any expirences with anterior placentas?

Paperblank · 13/09/2015 20:58

Hiya!

Well back to reality for me....Back to work tomorrow not that I expect I'll get much done other than plough through eleventy billion emails.

A question for you - anyone else got very sore nips? Mine have been agony this last week (great timing on honeymoon ha ha) DH has offered to put "sore tit cream" on (very VERY gently) as he reckons that you can probably just buy this magic cream that will stop them hurting.

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dobbythedoggy · 13/09/2015 21:09

After a week or so with virtually no sickness, just the odd queasy moment here and there, it ramped right back up since friday. Felt so yuck, and had a horriable time trying to pick up a few bits from lidl yesterday morning with dd. The lovely man on the check out packed up the shopping for me, looking very worried I might throw up everywhere. Luckily got out of the shop and on to the green path home before it happened. Dd is now unfased by me randomly being sick and tells me I'll fell better in a bit. Annoyingly not even proper ms, so don't think breaking the sickness meds out will help, just loads of congestion streaming down the back of my throat and making me gag! Had the same with dd, but just so disscusting.

I've never been intrested in drinking, never really have. My family only every tended to drink with christmas dinner, if they had someone over for sunday lunch or when on holiday in france. Only ever had the odd glass of red every few years and a bit of fizz at christmas or new year. Just never been bothered by it. There's quite a scary campainge going on in our local area about drinking in pregnancy lead by a rather forthright lady who lost triplets due to drinking who can't stop talking about fetal achol syndrom. I was dithering over taking communion at church last week, when I took it with dd it always made my already rotten heart burn worse, until our lovely currit pulled me aside and said they only use none acholic wine at our current church, and gluton free bread. Knowing it was achol free made it taste suspiciously like ribena!

We're hoping to fine out what we're having at 20 week scan. 3 weeks on wednesday for me. If we have a boy this time I don't know if he'll ever get a name. Dh and I struggle to agree on girls names but could find something we'll both like, but never found boys names we could even both agree to remotely liking. Anything he likes I can't stand and things that I like hold bad memories for him or aren't to his taste. The few we did agree on at one point had to be written off after a string of chalenging children I looked after who had those names has put me off ever using them. Dd is desprate to know if baby bump is a girl or a boy. If we can't find out at the nhs scan I quite tempted to get a gender scan just to stop her constant guessing.

achm I know quite a few people in the west midland who are expecting. Spent my early years on the outskirts of birmigham and still have lots of friends and family in the area. Although have the odd moment of madness where I think it would be lovely to go back there, before I remember the vast array of demanding relitives in the are. But love devon, couldn't leave the closeness of the beach or hockings icecream. Just have to put up with dh's demanding family instead.

blondiejess1982 · 13/09/2015 21:53

Magpie - yes buddies sounds good, I always wanted to be pregnant the same time as one of my friends so we could go through it together, no such luck ! I will update you Friday how the scan goes. I am like a bag of nerves at the moment, God knows how I am going to get through work this week!

ThePug · 13/09/2015 21:55

Thanks Indom - sounds great and we'll definitely be watching so I can amaze DH with what my body has been busy doing!

Paper Hope you had an amazing honeymoon Smile I'm pretty sure you can get nipple cream aimed at breastfeeding ladies. I assume it's to sooth them from the sucking/chewing so not sure if it would help relieve just soreness/tenderness but probably worth a go!

Ginger I'm sure they would have called by now if it was going to be high risk. I wasn't told where my placenta was but now I really want to know!

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 23:17

Ah, dobby! "But love devon, couldn't leave the closeness of the beach or hockings icecream." That suggests north coast to me? (In the interests of fairness, we're in the pointy bit in the middle.)

You'll be delivering at NDDH?

IndomitabIe · 13/09/2015 23:20

Oh, ginger, I was told I had an anterior placenta with DS but I'm sure I could feel everything, from 18 weeks too. I remember just sitting back on the sofa, really still and concentrating on all the bubbly pops I could feel till I could work out the digestive ones definitely felt different. It was magic!

julesldn · 14/09/2015 01:41

My two pennies on alcohol - personally not planning on drinking although had a sip of champagne at a wedding a month ago to toast the bride. Couldn't be bothered with the rest though as Id have wanted the whole bottle haha. Not much of a drinker though but really craving an amaretto sour! Probs best to steer away from the hard spirits and raw egg whites though GrinSad

For those of you with bleeding gums - im sure you know but dental care is free when pregnant! I'd definitely go get them checked out just in case, and may as well make use of the freebies too Grin

Ginger - why not call the hospital about results? They told me over the phone about 2 weeks before I got my letter and really eased my mind.

Can't believe I'm 17 weeks tomorrow! Hope you all had lovely weekends and glad to hear a lot of the sickness is dying down Smile

dobbythedoggy · 14/09/2015 08:38

indomitable we are on the north coast, not as close to the beach as we once were, when my parents first moved down here we were seconds from a private beach. Now a short bus or car ride away but closer to everything else!

Will be delivering at NDDH again. The care I had there was fantastic when I had dd in 2012.