Due in July - Part 2!

[Chooster]

Hello everyone - Just starting a new thread for this... Will send a message in a mo.

Sorry forgot to say Pulapula your daughter is v v cute! and had a great time at the dinner dance last night, DH and I won $400 on the gaming tables - sadly not real money though! (would have helped towards the heating costs )

DD isn't well. She has a temp of 38.7. Her eyes look heavy and she says she feels sick. (She hasn't been)she has a sore throat and a stuffy nose. Maybe it is just a bad cold but her best friend in school has chickenpox - according to her (but everyone who is sick had chicknpox to DD) She has no spots but what if she does have it. Chickenpox is bad if you are prg isn't it. I had it when I was younger but I didn't have antibodies when I had a blood test done 10 years later (Weird I know)
What do I do if she is coming down with chickenpox.

Abgirl- your ds is such a cutie.. how prem was he though, he looks tiny tiny......

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Typhoon's mum - re chicken pox, iirc from what I found out on the net when I looked into it the other week, it can be dangerous for the baby between 14 - 20 weeks of pregnancy (right where we are now) and also towards the very end of the pregnancy. So it might be worth going to GP to get another test done to see about your antibodies. But if you have had chickenpox already, you should be fine. HTH

I'm not sure whether it is chickenpox. There are no signs of it. Just that she told me that Taylor had chickenpox. (She was in school on Thursday and looked fine) DD says anyone who is off school has chickenpx. SO she isn't entirely reliable. Gave her Calpol at 10 and she perked up. Dropped again about an hour ago. Temp is now 39.1(102 for the other way) She is lying on the couch looking awful. Gave her calpol bout 40 minutes ago.
Could just be a bad cold. I hope.

If she's not asthmatic and had it before you can give ibuprofen (nurofen, calprofen etc) in between the calpol doses to try and bring temp down more Typhoonsmum.

There is also a vaccine you can have. It has only just become available, so 10 years ago it won't have been around. I'm not sure, but think if you tested negative to varicella (chickenpox) at your booking pincushion session, then you are likely to be offered it. You can have it in pregnancy. It must be given within 10 days of contact though. Vesicles (fluid filled blisters) appear on face and scalp and spread to trunk and rest of body after usually one or two days of fever and or feeling unwell.

Hope this helps and don't worry about it.

I had the chickenpox immunity test done when I started my nurse training in 1998. (I was doing the child branch but since changed to Adult).
I was told I had no antibodies to Chickenpox but I had them to measles. I found it strange at first as I have had chickenpox but not measles but then I remembered I've had the MMR inj so that would account for the measles antibodies.
It hasn't been mentioned since. I wasn't mentioned when I booked in with DD or when I started my job at the Hospital I'm in now. I haven'tseen a midwife since I booked in with this pregnancy to get the results of all my bloods back to know what they tested for.

If you are a nurse, then another reason to have the vaccine, as they ration it with pregnant mums (if there is a shortage) so all healthcare workers (including hospital cleaners) can get it. It' a really new one though so OH might not have got round to introducing it to everybody who has tested negative yet. Maybe check with them and insinuate that dd has chickenpox. Don't you work with pregnant mums too? If you do there's a third reason you should have the vaccine.

I work in Gynae so pregnant woman is part of the job. I've never heard of the vaccine till today. Have appt with MW next week. Will mention it to her if DD turns out to be OK. If DD does develop CP then naturally I'll be going to the Dr's b4 then.
Thanks Jennster. You've been a big help.

typhoonsmum, DS was born at 29 weeks, weighing 2lb 2oz, so was still a bit small for dates despite arriving 11 weeks early. I had severe pre-eclampsia and it had affected his growth which was why they decided to whip him out quick. Am being monitored v carefully this time.

I think the photo may be a bit deceptive, he's on the 25th centile for weight, though is below the 2nd centile for height. He fits comfortably into 12-18 month clothes atm and is nearly 22 mo. I quite like him being small, he makes up for it in personality!!

Woohoo! I felt my first kick last night

Abgirl..glad they are keeping an eye out this time.. I had IUGR with DD she was 4lb14 at 36weeks..
I ment he was small in the newborn pics he looks fine now... it is amazing how they come along, my dh cousin had er ds at 25weeks 10years ago,,, he is still a bit on the small side but healthy and that is what matters.

Miaou- wooohoo too on you feeling the first kick.. I am sure I have started to feel stronger movements more than flutterings but not sure... I klike to thinkI have..

Hi all

Wow - I seem to have missed loads!

Abgirl - ds is really cute. hope your heating is fitted soon and you can thaw out.

pulapula - great pictures, your dd is a cutey too.

chooster - glad scan went well. good luck for the tests

typhoonsmum - hope dd doesn't have chickenpox & that she feels better soon. definitely worth asking about the jab in any case.

miaou - glad heating is sorted now. Must be lovely having the puppy - bet dc are ecstatic

re mag discussion, one of the best I've come across is "I'm Pregnant!" which I think is out every two months. It covers everything so you only need to buy it once.

twoplusone - hope you managed to sort the carpet out eventually.

DD seems to be a lot better now. Temp is still high but she is running around as normal. Eating like there is no tomorrow and has a bad barking cough. So am thinking it is more a bad cold. Thanks for all the words of advice. Will mention the inj to MW next week.

Typhoonsmum- Glad your dd is better

only 11 sleeps then DH is home

glad to hear that typhoonsmum.

Hi everyone

Glad your DD is better Typhoonsmum!! At least that a worry gone.

Abgirl - glad to hear you are being monitored closely this time.

Hi everyone else - Hope you've all had a good weekend.

I did up until this evening... Can I ask your advise about something as I'm not sure if I'm being unreasonable or merely 'pregant' (maybe I'm asking the wrong people )

My DH's pal lives in Copenhagen and is getting married in September when our little one will be about 6 weeks old. There's no way I could think about going with a DS at 3yrs as well as a newborn, but DH had twice mentioned (once in front of friends) that the only answer is for him to go by himself. Then tonight he came downstairs and told me what flight times he would get (Friday morning til Sunday night). My face must have showed what I thought about this so he asked if I had a problem. I told him my problem is not him going but that he hasn't even spoken to me about how I felt about having a toddler and 6 wk old baby for 3 days on my own. Anyway it caused a big ruck - him saying I was being unreasonable and 'neurotic!!!' (Has he not read those books about what NOT to say to a pregnant lady! )

Ok, so am I being out of order? Honestly? Like I say its not the fact that he would go thats made me mad (the person getting married is more his friend than mine), its the fact he didnt even have the decency to talk about it.

I don't think you are being unreasonable. He should explain to his friends that he is sorryhe can't be there but in wouldn't be a good idea to take a new baby and he cn't leave you onyour own.

It muct be in the air. Had post coital bleed two weeks ago and since then had no sex. DP has been out yesterday and this afternoon in the pub. He came home and sulked upstairs and when he finally came down he said I was the most selfish person he has ever met and how everything is about me. I have got what I want and now I don't need him anymore. I explained that I didn't like bleeding so that is why and he should understand that. He said it wasn't bleeding it was just a show. I walked off. I have a short fuse at the moment anyway. I was ready to punch him.

Hmm this could be me. I have been apologising all weekend for being an uberbitch, even though DH has been winding me up SO MUCH.

Chooster and Typhoonsmum, so sorry you two are having problems! Having a baby is a big emotional upheaval for everyone, regardless of whether you have been through this before!

Chooster, your dh really should have spoken to you about it first, it was rather underhand of him to mention it in front of friends (presumably so that you wouldn't have the chance to object ). It puts the whole thing on the wrong foot really!

Only you know how you will feel about it really, and you won't know exactly how you are going to feel until after the baby is born!

Have you got a mum who could come and stay and help out whilst he is away (if he goes)? Would that be an acceptable compromise?

Chooster- i would be annoyed that DH hadnt spoke ot me about it, and knowing that I am stubborn would defo say no to him going..just to be awkward as hehad pi**ed me off not discussing it.. Can totally understand where you are coming from..

Typhoonsmum- at your dh saying you have got what you want!! Men they just dont get it do they..

Only 10days left then DH (should) be home... and I cant wait... I am sure we will be back tot he normal domestic bliss a day after the reunion, I can see trouble ahead as the kids and I are in such a routine now and I know DH is going to disrupt it all but I cant wait..... The joy of happy families

Just seen mw, I am measuring between 16-17 weeks for the the fundus height and we heard babies heartbeat (16+1 today 23weeks and 6 days to go!!!! lol)

Hmmmm. Can sympathise with all. My DH feels I have ruined his life because I have said I don't think it's fair for him to go on a mountain biking holiday for 10 days in August. But it's okay for me because I have got what I want .... Well, I hope I will have, but I thought it's what he wanted too. We some more talking to do!!

On another point, I have my booking in appointment this afternoon and am not sure exactly what happens in this. I am assuming it will be blood tests, medical history etc. It does seem quite far down the line to establish if there could be a problem etc, but I guess this is just the way they do things in this area. Will they be able to hear a heartbeat? Am once again excited and nervous!!!

catstar- they should be able to hear a heart beat at this stage..the mw will also check your funds (height of womb) (well they do here) to see if that matches dates.etc.

Good luck with your booking in,,

fundus not funds lol