Babies due in November 2016 #2

[FuzzyOwl]

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Welcome, twohearts!

Hope you achieve your aim. I'm hoping to loose a bit of weight too, once the nausea passes, I had some I needed to lose before I fell pregnant anyway. I'm not a good eater or exerciser naturally, so I'm hoping just being good will do it for me.

On which note, I've just rediscovered Chipsticks and they are AMAZING.

Welcome twohearts. I wish I could exercise. I really want to get on the treadmill, even if it's just for a bit of a powerwalk, but I just feel rubbish. I kept a diary during my last pg and looked back to see I started to feel a bit better around 14 weeks so fingers crossed I can do a bit more then (or sooner). I am also eating every refined carb in sight so I am in awe of your exercise/healthy eating!

Hi twohearts!

I love exercise. I do spinning and Body Pump mostly, and started running in January. However I was hit by HG last Thursday and can now do precisely nothing which makes me a little sad. I am in awe of your exercise levels in your last pregnancy!

Thanks, Thurlow and CakeAndChocolate!

Glad to be here, meet y'all and share our experiences of pregnancy. Nice to have babies in November when we can all wear layers in the cold weather ;)

In terms of workouts, a really easy and fun DVD which I loved during my first pregnancy was "10 Minute Prenatal Pilates" (available on Amazon UK). It's a series of simple 10-minute pilates exercises that aren't too demanding but make you feel really good after you've done them! So if you're looking for something low-impact, I recommend it.

I have actually signed up to train as a pregnancy yoga teacher next month. Figure it'll be a useful qualification to obtain whilst pregnant ;)

Hi RaeSkywalker - so sorry to hear about your HG :(

Hope it passes soon after 1st trimester.

Oh, Weazer, that's just rubbish Hope it passes and you start to feel a bit better soon.

Fuck, I just ate some feta

It's alright, Albus, feta is perfectly fine - www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/foods-to-avoid-pregnant.aspx

If it's pasteurised but there is no reference to pateurisation on pack

Thanks twohearts. Hopefully it will go soon

Albus I accidentally ate Brie when I was 5 weeks. Very upset initially but now I kind of think what's done is done. Maybe mention it to your midwife, and keep an eye out for dodgy symptoms?

The issue with things like the uncooked meats and unpasteurised cheese is not that they are themselves inherently bad for the baby, rather that they have an increased risk of passing on listeria.

Exactly Thurlow- there were surprisingly few listeria cases in the UK in the last couple of years as well. Obviously I won't be doing it again, but I'm not beating myself up about it anymore. Albus it's awful when you first realise, for you.

Sorry, I wrote that far to flippantly. I meant that as Rae says, listeria is incredibly rare in the UK. Very few people any of us know will have had an illness contracted from uncured meats or unpasteurised cheese. However, because the illness is not very good to have when pregnant, it is best practice to try and avoid the things that have this increased risk. But they are not inherently bad in themselves. It's just like increasing your food hygiene and that at home, and trying to avoid catching the norovirus and things like that. It's just because a bit more cautious when pregnant.

Please don't worry too much

it's good to be a bit more cautious

Hello everyone hope you're having a good evening.

I've been having a sharp pulling feeling in my belly button over the last couple of days. I had it very early on as well. It's pretty unpleasant but not agonising and only lasts a second each time.

Has anyone had anything similar?

finding I keep getting a sharp pulling feeling a few inches from my belly button. It almost feels like something is stuck on inside and is being pulled but I assumed it is the muscles expanding.

It seems to be through the middle of my belly button. It's quite uncomfortable. I'm off to google it.

Let me know if you find out anything finding.

Lots of info about soreness or tenderness near the belly button being a normal response to stretching of the muscles.

I'm not sure mine is quite like that as it's not sore to touch. I'll see how I get on over the next couple of days.

Mine isn't to touch either and only lasts for a short amount of time but longer than a second.

My only symptoms are cramping or stretching related and I am still too scared to go for an early scan. I know this is stupid of me and I really need to do something.

Have you got any breast tenderness or heartburn at all Fuzzy?

These were my main symptoms at first (as well as lots and lots of wind!)

No breast tenderness at all, even though I keep grabbing myself really hard to try and conjure some up! I did have occasional mild heartburn but not now. I really do need to stop being so silly and go for a scan, especially since my last mmc showed the baby had died about nine weeks before my scan and I hadn't bled at all.

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FuzzyO, I don't feel breast tenderness either, unless I've been wearing a bra all day and when I take it off it really hurts.
Think about getting an early scan just to put your mind at rest.

I now have a GP appointment for next Thursday and my first scan booked for next Friday.

I also have no symptoms just very tired. Also on knicker watch as more cm than normal. What point do we stop worrying?

I stopped worrying at 32 weeks last time fuzzy! Bizarrely not having breast tenderness doesn't concern me so much as I didn't have any at all with DD and an unbearable amount with my mmc. You're right; I really do need to go for an early scan.