April 2017 #2 - come join us, we promise not to throw up on you (hopefully!)

[Celen]

The second thread for those due around April 2017.

I'll add my stats, please add yours or someone can add for you

Celen, due 2 April, dc#2

Milky we took ds to our first one. But he was only 5 months. I would potty take dd ( who's 20 months) if she's in a good mood.

Hasn't ever take. Us long. You go in, they ask you questions about why you're there, what kind of bleeding, when etc, send you for scan, get scanned, and back to epu where they talk you through the scan results.

It's more waiting around than in the actual appointments. Though if your hospital is anything like mine they'll have toys in all the waiting areas.

We book in at 8-10 weeks. With ds I didn't have blood test at booking in - because it was 4pm on a Friday so my blood would've been there till Monday. So they did the whole lot at hospital on scan day.

With dd they did it at booking in. Then just the ones that go with scan at the hospital I think.

So I ended up in hospital last night because to save dd from burning herself on some literally just out of the pan gravy I knocked her back and tried to stop it and it landed on my wrist sitting in minor injuries for 3 hours in the most uncomfortable chair ever, with a burnt wrist and gradually getting more hungry and sick wasn't fun.

Luckily The kids stayed at PiLs while dh took me, then he went back to take the kids to bed, then PiLs just sat round ours until we got back

Just sneaking in and adding myself to the list (I hope I've used the most recent one - it was the most recent one I could see).

Esker due 29 March dc #1
Smiles01, due 29th March, DC#1 (5th pregnancy).
IrnBruFan - due 30 March (expected to change to April)
Needtoloseastone due 30th March dc#5
Bellatrixandstrange due 1st April dc#1
MummaFB due 1 April dc#1
Gemsbok due 1 April dc#2
MonkeyArms due 1 Aril dc#1
Celen due 2 April dc#2
Mummymulb16 due 3rd April dc#2
StillaChocoholic due 3rd April dc#2
SummerSkittles91 due 3rd April dc#1
Strubo due 4th April dc#3
LotsaTuddles, 6th April, DC#3 (pregnancy 6)
Littlespoon due 8th April dc#2
Midrog due 9th April dc#1
MrsRhubarb, 9th April, DC2.
Naranciata due 10th April dc#1
MyGreenSofa due 11th April dc#2
Everdene due 11th April dc#1
Finova due 11th April dc#3
Otterspace due 12 April dc#2
WindyTriller due 12 April dc#2
TopKittyKat due 13 April dc#1
Mamato1 due 13th April DC#2
katemarob17 due 14th April dc#1
Allaboutthecake13 due 14 April dc#2
Puggleface due 14 April dc#2
Prive120 due 15 April dc#1
Helbelle75 due 15 April dc1 (pregnancy 2)
cantmakeme due 15 April dc#2
Marmitecheesetoast due 16th April dc#1
Choccybiscuit due 16th April dc#3
Jennywren15 due 16th April dc#2
Hayls17 due 17 April dc#1
MilkyChops due 17 April dc#2
Bubbinsmakesthree due 18 April dc#2
Dandelionrarrrrr, due 18th April dc#2
Autumnsunshinebaby due 18th April dc#2
Jpeg28 due 21st April dc#1 (2nd pregnancy)
Jobrum due 21st April dc#2
Theknittinggorilla due 22 April dc#3
RaRa25 due 22 April Dc #2
SharkBastard due 23 April dc#2
Hummingbird100 due 25 April dc#2
BertieBotts due 26 Apr dc#2
Wherethefuckisthefuckingtuna due 30th Apr DC#2

I hope your arm is ok Lotsa

Oh no lotsa I hope you're arm is ok!!

milky when I've been to EPU it's in 3 stages, first I see a nurse who does history and urine test, then scan, then doctor who does bloods and discusses scan. Where mine is it's a pretty tiny room with not a lot of space for anything but the many times I've been in I've seen people with children in there. Like lotsa said the appointments are short it's the waiting around. Good luck X

Hope all scans ok today.
Mine's at 11. Just fingers crossed it's not ectopic again, it was enough to put me off for a couple of years. I don't think I would try again if it is. I have a lovely five year old daughter and don't want all the stress and worry.

Our epau is in 3 stages too, you see a midwife, back in the waiting room, have a scan, back in the waiting room and then back into midwife. Its taken anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours before. It really depends on how many people they are seeing and the sort of news they have to break to them. They are amazing at my clinic though and if it's bad news instead of going back into the waiting room they put you in a special room and have a specially trained midwife come and talk to you. Obviously the next person can't be scanned till that room is empty though, and they are never in a rush to usher people out which is lovely.

I'm getting stabbing pains every now and then in my abdomin. It will be a quick pain lasting a few seconds and then it goes. I'm hoping it's just stretching pains.

Does anyone else get this? I'm 6+2.

Fx for all those with scans and appointments today.

I sicked up what was luckily mainly just ginger tea all over the table with no warning when I sat down for breakfast this morning think I need to accept I'm probably no longer going to feel like natural yogurt and homemade sugar-free granola for breakfast in the mornings may have to cave in and buy white bread for toast.. Was so scared I was going to be sick again on the bus to work but so far ok

Thinking of everyone with scans today, its so nerve wracking good luck xx

Topkitty yes!!! I've had it every time but always forget till it starts again. Its quite painful and is occasional. You are not alone! I've seen a midwife in the past and been told it's just stretching pain xx

I think I use too many kisses for mumsnet! I don't mean to, I will get out of that habit asap!

Thanks Number4. That's reassuring to know.

Ooh poor you marmite. That doesn't sound fun at all!

Good luck with the scans ladies. I'll have fingers and toes crossed for you all.

I am now surreptitiously eating water biscuits at my desk

I've been having that too topkitty I'm 6+1. Sounds like we're at similar stage! Reassuring to know other people having similar symptoms

Ouch, Lotsa, hope it's okay.

Good luck for those with scans today. I would struggle to amuse DD for the duration of the process - each time I've been (and there have been a few!), it's been anything from 2hrs-5hrs. I've had her with me once, and while it was a distraction from the horribleness, I felt under double pressure to keep her quiet and not to show her how stressed and upset I was. The better the outcome, the shorter the time you're in, though.

Luchi I'm also too superstitious to add myself to the list. Or to call the MWs. Same will go for any FB group - maybe later.

I'm drinking pints and pints of purple squash. I manage two half-cups of tea a day. I find I really want some, but then once it's no longer scalding hot I don't like it anymore.

marmite - it's nice to have people at the same stage

As a first timer I'm finding the advice and support on here so reassuring!

Good luck to everyone with scans coming up soon.

My booking appointment last time was around ten weeks I think. We have to make an appointment with the GP first, they make an appointment for you with the practice midwife. No blood tests are done at our booking appointments, they are all done at the hospital at the 12 week scan. I think I have to contact the hospital directly to book the scan, can’t remember that. I have the choice of two very close hospitals where I am (the QE and City). I will again be opting for City which got me no end of grief last time as the QE is the place everyone goes to give birth, it just is. But when I looked into it, City had really low intervention rates, better patient scores for aftercare, more likely to have one midwife with you for the whole of labour, every birthing suit room has a pool etc. I actually went to their off-site birth centre which was just lovely but unfortunately had to be transferred to the delivery ward (worst ambulance ride ever) because of meconium and then had my placenta manually removed and stayed in for blood transfusions. But the care was excellent, from arriving to leaving so I will happily be going there again. Which? Website has an excellent section to compare where to give birth, really is worth signing up for the £1 trial (and then paying whatever a month because you keep forgetting to cancel it)

I am still eating soft and raw eggs due to the risk of salmonella being so low. As long as I know the eggs are from the UK, I eat them. What did surprise me is the risk of salmonella from bagged salad, it’s more likely to have salmonella than eggs. So I avoid that and if I we do have any in the fridge, I only eat it if its completely fresh. I did cut down on coffee last time (did really go off it for the first few months anyway) but realised I replaced it with many cups of tea which I developed a taste for so I’m not too worried about the caffeine now!

Yes, sharp twinges and stuff starting again. Really feels like things are stretching.

Good luck to those having scans today, thinking of you all.

My scan is not until 30 September but I'm seriously considering caving and paying for a private one. The EPAU where I am doesn't allow you to bring children with you, presumably because of the sensitive nature of it all - I think it makes sense but must make it v difficult for some people. Rather than seeing three people though, you see one midwife sonographer who takes a history, scans and discusses results/plans. So its pretty quick. Everything is so different in different places isn't it!

For those of you worrying about lack of symptoms- I had absolutely none for my whole pregnancy last time, I felt totally normal. Its definitely easier to enjoy once you're past the incredibly anxious first trimester though! I'm peeved I'm having symptoms this time of extreme fatigue and nausea. I guess it'd be too good to be true to get off as lightly as last time again.

Sorry long post! Typing at my desk at work, didn't notice how long it was getting!

If possible I wouldn't take children with me, I think it says they aren't allowed at my hospital but I have seen people taking them. I for sure wouldn't take my 4year old or 5 year old with me ( they don't even know im pregnant!) if I really had to I'd take my 16 month old, as he wouldn't know what the fuss was about but I also think incase anything is wrong or just so I can absorb the scan I'd much much prefer to go without him

Number4 you must do squats every time you accidentally type a kiss!

(Only joking!)

Uggggh I feel so restless today. I think I have drunk too much coffee (just one - but not eaten yet.)

It's just because I have to make phone calls which I don't like doing. I need to call the holiday club first to see if I can get DS in for the next week or two. I think I'm just going to wait to phone the women's clinic. There's nothing to gain from calling yet and while I feel impatient I don't want to go in too early anyway.

DS has a giant list of equipment he needs for school but at least I understand what it says this year :)

Good luck to everyone with scans today... Thinking of you all

Thinking of everyone going for scans today.

Is anybody else constantly exhausted? I'm 9wks tomorrow and have a 4 month old and am just so tired. Yesterday I went to bed at 9pm, got up to feed the little man at 5am and then put him down again until 8am but I could still head upstairs now for a nap!

Hey everyone! Good luck to all of you waiting for scans, I've been there and it can be nerve wracking.

Finally caught up with weekend posts.

Does anyone feel constantly sick unless they're eating?! all I've done is eat since I've got to work. And now I don't feel good at all

I'm 6+5 and constantly nauseous unless I am asleep or constantly nibbling at stuff like crisps. Was the same with DS1 but don't remember it being this early on. I had HG last time which started around week 10 and am dreading that happening again

I'm 7+6 and if I'm not eating I feel sick. It's driving me mad, I'm so bloated as well, people are going to notice soon! It's my third so I guess I will start to show earlier? I have my booking in appointment in Wednesday which I'm looking forward to as I'm hoping it'll start to make things feel real!