Due July 2017 #4 …… Well into 2nd Trimester! 20 Week Scans and Bumps Galore

[Notyetthere]

4th thread!

Sorry about the title. I am not very creative.

Link to the last one
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2819363-July-2017-3?pg=1

Hope I have captured everyone’s details

LuciBee231015 - DC1 - EDD 23/06/17

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natienka - DC1 – EDD 16/07/17
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I am putting " no ward" on my book too. I'm really sensitive to noises and crowds, I don't think I could cope, I'd rather discharge myself

I'll be lucky if there's a vending machine in my hospital 😂

It sounds incredibly snobby but I've heard some bad stories about the post natal ward at my local hospital. It's in the middle of a very deprived area of my city and someone I know woke up to find the partner of someone else on the ward trying to go through her handbag, the post natal ward staff haven't had the greatest of write ups from people I know. One friend was induced and they sent her dp home, she progressed very quickly and they kept telling her no it was too soon etc and her dp missed their baby being born.

These are all very extreme cases and apparently they'll let dps stay now during inductions (though with a dc to think of it in the first instance it's probably not ideal) but most people I know go to the next county for the big hospital it's not that well regarded. This is despite having an amazing neo-natal unit!

Glitter no need to feel bad about your choices as to where you give birth. It is a moment when a woman feels most vulnerable therefore one needs to do and go wherever they feel most comfortable.

My hospital has recently been rebuilt where it has individual rooms so even post natally, you have your own room and bathroom. SIL gave it rave reviews and she feels that took great care of her last year.

Now I need to find out if paying for room rather than a ward is an option, I doubt it as I think I'm in the 'lucky if we have a vending machine' category of hospitals but it's worth looking in to!

Thanks @Notyetthere I had such a brilliant experiencing dd1, whole suite to myself, two midwives, radio, birthing pool and then my own space and bathroom afterwards with dh able to stay. I really hope I can have a similar experience with number 2 ☺️

Not snobby or bad at all @glitterglitters - I'm exactly the same. There's absolutely no way I would agree to be on a ward because I simply wouldn't be able to bear the lack of privacy/personal space. As @Notyetthere said, giving birth will be one of our most vulnerable experiences, and we are all entitled to do whatever we can to make the environment in which we do it as comfortable as possible.

Thanks ladies. Also just in case, nobody actually gives birth on the ward itself in case anybody is freaking out!

I had a midwife appointment today and heard the heartbeat which was nice. It sounded like a load of galloping horses! Ha ha!

Sigh... apparently a private room at UCLH is something like £650! And not an amazing one, just private. (need to verify this) What the hell... I think it will be a 'no postnatal ward for me pleaaaaaseeeee' as well, though needs must.

On a positive note, had a scan this morning (23 weeks, we're under FMU care), everything is perfect, no need for concern in this pregnancy but for reassurance, another scan booked in 6 weeks so we'll be getting to see Bubba a couple more times at least. Also got my Mat B1 form so that's sorted.

Then went to a lovely pregnancy yoga class - two students only, so great level of attention. But damn, it was tough! I do yoga with some youtube videos and it's really gentle for pregnancy, but this one was a proper workout ;) It was so lovely for the relaxation in the end, when I finally lay down he was moving around SO much! Great feeling.

And now packing... off to our babymoon on Saturday - Gran Canaria here we come! London is FREEZING.

Wishing all you ladies a lovely evening :)

I'm hoping to not do hospital at all, we're booked in for a home birth but via the nhs so I just hope they come! Apparently they are quite good where we live so fingers crossed, or DP may end up having an experience he wasn't prepared for

Pregnancy pilates here this evening, also a proper workout! I'm sure my arm and thigh muscles are getting better than they were pre-preg, or the opposite and that's why I 'feel the burn' more lol.

Sigh again... (sorry need to vent) 23w + 5 and throwing up in the car??! Whyy? I just had a banana? In a truly ninja style I captured everything in two sandwich bags, thank goodness, so no cleaning, but not a fun thing to do on a motorway...

On a funny note (or..) I told a colleague, mum of two, I'm going to Gran Canaria for a week. Teary eyed, she said 'Enjoy it while you can', then a long pause, then she went.

Oooookay then ;) motherhood will be fun!

natienka that does not sound like fun at all! Hope you feel better, fingers crossed it's a one off!

27 weeks today over here! Been getting more tired this week and a real stuffy nose. Apart from that, lots of movement and loving it. I have my 28 week blood test on Monday and then midwife Friday to look at the results and have the usual check up, I'll actually be dead on 28 weeks at that appointment.

@ButterflyFree both DH and I have been stitched up at chelsea and Westminster as it used to be our local hospital and we are both v accident prone! It's a really nice hospital and my friend had both her babies there on the NHS and loved it so the private wing should be amazing!

I'm def on the discharge myself rather than linger on a ward team. Made me think of poor DH when he had an accident and had to have an operation in Thailand (as I said accident prone) he had barely come round and I was shoving food under his nose saying eat this and hopefully we can go back to the hotel tonight! My sister has had over 50 operations and she is the queen of getting out of hospital as soon as possible!

I am slightly leaning towards a home birth as I can as I hate hospitals so much but my main worry is that our flat isn't very well soundproofed and the neighbours could hear everything - might keep me from swearing too much and make for a calmer environment though!

@Seahawk80 lol that was my logic too. I'd prefer a home birth but my neighbour is a saint, and even though it turns out I'm not a screamer, I don't think I could do that to him whilst he's watching The One Show 😂

Haha yeah I wondered that too about home birth, I definitely hear my neighbours kids all the time ... would be a good payback haha!

Ha ha @natienka @glitterglitters - it would be payback for hearing their kids run up and down but I think that will happen anyway when the baby is born! Mine had a massive row last night, I was torn between waking up properly and listening or going back to sleep, I must have gone back to sleep but I remember hearing her say "I'm not the one who's done something wrong" sounded like a good one!

Wahhhh. I was feeling all smug that despite everything I hadn't been suffering with back or hip pain and put it down to not being stuck at a desk anymore but just walked dd to the park and my hip is grinding. Nooooo 😭😭😭

Like you Glitter I am in 'feel sorry for myself' mode. I am coughing constantly now. Started off with a tickly throat a few days ago and I assumed it was a cold coming on but now I think it is turning into a nasty dry cough. Any remedies out there that might help? I miss OTC drugs!

I think there's a honey and lemon glycerin from boots you can take. It just appeared on my Facebook today from when I was pregnant and full of cold two years ago. I'll get a pic

@Notyetthere

Glitter you are a star! There is a boots next door to my office so I will pop in now. Thank you.

No problem. Having a cold when you're pregnant is horrible. ❤

@DrewOB0 Great bargain on the SnuzPod - what colour did you go for? We've gone for a SnuzPod too and found fitted, waterproof mattress protectors on Amazon for a fraction of the price of the branded ones.

Sorry to hear about the cough Not - just in time for the weekend too :(