Due Feb 2019 - we’re halfway!

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Thread 8, let’s do this...

emalady I definitely agree with your friends there, staying in hospital longer def helps with BF. I left the day after DS was born with him barely having latched/fed.

I have to have glucose test too and am very worried about not eating first thing, I eat VERY often at the moment haha.

I was desperate to get home when I had DD, had to stay overnight after having her at 6pm, and having a catheter in till morning, but in hindsight I wish I'd just chilled out and took all the support that was there. Was quite daunting arriving home with a baby to fend for ourselves 😂

I'm feeling pretty useless today! DH is working his socks off digging out a fireplace and moving rubble to the tip!
Unfortunately position of the house doesn't allow for a skip!

I couldn't even carry the shopping this morning without being in pain from pgp.

I can't say I'm in the I love being pregnant club which my friend found strange as apparently all her friends so far have loved it!!!!! I think they were lying!

I'm looking forward to the end result but how can someone love sickness, exhaustion, insomnia, pain doing basic things I could carry the list on for ages......

twigket I'm enjoying it much more this time round (since I stopped feeling sick all day) as I'm not the anxious mess I was on DS. But at the end of the day, I still can't drink (and I'm not even a big drinker these days!), work out to full capacity, I'm tired a lot more and am getting fatter by the day. I agree that people who "love" it are lying!

@emalady I was the same as @Lookingforadvice123 I left less than 24 hours after dd was born with feeding not going well at all. In retrospect I should have asked to stay for more feeding support. It can help to stay longer - depends on your situation. It is nice to get home afterwards though.

I have to say that I quite like being pregnant (less so with the sickness this time). The small window of time where you don't feel exhausted/sick all the time but can't feel the baby move so aren't anxious about movements I like! I banged my bump yesterday a few times. Dd wanted the trolley that looked like a car in Tesco and I agreed. Turns out it's stupidly long and impossible to steer so I crashed it a few times then crashed my belly into the handle. Felt very bruised and sore at the time. I'm a bit anxious about it now but felt movements last night so hopefully everything is ok.

Yeah it's a means to an end for me. So thankful I am and I don't hate it, but still will be glad when baby is here safe and sound x

Forgot to say I quite like being able to feel baby x

Don't get me wrong I don't hate it. I get frustrated and fed up though.

I haven't had the not being exhausted bit as insomnia kicked in (probably really doesn't help my feeling).

My friend was surprised to hear I was feeling like this and I was surprised when she said her friends loved it..... I'm quite honest with life though and don't see much point saying everything is roses when something is not! I don't think it's healthy!

I understand that not everyone loves or even likes it. Especially if you're ill/tired through the whole thing. I have a friend who has had hg with both of hers all the way through so understandably didn't love it!

TMI

I heard you have to do a number 2 before you can leave too.

I can go a week without 🙈

I was out same day with my first... loved being home, with own bath and bed! (Had a private room with en suite at the hospital, which was nice but not home).

Had to stay in an extra night with my second due to retained product, and it was horrendous. Shared a room with some stupid bint who ignored her baby crying all night (it was her sixth child... obviously learnt to tune them out by then!). And eventually left there feeling so low and rubbish due to very little sleep. There was (as always) a staff shortage, so I rarely saw a midwife, and had to put the sheets on my own bed on arrival as there was no one available to make it up.

Really hoping to be home same day with this one! 🤞🏼🤞🏼

@NotAsGreenAsCabbageLooking wow that sounds horrible. I used to work for a large London NHS trust looking after all patient feedback (every single ward did exit surveys after inpatient stays), and my job was typing up every single comments section (about 800 a month!). To say I heard some horror stories from the Mat wards would be an understatement! My next door neighbour just gave birth at the same hospial I hope to give birth at (!) and said they were great, so fingers crossed. Very nervous about not being able to breastfeed though. Nothing wrong with formula, but haven't planned to have all that ready to go.

I was home fairly quick with DD. Less than 24 hours. She came 18:05 on the Saturday got home around 1pm on the Sunday.

@Baby160P i didn't have to have a no.2 but they wouldn't let me leave until I'd had a decent wee xx

Snap, they just wanted me to have a wee. I was so scared but actually wasn't that bad x

@Powkin

To be fair, I couldn’t fault the staff.. they just couldn’t be everywhere doing everything.. the funding/staffing just wasn’t there. No idea if it has improved or not, but the logistics of going elsewhere really doesn’t thrill me so I guess I’ll find out in February!

@Baby160P that wasn't true here (so can I!). You needed to have a wee but nothing else.

I quite like being pregnant, but I have barely had morning sickness and I haven’t worked more than the odd day since the week after I found out I was pregnant (the joys of supply teaching).

I start a full time supply job on Monday though and suspect I might find pregnancy a lot harder once i’m not able to chill out whenever I need to. Very very glad of the work though as the money is obviously needed for bump.

Yes just a wee for me too, definitely no poo at the hospital!!!

We are team 💕💕💕💕😂

Congrats @Alicejj8x on the girl 💕

Seems everyone 1st half that found out was all boys now it seems to be all girls 💕

I can honnestly say I have not enjoyed pregnancy at all. My hyperemesis at 21w is still full force 😭 been nothing but worry all the way through. Breaks my heart as I always wanted a big family. But I know she will be my only child. As I couldnt go through this again. I will be beyond grateful for a happy healthy child.

It breaks my heart as I really wanted to be one of those people who enjoyed pregnancy. Thought id be all glowing and doing yoga whilst living off organic veg. But the reality couldnt be more differant 😭

For anyone that's interest the perfect prep machine is on sale at amazon today for £59.99. I formula fed my DS from 8 weeks but hadn't heard of these then and spent half my life cooling down bottles! I know they aren't everyone's thing but just thought I'd share as it's a bit of a bargain!

I'm enjoying some things about pregnancy, and other things not so much. I'm enjoying that it's a new experience and it's fun reaching new milestones and feeling the baby move.

I didn't enjoy the first trimester and that's honestly really put me off ever having another. I didn't even have it that bad, all things considered, but I wasn't prepared for how crap I would feel and I wouldn't be keen to do it again! I think that memory will fade though.

Since then I've had a v easy pregnancy thus far. I've had no bleeding, no real pain, no digestive issues. But we will see if that continues!

I'd say at the moment I am enjoying it, mostly, but not completely!

I had the bottle maker and it was AMAZING! I know it's not for everyone but we loved it x