Due Feb 2019 - we’re halfway!

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Thread 8, let’s do this...

@Notquiteagandt i’m really sorry to hear you’re so unwell and hope you and your little girl are getting all the care you need so you feel better soon.

Aww sending lots of love your way xx

@Notquiteagandt I'm really sorry to hear you're not well. Is there any suggestion on how long you'll have to stay in hospital for? Hope you aren't too itchy with it too.

@Notquiteagandt I'm really sorry to hear you're not well. Is there any suggestion on how long you'll have to stay in hospital for? Hope you aren't too itchy with it too.

@Fredthespider im not really sure tbh looks like once I am not pregnant my symptoms will go. However my gallbladder will have to come out. But they are just monitoring me as operation is last resort whilst pregnant unless life or death. Its not infected atm so whilst v.v.v. painful it can stay put for a bit longer.

Looks like its 1/150 people get it so whilst not common not to rare either so sure theyll have a plan in place.

Atm its just about managing the pain. But being pregnant I cant really take anything.

But thanks ladies

On a plus side though everyone I speak to says gallbladder pains worse than labour. So hopefully that will seem a breeze in comparison. So silver linings and all..!!

@notquiteagnt take care of yourself. I use mindfulness apps to help it won't help with pain but may help the anxiety and is something to do.

@notquiteagandt hope they manage to get the pain under control, that's really rubbish for you. I hope you are right and that you breeze through labour.

I think part of the sickness this morning was lack of sleep. Had a 3 hour nap and some gaviscon and feeling much better.

I have definitely been eating more rubbish, lacking in energy and planning as well as craving beige food or maccy Ds when I'm queezy. Definitely going to need to lose weight after this pregnancy, hopefully breastfeeding will help.

Finally got around to writing my 20 week update!!

www.youngmummysurvivalguide.com/single-post/2018/09/22/My-pregnancy-diary-20-weeks

@Notquiteagandt I’m sorry you’re unwell :( poor thing. My mum has hers out, and remember getting pain myself once and almost calling an ambulance!

My shingles rashes are raging it is pretty unbearable! Like you I’m thoroughly fed up! Just praying the medication works and gets it under control in the next few days.

Anyone know where I can get some reasonably priced yoga bottoms? I have just signed up for a class and realised I have nothing suitable.

I bought a larger size normal pair from sports direct used them a few times then switched to my maternity leggings which work fine (they are reasonable thickness so no pants exposure!)

@DeliberatelyGinger unless you are super bendy and planning to do lots and lots I think normal pregnancy leggings from new look etc would be totally fine. I used to do a lot of quite intense 90 minute Pilates classes and I wore normal leggings.

Otherwise Gap is a good bet:
www.gap.co.uk/gap/maternity/clothing/gapfit/

Hello everyone!
It's my first time posting on here - I was actually on the March boards but 12week scan put me into Feb!
We've just had our 20 week scan and expecting a little boy 💙! It's our first and I'm struggling with the constant comparison that friends who are pregnant seem to do! Anyone else feel that? It's always oh you must do this, why haven't you done that and I'm doing this! It's actually stressful - I'm looking to move but still in our flat atm and feel judged. Maybe it's the hormones!

@powkin hope youre on the mend soon. Shingles is nasty at the best of times. make sure you take it easy.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Just trying to cheer myself up with some retail therapy for the baby. Always a winner!

@Squashbanana1 - hi, love the name! Congratulations on your lovely boy, I have a 2.5yo son (he's awesome!) and we're expecting a girl!

Unfortunately a lot of people feel the need to compare but no one pregnancy is the same. Please yourself, not others. If these people are judging you then they can't be your friends.

I hope you just look after yourself and ignore any silly comments xx

Thank you @Yakadee 😘 it's hard not to go along with the comparisons, but you are definitely right ☺️ look out for our own little families!
Congrats on your little baby girl ☺️☺️ xxx

Welcome aboard @Squashbanana1 please don't compare yourself to others I watched my friend struggle with PND and one of her big issues was that she was constantly comparing herself to friends and family.

Nothing wrong with discussing things with friends but that's their choice and their way it doesn't have to be for you.

A baby doesn't care if you have a flat, house or mansion. They will sleep in your room for the first few months anyway!
Do what's right for you and your family

Im also here with the mcdonalds i work next door we dont get time to go out ans buy proper food so if i dont bring anythingg to eat thats all i can grab my assistant keeps telling me baby will come out looking like a filletofish!

@squashbanana1
Please dont feel judged I suffered with the exact aame thing when i was pregnant with DD i was in such a rubbish mindset i was so young and living at home with mum and dad i felt so judged by people but you learn not one person is the perfect parent it made me feel better that my daughter actually grew up to be very advanced and such an angel child!!! Baby number 2 and we are in such a better place now just takes time and everything will fit in nicely just put all your focus onto that little nugget growing inside you and do not stress! X

@Notquiteagandt sorry you're feeling so poorly, but don't be too tough on yourself, you're doing well and hopefully be on the mend soon.

@Squashbanana1 welcome. I echo everyone else, life's too short to worry about what others think, your baby only needs lots of love.

I'm feeling hormonal this weekend, just generally crappy. Aches and pains, killer heartburn, awful dreams and waking for hours through the night. Rant over 😂 wrote a list of everything we want to have in before baby's born, so feel a little better that I'm organised in that sense, now to start chipping away at the list!

Hope everyone has a good week this week x

Thank you ladies 😘 nice to have some perspective. I'm going to try to ignore the messages on my friends group WhatsApp for now!

@Notquiteagandt. I'm sorry that you're unwell and with one of those things that no one else seems to have!

I didn't want to post it before as I didn't want to scare every body but almost four weeks ago I zoned out and had to call 999. Several tests later I was diagnosed with a bloody PULMONARY EMBOLISM!! A frigging blood clot on my lung! In fact it turns on that there are several! For a few weeks I had been having palpatations and what felt like maybe an asthma flare up.

I'm on injectable blood thinners until at least March now.

Apparently I'm extremely lucky to have caught it in time. It's left me racked with anxiety and it was diagnosed before my 20 week scan so I had no idea whether it had affected the growth of baby (luckily so far so good)

My tips for others:

*Stay hydrated
*Keep your legs moving
*If your legs swell/get red/hot/unusually painful - TELL THE DR!
*If you become unusually breathless or your heart rate increases - TELL THE DR!

In fact if you just have a sense that something isn't right, call someone. That morning I zoned out, I knew something was wrong, for a few minutes I tried to talk myself out of it and say it was "just anxiety" I'm so so glad I called 999.

Keep safe ladies x x

@squashbanana1 to echo everybody else, yes and it's so annoying! I'm expecting my first child, a little girl, and friends (one in particular) that have already had babies are constantly patronising me and telling me what to do! E.G. yesterday I was getting upset because my PGP has kept me up a lot at night and I literally wake up crying/whimpering in pain and I got patronized and laughed at saying are you really ready for a kid if you're getting annoyed at waking up with pains! I won't mind as much when I have my little girl but right now I want more than 30 minutes sleep before waking up in crippling pain! Then went on to tell me how to deal with it (could be helpful if said in the right way and not as though I'm too thick to do my own research) and to not listen to my doctor because "physio won't work" as im still waiting for my referral letter.. tried to tell them I had tried everything in the book to hep it but nope they know best it seems it's things like that which make pregnancy more stressful, sorry for the mini rant there but I'm sick to death of people assuming I don't know what I'm doing, I'm assuming you may feel the same x

Amazing how many 'experts' there are out there when you didn't even need (or want) advice!

Xx