September 2019 babies - thread #4

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Starting a new thread before the old one gets filled up!

Stroan Yeah plus they're of the older generation too so things were probably different for them too. They keep trying to tell me I need to physically eat for 2 and I'm too skinny haha

DustyDoorframes we only have to worry about folic acid don't we for vitamins? And thats only to 12 weeks (thankfully as I forgot to pack my vitamins for the holiday!). Salad is understandable as they don't wash it in Italy, we must avoid anything with soil on it. But yes they are French! Glad to hear your symptoms are lifting a bit, hope you feel a lot better by 2nd trimester.

Hello! Thanks for new thread :) I'm feeling pretty good now. Just feel fat!

@TwittleBee and vitamin d- but it's not a drama if you skip it for a week.
Crikey, I've never met an Italian who doesn't wash salad! In fact, the supermarkets carry a special kind of bleach for washing salad... but the advice there is to avoid all uncooked veg in pregnancy anyway.
Yay scan KnoJockey!

DustyDoorframes ah yeah of course Vit D, forget that one as we all take it anyway! Just remember my sister (who au paired over there for a few years) banging on about salads needing to be washed before you eat it out there as the supermarkets don't do it etc. Whereas here you get washed and prepped salad. I guess the risk of contaminated soil on veg must be deemed a greater risk out there! Is interesting how risks are weighed up differently, like here no honey under age of 1 but in many places they aren't bothered by the risk it seems?

Haha see I wash those prewashed bags too...
Yes, I think it's so interesting the differences. Some of it is to do with things being more or less common in different places, but some is "just" cultural. I think we are pretty lucky here in that we are given a lot of explanation and can weigh it up ourselves to make decisions that are right for us (eg- I was eating pasteurised Stilton when it was still on the banned list...) rather than just "do as the doc says"!

Hello thought I'd join the new thread

@Fortheloveofscience I didn't think you could take piriton in pregnancy? I know I had to take a special version even when I was breastfeeding.

It might be one of those on the list which is ok via a GP. Thought it was better to mention it than not just in case. I'm sure you've researched it.

I'm still being sick but no daytime nausea now which is good just the remnants of a chest infection.

@coldcottage don’t worry, my GP told me to take it if I needed . I then decided I wasn’t totally comfortable, and tried to tough it out. But I’ve attached a picture of what I looked like last night, it all got a bit extreme!

@Fortheloveofscience poor you. That looks painful.

Hi everyone, I'm writing to placemark on the new thread. I had my 12 week scan last week, am now 13+3, due on September 11. I started my new midwife appointments. I was invited to join a 'centering' style group which is an American concept that they are trying out in different countries. We have 4 weekly appointments that become 2 weekly in June, and we meet in groups of 8. We continue to meet for all appointments post partum too. Almost all of the women are ages with me and around the 12/13 week mark so it's a real blessing as I moved house last August so haven't really established a social group in this area.

@Fortheloveofscience Ouch that looks painfully itchy! Have you had that before? The food advice is quite difficult, I read that unpasturised cheeses are okay if they have been cooked at high temperatures but I've just been avoiding it.

Symptom wise, I've been having a mid-day slump again. Something that I thought had gone, so have had to nap when possible. I really hope it passes and I can get more done through the day.

@sjowerthehorse, @boodles we are going to get through this week and have amazing clear baby scans as a result of all the patience. Keeping my mouth shut when my friend was saying our shared MW never answers calls or texts (she has gone back into hospital and not tol me friend at 30wks!) Was a killer tonight, I nearly broke.

@knobjockey your scan is brilliant!

@challengeyourreality your group sounds amazing. I did nct because I was new to the area (and had kids later then our mates) and was just out with some of the mums tonight, see some of them weekly. But of the guys my husband sees one of them weekly and none of the others at all, I'd rather have what you describe any day!

Thank you for the new thread.

@challengeyourreality That sounds brilliant! I'd like to have friends with babies the same age, I'm going to do pregnancy yoga again and hope to make friends through that. We did NCT last time and that's still going a year later, although we see each other less now lots of us are working, one of the girls in particular has become a really good friend to me. In those early days it was a life saver to have someone whose house you could visit in your pjs and cry and eat cake with snuggly babies

I was loving the placenta chat btw! Didn't see mine but did have a normal placenta delivery (can't remember all the technical terms but I didn't have the injection as the midwife said I didn't need it). Might ask to see it this time if all goes to plan. The fruit tree sounds really cool (think that was you Eggy?)

Placenta traditions are very odd in some places. I can’t remember which culture it is, but there’s one which considered it the physical body of the child’s guardian angel, which I always thought was rather lovely.
My placenta with DS was massive though, so he’s probbly got a Seraphim

Hi everyone. I’ve been lurking a bit on this thread (history of miscarriages before I had my little boy) but had 12 week scan yesterday - can I join you guys? Due date is September 19th. Is that the same as you @Fortheloveofscience?

hodge yes it was me
It’s only been 2 years, so we’ve not had any pears on the tree yet, but it does flower which is a good sign for the further! Hopefully I’ll be able to serve DS some of his very own placenta pears

LaBelle
It’s fascinating isn’t it?!

Certain Native American tribes believe that by burying the placenta near to where the child was born, you “Earth” the child and they will always be spiritually connected to their birthplace - which I think is totally beautiful

MyBreadIsEggy that is lovely.
I was chatting to a Turkish woman who said the done thing there is to bury the umbilical cord where you want your child to go to university.

I can just see us all skulking around a variety of students unions in October

Lol @MyBreadIsEggy
I don’t want my DC to be earthed to the city centre of Leicester! We live in beautiful countryside but I have to have her at hospital in the nearerst city (20 miles away) which is grotty as hell!
Does it work do you think to bury it where you actually live?

@LaBelleSausage
I like this one-I’ll suggest a day trip to Cambridge to DH. The colleges have lots of green where I might be able to sneakily bury it!

@Megan2018 the other option is apparently to bury in the grounds of a mosque if you want a devout child but I suspect that’s less popular these days.

Think DH would suggest we buried at Anfield if I let him choose

I don’t know if I’ll bother with another potted plant this time, I’m thinking of maybe doing one of those “placenta prints”.
You let it dry a little bit overnight, then cover the foetal side (the side with the cord and all the funky veins) with whatever colour paint you fancy and print it onto paper. Some I’ve seen are really pretty - the veins make for some cool patterns on the paper! And keep it for the baby’s memory box.
Both DCs have got one with their first outfit, hat, DDs hospital bracelets (DS didn’t have them), their umbilical cores and clips, scan photos etc, so this baby will definitely have a box too

Like this

I couldnt bare to touch it!

Mine all have baby boxes with hospital tags, first clothes, scan photos etc but nothing like a placenta print

Horrible night here. Woke up bleeding at 3am and there was a large clot. Hospital said to monitor for a few hours, and I am terrible at waiting. Bleeding has almost stopped now but DH has booked a morning appointment at our nearest private scan clinic anyway - if something has happened I want to know.

Feeling incredibly guilty for being the moaniest pregnant woman, which I know is ridiculous.