Due October 2007 ~porkers can't keep their snouts out of the feeding troughs!

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Floria ? yes love the milk and honey too! At least the ebayer has got back in touch so hopefully the pram will be with you some time before lo arrives!
I got introduced to a site called auctionsniper (think it was ejt who told me about it?) where you can set it up to put in a bid for you in the last few seconds to stop you getting outbid like this. I can send you an invitation to join if you like! Or post a link on here later when I have time?

Chochobnob ? I?m in Gosforth so not far from you at all! Are you booked in at the RVI like me? Might even end up in the next bed! And ebay is great for baby stuff. I have got a double mountain buggy this time as well as lots of scrummy maternity clothes. Last time got a baby swing, portable mobile, baby bouncer, loads of clothes from places I know are good quality like Gap but am too tight to pay their prices when it only gets worn for such a short time! Sure I got loads of other stuff too that I?ll rediscover when we go back into the loft to get it all down. Worth knowing how much it costs new and also that there?s not a sale in mothercare or anything since items often go very close to their full price which seems mad to me!

Lisa ? glad appointment went well for you and they?re not too worried about your lo. Sure the injections you have to use are the same if not similar to what Floria is using and I see she?s already been giving you lots of helpful advice. Good luck.

Inzi ? glad to hear your granddad is now doing OK. Diverticultis is incredibly common and as you say entirely treatable by diet. Its caused by a condition called diverticular disease which is when little pouches (like mini appendixes) form on the bowel through the normal wear and tear that happens with old age. Most people your grandad?s age will have a degree of it and most people never have any problems. Diverticulitis is when these pouches become inflamed (a bit like appendicitis) and they can then bleed like in your granddads case or cause pain or abscesses. Sometimes they can cause serious complications requiring surgery but this is unusual. And just because your grandad has been poorly with it this time doersn?t mean it will happen again. Often even if he has further similar episodes its just treatable with a course of antibiotics. And even though the bleeding can be quite profuse it almost always stops on its own. Fingers crossed now he?s on the right medication the bleeding will settle down and he?ll be fit and well and at home soon.

Muppet ? have fun with the floor man today! Hope it all looks fab when he?s finished! And no disrespect taken ? I don?t mind if people slag off docs on here as I know there are crap ones (but also lots of good ones!). Like there are crap teachers, vets, accountants etc etc. Just hope I?m not one of the crap ones!

OK so that was meant to be a quick catch up!!!! Never mind! Off to midwife in a min but will be back on later assuming all well to let you know whats happening. Hope the rest of you have had a good night's sleep and enjoy your day....

Kiansmum. How strange, are you me in another part of uk?? ooooo LOL
I asked to be tested as my sister was found to have it. I know the levels are different to normal but still there is a guideline of between 70-140 for woman that are pregnanct and thats a lot lower than in "normal" ladies. Mine was lower than my sister so hemotoligist (sp??) said I had to be treated, especially after the complications in my last pregnancy. My sister is also being treated as although her results were boarderline she has had 3 prem babies low in birth weight. I would certainly ask for your levels to be checked again this time, just to be safe, if your boarderline then that might be ok, but surely the tests are there for a reason. I also had some other result that was high that indicated clotting problems, but the consultant wasnt very good I think they are also careful about treating unless there is a fmaily hisotry of clots.

Floria how come you have to inject?

Inzi sorry your GF GP is such a prat, hopefully get it sorted now they know.

Muppet hope your ok, and not too tired out oday. Just think, we are on the home strength
Hugs to all
Lisa

Hi Lisa,
I don't know about being in a different country, i feel like i'm on a different planet at the mo!!!(lol)
I was tested for clotting due to recurrent miscarriage. I've never had a prem baby tho. My 1st 2 were both a day late and DC3 was induced a week early due to the clexane.
Both my consultants have such different views and ways of dealing with clexane.
This cons. wants to take me off it at 34 wks whereas my last cons. made me take it til DS was 6 wks old. They definately sound more like they know what they're doing at your hospital!
Anyway, hope all goes ok for you.
Not long now(yippee!)

Hello ladies just wanted to say that all is well with lo! No probs with his growth at all so I'm very glad to be called paranoid!

The midwife said that you can carry lower second time and it can appear the bump isn't getting as big becuase your tummy muscles don't hold them in as well the second time having been so stretched before! once I was lying down and she measured me and then plotted it on a graph with my last measurement it was clearly obvious he is fine. very glad I went though!

See you later.....

Alice; hope all goes well at mw appointment today . I'd love to be invited to join auction sniper thanks..my dhs email addy nick_wilson68 at hotmail dot com...he is the one with the ebay address,(I never bothered..one is enough)Thank you for asking...I'm still a bit miffed at losing that bundle (106 items! it would have really got the empty drawers off to a good start [sulky emoticon])

Lisa; There is a short answer but I'm going to give you the long one! When I lost Robyn last year the week after having an amniocentesis test,(which came back with the result that she was perfectly normal) the PM couldnt find any reason for her loss (sorry TMI alert; apart from the incredible amount of clotted blood I lost while giving birth ... enough to have the nurses in a blind panic, calling for doctors, canulas and bloods!) So our consultant went back to my early blood work and found a borderline result and called me back to have the check repeated. That one showed up clearly positive for Lupus-anticoagulant..which like your protien-S can cause sticky blood and lead to tiny blockages in the placenta, slowing growth and causing m/c or prem birth....They think my blood clotting condition caused me to bleed and clot profusely after having Robyns amnio test and caused her loss a week later... which is why we decided we couldnt risk the test at 16 wks with this LO and at the time our consultant suggested and we agreed to a very late amnio (30 wks) when a healthy baby could be saved; but, thank heavens, at the last minute my Dh decided that he couldnt put me through the late test either (or at least couldnt ask me to terminate at this late stage so what would be the point of the test?)....and so far all indications are that the Heparin treatment is doing well as this LO measures 10 days ahead of dates...we just have to hope that he/she is genetically ok too.....Bet you're sorry you asked now!!!lol

Inzi; Glad your grandad has been diagnosed at last and is now on the correct medication ( GP!) I agree with you about Murphy, most epileptic dogs I have known have had the condition from puppyhood or following a severe illness...you could get a second opinion from another vet or once his anal glands have been sorted you could simply try weaning him off the medication and watching him like a hawk to see if the epilepsy returns...I'll have a word with the wise ones on the "our dogs" web site for you and ask what they suggest.

Crikey look at the time! I've not had my shower or walked the dog yet! See you all later!

Cross posted..
Alice; so very glad you were just paranoid and all is perfectly normal!...It must be even more difficult for you being in your profession, a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing when you know everything that can go wrong..so a lot of knowledge must be terrifying!...
Ignorance is bliss for the rest of us

Hi, Just jumping in from the nov thread, hope you don't mind, but no-one on the nov thread knows about Clexane. I am Lisad123's sister and am on Clexane too. I have had 3 prem labours with IUGR. The consulant that both me and Lisa are under thought that it was due to a clotting issues and I was tested at 10 weeks, but only just got the results 2 weeks ago, which were just put into my notes and not discussed, till yesterday when I asked about it (had already looked it up on the net) and the consulant decided to start both of us on Clexane. I have an appointment in 2 hours with my midwife to get shown how to inject and I am scared..

Floria will send the relevant link to your dh in a mo....

Hello sparklygoth! Hope the mw appt went well (presuming you will be there about now...) Sounds like its nothing to be too frightened of although I am sure I would be apprehensive too. The ladies on here who have had to use it have all said its a doddle so fingers crossed for you and lisa...

Floria just sent link so hopefully should be with you - let me know if its not arrived and will resend. After I had sent it the webpage went blank so no idea if its actually gone or not!

Know what you mean about knowledge not always being a good thing too... Although I am a doc I don't know masses about obstetrics but the little I do know means I worry without having the proper specialist knowledge to reassure me!! Aaarrggghhhh! Think that is why I'm beating myself up about choosing between an elective section and vbac too - know too much about the consequences of either going wrong so just can't get off that fence! Never mind - a small thing to moan about really - just happy lo is OK

Alice-I find that's the same with schools and ds1. Being a teacher and looking at schools is really tough, but then all my friends are worrying about schools especially around here (swindon) as they've not had the best reputation for the last few years.

Just had the floorman round and I think he could have been a plumber in a previous life as there were loads of sucking of bottom lip and sighing....

Oh well, it needs to be done as dh dragging the fridge over the kitchen floor and scrtaching it babdly has meant we have no choice

That must be hard muppet! So important to get right too.... Hope you manage to find somewhere you're happy with.

Well, after hearing some of the horror stories -'You can;t touch me, I know my rights' My TA friend gets staplers thrown at her and when she asks a child to leave the room she gets 'go on, make me'

...and these are primary school children you to wonder what the heck is going on.

We have decided that ds will go to a private school which he starts in Sept. I've taught in good schools and failing schools and although some of the children did have some very challenging backgrounds I always seemed to gain their respect, this has changed and ds -strongwilled and independent of mind!- does not need any distractions. If he misbehaves, he'll get warnings. If he continues to misbehave they will ask him to leave.

Sounds like you've thought it through well and made a good decision for your ds. Hope he adjusts OK. When will he start school? Isn't he 3 and a bit? So next year?

Inzi - really pleased your grandad is home and glad I was able to help. SOunds like things are calming down for you now - fingers crossed it stays that way! Take care x

HI there,

Inzi, glad to hear your grandad is home now.

I had my MW appointment today and the student scared me when she measured the bump. She measured it at 30cm when I am 32 weeks now and measured 32cm ast my check up a fortnight ago. She redid it and I am actually 33.5cm.

THere was some protein in my urine, so it is been sent for testing.

I hope everyone else is ok

Alice -where he's going they have a nursery that starts at 3 so it seemed sensible to transfer him over as then he would go to school with the friends he's made. He can't wait and tells anyone who'll listen he's going to 'big boy school' and that the big boys all pedal the bikes standing up!!

There is so much regeneration around here, new schools, houses, facilities and that's great. It's why we came, that and being able to afford a house that we can stay in for years but bedding in new schools, changing old reputations and stamping out old ways takes time.

..as for the secondary schools even my friend who's a secondary science teacher wouldn't send her son to any of them!

Well, ds is home from nursery and wanted to tell you all of very prud mummy moment yesterday. Ds was having is hair cut and behaving BEAUTIFULLY and I had one of those 'oh, god my heart will burst with pride in a minute' moments.

Now, he's lying on the floor kicking the dog...

hello all,
Sorry I only dip in here infrequently and can't keep up with you very well!

Just wondered if anyone knows if at 30 weeks there is a hormone surge or something, as I am very emotional/teary at the moment.

Have just started a bit of reflexology (which I had before with number 2)to try and destress me, but wondered if it had made me more emotional?

I think I am slowly realising that I will be having a baby soon- my last one was 5 years ago so am out of the loop a bit - I guess it is only just dawning on me (bit slow me!)

Anyway - hope everyone else is keeping well - and any tips to relieve emotional upset more than welcome.

Unicorn think a lot of us have been feeling the same way! SOmeone said a couple of weeks back that there was a hormone surge at about 28 weeks which would probably fit! Hope you feel better soon...

Winnie glad mw appt went OK and hope your urine test comes back OK

Well I'm absolutely SHATTERED and dh has just called to say he needs to work late to sort out a few things before we go away this weekend. Just what I didn't need! Still, ds has been a little angel - playing happily by himself while I dozed in the chair. Nearly every toy he possesses is on our floor though so it looks like we've been burgled! Never mind eh.... Off to bath him in a min so see you lovely ladies later unless I collapse completely once he's in bed!

Hi all

well i'm shattered again! been out for the day with dd and her paternal grandma,
unicorn-alice is right, a lot of us have/did feel like that, i think i was like it at about 30/31 weeks.

re-bra's, i've got the same problem, went to get fitted at m+s, and they don't even measure your cup, just do it by eye-what a load of crap! maybe we should start swapping, i've got 36E's and they're too small, also got quite a few 34D's i think if anyone wants them? did throw a couple away though.

hi to everyone, sorry but i'm too tired to remember what everyone has written, hope your all ok

One of my infrequent posts. The bra issue caught my attention! I got "measured" at M & S and a couple of weeks later was so uncomfortable I went into Mothercare and asked them to do it. Completely different result - had to buy new bras, but so much more comfortable. Not sure that I'd trust M&S on it. If it's your ribs that are expanding (rather than cup size), a bra extender that you clip on to the back will give you a few more inches without having to buy new bras. I bought one today from the haberdashery dept. of an Army & Navy store. A few of the baby catalogues sell them too. It only cost me £1.50 so it's definitely a cheaper option. From previous experience I don't think there's much point in getting measured for feeding bras until you are about 38 weeks. Then general rule at that point is , down a back size and up 1 or 2 cup sizes. Hope this helps.

Just generally sympathise with all the tired/ sore people! I'm very impressed with the energy a few of you seem to have . Can I ask those with SPD, of which I am one, once you started using crutches did they quickly become necessary for much more of the time than you thought you were going to use them for? Does that make sense? I'm picking some up tomorrow because I just can't stand comfortably at all anymore, but I'm not too bad walking short distances. Just wondering if I will end up using them all the time? I know it's an individual thing but grateful for any answers.
Thanks.

Alice; Thanks for trying to send the link but I'm afraid it hasn't arrived , sorry, would you mind trying again? nick underscore wilson 68 at hot mail dot com. (to save you scrolling back)if you are not too shattered.

J20; you're shattered too? I think it is all that hard work over the last 3 months catching up on you! Though what my excuse is I don't know..I've had lazyitis since week 20 or so! Having said that I weighed myself today and am horrified to find that I've put on 25lb since January! I've never been so heavy in my life!...not even when I comfort ate myself up to a size 24! What is worse I've still got 8 weeks to go!

Inzi; so glad your Grandad is home and that Murphy is doing ok...what a relief..stress like that is the last thing you need at the moment (no one had responded to my message about him on "our dogs" when I last checked, but it isnt the liveliest forum so I'll let you know if anyone comes up with anything useful for you)

SparklyGothCat; welcome..I hope the mw lesson in self injection went well for both you and lisa..it really does become a way of life and doesn't bother you at all after a bit.

Well last pupil of the day is due in 4 mins so I'll have to go. Sorry if I missed anyone I'll try and catch up again tomorrow.

Hi everyone - too much to read here in the short space I have to say hello - and I couldn't rad any of your posts last night cause I was fasting for my glucose load test and of course you all started talking about cravings......evil ladies !!

The test was ok - made an awful lot harder by having an epic fight with DH which left me in tears all night and until 2 in the morning (why is it that men seem incapable of acknowledging that heavily pregnant women are slightly fragile and not necessarily up for emotional assaults??!!); got to sleep to be woken by DS at 4, settled him and then he woke up again for the day just after 5. Isn't it always the way? So not only was I starving but that horrible shaky exhausted (when all you need is food and a coffee) So that made it a lot trickier - but glad it's over now.

Just a couple of things - it was me who had read about the hormone surge, which is between 24-30 weeks and I can certainly vouch for that! And I had a fab experience again at Bravissimo for a new bra yesterday - can not paise them enough; way better than mothercare or marks and they do really pretty and sexy ones now (even nursing bras - who would have thought it!) so if you have one near you, def try it out.

right - better get on. hope everyone else is ok. Inzi, so glad things are looking up for your grandad and Alice, glad you're just paranoid (in the nicest way!!) Have a good evening everyone.

Hiya - mad day today ... but at least I got milk delivered! (although, 2 pints instead of 1, but hey, ho!)

Katsh - I found myself getting more and more dependent on my crutches - and have now got a wheelchair which I use for longer distances (if dh is around to push that is!)
I think it's normal to need them more as you go on - you're getting bigger for a start ... which isn't helping!
As long as you are doing the exercises the physios have given you, then you should be ok.

Spoke to the lady who is delaing with my case from the consulatant clinic today - she was supposed to be sorting me out with an appointment to see the pain team because of me having problems taking medication - and hadn't - that's now sorted, and I'm going to see her and the mlu - and to check that I can get into the pool next Wednesday after hydro!

Apparently she needs to write in my handheld notes what's been agreed in terms of me going to the mlu, so that my consultant is aware.
Finally feel as though I'm getting somewhere!

Probably won't have chance to post now until after the weekend - the decorating blitz starts tomorrow!

Have a good weekend all ... take care!

Goodness you girls have had a busy afternoon.

Katsh: I was given my crutches at about 16 weeks, and i used them a lot now. I dont use them around the house at all, just hobble around. I find the crutches help me get around quicker and i feel alot more stable on my feet.

Muppet im glad you have made the right decision for you about schools. There arent many good ones here but lucky for us there is a very good school walking distance, which tanisha has got into. They also cap class sizes too, so not loads of kids.

J20, good luck with the bra. I would say buy a breast feeding bar if you can, they are just as supportive and very soft cottons. otherwise you will have to buy another load when you have had LO. Im lucky my boobs havent expanded much at all, but im my defence they were huge to begin with

My poor midwife was here for 30mins. I decide i wanted to try and do the jab myself as I know im going to have to do it soon. But I did it was so proud of myself, but bloodly hell did it sting after. Oh well only another 14 weeks of them left She also told me about the complications of birthing while on this drug which i forgot to ask about yesterday, loads to think about.

Thanks for sharing Floria and glad your not testing and worrying about it now. Im sure your LO will be fine.

Winnie i wouldnt worry too much about proteins, i have had a few in my testings, normally nothing.

Inzi can i ask why the montioring? just nosey

Hope your all well and lookign forward to another week begining over soon and another week closer

Lisa