January 2020 - Thread 2

[mynameisMrG]

Hi ladies

Thought I’d start a new thread as we were close to filling the last one. Shall we do a little check in?

I’m due 7th Jan with 2nd baby.

@KMic I am so pleased to hear that everything is looking as it should be! Also, it's great that you're being offered extra support for reassurance

@plipliop @mynameisMrG do you find that by early evening you just collapse?! It's a daily routine now.. I can barely get past dinner before passing out with tiredness. Even a good nights sleep leaves you exhausted for the next day! I'm glad we have each other to moan to - I know exactly what you mean with DHs losing patience! X

I guess it's hard for them to understand but it's miserable!

@coconutlatte44 huge congrats to you! I'm struggling to find the energy to get dressed in the mornings let alone run anywhere 🙈

Had to make dh pull over so I could be sick on the side of the road this morning, super classy. Nausea and vomiting is back with a vengeance, feeling awful after such a nice few days 🤢

Can I join in?

Got my BFP today on 4 tests, had tj be 100%, and I've worked it out using apps as being 6+3 with a due date of 23.1.20!! Off to the drs tomorrow to get the ball rolling!

BF is in a state of shock and I am speechless too! We have been trying but as we've been trying for so long we don't know how to react 🙈

Symptoms are just really heavy and big boobs and peeing all the bloody time!

Congrats to everyone else on the thread too!! So exciting!!

Thanks @Bentley111 I think it's a mixed blessing though, I genuinely would trade my feeling good for your feeling bad as I just have such a hard time believing I could feel this good and have a healthy baby growing inside me.

That doesn't mean I think everyone with nausea should feel grateful, if I'm "lucky" enough to get sick I am sure I'll change my tune quickly - grass is always greener. I'm sure it's awful, I hate feeling sick so I'll try to be appreciative of my comfort despite the anxiety it causes!!

@coconutlatte44 I remember your name!! Lovely to see you back on here as well ... for me, I feel exactly the same as last time, I had nausea, tiredness, sore boobs - the job lot before! So having it once again gives me no reassurance unfortunately. However seeing that little flicker today certainly did!

We're off to Majorca for a week on Weds ... I can't wait to just chill out for a week! It is so needed! X

I am not having a good couple of days. 14 hour shift at work yesterday where I vomitted all day. Today I've been sick, no energy, slept for two hours and woke up so tired I was sick all afternoon :(. I know its going to be worth it, but I don't know how I'm going to get through this :(

Oh @McHelenz that sounds hard.

DH is bringing me s&v crisps from co op.
They are the only thing which make me feel normal!

Hurry up DH.

Hi Ladies,

Really looking for some advice and reassurance.
I've been having cramps and spotting on and off for the last 3 weeks. It's been near enough constant for the last 10 days. I also had a heavy bright red bleed in the middle of all of this. I have had an early scan at EPU. Baby was fine, heartbeat was seen and they couldn't find any reason why I was bleeding. I am 7+6 today. My spotting seemed to have subsided for the last 2 days but just now I have seen some light brown/pink spotting again. Should I be worried that this isn't stopping? Should I be pushing for further investigations? If not, then how can I mentally cope with the anxiety? It's worrying me every time I use the loo. And just when I think it's stopping, it just restarts. Any advice would be really appreciated and hopefully it'll help me and anyone going through something similar x

I made DH go and buy me Kristie Kreme doughnuts 😬 the cravings are real.

I know how you feel @leclarke91, I am still spotting too. Did the hospital say when you should have any follow up care? Could you call epu tomorrow and ask for advice?

@leclarke91 I've had the exact same for the past three weeks also, though touch wood no red blood so far. I had an early scan two weeks ago when all looked ok but was only about 6 weeks so too early to see much. I have a follow up scan tomorrow mid morning so have my fingers crossed. Have had awful nausea the past three weeks too but only thrown up once. Hopefully this is just one of those things that happens to some women but I totally empathise with the stressing!

Good luck for tomorrow @mitzi2019, keeping fingers crossed. It’s such an anxious time isn’t it, I just wish I could transport all of us straight to the 12 week mark.
Or the 40 week mark actually

@Anon120 depends which hospital you're planning to go to in SE London, some of them you can self refer to, if it's Lewisham they are know for taking forever, I actually had DS somewhere else in the end as they took so long to get back to me!

@mynameisMrG thanks for your reply! Sorry to hear that you're also spotting. I have my first midwife appointment on 4th June when I am 9 weeks. Then presumably will just have my 12 week scan. Did the hospital say when you will be followed up next?

@mitzi2019 Oh good luck with your scan tomorrow! Will keep everything crossed for you. It is really tough on your mental wellbeing isn't it! I just hate dreading going to the toilet and not being able to enjoy this experience. I hope your spotting eases up!

Yes @leclarke91 I have a scan a week on wed when I’ll be 9+1 then all being well I have my midwife appointment on that Friday. I also have to have a 10 week scan so if everything is ok in there I’ll be seeing bean quite a lot!
My consultant didn’t sound particularly hopeful about baby growing between now and then and thought it looked a bit small. I’m clinging to the constant nausea and exhaustion and hoping they are good signs!

Could you mention your concerns to your midwife @leclarke91? She might try and get you seen earlier for your scan

@mynameisMrG
Oh you must be exactly the same gestation as me. Are you 7+6 today? It's good to know that you're being scanned and checked so frequently. Is the consultants main concern because the baby looked too small for the gestation? I thought that it can be a little hard to judge the baby's gestation when it's early on? Nausea is definitely a good sign! I've read that women experiment nausea are significantly less likely to miscarry. I hope everything goes okay for you!
I think I will ask my midwife if it's possible to push my scan forward to 10 or 11 weeks. I'm sure that'll be fine!

@mynameisMrG meant to say *experiencing

Yes I am @leclarke91 😊 yes but they just mentioned the size I’m passing. It was the oddest scan I’ve ever had. Couldn’t get an image externally so had the internal, she was there25 minutes looking around (still hadn’t told me if there was a heartbeat by this time) but seemed more concerned about my odd shaped uterus. I had to ask her twice if the baby was actually ok. All a bit odd, I didn’t even see baby on the screen. Hoping it’s a bit more straight forward next week!

@mynameisMrG Oh I see! I bet that was such a worry for you! The consultant took a few minutes to say that everything was okay for me and that was long enough! Can't imagine having to have such a long and uncertain scan! Perhaps they just couldn't get a great view for one reason or another? I do hope your next scan is less stressful!

Yes it was all a bit weird to be honest!

@mitzi2019 good luck with the scan today.

DS (3) came down with a nasty cough yesterday and had the worst night’s sleep - he had me up virtually every hour 😱😱 is this nature’s way of reminding me what I’m letting myself in for with #2?? It’s not cool especially when I can’t have hardly any caffeine to get through the day!