Due April 2008 -The one where SCORPIO GETS MARRIED!!(and we get virtually drunk)

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Yep. Sorry scamp. And any other handles you have too.

Scamp - baggy tops will be the order of the day!!

M2B2BR and TLSM - treatable by exercises or manipulation is BPPV (benign paroxismal positional vertigo). Can be treated with cawthorne cooksey exercises or brandt-daroft exercises via physio dept or there is a manipulative technique which can be v succesful (if the diagnosis is correct) and the name of it escapes me at the mo - generally done by the ENT guys, some hospital based physios will do as well. There are 3 small rings in the ear and balance can be affected if flow of these is not right so all the treatments aimed at re-establishing flow. There used to be a very good ENT guy at Northwick park if either of you are near there. Unfortunately wont work on labarinthitis/inner ear infections etc. although they all have similar symptoms - sympathies to you guys not pleasant.

I have a question for you all regarding scans. I have the option of getting a 32 week scan although my doc told me that there is no reason to have it except that some couples like to have another look. My 20 week scan was fine and I have had no reason for an extra scan. Scans make me nervous anyway so I am not a huge fan but then if there was any reason to have one I would. Has anyone been in this situation? Is there anything anyone found out in the past at a 32 week scan that they could then do something about and hence it was a good idea to get the scan?

I don't know about if it's just to 'have another look' as it were, but I've got another scan at 32 weeks to check on the baby's size, ie to see if my diabetes has baan well enough controlled to stop him growing and growing and growing! I've already had 4 NHS scans (9 weeks to check everything looked as it should, 12 week nuchal fold scan, 20 week anomoly one and 26 week one to check his heart) and the 3D one we had at the weekend, and I have to say I enjoy having them cos I get to see his little heart beating away and that he's ok.
I'd say if they make you nervous and don't really enjoy them, don't have it. Surely if they were able to pick stuff up at that late stage then a 32 week scan would be much more widely available?

After nights and nights of insomnia, last night I was exhausted at 9pm so went to bed thinking 'oh goody, sleep at last!' and promptly fell asleep. DH came to bed at some point and I woke up wide awake and couldn't nod off again cos he was snoring. I thought 'well I'm wide awake so I'll look at the clock and if it's at least 4:30 I might as well get up for a bit'. It wasn't even midnight! I decamped to the spare room where opening the window eventually helped. I've got a day's work today so hopefully I'll be more worn out today.

Have a good day everyone!

Oh Knitter - how horrible. I hate insomnia. Normally I'm a really good sleeper so I really struggle when I can't. I've found that if I get up and have a hot milk drink (and sometimes watch a bit of mind numbing TV) it really helps me get back to sleep. I normally don't even feel any more sleepy when I do go back to bed but it's worked every time so far!

Huge sympathies to those with inner ear problems - that's the LAST thing you need .

Yes M2B2BR thats it Labyrinthitis I knew it begain with a L! it is horrid every sudden movement makes me feel sick but at least its got nothing to do with Baby

I am going to have a proud parent moment I went to see my DS's teacher yesterday and they have told me that for everything except Writing (where he is averaging 4) he is at the stage of an average 5 year old not back seeing he is only just 3 1/2 He is starting French next week too with the older age group he wil be a Doctor he will

I am having a 4d scan at 28 weeks (am only 25+5 keeping up the rear!) then i have a growth check at 34 weeks as I am a chunky monkey If you dont need one and dont want one dont have one milly its your choice x

Oh knitter gosh i would be a monster without my sleep dreading the sleepless nights when baby comes we had a bad night with DS on Sunday and so went to bed Mon and Tues at 8.30 to catch up!

Molly, if I ahd been given a 32 week scan with ds1 it may well have picked up that the palcenta was starting to fail and ds1 wasn't growing so I would eprsonally grab at it.

For insomnia I find reading something is the best thing (better if it's something a bit boring). It tires the eyes.

I am probably one of the few people who isn't a huge fan of scans. I think it is because when I was first pregnant I found out at my 12 week scan that I had mc'd. That was awful. Even though I've had lovely scans since then I've been a nervous wreck before them. If there is any reason I should have a 32 week one though I would... it's just hard having the choice....

Peachy, thanks for that information. What effect if you don't mind me asking did the falling placenta have on your DS? Could it have been prevented if they had known?

He should have been induced earlier than he was- it was a sign of a form of eclampsia that can be 'hidden' (spiking BP as opposed to the more usual permanent raise). he was IUGR but more pertinently to us, we don't and never will know how much his birth (he became severely distressed and had heart concerns) contributed to his disability. Theoretically there's no link, but a recent and completely unscientific survey amnongst the SN ASD Mums on ehre found a staggeringly high rate of birth trauma.

I like scans and am having a growth scan at 36 weeks (because DS was large, although this one seems far more reasonably-sized so far). I'd always jump at the chance of another scan. But if you don't like them and they make you nervous then I don't see a problem with not having a 32-week scan.

Peachy, that makes an interesting argument... I suppose it can't do me any harm to have a 32 week scan...

Mollyfloss - I get really nervous about scans too. I haven't ever had a bad one but quite a few of my friends have had similar experiences to you and it really worries me. However, saying that, it's only the run up to the scan that's hard. The scan itself and the relief afterwards always make it worthwhile I think.

The other tip I heard about insomnia is that it's eye movement that keeps you awake. So (similar to reading a mind numbing book or watching rubbish TV), if you try and look down to prevent your eyes from moving, it will help you get to sleep.

Molly, I'd agree with Peachy and say have one, after everything they've told me about IUGR and pre-eclampsia, plus having placental abruption myself at 32 weeks, which they didnt spot until it was very nearly too late(I'd lost 8pints of blood internally by the time they operated).

I can't remember who it is that sleeps sidecar tbh, all I remember was that they said they get the benefits from co-sleeping; mothers breathing regulating babies, easy to get to baby, REALLY good for breastfeeding, you don't even need to get out of bed! and then the benefits of baby having their own cot; can do a proper bedtime routine (bath, feed, bed) without having to go to bed yourself, baby is used to sleeping in a cot so there aren't hassles when you want to stop co-sleeping, no worries about squashing it etc.

I really think it's the best possible compromise, you may have to start a thread about it to find out more thoguh, cos I really cant remember when/where or who I discussed it with!! (It may have been TheUrbanDryad?)

Oh, also can't sleep, go to bed around 11pm each night, realise I'm wide awake, try to tlk to DP who won't talk to me cos he's almost asleep
Wake up thinking It's got to be 4ish, and nope it's about 1am, finally get back to sleep, and wake up at 2pm, my longest stretch seems to go from about 3pm-5pm

Those of you who've had SPD, is it down the middle of your pelvis at the front? I've been having significant pain coming on there over the last few days (walking was surprisingly painful this morning), have been grumbling about it and then suddenly wondered last night whether it was an actual Thing with a proper impressive-sounding name...

If it does sound like the start of SPD, is there anything that can be done about it? E.g. is it worth trying to see a midwife before my 32-week appointment?

i want to ask now about having another scan i love seeing my baby, this is my first baby and when i had my last scan at 22 weeks she said she didnt need to see me anymore which i know is a good thing but i would still like to see my baby now.

Sounds like it - all pain round there worth talking to someone about as pelvic girdle area is going through lots of changes and a physio can give you lots of useful tips/exercises and support belts.

In meantime - try to keep everything aligned and level - I find it helps to sit with a cushion under my hips and sleep with a pillow between my knees to keep them equal distance apart. Also go up stairs one stair at time, don't lift heavy things, don't stand for too long or walk for too long and when you walk take small steps. Don't do things like ironing or hoovering or anything that involves umcomfy bending.

Those are things that help me anyway - but do speak to MW, I did and was useful.

can i ask a question why do people buy them yoga type balls for birth and are they useful or any good or just a waste of money thanks

They are quite helpful for sitting on in the later stages of pregnancy when everything aches. Also surprisingly good for sitting on while holding baby and bouncing gently to get him/her off to sleep.

I tried one during labour and personally hated it, but lots of women love them. DS was posterior though so that may have affected how comfortable it was.

Your hospital may have them anyway (ours did).

Now after what VS and Peachy said I'm thinking I should get the scan. It's not like it can do any harm and if there was anything then I would never be able to forgive myself!

In some ways I am sleeping better while pregnant than before weirdly enough. I wake up a couple of times to go to the loo but I go back to sleep right away. Before I was a bit of an insomniac. I think it is because now the fatigue is so physical as opposed to mental... Maybe it's because I walk a lot and with the ectra weight thaht is tiring me out more...

thanks i know u have to buy loads of stuff with the first baby and i aint really got a clue.
Another thing asda is having a sale on baby stuff like nappies, dummys, wipes, bottle warmers, baby bouncers, high chairs and so on.

I dont have any probs with my sleep i sometimes get tired during the day if ive been out all day but then its prob coz im not big at all im still in my same jeans which i dont think is right but my midwife says anything is fine.

I also dont have any cravings or nothing its like im not pregnant but i do feel it it when he kicks and he lays right up high in my ribs and it bloodys hurts.

I dont have any probs with my sleep i sometimes get tired during the day if ive been out all day but then its prob coz im not big at all im still in my same jeans which i dont think is right but my midwife says anything is fine.

I also dont have any cravings or nothing its like im not pregnant but i do feel it it when he kicks and he lays right up high in my ribs and it bloodys hurts.