Due May 05 part 4

[fisil]

Here it is ... let me start:

Name: fisil
Due: 26th April officially, 3rd May unofficially
Children: ds (just turned 2)
About me: work full time (teacher, head of dept), live SW London with dp & ds
Anything else: think its a boy

LittleB, I didnt eat or drink ANYTHING the night or morning before my urine samples taken and tested last wk at ante-natal clinic and my glucose was still up
I am on a really strict diet at the moment it's killing me so i hope you dont develop diabetes if you ever get hungry!!!!! The two dont mix - I'm only allowed 2small slices of wholemeal bread and 2potatoes a day, and then small amounts of low fat no taste stuff and fruit and veg.

Oh Northstar, that sounds horrible, poor you. I've been eating loads lately, will have to just keep my fingers crossed for this afternoon.

That back support does sound really useful, as I am too suffering from really bad backache..especially at work. It would be interesting to know if you can get them from the doctor.

I got the back support from the NHS physio. I asked my GP to refer me early on and I've seen her 3 times now. The first two times we just talked about the back pain and she gave me some pelvic floor exercises to do. It's definately worth asking for!

Poor you northstar - the diet sounds tough. Will the diabetes go when the baby is born?
I have noticed that my bump changes shape depending on where the baby is. Sometimes my tummy is all springy if the baby is low down and sometimes it's square and solid. Weird.

I think it depends on what other "stuff" you have stored up inside you as well, like if you've eaten recently or if your baldder is full. In the morning after you empty your bladder, I think the uterous sinks down a bit. Then a full bladder probably lifts it up. I can tell the difference before and after going for a wee (sorry if you didn't really need to know that).

Will definitely ask doc to refer me then. Its a shame I'm not seeing my midwife as she's been more sympathetic, but here we have an antenatal appointment with GP at 20+ weeks, then again at 30+ weeks - in his words to 'remind him I'm pregnant', so I won't see her until 28weeks. My doc's attitude when I asked about heavy lifting early on was don't worry - women used to work in the fields and have healthy babies - luckily I ignored him and have avoided heavy lifting, he also said avoiding certain foods was more of a lifestyle choice than any real risk - I've ignored that too! My feeling was that people may have done it in the past but they also had higher levels of miscarriage, death in pregnancy and other problems etc.! I know I won't die of bachache but It'd be good to have some help with it or I'm going to be in agony before then end! I'll let you know what he says tomorrow.
Thanks for the advice.

What? Sorry to be blunt, but your GP sounds like one of those good old boy idiots who should have retired long ago. I can't believe he told you not to worry about lifting because women used to work in fields while pregnant. AS if it's okay to work in a field while pregnant... there are laws against that kind of labour for pregnant women -- and good reasons for those laws! You aren't supposed to lift heavy things when pregnant because hormones soften your ligaments and make you more vulnerable to permanent ligament damage.

Can't you just ring the midwife for a referral? Why do you have to wait for the pre-arranged appointment?

My 28 midwife appt isn't for another 4 weeks, but I may go back to my GP to ask for a back support. IT doesn't help sitting in an umcomfortable chair at work either....

Uwilla, I've got a routine appointment with my doctor this afternoon, so I'll see if he'll refer me, but asking my midwife if he says no is a good idea (my doctor has always ben helpful in the past before my pregnancy, I think he just has a hang up about pregnant women - don't know how his wife coped when she had their children).
There is something else concerning me, the team I work in are all due to have an off road driving training session (we are countryside rangers and do this quite often in our jobs anyway, but now need certificates saying we can!)I'm a bit concerned as I'll be 29 weeks then and it will involve bouncing around in the vehicle and a fair bit of adrenalin pumping around too, my dp is worried too, but colleagues seem to think it'll be fine, I expect my doctor will say its fine too, I'll have to ask my midwife! Don't suppose anyone has come across any advice regarding off road driving while pregnant!?

Samcattie, sorry just saw your post, how helpful is your work, can you get a more supportive chair? I had a workplace assessment a few weeks ago due to backache (I spoke to personel about it)and they ordered me a new chair (and footrest as I'm short)to give me more support, it helps a bit. Is there anyone you can ask about this?

SamCattie, can you ask your employer for a risk assessment? If your chair is uncomfy then maybe they could get you a new one...

Littleb, I don't know about off-road driving when pregnant but I would have signed up for it like a shot when 9 days overdue

logic I'm sure I'd feel that way too, would be better if it was near due date, I'm sure I will go over as I was born 12 days late, but 29 weeks is too early. It should be alot of fun but I don't want to take unnecessary risks and worry the whole time I'm doing it (or will probably fail anyway!)

I'm sure you're right, littleb. I don't think that I would do the course either. Can you can complete it after having the baby?

It's taken a while to organise and they are doing eight of us at once, if I needed training when I return to work (part time) after having the baby they will need to organise a special date for me and this would cost them more, I think I need someone medical saying I shouldn't do this as otherwise they'll try and persuade me to save time and money. Will see what the doctor says first and then try the midwife.

Don't even get me started about my company!! They have agreed after 6 weeks to give me a chair. But won't give me a risk assessment doesn't sound right

Blimey, what a lot of posts today!!

Uwila - mmm... must plan a trip to Kingston to visit your sushi place. Was staring at sushi in M&S this lunchtime (OK, not as good as the fresh stuff, but still looked good to me!) but I was put off as 2 of the 6 calif rolls in the pack are prawn (I'm not eating prawns).

Love the posts re: bump size and shape. The last couple of days I've noticed mine move too!!! Thought I wouldn't be able to see the kicks 'til much later on, but if lie still when I go to bed I can see my tum push out. Lovely to imagine I can see him moving around in there having stretches and giving grumpy kicks !

Sooo full of cold the last couple of days. And Olbas Oil just doesn't cut it. Wish I could reach for a Nurofen (or a large drink!)...

Thanks for the advice everyone, have managed to persuade my doctor to refer me for physio, although I may have to wait a while as they are short staffed, he also says I should avoid the 4x4 training. My glucose is normal now, my doctor said about 10% of glucose pregnancy tests are high, so its nothing to worry about if its a one off.
I haven't seen my bump move yet - that must be amzing, just feel it moving lots . The baby gets very active after I've eaten, not sure if its the sitting down, or if the gurgling wakes it up lol!

LittleB glad your glucose was ok
If i cheat and eat anything sweet the baby kicks more or less straight away - its wierd. The gestational diabetes goes away after baby is born but i will be pre-disposed to it later in life, particularly if i go back to a high sugar lifestyle or put on weight. They will monitor me every year or so i think.

Sorry to change the thread and hope everyone is well but....

Can anyone tell me what those bits of material are called that you can attach to the buttons of your trousers to extend them around your bump are called?!? And where I can get one?? Think they come in black, white and denim. My pregnant brain is all over the place and I've forgotten what they are called and where I've seen them!!!

Thanks all

I'm having physio for my back at the moment every Friday. Seems to be working and she's been giving me exercises to do everyday which is hard to motivate myself to do but worth it in the end. Hope you get something sorted LittleB. I don't know what your hospital is like but I didn't hear anything from mine about this for about 3 weeks after being referred so I phoned the physio dept and booked myself in. At the end of the day we all have a slight time limit to get ourselves help by!!

Fashill - here is

belly belt!

Hi all! Just told ds! Bit of an anticlimax - no throwing himself to the ground shouting "no want a baby" or anything really. He had a good stroke of my tummy and we gave him a book about babies in mummies tummies. He just asked for the next present, and we told him he had to wait! A bit later he did tell me that it was good that we would have a baby living in our house, though.

Hi all! Just told ds! Bit of an anticlimax - no throwing himself to the ground shouting "no want a baby" or anything really. He had a good stroke of my tummy and we gave him a book about babies in mummies tummies. He just asked for the next present, and we told him he had to wait! A bit later he did tell me that it was good that we would have a baby living in our house, though.

Sounds like telling ds went well, fisil! Our ds just said "baby - funny!". We got a really good book called "There's a house in mummy's tummy" to help explain.

Found this link again the other day. It's a test based on old wives' tales to guess the baby's gender. Mine was 61% girl this time. I remember doing it last time too and it said 50% boy 50% girl

here

mine says 26% chance of a boy. If it is a girl I'm sorry, as the scan showed that it will be a girl with unfeasibly large testicles.