Oh no! the sciatic type pain I had down my right leg with DS is back hopefully it?ll disappear around week 24 like before! if not before of course!
Spongecake ? don?t know anything about that part of the country, sorry sounds nice though! Shame you are not here (or that I don?t have your cravings!) my folks have an avocado farm and there are loads at the mo!
Thanks Choccie the last few days haven?t been so sicky (though DH now has a tummy bug )
June ? never liked tomatoes much, I like them how DS has them though ? skin off and no seeds! Glad to hear you are feeling better, I strongly believe in mother?s instinct, if you think your baby is a boy, it probably is seriously hon just ignore those horror stories, your birth story will be all your own, you?ll get your head around he birth in your own time and when the time comes you?ll be more than ready I just couldn?t believe how calm and in control I felt, my body just seemed to take over and knew exactly what was going on ? I hope it?s like that for you too what Ermintrude is so true, labour pain is very intense but its a positive sensation not mixed with the usual fear that we have when we are in pain because something is wrong. It?s hard to explain that to make sense but there really is a difference
Tee ? it?s always the same, you feel better at home and then get back to normal life and realised you are not quite 100% yet. Take it easy hon if coffee smells good, you are into the good bit I reckon!
Leaky ? how exciting about your hols! when DS was 12 weeks we took him to the British Virgin Islands, the holiday had been booked years in advance (it was for my Dad?s 60th) and I have to say I had hardly been to Tesco at that stage so was a bit daunted by the thought of going across the world but it was totally fine
Thanks Flynn just 1 more sleep until your scan lovely news for your friend it?ll be so nice having babies so close in age, I found you really need that in the beginning as a week seems a big gap when your baby is tiny! Re your Dom Rep query, if it were me, I?d take the baby, my son is 10 ½ months and I don?t think I could bear to be apart from him for even a night yet. I?d be miserable. But that?s just me. Though as the others have said, the holiday would be more relaxing for you without a toddler to run after!
Littlesarah ? I would have loved a home birth but I couldn?t for med reasons in Scotland and here, well, it just doesn?t happen even if I could medically! I?ve dug out that info about the birthing class. The company was called Elemental Birth (www.elementalbirth.co.uk) and the class was held at Mulberry House at 39 Manor Place. In fact, I wish I?d discovered Mulberry House earlier in my pregnancy as they had so many lovely treatments on offer for pregnant women. I learnt so much in one day though at the class; all about herbs and lotions and potions etc and used a lot of what I learnt during DS?s labour and birth I am now a firm believer in the power of raspberry leaf tea! Hope you are feeling better
Ermintrude ? that?s my fear, I got to the ?pushing? stage so suddenly with DS that I?m worried to hang around at home again like I did with him just in case it takes less than the 45 mins it took with him. So glad the scan went well today enjoy breaking the news!
Llynnnn ? hope the sickness fades again soon
Poor you Help blood is always so scary when you are pg. Has it stopped? Glad to hear that the baby is fine. Sorry to hear about the food poisoning too, it?s not your week! When I was 16 weeks with DS I got a horrible D&V bug from my cousin?s baby. We?d been at a family party and 18 people came down with it and some of the oldies had to be hospitalised , I was terrified. I was advised to drink flat lucozade and to try to eat dry white toast. After a week I was fine and there were no adverse effects on DS. Horrible though I hope you feel much better soon
Hi Doris
Tinker welcome hon and congrats and yes, all you are going through is normal, it?s hard in the beginning because you expect that the health profs will want to see you more and you feel a bit lost don?t you!? Don?t worry they?ll make up for it later when you have to see the MW every week! Just read about the bleed sorry to hear that, it was probably thick as it?ll be mixed with mucous so hopefully is less blood than it looks but I hope they check it out for you very soon. Try to stay as positive as you can, it does help. Keep us posted. Don?t take that nonsense from the MW about no scans til Friday, there are always emergency spaces, get yourself to A&E if the bleeding hasn?t stopped or if you are cramping.
Ineedmore ? ah DS?s b?day sounded lovely! I am already getting excited about my DS?s 1st birthday on 24th January; I just don?t know where the time has gone. Like you, my mat clothes are the wrong way round season wise, I?ll need new ones too
StrawberrySam ? ah Peanut! Sweet! DS was ?Beanie? and this one is ?B2? I?d say that there is no such thing as a standard pregnancy and that anything is normal to be honest! enjoy breaking your news
Amsterdambaby ? so glad all went well with the scan I think I read that your DH works for the same company so you?d have to go to Germany anyway? Good idea to take more mat leave and settle in better sorry about the c section ? mind me asking why you have to have another?
Dreamy ? Sat sounded like a fun day sorry to here about the Step B. Where I was in Scotland with DS they only tested in a number of situations, not as standard as they do here. Makes me worry ? I am very ignorant but if you do have it, does the baby definitely get it passed over unless you have the IV antibiotics during labour? In other words, if my DS is ok does that mean I probably don?t have it?
Hi Mhairi ? that bump will suddenly appear with DS I didn?t really have a bump until 18-20 weeks even though I of course thought I did that gastroenteritis sounded horrible! My Mum was 35 weeks with me when she passed her driving test!