Due December 09 - Fluttering Tums and Excited Mums...

[SarahL2]

New Thread before the old one fills up.

Going to Leicester hospital today to see the surgeon, for some reason im really dreading his reaction to my pregnancy, even though he was the one who told me not to wait and to have another child sooner rather than later.

Plus my mother is taking me because DH doesnt want to use up to much holiday and I KNOW she is going to get all emotional because she has never seen all the scans and x-rays only ever heard of them second hand even when I was a teenager, so it will be all new for her and tbh the scans look really scary!
Help!
I dont think I can handle my mum blarting it'll only make me do it.

Sorry I know none of this is pregnancy related, but I need to vent somewhere the only forums I can find for this op are full of teenage girls!!!

Goldensnitch - if you're that close to MK couldn't you go to Lister in Stevenage instead? Thats where I had DS and I also worked there for a bit, the staff are lovely.

Scorps - I had a mc at 8 wks on 12th march and then conceived on 1st April so I know about being scared / falling pregnant quickly! When we conceived on 3rd Jan that was also our first 'go' so gonna have to be extra careful next year!

The baby i mc'd was conceived when i was still BF, i hadn't really had a proper period though we were trying. I'm not having anymore children, will get a coil put in a 6 months postnatal and use condoms/possibly Persona until then.

I live in MK Millie so I'm about 10 mins away from MK General. It would take me almost an hour to get to Stevenage (plus getting lost time) and as I'm due really close to Christmas (27th) with all the extra traffic problems that causes, I'm not sure I'd want to risk it!

I couldn't sit at all when in labour with DS, not even in the wheelchair from the maternity to the labour ward, never mind have an hour in a car!

I've been feeling really grotty today - very faint and rather queezy. I think it's just blood sugar as eating seemed to help for a while and I've now got a headache but I'm scared its PE again. It was the nausea that was the first thing to start last time! Seeing the doc for my rountine 24 weeks appointment on Thursday so wil have a chat with him then.

GSnitch - MK is definitely the one for you then it's just I know a few people who were in the middle of MK & Stevenage so could have gone to either.

I think everyone has faint and queezy days, not that it makes yours feel any better but try not to worry. Hope you feel better soon xx

I think Northampton is our next closest Millie but even that's a bit of a trek...

Feeling better this afternoon, just a bit headachey but this morning was horrible. Hoping it's better tomorrow.

hi ladies, well today has been fun!!

Was on my way to get DS from school this afternoon, got halfway up the street and tripped on some uneven pavement and twisted my ankle and grazed my knee

my ankle is now swollen and is turning blue... I'm pretty sure its just sprained and not broken. ive put ice on it and elevated it, is a trip to gp/a&e nessasary or do you think i should see how it goes??
DP wants me to go to a&e but im really tired and dont think is worth it...

thanks

Blue is not a good colour!

blue as in bruised... lol my foot dosnt look like its going to drop off or anthing

oh no!

maybe see gp tomorrow see what they say rather than hrs in a&e

I agree - definitely see GP just to be sure, hope you're ok xx

hey beffnal, i'm not too hot on the blood taking, but i always just look away and that seems to work for me. i really wouldn't say it was in anyway awful and i am not good with the whole pain thing. definitely take some trashy magazines and make the most of the free time!
Madmissy i think i must be a bit strange because I actually like lucozade. The nurse told me that most people don't like it, but i was loving it1 And by all accounts the alternative to lucozade that they offer is pretty rank, so it semed the lesser of the two evils to me.
Only downside is a big bruise on my arm from the bloods, but that is it.

have started using a bolster in bed to try to prop me on my side so i don't roll onto my back. is sheer comedy, you have never seen anything like it. the bolster is massive, like a 3rd person in the bed...in fact, my DH has christened it 'camilla'.... and don't think it actually makes any bloody difference anyway as still seem to roll onto my back.

oh i had a hospital one not actual luco (which i dont mind) its was awful euww lol

I love lucozade. Was never sure if you were allowed it while pregnant though...

Obviously you are

Bex, Im the opposite I keep managing to roll onto my front when im asleep! Its driving me mad, I dont know how I do it?!

I have one of these which I've found stops me rolling onto my back as the two pillows are attached to each other so the one behind you can't roll out of the way.

It's not perfect though as I found I ended up with a sore shoulder from where my top arm fell down across my chest and pulled my neck muscles. So now I have another pillow in front of my chest too to rest my arm on. I need a separate bed just for me and my pillows!!

Looks good. I will persevere with 'Camilla' and if it doesn't get any better, might have to invest. I get a sore arm as well every night from lying on my side with my arm out. 3 months and counting.....

If I were you - I would keep Camilla then (depending on your sewing skill) either stitch or safety pin an empty pillow case to her by one short end, about halfway down, then attach the long side of normal pillow to the other short end..so you end up with a sort of uneven H shape.

You sleep on top of the empty pillow case with Camilla in front to support your top leg, top arm and bump and the other pillow behind will should stop you rolling onto your back.

Why did I not think of this earlier!?!?!

Now I need my own 'Camilla'!!

DH would go mad that I wasted something like £30 on the Dream Genii though

why would you not lie on your back? [confused face]

Because the weight of your uterus is then supposed to crush your Inferior Vena Cava cutting off blood supply to both your legs and the baby.

Apparently.

oh right.
in all 3 of pg's never even been mentioned to me, unless this is another new find? the amount thats changed from dd1 to now is madness

It's the venous drainage from your legs to your heart that it limited by lying flat on your back, this makes your heart pump harder and makes you feel dizzy and unwell. It's why if you have a section they tilt the operating table over to the left.

ohh ok not that its comfy anyway lol but its nice for 2 mins to have back flat

is anyone else getting the dancing belly yet and the painful arms and legs across?

LaDiDaDi-I was wondering why they tilted the table in the operating table when i was having my c-section, now i know-lol!

madmissy-im having the dancing belly, and a weird almost painful feeling when LO drags his fingers/toes across at the bottom of my bump near my pubic bone.

i am currently just watching my dancing belly! baby is going crazy tonight!