Is sickness a sign?

[rockinmum]

Hiya

Is sickness every time you eat more than 3 bites a possible sign of early labour?

Keep on being sick when I eat but can keep fluids down. MW won't take anything seriously with me (EDD query by Me and DH put her back up) so don't want to ring her, and the MW at the hospital have a habit of asking you to come in for DAU if you ring them for anything. Its a good 45 mins away and we'd need to get a lift and hubby would have to leave work so don't want to go for nothing. lol.

Feel fine otherwise, keep getting cramps low down in bump though.

Ta anyone

yeah, it could be.

I'd be a bit more suspicious of cramps in bump though... are they regular?

Not overly, had them for a while now, mentioned them to MW but she just put them down to tendons stretching! FFS that woman annoys me but unfortunately only MW at our doctors.

Believe me these pains aren't tendons stretching. lol. Plus pain down in that area which is getting progressively worse as timegoes on. Probably end up having baby at home at this rate. can't stand the hospitals food so don't want to go there until really necessary.

it could be a while yet though, even if the pains are tightenings, or contractions.

Keep an eye on things, see how you get on, have a bath if the pain is getting a bit much, have a walk around and see how it goes.

How far gone are you and is it your first?

Yeah it's our first. Well, I could be either overdue (original date was June 27th), 38/39 (second date from docs was July 17th) or 34 (MW says August 17th but this is an out and out impossibility as hubby was out of country that entire month)

um... okay

(I had wildly different dates for dd1 as well, I know where you're coming from)

What do you think you are? and what do your scans say?

I think that the scan is the most reliable dating method, as they all develop at the same rate early on, but what you think should be taken into consideration as well - people can read scans wrong after all.

I knew that there was only one possible date that I could have conceived ds for instance so when a dating scan showed a date over a week different, we just ignored it

Well, the scan (9 week one) said August 17th - but the 20 week scan showed her meausring on the top percentile for everything with the longest thigh bone the operator had seen. They refused to change the dates though - v. frustrating.

We think we were the June 27th date but accepted this could be out a bit because we had a miscarriage in the september so everything was messed up for a while IYSWIM.

Think I might have just had the start of a show though - bit of yellow jelly (only v small though but still.....)

yeah, maybe it was a bit of a show.

Even if you are in labour, if the contractions are not regular and steady, there is a way to go yet.

Stay at home and see how you get on. Time them if you aren't sure how regular they are.

You should go to hospital when they are about five minute apart (every time) or when you feel you cannot cope at home any more.

Put your dh on standby, but don't worry him overmuch, it can be weeks yet (sorry)

Make sure your bag is packed and everything is ready though, just in case.

Good luck.

xx