Due in October 2012 Part 2

[YompingJo]

Kicking off the second thread as we outgrew the first one.

GrandOldDuke don't give up hope. My cousin also had cervical erosion and bled (heavily) throughout her pregnancy. I have just spent the morning with her and her 4 day old DD. It could be that, it could be something else, it could be nothing. Go to A&E and get your mind put at rest!

go to A&E GrandOld - they'll scan you at the EPU. Good luck

Do u have any pain grandold ? Blood loss is common. My sister bled heavily (soaked through a pad onto the bed) throughout her pregnancy. I spent many nights with her in a and e and each time baby was fine . Please dont give up hope. X

Ladies on the Aveeno front do any of you know which one is good? I know peeps said the blue one but looked at the website and there seem to be millions of blue ones. Any that you have tried and know which type it is? And is it just Boots does it or is it pretty common? Legs have started itching again :( Woke up 3 times last night with them itching too.

Hello lovely pregnant ladies

Lots of new people and lots of chat - I'm sorry if I'm not going to be able to keep up. grandoldduke I'm thinking of you and hope everything is ok.

I felt much better yesterday (slept well and was only briefly sick in the afternoon) - now I haven't slept at all and feel sick as a dog, bleurgh. Yesterday I really thought I'd turned a corner, it was the first day I saw all my patients without having naps in hidden corners or running off to the loo every five minutes or gagging on my sipped water... I met this awesome 99 year old who told me I was beautiful and had lovely teeth and that he was born the year the Titanic sank! Patients like that make my day, I adore old people.

Not so impressed by the STINKING INFECTED BELLY BUTTON, ohmygod, normally I have the strongest stomach ever, but pregnant me nearly vomited on the spot!

I'm kind of busy this week - swimming tonight, going to a gig with mates tomorrow, I've got a random day's annual leave this week and my boyfriend's taking me to a spa (yay!! I'm proper spoiled, even if I can't go in the hot tub), going to a party in London this weekend, York next weekend - I feel exhausted already. I keep feeling like I SHOULDN'T be exhausted as this is the only job I've ever done without weekend shifts, night shifts, late evening shifts, and stretches of 12 days at work in a row! I only do about 44-50 hours a week at the moment and it still feels mountainous. I really didn't realise pregnancy would make you this TIRED... I sometimes feel jealous of this friend I have who wasn't working when she got pregnant last year and spent the first few months in bed... but then other times it seems like time is going so slowly so I'm glad for the distraction and feel lucky to at least be reasonably busy. I don't miss on call shifts right now though!!!

Right now I've blathered on for ages, sorry!! Time to get up :)

squidkid, I know what you mean - work was shattering yesterday but at least the time flew by and although I felt queasy most of the day, I didn't really notice the hours passing

I suppose making an entirely new human being from scratch inside an existing one, using the same resources, must take a fair bit of energy!

grandoldduke, sending positive thoughts and have fx for you.

Thanks for all the positive thoughts, I appreciate them.
Nothing more in the night, no pains, rumbly tummy (could just be the fibogel!), but nothing sinister, and no more blood since the drops last night.
Did a pg test and there's still a line, but maybe fainter?? Idont know...could be overanalysing.
Rang the early pg unit and they wouldn't consider a scan until I was at the point where I was having to wear a pad the size of a brick to contain it and even then they probably wouldn't. I didn't dare ask why not, felt too intimidated.
Keeping my fingers crossed for a sticky bean.....

Wow you lot have been chatty! Just had a read through.Not been on because I've been so busy with work - 14hr days sat behind laptop. Deadlines are tomorrow so that will free up a bit of time for me in the evening at least.

Hope all is well today with you grandoldduke

I'm 6 weeks today, due 16/17 October. Sick as a bloody dog and also dog tired. I'm going to start barking soon...

Otherwise everything is fine here. :)

Keeping fingers crossed for you Grandoldduke (cool name by the way) take good care of yourself.

I got my BFP on Saturday, due around 26 October our first, I am 28. Emotionally I am swinging from extremely happy to petrified of the massive decision we've made and how I am going to manage everything. We live in Belgium so I have to find out about how things are done here and I'm feeling a bit of a pang of homesickness, never thought I would have a baby abroad and in French : ) anyway so that's my little set-up, looking forward to sharing our experiences along the way.

Take care of yourselves.

GrandOldDuke, you have made me hate EPU staff...what utterly unsympathetic rotters. Take things easy and be kind to yourself x

Liege07, congratulations and welcome

Squidkid, I love your posts..so chatty and amusing. Oh, and I totally envy your hectic and varied life (but I'll happily pass on the infected belly buttons!)

Well, at the risk of being coarse (so what's new?!) I cannot fully convey, after a protracted period of constipation, how delighted I am to report the benefits of Burgen soya and linseed bread for evacuating the bowels most beautifully

Another tediously unfulfilling day looms for me....unless...unless I open up my brand-new, 1000-piece jigsaw of The World. I deliberate in the knowledge that the cat will terrorise me relentlessly until I turn my back, at which point she will flee, with random jigsaw pieces, to her 'secret place' (which, in all probability, will be up the Christmas tree, which still languishes in our lounge; she sleeps in it)

Hiya Richard! [waves]

Can I jump on your thread? BFP last week but been too scared to join a thread as have a dodgy history. Feel I may as well try and retain some positivity on this one - why the hell not eh?

Grandoldduke hope things are ok with you. I have never had such advice from an EPU and I have seen the inside of EPU nearly more times than I have had hot dinners. Mine let pretty much anyone have one who has experienced bleeding. I think that is really shoddy. Got everythig crossed for you. I would work on getting a scan - either via a&e or your GP. You need reassurance and knowledge and if you are 7 weeks a scan would give you this.

Pregnancy wise I just feel bloated and tired. Resorted to day time napping which I can get away with as I am on holiday this week - may have to resort to finding a cupboard when I go back to work next week!

Take care everybody.

Midgetm, congratulations and welcome (you'll love this thread). I'm so glad you've given GrandOldDuke such sensible advice from your experiences: I can't quite believe she was treated so dismissively, either

GrandOldDuke, I am tempted to abbreviate your username (because I am frightfully idle) but cannot bring myself to address you as GOD

Can I call you Duke, please?

Thanks for the welcome missbone

GrandOldDuke, thinking of you, hope everything is alright, it's so worrying isn't it. Sending lots of positive thoughts. Take it easy. I have experienced mixed treatment from EPUs but don't get me started on the walk in centre I attended when I was miscarrying last time - the Doc was so rude, unsympathetic and brusque with me I burst into tears. He thought I was exaggerating the pain and said if I was MCing then there was nothing he could do to help. Eventually, the following day I ended up in A&E and they kept me in overnight and gave me morphine, though I almost didn't get a scan despite being an inpatient!

Is anyone else swinging between emotional extremes right now? I go from being elated and buzzing with energy to feeling low and lethargic about 20 times a day. It's exhausting and I'm getting absolutely nothing accomplished! I have a couple of phone calls to make, which I am dreading with a dread completely disproportionate to the task! One is to my saxophone teacher to cancel my lessons for the time being because putting the sax mouthpiece in my mouth makes me gag and also because I don't earn enough to qualify for maternity pay so have to start saving every penny seeing as we will have to get a bigger car to accommodate DC3 :(. Anyway I am seriously waffling now... If I manage to make the calls by midday I will reward myself with an afternoon nap when DS2 is at kindergarten :) I need more distractions to make time pass quicker!

On a different note, I have paid for (though not actually booked a time for) a private scan - Leicester Groupon had an offer on (only looked at the email just in time!) for £45 for 4D scan, 4 photos and DVD. I am torn between using it early or keeping it for later in pregnancy when there is more to see IYSWIM? I can get an early scan locally for £50 but the later ones cost more... Decisions, decisions!

Welcome Midgetm and Liege07

Oops, I only intended to check in briefly but instead wrote an essay!

Monkeys, loving your chatty post! I had to smile at the image of you gagging over the saxophone mouthpiece..what a shame!

Your groupon offer sounds terrific, and I can totally understand your indecision regarding when to take advantage of it...so much can happen after an early scan

Morning everyone. I am finally feeling a bit more human :) I have managed to get a couple of nights of better sleep and my nausea is now under control. I have stopped munching polos constantly thankfully as I'm really worried what state my teeth will end up in. I still have very sore boobs though and I'm a bit worried what size I'm going to get up (already an F)! Work has been mostly bearable but I seem to get a really bad attack of tiredness just after lunch.
I had a lovely long chat with my cousin last night who has a 4 month old. It was lovely to talk it over with someone and has got me really excited now. I haven't even had a stress out for over a week now (apart from Saturday when I sobbed over my lack of sleep).
I have had a few more tiny tiny bits of brown spotting, each one after a bowel movement (TMI :) ) It isn't getting worse but I'm going to talk about it with the midwife at my appointment on Thursday.
Is anyone else really hungry all the time? I ate 4 burritos for dinner last night - I think I'm going to be huge by the end up this :(

Constantly hungry and also have the same brown spotting (the new girl to the thread give TMI too eary, too soon).

Hi Midgetm. I've been trying not to worry about the spotting as it has been tiny tiny amounts and not every day. Looking at other experiences on here though I'm wondering if I should go and get it checked out...

The advice generally is that if it's brown spotting, it's old blood and therefore no cause for concern. Contact the doc/EPU if you get any red blood though. I'm having the constant hunger, with the occasional bout of nausea thrown in. Unfortunately I am only craving unhealthy food... I think I will be putting on weight due to overeating long before I ought to be developing a bump

I've booked a private scan for Thu 7:30pm.... Keeping everything crossed.

missbone duke is fine :-)

HeeHeeHeeBum - like twolittlemonkeys says I wouldn't worry too much about it. I think what we are describing is fairly normal. For me it is too early to find out either way and I will be having really early scans anyway becasue of my history (multiple miscarriage and ectopic so I get 5week and 6 week and probably 8 week too). As I had this when I had a healthy pregnancy I am trying to ignore it. Honest - it doesn't mean anything on it's own.

twolittlemonkeys I hear what you are saying - all i want is sugar and carbs. This time 2 weeks ago I was Mrs Healthy Eater from Healthsville. Today I would wrestle a large piece of banana bread from my DD's hand and shove it all in my gob in one go. And then feel a little bit sick afterwards.