The berries in the chopper (thread 5). All together now... clench

[CatsCantFlyFast]

For pregnant berries at any stage. Scary thought but this is the one where some babies will appear!

haha

jess I found dresses with a bow/belt under the boobs looked the most flattering whilst trying to look pregnant rather than paunchy

tally O-M-G!!!! I know it's scary but at least you don't have the whole 'will it/won't it be today' thing.

Calm down sid!

How is everyone today?

tally this is SO exciting! It must feel really really weird knowing the specific date but yay you are going to meet her so soon! So do they like to do electives before 40 weeks so less likely baby hasn't engaged/you're not in labour?

I font really know thunder. I was basically told they have practically no slots AMD it was either next Monday or wait until my actual due date and risk going into labour and having an emergency one instead. my main thing is the least stress to her possible so we went for the earlier one.

Oh god it's so exciting! I keep thinking I've got ages (7 weeks) but hearing tally's news is really making me think!

Sorry...waaayy tmi coming but does anyone know anything about treating piles? No probs with bowels whatsoever (which makes it more frustrating) so no dietary advice needed. Think I might have reacted to anusol . Got a GP appt fri

tally so exciting! This time next week you'll be having morning cuddles!

kitty poor old you. It's probably mostly to do with her head moving down so squashing your venous return and causing high pressure in certain sensitive areas! I struggled for a while at about 30wks (when t1 was head down - go figure) but no probs since they're now happily tucked under my ribs. Not much that you can do - don't sit in one position for too long, try swimming to take the pressure off for a while. Of you think you might have a reaction to the cream though that's a big different - gp territory!

Hi Kitty - I've had them on and off during, and also had piles pre-pregnancy. Warm bath can help. If you're reacting to the cream, obviously don't use more, but there are both cream and ointment versions of Anusol, so if one is causing problems, the other might be better. Ordinary painkillers (paracetamol, obvs) can help if they are sore.

bunny hope today is a better day
brod how was HV visit?

Just nipping in to say hello. Am keeping up with all the news but despite being awake a lot am finding posting while bfing a challenge! And when we are not feeding we are sleeping! However all is good with me and mini Merk
Sorry to here the piles have struck, it seemed to be the one thing I avoided

Haha don't you all know that posting 3x is the new thing?? Posting from a phone is always dicey, I should know this by now!

Well constant nausea/regular vomming seems to have subsided, and in its place, frequent diarrhoea has moved in on the plus side, I now have a booking-in appointment set for Thursday (11w5d) and a scan set for Tuesday (12w3d). That means 2 scans 2 days in a row for us but
I don't care as long as we get good results. Stomach has been in knots all week dreading a bad-news phone call from the Harmony clinic - fx (understatement) that they don't call at all, as that means good news. Whyyyy is this so nerve wracking!!!

Kitty sorry to hear about your troubles; nothing to add I'm afraid apart from that I hope your gp can prescribe something helpful!

Hi to everyone else!

Ps Kitty meant to say I found germaloid cream (sp?) better than anusol here is a conversation I never thought I'd be having

Hi Mama Merk ! Glad all is well. Saw your photoshoot on FB, so so cute! I just contacted my bump photographer today as she's going to do our newborn shoot, any tips for when the time comes?

Had scan again this morning, apparently they now weigh 6lb6oz and 6lb8oz... given that a week ago they said one of them weighed 5lb I'm a bit . Consultant wasn't there so seeing her tomorrow, hopefully other than the dodgy measurements she'll be happy that all is well!

Bunny feeling better?

tally how are you getting on with the preparations? I'm off to the butcher to get a zillion tonnes of mince for batch-cooking chilli today!

shopping will turn up tomorrow boom so I'll be cooking after that I think. we spent the afternoon in the baby's room putting clothes away yay! photos on fb...

Good news about the weights Boom. I know you're not telling us but do you know your date yet? ponders if we might have 3 berry babies on one day
Re. Photo shoot, be prepared for it to take ages and if you want the cute posed ones they need to be fully deeply asleep (so no waving arms and legs) so you will need to feed, feed, feed and ensure your photographer is patient!

We now have cluster feeing between 12 noon and 6, and another one between 2 and 6am. But she slept from 6am til lunchtime!

Had a call from HV today, she said something about a form I had filled in????? and that she was to arrange a pre-birth home visit. Asked when I started mat leave so told her the 2nd june, she hasid as this only 2 weeks before 40 weeks she really should see me a bit earlier. I was fine with seeing her whenever but she only brought it forward by one week to the 27th May?!?

Wondering what form it is she was on about, it was not a very good line. Maybe because I have hx of depression?

Who knows, turns out my house is going to be inspected afterall. Joy.

foody is it you who is also in leeds, I hav hv comin to c me too. I hav def not filled any forms in!

Just got a letter sayin she had made an apt for x date and time. I rang as it was 10am so ill be at work! she said they were supposed to come within a certain time frame but I said if she wanted to c me she would hav to wait til easter hols, so she is!

yes puppy it is

She did say on the phone that often they send out dates and people can't make/are at work etc so that was why she was phoning. How may weeks will you be when she visits?

Maybe it's a leeds thing! arnt we lucky!

I will be 33+ when I see her.

boom well the whole area became quite inflamed, extremely itchy and very sensitive to touch. Resorted to cracking open the babies sudocrem which gave immediate relief and haven't used the anusol for 2 days which has definitely helped. Will ask GP about germaloid on fri, but scared to try anything else just yet. Meant to be starting perineal massive soon but can't see that happening just yet!

sid it's funny as the fc insisted that diarrhoea isn't a symptom of pregnancy, yet I had it in early pregnancy and I think thunder did too. Great news about the scans. How come you get 2? My booking appt was just the mw coming round to my house.

merk ooh didn't realise you'd had photos done already. Will go and have a look! Yes, as boom said, tips would be good as we've already paid for our newborn shots and toddler ones!

I haven't had any hv letters so not sure foody and puppy

Evening all.

poppy boom thanks for asking, feeling better than yesterday but still crappy! No headache but nasty nasty nausea. It seems to be getting worse before it gets better

kitty hope you sort out your little problem!

sid I know what you mean about nerve wracking waits. The wait between my scan and getting the downs results letter felt like forever!

boom Crikey those twins are fatties

Bollocks, just wrote a nice message saying hello to everyone and computer ate it.

Gist was:

foody and puppy HV referral by midwife is standard in Leeds; sympathy for Kitty; Merk I know a provisional date but that's all I'm saying ; and in general news, feeling smug because I've cooked all afternoon and have lots of neat little containers full of homemade meals in the freezer. Domestic goddess.

Apologies if I forgot anyone, brain can't manage doing things twice!

Will mention it when I see the MW in 2 weeks puppy as if she really does need to see me then leaving it until 37 weeks still seems a bit late.

boom those sound like good weights, hope your consultant appt goes well tomorrow too.
ooh kitty, that sounds nasty wont help but not much else you can do while it heals.

happy cooking tally&boom
glad you feeling a little better bunny

Hey all - boom you are being very mysterious - I reckon its soon! If they are right about the weights, you are carrying around about a stone in that womb! Good luck at appointment tomorrow!

Poor kitty! I hope things are soothed down there soon. The biscuit icon is a bit of an unfortunate shape in the circumstances

HV visit was fine, she didn't run a gloved finger around my undusted surfaces - she gave us the red child health record, including a list of dates for checks and vaccinations, took some details for DH and other contacts (my mum), gave us some bumf on feeding, nappies, basic baby care information. She seemed nice, but it was disconcerting that she was about my age or younger - I imagined a matronly middle aged woman!

Big Moan: Had my midwife appointment on Friday, I was measuring large again and had trace glucose in my wee so she sent me for a GTT and requested a scan. Fast-forward to today, starved myself ready for the GTT - about to be pricked with the needle when they realise I'm 35 weeks and fetch the clinic manager. She says I shouldn't have a GTT as it's too far on (because: it's usual to have some sugar, they shouldn't have been testing for it anyway, and there's nothing they could really do at this stage in any case). She books me a scan for later that day with the consultant. Go for the scan (after a big fuss where they couldn't find the appointment), and baby is still large by the same degree (95th centime and almost exactly in proportion to last scan at 28 weeks), but as there is a lot of fluid I probably SHOULD have had the GTT! So instead they send me for a blood test, to check glucose levels and another vial to check for any infections - consultant said all was in proportion to size of the baby, but that this was just a precaution - :oS Kind of glad they are being careful, but also feel a bit exasperated by the double whammy of tests and reassurances. Hoping to just get normal results - and of course if anything is wrong, I will be very grateful for their caution! In terms of gestational diabetes consultant said there was probably nothing to be done at this stage, but it would be a flag for future pregnancies. Sheesh.

that all sounds frustrating brod

I think i would be feeling cross ang grateful all at once

brod pmsl @ . Annoying news re GTT but not long left now anyway