December 2020 babies thread #2

[Beccarans89]

Hi all!
Starting a new thread as the other one was full! Hope everyone has had a good Easter! :)

Hi all! I’m about 7+2. Strangely comforting to hear about other people’s misery! Right now ticking boxes for acne, vile nausea, exhaustion, insomnia, midnight peeing, salty crisp binging. I don’t remember being quite so bad with my first, I think lockdown and all the time in the house is making me more aware? Will be lovely to have some company as we embark on the strange experience of being pregnant during covid. I wonder will it cause a baby boom or the opposite?

@Candoolili I'm a day behind you ☺️ nausea has hit me this week, and I'm totally with you on the salty crisps!

When I spoke to my midwife last week she seemed to think there was going to be a boom!

I read this today and cried, I felt the same as the comments being made and for the first time started to feel I am not just overreacting and being pathetic. Everyone else I know seems to breeze through pregnancy!

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.motherandbaby.co.uk/amp/pregnancy-and-birth/pregnancy/help-with-morning-sickness/hyperemesis-gravidarum-without-vomitting

In my last pregnancy, I felt constant nausea 24/7 from week 6 to the day my son was born but was only physically sick a handful of times.
I felt mentally exhausted from trying not to be sick and cried a lot through the second and third trimester when I realised it wasn’t going to go away.
Lots of people have since told me were worried I would suffer with PND as I was so down on being pregnant. As it happens I woke up the morning after he was born and never looked back, was such a nice feeling not to feel constantly sick again and I had a cute baby to finally look after.

However at nearly 8 weeks, second time around I am once again struggling with feeling so awful all the time. Being home has been good and bad, not having to throw up at work- winner! But less to distract myself with and having a toddler around all the time means I can’t sleep when I want and often get used as a human climbing frame. My husband is being amazing but I feel really guilty I am not making the most of this time with my son or doing my share around the house.

I don’t intend on having another one so would like to be able to enjoy some of this pregnancy, to have a happier memory.

Any suggestions?
I’m on anti sickness from Dr but not doing much, taking ginger tablets, drinking ginger tea, eating small amounts of plain food often and sipping water but nothing is working. 😒

Sorry *rant over

Sorry to hear of you all feeling so sick, these early weeks can be super hard and because we don't 'look' pregnant yet and most people don't know it can feel like a lonely journey. It's nice to know we are not alone and can draw strength from the knowledge that feeling sick is actually a really positive sign. I'm 7 weeks today!!

Loving salty crisps too, especially the little chip sticks! Best treatment re nausea is rest, sleep and hydration. Easier said than done with a bunch of little kids running about! X

Hi all, sorry if I have missed it on previous posts - struggled to access the thread for a week or so. I am currently 7+1 and had my booking in appt yesterday with MW. Got bloods and F2F on thursday.

Does anyone have any tips for nausea? This is my first pregnancy and I feel horrific. I don't want to do anything, and I feel sick all of the time. For the past week I have really been struggling to drink as many fluids as I normally would as everything makes me feel sick but without the actual sickness - not sure what is worse!

Severe nausea is awful, luckily my antisickness meds are helping maybe 70% of the time which is more than my last pregnancy at least but I feel so lousy

Have you tried sea bands? Can help a little to take the edge off..
Sipping water, I found sipping very cold apple juice has helped today which felt amazing.. Still throwing up water if I drink too much at once

Just had phone booking apt and now on the count down to booking scan.. 29 days to go (that feels so far away)

@Sb131216 agree with you on the apple juice.

I was feeling awful until about 3 days ago when the sickness suddenly stopped - so it might not last forever! I'm hoping it stays away.... (8 weeks today!)

Does anyone have any recommendations on support bras? My boobs are starting to feel heavier and my usual bras aren't cutting it. Thanks :).

I am so confused. Going by the first date of my last period (1st March) I get due dates of around 6th dec. nhs calculator was putting me at around 9+2.

I have been having bleeding and cramping so got scanned today at epu. They measured me at 6+3. So there was no heartbeat. They haven’t confirmed miscarriage or anything and said my dates may be wrong with late ovulation etc, it might be a slow but healthy developer or it may have stopped growing. I have re peat scan next week.

Feeling so stressed!

I think I am only predicting mine being 8+5 but I am praying when I have my scan I am not earlier.
It seems to be dragging with the sickness and lockdown and I can’t keep the secret much longer.

Nice to hear some are having scans.

I have my bloods booked for the 18th May.
This is purely because I booked in at a birth centre to hopefully have the baby.

But before they confirm I can have baby there they have to make sure I have no risks. I hope after this I can have my scan. It still doesn’t seem real although I have all the symptoms.

I think baby’s heart beat begins around 7-8 weeks so maybe normal.

I craved apple juice yesterday and have drank a whole carton already.

I am struggling to even want water so I added cucumbers to the water which helped and once I was bored of that I added lemon.

Nothing is helping with the sickness I think the meds are now working a little.

I have read that you should try and eat something every 2 hours.
Even if it’s small. If we leave our stomach empty it starts to feel more sick.

Sucking polos or boiled sweets has helped me a little.
They say gelatine can be good too. Excuse for pigging out on Haribos xx

I’ve been having the same everyday

Cheese and branston sandwich on white. (I never normally eat white)
Chicken noodles
Mash and gravy

Crackers Philadelphia and piccalilli I was craving last week and it’s tasty too.

Today I smacked on cucumber because I felt I needed something to hydrate me. I didn’t finish it all but it was satisfying.

I had a call from the midwife today and she did reassure me that food is not as important as we think even if we can only keep half a biscuit down or whatever it is just a bit is fine.

But do stay hydrated.
I know it’s tough when feeling ill. Try and add things to the water to change the taste.

I hope everyone is staying safe and the sickness doesn’t last.

I was going to start doing workouts but the thought of it made me tired. 🤣

I hve 2 apps which I find useful

What to expect
And
Pregnancy+

They tell you about the baby development @LuLaLaLa it sounds right. Stay positive I hope it all goes well ❤️❤️

@viixie I ordered some from amazon when I was 6 weeks as I couldn't bear the pain in the morning. I'm 8 weeks tomorrow and so far they are working great, still have some pains but now I have support

www.amazon.co.uk/FANSIR-Wireless-Breathable-Removable-Bralette/dp/B07W5231HB?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I'm five weeks in according to the NHS calculator, 4+6 for the mumsnet but I hope I can join this thread. I'm due on 5 January. I freaked out a bit because we naively didn't think we'd get pregnant so bloody quickly since I'm 36 and DH is 37 (sorry if that is rude to anyone who struggled). I feel quite guilty and lonely. I rang the GP and they said they'd normally have me in to chat to the nurse but the first appointment I'll get is the booking appointment/8 week scan and I'm paranoid something will go wrong. My symptoms (sore boobs, flu-like aches and tiredness) lessened today so I was frantically googling what this meant. I feel quite unsupported, which I guess is my own bloody fault.
I'm WFH and thankfully my job is secure despite the lockdown, DH is mostly WFH and we've agreed that he'll do all the shopping from now on to minimise how much I am out and about.
I feel like the lockdown will make the first trimester easier to hide - no dealing with morning sickness at work or on the commute and no-one can see my face at work to see how knackered I look. I accidentally had a snooze during a project update concall this afternoon (I was just listening thank god!) :D

Thanks everyone, I've been out and brought a few things in the vain hope it helps like ginger biscuits, cream crackers, salted crisps etc. I hope the sicky feeling goes soon, but then I am very thankful for it as I'm taking it as a positive sign.

Yea the only thing that works for me is toast with lots of salty butter and plain tortilla chips. I’d love to recommend a healthier option but I can’t even look at fruit right now! I think those pregnacare vits are hard on the stomach too, spent ages dry heaving after taking one with a light lunch. 🤮

Hope you are ok @LuLaLaLa I know this next week will drag for you, but fingers crossed you get a positive result! Try to take your mind off it and keep busy - I know that's really hard!

Any updates @LuLaLaLa? Anyone else here suffering from horrible insomnia? I don’t know whether there’s some underlying covid anxiety behind it or if it’s just the pregnancy. Going to try hot bath and doing some stretching tonight, maybe skip watching gangs of London as it’s pretty intense and violent...any good tips?

Those of you who has been given anti sickness which ones are you taking?
I was on cyclazine but it wasn’t doing anything Dr has now given me Ondansetron which is def stronger and had a really good day yesterday as it kept nausea at bay, today I’m really rough again though.

My meds are phenergan. I don’t feel like mine are working. I’ve been sick twice already today. 😔

Got a call tomorrow with the doctor to discuss.

Hi all,

Does anyone else feel really robbed of a normal pregnancy? I've my 12 weeks scan on Monday and although I'm so excited to see our little bubba I'm also heartbroken I won't be able to share this experience with my partner. With me feeling like this I've booked the first available appointment for a private scan which I will be 15 weeks the lady booking the appointment said that depending on the baby's position she may be able to tell the gender. I am not holding out much hope but I really would love for her to be able to see just so I can share that experience with my partner! Please tell me I'm not the only one feeling like this? Also am I being silly hoping to find out the gender so early? It's not important to us but it's just something we can share in this crazy time! Thank you for reading my rambling message x

@scblob.
How exciting you actually have your scan booked. 2 scans even!!!

It’s a tough time I can admit I don’t even feel pregnant I feel like a sick prisoner.

I really just want my scan date to have something to look forward too.
I called 1 place to have a private scan but they said the rule everywhere is no partners allowed.

But I knew that wasn’t the case as my friend who lives down south had a private scan which her partner was allowed in.

We have hired a home ultrasound scan so we can share the experience but I am a little nervous about that. It’s our first baby so we don’t even know what we are looking for 😂

I hope I get my scan date soon xx

Good luck I hope they can reveal the gender. I don’t think it’s silly wanting to know now. It’s your preference.
My sister keeps telling me to find out but I am saying I want to keep it a surprise not sure how I will feel at 20 weeks lol xx
My sister thinks I am weird for not finding out

Anyone had this before ? I'm 9+1, was just about to make a cup of tea but all of a sudden have really bad period cramps hurting down into my bottom I don't know whether it's cervix pain as odd as that sounds. My partner is at work, I've just sat on the kitchen floor for a minute

@viixie I had this at around 5 weeks, it literally took it out of me for a minute or 2 and mainly happened at night. Maybe you could contact your midwife if it happens again just to be on the safe side?

Hello everyone, hoping I can join this thread, my actual due date is 01.01.21 but I'm pretty sure I won't make it to my due date meaning I'll have a December baby. (Hoping for Christmas Day lol, what a present for my partner ha ha)
Just had a scan today and saw a lovely little heartbeat. Very excited x