June 2021 part 3!

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Thread 3 already! How’s everyone feeling?

@curiouscat1987

I'm getting some pains if I move in bed too quick, I just lay really still until it settles.

I also used to have severe IBS and now have managed to get cured from it by diet and exercise. In pregnancy I can sometimes feel it creeping so I just get on top of it ASAP. Laying on my sides and flat on my back as soon as I get pains seem to help get the trapped wind moving ASAP.

I'm taking 4000 Vit D and Algae omega 3 capsules and they also seem to help!

I found that as long as my diet is on top form no pushing is required on the toilet and I used to have chronic constipation until I sorted it all out!
The exercised I do for it are the cat stretches and then pull legs up to tummy and then to the sides to release the air. Do this a few times and walk every 1-2 days slowly for about 1/2 hour/hour
Hope any of that helps. xx

I am currently in a long term relationship with Rennie 😂🤣😂

I think the only worrying thing I have at the moment is headaches really bad headaches

@humpty11 yes mine's just started. It's all day :( regardless of what I do or don't eat. I've had it badly in all my pregnancies and rennie/gaviscon doesn't touch it at all. In my 4th I realised you could get stronger stuff on prescription and it was life changing so I will request that from my GP again. My 3rd was the.worst I threw up every day until she was born because the acid would pool in my throat.

I don’t know where my placenta is either, can’t see it in my notes either. Didn’t think to ask.

I feel full so quickly but no heartburn yet, touch wood.

I get sharp pains if I move to quickly or sneeze. No heartburn here, I don't think I've ever had it but I'm still getting a lot of headaches too.

@Burningbenches @Humpty11 my heartburn is so bad, to the point even water makes me feel sick/makes it worse, I just don't have appetite to eat anymore. It keeps me up at night aswell so I haven't been sleeping, and am taking gaviscon which hasn't helped as much, might up my dose!

Hello, 15 weeks today.

Is anyone else finding exercise, or chores round the house a bit more tiring, like sometimes I get a bit breathless walking up and down the stairs a few times or when out walking... Didn’t happen in 1st preg but then again I was still at the gym at 34 weeks so maybe I’m just not as fit?

xxx

@nesski speak to you GP. As i say I've had in all my pregnancies, but didn't realise until my 4th that you can get stuff (omeprazole and ranitidine I think) that completely stops it.

In my 3rd it made me so sick, I threw up in my lap while in traffic :( so don't suffer if gaviscon doesn't work.

Also is anyone having a home birth ? :) x

[quote AlRRRR]@curiouscat1987

I'm getting some pains if I move in bed too quick, I just lay really still until it settles.

I also used to have severe IBS and now have managed to get cured from it by diet and exercise. In pregnancy I can sometimes feel it creeping so I just get on top of it ASAP. Laying on my sides and flat on my back as soon as I get pains seem to help get the trapped wind moving ASAP.

I'm taking 4000 Vit D and Algae omega 3 capsules and they also seem to help!

I found that as long as my diet is on top form no pushing is required on the toilet and I used to have chronic constipation until I sorted it all out!
The exercised I do for it are the cat stretches and then pull legs up to tummy and then to the sides to release the air. Do this a few times and walk every 1-2 days slowly for about 1/2 hour/hour
Hope any of that helps. xx[/quote]
Thank you!! Pre pregnancy i was super healthy (experimenting with different stuff to improve my microbiome but mostly centred around a Mediterranean style diet and lots of exercise) - it helped it a little (but in fairness that could have also been due to reduced stress from wfh).

Unfortunately since then i literally cant stomach a lot of stuff and have been on a very beige diet :( hoping I'll get to a point of being able to manage healthy food again soon (and maybe even a walk!). Its a bit of a vicious cycle with the bad food ->feeling ill->no exercise->more bad food so i cant wait to get out of it!

I also take vit d (for a different medical condition). Not looked into algae, would be interested to know how that helps you if you dont mind sharing? Am on a ton of other tablets right now though (nothing hardcore, mostly supplements) so only want to introduce anything else if its really helpful!

Re the positions to help with trapped wind etc, the pain gets worse when i try to raise my knees. I really need to take up yoga again!

Oh, on that note, can any of you recommend anything for trapped wind that isnt peppermint (drunk it for years with little effect)?

@AlRRRR I would LOVE a homebirth! However, all bar one of mine have been induced, my last at 40wks, but the other 2 at 42. Due to my age I won't go over 41wks this time, maybe less if it's another whopper.

I know I could refuse/delay and I have deep admiration for people who do but honestly once I've got to 42wks I just can't! If I could just go into spontaneous labour my last 2 births have been quick (2 and 4hrs) i reckon I'd have them at home.

But I've had a number of friends who have had homebirth and they sound wonderful.

16 week midwife appointment just done - heard the heartbeat, so reassuring!

Ran through a few questions and was sent links to various antenatal YouTube videos they have created in lieu of classes.

@curiouscat1987

Not sure about the Algae Omega 3, I just don’t eat meat or fish so it was a good way to introduce it into my diet alongside flax and chia seed :)

I found peppermint to work but don’t drink it that much anymore. I do however make a drink with fresh Ginger, tumeric, cloves, cayenne pepper and then add lemon and honey when it’s cooled down. I drink one per day (usually on empty stomach)

I do understand about the Beige diet, veg seems so off putting when you feel yuk!

My IBS went when I was about 24 (I’m 34 now) by purely stopping eating crap and only veg, fruit and pulses (although beans can make it flare!).

Maybe when you’re feeling a bit better you might just be able to introduce food that you were used to? Would smoothies work for you instead of eating the veg? I was making a veg smoothie with orange juice and some fruit for week 0-13 every morning as I could not stomach anything healthy! But that went down well

I will be very firmly planted in the hospital for the birth 😂

@Burningbenches I’m going to discuss it with the midwife next week then, see what she says, hospitals make my heart rate increase and they were adamant I needed labour ward lat time (which I refused and did stay in the birth centre)

You’re labour lenght sounds like heaven, mine was 27 start to finish 😂😂😂. But actual established was 2.5 hours once they popped the waters!

@Lovethatjourneyforme me too!

@AlRRRR my spontaneous i think was my longest that was about 20hrs in total but they noted only the 6 in established labour.

My 3rd was popped waters and from nothing to born in 2hrs.

My 4th again was longer as I needed the drip to get going but from established labour only 4hrs.

So I reckon it would be reasonably quick if I went into spontaneous labour but the likelihood of that happening and happening before 40wks is pretty much zero I reckon.

@AlRRRR

I’m planning a home birth my area has a dedicated home birth team and they’ve taken over my midwife appointments

I would love a home birth this time as well but as I had an emergency csection for my last birth I am to be consultant led so wouldn't be allowed 🙁

@PinkPlantCase

Hi, how many weeks are you?

When my midwife asked me I said birth centre / home birth and they put me down for birth centre LOOOL, I have my 16 wk app next week, I should maybe ask?

@lucieloos Ah, what does consultant led mean? Do you not see midwives?

@AIRRRR I'm 15 weeks today too :)
Do we have the same EDD 24/6?

I am finally telling my parents in a couple of hours. Super nervous 😳

@northerngal20 that sound so scary and isn’t it strange you dreamt about bump getting hurt! Glad the scan was okay though and hope it’s put your mind at ease. Also I’d be so annoyed if the sonographer said that to me haha! Either tell me or don’t but don’t say you can see then refuse to say!

I’ve got a gender scan next week, Ultrasound direct emailed today saying they can’t do gender scans in Tier 4 so I’d have to change to a wellbeing scan, where I could hopefully find out gender but if not there’d be no rescan option. Seems cheeky!! Found another place that will still offer gender scans and free rescans if they can’t see gender on the day!

@northerngal20 that's amazing the way you had the dream for sure but all is well ! She shouldn't have said she knew the gender if she couldn't confirm 🙈😂

Hope you all have a happy new year , tried to have some alcohol wine with my dinner but it was vile so might treat myself to a coke instead 🙈🙈😂

yes i know so weird! i wonder if i was having a cramp or something in my sleep that made me dream about it - but yes i'm so glad it was all ok. and i know! it almost made it worse that she said that. i'm wondering if it's a boy now cause i've heard it's easier to spot boys earlier on than girls?! can't wait to find out at the anomaly scan!

@Bs93 that is cheeky about the wellbeing scan - it just sounds like gender scan but they're finding a way to not offer a rescan?! are you going to go for the other place?

hope everyone has a happy new year - i'm going to be having some alcohol free sparkling wine and a baked brie! i really hope 2021 goes slightly more to plan for everyone than 2020 did!