September 2021!

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I’ve created a thread for September 2021 babies in the birth club board. Come and join me if you get those long awaited bfps this month!

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So how many weeks gone is from the 1st of your last period isn't it not when you have conceived!

Anyone else suffer from hyperemisis I know it's coming and I'm dreading it baby 3

I do unfortunately, It hits like a car at week 6 and boy i am dreading it. I will be taking a few weeks off work and will be getting my pajamas, sick bags and lots of other things ready at week 5. My diet consists of dry white bread ( a few mouthfuls) and a few sips of water a day which all comes up
Anyway. Will also need cyclizine from docs

How about you?

@lilyj13 @Greenbks ladies I’m with you. I’m 5 weeks Saturday and having panic attacks as hg normally hits me soon after. I’m so petrified. I have requested cyclizine and odansetron already. Baby number 3 and had hg in all pregnancies 😢

Sorry to hear you struggle too. I’ll be taking cyclizine 5 weeks onwards, apparently it takes time to build up, I’m hoping the sickness will never arrive!

Not looking forward to it but this is a very much wanted baby so I’m not scared or bothered by it as much this time.

@Greenbks omg can you imagine if it never! I would feel I had won the lottery.
Collecting my meds tomorrow and will start theM.
How far are you ?

Wouldn’t say no to that! It would be bliss.

Not very far, 10dpo so not even 4 weeks. I’ve just been through this a few times and have early symptoms (due to sickness) to know when to test.

How about you?

@Idreamof2more @lilyj13 @Greenbks Unfortunately the nausea hit me at exactly five weeks, and it's been going strong for a week now. This is my first pregnancy and I was not prepared for this. I'm finding the relentlessness of it so bad that if I'm honest I've started regretting getting pregnant and in dark hours have considered abortion even though this is a very wanted baby. I don't know how women cope with this for months. Is it really safe to take Zofran for months? Have you done this before? I'm feeling pretty depressed and out of control of my body. :(

I’m so sorry you’re going through this, are you on any medication at all? I’m not sure about zofran as I’ve never tried it But cyclizine is an antihistamine and meant to be safe enough during pregnancy. It helped me in my last pregnancy but not my first, which was bad enough that I had to unfortunately terminate, so I get how you’re feeling and don’t beat yourself up for feeling that way. I was also completely unprepared and was hospitalised a few times.

There is a HG support thread somewhere and the women can advise on all sorts. Sometimes a cocktail of medication helps. Have a chat with your dr if you can’t keep much down. A tip
I picked up from the hg thread was there is sometimes a short window to eat after you throw up. You eat /drink whatever you can/need to and your body can hopefully absorb as much of its vitamins etc as possible before throwing up again.

Oh and I almost (virtually) punched ppl who told me ginger biscuits might help 😂

Also in my last pregnancy I had the same from around 6 weeks, I felt a little better weeks 8/9, cyclizine helped massively. I was still throwing up daily, feeling nauseous staying in bed as that helped manage it but it was nowhere as bad as the constant relentless nausea and throwing up every half an hour /not keeping food or liquid down.

Hopefully you’ll find the right medication for you or that it will ease soon

@Scotti84 and @Lisakathryn

I am constantly peeing all the time and I'm constipated. But I have developed another UTI since yesterday I just cleared one had two days of comfort and I've got it again (TMI I'm so sorry) but it's literally burning when I pee. I have a bidet and I've just been sitting to ease the burning sensation I spoke to midwife today and I already knew this but she just said it was common for UTI in the first trimester. didn't experience this with earlier pregnancy.....when they say each one is different oh how true that is.

I’ve managed to avoid UTIs so far but had some uncomfortable feeling down there, like maybe one was beginning but I think I’ve drunk so much water it’s kept it at bay.

I am feeling sick pretty much the whole day though, not actually been sick but nauseaus and to start with I was making myself eat n it would go away but now it’s hard to force even bran flakes down. I guess I need to trust my body and when it needs food it will let me know but I feel crappy that I’m not getting enough nutrients to the baby and I’m even more exhausted than usual! Anyone else feeling like this?

@Greenbks I'm suffering with anxiety at night which has never happened, I'm scared and I'm dreading it, I just know at 6 weeks it's going to hit me hard as well! I have a call from the dr today to get some meds but nothing ever works, I've also been referred to Kingston hospital they have a iv unit where you can just go and sit and have a drip which I didn't know about in the early years unit, I just wish I was over that 3 month mark already
Good luck 🤞

@MindyMalik I feel you with the different symptoms - my last pregnancy was a complete breeze compared to this time!!!
Last time I had two days of nausea at about 6 weeks then just the usual twinges throughout. This time the cramping, nausea and fatigue is REAL. I keep overthinking it and thinking it means this one will be the other sex 🤔😂.

How much stretching can my body really need to do given i let myself go so much after DD was born 😂😂😂😂

@lilyj13 I literally could have written the same my anxiety is sky high I’m 5 weeks tomorrow and waiting for it to hit is so awful. I’m collecting meds today xx

Cramps are in force, and started with the constipation and bloated ness. The weather isn’t helping as it’s so cold to even really try and go for a walk. I don’t know if anyone else is the same but I’m constantly freezing and have the chills despite being wrapped up in bed. I hope it’s not something else.

Feel really down today and miserable about it all.

Hi all, sorry to hear a few of us are struggling with symptoms. I had bad sickness when pregnant with my son. I think I lived on potatoes and water for 7 months. Luckily I never had to be hospitalised.

I've not had another more bleeding since Wednesday night/ Thursday morning. No major cramping. Still getting strong positive tests and sore nipples and nausea so I'm hoping for the best. Waiting for a call back from gp to see if they'll refer me for an early scan. I'm nearly six weeks so I'm hopeful a heartbeat might tell us either way.

In the mean time I got an email from the government saying I'm clinically extremely vulnerable. Im not super sure why. I had a hospital appointment on Wednesday which was about some ongoing issues and they want to do a head and neck mri, referrals to neurology and rheumatology, liver ultrasound and blood tests for hiv and antiphospholipid syndrome. I think they're thinking i have something neurological going on...? But it's a lot of tests and I'm kind of stressed. I apparently also tested positive for lupus, but have no symptoms... not sure why they tested for it...! I have a free mild autoimmune conditions already. I also have a congenital heart condition, which didn't really cause me issues until I was more heavily pregnant with my son.

So I sent the email on to my boss and he rang and said I could choose to ignore it and come in anyway.... which I'm kind of annoyed about. Then he said if I didn't feel I could we could talk about home working. I won't be able to do my actual job at home but could probably do some admin? Trouble is my husband still has to go out to work (broken ankle and all!) And we have a 19 month old. My parents are our childcare, but at the moment I work super long shifts and they only do a day or two a week. If I'm working from home they're going to expect me to be working 5 days a week and I can't ask that of my parents who are in their 60s. I don't really want to start a nursery if I'm now clinically extremely vulnerable and would have to stop it after shielding anyway because nursery's open too late for my work.. but I can't imagine getting any useful amount of work done with a toddler about!

I'm so stressed. I don't know if I've been marked up because I'm pregnant either heart conditions or if its just about all the referrals and investigations...

And if I end up miscarring and I'm then not shielding do I have to go back and tell everyone why I was and now am not?!

I'm so stressed...

@Idreamof2more I'm a childminder and this is going to be extremely hard I might have to take a few weeks holiday.

Im glad we are here for support people who are/do suffer from hyperemisis would be ok to WhatsApp do a group as well just to give each other a boast from time to time

Im trying to get through it but I dread night time now, I'm going to try use my head set for some calming music.

Hearing some of the sickness stories and just hoping as I go into week 5 I don't get it that bad! Keep going everyone.
The bloating however starts every afternoon and i look about 7 months gone, and plenty of wind to go with it
Anyone still working out? I'm still doing hiit and weights but trying to be a bit lower impact. Havent been running due to snow and ice!
Rang GP and my first appointment is 27th Jan just over 8 weeks and by telephone so I am guessing I won't see anyone til the 12 week scan? Feels a bit mad. I do have a heart murmur don't know whether to call back and mention it.

@Darklava09 im freezing too, sit on the sofa of an evening with dressing gown on n a throw over me. I run pretty cold anyway so maybe it’s just the baby is needing all the heat and my body’s having trouble balancing itself out? I’m hoping by week 10 or so the most will have settled down.

@felicityheather wow, that is a lot you have going on, I wish I could give some good advice or help! All I can think is to try and deal with each bit at a time, and try not to worry about the what if’s (I’m a complete sucker for that, should take my own advice really). Can you talk openly with your boss, and see what options they can offer? Or do you have an HR or Occy Health dept that could offer some advice on the work side of things?

One thing I’ve realized is that there’s a massive lack of support in these early weeks, I’m not sure if it’s just cos of corona, but we all seem to be on here and googling to find answers instead of having a person or even a helpline for our questions. Or does anyone know if something like that exists? Not necessarily to see a GP, just to ask someone with more knowledge as things crop up?

Just had a phone call from the dr, bloody useless, did understand and wanted to subscribe me cyclizine , I said wouldn't even touch me. Just a nightmare

@Scotti84 I've never found there to be much support in the first trimester. The number of times I've been told by doctors to go home and wait to miscarry... when pregnant with my son, I was told referral for mental health support wouldn't be offered until 20 weeks plus. My referral came through when my son was 3 weeks old. I was absolutely fine then when he was in the relatively safe outside world, but suicidal through the pregnancy because I thought I would lose him. The support I got from midwives and hospitals was usually good. I remember the first time I tore my oesophagus from sickness in pregnancy. The gp did a telephone appointment. I got the verbal equivalent of a shrug. Was told that's normal for pregnancy and there was no need to come in or be seen or have medication. I vomited blood for months, multiple times a day. Apparently that's normal.

@lilyj13 what meds have you tried in the past and did any work? X

@Idreamof2more oh gosh I've tried odansatron, cyclizine, I mean I can't even spell the rest of what I've had, nothing seems to work, I'll end up in bed sick 50 times a day, can't eat or drink and having the worst time

@felicityheather I'm so sorry to hear you're having such a hard time and your work aren't being kind. I work in HR, so might be able to offer some guidance - are you a permanent or fixed term contract employee? Sorry if you've already said before!

Hi @clm1987 I'm permanent, have been there 10 years. I actually just spoke to my manager again. He was much better. I fessed up about the pregnancy and said we weren't certain it was viable. I suggested I take a couple of weeks leave while we wait and see and he can get organised for my working at home if that's likely. I have a lot of leave owed so it does him a favour using it up at least. I've got a scan booked in for Wednesday as well so I should have a good idea by then what's going on.