Due July 2022 (thread 2)

[CaptainCarp]

Hi all original thread was almost full so here's a new one!
Original thread link:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/pregnancy/4371203-due-july-2022?pg=1

Happy new year everyone!

@Linkoln I know quite a few people who've had low Papp-A and it really wasn't an issue. Different hospitals even have different thresholds so you might be 'low' in one area and 'normal' in another, I don't know much about the levels but it doesn't sound that different!

They will likely keep a closer eye on baby's growth later on but as I said everyone I know with it had lovely full term normal sized babies!

@aimeeeleanor I had exactly this after my second baby was born... I was constipated for last month or so (well the whole time really but it increased then) and then after he was born it was hideous. In the end I took lots of lactulose, ate prunes, drank orange juice and LITRES of water then waited for the urge and just barricaded myself in bathroom and sent my husband out with kids so I had full privacy. I ended up basically 'birthing' it - this is gross but I had to kneel in bath and lean forwards over the edge, but backwards on toilet helped a bit as well, you need the deep squat. I eventually got waves of cramps that were basically contractions and I used hypnobirthing breathing to breath through them. Blow through your lips like a horse (like a raspberry sort of?) as that makes you relax all your pelvic floor muscles and I sort of just let my body push it out rather than me trying to. But all your description of having to chip bits off.... Yup, mortifying but familiar. when it came it just came out quite quickly but it took a long time first! the relief after though - absolute bliss! You have ALL of my sympathy!

I had my 12 week scan last week and they moved me forward again so I'm 15+1 due 27th June now (but I still think I'm due 3rdish by my dates). I have started to feel flutters every evening too

Random question, has anyone else been experiencing throwing up after brushing their teeth? It happened to me once when I was about 6 weeks then nothing until new years eve and again just now. My gag reflex gets activated and I'm gone 🙃

Hi all, I'm due late july/early august so adding a message here to net notified but it looks like this thread is almost full so a new one will have to be started!

@missv556 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ I've had to switch to kids toothpaste because of that reason 🙈😂 I still gag sometimes but haven't thrown up since making the switch 😂😂

@missv556 yes I've noticed that!! Horrible isn't it!

@siandavies I would be interested 😊

Turns out I don't have covid after all.. despite this "positive" LFT yesterday.. did a LFT this morning and it was stark negative.. how odd!

@Capricorn8990 That's so good you've not got it - you must be relieved 😊
I've heard of a few people getting false positives on LFT.

@Capricorn8990 are you sure? It might just be the lighting, but o can see a second line on that test. Might be worth getting a PCR to be sure.

Done @siandavies

Interesting survey!, hope your research goes well

Yep brushing teeth has been awful! I've been using pea size amounts & probably not cleaning as well as i should. It does seem to be easing slightly now though.

I'm thinking I need to tell my boss soon but I'm also working from home & not sure i want to do it over the phone!
If you've told your boss how did you do it?

@CaptainCarp I told my managers as soon as I knew, purely because my job can be really high risk in terms of violence at times 😬 So needed them to put a risk assessment in place as soon as possible.
All my managers were absolutely delighted for me & I've got one manager who every day speaks to me about something baby related - convinced she's more excited than me 😂

@Lianna93 oh wow! Yeah can see you'd have to let them know as soon as possible.

Luckily i have an office job so no real risks. Also they are pretty hot on hygiene / social distancing etc so pretty covid secure.

I think my boss will be happy but also a bit "oh shit I've got to try & employ someone else now" 😂 (we've not had much luck with getting new employees recently 🤦‍♀️).

I'm considering going to get my chair from the office as my home 1 is slightly broken & then speaking to my boss.

@CaptainCarp My poor work got told about me, then the next day my shift partner told them she was also pregnant 😂 They ended up having to split to two of us up due to the risks of the job.

That sounds like a good idea - always best to have conversations like this in person I think 😊

@CaptainCarp I was planning on telling work in a couple of weeks but have just heard about a promotion opportunity so am going to keep it to myself a little bit longer (I’d like to think it wouldn’t affect it but would rather know for sure!)

I think legally I’ve got till the end of March before I have to tell them so hoping it can be resolved before then.

@Lianna93 something in the water at your work 😂
At least we have 1 person coming back from maternity leave in a month or 2. Probably only part time but they have done quite a bit of my job role in the past so will be help for anyone new.

@SamanthaVimes I did think about waiting for a bit but we've struggled to get new employees so want to give enough time as i don't want my colleagues to struggle.

Not sure why its a struggle considering there's supposedly such mass unemployment & the company / wages are reasonable. 🤷‍♀️

@Lianna93 @MittensForKittens123 yep! I got my PCR result back today too and it was negative.. gonna take another LFT tomorrow as I've got to for work anyways.. quite relieved! Get to go to the spa on Friday now woo x

Great news @Capricorn8990!

12 week scan today. Baby was wriggling around so much the sonographer could barely manage to get all the measurements! All looking good. Doesn’t bode well for the active toddler stage though 🤣

@AppleTree16

12 week scan today. Baby was wriggling around so much the sonographer could barely manage to get all the measurements! All looking good. Doesn’t bode well for the active toddler stage though 🤣

Congratulations! You managed to get a fair clear picture of your little wriggler 😊😊

@missv556 you could maybe try a kids toothbrush? Just smaller head and softer bristles. Also agree maybe getting flavoured kids toothpaste may help? May also make it worse but it’s a bit hit and miss!!!

Hi @Effram hope you're doing well? and everyone else too
I'm not great, woke up to some spotting yesterday and it freaked me out again. It stopped after but I was 14 weeks yesterday and mentally felt like I was past all the scares; felt like I was back to square one with the spotting. I hate the fear it brings you, the dread: am I about to miscarry? And this has happened to me four times now

Plus got a horrible migraine, still had sickness so didn't eat all day, slept all afternoon with fatigue - plus have stomach cramps and just don't know what's normal and what's not. I struggled so much mentally that I felt like calling my OB and telling him I'm considering termination as I cannot cope anymore. He's on leave so I'll just book a reassurance scan when he's back.

On top of that, my bowels to have seem stoped working! I take fiber supplement, have lots of fruit, take Movicol which is powder to soften the stools, and take suppository when I've not moved Bowels for 3+ days - but just seemed to not want to move bowels on my own and it's really stressful. Day 3 today of not going to the toilet and it like what do I do....

Sorry for the rant just had an awful day with it, hopefully the only way is up now! X