Due August 2023 (Thread 3)

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Follow on from thread 2 cause we talk, a LOT 😂

www.mumsnet.com/talk/pregnancy/4693024-due-august-2023-thread-2?page=40

@AnnieApple123 I also feel like you need something ‘official’ to applt for one right??? I’ve not even officially been classed as pregnant as far as I’m aware as GP wasn’t bothered and still waiting for booking appt! Haha xx

@LMM91x Darn, that’s a shame. I was put off wearing mine early on last time too for the same reason.

@LMM91x Not checked lately but, when I got mine three years ago, anyone could just go online and apply. My brother once joked about getting one.

@AnnieApple123 ohhh! Ok don’t know where I got that from then 🤣

@LMM91x (apologies to anyone reading this over a late breakfast!) - yeah, so my tips are:

1. Sandwich bags to throw up into. Just a cheap roll that you can throw into bags, preferably with tie handles. You can throw up discreetly into the bag even if you're on the tube, and it saves that panicked search for somewhere to throw up. I think even knowing that I could throw up somehow reduced the panic and need to throw up.

2. Get one of those baby on board tfl badges and use it mercilessly, particularly on commuter trains if there are people sitting in the pregnant women seats (GWR trains have these, not sure about other train services). If you can shift your hours to not be travelling in rush hour that might be worth trying.

3. If you can avoid the tube by walking, even if it takes a bit longer, it can often be worth it. In particular trying to get your tube journey down to travelling on one train, rather than multiple stop changes. Also try going to the extreme of platforms, as it's often less crowded.

4. If you have a drive from station to home, visit the toilets to throw up in at the station before you start driving. My nausea/vomiting was always worse in the afternoon/evening and I didn't fancy trying to drive and throw up.

I was only going in a couple of days a week, so I could have a day at home in-between. Don't think I could have managed back to back days of it. Good luck! Hope you have an okay experience!

@Recoba wow thank you so much!!! I’m in 3 days a week and it’s flexible so i’m hoping Iif it’s a particuarly bad one I can get away with just swapping a day without too much fuss / notice!

re knowing you can throw up if needed 100% helps psycologically! I used to think this when I was severely hungover in my early twenties on the way to work🤣 how times have changed!

I still have my baby on board badge from when I was pregnant with my son. I didn't get to use it much then as Covid had just hit (March 2020). I'm now too scared to wear it 😂

@Recoba for some reason they do that test in England but in Scotland we don’t get it so need the anti d at 28 weeks and at birth if they’re positive. Of course my little boy was positive 🤣 I think it’s only really to benefit any future pregnancy rather than the one you’re in now but we would maybe consider a third further down the line (depending how easy this one is!) so I’ll need to get it again and it’s not the most pleasant injection 😩

@Recoba Laughing at 1 😂 I’ve always got quite bad travel sickness only after having a drink but it’s more a mental thing than anything. I think it’s the same in pregnancy, it’s in your head that you decide you’re going to be sick and if you can’t talk yourself out it quick enough it will happen. I used to always have a carrier bag in my handbag on a night out, even if not even particularly drunk, I would always feel sick on a bus or in a taxi home. If I had the bag there I knew there wasn’t a huge panic so was hardly ever sick!

@ChloeN @AnnieApple123 for some reason the blood test either hasn’t yet reached Scotland or my hospital yet! I remember it from the last time when people on here said about the test. My husband didn’t know his blood type but my son was born positive and I needed the anti d anyway so chances are this one will be too 😂 it’s just an added bonus getting yet another needle stuck in you after having a baby 🥳🙄

That’s really annoying @BCxx that you can’t get the test even though it exists now. I know of places which do it privately in London but that’s rather a long way to come. I wonder if there’s anywhere more local to you.

@BCxx so this is probably a really stupid question but the anti d injection is just into your arm after giving birth and at 28 weeks isn't it? I'm rhesus negative and have had on before but they way you're talking about it being horrible makes me think it's not into your arm after birth? 😂 Please tell me I'm wrong! The one I had before was fine 😊

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@marleyandme yeah just in your arm in my experience but when I knew I had to get it last time I’d built myself up that it was going to be awful, had read a lot on here about how bad it was and some people said they had it in their bum or thigh I’m sure 🤔 so I thought oh god 😂 turned up and it was just a normal injection, the 28 week one was fine, just a normal nip but I think I had a really good midwife that day because it didn’t hurt getting blood taken either. The one at the hospital felt worse but I think that was more to do with my pathetic state of couldn’t stand up after a section and I’d been throwing up from low blood pressure. I won’t dread them this time though

@Recoba I do feel reassured that it’s not just me feeling a bit overwhelmed with an energetic child - though obviously it’s not nice for any of us. Im not able to be the parent I was and want to be at the moment, dd wanted to sit and cuddle on my knee this morning but I had to refuse because I was extremely nauseous and any pressure on my stomach sets me off. I ended up dashing to the toilet to expel my morning cuppa not long after, I felt worse for not being able to give her a cuddle to be honest.

I keep reminding myself that my sickness only lasted 13 weeks last time. I’m supposed to be swimming tomorrow but I just don’t know if that’s going to be possible.

@Rowanandremy I’m also definitely not able to be the parent I was or want to be.

We still can’t get our car up the driveway due to the ice. It’s been a full week now and I’m beyond fed up with being stuck at home. It surely must thaw overnight tonight thank goodness as we’re forecast temps of up to 11C.

@AnnieApple123 it’s so tough isn’t it? I feel so guilty, my dd cried because she couldn’t have a cuddle on my knee. I’m so incredibly grateful to be having this baby, I’m just hoping I’m able to get back to being the parent I was as quickly as possible.

I’ve just been for my scan. Everything fine, baby measuring 6+4 which is what I thought it would be based on when I ovulated, and we could see its little heart beating away 🥹 my new due date is 9 August

@buttercupbee congratulations! How exciting 😀

@buttercupbee oh my goodness congrats mama! 😍😍😍

Wonderful news @buttercupbee

@buttercupbee Ah yay, congratulations!

@buttercupbee Congrats :)

@buttercupbee aww congratulations!

@buttercupbee fab news you must be over the moon☺️