Due January 2024 🎉 PART 3

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Thank you everyone, you're all so lovely and supportive and I'm so lucky to be part of the January group!

Welcome to our little corner of the internet @CarnelianArtist!

Haha that makes me feel better!!! I really think my parents, husband and colleagues are mean to have got together and decided to become real knobheads in the same week...

@cossie13 I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. That must be so worrying for you.

@TunnocksTCake i follow a lady on IG who is a nutritionist specializing in pregnancy (jessicaferrariwellsnutrition if you’re interested) and one thing she suggested was cauliflower leaves baked with olive oil, salt and grated cheese. I just tried it and it was delicious. Otherwise I like fruit, or for a savory option edamame beans are great (again you can add salt to make it feel a bit more snack-like).

thanks for the snack reccs everyone! Those cauliflower leaves sound interesting @Panapan ! I have always snacked on fruit especially at work but its just not touching the sides and I am eating all my fruit before lunch!!

@TunnocksTCake I met a nutritionalist recently due to having pcos. You need protein too or you will still be hungry. Ideas:

• nuzest protein powder in milk or vegan milk or put it in your cereal
• have nuts with fruit
• a bit of cheese
• hummus with veg sticks
• full fat plain yoghurt with fruit
• make 'biscuits' by mixing oat mashed banana and almond meal, cook in oven not sure how long 😅

But I appreciate its hard when pregnant. I've gone off a lot of these things do don't worry if you can't do it. Maybe have your lunch a bit early.

Hi all,

I’ve just had a call from the hospital regarding my tests for Down’s syndrome etc. everything has come back low risk but they did find that I had Low Pap A which I have no idea about and have just spent time researching 😩 I now have to take asprin daily and have more scans as the baby could measure smaller than normal? Has anyone had the same thing before ?

Feeling really anxious ❤️

@Dancingqueen91 I had low papp a with my first. Had extra scans and he was born 9 days early weighing 6lb 4lb. Had no problems. Try not to Google it scared me to death xx

@Sambeaumont thank you so much that is the exact reassurance I needed!

Did you have to take asprin daily ?

@Dancingqueen91 yes I did. I knw its hard not worry. But honestly apart from my boy been a little smaller than average. All was fine xx

Thank you so much @Sambeaumont ❤️

@Dancingqueen91 Yes, had it with my son although midwife forgot to tell me to take aspirin. I was a few weeks to due date and she brought it up and said “oh well too late now!”. Luckily it didn’t matter as he was large and on 90th percentiles for his size. It just means a higher likelihood of it not guaranteed. Lots aren’t affected by it.

I enjoyed having the extra scans.

@Dancingqueen91 my friend who is currently pregnant had the same, she's on aspirin and has growth scans every 2 weeks! So far no issues but she gets to see baby all the time which is a huge bonus!

Hi all, so after my message this morning about whether to have a sugary drink, I didn't... baby was so active they really struggled to get a measurement 😂 So I'm pleased I didn't have one, goodness knows what they would have seen 🫣 All measuring perfectly on track at 10+3 🥰

After 5 losses, 4 rounds of IVF and 7 embryo transfers I still can't quite believe this little one is growing away in there 🥹

@WitcheryDivine I am vile. For me it’s the anxiety as I’m really struggling to believe all is ok in there after a previous loss. My poor husband 🫣

Are there any downsides to telling work? Just balancing up whether to do so soon or wait a bit longer.

Congrats @amynolan !! Hoping all goes well for you, you've been through so much.

@Misspotterscat thank god it's not just me, my H just looks at me like "why do you hate me?" I don't hate him, I just think he's being REALLY INCONSIDERATE (usually the most considerate of men so it must be me)

@WitcheryDivine thank you! I'm so pleased I've finally managed how to actually reply to people 🤦‍♀️😂

@TunnocksTCake I'm loving salt and vinegar ATM! Nuts, crisps anything! What I have found that hits the spot whilst low in calories is salt and vinegar snack a Jack's

@amynolan glad your scan went well. Looking perfect 🥰

I also need the snacking advice! I’m loving fruit but it doesn’t hit the spot like crisps do. I’m addicted to a prawn mayo sandwich and secretly eating them on the way home from work sometimes *note to self, clean out car

@cossie13 sorry to hear the news about your dad. There’s a lot going on for you xx

Snacking for me is crisps. I can’t enough, I’ve had to stop buying them, it was getting out of control! Fruit just isn’t as good 😂

I also found myself buying a jar of pickles yesterday thinking 'these will definitely make for an incredible snack'..🤣

@WitcheryDivine I'm avoiding telling work until I legally have to. As much as we are meant to be protected by the law from discrimination, its never been enough in my industry. I'm currently working towards a promotion and I don't want any reason for them to not give it to me

It depends, pros and cons. When i told my manager and also said I wasn't feeling well and was struggling with anxiety/had less tolerance for stressful situations he was very kind and supportive but also in a way of what can I take on and like let's manage expectations. So assumption I'll keep on doing less, taking less on.

For me this is good because I am struggling and recently got promoted. But if you wanted career advancement or promotion opportunities someone might assume that's not what you're going for. I know they shouldn't discriminate but they could make assumptions.

If I didn't feel so ill I'd keep it to myself until it showed.

Am I being unreasonable? I sort of expected that since we had our scan today, which was a big deal, that husband and I would have a nice evening together after I finished work.

He went out for lunch with a friend, which has been planned for a while and was fine, and he said he’d be home mid afternoon. but he still isn’t home, didn’t answer messages or pick up the phone earlier this evening, and just sent a message saying he’s not going to be back until 9. So no nice evening, I’ll have dinner alone, and probably only see him for half an hour before I want to go to bed.

Really annoyed and upset that what I thought was planned as quality time together hasn’t happened. I think he’s probably freaked out and felt overwhelmed but I’m pissed off that his reaction is to stay away from the house instead of being with me, when it’s just as big a deal for me and we could have supported each other.

Congrats @amynolan. Really happy for you ❤️

Is it me or does anyone else feel tingly all the time nauseous and tingly. Seems worse after I eat sweet food or carbs.