Due May 2024? Part 2

[Nina7]

Hi all, just continuing the previous thread.

@Holdmysunhat I got the seasickness bands you suggested, I think they're great!!

Thanks for explaining @SarahBowie and sorry to hear you've had to go through that. Good to know they've got a plan for you. xx

Thanks @newbie12345678 it was totally my own fault with a snowboarding accident 🙈 I have to say I’m really happy with my midwife so feel lucky that I’ve got a good one.

Hope your section goes ok when it comes to it xx

Has anyone else found it suddenly hard to get comfortable and sleep? I am awake so much of the night just feeling generally quite uncomfortable! My stomach feels so heavy and the pregnancy pillow really does support it but then when I want to switch sides, it feels like a huge ordeal to move the whole pillow and myself. 🤣🤣🫣 trimester one I was none stop sleeping so it’s just a shock to the system now!

Yes! i can't seem to get comfortable i've been using normal pillows to support bump & been contemplating buying the BB hug me pregnancy pillow but now i can't go another sleepless uncomfortable night 😭
i co sleep with my little one too, who we are soon transition into his own bed so hopefully soon i can get some more space 🥲

Yes! I could have written this myself. Also sitting up from lying down is so hard now too.

Me and my husband are sleeping separately, so I don't keep us both awake from my constant moving and strops in the night lol

@LoLondonGirl1992 yes! It's so uncomfortable. My bump is approx 8 weeks ahead than my actual week (24 weeks but the equivalent to a 32 week singleton baby bump) with me carrying twins and I don't think I've had more than 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep in about a week. I'm an absolute zombie!
I'm planning to continue teaching up until my 32 week too, but may need to re-evaluate if the lack of sleep and discomfort continue.

@LondonGirl1992 yes!!! Hoping this is a blip and not the new norm. Sometimes the baby kicks are too exciting to ignore in the night too, and I have to just stay awake until she stops- ha!

I'm with you all on the discomfort! My issue is mostly my hips. I have bursitis in both sides which makes side sleeping uncomfortable at best and painful at worst. Unfortunately it's a lot worse in my left hand side which is obviously the side they say it's best to sleep on.

Oh, I also agree in the sudden sleeping discomfort... I need to go on all fours to change side and the faff of turning the pillow over... The lowest few nights I just out extra pillows on both sides in order to have them in place.
My top leg starts hurting as I sleep on my side, maybe I need more pillows to support it as well...

My partner abandons the bed very soon after I fall asleep. It actually makes things easier for both of us.
If sleep continues like that, I don't know how I'll manage with work... I'm already feeling exhausted!

The lowest couple of days I also started feeling very heavy and more difficult to move... I don't know if it's tiredness) hormones, or if that's it, it'll only be getting worse from now on.
This morning I found it hard to put socks on 😮

@Nina7 I can relate to finding it hard to put socks on! I also find myself panting like a cartoon dog after walking the stairs up to our attic

@Nina7 I decided that putting tights on yesterday would be a great idea. Omg, what a faff!!!

@Toda11 @Sa11yCinnamon @Holdmysunhat @SarahBowie thank you for recommending Gavison, it seems to help but not at night as you said. I am waiting for GP appointment in 7 days for Omeprezal!! I feel like a zombie without much sleep! One piece of good news is I can feel my baby move not a lot of kicking but gentle taps :)

I am a bit pissed off by my mid wife, I had my bloods done in December for iron etc, I didn't hear anything back so assumed all was good but when I called them a couple of days ago, they said my iron was 14.9 ( should be above 15) , now have to speak to gp to get prescription for iron! God know what my current levels are and worried that low iron has affected baby's growth!

@Nina7 same!! I am now asking my partner to help me when ever I have to put them on!!

Random question but for anyone who has been for the glucose test and had to fast from the night before, can I brush my teeth?! I suddenly thought it says only water but I don’t want to skew the results!

@Athena1984 that's really annoying... Have you been taking daily vitamins?
Hopefully with them it won't have dropped too much...
Also, I'm not an expert but I do keep hearing that the baby will get what it needs, it's just you that'll be left depleted...

My midwives gave me extra iron at 17 weeks as a precaution (no prescription through the GP). They work quite differently in every region...

On the info sheet I got, it mentions you can brush your teeth.
Hope everything goes ok. I've got mine next week.

Anyone has a relapse with sickness? I’m 25+1 and have actually had to stop work today because the hour and a half that I tried for I was away being sick more often than working 😩

I thought I was over this!

@SarahBowie Yes, my sickness has come back with a vengeance!

The last few days I have felt absolutely awful, Im currently laid in bed with an awful headache and everytime i move my head I feel like I'm going to be sick.

I phoned the midwife this morning as I've got a few other symptoms I was / am worried about but she shrugged it off and said its just luck of the draw.

Fingers crossed your feeling better tomorrow

@MrsB2005 oh no I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling so horrible too!

My tummy muscles are a little sore, I think from the heaving but I can feel baby moving around as normal and nothing else other than the sickness. I’m the same as you, as soon as I move I’m sick again so just keeping myself on the sofa. I’ve had a nap in bed already, it’s the only time I didn’t feel sick 😩

Thank you! I really didn’t enjoy it- the horrible drink teamed with the fasting gave me the worst nausea but so glad it’s over! They were super efficient with it all. Hope you’re goes well!

@SarahBowie @MrsB2005 yep sickness is back for me too. Threw up yesterday morning and have been gagging again after eating tonight 🙃 hoping it's just a couple of bad days and will go away again! Had been enjoying this 2nd trimester.

Has anyone refused the glucose test? I’m 0.2 over the bmi limit for it so I don’t think I’m a major risk..tested in my first pregnancy and all was fine.
i want to skip it as I have raging heartburn which is especially triggered by citrus and sugar so I know the drink will kill me 😖 omeprazole gives me migraines so I have to grin and bare the heartburn as best I can, it’s terrible! any advice?

Hey everyone
Just reading through messages.
I’ve been feeling sick on and off the last couple of weeks (24wks + 4). And my sleeping is not going great. Aching back, but also my legs… they are very very restless, I can’t keep them still at night!!! I also keep getting really hot in the middle of the night and had a heat rash a few times too (I often get them in the summer). I have a bbhugme (which I love) and also saw a physio which has really helped with my back… but the leg thing is too much!! Anyone else getting this?

No issues with legs but definitely another suffering from back ache! I've been using the disposbale sticky heat pads for now but off for a pregnancy facial and massage on Friday so hopefully that will help!

@Twinkles18 you can refuse any of the screening tests so I'd assume glucose test will be the same? Sounds like you've weighed it up and it's not a rash decision!

I've got mine the week after next, couldn't work out why as no one else I know has had it routinely and my age/BMI are in range, but I think it must be because I have a bicornuate uterus so baby being bigger would be more of an issue. It's mainly the fast I'm dreading as I'm constantly hungry!