Due January - Part 9!

[PartRadish]

Couldn't see another and the old one is full. Will copy the list from the last one, the tags are really temperamental though and it definitely has quite a few people missing sorry 🙈

@Kalodin
@buckingmad
@FirstT1meMum
@Vikki7
@sashastuck
@xLJ1990x
@suz2285
@TunnocksTCake
@Mummyme87
@Redpanda21
@Luhou
@RootsHere
@Matildahoney
@flowerpot258
@Ttcdcno1
@Onedayatatime24
@PartRadish
@youaremysunshine03
@Dannic2018

@Mummyme87 with you on the discomfort. My hips are in agony 😭 I hate starting the day already sore.

My heartburn is actually getting a little better, I think cause baby is dropping so my stomach isn’t pushed quite as far up my throat as previously 🙃

@buckingmad the pain is just awful. It’s just constant. I love sitting in the car to put the heated seats on 😁 my heartburn has improved a lot aswell, was swigging gaviscon every night and chewing rennie all day, it’s very infrequent now.

Thanks all for growth scan reassurances. I have my 36 wk midwives appt today so will try to get some more clarity/ more of a plan going forward. feeling very upset about the whole thing - I know logically that measurements can be off etc but it's such a massive difference between head & abdomen (97th) and legs (12th) and there has been a centile drop since 20 weeks which is making me uneasy.
Prospect of huge 97th head also making me worry...!

Hi, new poster here I've just stumbled across this thread as had this exact issue and hopefully can provide some reassurance!

Had a growth scan yesterday at 34+5 and femur has dropped off the growth chart below 2nd percentile measuring 31wks and head and abdo have shot up to 95th measuring 38 wks for both (previous growth scan fine at 30 weeks baby was measuring 50th percentile for everything bar femur which was 10th - always had little legs). Sonographer wasn't happy and tried to refer us to fetal medicine who had no capacity to re scan, cue lots of worrying/waiting around...

I'm consultant led (previous ruptured ectopic nothing to do with this baby/growth) so saw her as originally planned who wasn't concerned in the slightest, she was just delighted with babies weight of 5lb 3oz and ready to walk me out the door! She didn't mention the femur, so when I asked about it and the 7 wks difference in measurements she replied it's just genetics (I'm short 5'3) and scans aren't totally reliable as baby is so big and active at this stage. If anything she's more interested in the larger measurements for head and abdo, doesn't think I'll make my 38wk scan and recommends a sweep with my community midwife, but still nothing to be concerned about or needing intervention. Just wanted to reach out as I felt much better leaving hospital after all morning there yesterday 😊

Argh why are these pregnancies not plain sailing for any of us?? DP has just tested positive for covid, now he's panicking about what to do/me getting it! I don't want to be on my own this late on pregnancy, 37 weeks tomo! He's on about going to stay with his parents, my theory is if I'm gonna get it then I probably have it already!

Thank you all for the condolences ❤️

Sorry for not updating sooner, what a night! Carried on spotting (although nothing this morning 🥳) so rang triage just to ask about anti-d. I thought they'd say it was fine because it was so minimal so I only really rang to reassure myself that I had double checked iyswim. They did not say it was fine 🤦🏼‍♀️

So in we went. They weren't concerned about the spotting but ordered some anti-d and said they'd pop me on the monitor just to double check baby was happy. Of course that showed regular, pretty strong tightenings, which it always does because my uterus like me is the definition of irritable 😆 So then they wanted a Dr to review.

It was busier than I have ever seen it. So busy in fact that one poor lady ended up just birthing her baby right there in triage! It was so so quick. Even the baby looked a bit like 'what on earth just happened here' 😂

Beautiful baby and a good outcome but that did massively add to the delay unfortunately so one shot of anti-d and a satisfactory cervix check (stitch intact, short but closed 🥳) it was 2am before we got home. And that was when my 8 year old woke up and started puking. I am soooo tired today 😴

@PartRadish oh bless you, what a night! Can you rest up today and recover?

Glad all is well @PartRadish hopefully you can have a relaxing day.

i was comparing my two bump photos, same gestation same time of year from DD2 and this time. Much lower bump! Blue dress 2017 and grey stripes today

@Matildahoney I wouldn't worry about covid too much, I had it a couple of weeks ago, it was just like a cold and DH didn't catch it but I know the panic, I was googling etc etc but I think the guidance is very outdated now and I'm sure you'll be absolutely fine! I've had all my vaccines so unless you haven't then I'm sure it's another thing just to worry needlessly about, I think a few others in here had it too!

@PartRadish god what a stress! I hate triage and listening to everyone else have consultations and stuff! Can't believe someone actually had a baby then 😂 must've been super fast!! Hope your other DC is ok! That's not what you need!

I'm wfh today, cleaning the house and doing a few bits! The rain has cause a few small leaks so doing a bit of repairs and painting 🙈 it's never ending with house stuff but I'm glad I'm not renovating like some of you 😂😂

@PartRadish what a night!! That poor lady but glad her baby was okay. You must be so tired bless you.

Sorry to bypass other messages, I need to vent. Just had my 36 week scan at 36+6 and baby is estimated 7lbs11 already with legs and stomach measurements off the chart just about. I’ve been referred to get the gestational diabetes test but with it being so late, I’m worried that if I do have it, they’ll want to induce me next week at 38 weeks and I’m so not prepared. I feel really hard done by that I’m only just finding this out and if I DON’T have it, the shock of knowing my baby is going to be really quite big :(

I feel a little behind at 34+5. Struggling with everything at the moment.

Had some tightenings earlier but nothing now other than pressure and pain in the pelvis.

still not packed bags or got stuff out of the loft to wash. Cba at the moment with anything

@PartRadish wow what a night! Glad you and baby are okay though!!

@sashastuck oh gosh it all feels like such a stress as things get closer doesn't it? My DH just keeps saying as long as baby has somewhere to sleep and we have some nappies in the house then the rest we can prepare when he's here. Unfortunately my brain doesn't work that way! Fingers crossed you don't have GD and just a big bouncy baby. 🤞

@Redpanda21 I'm the same, absolutely no energy or mental capacity for anything.

I'm absolutely done in and only just 36 weeks on Sunday, can't see how I can keep growing and walking around and not sleeping for another 4 weeks. I'm totally useless at work, can't wait for the Christmas break and to do nothing. Still got a feeling baby will be early, he feels so big and right in my pelvis ready and waiting.

https://www.sarawickham.com/articles-2/induction-for-big-baby/

if big babies and IOL are being mentioned to people, Sara wickham is very knowledgeable and writes some good well informed articles.

i have a feeling I’ll be told I have increased fluid and abdominal circumference over 95th centile, all VERY common findings on scans with very limited evidence that when diabetes is ruled out is a problem yet women are advised for IOL at 39wks left right and centre. Luckily I’ve had it all before so not too worried about. I produce big babies 🤷🏼‍♀️

@PartRadish aw bless you what a night for you!
@sashastuck bless you what stress and worry.
I will never trust the scans and estimates in my opinion, I was told my second son would be 7lb and he was 9lb 3 and had a shoulder dystopia because he was back to back. Then my ds 3 years ago again was nearly 9lb, back to back and I had a worse shoulder dystopia but going by scans and bump size you’d never would have thought that.

I had the HV out yesterday and she asked me if I had counselling for my sons birth as it was very traumatic, nope no one offered anything and I still have very sad and anxious feelings over it all. She also asked did I recover after his birth well, no again it was weeks before I could walk without being in agony as my pelvis and inner thighs were knackered. So she did say if you had a section to take away the stress and worry of the birth then you have to weigh up that recovery from a natural could be the same as a section, obviously in a different way but it is making me think should I ? I am having to wait till 39 weeks now for my scan with the consultant to see her position and weight to decide on if I can have her naturally, but I also know babies can move in labour so she could still end up back to back and in a difficult position and I can’t go through a labour like the last one again 😭.
Sorry for the rant I’m just exhausted from worrying, I’ve projectile vomited this morning which is very rare for me and after having a sweet smelling discharge yesterday just worried there’s something wrong or I’m close to having her or god only knows what 😩
oh and our family car isn’t starting properly so hubby has had to take mine so I’m stuck in the house all day, he said to ring Greenflag to come out, I’ve rang them and he forgot to change the address when we moved in Feb! And it expired in August and he didn’t renew! Queue the tightening all morning with the stress of having no car that fits us all in this close to Christmas and the birth 😭
Sorry again I just needed to off load

Sounds like you had a rough night @PartRadish, hope today is more calm.

I had DS1’s nativity this afternoon, I’m not usually emotional but I was crying before they even got to the stage. He was so over excited and stimulated (currently going through the process for an ADHD diagnosis) it was chaos. He was prompting other kids for their lines. Nearly wiped out the front row on his camel and climbed on stage for every song, but it was lovely.

Hope everyone else is okay and trying to find comfort and downtime!

Glad I'm not alone in feeling emotional. Today seems to be worse than ever! Not sure if it is just sheer exhaustion making it worse.
Literally been on the brink of tears all day and then went to see the midwife who struggled to find heartbeat with the doppler then they still want me to have weekly BP checks and I thought I had managed to organise it at a time next week to cause least disruption only to get half way back to work and realise I'd booked it for the lunch time when work are planning a surprise of some sort for me so I now need to try and get hold of someone and see if we can swap and I just know she will be really shitty with me and I will just end up crying 🙃

Hoping that going out for Christmas tea with friends tonight will help me to feel better. Just feeling very deflated and teary!!!

Sorry to hear some of us are struggling a bit. These last few weeks can be rough. Anybody been told they have protien in their urine? Midwife said as blood pressure was fine, not concerned as of yet

@Mummyme87 thanks so much for that link, I’ll look into her. And thanks others for your support x

Seems like lots of us are struggling in our final weeks. @FirstT1meMum have a good big cry tonight when you get back if you still need it! Although the distraction will be good. I’ve been out all day since the scan and the distraction had been fab only to come home and hear DH “suggest” that I eat less bread. As if that’s going to change anything now. Men!!!

@Luhou yes had protein in urine, on its own it’s usually nothing. Concentrated urine, contaminated are often causes. If there’s a + or more it’s usually sent off to the lab to see how much actual protein there is

@sashastuck I've pre warned DH so he's expecting a good cry! Bless he's even said he will try and get hold of someone for me tomorrow! Oh no what a thing to say 🙈🙈 sometimes it does absolutely baffle me that they can't hear it themselves 🤦🏼‍♀️

Thanks for reassurance @Mummyme87

Aww ladies I am sending lots of love to everyone struggling, you're all doing so well.
I had a stressful day at work yesterday and it kept me awake in the early hours, but I think some of that was pregnancy hormones and just feeling a bit more emotional about things in general.
It's been a better day today.

Bless you @FirstT1meMum hope you had a good cry, it can all be sorted I'm sure but I know how it is when it all gets on top of you.

I had 36 week appt yesterday and literally walked in and started bawling at them about my scan and how anxious it's made me and how I'm worried about the giant head with my prolapse etc. I had the most wonderful midwife who said measurements can be so out and we will just have to wait til he's here. Very supportive of me possibly having a section, said to wait til next scan at 38 weeks and results of strep B swab we did last night and make a decision. Could be here in three weeks!
I thought they would need more notice to book in section but apparently not. Might just go for it if strep B is positive and maybe cancel the next scan seeing all the stress it causes I think I'd rather wait and see him... will see how I feel.

Oh @TunnocksTCake at least you were able to speak to a midwife who gave you the facts but was human about it! I love those kind of professionals. @Mummyme87 is good like that too with the advice and knowledge she's sharing with us all!

@FirstT1meMum crying always helps, I hope dh was able to give you the love and comfort you needed.

I had the worst nights sleep, tossing and turning, I just couldn't get comfy, I was too hot, too cold. Dh went and slept on the sofa in the end because he couldn't sleep with me fidgeting "like I had lice" he has such a way with words 🫣

I've been crying on/off all week and haven't really been emotional all pregnancy so it's come as a bit of a shock to both me and DH 😂 I'm not a cryer at all! Like you said @FirstT1meMum exhaustion is definitely setting in. Feel like I either need to concentrate on Christmas, finishing work or baby but brain can't do all three!

I've also become weirdly repulsed by and attached to my husband. Don't want to kiss/touch but when he goes out I just want him home. He's at his work Christmas party tonight and that's filled me with so much anxiety when I know that chances of baby coming tonight are pretty much close to 0. Felt weird all week, not sure if it's finally setting in that our whole life will be turned upside down in 4 weeks. 😱 Also so done with work but the thought of finishing for a year is also scary! It's like I'm two people in my head at the minute. 😮‍💨