October 2024 Babies thread 2 👶

[Nic2908]

Seems we got to the end of a thread. Not sure if a new one has been set up.

@FlyOnTheWall89 oh good, how long did it take you to recover from your emergency C Section ? Im a bit worried about recovery time as my partner works away Monday-Thursday so it'll just be me and baby. Although he is planning to have 3 weeks off (2 weeks paternity leave and 1 weeks annual leave) so should be fine.

I am having an elected c-section after emergency one last time. Recovery was fine, after the first week I felt good to go.

At first it's hard as you can twist and lift so night feeding was a challenge, my husband needed to hand him to me and I didn't babywear for a while although you can do I think, I was worried about it aggregating the scar.

@SELE97 recovery was totally fine. My husband had 2 weeks off and we lived on the third floor, no lift. I was out for a good walk and lunch on day 12, walking shorter distances before that and out for lunch. Just never miss your meds! I'm electing this time because of how smoothly I felt recovery was last time. I did go to see a private pelvic health physio twice to just check my scar etc and my ab separation - that was worth it!

@SELE97 recovery after my emergency c-section was great. I was walking the dog the day I got out on day 2 and running again at 5 weeks. I unfortunately didn’t have anyone to pass the baby to me in the hospital during the night (midwives were just too busy) so I had to get on with it. Moving definitely helped recovery!

Sad to hear of so many people worried about telling work- makes me mad there are employers making staff unable to feel safe in their jobs.

I told hr almost immediately because I was so sick. I also work in a busy secondary school so work needed to be aware of risks.

@Sara1988 out of interest how far along were you when you told school? I’m also a secondary school teacher and very nearly 7 weeks and wondering whether to tell school as the nausea has started to really kick in - is making me a bit anxious as I haven’t been sick (yet) but I move classrooms a lot and the bathrooms are really far away…

I can see a faint line on the two tests in the plastic casings but not on the strip test. Do you have any early result tests you could take? Xx

Fab news!! Glad all was well ❤️

Hope it all goes well ❤️ xxx

It does feel like a lifetime doesn't it!! I'm 6+1 and feels like we've known forever and a day.

With regards to ozempic, I can kind of relate there as I've had a gastric bypass 18 months ago and lost 12st 9lbs and I'm sooo worried about regaining weight xxx

Hi lovely, unfortunately the cheaper test are all I can afford at the minute, I’m dying to know if this is the start of something wonderful xx

@lpylou oh that's good to hear, I was planning on baby wearing and was wondering how the C section scar would impact this.

@FlyOnTheWall89 oh good I'm glad you had a good recovery. I have a health condition and have been recommended by my specialists in the past to opt for C section which I'm happy to do as I feel vaginal birth would be dangerous for me and the baby due to my health condition. That's a good tip, I might look into a private physio as I know a few people who have done this.

@Bee49 that's definitely something I've worried about while staying in hospital. I'm high risk so feel the hospital will keep me in longer than I would like, and the thought of relying on the midwife's to pass me my baby really worried me as I know how busy they are. I wish my partner could stay in but I don't think that's an option. That's interesting to know that that helped with your recovery though

@SELE97 to be honest baby wearing was not for me at all. I have naturally big boobs and from the minute I found out I was pregnant they ballooned, to the point where I had to buy an entire new wardrobe for our baby moon, not for my bump because everything fit around that, but nothing fitted my boobs. I cried many tears over it as they were just enormous. When I gave birth they became EVEN bigger, full of milk, bursting at the seams. I just hated having my swollen gigantic boobs and a Carrier and a baby, and my bloated/scarred tummy. I found it so uncomfortable but I also had a stupid carrier which didn't support baby head.

I'm going to try again as it's so much easier than a buggy, this time, 10 weeks in, I'm delighted that my boobs are reasonable!!! So funny how different two pregnancies can be. Hurrah! May it continue!! And no stupid carrier as I bought a good one, albeit too late as he grew straight out of it.

I told hr three days after I found out (so 5 weeks) I had to take three days off because I was so ill (has eased thankfully) and just couldn't see how I was going to teach.

Really pleased I did as have had an outbreak of measles and hr told me immediately which students had it. We also had a fight which usually I'd be expected to intervene in as senior member of staff.

@Bee49 definitely agree moving helps after section. I just cannot decide what to do this time in terms of mode of birth,

Ahh all this sling chat making me think fondly of having my first daughter and feeding her in the sling whilst baking brownies . Now i want brownies 😂

I had my early scan tonight. We have made a blob! 🤣 All looking good and spot on what I thought at 7weeks. With a healthy heartbeat 💓
I'm so glad I had a early scan. Made it feel more real. Even with all the nausea and boob pain 😊

@Joey2011 amazing isn't it! We had one last week and it was so worth it. Congratulations!

@Joey2011 How wonderful! Glad to see everything is looking good. ☺️

Ah how lovely @Joey2011

@Sara1988 completely agree. It's sad that women should be celebrating good news but have to worry about the impact on their careers.

I popped into boots today to get sickness bands. I thought the sick feeling I had at 5/6 weeks would continue but the entirety of yesterday was spent feeling like I just stepped off a rollercoaster. I think I see the difference between normal nausea and morning sickness - it's all encompassing.

Is anyone on any meds for nausea and would recommend/ are they working well? I'm really struggling

Anyone had a transabdominal scan at 7 weeks? Don’t want to get a TV scan! @Joey2011 congratulations! Was it a transabdominal or TV scan?

What vitamin is everyone taking? I'm just taking folic acid, Vit D and Floradix at the moment. Pregnacare made my morning sickness so much worse with my daughter. I have an excellent all round diet but would like to take something else... has anyone tried the Wild Nutrition before?

@FlyOnTheWall89 just folic and vit d