November 2024 Babies - thread 3

[waryandbored]

Hi everyone and welcome to thread 3.
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Hi all. I’m on day 4 of new meds -Metoclopramide - and yesterday was very different for me. I slept almost all day and wasn’t sick at all. That’s the first time in weeks I haven’t been sick! Same today so far - I’ve been asleep for hours and haven’t been sick. I’ve felt slightly nauseous a few times but nothing like it has been.

Half of me is just overjoyed to not be vomiting or incredibly nauseous but the other half is panicking about the sudden loss of this major symptom for me. I can’t help thinking the worst.

I am 11w today, so maybe the nausea and sickness is just starting to dwindle. I have my scan in a week and I can’t wait to know one way or the other if everything is ok in there.

@waryandbored - metoclopramide also lifted nausea for me and made me ridiculously drowsy, so it sounds like we had similar experiences! They wouldn't let me stay on it for more than 5 days though - have they said the same to you? I'm feeling marginally better at 13+2 with both cyclizine and prochloperazine 3x a day, but I yearn for the day I can brush my teeth without gagging...

Best of luck with the scan!

No they haven’t told me anything - it was prescribed without an appointment after I submitted an online form saying the previous meds weren’t working. Do you know why it can’t be taken for more than 5 days?

I hope you’re right and I’m just having the same experience as you. It’s lovely not being nauseous 24/7 although the drowsiness is insane. I can’t believe how much I’ve slept.

It’s like I just can’t help but think the worst though.

Hope everyone's having a better day than me today!

My parents were supposed to be coming for dinner, but due to a misunderstanding now my grandparents are ALSO coming. While of course I'm happy to have them, we recently moved from a flat to a house and don't have enough chairs for 6 adults 😂 Got nothing for dessert - was contemplating throwing together some raspberry jelly and strawberry angel delight, but now I'm thinking that's a weird pregnancy notion. House is a mess and I haven't put away the laundry, and I can't clean and tidy this afternoon because I'm working until the moment they arrive. Oh, and Mum expects the two of us to share a Chinese, because apprently it's enough for two adults. First of all, I'm growing a human who has the appetite of Godzilla, and second of all I want leftovers!

No one knows I'm pregnant, so going to be spending the evening holding my stomach in while hosting an impromptu dinner party.

And my toddler is REALLY being a threenager at the moment. No doubt he'll come back from the childminder's wired to the moon and covering the sofa with his cars again, resulting in no one being able to sit down 🙄

Anyway, rant over and back to work!

@waryandbored - they said that after five days it can start giving you symptoms like Parkinson's! I'm weighing up asking for ondansetron, but since I'm starting to have periods of feeling less like death, I might just stick with the cyclizine/proch combo. With my DD the nausea stopped pretty much overnight at 16 weeks, so hoping I don't have too long to go (both pregnancies it also started like clockwork at 6 weeks to the day).

I was also thinking the worst before my 12 week scan, but hopefully all will be well for you too. It's amazing how much our brains can over-think and make mountains out of molehills! It makes sense that you feel less nauseous as you're on (pretty strong) medication for that exact effect... but then you question why it's working. Sometimes I wish I could just turn my anxiety off!

@muddlingthrou the anxiety is just crippling isn’t it.. just a week to get through until the scan though.

I contacted my GP to see if I should stop taking the tablets and they’ve basically said I need to stop all anti-sickness meds and see how I go. I’m pretty annoyed because they’ve just continued to give me drugs with no discussion really and maybe it was naive (desperate) of me, but I assumed I could take something for as long as needed. Now that I’ve brought it up, they’re saying oh actually all anti sickness drugs are short term, so best to stop taking them. Very anxious to stop taking anything considering I’ve only had 1.5 better days!!

Hi, I hope everyone is well.
I've got my dating scan with the hospital today. I'm really nervous, although I am excited to find out my official due date.
We have an appointment with the consultant after the scan too, I've got a list of questions to ask regarding ongoing care. Praying everything is still going well with the baby.

Good luck today @1yearplan

@1yearplan good luck!

Good luck 😊

Thanks ladies!

On a course and they have a very fancy Nespresso machine so I'm being super naughty and having a 2nd coffee...

Good luck with the caffeine! I found out yesterday that apparently I metabolise caffeine really slowly now... I was still wide awake at 3am staring at the ceiling!

The coffee worked well for me in the afternoon - I feel like it really kicked in at about 2pm, and I managed to get some good work done which was a huge relief. I ate three meals which is still a big thing! But I was awake stupidly late/early which I think was just from the caffeine, so if I'm going to have a coffee I need to have it really quite early and not for a brunch sort of time! Feeling pretty good today. I slept in, have had some lunch, and am preparing to walk to the polling station in a little bit. Hopeful to get some work done this afternoon. Fingers crossed you enter this nice phase soon!

Hey everyone. Hope you’re all having a good day!
After speaking to the GP yesterday, I stopped taking my anti sickness medication. I was really anxious but I’ve not been sick today. I’ve felt like an underlying nausea but nothing major so far. Evenings have been the worst for me so I’ll see how I am later but so far so good.
My anxiety is so high though. Because I’ve not been throwing up and my boobs don’t hurt today, I’m pretty much convinced something is wrong. My scan is next Wednesday and it cannot come quickly enough. I have no reason to think anything has happened apart from the fact that I’m not as sick as I thought I’d be without the drugs. Do you think the anti sickness is still in my system? Or maybe just because I’m 11+1, the symptoms are subsiding. Aaaagggggghhhhhh I wish I knew the answers!!

Glad your feeling better! I hope it's subsiding for you. I feel more ill in the evening. What I've found is if I'm eating a large meal it's making my sickness so much worse, maybe the pressure on my stomach? Trying to eat more during the day and less at night is helping. Hopefully you're on the home straight now!!

I saw lil baby at 10 weeks 3 days at a private scan, saw heart beat and she put me dead on 10 weeks 3 days.

I have my first NHS scan next week when I will be 13 weeks and I’m so nervous. I can’t stop googling EVERYTHING. I need to chuck my phone in the bloody bin. I don’t really have insane symptoms just cramping and constipation so I’m constantly worried. I suffer with bad anxiety and was told by my GP that I needed to come off my medication which midwife has told me he should have never done that and my medication is safe enough to take and loads of woman take it in pregnancy.
(Gonna book an appointment and speak about going back on them!!)

What can I do to think positively?

So lovely that you got to see the heartbeat @Sliiim that's lovely news!

Sounds like you are finding things more tricky since coming off your meds so sensible to book in for a deeper conversation about it. I know some meds in pregnancy means a longer stay in hospital once baby is born as baby then needs monitored for withdrawal effects.

I think remembering your scan today and that little heartbeat is a great positive to focus on.
Are you getting outside each day? Getting any exercise? These things sound so simple but make a huge difference to my mood if I can actually do them consistently.

Thank you for your reply! I saw baby on the 22nd and it was magical(still doesn’t feel real)

Yes going outside when walking dog etc. Gonna make sure I don’t slack at that!

I have always been a big worrier. Am I doing this so I ‘prepare’ myself . Not that I ever think you can prepare if you get bad news.

I think am I jinxing myself. I wish I was like my partner who is the chilled out one😂

@Sliiim I don't think you can prepare for bad news - you just end up spending extra time stressing that you don't need to. If anxiety is a problem generally for you then definitely make an appointment to discuss how to continue managing it whilst pregnant.

Personally I refuse to let my mind wander to imagining worst case scenarios. If I start going in that direction then I focus on something else which is normally just a silly song - my go to at the moment is stuff from the lion king as DD is insisting we watch it every day. I wouldn't say I feel positive about this pregnancy going ok but neutral is good enough for now.

I had a scan today and all was looking good. I find myself getting more worried as I get closer to when I lost DS though. I don't know if there will come a point when I feel more relaxed, hopefully after the 20 week scan. I'm just trying to remind myself that this is a different baby, different pregnancy, I am healthier this time round.

I feel like I'm finally getting some of that second trimester energy! The past two days I've gone out of my way to go on my elliptical (and enjoyed it) despite being very tired as this week's mission has been weaning DS off co-sleeping. Actually he's very happy with his own bed I think it's more me waking myself up at every little noise worrying about him.

The scan today showed my placenta was anterior. I was hoping I'd feel kicks early but I guess I'll have to wait a little longer. I know they'll come though, DD's placenta was anterior and I could feel her very clearly from about 20 weeks.

Hi everyone.😊totally with those feeling anxiety. I've had a couple of bad episodes. I'm with the PMHS since booking, so I have them to turn to if I need professional help. I don't think it's at that point so far, but if anyone else feels like they need it, don't be afraid to get the help! 11+1 today and nausea has eased for now. The start of the week was all day nausea. I am feeling bloated now and a little thicker in the belly and hips. Not a bump, just like I've gained a few pounds.

Well, just had my scan! Earlier this week I had a horrible dream that I went for the scan and there was no baby. I am relieved to report that it was just nerves, and baby's heartbeat is nice and strong. I had thought I was 13 weeks today, but measuring at 11+4 each time she checked. Just one baby detected, so that's another big relief! 😅

My toddler looks sufficiently unimpressed by the picture of his sibling.

Hope everyone's nausea continues to improve as we head towards the second trimester.

Congrats!😊

Someone talk some sense into me... I'm a bit worried I'm carrying twins even though I had an early scan at 6 weeks showing just the one baby! My 12 week scan is next Thursday and I'm on guard for some sort of "oh look and there's the second baby, now it's big enough to see". This is madness, yes? They would have seen a second baby at 6 weeks if there was one?