Sept 2024 - Thread 9!

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Continuation from the previous thread before it fills up - we're getting so close ladies, ahhhhh!!!

Previous thread here; https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/pregnancy/5094920-september-2024-thread-8?page=39&reply=136855271

Thanks @MudandMoet i hope you’re right!

Feeling very sorry for myself too. Rib pin and indigestion out of control and toddler is sick. Gonna be a long few days 🙈😭

Hi,so I'm 34 weeks on the dot today. I went to Walmart to do grocery shopping and I literally had to stop shopping because I was feeling weird like I was going to pass out.Also I had to stop walking because every time babygirl would move in my belly my stomach would cramp up.Babygirl is head down and has dropped a lot.I wasn't feeling good at all on the car ride back home. I got home and I got very very nauseous so I thought if I laid down I would feel better.Nope I didn't feel better I am literally so nauseous that I feel like I'm going to throw up.I went to the bathroom and brought a trash bag in case I threw up and Tmi I had a bowel movement and it was diarrhea.My whole pregnancy I have been very very constipated until recently when I turned 32 weeks i noticed my bowel movements are changing from hard stools to soft stools now diarrhea.Im still very nauseous but haven't thrown up yet.I also have bad lightening crotch.I think some of my mucus plug came out I think it was sometime last week but I'm not sure and I've been nesting.Do u think these are signs labor is close?My due date is September 18th.I have a feeling baby girl is going to come this month

@Girlmomma2022 do you have a midwife you can ring and explain your symptoms too, if you're not feeling too great it might just be worth getting checked over.

For anyone struggling with the raspberry tea, I've found using hot Ribena instead of water is far nicer (though still fairly rank) it gets rid of a lot of the peppermint taste. I just used a third, warmed in microwave for 1.5 min, dropped the tea bag in for 5 mins and then necked it 😝

Morning! Does anyone know if you can drink water during the 3 hour glucose test?

It’s been 30 mins so far and feel 🤢 They also said I have to have a blood test every hour, so 4 in total 😩😩 Going to be a long 3 hours!

@UnicornRainbow2 At mine I was allowed to sip water as needed, but shouldn’t be downing loads of it because it can affect the results. Just little sips here and there.

When I did my glucose I could sip water and they also gave me the rotten drink. They did say if I felt ill in anyway to go back to their office and tell them. So if you are feeling unwell maybe fo that?

The first hour was horrendous but seem to have got through it now- was just concerned I was going to be sick! 3 blood tests deon.. just one to go 🙌🏼

@UnicornRainbow2 That’s similar to how I felt - I spent a lot of the first hour with my head between my legs and desperate to lie down somewhere, but definitely felt better in the second hour. Hopefully you’re nearly done now!

@MudandMoet youve just reminded me I need to have a look for some raspberry tea. Still very much hoping to go naturally.

Just had my bp and urine checked, urine is still nad but bp has raised to 130/92, so borderline having to do anything. I’ve gotta go back later today so hopefully it’s gone down and I won’t have to go to triage again. I am 36+3 so not sure if bp just goes up around this time? But with my daughter first sign of pre eclampsia was higher bp, I had no other symptoms until days before I had her

With my first, my blood pressure remained low throughout. It was basically between 100-110 / 60-70 throughout. It never got any higher.

I’m back for a moan/anxious waffle. I’m not sleeping at the moment as so worried about this baby. She has never been a big mover but I’ve become obsessed about it since she was deemed as small and the past couple of days I’ve been even worse now the cord is presenting problems. My BP has been high on a few occasions so I’m checking for swelling all the time as well.

I’ve been to triage so many times during this pregnancy for reduced movements and now thinking I’ll have to call again, my husband doesn’t understand, I have a Doppler scan again tomorrow but don’t think it can wait until then as she’s not budging this morning and it’s just not worth the risk with all the factors.

Its been problem after problem since 9 weeks and I think it’s just all got on top of me. I know I’m “lucky” in that I’m due to be induced on Monday but I don’t know how to get through the days until then as I am so panicked and also scared of what will happen when she’s here as we don’t know why she’s small. Dreading the induction as I had one with my son and hated every part. Feeling mum guilt that I’ve done nothing with my 12 year old this school holidays as there’s been an appointment pretty much every day and that I’m bringing a sibling into his life when he’s already going into Year 8.

I’m just a bundle of emotions and desperately want her here safely after so many months of crap.

@MrsMoggy It sounds like you have so much going on that anxiety is peaking. So much seems outside of your control, and so it's so natural to feel anxious and worried. Your feelings are valid, and yet I would imagine they also feel exhausting. Re: movements you know best if you want to go get checked then do. Re: induction, practice hypnobirthing - PositiveBirthCompany have wonderful resources online and positive induction stories as well as a great hypnobirthing course. Re your other child I'm sure he'll be fine, kids adapt and the do so really well. Try stay focused in the here and now, breathwork, meditation, yoga. Mind yourself xx

Gosh I'm feeling so moody and grumpy lately and as mean as it sounds my first born is really getting on my last nerve 🙈

The past few weeks he's been acting so difficult! Being so cheeky, not listening at all, hitting me etc. He is 4. And then to add to it all, every night this week I've made dinner - all his favourite meals - jacket potato, Spaghetti bol etc and he's had 1 bite and said 'I don't like it, I want a sandwich' and refused to eat 😫 I'm so fed up, I'm so poorly with HG still and he's just tipping me over the edge 😫

Bless you @BeautyAndTheBump1 ! I bet it's such hard with little ones that are being hard work when you are feeling so exhausted and so heavily pregnant!!

I went to the hospital, all they did this evening was repeat my bloods and bile levels and the normal observations. They will get me the results tomorrow, and dependant on if they have gone down, stayed same or gone up will depend then if they do a full liver functionality scan/test. If they have gone down (fingers crossed) they won't need to see me until my next routine midwife appointment!

@BeautyAndTheBump1 I have no idea how you guys do it with other children in tow. I would say my pregnancy has been plain sailing and without issues and I still have no clue how I would have coped with someone else to look after. You've all done amazing and especially when they're going through difficult stages. In the food situation, I'm guessing if you say well that's all there is and don't make him a sandwich it's not worth the hassle and just easier to make the sandwich? We've all got this to come, I'll definitely make the most of the milk drinking days 😆

Bump pics because let's face it... with just two weeks to go, there's not going to be many more 😬

Looking great with a neat bump @MudandMoet ! 😍

enjoy the last weeks with your little trailer! 😂

@TripleESept24 yep it's so hard and my fuse is so short atm and I can't help it! Hope you get some answers soon with your results!

@MudandMoet honestly I have no idea what the best way to go around it is! 🙈 just winging this parenting every day lol! The first night I made him a sandwich as I genuinely believed him, then the 2nd night I refused to make him one, its so hard to get him to eat as it is, he survives on fresh air and the energy from my soul 😂 lovely bump pics btw! Can't believe you've only got 2 weeks left!!

It took me over three hours to get to sleep last night and today I've woken up to my first ever haemorrhoid 😭

I definitely feel that @BeautyAndTheBump1
my daughter is 2.5 and we had a week of solid tantrums that I feared leaving the house ever again 😂 she woke us up this morning knocking on her door having done the biggest liquid poo, all through her pjs and onto her sheets. Perhaps this is a gentle reminder for what is about to come with a newborn haha.

Has anyone else got lists coming out their ears? I’m trying to be so on tying up lose ends (build this, buy that, clean this) I’m worried I won’t get everything done before he makes his arrival in 2-7 weeks lol.

@HRP1990 yes I’ve loads on a list but I’ve an urgent one and a not so urgent one. As long as the ugrnet one is mostly done all will be fine. Il pawning jobs off to people too, I can’t do it all AND grow a baby too 😍

@MudandMoet looking great! I can’t believe how close we all are 🙈

@Xur @BeautyAndTheBump1 @PinkWatermelon88 ❤️😘

@BeautyAndTheBump1 I can just imagine 'help! my child won't eat' are the types of threads we'll all be reading in the next few years. Hope you had a better tea time with him yesterday 💙

Just back from 33/34 week growth scan. All good and baby is now around 5lb 2oz... feels very real now! I thought she was transverse but apparently head is low down. No pic as she was too low and squished in 😂

Here's a bump pic from my baby shower outfit last week 💕 was such a lovely day with all friends and family

I've spent all day in bed crying. I didn't work emailed about 6.30am to say I wasn't coming in.

I was told my bloods and results would be chased and someone would let me know today. Just got off the phone from triage and was on hold for 25 mins the woman was so moody and off with me. I said look I was told The results would be chased and I would be told today, and have been worried about this since Monday! She said I was down for a doctor call as they were still concerned with something in my bloods, but they don't think I have OC/ICP, but she wouldn't tell me anything just said a doctor would call tonight. So I'm still sat here none the wiser and crying and upset.

They said if my alt levels hadn't gone down that they would be doing a full liver screen. That's all I want to know ffs.

I feel like I've been lucky really all pregnancy but I'm just getting seriously uncomfortable, emotional and fed up now!

Gorgeous @WinsandSam you look beautiful.

@TripleESept24 hope you get the call from the doctor and feel better soon. Sorry you've had a shitter today. Sending a big hug 💚