MSE Pregnancy Club IX

MrsTinks

ticklepenny wrote: »

Tine - Physio referral, for the SPD it took 3 weeks... but for carpal tunnel it took 2 days! may be they find wrists easier to deal with lol :rotfl:

I am guessing here it's because they have a seperate physio department for maternity physio requirements... I've been to physio before for my back (unplanned flying lesson - it started as a riding lesson... :rolleyes:) but that was through BUPA so was practically instant - the wonders of private care! Shame any pergnancy pains and aches isn't covered by BUPA really... *sigh*
Anyway - the maternity unit is already underfunded so although there might be physio resources elsewhere then they aren't being shared with the maternity section...

3onitsway

MrsTine wrote: »

DID - I'm on 3 tabs a day at the moment which is what I'll stick to till Roo arrives - as far as I know then it doesn't start labour but helps everything contract back afterwards and helps reduce the time of the 2nd stage of labour
I'm going to carry on taking it after Roo arrives I think if MW and doc says it's ok to do so - might help everything else shrink back in there

I carried on taking them after baby was born, just whatever was left in the tub. MW said it helps everything contract back into place!

And physio referral - when i saw GP about my hips while pregnant, he said he could refer me for physio, but the appointment would come through for after my due date because of delays, and chances are, it'd be better by then.
(And it was, I could walk properly, without hip pain, for the first time in months, the day after she was born - or maybe the foof and boobie pain took my mind off my hips :rotfl:).

ticklepenny_2

I am so looking forwad to being able to walk and stand!!

Oh Btw Harry Potter trailers are here I didnt even know this film had been made till DID mentioned the trailers! Yay!

sparkle03

MrsTine wrote: »

Ooo postie just came - my referral to physio has come through... bear in mind the MW put my condition and pain levels as the highest there was on the form and that it was impairing my mobility significantly and restricting my sleep etc... it's been 2 weeks since she FAXED the form and my appointment is for?

May 1st!!!!! So a MONTH after I was referred! A MONTH! And 16 days before Roo is actually due... what's the point????
Any exercises they give me then won't have a chance to take effect surely? And any support bands or whatever they might order won't arrive until after she's born looking at their timescales... Utterly riddiculous!
Anyone else who has been referred to physio - how long was it for you to get your appointment???

And this is the health authority who have to save £46mil mainly through staff cuts and people are campaigning to get them to pay for their IVF treatment... Not to mention that people are being made redundant in the palative care unit (where they care for people with terminal cancer) because they don't have the funding for them...

*sigh* I should move 10 miles south or east and be in Bucks... Slightly better funding there....

Mrs Tine, I was due yesterday and still dont have mine. I was told this when I was reffered - that I probably wouldnt get an appointment before the baby was born and I havnt, this was the second time I saw my midwife! So I guess I would say you were lucky.

sparkle03

Its raining really hard here! I wanted to take joshua to the park later...Oh and I cannot wait to be able to walk my dogs properly again! What with stoopid spd it just so painful! I think my poor pooches are looking forward to it too.

newmoneysaver_2

aylesburygirl wrote: »

Morning,

I have been reading most of the posts but struggling to keep up- congrats to on all the new arrivals!! and OMG how quick do i seem to be moving up the list!!

Just wondered whether any of you suffer from eczema? the last few weeks mine has got really bad not sure if its baby related, bloody doc's are useless a- i changed doctors when I found out I was pregnant and they wont allow me to order any cream that I had on a repeat perscript- so have gotta go all weekend looking all red and horrid till I have docs on tuesday!!!!!

Also when did everyone start buying stuff just feel at the mo its too early ( am 22weeks) so far all I have is a set of bibs!!

AG x

AG, I suffer from eczema but haven't really noticed much of a difference. I tend to have problems with the change in temp - so when it goes from being cool to hot etc... Although I have been slapping on the coco butter Sorry, not much help am I?

candice56

Damzel_In_Distress wrote: »

I used rasberry tea leaf with my son...Drank it for weeks and weeks...I bought it fresh and weighed out from neals yards,and as lovely as it is--nothing changed ...Went to another shop bought it in tablet form...and went into labour after 2 days of taking it!!
Apparently if you get the highest strength tea leaf tablets-they can on set labour very very quickly.

Nothing ive read says that it starts labour just that it MAY help reduce the time of the second stage of labour - which Im all for, lol!!

Think because it can start a softening?? of the cervix its only advisable later on in pregnancy, you wouldnt want to have a floppy cervix too early :rotfl::rotfl:

candice56

YAY, Ive had my HIPG paid!!! shame a big morrisons shop came out at same time, doesnt look as good now!

aylesburygirl

NMS- i have been using all the normal creams, just feel a little self conscious with it (along with my lack of bump- just looking fat with red flakey skin-nice!!)hopefully doctor will give me some of my old cream next week which should sort it!

thanks to you lot have just added some pop tarts to tesco shop!!

skintchick

THe NHS tends to think that once you've had a scan, unless you are having the nuchal testing then there is no medical need for another, hence they can get funny about it, but I just didn;t tell them I'd had a private scan (even though I was having the nuchal) as I wanted to be sure they would give me the scan.

They just go on medical need, and techically, if you had an early one and are not having nuchal testing then there is no medical need for another until the anomaly scan.

BUt as you;re entitled to it anyway I don;t see why it should make any difference how many private scans you've had cos they don;t cost the NHs anything.

At my 20-week scan I told them about the private one by leaving the stuff in my notes, and they were quite interested as it was much more detailed in terms of measurements than the NHS seems to bother with.


bubba is very active today! I've been having awful vivid dreams (by awful I mean scary) and being kept awake and every time I was awake the baby was kicking, and it has been kicking all morning too!

Guess the growth spurt is over and now it's testing everything out!

Got loads of work to do today so will only pop on in breaks - just off to make a cuppa before getting back to it. Having a problem cos I don;t have Adode Professional so to copyedit the PDFs I've been sent I'm having to copy and paste it all into word then space it out correctly so they can see what I've done. It's yaking ages but at least only two of the 62 documents I'm doing are PDFs or I might have to ask for more time!

Don;t suppose anyone knows a free application you can use to edit PDFs (add comments)? does OpenOffice have one does anyone know?