MSE Pregnancy Club 17

karen1907

Think helen has had her LO as there are some congrats on her FB. Can't wait to hear the details. A friend of mine had their baby at 8.30 today so we both have 4th nov babies (although I sent a text to my friends saying Tegan was born 6th Nov - can I still claim pregnancy brain???) :rotfl:

I keep watching Tegan sleep and pick her up for cuddles because she is sooo cute. She is drowned in newborn size too so looks even smaller. DH is having a well earned kip (altho surely that should be me:rolleyes:)

Kindof - don't think MW ever weighed me - just asked at the first appointment on a form

I had painless BH they say that BH's are painless and if they are hurting they are contractions. i only started noticing mine really last week.

Sarah_Joanne

Glamazon wrote: »

Think most of us will be going on the 16th - hoe you can come! :j

Aww that's a Monday isn't it?! I've already booked a week off work starting on the 19th so that might be hard for me to do. I will see what I can do though as I'd love to come. Maybe I will have some kind of pregnancy related appointment that will take all day and stop me going in to work I know I'm naughty

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

As far as i am aware BMI being over is not a prob when your preg - as long as its not by a massive amount. I wouldn't worry too much - your supposed to gain quite a bit when pg

charliedavis

kindofagilr wrote: »

I havent been weighed by MW since my 8 week appointment, should I have been?

Just I know my BMI is going to be over now

Apparently they don't weigh anymore is what I was told?

aless02

kindof - I think they did away with regular weighings ages ago. I didn't even get weighed on my 1st appt - the GP just asked if I knew my weight and I gave it to her (subtracting a tiny bit :whistle:). Never been mentioned since!

karen - awww how cute you keep picking her up! I can totally see me & DH being just like this . Thanks for spying on Helen, hope she & LO are doing well!

Evansangel

aless02 wrote: »

kindof - I think they did away with regular weighings ages ago. I didn't even get weighed on my 1st appt - the GP just asked if I knew my weight and I gave it to her (subtracting a tiny bit :whistle:). Never been mentioned since!

Haha good one! I hate being weighed, i judge whether im putting on weight by my clothes not fitting lol.

I didn't know my weight at my booking in, so they weighed me at my 12 wk scan and used that. Which isn't fair as i had put on weight since being pregnant :rolleyes:

kindofagilr

Yeah I work for deparment for work and pensions and ive had to terminate calls, I had this old man once he was 80 or so f-ing and blinding at me, shouting things like sluts and !!!!!es, and I said if you do not stop that language I will terminate the call and he didnt stop so I hung up lol

I have gained quite a lot of weight between 1.5 stone and 2 stone

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

Yeah - i loved that too, we were allowed to say that if they swore at us. It was horrible sometimes as they'd get palmed off on us from some other dept who couldn't be bothered to help them so they were rightfully angry. I used to sell the insurance though, but we were inbound - i could never do outbound. They put us on outbound trial once and i must of ticked 99% of the numbers being no answer when they weren't, i just didn't like phoning into peoples homes when they clearly don't want you too. I was promptly put back on inbound which was my plan all along I also remember one particular lady that whilst doing her quote we had about a 45min natter and she thanked me in the end and said it was lovely to 'have a chat' with someone for once as she spent most of her time alone. I was so touched, i though awww bless her, poor lady! She was lovely though. I got a bit of a nagging for that call but my TL liked me and said i reminded him of himself and liked the fact i befriended my customers, it meant more sales too but that wasn't my intention, i was just a chatterbox.

I loved the job in a lot of ways, best people i ever worked with - but we all got made redundant by Aviva and the jobs went to India - Major :mad: - Even worse i got the news while on ML, just 2 days before DD was born so i had no job to go back to F'in hate that company now, lol!

Yeah it'd be nice to have more scans i suppose. It's just my weight has always been my gripe. People say i look perfectly in proportion - never too skinny whenever i say i am trying to put on weight but whenever i am weighed i always get these stupid refferals and investigation as if i am anorexic or something. It happens with every new doctor and then they realise i am perfectly fine, just tiny! It really gets me upset - especially as when i was reffered to a nutritionist they advised i fried everything:eek: and ate much more full fat ceam cakes and things....i was so angry, i certainly do not want to be unhealthy - too much fried stuff and crap makes me feel sluggish and bring me out in spots as you'd expect, i eat three normal meals and snack too so clearly my appetite is not a prob. I had never received such stupid advice in my life - i was so upset! One doctor also tried to refer me to a psychiatrist incase i had mental health issues that meant i wouldn't eat

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle

She asked me too - maybe i should have added a bit instead of telling the truth

JoleneM

my_gorgeous_ellie-belle wrote: »

JoleneM - when did they book you in for a section, how far PG? Did you have to see a consultant at the hosp? - just asking as i'll need one and had no advice as yet and being the forgettful madam that i am forgot to ask at my booking in apt. Many thanks in advance. x

Hello, I am under consultant care at the hospital for my pregnancy, had a appointment on monday and was booked in then for my c-section. I have had major surgery on my abdomen a few times over the years and full of scars. I had to see a different surgeon first about my other health problems for advice on what sort of birth I should go for and was told a c-section would be much better for me.

But I am now concerned that I won't be seeing the consultant until march now, should I also be seeing a midwife for check-uos in between? I haven't really had much advice during the pregnancy so far. I saw a midwife when I was about 5 wks for booking in and thats it.

Oh I am 17 weeks pregnant tomorrow. We are soo excited, :jwe have waited 7 years for this to happen, we moved up here (scotland) in June and got pregnant almost straight away! Massive shock to us as we thought it would never happen!

Jolene