The MSE Pregnancy Club

*Louise*

Oh, and thought I'd mention....I have my first scan on Tuesday

Can't wait.:D

I'm 15+2, so it's a bit late for a first scan, but they must have been booked up over Christmas.:rolleyes:

tequilla_slammer2002

Please could i join your club?

I'm 22 and pregnant with my first and I'm very Scared...

Fritha wrote:

Actually being sick apparantly is very rare, that it's more common to just feel sick so you're unluky if you throw up!

I'm 21 weeks pregnant and i still haven't stopped physically (sp?) being sick. The smell or look of most things makes me sick. I'm not due to see the midwife/doctor till im 25 weeks. Is this normal? Although i'm not being sick everyday any more it is still beeing sick at least twice a week.

Becles

You don't get seen as much these days unless there are complications.

With the community midwife I was seen at 9 weeks (should have been 8 but she was busy!) for a booking in visit, then at 19 weeks yesterday (should have been 18 but it was Christmas last week!). I'm booked in again at 24 weeks, then 28 weeks, and will take it from there after that. Midwife said she normally likes to see people at 32 weeks, then 34 weeks, 36 weeks, then weekly till birth. Each person is different though, and two emergency slots are kept back in each clinic so I can see her in between times if I need to.

I also got an appointment at 14 weeks at the hospital, as I had a stomach operation a few years back, so I need consultant permission for a home birth. However, in normal cirumstances, I wouldn't have got that appointment and been under midwife only care all the way through.

Sickness can be bad in some people. If Gingham Ribbon is reading, she could post a whole novel on sickness! When you do eat and keep food down, all the nutrients go to baby first and you get the left overs. So even though you might look and feel awful, baby is probably thriving!

Is there anything else you are scared about? Post your worries here, and I'm sure we can put your mind at rest.

SusanCarter

We were given a photo from my early scan. I didn't know till later that you are supposed to have a full bladder and I'm sure I can't have had anything in mine as I'd just been admitted to hospital because of sickness and was very dehydrated but they still managed to get a good view. However a friend of mine who's just had her third told me that her uterus is tilted the opposite way to normal which means it's harder for them to see if she has a full bladder and she gets asked to "half" empty her bladder.

tequilla_slammer2002: I was still being sick roughly 2 or 3 times a week up to 20 weeks. As long as you are able to keep food/drink down most of the time then they don't seem to be too concerned. The midwife told me at 18 weeks that if they found ketones in my urine they would give me some medication (had 3 different types which didn't work prior to hospital admission at 7 weeks). If you are only being sick a couple of times a week, that is unlikely to happen as you get ketones when you are able to eat so little that your bady starts using up your fat stores. From what I can tell most people aren't physically sick anywhere near as much but it's common enought that everyone seems to know someone who's been that bad.

Question for people who've already given birth before: One of the booklets the midwife gave me said that if you massage olive oil into your perineum for a few weeks before giving birth then it reduces the risk of tearing/episiotomy. Has anybody tried it and does it work?

tequilla_slammer2002

Thanks Becles and Susan. That helps loads. Is it normal to be tired all the time no matter how much sleep you get? Everybody says that you are ment to have loads of energy ect in your 2nd trimester but all i seem to do is sleep! We saw 'peanut' on the 29th dec and they said everything is fine. They said baby must have just eaten, dispite the fact i had just been sick so i'm guessing that that must have been a good sign!?

tequilla_slammer2002

Just adding myself to the EDD list.. I hope you don't mind


EDD

Jude123 - 27th December, boy or girl???
funky- 01 January 2007 - ???
Loobyloose - 3rd january 2007 - boy!
Peanutpie05 - 5th Jan 2007 (which prob means dd will arrive 19th Jan)
Strontium - 5th Jan 2007 - our first daughter!
Madam Broke - 11th Jan 2007
Andrea - 13 Jan 2007
Lucyeff - 14 Jan 2007 (daughter number two, yippee!!!!!!!!)
Bev Lewis - 20 Jan 2007 (3rd baby, 1st for husband, it's a boy!)
Immoral_angeluk - 22nd Jan 2007 (2nd baby girl!)
samarnesen-23 jan 2007 girl (no7)
Jibbajabbas - 30 jan 2007
Erinath - 31 Jan 2007
Lucycat - 2 Feb 2007 - BOY! :O)
Hampshirebabe - 5th feb 2007
Leilasmum - 8th Feb 2007, later than ithought, doh...Another GIRL!!!
Teerah - 11 Feb 2007
sleepyclaire - 13 Feb 2007
Murphy The Cat - Valentines Day (aaaahhhhh)
Loopy Lobes - 15th February
logiebear - 15th February
Musey - 19th February 2007
Gingham Ribbon 20th february
moo842 - 24 Feb 2007 - 10 march 2007 (theres always one)!
moohound - 27th Feb 2007
Davina_M - 27th Feb 2007 (Snap Moohound! but will be earlier cos of medical complication)
Charlotte664 - 1st March 2007 - date changed at scan, I'm a week further on than originally thought!
Victoria1972 - 2 March 2007
Broomey - 2 March 2007
Mrs_Monkey_Boy - 7 March 2007
Halfangelhalftart - 8th March 2007
Cathys1 - 14/03/2007
Suey64 – 15 March 2007
mrsbez - 16 March 2007
mummyto4and1onway(sharon)- 19th March 2007(I have a 5,4,3,1 yr old already)
Rebekah - 22nd March - moved forward!
Mrs asandwhen - 28th March 07 - date changed to 28th march after dating scan.
worto03 - 3rd April 2007
Bargain Babe-a-Licious! - 3rd April 2007
austmanic - 7th April 2007
Persontypething- 11th April 2007
Money_Maker_Shaker - 16th April 2007 BOY!
LillieFlower - 20th April 2007
babitee - 20th April 2007
Anya - 21st April 2007
debtfreehopeful - 21st April 2007
SusanCarter - 27th April 2007
India - 29th April 2007
Flea72 - 30th April 2007
sampainter - 3 May 2007
Bronzesurfer - 08 May 2007
Snaggles - 12th May 2007
Bump – 13 May 2007
dm72 - 14th May 2007
tequilla_slammer2002 - 14th May 2007
abijanzo - 20th May 2007
mrsrsp - 28th May 2007
George's Mum - 29th May 2007 (according to the scan anyway!)
Becles - 31 May 2007
Cheapskate - 5 June 2007
Sophiedb – 8 June 2007
Elliot's mum - 16th June 2007 (No 1 is now 3 and No 2 is now 1- are we mad??!)
Katyag - 17th June (2 days after my bday, and the day after our wedding anni!)
famood - 21 June 2007
Chubacheroo - 23rd June 2007
Twirlypen - 25 June 2007 (due to change i think)
noodlebutty, (Tricia) - 27th June 2007
Raybells - 28 June 2007
Lotta Littlies - 29 June 2007
*Louise* - 1st July (Due date may change after scan)
Lisamiddle - 2nd July 2007
Sam0mule - 5th July 2007
Valentine x - 14 July 2007
mercurystar999 - 24th July 2007
Eels100 - 30th July 2007
Terminally Short Of Cash - 31st July 2007
Kimmy310 - 1 August 2007
Welshlassie - 2 August 2007
Simone2697 - 2 August 2007 (subject to change - scan 11/01/07)
LoopyLouLou - 8 August 2007
Punky - 11 August 2007 (2 days after DS 4th bday)
Caleo - 12 August
Libert23 - 16 August 2007
Claire Jones - 21 August 2007 (by my Mum's calculations, will check with doctor in next few days!)
catalepticdru - 17 August 2007 using Naegele's formula. Though it'll be guaranteed I'll give birth on any day but this one!!
lou031205 - 8th September 2007

TTC LIST

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Dougggie
Cookiesncream
suzukibabe
witchyroo
sjm


BIRTH LIST

Winnie81 - Evie Grace - 28 July
Essexhoney - Rubie - 1 August
bella121984- 15/8/2006- BOY!
Andycarmi 30th August - Girl
sooz - 13th August - boy
oueyouey - 27th September Libby Rose
Sazere - 17th October 2006 Elise (plus DS5, DS4, DD3 all 4 by CS)
cha97michelle - 18th October - Boy
purplepatch - 30th October - Girl
brummiebabe - 3rd November - Grace
Jane - 6th November - Susannah
Dondo's Other Half- 7th November- Neive
rchddap1 - 14th November - Lily Marie
Downsizing - 14th Nov - Beth 8lb 12.5
Bailey - 17th November - Jack William 7lb 1 oz at 37+1
2Princess Mum - Boy 7lb 13oz at 39+2 1hr 49min labour, gave birth in bath at home (unplanned but Bliss!!)
Ziggy2004(Anne)-30th November Boy Ruben 9lbs 7 12:55
benmollymoo (Jane) - 1st December -Boy 7lbs 12 oz, Home VBAC at 39+6 (but only by 25 minutes!) Still no name!
Phatmouse - Baby Daisy, Born 09/12/06, 9.46am, 7lbs 10oz.
Modgit - Joel Benjamin, born 12/12/06 2.03 pm, 9lb 8oz 8 days late, but worth it!
maow425 - Boy! 13/12-06 0259, 8lbs 13 oz Name: Viking
allroundgoodguy 15th Dec -Boy 6lbs 8oz 10.09am. Not born Xmas Day in the end! Names, are a bit of a problem!
Hennypenny - 19th December Girl No 2, child no3 - Kira, born 19-12-06, 8lb 15.5oz, 9 days early. Middle name giving us a bit of a problem, but sure it will come to us eventually - really like Holly, but surname is Woods so would be a bit unfair!
J's_Other_Half - William Robert 7lb 5oz C Section (labour never started, never mind progressed!) 21st December.
Lu T - Imogen Beth, born after 5 days of contractions at 23.15 on 26 Dec 06 by c-section, 8lb 10oz

PROBABLY GIVEN BIRTH BUT TOO WORN OUT TO LOG ON LIST

Tazandtommy - 21 October 2006 - BOY!
bex06 - 6th November 2006
RozeePozee - 7th November 2006 - BOY
Beks - 10th November - Girl!
aimo - due 6 December 2006
JULIE-20th December-BOY!
Lyndsey - 22nd December

Becles

tequilla_slammer2002 wrote:

Is it normal to be tired all the time no matter how much sleep you get? Everybody says that you are ment to have loads of energy ect in your 2nd trimester but all i seem to do is sleep!

Yes it's perfectly normal to be tired all the time - I am! Most nights I'm up a couple of times for a wee too, so I rarely get a full nights undisturbed sleep. Guess it's all practise for when baby arrives!

Are you working? I work from home, and I find a decent rest mid-afternoon helps. I don't sleep, but just put my feet up on the sofa and read or watch junk TV for an hour. It charges my batteries up before my other two come in from school at 3.30! It'll be harder to rest though if you are still in a full time job.

I wasn't working when I was pregnant with my first baby, and I had bags of energy. With the second I was working part time, and looking after a toddler at home, so I was tired all the way through. I guess it just depends on what else you have going on in your life.

tequilla_slammer2002

No I'm not working but i still dont have bags of energy. Thank you so much for putting my mind a ease.

Can You please also explain to me what it means when baby is back to back whilst in labour. i have read the book my midwife gave me and i have asked some other people i know who have had kids but they all look at me as if im an alien.

I have read through the Pregnancys best kept seacrets thread and that answered lots of questions that i had but the thing that scares me ore than anything is the giving birth part, there are so many things that can go wrong or is that just me thinking to much?

thanks for all your help and sorry for asking so many questions

Becles

tequilla_slammer2002 wrote:

Can You please also explain to me what it means when baby is back to back whilst in labour.

Normally the back of the baby's head is cradled in your pelvis, and the spine runs up the outside edge of your bump, with baby's bottom just below your ribs.

If baby is back to back, they are the opposite way round, so baby's head can press on the bottom of your spine, and baby's spine follows the curve of your spine. My eldest was like that right up until a week before he was born, when he turned the right way round!

It's not a huge problem, but it can make labour a little more uncomfortable and you can suffer from problems like sciatica which is pains in your hips and thighs caused by baby's head pressing on the base of your spine.

that i had but the thing that scares me ore than anything is the giving birth part, there are so many things that can go wrong or is that just me thinking to much?

That is normal too! I'm having my third and I still have odd scared "what if" moments Do keep reading up, so you are prepared if something does go wrong, and you understand what is happening. I think it keeps your calmer in labour if you know what is happening to your body, and you are better equipped to deal with it. Chances are though everything will go fine, and as soon as baby arrives, you'll wonder what on earth you were so worried about!

Are you having the baby in hospital? If it puts your mind at rest, your midwife will be able to arrange visits to the delivery suite and labour wards. If you see it with your own eyes and imagine yourself being there, you might feel more comfortable about it?

Punky

Morning!

Thanks for the ginger biscuit tip Lu T will be sending DH out to buy some ASAP

Emma I take feeling sick as a very good sign. This is my third pregnancy. I was sick with my first (DS aged 3) but felt great throughout my second and never really felt 'confident' that everything was ok. Had a 12 week scan and everything was fine (my mum was with me and said I looked so relieved) then lost the baby two weeks later - somehow I just knew something wasn't right. It was a dreadful experience but I have accepted that nature did it for a reason and am extremely grateful for DS and to be pregnant again - even if I do feel very crap :rolleyes:. Like you I'm really scared and probably won't relax until I get passed 14 weeks but there are some wonderfully supportive people here and some really good advice. I wish you all the best.

It's all very exciting to share in your pregnancies - I feel quite privileged - especially (MSE) Andrea ! Congrats to you all.