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MSE Pregnancy Club 18

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  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    MYLITTLESISTERLOLA wrote: »
    Feeling really down today
    Just got a call from the nurse re blood retest
    my iron levels were 10.3, 4 weeks ago, I had been given iron tablets but the side effects were horrible ( I was also taking lactulose but it just made me crampy & windy and I went 3/4 days between motions )
    so I've been taking two sachets of spatone a day, told the nurse all this today and she got the doc to ring me, they were prefer I went back on the iron as my levels have only risen to 10.7 but I started crying saying I couldn't go through that for the next 6-8 weeks so we have agreed on a double dose of spatone for now.

    Can't explain why this is getting me so down

    I'm also having trouble taking my raspberry leaf tablets - they are huge and make me gag !!

    Get this baby out of me !!! I just want a normal body, with normal bodily functions - What I would give to do a normal Poo !!!:o

    Mine is usually lower than that when I'm not pregnant!! I have no idea what it is now but it was about 9 5 weeks ago.

    I want my body back too.. and to feel human and to sleep.. OMGosh... to SLEEP on a night instead of toss and turn and wake up every time I move because my pelvis and hips hurt.. and to be able to bend.. I WANT TO BEND!!!!!!!! and to not be so hot I am incapable of anything..

    lactulose landed me in hospital.. you are doing better than I did!!
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
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  • Dear_Prudence
    Dear_Prudence Posts: 199 Forumite
    smartie12 wrote: »

    I was looking at the price of Arnica earlier... anyone found it cheapish anywhere???

    Hi,
    How weird cos I bought some today. I got some from Boots, 30C, it's not cheap at £5.09 (for 84 pills) but they are doing 3 for 2 on all vitamins and herbal products, so I got lavender oil and tea tree oil at the same time. They also have clary sage, jasmine etc. etc. so depends how much cheaper you can find it elsewhere if you were planning on getting other stuff.
    HTH
    x
  • Dear_Prudence
    Dear_Prudence Posts: 199 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »

    I want my body back too.. and to feel human and to sleep.. OMGosh... to SLEEP on a night instead of toss and turn and wake up every time I move because my pelvis and hips hurt.. and to be able to bend.. I WANT TO BEND!!!!!!!! and to not be so hot I am incapable of anything..

    ME TOO... how have you done this so many times?!?!
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    Dear_Prudence wrote: »
    ME TOO... how have you done this so many times?!?!

    mostly by accident lol.. I was told I couldn't have any more children so didn't bother with precaution.. the hospital were, just for a change, very very wrong!

    honest, once the baby is out you love them so much you would go through it all a hundred times because they are so wonderful.
    LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14
    Hope to be debt free until the day I die
    Mortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)
    6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)
    08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)
  • Dear_Prudence
    Dear_Prudence Posts: 199 Forumite
    pigpen wrote: »
    mostly by accident lol.. I was told I couldn't have any more children so didn't bother with precaution.. the hospital were, just for a change, very very wrong!

    honest, once the baby is out you love them so much you would go through it all a hundred times because they are so wonderful.

    haha seems to be mostly your experience with hospitals... I am sure :) Just can't wait for this one to come out. I am 36+4 and getting pretty uncomfy now!

    by the way just to warn you all, if any of you have the Boots voucher that is to save £5 if you spend £20 on baby stuff, you CAN'T use it on baby clothes!! as i found out today at the checkout. not impressed!
  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
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    Dear_Prudence wrote: »

    by the way just to warn you all, if any of you have the Boots voucher that is to save £5 if you spend £20 on baby stuff, you CAN'T use it on baby clothes!! as i found out today at the checkout. not impressed!
    yes i found that out a few weeks ago and was really mad as I had a mix of stuff that I'd picked up to use it, plus a little cardi for £4 in the sale.

    I am going to lay down on the sofa for a bit before we watch a film.
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • slm6002
    slm6002 Posts: 4,461 Forumite
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    20 wk scan tomorrow - i am so excited to find out sex (it better behave) but a little scared. I have this idea that because i have had 2 very healthy children something is bound to go wrong with this one. Silly i know but dont like to push my luck if that makes sense.

    Memory boxes - i have only just caught up on todays postings! - i have newspapers from the mornings that each of mine were born. I have put all their hospital bits in there as well (name tags / well done letters etc), their coming home outfits and their 1st pair of real shoes. Also got cards from birth, 1st christmas and 1st birthday. Not sure if there is anything else in there. i was bought a book but never got time to fill it in. Like someone said i have many many pics of 1st child all set out nicely and a lot less of 2nd. Once 2nd one comes along it gets so busy, cant imagine how i will cope with the 3rd but i am sure i will.

    Good labour vibes to all that need it - sammy not been here for a while, hope things have got going
    Me, DD1 20, DS 18, DD2 14, Debt Free 04/18, Single Mum since 11/19
  • delain
    delain Posts: 7,700 Forumite
    I have been a hormonal nightmare today! I ordered some bedding from tesco to collect from store and haven't managed to get there yet, OH was meant to take me earlier but didn't bother (which was obviously all my fault, though he cba and making excuses) I was going to go on the bus tonight, but it would have taken two hours so I didn't bother :(

    Also I slept for three hours today :o and I could still sleep again.
    Mum of several with a twisted sense of humour and a laundry obsession :o:o
  • xmaslolly76
    xmaslolly76 Posts: 3,974 Forumite
    Ive got memory boxes for the kids too with their wrist bands, cards, first vests and although it sounds vile i even kept their cords (sorry) :-) x
    :jFriends are like fabric you can never have enough:j
  • MYLITTLESISTERLOLA
    MYLITTLESISTERLOLA Posts: 866 Forumite
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    Ah Pigpen, being able to bend, those were the days !! It's so funny all the silly things you miss

    - being able to get up out of a chair without sounding like a 90 year old
    - I also remember the days when my bladder was bigger than a egg cup
    - Having hair that behaved ( mine's taken on a mind of it's own )
    - Turning over in your sleep without waking up
    - Having a brain bigger than a peanut
    - getting into a nice comfie bed without my foot developing an urge to dance
    - When my shoes fitted me
    - seeing my feet/foof ( god only knows what it looks like these days ) etc etc
    - being able to eat after 5 pm without having reflux
    - being able to eat a decent sized meal all in one go
    - being able to take a deep breath


    the list goes on and on.......
    Busy mum of 3, so if my posts don't make sense or ask a silly question be patient:rotfl:
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