Pregnancy's Best Kept Secrets

Janepig

Becles wrote:

Murtle - I had the anti D injection as I have rhesus negative blood. This is given to all rhesus negative mothers shortly after birth. It's also common to have one if you have a late miscarriage or still birth.

PS: If you're lucky enough to have a baby who is also Rh neg then you don't have the one after birth.

Jxx

V.Lucky

Ensure that if you are induced a female nurse with very slim fingers does it, not the Consultant who had fingers that were at least 3 inches wide *ouch*.

As others have said - epidurals don't always work. I ended up having half a leg numb - not good for giving birth pain free!

A catheter hurts a lot when it's put in, but you don't feel it at all when it's taken out.

krisskross

I am a bit squeamish so removed my glasses ( I am blind as a bat) at the beginning of labour and only put them back on when I was assured the baby was clean and all mess including placenta had been removed.

I still have the piles as a souvenir 40 odd years on though.

pfpf

eeeeeek, im a guy and thought i'd have a wonder around in here...after reading the 1st 6 or 7 posts i've vomited twice and thanked God for a willie

ooobedoo

Not so much now, but when I was teaching my son manners, when I paid for something in a shop, if the assistant didn't say please when asking for the money, I would say 'whats the magic word?'. I would also say 'TA' in a very loud voice....oh the shame when I think back

Jay-Jay_4

emilyt wrote:

When she had my sister she produced so much milk that the midwives expressed her milk and sent it to the premature baby ward. So not only did she feed my sister but all the prem babies too. Wonder if they would still do that today.

Yes, you can donate your breastmilk to SCBUs by registering with the United Kingdom Association for Milk Banking. You have a blood test and then donate any surplus milk to your nearest registered milk bank, usually based in a hospital. The milk is pasteurised and then used to feed sick premature babies.

ooobedoo

CRUSTY NIPPLES that is all I want to say about being 23 weeks pregnant......it's horrible........am I the only woman to suffer???

hurricanewyn

Nope - my mipples would go like that overnight. Some mornings they would be stuck to my bra!!

ooobedoo

But I don't understand, my boobs aren't any bigger....it's weird. My nipples are like flying saucers, totally massive.

Coupon-mad

I read the first few pages of this thread and have already put in my 2p-worth (piles!).

But has anyone mentioned the sudden and irreversible emotional-ness (is there such a word?).

Since having my first child 13 years ago, I cannot watch any sad news item about a child without welling up (couldn't even watch that poor nervous 16yr old boy on X-Factor yesterday without mumsy feelings of 'aw...bless him' bubbling up).

Watching ANY nativity play, dance show etc (even if my kids aren't in it) makes me cry now....and I never used to be like this!!