MSE Pregnancy Club 21

SVsandy

Pigpen, how cute! And look at him with that bear....aw I want my baby now!

koalamummy

:j

pigpen wrote: »

It can be a sign of high BP.. best to be safe.. go get a speedy check.. if you nip to the GP surgery the nurse can do it and will sneak you in to the GP if needs be..

Thanks Pigpen I just checked it myself and although it is high for me it is still totally within the normal healthy range.

smileyface26

bella2121 wrote: »

I had this problem early on i didnt go for nearly 5 weeks and believe me it was agony!!!!! i tried lactulose, tablets and in the end enemas, the enemas where the only thing that worked, it was such a relief it got the point where I could hardly walk and was sobbing on the phone to the doctors receptionist

thankfully this is no longer a problem

OMG!! :eek:

LabLover

Aw PP-how cute. Im hoping ( if my health insurance pays out after the birth) to get professional photos done of baby and chocco lab.Anyhoo home time for me... prawn curry mmmm
xx

Perdi

SVsandy just to quickly say Movicol wasn't recommended to me during pg as I had it for my IBS when travelling pre-pg. Fybogel is perfectly safe and more gentle than Movicol. You can get it over the counter (get the orange one!) but make sure you have lots of water - all those sorts of powders work by taking in moisture so you have to make sure you're taking enough on board or you'll make things worse. It can also take a couple of days to get things moving again.

If you're eating lots of fruit and veg already then gentle exercise or pottering around the house and bouncing on a ball all help to kick start things for me.

bella2121

smileyface26 wrote: »

OMG!! :eek:

I know! it what awful when I did eventually go it was like giving birth :eek::rotfl:

SDH

I had bad consitpation when i hit the 3rd Tri. Have solved it with daily branflakes, apples, wholemeal bread & no junk food ......... seriously if sniff a packet of sweets, it returns with a vengence :-(

Have also become an addict of the spinningbabies website as am now 35+1 and bubs is still breech!!!

Perdi

bella2121 wrote: »

I know! it what awful when I did eventually go it was like giving birth :eek::rotfl:

I've been hideously pain the last couple of weeks can't imagine 5 - I said to OH if labour is worse than this then forget my birth plan give me every drug going!

Winnie_in_Pooh

Hi girlies!

Sorry I've been AWOL for a few days, have been trying to keep up on my phone (and giggling away at the topics of conversation :rotfl:) but we've had our 20 week scan today and we're Team Blue!!!We're all absolutely over the moon, especially DS who will make a fantastic big brother !

I'm another advocate of bran flakes and fresh OJ for constipation although I do have lactulose in case it gets too bad, I remember you struggling earlier on Bella and feeling so bad for you!

Love all the interesting jobs everyone has! I was a legal executive until the recession hit but more recently have been working in the local chippy - definitely not planning on going back after maternity leave, and will probably never eat fish and chips again :eek:! Using my extended sick leave before maternity to work out what I'm going to do afterwards because I'm another one that unfortunately has to work, unless we score a lottery win in the meantime

sparkle76

Koala hope the headaches go away, I sometimes get them and take Paramol (I think, it's a blue pack anyway), then followed by a shower and bed/dark room work for me. All that extra blood pumping around causes congestion in parts of the brain and then come the headaches... as if being PG isn't bad enough!

Anderson I was in tears too, that's lovely, I don't have any stretch marks but almost want some now and if I do get them I will print that too!

Wow SDH you are getting close now, not sure what that website is but will check it out.

Got a free Winnie the Pooh mobile today off Freecycle, it projects onto thei ceiling and also plays a tune, so happy! Our cat finds it veeeeeeery untrustworthy and suspicious, God knows what he'll think of Sweetpea:rotfl: