Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! 2

dippydooda

bodge76 wrote: »

Is that stat accurate? My wife is worrying that she hasn't had any sickness at all, I've been trying to reassure that it's OK and she should be thankful.

Not that one of the commentators on the radio helped, claiming that the more sick you are, the better the pregnancy is progressing :mad: Cue more worries!

Sorry to hear you're all suffering btw!

Bodge, I have had no sickness at all! I'm 11 weeks now and it's been worrying me but everyone says I should just be grateful! My friend who has just had her 20 wk scan also escaped the sickness.

IHateDida

dippydooda wrote: »

Bodge, I have had no sickness at all! I'm 11 weeks now and it's been worrying me but everyone says I should just be grateful! My friend who has just had her 20 wk scan also escaped the sickness.

No sickness for me either - although I have had nausea and felt sick. But not one ounce of vomit (!) has been thrown up - and I am now 13+2 (and feeling like a fraud being still here - but you guys are like my comfort blanket! ).

Gillyx

I have a 10 month old and I had no nausea, no sickness nothing at all. So it's not a bad sign at all, you're just very lucky :j I wasn't sick once for the whole 38 weeks.

Fatman

Hi all,

Just popped in for an update and a bit of a moan!

My OH has been being sick a lot. We've tried all the possible remedies, ginger, crackers, wrist bands but nothing seems to help so i guess we will just have to wait it out!

I've been trying to help where possible due to her feeling sick and v tired. Dont mind doing this at all, but get a bit frustrated when she tells me Ive done it wrong!

I'll let her off with the moaning though, considering she is turning food into a baby!

Booking appt on Monday

lovecake

Poor OH, I really sypmathise. I cannot even describe how awful it makes you feel! Nothing has helped with me either - I thought the bands were helping a bit, but then I was sick with them on the other day so they can't be helping that much so I'm just waiting it out too.

It is great that you are being supportive and picking up the slack. My OH is having to do the same as well. I usually do all the washing, the shopping and the cooking. He has had to do the majority of the washing and the shopping, but I have still managed to do most of the cooking. I can imagine it would be frustrating trying to help and then getting told you haven't done it right, but just let her away with for now. She has to wait out the symptoms so you will just have to wait out the mood swings Lol!

The only thing I can suggest is to pre-empt the fact that you might do it wrong and she might snap at you, by checking before you start. E.g. my OH usually says something like 'I am just about to do a load of washing can your jumper go in at 40 degrees?' or 'What temperature should I put the towels on at' or 'I'm just about to make the pasta - shall I put chilli in it or will it be too spicy?' etc. That way you both should be happy

As I said though, it is great that you are being supportive - keep it up and she will be so pleased that you are. I tell my OH all the time how much I appreciate what he is doing around the house.

Fatman

Thanks lovecake!

I think ill try your tips - yesterday I cleaned the kitchen and got her to check it when I was done!
(aparently Id missed some bits, but im sure she would have said that regardless!)

lovecake

Hehe! That is a bit cheeky to say you missed some bits, but it is our perogative to totally blame it on the hormones

chonorla

Sparkles87 - just popped in to say I feel for you with the sickness and to say my DH struggled when we had our first child together.

I have had hyperemesis with 3 out of my 4 pregnancies and am still on medication at 23 weeks. My DH has got 2 grown up children from a previous marriage and when I met him I had my eldest DS. Obviously he had not been around for that pregnancy but I had spent the best part of 40 weeks in hospital on a drip (lost 3 stone), and even though I had told him, I don't think anything prepared him for the pregnancy with our DD . By 7 weeks I was in hospital, after leaving I was still sick everyday at least 10 times until the day I had her. Needless to say, he was horrified and when I said I wanted another baby he point blank said no. He just said he felt so guilty and as though he had MADE me feel like that. Well, to be fair he had - but I never blamed him!! :rotfl:

Third pregnancy was a dream (I talked him round!) - not even a whiff of nausea once. I could see the relief in his face every day when I was not sick and just appeared to be "normal"!! But that led to me worrying all the time that something was wrong!!!

Roll on number 4 (was lulled into a false sense of security with baby number 3 ) I started being sick a week before my period was due, was being sick 24 hours day by 5 weeks and was in hospital by 6 weeks. This time round he has handled it better - but that maybe because he has had to get on with it having 3 other children to look after!!! But he still apologises daily for making me feel like this The medication has worked wonders this time ( never worked with baby 1 and 2) and I am now down to one tablet a day. I am still sick 5-6 times a day and always feel sick but it is manageable.

I can imagine your OH is feeling the same guilt as mine did, so talk to him. I just kept reassuring DH that, at the end of the day, although it is awful at the time - it does have an end to it - baby :T And I am pretty sure he will not hold anything against baby when they arrive. My DH is a fantastic dad and has been from day 1.

xxxxxxxxxx

lovecake

Finally!!!!!! Got my appointment letter just over a month after going to GP! And now I have the most inconvenient appointments that are going to interfere with me going up north to see my family at Christmas - MW booking appointment on the 24th Dec and scan on 27th. How rubbish is that? Can't believe I've been moaning and moaning about getting my appointments and then I get the most awkward dates ever! Grrrrr! Also seen as my scan is on the 27th (I'll be 13+1) I will need to go and get a private one anyway as we wanted to tell family and friends on Christmas Eve. So frustrating!

Toooldforthis

pippa80 wrote: »

How many weeks are you now TOFT?

Big hugs :grouphug:

Thank you I am 9 +1 .. Have midwife appointment next Thursday hope she will send me for a scan ASAP