Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! 2

ikkle87

that will be micrograms hun the standard shop bought ones all contain 400 micrograms which is adequate, I'm on 5 milligrams which is a lot more than that dose so I'm sure you will be fine. x

Kitten_Pie

it doesn't build up in your system so if you have too much your body will just flush it out and no harm done.

LadyMorticia

My midwife didn't even weigh me! She just asked what my pre-pregnancy weight was. I'm not sure if she felt that I might have felt uncomfortable with her doing it or that it might have affected me negatively.

anmarj

ikkle87 wrote: »

that will be micrograms hun the standard shop bought ones all contain 400 micrograms which is adequate, I'm on 5 milligrams which is 8 times that dose so I'm sure you will be fine. x

thanks, baby brain already!!!!!!;)

ikkle87

anmarj wrote: »

thanks, baby brain already!!!!!!;)

me too cos 8 x 400 isn't 5000 lol

skintchick

~This is interesting about folica acid. i asked my Gp to rescribe me the 5milligrams as I know it is often given to women with a history of recurrent miscarriage, but he refused Is it really true that too much of it isn;t harmful? If so I think I will self medicate. How do I work out how much to take?

And on Vitamin D, through my work with the Breastfeeding Network I know a bit about this, and all women need to take vit D while pregnant, and while breastfeeding, as we simply don;t get enough otherwise - turns out a study has found pretty much all of us are deficient even before we get pregnant, so it is important to take a supplement. So if you are only takiing folic acid on its own, get some vit D as well. Going out in the sun isn;t sufficient, especially if you are dark skinned.

As for me, I saw the MW today. I saw a different one to the one I spoke to on the phone, and she was lovely. I was fine till she asked me 'do you feel unsupported in this pregnancy?' and I burst into tears! I told her how I feel, that I think the NHs doesn;t care if my baby dies, that my OH is distancing himself to protect homself, and so I feel very alone. I told her my mental health history and that I fairly often think about suicide,and she was great, if taken aback.

She offered me consultant care but affter disucssing it we agreed it isn;t for me. So she has said I can go in regularly for appointment, even though apparently they are not supposed to grrrr that makes me so cross! And she is referring me to the Poppy Team, whci is a special MW team who deal with people with issues, like my depression and PND risk. She doesn;t know if they will take me on or not but if they do I will get loads of extra visits and support so it sounds ideal.

TBH if they say no I may talk up my mental health a bit. Ahem. Needs must, and all that.

So she did all the usual, crappy Bounty pack full of rubbish, blood tests, endless paperwork, and att least now I am in the system.

Next appointment in 12 days, so not too long to wait, It will just be for reassurance, but that is what I want and need. Couldn;t believe how much I fell apart, I was just sobbing. I think I usually manage to hold it together quite well.

Kitten_Pie

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/pregnancyandchildbirth/205001.html

skintchick not sure if this helps

skintchick

Kitten_Pie wrote: »

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ate/pregnancyandchildbirth/205001.html

skintchick not sure if this helps

Thank you. I think I'm probably a bit late but it's only been a week since I got my BFP so I want to try anything I can, so I'm going to get some folic acid from Boots and just take loads of tablets to get to the 5mg dose!

If it won;t do any harm then I am going to do it in case it just tips the balance in baby's favour. please God.

morocha

ohh skintchick, hugs ((((())))))

Rups32

morning all..

skintchick iam so sorry for the way you felt yesterday. hope you are ok today. lots of hugs from all of us. xxxx it was nice that the mw just listened to you. that just helps to start off with doesnt it? xxx

well last night i intended to go home and dye and wash my hair but in the end, no energy and just sat watching tv. i keep getting annoyed at DH as when he speaks to his mum, he reports back to her how badly i am eating and i could hear him when he took the phone upstairs. i got upset maybe becasue i am hormonal too. why does he have to tell her everything? i mean she is lovely and is not annoying, but i wont have a lecture on to try and eat veggies, when i cant bloody eat them can i? do they think i want to feed my baby rubbish all the time? it just makes me feel less sick when i eat more carbs and stuff. i got annoyed. she is obsessed with weight anyway and if she does say somehting again, i might have to say something in a nice way. am i being too sensitive here? DH just wants to eat soup as he wants to try and lose weight. losing weight is not a priority for me now, so as long as he knows he is eating soup, he is ok, and who cares what i eat right? well he wants to me to eat soup too and i just cant! :-( nasty...

sorry long rant there. in my rant i forgot that i got my scan date. its on the 22nd of June and so so far away.. i need help with not counting three weeks, it will drive me insane just waiting!!! help!!!:(