MSE Pregnancy Club 24

flutterby_lil

mozzyc wrote: »

Oh, and in my notes, it says baby is 3/5 engaged.

Don't want to upset you but my DS was 2/5 engaged from 36 weeks and never came early lol.

serendisglair

dizziblonde wrote: »

Because of my size none of the support belts in the shops quite fit me (they seem to go to about an 18 and I'm a 22/24).

As for where my cervix is - not sticking my fingers up there to find out - if I scratched it and made it bleed I'd totally freak out in terror!

No idea if this will help but google maternity support belt and plus size and I found

http://www.lafeenoire.com/hug-a-bump-maternity-support-band-for-spd--back-pain-1290-p.asp

so there might be some out there which would be suitable and worth a go....no idea as to how much those ones cost or if they are any good though.

edited to add - says they are £42 so they can hit you coming and going... :-(

Regarding the Fairy - they def had a big box in wilkos for a fiver but I don't know if it was non-bio or not.

mozzyc

flutterby_lil wrote: »

Don't want to upset you but my DS was 2/5 engaged from 36 weeks and never came early lol.

Haha, thanks. Not worried about early right now though, just on time would be good, ie. this Saturday

jediquigley

Hey

just wondering how likely it is i will be able to work until 2 weeks before baby is due (30th July) i work as a secretary which is a busy job but not physically strenuous.

just wondered what peoples thoughts were and experiences in previous pregnancies?

Laura

4nnabella

jediquigley wrote: »

Hey

just wondering how likely it is i will be able to work until 2 weeks before baby is due (30th July) i work as a secretary which is a busy job but not physically strenuous.

just wondered what peoples thoughts were and experiences in previous pregnancies?

Laura

Hi Laura,

It probably mostly depends on how your pregnancy is going and how well you are feeling. I worked up to three weeks before my due date (I also have a 'desk job', in a finance role, so fairly similar) and apart from getting quite tired by the end of each week, I felt fine. I did have a blip a few weeks previously as my blood pressure went up a bit so I had to take a week off and probably would have had to start my mat leave early if it hadn't settled down but it did, so I went back to work and finished as originally planned. If you're feeling well and everything is going well then there's no reason why you couldn't work up to two weeks before, if that's what you want to do!

2522laura

Really sorry to keep pestering you all but just got home and checked my notes for rhesus status and my blood results just say o positive, anti bodies: negative so does that mean I don't need to worry about anti d injections?

emsbet

2522laura wrote: »

Really sorry to keep pestering you all but just got home and checked my notes for rhesus status and my blood results just say o positive, anti bodies: negative so does that mean I don't need to worry about anti d injections?

I think the positive part means you are rhesus positive so don't need the injections.

How's the bleeding?

xx

Kira000

TMI....
Oh dear. I think i just burst my post labour grapes (IYSWIM). Ow. Really really really cannot emphasise enough, buy your anusol HC before you go into hospital so you can use it straight away.

On the brightside, it has taken my mind off the pain of my stitches.

Kira000

jediquigley wrote: »

Hey

just wondering how likely it is i will be able to work until 2 weeks before baby is due (30th July) i work as a secretary which is a busy job but not physically strenuous.

just wondered what peoples thoughts were and experiences in previous pregnancies?

Laura

Like 4nna said, it will depend on how you feel. I was v lucky, and officially started my M/l 2 days before bean was due- as christmas was off work anyway, and my bosses said i could work at home for the last 4 weeks. In hindsight with the pelvic girdle pain, i would not have physically been able to get to the office had they not agreed due to the 2 hour drive each way, so i would have had to start m/l earlier, but i was physically able to do the work so working up to xmas eve (6 days before due) was fine.
I was in the office till 36 weeks, and had no real problem, other than it taking blooming forever to get anywhere in our huge building, and being desperate for a wee by the time i got to work/home after the 2 hr drive.

ginvzt

dizziblonde wrote: »

Because of my size none of the support belts in the shops quite fit me (they seem to go to about an 18 and I'm a 22/24).

Dizzyblonde, since you are having pelvic pain, etc, ask your consultant or midwife for referral to physio. I got a 'tube' to wear to help with my pain, and wa told that once my bump gets bigger and if I feel i need a support belt to come and they will give me one, there was no talking about paying for it! I expect them to have different sizes as well. Also, I have been offered pilates class and gym ball class. I have been to each and now have the exercises to do at home to help with the hip pain. It is all about the strength of the core muscles and I think it might be helping a bit. It is also MSE if you get the support belt for free!

Now, on a related thing - does anyone know where I can get 55cm gym ball? I checked in Tesco yesterday, but they didn't have them. I think I looked online as well, but either no luck or too expensive.