MSE Pregnancy Club 25

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NoAngel wrote: »

Congratulations mrsj! Lovely news and Holly is a gorgeous name.

I noticed some chatting a couple of days ago about bikini waxing- I normally have a Hollywood but not had one for a while now. Anyone continued to have brazillian/Hollywood during pregnancy??

Hi there - I also had hollywood/brazilian waxes in my last pregnancy (only reason I didn't this time was because I couldn't afford them!). The only barrier was being able to comfortably access the area with my big bump in the way

Claree__x

butler_helen wrote: »

Snap!

How come you get lucozade... I LOVEthat stuff!

I love how you're a fellow delinquent, I was given a telling off for not having the test in my 28th week..... Ooooops.

It was warm and disgusting if that helps!

They were humming and hawing about giving me the test for ages, glad they finally are cause I can't be bothered with their indecision any longer lol. I got told off for having my whooping cough and anti-d at 30 and 31 weeks but I fail to see how it's my fault they gave me those appointments!

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butler_helen

Claree__x wrote: »

It was warm and disgusting if that helps!

They were humming and hawing about giving me the test for ages, glad they finally are cause I can't be bothered with their indecision any longer lol. I got told off for having my whooping cough and anti-d at 30 and 31 weeks but I fail to see how it's my fault they gave me those appointments!

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Oh I've not had those either, I'm waiting to be offered them. I will ask today

pigpen

butler_helen wrote: »

Snap!

How come you get lucozade... I LOVEthat stuff!

I love how you're a fellow delinquent, I was given a telling off for not having the test in my 28th week..... Ooooops.

I refused it.. despite my son being T1 diabetic.. Though I don't have antenatals so it would be impossible for them to offer it. I also refuse to see the consultant or GP for anything unless I feel I need to.

I refused monthly blood tests to check antibody levels, I have a couple that 'might' cause issues for a symbiote .. I refused monthly scans to check cervix due to 9 prem babies.. they weren't 'that' early!!! and needed minimal-no extra care. Oh.. and I refused a referral to physio because it is a waste of time.. I have the crutches and band from last time which took 6 referrals to get 1 appointment and no follow up which was supposed to have been made after Dot arrived.

butler_helen wrote: »

Oh I've not had those either, I'm waiting to be offered them. I will ask today

I haven't had any vaccinations in my life and I'm not starting now!

If you 2 are delinquent what the heck does that make me?? LMAO!!

kerri_dfw

Just back from my first consultant-led appointment and boy am I glad I went against my loccums advice. Long story short I take medication to prevent a reoccurence of thyroid cancer, from the results they told me today to increase my dose again (I already self-medicated to increase by 50mcg). The loccum would have kept me on my old dose, idiot!

20w scan booked in the day before my birthday

NoAngel

I had to take my own lucozade for my glucose test. Got the results yesterday and all is normal which is nice.

Thanks for all the advice re bikini waxing. Can't see down there anymore but I sense it's time I book an appointment!!

Pigpen- whilst everyone is here to support and encourage each other I do feel like every experience you've had seems to have been negative and I'm unsure whether giving a constant opinion on how negative everything and absolutely every healthcare professional is is particularly helpful for some of us,particularly us first time Mums. I appreciate that at times people have a negative experience with the healthcare system for whatever reason but I'm not sure encouraging people to not bother with antenatal appointments because you don't see the point is helpful. I've found my midwife to be really helpful, my scans have been fine, I can't see why you wouldn't get whooping cough vaccination or want to control possible gestational diabetes? All of your focus on this thread seems to be at being patronising to the others who are merely following healthcare advice.

BeNiceToMySelf

big congratulations to mrsj! Holly is a beautiful name.

pigpen

I didn't encourage or ever say no one else should go, each to their own.. I said I don't go.. totally different.. and was amused that others consider themselves delinquent when they are doing what is asked.. which was the actual point without you or anyone else reading into it what isn't there or meant by it. I think my final sentence indicated the gist/sentiment of my above post.

I have no symptoms of diabetes therefore no need for the test.. if I had symptoms it would be different, but given I know what those symptoms are I do take that into account and I also have the kit to check it myself here, the same as with any other illness really I know where to go IF I need to.. and I feel there are far more important tests which cost more lives that should be tested for.. strep B for example.

If I was likely to get whopping cough I think I might well have got it from my vaccinated daughter or my newborn grandson when they had it last year and I spent hours and hours with the 2 of them, or my sister when she had it 28 years ago. My feelings on vaccinations are for another time and place .. but I'd encourage everyone to read more info into it before having pets, children or themselves vaccinated against anything.

So if you want to read things into my posts that aren't there go ahead.. but tbh I don't actually give a monkeys what anyone else does (within reason) but will continue to encourage people to look at alternatives and to ask questions and if necessary get second opinions.. if we all blindly sheep into things without looking at any further information how would we know it was the right thing to do.. How many times have people asked questions on here because they were worried by something a midwife or consultant has said or implied.. surely it makes more sense to ask the person saying it why they are saying that.. questioning the actions of medical staff isn't 'being a pest' it is informing yourself so you can make a decision on your own body.. it doesn't suddenly become owned by the antenatal unit because you are pregnant.. you have the right to refuse things and ask questions and deserve answers.. truthful ones they can back up with evidence.

So if you want to just do as you are told go ahead but I am one of those lovely people that won't ever do as they are told and will question everything and encourage others to do so.. I could incite a riot in an empty room as my grandmother always said.. informing yourself is very important.. otherwise you will never know anything.

After ending up with post traumatic stress and horrific injuries after a couple of my children I think my low opinion of the majority of the staff is totally justified.. I can share these tales with you if you really want..

And before anyone harps on about the number of children which is pretty tedious and inaccurate .. I was actually like this with my second child so it isn't a new thing.. I felt I had been railroaded in to things I was not happy about with my first and swore not to go there with my second.. and the subsequent ones too.

Maybe it is a confidence thing but part of it is down to being misinformed and mistreated and negligence in some quarters.. but I don't think anyone should ever feel they have no control or rights over their own body and decisions about themselves... and I will continue to push people to stand up for those rights and get the information they need to be happy with those decisions.

Claree__x

May be a silly question but if I don't have diabetes and baby is still measuring big can I request another scan or something? I'm just concerned that they won't let me go past my DD if she's big due to diabetes but they will if she's just generally big. Obviously I know that the measurements are just an estimate buy surely if it's worrying me they should offer some sort of reassurance.

I know it's probably hormones but I'm sitting here with sore hands and arms due to their inability to take bloods (6 attempts all in over the 2 Times), feeling sick from lucozade and bring told that they won't let me leave until I've eat a sandwich despite the fact I don't liKey butter/spread - I feel like crying tbh!

NikkiAnn

Claree - big hugs! You shouldn't be worried and feeling like this so they should do something - I've no experience of it but I would think that if you are concerned and push the mw a little bit that they can arrange something to reassure you.

If you just explain how it's affecting you then maybe mw will understand and do something?