Less than 12 weeks pregnant club! Part 3

mrshappy

Just a quick update, scan went well, a nice strong wee heartbeat, and only one baby. That's me 7+4 so a due date of the 5th of June. I'm knackered as we went straight from work and that's us not long home

bigzippy

mrshappy wrote: »

Just a quick update, scan went well, a nice strong wee heartbeat, and only one baby. That's me 7+4 so a due date of the 5th of June. I'm knackered as we went straight from work and that's us not long home

*delurk*

:j :j
Did you get a pic?

*relurk 28+5*

becca0417

Fantastic news mrshappy x

Mrs_T_M

Do you *have* to get vaccines during pregnancy? I'm against vaccines, except for tetanus (which I do keep up to date), mostly because every vaccine I've ever gotten has made me bedridden for at least a week, even when I was really little, and I refuse to do that to myself.

I think I've also decided (although not firmly) to not have an induction or sweep if I go over. I came exactly on my due date, so I'm hoping my little one decides to do the same!

I also need to remember to talk to the midwife and probably the GP about my anti-depressant. It has some effects on the baby if it's taken in the last trimester, but it also comes through breastmilk, so if it's a matter of the baby having withdrawals from it, so long as we can breast feed, it should sort itself. The midwife and GP may decide that it is worth the risks to keep me on it instead of risking extreme depression for 3 months and while I'm breast feeding. I'm not too worried about it, but I still want to mention it at my booking appt.

Also, I received my little cow from C&G today! It's ADORABLE!

claire16c

Great news mrs happy!!! Xx

Mrs tm you'll be offered the flu jab, and possibly whooping cough. I'm definitely getting the flu jab as having the flu in pregnancy would be horrendous & I know someone who lost her baby due to it. The whooping cough is so you pass immunity onto the baby. I can't think why you'd need or be offered anything else.

Inductions aren't done as commonly as some of the horror stories I've read from American ladies on baby & bump who seem to get induced before the due date, and hooked up to an epidural with barely any other options or information, plus they don't have gas & air so you are really lucky you are over here now to have your baby! But of course if you do go over too much then induction is something that might be needed.

I'm sure for lots of people having an induction & epidural is the very best thing but it's pretty shocking the level of intervention used there.

TeamLowe

Great news mrshappy! So pleased for you x x

Mrs tm as Claire says you'll be offered whooping cough at 28 weeks even if you've been immunized yourself so that it can get to the baby. There's been more cases of it recently and it can unfortunately be fatal for new borns.

And you'll be offered the flu jab which I was told was for the most deadly types of flu as your immune system is compromised when pregnant

You don't have to get them but it's worth thinking about.

claire16c

Having a cold/virus as poor Kynthia has discovered is bad enough I can't even bear to think about getting the proper flu. And just being to take paracetamol which let's face it barely does anything at the best of times! I've only had the flu once & I felt like I was dying I was hallucinating and off work for a week and still ill after that.

sexki11en

Neither of the vaccines you'll be offered are live viruses so won't leave you laid up in bed.

I had the flu jab on Saturday and apart from my arm hurting for the rest of the day and Sunday, you wouldn't know I'd had it.

If it's for immunity for the baby, I struggle to see why anyone would think twice about it if i'm honest.

SK x

neon_dannii

sexki11en wrote: »

Neither of the vaccines you'll be offered are live viruses so won't leave you laid up in bed.

I had the flu jab on Saturday and apart from my arm hurting for the rest of the day and Sunday, you wouldn't know I'd had it.

If it's for immunity for the baby, I struggle to see why anyone would think twice about it if i'm honest.

SK x

This, nothing would stop me, even if I did end up in bed for a week.

Also, I don't think you can really say anything about a possible induction until you get to that stage. I imagine that it's mighty uncomfortable to go overdue by more than a week; I think most people would want their baby out of there asap!

Mrs_T_M

claire16c wrote: »

Mrs tm you'll be offered the flu jab, and possibly whooping cough. I'm definitely getting the flu jab as having the flu in pregnancy would be horrendous & I know someone who lost her baby due to it. The whooping cough is so you pass immunity onto the baby. I can't think why you'd need or be offered anything else.

Inductions aren't done as commonly as some of the horror stories I've read from American ladies on baby & bump who seem to get induced before the due date, and hooked up to an epidural with barely any other options or information, plus they don't have gas & air so you are really lucky you are over here now to have your baby! But of course if you do go over too much then induction is something that might be needed.

I'm sure for lots of people having an induction & epidural is the very best thing but it's pretty shocking the level of intervention used there.

For those who are wondering, it isn't the live virus that makes me sick, it's an allergic reaction to the base that it's carried in. I have no way to find out which base was used for which vaccine when I was little because my records have been 'lost' supposedly. So I've no clue as to which base does it!

I will probably get the whooping cough one, but I need to research it more.

And, as an American, I can say this: Most Americans are wimps!

I don't like pain any more than the next person, but I do want a home birth, even if they do have to monitor me daily. I have no clue how I'll do the home birth, but I figure I can research that as well before it's time.

I am allergic to so many medications, it's a wonder that I even survived childhood in all honesty.