MSE pregnancy club II

chocaholic110

OK, here's a TMI question. I have really dry breasts and nipples (think flaky, itchy and yeuch!) so bought some nipple cream. Only thing is every time I rub it on I get really strong braxton hicks, not painful but very uncomfortable. Do I stop using it (but then have dry flaky skin when I need to breastfeed) or do I keep doing it? Can I be doing any harm with all the stomach tightenings?

Sugarcubed

shelvis wrote: »

oooh one day overdue hope it won't be too long you are housebound for then

Me2! Hoping baby comes soon. Looking forward to meeting him/her!

scruffy96uk wrote: »

Sugarcubed big labour vibes coming your way :dance:

Well I might be jumping way up the list tomoro, as I see my consultant and might be getting told my date for induction, so I might be cheating in the race to the finish!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

I have a theory for all the non sleepers.................. wait for it....................... We're all just getting way too excited @ the thought of santa coming :santa2: :rotfl: :rotfl: Well to be honest my santa came in April (if u catch my drift)!!

Thank you :T

:eek: Let me know when your induction date is! Might be induction buddies :rotfl:

chocaholic110 wrote: »

OK, here's a TMI question. I have really dry breasts and nipples (think flaky, itchy and yeuch!) so bought some nipple cream. Only thing is every time I rub it on I get really strong braxton hicks, not painful but very uncomfortable. Do I stop using it (but then have dry flaky skin when I need to breastfeed) or do I keep doing it? Can I be doing any harm with all the stomach tightenings?

Might just be the nipple stimulation setting you off.

purplegirluk1

Morning, sorry its a long one,

Well I actually had the day from hell yesterday!!! I still can't believe how horrid it was. I got up as normal and felt flu-like again, brilliant I thought! I was dizzy and drousy and generally feeling poorly. I then noticed a weird beeping noise, it was our carbon monoxide alarm going off :eek: It looked like it had an error so I rest it and carried on what I was doing. Only to realise that it was still bleeping, but this time it was also displaying numbers!! I had a quick look on the net and decided the best thing to do was call the gas board. I then sat freezing with all the windows open, trying to stop my two cats jumping out, waiting for the man to come. When he arrived (very quickly I might add) he said that the alarm might be giving a false reading cos it was in the wrong place (woops) but for saftiest sake he put a warning on our boiler and said not to use it until it had been checked out properly. I then phoned our land lord who was not very sympathetic, especially as I was begining to panic by then. He said he would get someone to come out but didn't give a time. OH made me some cheese on toast and I tried to calm down a bit. I decided to call NHS direct to check what the harm would be if the bolier was leaking CO and was advised to go to A+E. Panic them desended upon my house as OH and I argued about what to do. I panic about everything and just wanted OH to take control but I kept saying everything he said was wrong so he got annoyed with me. Stupidly I really wanted a bath before we left so OH boiled the kettle a million times to get me few inches of water, bless him. When we were ready we went off hospital to the and were seen really quickly. They made a call to a toxicology place in London and decided that I needed to go to the bigger A and E hospital a little way away. We went off home and the bolier man had been, he checked the boiler and decided it was safe. Me being me, I still wants convinced so we decided to have my blood checked just for peace of mind.

My sister then drove us to the next hospital and we waited again for a very short time. They had to take my blood from the veins in my wrist, ouch The doctor couldn't get anything from the left one so tried the right one too, double ouch! She eventually got the blood she needed and went off to test it. About twenty mins later she cam back and said there was nothing in my bloof, phew. Only problem is the gas leaves the mum before the baby so we had to have a fetal heart trace. Off down to maternity ward. Lots of waiting, tea etc and we were eventually seen. I was attached to the machine and the modwife decided that he was well and happy. Mum came and took us home. We stopped in at tesco and bought a new co detecter. Put it on when we got home, totally fine!!!! After all that it was the detector that was wrong. Ok so we were going in the side of caution but U feel really silly now, a bit embarassed actually that I paniced so much. OH missed something we had tickets to go to cos he wouldn't go without me and i feel really bad.

Anyway, I know we did the right thing because the consequences are serious if I had actually been exposed to the co, i'm just worrying again like I usually do. I hope that others have co detectors, they could save your life or your babies.

Ok long rant over, thanks for listening to me!!

Purplegirl

chocaholic110

Oh, poor you, what a day!! :grouphug: Have a hug (and ignore the slightly pervy smilie connotations!!). At least everything is ok, and better safe than sorry!

Hope you have a better day today!

[Deleted User]

Gosh I am glad everone is OK and it was just a false alarm. It's also great that you reacted quickly and so did the hospital. That's very reassuring.

I have also discovered the secret to a proper good nights sleep - get sooo exhausted on a whole day shopping that you can barely walk when you get home! I must not be sleeping because I am not doing anything all day. Hubbby has me on 'rest' now I have finished work but its sooooo dull so I was glad to get out of the house!

helend

Glad everything's OK, Fantastic that the hospital reacted so quickly and thoroughly.

I am SO disappointed this morning - was getting mild contractions between every 3-8minutes last night from 7pm til 3am and... NOTHING. feel a bit silly as I suppose it must just have been BH, but it felt just like the start with my last 2 (had irregular contractions up until the very end). Will blitz the house today, have tonnes of Raspberry Leaf and get hubby to do a scorching hot curry for dinner, see if that does anything. I've been offered a sweep on the 19th but it feels AGES away.

Sugarcubed

Glad everyones okay at your end purplegirluk1!

Had a really bad nights sleep last night, even though I knackered myself out with shopping! Couldn't get comfortable and everytime I turned my belly felt like a large boulder to shift with me and my hips were doing that horrible cracking noise. Felt sorry for OH, I made a whimpering 'feel sorry for me noise' because I had to get up for another toilet trip and he went 'whats wrong?' really concerned like I was about to go into labour

Doobees

Wow purplegirl glad everything is ok!!

I'm off for my 28 week check this afternoon having glucose screening test - which here just involves lucozade and no fasting!! Also got to have my first Anti-D injection as I'm rhesus -ve. Not looking forward to it all but my mum is coming up from London for the day and we are going to do some Christmas shopping and stop regularly for cakes so that will be fun if my hips don't complain!!

Hope you all have reasonable days.

cazscoob

oh purplegirl i think you done the right thing and its always better to be safe than sorry, gas is one of those things you can never be too careful with!!.

well am having yet another moan, feel like thats all i do at the moment. i had the midwifes out yest to go over the homebirth plan and check the house and everything, was so excited and have felt so relaxed about it all knowing that i could have a bit more control over it all. however i recieved a phonecall from the hosp this morning to say that i am not able to have a homebirth due to equiptment shortages and that there is no way around it. i have never been so gutted in my life, have been crying non stop as i havent had very good experiences with my last labours in hospital. OH isnt here today either and he was as gutted as me when i told him on the phone. i dont know what to do i really dont want to go to the hospital for delivery and also i was told not to make any more antinatal appointments as homebirth patients have them done at home to meet all the midwifes?? so i cant get another appointment until the week before im due. it seems like a big disaster and i just feel like i have had enough???? with christmas and baby in 5 weeks i feel like i should be all excited and enjoying it all but i just feel so down and dreading it????? sorry for the doom and gloom x

becky_sleaf

My god purplegirl! It sounds as though you had a right day! :eek: Glad everything is ok with you & your wee one. :T