MSE Pregnancy Club 28

lilmissreading

Mr Knight - hope you feel better soon. The runny noses and illness are not the parts I'm looking forward to.

Happy Birthday laila!

Sewit - if you are over thinking I am right there with you. I said to DH if anything happened now and I didn't notice a lack of movement it would be all my fault. I have to say even when they are here I am sure I will be like lemontree and t2d waking the baby up because I am checking. I think as a woman and one who has been fortunate enough to carry the baby, there is an inevitable increased sense of responsibility that will surely keep going post birth. They are physically so dependent on us aren't they?

Yes, my fb joining is for joining a home birth support group. Rather irritatingly they will not accept me talking through my DH's account (even though he is obs as involved as I am and I am looking for advice on practicalities - I save the TMI stuff for here so will prob not ask re mse fb group either!) There's also a fb breastfeeding group it looks v helpful to join. We shall see how it goes.

MrsC what a gem of a dr. I often find it astounding that they expect gps to do so much in 10 minutes so no wonder he needs to run over. Makes a big difference. Can I ask do you feel different for having made the sterilisation decision? Did your DH have an opinion - know it's your body and your decision. Feel free to ignore if too nosy.

shorty :rotfl: in my leaving email I asked my team not to love anyone covering me more than me! Loser of the week prize please!

Alioops - didn't sound pitying to me. Diabetes is such a tricky one, especially in pg. I assume our hormones can affect it also? Hope the metformin helps and it doesn't take long to find the right dose.

It's funny I kind of feel like I know what you mean about failing. This is the first time my body has been put to any serious test and I do waht about it 'failing' or letting the baby down in some way. DH points out that what my body is doing is amazing and despite all medical advances there is no other way to support and nuture a baby. Hmm I don't think I have put that well or the way I meant.

View - I know what you mean. Pg has been an eye opener for me too...if let up to me we would have done the same with you re the roofer. However DH hates conflict as a result of which he seems to feel a need to pursue things. I am trying my best to get him to accept a settlement to save stress and time. Will drag on until at least Feb otherwise It was a directions hearing yesterday so just agreeing on joint expert witness and timetable if mediation fails.

Off to see friend with baby later for first time :j

shorty1978

Thanks for the tonic water tip LailaP- I'll give that one a try- Many happy returns for today too- Hope you get the birthday present you wished for.

Haha lilmissreading - I think I might put that in mine!!! I have this feeling that I will feel utterly useless until the baby comes. I can't wait for leave to start but am anxious about it all in one go- typical.

Started to feel queasy in the mornings the last few days- I have been very fortunate that I haven't had much sickness, even in the early days. I wonder if it's coming to get me now.
OH has a cold so i'm hoping I don't get that either, although a few days off of work would be very welcome. I feel like I could sleep for a week.

view

Morning gals

Had a very strange dream last night... had the baby and recall thinkin in the dream that's odd, I don't remember feeling a thing GREAT!

The baby wouldn't feed properly... then started talking on the second day (she told me she liked Metallica ha!) ... then grew up into a little girl on the third day and by the fourth a young teenager who had left home!! Very bizarre and quite unsettling however obs all ok once I woke up. This was all happening whilst I was getting married in a large hotel somewhere with a random rushing up and walking me down the aisle in a garden....

best to stay off the hard stuff eh... no more hot milk for me before beddies! :rotfl:

does anyone else have strange dreams?

Lemon_Tree

Sewit, it's funny as I never really considered what I expected actually having my little girl here to be like, but she is wonderful. We had another good nights sleep last night and it makes the world of difference. Plus I think my stitches must be healing so I'm feeling a bit better in myself. Just feel a bit pale though, but that's probably related to the blood loss. I was on iron tablets anyway so I must remember to keep taking them, and trying to eat iron rich foods.


Little Miss LT is being registered today can't believe she's a week old! Time is just flying by.

Lemon_Tree

view I always used to get strange dreams, and I'm sure others did as well darn hormones.


I'm still getting hormone driven dreams, my manager is coming out to visit me tomorrow and I had nightmares telling me it was that the head of dept has made the decision to bring forward the redundancies which are planned for about April next year. Thankfully I've been told it's just so she can bring a card from everyone and see the baby. Talk about leaping to conclusions and over reacting.

MrsC....tobe

shorty1978 wrote: »

Started to feel queasy in the mornings the last few days- I have been very fortunate that I haven't had much sickness, even in the early days. I wonder if it's coming to get me now.
OH has a cold so i'm hoping I don't get that either, although a few days off of work would be very welcome. I feel like I could sleep for a week.

Shorty, I quite often feel sick in the third trimester. Bear in mind that you have less space going on in there and baby may be pressing on your stomach a bit reducing the amount you can eat. I was advised to eat little and often but I even struggle with that most days. It may be hunger sick feeling in the mornings until you manage to eat something?

Always_Alone

Hi ladies, I'm currently on the 12-24 week thread and a lurker here, was just wondering if any of you could recommend any sites for any baby freebies? I can't remember any from first time round! Please and thank you x

ETD - wishing you all a smooth and uneventful last few mths!! x

SewIt_2

Happy birthday Laila - hope the stork brings you a lovely present!:p

Shorty - my mw said sometimes if the baby is doing big somersaults it can make you feel a bit sick. Sometimes this wee one does such big flips that it makes my body judder!!! Really hope you feel better soon and good advice from MrsC on eating little and often.

MrsC....tobe

lilmissreading wrote: »

MrsC what a gem of a dr. I often find it astounding that they expect gps to do so much in 10 minutes so no wonder he needs to run over. Makes a big difference. Can I ask do you feel different for having made the sterilisation decision? Did your DH have an opinion - know it's your body and your decision. Feel free to ignore if too nosy.

Lilmiss, back in January/February DH and I went to the doc to discuss contraception as I'd had the mirena removed last year and I absolutely hated using condoms. He was reluctant then to go down the sterilisation route for either of us even though DH has kids as he felt it wasn't the right option for us.
He asked me to go back the next week to give him time to look at my old paper notes to see what pills had agreed in the past and he'd give me them. I picked them up on Thursday with period due on Friday which didn't appear, nor Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and due you that and other symptoms, on Tuesday I did a test. On Thursday I went back to doc and threw the test at him and told him it was a waste of time giving me the pills! Little did we know I was already pregnant when we both went to see him!

What followed was absolutely heartbreaking, DH didn't want anymore kids and I had never wanted any of my own as I've always seen myself to enjoy my life and too selfish to give that up for anyone. I was away for a week and had gone home for 2 days as I had to work, then i was away again. I was playing in a competition at Scottish level. DH was going nuts over it all at home and I couldn't concentrate on the games for feeling sick and running to the loo all the time, and my head was all over the place. He wouldn't speak to me, I couldn't get hold of him and when I did manage it by text all we did was argue. It nearly broke us. I basically told him that I'd thought long and hard about all the options available to us and there was only one route for me, and if he didn't want to be part of it that was his choice but I wasn't going anywhere. I think what brought him to his senses was me telling him that if he carried on the way he was the stress to me would mean nature would take it's course and then there would be nothing to worry about. There was a helluva lot of tears for a couple of weeks I tell you.

All this is known by my doc and mw and although the majority of the first and second trimester I was fine, I think it contributed towards the depression and stuff I've been going through as we had a row one night and he told me then that he was really scared (even though he's been through it before), mostly of going back to the start, and I admitted I'm absolutely petrified of how him and baby will get on. He's got no choice and he's great with kids but it's the bonding thing I'm frightened of.

I told him yesterday about my discussion with the doctor and he's in full agreement even though I didn't talk to him first about it. He's always said he would go (he wouldn't even get the male dog done) so I'm my opinion it's down to me, quicker, easier, and less painful as I don't want to fill myself with hormones again and a permanent stop is the best solution.

And, with the way I've been there's no way I ever want to go through this again!!!

Wow, kinda laid bare there, so to speak, but that's the reasoning behind it all. Not a rush decision from me but one that I've been thinking about for months hence the support of the doc. Hopefully he did the referral yesterday and I can bring it up with the consultant next Monday aswell.....

shorty1978

Thanks to MrsC....tobe & SewIt for the advice. I seem to be eating constantly at the moment so I think i'll try and retrain on the little an often instead of the 24 hour banquet I have most days. I am often hungry in the morning so it definitely could be that- after all sleeping (altho very little) means I don't eat for at least a few hours and I think my body goes in to some kind of shock mode


It looks like you have certainly put a lot of thought in to your decision MrsC....tobe. Sounds like you have experienced a lot of ups and downs during your pregnancy- I think if you are sure of the decision then it will certainly be the best one for you

I have a lucozade test thingy next week..... I detest lucozade so not looking forward to that.