12-24 weeks pregnant (part 4)

Freddie - hope growth scan went ok. My midwife has given me an "individualised" growth chart as they apparently measure the centiles for your bump based on your height and weight (won't get measured for a few more weeks yet though, but it was good to know that they won't be comparing my bump with those of much taller ladies)

I'm 16+1 today, saw the midwife yesterday morning (last minute change of venue as she was also covering appointments for another midwife who was at a birth - at least it means I've now seen inside the Birth Centre at our local hospital).

All good on the blood test results and low risk for chromosome anomalies, sickness is finally easing up noticeably and energy levels getting a bit better (even though I'm not sleeping very well) so I think I am finally getting that glow everyone talks about. Got my appointment for our anomaly scan through too.

Blood pressure was down on what it was at my booking appointment (which probably explains the dizziness this week as its much lower than I'm used to it being) but perfectly normal

Booked the afternoon off after my appointment so I go to enjoy the sunshine yesterday. And OH and I had a little walk around town and a coffee so a mini date-day, which was lovely. Have been feeling that I've neglected him a bit the last few weeks while I've felt so poorly.

Bosscout - that's great that you have your appointments booked in already. I would normally have had my next midwife appointment booked before I left but they are having a change in their shift patterns between now and my 25 week appointment so although I know what week I'll see her she couldn't confirm which day.
I'm also finding that the "cross border" issue comes in a lot with appointments - my GP surgery is in England but I live in Wales so after my booking appointment with the English midwife I was transferred to my home nation's service and had an extra booking appointment with them!

So yesterday at work something in my back went 'pop' and I'm in agony... got sent home.

Have a doctor's appt today because I have no idea what I can do, now my usual option of 'take a bunch of ibuprofen and try to get on with life' is no longer on the table!!

Sounds stupid, but I hope having so much muscle tension around my hips/middle doesn't bother the sproglet... guess I'll ask the doc for some reassurance.

Thankfully the doc said it's a torn muscle or ligament, not a slipped disc! So I have some exercises to do and he's given me orders to take 2 paracetamol (honestly, even though I've seen things saying it's fine, I was too scared to!) Have also told work I'm coming back tomorrow but just to sit quietly and get through a backlog of easy desk work I've built up recently, no running around the workshop or tackling large scale items!

Also luckily I have my Obstetrics Physio assessment next Tues, because two of the discs in my back degenerated when I was in my early 20s and are completely missing now, so they wanted to keep an eye on me as my belly grew So that's quite good timing!

(Still worried about my little passenger, though. Because I'm so symptom-free, and haven't yet 'popped'. I'm assuming I'm now going to be worried until I start feeling movement, tbh)

Hi everyone, I!!!8217;m 15 and a half weeks pregnant.

Our first pregnancy and my boyfriend is beside himself with excitement, it!!!8217;s been great seeing his excitement growing and finding out how much he!!!8217;s been reading about how baby is developing and how my body is changing.

I wondered if people could advise me on any courses I can do to help me prepare as I!!!8217;ve unexpectedly found myself with loads of free time - I!!!8217;ve been off work since I was 9 and a half weeks pregnant and sadly it looks like I won!!!8217;t be going back until after my maternity leave, if I decide to go back and I!!!8217;m leaving towards not but all depends on what happens at work. They are very anti pregnancy there (had to inform them early due to an unsafe environment), and I got the union involved because after informing them I was pregnant the behaviour from them changed and was disgusting. I!!!8217;ve received an apology from HR from the ownership company (they are based in a different part of the country to my office) but they are still deciding what to do regarding the members of staff and management involved but they!!!8217;ve given me the option to stay at home on full pay until my maternity leave finishes because of how serious it was which I think will be the safest option.

Anyway, sorry for unloading so much in my first post, thankfully everything babywise is going really good.