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[apreslaube]

I say it never hurts to call Charmed. I think a quieter day is probably normal. I mean, I certainly have days where I'm more or less active than others!

So I got my gestational diabetes test back. Everything is totally normal, thank God. Tomorrow I get my Rhogam shot. Not as looking forward to that - supposed to be in the butt!! Youch!

 

[apreslaube]

Btw my tracker for today is totally right. People keep asking how I'm feeling! It's actually really annoying. I think everything is just more annoying lately

 

[nmpjcp2015]

Is anyone electing for an induction?

 

[Willow01]

I always just usually read this thread so don't want to appear to be a stalker or rude by just suddenly talking, hope this is ok! but I also wanted to encourage you to ring the hospital charmed86 just to see what they say. A lady at work at the same stage as us left calling her midwife about reduced movement and was lucky enough to be taken in to hospital just in time. Her wee boys cord was causing problems and he had to be delivered at 27 weeks. Is was a terrible time for them but she said if it wasn't for me nagging her to go and get it checked out he wouldn't be here, she didn't want to bother the midwives. A midwife once told me you can't bother them, there is nothing too trivial to call them about if you feel you need to call. Good luckx

 

[Charmed86]

I did call them The midwife was lovely. She said I'm in that awkward stage of not quite having a proper pattern yet, but I know what's normal for my baby. She had a listen to his HB & was happy with that. I've felt him moving a bit since. She did say any time I'm even a little worried then just call. They don't mind Oliver is currently kicking my side!

She prodded me quite a bit & I'm really tender on my left side. I think I overdid it while shopping yesterday! Luckily that's it for baby shopping for now! Everything else is online. Phew.

 

[apreslaube]

I have been going through our registries trying to take off things we don't need or really want. I went through our Amazon one and labeled things as high vs low priority. I made an excel document (I make those like CRAZY, I love organization) and separated things into what we would need to buy if it isn't bought from the registry vs things we want but can do without. I figured out that we are looking at $1300 which really isn't bad. I asked my husband if he wanted to know the amount and he's like no!!! Lol.

 

[Mississippi03]

Im going to ask my mw about what they say for movement tomorrow when i go in.

My babe only kicks very randomly throughout the day.. But when i lie down around 9 at nights thats when he gets active and i feel him regularly.

For me i guess id be concerned if i didnt feel him at night but im one of those 'wait and see' type people and i guess i should ask them so i know when i should call.

We have two options, calling non urgent and they call back within two days or paging the urgent cell for the person on call.. Which is the one im hesitant to do. But they do list reduced fetal movement on my list of urgent reasons

 

[GingerPanda]

I never know when movement is actually reduced. This damn anterior placenta makes it hard to tell sometimes. And the docs would just say to go to the ER, which means sitting in the waiting room for 3 hours then getting a $2000 bill to be told everything is fine.

Luckily, I have a Doppler at home.

 

[tallybee]

Hi everyone! Camping was good although I've suffered for it! Got home late yesterday and slept nicely in our proper bed. LO still kicking me like mad lol!

 

[Charmed86]

Yay, I've reached double digits!!

I had my GD appointment today & I'm feeling a lot less overwhelmed by it. The midwife and diabetes nurse were so lovely, even the diabetes dietician was kind & helpful. They told me to eat normally for the first 24hrs just to see where changes need to be made.. I've just eaten crisps, sandwiches and chocolate for lunch (sort of normal.. I wanted to go high carb!) & got a reading of 6.7! A long as it's less than 7.8 then I'm good Not that I'll now be eating that for lunch every day, but it's nice to know!

Oliver is kicking away, I think he enjoyed the sugar rush.

GP - my midwives don't like me using a Doppler. I don't have one as I think itd cause me too much anxiety. I mentioned it to the mw though and she was dead against them! Lol. That's all they've done at the movement checks though. They say they know what they're looking for, which is apparently a variable heartbeat that doesn't have dips too low.

Tallybee - so glad you made it! Lol. Sorry you're paying for it now though. Hopefully a bit of pampering and rest & you'll be as good as new x

 

[geordiemoo]

Bit of a lurker here, enjoy reading about everyone though and can't believe we are all either in third tri or nearly there - how quick? Just wondering if anyone else has had heart palpitations, I had some this afternoon, felt like my heart kept skipping a beat. I've got a consultant appointment tomorrow afternoon so I'll mention it there and everything I've read says not to stress about it but its difficult.

 

[Dreamer320]

I passed my GD test! Yay! But my iron is low so I have to take a supplement .

I'm up 16lbs so far and baby is still breech. She has time to move of course , she better get going! Lol 27 weeks tomorrow!!

Hope all is well with everyone

 

[StaceyM]

@Geordiemoo - Before getting pregnant I used to have 5-10 palpitations an hour, all day, for weeks on end at times due to my slightly lower thyroid (I have autoimmune thyroiditis). So basically, I had 1000s of palpitations a day, usually in little sequences of 3-5. This has been going on for years. It feels uncomfortable and makes you nervous - especially when they are as bad as mine are - but nothing bad has ever come of it. My ObGyn said that heart palpitations are normal in pregnancy, and that I should expect an increase. Luckily, mine haven't been too bad during pregnancy. I know it's scary, but try not to worry. You can have your doc do a quick ECG if you want. It only takes a minute. In my experience though, they happen, and you get through them. Things that sometimes help me to avoid them are eating only whole food (nothing processed or from a package, organic if possible), avoiding food additives, drinking more water, and making sure I have adequate amounts of iron and magnesium. I also find that more vegetables and protein over wheat products helps a bit too, but that is probably because most bread that you can buy commercially is full of additives.

 

[apreslaube]

I've had racing heartbeat sometimes. I'm going to the doctor today to get my rhogam shot so I'm going to ask about that.

 

[geordiemoo]

Thanks for those replies. I guess you can't help but think its more serious than it is and its frightening when I'm on my own with dd. I feel generally bigger and more breathless this week so I'm thinking baby may have moved or at least grown and that's putting pressure on.

 

[lucylu79]

I'm sooooo naughty!!!!

I popped in to say hi and then went AWOL!!!

That's it now, i've added the thread to my subscriptions so I can't miss anymore!

So i've had a lovely evening, in bed by 8.30 and i've been on here using the thread about the lists of what ladies have/need and i've really got cracking! Although i've got one child already you do forget things, and also learn by your mistakes. I personally want to be more comfortable in hospital for one!

Hope you are all ok anyway!!! 27 weeks on fri!!!!!

 

[apreslaube]

I had my rhogam injection with a nurse. There is an awesome nurse who I believe is Russian and we just love her. She's funny and always happy to see us. Unfortunately she was with another and we had this other nurse. She have me the shot, no info, and then shooed us out. I have no idea what symptoms of a problem with the injection to look out for. How long it will hurt. So weird how at the same office there can be great people and crappy ones.

 

[apreslaube]

Dreamer - did you get another ultrasound? Or can they tell if she is breech some other way? At Edison's ultrasound he was moving around and changing positions.

 

[Hit Girl]

apreslaube, I had to have that one all through my last pregnancy due to 10 weeks of bleeding and I've already had it a couple of times with this one. My obs has never said anything to me about side effects, she was just more relieved that I had it in my system. I'm sure you'll be a-okay.

 

[Dreamer320]

Dreamer - did you get another ultrasound? Or can they tell if she is breech some other way? At Edison's ultrasound he was moving around and changing positions.

Yes I get ultrasounds frequently due to a two vessle umbilical cord (baby is supposed to have 3 vessles) and also I had some bleeding. She really doesn't move around too much just her arms and legs - and in each of my ultrasounds she has been transverse, and now breech. My First DD was the same as far as not flipping and flopping in there lol- she was transverse until 34 weeks- docs didn't think she had room to move that late- hopefully this one eventually turns too!