Mother, a home birth would be exciting, I could never do it with ds and dd around though, ds is So attached I’d be giving birth holding him!
Hope your ms is starting to get better and your scan date comes through soon
Smiley, glad your booking appointment went well, I’ve been put down for a consultant appointment too due to having a haemorrhage with both previous births and strep b with the last one
Also previous pregnancy had gestational diabetes, have tested once so far and all ok so have to test again at 16 weeks
Not sure if I’m high risk yet or only if I have diabetes
Last birth I had something in the drip to prevent a haemorrhage but it didn’t work and the cannula came out, as it did with my first birth! Cue a panic to get it back in before they would deliver the placenta which we had already started!
Needless to say I still lost a litre of blood so hopefully this time it will work!
Happy, the midwives here are trying to maintain continuity of care too, I’m not sure if she meant your midwife will also be st your birth but I hope so, that would be nice, or if she’s just meant you will see the same midwife throughout your pregnancy which your kways should anyway!
When I was pregnant with ds the community midwives went down hill, not many about and couldn’t get hold of anyone when you needed to, so I’m hoping they’re changing for the better, I’m sure it wasn’t their fault personally, they were just short but it wasn’t helpful
Rose, how is your tooth ache? Sorry I can’t help but I really hope you have managed to get some relief now
How are you otherwise?
Sweden, glad you enjoyed dh birthday meal! I hope your nausea is improving now!
Aww your dd was tiny, bless her, good you will be closely monitored for pre eclampsia again
My dd was 8.2lb 2 weeks overdue
Ds was 9.15lb on his due date! But maybe he was bigger even 2 weeks earlier because of the diabetes, after 5 days he lost nearly 1lb and stuffled
To gain it back, I had to wake him up 3 hourly to feed at night as otherwise he slept. 5-7 hours in a row and the hv said breast milk has more calories at night, it was a pain, after a while we topped up with formula as he was feeding 24/7 and not gaining enough, he went from the 50th centipede down to the 9th then nearly under that, he was so small but then he started food and at his yearly check he had gone up to the 90th centile haha
We managed to breastfeed for a year but he started wanting it all the time and I wanted to stop at that point, he wasn’t even bothered surprisingly
My nausea is starting to feel better but my tiredness is still bad, I’m getting nervous for my scan on the 3rd so a week Thursday, time seems to be dragging
We go on holiday the next day so don’t know if this is why I’m more nervous in case anything is wrong,
Still having symptoms though so I have to stay positive, after having 4 scans already it feels strange not to have one!
Other symptoms I’ve had now apart from the nausea and tiredness is a nose bleed Thursday morning which I used to get when pregnant and bloody trapped wind!! This is awful if I’m in public as it’s agony and I can’t exactly say to people, it’s ok I just need to fart!! Haha, last night was awful through the night and kept me awake
Had slight heartburn but nothing that makes me need to take anything yet
Bump is definitely growing and showing through most clothes now
Managed to get a few Maxi dresses in the next sale for the holiday and some maternity leggings from next which are actually new look brand but they seem nice and long unlike my previous mothercare ones
Has anyone started thinking of names? I find boys names so hard
For girls I have:
- Hallie
- Paige
- summer
Middle name faith, but probably won’t use any of these in the end as I’m always changing my mind!
I like Leo or Lucas for a boy but dh doesn’t at the moment, he didn’t agree with dd and ds names when I first suggested them but obviously he thinks they’re perfect now, he’s just not good at picking names himself!
