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Thanks for all the messages ladies. Hann hope u had a nice day.
Afm....wish i could say seeing movement on the outside....not even feeling it yet lol.
I pushed a dodgy trolley at the supermarket today and i think ive triggered my sciatica
only get it when im pregnant. Agony
Afm....wish i could say seeing movement on the outside....not even feeling it yet lol.
I pushed a dodgy trolley at the supermarket today and i think ive triggered my sciatica
only get it when im pregnant. Agony
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Ugh. So I weighed myself this morning and I'm to 19 lbs now! Ahhh! Totally freaked. I'm trying to rationalize 19 lbs for 19 weeks, 40 lbs for 40 weeks, wouldn't be too bad, but I've heard you gain twice the weight at the end of the second and third, so am I more on track for 60 lbs? Eek! I'm freaking out over here.
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I thought this was pretty great and wanted to share it with all of you:
The Pregnancy Ten Commandments
1. The appropriate response to a couple telling you they are having a baby is "Congratulations" with enthusiasm. Any other response makes you a jerk.
2. Through the wonders of science, we now know that babies are made ONLY by the mother and father- not grandparents. Unless the baby is in your uterus, or you are the man that helped put it there, you may not ever use the phrase "my baby"
3. On the same note, unless you made the baby as defined in #2, the pregnancy, birth and the raising of the child are not about you. You do not have input. No one wants to hear your opinion unless they ask for it.
4. The body of a pregnant woman should be treated the same as any other body. You would not randomly touch someone's stomach if they were not pregnant, nor would you inquire into the condition of their uterus, cervix or how they plan to use their breasts. Pregnancy does not remove all traces of privacy from a woman.
5. Likewise, no woman wants to hear comments on her weight- ever. A pregnant woman does not find it flattering that you think she is about to pop, must be having twins, looks swollen or has gained weight in her face. Telling her she looks too small only makes her worry that she is somehow starving her baby. Making such comments invite her to critique your physical appearance and you may not act offended. The only acceptable comment on appearance is "You look fabulous!"
6. Most of us have picked up on the fact that summer is hot. We are hot every summer when we are not pregnant. We don't need you to point out that we will be miserably hot before the baby comes.
7. There is a reason that tickets to Labor & Delivery are not yet sold on Ticketmaster. Childbirth is actually not a public event. It may sound crazy, but some women really do not relish the idea of their mother, mother-in-law or a host of other family members seeing their bare butt or genitals. Also, some people simply feel like the birth of their child is a private and emotional moment to be shared only by the parents.
8. Like everything else in life, unless you receive an invitation, you are not invited. This includes doctor appointments, ultrasounds, labor, delivery, the hospital and the parents' home. You do not decide if you will be there for the birth or if you will move in with the new parents to "help out". If your assistance is desired, rest assured that you will be asked for it.
9. If you are asked to help after the birth, this means you should clean up the house, help with cooking meals, and generally stay out of the way. Holding the baby more than the parents, interfering with breastfeeding and sleeping schedules and making a woman who is still leaking fluid from various locations lift a finger in housework is not helping.
10. The only people entitled to time with the baby are the parents. Whether they choose to have you at the hospital for the birth or ask you to wait 3 weeks to visit, appreciate that you are being given the privilege of seeing their child. Complaining or showing disappointment only encourages the parents to include you less.
The Pregnancy Ten Commandments
1. The appropriate response to a couple telling you they are having a baby is "Congratulations" with enthusiasm. Any other response makes you a jerk.
2. Through the wonders of science, we now know that babies are made ONLY by the mother and father- not grandparents. Unless the baby is in your uterus, or you are the man that helped put it there, you may not ever use the phrase "my baby"
3. On the same note, unless you made the baby as defined in #2, the pregnancy, birth and the raising of the child are not about you. You do not have input. No one wants to hear your opinion unless they ask for it.
4. The body of a pregnant woman should be treated the same as any other body. You would not randomly touch someone's stomach if they were not pregnant, nor would you inquire into the condition of their uterus, cervix or how they plan to use their breasts. Pregnancy does not remove all traces of privacy from a woman.
5. Likewise, no woman wants to hear comments on her weight- ever. A pregnant woman does not find it flattering that you think she is about to pop, must be having twins, looks swollen or has gained weight in her face. Telling her she looks too small only makes her worry that she is somehow starving her baby. Making such comments invite her to critique your physical appearance and you may not act offended. The only acceptable comment on appearance is "You look fabulous!"
6. Most of us have picked up on the fact that summer is hot. We are hot every summer when we are not pregnant. We don't need you to point out that we will be miserably hot before the baby comes.
7. There is a reason that tickets to Labor & Delivery are not yet sold on Ticketmaster. Childbirth is actually not a public event. It may sound crazy, but some women really do not relish the idea of their mother, mother-in-law or a host of other family members seeing their bare butt or genitals. Also, some people simply feel like the birth of their child is a private and emotional moment to be shared only by the parents.
8. Like everything else in life, unless you receive an invitation, you are not invited. This includes doctor appointments, ultrasounds, labor, delivery, the hospital and the parents' home. You do not decide if you will be there for the birth or if you will move in with the new parents to "help out". If your assistance is desired, rest assured that you will be asked for it.
9. If you are asked to help after the birth, this means you should clean up the house, help with cooking meals, and generally stay out of the way. Holding the baby more than the parents, interfering with breastfeeding and sleeping schedules and making a woman who is still leaking fluid from various locations lift a finger in housework is not helping.
10. The only people entitled to time with the baby are the parents. Whether they choose to have you at the hospital for the birth or ask you to wait 3 weeks to visit, appreciate that you are being given the privilege of seeing their child. Complaining or showing disappointment only encourages the parents to include you less.
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Lol Shellgirl!
Had an awful morning at work; two HCAs complained about me not helping with patient washes and the sister tool me into my office to talk about it. They didn't come to tell me they wernt happy. The problem is is that when I finish my morning meds, I have IVs, paperwork (today I had a patient going home so had to get his paperwork sorted) and then doctors come asking me for certain things. There's alway something that gets in the way and I always feel bad that I never get to help my HCAs.
Basically it made me feel like utter crap because I thought I had quite a good relationship with my team. In the end the sister understood and told the nurse in charge to sort out the HCAs because they were helping the other teams more when my team was the heaviest (most poorly patients and most medications)
I should have been grown up and confronted them to tell me when they had any issues because I'd rather they do that. But I was so angry just avoided too much contact with them, only communicating important patient info. One of them apologised...I think cause he saw how upset I was when the sister brought him into the office.
The fact they've felt the need to complain was what really upset me and maybe they think I'm deliberately avoiding helping, but it's been so long since I've been able to do that that I'd love to help with washes, but the ward acuity doesn't allow it. I know I could be more efficient but as I'm still junior staff I'm still trying to become more efficient.
Sorry for the rant ladies! I just feel like the worst nurse in history at the moment and needed to vent a little bit.
Getting loads of comments and excited staff about my baby bump tho lol
Had an awful morning at work; two HCAs complained about me not helping with patient washes and the sister tool me into my office to talk about it. They didn't come to tell me they wernt happy. The problem is is that when I finish my morning meds, I have IVs, paperwork (today I had a patient going home so had to get his paperwork sorted) and then doctors come asking me for certain things. There's alway something that gets in the way and I always feel bad that I never get to help my HCAs.
Basically it made me feel like utter crap because I thought I had quite a good relationship with my team. In the end the sister understood and told the nurse in charge to sort out the HCAs because they were helping the other teams more when my team was the heaviest (most poorly patients and most medications)
I should have been grown up and confronted them to tell me when they had any issues because I'd rather they do that. But I was so angry just avoided too much contact with them, only communicating important patient info. One of them apologised...I think cause he saw how upset I was when the sister brought him into the office.
The fact they've felt the need to complain was what really upset me and maybe they think I'm deliberately avoiding helping, but it's been so long since I've been able to do that that I'd love to help with washes, but the ward acuity doesn't allow it. I know I could be more efficient but as I'm still junior staff I'm still trying to become more efficient.
Sorry for the rant ladies! I just feel like the worst nurse in history at the moment and needed to vent a little bit.
Getting loads of comments and excited staff about my baby bump tho lol
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Shellgirl thanks for the laughs....love it!
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Happy 19 weeks pro! X
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but hearing baby again made me smile 
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Thank you! shame when i stand up my stomach sticks out so i just look like i have a pot belly haha!
Yeah shame about yesterday but im trying to just stay positive and not let it get to me. I just want to be an awesome nurse!
Oohh, second trimester now, Shellgirl! how are you feeling?
Yeah shame about yesterday but im trying to just stay positive and not let it get to me. I just want to be an awesome nurse!
Oohh, second trimester now, Shellgirl! how are you feeling?
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You ARE a great nurse and you ARE doing great. Don't you worry about that!
Finally starting to be able to stay up after 8pm. LOL. It was near impossible for the longest time! Nausea has subsided quite a bit too, so that a plus. But lately at night, I have the hardest time getting comfortable, it feels like my skin is crawling and it's just awful! Woke up in the middle of the night and it seriously felt like my right nipple was on fire. Had to put a piece of ice on it. Such weird things going on....Hahaha!
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OMG so I don't think hub's family is going to find out gender ANY time soon, if at all! I posted the 10 commandments of pregnancy on my facebook because I found it hilarious...well FIL txted hubs at 7:30 this morning saying that I have turned into a jerk since becoming pregnant and asking him what the hell my problem is, saying that I have been treating my MIL like crap....WTF is wrong with these people!!!
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Oh good lord! Oh well if they think you are a jerk. I'm really starting to not care what people think of me. If they don't care how they make me feel, I'm not sweating them at all. Thinking of doing a mass mailing of the commandments myself!
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powell i think its awesome you put up the 10 commandments up on fb. i dont get some people either!
thanks shellgirl! and ive been finding it hard to get comfy sometimes.....this morning i was dreaming that baby was moving about but it turned out to be a hot water bottle. but i remember feeling something moving about pretty strongly so i wonder if baby was actually waking up and stretching and somersaulting (because thats what it felt like lol)
not had nipple pain like that but when im outside and get goosepimples my nipples really REALLY hurt!
thanks shellgirl! and ive been finding it hard to get comfy sometimes.....this morning i was dreaming that baby was moving about but it turned out to be a hot water bottle. but i remember feeling something moving about pretty strongly so i wonder if baby was actually waking up and stretching and somersaulting (because thats what it felt like lol)
not had nipple pain like that but when im outside and get goosepimples my nipples really REALLY hurt!
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my nips hurt like that sometimes when I go outside and it's cold!!
Ugh I realllllllyy don't understand why they think it's okay to talk so much shit about me!! They don't understand that by pushing me away while pregnant, they're ruining their chances of spending lots of time with their grandson. I'll be damned if I'm just going to brush off all of the shit they've been saying! It's starting to get ridiclious!! I feel like I'm dealing with teenagers, rather than grown ass adults. OMG
If they think I'm a "jerk" now...they haven't seen shit yet!
Ugh I realllllllyy don't understand why they think it's okay to talk so much shit about me!! They don't understand that by pushing me away while pregnant, they're ruining their chances of spending lots of time with their grandson. I'll be damned if I'm just going to brush off all of the shit they've been saying! It's starting to get ridiclious!! I feel like I'm dealing with teenagers, rather than grown ass adults. OMG
If they think I'm a "jerk" now...they haven't seen shit yet!
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Hello Ladies - back after 3 days of bed rest (and I swear it should be longer but the doc said 'off work til fever breaks', so technically, I have to be back).
Monday morning, wasn't feeling well with cough and headache..left work, grab honey, giner and lemon made tea and then slept for the day - when i woke i took my temp 99.9 - waited til OH came home had him drive me to doc, she said i was fine. Two hours later - temp was 101.9 - started to freak out for sure. WTEWYE says anything over 100.4 is cause for concern, so I called the health line and they said go to ER. Did that, waited for a grand total of 12 hours in hospital!! Yup 12 hours (10 of which were waiting to see a doctor at all, the rest were simply in isolation).
Anyways, found out I have the flu - how awesome is that? I guess this is what I get for getting away with no morning sickness in first trimester, I get so many problems in the 2nd.
Suppose to have my anomoly scan next week, but with all that's going on - I really want some good/ positive news. I'm thinking about seeing if they won't move my scan up earlier....But I think OH might be mad, he said he'd go to it...
Monday morning, wasn't feeling well with cough and headache..left work, grab honey, giner and lemon made tea and then slept for the day - when i woke i took my temp 99.9 - waited til OH came home had him drive me to doc, she said i was fine. Two hours later - temp was 101.9 - started to freak out for sure. WTEWYE says anything over 100.4 is cause for concern, so I called the health line and they said go to ER. Did that, waited for a grand total of 12 hours in hospital!! Yup 12 hours (10 of which were waiting to see a doctor at all, the rest were simply in isolation).
Anyways, found out I have the flu - how awesome is that? I guess this is what I get for getting away with no morning sickness in first trimester, I get so many problems in the 2nd.
Suppose to have my anomoly scan next week, but with all that's going on - I really want some good/ positive news. I'm thinking about seeing if they won't move my scan up earlier....But I think OH might be mad, he said he'd go to it...
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Powell- I had it OUT last week with my mil. I seriously lose sleep over her bs drama. she thinks stuff is ok that is not ok, and I've decided that I wil tell her to her face from now on. I'm not playing whisper down the lane anymore. I'm taking this bull by the horns. I'll tell her twice, then physically remove myself when she pulls her bs in the future. and by that I mean I'll leave the room while she's mid screaming sentence. I suggest you do what feels good to you to take control of the situation. Pregnancy is a time to reduce your stress as much as possible.
B down, I'm so sorry you have the flu. I hope you got a light strain of it. Last time I had it was horrendous. Did they give you any meds? Did you have the flu jab this year or last? Could help make it not as bad. Fx for you feeling better soon!
Jary don't let people et you down! You're a great nurse! And you're makin a person. I think that gives you wonder woman status!
B down, I'm so sorry you have the flu. I hope you got a light strain of it. Last time I had it was horrendous. Did they give you any meds? Did you have the flu jab this year or last? Could help make it not as bad. Fx for you feeling better soon!
Jary don't let people et you down! You're a great nurse! And you're makin a person. I think that gives you wonder woman status!
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