***February love bugs***

[wifeybby]

Welcome Ali! :wave:

Yesterday I felt great until around 6pm, today I’ve felt awful since I woke up.

Tree, that does sound like a nice day yesterday, spending time outside is the best.

Hope you’re feeling better, beautiful11!

When is everyone due for a scan?!

What kind of work do you guys do? I’m a school nurse so I’m lucky to have 1st tri off from work, but bummed I’ll have to miss a good portion of the school year. Still, I wouldn’t trade this for anything! I’d love to be a SAHM until LO goes to school. What about you guys?

 

[mrsswaffer]

I'm a nurse. I only work 25 hours a week at the moment, but was planning to increase hours in September when my youngest starts school. Scrapped that idea now! Haha!

 

[Wriggley]

I will more then likely have to have a c section plus I have a blood disorder that means I can’t gonover somits also certain my LO will be born in January

I’m a gymnastics coach! Tho I’ve been off sick so much this last couple of weeks

Sickness is wearing me down I not sure if it’s the anti sickness I’m on or the lack of foods but I’m either feeling sick or really dizzy and faint

 

[Desire2Mom]

I'm a labor and delivery nurse, but luckily it's a smaller unit and only occasionally busy when I'm running a lot. Woke up to bright red blood and a golf ball size clot. If I didn't know I had a SCH, I would have been freaking out. Went in for an US and everything looks great still! Baby A is 6w6d 129bpm, Baby B is 6w5d 130bpm (I'm 7w1d so still on track!). I'm expected to continue to bleed for a whileand it's still considered small. I just hope it resolves itself soon while keeping my two little blueberries happy and healthy. I'm going to end up going crazy.

 

[New Mrs W]

I’m a deputy head teacher at a primary school. I work four days a week and really enjoy it but it is very tiring. My own little boys are at a different school and I’m looking forward to the summer holidays to get some chill time with them x

 

[vaniilla]

I'm a SAHM, I've worked for citizens advice before and law courts previously but nothing for a good years, I'm planning on going back to work when this baby turns 1 or close to that.

I haven't got a scan date yet, I've got my booking in app on the 3rd but I'm away on holiday between 11 and 13 weeks pregnant so I imagine my scan will be shortly after I get back.

Desire2Mom - I'm glad to hear the scan went well, thankfully you know what you're dealing with so the bleeding won't be as upsetting.


Wriggley - anti nausea medication can definitely make you very drowsy, I'm only on stemetil and I often find it makes me very sleepy, I might look to switch to something else as some days it feels like it's barely touching the sides of my nausea.

 

[AliJo]

Thanks for all the welcomes!!

So many nurses here!! I'm a registered nurse as well. I work in long term care, although it isn't what I want to do. I'm actually thinking I would like to be a school nurse if a position ever opens up. I just work for LTC right now because the hours work with having small children and my husband works overnights. The place I'm at is working with me, but I'm planning on leaving them for a part time job. Maybe two part time jobs. There has been some serious issues there lately. Which I could go into detail, but I would never stop!

No symptoms here.. but I am super early. I'll be 4 weeks tomorrow based on my LMP.

Desire - That would be scary either way, but glad you know why! Also, so happy to hear your scan went well!

Vanilla - I'm jealous, I would love to be a stay at home mom! Keep thinking of ways to make money at home so I can! Maybe I can be the next big YouTube sensation! I have some ideas lol

 

[tbfromlv]

I am a school teacher: grade 4! So I too am off all 1st tri. I think I will be14+1 on the first day of school even.

Symptoms so far are sore boobs (but I’m on a lot of progesterone lol) random waves of nausea for like 10 seconds, food aversions, and back and forth from wanting to eat everything and having no appetite. Also the tiredness comes and goes as well. I am 5 weeks+ 3 today so I’m sure some things will pick up soon. First scan is 6w+2 next Wednesday and I am anxious!

 

[AliJo]

I haven't called to book an appointment yet. I don't know where I want to go! The last place I went is 45 minutes away. I had both my boys there.. we lived about 35 minutes away last time and it was pretty crazy at the end. I'm thinking I need to go to the hospital in town, but I work with a lot of the doctors. Usually through faxes, but I see them on a routine bases as well. There are a few I don't see, but I bet they're similar to other practices around here and there is a chance any one of them could deliver for me. I'm too much of a private person!

 

[Desire2Mom]

I haven't called to book an appointment yet. I don't know where I want to go! The last place I went is 45 minutes away. I had both my boys there.. we lived about 35 minutes away last time and it was pretty crazy at the end. I'm thinking I need to go to the hospital in town, but I work with a lot of the doctors. Usually through faxes, but I see them on a routine bases as well. There are a few I don't see, but I bet they're similar to other practices around here and there is a chance any one of them could deliver for me. I'm too much of a private person!

I hear you! I work with the OB that I'm going to be seeing. I don't like the OBs at the other hospital in the system that's about 20min away and because its twins I can't see the family practice doc I work with and absolutely love. It's going to be awkward, but what is more awkward is my coworkers will deliver me!

 

[mummymia]

Hey lovelies got my BFP 2 days ago mh edd is 27/02/19. Wishing u all a happy and healthy 9 months xxxx

 

[wifeybby]

congrats mummymia!!

I hope you feel better soon, wriggley

Nurses rock! I'm an LPN in an elementary school. Ali, around here the best way to find a school position is the local Educational Service Center - it's like the county's board of education per se, they post openings in all districts in the county. I personally work for an outside company that specializes in school nursing - so we're not school employees, but we are in the school employee retirement system. This company has contracts with hundreds of schools in Ohio, and a lot of different positions. Medically fragile 1:1 cases, Special Needs clinics, general education clinics, substitutes only, district nurses which are RN's that oversee all the schools in the area, etc etc...I have a 12-month salary, which is far lower than most nurses due to lack of hours (summer, weekends, afternoons, holiday breaks, etc. - all the best stuff ) but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I babysit for extra cash in the summer. Unemployment is also an option as summer pay isn't labeled "earned income". It's great. I worked LTC and I hated it... Around here, it was an 8-10 hour medication pass marathon. No time for emergencies or issues, no time to know your residents, just slammed with meds and treatments and grumpy doctors, understandably upset families - LTC is hard. I didn't last but a month! I'd love to do L&D!! I bet that's amazing, Desire. I gotta ask though, how emotionally challenging was that while TTC?

Teachers rock too, you guys have the hard job in the schools. SAHM is amazing, gymnastic coach is so cool -- what a lovely group we have here.

I'm 5+4 today, my next scan is Friday at 6+4. Can't wait to see how yours goes, tb! I hope you can hear the heartbeat, but from what I've read it's normal to not be able to pick it up on equipment this early too. I'm really hoping for the heartbeat at my next, but keep reminding myself it's totally okay if it's not detectable yet. As long as they see growth from my last scan, I'm good.

 

[New Mrs W]

Well I think I’m about 6 weeks now, give or take a day or two. I’ve finally gotten round to ringing the GP and I have a telephone appt for Monday when I will tell them I’m pregnant and they can refer me to the midwives and the hospital where I would like to deliver. I guess it will start to feel a bit more real then! I’ve been feeling ok, occasional wave of nausea but haven’t been sick, sore boobs and tired but nothing I can’t handle. So far! Haven’t told anyone else yet apart from DH. We’ve decided to have the NIPT. We’ll have to pay for it of course and I don’t think it’s cheap. We never even opted for the blood tests or Nuchal scan on our other two pregancies but I’m 37 now and I know the risks go up. We have two very happy little boys already who have a lovely life and if we were to find out that this little one might have severe extra needs we’d rather have the time to prepare. It’s a crazy, scary ride x

 

[AliJo]

Desire - Oh goodness I think I would faint from embarrassment! I mean.. I know most people don't care and I know often coworkers are SUPER excited to deliver one of their own, but on my end I'm just all So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. The other town I was considering has nurses that I went to school with you just end up knowing everyone when you work in the medical field.

Wifey - It is very hard. Often LTC nurses are treated like they don't know their stuff (or at least it feels that way often when we talk to doctors or other nurses). I don't look down on any field because each has it's struggles. It is CRAZY busy where I work. There is no time for emergencies or admits or anything of the sort. Not a day goes by that is "boring" anymore. I feel like I learned a lot being there. I get to see diseases progress and it has taught me a lot of what to look for and assess. LTC has turned into houses for people with mental health issues. It makes it very hard to deal with when you have frail old people being threatened by younger residents that are there because they're mentally unstable.

New - Would your age make it so your land the requirements for it? Insurance will help if you do.

Mummy - Welcome!! Congratulations on your !

 

[mummymia]

Many many thanks im 4 weeks according to lmp. Going fo ring docs on monday. Whoop. Xxxx

 

[wifeybby]

Ali, I hope I didn't come off as looking down on your field! -- I don't feel that way at all. I admire LTC nurses as it's something I don't have the strength to do. I worked 3 - 11 and often didn't get out until 12:30+ charting or still catching up on meds. I cried often because I felt like I wasn't good enough. I was in the top 10 of my nursing class, I was class president, I owned nursing school - but when I got into LTC I felt defeated. It's not for the faint of heart or the weak.

School nurses get a lot of crap too as our patients are typically healthy kids that either are just injured or ill. We don't see too many emergencies other than lice jk, food allergies, diabetics, or broken bones, some gashes that need stitches, etc. Honestly, the school staff can be more problematic than the kids sometimes they'll come in frequently for BP checks, lung assessments, lice checks, diabetic issues, etc. Technically I'm only there for the kids but you get to be so close with your coworkers. It's interesting, some days are super boring, but often it comes in phases. We do hearing and vision screenings which is hell, and immunization record upkeep that's annoying. Other than that, we don't get to utilize a lot of our skills or be treated/feel like a "real nurse". Often times the parents don't even treat you like a nurse, or take your assessments seriously. They'll refuse to pick up their kid unless a fever strikes (because at that point they legally have to), they'll deny what's going on or send them in with something communicable and play dumb. Kids typically don't lie, and you can tell when they are. I agree all fields have their pros and cons, and that's the beauty of nursing - if you don't find your groove in one field, you can do something totally different.

 

[New Mrs W]

Desire - Oh goodness I think I would faint from embarrassment! I mean.. I know most people don't care and I know often coworkers are SUPER excited to deliver one of their own, but on my end I'm just all So, I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. The other town I was considering has nurses that I went to school with you just end up knowing everyone when you work in the medical field.

Wifey - It is very hard. Often LTC nurses are treated like they don't know their stuff (or at least it feels that way often when we talk to doctors or other nurses). I don't look down on any field because each has it's struggles. It is CRAZY busy where I work. There is no time for emergencies or admits or anything of the sort. Not a day goes by that is "boring" anymore. I feel like I learned a lot being there. I get to see diseases progress and it has taught me a lot of what to look for and assess. LTC has turned into houses for people with mental health issues. It makes it very hard to deal with when you have frail old people being threatened by younger residents that are there because they're mentally unstable.

New - Would your age make it so your land the requirements for it? Insurance will help if you do.

Mummy - Welcome!! Congratulations on your !

I cerrainly don’t think the NHS will offer this to me, I don’t think it’s available on the NHS at all, but I will definitely ask my GP on Monday when she calls. As you’re probably aware, there are not many people in the UK who have health insurance as our NHS is such a fantastic service but as it happens, we do have healthcare through my husband’s work. It’s been absolutely brilliant with our youngest boy who has had to have several lots of grommets in his ear as he has fluid in his Eustachian tubes and we can see the consultant one day and he can be having his op a week later! This wouldn’t be he case with NHS appointments sadly. Unfortunately I’ve checked out the policy and spoken to the insurance company but they offer very little in terms of maternity care other than the basic, routine stuff that the NHS offers so the NIPT isn’t a possibility through them either. A friend had the NIPT a few weeks ago and I think she said it cost about £400 so I think we’ll jusy have to stump up for it xx

 

[treeroot]

So I my messages keep getting deleted But I don't want to write everything again tonight so I'll just go with the most recent.


I think I have this impression that the UK will usually have things covered that we don't; but that's probably inaccurate plus our coverage does vary across the country and I wonder if it does there too? We happen to get NIPT for free.
We also have some insurance through my husbands work, it's pretty basic but covers some basic dental (which is so friggin' expensive). And I can get a couple massages partially covered so I'll definitely be using that up this year

 

[Desire2Mom]

I'd love to do L&D!! I bet that's amazing, Desire. I gotta ask though, how emotionally challenging was that while TTC?

Surprisingly it wasn't bad. I got tons of baby time in to hold everyone elses kiddos and become more comfortable handling them. The hard part was when the other nurses in my department got pregnant! One just had to stop her birth control and boom, she looked at her hubby and was pregnant. One lost her husband in a tragic accident (they had been trying for over a year and had no luck), found a new love and was pregnant on their first try. And another got married, found out her hubby had low sperm count and still got pregnant quickly without intervention. Thankfully, everyone in my department is close and extremely supportive. They won't let me do any fetal demises or something that would break my heart. The drug addicts are rough, but I cuddled every single one of those babies every night.

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey girls seems like we are all a bunch of nurses, I am an adult nurse in ED department too. So I haven't been in here on purpose as I have been trying to get my head together for what's to come. As most of you know I had an early scan now 9 days ago when I should have been 6 day plus 2 and they saw yolk sac but no baby or perhaps the start of baby but nothing to measure. Well I went back yesterday and there has been tiny development and baby was there and what I find more difficult to understand baby had a heartbeat which I was told was not slow. Problem is baby only measured 1.5mm when it should have been around 10mm at the 7 week Mark! The sonographer tried to reassure me everything looked good and some women get their dates wrong as still measuring between 5-6 weeks but I know from doing ovulation test and when I got my bfp I am not that far out. Even the nurse agreed after that all was out with the dates and size. So I am still in limbo and totally prepared for this little light to go out inside me so I am really sad. I would have dealt with things much easier if it never got a heartbeat but now I just feel sorry for it. I someone keep thinking maybe just maybe they are measuring wrong or baby is in weird position but then I see things realistically and tell myself all will end soon. I have a scan next week and will update but I can't get too involved in the chat as it upsets me.
Much love xxx