June Bundles of Joy - 2016

[Lil_Pixie]

Vanilla mines at 9.30 - don't know how I got so lucky!

Boo I think cramps is a calcium thing. With Xander I had rotten cramps up til I got heartburn and got addicted to rennies

This time my mw prescribed me vitamin D and calcium pills. I'm not sure why but I haven't had cramp once since

 

[AngelofTroy]

Ugh, I'm still putting on too much weight. I just need to keep eating to feel human. TMI but my thighs are getting sore where they're rubbing together when I walk!! I think having loose maternity jeans that I have to keep pulling up isn't helping. I'm so embarrassed. My maternity wear is all size 14 and I was a 10-12 before. It's depressing. I had to work SO hard to lose the weight after my son, and I walked for miles every day with the buggy, I can't do that this time with a slow coach 3yo in tow. I just want to be able to stick to my normal diet with maybe a small extra snack but as soon as my sickness settles my pregnant self seems to need massive portions and snacks every hour or two! I'm still sick a few times a week.. How can I have sickness AND be gaining too much weight? Surely the only *benefit* of sickness and nausea should be keeping the weight down!!

 

[Becyboo__x]

I never got anything with DS only heartburn in 3rd tri which I never had in my life and never want it again I was addicted to the basic range of heartburn chalky ones I couldn't have anything else all made me feel sick. I've always drank loads of milk so I should be getting enough calcium but in fairness I might need to look into taking supplements again now I'm not being sick, didn't take them after 20 weeks with DS mainly due to forgettin, this time I stopped because of sickness might be worth it if it might help!

 

[Lavochain]

Still going through a rough stage only will get worse anyway we've split up and he's now said he is going to go soon .. which is best but obviously it's going to get stressful from when that happens when I'll need to sort everything out and change everything back singly which financially I'm very worried about.

I've started getting cramps again in my legs! Leaving my calfs bruised it's awful I hate cramp as it is but this seems more painful then non pregnancy! Only another 5 weeks til my midwife appointment might go quick who knows!

Those kind of cramps wake me up during the night a lot so I deffinitely feel your pain. I hope it goes quickly for you, my next isn't until March as she is on holiday.

 

[wishuwerehere]

My scan is next Monday too! It's at 3.30 so long wait, fortunately i have work to keep me busy!

 

[Squig34]

Angel, I've only started putting on weight since about 15 or 16 weeks, & I've managed to load on about 8 or 9 lbs in a month... I also had to get a random blood sugar test this morning - particularly unfortunate as I ate 3/4 of a box of chocolates last night (which is unusual!)

Becy, sorry to hear you couldn't work things out but from what you've said before, it sounds like you'll be a lot happier if you can figure out your finances. Good luck.

I had a horrendous leg cramp a few nights ago. It's only been the once & since I drink milk & take a vit D supplement every day, hopefully it'll remain at just the once!

Everyone here already gets free prescriptions which may be why we don't get the exemption form.

Vaniilla, as far as I heard, it's unusual for the NHS to test for strep b routinely, so it must be a policy that your hospital has. Today I was told to wait until a couple of weeks before the birth to test though, as it's something which can come & go

Squig so glad things are going well. Will you continue having regular scans after the anomaly scan?

My anomaly scan is next Monday, hopefully if all is well we'll find out the gender then too. 6 more sleeps to go!

I think so - my notes say to review again around 24 weeks so I've booked in 2 more appointments after the anomaly scan which will take me to 24+5 so I guess I'll find out then.

 

[AngelofTroy]

I've put on 17.5lbs the recommended gain for my BMI at 22 weeks is only 9.1 - 14.6lbs. And I LOST weight from HG in the first 10 weeks. Then I started piling it on despite the sickness as eating helped. I feel awful.

 

[Tinky_82]

I've put on 17.5lbs the recommended gain for my BMI at 22 weeks is only 9.1 - 14.6lbs. And I LOST weight from HG in the first 10 weeks. Then I started piling it on despite the sickness as eating helped. I feel awful.

Try not to worry honey. Santa brought my toddler a balance bike - he loves it and it means we can go faster and cover greater distances on walks when he uses it - I almost need to jog to keep up - definitely recommend as I am struggling with weight gain partly due to lower walking speeds than previously. I've also started going to gym an evening a week and power walking on the treadmill - I think it helps.

 

[AngelofTroy]

I've put on 17.5lbs the recommended gain for my BMI at 22 weeks is only 9.1 - 14.6lbs. And I LOST weight from HG in the first 10 weeks. Then I started piling it on despite the sickness as eating helped. I feel awful.

Try not to worry honey. Santa brought my toddler a balance bike - he loves it and it means we can go faster and cover greater distances on walks when he uses it - I almost need to jog to keep up - definitely recommend as I am struggling with weight gain partly due to lower walking speeds than previously. I've also started going to gym an evening a week and power walking on the treadmill - I think it helps.

Thanks, sadly my son has a balance bike and a scooter and yet has no coordination at all and I just end up carrying them whenever we go out as he gets frustrated after 2 minutes. We will have a buggy board but he gets bored on there quickly. Maybe I should join a gym. Or start swimming in the evenings as its free? I'm just exhausted by the evenings. I work 2 overnights a week and can't catch up as I have my 3yo all day.

 

[vaniilla]

Squig34 - I was told that I had to do the strep b test early on in pregnancy because although it can come and go if the numbers are below a certain level they're unlikely to go higher or something like that and if you have it over a certain amount you'll be given the injection regardless around labour time

Angel -, ds was always terrible with a balance bike too, we'll keep ds' one for next lo but I'm not too hopeful. Have you considered a type of trike or a regular kids bike?

You shouldn't feel awful, are you eating as healthily as you possibly can? (hard in pregnancy I know) but you may well be carrying a lot more fluid, I had a LOT with ds, they thought he was going to be big because of my fundal measurements.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I have gained 4lb now. It took a while cos of the first tri loss. I'm just going to embrace the cake

 

[AngelofTroy]

Squig34 - I was told that I had to do the strep b test early on in pregnancy because although it can come and go if the numbers are below a certain level they're unlikely to go higher or something like that and if you have it over a certain amount you'll be given the injection regardless around labour time

Angel -, ds was always terrible with a balance bike too, we'll keep ds' one for next lo but I'm not too hopeful. Have you considered a type of trike or a regular kids bike?

You shouldn't feel awful, are you eating as healthily as you possibly can? (hard in pregnancy I know) but you may well be carrying a lot more fluid, I had a LOT with ds, they thought he was going to be big because of my fundal measurements.

I've not been eating very healthily tbh, and prepregnancy I cycled 5 miles to work and haven't since BFP so its understandable.

 

[vaniilla]

I still wouldn't worry too much, maybe make small changes? weight loss sucks speaking from my own miserable experience with it but it's not something you should focus on now -you have horrendous nausea which needs to be kept at bay which is much more important.

 

[AngelofTroy]

Thanks, I'm reading good things about a high protein diet for nausea in pregnancy helping to curb the need for so many carbs. I'm going out tomorrow to buy some protein based snacks!

 

[Squig34]

Good luck with that Angel - I do think your circumstances given your awful nausea are mitigating in terms of weight gain, you have to eat what you can eat & I'm so sorry for you still to be suffering so badly. I still have it, but mostly not as bad as the first 15 or 16 weeks. I think I would really struggle if I were still that sick, & I don't have a toddler to look after

 

[iakyri]

Thanks for all the well-wishes

The set few days have been wonderful with feeling lots of movement from baby girl. Hopefully today I feel a decent amount of movement again. I've felt some rolling around this morning.

Ladies in the US, are you going to apply for fmla? When are we suppose to do this?

Thankfully I have about 9 weeks vacation time saved up so I'm hoping that I don't need FMLA. From my understanding with my HR department, it automatically kicks in if you are out for over 30 days? I could be completely wrong on that -- probably worth a visit to talk to HR?

 

[joo]

Squig it's the FW8 form for your maternity exemption card. I had to request it from my GP reception.

As for the group B strep, I have just gone through all this as it got picked up on a swab at 12 weeks. They don't routinely test for it but if it comes up on a swab you're already having done then they tell you about it. Apparently it is not as sensitive/accurate as the enriched culture medium that you can buy. I have had some confusion here whether or not they will test me again for it later on in pregnancy, some say yes and some say no, so I have looked in to buying the test. It's only £35 and recommended from 36 weeks onwards. If it comes pack positive then you will definitely be carrying it by labour, if it is negative then there is a slim chance you could carry it by the time you go in to labour. Here is the website, scroll down a bit and there are some companies you can contact for the test kit https://gbss.org.uk/who-we-are/testing-for-gbs/ecm-test-where-how/ xx

 

[joo]

Iakyri sorry things are difficult for you right now, I hope things get sorted quickly xxx

 

[Dory85]

Leg cramps are here for me also. I'm semi aware of when it's starting though so quickly stretch my foot the other way. I remember leaping out and hugging the wall previously lol.

People at work have taken to asking when I'm finishing work now and are surprised when i say its not for ages. I swear I look huge in my uniform

Physio tomorrow :-/

 

[vaniilla]

Dory - I hope your physio goes well tomorrow.

people are not usually very good at guessing - as soon as you look pregnant most people seem to think you must be close to your due date