*Leeds ladies*

[rwllgoodchild]

So, was wondering how many of you ladies are from the Leeds area?

Im 29 and expecting our first baby on May 3rd im going to be giving birth at St James' and have our parenting classes there on 3rd and 10th March.

Any Leeds ladies here fancy chatting etc

xx

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Me hon :wave:

I`m 28yrs old having my second little man and am also giving birth at St James EDD 16th-29th April

 

[Berniep]

Hi,
i'm from between Leeds and Wakefield, i'm due baby number 3 on the 28th April and will be trying out the new maternity bit in Pinderfields, how r u both finding ur pregnancies so far? x

 

[rwllgoodchild]

:wave:

Hey

Im sooo excited, but petrified at the same time - everything is really real now, i can see LO kicking, OH can feel it and my bump is HUGE

Ive been pleasantly surprised with all the people at St James' - im overweight (bmi 43) and not had an ounce of criticism or talking down to - this was my main worry about being pregnant, but they've been so nice xx

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

:wave:

Not a great pregnancy so far and still suffering from on and off pregnancy immune system has had a lot to answer for this time and I have had one bug/infection after another which have nearly always required antibiotics I have had four utis since mid november and just got told last week I might have been suffering from anaemia for the last 2-3mths which would explain me feeling like a fruitloop and losing lots of weight I am a pre-pregnancy size 20 however I am now back in my pre-preg jeans which are huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge and continue to get bigger each week when just before I fell preggo they were getting a little tight I was thinking diet girl big time but then weeks later had to buy mat jeans which are now enormous I now realise pregnancy with my 1st son was a walk in the park I havent had it easy but wouldnt change it for the world and am in reasonable good spirits despite everything

Hows it so far for you Berniep?

 

[Anna1982]

hiya
im anna and im from wakefield
ill be delivering twins at pinderfields,
this is my third pregnancy i have two gorgeous boys

nice to see some people from round here

 

[Berniep]

I'm also overweight i think my bmi at start of pregnancy was 40, i was also worried about how i would be treated about this and so far i've had mixed feedback, one of my midwives is lovely, she's really supportive and doesn't care about my weight the other however is a cow, she goes on about my weight everytime i see her and she blames every prob i hvae/had on my weight. With my 1st pregnancy 10 years ago i had a normal bmi and gave birth to a 9lb 7oz baby even though i keep telling my midwife i wasn't overweight with that pregnancy she still keeps telling me my weight is why i had a big baby , with my 2nd pregnancy i was overweight but nothing like i am now, my son was born at 34 weeks by c section because he had a prob with his heart and the dr's wanted him out before anything happened but once again according to my midwife this will have been down to my weight, she is also gob smacked that i didn't have gd with my other 2 pregnancies, she just doesn't listen to anything i say. If i didn't have to see her i wouldn't i would just see the nice one but unfortunately its whichever one is there at the time of my appt. My consultant at hosp has also made a few comments about weight but i'm just learning to let it go over my head they can get lost lol. Have u gained much so far? i've put on 13 and a half lb's so i don't think i'm doing too bad so far, with baby number 1 i put on 4 stone altogether so i'm trying not to do that again x

 

[Berniep]

:wave:

Not a great pregnancy so far and still suffering from on and off pregnancy immune system has had a lot to answer for this time and I have had one bug/infection after another which have nearly always required antibiotics I have had four utis since mid november and just got told last week I might have been suffering from anaemia for the last 2-3mths which would explain me feeling like a fruitloop and losing lots of weight I am a pre-pregnancy size 20 however I am now back in my pre-preg jeans which are huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge and continue to get bigger each week when just before I fell preggo they were getting a little tight I was thinking diet girl big time but then weeks later had to buy mat jeans which are now enormous I now realise pregnancy with my 1st son was a walk in the park I havent had it easy but wouldnt change it for the world and am in reasonable good spirits despite everything

Hows it so far for you Berniep?

Sorry you posted while i was typing lol.
I was good till just before new year when i became ill and since then i've not got better, had a stay in hosp last weekend to rule out anything major which luckily it isn't and now dr's are saying i've prob had a virus which because immune system is low due to pregnancy i haven't been able to fight and it has effected my cardiac system causing fast heartbeat, palpitations, feeling faint all the time, chest pains, hyperventilating etc its been great fun, hopefully after plenty of rest i'm starting to get over it, i feel a bit better today which is good cause i'm so bored been in the house.
Hope you start to feel better soon x

 

[Berniep]

hiya
im anna and im from wakefield
ill be delivering twins at pinderfields,
this is my third pregnancy i have two gorgeous boys

nice to see some people from round here

Another pinderfields lady i thought i might be the only one on here, what do u think to the new hosp? do u think we'll get a tour of maternity when its finally ready? can't be long now i heard middle of this month. x

 

[Anna1982]

hiya
its meant to be finished 18th jan

from what ive seen its ok very white lol and sterile.

im under the consultant as my bmi is 45 and its a multiple pregnancy, bless him mr burr laughed when he saw me as last time i swore to him i wouldnt have anymore

 

[Berniep]

I'm supposed to be there 2moro for physio ut as i've been poorly i'm going to have to change appt. I can't think what my consultant is called she has a long name but the midwives call her Raj? so was it a big shock to find out it was twins? x

 

[Anna1982]

very big shock as we went for an early scan at 5 weeks and there was just one gestation sack, then a scan at 8 weeks show two lol

ive been referred for physio too

 

[cbmd]

Hi,
Im 28 from Leeds, expecting our first child after ttc for forever!. Not due till 12th June so much further behind you guys, i picked LGI as its the only hospital i've ever really been to.
x

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Bernie my bmi was `normal` if theres really such a thing with Oliver and I had GD undiagnosed until delivery when he was born in quite difficult and scary circumstances So overweight does not by any stretch = GD and your MW should know better I was never considered `at risk` to have a GTT with him however this time because of my problems upon delivery with him and the fact that my BMI is 35 I am considered `at risk` and my lovely consultant decided one GTT is not enough I have to have two I had one at 16wks which was `normal` and am due to have my next on Thursday which am papping myself over...do not like at all

Wondering if pinderfields will be a nicer place to delivery than St James theres always bad media about LGI so def out for us and Oliver was born at St James which is literally 5mins drive away so was our obvious choice really. I have had mixed treatment opinions so far....some good and some not so I have been made to feel as if I am wasting peoples time by the odd member of staff in the neonatal clinic when I have been simply following orders to be checked out there but then for every bad experience theres a good. I hope I have a good delivery experience this time

Anna how does it feel to be having twins

 

[Berniep]

very big shock as we went for an early scan at 5 weeks and there was just one gestation sack, then a scan at 8 weeks show two lol

ive been referred for physio too

I should have had my 1st appt last monday but i was still in hosp so hubby phoned to change it and gave them his number, he then took a phonecall while at work on Friday telling him my new appt is this Monday but he didn't get round to telling me till friday evening by which time it was too late to cancel so i'll have to ring them on Monday and explain i'm still not well and hope they let me have a 3rd chance. Its a group appt too which i've never had before so that should be interesting lol x

Hi,
Im 28 from Leeds, expecting our first child after ttc for forever!. Not due till 12th June so much further behind you guys, i picked LGI as its the only hospital i've ever really been to.
x

Hi,
its nice to see a few of us Leeds ladies on here, how's ur pregnancy been so far? x

Bernie my bmi was `normal` if theres really such a thing with Oliver and I had GD undiagnosed until delivery when he was born in quite difficult and scary circumstances So overweight does not by any stretch = GD and your MW should know better I was never considered `at risk` to have a GTT with him however this time because of my problems upon delivery with him and the fact that my BMI is 35 I am considered `at risk` and my lovely consultant decided one GTT is not enough I have to have two I had one at 16wks which was `normal` and am due to have my next on Thursday which am papping myself over...do not like at all

Wondering if pinderfields will be a nicer place to delivery than St James theres always bad media about LGI so def out for us and Oliver was born at St James which is literally 5mins drive away so was our obvious choice really. I have had mixed treatment opinions so far....some good and some not so I have been made to feel as if I am wasting peoples time by the odd member of staff in the neonatal clinic when I have been simply following orders to be checked out there but then for every bad experience theres a good. I hope I have a good delivery experience this time

Anna how does it feel to be having twins

I've got my gtt on 3rd of feb, is it really bad? not looking forward to it and if its positive i'm not looking forward to my horrible midwife moaning at me, what makes me laugh is she's overweight herself so has no room to talk lol x

 

[rwllgoodchild]

Hi,
Im 28 from Leeds, expecting our first child after ttc for forever!. Not due till 12th June so much further behind you guys, i picked LGI as its the only hospital i've ever really been to.
x

:wave:
Hi,
We only chose St James' as its literally a 10 minute walk from our apartment.
Its so nice to know a lot of us are local OH's family are from Wakefield and mine are from Knottingley/Castleford xx

 

[rwllgoodchild]

I have my GTT on 25th Jan - a little worried as i crave lucozade sport at the moment, can drink 4 bottles a day not sure whether that means anything tho xx

 

[Anna1982]

Anna how does it feel to be having twins

its ok a little tiring and Im huge already lol, have to have scans every 4 weeks form 20 weeks

Im a busy mum lol my boys are 2 and 1

Im meant to have the twins at pinderfields, but if there isnt two special neo natal cots available there i will be transfered somewhere that has them (twins sometimes need help with temperature regulating). I already know if I havnt given birth on my own by 37 weeks I will be induced that day. so my due dates 22nd june but i wont go past the 1st june

i have had gtt tests in both my previous pregnancys its nothing to worry about just a blood test a yacky drink then a blood test after 2 hours
best way to drink the drink is to down it at once

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

I just dont like the gloopy syrupy nasty drink you have to have hon It made me for three days at 16wks ekkkkkkkkkk!

mmmm maybe your MW should take a look in the mirror

 

[Louise1985]

hey ladies...im louise 25 from leeds too...due baby no2 on 3rd june and due to have the baby at LGI xxx