Mother of all conception months Graduates

[madcatwoman]

Think he understood the placenta bit but wasnt really understanding the fact that I still can't feel anything at nearly 21 weeks. He just kept saying "what you still can't feel anything" silly man.

Thankfully my OH doesn't go away til tonight so he can take me to the hospital, probaly wouldn't be best to drive myself there

well let us know what they say as soon as you can hun xx

 

[loopylollipop]

Boy, dippy GPs. Or maybe just men. Sure that really reassured you Gilz

Glad they are checking you out. With your history you are an extra precious mama. They need to ensure they check you out thoroughly. The green stuff and the raging temp need assessing. Its only recently, in the last couple of weeks that I have felt def, surefire movements. Prior to that was like ' is it, or is it just wind.' And my placenta is not anterior! So dont worry hun. Would be worse to have them, then they stop rather that not feeling any at all. Bet they will put you on antibiotics to be safe.

Thanks to the government dishing out the anti-viral medication out like smarties last winter, there are alot of reports of resistant strains floating in the literature, and doctors are miffed. Who would have figured - oh yeah, probably my cat and maybe OH (who works in a bathroom company) would have seen that coming.

Have just finished my night shift. Only two hours late - fourteen hour shift. Am so tired! Not felt any movements for ages, was just about to get the ol doppler out but bubs is now kicking up a storm. Phew.

 

[gilz82]

Horror shift length Loopy. Go home and get some rest now

That's us just heading to the hospital I'll update once I'm out.

 

[pinkclaire]

Oh Gils it sounds awful! Good luck in the hospital xxx

 

[PeanutBean]

I guess you'll be in hospital now Gilz. I hope everything is ok and they can give you some good treatment. I agree with loopy that a high temp needs sorting whatever the cause.

Well I've spent very nearly 4 hours trying to fix my laptop. Turns out it was a dodgy AVG antivirus update that crashes Windows 7 (did I mention this already?). I found some instructions to fix it so that it can be uninstalled except it won't uninstall and I've tried everything, even downloading some trial of a removal programme which is also stuck. Not sure what to do next! Waiting to see if anything happens with the removal programme then going to try some more things. It's just ridiculous. Needless to say I've done next to no work but I'm at my PC now so can try and catch up a bit... Good job no-one else is really doing anything with it being the first day back.

 

[sequeena]

Hope all is ok gilz

 

[madcatwoman]

Well ive had an interesting morning.

with hearing gilz's updates i decided to look into getting the flu jab!. So, i called my docs who said they dont stock any and told me id need to get it from my chemist. So i went to my chemist in person(they werent answering phones) who said they didnt stock it either but to try the chemist in town.
So i went to the chemist in town who said they had ran out, but said even if they had it they couldnt give it to me as theyre not allowed to give it to pregnant women.

so, im back home now.

i hated going into those chemists, 3 people at least were there with tissues, red noses and coughing everwhere, i actually walked in with my glove over my face!!!!

i came home with 2 bottles of hand gel in the end, one for me&one for DH to use when out&before eating.

 

[MADLYSBOYS]

Hey Ladies :wave:

Well sorry I wasnt around yesterday....I was only didnt get chance to pop into this thread

My prediciton thread has really taken off and at last count I have done 165 predicitions apart from the 8 grads predicitons I got right I have so far got one correct and one wrong So total so far is 9/10....People have even started to put there predictions in there siggies which I founf absolutely hiralious

Gilz hon I hope everything is ok your bugs sound nasty

madcat hon my 4d scan is the day before yours the 22nd at 4pm

Loopy hon sounds like your a busy little bee....I hope your resting plenty inbetween shifts AND I STILL PREDICT

Peanut hon so sorry for feeling blue me too I just dont know why

As for constipation....no advice ladies cause am an odd bod I have IBS so my bowels done react to normal laxative foods Orange juice certainly doesnt work for me nor to bran flakes so no help here sorry

We werent planning on getting an isofix base simply cause we had one for Oliver and it was more of a pain in the arse than anything else...it use to tilt his car seat at such an awkward angle he was almost sat upright iykwim and it was compatible with our then car model too My sister has a maxi cosi car seat for my niece and she simply straps the seat in using the seat belt.....we were planning on doing the same thing Worked for us before well and I have managed ok when we have had my niece and took her out in the car

 

[madcatwoman]

ah thats good madly, we'll be seeing what our boys look like within a day of each other, mine is on the sunday at 10.45!. be lovely to get a proper look, the 20 week scan didnt really spend long looking at the baby as i recognise it, more at different organs etc.

Ooo, my body pillow has just arrived, and my new camera.

 

[PeanutBean]

Good purchases madcat! I'm waiting on my raincover (apparently despatched on the 28th...), nappies (despatched today) and microwave (coming anytime). Bet your new camera will be fantastic!

Madly you should separate out your predictions for people you've got to know (like us) and keep record for each group. That way if you're only 50/50 for strangers and 90-100% right for us you'll be able to easily tell and it will be really interesting! I don't know how you're finding the time to do it! And at the sigs, I told you you should do your own blinkie!

'm trying to get HR to understand my leave. I now have 27 days holiday to take this year and trying to squeeze it in before my mat leave will mean handing in my date almost now. Hr just keeps saying "we can only carry over 5 days to next year" totally missing the point. I don't want them carrying over, I want half of them at the end of my mat leave not at the beginning which will mean I can't finish my course and can't get my work done before I finish nor would we have time to advertise and recruit someone new and me have time to do handover. I've spelt out all the dates for her in the hope she'll get it but I just know she won't. Much as I'd like to finish in Feb instead of March I'd also like to return in May instead of April! She's a bit of a melm really. Took weeks to sort out my return from my last leave.

 

[madcatwoman]

i hope you have some joy with your HR dept peanut, sounds like they need it spelling out to them!!

just recieved a phone call from my midwife, co-incidence really after this mornings events. she phoned to asked if id had the flu jab, so i told her about this morning(as in my other post on here), and she was appalled, said she was calling most of her girls up to ask what responce they had recieved when asking for the jab and is looking into it!.

 

[vbaby3]

Hi ladies.
Gilz,thats awful,hope you're ok.xxxx
Great news on the 4d scan madcat,so exciting!

We stuck the the old fashioned car seats lol!just the carry tot that you put in using the seatbelt.Once you get the knack of it you'd have it in and out in seconds.
Then I think at about 10 months they went into a forward facing 1 which just stayed strapped in the car.

Madly can't believe you did 165 predictions!!
Meant to ask you.remember you got that reading from rennyjenny or what was her name??Did she say girl for you?

All quite here,dh back to work today,so back to the old routine!
Yous get anymore snow?apparently there's snow up north here,hoping and praying it doesn't come our way.

Yay loopy,only a few more days til your scan!!

 

[PeanutBean]

It's good your MW phoned madcat. Don't know why I didn't comment in my last post (preg brain!) but to have to trek around and STILL not be able to have it is just ridiculous! It turns out the real issue is that the government pulled the funding for promotion of the jab in the summer. £85m I read somewhere in total, some hundreds of thousands of which was just for the publicity itself. The effect seems to have been that neither the public nor even the medical profession have been up to date with the recommendations. I've heard a few times now of people being turned away because they are pregnant when the very opposite is what should be happening! If you still want to get it I hope your MW can sort things out. Sounds like she is on top of things and is aware that there is an issue in your area. My surgery were very relaxed about it. When I booked in there were no funny questions and when I saw the nurse she said "so you're here because you're pregnant, very good" or the likes and just checked if I'm allergic to egg. No hooha at all. It should not be this variable and it will only get worse...

This is going to sound terrible but part of the problem with HR is that her English isn't fantastic. I think she's Spanish but she just doesn't seem to quite understand complicated explanations, and it is complicated but not that bad! She is also a bit bonkers about rules before thinking logically. It causes no end of problems in all kinds of areas of work but because of my maternity situation and dealing with volunteers (which is quite HRy) I am constantly coming up against her!

 

[madcatwoman]

well MW mentioned she was seeing if the local hospital might set up a clinic for pregnant women to have the jab, but shes looking into it all and will be passing my responce on to(someone else?) and thanked me. I see her next week. The funding seems to be area related, wales is always different to england.

i do hope you cant finish work earlier rather than later, and will all your sickness and now as only im too aware generally being uncomfortable it would do you good.

i wonder how gilz is doing

 

[gilz82]

Hi I'm back girls

I have flu and have been prescribed Tamiflu which I wasn't greatly keen about taking. Just off the phone to the maternity unit and the Dr there says that the Tamiflu is by far the best option compared with letting the flu get worse.

Madcat your chemist/gp surgery sound about as much use as mine. Hope your midwife manages to get it sorted out for you.

Peanut I feel your pain, my HR department are beyond useless. The only person of any use is the depute head and she works part time and is also pregnant so think she finishes before I do

 

[madcatwoman]

Hi I'm back girls

I have flu and have been prescribed Tamiflu which I wasn't greatly keen about taking. Just off the phone to the maternity unit and the Dr there says that the Tamiflu is by far the best option compared with letting the flu get worse.

Madcat your chemist/gp surgery sound about as much use as mine. Hope your midwife manages to get it sorted out for you.

Peanut I feel your pain, my HR department are beyond useless. The only person of any use is the depute head and she works part time and is also pregnant so think she finishes before I do

Oh so it IS the flu, oh no, how crap. i know what you mean though about tamiflu, like me, reluctant to take anything while pregnant, but i guess theyre right, better than the flu its self taking over your body. Hope you start feeling brighter before long. What did they say about your temperature(and the baby etc)?.
yes my MW was particually appalled, will be interesting if she comes back to me about it should she get anywhere. Otherwise i will just have to keep up with my general hygene, i dont go out much(its more DH) and leave it to nature.

 

[gilz82]

They just said keep taking the paracetamol regularly as it will help with the temperature. Apparently sweating a lot is a sign that the paracetamol is helping the fever. I just assumed cos I was sweating that much it wasn't helping. As long as the fever isn't constant, which it isn't, then the jellybean should be ok.

Obviously if things get worse I've just to go back to the hospital but this time directly to the maternity unit.

 

[madcatwoman]

They just said keep taking the paracetamol regularly as it will help with the temperature. Apparently sweating a lot is a sign that the paracetamol is helping the fever. I just assumed cos I was sweating that much it wasn't helping. As long as the fever isn't constant, which it isn't, then the jellybean should be ok.

Obviously if things get worse I've just to go back to the hospital but this time directly to the maternity unit.

right, god you dont need this though do you, with all the problems you have had so far. stay home,take care and look after yourself!

 

[vbaby3]

Oh Gilz,God love you,thats so crap.
It seems to be going about here now too,my friends 2 babies 6months old and 1 and a half were in hospital for 4 nights last wk with the flu.
My gp rang all her preg ladies last wk to tell them to come in for the jab,so I guess its really hit coz it wasn't mentioned to me before then.
I think I'm gonna lay low for a few wks!!
Hope you're feeling better soon,and the drugs work for you.When your oh due back to work?hope he can stay home a few days to look after you.xx

 

[gilz82]

He's away for work again in the middle of the night tonight unfortunately Vbaby but my sister and OH's mum will keep an eye on me I'm sure.

My work are going to be sooo pissed cos I'm due back in tomorrow but that won't be happening.