Davies, I bought my bands at my local pharmacy. Then I noticed they were much cheaper on eBay
you might be hard pushed to get them posted before Christmas now, though.
Gosh, busy night on the sickness and roids, I see! I myself was up until 3am unable to lay down due to severe nausea
What helped me most weeks ago was a slice of fresh ginger in boiled water. I'd sniff at it and drink it. Now I've had so much of the stuff I'm fed up. I drink peppermint tea instead.
Croydon, fili, I slowly came off the steroids after 12 weeks and was actually really excited. I listened to ducky's heartbeat every day on a doppler and was reassured. All went well! Our doctors really know what they are doing: thousands of ladies have successfully followed this protocol before us!
As for our Christmas food. DH is in charge of Christmas eve (salmon on homemade blinis as nibbles during the afternoon followed by cheese fondue - he is French and comes from the fondue region - the cheese for it has been sitting in our fridge for weeks since FIL brought it from France). If I am feeling up to it I will make caviar of courgette starters with parmesan and cream (prepared the day before - oops, that's tomorrow
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On Christmas day I am roasting a turkey with chestnut stuffing, honey-roast parsnips, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes (with cream - yumm!), brussel sprouts, red cabbage, maybe also a butternut squash, broccoli, peas and baby carrots (need to check the shopping list)
It sounds complicated but just needs organisation to time things right. The only thing really work heavy is the gravy. I'm going to make a stock with the turkey's neck and then make the gravy from scratch.
Seriously, I'm not usually the cook in the house but I can make a roast
My husband says that's a genetic thing for being British
And luckily I am usually ok in the mornings. I've been doing pretty well with the nausea over the past week or so in general. I think (hope) yesterday was just a blip
Heart, I'd just say sod it and not go to work anymore before Christmas. If your work allows it, of course. It must be difficult in your work because you don't want to leave vulnerable people in the lurch before a stressful event like Christmas
Still, baby comes first!
I really don't know what to advise on the scan. I always think what if it's the worst case scenario? How would you handle that? Still take part in the celebrations and knock back those few with your friends? Or cancel everything? Incredibly, I have not been pregnant over Christmas so I really have no experience to pull from (my closest loss was Dec 18th, which was still manageable iygwim).
As for the drinking, is the dinner close enough that you could be the designated driver for the night and then pretend sip on a glass of wine (with DH helping you out)? Could you feign a poorly pet you cannot leave alone overnight?
Do you mind if I join? I've had 2 prior losses, no children yet.. I'm on Progesterone suppositories for low Progesterone levels (Prometrium) and I'm taking low-dose aspirin.
