The Pregnancy Chat Thread!

Ms2011

Tigeress wrote: »

Congrats Hun hope the sickness eases up soon for ya! I was about 14/15 weeks before mine let up! So did ya officially tell everyone yet?

Thanks
I don't know if it was just in my head because I was told my sickness would go at 12 weeks but last night I had no sickness, que the panicking from me because it was gone :rolleyes: Seriously, I am never happy
All family has been told directly by us and my close friend but no one's been told to keep it a secret so I imagine most people who know me and my OH know. Actually my OH met up with a friend he used to work with and before my he got a chance to tell him the news his friend held out his hand to congratulate him, apparently someone in the pub had told him so I guess the news is out. I'm due for my first hospital scan in 2 weeks so when I get the all clear there I will put it up on Facebook and offically tell the world

pippington

Hi, Im new to this thread!

Im 17 weeks pregnant, the only one of my group of friends that is pregnant so in sore need of other pregnant people to chat to!:D

dublinlady

pippington wrote: »

Hi, Im new to this thread!

Im 17 weeks pregnant, the only one of my group of friends that is pregnant so in sore need of other pregnant people to chat to!:D

Hi pippington! I'm in the same boat and I'm 18 weeks!!
Loving pregnancy so far, been very lucky no sickness or anything!
Bump growing now :-)
Not much in the line of movement but feeling little something's every now and again!! Really looking forward to feeling it more and more!! I'll prob regret saying that!!!

Hannibal Smith

pippington wrote: »

Hi, Im new to this thread!

Im 17 weeks pregnant, the only one of my group of friends that is pregnant so in sore need of other pregnant people to chat to!:D

Nice to meet you pippington...how's the pregnancy going so far? Have you told everyone by now? Are you all excited?:D:D

Hannibal Smith

34 weeks woooohoooo 6 more to go and boy is the time dragging :eek:

I packed some of my hospital bag last night....how teeny tiny are those newborn baby gros :eek: Hope junior's small enough to fit in them, they're all I've packed

I also packed the first baby grow my son was put in when he was born, so junior can go in it if the scan is right and he's a boy. Oh the emotions when I took it out and saw the size of what he used to fit into

I have an ultrasound on Tues to check the placenta has moved and to check the gestational diabetes hasn't created and massive baby Fingers crossed!

Tigeress

Wow DL! I can't believe you're 18 weeks already nearly at the halfway Mark now! I'm just gone 26 weeks which according to EUMom is my 27th week.. Baby seems to kick constantly but I love it only 2.5 weeks till my scan & can't wait! Hopefully we'll finally find out if we're having a boy or a girl! Hope everyone is having a great weekend we're having a very lazy PJ day today hehe

Tigeress

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

34 weeks woooohoooo 6 more to go and boy is the time dragging :eek:

I packed some of my hospital bag last night....how teeny tiny are those newborn baby gros :eek: Hope junior's small enough to fit in them, they're all I've packed

I also packed the first baby grow my son was put in when he was born, so junior can go in it if the scan is right and he's a boy. Oh the emotions when I took it out and saw the size of what he used to fit into

I have an ultrasound on Tues to check the placenta has moved and to check the gestational diabetes hasn't created and massive baby Fingers crossed!

6 weeks that's so close! Hope the scab goes well & it's not too big a baby hehe! I'm having the gestational diabetes test done in 2 weeks as my Grandad had quite bad diabetes, I'm really hoping i don't have it! Did you fnd it hard to regulate your sugar levels?

Welcome Pippington & congratulations

cbyrd

hannibal i love that you've packed your bag . . . i've 10 (24) days to go and not a bag in sight :eek: last year i packed the bag at 40+6 because my husband threatened to pack it for me. . I have everything i need in the house it's just a matter of putting it all in the same place :rolleyes:
I got a shock too when i was washing all Ben's babygro's and vests, he was tiny and most of the newborn stuff had room at the bottom for a few weeks, i held one up to him and it went from his shoulder to his hip :eek: you do forget how tiny they were. .
Welcome pippington, i always found week 16 to 28 were great. . then introduced myself to the moan thread in a big way I'm now at the come home from work and into the bath stage just to be able to sit down:rolleyes:
This one has flown by

foxinsocks

I have my bag packed too, although now I feel as if I've jinxed myself. It just seems way more likely that the baby will arrive early if I am totally unprepared! The main reason though is because the hospital is an hour away, and I didn't want to have to faff around further and delay my departure at all.

Course, it's likely I'm going to be dragged in early to be induced (due to insulin injecting and BP medication) or a c-section if baby doesn't get it's head down! I will be very upset if I'm dragged in early for a section.

DO YOU HEAR THAT BABY!? If i've gone through all this diabetes deprivation diet misery only to have a c-section anyway because you're too lazy to get into the right position there will be trouble!!!

cbyrd

I think that's my mindset too. . although it has never worked . . i've always been late I got stern looks from the GP on tues when i told her i'd no set day to finish work. . i'll just keep going til i can't anymore, the boredom of being at home and overdue is more stressful than a few hours of work
She's not too impressed that baby hasn't engaged yet and said she hopes it does by this week. . i know it hasn't yet cos i can still walk (and run in the rain ) Ben didn't engage til week 41 so i'm not panicking yet .. . yet :eek:

Hannibal Smith

I was admitted to hospital at 35 weeks on my first and induced a week later. I was totally unprepared and it was total bedlam when we got home so this time I am going to be ultra prepared and then all I have to do is wait for baby to get here!

Tigeress, it's tough for the first coupl of weeks trying to understand what's going to send your blood sugars through the rough, but it is managable and I've found I've so much energy and feel so much better since changing my diet. But I'm one of the lucky ones, I'm not on insulin or anything, there are others who have a much tougher time than me

pippington

Thanks everyone! Im feeling great! Had a little problem with sciatica for a while but it seems to have gone away for a while. I cant look at adorable baby clothes without almost crying,but apart from that alls good.I also have to have a glucose tolerance test as my Dad is diabetic and my sister had gestational diabetes.

I cant wait for a visible bump, not just one that only I can see. When did everyone start to show?

foxinsocks

I think the main thing with the diabetes is just to *try* to remember that you'll get a baby at the end, so it's worth a few months of hassle. Most women manage their gestational diabetes with diet and exercise, and Hannibal is right, I actually feel better now too that I'm eating less carbs.

I'm one of the 10-20% that has ended up taking insulin, but even that isn't so bad, it's not for the rest of my life, just a few more weeks, and it's to make sure that the baby is healthy, so that makes it much easier to stick to the plan. I have bad days though, I'll admit there are days when I'll feel like crying in the supermarket while I'm walking through the baked goods section, and I can smell the baguettes cooking. Overall though, its manageable, not the end of the world at all.

dublinlady

pippington wrote: »

Thanks everyone! Im feeling great! Had a little problem with sciatica for a while but it seems to have gone away for a while. I cant look at adorable baby clothes without almost crying,but apart from that alls good.I also have to have a glucose tolerance test as my Dad is diabetic and my sister had gestational diabetes.

I cant wait for a visible bump, not just one that only I can see. When did everyone start to show?

Im 18 weeks today and bump is finally here! its not very big mind you but i think i finally look pregnant and not fat!! The bump is still a bit jelly like tho...so looking forward to it firming up!!!!:D

Tigeress i CANNOT believe ur in ur 27th week!! That flew by!! i suppose when i think im 18 weeks its flown by too but at the time it seems to be dragging... i greedy...never happy....always want to be further and further along!! :rolleyes:
Having fun looking at nursery designs...cannot wait to be able to put them into action!!:D

Cat Melodeon

I should probably post this on the Moan thread but seeing as you're all talking about it anyway I'll stick it in here. I switched hospitals this month due to moving house and the new hospital insisted on redoing ALL my bloods, including the GTT, which really annoyed me as I had only had it done the previous week and got the all clear from that. So the results have come back and according to their measurements, I'm now diabetic, even though I wasn't 7 days earlier. This is a total pain as it means I have to attend clinics on a different day to what we had arranged and I can't get childcare on that day, so my 2-yr old will have to come with me to appts, which stresses me out no end and doesn't do my other problem condition (high bp) any good at all. I don't mind the diet or even the prospect of insulin, it's just their insistence on me coming on that particular day that's wrecking my head.

Has anyone on combined care managed to have their GD looked after by their own doctor, or do you all have to go to the clinic for monitoring? I'll be going to an information session next week so I'll find out what my own particular set-up is there, it would be useful to know if there is any precedent for asking to remain in the non-diabetic antenatal clinic.

Halfway

I am 36 weeks today and while I can't wait to not be pregnant, to be mobile again and actually be able to stand up without it taking 10 mintues, I am totally terrified at the thought of having another child to look after. It is so busy now with a 3 year old and a 15 month old that the thought of a baby is absolutely terrifying. I know we will cope fine but it doesn't stop me getting totally freaked out.

In saying all that, little girl hurry up.....................................

foxinsocks

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Has anyone on combined care managed to have their GD looked after by their own doctor, or do you all have to go to the clinic for monitoring? I'll be going to an information session next week so I'll find out what my own particular set-up is there, it would be useful to know if there is any precedent for asking to remain in the non-diabetic antenatal clinic.

I don't have any kind of relationship with my GP really, I haven't found one up here that I've been long term happy with, so I haven't actually tried. In fact, even though I'm on combined care, I've only actually seen my GP twice since getting pregnant, and the second visit was pretty much just to get my inhaler prescription. I would imagine they wouldn't be too happy with just seeing the GP for gestational diabetes, though. When you go to the clinic you'll see an endocrinologist, plus a diabetes nurse, and an obstetrician (probably) as well as the dietician, so I'd say your chances are slim. They'll want to do regular scans too, it's not just about blood sugars. That said though, I don't have to attend the clinic every week, I phone in with my blood glucose numbers twice a week and they adjust my insulin dose if it needs it. I'd say if you're like Hannibal, and manage it without insulin, you won't have to attend every week or anything like every week. There won't be the diabetes specialist at the non diabetic antenatal clinic though.

Were your numbers worse this time with the test? Or are they just using different criteria? Which hospitals did you change between?

Cat Melodeon

Thanks for that foxinsocks, I suppose I'll just have to suck it up!

They used different criteria this time - a 3-stage test with a sample taken while fasting, drink 2 bottles of lucozade then come back for more bloods an hour later and again an hour after that (Limerick). The original test (1 week before, Kilkenny) was 2-stage, with one blood sample after fasting, one bottle of lucozade and one sample an hour later, and the nurse and obstetrician were happy with the result. I've only been notified of the new result, I wasn't told the actual scores so I guess I'll find out at the info session. I do fit the risk profile for GD (a bit overweight, I'm over 35 and had a big baby last time) so I'm not massively surprised that I've developed it, it's just a bit weird that my status changed so quickly.

Guess I'm going to have to try to find some new childcare arrangements

foxinsocks

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Thanks for that foxinsocks, I suppose I'll just have to suck it up!

They used different criteria this time - a 3-stage test with a sample taken while fasting, drink 2 bottles of lucozade then come back for more bloods an hour later and again an hour after that (Limerick). The original test (1 week before, Kilkenny) was 2-stage, with one blood sample after fasting, one bottle of lucozade and one sample an hour later, and the nurse and obstetrician were happy with the result. I've only been notified of the new result, I wasn't told the actual scores so I guess I'll find out at the info session. I do fit the risk profile for GD (a bit overweight, I'm over 35 and had a big baby last time) so I'm not massively surprised that I've developed it, it's just a bit weird that my status changed so quickly.

Guess I'm going to have to try to find some new childcare arrangements

It's funny how different the different hospitals do things. I think Hannibal had to do fasting, and then 1, 2, AND 3 hours after the lucozade (please correct me if I'm wrong). My test was fasting, then 1 and 2 hours after like your second one. I was diagnosed as diabetic because 2 of the 3 blood tests came back as high. I didn't have to drink 2 bottles of lucozade either, it was more like 400ml I think. I'm glad it wasn't 2, I would have projectile puked all over the place, hate the stuff!

Try to see this as a *good* thing, it's much better to know, and to sort it out, than to leave it untreated, and blissfully ignorantly put yourself or your baby in harms way. Now is a good time to learn about this stuff, because you do risk developing it later on in life anyway, and sorting it now might help you not get it again later! (or at least it will give you a head start in management) I know for me, it's the kick in the butt I need to finally really try to lose the extra weight, and as soon as my pelvis glues back together, to start getting some exercise, just be healthier.

Changing the clinic days is a pain though, I can totally understand that irritation!

liliq

i've graduated from pregnancy!
had a section early saturday morning after a failed induction, and had my baby at 540am! he was 11lb 12oz, or 5.3kg, and we named him Rory

Tigeress

liliq wrote: »

i've graduated from pregnancy!
had a section early saturday morning after a failed induction, and had my baby at 540am! he was 11lb 12oz, or 5.3kg, and we named him Rory

Congratulations Liliq!!!! Wow he was big! How are you & Rory doing? Hope all is well & you're doing good after the section xx Rory is a lovely name too

Hannibal Smith

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

I should probably post this on the Moan thread but seeing as you're all talking about it anyway I'll stick it in here. I switched hospitals this month due to moving house and the new hospital insisted on redoing ALL my bloods, including the GTT, which really annoyed me as I had only had it done the previous week and got the all clear from that. So the results have come back and according to their measurements, I'm now diabetic, even though I wasn't 7 days earlier. This is a total pain as it means I have to attend clinics on a different day to what we had arranged and I can't get childcare on that day, so my 2-yr old will have to come with me to appts, which stresses me out no end and doesn't do my other problem condition (high bp) any good at all. I don't mind the diet or even the prospect of insulin, it's just their insistence on me coming on that particular day that's wrecking my head.

Has anyone on combined care managed to have their GD looked after by their own doctor, or do you all have to go to the clinic for monitoring? I'll be going to an information session next week so I'll find out what my own particular set-up is there, it would be useful to know if there is any precedent for asking to remain in the non-diabetic antenatal clinic.

Cat, that's what I find the most annoying thing about it all too....you have your GP visits, hospital visits and now the diabetic clinic...and it's not as if you have an appointment for the diabetic clinic either, you're told to turn up with everyone else and are seen whenever. Last time I arrived at 8.30am and I left at 12.30pm!!

I was semi-private (well still am hopefully) but I actually changed it around now so I see whatever doctor is on call at the outpatients department while waiting for my bloods to come back for the diabetic clinic, so I get everything done at the one visit. With work and a toddler there's no way I could fit everything in otherwise.

Like Fox said the GTT for me was a fasting blood test, then a large drink of glucose (not lucozade) and then 3 blood tests an hour apart after. The fasting blood test was fine, as was the last one, but the two in the middle were high so they've chucked me in the diabetic ring lol. It's actually not so bad, first week is a pit of hit and miss despair trying to get your numbers right, but after that it's actually not so bad. There are so many websites with information and recipe ideas and you will feel so much better, it's like a new lease of life!

One word though that Fox taught me....AUBERGINES! Omg they are like a magical food that burn all your blood sugars....they are amazing!

Hannibal Smith

liliq wrote: »

i've graduated from pregnancy!
had a section early saturday morning after a failed induction, and had my baby at 540am! he was 11lb 12oz, or 5.3kg, and we named him Rory

Awww yay Liliq!!! Congratulations and welcome baby Rory...hope you're both doing well xx

11lb 12oz! what a size :eek::D

red fraggle

Hi Ladies,

Ya know this round ligament pain, does it pop up unexpectedley every now and then just to give you some pain? was woke up with pain in left side (well in a bit) last night and was so tired it freaked me out. in the light of day im thinkin its round ligament pain and a bout of bump growing might be coming on!! baby jumping around this mornin anyway. any ideas?

Tigeress

I'm having a rotten time of it at the mo pains in my sides at night are incredibly bad and no amount of pillows or super comfy mattress helps it.. I don't know what sleep is anymore! Also my bump seems to be shooting out over night lately! Although I love that part hehe I do hate when people say that I'm just getting practice for when the baby arrives! It's not the same being preg as when the little person arrives.. Anywho rant over now how's everyone today?

wmpdd3

liliq wrote: »

i've graduated from pregnancy!
had a section early saturday morning after a failed induction, and had my baby at 540am! he was 11lb 12oz, or 5.3kg, and we named him Rory

WOW, 11ibs 12 oz really is an achievement!! Congrats.

dublinlady

Huge congrats liliq!!!!! Enjoy your first few weeks with Rory!!!

Tigeress I hope your ok and not too sore? I ordered a dream genii maternity pillow today - are ya tryin something like that?

caprilicious

liliq wrote: »

i've graduated from pregnancy!
had a section early saturday morning after a failed induction, and had my baby at 540am! he was 11lb 12oz, or 5.3kg, and we named him Rory

Congratulations! Fine sized baby - hope you're both doing well

Tigeress

dublinlady wrote: »

Huge congrats liliq!!!!! Enjoy your first few weeks with Rory!!!

Tigeress I hope your ok and not too sore? I ordered a dream genii maternity pillow today - are ya tryin something like that?

Thanks DL pains don't seem to be easing at the mo hopefully soon though.. I didn't get one of those genii pillows myself but heard they're great! I have a large V shaped pillow that goes under my bump and through my legs aswell as a mass amount of normal pillows around me.. How's your bump doing? Any movements yet? Are you gonna find out the sex? 2 weeks and counting till my next scan hehe

Hannibal Smith

I am as nervous about this scan today as I was about the 9 week heartbeat scan. It was this time last year I was pregnant too, but unfortunately at the 12 week scan there was no heartbeat. Everything this morning is reminding me of the morning of that 12 week scan, the cold air, the same winter coat I wore. It's all so silly I know, that 12 week scan wasn't until November and even at that I felt junior moving this morning so there's no reason to be worried, but I'm just so afraid they're going to drop some sort of bombshell on me today. Something they missed at the 20 week scan or something. Usually I'd be so excited about getting to see junior, especially with the big ultrasound machine being so clear, but I don't even want to get excited about it in case there's a big shocker coming.

Nowt like being optimistic ey? :P:D