Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
The Pregnancy Chat Thread!
Options
Comments
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
Yeah probably wont be long going around. I'm really scared about having it. I like the thought of the baby but not the birth. If i probably had to plan to have one I wouldnt for that reason cos i'm so scared about it.
Ditto. Completely terrified of actually having the baby. I'd quite like to fast forward past that part. Why can't the men have to go through it?
0 -
gowayouttadat wrote: »Ditto. Completely terrified of actually having the baby. I'd quite like to fast forward past that part. Why can't the men have to go through it?
Ha my boyfriend was talking to me about it last night and I told him how scared I was about it and said he'd have it if he could, but i bet if it could happen he wouldnt :P
Pain relief all the way hun!!0 -
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Hi.. Yes unfortunatley they make you wait that long for your first appointment!
Depend's on what hospital you are going to but i had a "mini scan" at my first appointment at 14 weeks to check for baby's heartbeat and to make sure there was only one baby in there
I attended holles st hospital. I had my "big scan" at 20 weeks. I never had to bring a urine sample and i was never asked to bring one with me. Again it might depend on the hospital.
Best of luck
0 -
i am just into the 7th week and are not feeling great at the moment. I went to see nurse last week, she said that I need to decide if i want to go public or private next time I see her.
Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the difference between them apart from the cost.
thanks,
First of congratulations. It is hard at the start but it does get easier. And then hard again.
If you go fully private, you will see the same consultant every time. You will be given an appointment and will most likely see the consultant at the given time. Afterwards you will get a private room where available. Sometimes you have to go to semi private for a day and then they will slot you in to your private room as soon as it is available. It will cost you around €3000.
Semi Private, you attend the semi private clinic. You will see different consultants, will get to wait for a while for each visit, but not too long.
Afterwards, you get a bed in the semi private ward which has 3 beds per room and is generally a lot quieter than the public ward, which can have 8 beds. If you have insurance this will cost you €750. This is the option I have used on both my pregnancies. Both times I spent some time on the public wards. The first time I spent one night in the public ward, which was fine, but very busy and very noisey but it was grand. The second time I was on the public ward for a few hours and then moved to Semi Private. I only spent one night in hospital and then went home as it was my second time and both me and Baby were fine and I wanted some peace.
Public, I'm not sure if you have to pay anything, but by all means the care is the exact same as the other two options and the only difference is that you will be on the public ward. In Dublin, sometimes, this can be tough. My sister was beside a junkie who kept on shouting at her baby to shut up, her boyfriend was sprawled accross the bed out of it when I visited and their 3 three year old was wandering the corridors. And their poor new baby screamed most of the night, probably withdrawing from heroin. A horrible sight, and there isn't anything the nurses can do about it. But maybe she was just unlucky that day.
If you can afford it, maybe go for semi private, if not you will still get the best care they can offer going public. I think the private option is mad expensive, unless you are loaded.
hope this helps.0 -
-
... feels weird posting in this thread.
Yesterday I was 8 dpo, it was the first cycle that we actually hit the right fertile time. I was feeling utterly wrecked in spite of having a lovely night's sleep and drinking plenty of fluids. It was as if I had been up three nights running.
So I went home and went to bed for a few hours and thought to myself, maybe I'll do a test, say nothing to himself (We're going away at the weekend so won't be able to test then). So I got up and did one, not expecting anything, so I set about cleaning up and getting dressed etc. Picked up the test after about 6 minutes and there it was a little line.
"I'm not supposed to read the test after 5 minutes" says I. So I do another. After 2 minutes the little faint line appeared.
"Husband! Come in here a sec."
Yep he could see it too, but wouldn't accept it, said it was a placeholder where the line would appear, in spite of me doing tests for the past 4 months and nothing of the like appearing. So I told him if the line is stronger in the morning will he accept it as positive. "Yep" says he.
Did two tests this morning, and there was the line, even clearer and nicer than the day before. So obviously I had to wake him up and do the "I told ya so" dance.
I'm still not counting my chickens, it's really really early days.
It hasn't sunk in either!
Thank heavens for the webternet, allowing me to tell someone! 0 -
KittenCaboodle wrote: »... feels weird posting in this thread.
Yesterday I was 8 dpo, it was the first cycle that we actually hit the right fertile time. I was feeling utterly wrecked in spite of having a lovely night's sleep and drinking plenty of fluids. It was as if I had been up three nights running.
So I went home and went to bed for a few hours and thought to myself, maybe I'll do a test, say nothing to himself (We're going away at the weekend so won't be able to test then). So I got up and did one, not expecting anything, so I set about cleaning up and getting dressed etc. Picked up the test after about 6 minutes and there it was a little line.
"I'm not supposed to read the test after 5 minutes" says I. So I do another. After 2 minutes the little faint line appeared.
"Husband! Come in here a sec."
Yep he could see it too, but wouldn't accept it, said it was a placeholder where the line would appear, in spite of me doing tests for the past 4 months and nothing of the like appearing. So I told him if the line is stronger in the morning will he accept it as positive. "Yep" says he.
Did two tests this morning, and there was the line, even clearer and nicer than the day before. So obviously I had to wake him up and do the "I told ya so" dance.
I'm still not counting my chickens, it's really really early days.
It hasn't sunk in either!
Thank heavens for the webternet, allowing me to tell someone!
Congratulations, Its a start and it will go ok. Well done! I remember being there. Its one of the best feelings ever:D:D:D 0 -
Advertisement
-
-
-
Getting a little nervous here, have been having pains, slowly getting worse, every three and a half minutes for most of the night. Though it´ll probably all stop again sometime for no reason. It doesn´t seem to be following the textbooks though, so i´m still considering all options on how to react.
hopefully it´ll all become clear soon enough. Wish me luck anyone who reads this, please. Popel
Best of luck It will all be over before you know it and you'll have your babs in your arms!
Try and hold out going to the hospital for as long as possible. There's much more comfort at home, although it's nerve wrecking having pains and not being sure if you should stay or go!
I don't think any pregnancy or labour ever follow's the textbook so go with your instincts..
Best of luck again and see you on the parenting forum very soon0 -
-
-
-
-
-
CathyMoran wrote: »I'm back...not allowed to tell family but have to squeel...scared, really scared as I hope the baby is OK and am scared of loosing yet another baby...have been crying half the morning so far I am so nervous...already attached to the little thing, I can't help it.
Congrat's cathy
Can i ask, what is a chemical pregnancy?0 -
Advertisement
-
I did have a positive pregnancy test though. Thanks for the good wishes. Advertisement