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The Pregnant Womans Moan Thread.
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madeinamerica wrote: »Arrghh such a craptastic day! Nausea still ruling my life. this afternoon for the second time this week a girl close by me in the lab is using a chemical that should not be out in open air, for normal safety never mind pregnancy. after myself and another guy had a friendly word with her about it and she didnt change what she was doing (they dont know im preggers) I left the lab and emailed our lab manager about it (who does know I'm preggers). Lab manager also had a word but didn't actual solve the problem, the girl didn't clean up the stuff and the place still reeked. had to stay out of the lab so went to check out my mice and one of them bit me! Panic stations! I'd visions of my little bub getting some awful mouse disease! Useless lab manager had no idea where I should go, even though it is her bloody job, except that the place for students was closed (I'm not a student). Thanks to a couple of lovely helpful people who I eventually found in health & safety, I got the all clear. Thankfully all my shots are up to date and the mouse was clean. But it was a fecking horrible afternoon! Now I just hope the other wan keeps the chemicals where they should be tomorrow. Rant over!
Doing science in college and I am in labs daily. Usually get a student or six who are just like this numpty! Everyone knows I am pregnant (the extra foot in frontal width is hard to hide
) but you would think they would at least have some respect for their own health, never mind that of mine and my unborn child! 0 -
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ShaShaBear wrote: »Doing science in college and I am in labs daily. Usually get a student or six who are just like this numpty! Everyone knows I am pregnant (the extra foot in frontal width is hard to hide ) but you would think they would at least have some respect for their own health, never mind that of mine and my unborn child!
Gah that is so annoying! Especially since they know. Some people! I'm usually totally fine with asking people to go use the fume hood for trizol/bmercaps/whatever poison, sometimes they just have been trained badly so can't be mad. But since I'm preggers and haven't announced it yet, I'm suddenly weird about drawing attention to myself. Once I get the belly out front I'll have no bother using it to shame them
I'm really glad to see another science-Mum-to-be here best of luck with your course! 0 -
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Get something from doc for them or in chemist... No point in being in pain
I've never had them before, so I'm not ure. Been constipated (first time in the pregnancy) for the past week or so with no movement (tried everything) and yesterday when I went there was blood - too much for a cut, definitely not coming from the baby maker
Been a bit sore when I pass gas too, so I assumed it's piles?0 -
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ShaShaBear wrote: »I've never had them before, so I'm not ure. Been constipated (first time in the pregnancy) for the past week or so with no movement (tried everything) and yesterday when I went there was blood - too much for a cut, definitely not coming from the baby maker
Been a bit sore when I pass gas too, so I assumed it's piles?
Piles are another name for haemorrhoids, which you may or may not have, although very unlikely after only a week of constipation. A small amount of bright red blood is usually from difficult passage of the poo through your rectum, it can be quite scary the first time it happens, and it's a good sign that you need to start proactively managing your constipation.
You'll know all about it when you have piles as you'll - sorry, I know this is gross - usually actually feel a protrusion coming out of your bum hole when you push. A haemorrhoid in that area usually comes from over pushing or straining and the blood vessels get larger, pushing through the rectal wall. Bright red fresh bleeding in small amounts is likely from a small wall tear from the rock hard poop you're passing.
The first thing to look at is diet and hydration - fibre rich foods like green leafy veg, all veg in fact, fruits but especially grapes, kiwis, prunes, figs, pears, and beans. All bran is like brillo pads for your colon, works pretty well (too well sometimes).
Make sure you're getting your 2L of water in a day, dehydration can happen pretty fast in pregnancy and constipation is a nasty result of too little fluid.
If that doesn't work try prune juice - the Sunsweet one you get in most supermarkets is great. It tastes like dirty socks and dog hair blended together, but it works A glass each evening and in the morning ( regular glass, not a hyoooge one) should see you passing a nice soft poop in a day or two. Fybogel is a soluble fibre sachet that you can drink in a glass of water, it's easily picked up in the Chemist.
If that still doesn't work you can go for something a little heavier duty. Duphalac is available over the counter and is cheap as chips, just speak with the Pharmacist on duty first to make sure it's suitable for your pregnancy. A small dose of that each night and morning will regulate most women.
The pain you feel when passing gas is because there's a build up of it - the poo is moving slowly through your colon because progesterone, one of your pregnancy hormones is slowing it down. One thing you can do to gently help relieve blocked and painful gas is do a self massage on the colon. Place your right hand just above your right hip bone to the side of your bump. Start moving the tops of your fingers in small, firm but not deep movements. Start moving your hand upwards towards your ribs, and move the circular motions across your body under the ribcage, then down the left hand side. You are effectively moving your hand across the passage of your colon and helping any gas stuck in there to move out.
Constipation is absolutely horrendous though, so do try and figure out ways to combat it, straining painfully on the loo is not a fun way to pass (no pun intended ) the time. 0 -
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