Pregnancy after LT TTC #13

[Brunette]

Paula, I had my BP tested a week ago and it was the best it's been since falling PG: 120/75, so that's good. I'll try putting my feet up whenever I can GL with you appt this afternoon. If they do that sweep thing, I hope it doesn't hurt too much. Surely not long to go now!

Juniper, you made me laugh about DH cleaning only the bowl. Still a pretty good effort for a male, I reckon. If your OB ordered a number of BTs for you, no doubt one was a full blood count which should also check your cholesterol levels. If so, I'd be really interested to see if yours has been affected due to PG.

[MaggiePie]

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the good advice on the philli issue. I seem to be addicted to philli on toast at the moment. And the morning sickness has kicked in big time (no vomiting FX) but seedy all day long. My DS wears cloth nappies but after nearly throwing up rinsing them off yesterday today I am using disposable and trying not to feel guilty.

Brunette - I remember for swelling with #1 (born Jan so bad towards the end in the heat) a daily dip in the pool was great to get the swelling down. Standing in water at neck height is the equivalent pressure of something like 2 compression bandages on your feet. So if you spend 20 minutes in there the swelling goes down heaps. It will come back of course but it does provide some nice relief. Check your socks too, they shouldn't have a tight band around the top. "all day socks" are good, you can get them at Kmart. Also make sure that your undies / waistband isn't tight anywhere as this can slow down circulation in the lower limbs and make it worse. And so can lying flat on your back for longer than 10 minutes, as this can also slow down the circulation and also decrease circulation to the baby. Elevation will definately help too, whenever you can. Hope some of these suggestions help you...

As for cholesterol don't know if it is a routine test, I asked my Dr to get it done as I needed a copy for work anyway. Didn't think pregnancy usually affected but unsure really. You would have known if you had cholesterol tested as you have to fast for 8 hours before the test.

Paula - hope the appointment goes well. Bub will come when ready, but so hard to be patient after nine months hey? The sweep thing sounds icky. With #1 they broke my waters and it felt awful and I would never get it done again (plus for me it didn't hurry things along at all). I had some friends who had it done and didn't mind though so its probably just me. Hoping they just let bub decide when to come???

Renee - glad you got to feel bub kick, how exciting!

Alicia - glad to hear Ellie going great, sounds like you are a natural.

On the whole cleaning issue - I can never stand the smell of all that strong cleaning stuff. We use ajax on the toilet and Enjo mits in the bathroom and kitchen. If we get slack and the shower is a bit out of control DH will use spray stuff which I feel is suffocating me! But he knows only to do it when I will be gone for a few hours! The way I am now I would probably throw up on him!

Hope everyone is having a great Monday!

[Renee]

Here is the most updated version!!!

Loula 19th Aug 2010 - it's a ???
Nix76 24th Aug 2010 - It's a ??? - Lil Bub

Emerald Star 26th Oct 2010 - It's a ??? - ???

Miss K 5th Nov 2010 - It's a ???

CK77 Dec 19th 2010 – it's a ??? - Munchkin
Brunette Dec 24th 2010 - it's a ??? - Double Trouble
Renee Dec 28th 2010 – it's a ??? - Little Bug

Glenny C Jan 5th 2011 - it's a ???
Leabie Jan 11th – it's a ???
KitKat Jan 19th - it's a ???
S’Rose Jan 20th – it's a ??? - Little Monkey

Juniper76 Feb 2nd - it's a ???
Maggie Feb 2nd -it's a ???
Worrywart Feb 7th - it's a ???
BJ*81
MissAma – LHB
Lairdoz Feb 24th - it's a ???

Lisa B Mar 5th - it's a ???
MaggiePie Mar 22nd - it's a ???
Jaki80 Mar 30th - Little Man
Airline Mar 30th - it's a ???


BABIES BORN

Paula---Welcome Tiana!!!
Sonyalouise--???
Dusty---Welcome Freya!!
Ninah---Welcome ???
Seachange---Welcome Thomas!!
Londonmiss --- Welcome Charlotte!!
Wantbaby#2 ---Welcome Ellie!!
Wishes --- Welcome Casey!!
Mitf --- Welcome Luke!!
Lise --- Welcome Finnian!!
Mrs Slyder welcome two lovely girls!
Persephone --- Welcome Archie!
Kyrawolfe--- Welcome Tristan!
LilMissHaveachat --- Welcome Ethan!
Sammiejam - Welcome Colt!
BOC - Welcome Jagger Dylan!
BDT---- Welcome Sophia & Aria!
Saph----Welcome Xavier!
Greenslw---- Welcome Lincoln!
Smithy---- Welcome Charlie!
Ella'sMum---- Welcome Emme!
Poppyfairy---- Welcome Robin!
Grub17---- Welcome Ashton!
Laniwantsababy---- Welcome Jett!
Bella55---- Welcome Jack & Samuel!
Miss Magpie---- Welcome Trent!
Murph01----Welcome Jasmine!
Neptune----Welcome Adam!
KellyD---Welcome Tara Rose!

Our thoughts and prayers go to those beautiful mothers whose precious babies have been taken too soon.
Much loved & wanted son of Frosty'sMum, Benjamin born sleeping @ 14 weeks 4days. Our thoughts are with you.
Much loved & wanted daughter of Hippy Mum & Hippy Dad, Georgia Ariela taken too early from this earth 12-03-09 @ 22wk 6d
Much loved and wanted son of Chez67 & her DH, Ryan Patrick, born sleeping 17-03-09 @ 18wk 1d

[glenny_c]

Wow! I can't believe I'm halfway up the list! That's insane!!

[Brunette]

Just a quickie because I've been MIA over the weekend and haven't had time this morning at work to read everyone's posts. I will do more persies next time I'm on, promise.

Renee, OMG you're scaring me: I can't believe I'm sixth from the top of the list! Aaaaagh, scary. Sorry to hear about your grandad.

Sweetie, Can you call your OB and move the appointment forward from Thursday to tomorrow or even Wednesday? If it helps to reassure you, I had bleeding - red and brown - very early on - about four days after finding out I was PG, so four weeks and a couple of days. I didn't have much red blood but this happened on at least two occasions and I would get brown blood when wiping after going to the loo. Our FS scanned us at 5 weeks and we were able to see two blobs on the screen and he could see their heartbeats. I had a subchorionic haemhorrage and a blood clot was bigger than the size of each bub so was put on bed rest till week 12. I'm now 22 weeks. I think I still got brown spotting/bleeding till about week 8 or thereabouts. I won't tell you not to panic because if you're anything like me that would be a pointless exercise But definitely call your OB and tell them you've had bleeding and you want to see him/her tomorrow.

[Leabie]

Hi ladies, hope your Mondays are all going well!

Sweetie - I'm with Brunette, see if you can bring your appointment forward, so you don't have to wait so long. You may not have an OB yet, the FS should be able to help you though. You poor darl, it must be stressful. Like Brunette said, try not to stress too much (easier said than done), plenty of women have had spotting/bleeding during their pgs.

Renee - hope that everything is going OK with your grandfather, and the travelling isn't taking too much out of you.

Airline - hope you enjoyed your non-dirty "dirty weekend"! You had me in stitches with the story of your parents, sounds like something my mum would've done, god rest her soul! And as someone else said, no, you don't need to have done yoga to do prenatal, its nice and gentle, lots of stretching and toning (and relaxing, I liked that bit!). Do it if you can, its great.

Brunette - hehe, no, didn't find out the sex of bub at the 19 wk scan, and at the end of it the sonographer said she couldn't even tell us if we wanted her to, there was no "evidence" one way or another. Now I've just got to get through the next 11 appointments with the OB (he scans me every time)... FX I don't accidentally see something!

MaggiePie - hope you get to have your bub in the new hospital. Its a bit scary that in the 21st century in Oz we have hospitals that have no hot water / water at all! Keep your legs crossed til the new one's finished

glenny_c - hate to tell you babe, but we're MORE than halfway up the list! I def agree - scary! Where is the time going?

Juniper - hope you're enjoying your week here in Sydney. At least we put on a couple of good days for you on the weekend, today is another matter though

Chrissy - the story about your FIL made me giggle - you're right, men! Hope you're doing well.

Paula - a massive congratulations on the arrival of little Tiana! Hope you're both doing great.

Hi to anyone I've missed, to everyone.

AFM - all good here. DH sort-of felt the baby kick on the weekend, he wasn't quite sure that he wasn't imagining it, so didn't have a very OTT reaction. Hopefully as the kicks get stronger, he'll get a bit more excited! I got worried the other day because I didn't feel much kicking for a couple of days (even though I know that this is common at this stage). Worked out it was because I'd been really stressed in the previous week and the baby was going bananas, so when I calmed down, so did bub, hence not as much kicking. Note to self - v. important to try and keep calm for bub's sake! The poor little thing.

Have a good week everyone!

[airline]

Sweetie - how you going?? if they won't move the scan you could go to a GP - I went to any GP if mine wasn't available at the practice, and get 2 BTs done 48hrs apart. That's what I did before our scan as the m/s had subsided and we got worried. It was just what I needed to feel better to see the figures still going up. I had those BTs at just over 7 weeks.

Renee - I think Jaki80's due date is 28th March BTW.

Leabie - crazy parents eh?! what can you do! :-) thanks for info re. yoga, gotta go find somewhere now. I can't wait till I can feel bubba move, but equally excited for DH to feel it too. You just want them to understand and be included as much as possible don't you.

AFM - weekend was lovely. Discovered not much point eating out right now, DH gets to eat most of my portion even if it's what i 'fancied'. Had my favourite Thai red curry - chicken not prawn - ...managed some chicken, carrot, boiled rice, that was it! Had steak another night...normally have it medium-rare, but had it medium ....what a waste! lesson learned there. Was jealous of the couple tucking into tapas - said to DH, 'that's normally us'..... but couldn't physically look at what they were eating though...made me queasy!!! LOL ;-)

Told my boss and a lady who I've not worked with for a while due shifts and she got teary and said she felt like she was going to be a grandmother again! I work in a small office and due to our history they all knew what has gone on previously, I found it easier if I wasn't coping sometimes. Everyone was v. sweet, and my boss even said it felt like they'd all had a hand in it! I laughed, and said, well actually many people have been involved- just none of them.

I was awake from midnight to 1.30am ish arrrrgghhhhh. Normally I don't feel queasy but did last night. Munched loudly on a biscuit while poor DH rubbed my back (he was up at 4.15 for work bless him). Trying something different today. Instead of coming home and going to bed at 3pm I've taken dog for a walk and mooched about to see if it makes a difference. Not convinced it will, but willing to try anything.

Random statement time - I am LOVIN' OJ right now!! Naval oranges cut up and orange juice is awesome right now. x

[juniper76]

Brunette, in my case, a high result would more likely be due to bad diet... It's been almost 4 years since it was last tested (we went to the GP a few months before we started TTC), so hard to know if any change would be due to the pg or if it happened before. I know DH's is very high (his life insurance application was rejected because of it, but mine was approved without testing).

ps My mind is totally not on my work today. I was trying to be good this morning, but now I'm looking for distractions, hence the repeated checking in...

[sunshine 11]

Hi Ladies,
It's hard to keep up in here at the moment! great to see some new ladies in here, welcome and hoping you have a h and h pregnancy

Paula – hoping you get some updates soon, but babies seem to arrive when they want to rather than when WE want them to.

Renee – great news you can feel the baby kicking – it’s such an amazing experience.

Dusty – congratulations on the birth of Freya!

Sweetie – If it helps at all, I have discovered that extremely high HCG levels DON'T necessarily mean you are having twins – although I know Brunette would love a twin buddy in here! My HCG levels were WAY above anything I could find on any website telling me anything other than I was having at least twins and easily triplets. I spent two weeks stressing about it (having a child already and then having twins was not the ideal) - but I only have one healthy little bubba in there. I only had one embryo replaced and with both pregnancies my HCG levels were way above any ‘normal’ levels and my due date hasn’t changed so they numbers just were ridiculously high all on their own! Make sure you are comparing the same dpo as people quote HCG levels without making any reference to their dpo which means you really can’t compare them.

Hi to everyone I have missed!

Drugs for headaches - Both Paracetamol and Codeine are class A, but like Juniper said, use codeine only when you need it and not long-term. I cannot stress enough that a GP is not the best person to ask about whether a drug is safe in pregnancy. In the past three months I have been prescribed three drugs from two different GP’s (one was a locum) and all are harmful during pregnancy, even though I told both I was pregnant. Doctors don’t generally know without looking up their ‘book’ which as I have discovered means they know not more than us. A specialist GP who deals with pregnancy, a midwife or OB is going to be much better than a GP but your pharmacist is the best person to give advice as it’s their job to know about the impacts of the pharmacy items they are dispensing. If it wasn’t for me asking the pharmacists to double check they are safe in pregnancy, all three drugs could have caused serious problems for me and the baby. I was talking about this on Saturday to one of my mother’s groups friends who is a lecturer in pharmacy and was horrified after talking to her that it is all too common for doctors to recommend in particular over the counter drugs that aren’t safe for pregnancy.

Soft cheeses –As Juniper says you CAN eat pasteurised soft cheeses including Brie and Camembert which we are all 'told' not to eat. The warning for soft cheeses is aimed at countries where cheeses aren’t pasteurised. You can read if a cheese is pasteurised on the ingredients as they clearly say pasteurised milk on them if they are made from it - which obviously you check if you are out at a party. I had a big discussion with my OB about this as I had food poisoning at 29 weeks from eating cooked fish with my DD which is the reason I know this. I still won’t eat cold meats, cold cooked or uncooked seafood or food at parties etc where I don’t know where they have been though, going back to using good old common sense

AFM – Had my scan last week and have one healthy bubba measuring the right size. I think it’s a boy but of course have absolutely no idea if it is! Still pretty sick but are starting to feel better which is VERY exciting.

[juniper76]

but your pharmacist is the best person to give advice as it’s their job to know about the impacts of the pharmacy items they are dispensing.

This is very true. My SIL is a pharmacist and she has seen patients come in with two prescriptions issued by the same doctor at the same time, that when taken together would have killed the patient. Some doctors are oblivious when it comes to the medications they prescribe. When I called my OB about my cold, I was just told to speak to a pharmacist and find out what they recommended. The only trick is finding a good pharmacist (skip the discount chemists and go to a more traditional pharmacy where they are more willing to spend the time giving advice).

Lairdoz, glad to hear bub is doing well. Good to hear you're starting to feel better too!

[MaggiePie]

Checking in alot today but figured I should as will be busy at work the rest of the week!

Lairdoz - great to hear that your scan went well, and that you are starting to feel better.

All this talk about medications is a bit scary - I had a double course of antibiotics when I was first pregnant for my sinus infection. Dr said they were class A which is ok to take. I didn't check with the pharmacist as I knew the girl working there and had only just found out I was preg. And she can't keep a secret so didn't want to tell her. I suppose it's no use worrying about it now.

Does anyone know how early you can find out the sex of the baby?

After my DS woke up today I was giving him a cuddle and found nits in his hair. Gross. Found 4 of the little suckers. Went to pharmacy and got the 'natural' stuff as she said the chemical stuff can hurt the scalp. Then had to remove bedding for all our beds and remake them. Washing tonight and will probably take to mums in morning to put in dryer as there is no stop to the rain at the moment.

Well might go and crash in front of tv. My head feels itchy!!!

[CK77]

Thanks MaggiePie - now MY head is itchy!!!!!!

Hi to everyone, sorry I haven't been on for a while, this new job is 8hrs of staring at a computer screen and very much data entry, so I'm trying to do my share and not let the team down as I feel like I'm not up to their speed. I've always managed staff, not been one of the staff taking directions so this is really strange for me. I can't just take 15mins to slack off (and jump on here), and when I get home there's housework and couch time and napping to do.

Won't do many persies, but Renee congrats on reaching the halfway mark and feeling those kicks through your placenta, mine's at the back but I don't know how much the placenta ends up shifting position during the 9mths?

Brunette - glad you enjoyed your friend's wedding and mini babymoon. Hope it wasn't too cold down there for you, although with your two littlies you'd be running pretty warm body temp-wise wouldn't you? We also bought up a few things at the Big W sale, but unlike you I had to stick to neutrals :-( grabbed 2 doz cloth nappies, although I don't know how long I can keep up the the whole 'cloth' thing but I'm going to give it a red hot poke.

Paula - good news that the mucous plug 'fell out' (um, is that the right term? maybe I should just say 'lost' your mucous plug!), so hopefully you should be posting your good news within the next week - yay!

OMG I'm like 6th or 7th on the list - how did THAT happen so quickly!? I hope time with new baby doesn't fly as quick as the pregnancy has. Had my 4th nose bleed today, super gross, that's one pregnancy thing that I won't miss. Other than that, and a sore back (probably more from not moving from my desk for 8hrs) I am flying through this pregnancy and feel fantastic! I LOVE my belly, I've put on about 5.5kg so far and am on track for about 13-15kg all up.

Welcome to all the newly UTD ladies and I hope your 9mths is smooth sailing.

Chrissy xx.

[worrywart]

Hi Everyone!
So great to see so many new people! Congrats Sue and Shelly!
Hope everyone's well.
Renee, congrats on reaching halfway and feeling kicks. I wonder about that all the time, what will it feel like etc? It must be amazing. Also, feel free to add me to the list (EDD is 7 Feb).
Lairdoz, so glad to hear that your scan went well!
MaggiePie, I remember getting nits quite a bit at primary school and my mum using that really nasty "comb" which was just like a flat piece of metal with tiny slits in it. God, that was painful. We also used vinegar (and another chemical that's probably banned now - it was the 80s!). Anyway, the nurse used to try and comfort the kids by saying they only like "the best hair". Maybe say that to your DH! I'm sure he'd appreciate it! Also I think that you can find out the sex at your 20 week scan (or earlier, maybe even 14 weeks onwards, possibly?).
Hi to everyone else!
AFM, just feeling hungry always and a bit wiped out mentally.