Recent content by nicola200

I'm really not arguing with the fact that smoking while pregnant isn't healthy and carries increased risk to the baby who has no choice, however I do think a distinction should be made between a person who is trying to give up and is having NRT or smoking very small amounts compared with a...

Hi, I am a non smoker and totally agree with all that's been said, however I think it's just plain hurtful to say that a person who smokes doesn't deserve their baby. I know mothers to be who are trying their damndest to quit smoking, some successfully and others not so successfully and am...

Hi :wave: Thanks again for your replies. I havn't managed to book some time off yet as manager is on holiday and we are very short staffed at work. I'm still having a considerable amount of the brown disgusting stuff everyday, but today it was quite heavy and cloted together :puke:(sorry...

Hi MaryLouise, Thanks for that, what you experienced sounds just like what I am. I'm just a bit fed up being constantly told to go to pre-natal asses ASAP feeling like a total hypercondriac then being told "Everything is fine, we don't know what's causing it but it's not putting baby in any...

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:clap: :clap: Congratulations, I'm glad you are so happy. My sister secretly (obviously not that great where secrets are concerned) would really like a nephew, apparently they are way more fun. :) Nicola x

Hi, Thanks for the replies. I will be 18 weeks in a couple of days. x

Hi, I experienced a bleed and now for nearly two weeks (sorry about the mingin details) :puke: I have had brown/black/grey stringy blood constantly everyday since. Everything turned out ok with baby after the bleed and I know brown is supposed to be OK, but I'm really getting fed up with...

:lol: I'm also having this problem, what was once a belly with a few very light hairs has turned into black hair everywhere :shock: , my OH finds it very amusing. MW said this was very normal and should go away soon after the birth :pray: . Nicola x

:hug: I'm so glad everything is fine x

Hi, :wave: Thanks for all your input. I had quite a heavy bleed last week which resulted in me being hospitalized and very scared, but everything looks good. I get a little paranoid now with all the little niggles, dread going to the toilet and being my first pregnancy I don't know what's...

Hi, Welcome, I hope you find this forum as helpful as I have, sorry to hear you've not had it easy so far :hug: , but congratulations and best of wishes. Nicola x

Hi, Everyone has been so helpful with answers to questions that are on my mind so would like to say a big thanks :hug: This might sound a bit strange, but what does it feel like when you start to feel the baby move around? I am 17 weeks and have been feeling a very mild cramping...

Thanks for all your quick replies, it all now makes more sense to me. I had all sorts of swabs and samples taken when I was admitted to hospital with the bleeding. I think I will take your advice and call my MW tommorrow as any results or how long the lab will take to get results has not been...

Hi Everyone, Recently I had a scare (threatened miscarriage), U/S showed baby was doing great, perfect size, good heartbeat and kicking away in my womb, so I'm very relieved as at the time I was devistated thinking the worst. Doctors have no idea as to why I was bleeding and couldn't locate...