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***January 2017 mummies!*** 3rd Trimester

Yes Blue, I know I will be!

I am trying to booked my local NHS ones but the next course doesn't start til Jan!! Bit tight really. So trying to see if any other local trusts can fit me in. xxxx
 
Glad you're feeling better today Laura and you finally got a decent toastie in you!

I agree Millie I wouldn't worry too much about growth scans and fundal measurements - they are so inaccurate and not always representative of baby size - they're just a rough guide really but i'm sure they'll keep a good eye on you :) Not sure I have a personalised fundal graph.. will have to flick through my notes! I am measuring 1cm above the 'norm' but it isn't bothering me in the slightest..

I know, i'm going to keep checking back for Lisa news!! xx
 
I think they will if she stays above the line as they said I'd have to do gtt after all if she is over. Makes more sense for them to do a growth scan first in that case to see if she is actually over or if it's just my bump that's over lol. Will see what happens at my appt in 3 weeks :). Haha I would be terrified about pushing out a 10 pounder! I think if she was I'd rather she stayed breech and section in that case! I got stuck in my mum as she was short and small frame and I was only 8lb 7! Lol think her hips are smaller than mine though!

We looked at nct and then decided against it because of cost and also the midwife said our hospital would be starting antenatal classes again in November but i haven't heard a thing so maybe they aren't! The midwife keeps asking me about classes. If I do any it would be the nct ones. She recommended someone else and we met her at a baby fayre and she was a bit strange! Lol she also said I was leaving it late to book them as her next classes were mid Jan! Haha. I would be all for hypnobirthing etc if I found someone good who explained it all properly etc so I'm not against stuff like that but she was very into all that stuff sorta a bit airy fairy. Not saying everyone who is into that stuff is but I really think if we had gone to her classes OH would of spent the time scoffing as he is super skeptical at that kinda stuff lol. I thought I'd be more into hypnobirthing and stuff than I am but now it's getting nearer I think if science helped her come and stay in then I don't mind science helping her out and going for pain relief if I need it lol!!

Has anyone joined breastfeeding groups near them? Midwife recommended one yesterday and I had a look on their facebook but not sure if I'd go to any..it seems really formula bashing. I want a breastfeeding group that would help me to stick with breastfeeding and overcome any problems but also that would support formula feeding if I felt the need. So I'll prob stay away from going unless I really feel the need as I think it would just make me feel rubbish if I did switch to formula. A shame really as they just put people off who maybe would of stayed breastfeeding with their support but theyre too scared to go because of all the formula bashing lol! Xx

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I joined a few breastfeeding support facebook groups and was horrified with all the formula bashing! They also made me feel extremely pressured not to mess it up and actually ended up scaring me more than reassuring me, so I unfollowed them all and don't look. I've contacted a couple of local lactation consultants though and got a few numbers saved on my phone, because if we do have any problems establishing, I'd like to be able to easily call someone to come and help. I think the support groups are great too, but if there are real problems then 1-1 help would be what we need. One lady is lovely and said she'd come to the hospital if necessary to help us out. xx
 
I think they will if she stays above the line as they said I'd have to do gtt after all if she is over. Makes more sense for them to do a growth scan first in that case to see if she is actually over or if it's just my bump that's over lol. Will see what happens at my appt in 3 weeks :). Haha I would be terrified about pushing out a 10 pounder! I think if she was I'd rather she stayed breech and section in that case! I got stuck in my mum as she was short and small frame and I was only 8lb 7! Lol think her hips are smaller than mine though!

We looked at nct and then decided against it because of cost and also the midwife said our hospital would be starting antenatal classes again in November but i haven't heard a thing so maybe they aren't! The midwife keeps asking me about classes. If I do any it would be the nct ones. She recommended someone else and we met her at a baby fayre and she was a bit strange! Lol she also said I was leaving it late to book them as her next classes were mid Jan! Haha. I would be all for hypnobirthing etc if I found someone good who explained it all properly etc so I'm not against stuff like that but she was very into all that stuff sorta a bit airy fairy. Not saying everyone who is into that stuff is but I really think if we had gone to her classes OH would of spent the time scoffing as he is super skeptical at that kinda stuff lol. I thought I'd be more into hypnobirthing and stuff than I am but now it's getting nearer I think if science helped her come and stay in then I don't mind science helping her out and going for pain relief if I need it lol!!

Has anyone joined breastfeeding groups near them? Midwife recommended one yesterday and I had a look on their facebook but not sure if I'd go to any..it seems really formula bashing. I want a breastfeeding group that would help me to stick with breastfeeding and overcome any problems but also that would support formula feeding if I felt the need. So I'll prob stay away from going unless I really feel the need as I think it would just make me feel rubbish if I did switch to formula. A shame really as they just put people off who maybe would of stayed breastfeeding with their support but theyre too scared to go because of all the formula bashing lol! Xx

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I joined a few breastfeeding support facebook groups and was horrified with all the formula bashing! They also made me feel extremely pressured not to mess it up and actually ended up scaring me more than reassuring me, so I unfollowed them all and don't look. I've contacted a couple of local lactation consultants though and got a few numbers saved on my phone, because if we do have any problems establishing, I'd like to be able to easily call someone to come and help. I think the support groups are great too, but if there are real problems then 1-1 help would be what we need. One lady is lovely and said she'd come to the hospital if necessary to help us out. xx
Oh that's a better idea. How did you find out their info? :)

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I have blue and they don't start til Jan , their sept one was full :( I felt it was too early to join then and didn't want to jinx anything but wish I had now.

I'm nervous about BF groups. My BF friends have been bad enough having a go at me for buying one of those perfect prep machines (£20! On Facebook) I just want to be prepared for everything! And as I'm going back to work early I worry I won't be able to pump enough.

xxxx
 
I've wrote down the number of a lactation consultant in my diary haha thanks Laura :)

Wow BlondeP thats a fab price! I will prob get myself a prep machine on facebook too. May as well because otherwise you might end up FF then paying full price for one buying it in a rush! I hate the BF/FF divide lol. Don't understand formula bashing at all xx


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I'm on a twin BF group on FB and it's proper intense and full on ! I have prepared to be ready for BF and ff and not going to stress just go with the flow whatever works best for us all. X
 
I'm on a twin BF group on FB and it's proper intense and full on ! I have prepared to be ready for BF and ff and not going to stress just go with the flow whatever works best for us all. X
This is what I want to do as well :)

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Come on Lisa update us!! I mean, it's not like you've got bigger things to do other than keeping us in the know :)

Hope it's going well, thinking of you xx
 
I'm on a twin BF group on FB and it's proper intense and full on ! I have prepared to be ready for BF and ff and not going to stress just go with the flow whatever works best for us all. X

Me too! Will try it but not beat myself up if it's not successful. Stressing about it is counter productive!
 
Come on Lisa update us!! I mean, it's not like you've got bigger things to do other than keeping us in the know :)

Hope it's going well, thinking of you xx

I don't think it will be till this evening as she had steroids last night, this morning then C section planned for 12 hours after that! :clock:
 
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Hi girls, so sorry for the lack of updates. I just mostly been sleeping and snuggling with hubby today.
Good news is that my bloods are much better today. There will be no section until they get worse again. The consultant estimated that we have maybe a week or ten days. Waiting to see another consultant on today's bloods. They've upped my dose of blood pressure medication and I'm also getting blood thinner. Steriods will now be 24 hours apart.
Went to visit the neonatal unit today. It was scary but good to have seen it. Also got a DVD about premature babies to watch. It's a lot to take in. I feel fine, do hard to imagine that I'm actually really, really sick to the point where I could actually die from acute kidney failure if I wasn't being monitored. But then again, that's a major reason pre-eclampsia is so dangerous.
 
Oh Lisa. Sending you lots of love and positive vibes!!! xxxxx
 
Sending you lots of love! Glad the section doesn't need to be yet! Xxx

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Just saw another consultant. He was even less worried, even seemed to think his colleagues had overreacted. He said my bloods from today are fine. Part of me is starting to regret not taking the risk to fly, as was my original plan. We actually went home at first last night, then changed our mind and went back. It's so hard when they tell you different things. It also seems the older the doctor, the less worried they are.
 
That's a relief! Glad you are ok. Are you stuck in England now?
 
That's a relief! Glad you are ok. Are you stuck in England now?

I'm not sure. Previous doctors definitely said so, but this one now seemed much more relaxed. Before they said if I go home I would have to come in every day, because they need to monitor me super closely, and I couldn't fly because I'd be away from hospital care for too long. But now the consultant said he wants to send me home tomorrow and not come in till Monday, which is plenty longer than a plane ride. So trying to not get my hopes up but at the same time can't help but think maybe...
 

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