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[vic30]

Hope all is ok and baby is just being quiet today xx

 

[jojo3972]

Any movement sproglet ? Hope so xx

 

[Hayley_may]

I was just thinking the same sprogglet, normally lots of movement and kicks stickin out my belly but been quiet this afternoon. I've been out shopping maybe she's havin a long nap now.

Bought my pram and car seat and got the rest of my hospital things so gonna get them washed and start packing my bag. Settled on the sola city pushchair and maxicosi cabriofix, collecting them 1st week of April, crazy it'll nearly be due date by then :-/ hope you're ok though sproglet and had some movement now? X

 

[fao]

Hi ladies, I've neglected this thread a bit lately. Sorry!

Had a scare last night, and Hosp thought I could be in prem labour, but after 2 hours on labour ward being monitored, all settled down. Seems inoverdid it with housework and got some hideous ligament pains that bent me over double and in tears, and BH got so strong they were making me breathless and very difficult to walk. Also SJD making back ache so much it I could not distinguish it from previous labour pains (always in my back). They wanted me to stay overnight, but I convinced them I would be back in a flash if they started up again, and tests indicated not labour ( had internal and a swab test?).
Rested today and pain much less, just some twinges and back to ordinary BH rather than super size ones!
What a relief! Baby perfectly happy throughout, just me that's falling apart, lol. All this for a maginally clean house!

 

[vic30]

Really hoping all is ok Sproglett x

 

[vic30]

Hi ladies, I've neglected this thread a bit lately. Sorry!

Had a scare last night, and Hosp thought I could be in prem labour, but after 2 hours on labour ward being monitored, all settled down. Seems inoverdid it with housework and got some hideous ligament pains that bent me over double and in tears, and BH got so strong they were making me breathless and very difficult to walk. Also SJD making back ache so much it I could not distinguish it from previous labour pains (always in my back). They wanted me to stay overnight, but I convinced them I would be back in a flash if they started up again, and tests indicated not labour ( had internal and a swab test?).
Rested today and pain much less, just some twinges and back to ordinary BH rather than super size ones!
What a relief! Baby perfectly happy throughout, just me that's falling apart, lol. All this for a maginally clean house!

Oh goodness me! So pleased all is ok but sorry about all the pain you've been in, sounds so awful xx

 

[Maxinejupe]

I'm kind of new to this as this is my first. I have had 2 miscarriages and now I'm 30 weeks with a baby girl who is due 11th may x

 

[Sproglett]

Hey ladies, thanks for all your messages, baby has been moving a bit so I'm a bit happier, I'm seeing the midwife tomorrow so will mention it to her while I'm there.
OMG fao glad it was just a scare... I remember having the internal swabs for prem labour with my DS - not nice. Hope you're feeling ok now.
Welcome Maxinejupe, will add you to the list. X x

 

[vic30]

Pleased baby has been on the move Sproglett

I'm 29 weeks today!

Three verrrry dodgy dizzy spells today! One again whilst sitting on bed, one in Tesco and one whilst standing in the nursery checking hubby's paintwork! I was hanging on to stuff for dear life! Trolley was handy in Tescos, and I was at the checkout, luckily!

Also just had a lovely blood clot come into my mouth and I didn't even have a nose bleed this time! Pregnancy is highly glamourous! X

 

[vic30]

Fabulous happy stash there!

Yeah it must be so confusing - I'm presuming the one I'm taking will work regardless of what I take it with. I'm having it with evening meal to try to stop the nausea or anything similar. Oh I've been feeling like I'm going to die since December 2011 lol. I've been tested for pretty much everything without diagnosis. Considering it's got worse the last few weeks I can only presume it's to do with the pregnancy and possible lack of iron. I can cope with tiredness generally but this is awful. I should be used to it by now but it's still scary. I was hoping it would be something they'd missed hormone wise and pregnancy would sort it out haha.

Xx

I've had a couple of spells of dizziness with this pregnancy, but they didn't last thank goodness. I think vertigo is an awful condition to suffer from, but people who've never suffered from it don't really understand. When I had the neuritis, my head was spinning even if I was lying down, hubby had to help me in/out the bath and I crawled up and down he stairs, I was so scared of falling. It made me throw up every day and I used to lie on the floor and cry because I didn't know what was happening to me.

My best friend suffered from labyrinthitis for years and now has a profound fear of dizziness. If she ever needs to take something, if one of the possible side effects is vertigo, she won't take it. I found out that taking multivitamins makes me dizzy, now she won't touch them in case it happens to her.

I do hope you get some answers or at least it eases after you've had your baby. I think it probably will if it's already gotten worse since conceiving. I get tinnitus while pregnant, so clearly it makes all sorts of things happen to your balance system.

In other news, I've just spent two hours assembling this lol:

It's part of the furniture range I've ordered for the nursery. I can't build anything else until we have room to put it, but hubby allowed me this for now lol.

Aww that's so cute! Lovely! We've just order our nursery furniture and should get it in a few weeks

I feel your distress with the lying down spinning dizziness as it's awful and I don't think anyone can understand vertigo if they haven't been through it. It's so scary. The stuff hubby has had to help me with when I was really poorly for months I don't even want to go into! I don't blame your friend having a fear of her dizziness, and I did laugh when I took betahistine for a year as it says 'may cause dizziness' on the information leaflet! It's why I'm terrified of gas and air or anything like that. I had a colonoscopy and the sedation made me so dizzy I thought I was going to die, again! It's this type of scary dizziness that makes me have to consider leaving the house, driving, turning my head a certain way, turning round in a shop, getting up to make my lunch, even laughing and moving my eyes bring it on. I had that every for a year and I don't want to go back there! The ENT doctor said I had labyrinthitis but that was misdiagnosed and I never really had an answer from them as my eyes didn't dart about when I stared after having my head turned quickly so they ruled out positional vertigo and all sorts. I'm hoping it all doesn't get too bad again. It's awful feeling uncomfortable all day. It's also difficult explaining why I haven't worked for so long and that I don't have a diagnosis. Probably because they stopped investigating nearly a year ago! It makes it sound like I'm lying or exaggerating too as it's not like I'm falling about all over the place, it's just a constant feeling of movement, be it me or the room. It's one of those ailments where looking perfectly 'normal' doesn't help. "Well you look fine" doesn't go down well! Ok so I'm ranting now! Lol x

 

[fao]

Thanks sproglett. All dignity went out the door and it's not as if I had trimmed down there or shaved my legs in weeks! They were more worked than me though about it being labour, as it did not feel right to me to be labour, but I worried it was kidney stones or something! Anyway, all fine now and everyone reassured.

Glad your baby has been a bit more active. Mine too was quieter today, maybe its a Sunday thing! Or just me resting makes baby rest. Same for you?

Oh, and hi Maxine. Welcome!

 

[Sproglett]

Hey fao, I tried a bit of everything, got all my house work done, sat and chilled with an icy drink, etc etc.

Sorry to go on about my past experiences but it's the only thing I have to compare my personal experiences to, also apparently the odd are 30% that it will happen again and also they say approx at the same gestation...
I remember vividly my preterm labour swabs lol. I'd been out shopping with my friend, I was 33w+5, I went all hot and bothered and ended up sitting on the floor in the middle of the town centre having chest tightenings. pulsating back pains and unable to breathe, I had security guards, staff and general public crowding round me, it was really embarrassing, I finally managed to get up onto a chair, ended up being taken to a&e, had all tests done to make sure I hadn't suffered a heart attack (I hadn't) then I was taken by ambulance to the maternity wards where I went to triage and they started all internal swabs etc to check for preterm labour, luckily that wasn't the case either, although exactly a week later it was lol.

Kind of hoping I don't start these funny turns again this time round, although my son was born with abo incompatibility (blood poisoning) I had a fever in labour and ended up on antibiotics so I do wonder if it was my body trying to tell us something was wrong and to get him out before it was too late. Either way, he's here now and a troublesome 19m old he's mummy world! He's got surgery in 2 weeks, so that will be a fun stay in the children's hospital for him and mummy, it's nothing serious (he has an undescended testicle that needs bringing down) it's made more complicated because of his heart disease. I'll be 33w+3 when he goes in x

 

[dooeyona]

Morning ladies, hope everyone's good!

Sorry about your scare fao - glad all is well though. Speaking about not shaving legs...has anyone else's leg hair stopped growing altogether?? I always had to shave every 1-2 days to avoid stubbly legs but I've not shaved for 2 weeks now and they're still smooth as a baby's bottom! Very strange...must be something to do with hormones?! xxx

 

[Sproglett]

Woop woop!!!!!!!!!

 

[vic30]

Morning ladies, hope everyone's good!

Sorry about your scare fao - glad all is well though. Speaking about not shaving legs...has anyone else's leg hair stopped growing altogether?? I always had to shave every 1-2 days to avoid stubbly legs but I've not shaved for 2 weeks now and they're still smooth as a baby's bottom! Very strange...must be something to do with hormones?! xxx

Well, my legs are still hairy! About the same really. Though I'd do pretty much anything not to have unwanted hair elsewhere!

 

[vic30]

Woop woop!!!!!!!!!

yay!!! x

 

[fao]

Poor you, Sproglett, it sounds like a horrible experience you went through. Hopefully all will be good this time around.

Congrats on the pram!

Thanks Dooeyona. My legs are deffo less woolly than usual, but still "winter legs" lol.

 

[jojo3972]

Hi ladies , sorry u had a scare far but glad all ok and glad u got some movement sproglet these babies like to keep us on our toes don't they lol, been shopping today went to primark for labour nighty some new mat clothes as they have the new range in so got some jeggings and mat leggings and a lovely bump on board top and then to superdrug for stuff for my hospital bag then popped to new look they have a huge sale on got over bump skinny jeans and 2 new mat tops for 20 quid so in all a gd morning then I had my whooping cough jab which I didn't even feel but I can now lol tiny scratchy needle yet hurts like hell afterwards lol then went to mcdonalds to treat myself to a Big Mac and now I'm home aching like mad I think I may stiffen up before school run and be walking like a demented duck lol , I am knackered though shopping and pregnancy does not mix well xx

 

[vic30]

Ooh I haven't looked at Primark for maternity wear! Ooh! It's a 25 min trip but I was thinking of nighties from there anyway so might be good! I cringe at the word nightie! Hate them! I'm not ten or 80 lol x

 

[Sproglett]

Our primarks round here are naff, none have a maternity range at all!!!

Althoygh I'm happy the pushchair has arrived the colour doesn't match the carrycot and cosy toes (even though they are both chilli pepper) have been told mothercare will sort it out for me though.

I have seen the midwife today, she thinks baby may have turned to oblique (diagonally with head downwards) beets being breech, although she is not 100% as baby was quite hard to feel. I'm measuring 32cm which I'm happy with too, heart rate, blood pressure and urine all normal x