Haha that's normal@Kitt great news!
A bit of a weird one but I SWEAR my toenails are growing at lightning speed this pregnancy
Same as your hair. Although I never notice a difference
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Same as your hair. Although I never notice a difference
I’ve never noticed it before! Could may well have happened in previous pregnancies but maybe by then I couldn’t see my feet to tellHaha that's normal
Same as your hair. Although I never notice a difference
My hair always grows and sheds like a beast, and my finger nails are normal. Just my beastly toenails!
Another question from me
I’m potentially going to be booked in for a C section, I find out at 32 week scan. But i can’t get my wedding ring and engagement ring off due to swelling, does it need to come off?
I’m potentially going to be booked in for a C section, I find out at 32 week scan. But i can’t get my wedding ring and engagement ring off due to swelling, does it need to come off?
I think if you can't get them off, they can possibly tape over them?Another question from me
I’m potentially going to be booked in for a C section, I find out at 32 week scan. But i can’t get my wedding ring and engagement ring off due to swelling, does it need to come off?
When I had mine I didn’t have to take off my rings. They said they were fine, but any “excess” jewellery had to come off (only a necklace for me).Another question from me
I’m potentially going to be booked in for a C section, I find out at 32 week scan. But i can’t get my wedding ring and engagement ring off due to swelling, does it need to come off?
My hair is very long anyway however and I had my hair done 3 weeks ago and the roots I’ve got oh my days also my nails have grown a lot! When I didn’t know I was pregnant I thought wow I must be eating really well now it makes sense! XI’ve never noticed it before! Could may well have happened in previous pregnancies but maybe by then I couldn’t see my feet to tell
I have read they tape over it. But is that because of hygiene reasons? Or because incase someone nicks them? Id like to see them try, I’ve been trying for the last week to get them off
I’ve managed to get my engagement ring off, wedding band not tried yet, fingers gone abit red and soreI think if you can't get them off, they can possibly tape over them?
Surely they can’t expect me to take that off?
I think it's something to do with incase they have to use a certain process to do with electricity and also to do with being sterile?I have read they tape over it. But is that because of hygiene reasons? Or because incase someone nicks them? Id like to see them try, I’ve been trying for the last week to get them off
I’ve managed to get my engagement ring off, wedding band not tried yet, fingers gone abit red and sore
Surely they can’t expect me to take that off?
I know you're not supposed to wear nail polish. I remember that one from before.
Or at least not supposed to have both your toe and finger nails painted.
I found this. Mixed with a few people saying about being as sterile as possibleI have read they tape over it. But is that because of hygiene reasons? Or because incase someone nicks them? Id like to see them try, I’ve been trying for the last week to get them off
I’ve managed to get my engagement ring off, wedding band not tried yet, fingers gone abit red and sore
Surely they can’t expect me to take that off?
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I don’t really get it about the nail and toe varnish I’ve also got some pericings I cannot take out ( please don’t think I look like Marilyn Manson) so not sure what would happen there!I think it's something to do with incase they have to use a certain process to do with electricity and also to do with being sterile?
I know you're not supposed to wear nail polish. I remember that one from before.
Or at least not supposed to have both your toe and finger nails painted.
Also cannot stop eating today haven’t had any cramps so far x
I've read before about the nail varnish being for 2 reasons, one so they can check the nail bed colour? I presume if something were to go wrong maybe?
And also the thing they put on your finger to monitor you, I think I read before it doesn't work as well through varnish
Yeh the oxygen monitors don't work through polish especially gel polish.I've read before about the nail varnish being for 2 reasons, one so they can check the nail bed colour? I presume if something were to go wrong maybe?
And also the thing they put on your finger to monitor you, I think I read before it doesn't work as well through varnish
I ended up in an ambulance a few years back and they couldn't monitor my oxygen through either fingers or toes so they clipped it on my ear
Also re: rings I think for most surgery they will allow wedding ring only and even then it has to be taped. That's my experience anyway, had to remove engagement and eternity ring as well as earrings etc.
This is correct, it’s definitely the oxygen monitor and I believe status check.I've read before about the nail varnish being for 2 reasons, one so they can check the nail bed colour? I presume if something were to go wrong maybe?
And also the thing they put on your finger to monitor you, I think I read before it doesn't work as well through varnish
There was a whole on he maternity FB group I’m on with women moaning about having to remove their gels or acrylics, or ‘they’ve said don’t buy should I have it done before going in’ and replies saying ‘do it, what they going to do once they’re on’.
Bloody morons! Nails being more important than monitoring vitals in an emergency, giving the nurses more work to remove them. Drives me up the wall how some people don’t take the risks in childbirth seriously.
This is a lovely post!!Continuing the trigger warning for anyone that doesn't particularly feel like reading about the above topics!!
I know this episode really well. We've talked about it at work over and over. As a NICU nurse, I have mixed feelings about it - it's a very realistic, stark look at what premature babies face, but I also think it can be very traumatic for parents to be. As a mum of 3 preemies, it made me sob too. That couple were so brave, and so strong together.
The very good news is that premature babies now live from much earlier gestations, with more complications, at lower weights, with far fewer long term complications. This gets better year on year. Research is developing, our understanding is growing. Babies now survive (and thrive!) in situations that they never would have previously. Our care is getting better and better, and will only continue to do so. I cannot speak highly enough of the dedication that my colleagues have to their jobs, that the doctors have to learning and developing their skills. There are some incredible stories that come out of the NICU. Caring for premature babies is often very humbling - they are the most resilient, adaptable, amazing little souls.
None of that helped me when it was my babies, in all honesty. Sometimes I wonder if it was worse because I knew more. With our boys, they had fairly straightforward times in the NICU and it was easier. With our girl it was a completely different story. At 30 weeks, and after a crash c-section with a large blood loss, I was just in shock. I had gone in with some abdominal pain and reduced fetal movements and a tiny amount of pink bleeding, and then her heart tracing was very poor, I bled more and suddenly I was being put to sleep. I was still unwell when they took me to see her, and she was so tiny, and so unwell herself, and all my nurse brain could tell me was that my colleagues were being kind to me, but I could read their faces. My husband was so encouraging, he was so positive (looking back, I think he was just so relieved we were both alive) but at the time, I can remember looking him in the eyes and telling him she was going to die, that he was being so stupid, that she was too small and too sick. I think I refused to bond with her initially because I was convinced she wasn't going to make it, and I wasn't setting myself up for that kind of hurt. It sounds insane now but it is very common with NICU parents - it is self protection. It is a traumatic place, most people have a traumatic pregnancy and/or birth that leads to a NICU admission, and even once they are born, it can be a real rollercoaster of a journey of constant ups and downs, sometimes very suddenly. It took until she was about a month old before I finally let myself start to believe she wasn't going anywhere. It still took months for me to really love her. It's a horrible admission that I hate myself for, and I adore her now 5 year old (very feisty!) self but it is the truth. I think people are so quick to paper over traumatic events, and it does nothing for improving your mental health.
My experiences really made me reflect on what it must be like for NICU parents in a way I maybe hadn't understood before. I always try and think of what I needed or wanted in those moments when I give advice. The biggest thing I think is understanding without dramatising or scaring yourself. Understanding that things could turn out one way, but that there are so many other ways too. I don't think it helps to see that on TV or in movies because although it's real stories, it's not always portrayed in a way that helps those that want it to. Could you speak to your consultant and ask to have a chat with the neonatal team at your local unit? They are usually very understanding and good people to speak to. Usually we offer unit tours to parents of babies that may end up under our care. Right now I know our unit is doing it through a Teams meeting and camera to let people see. Sometimes knowing all the facts (without the drama of good TV) can help you feel a little calmer and more confident. Please try to set time aside each day to speak to your baby. When you feel afraid or worried, try writing a letter to your baby. Normally, when you start writing it out, you realise that this fear and anxiety comes from such a deep love, and with my subsequent pregnancy, it certainly helped me to focus on that love, on my baby, on all the things that were good. We were one week forward. He was still wiggling away. I'd bought a daft outfit for him. His siblings had picked his name.
Sending you a big cuddle. Please make sure you speak with your midwife about how you are feeling. It is such a difficult path to walk, having a complicated pregnancy. You're going to be the best mum to your little bundle
Sandwiching this with a bit of oxytocin:
I see that baby stretching and just imagine that’s what is happening when I get the violent double punches and kicks
I've seen so many people doing this!
Including one woman saying she refuses to take her jewelry off and "Not like they're not going to refuse her to have her baby as it needs to be a csection"
It amazes me how many selfish people there are.
They're there to care about your health, not make things difficult for you for no reason!
It’s for the o2 sats probe - it works by shining a light through your fingertip. Usually wards have a bottle of acetone if it doesn’t work through simple polish and you’ve forgotten/not had time to remove but they can’t deal with gels/acrylics.
Ah I’ve had that before it doesn’t work through acrylics I remember it’s like a crocodile clip isn’t it X
edit I can’t take this piercing out as it requires surgical removal I don’t know why I did it when I was 18, 12 years later still haven’t removed it I just pretend it doesn’t exist
Perfect, thank you. Il have to try and get my wedding band off next...I’m 3 months away but want to be organised now before my hands get too swollenI think it's something to do with incase they have to use a certain process to do with electricity and also to do with being sterile?
I know you're not supposed to wear nail polish. I remember that one from before.
Or at least not supposed to have both your toe and finger nails painted.
I found this. Mixed with a few people saying about being as sterile as possible
@Kitt that overwhelming feeling of seeing the heartbeat is just incredible! I am so happy for you 
There’s a method that did the rounds using string to squish down the finger then unwind the ring. Don’t know if it would work?
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