Pregnancy #44 The 3am Club

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fairylights2000

Itsallthecheese said:
Could a bilateral ear infection and feeling run down impact on my blood sugar's? Today's readings have been a mess but I'm completely exhausted been rushing about all day and my ears are killing and I'm so tired... Literally just sat down and cried.
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Ear infections are the worst! Hope you feel better soon. I was doing some blood sugar readings while I had an awful cold and they were a bit all over the place although partially due to self medicating with chocolate as I couldn't have decongestants
 
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Married2019

Hands up if you've turned into an overly emotional mess this week I've cried at the most ridiculous things to the extent where I'm even annoying myself, never mind anyone else that comes into contact with me !

Also on a different note- colostrum expressing is HAAARRRD work. Will keep perservering with it but I (naively) thought it would be slightly easier
 
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Heyguysswipeup

I take a pottle of nuts to work or some nut butter to have with an apple or banana. Generally I try and eat eggs before work and then take a yoghurt/blueberrie/chia seed/flaxseed/oat mix thing to work for lunch as I can’t stand taking eggs into work it’s really filling too! Or some toast and avocado. I ate hardly any veggies in the first trimester so am trying my hardest now to eat more nutritious food!
 
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loveanatter

I would be very politely asking my midwife to put that date on my MAT B 1… don’t ask, don’t get! X
 
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Borntorun

loveanatter said:
I would be very politely asking my midwife to put that date on my MAT B 1… don’t ask, don’t get! X
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So you’d ask a registered professional to lie on a government form for you, risking their entire career?!
 
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nefariousnellie

Borntorun said:
So you’d ask a registered professional to lie on a government form for you, risking their entire career?!
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This is what I'd be uncomfortable with - not to say it didn't cross my mind but it's a huge ask and while it probably wouldn't cause any issues it's still a risk for a midwife.

I'll speak to my HR department about it to ask if there's any flex from their side of things!
 
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Spencerskates

In case anyone needs a laugh…. I’ve always thought that when they check how dilated you are, it meant your vagina, not that they get their hand up there and it’s actually your cervix they check.

I’m a 31 year old woman with multiple masters degrees but apparently not a single brain cell.
 
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WeepingCassandra

Errr me too?!
 
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WhatABore

Unfortunatley your vagina doesn't dilate.
Might be a bit easier if it did tbh
Might not have had the 3rd degree tear
 
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WeepingCassandra

WhatABore said:
Unfortunatley your vagina doesn't dilate.
Might be a bit easier if it did tbh
Might not have had the 3rd degree tear
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And this is why I have ordered some books from the library that are about the process of birth (not hypnobirthing or techniques)
 
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themuffinwoman

OMG. I didn’t realise that either and I did biology to an ok level.

To add to this, I thought for the fundal measurement they measured around the stomach, and was concerned my massive ass would over inflate the size, whereas she measured from top of my uterus to my pubic bone (also had no idea where that was when she pressed so just said yes) .
 
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Hushpuppy

Spencerskates said:
In case anyone needs a laugh…. I’ve always thought that when they check how dilated you are, it meant your vagina, not that they get their hand up there and it’s actually your cervix they check.
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I beg your pardon? Well I never knew that!!!! I am utterly clueless!!!
 
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Ro98

WhatABore said:
These may help
It's the cervix that dilates
Which is what they check.
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This just made me close my legs, how is a baby coming out of there in a few months Do they put their arm up there? The speculums they use to find the cervix are always so long 🫣 Must do more research in the next 15 weeks
 
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WhatABore

Ro98 said:
This just made me close my legs, how is a baby coming out of there in a few months Do they put their arm up there? The speculums they use to find the cervix are always so long 🫣 Must do more research in the next 15 weeks
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Their whole arm goes up, yep
Feels that way at least.
Midwife tried to use 2 hands for one of my sweeps
 
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