A lovely midwife phoned me back this afternoon and rearranged my appointment for a more convenient date and clearly explained what the appointment was for, and reassured me that it was nothing I'd done wrong. Obviously still a little worried but nowhere near as panicked as I was earlier. She also confirmed baby's screening results have come back as low chance, so that was good news at least. Blooming 'eck this is a hell of a ride isn't it.Having a bit of a mare today. I got an email saying I've had a new appointment scheduled for end of may when I'll be 23 wks +3 days. No clear indication of what it's for, and also for a different hospital and a really inconvenient date. I've phoned the hospital to try and find out what's going on and been told I've been referred to the placenta clinic due to low papp-A and I should have been told.
This is the first I was aware I had low papp-A or that I'd been referred anywhere. Now after making the mistake of googling what low papp-A actually means I'm getting myself really worked up
I cried this morning because I didn’t feel like I had enough time to myself at the weekend and now I’m back at work again. I then cried wondering if my baby is going to be sad that he’s got less space to move around in as he grows bigger.
Congratulations! Honestly, I don't have any tips on how to relax. I spent the whole first trimester convinced something would go wrong, even now in the second trimester I get huge anxiety that something's gone wrong, I don't think there's an easy way to calm the anxiety I'm afraid. I did have a private early scan at about 6/7 weeks which eased it for a bit as we could see the heartbeat on the screen and the sonographer confirmed everything looked "as it should" at that stage. If you have the funds for that then that's an option for when you're a few more weeks into it. But honestly, it's such a nerve wracking time. The only bit of advice I have (and I wish I had followed myself) is try not to symptom spot or hyper-fixate on symptoms from one day to the next. I would go into panic if one day my boobs hurt less than they did the day before, or if one day I wasn't feeling as tired as I did yesterday etc etc - the truth is symptoms fluctuate and are not an accurate indicator of how the pregnancy is progressing. Sorry I couldn't give better advice on how to calm the nerves, but if you can, just try to enjoy it. It's such a blessingThis mornings digital clear blue
does anybody have ideas on how to relax? I’m honestly so terrified of something going wrong this early on x
it’s only been a week or two since the last one, I’m considering keeping him off a week before my due date (which is just at the start of the Easter holidays!) as I really don’t want to go into labour when I’m struggling to breathe! Had such bad heartburn before bed I actually threw up, I’m just feeling sorry for myself lol.
. I’ll bow out from here in the meantime lolI had to argue with my GP to get codeine when I had my first even though both my consultants had said I could. This was the same Dr that said I should just try not to be depressed when I went in with PNA and PND
I’ve posted quite a lot about it so I won’t repeat but I tested loads too. Even though I knew deep down it actually told me nothing about how things were progressing, seeing those 2 lines every day (several times a day
) gave me some kind of reassurance and peace of mind. It was only after a scan at 10 weeks I stopped testing daily.
but that was because I put ketchup with my pizza (unheard of in our house!) and Mr R was jokingly like that’s really weird are you pregnant or something?! So I did a test to ‘rule it out’. It showed up as a very strong positive which surprised me cus of the hook effect.Good luck!! Keeping everything crossed for you
Don't worry, I cried the other day because I got a hole in my favourite pair of tights that left my big toe poking out. I think it was my partners look of utter pity that tipped me over the edgeI cried the other day because I couldn’t open a jar of jam
