Pregnancy #62

[scouseconstantine]

I can’t believe I’m 36 weeks tomorrow time seems to have gone so fast but so slow! Hospital bag is 90% packed, nursery is done and it’s just last little bits to sort out now. Can’t believe it’s nearly time

 

[scouseconstantine]

Got hit by another car while driving home tonight and my anxiety is through the roof. Phoned triage and they were like ‘well unless you’re bleeding or in pain we say don’t bother coming in. Do you want to tho?’

like yes absolutely I would like to come in for reassurance heard babies heartbeat and was monitored but I’m still so worried something could happen in these next few days

 

[scouseconstantine]

Baby has waited until 37 weeks to start craving fruit and tomatoes and salads. Where was this healthy eating months ago? Too late to be a healthy queen now babes

 

[Megatron1298]

Hello! Didn’t think I’d see myself back on this thread but here I am back for #3

We were on the fence for whether to go for it so did a see what happens, and now I’m just shy of 5 weeks!

 

[Elisha97]

Told my mum one of our baby names today after she’s begged for months and recommended loads of obscure, rare and old fashioned horrible names. She’s been saying for ages how ‘she wants to get the baby’s name right’ and she’s ’been researching’.. without us asking her or wanting her to mind you. Straight away she was rude and dismissive of it (we said a nice normal fairly common name everyone in here will have heard of that suits a baby at all life stages). Back to not telling a soul it is

 

[RoseyThorney]

We told my in-laws a name we almost went with (Delilah) and was met with disgust and upturned noses. What’s wrong with Delilah?! We changed the name we wanted years ago but now whenever anyone asks I tell them Renesmee to troll them.

 

[plonkington]

Don’t stress with the colostrum should I shouldn’t I before baby arrives …. When they’re old enough they’ll be licking handrails and eating random chips off the floor

 

[sushimama]

So much good news lately, congrats to all 🥹🫶

 

[Amylaauren]

37 weeks and officially on maternity! Trying to stay on top of my ‘everything’ shower just in case

 

[Kaylarina]

Hi everyone. I’m so pissed off and stressed and not sure what to do. Essay/ran

I’m 32+2 today in a supposed high risk pregnancy (40 plus, IVF). First time I’ve seen a consultant today but spoke to one when 16 weeks when he said they’d book my ELCS for 23rd Dec when I’m 38 weeks + 2. This was due to the bank hols and the fact that when I had my first son (natural pregnancy) ELCS at 39 weeks his placenta was discovered to be failing.

Now went to sign consent forms and there’s been a bollocks up and 23rd Dec is full, I wasn’t booked in. The earliest they can do is 30th Dec at 39+3 but I’m terrified this is too risky. I’m older now and IVF and placentas fail more than non-IVF ones and considering my history last time - it’s a very real risk of still birth to me. There’s nothing they can do, they won’t even consider 37 weeks + 5.

I can try transfer hospitals but the referral can take weeks and still no guarantee there is space for me on 23rd

What do I do??

Lodge a complaint with PALs. State the reason for the 23rd and also when you were told about the appointment being the 23rd - hopefully it’s noted in your medical notes. Bug the hell out of them. I hate to say it, but being persistent (and some times down right stubborn) can be the only way to get things moving.

 

[Amylaauren]

I lost mine 4 times in my first pregnancy

delete this now don’t need that type of negativity hahahahaha

 

[Spencerskates]

Not sure if it’s just the pregnancy hormones, but I’m annoyed that my MIL has told our niece that we’re pregnant. It’s still very early (5 weeks) and I feel passionately about not asking children to keep secrets, so I don’t want to ask her to not tell anyone, but she’s five, she’s absolutely going to announce it to everyone because she’s excited (which is lovely, don’t get me wrong!) but I just keep thinking that the more people that know, the more people we’d have to tell if anything happens, and this is why I didn’t want people to know yet.

 

[AL10]

Thanks all 🩷 newborn snuggles are the best

 

[Greencatfysh]

We just use water wipes/normal baby wipes. Didn’t actually consider using anything else and imagine getting water/cotton bits at 3am might be a tad more difficult than grabbing a wipe! We just gave baby her first sponge bath today and used warm water and cotton pads for that

 

[sushimama]

Had my 3d/4d scan today and baby girl did not want to cooperate. She’s positioned head down and was facing my spine so we couldn’t see her face at all, she only pouted at us a little.

 

[PoppyKJ]

I’m 32 weeks and wonder how the hell im going to continue. Everything hurts, I can’t walk without nearly pissing my pants, I’m absolutely huge. I haven’t got another 8 weeks in me

 

[Shinythings]

I'm exactly 6 weeks today and it's the first day I've really felt pregnant. Nausea is here, sore boobs. Nearly puked pouring gravy on my roast and just didn't want to eat gravy at all and I normally LOVE gravy.

I've had some mild symptoms come and go that you could brush off as pre menstrual or just feeling off but today is the first day if I didn't already know that I would have thought 'hang on a minute'.

 

[101d]

Why is naming so hard!

I'm second guessing every choice, every letter, every sound. Whether it matches the surname. Such a tough decision!

 

[PrincessShark]

Has anybody seen the news today about maternity care? Think it was in Shropshire

Unfortunately nearly half of maternity providers are rated as inadequate/requires improvement, including the trust I work at.

it is scary to read these things, but I absolutely urge anyone who has had a negative experience to feed it back to the trust. There will not be more funding for maternity services unless people feedback the bad stuff, don’t think ‘oh it doesn’t matter they won’t do anything about it’, because we need those higher up to see how unsafe things can be.
We want the best outcomes for women and babies, and we need the funding and staff in order to do that. Women will always have babies, and unfortunately as a sector, maternity/obs/gynae is very low on the list of priorities.

But know that we will still aim to give you the care you all deserve, no matter how short staffed or underfunded we are 🤍

 

[yankydoo]

Thanks all for your help. I went to triage and both mine and baby’s heart rate was really high for a while and there was talk of admitting me to the labour ward. However thankfully it all settled down and I’ve been discharged. Bloods came back clear and they think it may be viral.