Absolutely this. Some clinicians simply don't like that people ask fair questions as they see it as them not being trusted or undermined. That's their problem, not yours. You can simply say that you are trying to make an informed decision and you want to know the facts to help you do that.
I had this a few weeks ago and went in for a scan and they just said it was light spotting from my cervix because you have more blood in that area and it’s easy to burst a few of the little blood vessels which causes spotting.
any advice gratefully appreciated
Ugh it’s so frustrating when you interact with someone who doesn’t have the best bedside manner. Like how hard is it to be empathetic in a time that we are so vulnerable?Hi all
I'm 34 wks and up until now all has been going relatively well apart from battling insomnia and the weirdest sense of loneliness and feeling out of sorts since being home on mat leave .
Over the weekend I starting experiencing itching mainly around bump, i do have very sensitive skin flare ups generally now and then (but theres no rash with this) so i just massaged in my Dermalex anti itch cream to see if it would help
Long story short I decided after no let up and no sleep again to ring across the doctors this morning to get a bit of advice, the receptionist arranged for a phone appointment call back
when the random doctor from our practice finally rang she asked me lots of questions in a very serious tone then said that because I'm over 35 she wants to run bloods and urine test as I'm presenting as high risk for cholestasis .
I wasn't even aware of it as a thing and as I'm generally well it suddenly made me feel scared as her tone was very brisk about it
I'm just keeping busy to get my mind of tomorrow/results then i get hit with a wave of panic because of drs reaction (my last pregnancy was in 2017 I didn't itch like this then so god knows) has anyone else had this and all just been normal in the end
There are hundreds of illnesses that are triggered by pregnancy so unless they know the woman’s specific medical history they’d do well not to comment. In my old work place it was a disciplinary issue to speculate on people’s health or reason for absence/suggest they weren’t ill. Pregnancy is also a protected characteristic so if this person makes further comments or criticises their performance because of their pregnancy, without outing yourself, they might be reminded of that.
I wouldn’t say my induction experience was positive but I think it was because I was so unprepared for it. I hadn’t considered it and my midwife was so convinced at my sweeps that I was going to go into labour naturally any day. I wish I’d watched some positive induction stories on YouTube which I actually watched afterwards. There’s loads on there! It’s definitely possible to have a positive induction experience
Have a listen to the Great Birth Rebellion podcast. They do 2 episodes in Induction about the evidence, when it's necessary and when it's not.
Congratulations! I remember you from lurking on the thread!Hi all! Taking the leap and joining this thread from TTC. Think I’ve been nervous to - in case I jinx anything. I think I’m around 6 weeks. It’s my second pregnancy - which took about 13 months to come along. I’m also 40 so had kind of made peace with being “one and done”. So far - much fewer symptoms than last time and I also have yet another horrible cough and cold so suffering a bit not being able to take anything.
I wouldn’t worry too much about- when pregnant especially the doctors have a duty to rule out the more serious things that can be wrong, and it’s more likely as you say that it’s a flare up of your existing sensitive skin or the skin on bump stretching (which I had terribly in my last few weeks), but it would be awful and worse for them to miss something.Hi all
I'm 34 wks and up until now all has been going relatively well apart from battling insomnia and the weirdest sense of loneliness and feeling out of sorts since being home on mat leave .
Over the weekend I starting experiencing itching mainly around bump, i do have very sensitive skin flare ups generally now and then (but theres no rash with this) so i just massaged in my Dermalex anti itch cream to see if it would help
Long story short I decided after no let up and no sleep again to ring across the doctors this morning to get a bit of advice, the receptionist arranged for a phone appointment call back
when the random doctor from our practice finally rang she asked me lots of questions in a very serious tone then said that because I'm over 35 she wants to run bloods and urine test as I'm presenting as high risk for cholestasis .
I wasn't even aware of it as a thing and as I'm generally well it suddenly made me feel scared as her tone was very brisk about it
I'm just keeping busy to get my mind of tomorrow/results then i get hit with a wave of panic because of drs reaction (my last pregnancy was in 2017 I didn't itch like this then so god knows) has anyone else had this and all just been normal in the end
I’m sorry to hear this. I’m 11 weeks and also struggling with the nausea feeling especially if I get too hot. I travel A LOT for work and have found that eating as soon as I am up tends to help and having smaller meals more often keeps it at bay too
Today was sort of better in some ways and worse in others?! Oh well. We’re over the halfway point of the week.I’m sorry to hear this. I’m 11 weeks and also struggling with the nausea feeling especially if I get too hot. I travel A LOT for work and have found that eating as soon as I am up tends to help and having smaller meals more often keeps it at bay too
As for your work colleague I’d echo what the other poster said that she could do with either minding her own business or have a 121 with them and layout the attitude isn’t acceptable and the negativity isn’t productive for them or the team
I hope tomorrow is a better day for you
Second this. I literally could only stomach plain pasta covered in cheese and peanut butter toast. Couldn’t do any normal meals really! You don’t need to worry too much til later on and even then I never changed my diet much and managed to avoid GD
Thank you so much X
