Pregnancy #65

[ThisIsMyDragName]

I absolutely hear you on the heartburn/acid reflux. I’m having to eat smaller portions because I just don’t have room. Then it feels like whatever I ate just sits in vomit form in my esophagus. I’m not needing the loo but I’m waking at 2/3am and struggling to get back to sleep for ages. Then I have to keep turning like a rotisserie chicken. So yeah pregnancy has kicked my butt the last few days. I’m hoping my body adjusts because I do not want to wish for this baby to come early!

I’ve no idea about how baby is positioned but nothing was said at my last app a few days ago so I’m assuming not to be concerned. We’ve still got time (hopefully!). I didn’t eat dates or drink raspberry leaf in my first pregnancy and little one was 3 weeks early - with an extremely fast labour. I’m just trying to do my pelvic floor exercises as regularly as I can and stretch

I get growth scans as part of the red/high risk pathway (for being old and large ) and so his position is noted in that Badger app thing. I asked the last sonographer specifically and she said it was too soon to be concerned that this was how he was going to stay. I just hope he gets himself punted around before he gets too big!

I’ve been terrible and not done any stretching. My pelvic floor is actually pretty decent even though my bladder is not. I should start doing some sort of wee preggo yoga routine off YouTube or something really!

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

I get growth scans as part of the red/high risk pathway (for being old and large ) and so his position is noted in that Badger app thing. I asked the last sonographer specifically and she said it was too soon to be concerned that this was how he was going to stay. I just hope he gets himself punted around before he gets too big!

I’ve been terrible and not done any stretching. My pelvic floor is actually pretty decent even though my bladder is not. I should start doing some sort of wee preggo yoga routine off YouTube or something really!

I have a growth scan at the end of august. But I kinda wish I had one sooner. I had more appointments and checks last time I was pregnant vs this time. It’s really strange.

I’m sure little dude will move.

 

[Shinythings]

Rough AF night with heartburn. Everything I ate in the evening had been problematic so I’d had some Rennies in the evening, and then lying down to sleep was a disaster, at 3am I woke up feeling like the acid was in my mouth. I mega propped myself up and took a couple of Rennies which helped except it was a bit uncomfortable on my back to have it tilted up so much.

My bladder’s become a disaster as well. I am seeing a specialist physio about that, although given that it turns out my bladder is overactive anyway, I don’t think there will be much she can do for me till after the boy is born. I can see this is the really sexy part of pregnancy, haha!

Anyhoo so this is not all moaning, I’m curious about raspberry leaf tea (and maybe date-eating)- anyone got my opinions either way? I like a herbal tea so I’m game to give it a go but is it one of those things that probably does nothing or does it really help? I’m also curious about birth plans and resources to help me start thinking about it. The boy is still breech, everyone is telling me there is still time for him to turn so I am cracking on with not considering a caesarean, which I really don’t want for the recovery time alone. But, I have no idea. I did get this massive book from the midwife about pregnancy and labour and beyond but it didn’t really say that much. So, where can I go to read?

I did both the tea and dates and had a lovely smooth and fairly quick labour but may have just been coincidence.

 

[Hinchhater1442]

I know all pregnancies are different, but I’ve just hit 25 weeks and what the duck. My boobs are SO sore I can’t even touch them. This isn’t normal surely????? I never got this with my first ‍

 

[Tretps29]

I’ve had horrific acid reflux and heartburn since 15 weeks. The GP has given me meds and I’m living off them. I can’t eat In the evenings and constantly throwing up in my mouth.
We had a growth scan this week and the sonographer said I have a really hairy baby

Due to being high risk I have growth scans and baby girl has gone from 23rd percentile to 69th! Within 6 weeks

 

[lilykestrel]

Yesterday afternoon I had a nosebleed (never had one in my life before, not even when I was a kid)

Of course next week when my head turns bright green and doubles in size and my leg falls off I expect this'll be quite common because of hormonal changes too

 

[fishsticks]

Tenderly popping in here to say hi. I'm about 6weeks and 2days and incredibly nervous. Sickness has kicked in big time and I've struggled to keep much down the past few days, although I've just managed to eat cold McDonald's chips, which I'm taking as a win. Has anyone had a private reassurance scan at around 7weeks and can tell me how they found it and what they saw?

Awww hey Prawny!!!

I was the exact same, mine was predominantly nausea with a little bit of sickness, but it felt debilitating. Just eat what you can and try and make sure you keep your folic acid, etc. down. I know it's hard, but literally live off cold chippies if that's what gets you through. No judgement for what you eat at any stage of pregnancy.

I had a private scan at 8 weeks and could clearly see the beans and their yolk sacs. One looked like a little babushka wrapped. We saw heartbeats too!! That's the main thing I find, as long as you can see a heartbeat that's one worry eliminated until you countdown for the next scan.

When I got into my 8 week booking appt they put me on anti-sickness (metoclopramide which wasn't my first choice, try and get xonvea if you need it) and it has been a game changer for me. I feel like a semi-normal functioning human minus the exhaustion and I can feel when the meds are tapering off as the nausea comes back full force.

 

[fishsticks]

Had a bit of a wobble at the weekend. 10 weeks with twinnies and I just feel like absolute tit. The extreme exhaustion is making me feel so guilty. I feel like I'm missing out on so much of my 3yo, but I can't keep my eyes open by the time lunchtime hits. Daddy fishsticks is being amazing, but the "i haven't got time to do anything for myself" hit me really hard last night.

I was blessed with such an easy pregnancy up until due date. No sickness, no nausea except travelling, no food aversions after first trimester, no aches or pains... this one is SO different, presumably bcus there's two, to the point where I burst into tears and realised this is not going to be easy for the next 6 or so months. The round ligament pain is next level, the back pain is horrific. Babies seem to be fine, but I am not.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been blessed with twinnies, and I don't want to whinge. Just feeling sorry for myself, sore and sad when I really wanted to enjoy it like I did the first time.

Ps. people telling me I look lovely does not help when I feel the size of a heffalump at 10 weeks and I'm yet to even spill the beans at work...

 

[A1992]

Had a bit of a wobble at the weekend. 10 weeks with twinnies and I just feel like absolute tit. The extreme exhaustion is making me feel so guilty. I feel like I'm missing out on so much of my 3yo, but I can't keep my eyes open by the time lunchtime hits. Daddy fishsticks is being amazing, but the "i haven't got time to do anything for myself" hit me really hard last night.

I was blessed with such an easy pregnancy up until due date. No sickness, no nausea except travelling, no food aversions after first trimester, no aches or pains... this one is SO different, presumably bcus there's two, to the point where I burst into tears and realised this is not going to be easy for the next 6 or so months. The round ligament pain is next level, the back pain is horrific. Babies seem to be fine, but I am not.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been blessed with twinnies, and I don't want to whinge. Just feeling sorry for myself, sore and sad when I really wanted to enjoy it like I did the first time.

Ps. people telling me I look lovely does not help when I feel the size of a heffalump at 10 weeks and I'm yet to even spill the beans at work...

Sending you a big hug! I know it’s tough… this is like reading my own stream of consciousness.

It’s no joke growing two babies! And yes, whilst we are super blessed and lucky, it does not mean it’s easy. I just want to fast forward to when they are here (and home).

I felt so exhausted up until week 14/15 when it started to ease off. Don’t get me wrong, still not experiencing the “second trimester energy boost” but the doctor said I might not get that given the twin pregnancy. However I can now get through a day without a nap if I absolutely have too (though I’m wiped by 8!). It will get easier.

This is going to be a journey - especially given the high risk nature of the pregnancy but I truly believe it’ll all be totally worth it in the end. Honestly, even thinks I’m about 6/7 months along and we’re only 18 weeks… as someone who has always been struggled with body image and is used to being a size 4/6, I’m finding the physical changes quite mentally hard too.

But again, just keep telling myself it’ll be worth it in the end.

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

Had a bit of a wobble at the weekend. 10 weeks with twinnies and I just feel like absolute tit. The extreme exhaustion is making me feel so guilty. I feel like I'm missing out on so much of my 3yo, but I can't keep my eyes open by the time lunchtime hits. Daddy fishsticks is being amazing, but the "i haven't got time to do anything for myself" hit me really hard last night.

I was blessed with such an easy pregnancy up until due date. No sickness, no nausea except travelling, no food aversions after first trimester, no aches or pains... this one is SO different, presumably bcus there's two, to the point where I burst into tears and realised this is not going to be easy for the next 6 or so months. The round ligament pain is next level, the back pain is horrific. Babies seem to be fine, but I am not.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been blessed with twinnies, and I don't want to whinge. Just feeling sorry for myself, sore and sad when I really wanted to enjoy it like I did the first time.

Ps. people telling me I look lovely does not help when I feel the size of a heffalump at 10 weeks and I'm yet to even spill the beans at work...

I felt like this and I only have one baby! Second pregnancies are no joke - especially when you feel a myriad of things. Of course you want your babies and of course you’re grateful but you’re also allowed to feel like tit. The fatigue is no joke and also when you’re used to being so full on with your eldest it’s so hard when it suddenly changes and you can’t do what you have been. Let yourself have a pity party - the pregnancy will ebb & flow. It’s not forever even though it certainly feels like it when you’re in the pressure pot. i had pretty sore PGP in my crotch from 16 weeks and a week ago it just vanished. So there I was worried about how I would cope with a heavier bump and that and I could never have seen it would go away. Try to be gentle with yourself xx

 

[ThisIsMyDragName]

Yesterday afternoon I had a nosebleed (never had one in my life before, not even when I was a kid)

Of course next week when my head turns bright green and doubles in size and my leg falls off I expect this'll be quite common because of hormonal changes too

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Wait till you grow that third boob nobody tells you about nah I’m kidding but yeah. Every single thing I have googled is just a ‘yeah it’s because you’re pregnant’ thing. I’m becoming the biggest tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist in the world but my favourite phrase is ‘why are they hiding this from us?!’ Followed by ‘what else have they not told me?!’

 

[ThisIsMyDragName]

Had a bit of a wobble at the weekend. 10 weeks with twinnies and I just feel like absolute tit. The extreme exhaustion is making me feel so guilty. I feel like I'm missing out on so much of my 3yo, but I can't keep my eyes open by the time lunchtime hits. Daddy fishsticks is being amazing, but the "i haven't got time to do anything for myself" hit me really hard last night.

I was blessed with such an easy pregnancy up until due date. No sickness, no nausea except travelling, no food aversions after first trimester, no aches or pains... this one is SO different, presumably bcus there's two, to the point where I burst into tears and realised this is not going to be easy for the next 6 or so months. The round ligament pain is next level, the back pain is horrific. Babies seem to be fine, but I am not.

I feel incredibly lucky to have been blessed with twinnies, and I don't want to whinge. Just feeling sorry for myself, sore and sad when I really wanted to enjoy it like I did the first time.

Ps. people telling me I look lovely does not help when I feel the size of a heffalump at 10 weeks and I'm yet to even spill the beans at work...

It’s ok not to float along on some pregnancy-pillow adorned cloud. Absolutely ok. No matter how much you might have wished and hoped to be pregnant, that has no bearing on what you’re allowed to feel. Pregnancy is tough! I can only imagine what it’s like being pregnant with twins, and with a 3 year old. People don’t talk enough about the toll on a woman’s body. Let’s face it, if men were the pregnant ones they’d be off work on full pay from the day of the positive test until a year after birth or something.

 

[fishsticks]

Thanks, all! Sorry for having a whinge. I think the stress of waiting for the 12 week scan and the screening tests is taking its toll too. When I went to the EPU the sonographer said "are you having screening done?" to which I replied yes... but didn't ask why she asked and it's floating round my head too. Not sure whether they can do the NT at 9 weeks mind.

@A1992 - it's really no joke is it this twin lark? thanks so much for the positive outlook! you've made me feel a little better too as I'm 10 weeks now and I look about 20 weeks pregnant. I'm currently hiding myself in baggy shirts and working from home as much as I can. We've got this!! The high risk part is tit to be honest. It's the only reason I'm fessing up at work next week (after a private scan) else I'd have waited till 16 weeks like I did my first.

@LittleMissMuffet - thanks so much.pity party well and truly partied out this weekend and I'm starting to feel a little brighter. Wooooo that makes me feel so much better that your PGP disappeared. definitely feel like I need to slow down even at 10 weeks; pregnancy is wild and I can't believe how different each pregnancy can make people feel. The symptoms are crazy varied.

@ThisIsMyDragName - how lovely would it be to be sat on that cloud though?! i don't know if it's harder that I got to experience it first time round or not really. I know it won't be tooooo long until your little boy is around, so hoping you feel like the finish line is in sight!!

I can't even IMAGINE men pregnant, but can we legislate for women to have paid-time off for pregnancy symptoms please regardless of whether they're capable to work? I've been working from home as much as possible (very lucky to be able to do that), but it's still taking it's toll. Pregnant women who are in labour-intensive jobs, huge huge huge respect to you all bcus I sit at my desk all day and even that's too much. 🫡

 

[LittleMissMuffet]

Thanks, all! Sorry for having a whinge. I think the stress of waiting for the 12 week scan and the screening tests is taking its toll too. When I went to the EPU the sonographer said "are you having screening done?" to which I replied yes... but didn't ask why she asked and it's floating round my head too. Not sure whether they can do the NT at 9 weeks mind.

@A1992 - it's really no joke is it this twin lark? thanks so much for the positive outlook! you've made me feel a little better too as I'm 10 weeks now and I look about 20 weeks pregnant. I'm currently hiding myself in baggy shirts and working from home as much as I can. We've got this!! The high risk part is tit to be honest. It's the only reason I'm fessing up at work next week (after a private scan) else I'd have waited till 16 weeks like I did my first.

@LittleMissMuffet - thanks so much.pity party well and truly partied out this weekend and I'm starting to feel a little brighter. Wooooo that makes me feel so much better that your PGP disappeared. definitely feel like I need to slow down even at 10 weeks; pregnancy is wild and I can't believe how different each pregnancy can make people feel. The symptoms are crazy varied.

@ThisIsMyDragName - how lovely would it be to be sat on that cloud though?! i don't know if it's harder that I got to experience it first time round or not really. I know it won't be tooooo long until your little boy is around, so hoping you feel like the finish line is in sight!!

I can't even IMAGINE men pregnant, but can we legislate for women to have paid-time off for pregnancy symptoms please regardless of whether they're capable to work? I've been working from home as much as possible (very lucky to be able to do that), but it's still taking it's toll. Pregnant women who are in labour-intensive jobs, huge huge huge respect to you all bcus I sit at my desk all day and even that's too much. 🫡

I’ve had totally different pregnancy symptoms this time round to last time. The 12 week wait is horrendous. With my first, the nausea went away at 16 weeks and with this one I’ve had barely any interest in food for most of this pregnancy. Which is devastating as I wanted to revel in eating for two

 

[ThisIsMyDragName]

Thanks, all! Sorry for having a whinge. I think the stress of waiting for the 12 week scan and the screening tests is taking its toll too. When I went to the EPU the sonographer said "are you having screening done?" to which I replied yes... but didn't ask why she asked and it's floating round my head too. Not sure whether they can do the NT at 9 weeks mind.

@A1992 - it's really no joke is it this twin lark? thanks so much for the positive outlook! you've made me feel a little better too as I'm 10 weeks now and I look about 20 weeks pregnant. I'm currently hiding myself in baggy shirts and working from home as much as I can. We've got this!! The high risk part is tit to be honest. It's the only reason I'm fessing up at work next week (after a private scan) else I'd have waited till 16 weeks like I did my first.

@LittleMissMuffet - thanks so much.pity party well and truly partied out this weekend and I'm starting to feel a little brighter. Wooooo that makes me feel so much better that your PGP disappeared. definitely feel like I need to slow down even at 10 weeks; pregnancy is wild and I can't believe how different each pregnancy can make people feel. The symptoms are crazy varied.

@ThisIsMyDragName - how lovely would it be to be sat on that cloud though?! i don't know if it's harder that I got to experience it first time round or not really. I know it won't be tooooo long until your little boy is around, so hoping you feel like the finish line is in sight!!

I can't even IMAGINE men pregnant, but can we legislate for women to have paid-time off for pregnancy symptoms please regardless of whether they're capable to work? I've been working from home as much as possible (very lucky to be able to do that), but it's still taking it's toll. Pregnant women who are in labour-intensive jobs, huge huge huge respect to you all bcus I sit at my desk all day and even that's too much. 🫡

It wasn’t a winge and don’t you dare be sorry about anything

I also have big respect for women in labour intensive jobs. I did about 5 extra hours of my desk job last week, even though I effectively also had 2 days off, and I slept all of Saturday and actually decided just to work from home today because I was utterly defeated! Being the big boss means I didn’t really get a pregnancy risk assessment but there basically wasn’t any mitigations for me anyway

 

[ahtisyourself]

I have a (young and not pregnant) colleague who keeps calling me over to look at something on her computer and I’m running of ways to be dramatic about my ughhhhhh jaysussss when I get up out of my chair so she gets the hint and stops calling me over I guess I could just be direct and say no, my tina feels like it’s falling off every time I stand up. Leave me alone please

 

[Tretps29]

Had a consultant appointment via phone today and I thought it would be to discuss my c section date.
The appointment was three hours late and the doctor called and said ‘do you know why you’re having this appointment?’ I was like no, it’s been scheduled but no other clue and her response ‘well I don’t know why I’m phoning you’ 🫠
And then she asked again ‘so you don’t know why you’d be having this appointment?’

 

[calabazarock]

I have a (young and not pregnant) colleague who keeps calling me over to look at something on her computer and I’m running of ways to be dramatic about my ughhhhhh jaysussss when I get up out of my chair so she gets the hint and stops calling me over I guess I could just be direct and say no, my tina feels like it’s falling off every time I stand up. Leave me alone please

Oh, just tell her! She should bring her laptop over if possible or ask someone else.

Someone has been talking to me everyday asking if I'm getting this or that sign that labour is coming since I've reached early term. By the third day I just said I won't be discussing that and cannot be having the same conversation everyday

 

[Londonsays]

Can I ask about anyone due in summer or had a baby in the heat and what you are planning to use for sleeping, such as blanket, sleeping bag, swaddle etc? Section is booked for 29th and I’m thinking we might be in another heatwave and I don’t know what to pack in my hospital bag. Thank you

 

[Greencatfysh]

Had a consultant appointment via phone today and I thought it would be to discuss my c section date.
The appointment was three hours late and the doctor called and said ‘do you know why you’re having this appointment?’ I was like no, it’s been scheduled but no other clue and her response ‘well I don’t know why I’m phoning you’ 🫠
And then she asked again ‘so you don’t know why you’d be having this appointment?’

I had this too, got referred to a consultant for a few different reasons and when I got there she was like, so, why are you here? Sooo ridiculous. It also turned out after I gave birth that I should have been referred as a higher risk patient and had extra scans and checks etc which obv didn’t happen. Thankfully my baby was safe. But my god. The NHS is a shambles