Vicks over a hot water bowl, congestion nasal thingys and paracetamol 🫶
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Vicks Sinex helped my first trimester nasal congestion and the ladies in here reassured me it was safe. It’s a bit gross but I like a neti pot when I have a cold or hay fever, because it flushes out any lurking lurgies in my sinuses and provides relief. It’s ‘only’ salt water so safe!
I’ve become hesitant to send scan pictures to friends and family since a friend informed me that when she sent hers to family, her sister in law replied with “I know what it is!!” as she had put the picture into ChatGPT and got an answer. This would make me absolutely furious and has made me think twice about sharing any updated scan photos now as you never know what nosey Nora might take a notion and do the same. Why does this make me so angry!
That’s extremely frustrating, I’d be furious too.
If it makes you feel better, I put my own scan photo into chatGPT and he got it wrong
24 week midwife appointment this morning, met my new midwife as my previous midwife is on maternity leave herself. New midwife seemed really nice and helpful. Urine was ok, BP ok. Then it was heartbeat on the doppler time! She could hear the blood circulation to the placenta but not the baby. She tried her very best and was basically chasing my naughty son around my stomach. She brings in another midwife who also had a try but it’s the same thing. What I hadn’t been bargaining on, but of course recognise is a ‘better safe than sorry’ approach, is the fact that they can detect the heartbeat means I’m asked to go to the big nearby hospital to get checked out. I’d had zero concerns up till that point and suddenly I of course go to the worst case scenario and start to cry in the room. It’s a midwife led unit and there are no sonographers in so that’s why I’m told to go there and go right away. They ring up to say I’m coming and I’m told to go to the labour suite rather than maternity triage because I will get seen faster which is reassuring and amazing hut also TERRIFYING. I walk home crying, have a complete meltdown in my house and off we go.
Long story short, I’m popped in a room by myself and a consultant comes in within about 5 minutes and immediately scans me and the first thing he can hear is the heartbeat. He then spends 10-15 minutes just having a look and a check whilst he’s there, everything is fine. Once again the boy wonder isn’t interested in having his ‘photo’ taken but the consultant tries and gets a couple of snaps of him curled up in a ball.
I know it’s incredibly dramatic but that was the worse I think I’ve ever felt in my life up to the point that scanner made contact. In my head I’m thinking how the midwife felt him move with her hands before trying the Doppler and they were literally chasing him about with it whilst he did everything he could to evade capture and there was no way that would be happening if something bad had happened, but my brain immediately went to an awful place and I couldn’t bring it back from there.
Im grateful that everyone acted so quickly and calmly and gently and I’m grateful that I got seen so fast. The NHS is amazing and everyone I encountered today was amazing. MrDragName was so strong and so good with me when he realised I was sobbing my heart out in the toilet at home because I didn’t want to go to hospital in case it was bad need. And JuniorDragName is grounded for the foreseeable future for causing me so much stress!
Long story short, I’m popped in a room by myself and a consultant comes in within about 5 minutes and immediately scans me and the first thing he can hear is the heartbeat. He then spends 10-15 minutes just having a look and a check whilst he’s there, everything is fine. Once again the boy wonder isn’t interested in having his ‘photo’ taken but the consultant tries and gets a couple of snaps of him curled up in a ball.
I know it’s incredibly dramatic but that was the worse I think I’ve ever felt in my life up to the point that scanner made contact. In my head I’m thinking how the midwife felt him move with her hands before trying the Doppler and they were literally chasing him about with it whilst he did everything he could to evade capture and there was no way that would be happening if something bad had happened, but my brain immediately went to an awful place and I couldn’t bring it back from there.
Im grateful that everyone acted so quickly and calmly and gently and I’m grateful that I got seen so fast. The NHS is amazing and everyone I encountered today was amazing. MrDragName was so strong and so good with me when he realised I was sobbing my heart out in the toilet at home because I didn’t want to go to hospital in case it was bad need. And JuniorDragName is grounded for the foreseeable future for causing me so much stress!
I'm glad there was a positive end. I think they should have handled it with a tad more logic, since he was clearly moving, and just say they needed the extra check due to defined processes and not because they were worried at all.
Why are people like this? you friend could just kept her mouth shut! I've only sent face or hand pictures.
They were very calm and very ‘this is just procedure’ about it. It was me that completely lost all sense and went into absolute meltdown and couldn’t think logically about it. I suppose they didn’t want to say something like ‘it will probably be fine’ in case there was some rare possibility it wasn’t. They did say if they'd had a sonographer on site they would have just got me to be scanned by them, it was just that there was nobody able to run the scanner over me that meant my road trip was required.
I’m very fortunate that this is the first time there’s ever been any ‘cause for concern’ at all. Never been to EPU, never had to ring maternity triage, no bleeding or pain or anything. So maybe that made it stand out all the more to me.
I can’t imagine doing this to someone. People are ghastly!
So glad it was all OK and I'm glad you were treated with kindness. And he's in there absolutely none the wiser that he's given his Mum a heart attack!
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Hi everyone,
just got my bloods back (29 weeks) and looks like I’m aneamic. I know it’s super common in pregnancy I’m just wondering if it’s up to me to phone GP or the results will trigger them to call me? Or the midwife?
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just got my bloods back (29 weeks) and looks like I’m aneamic. I know it’s super common in pregnancy I’m just wondering if it’s up to me to phone GP or the results will trigger them to call me? Or the midwife?
Thanks
If you’ve got a decent midwife who’s responsive I’d give them a bell otherwise ring GP rather than waiting.Hi everyone,
just got my bloods back (29 weeks) and looks like I’m aneamic. I know it’s super common in pregnancy I’m just wondering if it’s up to me to phone GP or the results will trigger them to call me? Or the midwife?
Thanks
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I think the first trimester fatigue is improving now thank god! It’s been so hard this time around with a big baby/small toddler.
They should prescribe iron, my advice is get the liquid or buy spatone insteadHi everyone,
just got my bloods back (29 weeks) and looks like I’m aneamic. I know it’s super common in pregnancy I’m just wondering if it’s up to me to phone GP or the results will trigger them to call me? Or the midwife?
Thanks
The tablets give serious constipation 🫠
Defo not, the clitoris and early pen both look the same at this stage, 15 weeks is the absolute earliest and even then it’s not totally accurateHas anyone had a sonographer ‘guess’ the sex correctly at 11ish weeks? Just had a scan and he told us what he thinks it could be but he wasn’t 100% certain so told us not to paint the room pink/blue just yethe was getting right in there near the genitals in 3D and seemed to think it was a certain gender but wouldn’t bet the farm on it either. I’ll be finding out soon anyway through NIPT but just curious as to how accurate his guess would be at this stage as I assumed any genitalia hadn’t really formed yet!
This is so weird but I’m 37+5, does anyone else have “rectal pressure” lol…like I feel pressure in my hole like I need to go for a poo but I don’t 
pls someone tell me I’m not crazy
pls someone tell me I’m not crazyCould be nothing, but if your bag isn’t packed this might be your sign to do so!This is so weird but I’m 37+5, does anyone else have “rectal pressure” lol…like I feel pressure in my hole like I need to go for a poo but I don’t
Sorry to break it to you but I've had this since 36 weeks and I'm now over 40 weeks and nothing! But yes, feels like a, watermelon is about to come out my a.This is so weird but I’m 37+5, does anyone else have “rectal pressure” lol…like I feel pressure in my hole like I need to go for a poo but I don’t
I’m too type A, bags have been packed since 32 weeks
I’m getting induced at 39 weeks (less than 2 weeks to go!) But would have liked to go into spontaneous labour so I’m micro analysing every sign/symptom
I’m sure it’s nothing but my brain is like 
I graduated from this thread a while back but I still lurk and just commenting to say the same thing happened to me! I didn’t have the GTT automatically as I had no risk factors and found out at 36 weeks the baby was measuring big so was tested and found to be positive. There’s a really helpful group on Facebook if you have it (just search GD UK).Had my consultant appointment yesterday on the back of my scan (baby measuring 8.6lbs at 36 weeks), and she asked if I wanted an elective c section, induction, or wait it out. She recommended induction at 39 weeks, and I’m done with pregnancy so I agreed
I quite like having a date though, so it gives me time to prepare and get everything sorted beforehand. She did also repeat my gestational diabetes test (bloods this time not the OGTT), and it’s come back positive 🥲 what do I do now
but at least this explains why my baby is huge 🥲
I was petrified when I found out as it was so late, but I just followed the low sugar/carb diet until my baby arrived and his sugars were absolutely fine.
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