We did look at that, but decided it wasn't worth it as we wouldn't have the boot space! I currently have a Ford Focus ST and can just about get a Silver Cross travel system in there let alone a double of anything
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my sinuses were a nightmare in my first trimester. It was blood streaked mucus galore. I’ve become snotty again in third trimester but not as badly. I had first trimester heartburn too but Rennies made me feel so sick, the chalky texture was awful for me! Thankfully although the heartburn is back for the third trimester, rennies are tolerable for me, I’m having to pop two in the night because I’m waking up with heartburn. Such fun!
second trimester bedside table Rennies club card-carrying member reporting inDitch those and get a prescription for omprezole.
Absolutely this! Lifesaver
Just had a look at Kia carnival 2025 last week, it has a very decent boot space, 3 isofix on the second row and 2 on the third. And there's still boot space when using the third row. I think this space/third row is from 2022 model onwards.We did look at that, but decided it wasn't worth it as we wouldn't have the boot space! I currently have a Ford Focus ST and can just about get a Silver Cross travel system in there let alone a double of anything
Me and my partner are tall and I highly recommend Nuna (we have the Mixx but they also do the Triv which is lighter weight). I rate it so highly. It folds down in one motion (with the pram seat, not the bassinet but that comes off super easy). I know they all seem expensive but honestly you use it sooo much it needs to be super easy to use and worth the extra bells and whistles. My husband also looked crazy with most prams but the Nuna Mixx comes up super high and we don’t kick the break every other step.I’m still none the wiser in regards to prams. Had a go of the Doona over the weekend and while it’s a nippy little fecker which I like, my 6 foot 5 partner looks utterly ridiculous pushing it and I don’t look the finest pushing it either. Why is it so dinky?!? It’s what I’m after in terms of being practical, nifty and handy.. but a bit too daft looking and baby is all the way down there which I don’t like. Basically I’m looking for something like that but not thatI’m not too bothered about having a system that converts into a pushchair as I plan on getting a pushchair separately when the time comes. I just need something nippy to run around with, light on the ground and small enough wheels; why is this so hard? Why does everything have forty different contraptions and cost 5 million euros? I don’t need something to do me to see the child off to college in like! Just something handy for the newborn walks that doesn’t weigh a tonne. I’m stumped.
I don’t even know why, but I’m trying to get through this pregnancy on very minimal medication. Probably because I’ve opted to carry on taking my SSRI because, on the balance of probabilities, this was the safer thing for me to do during my pregnancy. The side effect leaflet was a bit horrifying though, so I think I’m overcompensating in every other way!
I don’t think I’m right and anyone taking anything else is wrong. I am also taking my antihistamine or I’d be a big puffy ball of snot and sneezes. I’m just trying to avoid anything additional. The Rennies are seeing me right, now I can bear having them in my mouth
It's so hard to know what to take, what not to take, etc. I've been prescribed anti-sickness meds which I've now succumbed to using as the nausea and sickness has been next level. Hated myself for a good few days for taking it, but now I'm starting to feel some benefits and function like a semi-normal human, I definitely think it was for the best. I even did my Dr Google consultations and still felt guilty.I don’t even know why, but I’m trying to get through this pregnancy on very minimal medication. Probably because I’ve opted to carry on taking my SSRI because, on the balance of probabilities, this was the safer thing for me to do during my pregnancy. The side effect leaflet was a bit horrifying though, so I think I’m overcompensating in every other way!
I don’t think I’m right and anyone taking anything else is wrong. I am also taking my antihistamine or I’d be a big puffy ball of snot and sneezes. I’m just trying to avoid anything additional. The Rennies are seeing me right, now I can bear having them in my mouth
I think you made a sound decision to stay on SSRI's though if that's what is safer for you. I was on them a for a couple of years and and decided (with GP support) to come off them when TTC as the side effect leaflet spooked me, but I often think I'd have been better staying on them and it's something I'd discuss with the consultant in the future. You've got to do what feels right for you though and it can be so hard when you're trying to think of tiny humans too. Happy mum, happy baby!
I just suggested omprezole above as it was a lifesaver for myself as rennie felt like I was pissing in the windI don’t even know why, but I’m trying to get through this pregnancy on very minimal medication. Probably because I’ve opted to carry on taking my SSRI because, on the balance of probabilities, this was the safer thing for me to do during my pregnancy. The side effect leaflet was a bit horrifying though, so I think I’m overcompensating in every other way!
I don’t think I’m right and anyone taking anything else is wrong. I am also taking my antihistamine or I’d be a big puffy ball of snot and sneezes. I’m just trying to avoid anything additional. The Rennies are seeing me right, now I can bear having them in my mouth
at the end of the day you choose what you want to take / not take it's all about education and your own comfort.I'm working my way through the couple of big boxes of Rennies we already have in-house, and if heartburn persists, I will mention it to the docs for the free prescription. Touch wood it seems to be tailing off / I've only had it flare up really really badly where Rennies weren't touching it once over the past week or so, when I had a pub lunch, so that could have been avoided
I'm just sticking to what BUMPs / NHS website says rather than even attempting to Google anything because I will (and did in my first trimester) drive myself loopy
I'm just sticking to what BUMPs / NHS website says rather than even attempting to Google anything because I will (and did in my first trimester) drive myself loopy
No totally! I have just put myself in a really weird place about medication. I’m probably extremely lucky that the first trimester heartburn I could broadly tolerate without taking much/anything - I know some people are obliterated by heartburn and by nausea etc and they have to do whatever it takes to not have their throat get all burned up by acid!I just suggested omprezole above as it was a lifesaver for myself as rennie felt like I was pissing in the wind
I came off whilst TTC/ just before TTC because I thought I should and the female GP I happened to see to talk to about it is clearly quite anti SSRIs because she agreed wholeheartedly. I tapered off really gently and things were ok for a bit, until they weren’t and then they were really bad and my anxiety was all consuming. I had an urgent telephone appt with a male GP who was very supportive of going back on, very balanced about risks etc. I went onto a half dose and I decided to try and tough it out and stay there. I then saw the female GP again to talk about fertility/post PCOS confirmation options and she was generally horrible. There was ‘nothing she could do’ about PCOS. A fertility referral wasn’t possible because I’m too large and even if it was I should lose weight and then threw the ‘and anyway, it says here you take an SSRI and you shouldn’t do that when trying to conceive. I tried to explain I’d tried to be without it and I’d failed and I was on the lowest dose I could humanly be on. I had to increase the dose again back to the ‘normal’ dose that most people on my SSRI are on (there is an option for double the strength I take) and I spoke to an amazing male GP when I increased it and again, he was really balanced about everything. So when I fell pregnant naturally I did talk to him about it and we agreed on the balance of probabilities this was likely to be a better option for me. My anxiety has been massively reduced since falling pregnant and I think my PCOS and wonky hormones have a lot to answer for that but I darent touch the meds. It’s been suggested to me that if I manage to breastfeed it might help to wean the baby off the meds, if he’s been impacted in utero. It’s a decision that I still tussle with a lot but I think I’m supposed to see the obstetrician and I assume it will be part of a management plan. There are more extreme MH medications I could be taking, that’s what I keep reminding myself!
20 week scan shortly. Aside from obviously hoping all is well I do hope Baby cooperates and lets us see their gender because I am nosey and if they don't behave I'll have to pay £80 for a private gender scan cos I wanna know! I think with no reason boy, but as I've said before this could be because our cat is a boy so I automatically refer to Bab as "he" like he is the cat.
Also fundamentally feel a bit of a weirdo saying "hope baby cooperates" cos we all know what I mean
Drove myself round the bend and ended up at the EPU this morning. Horrific pains down my left side which turns out to be round ligament pain apparently. Can't say I ever had that with my first. Still two heartbeats and measuring all okay. Huge relief. They are putting my on cyclogest as a precaution though.
Best to always get checked
those pains can definitely take you by surprise and you are probably getting double the amount from a Singleton pregnancy (I've no clue but you'd assume)37 weeks and my ribs are excruciatingly painful. 
in my second trimester it was my right ribs now it’s my left side. I’ve been bouncing on my pregnancy ball and doing stretches but it’s horrific!
I’m carrying high so this might be a reason. Begging baby girl to drop but I’ve read that loads of women don’t actually have their baby drop before birth
in my second trimester it was my right ribs now it’s my left side. I’ve been bouncing on my pregnancy ball and doing stretches but it’s horrific! I’m carrying high so this might be a reason. Begging baby girl to drop but I’ve read that loads of women don’t actually have their baby drop before birth
The round ligament pain from so early on was a surprise for me - a lot of what you read says it tends to occur in the second trimester but all bets are off with multiples!Best to always get checked
Glad you got checked out and all is well!
I’ve bought one of the bump support belts as I feel like I’m rapidly expanding and experiencing a fair bit of pain due to growing so quickly (also this is my first pregnancy, so I’ve not stretched before). Will let you know if it’s any good - got one that said it was good for twin pregnancies as it’s very supportive!
I don’t think you can “win” in pregnancy. I’ve had a sore crotch since 16 weeks (good old PGP) and suddenly yesterday it was gone. So now I’m panicking that I don’t hurt 
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