Pregnancy #67

[amarantine]

Thank you, that makes me feel a bit better! I still have a stash of anti sickness meds left over - they didn’t always work because I unfortunately still got sick a few times. I also have crippling emetophobia and have panic attacks just before being sick so my brain is just really not in a good place right now and I did not need to read that
Will see if I can get on the omeprazole nice and early. I keep saying i’m never doing this again and EVERYONE’s like “oh you’ll change your mind once you have the baby” and I feel like nobody is taking my misery seriously

I’ve said exactly the same and everyone says that I’ll change my mind - I won’t I didn’t love being pregnant at all, don’t fancy doing it again…

 

[georgiecait]

Does morning sickness come back in the third trimester? I’ve only just come out of the first trimester, barely made it out alive and discovered it comes BACK!? I am petrified, I thought this was it

I had a bit of nausea but 20% of the severity that I had in the first trimester. And my first trimester was horrendous.

 

[OOOOR]

I had a bit of nausea but 20% of the severity that I had in the first trimester. And my first trimester was horrendous.

Thank you! That first trimester is god awful the thought of reliving it built like a beached whale sounded very unappealing. I’m starting therapy on Tuesday for emetophobia because I broke down to my gp and said I couldn’t do it/be pregnant or be a parent. It’s been a rough ol’ time

 

[Gossipgal.x]

God it’s not glamorous being pregnant is it?!

I’m 13 weeks, was throwing up this morning and pissing myself at the same time 🥲🥲🥲🥲

 

[yellowflower274]

Cautiously parking myself here in this thread - found out I was pregnant a week ago, around 5 1/2 -6 weeks now! 27 and my first baby

 

[Meowmeow123]

Does morning sickness come back in the third trimester? I’ve only just come out of the first trimester, barely made it out alive and discovered it comes BACK!? I am petrified, I thought this was it

In my last 2 pregnancies I definitely felt sick again but not to the same extent. The first trimester is TOUGH

 

[Bec3007]

Does morning sickness come back in the third trimester? I’ve only just come out of the first trimester, barely made it out alive and discovered it comes BACK!? I am petrified, I thought this was it

With my first I was sick until nearer my 3rd trimester and it never came back after that luckily. I’ve just hit my 3rd trimester now and I feel sickly sometimes but I think that’s due to baby getting bigger and there being less space so I try to eat smaller and more often which helps a little. It’s absolutely nowhere near the first trimester though, or in my experience it hasn’t been.

 

[jolly_parsley]

23 weeks already somehow!! The placenta is apparently being inefficient so gotta take aspirin everyday to help blood flow woooo and have growth scans and BP monitoring every few weeks as it means I have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia. And obviously find this out just when pregnancy anxiety was easing 🫠🫠🫠

Also I am STRUGGLING with girl names. When I was expecting our boy I was like “This sucks, girl names are so much easier” but this time around, when I have so many boy names I like, I am having a girl. If anyone has any suggestions pleeeeease send them my way. I’ve exhausted so many lists and nothing’s jumping out at me.

 

[georgiecait]

God it’s not glamorous being pregnant is it?!

I’m 13 weeks, was throwing up this morning and pissing myself at the same time 🥲🥲🥲🥲

I threw up and had a contraction all while my waters were leaking at the same time in labour. I’ve never felt more unglamorous and vulnerable 🫠‍

 

[ReginaPhalange3]

I'm having a boy so here are the names we had:

Emilie
Ada
Eve
Evelyn
Hazel

Ada was our favourite after my Great Gran. I have 0 for the boy fetus! I remember our first boy I'd picked so many beautiful names and now i hate them all.

23 weeks already somehow!! The placenta is apparently being inefficient so gotta take aspirin everyday to help blood flow woooo and have growth scans and BP monitoring every few weeks as it means I have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia. And obviously find this out just when pregnancy anxiety was easing 🫠🫠🫠

Also I am STRUGGLING with girl names. When I was expecting our boy I was like “This sucks, girl names are so much easier” but this time around, when I have so many boy names I like, I am having a girl. If anyone has any suggestions pleeeeease send them my way. I’ve exhausted so many lists and nothing’s jumping out at me.

 

[Bec3007]

23 weeks already somehow!! The placenta is apparently being inefficient so gotta take aspirin everyday to help blood flow woooo and have growth scans and BP monitoring every few weeks as it means I have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia. And obviously find this out just when pregnancy anxiety was easing 🫠🫠🫠

Also I am STRUGGLING with girl names. When I was expecting our boy I was like “This sucks, girl names are so much easier” but this time around, when I have so many boy names I like, I am having a girl. If anyone has any suggestions pleeeeease send them my way. I’ve exhausted so many lists and nothing’s jumping out at me.

Sorry you’re going through that!

I’m struggling with boys names so I get you! I love the names Aubrey and Mollie for a girl

 

[cupcake_face]

23 weeks already somehow!! The placenta is apparently being inefficient so gotta take aspirin everyday to help blood flow woooo and have growth scans and BP monitoring every few weeks as it means I have an increased risk of pre-eclampsia. And obviously find this out just when pregnancy anxiety was easing 🫠🫠🫠

Also I am STRUGGLING with girl names. When I was expecting our boy I was like “This sucks, girl names are so much easier” but this time around, when I have so many boy names I like, I am having a girl. If anyone has any suggestions pleeeeease send them my way. I’ve exhausted so many lists and nothing’s jumping out at me.

Congratulations! Girls names we loved were - Orla, Sofia, Evelyn, Ida, Eva, Emilia and Mya

 

[georgiecait]

We had some friends round today and their 4 year old was a little coughy. She kinda coughed in my 2 week old’s face, I tried to shield it and she did cough over her shoulder 80% of the time.
Obviously it being RSV season (I got the jab) I’m anxious.
I wiped my baby’s hands and around her face with a water wipe. Has anyone with older kids with bugs or visitors who weren’t as careful as they should have been, gone through this? Anything I should look out for or do in the meantime?

 

[ValleyRay]

We had some friends round today and their 4 year old was a little coughy. She kinda coughed in my 2 week old’s face, I tried to shield it and she did cough over her shoulder 80% of the time.
Obviously it being RSV season (I got the jab) I’m anxious.
I wiped my baby’s hands and around her face with a water wipe. Has anyone with older kids with bugs or visitors who weren’t as careful as they should have been, gone through this? Anything I should look out for or do in the meantime?

We had this for New Years! My husband had family over and one of them started coughing whilst holding one of my babies (they were 9 weeks old). The next day, we got a message saying he's got a cough and they were just letting us know so we could avoid seeing them if we wanted. Anyway, we sprayed down their hands with Vital Baby cleansing water (and face once one of them kissed a baby on the cheek which I'm still not over almost 2 months later). Unfortunately a few days later my 4 year old started showing signs of illness and then a few days after that our babies did so I don't even think the babies picked it up from there but our son must have and then passed it to us. My 4 year old was born 41+2 and caught RSV at 4 weeks old and bronchiolitis at 10 weeks ish and that was with us being VERY careful because of COVID and our family all had to wear masks and we didn't see them very often. It was a very scary time in and out of hospital so with twin babies born prematurely I was dreading them going through the same, especially when they did get ill (thankfully a bit older than my first). Thankfully it didn't last very long, it started with a cough and then their noses would get blocked so we just used a saline spray and that would help them feed and breathe etc. They just rode it out with no hospital.
Hopefully your little one will be okay and this was a long message with a whole lot of nothing really but just to reassure you that even with being coughed on mine were okay (was just their big brother I think haha) so I hope that the RSV jab I had whilst pregnant did the job (it wasn't a thing for my first) and even if they do get ill it doesn't always mean hospital! Just keep an eye out and if they start a cough just prepare yourself and be even more vigilant x

 

[georgiecait]

We had this for New Years! My husband had family over and one of them started coughing whilst holding one of my babies (they were 9 weeks old). The next day, we got a message saying he's got a cough and they were just letting us know so we could avoid seeing them if we wanted. Anyway, we sprayed down their hands with Vital Baby cleansing water (and face once one of them kissed a baby on the cheek which I'm still not over almost 2 months later). Unfortunately a few days later my 4 year old started showing signs of illness and then a few days after that our babies did so I don't even think the babies picked it up from there but our son must have and then passed it to us. My 4 year old was born 41+2 and caught RSV at 4 weeks old and bronchiolitis at 10 weeks ish and that was with us being VERY careful because of COVID and our family all had to wear masks and we didn't see them very often. It was a very scary time in and out of hospital so with twin babies born prematurely I was dreading them going through the same, especially when they did get ill (thankfully a bit older than my first). Thankfully it didn't last very long, it started with a cough and then their noses would get blocked so we just used a saline spray and that would help them feed and breathe etc. They just rode it out with no hospital.
Hopefully your little one will be okay and this was a long message with a whole lot of nothing really but just to reassure you that even with being coughed on mine were okay (was just their big brother I think haha) so I hope that the RSV jab I had whilst pregnant did the job (it wasn't a thing for my first) and even if they do get ill it doesn't always mean hospital! Just keep an eye out and if they start a cough just prepare yourself and be even more vigilant x

No this is great thank you for sharing your experience. If I see a cough or any congestion I don’t think I’ll risk it and take her to the gp given her being coughed on.
With it being RSV season and thus dreadful formula recall news going on I’m so anxious

 

[hippitybrode]

Gutted to find out I will not likely make it to full term and will need a section between 36-37 weeks for placenta praevia. All I heard during my pregnancy was midwives and lots of people saying “oh your placenta will move don’t worry, most of the time it does” - well it didn’t! Been offered steroid injections for baby’s lungs but the info I’ve been given said they’re mostly beneficial for delivery before 35 weeks. Any experiences?

 

[fishsticks]

Twinnies arrived safely yesterday via a disastrous elective C-section. A debrief is required to see what went so wrong. Twinnies are thriving at 4lbs9oz and 4lbs6oz - that's all that matters!

 

[Throwaway89]

Twinnies arrived safely yesterday via a disastrous elective C-section. A debrief is required to see what went so wrong. Twinnies are thriving at 4lbs9oz and 4lbs6oz - that's all that matters!

So glad to hear the twins are doing well but sorry to hear it was a disastrous c-section. And planned at that! Sending you love and wishing a speedy recovery x

 

[ValleyRay]

Twinnies arrived safely yesterday via a disastrous elective C-section. A debrief is required to see what went so wrong. Twinnies are thriving at 4lbs9oz and 4lbs6oz - that's all that matters!

Yayyy congratulations! Shame to hear it went wrong but like you said, them being safe is all that matters!

 

[Pixie123]

I am so stressed right now. 14w5d and I noticed a slight rash on my bump yesterday. Tonight there are circular rashes and chat GPT and Google are saying it looks like pitiryasis rosea. Which apparently can be really dangerous for pregnant women before 15 weeks . NHS is telling me to ring 111 immediately but I have an 11 month old and no childcare so I couldn’t do anything even if they told me to go in. I wish I hadn’t looked it up at night now and know I’m never going to sleep.