Due July 2012 Thread

fitzcoff · 09-03-2012 2:19pm

I'm due in June, but just wanted to reply to you about the dizziness etc.

I have gotten this on all my pregnancies, On my first I just thought it was part and parcel of being pregnant, but on my second I said it to my GP and sent me back to the hosp for checks etc. In the hosp they took bloods and discovered that I had low vit B12.

All I needed was an injection of this and life became semi-normal again, well as normal as it is when you are pregnant.

This time around I was feeling dizzy, no taste for food, light headed, if I was standing for a while I felt I was about to pass out, headache, no form to do anything and no motivation. I thought myself it was blood sugar or blood pressure but these were all normal. So went to the GP to get my B12 levels checked ( the bloods test takes over a week to come back) and yes they were low again this time round.

The GP gave me an injection of B12 and said that normally I would feel in the benefits within 24/48 hours. If not come back the following week and get another one. I got a second one as it is a water soluble vit and you can not over dose on it as such. I felt a lot more normal and actual wanted to cook dinners and eat them again!!

This was about 5 weeks ago, normally the injections of the type I got last for 3 months but I haven't been feeling right so got my bloods checked again last week. I had my check up this week with the GP this week (combined care) and mentioned that I had had a couple of dizzy spells this week and was feeling out of sorts so he gave me another one, even though the blood results weren't back he said there was no point in risking me fainting for the sake of the injection.

If the bloods are normal when the results come back I have to go back again.

It might be worth you're while mentioning it to your GP as feeling like you are going to faint is not a nice feeling. If it is not your B12 it will have only have been a blood test. Hope it helps you

cyning · 09-03-2012 3:32pm

Nyquist: I'm the same with constant dizziness and have palipitations etc: keep your fluid levels up: even mild dehydration wil make them worse. 7up/coke to bring up sugar levels if you get a bit dizzy (just watch the caffeine intake on the coke: i dont drink tea or coffee so not really an issue for me!). Salty foods for the blood pressure: quick fix I know but salt and vinegar taytos are great esp if your out and about! Keep something like a time out with you too: esp if you find the dizziness is helped by eating! For the palipitations and shortness of breath there's feck all I can do with them: try and breath deeply and rest alot is all I do.

Did your doc do a blood test? Because like Fitzcoff said it might be something as simple as low in B12/ anaemia etc!

I'm half way through my first square of blanket for babs

Kinda hard though: I forgot having tremors in my hands would make it slightly more difficult to knit! It's going to be yellow and a pastelly green: my first baby related item! And who knew they made wooden knitting needles: they are so much easier to knit with!

Also Harry Potter is making me cry. You would swear I had never seen it before and that I didn't know what was going to happen :rolleyes:

notsobusy · 09-03-2012 4:49pm

I'm now afraid to look at the breastfeeding thread. I had planned to breastfeed but this might be an issue for me as I have to get back to work as soon as possible after the baby is born, so now liking the idea of breastfeeding for the first few weeks and then weaning onto a bottle......

A few people told me to feed once a day with a bottle right from the beginning....which sounds good. But what I want to know is do you express the milk and then give it to baby in a bottle or do you give formulae from day 1 of your not going to breast feed?

kildareash · 09-03-2012 5:22pm

Was just writing something in my diary for a few months time and realised I've only 15 weeks left in work...eek! This is all happening so fast!

NyquistFreak · 09-03-2012 6:09pm

Fitzcoff, thanks for that reply! The doctor didn't actually take any blood the last day, but I'll be sure to mention this to her when I'm back for my follow up appointment!

Cyning, I love th wooden knitting needles! I started making a scarf there last year, but got carried away and now it's super long...so going to make one of those moby wraps out of it instead! So after deciding its new fate, didn't I lose one of the pair of needles! I went to the knitting shop the other day to replace it and they only have the same thickness ones but shorter and the same length ones but narrower! Very annoying!

javagal · 09-03-2012 8:48pm

Hope everyone has a nice weekend, i have a date with Ben and jerry, my German shepherd and crufts, he loves it!

kildareash · 09-03-2012 9:32pm

javagal wrote: »

Hope everyone has a nice weekend, i have a date with Ben and jerry, my German shepherd and crufts, he loves it!

I was watching a little bit of it earlier. A trainer told me once one of my dogs wld be perfect for agility...only problem is he's literally afraid of his own shadow!

Cooked dinner for OH's family tonight. Just waiting in them to arrive now. I'm exhausted tho cld nod off here

TwoMums2Be · 09-03-2012 9:40pm

javagal wrote: »

Hope everyone has a nice weekend, i have a date with Ben and jerry, my German shepherd and crufts, he loves it!

Similar here except Hagen Daas & our golden retriever

theg81der · 10-03-2012 9:41am

Lovin the kicks ladies, I reckon I`ve got a footballer in here! All of you feeling babs now?

Kash · 10-03-2012 9:59am

Definitely feeling our little lady now, but not every day.
Haven't felt her from the outside, if you know what I mean - hubby is really impatient for it

theg81der · 10-03-2012 10:29am

My little fella was kickin the probe at the scan - the nurse couldn`t get over it! I`m feeling it from the outside since last week. Starting to get a bit of a bump now too

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javagal · 10-03-2012 10:59am

My lady kicks about thirty times a day, its a lot less intense now cause she.s not as far down so she must be delighted she has space to move around! At certain points of the day i have a lopsided belly and i.m pretty sure i can feel an arse or head.

cyning · 10-03-2012 12:24pm

Thirty times a day?!! Do you ever stop feeling her!! Can't imagine that!

I feel babs maybe at night still not every day and very few real "kicks"... felt it once from outside I think!!

Theg81der: delighted your finally getting your bump!

Saurelin · 10-03-2012 2:33pm

I feel baby every few days, but last night I get kick at 4 am that waked me up

javagal · 10-03-2012 3:02pm

cyning wrote: »

Thirty times a day?!! Do you ever stop feeling her!! Can't imagine that!

I feel babs maybe at night still not every day and very few real "kicks"... felt it once from outside I think!!

Theg81der: delighted your finally getting your bump!

Sorry, she wouldn't kick kick as in i.d feel it from outside, but at about 8 in the morning i.d feel her kick about ten times, then the same at about 4 and then bed time, she goes nuts when i eat anything, hungry cow like her mam!

NyquistFreak · 10-03-2012 3:37pm

I'm feeling the little one now the whole time too, sometimes faintly, and sometimes really strong, guess it depends where he/she is hiding! SO got a kick in the face the other night talking to my belly, I thought it was hilarious! I think he's a bit odd about it though haha! Getting the lopsided belly the whole time too, its freaky!

silly · 10-03-2012 9:46pm

I feel baby all the time too. Basically when I'm not moving - baby is. Constant moving. All through the night. I hope baby sleeps more when he/she is out!

javagal · 11-03-2012 1:05am

Just realised, this time 4 months i Will either be a Mammy or 1 day over due!
Hopefully a Mammy but omg where is the time going.

silly · 11-03-2012 10:54am

javagal wrote: »

Just realised, this time 4 months i Will either be a Mammy or 1 day over due!
Hopefully a Mammy but omg where is the time going.

It's crazy how fast things are going alright. I'm already looking forward to baby's first Christmas!!

javagal · 11-03-2012 11:59am

silly wrote: »

javagal wrote: »

Just realised, this time 4 months i Will either be a Mammy or 1 day over due!
Hopefully a Mammy but omg where is the time going.

It's crazy how fast things are going alright. I'm already looking forward to baby's first Christmas!!

And Halloween! Even though i have a wedding that day my mam Will bring her trick or treating with my 6 and 7 year old brother and sister!

silly · 11-03-2012 1:16pm

javagal wrote: »

silly wrote: »

javagal wrote: »

Just realised, this time 4 months i Will either be a Mammy or 1 day over due!
Hopefully a Mammy but omg where is the time going.

It's crazy how fast things are going alright. I'm already looking forward to baby's first Christmas!!

And Halloween! Even though i have a wedding that day my mam Will bring her trick or treating with my 6 and 7 year old brother and sister!

Awww!! There are always loads of cute baby Halloween outfits available.

Called to my friend the other day, she has a little six week old. She got that tummy tub, she swears by it! Def getting one!

Can anyone recommend a good baby sling? There's a local event on here every August, I'm hoping not to bring a buggy as its in a field, baby will be 4 weeks, so hoping to put him/her into a sling for the day, so any recommendations would be appreciated!

Mink · 11-03-2012 1:20pm

Just catching up on the thread, glad to hear all the bumps and kicks are happening. We went away for a 2 day break out the Wesht, it was so nice to just get away, ate a collossal amount of food though and I'm up 2lbs again this week, eek!

Feeling baby kick every few hours, usually when stop moving and eat something. I'm feeling some kicks from outside but OH never gets his hand on belly fast enough!

NyquistFreak · 11-03-2012 1:33pm

Can anyone recommend a good baby sling? There's a local event on here every August, I'm hoping not to bring a buggy as its in a field, baby will be 4 weeks, so hoping to put him/her into a sling for the day, so any recommendations would be appreciated!

Do a you tube search for "moby wrap" I can't remember how I came across this idea but I think I like it! I will be practicing with a sack of spuds or something first first though!

silly · 11-03-2012 1:56pm

NyquistFreak wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a good baby sling? There's a local event on here every August, I'm hoping not to bring a buggy as its in a field, baby will be 4 weeks, so hoping to put him/her into a sling for the day, so any recommendations would be appreciated!

Do a you tube search for "moby wrap" I can't remember how I came across this idea but I think I like it! I will be practicing with a sack of spuds or something first first though!

Cheers, just being doing some research and I'm liking the look of the baba sling.
Must do more research though.

Saurelin · 11-03-2012 10:27pm

Hi ladies, how was your weekend?

I spend most of time in kitchen, cooking like a mad, at least hubby is happy

notsobusy · 12-03-2012 12:07am

Mine was good! Went mad baking yesterday and have now stuffed myself with Banana muffins and cheese scones......

Went for a good walk today and have really bad pain in the groin muscles, who would have thought a walk to be so strenuous!

Kash · 12-03-2012 9:26am

I had a very chilled weekend - it was great!

I bought a Tummy Tub (which really is just a bucket, but i love it). The only problem is that I think we got a boxed up ex-display model of the stool thingy, as the two sides are damaged. So, we'll return it.

We went to a friends birthday party, where I demonstrated my baby brain continuously, I said some of the stupidest things! I drove home, and hubby even complemented me on my driving so i was well chuffed - I got my license not long back, and he's been in the driving seat for over 10 years, so he's usually a nervous passenger.

And then I spent the rest of the weekend playing computer games and eatcing junk food - it was pure bliss.

cyning · 12-03-2012 9:41am

My weekend was so lovely untill last night when I started bleeding again. Theyre giving me injections for babs lungs just in case I go into labour early: totally scared ****less.

They listened to my babs heartbeat last night and there scanning me later again to see where bleeding coming from.

So when I get out I'm going buying stuff for hospital bag: just in case.

Totally exhausted by the stress of it though

mamaheidi · 12-03-2012 10:18am

Cyning, you're having such a rough time, poor thing. Thinking of you!

javagal · 12-03-2012 10:27am

Aww Cyning, sorry your having such a hard time,
i hope everything turns out great and it was just another reasonless bleed as before.
keep us posted , thinking of you today

TwoMums2Be · 12-03-2012 10:51am

Thinking of you Cyning,
You have had such a rough ride I'm not surprised your scared! If you can & are happy to...send someone else out for your bag supplies so you don't have to be hauling yourself around the shops.
I have my fingers crossed for you and your little one

silly · 12-03-2012 10:52am

Sorry to hear that cyning!
Like the other girls have said, hopefully it's not very serious. Take care xx

notsobusy · 12-03-2012 11:08am

Thinking of you cyning, hope it is nothing serious!

Kash · 12-03-2012 11:22am

Thinking of you too Cyning, you've had such a rough time of it, but I know this story will have a happy ending. Please don't overstrain yourself - send someone to the shops with a list. Hugs xx

theg81der · 12-03-2012 12:39pm

Poor u cyning! Don't know wat to say because of course your going to worry but I'm sure everything will be fine. Xx hugsxx

Mink · 12-03-2012 2:48pm

I hope they're taking good care of you in there Cyning. All our thoughts are with you

cyning · 12-03-2012 3:48pm

Thanks girls it means alot x

I had a scan so that was normal: I have some cervical erosion but they aren't sure if thats where the bleeding is coming from. They think it might be but can't give me a definitive reason: definately no sex and have to be careful not to get overly constipated (which luckily isn't a prob at the moment!). And the risk of preterm labour is a bit higher.

So babs is okay so aside from that I just don't care: they gave me pethidine last night so that calmed me down (in terms of thyroid and tachycardia and babs too) so got four hours of straight sleep: for the first time in over three weeks.

Babs lungs will be developing away now too which is a relief. So scary but a relief too if that makes sense.

javagal · 12-03-2012 3:52pm

Aww Cyning, that is good news !!
I think there's just some women who bleed for no reason. The scare you must of got you poor thing!!

silly · 12-03-2012 7:16pm

They're doing a bit on maternity bras on exposé now...

TwoMums2Be · 12-03-2012 7:18pm

So glad the scan was normal

take it super easy & fingers crossed the bleeding will ease off! It's good that they are developing your little ones lungs just in case...better to take all the precautions you can just in case.
More HP marathons for you

I am pretty sure pineapple should help prevent constipation...(TMI Warning) having your feet on a step while on the toilet so that you are positioned kinda like you are sitting on a bucket will make pooing far easier esp if you have a touch of constipation (tip from our antenatal physio) & it is true although I just put my feet on tippietoes so that knees are raised

Saurelin · 12-03-2012 9:03pm

Cyning I have my fingers crossed for you.

I had hard day at work, first office fridge broke, then printer eats paper and I had to fix it. It is a big printer and it was really hard to bend over and over again. Afterwards I had so much emails and queries from my colleagues from other countries that I didn't remember about lunch and at 2.30 I was so hungry that I almost fainted.

It is good to be back home.

Oh I almost forgot. We get a pram – I know it is early, but price was great, we love it and my hubby is happy starts panicking that only 19 weeks to go and we have nothing done.

We get mother care my4, green apple colour.
The carrycot is changing into stroller and you can fit maxi cosy without adaptors.

cyning · 12-03-2012 9:26pm

Think I might have a Twilight marathon now!

Ya I'm glad they are taking precautions just in case!

Saurelin would you have cereal bars or flapjacks or something at your desk just in case? I know how hard it can be to get to lunch when its busy but at least that way you and babs wouldn't be going hungry?

Saurelin · 12-03-2012 10:04pm

Cyning I had bars and muffin and banana but I didn't remember about eating

I set alarm at my phone for tomorrow - just in case ;-)

Kash · 13-03-2012 9:46am

+1 for a Twilight Marathon, I just got the latest movie yesterday.
Of course, hubby hates it, but he indulges me.

He is deperate to feel the baby kick, but either he's not fast enough, or she doesn't kick strongly enough for him to feel it, so he's a bit disappointed.

I felt so dizzy yesterday, and my heart rate is really high. But the doctor said it is normal, so I guess I just have to trust him. Today, all I want to do is go back to bed!

Saurelin · 13-03-2012 9:53am

Kash wrote: »

+1 for a Twilight Marathon, I just got the latest movie yesterday.
Of course, hubby hates it, but he indulges me.

He is deperate to feel the baby kick, but either he's not fast enough, or she doesn't kick strongly enough for him to feel it, so he's a bit disappointed.

I felt so dizzy yesterday, and my heart rate is really high. But the doctor said it is normal, so I guess I just have to trust him. Today, all I want to do is go back to bed!

Kash i feel tired today as well.

silly · 13-03-2012 10:01am

Kash wrote: »

I bought a Tummy Tub (which really is just a bucket, but i love it). The only problem is that I think we got a boxed up ex-display model of the stool thingy, as the two sides are damaged. So, we'll return.

I am definatley getting one of these too. Well, my mom said she'll get it as a gift for baby. Called to my friend last week with a new born and she thinks it's great.

TwoMums2Be · 13-03-2012 11:26am

silly wrote: »

Kash wrote: »

I bought a Tummy Tub (which really is just a bucket, but i love it). The only problem is that I think we got a boxed up ex-display model of the stool thingy, as the two sides are damaged. So, we'll return.

I am definatley getting one of these too. Well, my mom said she'll get it as a gift for baby. Called to my friend last week with a new born and she thinks it's great.

We are too, well friends are buying it for us...I think they like that they are buying a bucket

two cousins have used them & the babies loved them!
Does anyone know whether the stand/stool is worth getting?

Tinkerbell4484 · 13-03-2012 11:58am

Is anyone else crazy hot all the time?? I can't sleep I'm so warm,everyone else does be freezing in the house and telling me to light the fire but I'm too hot!! Ds3 does be sweating when he comes into is in bed coz he's lying beside me,and im there wide awake with no blankets on and can't sleep with the heat

cyning · 13-03-2012 12:24pm

I'm really not sure about the tummy tub: its a bucket!! I know anyone who got one awears by them: but I just don't know!

Tinkerbell I am roasting these days: roasting! I'm wearing clothes I'd normally wear during the summer on a hot day these days: well the ones that fit anyway!

silly · 13-03-2012 12:46pm

cyning wrote: »

I'm really not sure about the tummy tub: its a bucket!! I know anyone who got one awears by them: but I just

I called into my friend on Friday, she has a new born, she tried a normal bath and baby did not like, so she got the tummy tub and she swears by it!
I know it's like a bucket but it's shape is to simulate the shape of the womb, so baby is very familiar with the shape. They use their arms and legs to touch the sides of the tub which helps with strengthening their bones etc, it's supposed to help with colic and constipation. The water is to go up to their shoulders as it reminds them of being surrounded by the amniotic fluid.

Because of the shape it calms baby down and they sleep better also.

I like the idea of it anyway!

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