Due July 2012 Thread

kildareash · 25-01-2012 12:46pm

Oh girls, feel ur pain.
I've had a stuffy nose for the last few weeks. The heating my office doesn't help coz it dries out the air. I actually have to open the window when the heating is on!

Anyway scan on Friday.....can't wait

Fri.Day · 25-01-2012 4:24pm

Girls yer brilliant for the updates, I can`t find the time lately..
Welcome to the new mammys too!!
On the water to make myself have enough I have fizzy water with ribena for work and home so I can get thru 2-3 pints min, I couldn`t drink that much plain water no way.
I had my scan today, I`m just 15 weeks so no gender info, just very cool squashed alien lookalike

My husband just today agreed with my boy name and didn`t make any constipation jokes while looking at the scan!!

Oh he`s so very cute (I`m convinced it`s a boy) but as expected the consultant was an abrupt dick with very bad B. O. :mad: I was gagging by the time I took a seat!
He tried to convince me to have a smear cos it`s been 4 yrs, telling me that there was risks involved but he`d recommend it. I very firmly told him it`ll wait...
Also I asked him about my badmington/running and he said "At your age with the miscarraige I`d think twice about any excercise"
Not happy with that at all!
Diet`s not great but not too bad either so I won`t worry too much.

silly · 25-01-2012 4:38pm

Got he sounds horrible fri.day!!
I am the same as you, 15 weeks today!!

Are you showing? I am, but I look more fat than pregnant at the moment.

I booked an anomaly scan yesterday, will get it at 23 weeks. €160....but I really want it, and CUMH don't offer it on public care.

Girls what stretch mark creams are ye using, apart from bio oil?? Any brands I should be looking at? Just using regular moisturiser at the moment, but I know, if you're gonna get them, you're gonna get them!!!

Have any of ye picked up your eumom gift bag in Supervalu yet?? I keep forgetting!

Mink · 25-01-2012 11:08pm

silly wrote: »

Have any of ye picked up your eumom gift bag in Supervalu yet?? I keep forgetting!

Oh yeah I actually got this like two weeks ago. For a free gift it ain't bad. Loads of cute baby sized samples etc. I was convinced the girl at the counter would look at me like I was a lunatic when I walked in with my collection card but she had the box right under the counter!

kildareash · 25-01-2012 11:14pm

I didn't even know about it until your post. It looks decent enough tho, the sample bottles can come in handy sometimes.

Anyone watch one born tonight? I was in tears watching that lady with the disability give birth. Bless her, she was so afraid someone was going to take baby off her. And when she said about crying when the baby was born, I thought my heart was going to break. Great to see she was able to do so much herself too, she looked so happy.

theg81der · 25-01-2012 11:28pm

Girls - I don`t want to jinx it but as of 2 hours ago my morning sickness stopped!!:eek: oh god thats ok isn`t it?.....now I`m worried...I can`t wait till I get the doppler.

What just happened has to be the worst baby brain insident EVER - hubby collected me and was driving home when I absent mindedly undid my seat belt opened the car door and went to get out YES WHILE HE WAS MOVING!!!!no I don`t know what I was thinking and thank feck the beepy thing went off cause it woke me up.

kildareash · 26-01-2012 12:05am

Oh my god, your hubby must have had a heart attack when you opened the door. Thank god the beepy thing brought u back to your senses.

theg81der · 26-01-2012 12:08am

I am seriously in shock I can`t get my head around what I did. He`s laughing at me!

cyning · 26-01-2012 1:59am

theg81der wrote: »

Girls - I don`t want to jinx it but as of 2 hours ago my morning sickness stopped!!:eek: oh god thats ok isn`t it?.....now I`m worried...I can`t wait till I get the doppler.

What just happened has to be the worst baby brain insident EVER - hubby collected me and was driving home when I absent mindedly undid my seat belt opened the car door and went to get out YES WHILE HE WAS MOVING!!!!no I don`t know what I was thinking and thank feck the beepy thing went off cause it woke me up.

Nope don't worry about the morning sickness stopping all of a sudden!! It's the start of it starting to ease of your anything like me

just be prepared for the waves of it you'll get!!

I'm only getting sick once a day now: yesterday and day before not at all: although I do put that down to a tip I read elsewhere to either suck a sweet or a square of choc before I move in the morning!

Hoping that if I keep eating like I am I'll be able to go back driving next week: I'm not half as weak anymore so fingers crossed!

Has anyone not heard from hosp yet? I still haven't got booking appt: my gp said it was probably because I've been admitted so much... But surely I still need to have the apt? I'm 17 weeks next Monday.

kildareash · 26-01-2012 9:33am

Cyning, I rang the hospital a few weeks ago because I hadn't heard a peep from them. They were able to give me an appointment there and then.
The following day, I got two letters in the post - one to say I was on a waiting list for one consultant and the other was an appointment for the consultant I wanted. Their attitude was so blasé...kinda like oh yeah we received your letter weeks ago.
Ring the hospital and find out what the story is, it'll be one less thing to worry about.

I still haven't heard anything back about the combined care...docs sent the form
In almost 2 months ago! Going to ring them today but do I need any documentation from that for my hospital appt in fri? I wish their was a little handbook you got at the start which explained all this stuff.

silly · 26-01-2012 10:14am

kildareash wrote: »

I still haven't heard anything back about the combined care...docs sent the form
In almost 2 months ago! Going to ring them today but do I need any documentation from that for my hospital appt in fri? I wish their was a little handbook you got at the start which explained all this stuff.

I don't really understand this combined care thing, well I do understand it, but I don't understand who your doctor was sending the form to? I asked my doc about it when I went to my first visit at 5 weeks. She said that yes, I could do it. I got a letter from the dr.'s office a week later saying I had been approved for combined care and then a list of what times I should be with the dr and what times I should be with the hospital.

kildareash · 26-01-2012 10:50am

The Doc told me to drop it in to the local health centre, but then when the receptionists seen the letter in my hand they took it off me and said they wld send it in.

I asked in the docs around Christmas time and they said I'd have it around 14 weeks. I know it's only 2 weeks, but I just want to know whats going on

silly · 26-01-2012 11:07am

kildareash wrote: »

The Doc told me to drop it in to the local health centre, but then when the receptionists seen the letter in my hand they took it off me and said they wld send it in.

I asked in the docs around Christmas time and they said I'd have it around 14 weeks. I know it's only 2 weeks, but I just want to know whats going on

Maybe I got a letter so quick is because my doctor is part of a medical center...??

Mink · 26-01-2012 11:43am

I must chase up that combined care thing as I never got a letter back confirming it.

I know they will say see your GP at blah weeks, blah weeks and blah weeks but the next one isn't til 24 weeks. If something comes up in the meantime - ie; fall sick with something - and I need to see them, is this visit free and considered "combined care" or will I have to pay for it? For instance if I have to go into GP at 17weeks because of some illness

silly · 26-01-2012 12:11pm

Mink wrote: »

I must chase up that combined care thing as I never got a letter back confirming it.

I know they will say see your GP at blah weeks, blah weeks and blah weeks but the next one isn't til 24 weeks. If something comes up in the meantime - ie; fall sick with something - and I need to see them, is this visit free and considered "combined care" or will I have to pay for it? For instance if I have to go into GP at 17weeks because of some illness

I don't know...I was wondering the same thing myself, I went to the dr. At 5 weeks but was on a medical card then. So I went to her again at 13 weeks with headaches etc, when leaving the receptionist asked me did I have a medical card, I said no, but that I was pregnant, she said oh, was it one of the free visits, and I just said yeah.
I was wondering if I'd get a bill afterwards but nothing. Not sure what the protocol is though...

javagal · 26-01-2012 12:16pm

I thought all your doctors visits were free when pregnant? I went when i had bleeding and i wasnt scheduled to go and nothing was said.

Mink · 26-01-2012 1:19pm

Well then they must all be free after your first one to confirm the pregnancy. I'll ask if I'm calling them to set an apt (hopefully won't need to go for any reason anyway).

Minxy Moo · 26-01-2012 2:11pm

Hi girls hope your all going well. If your pregnant all the GP visits are definitely free. I've been twice now and both were free. My doc also said that visit will be covered, they don't have to be pre-scheduled appointments

cyning · 26-01-2012 2:58pm

Minxy Moo wrote: »

Hi girls hope your all going well. If your pregnant all the GP visits are definitely free. I've been twice now and both were free. My doc also said that visit will be covered, they don't have to be pre-scheduled appointments

Not necessarily true. I was at doc Monday and i had to pay and it was pregnancy related. I was not happy rang Citizens Information they are well with in their rights to charge you even on the combined care. Its up to the individual doctor involved.

I've had my combined care stuff since I was about 8 weeks: got it all in the post.

silly · 26-01-2012 3:09pm

cyning wrote: »

I've had my combined care stuff since I was about 8 weeks: got it all in the post.

what did you get? I just got a letter from my doc saying I was approved and a leaflet saying when I go to the dr.

Minxy Moo · 26-01-2012 3:13pm

I must just be lucky then, Mine are free. If your not happy perhaps new doctor may be in order ? Doesn't sound at all fair that your being charged when pregnant- that's terrible. I even got my first ( pregnancy confirmation) appointment for free.

javagal · 26-01-2012 3:38pm

Doctor.s shouldn't be charging for visits that are related to pregnancy . Moan for today, pregnancy back is happening. So stiff and achey . Maybe time for a v shaped pillow

cyning · 26-01-2012 3:51pm

silly wrote: »

what did you get? I just got a letter from my doc saying I was approved and a leaflet saying when I go to the dr.

That's all you get... is the leaflet a thing your the hospital and gp fill out: your family history/previous history/medications/ allergies go on it etc.

Minxy Moo wrote: »

I must just be lucky then, Mine are free. If your not happy perhaps new doctor may be in order ? Doesn't sound at all fair that your being charged when pregnant- that's terrible. I even got my first ( pregnancy confirmation) appointment for free.

I just wasn't happy I was charged. My doctor is very good: I just do think it's ridiculous to be charged when your pregnant. Especially considering I have a thyroid problem and I will have to be monitered more closely especially towards the end. It's 6 free appointments on the combined care: starting at 24 weeks, and then if you have certain prescribed health issues they are all free too (like I wasn't charged when I had a bleed and had to go in). I know some doctors don't charge I wish mine didn't

I rang the hospital: the reason I hadn't got an appt yet was I had been changed from one consultant to the other: I'll get an appt in the next week or two!

Minxy Moo · 26-01-2012 4:04pm

cyning wrote: »

That's all you get... is the leaflet a thing your the hospital and gp fill out: your family history/previous history/medications/ allergies go on it etc.

I just wasn't happy I was charged. My doctor is very good: I just do think it's ridiculous to be charged when your pregnant. Especially considering I have a thyroid problem and I will have to be monitered more closely especially towards the end. It's 6 free appointments on the combined care: starting at 24 weeks, and then if you have certain prescribed health issues they are all free too (like I wasn't charged when I had a bleed and had to go in). I know some doctors don't charge I wish mine didn't

I rang the hospital: the reason I hadn't got an appt yet was I had been
changed from one consultant to the other: I'll get an appt in the next week or
two!

Ya I'd be furious Grrrr, nothing worse then a greedy doctor!

I have my first scan on March 5th. I got a friend of mine who works at the hospital to check for me. I'm almost 15 weeks and still no letter. Ah well at least I have a date and a time. I will ring and double check when my OH and I get back from OZ. Can't wait for some sunshine

kildareash · 26-01-2012 4:11pm

This is all so confusing

maybe different health centre areas have different procedures.
No one in my local health centre seemed to know about it and just gave me another number to ring which rang out.

Java, poor you the back is a b***h. I have a slipped disc in my lower back but it just seems to sporadically affect me. Went to stand up out of the chair last night and I Cldnt straighten up. Was a bit worried coz I was on my own and didn't have the phone handy. But I walked a little bit clinging on to chairs and it soon loosened up.

cyning · 26-01-2012 4:13pm

Kerry General aren't seen anyone untill between 18 and 20 weeks at the moment... unless you have problems. Which is the reason I've had so many scans etc so far... I just really want my husband to see our baby with moving arms and legs and looking not like a blob but like a baby

I'd love some sunshine.... I just went outside to retrieve my bin that the lovely binman had left 8 doors down: I nearly froze!! So jealous :P

Minxy Moo · 26-01-2012 4:32pm

Hehe

Count down is on till we fly out on Sunday!

notsobusy · 26-01-2012 5:00pm

I'm fairly certain all my appointments are free. Haven't been to the GP in ages though.

I got my results back today for the triple blood test. 1/10,000 chance of having a downs baby and the results for the spina bififida came back very low too. Very happy.

cyning · 27-01-2012 12:24am

I am so excited: I've been able to put my wedding and engagement rings back on!!! I only got married in Sept and my wedding ring has been off more often than on! So excited! All the swelling gone from my hands: their still bruised but I don't care

I was so upset having them off.

silly · 27-01-2012 10:43am

cyning wrote: »

I am so excited: I've been able to put my wedding and engagement rings back on!!! I only got married in Sept and my wedding ring has been off more often than on! So excited! All the swelling gone from my hands: their still bruised but I don't care I was so upset having them off.

That's great cyning. I'm also a sept bride. It would kill me not to wear my rings, so happy you can wear them again!

Mink · 27-01-2012 11:20am

notsobusy wrote: »

I'm fairly certain all my appointments are free. Haven't been to the GP in ages though.

I got my results back today for the triple blood test. 1/10,000 chance of having a downs baby and the results for the spina bififida came back very low too. Very happy.

Wow that's a good result, the best you can get in fact. I think mine was 1/2100 (up from 1/661 before the tests) which they said was great. That was for downs. For the other main thing they test for - trisomy something something (I can never pronounce or spell it) it was 1/20000 up from 1/1077 before testing. So there was no recommendation for further tests.

Kash · 27-01-2012 11:51am

Mink wrote: »

Wow that's a good result, the best you can get in fact. I think mine was 1/2100 (up from 1/661 before the tests) which they said was great. That was for downs. For the other main thing they test for - trisomy something something (I can never pronounce or spell it) it was 1/20000 up from 1/1077 before testing. So there was no recommendation for further tests.

How did you get the results girls? Does the hospital call you, or do you get a letter?

I haven't had any letters from the doc or the hospital apart from my scan appointment, so I'm a bit lost.

silly · 27-01-2012 11:54am

Mink wrote: »

Wow that's a good result, the best you can get in fact. I think mine was 1/2100 (up from 1/661 before the tests) which they said was great. That was for downs. For the other main thing they test for - trisomy something something (I can never pronounce or spell it) it was 1/20000 up from 1/1077 before testing. So there was no recommendation for further tests.

are they results from the anomaly scan?

Mink · 27-01-2012 1:21pm

Mine was a private scan (250 euros) called Nuchal Translucency scan (NT) that can only be done between 11.2 to 13.6 weeks (don't ask why!) and it screens for Downs & any serious genetic disorders etc. If your risk comes up where chances are high, then they refer you for an amnio or CVS (where it's more invasive and sample has to be taken from womb to get 100% yes or no result).

It seems very few people do it over here and it's not offered in the hospitals for public patients, some hospitals do it privately. It's often done as routine in other countries. The only exception is if the mother is maybe over 40 and there is history of serious genetic disorders on her or partner's family, then she can get it done public.

But all this stuff like Downs & any other genetic disorders will come up in anomaly scan that everyone's supposed to get at 20-22 weeks public anyway, so you're not really missing out on anything. The anomaly scan also picks up on way more stuff (if it's there) cos baby's much bigger & easier to see.

silly · 27-01-2012 2:02pm

Mink wrote: »

But all this stuff like Downs & any other genetic disorders will come up in anomaly scan that everyone's supposed to get at 20-22 weeks public anyway, so you're not really missing out on anything. The anomaly scan also picks up on way more stuff (if it's there) cos baby's much bigger & easier to see.

Oh right. I'm getting the anomaly scan privately (€160) as they don't offer it to public patients in the CUMH!!!
You only get the once scan in there at 12-14 weeks unless there is a problem.

There is no history of downs or any genetic orders in either of our families but I just really wanted another scan for reassurance.

Kash · 27-01-2012 2:30pm

I'm doing the same - my next official scan is not until April.

16 weeks today... baby is 40% of the way here!

Mink · 27-01-2012 2:58pm

I'm surprised at the amount of hospitals that only do one scan. Rotunda seems to be the best for it in that they do your booking scan in and around 12-14 weeks and then the anomaly around 20-22 weeks. Maybe they didn't always but do now.

If they didn't do the 20-22 week scan I'd probably get one done privately as well as seems a long time between 12-14 and then nearly 30 odd weeks to not have a scan.

Are there any smokers on here? I've cut down from 10/15 before preg to 4 now and I'm gradually cutting out one a week now. It's so hard. But aiming to be down to 2 a day next week and then cut it out altogether. Might pick up the Alan Carr book to help with this last stage.

cyning · 27-01-2012 4:34pm

Mink wrote: »

I'm surprised at the amount of hospitals that only do one scan. Rotunda seems to be the best for it in that they do your booking scan in and around 12-14 weeks and then the anomaly around 20-22 weeks. Maybe they didn't always but do now.

If they didn't do the 20-22 week scan I'd probably get one done privately as well as seems a long time between 12-14 and then nearly 30 odd weeks to not have a scan..

I think a lot of it is to do with cut backs here anyway... they don't have as many staff therefore only one scan in "normal" pregnancies. I couldnt have waited until 20-22 weeks for my first scan: especially considering I'd had a miscarraige in the past. I'd have gone for a private scan.

notsobusy · 27-01-2012 8:00pm

I had one scan at 14 weeks and they didnt want to see me again till 24 weeks. I missed the window for the nuchal fold test so had the triple blood test done at 15 weeks instead. They also a did a scan. i got it done in newry, paid 108euro and the midwife rang me back a week later with the results. she also advised the anomaly scan which we have booked for 21 weeks. love seeing the scans :-)

I think all hospitals should offer these scans and if they cant offer then the staff should make an effort and tell people they can get these scans done privately. i dont mean to rant but i think the irish hosps are totally backwards medically!!

trions · 27-01-2012 8:04pm

hi all...
confused - although it take much these days...
when i originally went to doc at 5 weeks she signed me up for combined care, but i haven't heard anything back about it since - didn't know i was supposed to get a confirmation letter. am going semi-private at coombe, have had all my appointments there so far, had dating scan and consultant visit. I'm not due back until 20 week scan but the told me to have two check ups with GP before then - so not sure if I've been approved for combined care or is she going to land me with a €60 bill for each visit???
Did anyone watch 'one born every minute' this week - I was in floods of tears by the end of it - think my hubby thinks I've officially lost the plot!
Off to buy maternity clothes tomorrow, think it's time to move on from the waistband extenders and bump bands, will keep ye posted if I find any good shops.
Hope your all well,
Trions

P.S. Kildareash - hope you're scan went well today....

linbrize09 · 27-01-2012 8:27pm

Hi all,mink I smoked gave them up 3 weeks ago and found it surprisenly easy,couldnt take the guilt or my husband(who does not smoke)driving me mad!when I get a craving I just rub my belly and think of baby!

I go to Castlebar hospital and had a scan at 14 weeks was called back again at 20 weeks.all docs visits are free when pregnant this is my 3rd child.

kildareash · 28-01-2012 2:16am

Hey ladies, hope everyone is well.
Had book clinic in hospital today and it definately was not the experience I wanted.
I'm still feeling upset about it.
Baby is fine and my dates were spot on, so all of that is good. But I did not like the doctor at all. She was horrible.

I was carrying a bit of weight when I got pregnant and I did feel like I put on the guts of a stone before Xmas, so knew BMI was always going to be high. Midwife explained that doc might want me to go for the gestational diabetes blood test - no problem there.
Midwife was lovely, older lady, absolute sweetheart.
Anyway, get called for scan and doc tells me pretty much straight away that I need to go on a diet.
Then she advised to cut out all sweets and sugars and hopefully avoid gest diabetes.
When she scanned me she told us we wldnt get a clear picture of the baby because of al the...and then paused for a few seconds, I actually thought she was going to say fat, but she eventually got tissue out.
She told us she cld only tell us minor things about baby because the picture was unclear from all the tissue. scan in gp's office in portable machine a couple of weeks ago was much better and that doc never mentioned any difficulty because of my extra tissue!

That was grand, I was walking out the door when the midwife who booked
Me in happened to walk in, knowing it was my first, she was like well how did you get on. Doc stood in the middle
Of the corridor and told her how she had told me to go on a diet. Midwife made those don't mind her type eyes at me. But I started welling up, can't stop thinking about her attitude. She made me feel like a hippo.

The other thing is they think I have a kidney infection and might need antibiotics. Have my fingers firmly crossed that I won't need them.

Sorry for long post, just needed to get it off my chest.

silly · 28-01-2012 10:08am

Kildareash, I'm so sorry you had such a horrible experience!!! That doctor obviously lacks in tact! Most of them doctors can be so far up their own arse they do t know how to approach sensitive subjects.

I wouldn't worry about it, the the first 3 months I was eating all round me and I feel that most of my "bump" Is just fat.
I don't know what my exact weight was before I got pregnant but I reckon I'm after putting on about a stone.

I'm trying to go back to the food I ate before I got married. Bread is my major downfall.

Hopefully you won't have to go on those anti biotics .
Feel better soon Xx

trions · 28-01-2012 2:18pm

Hi all,
Kildareash- I was getting annoyed reading your post that a doctor said that to you, she sounds like a wagon, try not to let her get to u... Main thing is your little baby is doing well:)

Mink - on the smoking question: I smoked up until I found out I was pregnant, I had tried giving up so many times before and It was always torture and fairly short lived - I always said pregnancy would be the one thing that made me give up for good... Mother nature helped me out a bit - the smell of smoke makes me feel really sick, so it was a lot easier for me to stay off them this time, have been off them since the day I found out about baby... am determined to stay off them after the birth... Take it one day at a time, cut down as much as you can and you'll get there.. I read Allen Carr and found it helped... best of luck with it..
Talk soon,
Trions x

kildareash · 28-01-2012 2:47pm

Thanks ladies, feeling better today. Putting it behind me.

Just gonna look forward to the next appointment...hope the next 12 weeks will fly by.

silly · 28-01-2012 3:08pm

Have any of ye thought of names yet?

We have a nice girls name picked out (might try and think of a few more options) but we have hit a wall with the boys name. Hubby wants to name a boy after his dad, who died 10 yrs ago. I know he would like this but I think his reasons go far beyond what he wants himself, his mom is very old fashioned and thinks that the first boy should be named after father's father, first girl after father's mother, 2nd boy after mothers father and 2nd girl after mothers mother, then it goes onto aunts/ uncles etc!!
There is NO WAY I'm doing that. This is the same woman that has yet to congratulate me on being pregnant.
I think this is the main reason why my husband wants the name, because he'll be listening to it from her over and over if we don't. She won't mention it to me though.

I did suggest my dad's name, as I think its a cool name that you don't really hear anymore, his dad's name is grand like, but I know loads of people with that name, he has a nephew already with that name ( my husband being the only son is the only one to carry on his dad's surname) I just think the name is pretty normal.
He doesn't want my dad's name, which I have said fair enough to, but he's still going on about his dad's name!

What am I going to do??? Should I just give into him, but really be giving into his mothers old fashioned way...will she be expected me to follow that rule if we have more kids?
Her own daughters didn't follow any rule and hubby said she went on about it a bit, but if wasn't the family surname so I don't think it mattered as much as this child's name.

Aaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!!!!

theg81der · 28-01-2012 3:28pm

Yea Silly I`m thinking about names. I think its going to be very hard to agree names cause I want something exotic. I`m mixed race and would like something African but acceptable. No one else likes my choices and no way my child is going to be called something normal, the first thing I did was get the 100 most used names list for the last few years as a point of reference to exclude names.

cyning · 28-01-2012 6:41pm

Kildareash I was livid reading that: what a b i t c h of a doctor: I'd have been furious. It makes me so cross when doctors and nurses have the bedside manner of an icicle. Ignore her: I often think when they're having a crap day they pick on everyone. Do you know when they do the gestational diabetes test? It's the one thing I am desperately nervous about

Silly I feel really strongly that our baby will have his or her own name. The middle name will be after hubbies mum or dad because both names work for my side too (his mums name is mine, my mums middle name and my grannys & aunts name and same kinda thing with his dads name). I don't want anything "popular" if that makes sense:Like I always loved the name Ava even when I was younger (still do!): 4 of our group of friends have called their children Ava in the last two years. I still like it but it would never be just their name... its just too popular at the moment! I don't know how we'll pick!!

notsobusy · 28-01-2012 7:09pm

Yeah we have a boy and girls name picked out. devin for a boy and ismay for a girl. ismay was my fathers.mothers secind name and her aunts name so in the family and i think its really pretty. devin comes from the my ohs side of the family. i think they are both original and a bit cool too.

kildareash · 28-01-2012 7:56pm

cyning wrote: »

Do you know when they do the gestational diabetes test? It's the one thing I am desperately nervous about

I'll be about 26 weeks when I have the test. WTE book says gestational diabetes usually begins between 24-28 weeks.
The blood clinic was able to book me in for an appointment when I was there yesterday.
There's a family history of diabetes too, so I'm doubly at risk. My mam told me yesterday that she had it on all of her pregnancies, but it went when the baby was born. She gives us all her best points!

The test itself doesn't sound that bad...you go in fasting from 9pm the night before with a bottle of lucozade and a good book! They do a fasting blood test and then give you a certain amount of the lucozade to drink and do two further blood tests on hourly intervals.
My only concern is that the only day they do the test is my busiest day of the week in work, and I hate asking for time off on that particular day because it puts more pressure on everyone else.

On the name thing, boyf wants to name baby if its a boy after his dad. Which I'm totally fine with as its a derivative of his name and my dads name.
But we want the name to mean something, because we feel this baby is something of a miracle after all the health problems boyf had. So we're a little more picky about the girls name. We have one in mind, that I kinda stumbled across ages ago. But that's bound to change a million times.

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