June 2014

ncmc wrote: »

Oh you poor thing smokey eyes, no 'roids here yet, but them and varicose veins are the two things I'm most worried about getting! I've heard constipation can make them worse, so try and get lots of fibre and drink loads of water. Hope they don't become too painful.

I'm off to London for a few days for a baby moon. Forecast is crap but there are worse places to be in the rain than London - tons of indoor stuff to do. Hope I don't find the walking too much, there's a tube strike on this week so we're going to have to walk more than normal. I walked the dog yesterday for an hour and my belly felt like I was carrying a bowling ball!

Thanks a mill hope London is great! Agree all of a sudden I can really feel the baby sometimes when I'm walking, definitely feels like a bowling ball sometimes but really trying hard to keep active, even though my pelvis is acting up too!

Oh my god Laura! That's incredible! Congrats and welcome to the June group. So you were 12-14 weeks pregnant before you realised? That's just amazing.

Wow that's mad laura! It will fly in for you now!

Congrats dustie, that's brilliant news! Have you a name picked for her yet? I'm slightly regretting not finding out the gender, we're organising the nursery at the moment and it's surprisingly hard to get nice gender neutral things like lampshades etc. My next scan isn't til 32 weeks so at that stage I think I'll hang tough and not find out.

How is everyone feeling? I'm feeling great I must say (25+4) but think I'm huge compared to other people at the same stage! I'm getting comments like "you've a fine big bump " Am worried I'm going to be ginormous by the end, but maybe if I stopped stuffing my face for 5 mins it might help! Beginning to find it a bit more challenging to get comfy in bed, but other than that I'm feeling brilliant!

I think we're officially the quietest month on the board..

We're all too relaxed about having our June babies ha ha

I'm definitely not relaxed!:D

26 weeks this week and SPD definitely feels a good bit worse and am getting a little bit of swelling each day on my feet which is nice and attractive:D

We went to Derren Brown last night and I didn't use the bathroom at the interval cause I felt ok but by the end of the show (if you leave you can't get back in) I was in agony from needing to wee (my bladder seems to have shrunk in the past month or so) and my fiance had to help me hobble to the bathroom and back to the car after and help me out of the car I was in so much pain, even after going! It eased off but really wasn't nice! Show was excellent though!

MissFire wrote: »

I've had those pains in bladder too.. Also my bowels can feel weird, like spasms after going loo too, have you ever had that? I'm assuming it's cause they're squashed up more now.. I always joke its baba doing it cause it's got more room to disco dance in there lol..

All going OK for me.. Tiredness is finally starting to kick in after months of people asking me about it, also I've got a lot slower, which to be honest is kinda bugging me, everyone else is delighted cause they can finally keep up with me while walking along with me lol

Had my 28 week check up at hospital yesterday and all is good thankfully.. Got my glucose results from last weeks tests and they were fine so I had a chocolate muffin to celebrate..

Have any of ye started getting your hospital bags ready yet?

Hope you're all doing well and are enjoying your kicks

I find now that when I need to go, any wind or anything kills me and my system feels really sluggish which doesn't help, really trying to avoid being constipated!

Congrats on the GTT test mine is the 28th so I'm trying to be saintly for the few weeks up to it but there's so much hidden sugar in everything I'm probably still being a bit rubbish! I plan to celebrate with a big slice of cake if I'm ok:D

dustie1 wrote: »

Hi all, I've my GTT next thursday and not looking forward to it at all! fasting overnight and 3 blood samples in 3 hours before food. Without my morning tea and toast, i'll be like a demon in the end! I'm 27+3 now and the kicks have gotten so strong of late, even DH was shocked feeling one of them. He's delighted as he thinks he's getting some super ninja baby!!!

Hope your GTT goes well, not looking forward to it either just because I'm always difficult to get blood out of so three blood tests in the one morning will probably be torture! Mine is at 8 though so at least we'll get started early and then I'll have a big brek in town somewhere afterwards!

I agree with MissFire, it’s not as bad as I expected. I don’t like Lucozade at the best of times so I was dreading it, but it’s actually grand. You have to drink 410ml of Lucozade, but you’re given 5-10 mins to drink it so it’s not like you have to knock it back. I only had to have two blood tests, one before, one after. It seems to vary from hospital to hospital. I had my 28 week check up and got the whooping cough vaccine while I was waiting. Getting my results on Friday so hopefully they will be ok. I am a major sugar junkie so I am a little worried.

MissFire wrote: »

I'm terrible, I haven't looked into the whooping cough vaccine yet and GP asked me to look into it at my last appointment... Did you get the flu jab too?

I got the flu jab way back at my first appointment, I think I was only 6 or 7 weeks! I know some people choose not to get the whooping cough vaccine, but I am a believer in getting whatever is on offer! It protects the baby until he/she is old enough to get the vaccine and apparently whooping cough is making a comeback. I had no ill effects from it and it was free, although I have heard of some women being charged. It's strange as I was charged for the flu vaccine and some pregnant women aren't. Like a lot of pregnancy matters, there seems to be no consistency with this.

xxlauraxxox wrote: »

im preggers on my 1st and all my bloods have come back normal due on due 5th so im 28weeks tomorrow ive had it plain sailing i have to say no sickness just heartburn and tiredness.does everyone need a glucose test nothing was said to me i just have a normal 30week check up on the 26th of this month which is bloods and my scan the following week. should i be ringing looking for one as dibeties runs in the family and my doc has alerted the hospital of this
cheers ladies sorry just a little slow on these things

Hi Laura, welcome and congrats! The glucose test isn't standard, I needed it because I had PCOS and apparently that can increase the chances of getting gestational diabetes. I think you should definitely be getting one done if there is diabetes in your family.

I just got mine done in my GP’s and didn’t need a referral or anything, although the midwife had written a note in my file at the 12 week check up that I was to have it done at 27-30 weeks. I would contact your hospital and ask them about it, they will probably be able to do it in conjunction with your 32 week check up, but you would need prior warning as you have to fast from 10pm the previous night.

Hanracar wrote: »

Hey there, i am just joining this thread. So glad to have found it. I am Irish but living in the US this past year. I am almost 25 weeks along, So far so good no real complaints just tiredness. I have nothing organized and flip flop between wanted everything done and thinking its too early to do anything ! Everyone i know here has the nurseries done and tons bought !

Welcome Hanracar!

Hanracar I haven't done a thing yet besides look up buggies etc online.. I don't know if I'm being a little too laid back or what.. I know my mam has bought a few bits and pieces but that's it.. Think I'm kinda waiting til I'm 30 weeks to start..

Hanracar wrote: »

Hey there, i am just joining this thread. So glad to have found it. I am Irish but living in the US this past year. I am almost 25 weeks along, So far so good no real complaints just tiredness. I have nothing organized and flip flop between wanted everything done and thinking its too early to do anything ! Everyone i know here has the nurseries done and tons bought !

Wherabouts in the US are you Hanracar? What is the ante natal care like there, do you require a lot of insurance? I personally don’t have much done, I am lucky in that people around me are doing stuff for me! I am getting the cot, crib and travel system from my sister so collecting that when I am babysitting for her at the end of the month. My sister in law gave me bags of neutral baby stuff at Christmas which I only got round to looking at last week, there is tons of stuff! She must have given me 30 vests, 20 babygros, a couple of grobags, hats, cardi, muslin cloths still in their packet and that’s just the 0-3 bag! I won’t have to buy a thing which is great. All I really need to buy is some cellular blankets and I may buy some more muslin cloths as I’ve heard you can never have too many. The only thing I have actually bought so far is a starter pack of Avent bottles in case the breastfeeding doesn’t pan out. My sister is also giving me her steriliser.

I am on a FB page with June ’14 mothers to be and a lot of them are super organised, they have all their hospital stuff bought and a lot of them have bags packed. I will probably try and do that in the next couple of weeks, I aim to have it done by 32 weeks! I am not going to stress about stuff, we still have loads of time and it’s not like we are giving birth in a hut in the woods – I am in CUMH which is right across from a large Penny’s so if worse comes to worse and I’ve forgotten something, I can send the hubby over.

Hi Hanracar! I'm also having a baby in the US. I'm actually due Sept 2014 but I like lurking on these earlier threads to see what is ahead of me Thought I'd reply with my two cents as we are in the same boat.

Re the baby shower, I'm kind of dreading that myself. The minute I told my close american friends here, the girls were all on about the baby shower and it made me a bit uncomfortable. (I work with a lot of guys and other foreigners, so I doubt there will be a work one). It feels like it is just an excuse to squeeze presents out of your friends! (of course I didn't say that to them, I think they'd be a bit insulted). And I guess I'm kind of from a place where we don't make too big of a fuss about baby things before the baby actually arrives. Pregnancy, yeah fine but not baby stuff till close to the end, who knows what will happen. An american friend of mine here who lived in dublin for a few years and encountered this idea thinks it is a weird, morbid superstition. I can see that it seems like a weird thing from the outside but it is a hard feeling to shake off all the same. I reckon I won't get away with not having a baby shower, especially now that some of my friends have taken it into their heads to show the foreigner how its done . We are here on our own so I guess I shouldn't be refusing help. And this is an american baby so I might as well! Embrace the shower, you might get some useful baby gear out of it!

Re the parents/family coming over. Yeah, that's going to be interesting. My parents are already saying they want to come over both before the birth and after. Not sure why they want to come over before, it might not work out well, it gets very hot and humid here at that time and I'll be stressed to get finished up in work. I'm hoping to convince them to come over about 2-3 weeks after the birth. That way we get a few weeks of the baby to ourselves and try get ourselves sorted out. Then, if we are completely frazzled after a couple of weeks of no sleep and screaming (us and/or baby), at least my Mum can help out a little while they are here (she would be a good help/advice person, my dad would be one of those negative-helping people, as in he makes situations worse). The other side won't be coming over, maybe after a year. That's another story!

One thing, will they be staying with you or in a hotel? We've always had visitors stay with us, but I don't think I could handle that and a small baby too. We live in the city, it is a bit pricy but I've found a couple of places that might do. Also, it might sound bad, but I'm afraid that it might be all a bit much with new baby and visitors staying too long, so if they are paying for a hotel they may not over-stay

Some people that I work with, especially chinese and indian people, their parents come for 6 months at a time. Literally 6 months! One side comes for 6 months, then the other side comes for 6 months. Living with them :eek: I think there is a 6 month visa or something. I could not handle that!

As you said, once you have good insurance you are grand. I haven't had to pay for anything so far, between insurance and also I work in the university attached to the hospital so I get a special deal. I can't even start to think about any unfortunate women who dont have insurance. It is so unfair and wrong. For all the issues with the Irish system, at least everyone gets looked after.

I was a bit concerned with over-medicalisation too, the docs here will do anything and everything just to cover their asses and not get sued. I don't fancy getting a c-section for the wrong reasons. But a friend of mine, who would be similarily concerned, just had a baby in the same hospital and she found the whole thing to be fine which was really reassuring.

Hope everything goes well for you and come June you'll have a bouncing yankee baby!

Happy Paddy's Day!

Interesting you say about the Indians etc my husband is Turkish and they are the same so he thinks i am odd to want privacy!

When are you planning on finishing up work, some weeks i feel gung ho that i will work to the end and then others i think i would love a few weeks to myself to destress and get organized.[/quote]

That is interesting, I didn't know the Turkish culture had that too.

I don't get a lot of leave, so I'm hoping to work right up to the end. I work in a lab and i'm hoping that by that point my experiments will be finished and I can just work from home on the analysis. I wouldn't be able to relax if I'd time off before the birth, I think I'd stress myself outmore. who knows what will actually happen though!