[caprilicious]

I think it's pretty much every GP that offers the free Maternity care

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/ca...lfare_services

If you're unsure just give your Doc a quick call to check.
I didn't realise about this bonus until I went for my first appointment, I just assumed I'd have to pay for every appointment.
Nice to get something back for my PRSI

[turbochick]

Originally Posted by caprilicious

Turbochick, I was same in the beginning even though we'd been trying for a baby and it wasn't exactly suprising when I did become pregnant I found my brain kicked to life EVERY MORNING at 5am and would go into overdrive thinking of all the changes it meant.
After a few weeks the morning sickness kicked in and I was sleeping for Ireland

Have you decided when you're going to tell your parents?
That's brill that you boyfriend is being so supportive and its as excited about it as you are.

You're as well going to the gp as soon as possible because the gp send the letter to the hospital to get you registered for your appointment. It can take ages to get that first hospital appointment so sooner you see the gp the better

Caprilicious you genius!! yeah i must go to the doctor as soon as possible, oooh i love the sound of free doctors too hehe! i think ill tell my parents as late as possible, which sounds dodgy i know, im gna hold out as long as i can then ill crack or ill wait til theyre drinking some night haha!! one weird thing is, after being paranoid all last week that i was pregnant , thinking i was, feeling i was.. after finding out that i am.. i dont feel pregnant anymore!! my boobs dont feel as sore anymore and i was burping loads last week and had heartburn and sore tummy one minute i felt like i was gona vomit and go to the jax at the same time haha excuse the description there, and thats gone now, i feel more tingly feelings, sometimes a light stab in my tummy, nothing overbearing.. my boobs are still big swollen sore things but not as bad as they were, i also noticed that some new hair started to grow where i had a slight bald patch at the front of my parting from over bleaching it ages ago when i had blond hair.. is that possible that hormones have spurred on this light new baby hair around there?? i notice that i constantly have a warm flushed face also, as well as a constant hunger pang even after eating. wow i am sorry for the rant there.. :S xx

[lucy2010]

Thanks for all your kind words during my freak out yesterday.... Just think I got a very bad shock TBH...lol

I think I have a kidney infction so that could be why im feeling crappy. Ive been up all night - total insomnia ( strangely something I suffered in both preg & not since) lol

[caprilicious]

@ Turbochick - Best of luck with telling your folks, you'll probably start to relax even more and enjoy the pregnancy once you get that out of the way

@ Lucy2010 - how are you feeling now? hope you get over the kidney infection asap

Its funny, my mum asked me today had the baby dropped down yet and I honestly can't answer.
I keep looking at my bump from different angles to see if its moved down but it still looks the same to me!
The consultant told me the baby was engaged and in the 'perfect position for delivery', though she also told me baby had her legs in front of her face, sounds uncomfortable for baby!

[lucy2010]

Originally Posted by caprilicious

@ Turbochick - Best of luck with telling your folks, you'll probably start to relax even more and enjoy the pregnancy once you get that out of the way

@ Lucy2010 - how are you feeling now? hope you get over the kidney infection asap

Its funny, my mum asked me today had the baby dropped down yet and I honestly can't answer.
I keep looking at my bump from different angles to see if its moved down but it still looks the same to me!
The consultant told me the baby was engaged and in the 'perfect position for delivery', though she also told me baby had her legs in front of her face, sounds uncomfortable for baby!

Was up all last night; eventually dozed off about 5.30am. Conked out for 3 hours this evening & here I am wide awake again. It may well be my brain is doing overtime & the symptoms of the kidney infection are being mistaken as pregnancy ones. ( apart from boobies) Ive stopped freaking out anyway

[hacked]

Hey lucy..it could be a combination of all of those thing. I found in the beginnng stages of my pregnancy I had trouble sleeping too, an then they wore off towards the endof my 1st trimester. Bit of a pain as you don't think of losing sleep till your elephant sized!

[turbochick]

Good Morning Ladies

Ok i calculated that from the last time i had my period on Sat 12th December, ill be.. 5 weeks tomorrow right??

Im getting paranoid for no apparent reason; how should i be feeling? I had more kinda cramps and feeling flushes of sickness about a week ago... sometimes i feel butterfly like nervous pains in my lower tummy but thats it, i sometimes feel sick after eating but thats because i think im eating too much haha! so how should my tummy be feeling? i mean i thought that i would be riddled in cramps?? having said that, if i was cramping i would also be paranoid that i was having a MC, my boobs are huge and swollen, my face is constantly hot/sometimes flushed, i have spots on my chin, jawline and cheeks, little ones, i never get spots! i am hungry more than usual, and thirsty more than usual... i have a sore throat but my glands arent swollen, and i have more flem (i know i spelt that completely incorrectly!) in my throat kind of and i often wake up with one slightly blocked nostril, and ive had this for the last week and a half and i read that it was to do with your mucus ducts and blood vessels swelling or something like that??

i am sorry for ranting i feel selfish posting something so ridiculous but i cant afford to go to the doctor for another week or so and i really was just wondering.. do i sound like i have normal symptoms or... should i be bending over with tummy cramps? im not even that swollen i dont have bloating.

thanks - and sorry for panicking and ranting haha :S
xx

[Swizzles]

Hey Turbo
Cramps i got were pretty similar to period cramps ..But i guess it would be different.
I felt very bloated all over aswell and kept thinking my period was coming but it didnt haha.Its best to ring the doctor and explain everything to them then leave him/her know why you cant come in and they wont actually charge you anything provided the doctors works under the Mother and Baby scheme.
The doc will either book your apt with the hospital but if they dont say anything ask ..Mine didnt and i ended up having to wait until 13 weeks and i was sooo nervous.Thats why its best to get that ball rolling cause the earlier you book the earlier you will be seen ...
Hope this helps hun xx

[turbochick]

Hey Swizzles

Thanks for that info, i am going to knock up to the doctors office today and see what i can do.. i am a bit bloated but not much, at night time i look very very bloated and at midnight or around 1am thats when i feel like little cramps in my tummy, i wonder why i only feel them at night?!? i was getting worried that i wasnt cramping much incase the teeny tiny spec had stopped growing or something!! xx

[hacked]

Hey, don't stress about the cramping. It's very normal, although with all the info on miscarriage very scary!

I had SOO much bad cramping in my first trimester. Literally to the point where I was yelping and dropping to the floor in superquinn!! I thought there must be somethingwrong with the baby. Nope! Baby was just growing. Unless the cramping is followed by bleeding you should be fine.

[turbochick]

oh no, i mean like, i dont have any cramping.. ever so so slight cramps at the bottom of my tummy for like 10 seconds maybe twice a day if even that.. is that normal?? xx

[prissylee]

Turbochic,

I wouldn't be worrying about your symtoms. I'm almost eight weeks (goin by my own dates) and I've gone through similar stuff you are feeling. I had lots of cramping during the first few weeks and now I only get it now and again, mainly in the evenings. It's not much thou. The nuasea set in during week 6 and it was horrible. Like you, I'd feel nauseaous, not wanting to eat. Then I'd eat and feel rotten again 10 mins later. Thankfully this week it has subsided and is easier to manage, but it's still there. I get bloated alot and more recently I get hearburn. Plus the boobs are always sore and getting bigger now. So all your symptoms seems pretty normal to me. And as others have said it's pointless worrying about an mc if you have no spotting or bleeding.

That's just my take. But do go to your doc if it will rest your mind. It's a worrying enough time as it is, so anything you can do to alleviate that, do it!

[caprilicious]

Same here Turbochick, make the most of the lack of cramps while you can!
I got my positive test at 5 weeks and the only pain I had at the time was sore boobs I thought 'nice one, this is easy' then week 7 I was DYING with morning sickness!
I was absolutely shattered tired too, that went on about 2/3 weeks then settled down.

I have 4 friends pregnant at the same time as me or 5 if you include me, 2 of us had morning sickness the other 3 didn't have a bit. It seems to vary so much for different women.
Definitely have a chat with the doc if you have concerns, nothing worse than stressing yourself when you're pregnant.


Lucy2010 you poor thing one thing I can't hack is lack of sleep, I hope you get a good nights sleep tonight.

I was up til 2am this morning (stupid bloody nesting, got it into my head I had to iron all of baby's clothes before she arrived ) and I'm so contrary today as a result!

[turbochick]

Thanks a mill ladies, youre stars. haha i am such a worrier!!

I booked an appointment with the Doc for next Friday morning... so im lookin forwarf to that. Its mad, after posting that reply earlier today, i was exhausted by 7 tonight and my tummy is upset and i have a few pains in it, nothing serious, well famous last words that i didnt feel pregnant haha told the bf i was tired and was probably gonna settle down early which is weird for me on a friday night we usually stay up and watch movies til 2am but i am just not feeling that buzz tonight.

thanks for your replies, and ill probably be worried about somethin new or askin questions again soon.

Xx

[lucy2010]

Originally Posted by caprilicious

Same here Turbochick, make the most of the lack of cramps while you can!
I got my positive test at 5 weeks and the only pain I had at the time was sore boobs I thought 'nice one, this is easy' then week 7 I was DYING with morning sickness!
I was absolutely shattered tired too, that went on about 2/3 weeks then settled down.

I have 4 friends pregnant at the same time as me or 5 if you include me, 2 of us had morning sickness the other 3 didn't have a bit. It seems to vary so much for different women.
Definitely have a chat with the doc if you have concerns, nothing worse than stressing yourself when you're pregnant.


Lucy2010 you poor thing one thing I can't hack is lack of sleep, I hope you get a good nights sleep tonight.

I was up til 2am this morning (stupid bloody nesting, got it into my head I had to iron all of baby's clothes before she arrived ) and I'm so contrary today as a result!

Oh I did the nesting thingy on the 1st one @ 32 wks - I got into the bath & scrubbed the walls with a toothbrush lol & then my waters broke.... was funny though.

I suffered insomnia on both of them & not since. Today my jeans are tight yet ive lost 9 lbs since early dec so thats not right. Ive been nausaus ( must learn to spell that word) since yesterday & same all today. I have heartburn ( prob from nausausness) my left boobie is hopping, I have a headache from lack of sleep & cramping & backpain; I peeing all time & it hurts. TBH I feel sh!$%. Sorry but I do.
Im able to do a first response tomo. I went down the chemist ( like a comando in case anyone saw me) & got one of the early response ones so ill do with the first urine of the day.
Im no longer panicing just seeing it as a possible miracle. I think I would be more paniced if im not pregnant as why do I feel so so ill.... Id also be more paniced at the though of DP's response - God love him.... But we will face that when & if it comes to it. How long left have you to go ?