December 2017 babies club

missjuly · 21-04-2017 9:53pm

lashes34 wrote: »

Thanks for all the well wishes. All OK for now, baby definitely in the right place and seen the little heartbeat. Also have a large cyst and some free fluid at my right ovary. She wants me back for another scan next week to make sure there isn't another pregnancy there at the right hand side. She doesn't think so but wants to be sure when I am a little further along.

I am thrilled to hear this fantastic news!! It's good they are keeping a good eye on you!

Mirrorwall did they take blood to measure your hcg level. How many weeks are you? I have my fingers crossed for you I think spotting is fairly common so hopefully it's all ok!

missjuly · 21-04-2017 10:03pm

I had an appointment with my doctor the other day, was fairly quick she just checked my urine and took my blood pressure. I also have appointments for the epu for a scan at ten weeks and I have my date for my first booking appointment in the hospital.It is starting to feel real. Also I realised I miscalculated my dates....Only by a few days but I am 8 weeks yay! So I am due around the 1st of December!

I have been feeling fairly naseous and yuck it's actually so horrible but sure just have to look on the bright side it's all signs of a healthy pregnancy. Does anyone else feel like ridiculously bloated and and like about 4 or 5 months pregnant ðŸ™ˆðŸ™ˆ. Like I bought a pair of jeans about three weeks ago were fairly loose or comfy on my tummy had them on yesterday and they were digging into me....But I'm the same weight!! They do say your belly gets bigger quicker if your have already had a baby but this seems a bit mad!

How is everyone else feeling? I am still keeping our news quiet which is hard especially when I feel so sick. But I want to wait till my scan! Hope you are all keeping well :-)

LittleBoBeep · 22-04-2017 10:32pm

Glad you are ok lashes! Best of luck mirrorwall I hope all is ok!

I went to A+E Thursday night with the pain I had, the doctor couldn't tell me if the pain was related to my pregnancy but told me to follow up with my own doctor. I have an appointment for Tuesday so hopefully all goes well. Blood pressure was high too. I'll be 6 weeks tomorrrow

mirrorwall14 · 22-04-2017 10:38pm

They didn't do bloods just an internal check and the external scan which was a disaster. To be honest I'm losing my mind entirely. I can't handle this at all. I'm switching wildly between being convinced that the pregnancy is over and hoping that its all good while trying to prepare myself in case it isn't. I've cried multiple times since Thursday now. My husband has me convinced to ring tomorrow and ask them to either scan or do bloods on Monday so that I might be able to get some sort of answer/hope/conclusion.

LittleBoBeep are you in Dublin? If so go to the maternity hospitals rather than A and E, they will know more

Oh and Missjuly I'm in a pair of maternity jeans. The jeans size I had just dropped into are incredibly uncomfortable already. Luckily my work trousers were actually too big so they'll be fine

Lainey_b01 · 22-04-2017 10:39pm

Delighted Lashes! Sure it was a great weight off you and your partner.

Just drove home with my jeans zipped down..... Only just 6weeks.

LittleBoBeep · 22-04-2017 10:45pm

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

They didn't do bloods just an internal check and the external scan which was a disaster. To be honest I'm losing my mind entirely. I can't handle this at all. I'm switching wildly between being convinced that the pregnancy is over and hoping that its all good while trying to prepare myself in case it isn't. I've cried multiple times since Thursday now. My husband has me convinced to ring tomorrow and ask them to either scan or do bloods on Monday so that I might be able to get some sort of answer/hope/conclusion.

LittleBoBeep are you in Dublin? If so go to the maternity hospitals rather than A and E, they will know more

Oh and Missjuly I'm in a pair of maternity jeans. The jeans size I had just dropped into are incredibly uncomfortable already. Luckily my work trousers were actually too big so they'll be fine

Could you go for a private scan? Not ideal I know but is it an option? It's very hard not to lose your mind but try to relax even a little bit! I'll be thinking of you and praying all goes ok for you.

I'm in the Westmeath. The nearest maternity hospital to me is 45 mins away. I've been getting this pain for the past few weeks, I'm hoping my own doctor can help me. The doctor in a&e was no help. I told him I was pregnant loads of times but he just ignored it. Then he done a pregnancy test and told me it was positive when I told him I knew I was pregnant he took the test off me and threw it in the bin and sent me off with a prescription for gaviscon! It was so stressful

mirrorwall14 · 23-04-2017 9:07pm

Fairly confident I'm out ladies. Bled very heavily this morning with clots. Coombe emergency room said there's no point coming in because they won't change the plan they'll just send me home to wait for the scan on Thursday. I've resigned myself now. Now I just need to figure out what I'm supposed to do when you miscarry. I'm going to go to the GP in the morning for a cert because I'm in bits and still bleeding heavily.

The very best of luck to everyone and I hope you all have successful pregnancies.

lashes34 · 23-04-2017 9:33pm

Aw mirrorwall I'm so sorry to hear you are going through this. It's cruel making you wait until Thursday. Is there somewhere you could get a private scan before then or maybe that wouldn't help you.

Mind yourself and do take the week and more off if you need it.

Thanks everyone for the kind messages x

bee06 · 23-04-2017 9:42pm

Sorry to hear that Mirrorwall. I can't believe the hospital wouldn't do anything for you. Take care of yourself.

justwhatithink · 23-04-2017 11:18pm

Sorry to hear that Mirrorwall, take care.

missjuly · 23-04-2017 11:56pm

So sorry you are going through this mirrorwall. It's tough going I hope your GP will be some kind of help and support. Thinking of you. Also just to say I has a miscarriage at the end of February ( though you don't know that's what's happening so fingers crossed for you). But it is scary and confusing but just to say it doesn't make it easier but that's totally normal xx

Thumpette · 24-04-2017 12:52am

So sorry to hear your news mirrorwall. Sending love xxx

mirrorwall14 · 24-04-2017 9:25am

Thank you everyone. Thumpette I hope everything is going ok for you.

The bleed tapered off yesterday evening and its gone back to just on wipe. I didn't even spot my pad overnight so we've booked a private scan for 215 to see whats going on. I can't decide if i'm more stressed by the thought of going for it or relieved to have made the decision to go for it!

Anne_cordelia · 24-04-2017 9:26am

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Thank you everyone. Thumpette I hope everything is going ok for you.

The bleed tapered off yesterday evening and its gone back to just on wipe. I didn't even spot my pad overnight so we've booked a private scan for 215 to see whats going on. I can't decide if i'm more stressed by the thought of going for it or relieved to have made the decision to go for it!

Best of luck and sorry to hear you are going through this x

Thumpette · 24-04-2017 10:26am

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Thank you everyone. Thumpette I hope everything is going ok for you.

The bleed tapered off yesterday evening and its gone back to just on wipe. I didn't even spot my pad overnight so we've booked a private scan for 215 to see whats going on. I can't decide if i'm more stressed by the thought of going for it or relieved to have made the decision to go for it!

All good with me thanks (apart from in my head!)

That's good news the bleeding g has stopped- what a rollercoaster.

Keeping everything crossed for you xxx

lashes34 · 24-04-2017 10:41am

Good luck Mirrorwall - keep us posted xx

decmum · 24-04-2017 1:13pm

Good luck mirror wall fingers crossed for you

mirrorwall14 · 24-04-2017 3:39pm

All done guys. Nearly clear oalready thank god so no more crazy bleeding or clots left to go. Go to the ultrasound Thursday to confirm the last of the lining has cleared.

I'm so relieved to know. I'm sad obviously and upset but the certainty is so much easier to cope with.

The very best of luck to every one with your pregnancies and I hope you all have awesome babies in December!

lashes34 · 24-04-2017 3:45pm

Aw Mirrorwall I was hoping for good news. Mind yourself, so sorry this has happened to you

Loveinapril · 24-04-2017 3:45pm

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

All done guys. Nearly clear oalready thank god so no more crazy bleeding or clots left to go. Go to the ultrasound Thursday to confirm the last of the lining has cleared.

I'm so relieved to know. I'm sad obviously and upset but the certainty is so much easier to cope with.

The very best of luck to every one with your pregnancies and I hope you all have awesome babies in December!

Sorry to hear that. I miscarried my first pregnancy in September so I totally get that feeling of relief when the situation is clarified. Please take time to just mind yourself. I am really only feeling the grief now and I am 10 weeks pregnant. It is funny how it hits you. Take care x

bee06 · 24-04-2017 4:09pm

Sorry to hear that Mirrorwall but glad you got some clarity on the situation. The not knowing must have been awful. Take care of yourself x

Lainey_b01 · 24-04-2017 6:03pm

Oh mirrorwall so sorry to hear your news. Best wishes for the future. Hopefully next time round it's ment to be xXx

PS horrified at how unsupportive the healthcare services have been during this time. The emotional stress you and your partner have gone through just isn't on.

Loveinapril · 24-04-2017 6:29pm

Lainey_b01 wrote: »

PS horrified at how unsupportive the healthcare services have been during this time. The emotional stress you and your partner have gone through just isn't on.

They can be shocking. I rang Holles Street after my first bleed and they basically said that there was nothing they could do about it and to take a test in two weeks and ring them if I was still pregnant. I immediately phoned the Rotunda and they had me in for a scan the following day. Needless to say I am with the Rotunda for this pregnancy.

decmum · 24-04-2017 6:50pm

I agree the hospital can be so unsupportive, we had the same experience with our miscarriage last august, I started to bleed on a Sunday and I went to a+e who scanned and didn't give me any information even when I asked was there a heartbeat, I should have been 9 and half weeks. I was told to come back to my scheduled appointment at 12 weeks which I did to be told everything had stopped at 7 weeks, I was mad as I could have been dealt with alot earlier. I gave out to them when I went back for my d+c,

missjuly · 24-04-2017 7:59pm

So sorry Mirrorwall! Look after yourself and take it easy. Best of luck in the future x

Loveinapril I agree the Rotunda are great I rang a and e in February when I started bleeding and they told me to come in. Even after I had been seen by the midwife I was like yeah I'm pretty sure it's a miscarriage think I'll go home she was so insistent I stay they scanned me took blood for hcg and told me to come back in 48 hours for more bloods. Doctors were great and I was scanned by a junior and then had a second scan with a more senior doctor. When the midwife rang me to confirm it was a miscarriage she was very supportive. I ended up getting pregnant literally 2 or 3 weeks after miscarriage which wasn't really the plan wanted to wait at least two months. But I'm booked in for a 10 week scan in epu and early booking appointment.

Also I didn't mean to come across blasé like ah I'll just go home I just felt to emotional and stressed to be there !

mirrorwall14 · 24-04-2017 8:00pm

The clarity is great. I feel like I've come out from under water holding my breath tbh. My GP has been super. I'm on a cert for the week with orders to rest and to come back on Friday if I need a second week (which I don't think I will).

The health service are pretty rubbish in these situations from what I can make out, there is literally no information given-thank God for the internet. I seem to be lucky to be getting a scan at all even if it is Thursday. TBH I don't know why they didn't just do my HCG bloods on Friday and today-it would have been obvious and probably no need for a scan at all then just test in a week or two until I get a negative pregnancy test. And I only know that from google. Literally everything I know is from google or the net.

I'm totally exhausted and dizzy which GP says is blood loss so keep taking my iron and rest.

It will all work out. This too shall pass. Funnily enough I have an appointment for my feet next week and I was hemming and hawing about the xrays but no worries now lol. Similarly there are three bottles of cider in my fridge just waiting to be drank

The best of luck girls, hope all goes well for ye. I'll hopefully be back in another thread in six months or so

Edit: decmum that's horrific?!! I'd have been raging!!! And lovemum.

Christ we're not allowed have an abortion but hey if you lose the baby no body seems to give a feck in the health service

decmum · 24-04-2017 9:21pm

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

The clarity is great. I feel like I've come out from under water holding my breath tbh. My GP has been super. I'm on a cert for the week with orders to rest and to come back on Friday if I need a second week (which I don't think I will).

The health service are pretty rubbish in these situations from what I can make out, there is literally no information given-thank God for the internet. I seem to be lucky to be getting a scan at all even if it is Thursday. TBH I don't know why they didn't just do my HCG bloods on Friday and today-it would have been obvious and probably no need for a scan at all then just test in a week or two until I get a negative pregnancy test. And I only know that from google. Literally everything I know is from google or the net.

I'm totally exhausted and dizzy which GP says is blood loss so keep taking my iron and rest.

It will all work out. This too shall pass. Funnily enough I have an appointment for my feet next week and I was hemming and hawing about the xrays but no worries now lol. Similarly there are three bottles of cider in my fridge just waiting to be drank

The best of luck girls, hope all goes well for ye. I'll hopefully be back in another thread in six months or so

Edit: decmum that's horrific?!! I'd have been raging!!! And lovemum.

Christ we're not allowed have an abortion but hey if you lose the baby no body seems to give a feck in the health service

I was raging it only added to the stress, stringing out the inevitable, there should be a protocol in place that takes Into account our mental well-being as well Fingers crossed for your rainbow baby

lashes34 · 26-04-2017 8:59am

Hope you're well Mirrorwall.

Had my scan with the fertility clinic on Monday and all ok so far. I have officially been discharged from their care

Got my 12 week appointment yesterday but it says to ring to book the scan so I dont know if they are going to be on different days or not. Hopefully not.

How is everyone feeling?

crestedten · 26-04-2017 9:43am

Morning all. Coming at this from a slightly different perspective as I'm the expectant father

but got our positive (well 3 as we've been trying ages and wanted to be sure) yesterday and by our estimates our first child is due around mid December and I can't blooming wait

I know I can't really offer much in terms of help and feedback, but I'm looking forward to following this thread and seeing what I can expect along the way so I can be at least a little bit helpful to herself as at the moment I'm equal parts excited, terrified and clueless

bee06 · 26-04-2017 11:46am

Congrats Crestedten and welcome to the thread. It will be interesting to hear to male point of view

I had my first scan at my fertility clinic to make sure everything is where is should be and it is. So relieved as I had a horrible dream last night about it. Have another scan with them in 2 weeks time. Made an appointment with my GP for next Thursday to get all that stuff done as well.

Lashes, good to hear your scan went well. I'm feeling grand. A bit tired in the mornings and occasionally mild nausea but it doesn't last long.

Does anyone find time is going sooo slowly! I wish I could fast forward to about 13 weeks.

lashes34 · 26-04-2017 12:14pm

Welcome crestedten! Thats really sweet, Im sure she will appreciate that.

bee06 wrote: »

I had my first scan at my fertility clinic to make sure everything is where is should be and it is.

Lashes, good to hear your scan went well. I'm feeling grand. A bit tired in the mornings and occasionally mild nausea but it doesn't last long.

Does anyone find time is going sooo slowly! I wish I could fast forward to about 13 weeks.

Glad your scan went well, its very nerve racking isnt it. I have another scan Friday in the hospital so hopefully they'll be happy with everything. Got my 12 week scan booked for same day as first appointment so glad that is sorted.

Slowest ever - seems like forever to get to 12 weeks. Fingers crossed we all get there.

Lola18 · 26-04-2017 6:24pm

Congratulations to all and sorry to hear of your loss mirrorwall x
Anxiously joining due my rainbow baby after two miscarriages on December 13th and so excited but afraid to get too happy about it.
Although symptoms are 10 times stronger...all day sickness, sore chest, bloating and so so very fatigued...have never felt so drained and at the same time so happy to feel that way!

LegacyUser · 27-04-2017 4:45am

Hi everyone! So glad to have found this group while spending hours googling everything pregnancy related (and after watching one born every minute) ðŸ™ˆ I'm completely new to this and like all of you feeling every emotion possible from terrible worry to extreme happiness and everything in between. I hope all of you are well and aren't feeling too nauseous. I was sent into the emergency dept. from Now Doc on the 17th April with a pain in my left side (which I thought was related to getting my gangrene appendix removed back in Feb) but after urine and blood tests was told I was pregnant, a little bit of a shock but a good one! I was sent for a scan which didn't show much so they did an internal also which they couldn't really say for sure what they could see as it was so early. My Last period started on the 21st of March. So, I've been getting my bloods done every 48hours since to check my hcg levels and they have been doubling well, the last going from 500 and something to 1399

I'm in again today (27th) for more bloods and I'm booked for an early scan on the 8th of May to see if everything is ok. I feel funny, I don't know how to describe the feeling in my tummy! I'm definitely peeing more often and my boobs are sore and I feel a little sick in the morning, also when I get hungry I get really hungry and that's not like me. Right now I'm 5+2 so still really early and myself and my partner are finding it hard not telling everyone ðŸ™ˆ Any tips and stories please keep me informed I'm so nervous! X

callmelisa · 27-04-2017 1:16pm

Hi everyone. I'm new and joining the thread as I'm due on Dec 26. I'm after having a miscarriage with thyroid + PCOS + 4 years of fertility treatment. Nervous time! I'm booked in for a private scan on May 9 to check everything's as it should be. Bleedin' terrified.

crestedten · 27-04-2017 4:41pm

Potentially silly question, but I know pregnant mothers are entitled to paid time off work to attend antenatal appointments, I'm assuming this doesn't extend to the father? Is the father allowed or even encouraged to attend all of these? I've read you can have up to 10 during the pregnancy.

spottybananas · 27-04-2017 5:11pm

crestedten wrote: »

Potentially silly question, but I know pregnant mothers are entitled to paid time off work to attend antenatal appointments, I'm assuming this doesn't extend to the father? Is the father allowed or even encouraged to attend all of these? I've read you can have up to 10 during the pregnancy.

There's no need for the father to be at most of them, many are just dull appointments checking urine, bloods and blood pressure. Usually the father only goes to appointments with scans included if they can make it to them.

mollybird · 29-04-2017 1:42pm

hey ladies, hope ye don't mind me jumping on board. found out 2 weeks ago we going to have our first. im currently 5+6. have had the round ligement pain and boy was it sore. didn't help when i was driving i can tell ya. im due xmas eve :eek::eek:. Nausea hasn't really kicked in yet but i did get a quick lesson in how my immune system is down to 0. was as sick the day after eating something at a food festival at home. thought it was the nausea setting in but i was grand the next day.

NessB · 30-04-2017 8:39am

Hi all, joining this thread, found out Easter week expecting our first. I'm 7 weeks today. All going well so far.
Just a q regarding maternity care - Thought about semi-private but was worried if anything happened outside "the norm/usual" we wouldn't be able to afford to cover the cost.
Signed up for public care in the coombe and assigned to Domino care/midwife-led care - any thoughts/advice?
Thanks & good luck to all fellow due in December mums!

The real mccoy 91 · 01-05-2017 1:17pm

Hey folks another male joining the thread expecting our first due date is 20th of December. Happy I found this thread as it's put the mind a little more at ease finding out that regular cramps and nausea etc and pretty normal. Obviously a little early yet but does anyone have preferences on websites to use to look at pushchairs and moses baskets etc? The excitement is starting to kick in now very difficult to keep it quiet still

catrionanic · 01-05-2017 2:31pm

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Hey folks another male joining the thread expecting our first due date is 20th of December. Happy I found this thread as it's put the mind a little more at ease finding out that regular cramps and nausea etc and pretty normal. Obviously a little early yet but does anyone have preferences on websites to use to look at pushchairs and moses baskets etc? The excitement is starting to kick in now very difficult to keep it quiet still

Congratulations!!! It's such an exciting time.

I would recommend making a list of what you want from a pram (travel system with car seat included? How big is your car boot? Do you need something with good suspension for walking it on country roads, or is something small and lightweight more of a priority if you live in a city? Do you want one that can convert to become a double-buggy, or do you want to leave it a while before having baby number 2? Etc). Then armed with your list and a rough budget, head into a pram shop to get a feel for a few prams. Try out folding it down etc and see how they feel to push.

Then once you've an idea of what you want, start looking online for the best deals or perhaps try second-hand as you can get a good pram for so much cheaper. There are a few Facebook pages for baby stuff that people want to sell, and donedeal and adverts.ie.

Of course it's probably best waiting until you've had your 12 week scan before purchasing the bigger items.

justwhatithink · 02-05-2017 7:45pm

Probably a stupid question but can anything be taken for nausea...? I'm not vomiting (because I mentally stop myself from being sick so that I'm not loosing nutrition) but I'm nauseous all day and often during the night and it's really starting to get to me. I'm nauseous when I wake up in the morning, if I get too hungry (don't let that happen often), after I eat, when I wake from a nap... Im trying to eat light meals and snacks and taking Pregnacare. Maybe I just need to put up & shut up but feeling really miserable and down at this stage and can't even think about mentally processing anything else that's yet to come down the line.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

lashes34 · 02-05-2017 8:02pm

I got ginger root tablets from the chemist, find them good but won't hold it off all day. Can only take one a day during pregnancy according to the pharmacist

spottybananas · 02-05-2017 9:33pm

Pregnacare is well known for making women nauseous/more nauseous, maybe give that a break for a few days and see?

missjuly · 02-05-2017 9:48pm

I'd be wary of stopping vitamins in the first trimester. Well just make sure if you do stop taking pregnacare that you still take a 400ug folic acid supplement per day for at least the first trimester. I have terrible nausea and food aversions at the moment it is not good. I also just feel extremely drained. Don't have much advice really tea sometime helps me. I also keep getting extremely thirsty it hits me all of a sudden and my mouth is literally dry. Have been bringing about 750ml of water to bed every night and by morning it's gone I just wake during the night and need to gulp it down...Then all the peeing.

Catrionic you seem very knowledgeable about prams!! Have people thought that far yet? I was in mothercare at the weekend not sure what to do. I have a travel system from my little girl it's the baby elegance one, loved the carry cot and car seat but wasn't mad on the pram attachment. But it seems mad to buy a new one was looking at them and they all seem the same to me. The woman in shop recommend the baby jogger one it does seem really good because the pram part is really sturdy but don't like the look when you have to insert the carry cot. What's everyone's plans?

catrionanic · 02-05-2017 9:49pm

justwhatithink wrote: »

Probably a stupid question but can anything be taken for nausea...? I'm not vomiting (because I mentally stop myself from being sick so that I'm not loosing nutrition) but I'm nauseous all day and often during the night and it's really starting to get to me. I'm nauseous when I wake up in the morning, if I get too hungry (don't let that happen often), after I eat, when I wake from a nap... Im trying to eat light meals and snacks and taking Pregnacare. Maybe I just need to put up & shut up but feeling really miserable and down at this stage and can't even think about mentally processing anything else that's yet to come down the line.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

You have my full sympathy. I felt like this during my pregnancy (I was in the January 2017 thread), and I ended up with antenatal depression which was definitely due to feeling like I was gonna vomit 24/7. It's so hard to remain upbeat when you feel like ****, and it's okay to feel down. You're expected to be so happy and excited all the time when you're pregnant, but it can be really tough. There are many more women feeling this way than you might think.

In the end, my nausea lasted well into the second trimester and only went at 22 weeks. I was one of the less fortunate ones! When I was 15 weeks pregnant, I was so down about it that I went to my GP. She was great about it, offered me cariban for the nausea and antidepressants, as well as a referral to the maternity hospital psych team. I felt so sure that my low mood was due to the nausea, so just took the cariban and sure enough, I felt much better in no time. My mood improved hugely. I'd recommend seeing your GP as it can be a big help.

I never really found anything that got rid of the nausea for me (other than meds), but I did get some relief from sucking on boiled sweets, drinking really cold water and fruity drinks, and sometimes minty gum. And nibbling on bland snacks frequently so that my tummy was never empty. Rice cakes in the middle of the night etc.

Some people try those pressure bands for sea sickness and find them of help, and of course ginger. Neither of those worked much for me though.

I hope you feel better soon. Just thinking back on how horrible it was now... of course having your baba in your arms makes every last queasy moment worth it, but it is really really hard. It genuinely is putting me off trying for another baby any time soon!

bee06 · 02-05-2017 9:53pm

missjuly wrote: »

Have people thought that far yet? I was in mothercare at the weekend not sure what to do. I have a travel system from my little girl it's the baby elegance one, loved the carry cot and car seat but wasn't mad on the pram attachment. But it seems mad to buy a new one was looking at them and they all seem the same to me. The woman in shop recommend the baby jogger one it does seem really good because the pram part is really sturdy but don't like the look when you have to insert the carry cot. What's everyone's plans?

I'm not even going to think about it until I'm after the 12 weeks. Plenty of time later on to be dealing with all that stuff.

missjuly · 02-05-2017 9:57pm

Your so right Bee06 I wouldn't dare buy anything yet! Just a bit or window shopping. I am 10 weeks tomorrow woo double digits! I have a scan in the early pregnancy unit next week excited and nervous about it.

justwhatithink · 02-05-2017 10:06pm

Thanks everyone, feel a bit less like a drama queen now. I think a trip to the gp is probably good advice as I'm quite overwhelmed about the future and with the 12 week scan in 4 weeks time I'm going to get one serious dose of reality (all going well) and I need to be prepared for that too.

Ill have a look at the root ginger. Only started on the pregnacare late last week (was solely taking folic acid before that but getting that from the pregnacare now) so not sure if it's adding to the nausea as I've had that bad for 3 weeks now. But can't believe it can contribute to nausea...as if it's not hard enough to do the right thing.

Thanks again everyone, I don't have much to contribute here as a first timer but glad to have the support page.

bee06 · 02-05-2017 10:30pm

No such thing as being a drama queen when you are growing an actual human inside you! Definitely worth a trip to the gp ... no point in suffering if it's something that can be prevented.

catrionanic · 02-05-2017 10:56pm

Tbh I think pregnant women should complain more!!! There's this perception amongst the general public that when you're pregnant, you just get a gradually expanding belly and maybe the odd puke for 5 minutes in the morning and that's about it. People seem to think that you feel just like you always did, but with a potbelly and a bit of a waddle.... I wish! Pregnancy was the most arduous and physically difficult 41 weeks of my life. It affects almost every part of your body, from your bleeding gums to your heartburn to your nausea to your bowels to your back to your bladder to your insomnia to your pelvic pain to your dizziness to your exhaustion to your blood pressure and to everything in between! And that's not to mention the effect it can have on your mental health, with all the challenges and worries it brings too. Really, we should be talking about all of this more so that our partners and our family and our employers understand what we are going through a bit more, and show a bit more care and sympathy when needed! So don't you dare call yourself a drama queen... you're probably not being dramatic enough in my opinion!

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