Pregnancy #63

How far along are you?

  • Under 12 weeks

    Votes: 26 25.2%

  • 12-18 weeks

    Votes: 17 16.5%

  • 19-26 weeks

    Votes: 9 8.7%

  • 27-32 weeks

    Votes: 16 15.5%

  • 33-38 weeks

    Votes: 18 17.5%

  • Full term/overdue

    Votes: 4 3.9%

  • Had my baby but still here

    Votes: 13 12.6%
  • Total voters
    103
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Saltfish84 said:
Hi everyone. I’m so pissed off and stressed and not sure what to do. Essay/ran

I’m 32+2 today in a supposed high risk pregnancy (40 plus, IVF). First time I’ve seen a consultant today but spoke to one when 16 weeks when he said they’d book my ELCS for 23rd Dec when I’m 38 weeks + 2. This was due to the bank hols and the fact that when I had my first son (natural pregnancy) ELCS at 39 weeks his placenta was discovered to be failing.

Now went to sign consent forms and there’s been a bollocks up and 23rd Dec is full, I wasn’t booked in. The earliest they can do is 30th Dec at 39+3 but I’m terrified this is too risky. I’m older now and IVF and placentas fail more than non-IVF ones and considering my history last time - it’s a very real risk of still birth to me. There’s nothing they can do, they won’t even consider 37 weeks + 5.

I can try transfer hospitals but the referral can take weeks and still no guarantee there is space for me on 23rd😩😩

What do I do??
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It won’t help you now but if your clinical need becomes higher they will get you in, they won’t leave you with a failing placenta. Are you having regular scans? PALS can’t jump you if the medical need isn’t there but can they get you more scans? Can you have them explain why the need was there initially and no it’s not?

I was on the wait list for a sooner date and got it when someone went naturally. Then I went naturally the day before so it was an ECS meaning someone will have got both my slots previously booked. My point is, a lot can change. Ensure the c-section coordinator is aware of everything, I’d try for a face to face discussion, so you’re at the forefront and not being blocked further back down the line.
 
Everything all good at 36/37 week appointment. It amazes me when the midwife tells you where baby is lying in stomach because it just doesn’t ever seem to match what I feel 😂 baby is head down which is good but she said she’s mainly on the left side with feet facing the right which is strange because I keep feeling a lot of movement to the left as if she’s kicking and heavy on the right as if she’s been lying there. So strange what they get up to inside wriggling about 🙈
 
New here, hey 👋🏻
I'm around 6 weeks. Found out last week as my periods are like clockwork. First midwife episode appt on thursday and been given my 12 week scan date the week before Christmas.
Partner has been amazing but I am feeling SO meh at the moment. Lethargy, nausea, and just sheer exhaustion. I had no idea the early stage was so tiring?! Please someone tell me when I will turn a corner 😭

Good luck to you all who are due so soon! ♥️🥰
 
Just a bit of a naming rant here! We’ve agreed not to share our babies name until they’re born (when we decide it) because people always have an opinion, but my mum seems fairly set on us using my (recently passed) Nanna’s name in some way. Don’t get me wrong, I adored my Nanna, but her name wasn’t one of those cute old lady names that are coming back into fashion, or something classic and timeless, it was just pure 90 year old lady. I love flower names and like the idea of using her birth month flower name as a middle name, but I don’t think my mum is happy about that. Why do others think they have a right to have an input on your babies name?!

we used my husband’s grandad’s name for our son’s middle name, but that’s a nice classic, timeless name that I would have been happy using without any connections.
 
Spencerskates said:
Just a bit of a naming rant here! We’ve agreed not to share our babies name until they’re born (when we decide it) because people always have an opinion, but my mum seems fairly set on us using my (recently passed) Nanna’s name in some way. Don’t get me wrong, I adored my Nanna, but her name wasn’t one of those cute old lady names that are coming back into fashion, or something classic and timeless, it was just pure 90 year old lady. I love flower names and like the idea of using her birth month flower name as a middle name, but I don’t think my mum is happy about that. Why do others think they have a right to have an input on your babies name?!

we used my husband’s grandad’s name for our son’s middle name, but that’s a nice classic, timeless name that I would have been happy using without any connections.
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We chose family middle names because I like them and one is from my own parent who’s passed away.
No one else got a say though. If the names were awful, they’d not be there. My nan for instance didn’t even like her own name. The argument “they’d be so proud”, well hopefully they’d be proud anyway. When you’ve got 4 parents and sets of grandparents too, you can’t use them all. If your mum wanted to use it she should have given it to you (assuming she didn’t). A flower, gem stone, place that’s relevant to the person is a nice compromise if YOU feel it’s right.
It’s a huge honour to name a person, it’s yours at the parents.
 
Spencerskates said:
Just a bit of a naming rant here! We’ve agreed not to share our babies name until they’re born (when we decide it) because people always have an opinion, but my mum seems fairly set on us using my (recently passed) Nanna’s name in some way. Don’t get me wrong, I adored my Nanna, but her name wasn’t one of those cute old lady names that are coming back into fashion, or something classic and timeless, it was just pure 90 year old lady. I love flower names and like the idea of using her birth month flower name as a middle name, but I don’t think my mum is happy about that. Why do others think they have a right to have an input on your babies name?!

we used my husband’s grandad’s name for our son’s middle name, but that’s a nice classic, timeless name that I would have been happy using without any connections.
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We had already decided to give our baby (if it's a girl) my sister's middle name as she passed away last year. But I remember my mum making a comment assuming that we would use it (before I had told anyone) and it annoyed me because it's our decision, no one elses. Yes, that's what we want but we might have chosen a different name so I didn't want people assuming/pressuring us to do someone we didn't want to.
 
GillyWilly said:
New here, hey 👋🏻
I'm around 6 weeks. Found out last week as my periods are like clockwork. First midwife episode appt on thursday and been given my 12 week scan date the week before Christmas.
Partner has been amazing but I am feeling SO meh at the moment. Lethargy, nausea, and just sheer exhaustion. I had no idea the early stage was so tiring?! Please someone tell me when I will turn a corner 😭

Good luck to you all who are due so soon! ♥️🥰
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Erm not for a while yet love, they say the first trimester is very tiring ! I have felt exhausted the whole time! I am 18 weeks now and nothing has changed. I have a couple of days where I feel more awake but I feel like I could sleep the clock round !
 
Heartbeats said:
I’m 7 weeks and the nausea is wild this time. Everything triggers it but the worst trigger of all? My husband. I’ve never been less attracted to him in my life. Is this a pregnancy hormone thing or have I made a serious mistake?! 😁
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it will pass 🤣 although I’m near the end and I resent him so much for putting me in this position hahahah
 
For the past few months, we've all thought the lump at my belly button was part of the baby sticking out. Even the midwife was convinced it was a foot. Turns out it's a fibroid so I'm in for a scan tomorrow cause it's measuring 10cm across on an external exam.
 
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