Pregnancy and Parenting Society Mark II

Hi all,

How is everyone doing?

My monkey has hit the terrible twos early it would seem, full blown tantrums. Am currently 12+3, got scan on thursday and found baby heartbeat with doppler last night

We are ok, Isaac has ridiculous tantrums it is exhausting!

Hope scan goes well!

I'm still in hiding (a couple of you know who I am!) but am 11/40 (first pregnancy, medic). Off work after being admitted with hyperemesis 2 weeks ago. Still feeling pretty ropey but definitely better than I was.

Have some pre-booked annual leave so decamping to somewhere rural and quiet for a few days! Hopefully will stay hydrated. I have enough drugs to supply a small camp of pregnant women and some O&G friends who live nearby and know the local hospital if things get ropey so that's something.

36 weeks today!

But possibly developing pre-eclampsia (I blame the two placentas as didn't have it in my first pregnancy) so induction might be bought forward to next week...

Spending today on a multi-disciplinary obstetric emergency course at my hospital. This could raise some interesting personal/professional conflicts of interest...

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Is this the hospital you are going to deliver at? How many weeks are you now? Are you going to find out what you are having?

Yes, I'm booked in the same place I currently work! I'm 19/40 today, scan is not till the 27th. H wants to find out the sex, I'm still undecided but expect I might spot anyway - they have a nice screen setup with a relay monitor you can watch live, so I'll see whatever they're scanning.

I'm still in hiding (a couple of you know who I am!) but am 11/40 (first pregnancy, medic). Off work after being admitted with hyperemesis 2 weeks ago. Still feeling pretty ropey but definitely better than I was.

Have some pre-booked annual leave so decamping to somewhere rural and quiet for a few days! Hopefully will stay hydrated. I have enough drugs to supply a small camp of pregnant women and some O&G friends who live nearby and know the local hospital if things get ropey so that's something.

Glad you're feeling a little better, and I hope that you start to turn the corner in the next few weeks. Enjoy your holiday!

I need to book some kind of summer trip - I have AL booked in July when I'll be ~31/40; we were supposed to be going to Shetland with the in-laws but I wasn't comfortable being so far from a "proper" hospital with obstetricians and a neonatal unit, so I think somewhere on the UK mainland is a more sensible option!

Glad you're feeling a little better, and I hope that you start to turn the corner in the next few weeks. Enjoy your holiday!

I need to book some kind of summer trip - I have AL booked in July when I'll be ~31/40; we were supposed to be going to Shetland with the in-laws but I wasn't comfortable being so far from a "proper" hospital with obstetricians and a neonatal unit, so I think somewhere on the UK mainland is a more sensible option!

Next question... I'm starting to get hayfever symptoms. Normally I take loratadine and add eye drops + steroid nasal spray when it gets worse. All of the above seem to be reasonably safe in pregnancy but all say "consult your GP before use." Do I really have to? Are they likely to change anything?

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Next question... I'm starting to get hayfever symptoms. Normally I take loratadine and add eye drops + steroid nasal spray when it gets worse. All of the above seem to be reasonably safe in pregnancy but all say "consult your GP before use." Do I really have to? Are they likely to change anything?

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I'm still in hiding (a couple of you know who I am!) but am 11/40 (first pregnancy, medic). Off work after being admitted with hyperemesis 2 weeks ago. Still feeling pretty ropey but definitely better than I was.

Have some pre-booked annual leave so decamping to somewhere rural and quiet for a few days! Hopefully will stay hydrated. I have enough drugs to supply a small camp of pregnant women and some O&G friends who live nearby and know the local hospital if things get ropey so that's something.

It might not get worse! Luckily my hayfever has always been much milder when pregnant.

Google GPNotebook Hayfever in pregnancy (can't figure out copying in a link) - I'd go for beclometasone intranasally & sodium cromoglicate eyedrops first line.

Thanks for the good wishes everyone, really appreciate it.

I'm on high dose prednisolone which is definitely making life bearable but the side effects are something else! Today I can't weight bear because of excruciating knee pain and had to be carried up the stairs! Sitting on the sofa crying in front of my in laws is definitely a new low...