Saturday, 30 January 2010
25 weeks 5 days
well I feel like ticking time bomb! Waiting for this baby to arrive ! I am on sick leave from work until I deliver, every medical person seems to think it will be in the next two weeks! So scared, I know steriods will help the babies breathing but there are some many other risks when the baby is prem. So fingers and legs are crossed. I am trying to rest but it goes against my nature to do nothing!
Thursday, 28 January 2010
25 weeks 3 days
Well I've made it to 25 weeks, 3 days. Had a consultant appointment and cervical scan today. My cervic is opening and is shortening. They can't do much about it now, but have given me steriods to help the babies lungs in case they come early. Also given me progesteron to help my system keep the baby in. They talked about making sure my notes are up to date, that I go into cheltenham, as gloucester is so busy, as I will probably be transferred some where else (could be ANYWAY in country). So I think they are expecting me to go into labour sooner rather than later, just hope I can stay until after 30 weeks.... who knows. I am so shocked and they've told me to rest, so I have left brownies and will probably have to go on maternity leave with immediate effect now. Here we go......
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Consultant Appointment
Had my clinic appointment today and waited an hour to see not my consultant but a Registrar (well I guess thats who he was). Not very helpful, didn't seem concerned about my cervical scan, wants me to have another in a fortnight when I will be 25 weeks 3 days (which is when Amy came). They don't know what to do with me really but will give me steriods at 25 weeks to give the baby a chance in case it comes early - hope it doesn't come before they give them to me. I am so nervous about this baby coming early especially now the medics don't seem to have any plans to stop it!
I simply want to have the pleasure of having a normal pregnancy, I found it hard sitting in the waiting room with lots of heavily pregnant women thinking will I get a chance to experience that.
I simply want to have the pleasure of having a normal pregnancy, I found it hard sitting in the waiting room with lots of heavily pregnant women thinking will I get a chance to experience that.
Wednesday, 13 January 2010
Scan
Had 20 week scan today (at 23 weeks) all fine with baby, very wriggly so hard to get a decent picture! Cervical scan also done and some shortening happening, so wonder what the consultant will say tomorrow. Fingers crossed munchkin will stay in for 40 weeks....
Friday, 18 December 2009
Rollercoaster already
The rollercoaster starts from the 1st (in our case 2nd, 3rd, 4th) pregnancy tests. Are we really pregnant, are we still? Is the pregnancy going to last? When is morning sickness going to kick in.
Then it does - oh the nausea, it makes you feel rubbish, so tired, so exhausted, just wanted to go to bed until it passes. At one stage I seriously wondered whether I could actually make it through to end of morning sickness, I felt so rough. All even harder when you have a toddler running around to look after, then she got sick and ended up in hospital and I had to be strong for her, then I got flu too whilst Amy was still in hospital. Went on antibiotics, the turmoil you feel just taking paracetamol, is it going to damage the baby. Then the panics about not eating healthily enough, I am struggling to eat fruit - same happened with Amy.
Then we had the 12 week scan to make sure all was ok - date comes back a week earlier than I thought - 10th May due, the consultant chat where what happens next was after 12 week scan and the likelihood of a second prem baby.
To add to all this stress, I was being made redundant and going through the consultation process during morning sickness, finally being told once Amy was out of hospital and I had returned from time off with her and from flu, that I was being made redundant at Christmas. I was though offered a temporary job until my maternity leave kicks in, then I will get redundancy pay at the end of my maternity leave.
Had a midwife appointment and heard the babies heart beat - so lovely. All growing well. Then had to choose whether to have the swine flu jab, risks but risks of getting swine flu out weighed the worries over the jab.
Then the rollercoaster of internal scans started - my first scan at 17 weeks shows that my cervix is shortened, 2.4cm - which is a real worry. Makes me slow down, stop lifting anything heavy, Daddy has to take over vacuum cleaning, lifting etc. Then my next scan at 19 weeks (a week before Christmas) I worry that my cervix will stop us going to France, if it goes below 2cm then surgery has to happen or progesterone supplements or bed rest! But my 19 week scan shows the first one was done wrongly (or a miracle has happened) and I am actually 3.9cm! Which is a relief.
I am now trying to relax, enjoying the lovely little kicks and the growing belly. I have my next scan at nearly 21 weeks - on 31st December, that is an internal, anomaly scan to check all is ok and a consultant appointment. Just hoping we can go into the new year with positive news about the pregnancy!!!
Then it does - oh the nausea, it makes you feel rubbish, so tired, so exhausted, just wanted to go to bed until it passes. At one stage I seriously wondered whether I could actually make it through to end of morning sickness, I felt so rough. All even harder when you have a toddler running around to look after, then she got sick and ended up in hospital and I had to be strong for her, then I got flu too whilst Amy was still in hospital. Went on antibiotics, the turmoil you feel just taking paracetamol, is it going to damage the baby. Then the panics about not eating healthily enough, I am struggling to eat fruit - same happened with Amy.
Then we had the 12 week scan to make sure all was ok - date comes back a week earlier than I thought - 10th May due, the consultant chat where what happens next was after 12 week scan and the likelihood of a second prem baby.
To add to all this stress, I was being made redundant and going through the consultation process during morning sickness, finally being told once Amy was out of hospital and I had returned from time off with her and from flu, that I was being made redundant at Christmas. I was though offered a temporary job until my maternity leave kicks in, then I will get redundancy pay at the end of my maternity leave.
Had a midwife appointment and heard the babies heart beat - so lovely. All growing well. Then had to choose whether to have the swine flu jab, risks but risks of getting swine flu out weighed the worries over the jab.
Then the rollercoaster of internal scans started - my first scan at 17 weeks shows that my cervix is shortened, 2.4cm - which is a real worry. Makes me slow down, stop lifting anything heavy, Daddy has to take over vacuum cleaning, lifting etc. Then my next scan at 19 weeks (a week before Christmas) I worry that my cervix will stop us going to France, if it goes below 2cm then surgery has to happen or progesterone supplements or bed rest! But my 19 week scan shows the first one was done wrongly (or a miracle has happened) and I am actually 3.9cm! Which is a relief.
I am now trying to relax, enjoying the lovely little kicks and the growing belly. I have my next scan at nearly 21 weeks - on 31st December, that is an internal, anomaly scan to check all is ok and a consultant appointment. Just hoping we can go into the new year with positive news about the pregnancy!!!
Sunday, 6 December 2009
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