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Post by caterina on Jan 28, 2008 15:00:57 GMT
Glad I gave you a laugh Jay, you deserve it hun! I sent the letter, I would have just stewed and exploded if I hadn't! I have my 16 week appointment with her soon so the blood taking should be a laugh! Does/did anyone else get a bit nervous about the HIV test? I don't know why as I was negative in my last pregnancy and am not at risk but for some reason it plays on my mind. Hubby thinks I'm mad but I get really uptight about it, I did last time too. Reckon its just pregnancy madness? Did anyone else get this way about it? I know its not the end of the world if you have it and like I said earlier I'm not at risk but it's been niggling me. When I was bad with PNI last time I was really concerned about germs and diseases so I think it might be a leftover from that. Oh who knows! xx
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Post by Scarlet on Jan 28, 2008 16:29:58 GMT
Hiya Caterina,
Wow 16 weeks already. I can't remember having an HIV test hun, are they routine.. I don't think I did. I remember having the nuchal scan though, and was pretty worried about that, but all turned out well.
You are gonna be just fine hun, it's normal to worry during pregnancy, especially waiting for test results. I didn't have PNI with my first and still worried about all the tests.
When is your test Caterina? Let us know.
Love and huggies Ms big boobies
Scarlet xxxx
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Post by caterina on Jan 29, 2008 9:50:33 GMT
LOL! It seems to be standard in this part of the country, had one last time along with the other routine blood tests they do, I think I do just get nervous waiting for test results and I'm getting very over protective over my bub already! Pregnancy seems to bring out the mothering instinct like crazy! Don't have an appointment yet, I have to go for my dating scan on Thursday (they are running behind!) and then make my appointment from there in case my dates are wrong. I'm sure it'll be fine, I just get nervous, I didn't have any of the tests done for the baby (spina bifida etc) last time as I was young enough that the risk factors were so low and I wanted as few tests done as possible. My MIL makes me chuckle though, she had no scans with hubby, just an xray late on to check for twins and ate nuts, eggs, soft cheese and even drank the odd brandy! He seemed to turn out alright, 10 fingers 10 toes! so I guess we do get hung up on all the testing and scanning and eating the right foods..although I did have 3 dry roasted peanuts last night..oh they tasted good! I have succumbed to maternity jeans and I had forgotten just how wonderful the massive maternity knickers are..they hold you in, in all the right places! Ms massive boobies has now finished her ramble ;D Thanks Scarlet xxxx
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Post by caterina on Feb 16, 2008 1:02:40 GMT
Well girls test was on Wednesday and as I knew it would be came back negative. However I am still a complete loony and can't help thinking 'what if they are wrong?' Oh I don't know why I'm obsessing about this, I really hope it's not the beginnings of PNI rearing its ugly head again. I was referred to see my consultant while I was at the hospital having my scan because of the PNI last time. He did offer me the chance to see the antenatal mental health team but I refused, maybe I would have been better to go, what do you think? Apart from the crazy obsessing I feel fine, am I just a mad pregnant lady with normal fears? sorry to keep going on girls! xx
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Post by winegirl on Feb 16, 2008 12:11:09 GMT
I remeber the HIV test and also paniced about it being wrong, but I dont think these things ever are. You will be fine hun, just an over protective mum!!
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Post by stevensmummy on Feb 17, 2008 12:45:34 GMT
well done Caterina, I just noticed the thread.
Congratulations, better late than never!
I think we do all worry about the test being wrong but as you said up there what your MIL did, its just all precautions and the majority of babies are perfectly healthy.
Have fun with the giant knickers and stretchy waistbands!!!!
Sarah xx
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Post by winegirl on Feb 17, 2008 21:48:19 GMT
LOL Sarah! She's right Caterina! And dont forget the boulder holders for you boobs!!!
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Post by Jay on Feb 18, 2008 6:33:31 GMT
Hiya I have not talked to you for a while, but I ahve caught sight of your thread again. Do you want to talk a bit more about your thoughts and if you need to see this antinatal M H team? How do you feel in general, do you recognise any PNI symptoms coming to the surface? If you needed would you feel you could go back and ask for help if you thought problems were coming back? Or just a thought if you could see the team and say 'I'm here, this is me, If I need your help can I come and see you' I sometimes feel safer if I can set things up just encase I need them.
It might all be just our 'Mum thing' we have of worrying about things.
Glad your test is done and over with. Cross that one off the list!
Have you got much of a bump yet? to go with your big knickers and boobs? When do they do another scan, or is that all done with now?
Take lots of care of yourself. I send my love Jay x
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Post by caterina on Feb 26, 2008 12:17:47 GMT
Hi ladies Haven't been about for a bit..our internet connection has been down and dodgy at best when it does work..changing your internet provider ain't always a good plan! I am having fun with the stretchy waistbands, I actually look pregnant now rather than just fat! Am 19 weeks now so have a bump..with a fat layer on top to keep me warm..well it is cold up here!! Jay - hey how are you getting on just now? I don't think I need to see the MH team just yet, my thoughts are (I think) normal pregnancy thoughts and fears for my unborn baby. My biggest concern is after baby is born..my antenatal appointments are few and far between as this is a 2nd pregnancy and I do worry that the assumption is that my post natal care will not need to be thorough with the 2nd. Mind you I never had the PNI test done last time so it was hardly great then! I don't think I have PNI symptoms at the moment, I feel quite upbeat and am looking forward to being a mummy again. I still have the 2am panics of 'how on earth am I going to manage with 2 kids??' but I think every mum wonders that! The over protectiveness is there with a vengeance and I probably worry about things I can't control but it's not to the same degree it was when I was bad with PNI. I used to clutch on to the buggy at traffic lights when my daughter was tinybecause I had horrible images of the buggy rolling into the road but I reckon that was PNI and anxiety related; so far I've managed to keep a lid on that and be fairly rational! I think I would go back and ask for help if I needed it, and if I didn't I think my husband would drag me back as he does not like PNI me! Thanks girls xxxx
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Post by winegirl on Feb 26, 2008 13:21:12 GMT
Hi Caterina,
So pleased that you are doing so well hun x I think you are right and you are bound to have normal pregnancy anxieties! I am so pleased you are getting excited babes, and wish you the happiest, loveliest pregnancy xxx
WG x
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Post by caterina on Mar 4, 2008 14:17:32 GMT
Warning - WHINGE ALERT! I'm tired My belly aches My pelvis hurts I have horrendous heartburn I'm tired I'm so busy at work I'm tired My boobs are saggy I'm tired I have horrendous heartburn I'm tired! All done now, just needed a bit of a moan! Hope all you lovely ladies are having a good day ;D xxx
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Post by winegirl on Mar 4, 2008 16:50:15 GMT
Awww hun, it is all soooo worth it though! I would love to be pregnant again! Get as much rest as you can hun and make sure your OH is looking after you!!
Take Care
WG x
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Post by caterina on Mar 17, 2008 20:40:13 GMT
Thanks WG! I know I'm just taking from this thread at the moment, to be honest I'm not feeling strong enough to support others just now. Nothing hugely dramatic, just pregnancy is making me ultra sensitive to others problems (that Jersey case really affected me) and I don't feel I can help them so it's just take take just now girls.I have a question, I'm 22 weeks preg now and although I'm keeping OK I'm not sure my daughter is too happy with mummy being preggers. Although I do all the practical stuff for her..feed her, bath her etc she is showing me no affection. I try to play and get silly with her but obviously I'm limited as to how silly I can get with a belly to protect. Tonight for example I bathed her, dried her and put on her nappy and that was it..I was no good any longer she went straight to her dad for a cuddle, she wouldn't let me near her to put her jammies on even!. I try not to take it personally but I wish I could get the cuddles sometimes! That's so pathetic I know but I do feel a bit rejected! Hubby reckons it coz of my belly and she can't get a good snuggle in at the moment but there's not much I can so about that for another 4 months or so yet! Did this happen to anyone else? It's really getting me down xx
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Post by winegirl on Mar 17, 2008 21:08:15 GMT
Hi Caterina
My friend has 3 kids ageing from 4 years to 1 year old. Her eldest boy wasnt bothered when she was pregnant with her second, a little girl. But when she was carrying her third (a little boy) her girl who was a toddler at that time was just like that with her too! As the pregnancy went on she got ok about it as she got used to it and was fine once the baby was born, I guess it is just the lack of understanding kids have sometimes bothering them. Are you showing quite a lot?
Dont worry hun, she will get used to it. And you take, take as much as you like, we will always be here for you x
WG x
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Post by caterina not logged on on Apr 3, 2008 9:42:18 GMT
Hi winegirl Thanks chick, am taking again I'm afraid! Wee one seems to have come out of her mum hating phase and all back to normal..yay! She seems to quite like the bump now, pointing and saying 'baby'..alhough she did that to hubby the other night which he was not impressed about at all!! I have another moan..I've become super duper protective over her, I don't even want to leave her at nursery as I'm worried they will let her stray out of the garden or someone will try and take her. It's ridiculous because i know they are well enclosed while outside and they would never let anyone other than the people I've specified take her out but I can't help but worry that I'll go pick her up and she won't be there. My rational mind knows that won't happen but my crazy pregnancy mind is racing about the 'what-ifs'. I'm worried this is the beginnings of PNI for the second time, Aaargh am I going completely mad?!? xx
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