April/May/June 2012 Moomies

Ok, seems MS has now started to set in Been feelling nauseous for 2 days now. No vomiting, just !

Phoned the gynae, I'm going in just now for a sonar just to check if everything is still fine. Lekker stressed, but just think how much better I will feel afterwards if everything is ok

Oh, and I'm scheduled for something called "First Look" testing in about a month's time. Apparently it's the Down Syndrome screening as well as screening for a few other things. Has anyone else done this?

Hi Ladies

Stacey - It was an exam for a course I'm doing online (I'm slightly crazy since I signed up for an online course in addition to my other studies) so thankfully I could do it at home, on the couch! I'm not sure if I would be able to actually sit an exam, but mine are all in December and I think they are take home exams.

Ronel and Adele - I envy you that you get MS for only a little bit! That's what they show ms to be like in the movies.. Adele, our pregnancies are pretty close together, I'm exactly 8 weeks today - I had some bleeding about 2 weeks ago and the nurse got me in for an ultrasound and said everything was fine. According to my SIL, who is a doctor, if they don't pick up pre-eclampsia or issues with the placenta, then the bleeding shouldn't be an issue. I'm still spotting slightly.

Champers - that ultrasound is great, you can see the baby so clearly!

2kmm, I'm so jealous that you can eat so many things! I really wish my food aversions would disappear, even more so than the ms. I'm pretty keen on trying hypnobirthing, I just need to find a practitioner here - is anyone else interested in doing hypnobirthing?

I went for my 8 week appointment yesterday - it was a big disappointment. I'm on the university medical aid so I had to make an appointment with their gynecology department. Turns out it is a group practice of about 6 or 7 doctors. For your first appointment you only meet a nurse who takes your history and does an ultrasound, blood tests and urine tests. You then get assigned a doctor but because its a group practice, it's not necessarily your doctor who will deliver your baby - it will be whichever doctor is on call. I'm seriously thinking about looking into midwives and birthing centres here instead, though I'll have to see what the health insurance covers.

@ Stacey Smey, I've been nibbling of Digestive Buscuits, Ginger Buscuits, Tuc buscuits & Apples. I am totally off coffee & Tea and even find it hard to drink Rooibos this time round. I have a craving for Milk with Nesquick every now and then and also cheese & yoghurt. I'm trying to be healthy about my choices as well but I seem to be having lost of cravings for salt & vinegar chips again. Really hoping this is a good sign that we are having a girl again.

@ champers great all is ok and baba is doing well!

2km I also find I have to eat ALL the time, been nibbling on carrots and pretzels, trying to still be healthy! Also find my MS ia worse in the morn and again in the Eve! It will be so worth it! Good luck for ur scan on thurs.

I've got my 12 week scan on 17 Nov ( 2 days before my bday) can't wait!

How the rest of the ladies doing?

Xxx

Hi Ladies

Sorry I am so quiet but I am really struggling to get onto Moomies since Friday. It's very frustrating. @ Champers, glad all looks good. It always amazes me how much you can already see at 13 weeks.

Still very very nauseas, I hope that it gets better not worse. Have to keep eating things to keep it at bay and it's at it's worse early in the morning and from about 5pm it gets quite bad.

I am off to see the gyne on Thursday for my 8 week scan.

lol @Champers.... doctors sometimes have the most warped sense of humor!! My mom works for 2 gynaes and a pediatrician in Knysna and I met them all when I was down there in July... very dry and very warped sense of humors all 3 of them! Glad all is well with baba.