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Has anyone here ever been pregnant?
I am in hospital now with very high blood pressure and I have to be kept under observation until the sprog arrives! I could be in here for up to five weeks they say.
What were your experiences of pregnancy like?
I am in hospital now with very high blood pressure and I have to be kept under observation until the sprog arrives! I could be in here for up to five weeks they say.
What were your experiences of pregnancy like?
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It's one of the most crazy times of a woman's life. Hang in there
How far gone are you? I'm pregnant at the moment. 9 weeks tommorow .
So far i have been quite lucky ecept for overwelming tiredness.
I am due July 12th (approx).
I have had a relatively easy pregnancy but now I'm in hospital for the next few weeks to watch my blood pressure. I wasn't even due to leave work for a few weeks yet!
I had a sickenly annoying pregnancy, mind ! - wasn't sick once and was a size 10 til I was 6 months gone - they told me she was going to be a tiny baby but when she popped out she was 8lbs!
My mum had high blood pressure with my brothers...they say it can be a paternal link, which would explain why she never had it with me as me and my brothers have different dads.
There's not much you can do about it really though, is there? Just try and keep calm about it.
edited because I'm special and it didn't make much sense...not sure if it does now either...ho hum
And at least I get to use the internet!
do you know what sex it is? have you got any names sorted? which hospital u in (i live in Newcastle too...)?
sorry just curious...!
We'll keep you entertained if you're stuck in there too long! hehe
Ooooohhh the day after my birthday .
my boyfriend was on the gas and air too when I had the littl'un...it was hysterical - not many people are impressed by it, but if you take it til the point of passing out its great...just feel really pissed :rolleyes:
ahhhh the memories
This one though I was really ill, Sick every morning from about 6am right through to the afternoon on some days. Then it would stop and come back in the evening. Hang on in there and you'll be fine, at least you dont have ot work! good luck.
My boyfriend doesn't know what sex the baby is yet though, I didn't tell him I know either, but he may have guessed as I haven't bought anything pink, hehe.
Yes, once or twice!
Well with the last one I had to move house when I was 32 weeks. I had to do quite a lot of the donkey work too, didn`t have a choice.
So anyway, I suppose it`s not too surprising that I went into premature labour 3 days later! Went to the hospital where they gave me something to try and stop it (which did work I`m happy to say) but informed me that neonatal intensive care was chockablock and they`d have to find me a bed elsewhere. Eventually this turned out to be in Stoke on Trent!
Needless to say I was not happy. As I said, they stopped the labour, but because I was 3 cm dilated and my membranes were bulging they would not let me go home. And there was still no NICU cot for me in Coventry. So I was stuck there, and my poor other half, bless his heart, came all that way to see me every single night I was there apart from one. Sometimes it took him 3 hours to get there on the fucking M6.
It feels like being in prison doesn`t it? Still at least you have the internet. Not quite sure how, is it a nice modern hospital?? In the hospitals I`ve been in you`re lucky to have a tv! The worst thing I found was watching other women come in, stay a couple of days and then go home again. But then there were a couple of other long term "inmates" so I wasn`t alone. One poor girl was only 28 weeks and they told her she had to stay in till she had it. :-/
Try not to get too down (easier said than done I know). I feel for you, I really do. I`m 16 weeks pregnant atm, just hope this one is a little less complicated!
As Faith said, we`ll help keep you entertained. If you like later I`ll tell you my last birth story. It`s like the script from a Carry on Film! :rolleyes:
Lynn x
Well there`s Molly, Tweety, me, and I`m sure there`s someone else.... Sarah something?
Any more for any more?
Yes there is another but i forget who!
It`s xXxXxSarahxXxXx
I have spent this afternoon nattering so some fellow "inmates" as miffy called them so at least I know I am not alone!!
Yep Sophie & James .
Does anyone know of any good clothes shops? It's a nightmare trying to find clothes that fit. Mothercare have some clothes but they are too big!
Anyway, you could try Asda, Next, H&M, Dorothy Perkins, Formes; and a few online.
Vertbaudet
Blooming Marvellous
Jojo Maman Bebe
Hope you find what you`re looking for. Maternity clothes can be so crap!
that's sad. I hope he gets a come down. Sounds like he's so showing off about it all.
Some people dont realise how difficult it can be to be a parent, but especially at such a young age. My daughter's biological father's a complete asshole, one minute he was claiming her, the next he claimed he didnt even know me... he just couldnt deal with it, and i know if not now, but one day, he'll be sitting in his home regretting that, because she's beautiful, and is going to make something of her life, and she doesnt need him, she has a perfect daddy as it is.
But I think, in a neutral position commenting here, part of the problem was that he was so young, i mean, thats every teenage father's problem isnt it??? A lot of them find it hard to accept, not only the responsibilty (ie job and money as well as parenting itself) but the stick they're gonna get from all their mates.
I find it disturbing that some of them find it so easy to take with a pinch of salt, and just walk away.
I know a couple who've just had a baby a couple of months ago, both of them 15. They stayed together all through the pregnancy, and he really looked after her, and was so proud he was going to be a dad - not showing off or being a prat, genuinely proud. It was really nice to see them together, but they split up about a month after the baby was born - I think they agreed the pressure was too much, and it wasn't right for them to be arguing in front of their child. It was nice to see in a way - you'd never expect him to be the sort of person to take responsibility and stand by his girlfriend, but he did. It's nice to know that not all teenage blokes are too immature to deal with important issues.