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Old April 8th 09, 07:01 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
Anne Rogers
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Seems like I'm the only person still pregnant! It's been great to see
Lu-Lu back and hear about the arrival of Kieran. I think it's strange
that in such a small group, we have two mums with narcolespy!

I'm now 30+3, things are a mixture of good and bad with me, good is that
my symphysis pubis pain is way better than it was at this stage with my
last pregnancy, my hip has also been pretty good, still better at this
stage than when I actually got pregnant! In part I think that is just
time post surgery. I've been working with a great physio, very different
to anyone I've worked with before, I wish I'd found her a few months
ago! My main moan physically is my right rib cage, shoulder and upper
arm, it's very painful and painkillers don't seem to have much effect
and it's a difficult area to rest, I can't exactly stop breathing on one
side!

The bad is that I seem to have been struck by antenatal depression, at
first it seemed like stopping taking meds for narcolepsy as well as the
typical 1st trimester tiredness and then it not really lifting was
causing me to feel as if everything was getting on top of me because
there just wasn't enough awake time. So at about 20 weeks, we tried a
small dosage of an alertness med and it did seem to slow things down for
a while, but in the last 4-5 weeks it's become much more obvious that
I'm generally down, not coping, anxious etc. I got a recommendation from
a friend for a psyhciatrist specialising in women's issues, but it's
still a couple of weeks until the first available appointment, at the I
made it I was still thinking I just wanted to touch base with someone,
have a plan, that kind of thing, in case of PPD, which I had after my
first. I finally admitted this weekend that this approach wasn't going
to work, I had a problem NOW and sitting on it wasn't going to help
anyone, so called up and made an urgent appointment with my primary care
doctor and have started back on Zoloft. I'm not sure how I feel about
that. I'm also lined up to see a counsellor, not sure how I feel about
that either!

To add to all of this, I've been having lots of contractions, not
particularly unusual for me, but they've never changed my cervix before,
but now I'm 70% effaced and very soft, which is more change than 6
hours before DD was born. Fetal fibronectin test 10 days ago was
negative, but that only tells you birth is very unlikely within 2 weeks.
We have an appointment with our midwife today, so we'll discuss then
what, if anything we do next, currently, I'm supposed to be taking
things easy and have been prescribed terbutaline for when I have more
than 6 contractions in an hour, but I've had to stop taking it as it was
making my anxiety even worse.

Cheers
Anne
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Old April 8th 09, 08:52 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
lu-lu
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Hiya

*hugs* first of all - narcolepsy in pregnancy sucks, and no-one really
sympathises because they put the extra tiredness down to being pregnant, but
I've found the excess daytime sleepiness part was very extreme in those last
few weeks. I don't have cataplexy, but with Kieran I was literally falling
asleep standing up - although I'm not sure if the embolism affected that.
Sleep as much as you can, and don't let anyone criticise you for that, it
was the only thing that got me through with Jessica, but it's easier said
than done with other kids around.

I'm glad the SPD is looking better at this stage... I hope it continues to
stay that way - I remember you gave me loads of really good advice for my
hips when I was expecting Jessica.

Well done on taking action with the depression. I didn't when I was
expecting Kieran - I don't like my the doctors at my surgery, I got myself
paranoid they'd take my baby away, and I was ashamed. I wish I had done
something about it though as it was really only here that I spoke about it,
and I let it spoil the pregnancy as I couldn't talk about it anywhere else.
If you're on facebook and fancy a chat, I'm - I've not
sorted msn or anything like that yet.

I hope things go ok for you- take care

Lucy x



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Old April 9th 09, 12:59 PM posted to misc.kids.pregnancy
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
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Seems like I'm the only person still pregnant! It's been great to see
Lu-Lu back and hear about the arrival of Kieran. I think it's strange that
in such a small group, we have two mums with narcolespy!

I'm now 30+3, things are a mixture of good and bad with me, good is that
my symphysis pubis pain is way better than it was at this stage with my
last pregnancy, my hip has also been pretty good, still better at this
stage than when I actually got pregnant! In part I think that is just time
post surgery. I've been working with a great physio, very different to
anyone I've worked with before, I wish I'd found her a few months ago! My
main moan physically is my right rib cage, shoulder and upper arm, it's
very painful and painkillers don't seem to have much effect and it's a
difficult area to rest, I can't exactly stop breathing on one side!

The bad is that I seem to have been struck by antenatal depression, at
first it seemed like stopping taking meds for narcolepsy as well as the
typical 1st trimester tiredness and then it not really lifting was causing
me to feel as if everything was getting on top of me because there just
wasn't enough awake time. So at about 20 weeks, we tried a small dosage of
an alertness med and it did seem to slow things down for a while, but in
the last 4-5 weeks it's become much more obvious that I'm generally down,
not coping, anxious etc. I got a recommendation from a friend for a
psyhciatrist specialising in women's issues, but it's still a couple of
weeks until the first available appointment, at the I made it I was still
thinking I just wanted to touch base with someone, have a plan, that kind
of thing, in case of PPD, which I had after my first. I finally admitted
this weekend that this approach wasn't going to work, I had a problem NOW
and sitting on it wasn't going to help anyone, so called up and made an
urgent appointment with my primary care doctor and have started back on
Zoloft. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I'm also lined up to see a
counsellor, not sure how I feel about that either!

To add to all of this, I've been having lots of contractions, not
particularly unusual for me, but they've never changed my cervix before,
but now I'm 70% effaced and very soft, which is more change than 6 hours
before DD was born. Fetal fibronectin test 10 days ago was negative, but
that only tells you birth is very unlikely within 2 weeks. We have an
appointment with our midwife today, so we'll discuss then what, if
anything we do next, currently, I'm supposed to be taking things easy and
have been prescribed terbutaline for when I have more than 6 contractions
in an hour, but I've had to stop taking it as it was making my anxiety
even worse.

(((hugs)))
I found pregnancy #3 really hard. I don't know why I found it so hard, as I
had the least problems with it, particularly much less morning sickness, and
didn't have the worry I had with #2 after they found her hand was missing on
the scan. I haven't had depression with any of them, but it was the closest
when I was pregnant with #3.
Are you sure that the contractions haven't changed your cervix before? I ask
because I wouldn't know. I've only had 2 internals and those were both
during labour with #1.
#2 engaged by 28 weeks and I was convinced she'd come early. Which she did-5
days early! So it may just be your body's dealing differently with #3, bu
still won't deliver significantly early.
Hope you feel better.
Debbie


 




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