September 2013 babies!!

[Wanting-a-girl]

Also lots of water and strawberries are natural laxative... My only concern is you could possibly need a stool softner now if you have been constipated for a while or it might be very painful to pass

[atomic sagebrush]

It gets worse with every pregnancy. I cannot imagine what it is like to be Michelle Duggar LOL.

Fiber can totally make it worse, fiber is best as a day in, day out preventative kind of thing and not as a remedy for an already existing condition. This is esp. true in pregnancy because it's like you can never drink enough water when you're pg. Not to alarm you, but if you don't go soon, I think you need to call your doctor because you may be impacted.

My advice is this stuff http://alodrink.com/ I also STRONGLY recommend having some to take with you to the hospital and to have it on hand when you get home. Made all the difference in the world for me between DS 4 and DD.

Sorry for WAY TMI but you may need to use a suppository or some rubber gloves and vaseline to manually get things moving. o.O

[atomic sagebrush]

about the prenatal testing, my doctor advised against it because the main reason you come back as "high risk" is due to age. It usually has nothing to do with the blood tests themselves, they add up factors and age is the most important, so everyone over a certain age comes back high risk regardless of what their blood tests even say.

[Mum to three girls]

Thanks everyone, my overall risk is 1:494 so still quite low for my age but my PAPP level is low(ish) and my HCG is huge so I'm nervous. No one else is that worried. I'm not sleeping well this pregnancy but I do feel better this morning. I still think I'll get the blood test done though.

I think my nub looks boy too but there were so many girl shots during the scan that I'm only being quietly hopeful.

Thoz, I'm not constipated this time but was with the last three so I've lots of sympathy!

Good luck Northern!

[divakotka]

Waiting for Northern's update.....................

[Northern_Shutterbug]

You'll be waiting a while, appointment is in 1 hr 10 mins!

So so nervous please send as much pink dust as possible!!!

[Mum to three girls]

I agree about the fibre, Thorz. You're better off eating foods high in fibre and taking a stool softener. They're not absorbed by the body so safe.

[Mum to three girls]

You'll be waiting a while, appointment is in 1 hr 10 mins!

So so nervous please send as much pink dust as possible!!!

Well, based on my nub someone MAY have taken mine!

[fish2012]

Mum to three I dunno if this will make you feel better but in the uk they wouldn't test for any of this except downs so it maybe a case of too much info is a dangerous thing! Hope you get some peace of mind soon

Thorz porridge! Oddly had bad constipation last two preggies and none this, dried fruit, porridge/high fibre ceral lots of veg no white bread/cakes etc high fibre bread portion of berries and live yog a day

Thou I'm afraid I agree with atomic thou these will prevent but this time so laxctalose maybe way to go ;-( then start preventatives

Ladies think northern said her scan was at 7.30 so may hear in about an hour!

[Mum to three girls]

fish, definitely too much info! I'm going to try to forget about it now (after the blood test, lol).

I think Northern was going out with her family after the scan-it'll be ages!