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mdunn77
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 Posted - 26 Jun 2009 : 08:07:09 AM
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First of many weird hormonal episodes I'm sure - your OH will (have to) get used to it  |
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Wicked D
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Posted - 26 Jun 2009 : 09:36:45 AM
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Ann - as I have 3 daughters i too can speak as an OH, your going to go through many changes and emotions over the next few YEARS let alone the next few months some good some bad BUT its how life is made and delt with
we men dont always understand that we have to change and alter our ways/thoughts to
i too agree with mdunn77 & Mij0
good luck keep smiling  and remember IF you need to sound off your fellow clubbies are here too
"If you're going through hell, KEEP GOING"....W Churchill |
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Smout
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Posted - 27 Jun 2009 : 5:36:42 PM
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Hello guys  Thank you for your thought an words.
OH is trying and is being really sweet to me. LOL this am - that other running site has a silly thread about whether there's enough snogging going on - told OH about it an the lack of said cross training and we are now going on a proper get dressed up date on Friday - he's deciding where to take me  I need to find something to wear over the already expanding belly!
I was extremely tired it seems (hence not been on internet much - reading, eating an sleeping was my limit when at home) - spent most of last weekend and Monday night alseep or dozing (after spending Monday day barely able to work rather than snooze at my desk). Tuesday wasn't much better - was working from home an only got out of bed at about 10 and was great for about two hours! Wednesday much the same and Thursday half hour late for work then suddenly Friday - first time out of bed before 9am and felt fine all day :o)
This was luckily a good thing as I've been on call all week with no calls until trying to leave work last night so didn't get home till after midnight, up again for a 07:50 call and then back to bed. But I still feel great - not top of the world but not any worse than I would without Smoutickle on board. Had a lovely snooze till after 2pm an OH now making my dinner 
Still not much running going on but cycling every day to an from work. Will get back into it as I feel ok - just the tiredness meant I didn't have much time at lunch last week an slept as soon as I arrived home!
Oh - an my darn snotfest has returned!!!! The one that I had most of last year, cleared up in December but came back again in January an cleared just before NTRIX with doses of Amoxiwatsits. Had a Beconaise spray thing that seemed to help keep it at bay if I used it as soon as I felt it coming on however since Smoutickle appeared I was wary to use, doc said it was ok then I kept forgetting an now it's been open too long  Have Doc on Monday so re-stock on the spray an see what she says about it coming back again. I think it has not helped with the tiredness - I can't breathe to sleep properly an I have sore lips an mouth from breathing through my mouth nearly all the time ggggrrrr......... Cycling seems to clear it for a wee while (maybe an hour or so) an running helped before so hopefully that'll work again
Right.... now that I appear to be awake an back with the rest of humanity I think I may try to keep my diary up-to-date. Cycling and hopefully some swimming as of next week (OH says he will come with me  ) and running when I feel like it. I just don;t want to run when I don't feel to much like it cos I want to keep having fun an not associate it with tiredness or make the tiredness worse
"To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting." ~Stanislaus I of Poland |
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Smout
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Posted - 27 Jun 2009 : 10:44:40 PM
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ermmm..... I refhreshed I think an posted the last thing again..... think I'm off to watch a film and stop confusing myself with the internet |
Edited by - Smout on 27 Jun 2009 10:46:48 PM |
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Mij0
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Posted - 22 Jul 2009 : 9:36:00 PM
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Ann - we know you are busy but come on ...... give us a clue what's going on
Less fat, more fit, but still hedonistic |
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lincsfella
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Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 1:48:20 PM
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Hi guys.... Lincs here.
Just a note really to let you know Ann's been a tad quiet on forums of late. She's not actually feeling too great at the moment. She had a bit of a fright recently with the baby. Both Mum to be and Smoutickle are ok although when born, baby will need a bit of treatment which obviously is very worrying for Ann and David.
But Ann's fine and will be back posting as soon as things calm down a bit and a some form of normality comes back.
Thanks folks.
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mdunn77
1540 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 2:19:40 PM
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| everything crossed for you Ann (and David & Smoutickle) |
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fishyweb
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Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 3:13:07 PM
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Everything crossed here as well. Lets hope normality returns very soon.
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Dips
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Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 3:35:35 PM
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David, please send mine and UKnetrunner's very best wishes to her, David and the baby. If we can do anything to help just shout.
Be strong Ann, we're all thinking of you.
Dips x
"If you ever get a second chance in life for something, you've got to go all the way."
- Lance Armstrong
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StephenPrice
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Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 3:53:22 PM
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deano
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Posted - 23 Jul 2009 : 5:50:41 PM
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Take care ann, look after you and baby...
take it very easy..
deano
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PeteStockdale
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Posted - 24 Jul 2009 : 9:12:55 PM
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Hope everything's OK. Zo and I have our fingers and toes crossed for you.
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Smout
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Posted - 25 Jul 2009 : 10:36:02 AM
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Hello Folks
Like Lincs says - I am fine and everything will be fine. The situation is not serious at all - just taken a wee few days to get my head round it.
Midwife from the Simpsons at Royal Infirmary (rather than my own midwife) called an left a message about my AFP / HCG blood test from almost 3 weeks earlier and I had to call her back - this was a week past Wednesday at 6pm I found it and the panic started I instantly expected to be told they thought Down's Syndrome and spent the evening worrying about it and David annoyed at me for leaving my phone on silent in my handbag. I was scared they'd want me to have an Amniowhatsit - but we already knew we didn't want a 'poke in the belly' just to know for certain (1 in 100 chance of miscarriage with it). When my mum was pregnant with me (she was 42 when I was born) doctors tried to convince her to get rid of me for that reason and she refused to know about results of tests she said she didn't want.
8am next morning the midwife ruled out Edwards or Downs Syndrome as that would be associated with 'low' AFP levels (a protein produced by the baby that passes into the mum's bloodstream) - mine was slightly high so was in the bracket for Spina Bifida. The levels are taken on medians and averages and blah blah blah so they just set a cut off - the cut-off used here is really quite low to prevent missing cases so the chances were that all was fine. My 20 week scan was brought forward to Friday last week and baby was facing my back - ideal position to get a really good look up and down the spine with absolutely no sign of SB or any other neural tube defect. We were so happy an relieved when they told us an asked us to go for a walk / food to see if baby would turn around so they could finish the scan (it was the full abnormality scan - just extra special attention for SB due to my blood result). Mum was there with happy tears an a hug for us.
At the end of the scan they told us the baby has Bilateral Talipes (clubfeet). I never really knew what it was - only heard the term clubfeet - worldwide there are 1 to 2 in 1000 babies born with this congenital disorder. It is completely unrelated to my AFP levels which are apparently now classed as 'normal' for me at this stage of this pregnancy. It is also not something they understand the causes for yet. There is a genetic link - I have read adults who have suffered talipes go on to have multiple children with the condition but other than that there's assumptions about the position in the womb (which usually it is believe results in the less serious positional type) or not enough amniotic fluid in the womb.
They didn't tell us much more - said to come back for another scan on 29th and they will try to get us an appointment with Sick Kids to speak to the physiotherapists who deal with this condition. The internet has lots of information apparently - a very bad idea for me! Bar brawls aside - one 'nice' thought was finding that Steven Gerrard was born with the condition (I don't know how 'bad' or how he was treated though).
Luckily, here, they carry out what is called the Ponseti Method to treat this condition rather than simply offering significant surgery. She sad they couldn;t determine how bad it is now - that would have to wait until baby is born. They way she described it seems they seen more that just positional talipes which seems to mean our wee baby will likely be in full leg casts for the first 2 or 3 months, then special wee shoes with a bar attached for 23 hours a day for another while before reducing to nap times and bedtimes until 4 years old. They say it should not affect development and all the milestones like crawling and walking should still be hit as normal
So - having had time to calm down I do feel a little better. We are of course still very upset that our wee baby isn;t 'perfect'. It is especially a shock to be a runner and have thoughts in your head that your baby may never be able to do that if they wanted (which I now know isn't likely to be the case). We are worried about 'other related conditions' - which we have no evidence of so really have to try not to worry! Soo many other much worse things could have gone wrong so if this is it then we are extremely grateful. The guaranteed sleepless nights for a while are not going to be fun, neither is the thought of brand new tiny baby looking like there's two broken legs attached! Nappy changes should be interesting  I was angry about some people 'popping out' perfect babies despite smoking/drinking/drugs the whole time. Now I think, if 1 in 1000 babies is to be born with this, then better David and I who are in Edinburgh, close to the hospital carrying out the treatment, and will care enough to follow the treatment correctly rather than those people out there who may not care as much as they should and take the easy option with the treatment when it shifts to being the parents full responsibility.
This video about the Ponseti method helped me feel lots better about things. I've watched it sevral times now when I get upset about the talipes -
http://www.clubfeet.net/video.php
Oooo - and I think going out on my bicycle on Thursday night after work for a wee 3 miles helped my head feel better. My mate Pete was running but I didn;t have all the equipment for that but I did have my bike - it had been there for 3 weeks! So I joined him for laps of the outer bit of the football pitch and did about 3 miles of comfortable chatting in total
This doesn't excuse my absence for a whole month tho - how'd that happen 
Firstly - I think I escaped the 1st trimester effects completely unscathed to then hit tiredness and headaches (not bad ones to worry about) in the 2nd! I've not been running much since the last update here but still cycled a wee bit. I've just not been feeling to up to it an sleeping a lot. When I did run I think I now have to get used to the whole wonkified digestive stuff again (used to be bad when I was first running regularly) cos there were definite attacks of the 'Davids' which has caused me to walk a fair bit
So - cycling for me seems ok but I'm undecided about running so will just head out when I feel like it I need a tent now mind - the belly expanded so much that my work trousers last worn Thursday 18th with a button out this Thursday didn;t even let the zip go up half way and the closest button was still over an inch away from fastening
We did go to T In the Park Thursday to Monday over my birthday weekend - Smoutickle's first festival It was fun - we stayed in ' The Residence' rather than Slum City - which we had to pass through to get to the arena - it was not pretty. We stayed in a Tipi and it was great - although I was ready for my own bed by Monday night!
And finally..... we were keeping it secret but we're useless - baby Smoutickle is in fact our wee baby boy. David is over the moon, was extremely happy with the thought of a girl but seems even happier (if that was possible) with wee boy floating about inside me
Thanks for all your kind words folks
Ann, David and Smoutickle
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krissienewton
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Posted - 25 Jul 2009 : 10:51:03 AM
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Thanks for sharing that with us Ann and Im so glad for you both that of all the possible outcomes of the tests it has been of the less severe. Keeping my fingers crossed for a smooth rest of the pregnancy for you. Lots of Love 
Krissie
Get up and walk if you have to, but finish the damned race - Ron Hill |
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Laura Foster
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Posted - 25 Jul 2009 : 11:19:49 AM
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| Glad to hear that everything is under control Ann. Hope things continue to progress well for you and Smoutickle. Now we know he's a boy do we get to help you choose names? I've got some great ideas..... |
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Smouting thru 2009
