So I've had swelling in my hands and feet, but my feet and toes have been itching like mad.
Recently there's also little reddish bumps on my toes. Feels like I want to sand off my feet.
Would love any tips or advice!! 🙏🏻
Note: it is NOT on the soles of my feet or palms of my hands, so midwife and doc is happy it's not a crisis.
Doc put me on iron supplements and even at one pill every other day I went from one nr2 a day to bricked up.
Didn't want to try more pills for the constipation so decided to try prune juice as my midwife suggested.
Bought a fancy bottle of high quality thick prune juice at local supermarket. Instructions say 1 glass a day in the morning before food, a second at night if you feel you need it.
Yeah. I know why it now says 'be sure if you need that second glass'.
On the second day using it I can happily report the plumbing has been sufficiently ✨Flushed🌊.
10/10 would recommend. And be sure before you take that second glass a day.
Disclaimer, of course: this is anecdotal, but maybe give it a try before taking laxatives if you're already on a bunch of supplements (like me). Less pills is less side effects to manage. And as always listen to your doctor over strangers on the internet.
Making this piece as a thank you to the research nurses and midwives that I've had the honour of meeting with my pregnancy. Not used to cross stitch, even less text, usually doing embroidery.
How can I make the text pop? I used dark green and deep yellow. Would a wreath or some shading work? I don't know, open to any advice!
I'm 29wks, 34 FTM. All's been good so far, we opted to do the nipt test earlier on and said we'll want to know the gender.
It said boy. We were so excited, had a baby shower recently, picking names and fixing the baby room.
Now today at 29wks the obstetrician says the ultrasound looks like a little girl to him.
He says it might be one of them is wrong - which is unlikely - or it's a bigger issue. He offered an amniocentesis, but says it won't change anything really.
We were so excited and happy and suddenly things feel uncertain and unclear. I don't know what to think.
Very open to any advice or wisdom right now.