The Great Big Question Thread

bigworldlittleg

Ask and answer any and all questions here!

Try to place questions here rather than in “one off” threads - keeps the board looking cleaner and helps us all to get to know one another 🙂

redseawitch

Sore breasts are getting worse. Any tips?

bigworldlittleg

@redseawitch Can’t say I have any tips! Maybe forgo a bra whenever you can? If anything, it’s a good sign! 🤷🏻‍♀️

bigworldlittleg

@BumpAdmin Can we have this thread pinned? 🙂

watermelonsunshine

I just read that first trimester ultrasounds are often internal. I feel like no one talks about this?? 🙈

bigworldlittleg

@watermelonsunshine I think they only do a vaginal ultrasound if it’s 5 or 6 weeks. My 8 week dating scan last pregnancy was a normal one using a Doppler. Every OB office is different but I would say the vast majority of them don’t opt for the vaginal ultrasound unless they have a good reason for it!

watermelonsunshine

thank you!!

prettylittleowl

What are we doing about these cramping/growing pains? It comes and goes but man is it annoying!

bigworldlittleg

@prettylittleowl the round ligament pain sucks! I think Tylenol is all you can really take, but personally it doesn’t do much for me. Besides that I think just resting and not making any quick movements (like standing up fast or twisting) is the best you can do.

prettylittleowl

@bigworldlittleg thanks lady! Do you take regular or extra strength?

lappymom2019

redseawitch said:

Sore breasts are getting worse. Any tips?

I switched to stretchy nursing bras early my last pregnancy and I’ll probably do the same this time too because they are already huge and sore.

watermelonsunshine said:

I just read that first trimester ultrasounds are often internal. I feel like no one talks about this?? 🙈

My office does the transvaginal for the first appointment. I was surprised my first pregnancy but in the early stages it is much harder to see abdominally so it is more reliable. It isn’t really that bad but awkward.

lappymom2019

prettylittleowl said:

What are we doing about these cramping/growing pains? It comes and goes but man is it annoying!

I think lived in the bath my first pregnancy but walking and keeping from sitting too long for a given stretch helps too.

bigworldlittleg

prettylittleowl said:

@bigworldlittleg thanks lady! Do you take regular or extra strength?

I have regular strength at home, but extra strength is perfectly safe to take!

bayleafm

Last time I had a transvaginal ultrasound for my 8 week scan, apparently you can hear the babies heartbeat better. I have endometriosis and have had about a million of these scans throughout my life, they're not so bad!

bayleafm

If it's the joint pain then I use a heatpack on my back and I've been trying to do yoga and hip Opening stretches. The uterus cramping, if possible I try to lie down and just breathe through it. It doesn't last too long for me