Ladies, the laundry soap ingestion is a form of pica and can't be controlled by "just choosing to quit". Pregnancy exacerbates this condition for those who suffer with it and often the treatments fail. This is something that doctors see (there are pregnant women who ingest all kinds of non-food items) but is extremely difficult to control - usually is treated with medications used with OCD. But stop being so hard on her for the laundry soap and be thankful you don't have this affliction.
Who is being hard on her? Telling her that 1) it's a problem and 2) to seek help from a professional, is the best thing for her to do, and what everyone has recommended. The fact that her current providers are doing nothing to help her means that she should find alternative providers, not that she should be ok with ingesting laundry detergent.
Ladies, the laundry soap ingestion is a form of pica and can't be controlled by "just choosing to quit". Pregnancy exacerbates this condition for those who suffer with it and often the treatments fail. This is something that doctors see (there are pregnant women who ingest all kinds of non-food items) but is extremely difficult to control - usually is treated with medications used with OCD. But stop being so hard on her for the laundry soap and be thankful you don't have this affliction.
Who is being hard on her? Telling her that 1) it's a problem and 2) to seek help from a professional, is the best thing for her to do, and what everyone has recommended. The fact that her current providers are doing nothing to help her means that she should find alternative providers, not that she should be ok with ingesting laundry detergent.
I don't see anyone being nasty. To tell someone to seek professional help is.....a helpful suggestion. It shouldn't be seen as an insult.
Ingesting laundry detergent isn't a normal behavior, no matter the root of it. Counseling may be able to help her and it may be something she is afraid to do.
No one just seems to be taking it seriously. My partner goes mad and tells me to stop but I am forever saying to him I feel like I can't control it. I'm getting really down that people aren't taking me seriously and that my family and friends laugh at me doing it. I know it's nothing to laugh at and when I went to a&e wheh I had dehydration the consultant who was in charge actually laughed and said he's never heard anything like it. How am I supposed to do anything about it when medical professionals don't seem to give a toss!!! Sorry about my language just absolutely had enough now
No one just seems to be taking it seriously. My partner goes mad and tells me to stop but I am forever saying to him I feel like I can't control it. I'm getting really down that people aren't taking me seriously and that my family and friends laugh at me doing it. I know it's nothing to laugh at and when I went to a&e wheh I had dehydration the consultant who was in charge actually laughed and said he's never heard anything like it. How am I supposed to do anything about it when medical professionals don't seem to give a toss!!! Sorry about my language just absolutely had enough now
I think it's honestly a geographical issue. Most of us are in the US and our doctors take PICA very seriously so it's hard for us to understand a medical professional who ignores it.
Also while your all here! When is it normal for your baby to become engaged? I'm 35 weeks now and he's laid across me?
Some never do, honestly. Your baby may be breech which would require your midwife to attempt to manually turn him or a c-section. If you search, you'll find several threads already started about breech babies. I'm pretty sure I even saw one that's title Breech at 35 weeks.
I'm scared of them manually turning him sounds ridiculous I know but I'm more scared of that then labour as I have heard it's really uncomfortable. As for the laundry detergent, I don't think it's as common here in the UK but honestly every doctor, consultant and even midwife I've seen don't seem to really give a crap. I had a health visitor that come yesterday or the day before an she was useless aswell she just said 'you shouldn't be doing that' and that was it!! No further advice giving. I've absolutely come to my wits end now with everything and just want my boy here. My pregnancy by far hasn't been a breeze. I thought I'd love been pregnant but I haven't at all. Been told so many different things by medical professions. At first I got told that my placenta is anterior so I won't really be able to feel my boy and that I may need a csection cause it doesn't move! But then a week later I got told that as he grows my placenta will move up therefore I won't need a csection. Then at one appointment Mt midwife told me he was to big and another told me he was to small! There's just absolutely no consistency with anything they say. My partner has now noticed my down moods and comes home from work everynight wondering what mood I will be in bless him.
Oh and judt to top it off!!! My 20 week scan was absolutely disgusting. Me and my partner waited all day as my scan was at 3pm when we got there the ultrasound technician searches around in my tummy and says 'you'll have to go for a walk I can't find the heartbeat' I was like 'pardon' she just replied 'ill cone and find you in 15 minutes have a coffee or something to try and get baby to move' !!!!
As you can imagine them 15 minutes felt like an absolute life time!!!! I was crying my eyes out and my partner was just in sheer shock with how she was with me. Anyway she come and found me and with that she scanned me again and said 'Oh there's his bits, and there's his healthy heartbeat'
So for 1) she absolutely scared me to death for no reason with no explanation at all and for 2) she didn't even ask if I wanted to know his gender
I have complained about this but 15 weeks later: I've heard nothing
Oh and judt to top it off!!! My 20 week scan was absolutely disgusting. Me and my partner waited all day as my scan was at 3pm when we got there the ultrasound technician searches around in my tummy and says 'you'll have to go for a walk I can't find the heartbeat' I was like 'pardon' she just replied 'ill cone and find you in 15 minutes have a coffee or something to try and get baby to move' !!!!
As you can imagine them 15 minutes felt like an absolute life time!!!! I was crying my eyes out and my partner was just in sheer shock with how she was with me. Anyway she come and found me and with that she scanned me again and said 'Oh there's his bits, and there's his healthy heartbeat'
So for 1) she absolutely scared me to death for no reason with no explanation at all and for 2) she didn't even ask if I wanted to know his gender
I have complained about this but 15 weeks later: I've heard nothing
While they should have explained this to you, that isn't uncommon. I went in for my 20 week anatomy and she left the room and made me do some random stretches because the baby wouldn't get into place to be able to see everything she needs to see. Often, they give women juice or something sugary to get the baby moving. At that time, they are fairly small, so their position really matters.
Again, the tech should have told you this (it was explained very well to me), but it is really very normal.
Me too! I can barely walk because the pain in my pelvis is so bad. I feel bad for ever judging women who ask how to try to induce their own labor. I'm not going to try anything before anyone flames me, but my experience with my first pregnancy led me to believe that pregnancy wasn't that difficult and I'm being taught differently now.
I'm really looking forward to labour although. I think I'm slightly nieve! I don't want to have any pain relief as I want to experience it all naturally. Also I heard that if you have an epidural once it wears off the pain is so bad because you went from not having any pain at all to it been practically thrown at you. Don't know how true this is!
I'm 33 weeks and 4 days. This is my second pregnancy and second child. I only had one shot of demerol during labor with my first because they had to put me on pitocin and wanted me to rest before hard labor began. I'm planning on no epidural this time around as well, but I'm also double the age I was when I had my first and I may begin begging for one as soon as I step foot in the hospital.
I have been feeling a lot if pressure lately. My doctor said it could be the way the baby is pushing down/laying. I'm 32 weeks and she said it is normal to feel pressure and as for peeing a lot, there's a baby on your bladder! And pressure might make you feel like popping. Id talk to your doctor that way you can relax. Good luck!
Re: Please help :( feeling really embarrassed!
Ingesting laundry detergent isn't a normal behavior, no matter the root of it. Counseling may be able to help her and it may be something she is afraid to do.
Some never do, honestly. Your baby may be breech which would require your midwife to attempt to manually turn him or a c-section. If you search, you'll find several threads already started about breech babies. I'm pretty sure I even saw one that's title Breech at 35 weeks.
As for the laundry detergent, I don't think it's as common here in the UK but honestly every doctor, consultant and even midwife I've seen don't seem to really give a crap. I had a health visitor that come yesterday or the day before an she was useless aswell she just said 'you shouldn't be doing that' and that was it!! No further advice giving. I've absolutely come to my wits end now with everything and just want my boy here. My pregnancy by far hasn't been a breeze. I thought I'd love been pregnant but I haven't at all. Been told so many different things by medical professions. At first I got told that my placenta is anterior so I won't really be able to feel my boy and that I may need a csection cause it doesn't move! But then a week later I got told that as he grows my placenta will move up therefore I won't need a csection. Then at one appointment Mt midwife told me he was to big and another told me he was to small! There's just absolutely no consistency with anything they say.
My partner has now noticed my down moods and comes home from work everynight wondering what mood I will be in bless him.
As you can imagine them 15 minutes felt like an absolute life time!!!! I was crying my eyes out and my partner was just in sheer shock with how she was with me. Anyway she come and found me and with that she scanned me again and said 'Oh there's his bits, and there's his healthy heartbeat'
So for 1) she absolutely scared me to death for no reason with no explanation at all and for 2) she didn't even ask if I wanted to know his gender
I have complained about this but 15 weeks later: I've heard nothing
Again, the tech should have told you this (it was explained very well to me), but it is really very normal.
I'm really looking forward to labour although. I think I'm slightly nieve! I don't want to have any pain relief as I want to experience it all naturally. Also I heard that if you have an epidural once it wears off the pain is so bad because you went from not having any pain at all to it been practically thrown at you. Don't know how true this is!