this is just a try out to see whether the idea will actually work.

from reading a few of you like to have a chat box and alot of you enjoy IM-ing, i thought maybe we could try having a chat thread, where thoses who are online, try to talk to the other ladies who are online ( this can be seen at the bottom on the forum home page) by posting conversations, i know there will be aload of page refreshing and maybe alot fo pages, but if it works *great* if it doesnt at least we have given it a try.

right???



what do you girls think? ( hoping someone who is online now will post)

Well, I think in some ways this is a good idea. However, I think things will start to get confusing if people go off onto different subjects. What I've been doing, is giving my MSN messenger name to anyone who wants to chat with me!

I don't have a messenger... Just never really added one onto the new computer.... I am on now though if any ladies want to talk ^_^ or gentlemen too not sure if we have any yet

thats a point, is there any gentlemen gamers in this forum, i havent come across or noticed any?

PM him and harrass him into coming back. lol.

Oops! Poor guy! :( I hope he decides to come back!

The tree house is girls only but the rest of the site is for anyone.

I think most people on the site don't even know there is a tree house on PopChiX. I think most people think that when the PopChiX tree house is mentioned, we are talking about the tree house on the XBox Live forums not the tree house here.

yeh its below the lifestyle selection of topics. you can only get access to it if your a member of gamerchix or you have been recomended to become a chix. for those of you who are not part of it , your not really missing much, not many of us post in there so theres only a few topics. could do with some more girls wanting to join.

xSHADOWx - 30 March 2010 04:00 PM

yeh its below the lifestyle selection of topics. you can only get access to it if your a member of gamerchix or you have been recomended to become a chix. for those of you who are not part of it , your not really missing much, not many of us post in there so theres only a few topics. could do with some more girls wanting to join.

Yeah, it's a bit pointless to post much in there if half the active members of the board can't have access to it. :\

At least now there is a way for everyone to become a full member if they choose to. For a while there if you were not a GamerchiX you were S.O.L. Now anyone can become a full member, they just need to do a couple of quick things. I kind of like the idea of having a place where I can post things where I know it is at least some what secure.

change of subject ( dont wonna open a new thread) just got a phone call from the nurse at my doctors surgery, the blood tests i had at the hospital the day before came back with my having low iron and i have to have iron tablets, does anyone know the effect that low iron has a pregnant lady?

im constantly tired and get grumpy easily is the low iron a cause of this? or is it just pregnancy in general?

My mom, my sister and I all have low iron. I have never been pregnant so I am not sure how it would affect your pregnancy. However, low iron itself can cause you to be tired a lot which can cause you to be more irritable and grumpy. My mom has prescribed iron pills that she takes and they seem to work very well for her.

*edit* I just looked up some info and apparently iron defficiency isn't uncommon during pregnancy especially during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters. Your body really just can't keep up. Iron defficiency is the most common cause of anemia in pregnancy so it's good that you're currently trying to raise it now. Low iron can have pretty much the same effects on a pregnant woman as someone who is not pregnant. The effects however can be a little more extreme because your body is already tired from the pregnancy itself. Thats just some information I've come across. If you find out anything feel free to correct me.

thanks hunni, my brain is not functioning properly at the minute ( baby brain)

at least now i know why last week i slept all tuesday night, all wednesday day time and all wednesday night. and yet im still tired. i have midwifes and the doctors tomorrow so ill get some more info from them. tahnk you your a star

I love Clinical Chemistry questions!!! (hum wonder why ). Warrior4himonly is right, it is pretty common in poignancy. The total amount of blood in your body greatly increases (like 50% more blood) when you are pregnant. Because you have more blood you will need more iron. Iron is used to make hemoglobin, the oxygen transport machine of red blood cells. Just make sure you take your supplement not only iron but also folate and vitamin B12. You may also want to increase your meat intake. I am always of the opinion that natural sources of minerals is always best. I am also curious how "low" your value is. A lot of lab results are told to the patient in very black and white terms when that is nothing farther from the truth. You could be just out side the normal range or it could mean that you are drastically low. (just a pet peeve of mine)

A great website that for all types of lab tests is http://www.labtestsonline.org/ it is quite accurate and is written by pathologists so you know you are getting the correct and most up to date information. Unfortunately most doctors offices don't always keep up with the times when it comes to lab tests. It is actually one of the biggest problems in my field.

i was never told how much iron i had in my blood. i will however ask tomorrow when i have my midwife appointment and my doctors apointment.

i thought i did eat enough meat ( daily) im guessing i need to a bit more ( baby must love meat then) i might start getting the big meat joints in and having a proper feast nom nom nom

i eat alot of cereal too which has vitamin B12 in, its actually a craving of mine. ( i heard pregnancy cravings are what your body is lacking, so it makes perfect sense that im low on iron) i dont like veg but do eat alot of fruit to make up for it. and fruit drinks.

i definatly think its pregnancy related because february 09 i had blood test done for anemia and it came back negative, so i know my diet cant be the problem. before i must have been getting enough to support myself but now its not enough to support myself and baby bump.


thank you for your help its really appreciated. even right now im wanting to sleep and ive only done a mile walk to and from the shop to get a few bits and bobs.