Hi everyone,

Jlk, that's great! What a milestone. Good luck with your scan.

Dory, thanks for your encouragement. I haven't had bad wind pain, no, but it certainly sounds like that's what it was! The spotting must be nerve wracking. Hand in their baby.

Starbright, thanks for sharing about your friend. The obstetrician did say the baby could survive with pretty much no fluid. I'm having a scan this Wednesday just for the fluid levels and a growth scan next week. Obstetric cholestasis is a liver condition that some women develop during pregnancy, in a similar way to gestational diabetes. I causes intense itching with no rash. It also means that the liver doesn't work properly to get rid of the bile acids which are a waste product. It is thought that when the bile acids get too high they cross the placenta and can cause the baby to die.
I can see why you would be worried about your anterior placenta. It's so hard not to worry about any thing that could go wrong. I don't think it even matters if it is not all that logical - it seems possible once you've had one or more losses. I worry about my daughter harming the baby now, with less protective fluid around her, when she jumps on my belly etc. I know it probably wouldn't cause a baby to die but that doesn't stop me from worrying about it. My baby doesn't move much - I probably feel her twice a day.

AFM trying to do positive things like chipping away at the nursery clean up, packing my hospital bad, looking at names.

xx Bec.