Hi all,
I'm going to join you guys in here too, hope you dont mind
Hi all,
I'm going to join you guys in here too, hope you dont mind
JLK - you are most welcome. I am sorry for the loss of your precious babies - Storm and Finn. Your tribute pages are beautiful . Hope you are travelling ok. I suppose also connecting the dots, that possibly if you are joining this forum congratluations are in order? I hope so.
Dory, I became good friends with a woman while sitting in my high risk ob's office. She had an issue with very early labors. They put her on progesterone injections and put in a cervical stitch. The progesterone injections really helped her get farther into each of her pregnancies.
jlk, how is everything going and when is your next appt.? :hug: I think of you often.
Hi Everyone. I popped in and saw so many familiar faces that I had to join in. Congratulations to you all. I look forward to getting to know the new names as well.
My story (for those who don't remember me) in a nutshell is that we found out at 20 weeks with our first pregnancy that our baby had passed away. He was a boy and we named him Nathaniel. They believed he passed away around 15 weeks. Our whole world collapsed and I still miss my little boy with every ounce of my being. He would have been 2 this April.
We fell pregnant 2 months later and I am happy to say that our beautiful daughter Anna Frances was delivered at 41 weeks. She is 15 months and a ball of energy and smiles!
So here I am again. 28 weeks on Wednesday and all is going well so far. I had an ob appointment today and am measuring perfectly and the baby had a fantastic heartbeat. I also did the GD test.
So that is me so far. I have my moments of insanity but thankfully the crazy lady is not as evident as my last pregnancy. The crazy lady is definitely still there but I am able to keep it under control by seeing my ob fortnightly. With Anna I saw him weekly from 11 to 24 weeks and then fortnightly. Like Laney, I had a billion scans! I have had a few this time but not as many, I think my ob is trying to wean me off my addiction.
So I hope to get to know you all and support and follow your pregnancies.
Hi jlk... how are you going?????????? I am hanging for news on you this week!!!! What day is your check up????? I need to know what day to worry for you!!!!!!!!!
Hi katiegirl!! Feels like half a reunion in here!! :p As i said before- i am too a recovering scan addict- i had them monthly with shane and so far i have only had the regular run of the mill scans!! Not even a dating scan!!! I will have more though i think further along as i see the OB more as he has one in his rooms, but congrats on trying to cut back!!
dory... :hug: I will be thinking of you tomorrow, i am not fully aware of your history, did you have a little boy or girl? I iwll light a candle for your angel tomorrow :hug:
AFM.. doing well here, feeling more wriggles which is soooooo nice!! And thinking about names and i even sorted through some baby clothes yesterday- i went through and picked all the ones i could re use and i have a box of blue things to pass onto to a few friends who are having boys - they already have girls, so we might end up doing a swapsie. And i had a friend drop off some pink things today- its a big thing to be organising and getting things ready- but i take it as a positive thing coz at the moment it feels right, so i will go with it!
For now i am off to bed goodnight all, belly rubs and seet dreams xoxo
Katiegirl - So excited to read your post! Congratulations hun! So here we are together again...wonderful!
Dory - Will be thinking of you tomorrow xxx
Bif HI to everyone else...back to my sick bubba and hubba lol!
Dory, I will be thinking of you today and your precious baby. I will also light a candle today and place it in front of the angel I have to represent my angel son. I hope you are able to remember your baby in a peaceful and supported way, and that the day is not too painful for you.
Hi to everyone and thanks for welcoming me back. It feels like dejavu to be here again.
StarBright, you are giving away all of your little boy clothes? Does that mean that this is going to be your last baby? It is so great to hear that you are able to sort through little clothes and start getting ready already. I was 35 weeks before I would even open the door the nursery to be. My DH was itching to start getting it ready.
Katiegirl, I can't believe that you are 28 weeks already. Time goes by fast when you are not the one pregnant :) Great to hear that your appt. went well.
Ellie, I hope your DH and DD feel better soon and that you don't get it too.
hi ladies, wow its starting to feel a bit de ja vu, knowing so many of you.
dory - thinking of you today, just do the best you can and you go with how your feeling. anniversaries are so hard, i'm just seeing through the haze of my dd's anniversary from last week, thinking of you. i'm so sorry for your losses, it must seem like you'll never get there, but you will. there is hope it does happen, there are quite a few ladies in here that have had multiple losses at all stages and who have gone on to hold a live healthy baby, i am spending the day with a friend who has been through it, i wont go into her details, i'll save it for another time, but a few of the ladies on here know her.
jlk - hey hon, how you going? been thinking of you
katiegirl - congrats on your news, i had heard whispers you were pg, hope this pg is travelling well for you. you must be due around my ds's birthday, winter babies are awesome, lots more cuddles. great to be here with you i think i left just at the start of your last pg
ellie - wow for you too, congrats, and your little girls birthday this week,big time for you at the moment. great to be in here with you too, i remember you when i was pg with ds
laney - good luck this month, hope its your month. i remember you too, what you doing typing to us, you better get dh back to it lol. and wow on grayson crawling, makes it more fun doesn't it.
angelicdragon - great to see you too, it was about two and a half years since we've been in a thread together, great to see you pg again, good luck for your scans this week, let us know how you go. i saw this ones hb at 6 weeks 1 day, so hoping you'll see both yours.
starbright - hey hon, how you going? nice work on the clothes, you'll have a few more things by the time i send you a stack lol. fantastic on the movement, and i hear ya with the darn anterior placenta, we only started getting moves at nearly 21 weeks so your doing welllol
sorry to anyone i've missed, i'll post on thursday when i get a bit more time.
afm, just starting to see through the haze from the anniversary, but i think it had a lot to do with other things too, but both my boys are helping me through, one from inside and one from out we are just organising our house to sell up so its going to be a busy few months, guess that will be good, maybe i wont be such a crazy lady this time, yeah right lol. struggling to find a name cause we only ever had oneboys name and one girls, but i guess thats the least of my worries. well better get ready i'm spending the day with that friend, so i better get my bottom in gear.
Hey all,
how is everyone?
I have my Morf scan next wednesday, I'll be just over 20wks but it was the closest appointment i could get. I see my OB 4 weeks after that
Jo hey welcome back to the thread :) fantastic news on being pg again :) I hope all goes well with your scan and we get to hear great news from you.
Wow Katie girl you are back here too :) What a reunion we are having. Your little girl Anna is 2 mths younger than my grandson Alex.
Dory (((hugs))) for your Angelversary hun.
Kat so you are expecting a little girl then? kewl news, a pigeon pair.
Klee (((hugs))) for Phoebes Angelversary too.
Laney I hope 'being busy' pays off and Grayson has a sibling in about 9 mths time.
I got my last beta result today
19 dpo = 1396
22 dpo = 3158 (Doubling time 59.44 hours) progesterone = 35
25 dpo = 5332 (doubling time 104.54 hours) [scan showed 2 possible gestation sacs]
29 dpo = 9664 (doubling time 106.7 hours) progesterone = 41
my follow up scan is now tomorrow as they had to change the date. I will be 6wk 3d. We saw Daniels h/b at 6w2d and he measured 6w5d so was quite in front of his dates.
I have progressed to nausea on and off thru the day and feeling tired but nothing consistent. I just hope the scan tomorrow can give some reassurance. The progesterone is good and I know the betas do slow down after a while but they slow to a doubling of 96 once over 6000 so I just hope 106 is not too far off 96 :(
I know it is totally a Miracle to have got even this far at my age.
hugs to all those that need them :)
Jude
Laney - thanks for the tips. The concept of a cerlage (stitch) has been discussed extensively for this pg and I am still not decided as for me it seems risk of infection is equally an issue. Haven't sopken too much about progesterone, but will when I see the ob in 3 weeks.
Klee - thanks sweetie :) Thanks for telling me about Phoebe. It does feel like I will never get there, underneath all the bravado, that it my abiding fear. I am for the most part really thankful for each day of this pg.
Today, wasn't as hard as I thought it might be. I was more affected leading up to today than on today. DH took the day off work and I am not working, so we slept in and snuggled ( no BD for me, way too scared) and then went for brunch and then a walk in the park and along the river. In the arvo we snuggled again, looked through our photos, shared some precious memories and listened to the songs we had played for the funeral service. In the end as sad as I am, the most significant memory for me today is just how much our precious girl was loved and how much she gave to us in those fleeting joyous but heartbreaking moments. I am so blessed to have been given such a precious gift. So today? DH and I honoured our baby girl by living, and remembering her. I had day dreams of doing something more symbolic, but in the end, for me, it felt contrived and what we did suited us.
JLK - good luck with your scan.
Hi to everyone else, I am not feeling that talkative. Take care and catch up soon.
Dory... :hug:That sounds like a beautiful way to honour your little girl - it is so hard to "decide" what to do each year- you guys went with your hearts and just remembered her- and thats all you can really do :hug:
Angelicdragon.... All the best for your scan tomorrow!! I think the numbers may not be perfect- but they are still getting higher- and thats got to be a good thing!! Fingers crossed that you get really good news tomorrow!!
jlk.... Hey there.. did you have an ob appt this week too??? How are you feeling? Feeling any movements yet? How are your nerves holding up???? My thoughts are with you xoxoxo Oh and i love your ticker, its beautiful xoxox
klee..... :hug:for you too- even in the haze it can still hurt. I think that you should stick with your nickname- i know that you explained that you have friends with similar sounding names- but i like it anyway!! And from memory... you nicknamed Joey joey before you knew his gender... so maybe its a sign!! Are your movements getting more regular? YAY if they are!! I feel them, but they are far from consistant!!! But i am getting my head around that slowly!!!
Laney.. I agree with klee... go and get busy girl!!! :p And yeah- we think we might call it a day baby making wise, providing we bring this bubba home. Dh and i have talked about it, and we have decided that in the very least we will be having a nice big vacation from baby worry for about 5 or so years- and we may decide not to try again after that. We arnt saying definatley no- but we have no plans for the near future- so i figured that what goes around comes around- and most of what we have was given to us by people anyway, so i am just keeping the flow going and passing it all along!! In five years it will likely gather moths anyway!! :)
Well nearly bed time for me!!! Take care everyone!!
xoxoxo
StarBright, I think that one more will be the end of baby making for me and DH too. If we can make one more. It is a difficult decision to make. I had a c-section with Grayson and I was already thinking about getting my tubes tied. I would love to have 3 or 4 but I just don't think it a good idea for us. I guess it all depends on how easy my next pregnancy is.
dory, I think that you honored your little girl in a prefect way. You and DH spent the day together taking a little time to remember.
I also understand how you feel about not being able to do more than snuggle. DH and I went 8 months without. I was so scared because I had bleeding everytime. My doctor kept telling me that it was perfectly fine but I still couldn't.
Jude, I am glad that they moved your scan up. Less time to worry and wait. I will be thinking of you tomorrow.
Klee, I am glad that your boys helped you through a tough day. :hug: As for the name, you have time. You will know the right name when you hear it. I gave up looking through books. That never really worked for me.
:redface: I really feel like TTC is a lot of work this time around. It is hard when Grayson doesn't want to sleep through the night or gets up extra early. All I want to do at night is sleep. We were just going to let it happen but after a few months of nothing I decided that we needed to put in some effort. Three more days and then the wait.
Hi :)
We have progressed from last week. Both sacs have grown to the 6wk mark and both now have the decidual ring thing around them. One has a yolk and a fetal pole with heartbeat. But being as I was 6w3d it is a bit behind measuring between 5w4d and 6w exact. The other sac she said was empty yet she refused to do trans vaginal to check. I have the CD of pics here from Ethans scan at 6wk exact that showed an empty sac trans abdominal yet when he switched to trans vaginal we had a sac, yolk and a heartbeat of 92. Ok so Ethan left us a week later which is what is in my mind this time round.
I am just worried that with slow betas and measurements behind dates.. it won't last.
So we know for sure that at the moment we have one baby on board.
The sonographer suggested that we either had 2 eggs that fertilsied a few days behind and so B is not visual yet and may be in a week or two or that B started off then failed... so if that is the case why has the sac developed so much from last week when it had no ring around it?
She also kept saying that if she could see a baby in A then she should be able to see the same in B ... but if it is a few days behind then she wouldn't... this is doing my head in.
We have a few family problems at the moment too with my sons pg g/f who both live with us. She is due in 10 days. I see my GP this afternoon coz I am struggling to cope again so I am going to ask if I can go back on the zoloft. I have a stress migraine which is not responding to panadol or panadeine but I don't want to take anything stronger.
Daniel can now climb out of his walker lol. It is bedtime - morning nap time.
hugs to all
Jude
angelic dragon: i am just sending you a BIG HUG. sounds like you need it ATM. good luck with the scans and everything.
sounds like you need a break.
xxoo
Jude, I always though that if there are two different eggs then you ovulate twice possibly even a couple of days apart. Why didn't they do the trans.vag. ultrasound? That really is the only good way to get a look in there right now and to get good measurements. I know how difficult the not knowing can be. Did you make another ultrasound appt. to recheck?
Just to remind you, Grayson measured 5 days behind at our first ultrasound. I thought for sure that we were going to lose him. I had no MS and then small for dates. At my 8 week appt. he was right on.
Sorry to hear about the family issues. I hope everything turns out okay. Try to take it easy. You shouldn't be letting yourself get so stressed right now.
Jude, sending you a hug as it sounds like you have way too much to cope with at the moment. I hope you get some good news soon. I have only had vag scans at that early stage as they can never pick up anything abdominally until I am around 12 or so weeks (I have an inverted uterus). Can you ask for another scan just to put your mind at ease?
Dory, it sounds like you remembered your baby girl in the perfect way. There is never an easy way to work out what to do on those days, but I think it helps to just go with what feels right. It sounds like you and your DH expressed the love you have for your daughter in a beautiful way. :hug:
Klee, I am also glad your boys helped you through a tough day. It is always a bit easier when you can hug your kids to make things seem a bit better. How did your day go yesterday?
Laney, so the 2 week wait starts in 3 days. I hope it passes quickly. The waiting is always so hard. I think it is totally understandable that you find TTC difficult. It is so hard to find time for TTC when sleep seems so appealing. Poor DH was hoping for plenty of practise and I think we fell pregnant the first cycle. In fact my cycle was obviously all over the place as it turns out I conceived 3 weeks earlier than I had thought. I even had a period after I fell pregnant (which is why I got my dates wrong). I am glad I didn't think I was pregnant as I would have assumed I was having an ms.
All is well here. The baby is a kicker and is head down (was head down from 26 weeks just like Anna). I had a dream last night that my breasts started leaking milk, thankfully that has not happened yet. Have I told you all that we are having a boy? It is a secret to the general public but you all have the right to know. We are very excited by this news. I had secretly always worried that maybe I would not get to have another boy after Nathaniel, so this has really been a great joy to us.
Hi to everyone, and I hope you are all having peaceful and stress free days.
Judy... a friend of mine had twins that were a week apart in age!! She ovulated twice- and being a "normal" pregnant person didnt have a scan until the 12 weeks mark- and one twin measured a week behind the other- and stayed that way right till the end! I dont know any comforting numbers stories to tell you- but i think your sonographer is a jerk- with your history she should have done all she could do establish what was going on with egg b... it is not too difficult to do a trans vaginal. :wall:
I hope that both your little bubbas are sticky xoxo
Laney... LOL i think we were same ttc- with a lil boy who loved to be in our bed and dh working alot and me just generally being tired- we definately didnt bed as much as he would have hoped!! But i must say - it must be something about being pregnant with a girl- coz i am alot more randy this time than i was when pregnant with Shane- and from memory i was the same with Zahra!! And our lil boy has learned to sleep all night in his bed!! ;)
Katie.... Congrats on a little boy- we are keeping the gender quiet in public too (well facebook basically) but only because some of our family want a surprise- if anyone wants to know they just have to ask and we will tell. That is crazy that you got an AF after you were actually pregnant!! Your right if you had known you would have freaked out for sure!!!
Klee.... I saw you in some lovely photos!!! Your bump is looking very impressive!! (not as big as mine though!! :p) I hope you had a great day with your friend :) and that she has many many many more happy days to come!!!
Oh and do you mean to say that you will be passing on some clothes that are "pink"? Like ones you had for Phoebe??? Or do you plan on going out and buying me lots??!! If they are your angels clothes i would be sooo humbled and honored to accept them, and please dont feel you have to xoxoxo
jlk.... Sorry i disapeared the other day while we were chatting!! I got stuck being a bed for Shane!! I hope all is going ok with you- rest up and take care!!
AFM... All is going well here- feeling movements a bit more which is nice- she seems to move more at night once i stop and sit down and relax. So far i am feeling really good- excep tthe muscles in the top of my legs (like the VERY TOP- but not exactly UP THERE IYKWIM) feel really tender. Its a bit hard to explain- but i guess you could say they are sore.. it has felt like this for awhile- at first i thought it was from DTD.. lol so i didnt do it again for awhile, but it still feels tender. I am not too worried coz its def not in the tummy- or even as high up to make me feel its cervix or contraction related.. its just kinda weird. i will mention it to the Dr next time i see him- its just that i dont remember feeling it with any of my other pregnancies. Mind you - i wasnt getting up and down off the floor as often in any of my pregnancies, so it could have something to do with it too!!! :p
Well i am off to watch medium!!
Nite all xoxoxo
Hi everyone
Have read but crazy here ...so sorry no personals...DH has been away and I am STUFFED...just wanted to give everyone a big HUG...wonderful that it's chatty in here again.
Try to get on tomorrow to catch up properly xxx
Ellie, hope things calm down for you. I always say that my DH doesn't help me enough but when he is away I realize how much he really does help.
StarBright, I know the muscle pain that you are "talking" about. I had it pretty bad with Grayson. It started to migrate "up there" as time went on :o Later on it felt like a sharp pain in the sides of my vagina TMI sorry. I was in tears at one point but my doctor told me that everything was fine. Nothing really helped it except taking it easy. I know that you really can't do that.
Katiegirl, I had a feeling that you were having a boy. Congratulations and great to hear that he gives you some good kicks. I often feel like I will never be blessed with another little girl. I really really want one but I would be happy with another healthy boy. I have kept all of the little pink things that people gave me for Shelby. I just haven't been able to part with them. I thought about giving them away a few times but I didn't know how someone would feel about my angels clothes.
dory - your day to remember your angel sounded beautiful, a day for you and dh to remember your beautiful girl, just the way you wanted, hugs. i hear you on the being scared to DTD, i'm the same, we call it the scrabble club lol, why dtd when you can play scrabble, no chance of harm, except for possibly spelling the word lol. so welcome to the scrabble club ;)
angelicdragon - hugs to you, sounds like a lot of confusion for you that you could easily have been without had they done an internal. is there anywhere else you can go? or will you just go back next week and see? i had an internal one with this bub which found h/b and measured 6w 1day, i had roughly calculated i should have been 6 week 6 days, but at the 12 week mark it had caught up and measured right on the higher size, so i guess really yours would be about the same roughly 5 days behind in size, so its possible its ok. keep us updated on how you go.
katiegirl - congrats on the boy, thats beautiful news. keep kicking little boy, have you found a name? i had those same feelings, when i had my scan this time and found out it was another boy, i was at first upset, having lost phoebe, and this most likely being our last, i probably wont get that chance to raise a girl, but then a couple of minutes went by and i thought to myself why get upset, if you get to hold another boy and he's healthy and as beautiful as his brother is then i'll be blessed. had a nice day the other day hope you've got to check out the beautiful girls photos on fb, hoping to get a cuddle of her next week.
sb - no not phoebe's things, i will be spoiling your little girl thats all, we didn't know we were having a girl so i didn't have many things. i know the pain you mean too, especially first thing in teh morning when i'm going to the toilet lol. thanks for the photo comments, i got a few comments from people who saw me with j, who said i looked lovely and i was like awwwwww, it helps when you have a special beautiful little girl in front of you :).
laney - i can sympathise with you on the dtd, i really don't know how we fell pg this time, our little munchkin sleeps with us most nights, but remember it only takes once and if the times right, the times right :p. we weren't trying though, i had only had one af after finishing b/f so really didn't know what was going on and i think we dtd twice that month and it happened, so good luck, not long to wait now for this month, fingers crossed
ellie - welcome back
afm - this week is a better week, nothing really to complain about which is good, this bubs is really only a night mover too, feels so funny, cause the other two used to move a lot during the day, i guess its a little like you sb in that when i get teh chance to rest he starts. not much else to say, but belly rubs to all
Hey all,
hows everyone going? I am stuffed at the moment, just no energy at all, plus i'm huge! lol
jlk - great to see you here again, is it your scan next week? remember to let us know how you go. my mum has a magnet on her fridge which says ewws not fat, ewwws just fluffy, so for you today we can just say ewwws not huge, ewwws just fluffy :). thinking of you
Hey Klee - my scan is next wednesday, so i will most definatly let you know how I go. PMSL at the ewwws, in my case thats a lot of fluff!
we'll be thinking of you wednesday, and every day :)
great i'm very fluffy too, we can be fluffy together lol
Hi all, it's been so long since I popped in that I dare not do personals until I've done some catching up.
I'm 33 weeks now. I found out last week that I have low amniotic fluid but I'm not leaking and I'm trying not to get anxious about it. When the ultrasonographer said she'd have to get someone else to have a look it was the worst de ja vu moment, taking me right back to when our son was found to have no heartbeat. Then I had to get the swab for amniotic fluid done in the birth suite and it was really hard - I wasn't ready to go back to where I'd birthed Luca and I wasn't expecting it so I hadn't prepared myself at all.
But no cholestasis yet, which is what caused Luca to die last year when I was 35 weeks pregnant. I got it at 29 weeks with him so I'm doing better this time. I'm pretty concerned about how I'll go with the 35 week milestone coming up.
So it's still an anxious time. I'm looking forward to having our baby girl out. I'm trying to do hopeful things like buying some baby things, getting the nursery ready, packing a hospital bag.
I'll try to catch up with how everyone's going asap.
xx Bec.
trying to read up but a bit hard atm.
Bec have you done the usual things like rest and increase your water intake? I had low amniotic fluid with Tash and Samuel so was induced early. I had placental insufficiency and Tash was born with an apgar of 1 and only just made it. She is now 18 and has her own little boy aged 18 mths. Samuel is a very active 5 1/2 yr old. I know your thoughts will go back to what went wrong with Luca but hopefully this time the Drs are more on alert and will deliver your little girl safely before any complications get too serious.
Klee I will hope then our baby will catchup like yours has :) I like the fluffy comments lol... does that include cankles?
Thanks everyone for your support... I see my OB on the 15th so more scans until then unless he reads the faxed referral on Monday when he gets back from holidays and wants to see me earlier.
I am off to bed now though and hope for a bit more sleep but Daniel has a bad cold so has trouble breathing.
hugs all
Jude
Thanks Jude! Not enough relaxing as I have a four year old, but I have been drinking more water, and my naturopath has given me nettle tea and dandelion leaf tea too. I don't think I have placental insufficiency. Thank you for sharing about Tash and Samuel.
I have my fingers crossed for your one or two babies on board.
xx Bec.
i have hit 20 weeks........
JLK - Aweomse. Congratulations! And only 2 more sleeps til your scan. Mine is 16th March - seems ages away yet. That is the nuchal transculency for me.
Mummabec - I know its hard but you can do it. Like angelicdragon said, you have something to be on the look out for. I know what you mean about preparing yourself. In my third pg, DH and I were driving to our "early scan" and I became really anxious about all the possibilities I hadn't prepared myself for including bad news and I hadn't arranged to take the rest of the day off. But ironically one of the things I rattled off was 'what if there is more than one?" Would you beleive it, that scan on 5 June showed dcda fraternal twins? Anyway, I remember that moment on the way to the app very vividly. Although in your case it must have been really frightening. I am sorry you had to go through it but glad you came through ok. I purposefully went back to the hospital after I'd birthed Amelia so hopefully exorcise any lingering fears I may have had about the hospital. It was pretty tough going past the birthing suite the first few times, but ok after a few more times. I didn't go in again though until I birthed Sophie. I haven't been back since then. I am hoping for a happier ending this time. But a good reminder to myself to head on back there asap so I don't have go back unprepared.
AFM - it's kinda weird to think that if this pg goes the way the others have that I am half way through ( at 10 weeks). Bit of a good reminder to savour it? I started some spotting at 10 weeks 2 days and have had minute amounts of brown spotting every day since - 10 weeks 5 days today. It is about 4 weeks since my last spotting episode. Alternatively it did coinicde with me standing up more one day. It does make me anxious but only a little bit. I might ring the ob if it keeps up.
Here's a question. Have any of you had massively painful wind pain? Yesterday it was really bad for me. I don't remember ever having anything like it before. I don't think I am constipated. It was a bit scary at first, but once the wind was out, no more pain. And there was a lot of wind. Amazing to think that much gas collected in my body. Initially I thought I might have been coming down with gastro or a m/c but I have never been so relieved to pass wind, ever, I don't reckon.
Anyway, hope you're all well.
mummabec... Welcome to the thread. Congrats on being 33 weeks. Will you be having monitoring to check on your fluid levels? I know you said your not leaking, but a friend of mine lost all almost all of her fluid a few months before bubs was born- and he is ok. I have never heard of cholestasis though - if you dont mind and its not too hard for you to talk about it, what exactly is it? Is there a chance you can get it again? Does it have something to do with the fluid??
it is hard to get to the milestone of when your bub died in your pregnancy.. i was the same when preg with Shane and i got to the 35 weeks mark (which was when i lost Zahra). As well as that- the morohology scans are always a stree for me coz thats when we found out Darren had organ abnormalities. We have made it though that one already! If you are being monitored well- they will deliver your little girl before anything bad will happen xox, She will be fine out in the world if your belly is in trouble. :hug:
jlk... Speaking of stressfull morpholgy scans... :hug: I am thinking of you and soooo hoping these next two sleeps go really nice and quick for you!!!! And ofcourse it goes without saying that i hope your little bundle is growing nicely and doing everything he or she should be doing!!! I cant remember if i asked this already- but are you going to fin dout the sex? Do you already even know???? A little tiny :dance: for making it to 20 weeks!!! Here is to another 20 weeks to go!!! (well maybe 18) Oh and i am huge too!!!! I was just saying to klee the other day that i have been huge all along, but now i at keast feel like the weeks have caught up with my belly!!! Like now i am at least ok to look this big!!
klee... lol ok- feel free to spoil her then!! I am kind of glad you didnt mean Phoebes things, Not that i wouldnt be honored.. but coz i was worried what if they got poo on them!! And you never know- you might just maybe one day need them... and you dont want me sending them back to you with poo stains!! :p I hope you get your special cuddles with a special little someone really soon!!!
angelicdragon... i hope these two weeks go nice and quickly and sickly for you!! Nausea is always such a welcome feeling to us nut cases!! At least by then - both your little ones should be obvious as to what they are doing!! And fingers crossed they are both growing nice and strong!!!
Laney... Sending you some :pink-babydust: i hope the TWW is kind to you and that AF stays far far away!!
Dory... :hug:to you too.. i hope that these ten weeks are only a quarter of your pregnancy- not half way! And yes i got really bad wind pain at about 10 weeks and a bit longer after. Like you not constipated- it cam out fine, it just hurt before it did! (sorry if thats TMI)
Katiegirl.. I am jealous you have a kicker!! I hardly ever feel this little one move!! (Anterier placenta.. darn anterier placenta!!!) Shane was always more of a roller too! Congrats on a little boy!! They are a delight!!
Ellie... Hi!! i hope you get a chance to rest soon!!!
AFM... I am ding ok- thanks for all the replies about that "pain"- it seems to come and go a bit- some days are worse than others. DH has been taking the car to work these last few weeks so i have bene walking to town (its not far or i wouldnt do it) and that actually seems to be helping a bit. This anterier placenta is doing my head in still for all kinds of reasons- i am not coping well with the lack of feeling movement- i love the feeling when i do feel it- and there is no denying what it is when i feel it- but i am just not feeling it as much as i need to. Some days its like i go all day without feeling her- and then in the afternoon i feel abit and in bed at night i feel some more- it all depends on how i am sitting and lying. But its crazy!! and its sending me crazy!!!
And then with the placenta being in the front- i feel like its really exposed.. with Zahra, i had an abruption caused by a bleed. It had clotted, but then the clot broke free. They said the biggest cause of a bleed like that is trauma to the placenta,(which i couldnt think of anything i did to it) so little me is feeling very freaked out that with it being out there all exposed it is susseptable to trauma. :doh:So i am trying not to freak out coz i know that just makes my frame of mind worse -buts it getting hard :( A good friend has explained it to me that while the placenta is there- it is protecting my little girl, which is a nice way of looking at it- but i cant help but worry still.
Well little man is awake so its time for a yummy lunch!! Take care everyone!!
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.
Bec, Congratulations on 33 weeks! I know how stressful upcoming milestones can be. Be kind to yourself.
I hope that your doctor is watching your low fluid levels/bub very closely. If you do not have a leak it can be a sign of placental dysfunction. Did they tell you what your level was? Having low levels of fluid also make it difficult to feel bub wiggling around. Drink lots of water and try your hardest to relax a bit. I hope they find nice big pockets of fluid at your upcoming scan.
StarBright, :hug: I thought that you were so positive with this pregnancy and keeping the crazy lady locked away. I guess there really isn't a way for us to relax completely. I had a HB doppler for the days when Grayson was quiet. The quiet days will only last a little while longer. She will be keeping you awake at night soon enough.
You need to put on a thick layer of fluff to help protect bub and placenta.
dory, I had painful wind from time to time. I think it started for me around 20 weeks or so. I usually got relief when I layed down and relaxed a bit. I would roll from side to side and eventually it would find its way out. I also had spotting on and off with Grayson. I was 35 weeks when I had my last bit of spotting. I think you should always get spotting checked out. That is what your doctor is there for.
jlk, congratulations on 20 weeks! Are you feeling any movements yet? I will be thinking of you on Wed.
Klee, congratulations on an uneventful week! I am sure that bub is moving all day. you are just too busy with your little one to pay much attention.
angelicdragon, 2 whole weeks to wait for another scan. Maybe it is a good thing. At that time you should be able to see much more even if they don't do a transvag scan.
AFM, one more week of waiting to take an HPT. Well, that is if I am able to hold off until AF is due. I am never able to do that :) I had a positive test 4 days before AF was due with Parker and Shelby. Grayson has been keeping me super busy so the time is flying by.
Laney this time I had a dark positive BFP at 9dpo.I know I ovulated 6pm on January 24th and had a clear BFP on February 2nd. Good luck hun *fingers crossed for you*
Jo yay on the 20 wks mark... 4 weeks now to viability outside but hopefully baby will stay put until at least 38 wks and be born screaming healthy. Good luck with your scan tomorrow.
Kat could it be SPD?
Short post, finally sat down today and samuel is due home so I better go pick him up
In brief - craving water ( I hate plain water) and feeling neurotic and wondering if I can get a 'peace of mind' scan this Friday to see if we still have a heartbeat. I didn't know Ethan had passed between 6-7 wks until a scan showed he had gone in that week.
mummabec - welcome back, i'm sorry you had to go through such a scare again, like thats all you need. i didn't realise the extent of it when we were talking the other day, i'm sorry not sure if you noticed but i was a bit out of it, for those who may not know mummabec and i live down the street from each other, and met each other by chance at a sids event in May last year. as for the 35 weeks coming up, just try doing something each day to distract you, whether thats going for a massage, having a ctg or going to the beach with eliana, i found keeping a kick/movement chart the week coinciding with when i lost helped immensely.
jlk - a huge woooohoooo for you, only one day left to wait, will be thinking of you tomorrow, can you text me or something to let me know, i just may not get chance to hop on here.
laney - your doing well to be holding off poas, but like you said grayson is probably keeping you busy, that picture of him is so gorgeous, he's beautiful.
dory - def consider giving the ob a call, just for your peace of mind. as hard as it is savouring is probably one of the only things you can do as a mother of angels because we're never certain of how long we will have with them growing alive inside us, huge hugs to you. as for the wind, i am a big sufferer of it during pg, but it also coincides with me having irritable bowel syndrome. i had a shocking episode around 11 weeks where i could barely walk for half the day, but when relieved, was like nothing had happened. mine usually coincides with eating junk food or gassy foods ie onion, sorry if this is tmi, but the next day i'll have a loose stool in the morning, then by the afternoon i am riddled with cramps, i find that lying on my left side usually disipates the gas, and like you, there is lots of it, my poor ds is all i can say, dp well he can just suffer with it lol
sb - you did so well to compose yourself for half your pg its only fair that the crazy lady gets her claws out now. i'd try and think of it, like your friend said, that the placenta may be the extra padding that could protect her from trauma, but your allowed these freak outs so let her out once in a while :). i'm just getting the stronger movements now, like you with an anterior placenta and the thing is your 22 weeks your not supposed to be feeling that much at this point anyway, give your girl time, she might just be shy (not like her mum). funny about your comment re size, my sister is visiting from os and last time she saw me i was 12 weeks she said wow your big, and she says to me today, i think you've caught up, your not that big now. made me smile and think of you
angelicdragon - hope your clan keep you busy for the next two weeks, will be thinking of you. hope daniel gets better too soon. and yes fluffiness relates to anywhere you like, kankles included :)
afm - reuben is moving more, which is great, but i'm trying to keep up with ds and i'm struggling, i guess in a way its good cause it keeps me busy, guess it might also be the reason i've evened up on my weight lol, nothing that half bag of chicken chips wont help. anyway, not really anything to complain about again, so yay, hope it keeps this way. sb i think we may have swapped crazy ladies, mines left me and yours has joined pmsl
take care all, belly rubs to all
mummabec... Thanks for explaining that to me. At least you know if you start to feel the signs of it happening again.. and with lots of extra appts, they will get bubs out if they think they need too xoxo
klee.... yeah my friend is pretty smart ;) so i might listen to her!! I hear ya on trying to keep up with a little one!! DS is quite funny- he makes the groaning sound i do when i sit down on the floor when he sits down!! lol or a big ahhhhh sigh!! So cute! But i have to watch him- he is so quick!! if i am sitting down and he gets up and runs somewhere i have bucklies of catching him!! Lucky my house is Shane proof!!! And lol at us catching up with our bellies!! Oh and you can have your crazy lady back- she is giving me the poo's!!! nah seriously you dont have to take her back.. does anyone else want her??? Going cheap!!!
Jude.. have you heard from your dr yet to see if he wants you to come in earlier? I hope the days are going quickly for you!!
Oh and what is SPD????
Dory... I hope these early days are going ok for you too and that your crazy lady is keeping in check :hug:
Laney.. I hopeyour crazy lady is around the corner ;):pink-babydust:
katiegirl... Hey there i hope all is going well with you xoxox
Ellie... Hi to you too, i hope life is being nice and relaxing for you!!
jlk..... stalking stalking stalking.. i forgot to check what time your appt was today.. but just incase you read this before you text me- (or i text you coz i am getting impatient...) i hope all went well today and TEXT ME!!!! :p
AFM... So yeah, crazy lady is rearing her head.... she was locked up nice and good- but the determined little so and so found the key and let herself out!! :wall:
Like klee said i just need some patience and the movement will increase. I think its kind of a bit of a test for me all these silly things like the anterier placenta. One i dont get my regular movments, and too i get worried about the placenta.. but like i said- i see it as a test, i was so positive with shane, so this time i just to remember to focus on the success's. Even with these added tiny hurdles, i can do it!! I will just have to learn to hide that key better so the crazy lady cant get out again!! But if she does, its nice to know i have people who understand to talk to!!
Love to all xoxoxoxo :bellyrubs: Belly rubs all round!!
Hi all.
Also stalking to see how jlk and your scan went. I hope to hear wonderful news very soon.
Kat, I also have an anterior placenta. I had it for Anna and again for this preg. I have been lucky in that it hasn't had any effect on me feeling the movments...thankfully. I feel for you not feeling regular movement as I am sure it would send you mad. Just so you know...my crazy lady has invited herself back to my house and for some reason I am getting concerned that the baby is not moving as much. I think it actually has to do with the fact that I normally have fortnightly appts and the next was this coming Monday, but I had to cancel as I will be in Brisbane and so will have to wait another week. I think somewhere in my mind, I am thinking that this means something bad will happen, such rational thoughts. I didn't realise an anterior placenta put you more at risk with placental problems - or have I read your post wrong and this is due to your other conditions? Excuse my ignorance!
Have to run but sending big happy vibes to everyone. Anna is playing out in the sandpit (without my assistance for once) and I love watching her. Will be back later to check on the news.
Katie.. its pretty much just in my head that an anterior placenta will be a cause for problems.. so please dont worry anyone else who has one!!
For me- its just that with zahra- my abruption was pretty much unexplained... (long story coming) often an abruption is caused by clots forming behind the placenta and pushing the placenta away from the uterine wall. With me- i had a bleed at the edge of the placenta.. some time between 18 and 35 weeks.. the bleed clotted (refer now aswell to my stress re aspirin.... :wall:) which was actually a good thing.. so come our scan with Zahra at 35weeks they noticed the clot and said it was holding and should be right. Add extra mental stress and anguish and 24 hours later the clot broke free and i bled internally and the placenta abrupted...
NOW.. the drs say the most common cause of placenta bleeding is a trauma such as a car accident where the belly hits the steering wheel or some kind of bump to the belly. My placenta then was to the side, not exactly anterior or posterior (i think) and there was nothing i could think of that had caused trauma to my belly...
SO... when the crazy lady grabs hold she tells me that with the placenta out in front its right in the firing line for trauma. And if it could happen once without me knowing it can happen again, especially when a little someone loves to kick my belly (not the little someone IN my belly ... DS)
AND,.... add to this worry- that technically i once tested a very low positive to Aca (a blood clotting disorder) and i had an abruption (though one NOT related to the disorder... ARE YOU STILL WITH ME???? MY CRAZY LADY GETS COMPLICATED!!!) My new specialist (as i have moved cross country) hears the "tested positive" and "abruption" and tells me to take aspirin....
NOW crazy lady lady says "no way" if my very vulnerable placenta gets injured and i bleed i DO NOT want to be on aspirin, i want it to clot. The Dr who knew my history (a specialist) who knew my results RE the Aca, told me NOT to take it with Shane- so in hindsite i am trusting his advice from two years ago- and my reasoning.. Shane is here, my placenta was fine- not a single clot. Every scan so far it has been fine. So i am going against my drs advice and not taking aspirin.. so of course my other crazy lady (coz lets be honest i have a few in there who often disagree) tell me what if i SHOULD TAKE IT???!!!!
So thats pretty much where the emergence of crazy lady entered.... i feel like i am f''d if i do and f'd if i dont, and my body isnt giving me any reassuring MOVEMENTS!!!! But i will be ok... my instinct is to not take the aspirin.. i am fairly set with that one. I felt wrong taking it, so i stopped. As for my placenta (oh and for later there is a tad more stress involved there.. its low too and is so far clear of my c section scar.. but we might need to check on that closer to delivery incase they go to cut me open and cut through the placenta instead... yay) i just need to make friends with it.. :p and trust it will all be ok!!!
Wow- that actually felt good to write out.. sorry for the all about me post.. but feeling a bit less cray after getting it all out there!!! Thanks for reading!!!
STALKER ALERT......
Update on jlk...
ALL IS GREAT!!!! BABY IS PERFECT IN EVERYWAY.. EVERYTHING IS LOOKING FANTASTIC!!!! SHE HAS A BIG DRIVE HOME AND WILL POST SOME MORE DETAILS PROBABLY TOMORROW!
:dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:
jlk, :dance: I know that this will not be the end of your worry but what a milestone!
Starbright, I think that you should definitely go with your instinct with the aspirin. If you don't feel comfortable taking it, it is not worth the stress. My doctors tell me that "we don't know if aspirin therapy works in practice but it sounds good in theory". I think that most doctors would prescribe you aspirin. It is standard practice here in the US for someone with a past abrution and possible clotting disorder to take it. Just know that a low dose of aspirin does no harm. It will not keep you from clotting.
Oh, and my crazy lady is already starting to find her way home to me. As soon as we started putting effort into TTC, I started to check on Grayson at night. Every night I have to make sure that he is still breathing.:rolleyes:
Katiegirl, I always hated that one week that appts. got mixed up or skipped. That change in routine caused me lots of stress. I think the fact that you are getting close is also causing you to worry a bit. (I just looked at your ticker!)
angelicdragon, I craved water with Grayson. I drank like a fish! My DH told my doctor about it because he was so concerned. I don't know why water drinking would scare someone, I guess it was really out of the norm for me.
klee, have you picked any names yet?
BBL to read jlk's post.
Grayson is 9 months old today! Where does the time go?