High Risk Pregnancy ~ General Discussion and Support

[ButterflyForever]

hi all

Crumpet - thinking of you, I had almost 3 weeks of brown spotting, it drove me nuts, was going to the loo every half hour, I really hope it settles hun, keep us updated.

Black rose - dreading the BH again, I get them quite strong too, hope they settle, take it easy.

afm - just tired and sick, had a Macdonalds at lunch, really wish I hadn't, got indigestion now.

take care all

[~mamaspice~]

Hi Everyone!


Csab, how are you feeling? It generally takes a while for the levels of thyroxine to build up in your system, but if it get's to a point where you are Overactive you'll have symptoms like rapid heart rate, hand tremors, heat intolerance. Rapid heart rate is generally the dead giveaway. I guage my dosage on that a lot and it seems to be a pretty accurate indicator. Hope your symptoms are subsiding.

Butterflyforever I'm so sorry for the loss of your daughter. I hope this pregnancy is smooth sailing for you.

Black_rose. Hang in there! You've only got 4 more days to reach 34 weeks. Lets hope you hit all your mini goals.

TK1999, welcome! Hope your TTC journey is short and sweet. I know someone who had HELLP with their first pregnancy but didn't get it at all second time around so you are the same.

Beema, how are you going hun? Hope the BH and fluid have settled down for you.

Crumpet, how are you doing sweetie? Hope the cramps and spotting have settled down for you too.

AFM, nothing to report really. Just plodding along. BSL's have been okay so I'm hopeful that I can keep off the insulin for a bit longer. I have my next antenatal appointment this wednesday so we'll see what comes of that. I can't tell if bubs is still breech. I feel movement high and low I've been thinking a lot about the birth lately and I think I'm on the verge of deciding on an elective CS. I dunno, I just don't have the confidence in my bodies ability to birth vaginally ATM. We'll see what the next few weeks bring.

[tk1999]

crumpet (and any others who may be interested he he) - HELLP syndrome is thought of as a variant to pre-eclampsia (PE). It stands for Haemolytic anaemia, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelet count - the only 'cure' is birth of the baby and placenta.

Thank you for the welcome everyone - we aren't actively TTC at the moment as I have too many questions/fears etc re any future pg but I am slowly overcoming them

[crumpet]

crumpet (and any others who may be interested he he) - HELLP syndrome is thought of as a variant to pre-eclampsia (PE). It stands for Haemolytic anaemia, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelet count - the only 'cure' is birth of the baby and placenta.

Thank you for the welcome everyone - we aren't actively TTC at the moment as I have too many questions/fears etc re any future pg but I am slowly overcoming them

wow that sounds full on hun!

im sure in time you will feel more ready and comfortable with becoming oreg again

thank you all for ur concern yesterday.....
i think i may have been jumping the gun and paranoid over nothing, everything was settled and gone by 10 yesterday morning.....

i did feel a bit heavier than normal by last night but nothing to major, so im assuming it was either the internal scan and my low placenta or stetching and stuff.....

just enough to give me heart failure!

hope everyone else is well!! no excitment so far is great for u all!!

[*Beema*]

Good Morning everyone

Hopefully everyone is still baking away nicely after the weekend!!!

Welcome tk, lovely to see you here hun, I have 3-4 friends who all had PE/HELLP with their first bubbas and wonderfully all of them have made it to FT with future pregnancies, there was a lot more monitoring, very regular BP checks, growth scans etc and protein checks. The good thing about PE is that it is rare that you get it in subsequent pregnancies unless you have a new male partner, so hopefully when the time comes and you feel ready to try again, you will have a much smoother pregnancy. GD isn't a neccessarily a definite either another firned who had it in her first didn't have it in her second pregnancy and is passing the gestation of her first bub of 32 weeks at the moment and still looking great!!!

Fears are completely normal, DH and I were talking with friends about it on the weekend and for a long time we didn't think we would try again but eventually you feel ready and take the plunge as such

Great news on the BLS Mamaspice, hopefully they keep in the good ranges and you can skip the insulin Make the birthing decision that you feel you can achieve, do you have specific fears about VB, maybe we can talk some of them through

Welcome ButterflyForever! I am so sorry for the passing of your sweet little angel Wonderfuly news on the HB and perfect growth of bub. I hope all goes well with your cerivx and scarring.

black_rose, I hope the BH's have settled down, and goodluck for you appointment tomorrow,, and woo hoo you are at DD's gestation today!!!!!

Crumpet, I hope the cramps have settled for you, great to hear the Progesterone is doing it's thing, will you be continuing them throughout the pregnancy?

csab, I had that feeling for quite a while as well, I would also get it around AF time and it was horrible, so I completely understand what you are going through there.

DD is also on Ventolin up to 6 puffs every two hours, Flixotide morning and night and Prednisolone, without this mix she would have had a couple more admissions this year already, and if we miss one dose of the Flixotide gets very wheezy. We had a close call a couple of weeks ago and called the locum out and also had constant visits to the GP to get her through, but made it even with a traecheal tug (a sign of repisratory distress), I had a feeling the tug was mild enough that we could cope with it. We can't take her out in the cold for very long, as it just hits her too hard. She had another year or so to go before her lungs have grown enough for it to be less of an issue, DD's right lung isn't inflated fully so it doens't work to it's capacity. But it makes it a lot easier since we have had a diagnosis, we have a better action plan and we know what to look for in forms of respiratory distress and know when to take her into the ER.

AFM ~ Very bust weekend with family down for DD"s birthday, we a lovely weekend, I tried to rest as much as possible, but it was tricky... Got through without any BH's until a few last night, but they didn't last for long and weren't as intense as Thursday so I felt okay with them. Get my test results either this afternoon or tomorrow, haven't even been thinking about them we have been so busy. I think my mum and MIL will be down in the next week or so to help me decorate DD's new room, as we will be moving her into a bigger room and her room will be for Flicker. And I really want to get pictures hung on the walls and a few other things sorted out.

Must go and invoice and write a construction specification - yay
Belly rubs all xxoo
I feel that I need to get all sorted now I really want to be much more organised this time

[crumpet]

thanks hun, all good for now.....
my OB is hoping to have me off the progesterone about 3 weeks after next week.....
ill do a week of morning and night doses after the stitch then a week of night only, then a week of every second night and then i should be able to stop.....
mind u im semi expecting to have to keep it up i was on it till the last minute last time....

poor miss n, hope she is doing ok with this cold weather!!

glad she had a nice birthday!!

will be thinking if u and ur test results today

[*Beema*]

Just quickly - test results are ALL CLEAR!!!!! super dupa happy about that!!!!

Good to hear that the progestrone is working so well for you, I hope the weaning process works, but if it doesn't at least you it is something that you can continue if need be my OB said that if we have problems after the next scan then I will be on it as well.

Must run and pick DD up from Daycare xxoo

[crumpet]

great news hun!!!!!

the progesterone is a pain in the bum but it does its job well!