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Bel - I'm so sorry to hear of the bleeding you have been having. I really hope that everything is ok for your 2 precious bubs, and you get some reassurance soon.
tiggerlinda - Isn't it nice when DH's share their germs like that, especially when we can't take anything to give us a bit of relief. I'm still coughing and sniffing from a cold/flu that started last Tuesday, it's been hanging around too long. I hope your feeling better soon.
Nic - Sounds like your calmbirth classes will be very helpful when it comes to giving birth!!
Janie - you aren't in line for pre-eclampsia. A friend of a friend just had their bub at 25 weeks, and it's heartbreaking to hear their story. Good to hear your sister is going well now!
LNB - Hopefully your MS doesn't stick around for too long
mummy2chloe - for your Monday bt!!
Nicole S - I hope your Friday goes quickly at work, and you have a nice relaxing weekend away from your a***hole boss.
Briggsys Girl - Have a good rest, I hope your days get a little less hectic soon.
On_Trak - that everything is ok with you
to miss c, hippy mum and anyone else I've missed
afm, I'm just waiting patiently for our 7 week scan to find out if we're having 1 or 2 bubbas. Still feeling ok, just getting pretty tired early now, which is ok with me, I usually stay up too late anyway so I'm making myself go to bed by about 8:30/9pm. Have my work Christmas do on Saturday night, it's going to be interesting being one of the only ones not drinking, I'll probably get annoyed with everyone and want to leave early.
Ok I'm really sorry for gate crashing - But Congratulations M2C... I just found your news in here and am thrilled for you. What a great piece of news. that bubs sticks tight for you hun.
And congrats to the hundreds of women in here that I know. I love popping in to read up and see how you are all progressing.
Sorry to have been MIA. Nowadays I am just too tired by the time I come home from work I don't even have the energy to do anything. I nap as soon as I get home at 6 pm, then have dinner and by the time I clean up it is bed time.
Welcome M2C and Alloy. It is very exciting and scary in the first few weeks but it is all worth it when you see that heart beat.
Bel - what a scary experience. I that the bubs are well and that the bleeding stops soon. Good thing the Ob could find the source of the problem (and it is external to the sacs as well).
LNB - Belly buddy... I think I am in the same boat as you. MS is bearable but just... and as soon as I thought I had it worked out.... it gives me a new twist... this morning it sent me into a spin
Janie - I don't know what pre-eclampsia mean but it sounds scary... well as one wise woman in here warned me that just because my sister and mother didn't have MS, I might not be safe... and she was very right.... I hope in your case that is so too.
On Trak - I hope your bub is well... hang in there hun....
To everyone else, I hope you are all cruising along.
AFM, had my 8 week scan and the bub is beautiful (sorry a little biase), measuring spot on at 8 weeks and having heart beat at 128 bpm. I had the scan 1 day before our 9th anniversary so it was a wonderful present for both DH and I. Our family are already making guesses as to whether we are having a boy or girl. My MIL's theory is if I am craving sweet stuff (which I am not really but in comparison to never wanting to eat sweets in the past to eating it just fine now), then I must be carrying a boy. I asked DH to place a bet on the issue and he said "o.k. if you say its a boy then I will say it's a girl. If I win you give me a boy next time and if you win we will have a girl next time." What sort of a bet is that! Anyway, DH is over the moon but is very clueless. I was very sick the other day and in his worried state said to me "should I take you to hospital?" Now who has ever been hospitalised for MS???
Anyway, hope you are all well. Have a nice weekend.
Kahlan - your DH isn't completely off the ball - severe MS, where you can't keep anything down, DOES hospitalise ladies regularly! it's called hyperesmesis gravidarium (or similar - i don't have it so going on memory) - extreme sickness can lead to dehdration so they put you on the drip. DH is just looking out for you (and you look out for you too - no point getting to a point where you are really dehydrated - very bad for you and for bubs!)
Thank you so much to everyone who's done the "shout out" to me in the last couple of days. Your thoughts mean so much to me because you're almost the only ones who know!!
BG - you beat me to it, I was going to say I had a friend who was hospitalised for severe MS but you said it much more eloquently!
Kahlan - sorry that you're feeling lousy, although obviously not serious enough to be looking for a hospital bed so that's very good news . Thanks for your sticky thoughts ... I just hope bub hangs in there :-)
Alloy - welcome to the thread ... tough gig being in early pg around Chrissy and doing the "not drinking" thing ... hope you manage to survive your work do! Do your colleagues know you're pg or will you be having to disguise the fact you're not drinking?
M2C - a quiet congratulations and I hope all is well for you today ... welcome to the thread and you are here to stay.
LNB - thanks for your thoughts and I hope your MS doesn't give you too much trouble.
Janie - thanks for your
Nic - thanks for thinking of me, no news 'til scan but for now *boring* is good!
Bel - thinking of you, hope the last few days have been *boring* for you too ... no more stress and excitement
Possums - nice of you to drop in
Miss_c - thanks for the vote of confidence xx, hope you're doing well and I LOVE your huge posts so no need to feel guilty
Sonya - hi there, nice to see you popping in; my thoughts are with you xoxo
NicoleS, HM, TL - hi
AFM - still no MS or other symptoms but looking for all the positives ... no bleeding and only 4 more sleeps until next BT & scan. I have been researching low HCG levels and am feeling more confident that things might still be OK. Others who've had low HCG then blighted ovum or MC have generally been WAY lower levels than mine and out of three tables of week by week HCG levels that I found I am *just* within the lower limit of two out of three. I've decided that I am "borderline" rather than a lost cause!! Another positive from last week's scan - not ectopic! Hoping to see a stronger HB next Tues .
M2C - I really hope your blood test on Tuesday shows that your levels have been rising like a champion. I'm so sorry that you've got all this worry at the moment, I'm for you and sending heaps of
On Tra_k - for Tuesday hun. I really hope your levels have been rising as well, and your scan shows a strong . My work do last night was ok, most people know i'm pg (hard to keep my AC a secret, when I usually start work at 7 and my clinic doesn't open until 7:30 for bt. I found it easier to be honest with everyone at work, and they have been really supportive).
and to everyone else, sorry for no more personals, I'm so tired lately. My levels on Friday were awesome, P - 125 and HCG - 11,000. Another bt tomorrow, and I'll get to organise with the nurse for our scan, so I'm looking forward to that.
Mummy 2 Chloe: - 6 weeks is te scan mark try and stay postive I know it is hard call tommorrow and see what they can offer you but remember the HCG is rising so that is a good sign. (I bled right up till 12 weeks sweetie)
Devon and Bw
to everyone
Well we are 22 weeks today and DH can now feel his princess move
TL, Charlotte is probably just have a couple of down days. I noticed it myself the last couple of days. I had felt the occassional movement and then all of a sudden last night he started booting me in the bladder and right down near my cervix (ouch!) and he's been on the go ever since! He definitely has his quiet days though.
I just wanted to stop in and wish everyone of you a very lovely and stress free christmas and new year. I'll probably be back on tomorrow, but not 100% sure. Heading to Canberra for Christmas and leaving at lunch time.
I am so over working in the city at Christmas time. Went downstairs to get lunch, it was raining, couldn't be bothered going back up to get umbrella, almost get pushed over at the lights, pass thru underground center to avoid rain, come out the doors back onto street and almost get burnt with a cigarette by a girl having a great old chat right in the doorway to the centre, work people annoying the bejeezus out of me, have to pick up turkey & pork from butchers this arvo, pick up my mum's present for my dad on the way home as well, husbands christmas party tonight, AAARRRRRGHGHGHGHGHGHG. OVER IT.
Poor baby must be so not happy at the moment with the stress I feel under at work. I haven't felt any movement for a while. At least not as regular as Iit was starting to get. Had an Ob appointment yesterday, so I know things are ok, it's just I don't like inflicting this stress on my little innocent.
Think I'm going to go home now and do some relaxation exercises....
i'm very excited to be posting for the first time in this thread (after being in the LTTTC thread for some time).
I was in the dreaded TWW with Possums (yee-ha for Possums!!) and we both had some great pre-Christmas news.
I had a BFP last Friday and then a BT yesterday (15 DPO and HCG 564). I'm very excited - but staying cautious as well. My 7 week scan is booked for 12 Jan, so I'll be trying to stay relaxed till then.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone in here over coming months!
mels x x
Mel- yay! I think we are both excited and cautious...hard not to be for us
Nixon- have a nice christmas...I hope you have some time for you... to unwind. I was chatting with a good friend in Sydney this morning and she too said she was over the city right now
AHHHHHH i got a BFP!!!!! on cd25 and its quite strong with pregnosis is it a false positive? HELP!!!!! i cant stop crying im scared!!
Me 21
DF 21 - 89% abnormal sperm- on menevit one and a half months
TTC#1 for 2 years!!!
blighted ovum May 08
CD25 of a clockwork 28 and a BFP on the 2nd of JAN!!!
AHHHHHHH!!!!
Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - December 2008
you aren't in line for pre-eclampsia. A friend of a friend just had their bub at 25 weeks, and it's heartbreaking to hear their story. Good to hear your sister is going well now!
that everything is ok with you
to miss c, hippy mum and anyone else I've missed
to the thread 
(sorry a little biase), measuring spot on at 8 weeks and having heart beat at 128 bpm. I had the scan 1 day before our 9th anniversary so it was a wonderful present for both DH and I. Our family are already making guesses as to whether we are having a boy or girl. My MIL's theory is if I am craving sweet stuff (which I am not really but in comparison to never wanting to eat sweets in the past to eating it just fine now), then I must be carrying a boy. I asked DH to place a bet on the issue and he said "o.k. if you say its a boy then I will say it's a girl. If I win you give me a boy next time and if you win we will have a girl next time." What sort of a bet is that! Anyway, DH is over the moon but is very clueless. I was very sick the other day and in his worried state said to me "should I take you to hospital?" Now who has ever been hospitalised for MS???
to everyone else in here
for Tuesday hun. I really hope your levels have been rising as well, and your scan shows a strong 
. My work do last night was ok, most people know i'm pg (hard to keep my AC a secret, when I usually start work at 7 and my clinic doesn't open until 7:30 for bt. I found it easier to be honest with everyone at work, and they have been really supportive). 
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