Hi Ladies - a new thread !! I always find it hard to remeber what was going on in the old thread so sorry for not getting to all the personals
Jen - welcome and congratulations
HM - sounds like you have an exciting time ahead, good luck with everything but something tells me with your calm approach everything will be just fine
Chez67 - my age risk for DS was 1 in 84 and after our BT / Scan they came back at 1 in 3000 so we didn't do any further testing, but , like Janie we had already decided not to as the further testing.
21 - good luck for you BT next week
Possums - I didn't have any real pg symptoms until about 7.5 weeks and now I just wish they would go away !! Thanks for the update on Bel, great to hear that she is doing okay.
Alloy - congrats on the twins , double the joy for you
Janies, BG, Megan, Nicole glad to hear you are all doing well.
Megan - who are you doing the calmbirth classes through - have been talking this through with DH as something that might benefit us (well me - i'm an anxious little vegemite!)
i hear ya on the kicks to the cervix - i cant imagine what it will be like in 6 weeks - at the moment they don't hurt but they are definitely "thumpy". think bubs might have struggled with daddy going away on sunday - was very quiet for a couple of days but has now gotten used to just mummy again, and is booting me as i type. i wonder if the sound of the keyboard is annoying? lol
not a lot happening here - have morphology scan tomorrow which i am so looking forward to! have been listening to bub regularly the past few weeks while DH home (he connects better with the sound) and last night managed to get a really loud HB so recorded it on my phone and sent it to him. when i spoke to him a few hours later he said he'd already listed to it three times! sent it to a couple of other people that have been really supportive and three ended up in tears! i think it's the most amazing sound to listen to. i know all is ok (getting kicks flat out now) but it brings me confidence hearing that HB - plus i'm trying to catch heart rate (for the whole under 150 - boy, over 150 = girl) - damn shame our heartrate is always around 150-155 - no clear measure on that one.
will have to go bump the gender thread for tomorrow - if anyone hasn't voted jump on in!
and finally, now that i've waffled away - Alloy! congrats on the twinnies!! to the newbies - welcome!
This is my first ever post so I hope I get it right! I have never been quite brave enough to join in???
I have read through this whole thread and wanted to say congratulations to you all!
I am 6 weeks pregnant after my second ICSI cycle which is very exciting
I am having a repeat blood test tomorrow as I have continued to spot for the past two weeks. My HCG levels are over 5000 but progesterone is only 27 so I am having pregnyl shot twice a week to help boost it over 30
BG, I'm doing calmbirth in Upper Ferntree Gully (Melanie Cane). I found her on the calmbirth website under practitioners. She is a doula as well. There are 5 classes x 2.5 hours or she also offers the whole course over a weekend (which I think a lot of them do). It's only about 20-30min drive for us so we're doing the weekly classes. I'm a bit anxious about the birth too and DH is really keen to learn more and help me as much as he can so we're really excited about doing it. A family member did the course a few months ago and gave birth the day after finishing the class, and they couldn't recommend it highly enough. Her DH felt like he knew what he had to do to support her the whole way through and caught bub in the end.
I forgot about the heart rate thing for detecting boy or girl. Ours was borderline too. At 12w it was 154 and at 19w it was 148 and we were told we're having a boy. No real indicator on that one! Have fun at your scan tomorrow. Can't remember what I voted now...I think girl! Hope s/he is co-operative for you!
might have to get you to PM me the details megan - have contacted someone out in pakenham but no response so may contact that one - FTG isn't too far further in...
just letting you all know that i dont belong in here anymore
went for our 9 weeks scan yesterday to find an empty sac that measured 7 weeks
going in for D&C tomorrow morning.
am shattered and cant believe this has happend, how could this baby leave me without me knowing. i had no bleeding, no pain no nothing.
it hurts to breathe and my eyes are swollen shut from crying, all i want in my dd to come home, but the ex wont let her home cos "he wants to spend time with her"
i broke down in tears begging him to let her come home, so i can hold her and explain to her that the baby she so desperatly wants isnt going to be coming. i just want my dd home with me right now, this is so unfair and it just want my little baby back
Sorry ladies this is going to be a short post with BB down for most of the arvo and sleeping in this hot heat I really need to pack for our Wagga trip tomorrow.
Allloy...WOO Hoo on Twins how very exciting!!!
BG, Best of luck for your scan tomorrow
The everyone else BIG and will catch up again in the next few days.
AFM, we had our 19 week scan and it was awesome.
Bubs was active with hands flying everywhere.
HB was 148 at 12 weeks it was 160 so who knows what we are having as I held back and didn't find out.
M2C- Oh, i am so so sad to read your news...I know the horrible pain you are feeling right now- you just have to go with it for a while...until eventually the rawness of it will ease. I have had two D&Cs ....I felt period like cramping afterwards and with the last one had light bleeding for close to 2 weeks. Some of the cramping last time was like bad period pain. Each woman is different...and panadol etc does help. Emotionally I felt empty afterwards and hollow... I am just sharing so you will realise you aren't alone if you feel a bit that way too... i think it's common to feel a bit awful after a D&C. On the other side, in other ways I felt relief knowing that the since the pregnancy wasn't vialble at least it was completely over and I could start to heal. I am thinking of you
bell- welcome....I hope the spotting settles for you
Oh M2C I am so so sorry. That is just devastating news. I am heartbroken for you and your DD. I hope she can come home soon and you can hold her in your arms.
You are in my thoughts hun.
Everyone- Ques...they are telling me that it is important that I do the scan to date the pregnancy. Do you think this is totally necessary? They say it is important to be accurate for due date, inductions, etc etc. But what i notice is that with each scan you girls have the dates change a little sometimes anyway which suggests it can be a bit inaccurate. What do you girls think. I am booked for friday and I can cancel it at anytime. You guys know my preference to not have unless totally necessary...and i will be the same with inductions and all other stuff too. Will get all my bloods done but not the spina bifida and downs. Grrr i hate blood tests..I am such a baby and I use anesthetic cream...he hee, but i can't do that now for our bubs health, I know you veteran IVF girls will think I am a twit...it is the area or the arm that freaks me out. Anyway i will be strong. Anyway...off i go. I look forward to your thoughts. xoxox Hm
Dusty and M2C you are incredible women, you are in my thoughts. xoxo
M2C - I am so very sorry for your loss. Life just sometimes really sucks. I hope your DD will be home with you soon.
HM - my dates have always remained exactly the same with each scan I have had from 8 weeks onwards, but maybe I am the exception rather than the rule. I say go with what is right for you. I understand from the doctors point of view that it is easier to know exact dates etc, but just remember it wasn't that many years ago that they hardly ever did ultra sounds. When my younger sisters were born (1975) my mum didn't even know she was having twins until one of them had been born because they didn't do ultra sounds unless there was something wrong! So go with your gut and don't get pressured into anything you don't want to do.
Nicole - wonderful to hear that you scan went well. We didn't find out either, so we will both be in for wonderful surprises on the day!
Bell - Congratulations! And welcome to our thread. My pregnancy was a HRT FET and I had to stay on progesterone pessaries until I was 10 weeks pregnant as I hadn't ovulated naturally (so didn't have a corpus lutuem). Perhaps you could ask your FS whether these would be of help to you.
Alloy congrats on twins! What wonderful news - we do seem to have a lot of ladies in here at the moment that are also having twins, so lots of people to compare notes with.
To everyone else - I hope you are all well.
AFM - I think bubs has turned again from being head down. The pressure seems to have gone off my bladder and I have been more breathless and a little faint. Plenty of time for them to move back into the head down position, but I really wish they would. Having the pressure on my bladder is more comfortable that not being able to breath!
M2C, I am so sorry to read about your loss Damn your ex for not letting you have time with your DD. I hope you get to cuddle her soon! I'm thinking of you x
M2C - So sor sorry hun
Bell - welcome I had spotting froms 6 weeks and just got a kick from my little one
to everyone. Little Miss C is freaking Mummy out by being quite in the mornings but she is kicking throughout the day so I am sure all is ok. I know now the worry will never end
HM - I just read your post properly, my dates haven't really changed much from any of my scans either. I was IVF though, so my doc and clinic know the exact date that the embies were transferred. And I agree with Janie, years ago Ultrasounds weren't offered to many ladies unless there were suspected problems, and theres nothing wrong with all of us I hope you can sort it out with your doc, it's your pregnancy and you should be the one to call the shots!!
Janie - I hope your breathlessness doesn't last too long, and bubs turns around again to help you feel a little more comfortable!
Nicole - Glad your scan went well! It must have been great to see bubs moving around so much.
BG - Good luck for your scan today! I haven't voted in your poll, but I'll go and do that now . . I'm guessing blue
bell - hope your going ok, and your spotting has stopped. for your bt today, hopefully your progesterone has risen above 30!
for your bt today, hopefully your progesterone has risen above 30!
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