Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - June 2008

[butterfly_warrior]

Nuchal scan went great today - despite my freak outs before hand! I still have trouble getting my head around the size of the baby now, so I was initially concerned when I couldn't see anything that remotely resembled a heart beat until the sonographer pointed to the tiny little flicker in the chest. It seems our baby is a bit uncooperative with having measurements taken, sat very still (probably asleep!) through the first stages, but as soon as the sonographer went to measure the nuchal fold, the baby woke up and commenced squirming, wriggling, twisting and flipping over making it really hard!

I'm told that my age-related risk of downs syndrome is 1:371, and after the scan it came down to 1:1447 so I'm feeling quite good about things. I probably won't go chasing the blood results and how that changes things again until I get to next week's OB appointment. Everything is looking great. We got lots of pictures this time - even some gorgeous 3D ones where our little parasite just looks so cute and comfy snuggled in.

My right ovary is still enlarged, but appears to be coming down slowly. Posterior placenta, I'm told - does this mean anything good or bad or is just a statement of position?

Hope everyone is well... Starting to get worried about Nic, though. Has been ages since we heard anything. Hopefully she's just too busy with her new little bundle and all is ok.

BW

[mako]

BW on a fantastic NT scan. What great results and its lovely that you got some pics too.

I thought I should mention that Nic was having a c/s so she has probably spent most of if not all of the past week in hospital recovering.(I was in for 6 days with Sage).

Nic just know that we are all thinking of you hun

[Shannon22]

BW - Congrats on the fantastic scan results... go parasite! Nope posterior just means its sitting at the back which will be better for feeling the babies kicks.

Struggling a little bit here with sciatica which is causing me a fair bit of pain when i sit down, so really struggling at work. Went to see GP today about this freckle they want to cut off but want 100 different opinions before they take it out whilst i am pregnant, so off to the dermatologist next for a final decision. Though she did get out the magical doppler and i got to hear babies heartbeats for the fist time via doppler, was amazing and both and going great. Very wiggly today which is nice

Oh Nic hope you are healing up nicely and bubs is going great!

Shan

[scooby]

Hi girls
BW: so glad your scan went well that is just awesome and im sure its such a relief for you know to get to that magical point, good luck and big hugs
Shan: so sorry about the sciatica, that is so painful and unless youve had it you dont get how bad the pain is, i supoose its really hard to get something you can take to stop the pain as anti inflammatories are off the list. Dont know if youve tried homoeopathics but hypericum is suppose to be really good for nerve pain. Good luck also with the dermatologist hopefully you wont need anything cutting off.
Nic: hope your doing well and healing quickly very gentle
Miss C: sooooo glad to see you in here and im glad your pregnancy is going well, totally understand the caution, its so difficult to feel excited after the effort and losses. I was just saying that to DH yesterday, 2 of my friends are preg with there first, both had no hassles falling and have never had m/cs and i envy so much there "innocence" (if thats the right word) i would love to be so carefree and relaxed and believe that nothing can go wrong, unfortuantely too many of us know different! Good luck miss C and i lok forward to sharing this journey with you. PS hows the UK treating you?
Marcellus: thanks for that info i am going to get on to that as it is one of my biggest worries about the CS, thanks!!
AFM: going good, still sick but it is such a comfort (ridiculous i know) im 11 weeks now so starting to relax "alittle" ill be 12 weeks on monday but im not having my scan till wed, so just over a week to go, yeeehaaaa
Well girls hope your all keeping well

[arielle]

Any news on Nic? Hope you and bub are doing well hun. We're all thinking of you. xo

BW - great news on your scan! I am so pleased to hear all is progressing beautifully.

Shan - sciatica? ouchies! You poor thing. Hope it buggers off real soon!
Yay for the wiggles!! Always nice and reassuring, hey.

Scooby! Bring on the 2nd trim (and BW too). Hope you start to feel more and more relaxed and confident with each day hun. You're doing great!

ME? Trying to type with one hand is tricky! All's going great with us. Laela pulled through really well. The doc was rather impressed. Obviously a tough chick. The doc says she is pretty sure she had pneumonia. She somehow contracted it in utero. Bazaar!!!
Anways, she's home now, doing great, and we're loving it!! I can't wait for all of you pg LTTTC'ers to get to the same point. It really is awesome!!! The best feeling ever, and worth every iota of angst I went through.

Take care all.

Ari

[Acacia]

Thanks so much everyone for the welcome! It feels soooo nice to be here now!

BW - so very glad to hear about your scan results! BRILLIANT!! I'm glad you feel so good about the nuchal fold results too - it's a really good result! I know I felt similarly when my risk dropped after the scan - a similar drop to you too. And watching Parasite being cheeky and not letting the sonographer get those measurements must have been a real thrill! We were the opposite - CB wouldn't stop moving for the first part of the scan, and then we had to wait for it / encourage it into the right position for the nuchal scan, and then it behaved beautifully then! Kept very still and quiet! I hope the blood test results at your OB appointment give your further peace of mind, and hope things continue along the wonderful path their travelling for you. Another milestone you've reached. Huge congratulations! Great to hear that your ovary is slowly but surely getting better too.

Lenny - thanks for the words of encouragement I hope Liam's doing well and you're getting some rest and enjoying motherhood!

Shan - ahhhh, I'm sorry to hear about the sciatica hun. I don't know what it's like, but I can understand the feeling of having discomfort a lot of the time. My back is starting to play up a little now as CB starts this big growth spurt at this time, all because of the broken coccyx/damaged sacrum I sustained about 18 months ago, but more than that the IBS-related pain and discomfort so far during the pregnancy is tiring me, even though I feel so relieved that it's not affecting / anything to do with CB. I hope you're able to get some relief from it, and that you feel ok.
Glad you're getting lots of opinions about your freckle, so you feel very comfortable with whatever has to happen. Hope it all works out.
I completely understand how amazing that sound that comes out of the doppler is for the first time - I'm still buzzing from the weekend! Enjoy the wigglets, hun. I hope it's nice distraction from the sciatica. Oh, and congratulations on getting the cots! What a exciting, brave step! I know how that must have felt (see more below) Well done

scooby - It's so nice to see you in here when the last time we were posting to each other was in the LTTTC forums! I know it's a bit late, but congratulations to you!! My m/s started to improve during week 12, and even though I missed the reassurance it gave me, I didn't miss the nausea! My BBs have taken over the reassurance role a fair bit now - it's ridiculous how sore they get sometimes now! I'm very pleased to hear that you are starting to relax a little bit, and I really understand what you mean by "innocence". I described it to DH that way too. You're spot on. I hope the time to your scan goes quickly, and that you have a wonderful scan that brings you lots of excitement and reassurance.

Ari - so glad to hear that Laela is home and with you! Yay!! It's wonderful to hear that motherhood is making you feel so happy and fulfilled - more than anything in the world

BW & Shan - I totally understand the whole moving through the pregnancy in small steps. I can only think about the next scan, the next milestone, certainly not the having-a-baby part, as well. DH is very keen on shopping for baby clothes already (he's bought quite a lot now), and has researched prams and cots etc. already. He's so very excited and this is the way that he expresses his excitement that everything is going well, but I've found this uncomfortable a lot of the time. I have trouble feeling ok about thinking about and preparing for a baby yet. I'm getting better though, and I went shopping with DH for some baby clothes at a sale a couple of days ago. Felt weird, but not as uncomfortable as it has been. Maybe it just takes time to get through the anxiety, to get past the emotional aspects and adjust to the having-a-baby part. And sharing that with people like you who understand completely makes a huge difference to me not feeling like "the lady who can't enjoy her 'normal' pregnancy".

All is well here. It just feels like a big turning point to be in here with you ladies in the forum And since we went through the anxiety on the weekend of ending up in the emergency department of the local hospital (long story, but it involved being told by my midwife on Sunday to see a doctor because of consistent pain in my lower abdomen that had been building in intensity for a number of days - only place to see a doctor on a Sunday in the UK is at the A&E!) and to be relieved of that anxiety that something may have been wrong after this ongoing pain, we also got to hear the baby's heart beat as well for the first time, after the worry of not hearing it a number of times before that - I am feeling relaxed and getting excited about the idea of everything being ok for the first time! It's a really nice feeling!

Really hoping Nic is recovering well and everything with the birth went well. Hope you're well, Nic!!

Miss C

[Devon]

Hi everyone

I think I might be ready to post in here, am feeling like I need to talk.

I?m 11 weeks and 2 days pregnant following a miscarriage early last year. I fell pg again on my fourth cycle of OI/IUI, 15 months after my miscarriage.

I am really scared about losing this one, having gone through a lot of heartache to get here. I really should remind myself how lucky I am to be pg, but it?s so hard to shake the fear.

I?m still terrified that I?m going to lose this one without knowing it ? which is what happened last time. My next scan (the NT scan) is next Wednesday, I was feeling OK about it but now I?m getting quite anxious so I?ll probably be a mess by then.

Anyway, I look forward to getting to know you all through our pg journeys and am sending you all lots of and

D
xxx