Pregnancy after Long Term TTC - June 2008

Hi everyone :)

Devon - hang in there, hun. It's so hard to feel comfortable and ok when you're hanging out for the next time you get to know the baby is ok. And when you have pain and discomfort to contend with, it makes it even harder to believe that everything is ok. I know that feeling really well too. And it's completely ok to feel this way. Really understand :hug: I really hope the time til Monday goes by as quick as possible. I'm sorry to hear your back isn't so good - have you tried used a warm (not hot) heat bag? I also bought a pillow designed specifically for pregnancy that supports your back, bump and legs when you're sleeping and I've found that really good for the hip and pelvis discomfort I get - even better than sleeping with a pillow between the knees, I've found. My midwifes also told me that it's not uncommon to get back pain when bloated and/or constipated - not suggesting this is what you have ;) but just thought I would add it in to this mix in case it's helpful. Hang in there, hun. Thinking of you lots.

scooby - Well done on getting your ticker going! It's a great feeling when you feel ok about doing that, isn't it? I'll get in on those bets you're proposing :D sounds like lots of fun! Really nice that you, Devon and numa all have each other as belly buddies. How are you feeling at the moment?

BW - how's your back going? I hope it's not giving you too much misery at the moment :hug:

Ellie - been thinking of you lots, and hope everything is travelling really well with you and the baby, and that you're feeling as relaxed as you can.

Shan - haven't heard how you're going in a while, hun. Hope everything is going great guns, and looking forward to hearing from you :hug:

Hi to numa, Janie and everyone else in the thread - sending big belly rubs and warm wishes.

Things have become quite busy - DH got a job at the end of last week (YAY!), and we've been looking for a place to live. We've found a couple of houses we're really interested in, so we'll see how they pan out. More waiting to see what happens. Getting a bit tired of all the waiting :rolleyes: but very excited that things are starting to happen on the life/living point of view. It's been hard to be so passive for so many months.

Everything is going well with CB - we heard the heartbeat nice and strong two days ago - 150bpm which was wonderful to hear again. I don't think I'll get over the sound, ever! The midwife could feel the baby's orientation which was great, as it gives a bit more reality to it at the moment, and she found the heartbeat immediately. Movements have been getting stronger, but had a little panic on the weekend when they seemed to stop all together for over a day. Of course they came back, even stronger on Monday :doh: Less than two weeks until our 20 week scan, so we're getting excited now!

Thinking of you all lots, and sending hugs from the UK,

Miss C

Just letting people know that I'm ok, just completely exhausted. We have a series of parent teacher nights over the first three weeks in term three that really knock me around energy wise, I'm finding things worse being pregnant.

Also struggling with some emotional-type stuff that I can't really put into words just yet. I'm reading, I just don't have a lot of energy to post anything too coherent.

BW

BW, sorry to hear you're feeling so wiped :comfort: You're doing a super effort with work and pregnancy together - I know how much energy it takes to be a teacher even before you add pregnancy into the mix. Hope those parent teacher nights are over soon and that you get through them intact.

I hope you're feeling better mentally too, hun. Just remember that everything you feel is valid, it's not just acceptable, but understandable, and you're a wonderful woman for being the incredibly thoughtful and sensitive person you are.

Thinking of you lots.

Miss C

Hi Lovely ladies

Miss C - I posted in your blog but so happy to hear things are falling into place for you and DH and CB will be one very lucky bub when he/she gets here :) Are you going to find out gender at the 20 week scan?

BW - Hope the parent teacher nights arent too painful and i hope the exhaustion goes away, as for the feelings and thoughts i have that same problem, the words will come when are ready :hug:

Ellie - Hope the m/s is playing nice and you are feeling a little better :hug: Look after yourself! Also a little slow on the uptake but i read in your Pg Announcement you and DH did this the old fasioned way! Well arent you bloody clever!

Devon - Hope your back is feeling better, i found a antenatal physio really helped and lots of stretching. Ahh the joys :)

:bellyrubs: to Scooby, Janie & Numa

Well sorry i have been MIA, i have been reading daily but just processing a few things also :) Babies are both perfect and have been really kicking up a storm every hour or so one has a kick and a wiggle which is lovely and reassuring although some kicks are getting pretty strong, i just beg them to stay away from the bladder!

Have had a little bit of slight freaking out when the Ob said she wants to scan them at 24 weeks (2 weeks to go) to make sure the girl is growing properly because she is small and that we can take them anytime after that if need be..... well im not ready yet! I am petrified of the whole premmie thing, c section thing, and just lying there whilst they take them and whisk them away to special care. I wish i could just freeze time and keep them as they are safe inside me. I know they probably wont take them at 24 weeks but knowing there is an 80% chance they will need special care unless they make it to 37 weeks scares the crap out of me. I really want to be in the other 20%!

Okay i know none of it is really all that logical, but she freaked me out and i realised i have no idea about a lot of things.. and being the slight control freak that i am i need info. So i have a very long list for our next Ob appointment in 2 weeks.

Sorry for the ramble :)

Shan

Hello hope I can join in here and this is a sticky bubba for us :)

Shan :hug: sweet we better have different OB's not sure one could handle both of us :lol:

Has anyone heard anything about Christopher Price?

Welcome, TL! Very happy to have you here. Can't comment on Brisbane OBs though.

I had a bit of a lightbulb moment last night and reading Miss C's words this morning has triggered some more thoughts... I've figured out what some of my problems are - again, just need the time to put it all in words. I'm sure I'll feel better when I do, but time is the problem, and energy... and just to top it all off, I think I'm coming down with a cold!

Anyway, must get back to work...

BW

Thanks BW :)

Hi everyone

TiggerLinda ? huge congratulations to you and welcome to the thread! You must be over the moon! Wishing you a wonderful and trouble-free pregnancy and loads of stickyvibes.

miss_c ? Thanks for your thoughts hun. I bought a hot water bottle last night and have had it up against my back. Definitely seems to help, and I sleep with a pillow between my knees as well.
Great news about DH?s job and being able to find a place to live, I hope you can get nice and settled very soon. And fantastic news that all seems to be going well with bubs, it?s so reassuring to see or hear that heartbeat. Can?t believe you?re getting so close to 20 weeks! I?m really glad that you?re getting excited!

BW ? glad to hear that you are doing OK, if a bit exhausted and overwhelmed. I?m finding my desk job a bit much, so I can imagine that the teaching load would be really stressful. I hope you can put your thoughts into words soon and get them out there, I?m sure that will help to clarify things for you. And as miss_c said, anything you feel is OK. I hope that cold stays away!

Shannon ? it must be an amazing feeling to feel both your babies kicking and moving around inside you! I can imagine it must be really scary to think that your babies might have to be born premature, and all that that entails. I hope your OB is just being very cautious and she will let you go for much, much longer than that. Your poor little girl not putting on much weight! I hope her greedy big brother gives her some room!! My DH is a twin, and his brother was bigger than him, and also squashed his leg, poor little guy. He was born smaller and stayed in hospital another week, but he turned out more than fine and he has very nice legs! I?m sure both your little bubbas will be just fine. I hope you can get some answers and reassurances from your OB at your next appointment.

I?m still feeling a bit anxious. But then I think, surely I can?t be so unlucky as to have two missed miscarriages in a row? Surely not now that I?m over 14 weeks? That would be too unlucky, so everything must be OK (I know, not terribly rational). Still, I?m considering calling the midwife who?s in on Fridays and asking if she can do a quick scan for me tomorrow. Haven?t decided yet though. Maybe I should stick it out till Monday? I just really want to know that little bubs is OK.

Big hugs to scooby, numa, Janie and ellie ? how are you girls doing?

Devon
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Yay so happy to see you here Linda :D Lol my Ob is lovely but everytime i see her i think ok i need to get her a makeover! I have heard wonderful things about Christopher Price and the hospital has a great reputation and were really great when i had surgery there.

Devon - i dont think rationality comes into this whole pregnancy thing :hug: I am surprised they havent given you another scan to put your mind at ease so you dont have to worry about another missed miscarriage. I would definately give them a call and try and get in tomorrow, if they say no well no harm no foul, However if they say yes you will feel a lot better :)

Shan

Shannon - Thanks hun we booked with Christopher today did not want to miss out :lol:
Devon - Thanks for the warm welcome and ask for the scan I would

Me I need to come home for a nap beacuse I was tired poor me :)

Hey TL - so great to see you in this thread! Yay! :cheer:

I went to the Ob yesterday - second visit. I've decided I like her a lot, was able to ask lots of questions, no rush. I found out the labour wards have a bath available which made me happy. During the consult here was a power surge or something and her ultrasound machine refused to come back on! So I got to hear the baby's heartbeat instead - wow :D. DH was grinning from ear to ear.

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.

Hi girls
Just thought id drop in to see how everyones going!
TL: i am just sooooooo happy and excited to see you in here, :dance:
Numa: thats great havin a good ob it does make you feel so at ease.
Shannon: i hope those 2 bubs are waaaaayyyy too comfy inside mum to come out for a long time yet. :hug:
Devon: did you end up going for the ultrasound, i really think that anything that puts your mind at ease is so worth it. Are you getting any flutters yet :D I think once you can feel movement it makes it abit better! Im still so tempted to buy a fetal monitor?
BW: hope your ok and not over doing it too much :hug: (which is such a joke coming from me!!!!)
Miss C: you must be so relieved to finally feel like your getting settled, it is so un nerving and i think you are so brave making the move! Im from ireland and my folks moved to oz in 89 and i look back now and think woah that would have been soooo hard, you dont think of it as a child everything is fun. Bet your enjoying the nice summer weather, mum has just gone back to uk for a holiday so ive been keepin an eye out. So glad everything is falling in to place and hope you find your perfect home :hug:
Ellie: hope alls well with you :hug:

Well im still plodding along have my ob appointment today and i am armed with a very long list of questions (thinkin i might get kicked out of her office) but #1 priority is pleeeeeaaasse let me go back to the gym, i almost get slightly depressed if i cant go and with all the rain i havent even been able to walk. Still have the MS dont know when that is going to disappear it was long gone by this time with DS, but again it is just that little reassurence every morning when i wake up :lol:
Keep well everyone

Thanks for the welcome girls well what can I say I am driving myself nuts today questioning why I don't really have mroning sickness and I have cramps think I will do this until the scan. Bubba just stay strong and healthy for Mumma.

Hello to everyone and sending :hug: your way

Numa: So exciting to hear the heartbeat :cheer:
Scooby: Good luck with the OB questions

TL - I'm doing my head in too! I can't wait for my scan on Thursday... once I see that little HB I will feel so much better. In saying that... my MS has started to get stronger over the weekend. Had a bad night on Sat night/Sun Morn... woke up at 2.30am nauseous and could not get back to sleep until I had eaten some plain bread to settle tummy. I think MS in most women tends to kick in around the 6 week mark. Then again, you may be one of the lucky one's that just does not get sick!

Hi to everyone else... hope you all had a great weekend. Like I said, I'm hanging out for my scan... It seems like an eternity away!

Janie xxx

I too am going crazy today...analysing everything...after being so sick and spending a few days in hospital on a drip...suddenly at 9 weeks I'm feeling heaps better...and of course terrified it means something has gone wrong...24 sleeps until the 12 weeks scan...this is so hard!!!
Thanks for listening to this self absorbed vent!!!

hi girls
Just got back from the ob and im alittle miffed she got called away to a delivery which of course cant be helped. Her midwife said she would measure my belly and let me hear the heartbeat measurement was perfect :dance: But she couldnt get a heartbeat (bring on the panic :() she then put the US on and let me have a look bubs was movin around and we could see the flickering of the heart but my placenta is pretty much covering the front of everything, so it was really hard to get a good look. I kinda know everything is ok cause i saw it moving but i just cant help but worry :rolleyes: Like what if the HB wasnt fast enough etc. Well i get to go back in 2 weeks but dont know if ill hold out that long. I sooooooooooo hate being this paranoid. Anyways sorry for the selfish post im off to wallow :doh:

Hi there, thought I should come into this thread in view we got our BFP on the weekend. Only early days and just getting our heads around it.

TigerLinda: you and I are close in due date =)

To everyone, wishing you all H&H pregnancies :hug:

Shannon: thinking of you at this time, hope the bubbas stay put :pray:

I have already tailored work back, I'm lucky working casually, I can tell them when I want to work or not. I work with children and families, which has been a real killer when you experience infertility! Hopefully it won't be so bad now. I can stop being envious (as much as I tried not to be) of other pregnant ladies. I felt awful for felling that way towards pregnant people/parents.

I already have MC, but today I had it in the afternoon. Does anyone know if IVF progesterone pessaries increase MC?
Queenh

Hi ladies

I just wanted to send huge :hug: to everyone that is stressing and worried, even though i am positive all the babies are perfect.

Welcome Queen and congratulations on your :BFP:

Scooby - sorry your not feeling so fantastic after your midwife appointment, however wonderful news on seeing your little one wiggling around.

Ok and really sorry to do this.... BUT i have everything crossed that Tiggerlinda & Ellie get some morning sickness pronto! Not to much but just enough to put your minds at ease :rolleyes:

Have a great day ladies :)

Shan

Queen H :welcome:

Shan - Gee thanks I am feeling a bit better today but yes some MS would ease my mind but that happens in week 6 :)

Morning Ladies
Hope you all have a wonderful day. Determined not to stress today...I read that hormones start to level out around week 9/10 so maybe that's why I'm not so sick...just seems so bizarre to be sooooo sick just a few days ago and now feeling almost great. Ahhh the fun of it all!

Hi everyone

Ooh, it's getting a little busier in here!

Queenh - congratulations and welcome to the thread!! Wishing you a healthy and happy pregnancy and looking forward to chatting.

Numa - bad timing about the power surge at the hospital! Really glad you got to hear your baby's heartbeat though, that's very reassuring even if you didn't get to have a look.

Scooby - so sorry you had a disappointing appointment yesterday. I completely understand that you're worried now, but I am sure that everything is fine with your baby. There's no reason why the HB would be too slow, or s/he would be too small, I'm certain you've got a very healthy bub in there. Still, I'd be might peeved to have to wait another two weeks!

TL - sorry to hear that you're worrying :hug:. If it's any consolation, I had loads of AF type cramps early on, I was so certain that AF was coming before I got my BFP, and the cramps continued for quite a while afterwards. And the ms is so variable for each woman, there's quite a large percentage who don't get it at all ? maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones? I can't quite remember, but I'm sure I didn't get it until after 6 weeks, maybe even 7 weeks. I do hope you get a little, just enough to put your mind at ease.

Janie - not long till your scan now!! Two more sleeps, it will be here before you know it! I'll keep everything crossed that your bub is doing great.

Ellie - it must feel strange to feel good all of a sudden after being so ill. Maybe the rest in hospital and the drip have caused the ms to subside? But not unusual for it just to disappear I think, it went away for me pretty much overnight, which freaked me out. Plus, for some women it goes away for a few days and then comes back again. Is there any way you could get a quick reassurance scan if you're really worried? Holding out for another 24 days is tough. Sending you big :hug: I'm sure everything is fine but the waiting is just so hard.

Big :bellyrubs: for Shan, miss_c, BW oh no, who have I missed? Can I blame it on pg brain???

As for me - I called up last Friday to ask for another scan, but got the same response ? midwives not allowed to do it any more. It was a hard wait over the weekend, but had our OB appointment yesterday afternoon and all is fine. Baby was moving around all over the place, got a great shot of the feet with five perfect little toes, measuring ahead of dates and all looking good. There also seems to be a rather distinct penis-like protrusion between its legs, so OB is 90% certain we're having a boy! We were both stunned as I was so certain it was a girl. Am slowly readjusting to the idea of a little boy instead, but as long as it's healthy that's all that matters. Anyway, we will wait for a (more) definite answer at the 20 week scan, but pretty sure at this stage that it's a boy.

Devon
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Yippee...I feel sick...almost spewey...all is good!

Ellie Yay :cheer:

Devon: a boy huh well that is some thinking for you glad the 20 week scan went well :hug:

Hi everyone

Have been MIA a little - DH's birthday yesterday, and was spending quite a lot of time with DH's family on the weekend.

TL - so glad you made it into the thread, hun, even though I'm a couple of days behind in welcoming!! I've posted in your blog, but just wanted to let you know that it's so hard not to analyse all the things that are happening in your body and whether to stress about it or not, so just know that everything you've mentioned sounds so much like the timings and things I went through. MS started around then end of week 6 and it was really very mild at first, and I had cramps for quite a few weeks after AF was due. Very hard not to feel something wasn't right, but it all sounds so good. Hoping the time until your scan goes really quick - counting down for you :hug:

Shan - how are you doing? Been catching up in you blog too, but I'm sorry that you've been finding some of the things your OB said scary. I absolutely would too. I'm sure she was trying to prepare you for the worst case scenario only, and didn't mean to make you think that extremely early intervention is likely. I really don't think it would be. Your bubbas are healthy and strong, and the evidence of this is the wonderful kicks and wiggles that are with you now all the time. It's common for one twin to be behind the other in growth - my dad is a twin and was quite a bit smaller than his sister, who came first at birth, but he was absolutely fine. They know so much more these days about how to care for babies than when my dad was born (!), they would only take them early if it was safer than being inside your womb, and that is so unlikely, hun. Hope you continue to enjoy all the kicks and wiggles, and this wonderful time in the 2nd trimester. You're blooming, healthy and well, and I have no doubt your babies are going to be so too, as well as so loved! :hug:

scooby - :comfort: ahh, hun. I really understand that feeling of not getting to hear the HB. I'm sorry. Went through that three times before we heard it. It sounds like your placenta isn't making things all that easy :wall: But, your baby was moving, you could see HB, and there was nothing amiss on the scan - so hard to believe that everything is ok, but all these things point to the fact that it really is. Just keep trying to remember that you are designed to grow your baby! And so much of what happens is out of your control, which is so hard, but the natural process that happens is so finely tuned, it will be ok. I keep reminding myself of this when I don't feel great about not knowing what's going on all the time. It really does help. Really hope the 2 weeks goes quickly hun. Thinking of you.

numa - wonderful to hear you had such a great OB appointment! Congratulations on hearing the HB - my DH was grinning the first time we heard it too (and the second, come to think of it)! Such a great, great feeling for you and DH!

Janie - good luck for your scan on Thursday!! So glad it's that time for you now! Hope the next two nights go as quick as possible, and that MS doesn't keep you up too much. Really looking forward to hearing how it all goes!

QueenH - welcome, and huge congratulations on your BFP! I worked with children and families during our TTC journey, and it was difficult at times. Please remember that it's really ok for you to react to families and children when you go through so much, and that you shouldn't feel bad for the natural reactions you've had. They are understood. I assume by MC your meant morning sickness, and as to pessaries increasing m/s, I'm not sure if there's an easy answer for that, I'm afraid! Some women react to some pregnancy hormones differently than others, so that it's difficult to tell which hormone (HCG, Progesterone, oestrogen) causes morning sickness. A lot of literature points to HCG being the main culprit, but it really could just as much be a comination of the overall rise in all hormone levels. Perhaps you could ask your FS what his experience is with patients on pessaries and m/s? I hope you have a really healthy and happy pregnancy and look forward to hearing how everything goes for you in any case.

Ellie - I went through a stage at around 9 weeks when all my pregnancy symptoms, including m/s just disappeared for a couple of days - it made me really worry at the time, but then m/s and symptoms came back really strongly for another couple of weeks (and I was like you - yay!! It's back!!), and then m/s was completely gone at just before 12 weeks. I think the levelling out of levels at about that time had to do with that for me, too. Your HCG peaks around that time, and then drops off sharply for the next few weeks. I think that peak is actually around 10 weeks, and then by the time your at the end of the first trimester, your HCG is quite low again and builds again but much slower (and nowhere near as high) throughough the rest of the pregnancy. When the levels are changing (either up or down) seemed to correspond to when I had the most m/s - it sounds really similar for you too. Anyway, glad you're feeling reassured, but hope that m/s gets nowhere near as bad as it's been for you! Bring on that scan!!

Devon - hey hun, was thinking about you and the scan a lot over the weekend. Sorry I didn't get a chance to come and say good luck and I hope everything goes well. I was really hoping you were all ok on the weekend :hug: So glad you got to see that everything is really good, and I'm sure the reassurance is making you feel so much better. And a boy!!! Woohoo!! So nice to have something so tangible to know about your baby now. Congratulations!! Time to start discussing more names, hey?! ;)

BW - thinking of you lots - have read your blog and will reply there. But sending hugs over here now, anyway :hug:


I'm at home in bed - it's almost 3pm, tsk tsk tsk! I started back at temping work yesterday (was offered another month with the company I worked for previously) but had a horrendous night's sleep last night. Long story, but I don't think the food I had at dinner at the restaurant for DH's birthday last night went down very well, combine that with IBS playing up again, and combine that with the long day back at work and the late night, plus a really terrible (seriously, it was awful) nightmare about miscarrying the baby, and I was in a bad state this morning. Even if I would have been ok to pick myself up at work, I wasn't in any place to be driving safely. The dream was so real, and it's taken me until an hour so ago not to be worried and panicked about the baby IRL now! :redface: How silly?! Very much looking forward to the 20 week scan Monday week. Only hear the HB a week ago, but that's worn off again and I'm impatient to see how the baby is doing. Can't help thinking the nightmare came from my silly worries that something will be wrong on the scan. Can only wait and see. Only 6 sleeps to go.


Big hugs and bellyrubs to everyone else here, sending lots of healthy, happy bubs-in-tums vibes to everybody.

Miss C

Hi girls
QueenH: Welcome and huge congrats, wishing you a very happy and healthy pregnancy:dance:
Devon: your scans sounds wonderful, oh little boys, highly recommend them !! Although its always a worry when you go to pick them up from school to be told DS keeps putting his hands down his pants :cryinglaugh: (he said its to keep them warm. they really are laugh a minute !!! so glad everything is great :hug: ps love your 3d pic!
Miss C: thank you for your words of reassurnance, trust me they are really needed. Sorry about the night mares i did have a few of those with DS, they are so real and it does take awhile to get over them, my midwife said its very normal and just our unconscience mind playing tricks on us, really not nice. I hope your feeling better soon.
Ellie: yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa for MS :lol::hug:
TL: i wont say dont stress because that would be sooooo hypcritical, but both of my friends who are UTD have had no MS at all. ANd as for the cramping i had it with DS and now also with this pregnancy so much so that at about 10 weeks i rang the ob i was so worried i was mcing, so i think its pretty normal and the funny thing is the days i feel quite normal and have no pulling or cramping i get worried (it never ends)
Shannon: hope you and youre bubblings are doing well, thanks for the words of confidence :hug:
Well im feeling a little better, i ended up ringing my ob and getting in next monday so not so long to wait, i feel abit ridiculous needing all this reassurence with DS i had none of this worry, infact i didnt think of any of this stuff i was so relaxed but i guess the circumstances have made this so different. Am going to "beached whale" :lol:classes tonite (as approved by the ob) or better known as antenatal water aerobics, so scared to even look at my bathers never mind put them on, but really need to get moving as i think lack of gym is leading to this worrying all the time! Well hugs to you all hope i havent missed anyone. Take care :hug:

Scooby, I'm sure your OB doesn't mind at all. It's their job to give us extra reassurance if that's what's needed... and I made full use of it today!

Had a bit of a scare with a small bleed, fortunately I'd taken the day off work anyway as I'm just beyond tired at the moment... long story short, everything's ok and bub was wiggling and happy and heart beating. She couldn't find where the bleed was coming from and cervix is long and closed so all is well. I got a lecture about slowing down and putting myself and bubs first (message received this time, I tell ya!). She did manage to remember that I was supposed to have an early glucose test and is sending me for a two hour GTT now. Not fair! Where's my short test without fasting to start with?!

Good news is, all is well... and I'm sure as hell slowing down now!

MissC, I love your responses to my posts and my blog - you are so insightful! You've been so helpful to me through the last few days/weeks, really appreciate it.

Kinda scared to post much more in case the forum crashes again... will try to come back later.

BW

BW - Gald that all is well and the scan went fantastic as well please slow down through
Scooby - Thanks I can really feel bubs this morning pushing against the wall and I was up most of the night with bathroom trips
Miss C :hug: Thanks for the support :)

Me: Went to the nutritionist yesterday as I am haveing more frequent bathroom trips. And this moring Nausea hit me quite hard. Did have a dream last night that I woke up today and I was bleeding but that didn't happen so gather my subconcious is porcessing my fears for me :rolleyes: Nurtitionist was lovely she suggested some snacks for me to help my blood sugar from dropping too low so I will feel less like truck has decided to run over me at about 3 in the afternoons. It was all very interesting. 1 week today till we have our 1st scan and DH is quite cute and excited

Hi All,

:welcome: QueenH - congratulations again on your BFP. It is wonderful to see you here.

Devon what wonderful news - a Boy! I have 3 nephews and they are just such great fun.

Elie - Glad you feel a bit spewy again! It is reassuring to have that MS.

Miss C - you are very sweet and your words to everyone are so helpful.

Scooby - great that you got your appointment shifted up.

BW - :hug: thank goodness that was just a scare. Make sure you are taking it nice and easy. As women we so often put everyone else ahead of ourselves. Now is the time to focus on you and that lovely little one.

TL - Good to hear that you are feeling a bit of MS! As yucky as it is, it really does make you feel pregnant.

AFM - Well today is our first scan and I am so excited! I am feeling confident that bubs is doing well, but cannot wait to have that confirmed and to hear the HB. I also had my first spew today! At work at the moment feeling pretty dicey, but loving every minute of being pregnant.

Hi to anyone that I have missed - hope you are all well.

Janie xxx

Janie :goodluck2: for the scan today looking forward to more news

Well I am pleased to say that we have just seen our little one. We have a single live fetus measuring 6mm (6 weeks 4 days). Will have to get the dates confirmed at our OB appointment. But there was a HB! Hooray!!!!! So little, but I could see the flicker of its heart. That is the most amazing thing ever to see.

So I have OB appointment on Monday the 18th, and the FS has said that I have to stay on my pessaries etc until I am 10 weeks and then I stop completely.

I am feeling physically so bad today, but my heart is singing right now.

Hope you are all well.

Janie xxx

Great news Janie! That little heartbeat is so amazing to see and I agree....makes the heart sing! Enjoy!

Janie that is amazing I will see our this time next week so excited for you :cheer:

Congrats Janie on your beautiful little bub and its strong heartbeat! It definately makes the feeling sick and crappy all worth it to see that healthy bub! Hope you can breath a little easier now :)

Devon - Congratulations on your little :babyboy: , glad to hear the scan went well!

Tiggerlinda - Glad to hear the nutritionist went well and she was able to give you some handy hints. Hope the nausea isn't too bad an that time flies til you see your little one/s!

BW - Sorry to hear about the scare and i hope things have eased up and you are feeling better :hug: Definately time to put yourself first and use those sick days!

Scooby - How did the water aerobics go? Good luck with the Ob on Monday, and dont stress do what ever you need to get through the pregnancy with your sanity in tact :) And if that means seeing the OB whenever you need GO FOR IT!

Miss C - Really sorry to hear about the horrible nightmare, i think TL was right and its our subconscious dealing with our worse fears for us, if only it didn't feel so damn real! Hope you are feeling a lot better and that the extra months work doesn't wear you out and you enjy your time :)

:bellyrubs: to Ellie , Numa & Queen. Hope you ladies are all doing great and not feeling too :sick:

AFM - well everything is going pretty great here, babies are kicking up a storm and Squeak has a trick of kicking with her feet on my bladder and pushing up and headbutting me under the ribs with her head. A little freaky to feel but nice to know she must be going okay if she can do that! DH felt bubble kick the other night and thought it was fantastic he gave him some big kicks so its nice that he can share that now.
Still seeing the antenatal physio for the sciatica but it is getting a lot better and more manageable which is nice. We did lots of work on the nursery on the weekend and now i keep catching DH "just looking" in there, he is like a kid at Christmas and is wishing the next 14 weeks away.

Have a great weekend ladies :)

Shan

Shan that is so sweet that DH got to feel and he is just spending time in the nursery maybe we should get him a rocking chair :lol:

Me not alot 6 days to go till scan and counting......... :lol:

Tiggerlinda & Janie71 - I had been keeping up to date earlier in the year with both your journeys & I have been missing in action for the last few months. So what fantastic news it has been to see you are both pregnant. Heartfelt congratulations to you both!!!
I wish you all the very best. Your pregnancies have given me so much hope & inspiration that I too might be so lucky to concieve soon. Take care xx

Hi girls
Just thought id pop in and say "hi" hows everyone going.
TL: :dance:not long til your scan is it on wed or thurs? bet you cant wait.
Water aerobics was great and a bit more physcial than i was expecting so i felt like i really got something out of it! The lady who takes the class is also a doula so the whole way through shes giving you preg and birth tips (wish id known of her with DS). Totally losing my mind :lol: made myself a coffee with milk and sugar when i take black no sugar coffee :doh: gave DH something to laugh at! Also been getting lots more wriggles so feeling much more confident, but have my ob appointment today so that will be good.
Well hi to all and hope everyone is well and keeping warm !!

Hi Y'all

Hope everyone had a good weekend :dance:

In my last post I mistakenly wrote MC when infact it is MS, hope I have not jinx myself?! I shouldn't think the worst :doh: I am not feeling as sick as I was last week but am feeling more tied, having an afternoon nap every day.

Janie: great to hear your scan went well, how exciting!

I have a scan coming up in two weeks and get to see the HB and find out how many, 1 or 2. Am a bit nervous about the scan. Wish I could fast forward and know everything will be okay.

:bellyrubs:

3 days to scan for me :cheer: :bellyrubs:


Queen H not long till you find out one or 2

Scooby - the waterareobics sound fantastic hope I can find someone like that here

:hug: to all hope everyone is travelling well

TL - I bet you can't wait until Thursday! It is amazing when you see that little HB flickering away. Must say that my little one some what resembles a little worm at the moment! But having that picture to take home is incredible and makes you feel so much more confident. I have my picture beside my bed so I can see it before I sleep and when I wake up. I am so wanting to know if you are having one or two! A girl that works downstairs from me goes to the same clinic as me and she had a FET a few days before me (transferred 2). She has now found out that they are going to be the proud parents of twins... how exciting!

QueenH - same as the above for you (about the scan and about 1 or 2). Don't worry about the spelling mistake - that will not jinx you!

Scooby the water aerobics sounds great... in theory I would love to do something like that... at the moment just feel too sick and tired to contemplate anything more than work!

Molly - thanks so much for popping in and sending your wishes to me ant TL. I really appreciate it!

Shannon - those 2 sound so active! I can't wait to be able to feel mine kicking around, but I guess I've got a long way to go for that yet!

To anyone I have missed I hope you are well.

AFM - I had to go home from work last week after my scan as I was so sick. Had a killer headache and was vomitting. I know that it is best not to take anything for MS, but I have to work full time. So my OB has prescribed me maxilon to use when I am sick. They have reassured me more than once that it has no effect on the baby. However, I have made a deal with myself that I will only use when I am vomitting so that I can function at work. My OB clinic was amazing! I am so pleased that I picked them. When I rang up about how sick I was, the nurse ended up finding a pharmacy near where I live and faxed the script through so that DH could pick up. Also, the next day they called me back to make sure that I was feeling better and to check that I wasn't dehydrated. Very impressed with them. Have my first official OB appointment next Monday. Can't wait to see the baby again and check how much they have grown.

Janie xxx

Janie the ms is a good sign, as horrible as it is. I had a hard time agreeing to take medication for ms but the doc said dehydration and vomiting was worse for bub...so like you I'm doing the best I can to only take it when I throw up a few times. Hope you feel better soon...or not...what ever is better for you...the ms is reassuring!