Pregnancy after LT TTC #15

Yogi, I was so sorry to read your posts. I wish I could have been here to add my support. The counselling sounds like a great idea. You're dealing with so much pain and disappointment - trying to deal with all of that on your own would be impossible. I hope the testing sheds some light on what's going on and that this is the last m/c you have to face.

Leabie, congrats on the arrival of Chloe! :cheer: I guess that makes her a day older than Amber! I hope you're recovering well and Chloe is enjoying being home! FX your milk comes in very soon.

Sorry to be MIA the last few days. It's certainly been a whirlwind for us.

We went to our weekly OB appt on Tuesday morning and within 5 mins of seeing her, the OB was on the phone to the hospital trying to find us a spot on the list for a c/s that afternoon. Bub had turned back to breech and there was nothing down low except fluid, so the OB was concerned that if my waters ruptured, not only would all the fluid gush out at once, but a cord prolapse was highly likely. Given the risks, we were sent home to get our bags and head to the hospital ASAP.

So, Amber Emily Rose was born at 4.07pm on Tuesday, weighing 7lb 5oz (3.32 kg). It was my absolute last preference for her birth and I'm finding the recovery tough, but she's making up for it by feeding well and occasionally even sleeping (just not at the moment)! Both DH & I are completely smitten! :loveshower:

CONGRATZ LEABIE!!!!:leap:

Good luck WW, looking forward to your B/A

Who is doing the list now? I must finally be heading to the top :)

OMG you girls have been busy!!!

CONGRATZ JUNIPER!!!!:happyforyou:

Leabie- congratulations on the arrival of Chloe Elizabeth!!, hope you are all doing well

Juniper- congratulations!!...sorry it wasnt the birth you hoped for but I hope you and Amber Emily Rose are both OK and coping with these early days

wow, how special and wonderful...so many ladies in here with new babies or about to have new babies ....and leabie and juniper I love the names you have chosen

worrywart- what an exciting time for you and a bit scary too I guess...sending you all my best

yogi- so pleased to hear you are taking some positive steps to cope with all that has happened...I love reiki too. Stay open with your DH so you can be each others support, especially in this time when things are so tough. and put yourself first right now and look after yourself. thinking of you. come in here anytime to talk....we are all here xx

afm- 10 week (well i am 9 weeks 6 days) scan today. very nervous and excited too. This was the scan last time which revealed all had stopped, so very scared really.

Have a great scan today Possums!

I had my growth scan this morning, bubs is measuring 1.5 weeks ahead!!! Bl**dy GD!!!

Leabie and Juniper - HUGE congrats on the birth of your beautiful babies!
Hope you are enjoying every second of this oh so precious time :)
xxxxxx

Wow

Congratulations Leabie and Juniper!!!! Am sure you're enjoying lots of beautiful cuddles from your little ones!!! Don't be too hard on yourself, I'm sorry it wasn't the birth you had hoped for, my DD1 was also breech and c-section.

Possums - hope all goes well today!

Worrywart - all the best for the next few days and can't wait to hear your news!

Yogi - so glad you're finding positive ways to move forwards, take it easy and be kind to yourself!

Hi to everyone hope you're all going well!

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH LEABIE & JUNIPER!!

May you enjoy every precious moment with your beautiful miracles.

Thanks again everyone for your kinds words & support, i really dont know what i'd do without you :grouphug: (probably still wrecking the house! :lol:). I know i dont technically belong here now but i will pop in from time to time to see how you are all doing. I am just taking it day by day and keeping DH & myself #1 priority. We are planning a weekend camping soon...nature is the ultimate grounder & healer, cant wait!!

Take care beautiful ladies, you are never far from my thoughts. Thanks for the comments on my writing...if we ever survive this & make it through the other end i have thought about writing a book about our journey...could be a long one though!!

Much love and happiness to you all :loveshower:
Yogi xxx

yogi- so pleased to hear from you, and yes I also find camping and being in nature very grounding, soothing and healing, so pleased you have your DH with you. My thoughts are with you both, hugs xx

jaki- wow bub is soaring along, no good with the GD though of course...how is it going managing that?

afm- 10 week scan was perfect. Immensely happy and relieved. this is the furthest we've been...amazed by what we could see, including movement. relieved and happy sigh :-)

Juniper, Congratulations on the safe arrival of your little girl. Glad to hear she is feeding well... hopefully the sleeping will get better soon.

Best wishes
Lori

Leabie & Juniper: Congrats on the safe arrivals of your little girls. Girls are so special... although I'm biased at the moment.

Yogi: OMG, I've been away and just read your posts and I'm sending you lots of hugs but I'm happy to read that you are focusing on yourself and your DH as it is your relationship that is the one you really need at this time.

Hope all of your bumps are growing nicely and wow how fast does time fly as all out newbie girls are now getting to the end of the first trimester....

Sorry to have been a bit MIA but we went away last week to have a break before our life is turned upside down when these 2 arrive. We were supposed to be going to Swan Hill and Mildura but due to the chance of flooding that was cancelled at the last hour and we ended up going to Robe in SA instead - which is only about 4 1/2 hours from home. The weather was perfect and it was good to have a break, DD even got to experience her first time at the beach and wasn't fazed by the sand and LOVED the water.

Back home now and back to reality which means washing, ironing etc.... what fun....

Things are going well with us and our growing boys, I'm now 23 weeks but measuring 36 weeks so I have started to get all those uncomfortable feelings that generally hit late in the 3rd tri (and this heat makes it worse) like being short of breath, pain in the ribs, back and pelvis and being unable to get up from a chair without some assistance and don't get me started on leg cramps... It is now getting very hard to do even the smallest things with DD like get her dressed and change her nappy because it is hard to pick her up and I can't reach as far now - plus she likes to kick me in the tummy as well. Oh, and I've now gone from being able to feel kicks and punches to actually seeing my tummy move whenever the boys roll over, this is something that I didn't get with DD until I was at least 30 weeks pregnant. I am really starting to get the feeling that these guys will come early as I think they will have no room. My OB wants to get me to 38 weeks, but I reckon 35 weeks will be my time.....

So pleased your scan was good possums! I'm having Insulin at night for my GD. It's a pain in the butt... Well stomach really ;)

Kelly sounds so uncomfy... It's gonna be a long pregnancy for you Hun. Do you have family close by to help?

wow as usual can't keep up with everyone!!
Yogi - my heart hurts for you, and I can connect with a lot of what you have described, including the physical release on inanimate objects. my thoughts are still with you


Leabie and juniper....congratulations girls, so delighted for you, what a journey and it's been a joy to travel it with you. xx

Been busy in here!!

Yogi – Have a wonderful time camping, I hope it is a good break for you and DH. Please pop back in and let us know how you’re going.

Aimee – how’s it all going? Did you have a scan? Has the bleeding stopped? Oh, and you asked about the Doppler/heart monitor – I got it a couple of weeks ago and it’s certainly eased my anxiety. My midwife was very unhappy when I told her the other day though, while my OB wasn’t too fussed the midwife really doesn’t recommend them. She was worried that I would become “addicted” (maybe I have a little lol) and that I would freak if I couldn’t find the HB. I think I will be sending it back when I get consistent movements (which I expect any day now). PM me if you want any more info.

Possums – Congrats on a great scan!!! So happy for you for passing such a personal milestone. Things are really looking great.

Leabie and Juniper – huge congrats on the birth of your gorgeous girls! Juniper – Amber is on my list of girl names though I’m not sure it’ll matter I have a feeling I’m cooking another blue bubba!

Worrywart – any day now!!

Jaki80 – I’m taking over the list now. Actually does anyone know anything about KitKat, Maggie, LisaB or MaggiePie? I am a newbie and I don’t think they’ve popped in since I joined. KitKat was due on the 19th Jan and Maggie on the 2nd Feb…

KellyD - I am SO feeling for you. I am 16 weeks with my second and already slowing down and my DS is only a few months older than your DD. I can only imagine how hard it is for you

AFM - still cruising along nicely. Had a scan on Friday and all is fine. Also had a huge heart to heart with my midwife who I love, and I managed to talk over some of my anxieties. My hormones are also turning me into a crazy woman and DS is finding every single possible way to push my buttons. Poor DH walks into a war zone every time he comes home! I can't believe how much harder it is to be pregnant when you have a little one running around. I am in awe of people with three or four kids!

I havent seen those women at all i dont think, but im not sure. Perhaps if you enter their names into the search and see when they last posted :)

Bugs mum...

Maggiepie has posted here this month,
kitkat hasnt posted since july.
LisaB still posts on BB but not in this thread.

Juniper congratulations on the birth of baby Amber!!! I know what you mean about being the last preference and nothing going your way. It is tough getting over a c/s and i am still getting there. It does get easier everyday, but the not driving and supposed not doing housework is driving me nuts!!! In the end though you have your beautiful little girl despite how she arrived in the world!! Yay for sleep too!!!

i go away for a few months to move house and you all spawn!!!

RENEE - huge congrats on Ava's arrival!!! I hope it's all going well!!!

Leabie - OMG that must have been heaps to take in with such a short labour! glad you dh is home with you to help. Congratulations of chloe's arrival!!!!

juniper - well that's amazing. go in for an appnt come home with a baby! hope you are recovering well from your c/s. I love the name... all the girls' names!!!

Yogi -i'm sorry i didn't get a chance to know you through this thread love. I just want to send you a big hug. Counselling is good, venting here is good, screaming into a pillow on the bed is great too! As for your mum, I think maybe you might have to let that whole messy issue go for awhile, push it to one side while you and your lovely DH get through this terrible time. You obviously know you can't rely on her, but I hope you have a good friend or someone who you can talk to, who will support you. While i've been so extremely super lucky never to have had a m/c, i did find that through our very long TTC journey that if i had my own support person who i could talk to independent of DH it was good. She is a close friend whose sister did ivf so understood, and she'd let me cry and vent and hope and dream and never passed judgment. I so hope you have someone like that in your life...

ck you next??? lol hope so. hate the carpal! You said something a few posts ago which i think all the 1st mums shoudl really heed - DO NOT GUILT YOURSELF OVER ANY DECISION YOU MAKE! You've heard of mother guilt, well you get a triple serve on delivery. For me, it wasn't pressure from anyone but myself to breast feed exclusively like an earth mother for 12 months; to be serene and calm and to know everything my baby needs etc etc etc... what a load of bollocks! do your best for you and your bub. when you make a decision, be it using formula or gasp-horror dragging the baby into your bed every night cos you're exhausted - just accept that's what needed to be done and it was the best decision you could have made at the time. And remember the big picture... you would never do anything to the detriment of your child, so your choices are always going to be 'right'.

possums, kelly, jacki, airline, lairdoz, ww - hello old friends! sorry i've been absent. been on the parenting folder but time is limited with master 13months!!!

hi to all the other 'new girls' lol. but i think that term is probably fairly out of date for most of you! :) I look forward to chatting to you and getting to know you all.

Well we are 20 weeks on thurs!!! yep! 20! unbelievable. We have moved now and are all settled into our new house. DH went back to work a couple of weeks ago and we got into our life of shopping, cleaning, cooking, baby loving, playgroups, meeting people... then DS came down wtih a nasty case of hand, foot and mouth disease (very common in kids) and I've been told to stay away from him :( So dh has had to take time off work to care for him and my mum arrives today to help. her job will be extra baby cuddles cos mummy isn't supposed to touch her sick child!!! I think it's not so much that i get the HFM disease but that it kills your immunity and then i'd be prone to getting every bug around... and you all know how good that is for preggy ladies!!!!

so I have oodles of time now!!! I went to the movies for the first time (and probably last) in 18 months!!!! had a whole popcorn and frozen coke to myself lol bliss!

and there i go... long winded posts as usual!!!

hope you are all well...

Who's got scans/bt's coming up? and who is next on the "pop it out" list???

ox