Pregnancy after miscarriage or loss ~ November 2010
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Well I've been quiet just hanging around on my own and working so much to get some Christmas spending money!
Anyway thought I'd finally update since my morphology scan. We have a pink miss on the way (hush hush as DH doesn't know) she looks perfect so I'm told although by some great surprise she is actually smaller then she really is. This is a massive shock for me as my babies are so large by now and its a first ever. My last DD was 22weeks in size when she was really 19weeks so I'm abit worried by that. There are some issues with the placenta and I don't have an appointment to see my Ob until 7th December. He should get my results early this week and will perhaps call me to talk about them (he has done this before) so time will tell otherwise I don't see him for almost 3weeks.
Anyway between the placenta and the uterus wall I have what is caleld massive placental lakes. We all have these which is where the placenta gets the maternal blood from. They are basically pools of maternal blood (and one of the reasons we bleed quite abit after birth) anyway mine are huge and multiple. They said the placenta also has alot more vessles then is normal so I don't know what that means. The placenta also extends to the cervix opening so its considered lowlying but I am sure it will come up as my last one was the same. So I'm a little concerned there is something wrong with the placenta and thats why little miss is not big like my last bubs and concerned about the impact it has on her. They haven't ruled out placenta acreta either which scares the cr-p out of me. I don't want a hysterectomy and everything else that goes along with trying to get it out. What makes it even worse is they suspected I had a very mild placenta acreta with my first bub (had to go to theatre to have it removed) so I am already at risk of that happening again. Arr oh well as long as she is safe I can deal with the rest.
Other then that I have 2days to go until I am the magical 20weeks along. Not that its a huge milestone but it seems to be top me. Next milestone after that I'm looking forward to is 26weeks so I really can't wait to get there. I also want to go gender shopping but need some good hiding spots first.
Sorry this is such a me me post. Thinking of you all.
Sorry girls this is going to be a big me post... i have been reading all ur posts everyday tho just been feeling too crap to post back!
Ferrals! I need ur help! When u had ur cough/flu wat did u do?! My muscles are all hurting from my tummy up to my chest.. I havent stopped coughing for the last 5 days.. its a lot worse at night and in the morning, i end up dry retching from every cough, i went to the health store yesterday and got some chesty cough medicine but its not working very well.. if at all.. Any home remedies that work?? Its driving me insane... my poor little baby wldnt be getting much rest.. Ur dr said it doesnt affect baby tho hey..? Any help wld be appreciated cos it doesnt seem to be going away! xxx
Mildez - Congrats on the 'Miss'!!! Wonderful news!!! Im sorry to hear about the other concerns.... i wish i had some good advice for you but im such a newbie at all this! special love xx
Reet - aww love, so awful being unwell.... hope your at home resting xx
Iona - LOL... woah, baby... that's one spending spree! I couldn't bring myself to pay for a brand new cot or pram..... soooooo expensive. I can't believe what they charge for stuff you NEED. It's wrong. So far we've only spent about $250 and are almost done!
Kellie - I'll post a pic of the nursery when it's finished, almost there! I'm glad I'm not the only one with an adverse reaction to plush things close to the vicinity where poo happens. lol. I saw the highchairs at Ikea but they're reeeeeally low to the ground compared to a normal one. Plus they look so... hard. I can picture bubby banging his/her head all the time. Lucky we aren't getting one for quite a while yet, really no point getting it now. Don't you love the little kicks? My belly has been going crazy lately, lots of big kicks all over the place, I can even feel it in the back area too, not as strong as the front but I feel it!
Tegam - I hope today goes well for you.... FX!
Mildez - Congrats on your pink bundle I think 20 weeks is a huge milestone! My placenta is lowlying too, so I feel your pain there. I hope the other issues don't require a hysterectomy or anything else traumatic for you... eek. It's hard when they give you a teeny bit of info and then don't say anything more and you have to wait weeks to find out what's going on. Annoying! Good luck with your next appt, and let us know what they have to say.
Reet - You poor thing..... I don't know any home remedies except maybe steamy showers to help you breathe easier. Is it a dry cough or all um... gross and chunky, lol.
T-Hopes - Look at your ticker cruising along
AFM - I have a dr's appointment tonight, just the usual, check bp, pee in a cup (most likely) listen to baby, be weighed (cringe) and get my referrals for next round of bt's and probably for my scan at 28 weeks. I REALLY hope I don't get that bloody trainee again for my next scan, or I will scream. 2 hours was way too long to lie there, and my back was killing me at 20wks! I think by 28 I will be too pg to put up with sh**, and will probably tell him in no uncertain terms that I can't stay on that awful table for 2 hours while he fart arses around looking at the same body parts repeatedly, and all while not allowing me to see the screen. Oh god I'm getting cranky again just thinking about it!! Can't believe I'm 24 weeks already though. That's 6 months. WOW.
Well after another crap appointment on friday, and scan and then another appointment today...... My inducement date has been set for Monday 13th December!! They expect within an hour of waters broken ill have baby in my arms. Another scan i two weeks, if thats not ok ill be induced earlier... You all know me, im totally out of my mind with the pros and cons of it all and there is NOTHING certain about me going ahead with the AROM on the 13th! eeck i dont even like the sound of the date!
Feeling rather sick, stressed and emotional about it all! Wishing i had a cristal ball to know if baby is better off on the inside or not! Poor little skinny runt that it is at the moment!
Wouldnt it be just perfect if baby happened to come at home before all this but at 36+2 i think even with my history its wishful thinking!
Thinking i may just go hide under a rock for a few days now and lick my wounds! So sorry for the me post but i just dont have anything else in me at the moment
im sorry this post is about me......im so so scared and i just dont know what to do.....i have had some spots of blood.....no real pain just a dull period type ache...in normal circumstances ud probably be ok....and i know it can be common........but after the mc...no blood is good to me...and i cant calm down...the fear has set in and i dont feel any hope..........im at a loss....can this happen again to me.......im so upset the tears keep falling....
Just a quick one from me. I was spotting last night which was pretty scary. It seems to have stopped so far this morning and now I've just got the achy AF feeling that I've had with all of my pregnancies, which I think is pretty normal. Hoping the spotting was just normal breakthrough bleeding as it was when AF would have been due. Will be having another hcg test on Tuesday to make sure it's rising nicely. Until then I guess it's just the waiting game!
On my phone so can't see other replies for persies but I hope you're all having a nice weekend so far.
Melster, hope your spotting has stopped xxx
Hello ladies.. I'm on my phone so this is going to be quick.. And selfish!
On Saturday morning I started spotting lightly with AF pain which increased to brown spotting with bad AF cramps in the arvo. I woke at 3am on Sunday morning with a bad headache and I was sweating and feeling terrible so I had some panadol and went back to sleep. When I woke Sunday morning I only had a little bit of spotting (just when I wiped.. TMI) and only the regular AF type cramps, but still the terrible headache. Sunday arvo, no more pain at all, the teensiest amount of spotting but still the headache. This morning the bloody headache is still here but no pain and no spotting as yet. Any insight as to what might be going on with me? I was a bit worried about an ectopic. I've pretty much given up hope of this being a successful pregnancy, especially with the pain I was in on Saturday. The only speck of hope was the fact that I had a bit of MS style nausea yesterday morning. Apart from that though, I have had pretty much no pregnancy symptoms so far. Hcg was 73 @ 4 weeks and 315 @ 4 weeks 5 days..it was taking 56.9 hours to double. I'm going to try to get onto the dr today and hopefully it won't be too early to go for a scan to make sure the sac (if there is one) is in the right spot. Gosh, this early pregnancy is just too much!
Hope you are all doing well and I can't wait to hear your news Audax!
Oh ferrals i love the name, even tho its long is roles so nicely!!! Beautiful she and Abbi will have that bond too!
Stoked: You should be able to have a scan today, it will be an internal tho and they will be able to see a sack but no heart beat. I had a scan with DD2 in the 5th week and saw everything and with this pregnancy i had a scan in the 5th week and could just see a sack, scared the crap out of me and made the wait even worse.
The headaches sound hormonal which is a great sign, not all pregnancies have the same signs so you cant freak out that this one is not the same as the last! The HCGs sound fine!
With my ectopic i was in a massive amount of pain on my right side, very very low down and whenever i had a bleed (cause i didnt get it checked out for a few weeks) the blood was very bright red.
Thinking of you and let us know how you go at the Drs
Sorry havent read the last posts but at work and quickly wanted to let you know we had out NT scan this morning and bubby is devine!! And big!! Im 12w 6d and measuring 13wk 5days! Took about 2hrs in total cause the cheeky monkey was facing the wrong way! Hb #164 and Head to bum was just under 8cm and legs were 2cm! So getting so big! We got heaps of beautiful shots and a DVD! We are sooooooo happy and excited!! Im beaming!!!!!
Reet, so so sorry about your puppy
Big hugs darling.. Cry lots and lots, that'll make you feel better. Maybe go and buy a nice plant or tree to plant in memory of Nala xxxx
Forshelby, I know it's old news now but yay on the scan being better news than you were expecting! That's great! Your little bubba is going to be just perfect xxx
M2R, Yay!!!
Ferrals, hope you have no troubles at all with your PP xxx
Hello everyone else!
Afm.. Been spotting, cramping, bleeding since Saturday but apparently everything is fine.. It's all stopped now and I've had pretty much nothing yesterday and nothing at all today so here's hoping that's the end of that nonsense! It's been a nightmare and I was convinced that was the end. I'm on progesterone now and am hoping and praying this bub is stickier than ten sticky things.
Oh and Forshelby.. On the weight issue.. My DH once made a comment in jest about my weight at the end of my pregnancy (I'd put on 20kgs!) and I told him that I had an excuse and asked him what his was and grabbed his tummy flab! Shut him up real quick!
Stoked - Best. Comeback. Ever. Hahaha.... I also hope your bubby is stickier than 10 sticky things, hehe. What a cute little saying. It's great that the bleeding has stopped, it's a really good sign. Keep us posted!
Reet - Another for you just because. The plant/tree idea is a wonderful one.
Pregnancy after miscarriage or loss ~ November 2010
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The 12 week photos are the best! YAYAYAYAYAYAYA
for you just because. The plant/tree idea is a wonderful one.
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