May09 M/C got thyroid finally PG but low Hcg 76

oh wow! this is beautiful news GSB!! mwah at seeing that heartbeat!!!!!!

and YAY for morning sickness lol!! :dance: :p

GSB - I am sooooo happy for you. I am sorry tht you are tired, but that's a good sign and evern better that you are taking it easy. But i reckon you don't have much a of a choice? That early pg tiredness is pretty compelling and overwhelming.

Summer24 - good luck with your pg. Good to hear that things are going well after a bumpy start. I agree stress doesn't help.

AFM - well a sort of milestone reached for me today. 12 weeks, only 28 to go! Not really a significant date for me in my journey, but statistically important. It's good to have reached it anyway. I have had a mild bout of gastro this week and am feeling better again. Phew! Not nice, even though I wasn't that sick. I would way prefer the type of M/S I get than gastro. At least I still have an appetite with M/S!

Cheris all the milestones you reach! I cherised every day and every week, especially reaching 12 weeks, then 20 weeks etc.

Just remember - positive thinking is best in life - negative thinking only manifests horrible things - and you dont want horrible things to happen.
Just keep thinking to yourself and putting it out there "that i AM going to give birth to a happy healthy baby"!

Goodluck everyone - cant wait to hear and see pictures of your beautiful little babies.

Thanks Cassius.... it was a very wonderful feeling to see a strong HB.

Dory - Congrats on completing the 1st milestone.:) Good to hear that you are well again after the gastro.

Summer - Thanks for your advice. :) I know that I should be like that, but it's getting a bit difficult nowadays as last time these days were the ones when I started spotting. I am trying really hard to stay positive after every ache and pain though.

Just wanted to ask something.....is it normal to have pain in leg during PG? And does MS change every day....I had just been throwing up all my food till the last 2 days but today it's just dry retching...is this normal[sorry for TMI]?

yep and yep! the leg thingy i get too. i always have put it down to the moving bits and bobs hitting against nerves etc causing achey legs or the sharp pains. but it can also be all the relaxin hormone that is being released (to loosen up muscles and the pelvis so bubba can fit through during labour).

the m/s thing is a constantly changing feast. some days i am flat out like a pancake over the toilet then other days i am 100% super dooper, then a few days dry retching...this time i had a whole week of feeling fine then BAM it comes back again :doh: LOL!

I am with Cassius2 - M/S is a moving feast! You're miserable when you're sick and worried when you're not. Mine has eased, which initially worried me, but is more of a relief now to be through the worst of it. It's only realy mild infrequent nausea now

I get all sorts of weird aches and pains which I put down to the relaxin causing all the tendons and ligaments to loosen. I get very sore hips and restless legs. In the past i have had severe cramping in my calves, but so far so good!

Thanks Cassius and Dory. Sorry for MIA but I have been grounded by severe M/S. Nowadays it's difficult to imagine that I can ever eat something without throwing up. But it's good in a way.....sort of reassuring. For me this week has some bad memories from the past, so am still nervous.

I am looking forward to my first appointment with my OB next week. By the way, do you have any suggestions for controlling M/S or reducing it a bit? I seem to have lost a bit of weight as well due to all the throwing up....will it affect the baby?

GSB - you poor little blossom! From what I have heard the vomitting itself is ok, even though you feel revolting and miserable, bubs will take what they need from you and you are the one who will miss out!

It's more that you have to really worry about dehydration for both you and bubs. If you are not keeping anything, food or fluid, down call your GP or go to your local hospital asap.

Hope you get through this tough time. It can be hard huh?

Good luck with your appointment this week... when is it?

I am going in for a cervical stitch this Thursday. Day surgery under general anaesthetic. I will be 14 weeks by then, amazing to think I have come so far but still so far to go. I bet you know that feeling! I am a bit nervous, but more nervous about what will happen if I don't have it done. There are risks either way really. DH is happy enough - he get some days off work to be my carer. Lucky him!

Let me know how your ob appointment goes. I am excited for you too.

GSB - Here are some of the things that have helped me with both MS nausea and nausea generally:-

cold water
peppermint tea
peppermints
potato chips - crips or hot chips
smaller meals
gatorade
gastrolyte
travel calm ginger tablets
ginger nut biscuits
gingerale/lemonade
gingerbeer
rice
sometimes icecream
sometimes soy chai latte with soy - but I think that might have been the sugar, as low blood sugar and fatigue contribute.

For me sleep generally seems to work. Not always, but at least for the time I am asleep, I am not aware of the nausea, so there is some relief.

I also found that blackmores morning sickness formula ( giner and vit b12) helped me. About $14 from the chemist, and you take it 3 times a day. It often took the edge off. Presuming you can keep it down.

Some people get the sea grass acupressure bands and some people have accupuncture. I had accupucnture scheduled on some of the days I ended up ( by coincidence) feeling the most nauseated and wretched. Not sure if it helped me or not but some people get relief from it.

Alternatively you could talk to your doctor for maxalon. It is prescribed for some women with severe morning sickness. From memory it's on the list that is classified safe for pregnancy, but if you're not sure, do your own research.

Hope you get some relief soon.

Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks for your advice Dory. :) Potatoes are working for me...seems like they are the only things I could stomach during the worst M/S time. Now the M/S has subsided so am keeping food down. Also am keeping to my bed most of the time as I feel nauseous when I move around too much. My GP has prescribed Maxolon but I am a bit wary of taking any medication this time.

Good Luck with the procedure! Hoping that everything goes perfectly for you.:goodluck::crossfingers: I'll be thinking of you.:hug:

I had a bit of a scare this week with brown mucus one day. But since then it's been going all normal. :crossfingers: I have to see the OB on friday so just hoping for the best nowadays.:pray: I keep reminding myself to be positive.

Keep looking on the bright side......:)

GSB - I am just so glad that something gives you some relief!

A bit of a scare is not nice is it? Better than a big scare, but any scare just takes away any positivity and hope that you manage to build up. Don't forget to mention it to your ob, just so they know. Unless it continues they are not likely to be too worried about it.

Are you excited about your ob visit? Hopefully you won't be too sick that day? Maybe you could take 1/2 a maxalon that day?

I hear you about not taking it. I had it prescribed before pregnancy and used it when needed, it works miracles for me. But during pregnancy? I took 1/2 a tablet once ( and I feel guilty about that!). Apart from that I just wanted to stick it out and was fearful of possible consequences for bubs. So I hear you loud and clear. You will do what is right for you.

Good luck at your appointment!

ONly one more sleep til the cerclage. I am not excited, but I am not scared. Thanks for your good wishes. I know they will help me, if I do get scared or anxious.

Dory - So how did the procedure go? How are you feeling now?

I liked the OB on the whole. Understandably, he couldn't say much at this stage about the viability. So am waiting for my 12week scan so I can know what's going on inside.:) By the way, is it normal to have a bit of odd pains in the vagina and lower abdomen during PG. I asked the OB too, he said as long as there is no bleeding I shouldn't worry...but normally there should not be any pain in vagina.... so am a bit on tenterhooks nowadays whenever it pains there. Am still resting a lot.:D

GSB - how are you doing? Are you still bedridden? Hope the M/S has improved or that at least you are working out ways to manage it. It's tough to say the least.

i'd hazard that the pains you are feeling are all the bumping and stretching going on. there is a big growth development at that 9 week mark and there is sooo much moving around down there. sometimes i get sharp stabbing pains in the lower ab and it can radiated down either through the vagina or down the inner thigh ITMS.

hope you are travelling along ok, and that the m/s is being gentle on you!

Cassius - if its ok to ask, can I ask you about your PND, when you first became worried about how you were feeling and what you were feeling and your journey to make it through?

GSB - cassius is a wealth of info, isn't she? I find the pain that radiates into the vagina the most disconcerting and uncomfortable. I also get pains in each of my hips, but I know from the feel of it, its the ligaments and tendons relaxing. Its not an oesteo type of pain. So all that sport and injuries did come in handy for something - I do know how parts of my body work and feel, But not all! I also get pains in the lower abdomen on the sides, if I get up too quickly or move too quickly. Again, just part of the expanding and relaxing process.

I've been following without posting - Congrats on the heartbeat and here's to a H & H pregnancy :)

Thanks Cassius and Dory and Liz. You always put my worries to rest:). Although sometimes I wonder at what stage of my PG will I be totally be free of worry. My M/S has gone down substantially, limited to just nausea sometimes in evening and night with the vomiting in the morning. One of my aunts has come over to look after me, which has been a blessing as we keep chatting all day and I am on complete rest. I have decided to take a break from my job and study as I want the best chance for this PG. I am not planning or dreaming ahead, but am taking each day as it comes.... maybe this will change after a few more weeks have passed.

I also keep getting this pain in my inner leg and I read that it helps to lie down on the other side and if standing to shift your weight to the other leg. It's working a bit for me.

Good to hear from you all. Thanks again.:hug:

GSB - I have to say from my own experience, it's all worry, it's just a matter of degree and how you manage it. (but having said that I've never yet made it to the finish line, but this time will be different). The things that you worry about change and you get used to dealing with some of the worries. I know its hard to be happy and to dream and hope. We each have to find our own way and some people need to protect themselves from what they perceive as potential for hurt.

For me, a turning point came in my pregnancy with Amelia when I got to 8 weeks. I realised that I could spend the rest of my life worrying about this child and not enjoy the moment ( my brother had just been in a near fatal accident and I watched my mother worry over him in ICU).

I also thought, whether I have today or alifetime, I want to look back and have enjoyed this pregnancy and been thankful for it. I have used that same approach since. I am not always great at putting into effect 1005 of the time. But what it gives me, is a greater opportunity to be thankful for what I have, which means, more often than not, I enjoy this pregnancy.

In reality, how I think about things and try to peerceive them is the only thing I really have control over.

I also think I would hurt just as much if not more if I tried to protect myself by not loving my pregnancy and bubba.

In the end, I've never made it to holding my healthy and term baby, but by and large I have given myself permission to love each pregnancy and baby and to hold their preciousness close to my heart.

It helps me, but may not work for everyone.

One of my friends daugthers had 4 m/c interspersed by healthy bubbas, and for her last bubba, she couldn't even look at the screen during ultra sounds and basically ignored that she was pregnant. That was a tough pregnancy for her and that was her way to manage.

As I said we each find our own way. My way is a bit zen and does take a lot of work. It does probably make me seem a little bit "polly anna" and maybe "emotionally simple" to some. It's not, its hard, but its a conscious choice I make.