Printable View
Milly D - my dear sweet blossom. I am so so sad for you and your family. I know that these are dark times for you and know even though you might feel alone, as you can see from the posts you are in our thoughts and held in our hearts and you are not alone. Take care blossom. Sending you as much love and strength as I can.
Oh MillyD im so sorry to hear of your loss. I do hope we see u in here again. Please take care hun
Hi all, back again. Not so sure this one will last but I am pregnant once again and hoping this will go the distance. A blood test confirmed I was 5-6 weeks pregnant which was consistent with my dates. I have another next week to make sure the levels rise and then, if they do, a scan at 7 weeks to see if there is a heartbeat. So we have a long way to go!
Hi Sammy! Welcome, honey! Hoping this time is a winner for you.
I am feeling awful - just had my worst spew so far. But have, at least, discovered that drinking vanilla flavoured soy milk makes the smell fairly bearable, even a little pleasant.
Our scan on Thursday was awesome. Everything's fine, dates are back to normal, baby was bouncing around all over the place. So exciting.
Feel another spew coming on, gotta fly.
Congratulations Sammy so glad to see you back in here hun and hopefully its a nice long stay. I know it seems like such a long way to go and it can be very stressful but it actually goes along quite quickly, well at least i have found that it has, it feels like only yesterday i seen those 2 BEAUTIFUL lines and now im 27 weeks. Good luck hun :)
Audax Oh no to the spewing, i feel so sorry for you with the ms it must be horrible. Im so glad i only had the nausea and never actually spewed. Glad to hear that your scan went well last week, its lovely to see everythings fine and bub jumping around.
AFM 27weeks tomoro and cruising along, getting lots of kicks from my little man and loving it. I think you can actually tell that im pregnant now which is exciting coz people can actually tell its a pg belly now and not just too much fatty food hehe. Anyway i have an appt on the 1st of June to get booked in to hossy and get to see the new maternity ward so thats exciting.
Take care all xx
Sammy - that is awesome. You must be excited and scared all at once. CONGRATULATIONS. Hoping for a sticky bub this time......
Audax - oh you poor blossom. I am like Elise, a lot of quite intense nausea but no actual pukies. It must just be miserable. Glad you found a bit of a solution to make some of it less horrid...my friends Ob used to say "the sicker the better". My Ob says "that's ok, within reason..." Are you keeping anything down? Good for you to get to 13 weeks - hopefully the M/S will ease up for you soon? Awesome results for that scan too by the way..... every little bit helps.
Elise - good work you. 27 weeks. Even for me, stuck at home mostly on bed rest, time has kept on moving. I am 23 weeks this week.....Know what you mean about "looking preg". I am not sure I do, but my DH and Ob are very galant in always referring to my baby bump. DH reckons the bump sticks out further than my ( ample) bust..... though as much as I try, even if I mash my boobs up, I am not seeing what my DH sees! Sometimes I wish I saw what he does....
AFM - am feeling a bit glum.... so much so I made an appointment to see the ob...and got an appointment tomorrow but thought about requesting today. Just a few experiences all combined to unsettle me. Occasionally I have "tightenings", which for me in the past have never a good sign, but no more than 2 at any one time and usually no more than once a day and they seems to go away if I move. Possibly Braxton Hicks, but worth checking out. Bubs wasn't as active as usual over the weekend, but bounced back last night and this morning. Good to have bubs bounced back but unsettling, and again worth checking out.
On a much funnier note, we took all 3 cats to the vet for their annual check up and vaccination on Saturday. OMG it was hilarious. The 3 of them all yowled at the tops of their lungs as soon as they were in the travel crates and continued for the 30 mins car trip and THEN in the waiting room whilst we waited about 15-20 mins. They scared one cat into the back of her crate, and instigated another two to start up a racket. Strangely, they were quiet during the consult, but then as soon as they were out of the consult room the racket started again and continued all the way home. When we were in the waiting room, everyone was laughing at them. My mum says better than frowning or telling us off. We got a recording of the cacaphony and will email it to some of our cat lover friends, who might understand. I told DH it was good practice for when baby is crying in the car or in public....fur babies, wouldn't b e without them....
Hope you're all well.
Dory 23 weeks good work, thats great. I know what you mean about seeing what other people see, i too would love that, just to see what i look like from a different perspective. When you say tightening how do you mean and what do braxton hicks feel like, i have no idea but would be interested in knowing if you are able to explain it. Thanx hun :)
Elise - thanks for asking. It's hard to explain, but here goes. There is a tightening in my lower abdominal area. It's usually in the middle and radiates out to both sides but not far out, still at the front. It usually only lasts between 5 - 30 seconds. There is no pain, no cramping. Just a tighening. It's not like a muscle twitch or spasm or an eye twtich. It's like a wave of tightening, gradually increasing and then gradually decreasing. I had similar sorts of tightenings, in the days, prior to Amelia and Sophie, before labour was established, but there were also other sensations at those times which I don't have - like pelvis pressure ( which was actually the baby descending into the pelvis), and the tightenings becoming more regular and painful (contractions). I have read that some women have "irritable uterus" where the uterus seems to want to have these mini conttractions/tightenings during most of the pregnancy, instead of just later on. I am not really sure if that is what Braxton Hicks contractions feel like, I am just assuming it is.
One of the things I will ask the Obstetrician about today is the length of the cervix and whether there is any funneling - the amniotic sac starting to stretch down towards the cervix. Cervical length is dynamic ( that is it can change and be variable) but a length of 2.5cm, starts to give me concern and 1.6cm is usually fairly indicative of labour being imminent. Mine has varied so far from 3.8 to 3cm - all of which are great numbers.
The good thing is, the things that I have to worry about is not a concern for the majority of pregnant women!
I am feeling excited about the appointment and a bit glum. Today DH and I took one of the fur babies into the vet for a tooth extraction. I am usualy robust with things like this, but have been anxious, and then was crying when we left the cat this morning. I just keep saying to myself - they are good vets and it's a routine proceedure and at 2pm I will see my fur baby again. But wow, with the pregnancy hormones, my anxiety about the baby it just makes the cat's procedure is much harder for me than I thought it would be. Bring on 2pm is all I can say.
Sorry about the selfish post today, but I needed it to be. Belly rubs to all.
Dory dont be sorry about the selfish post sometimes we just need to vent and let everything out. Thanks for that info about the tightening, it sounds quite similar to what ive been experiencing but have had it happening for probably the past 6 - 8 weeks. I just assumed it was bub moving really close to the front IYKWIM :)
So its past 2pm so im assuming your little fur baby is home and hope the extraction went well and he/she isnt too sad. Also how did the ob appointment go? I hope you got the answers you were after.
Take care hun :hug:
Elise - I got a little distracted with caring for the little fluff ball. He was really good after the proceedure. I spent a few days just taking it easy and keeping a very watchful eye on him, just in case. He is back to his spunky bold rogue self. I am sooo much better now, both from getting my fur baby home safe and sound and from my ob apointment. Thanks for asking. I had an appointment with my ob on Tues and he said the tightenings were "phsyiologically normal" and he can feel them in patients from about 16 weeks and he would expect a few every day for most women, but some women don't feel them. I suppose its just my experiences that have made me more vigilant.
How are you doing? Getting excited? I was reading about baby hicoughs today and wondered if I had felt them. I think so, but its hard to tell.
It's been quiet in here, guess everyone is busy with their own stuff. Belly rubs to all.
Dory glad to hear that your furbabies all better and that you are feeling reassured after your ob appointment. I know what you mean about experiences making us more vigilant, i always think to myself if i hadnt lost my little angel i wouldnt have had any of these stresses but i suppose it just makes us stronger and to appreciate it all the more.
I dont think i have felt the baby hiccups as yet but i have heard that you can feel when they have them, how cute.
Im doing well, have been quite uncomfortable the past couple of days with my tummy stretching so much but i find if i dont have big servings of food its not too bad, which is hard coz im so hungry all the time now hehe.
Your right it has been very quiet in here lately, but as you said everyone must be busy with their own stuff.
Take care hun, Talk soon
Well I am up to 6 weeks, almost 7 weeks. I have a scan booked for Tuesday and I am hoping they can find a heartbeat. If they do then I think I can allow myself some hope. I have been having a lot of cramps and generally aching this weekend. It keeps subsiding so I am telling myself it's just some stretching pains.
EliseLouise - love the new avatar!
SammyP congrats on making it to nearly 7 weeks thats great news. I will be keeping everything crossed for you with the scan tomoro, im sure everything will be fine and there will be a nice strong heartbeat to see. I had a lot of cramping early on and still do now actually and your completely right it is just bubs nestling in and lots of stretching. Thanx for the comment about the avatar, i LOVE it, she does such a great job with them, very lifelike. Take care hun xx
Elise - Sammy P is right - your Avvie is awesome! Thanks for helping me through last week, it was tougher on me than I realised. Two of the cats have spent the day with me, snuggled up. Well they were there when I went to sleep and there when I woke up. One is still here. I think he feels the cold. It was so nice to have snuggle company.
Smamy P - I am so proud of you. I know this is hard. I made myself have hope, even when I didn't really want it because I was so scared. Mostly because I wanted to enjoy whatever I had for how long. Good luck with your scan tomorrow. My ob says relaxin ( the hormone that loosens everything up) starts to have an effect from 6 weeks. So in addition to bubs snuggling in, you've also got relaxin at work. For me, the hip, knee and butt pains get more painful every pregnancy. Good luck tomorrow. I know you're probably anxious and a little hopefully and a lot scared. My thoughts and love are with you.
Audax - how are you feeling?
AFM - I had the biggest nap today - over 4 hours. Decided I'd snuggle up in bed under the doona as I was cold and woke up more than 4 hours later. I am still trying to wake up. At least it means I won't fall asleep early tonight and might get to see through episodes of Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters. Try as I might, most times I just fall asleep during the shows I love to watch and wake up just after they have ended. LOL, murphy's law huh? I am so so excited to be almost 24 weeks. But now I feel the weight of responsibility to take care of myself and do as much as I can to preserve the pregnancy even more than I did before. More than before now, every day counts. Guess I'll get the hang of this new phase of the pregnancy soon enough and it won't seem so daunting.
It isn't looking good. I went along for my scan today and I was told that instead of measuring 6weeks 6days the scan only measures 5weeks 3 days. I was told it's too small to see if it contains an embryo and to come back in two weeks. I looked at my dates and I guess I could be out a week but not this much. I guess the same thing has happened again and there won't be a baby, let alone a heartbeat when I go back in two weeks.
Sammy P - oh sweetie.... hang in there. Big hugs.
Oh Sammy P, praying its not the case sweetie xxxx
Fingers crossed for you Sammy. Measurements can be out that early. Hope it's a combo of that and your dates out. That breath-holding time is just so hard. Thinking of you :hug:
dory - 24 weeks! Wooohooo! Ohhhh, so excited for you.
AFM - feeling pretty good most of the time now! Bit queasy after I eat, but generally OK. Told work to start advertising my position today. Boss sometimes takes a while to kick into gear.