Pregnancy after Miscarriage or Loss June 2010

[India's Mum]

Whew! My doctor rang me this evening because she is going away and wanted to make sure she spoke to me before she went. She congratulated me and said it's good news. She wasn't worried about them saying it was only 6 weeks as she said they can be out a week. She said the important thing was that there was a baby with a good heartbeat. She said they didn't have anything about a failed sac on the report but thought it could have been a twin and that explained the bleed. She said just wait until I see the OB now and relax a little. I'll try!

[murraycod]

Sammy thats great news X!
I just noticed you are 7wks and 3 days, that is exactly how far I will be next week at my scan!!! Did you see much?!?!

[possum magic]

Hi SammyP, great news about the scan and I love your new ticker!
Iona, glad to see you in here. I can relate to how you feel. Like Murray cod, i don't have any great advice. I'm trying to have a bet each way with myself: not let myself get too excited in case something goes wrong but at the same time, getting excited as each new week ticks over and i hit another milestone. eg had my first Gp appointment last Friday. Going to be 6wks on Friday (fingers crossed) and OB appointment next week. Are you planning a dr's visit in the next few days?
Hi Murray cod, how's the crazy lady?! I'm avoiding crazy by practicing denial! (Am not really pregnant so therefore i can't miscarry! There, that works!)
Hi Ric, wow you are 9wks already?
AFM: I'm trying so hard not to think about the pg too much in the hope that the weeks will just sneak past and i'll be 12 wks before the 'bad luck' fairy notices and then it will be too late for her to get me! still having very few symptoms...

[India's Mum]

Sammy thats great news X!
I just noticed you are 7wks and 3 days, that is exactly how far I will be next week at my scan!!! Did you see much?!?!

Murraycod, I was supposed to be 7 weeks 3 days but the technician said I only measured 6 weeks. She was able to see the fetal pole quite well and establish a good heartbeat. She also found the bleed I had last week and was able to say it shouldn't cause any further problem. You only really see blobs rather than any distinct baby like shapes but it's reassuring to know that so far everything is in the right place and functioning properly.

[luna moth]

murray, I think I was 7w2d at my first scan. Baby was tiny, but they did a 3D image and you could just see the beginnings of it, this little prawn of a thing. Now it's a thumb sucking bouncing machine that I love sooooo much. But I have to say, and it might not be the same for all, that it actually wasn't all that reassuring. I still had another 5 weeks to get through and I knew the heartbreak would be all the worse to lose someone we'd already "met"

On not getting excited - it's understandable. We've all had our hearts broken once before, and you don't want to risk it again. In the early weeks, I just focused on sending our little prawn lots and lots of love, because even if it were only to be around for a little while, I wanted it to be the most loved creature on this earth for that time. And every time it does something awesome, like waving on the scan, or bouncing across my belly, I feel like it's returning that love, and so the love grows.

I have got the most stunning pregnesia. The Herald Sun quiz has been driving me batty - answers that I KNOW I know are taking aaaaaages to come to me! And don't even start on where I put my keys...

[Iona Macca]

Sammy - that is great news, so glad that your doctor put your mind at ease!!

Murray - I don't have a heap of symptoms either, just the sore bb's but they don't seem to be as sore as they were on the weekend, I think on sat arvo I had to take my bra off. the other one is peeing all the time but not sure if I'm doing it so that I can check that there is no discharge/bleeding and tiredness. I do have a few li cramps sometimes they are hip high and sometimes they are low pelvis/high thigh!! I have had some lower backache but not sure if it is from my personal training sess even though we have started to tone things down

possum - ur a week ahead of me...oh I thought I could think I'm not pregnant but then I don't want to think that because I did this and that lil bean didn't stick!!


Hi to everyone I missed

AFM: had a small amount of brown discharge this morn when I wiped.....maybe I should go to my drs to get my bloods done and see if he will give me a repeat hcg test in a couple of days....

[murraycod]

Thanks girls, and yes Audax I know exactly what you mean. I LOVE the way you write about your little bubba, it is so sweet X

Iona I ended up getting 3 Betas done to reassure myself. id definately helped. I was told to relax by my doc, but the 'real' proof makes things easier! A little brown blood is fine babe, but if reassurance is what you need then go for it X

Sammy, I can't wait to see my blob!!

Possum, belly rub to you girl! X Hang in there with me!

[Iona Macca]

ok murray, you helped me talk myself into booking an appt with my dr so I'm booked in for 11.45 today...