Pregnancy after Miscarriage or Loss June 2010

Alice - I am with Murray - stalk away. Miss you too.... you always have something thoughtful to say....

Murray - it is just the best babe, getting that feeling that makes it all seem "real". It's funny, when I look back at how much I cherish that first ultrasound pic and carry it with me everywhere and would gaze at it a lot.... it's not much really- just a blob, but its a blob that represents hopes, dreams and love, and its a blob that will grow soon to look a little more like a baby than a blob. And, it's a blob that is so important. I still look at the picture of my little blob and remember how proud and excited I was when first. I saw it. I know you're anxious.... and only getting through your ultrasound will help with that.

Is Mr Cod going? I remember that for one of my scans DH and I didn't communicate properly about the nature of the appointment and DH missed it. He was so devastated afterwards. So from then on I was very clear in explaining the purpose of every appointment. But he's a lot more clued up after then, so there's no chance, and he also makes every appointment, except those last minute reassurance appointments that I get during the middle of the day.

Have a good weekend.... and bring on Tuesday....

Anyway, I am off now to pat the cat!

My hands shake as i type this i still feel like this is all a dream. I had a missed misscarriage april 2nd had a d and c i was 5 and half weeks pregnate. I felt like my world was over i could not really funtion for such a long time. So i found out may 31 that i was prenate again. I don't have the happiness that i did when i was pregnate the other time. I worry at every lil thing if i dont feel like i had the same pregnancy sytoms i had the day before. And i have really told no one just people who need to know. I just got back my fourth beta levels and they came back normal did not tell me the levels but normal. So right now i am num. I feel like i am a horrible person.

Angelfish hunny welcome to our thread and congratulations on the pg. Done feel like you are a horrible person for having those feelings, they are completely normal after what you have been through. Try and take it easy on yourself and just know that it does get a little easier as time goes on but we will never completely be carefree about it.
Looking forward to getting to know you and share this journey :hug:

OMG I stop posting in this thread for awhile and look what I miss! Huge congratulations to Murraycod, SammyP and Kitfaerie! I am so incredibly happy to see you guys in here. Sending tons of sticky vibes to all of you. hooray.

there were so many posts to read i kind of just skimmed so congrats and welcome to everyone else who has recently joined. I don't post a whole lot as i have suffered bad MS my entire pregnancy. last week i got food poisoning and this week the stomach flu so it's been quite the ride. I also find sitting athte computer to be very uncomfortable as I havd SPD and horrible rib pain. Thankfully I only have 6 weeks or so left before baby is here and I have my boy back again. Getting pretty excited!

Thank you Ladies for your posts... DH and I have decided that if my back pain doesn't get any better with physio and massages by the 19th July, I'll drop down to 4 days, then on the 16th of Aug drop down to 3... then... LMAO.... my last day will be 9th of Sept..... YAY... really doesn't seem that far away to me... scray!

angelfish - you are definately NOT a horrible person.. what you described is exactly the same way I felt when we found out we were pregnant again. I had a MC late Aug and was pregnant again early Jan.. I didn't want to get excited and I was always thinking in the back of my mind;what does this little pain mean, is it bad, does it feel the same as before... We didn't tell family until 12wks and still we were hesitant.. It get's easier with time, but for me I won't be able to feel completely excited until I hold my daughter in my arms.. BUT for you my love NEVER EVER feel like you are a horrible person, you just need to give yourself time to get excited give your time to still grieve over your loss. Excitement will come anglefish, love will come, hope will come...

ric Congrats!! Can't wait to see the ticker :clap:

SammyP with this pregnancy I had regular HCG tests coz i didn't want an internal u/s.... the levels vary so much within the 'normal' range... it did my head in until i had my u/s at 9wks.....Try and wait it out til your u/s, and enjoy seeing your bub on the screen!

Hello to all the other ladies out there....

AFM: I'm going to see my Sister and get another wonderful massage, just hope it lasts a little longer this time, last time I was sore again after 4days :-( ... But I do have my babyshower to lookforward to YAY!!! 17th July sooo looking forward to it.. hopefully our patio will be finished by then, DH has decided that the kitchen and patio will be renovated and completed before that date... mmm we'll see about that...

OMG TwinSis you are 34weeks?!?!?! It feels like only a month ago you got your BFP I can't beleive it!!!!
So nice to see you sweetheart.
Im a little anxious, apart for my sore nipples, I don't 'feel' pg at all. I know I'm only early, but I just want to wake up and vomit or something!!!!!!

Angelfish, I feel the same way, to scared to beleive it yet, but worked so darn hard to get here!!!! Congrats on your pregnancy darling, sending you healthy sticky vibes X

Dory, thanks babe, it's so nice to have all of you understand and feel the same way. You are all a great bunch of girls XXXXX DH is as excited to get to the ultrasound day too, only 10 more sleeps!!!!! (that's if I sleep!!) Am still a touch crampy, which just makes me worry. But in a weird way, i'm getting used to it now, although I would not miss them if they dissapeared already!!!!!
I have a photo of the embryo that was transfered, but I can't bring myself to look at it!!!!
The 1st transfer I had, I carried the photo everywhere, even had it as a screensaver on my mobile phone. Was devastated when it didn't take.
My current photo of Blastie had been hiden in a drawer the entire time, I think I have looked at it twice! SO sad!

Thank you hope postive love and murraycod.

Murraycod. Yes everyday i wake up and i think this is a dream to good to be true. I get happy and think about the future then i say to myself don't get to excited which is sad i know. But after you have had one m/c or more it's hard to be happy. But i am trying to stay postive and i hope that you do. Thinking postive brings something postive that is the new way i am trying to think.

Hi everyone,

I am new to this site and am looking for some advice. In February this year i miscarried at 8weeks. Needless to say my husband and i were devastated. I didn't require a D&C so my dr said it was ok to start trying againg. On Friday i found out i was almost 5 weeks pregnant. I am so excited but really worried that i will miscarry again. I guess my main question is does anyone know of any precautions i should be taking being pregnant again after a miscarriage.

Thanks for your help.

Hoping.

Kitfaerie: eeek! I agree! So excited to be sharing this cyberspace with you and everyone who has graduated from the TTC threads! I'm still feeling pregnant mainly at night only: queasy in the middle of the night and having bad dreams every night (which i had early in both my previous pregnancies). A bit of mild pg cramping on and off but not much else. Maybe my M/S will kick in later?

Murray: It is sad that we become so cautious in feeling happy about our pregnancies...but totally understandable. I hope that soon you'll have a lovely u/s photo of your baby to go with the blastie photo and you'll feel confident enough to take them out of the drawer a little more often. I'm hanging out for my first u/s too.
Sammy: I hope you get some good news with your scan. Is that coming up this week?
Alice: Glad you are lurking. I'm looking out for your posts too.

Angelfish: Welcome. HOpe your pregnancy is trouble free this time.
Hoping: Congrats on your pregnancy. Unless your dr gave you any advice relating to the circumstances of your miscarriage, i don't think there is much you need to do differently with a pg following miscarriage than for any other pg. Just eating right, resting etc. All the best for smooth sailing ahead for you.
Ric: glad you have joined too!
Twin sister: hello good to meet you. You must be sooo excited getting so close to due date!

Hope.Positive.Love: Sounds like a good plan to help you count down to September.
Audax: How are you? Have the pukies stopped yet?
EliseLouise: Yay for the count down to stopping work!

AFM: just counting the days til another week ticks over. I hope to see my OB next week (when i'm 6 and a bit weeks) so i can get a scan done in his rooms and see if there is a HB. (The mildness of my pg symptoms worries me and i know it might mean nothing but i'd like some reassurance).

HI all, there are so many of us in this thread now, how happily wonderful to have the upgrade :)
Not too many symptoms either for me, am hanging out for u/s on Thursday to see if there is a good heartbeat. Fingers X. I will be 7 weeks then....
Hoping, I dontthink there is anything you can do that would differ from any other pg..congrats!! hope it all goes really well xxxx

Love to you all
, am lurking everyday, I too feel like I dont have much to contribute at this stage, I will be sure to post on Thursday :)
LOve and belly rubs to all
xxxx

Thanks girls,

I am feeling a little more positive this time as i have started having some m/s which i didn't have when i miscarried. I'm going for an u/s in just over a week so i am hoping to see a little heart beat which will be very reassuring.

Wishing everyone the best

Hoping

Murraycod - ugh it doesn't feel like last month to me LOL. This pregnancy has been so rough I feel like I've been PG for years. I am so ready to have the baby already. I am so thrilled you are finally PG. I haven't been posting much but I've been keeping my eye on you guys and it's so nice to see you finally in this thread!!! As for symptoms I didn't have many with DS either in the beginning. It took awhile for them to kick in.

angelfish - congrats on your pregnancy, I know how hard it is in the early days to stay positive. I wasn't able to get excited and stop worrying until I passed the 24 week mark this time. It does get easier though, sending lots of sticky vibes your way.

Hoping - welcome and congrats on your pregnancy too. Since you didn't do anything wrong last time, there isn't really much you can do different this time around. As possum said just make sure you eat well and and get lots of rest. Sending sticky vibes your way too!

Possum - wow another congratulations! It's so exciting to see so many new BFP's in here! Don't worry too much about lack of symptoms, like I said to murray, it was quite awhile before I felt symptoms with my DS. Hope all goes well at your OB appt!

Millyd - congratulations and best of luck on your U/S. I'm sure all will be well and you will get to see baby's heartbeat. I'll be sending you goo thoughts on Thursday (though it will only be Wednesday for me ;) )

Wish me luck girls, I have a scan at 9.30 tomorrow morning. Then maybe I can stop being so negative. I have kept myself busy this weekend, trying to keep my mind off things. We took DD to the snow for the first time. She loved it at first but didn't really understand the concept of snow. After an hour she started screaming "take it off, take it off" so we took her gloves off and she kept yelling the same thing. We said "what do you want us to take off?" and she said "take the cold off!"

how adorable SammyP good luck tomorrow morning, will be waiting for updates around lunchtime. Want to know all about the heartbeat xxxxx sleep peacefully sweetheart, or at least sleep :)

thank you everyone but i will not get excited until i hear the hb which my frist u/s will be at the end of the month i wish it could be sooner then later. So that i could be more postive about this.

Good luck SammyP for scan today. I have everything crossed for you. (Cute story about DD and the cold!)
Good luck Millyd for scan tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.

HI girls,

I got a BFP on Sat in the afternoon - 13DPO and the line has slowly gotten darker...I'm going to lurk for a lil while just until I get mu first u/s and see that lil bean is doing well!

Oh Iona Hooray!!! Congrats and big belly rubs with added sticky vibes. How exciting :) xxxxx