HI ladies- sorry haven't been able to catch up for a bit
Sunny - congrats on your BFP!! HPT are rarely wrong so I would say you are defnitely UTD. It is totally normal to be very nervous with a pg after m/c. Sadly that innocence of BFP= baby is lost forever but the truth is that for the majority of women, subsequent pgs DO turn out to be perfect with a baby at the end.
All the best for your appt
megsmum - Grrrr about your cold. How frustrating. Hopefully it will all be out of your system before the baby gets here so at least you have some energy for her.
Hope she stays put a little bit longer for you
WTH - Yuk re the dentist. I went last week too as have been waking up with blood in my mouth every day. NO real problems though - just another one of those pg things. Well done on starting to feel some confidence about this baby. I hope you are all getting a bit excited. Have you bought anything yet?
Zstar and Lauen - Congratulations and welcome ladies. YOu will find a wealth of support in here. Hopefully you both have nice smmoth pgs!
Karen - hope the supplements pick you up a bit. Amazing how draining these litle ones can be eh?!
Hannah - Yay at your little girtl!!! What a cheeky little thing - sounds like she willl need watching!
Chappas - congrats on hitting 30weeks
Sorry for any I have missed - hope you doing well.
Thankyou all for the nice words about my hairloss too. Still seriously considering the wig. Just feel guilty about the potential cost. Have my GTT and starting the steroid shots tomorrow. Almost starting to feel in the "safe" zone which is a bit straange given the previous 6mths of tortuous anxiety. My poor DS is desperate to meet his little sister. Keeps asking if she can come out so he can cuddle her. Don't really want to give him that pleasure for a couple of mths yet!
Welcome Sunny! So glad you have joined us in here! What ou are feeling is totally normal (im 28 weeks now and still feel scared and uneasy, I really want to enjoy this pregnancy 100% but its very hard. Im sorry your innocence has been taken away from you. Congratulations and heres to a sticky baby! xox
Sunny - Congrats on your BFP But yes you def sound pregnant, and yes its perfectly natural to be nervous. Good luck with ur appointment.
Zachary's Mom - woohoo 2 wks of work left, sounds great!!
megsmum - wow, i can't believe you will most have your bubba, its gone so quick.
Welcome Zstar and Lauren
Hello to everyone else, hope you all having a good week.
AFM- well today its been 8mths since Lilli passed I honestly can't believe its been that long. Still feels like yesterday that i woke up and found her. I took ethan for a bike ride this morning, and as we were walking there was a little baby, ethan commented and next thing this pretty little white butterfly came fluttering around us I think it was Lilli saying hello.
Little miss in my belly has been rap dancing, as DH calls it. We finally have her name picked to, actually its the first time we have picked a name prior to birth. Usually we just do a list, but this name has meaning and it feels right, iykwim.
Anyway hope you are all having a great week,
Rach - Im thinking of you today, I cant imagine what you have gone through. Im glad that butterfly came along though! big hugs xox
AFM - Got ob appoint tomorrow arvo so will be good to see bubs as its been three weeks since my last scan, I think thats a record!!! also ill get my GTT results so hopefully all good there!
Rach - Massive to you for today hun, I'm sure Lilli is watching over you all and that butterfly is proof although having said that I'm sure you didn't need any proof. That is a lovely quote. Take care of yourself OK?
Sunny - Welcome and congrats on the BFP. You are totally normal to be feeling that way, I had about one day of feeling over the moon after my BFP and then the worry set in I still worry even now I must admit if I haven't felt bub move for a while. GL for your GP appt.
erybery - GL for the ob appt tomorrow
Meredith - Don't feel guilty, just do it! Congrats on nearly reaching 28 weeks though - yippee! And how cute is DS, my DD has been asking the same for the last couple of months now too LOL She keeps asking "Is the baby sister going to come out soon?" Funny she doesn't ask it quite so much now its just about upon us!
Hi everyone else
AFM, not much happening today, still got a blocked nose and almost coughing up a lung I had a visit with my ob's midwife today which went well though, heard the HB and fundus is measuring perfectly for dates. She thinks I might go into labour this week but I don't know, I'm not feeling it - I think its anyone's guess really. Watch this space
Zstar - and CONGRATULATIONS on your PG. Most of the ladies posting on this thread also spent time on the TTC thread. The TTC thread is an absolute god-send. It is my hope every one who posts there comes here in the very near future.
Karen van - glad the PG yoga is working for you. I used to really enjoy yoga (pre-DD). I always found it gave me extra energy. I have been too scared to do anything remotely active this PG, but have started doing some safe stretches to keep the sciatica at bay. Are you finding the yoga is helping with back and hip pain relief?
Greenslw - Hip hooray for no more spots and your growing girl . Not sure what DD thought about the dentist and my bleeding gums. I think the hygenist did a good job of hiding it, as DD was pretty keen to go for a ride in the dentist's chair afterwards LOL.
Hannah - CONGRATULATIONS on your gorgeous growing girl, too!
Chappas - I am starting to look forward to buying some things for baby. I have made up quite a list - can't help myself Just waiting for DD's furniture to arrive in the next week so I can set up her new room. Then I will start getting organised for bubs. Still have so many gorgeous things from when DD was a baby. If we have a boy he will look very pretty LOL.
Lauren - Congratulations to you too, on your PG. Wishing you a happy and healthy nine months
Megsmum - Ding Dong Just read you may go into labour this week - I know your Ob is excellent and would have only the best fill in for him. Here's a big for the week ahead, my friend
Theresa - and welcome back!
Sunny - hi there. I have definitely felt the same way after a BFP but hope to see you here for the next nine months. Good luck
Erybery - GL with seeing your Ob (and bub) tomorrow and those GTT results.
Meredith - Have not bought a single thing for bubs yet. Keep finding reasons not to. Basically I want to get DD's room organised first (unbeknowns to her she is moving to another room). I am going to make it an irressistable surprise so she has no reason to be jealous about the baby getting her old room (and bed, which will be converted back into a cot). Have been thinking about what to pack for me for the hospital, as I will be having a CS and will need some nice comfy stuff around the belly.
Rach - that quote was beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
AFM - GTT is ticked off. Will get the result at Ob on Friday. Finally succumbed to telling DD that the baby is growing in my tummy. Her reaction was gorgeous. She said, "we will have to be very gentle with your tummy". Then she proceeded to make further arrangements about where the baby would sleep (in her toy room, apparently).
thanks for all your congrats. i'm not doing well today. this site has been my life saver since i m/c. it has been my rock and the girls support has been everything to me. i have just been on the other thread ttc after m/c and a girl is back for her 2nd time. m/c at 6 wks. it has hit me hard. i really didn't know about all the m/c's and still births ect were sooo common until i joined bellybelly. today i feel that reading all the signatures and stories on here is making me worse and making me worry more. i have just called mum in tears and she said i may need to take break from the site until i am further along in my pg and feeling more at ease. i think she may be right. i can't stop crying. i feel weak for leaving everyone in the ttc thread. they have been there for me and i should be there for them.
has anyone else had these feeling about taking a break? i just think that when i get on i see all the m/c's ect and it makes me worry more. far out. i am so emotional. i have such a long way to go and i need to get a grip on things.
Hun, you have youth on your side. Through the copious and obsessive amounts of reading, I have learned something like 1/4 PG do end in MC, often before 6 weeks or before the woman even knows she is PG. ONE loss is sadly, quite common. It is believed at least 50% of these losses are random and spontaneous chromosonal errors (more likely to happen with more mature eggs). Every day you move forward is GREAT. You are getting there! For recurrent MC (3 x) you are looking at a 1/100 chance of it happening to you - that is a 99% chance of that NOT happening. I have read over and over, that most women who suffer ONE MC go on to have a perfectly normal PG. It is completely understandable for you to be having these feelings after suffering the pain and anguish of a MC. I am not doubting your worry. Perhaps you could get your HCG levels checked (48 hours apart) to check the levels are generally doubling in that time?
Of course, if you need a break, then by all means take one. At the same time, we will be here for you if you feel comfortable to come back and post again here xx
Zstar i know how your feeling i couldnt believe this all happened i always thought people dtd got pregant and had perfect babies and was shcoked to find that wasnt the case. Its hard and when i lost my child i thought that i was doomed and still right now i fin d it hard and cant trust myself.
I really hope your ok and feel better soon.
zstar - I had the same feelings about taking a break after I got my BFP this pregnancy. I started off with a slow rising HCG during week 5 and then had some spotting during week 6, so I was pretty much a basket case for those couple of weeks and quite a few weeks after. It was only the support of my DH and a lovely lady here behind the scenes that got me through really - I was sure that things were over Anyway, I did take a break from posting over this time, for me it was the only way I could cope. You just need to do whatever you can to cope early on, if that is not posting or reading here so be it. BTW, I still don't read the stories of loss section of the boards here, I would dearly like to be able to provide support, but I just can't cope with the stories and the possibility it might happen to me again.
I totally agree with WTH, you do have youth on your side. I was your age when I conceived and carried DD with absolutely no problems, all of my subseqent problems falling pg and staying pg have been due to my age. After my last m/c my ob told me that even at my age (38 back then), the chances of the next pregnancy being successful are 80%, so you have an excellent chance that this pg will be a sticky one. Keep telling yourself that this will work out and talk to your bub because the reality is that it will more than likely!
I HTH and hope to see you around if you can manage Take care and remember one day at a time.
Just wanted to pipe up and let you all know I'm here - I generally don't have alot to say but I'm here reading and feeling encouraged by everyone's successes.
It's been about a week and half since we found out I am pregnant, and I really do feel like we're just plodding along. My first real excitement was getting my BT results this morning and seeing the hcg figures have increased as they should in the past week. Now I'm back to 'well we'll just see how we go'.
It's crazy, it's not that I'm not happy I'm pregnant, I guess I'm looking at in stages of just getting through another week with a growing, living baby inside me. I said to DH the other day that we'll get the shock of our lives when we're at full term and realise we really are having a baby this time lol
Sunny are you in here? congratulations, goodluck Thursday. Good to see you again.
Meredith glad you're almost in the safe zone, I'm sure it will be a big load off. I think if a wig will make you feel better it's a good investment in you and therefore your baby. Happy mum afterall is very important. (I'm a shop a holic) but still think it's important to look after you.
Rach it does fly. can I ask what the meaning of the name is. Sounds really nice. Love your saying
erybery: goodluck for tomorrow thanks for the belly rub, one back at ya.
Oh wow megsmum the count down is really really on. bet you're excited to see little one.
WTH dentists are so much better with kids now. DD sounds so cute.
zstar I think I had my days. Sometimes the stories are a comfort sometimes I'm crying, but I think the tears are part of my healing. If you need a break take one we'll be here when you get back
Welcome human bean congratulations
ATM wiped out, long long long meeting with VIP's for my service. I'm spent, need a good hot meal (on the way) and a big long sleep. PG going well still haven't told anyone at work cos my boss is very emotional atm from her return and I think I'll go with the exec manager I like first then hide behind her when I tell my manager. I'm too sooky for confrontation right now. esp when we're a pregnancy and mother service.
But yes you def sound pregnant, and yes its perfectly natural to be nervous. Good luck with ur appointment.
I honestly can't believe its been that long. Still feels like yesterday that i woke up and found her. I took ethan for a bike ride this morning, and as we were walking there was a little baby, ethan commented and next thing this pretty little white butterfly came fluttering around us 
I think it was Lilli saying hello.
to you for today hun, I'm sure Lilli is watching over you all and that butterfly is proof 
I still worry even now I must admit if I haven't felt bub move for a while. GL for your GP appt.
and CONGRATULATIONS on your PG. Most of the ladies posting on this thread also spent time on the TTC thread. The TTC thread is an absolute god-send. It is my hope every one who posts there comes here in the very near future.
. Not sure what DD thought about the dentist and my bleeding gums. I think the hygenist did a good job of hiding it, as DD was pretty keen to go for a ride in the dentist's chair afterwards LOL.
and welcome back!
are you in here? congratulations, goodluck Thursday. Good to see you again.
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