Cherished I do remember and it fills me with so much joy that you are starting your new jurney before I end mine. You have worked so hard for your baby and It is wonderful to see it all happening
Chuckie I hope your dreams turn to more positive ones soon but remember it's only your mind processing things.
ATM this weekend flew, I'm off to mums tomorrow for a movie day and to keep my mind off things. Still pretty positive.
DH was so cute today, he was putting another layer of plaster on my belly cast. It is a bit funny to see yourself in cast form but I'm so glad we did it. Ladies you just must do it the later the better although I think if I did it now bubs would kick and crack it. Really strong movements now.
Anyone doing anything fun for Australia day? DH suggested movies, I think that sounds good with 38C is SA.
Hoping my feelings are right, I'm getting regular BT for my levels just to make sure they are still going up.. I'll have a scan around the 8 week mark, then probably again at the 12 lol....
I figure it can't hurt to make sure everything is ok, my DP has been very supportive with our journey, he's a lot more confident about this one too, which eases my mind a lot!!
Milly5: Good Luck with your scan on Saturday
Tanya: hopefully a few more weeks and then the ms will slow or stop altogether
Twin Sister - Thanks for the encouraging words, fingers crossed this one does stick
Greenslw haven't heard from you in a couple of days... Is there a new arrival???
Milly YAY for your scan on Sat, can't wait to hear how it goes
Smallfry sounds like you have got a little boxing champion in there!
eliselouise How are you feeling hon?
Chuckie I hope those dreams go away, it must be very upsetting Maybe try some positive visulisation before you go to sleep?
Hello everyone else
I feel like I've reached a mini milestone today, 8 weeks! So excited as I feel very much pregnant and think this little heartbeat is a sticky one Can't wait till my 9 week scan next Wed.
Hey Gals, I recognise a few names here.... Hope you're all doing well. Update for me? 6 weeks today! I am pretty excited.
HPL - each pregnancy can be different you! I have been down the path of having my HcG levels tested every weeks until I reached the magic mark of the past m/c at that time. Looking back on it now, it didn't help me much and I didn't enjoy that part of the pregnancy as all I seemed to focus on was the results, which I would get every Saturday..... it really did me a lot of good to stop that. I hope it words for you and doesn't do your head in.
AFM - ms comes and goes, but today was a a rough day, no pukies, but spent most of the day thinking I would, lots of deep breathing and stubborness. So far, it hasn't gotten me down. I made a comittment to enjoy the pregnancy, and obviously for me and this pregnancy, this is it!
On a funny side, I seem to have a lot of wind, and some wind pains and loud gurgling now and then. Damn it can be embarrassing.....
I am very impressed to have reached this milestone of 6 weeks. It's amazing what you become thankful for. I guess I have enough practice at loss. I am surprised I am not a basket case, but am doing surprisingly well.
I see my ob for an scan next week - can't wait, as I have this very real fear of an ectopic pg. I have not had one before and don't really meet the criteria, but still I worry about it. I hope I don't see monsters in the bushes at every turn, but I suspect I will.
Here's a question. Do you think your uterus would feel full and poke out if you had an ectopic pg? I reckon my uterus has really gotten cracking...
Cherished - congrats on your milestone. How are you going with the mental demons? Are you scanning every week?
Milly5 - 10 weeks. Go girl.
TinaR - I found you! For some reason I didn't think to look in the sticky.
Take care and as much as you can cherish the moment.
Dory - Yah 6 weeks!!! I know it is hard to focus on the positives when you have been disappointed before but worrying is not doing you or the bean any good (if only I could listen to my own advice!) I don't know much about eptopic pregnancies but surely they are not that common - hopefully you will see a heartbeat at the scan and you can start to get a little more excited!
Greenslw - any news - I think we are all dying to know! Thanks heaps for your comments re dreams and processing I think they really helped as I had not thought of it that way.
Cherished1 - 8 weeks is a great milestone to reach - everyday is one day closer to the magic 12week mark - I can't wait to hear about your 9 week scan.
HPL - welcome! It must be great to have a positive partner, my DH is ALWAYS very cautious with his optimisim and this time around I don't think he will believe it until he sees the kid!
Milly - I read some stats on the Miscarriage Assoc site and it said - If the scan picks up a heartbeat and the baby appears to be the right size according to your dates, this can be very reassuring. Research has shown that if you see a heartbeat at 6 weeks of pregnancy, the chances of the pregnancy continuing are 78%. A heartbeat at 8 weeks increases the chance of a continuing pregnancy to 98% and at 10 weeks to 99.4%. So things could still go wrong, but as long as there is a heartbeat, the risk of miscarriage decreases as the weeks go by. I know this may be cold comfort after what has happend to you but I am liking those odds!!!
I had my first craving on Aust Day - I woke up and had brekky at about 7am and by 9am I HAD to have a meat pie which I inhaled (I am usually a slow eater) I then went back to bed at about 10am and slept for a couple of hours! I am taking this as a good sign as I have never had a craving before (hopefully it means I have a sticky bean!)
Thank god the m/c dreams are slowing up. Also I am sure my belly has already popped out - I know it is crazy early but I can't help but think it could be connected with such a recent pregnancy (maybe my uterus hadn't quite stretched back yet???)
Hi Ladies,
Just to let you know my baby Lincoln Gregory Stan was born 25/1/2010. He was 9lb3oz, so much for average and 54cm long. I am so tired but over the moon with love as is DH.
Hope all is going well for you all will catch up soon.
Congratulations Greenslaw on the birth of your little man. What a great name, my nephews name is Lincoln too. Enjoy every minute hun.
Tina it has gone very quickly, its great. I hope your pregnancy starts to feel a little more real for you soon and that little zen starts to let you know that everything is fine.
Tanya love the new avatar, looking good
AFM all going well here, i think the ms is finally easing up, which is good. Have started to tell all my family now so its really starting to feel real.
Hope everyone has a good weekend and can try and stay out of the heat as much as possible, YUK i hate the hot weather.
Greenslw - I am so happy for you, what a truly magical time for you, and the realisation of a cherished dream. Welcome to Lincoln too, what a precious little man. Good luck with your parenting journey and for the next 3 months or so.
Hey Chuckie - Good craving! Very australian. I don't know when women typically get cravings. I seem to desire rice, in all of my pregnancies, from very early on. We are pretty close in due dates. Depending on which system I use my EDD is either 22 or 24 September 2010, and your in September 25. I am hopeful, and I am not very worried at the moment. I seem to have found some peace. When I am in here, it is probably the only time that I let myself worry. I think because I am understood in here and always welcome. People on the outside of BB try, but they really don't want to hear about my worries.
TinaR - wow sis, now I have much more of an understanding behind your words of comfort and wisdom to me. Thankyou. Your own journey has been pretty difficult and I am not sure I knew some of the details before your post here. Maybe I have just been off with the pixies.
No more persies for me tonight. AFM, intermittent nausea today, including as I type.... this is certainly different from my previous pregnancies, but I just accept it as part of this pregnancy. So what else? I had some whacky dreams last night - in one I saved a toddler from drowning. It felt so real. In the second, I dreamt my ob had plastic surgery on his butt, and was proudly showing off the new look in some gucci slacks. LOL go figure that one out. Presumably you can get plastic surgery on your butt?
dory - love that plastic surgery dream! Pretty sure you can get plastic surgery on any part of the body these days. I was posing a possibility to my sister the other day after seeing an ad for liposuction "I wonder if people ever go in and request an unusual shape... they do with their dog-cuts - just look at poodles!!"
I'm starting to get scared... the BH are getting stronger and more painful. I'd forgotten what contractions felt like and even the BH ones are bad enough!! I'm not really looking forward to that final day now!! I think Melbourne needs more hot weather to remind me exactly how uncomfortable this part of pregnancy is and how much I really DO want the baby out!! The last few days of beautiful weather have made me relax into comfort again!! Here's hoping the next two days of heat bring me back to reality! hahaah I'm such a whimp!
but remember it's only your mind processing things.
HPL and congratulations
Maybe try some positive visulisation before you go to sleep?
Hello everyone else
So excited as I feel very much pregnant and think this little heartbeat is a sticky one 
I know it is hard to focus on the positives when you have been disappointed before but worrying is not doing you or the bean any good (if only I could listen to my own advice!) I don't know much about eptopic pregnancies but surely they are not that common - hopefully you will see a heartbeat at the scan and you can start to get a little more excited!
- everyday is one day closer to the magic 12week mark - I can't wait to hear about your 9 week scan.
CONGRATULATIONS Greenslw on the arrival of your little (big) man Lincoln 
So excited for you!
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