hi cookie, i posted back in the 1st couple pages. i had a pmp and had to have a d&c what would've been 13 weeks, baby stopped growing at 8 weeks 6 days. i fell pregnant with this baby after a normal period and my levels went to 0, all up i think it was just short of 8 weeks. everything is going good bub wise, im having a little girl im 29 weeks today. sorry you have to go through chemo, i hope the times flys by for you and your test go well.
Cookie, that sounds so hard. Fingers crossed for that blood test! Are you gunna do my old "flooding" trick - drinking like 8L of water the day before to "dilute" your blood? I don't know why I thought that would work, but it made me feel like I was the boss of my betas!
I am not pukey enough! Every symptom, I am comparing to last time - is it better or worse to be less sick than last time? Doing my head in, and it's only been a week! Got the first of my bloods taken today - results tomorrow arvo. Will post, since hCG levels are my life! It's been, like 9 weeks since my last one - and that feels like forever! Nice to start the clock again
Hi Girls
I've had a couple of positives too - only faint but AF overdue too so I'm taking it as positive. Was really excited initially but now starting to worry as not much in the way of nausea or sore boobs - same when i had the pmp but when i had my baby girl i had really sore boobs. Anyway only 5 weeks tomorrow so really hoping it all starts next week. Had bloods but haven't heard result yet as my OB is interstate.
Cookie your chemo sounds horrible. make sure you demand relief for your symptoms - pain relief, nausea relief etc.
Thinking of you all and praying for healthy babies
Hey tac, we must be at about the same stage! That's awesome - congrats and good luck! Hope it all goes well for you.
I feel quite different to the pmp. My first beta was 720 - exactly middle of the road. Relieving, from a molar perspective. but still anxiously awaiting the next one - I'm back on the hcg ride!
Hi Girls
I hope this doesn't cause anyone any more pain, I'm posting it to try to give you hope.
I finally saw my OB last week (after many reschedulings and bouts of tears) for a review and ultrasound. I was not feeling confident as I'd had a bit of spotting and not much nausea or boob soreness. Any way the ultrasound showed a lovely flickering heartbeat and a baby and yolk sack just the right size for the dates (7 weeks). Hooray! So my OB said that it is definitely not another mole or pmp. Obviously there could be other things go wrong but we are praying that all goes smoothly from here on.
I also just got in from my scan. I was SO nervous, and I really didn't think i could go through with it. But I did, and our little blob's heart was thumping away at 145 bpm. I cried. I'm still crying. It's not just joy - I think there's also some latent grief in there.
Hi Snuggly (*cough* I mean Audax - what's with that?) & tac,
So glad your ultrasounds went well. Though I think that even if I were to go through this roller coaster again, I think I would turn down any ultrasounds - through both my pregnancies they have only given me false hope which just made the heartbreak even worse. The blood tests have always given me the realistic picture of what was going on - ironically with my PMP, I ruled out a molar preg as I could see the heartbeat, and the info I found on the web had said there would be no heartbeat (I thought my bloods were too high, so I went researching cause noone would tell me anything!).
On Saturday 10th April I had my latest blood test. Went in to Royal Womens to start my next round of Chemo on Monday 12th ...my result? >2. OMG - I cried. I have 2 rounds of Chemo left, and then I am done. 24 days before Peanut should have been born I will be finally finished with Peanuts pregnancy.
Obviously there will be follow up monitoring, and absolutely no thoughts of trying again for at least 12 months, but now I have dates, and more of an option to point my life in a direction again. I'm not sure which way to go - the only time my life has had real direction was when I decided I wanted to be a mum. And now that's all gone.
But still...LESS THAN 2!!!
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: *giggle* wrong name...
Mate however you decide to go, you'll be great. Hope you have a totally wild 12 months, while you can! You can achieve a lot in a year... a marathon? Kokoda Track? Build an empire and take over the world?
Thought I'd pop in and let you know that I finished my last cycle of "Keemo", as I've been calling it. My support crew came in with me for my last shot. My best friend went and got me a "Happy No More Keemo Day" ice cream cake which the 4 of ate after the event.
I'm so relieved it's over - although some of the side effects are still kicking around just to remind me. Now I have to wait for that letter to arrive in the mail with my new appointment time, so they can tell me what I have to do in relation to monitoring, and what I can and can't do in relation to the future.
So I guess this begins to beginning of the year long wait. Peanuts EDD is now less than 3 weeks away. It's hard to contemplate that most women who spent as much time with hcg in their system as I did walk away with a bub. I'm thinking of getting a tatt. Something small, partly as a memorial to what I've been through. Partly in memory of my little Peanut. And partly to remind me of the lessons I've learnt.
Hey Cookie my love! Awesome news! Congratulations! And ice cream cake sounds like a great move!
A tatt sounds like a fab idea. I have thought about this - something like a zero, but the inside of it would be reflective, kind of like an oval mirror. Because the zero is just the best thing ever, and the whole time is all about reflecting, and considering where you're at. Anyway, i never got round to it, you go for it!
The bambino is going well, as far as I can tell. This week I celebrated my 21st! 21st hcg blood test Haven't got the results yet I'll get there. 12 wek scan is still two weeks away, but fingers crossed tightly for that one.
im 29 weeks today. sorry you have to go through chemo, i hope the times flys by for you and your test go well.
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Love to all 
So happy for you my love.
I'll get there. 12 wek scan is still two weeks away, but fingers crossed tightly for that one.
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