CONGRATULATIONS HELEN and welcome to the world little Mitchell I'm so sorry to hear he is still in the hospital but I hope he gets comes home soon fit and healthy. I am so very happy for you and your family - and what an inspiration for me with the whole stitch thing!
I have been off work for 2 days now and I can't get onto my lifeline BB! Thank goodness it is up now!
Beata - I know what you mean about pg women at work. There are two women who work in the area beside me (we're in an open plan office) who are pg and several others who work in my building. I thought that by going back to work it would help take my mind off everything but it's the reverse at the moment. I guess I'll have to work out how to deal with this. And thanks for your good wishes - you made me cry
Bec - thanks for the info on the temp drop. I have been doing a bit of reading but haven't found a definite answer, only the maybes that you raised. I will talk to my TCM lady about my progesterone levels.
AFM, I'm at home with a headache, sore throat and cough feeling like cr*p! I resisted temptation to POAS yesterday. With my current physical health I don't see how I could sustain a baby at the moment so I am resigned to the fact that AF will arrive on the weekend.
Anyway, time to head back to the couch and rest.
Take care all
xo
Helen, I hope little Mitchell is well and has been able to come home with you by now.
I got Jasmine's autopsy results today. They confirmed that she had a significant heart problem and the geneticist said with that problem alone she would have unlikely survived at birth full term. Her lungs were 1/3 of the normal size they should have been, so there would have been breathing problems and there was too much fluid around the brain which they believe indicates she would have had moderate 'learning problems', by moderate they mean like down syndrome, so quite 'severe' in my mind. He said with all of that combined she wouldn't have survived at full term. It gives me peace that we made the right decision. For those that don't know my DH & I had to make the agonising decision to terminate the pg. As painful as that was, I don't think I could have handled carring her to full-term knowing she was unlikely to survive at birth or live a couple of days in pain, how awful. There was a chromosome abnormality in 70% of her cells causing all of these problems. From all the info they have it looks unlikely it will happen again, but I'll still be a nervous wreck when pg again. All in all, closure for me in a lot of ways. It does make me feel very sad though, the poor little thing, I wish this never happened to her
What bittersweet information from the autopsy result. To at least know that you and DH made the right decision for your own peace of mind is hopefully some comfort. Like you, we couldn't bear the thought of carrying Ryan to full term knowing that if he made it that far that his days with us would be in great pain, and likely short. We decided that it was better that the pain be ours not his. There is no easy decision in all of this and until someone has walked in our shoes they cannot judge. Thinking of you and DH at this time and hoping you get your earth baby very soon.
Thank you for your kind words Cheryl , it's great to have someone else to talk to who had to go through the same thing. I liked your words "We decided that it was better that the pain be ours not his". This is how I also felt. Have you thought about whether you will get a CVS next pg? I have been thinking about this a lot and have swayed both sides. After hearing how bad her condition was, it made me think that I probably should get a CVS done next time in case it, or something similar happens again. I'm not sure if you had one done with Ryan, but I find them quite awful, I also had an amnio, and don't like the risk of miscarriage the procedure has (1%), but I guess its better to know early rather than later if there is a problem. I pray that we and the other ttc'ers receive a lovely and healthy BFP soon.
Megan, I'm sending you big hugs sweetie , I'm so sorry you've had to be put in that awful situation with Jasmine, having to make such an agonising decision of which way to go. I'm sure that your heart was torn to bits, not wanting to have to decide which way to go. I'm so sorry hunni .
I guess now having Jasmine's results has put your mind at ease that you have made the right decision by your little girl, and I can understand when you say that it's still sad that it happened to her. Although Josh was ok, I still feel really sad that that stupid fibroid pushed him out when he was so comfy and happy in there, it just isn't fair. He didn't deserve what happened to him, and I really feel like my body has really let him down.
Thinking of you hun, and praying so very hard that you don't have to wait long for your precious earth baby. I'm sure Jasmine can't wait either.
Love always
B xxxxxxxx
Just popped in to post that I got a very feint BFP this afternoon - even DH can see it! I'm CD28 and while FF told me that I ovulated very early (CD10) it also gave us a high chance of falling pg, but then my temps dipped at CD18 and stayed down. Soon after that FF took away my coverline and O day... so I stopped temping a few days later. With my virus, low iron levels, and hot flashes at night with disrupted sleep I really didn't think that the temps where accurate anyway. But here I am. I did POAS a few days ago but was a BFN so I thought that was it... only had to wait for AF to arrive. But no AF symptoms yet, still getting weird butterfly and tugging sensations... so maybe this our BFP already?
I so don't want us to get our hopes up, but I really hope that it's true. These are new POAS tests that I got from the discount pharmacy so don't know how sensitive they are, even though they say they can detect a pg at 7-10 days post conception... boy am I rambling!
So if AF doesn't arrive overnight maybe I will work up the courage to POAS in the morning, but this time it will be a different type, from the supermarket, the same brand that I used when we found out I was pg with Ryan.
Ok, breathing normally now... Hope everyone is doing well, and sending lots of and to all
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I'm so sorry to hear he is still in the hospital but I hope he gets comes home soon fit and healthy. I am so very happy for you and your family - and what an inspiration for me with the whole stitch thing!
everyone
and hoping you get your earth baby very soon.
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- even DH can see it! I'm CD28 and while FF told me that I ovulated very early (CD10) it also gave us a high chance of falling pg, but then my temps dipped at CD18 and stayed down. Soon after that FF took away my coverline and O day... so I stopped temping a few days later. With my virus, low iron levels, and hot flashes at night with disrupted sleep I really didn't think that the temps where accurate anyway. But here I am. I did POAS a few days ago but was a BFN so I thought that was it... only had to wait for AF to arrive. But no AF symptoms yet, still getting weird butterfly and tugging sensations... so maybe this our BFP already?
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