Jo, I'm sorry you don't have any answers I take it they never found any answers with Jack either? You poor thing, your confidence has been shattered and I suppose all of us who have been through this hope there is a simple cause that can easily be remedied, but it rarely seem to turn out that way. It's good though that you will see the best doctors around, there's not much more you can do right now. If you don't want to get pregnant straight away you'd better not do BD or stay off this forum, because pregnancy seems contagious in here!!! I'm sure when you're ready we can infect you quickly enough
Helen, we all go through those moments. At work today it was mentioned twice that a person I needed to speak to was on leave because his wife had a baby ( I would have thought he was pushing 50??!!) and it just threw me. Not much you can do I guess, rub your belly perhaps?!
Sue wonderful news!!! you did so well waiting till after 8 weeks to see your peanut too!!! Not much more I can say but I'm so thrilled for you
Tildy, thinking of you as you go to the doctor tomorrow. I hope your bleeding and cramping stops soon
Hi Lan and Paula and anyone else I've missed.
Well after mulling over the decision I decided to buy a doppler, which arrived today. I decided that it would be good reassurance until I felt movement, and if the worst were to happen again I would rather confirm it at home in my own time and not stress out waiting for an appointment. I tried to get it to work, which it didn't, so I rang the very unhelpful guy at the company who told me to try a different battery, which I didn't have, so rang DH to pick one up on the way home. When I took the battery out it was still wrapped, felt very foolish, and of course it worked after that. Found the baby's HB fairly easily which is great cause it was the cheapest I could get. DH loved hearing it too, we counted it at about 150 bpm. Was lots of fun! Must put it away now!!! feel like celebrating, maybe dinner and a movie. The eve of a long weekend always puts me in a good mood!!!
wow Rozzie, I have been wondering if you can get the dopplers to have at home. Was it very expensive. Maybe we could all buy one and get a group discount!! Here I am getting all paranoid and I'm not even going to be ttc until Dec with Lan. The thought that I could have that reassurance has made me feel a whole lot better. Ahhhh I remember the days when pregnancy used to be such a pleasant carefree experience. Oh well, i didn't have cool chicky babes like you guys to share it with back then so there are some ups to being a complete paranoid freak!!!
Hi all thank you for all the well wishes. It has been quite an exciting ride so far.
Lan the bubs at 8 weeks is still tiny, but you can see everything. I could see it moving and had little arms and legs. I was quite surprised how much I could see.
Rozzie I thought of getting a doppler machine, but was thinking that maybe I was being too fanantic about it all and what happens if I cant find the heartbeat and the baby has moved etc. It scares me.
Where did you get it from??
xxx Sue xxx
Last edited by sryan; October 2nd, 2008 at 08:43 PM.
Paula, I got the doppler online, it was $70 but with taxes (separate for some reason? Annoying!), postage, plus the gel it was about $95 all up. This one works from 12 weeks. There are others that work earlier that are a bit more expensive. They are sometimes cheaper on Ebay too, there are usually a few. You can rent them but they're like $40 per month, more expensive by far!
Sue, I felt that way too but in the end decided to go ahead. But if you think it would just cause you more worry than not then you're probably better without it.
Also bought some lovely maternity clothes on Ebay, have been having a lovely time online!!!
Just thought I would pop in to say hello. I have been feeling very positive as of late and being able to get some things off my chest has helped immensly!!!!
Sryan I am so glad to hear that your scan went well, you have overcome a big hurdle both physically and mentally. YAY! You give me hope
Thanks to who ever gave me the hint about editing my signiture, still havn't worked how to add the little animated icons, it won't let me??
I have my meeting at Repromed next week re the results of my biopsy, super excited to see what the Dr has to say. I should be able to test next weekend so send all your positive vibes my way! lol
Cheers Lanie
P.S thanks for being so welcoming, I'm sure i'll get to know all of you and your stories soon
Hope everyone has a good weekend. i might not be on over the weekend, as im babysitting and going through junk so i can move. its amazing how much accumulates over the years. getting excited though a house of my own is good
anyway wish everyone a great weekend
cindee xxxxxxxxxx
Hi all - well I am back in Melbourne. I was very sad saying bye to my mum as it has been so lovely to spend this past week with her. She kept telling me how much it has meant to have me there so I really feel like I have given her a lift. She is seeing the surgeon this afternoon and he will confim what treatment she needs - radiation and possibly chemo. I am exhausted and we have a party to go to tonight and I still need to clean up a bit before our friends arrive tomorrow. I am feeling sorry for myself! On a plus point...the baby has been moving around a lot. I even started wondering today if I may end up going early - not too early but before 40 weeks. Probably just wishful thinking on my behalf.
Helen - if you end up having twins then I will take credit for having psychic abilities. Though truth be told it was either writing 'he/she' or 'they' plus I think you have a couple of little babies waiting for their turn here on earth with you. I would like to think we all do - a couple of earth babies and our special angel babies looking after all of us.
Sue - so happy about your scan. Such a boost for the weekend.
Jo - I am sorry that you have not had any answers for Maddison's passing. My ob Mark has told me though that he has only had 1 patient have 2 late losses without finding a reason and she then went on to have healthy babies. He specialises in high risk, so I take that as good odds for all of us moving forward especially when they find no reason for the death. as I know how hard it is to not know why your baby did not make it. I hope you are doing ok. I am here if you need to chat. Thanks also for offering a shoulder and an ear in regards to my mum. I really do appreciate it.
Lanie - I hope you find this thread as inspirational as I have. It helped me through some dark days.
Rozzie - you are obviously good with your doppler finding the HB so quickly. I had my own doppler in the form of my Obs ultrasound when I had my weekly appointments!!! I think though that a doppler would have been difficult for me because I carry my babies low in the early part of pregnancy and this time I had an anterior placenta so I know even my ob at times had trouble finding a heartbeat. I think if it gives you peace of mind, then go for it.
Well I have to get cleaning so more hellos later. Hi to Cindee, Tildy, Lan, Paula and anyone else I have missed.
I've been to the doc's. Baby, cervix, everything look fine. There is no explanation for the bleeding or the pain (she saw no hematoma or placental abruption, and since I bleed every 1.5 - 2.5 weeks it can't be breakthrough bleeding), neither of which has stopped, and it's been a week now. So I'm glad that everything looks fine at the moment, but I cannot relax and stop worrying. She just said that I should take Cyklo-F (a medicine to lessen bleeding) and call again if the bleeding becomes heavy again.
Beiron's EDD is coming up in a week and a half, as well as the anniversary week of losing him coming up 3 weeks from now. So the next month or so is going to be very, very tough with all this nonsense going on.
I'm feeling VERY ill all of a sudden the last couple days, so I can't stick around and write more now. I'm going to keep myself in bed and try to rest up.
I take it they never found any answers with Jack either? You poor thing, your confidence has been shattered and I suppose all of us who have been through this hope there is a simple cause that can easily be remedied, but it rarely seem to turn out that way. It's good though that you will see the best doctors around, there's not much more you can do right now. If you don't want to get pregnant straight away you'd better not do BD or stay off this forum, because pregnancy seems contagious in here!!! I'm sure when you're ready we can infect you quickly enough
wonderful news!!! you did so well waiting till after 8 weeks to see your peanut too!!! Not much more I can say but I'm so thrilled for you
as I know how hard it is to not know why your baby did not make it. I hope you are doing ok. I am here if you need to chat. Thanks also for offering a shoulder and an ear in regards to my mum. I really do appreciate it.
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