Freak out room for those newly updiffed after mc - Part VI

lily that sounds very stressful, no wonder you have a headache!! I wonder why they did an abdominal scan first, all my scans pre-12 weeks have been fanjo-cam. Anyway...... good news!! So glad for you .

Lily you poor thing. How stressful. So glad it was a good outcome in the end though. Don't know if you saw my post yest but they said I wasn't as far along as I thought either and didn't seem worried about me so maybe we're just slow starters on the baby growth spurt!

How your headache gets better and when you wake up you can start to feel a little excited about your super news! xx

velvet do you have spd?? I had it with dd and it was dire and very painful! I recommend a chiropractor, I found my physio next to useless. She ordered me a support belt, confirmed it was spd and gave me a sheet of exercises. I didn't see a chiro but I wish I had as although the spd disappeared post birth I was left in the most excruciating agony with my sacro iliac joint. It's all linked..... took ages and lots of appointments and money to sort it all out, and my hips still "go" occasionally and I have to be clicked. Luckily my kinesiologist lady is also my chiro so I'm seeing her regularly at the moment.

Lara sorry your mw is a bit crap!! Sounds horrendous actually. You should have got the marmite cheese .

Wombat is it worth looking round hospitals?? Can your current ob/gyn recommend anyone?

Hello, thanks to everyone who asked after me and wished me luck. Just got home, all ok but a bit stressful. Had the normal abdomincal scan and all they could see was an empty sac, and they kept asking about my dates etc. Then asked me to empty my bladder so they could use fanjocam, and really freaked me out by asking me to keep a sample when i went to the loo so that they could do a quick pg test as well. Cue lots of tears and me convinced it was all over, again. However, fanjocam showed a very tiny bean with a heart beat too. Measuring more like 6 weeks than 7 but they seem unconcerned by this and are happy just to see me again at 11/12 weeks. Very relieved it is not ectopic and also that it is actually still there and appears to be progressing in the right fashion. Don't think it has all quite sunk in yet. Sorry for the rambling post and the fact that I haven't read back down todays posts yet either, off to bed for an hour as I have a migraine and have some teaching to do later this eve. Back later x

I am laughing soooo much about the bat and the odd assemblage of clothing blackkat

yrmotbfp yay for you getting in here. You already know all the stuff about symptoms coming and going so stop your freaking right now

I can't remember where I've posted what - have I told you I went to see the physio for dodgy hips/pelvis? Anyway I've had another day of frantic "nesting" (which as far as I can work out just means that instead of being a lazy slob I just have an overwhelming need to do all the jobs I have managed to avoid looking at previously) so my hips are now screaming and I think I might actually have to use the crutches she gave me :(

Lara sorry the midwife wasnt up to much and I really am shocked by how often the nhs lose test results! It's shocking. I also found out my blood group - I had no idea pre-pg what it was.

Marmite cheese sounds minging - I like them both but can't imagine them together. Not that I'm finding food appealing anyway. I don't feel sick I just don't fancy anything even though I'm hungry hence the losing weight instead of gaining.

wombat do you feel strongly about staying with this ob/gyn? Have you been to any of the other hospitals in the area? Maybe phone the midwifery team and ask to have a look around just in case you do want to switch?

Anyways I'm off to hang the blinds out to dry, fx they haven't fallen apart in the wash!

WIW - will be there from 25th June to 2nd July - staying at Meridien Mina Seyahi. If you're around, would love to see you... Also if you are there, let me know if you want anything bringing (although you get everything there I recall apart from one random baking item you mentioned)

A BAT?! WTF.... Terrifying... The mere thought makes me shudder. There's no way I'd be able to return to the house until DH did a proper bat hunt. But then we don't get anything of the sort in built up inner city south London. Saw them once in Hyde Park though....

Thanks for asking re MW appt. Put me in the foulest mood. Got there and was waiting a whole hour. Place was baking hot, screaming kids, midwives looked stretched. It was packed. Women coming in with huge bumps and about 5 of them could barely walk. The place was overrun with buggies and cos it was half-term there were loads of bored and badly behaved kids running about. Almost had a mini meltdown with pure fear and I thought sh*t, I won't be able to cope with this?!

The midwife was pretty dull - it just feels she was filling out paperwork. I didn't have many questions cos I don't feel like she'd answer them anyway in a satisfactory way - thought that I prefer to google or ask my GP! Plus they lost two of my blood tests so I had to repeat them! The only thing I did find out is that my blook group is A-negative so because I am rhesus negative, I need to have "anti-B" in week 28.

Had to buy myself a huge cookie to compensate for stress of afternoon!

Harassed - nearly bought marmite cheese yesterday (it's on offer at Sainsburys) but DH wanted normal Babybels so I compromised!

Ditto re: thinking of dachs and mrdachs.

Had to snigger at your bat tale blackkat - although I'm sure I would have reacted in much the same way....! Mind you, I'd have to escape on a plane back to the parents place! We only have little gekkos to deal with here and they still freak me out sometimes with their darting movements.

Lara - you must give me your dates as to when you're out here - we could have a mini freak-out / congrats glass of something sparkly (non alcoholic of course!)

Great news on the scan results collie

Any return of symptoms yet yrmotbfp? Fluctuating symptoms are def normal at all stages - as always, it's easier to dole out advice than take it. One day at a time.....

Not much to report here other than my lovely ob/gyn has broken a vertebrae and out of action for 5/6 weeks. She's recommended I see someone else at the same hospital where I had a dreadful experience with the 1st mc which is also where I would deliver (all being well) and so I am tempted to switch hospitals altogther but that would mean switching ob/gyn as well.... any brilliant ideas?

Hi everyone

Manic at work today so just checking in quickly to say Hi and see if there has been any news from Lily? I am sure she had her scan today. Does anyone know what time?

Thanks for everyone's lovely comments on my scan. Trying to keep the freaking out under control as have read lots of stories of MC (Don't slap me I haven't been on the MC boards but they are just generally on here and other conception posts) happening after seeing the hearbeat and in the 8-12 week period. I can't believe how slowly time seems to go when pregnant. I just want the next 4 weeks to fly by until the 12 week scan!

xx

Have been thinking of you dachs and mrdachs x x x

Two words....... Marmite cheese. It's to die for! Why have I never found this before??! They're by the Mini Babybels if you're interested...

Blackkat weird eating habits?? No idea what you're on about . I'm with you on the bats, scary little things. We used to get them a lot at my mums old house when we were kids.

Dachs thinking of you all today - hope it gives you a little peace. Can't imagine what you have been going through. Alexander & Felicia will never be forgotten xxxx

Have been thinking about Dachs and DH today. (((hugs)))

Minnie good to hear from you. The clothing thing becomes problematical doesn't it!

Harassed glad the move went ok, if tiring So glad the symptoms are hanging about.

Wishing Lily lots of good luck for the scan

Lara your boss is an Arse.

And a big hello to YRMOTB really good to see you here!!! Collie is right things can begin to ease up a bit at about 9/10 weeks, I woke up one morning at just over 12 and felt hungry for the first time in weeks.

Yrmotbfp I'm a week and a bit ahead of you and had the same last week. The sickness is noticeably better, but I was doing 24/7 nausea so it's quite nice. I have good days and bad days now! The placenta starts working between 8-12 weeks, so in theory you should gradually start to feel a bit more human. PS if you poke your boobs enough you'll make them sore!!!

Minnie having similar boob related probs! Good luck for tomorrow!

Lara my eldest two are nearly 22 and 21..... I can barely remember their pregnancies . Only that it was much easier being so young, and so uninformed! There wasn't the access to information there is now, and hence less mentalling. Actually sounds blissful..... I agree with Collie, your boss is being an arse. And it most definitely is harassment. Don't put up with it too long. Maybe ask if there's a problem with your work?

Collie fantastic results!!! We've decided not to have ours done as bound to be high to my age (40). Didn't have it done with dd either.

Typically on my first day back at work this week I'm having a bad day sickness wise. Have felt dodgy all day.

Room for a small freak out?

I'm meant to be 9 weeks today and have been feeling pretty shitty with constant nausea from 6 weeks. However today it's almost gone. I feel pretty good, not too tired and no nausea to speak of. My boobs are a little tender, but maybe fractionally less than yesterday. I've got 3 weeks to wait til my scan. Please reassure me lovely ladies.

Dachs thinking of you all today x

bump great news on the scan

milky hi and sorry for your losses but congrats on the new bump- this is a great place for mentalling.

blackkat good luck with the parachute finding!

Worried about the size of my boobs at the moment! Tried on a summer dress i thought would be great for hiding the pg till end of term but, while it fitted great in most places, there was no way my boobs could squash in. It fit fine a few months ago! At this rate my bump will never catch up and I'll just always look fat- (was a ff before I started!)

Having my NT scan tomorrow-decided to go private to avoid amnio if it looked like I'd need one. If it's all ok I might -scarily - add myself to the list at long last!

Thinking of you Dachs, MrDachs, Alexander and Felicia.

Dachs thinking of you, your DH and your two beautiful little babies today. xxx

oops - Harassed not *Harassed"

Morning to All.

Loving the car talk... I think I told you all my car story... I was so frustrated with not falling pg after so many months that in March, I splashed out on getting a super cool Mini Clubman... (right down to frivolities like spending £300 on a bloody roof graphic). Then three days after paying my deposit (hadn't even taken delivery of the car), I got my BFP. Oopsadaisy. At least the cars that you ladies are looking at are super practical. I love my Clubman to bits but we will need to consider buggy size etc for the boot space.

Exciting scan news *Harassed" - we missed you by the way.... Wow - no.4 - you will regret telling me that as I will come to you with all my pg-related queries! Are you finding that things have changed heaps since your pg no.1? (in terms of what we're supposed / not recommended to do etc)

Got a MW appointment today.

V fucked off with my MD - the cock still hasn't congratulated me (as if my pg is the elephant in the room). He has now started micromanaging me hugely on a project (when I have been reporting diligently to my direct line manager for the past month). A part of me is sooo tempted to call in sick next week for about 4 days to put them all in the shit... He doesn't realise - I just don't care about his stupid job. When I go on maternity leave, I will not come back. Gahhhhh Grrrrrrrr... Now this stressing is making my tummy hurt. Bloody arsehole.

Excuse swearing but am livid. And even madder as he still hasn't acknowledged my pg.

I'm back!! Moving was hellish, but on the other it gave me something else to mental about for a few days . I had my 12 week scan appointment through and it's Friday of next week. Cue much mentalling and worrying. Dh made me sort through dd's baby clothes yesterday, cue jinxed feelings!!!! However, my belly is growing rapidly, even dh is shocked! But I guess the tummy muscles are a bit knackered as this is number 4 and I'm 40. It's 22 years since I was first preg......weird hey?! I do feel very preg, sickness is coming and going rather than constant, but when it's there it's quite bad. Otherwise lots of symptoms, knackered, sore and huge boobs etc etc....... Seems very different to when I had my mmc in Jan, and obviously didn't get that far with the mc in March.

Anyway.......

Bump great scan news!!!

Milky welcome... it's fab here. Def been a sanity saver for me.

Collie Car sounds lovely, and you of course right. Pregnancy means you should always get your own way , that's what I tell dh.

Blackkat oooh your bump sounds lovely! Growing beautifully .

Dachs thinking of you, dh, Alexander and Felicia today. Much love xxx

Thinking of dachs MrDachs and Alexander and Felicia today. Sending you love xxx

Not had time to post recently also mentalling quite a lot so just pretending it's not happening. But hope you are all well.