With angel babies in the sky, some of us expecting rainbow babies, others still ttc and definitely swi!!

Jane, boo for AF! What's SMEP?

Oh no, Green! I hope you get it sorted and are able to move really soon.

Ok, I have total pregnancy brain. This week I have mixed up appointment times and double booked myself so I was supposed to be meeting two different people in two different offices at the same time. However, this morning was the worst so far. I put my pants on backwards and didn't realise until my second trip to the loo! I suddenly realised that the label was at the front and that would account for why they had felt a bit uncomfy all morning! Oops.

Green hope you get sorted soon. Buying and selling is never simple or easy is it?? We ve found it always cost more than you think originally.I ve packed my bag but wont be doing GILS my mum is doing that. It's just too painful.
*Razz^ glad you ve got your Doppler sorted. Yes, I m enjoying my time off chilling. However, I don t mind returning to work on Monday as it will make the week pass quicker.
Hi all; hope everyone is ok and enjoying the sun? Xxx

it looks like we will have to pay the short fall that the bank wont give us, which will hopefully only come to £1,500. It sucks! But will cant afford not too as we will have to be put on a different housing list, which means moving out into rented and also still paying the solicitors so paying the shotfall turns out to be the the lesser of all the other evils.

Morning all
Thanks very much for the info on the fetal heart monitors......I have hired one for a month off ebay and if I get on okay will but one afterwards, just felt scared to tempt fate and buy one before I no that everything will be alright (please God).
too I will be 12+5 when I go to oxford, I thought too early to see what we would be looking for but consultant thinks not, I hope he is right. I actually have NT scan the following day but they may well do that at oxford also.
green what s**t news about the valuation......is there anyway forward so that the move still happens??
jane sorry for AF but glad that you no where you are at now and can make the most of your month of trying.
cheese hope you are feeling better today
angel hope you are enjoying your time off work....GILS is nearly here!!
Waving at everyone else

jane booooooo for the arrival fo AF. Im on day 4 so we will be TTC buddies this month, lets hope and fingers crossed that its the month for us! DH says he has a good feeling about this month, but I think he just said that to make me feel better.

We had some bad news about the flat, its been valued £5,000 under the asking price! Its a hassle as we are buying it from a housing association so its not like they will drop their price considering they already have people in there who obviously have bought it for the asking price! Looks like its going to be a bit longer at the old parents house! Why can't it be simple!

cheese hope you feel better soon.

So glad the scans are all going well.

Angel hows the time off going? You packed your bag yet?

Hi girls, I'd read about that the other day and if we don't strike it lucky this month, then I think we'll try that next month. Fx'd we don't need to though x

Jane sorry AF got you but you sound well prepared for this month!! Love the SMEP with Georgie & GILS we did that!!! Good luck xxx
Too what a lovely birthday present for Thea. GILS birthday will be 8 days after Georgies as you said I didn t want GILS on Georgie's birthday. That day is special just for Georgie it's one of the only things we could do is keep it just for our angel. X

Jane boo but enjoy the next few weeks x

too thats fab news, your consultant sounds on the ball!

Zoe died on the saturday night around 9.30pm and was born monday 4.50am. We too will celebrate her birthday the day she was born.

Af had finally decided to show today, I feel ok about it as I wasn't expecting to be pg this month with Df working away and only dtd twice. We are hitting it hard this cycle though, I am armed with ov sticks and going to do smep if he is working from home.

Same as you all - Thea's birthday is the day she was born, although she died the day before. It will all be pretty fraught, though, I expect . Mind you, I will have an excellent early birthday present for her!

Oh god this phone!!! That was not meant to be in bold!!!

Mel you will get your reward in heaven!!!
Cheese like Mel^ Georgie's birthday is the actual day she was born though we think she died 2 days before.so, that's the actual day we will celebrate as Mel* so nicely says Georgie coming in to the world. . Hope you feel better soon xxx
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Hi Cheese, we went for the day Ruby was born as being the date we're going to remember. She died the day before but think we'll celebrate the day that she was brought into our lives.
Hi everyone [big waves], off to see the Mil who has been in hospital overnight. I am so dutiful!

Feeling so rubbish today, think I have the flu. Could barely sleep last night with the pain and ended up laying in bed most of the morning. Not been able to do anything much really or eat. Hate being ill :(

angel glad the midwife appt went well

Too scans do seem to help but I don't have another until 20 weeks now and not sure when after that. She mentioned fortnightly in light of the GD but not sure when from. I'm in next Friday so will ask about it then. Glad your appt went well and that you have a plan in place. I need to talk about our birth options too. It's really good that you can have this baby before Thea's birthday, hopefully that will help you a little bit.

razz I'm definitely more worried about the dcs now. Everytime they have something up I think the worst, not keen on motorway journeys either as I keep thinking how easy it would be for an accident to happen. I got a doppler from ebay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROFESSIONAL-FETAL-DOPPLER-LCD-SCREEN-SPEAKER-/250890966856?pt=UK_Baby_Maternity_Pregnancy_MJ&hash=item3a6a445748#ht_3395wt_1396 that one and it works really well. I hope your scan goes well, it's the waiting that's hard a lot of the time.

ciwi that sounds like a really lovely idea. I thought of some roses for Scarlett on her birthday as we put some on her casket at the funeral, maybe some balloons too and a card. I'm not sure what date to go with though as she died on Dec 2nd but was born on Dec 6th.

mama sorry AF arrived.

shakey that is good advice, I just need to try and do it all now! Glad you got to hear hearbeat again, it's lovely isn't it.

Duh meant ELCS !!! This stupid phone!!

Yeh Too that's brill news. Glad you have confidence in your consultant I think it makes all the difference. I m having steroid injections too 1 4 days before date of section and the 2 nd 3 days before ELSC. I have also had 4 weekly scans and it has made it all go very quickly. Good news

Hi all!

Shakey, hi and wow, 18 weeks! Sorry to hear about the heartburn - hope it calms down a bit. I found Rennies better than Gaviscon last time, personally.

Razz, I hope the scan in Oxford goes well and you can relax a bit. How far along will you be by then?

Ciwi, decorating the room as if Ciaran and the new baby are sharing it is such a sweet idea! I might do something similar.

I had a consultant appt this morning and my delivery date has moved again and this baby will now be born at 37 weeks, before Thea's birthday! The consultant said oh yes, due 29 March (which is not what the sonographer said yesterday, but hey), that means we'll be delivering it on about the 13 or 14 of March. I said um, is that flexible, because 13 March is my other baby's birthday, and she said oh, in that case we will deliver it earlier! I was a bit stunned, but she said it would be better to do that just in case I went into labour on the 13th. I'm pretty much decided on an ELCS because the consultant said it might take 24-48 hours after induction to even start contracting and I can't be monitored for all that time because it's just not practical. I don't want it to take ages, I want it to be over quickly and to know that bean is ok. So if I go with the ELCS I'm to get steroid injections at 35/36 weeks. No more scans until the 20 week one, but they'll be every 4 weeks after that. Whew! Big shock, but nice.

Shakey hope your indigestion is better soon.like you I ve taken pregnancy as 1 day at a time as far as I m concerned it's s means to an end. I can t say I ve ever enjoyed pregnancy I just want the baby here. 18 weeks wow??? Nearly half way there. X
Ciwi scan frames sound lovely. I think for Georgie's birthday we ll just place some flowers at her " special" place . Not going to buy anything as such. It's odd Isn t it? What to buy for your 1 year old that's not physically here. ??? Xx
Love to all xx

morning, i keep meaning to post more but this thread moves sooo fast.

Sorry for all the witches that have arrived, hope you send them packing this month.

too woohoo for a wiggly baby

cheese i felt really detatched from this pg at first, i did get some good advice from the sonographer on the 12 wk scan to take each day at a time and if i didnt start relaxing and enjoying the pg then after 9 months and baby is here i cojld regret not enjoying it. However i still struggle with trying to keep positive that this baba will be ok.

I am 18+1 now and have started feeling baby :-) however have been in agony over last few days with pain around top of my bump and intomy back. Went to dr's and its indigestion so am glugging the gaviscon. But at least i got to hear the heartbeat again :-) and baby was being naughty and kept wiggling away from the doppler.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. Sorry for the typing as i am on my phone.

Hi everyone,
I have been mooching on the internet looking for things to buy for Ciaran's birthday. I have found a lovely spinner for the cemetery from alexandra's angel gifts and I am also going to buy a 1st and 2nd scan photo frame. We are decorating our spare room (not as a nursery yet) but as this was supposed to be Ciaran's room I thought it would be nice to put the scan pictures in there and if all goes well with this one I will get one for him/her and put that up too, kind of like they are sharing rooms.
razz I have the angel sounds one, I really like it, from about 12 weeks I could hear the babies heartbeat through the placenta (sounds like pulsating but faster than your hr) and then from around 14 - 15 weeks I have heard the actual heartbeat (sounds more like a train or galloping horse). I did hear it on and off from about 9 weeks but I wouldn't reccomend using it that early because I couldn't always find it.
too yay for the scan, did they put you forward by much?
angel Glad all things are good with your mw check, I had one too yesterday, blood pressure behaving so far and no protien so hope it stays that way
Hi mama sorry about af, I really hope it happens soon for you x

Oh didn t answer your question!!! Thus Doppler is very good has a screen that displays a heart sign and the number if beats per minute. I ve used it from about 13 weeks sometimes finding thd heartbeat is a bit hit & miss bur the display reassures me. I ve found this one easy to use .

Hi mama x
Hi Razz I think what you re experiencing is totally normal. I m always worried now when we travel on motorways or when Ant does a lot of driving for work. I realise we can all be gone in a blink of an eye. It's so scary. I ve got an Angel sounds Doppler from Georgie and this time around I bought a more expensive ? Sonic dep Doppler I think. It was about £60 from Amazon. Xx
Hi all hope everyone is well? Just had lovely manicure and pedicure , chilling now. Xx

Sorry, can I just ask those of you with dopplers, what brand do you have and how good they are???
Cheers

My goodness there has been so much talk since I was last here!!
angel so glad you had a great spa break, I would so love to go on one.
too fantastic news about your scan and your spirited bean . I like you cant bear the initial moment of when they switch on the screen, I actually shut my eyes until they tell me it is ok.
cheese I think it is so normal (for us) to be detatched from the pregnancy, I certainly am, I cant even begin to think of a baby until the awful condition that Thomas had is ruled out. I have a scan booked in oxford in just less than two weeks and time is going so slowly. Can I ask you, since you lost Scarlett have you worried more about your other children?? I am in constant fear, feels like before I was living in a bubble where bad things happened to other people only now I am too aware that other people was me. I even had a few panic attacks driving on the motorway. Im a different person.
mama sorry that AF arrived......we are all here whenever you want to check in.

Hope everyone else is well.