Fantastic 40+ thread - part 6

Diege hope your results come back ok next week.

Sorry to hear it's not sounding so positive Gum

Knicky so sorry to hear you think you've had a chem preg and are now suffering m/c. Not fair at all. Am v upset for you. Please eat some more galaxy for me too. FF xx

Oh Nicky I'm so sorry you think it might be a mc The heavy bleed must have been a horrible shock after the good news of 2 bfps. I hope your gp is supportive and that you can get to the bottom of whatever it is that is causing these early mcs (if this is indeed one) if it is something more than simply 'old' eggs. Will be thinking of you xxx

On a happier note, have a lovely break at the seaside tomorrow Angel - you deserve it! My sister goes on the Sun cheapies and has always had a wonderful time there .

I did a pregnancy test again this morning and it was positive, however, this afternoon I've started to bleed heavily so it seems I've had a chem p/g - I'm 6 days late on my period. Not to be this time - the waves of nausea have subsided too. Will make an appointment to see the GP tomorrow to see if there's anything he can do. This is the 2nd chem p/g - and with that m/c also there's clearly something that's not quite right yet - though in fairness it may just be the quality of my eggs these days (sorry ladies.....)

Am doing OK, just feeling like I need to wear the biggest baggiest pair of tracksuit bottoms I can find and eat the bar of galaxy in the fridge.

Thank you for the lovely words from you all, I'm so sorry not to be able to give you all more positive news.

xxxx

Glad u had a nice time Diege we re off tomorrow on our SUN cheapie: a week at Haven Sands. Dead excited as haven t stayed in a caravan for years!!! Hope it stays dry... Xxx
Gum sorry you re going through it... Some times it seems to drag on doesn t it? With my first MC I was medically managed & it took about 6 weeks before all was settled. Was a proper pain!!! Hope u get some answers tomorrow xxx
FF gosh 39 weeks wow!!!! nearly there!!!! You ve no choice over the baby coming out I m afraid!!!! But it ll all be so worth it in the end... Xxx
LOL nearly there also. Didn t realise you were so close. So excited for you both xxx
A week on Tuesday ???19 th June?? My wedding anniversary ... Go on , you can have that date!!! Xxx
Congrats Knicky hoping for a quiet & uneventful 40 weeks for u xxx
Hi all; love to all xxx
We re good , though knacked Phebs been full of cold again from nursery so disrupted sleep & generally very whingy & clingy. Most unlike her however, think we re turning a corner. Just been for a lovely walk in our local park, fed the ducks etc... Get her out in the fresh air while it's not raining. Off to see my lovely consultant & delivery staff with Phebs tomorrow ( only chance we ve had to catch up with them due to work etc...) then off to the seaside... Yeh...

Hello all . Back from hols last night - had a great time in Whitby; weather not half as bad as predicted and kids had a ball. Quite tough going with ds2 waking regualrly at 4.55am but we're home now and just work and washing to look forward to...
Knicky that's lovely news, so pleased for you
Gum phew...what a rollacoaster you're on . I think I would too be mentally gearing up for it not being brilliant news, in light of the current preg test. I suppose one ray of light might be if indeed the pregnancy was a later conception, and you were just 1-2 weeks after all, then the digi test might not show up yet (I know they aren't as sensitive) but I know you can drive yourself mad going round in circles and I just hope you can get some certaintly tomorrow. It must be doubly hard keeping this to yourself (ie, not telling dh). Is there anyone in real life that you've been able to confide in? (sister?) Thinking of you x
Another week until my smear/hpv results, so trying to put to back of mind.
Love to all - cheering on fireflies and Lol!!!!

Well, just did a clearblue test after holding wee for 3 hours and it says 'not pregnant',so I'm expecting the same news tomorrow . I just hope the hcg is leaving my body so I can move on. Really quite tired of the whole thing and want to move on.

Now I have fingers crossed that there's nothing retained, I really don't want surgery again. Also wish my boobs would stop misbehaving as it is just giving me altogether too much hope!

That is great news knicky.

I can't believe you are so close to B-day, fireflies and lol. I'm really excited for you both.

I am trying to prepare myself for bad news tomorrow . It is going to be a long day today and tomorrow, waiting for test results. I think the most likely thing is that it is just something leftover from the miscarriage. But the funny thing is how the symptoms have only been noticeable since about Tuesday this past week. Why didn't the symptoms remain after the initial bleed,whether pregnant or not?i suppose it is a mystery and I'll find out soon enough. I still have tender boobs - they were really sore last night- and that preg taste in my mouth. But I'm not feeling any nausea, which I usually do by 7 weeks.

Someone (on another thread) suggested a molar pregnancy. It is something that never occurred to me. I really hope it isn't that. I do not want to have another erpc, that would be the pits. Nor do I want the worry of possible complications of molar pregnancy. I also hope it isn't ectopic.

I had kind of come to terms with the early miscarriage, to have it drag on just makes it harder.

On the other hand,if it is a real progressing pregnancy I will be elated...

Knicky fabulous news, well done. Bit hugs and arrow prayers.

Hi everyone - thanks for checking up on me . No news here, I'm afraid, although the head is engaging more every day. Due 19th, but hoping it will come a couple of days early, like the others. Had a lovely clary sage aromatherapy massage in a bed with a cut outs and hammocks for boobs and bump. She also gave me some reflexology to help start things off, but all I've got is rather strong Braxton Hicks and nothing more. Am going to watch some comedy to see if I can laugh this baby out!

Gum Gosh, the flood sounds awful. Bad luck! How unnerving about the tests, as well. It's a question of sitting back and waiting, I suppose, to see what happens. So frustrating for you. Have you said anything to DH yet? How are you managing? ((( ))) xxx

Knicky fantastic news! That line is magical, isn't it? FTYAP!

somewherebecomingrain Welcome! Hoping you have some good news for us soon.

FF yes, we're hurtling towards B-day. Think you're due next Sat? I'm due to following Tuesday. Bring it on!!

Italian Angel Diege Clicking Twirly Sparkly MiasM Purple hope all's well with you guys. Sorry if the name check is lacking. Getting very tired and forgetful! xxx

That's frigging ace knicky. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed for you.

Gum hoping you get a good outcome from your visit to doc Monday.

Welcome somewhere

Hi Angel. Hope you're doing ok? Thanks for asking about me, and knicky too. Start of week 39 today. Beginning to get slightly anxious about birth from newbie's point of view. Wasn't bothered before. Oh well, it has to come out in the end!! Started drinking lots of Rasp Leaf tea, taking EPO and about to have Clary Sage bath, in hope of bringing labour on before dreaded induction. Hosp bag 90% ready and by the door.

I went through a load of old emails on Thursday and realised it was as good as a year ago that first round of IVF failed. So, feels pretty good to have made it so far. Was losing hope last Sept of ever having own children, and then got that miraculous BFP.

Lol how are things with you?

Love and hugs to all. FF xx

Hello ladies as usual I've been away far too long.

hopeful, I wish I had some words of wisdom and truly hope that your doc on Monday gives you some good news. Your head must be all over the place at the mo.I think the not knowing is always somehow worse than the knowing.
welcome somewhere, I hope your stay is short.
Hello to everyone else italian, angel, hippy, clicking, MAM and all the newbies
lol, FF any news?

As for me, I'm doing OK....I think there was a faint second line on my preg test this morning (DH also agreed). I'm quietly stunned especially as we didn't do the do on the smiley face ov stick day - just the night before. After last year's M/C and chem pg, I'm feeling extremely cautious. I've had some waves of nausea today (which makes me feel anxious about morning sickness which I had fairly badly with DD but hoping that second time around I'll be better, but also hopeful hormones are doing the things they should be doing.....) According to my dates I'm 4 weeks 3 days. Early early days. I think it's a case of wait and see.

Lots of love to all xx

Thanks & welcome Somewherebecomingrain xxxx certainly has been a very long & horrible journey but so worth it to have my 2 girls ( though not as I'd want it) .... Hope your stay is short & fruitful!!!! Good luck xxx
Gum hope u re ok? Interesting ... Xxx
Hi Italian xxx
Any babies yet? Hope Lol,FF all ok?
Love to all; hope everyone's well? Xxx.

and thanks italiangreyhound

btw i would like to say how moved i am by angelgeorgie and mias stories. I.m not sure I understand all the ins and outs cos it's such a long thread and i've not been able to read it all. but thinking about you and mia well done I am literally praying for you.

I have had a thought gum - it's not what you'd want to hear but it is possible to conceive an ectopic and a normal pregnancy at the same time and then MC. That would account for the bleed but the ectopic would continue to produce hgc. It happened to a friend of mine and also Matthew Wright's wife I think. Obviously, I hope this is not the case with you but could you or have you ruled it out? XXXXXXX

Gum - can't offer any advise sorry, I would be as in the dark as you, my love. But I'm really hoping for a good outcome for you. X

Welcome somewherebecomingrain all best wishes for this attempt.

Hello, can i be so bold as to add my story to the amazing, moving stories on this thread.

I'm 40, have one DS age 3 who was conceived on first attempt, now ttc#2. Tried three times Oct-Dec 11, each time convinced I was pg. Got implantation pains, emotional surges like the first time. Stopped then started again in May. Used the clearblue sticks you wee on and give a smiley face. not sure if this is OPK or CBFM. Again, in fact especially, convinced I was pg. Implantation pains, emotional surges. Took test - negative. Took test again - negative. Then period was late by one day. Now it's arrived and it feels much worse than usual and I feel sick. Wondering if I was pg or not.

There's no way of knowing what will happen. I don't want it to take over my life, but at the same time I want to try everything.

that should say "flood", not "blood".Fruedian slip...and "wash" the towels.

Sorry...mind all over the place.

Purpledragon, I hope you are right, I've been researching and it is possible that it could be a number of things:

• a miscarriage that hasn't finished

I find it hard to believe that it is the end of the miscarriage because,surely after two weeks the symptoms would be lessening, not getting worse?

It's crazy.I did another opk test when I got home (as I don't have any internet cheapie preg tests and I'm saving the clearblue for a few days time) and it was really dark again. Wouldn't they get lighter everyday if the hcg is falling?

Well, we had a blood in our downstairs area this morning. It's a nightmare - the plumbing backed up, it's all water, but smells a bit off. I have to wash all the floors and disinfect eveything, and was about 50 towels...Yuck.I'd better get on with it.

Of course you do gum wow, this is a strange one. Perhaps you did ovulate after the bleeding. Not impossible. Hang in there.

Things are still very up in the air. I've seen the doctor and had a blood test, and will have another one on Monday to see if hcg is doubling.

I'm not too hopeful, I did a clear blu test and it said 1-2. Also the doctor did an ultrasound and couldn't see a sac. There was something there about 1 cm long, but he thought it might be left from the miscarriage.He said a sack should have measured 2 cm by now ( if I was 6 weeks along).

It is just so strange - my symptoms seem to have gotten stronger recently, boobs are very sore, and that yucky taste in my mouth, but I just can't see that I would have ovulated so soon after bleeding.

Perhaps my body just thinks it is pregnant. I now have to wait until Monday afternoon to find out.

I just want to know one way or another.

Good luck Hopefulgum.

Oooo Gum how interesting! And how lovely to see a bfp! Let's hope you had a whopping implantation bleed and that it took a while to bed in (hence low hcg and pale lines early on). If it was hcg from a 'loss' then surely it would be much lighter or not even showing as you were pretty sure the lines were very faint. Keep us posted. I can't believe you've not ramraided the chemist for a clearblue. Your self-restraint is admirable.

Hi Gum

Fingers crossed for you! I know that you can still get periods when pregnant. So this would explain the pos tests during bleeding. If you are seven weeks I know you can get an internal scan. At my local hospital they have a walk-in centre. I remember when I was having my first child, I knew I was pregnant at 5 weeks, then at 7 weeks I had a bleed and as it was my first child, I was a bit worried and so was sent to the walk-in, where they did an internal scan and I coulds see a tiny heart beating. They said that the bleeding was probably due to implantation. Hope this helps!. Maybe ask your Dr if it is possible to having an internal scan at your hospital.