Just MC and ready to try again? Pregnant after MC and seeking somewhere safe to hide? Come on down to the mosh pit for some serious metalling and cake overindulgence

ladies over here new thread

marathon! mwah mwah how ARE you? have you had your LO yet? I am 6 weeks now and still a bit perplexed about it all, i keep thinking it is all going to go pear shaped any minute - then i get excited again!!

and mumtum i have 'foot in mouth' disease again i see, with my post about the TTCer's starting a new thread. I will nip off and start one.

Hi,

Thanks for the advice re the B vitamins. I'm already taking some pre-conception multivitamins. Not temping as it all got too much of a faff. I have used OPKs before but tbh I pretty much know when I ovulate anyway - have a pretty much clockwork cycle.

Back at work but just feel so down, can't help feeling this was my last chance. :(

Hi marathon

So 2 girls and 2 boys so far graduating! I was also wondering about missg, eve34 and baby, I hope they are ok. I think they are all due about now if I remember rightly?

I wonder if there should be a grads thread on from this one? There are quite a few buns in the oven due from the metallers!

Great to hear from you, stay in touch!

x

Hello ladies! I thought I'd have a little lurk for old time's sake and I see that there's loads of really exciting news.

Blue Massive, massive congrats on the birth of Maxwell, hooray! Hope all is going well?

Manda Huge congrats to you too, a lovely sleepy DS, so cool Hope everyone recovers from the lurgy soon though.

Last but not least I'm sooooo excited I can barely speak... Martha/ Summer, you champ! Your news has made my day. About bloody time too Congratulations lady!

All is well with me, DD2 is 10 weeks now and doing really well. She's so chilled compared with DD1 when she was a baby. DD1 not so sure though, keeps trying to pull DD2's limbs off so can't leave them in a room together. It sounds funny but it's actually quite scary.

Anyone heard from MissGiraffe or IQ recently?

Right, I'll leave you all to it, was quite emotional reading the thread again, it was such a source of support for me through such a difficult time. Good luck to everyone and enjoy the sunshine

Congrats blue! And now off for another *$!# blood pressure check...

Morning all

Congrats to blue and baby maxwell so delighted for you both xxxxx well done blue 3 days eeeek!

Boris thinking if u Hun xxx

State have everything crossed for u all will be fine

Martha yay for extra scans and great mw

Yikes hang in there xx

Sorry for not name checking others will catch up I promise

Have been kept extremely busy all weekend by well meaning dh and mum and by dd to so that's really helped. Obviously though the ga drugs have finally worn off as sleep is again eluding me in place of feelings of overwhelming sadness at no longer being preggo and metalling intensely with certainty that our karotyping test results are going to be bad and I will never have another child
And in another punch whilst I'm down gp office phoned Friday ( a mere 4 hours after I had been there in the morning and they gave me an appointment to see the rmc specialist in 6 weeks time) I get a phone call with dd in earshot so I couldn't say much back informing me

We have cancelled your rmc appointment as it was just a general gynae appt and u need to see the specialist they will be in contact in due course but if u havent heard in a weeks time let ys know

Now if this was the case fair enough I'd be pleased they spotted the error and eternally grateful u didn't wait the six weeks attend the appointment only to find I have to wait another six weeks don't hAve time for this I'm 34 desperate to ttc again and want to start ASaP but what's made me angry is all the paperwork I had for the appointment clearly said rmc clinic with the consultant named as the specialist I know us the rmc and early preg guru in my area!!!! as i couldn't question any detail as dd was listening i just had to mumble ok and replace the phone whilst steaming......My plan of action is to do the school run this morning dd is 12 but live in rural area and public transport is about once a month! and be on the phone questioning WTH is happening as soon as they open the phone lines ..... Wish me luck ladies gps reception have a reputation for a reason ......

Congrats to all the others with fab news I didn't name check and s I'm not actively ttc will leave the new thread to a braver lady than I another ttc this time xxxxx

GPB congratulations on your scan, fab news :)

Jaffa I've had a bit of the same problem but I'm lousy at remembering to do the exercises. I also got away with it with DD.

state thinking of you xx

goth it took me a good while to come to terms with my first loss - it does take time. I also went back to work soon after, as I felt that it was best to keep busy. I think it was the best thing for me.

I'm ok, nothing to actually cause 'real' concern just my impending scan on wednesday, I feel like I've 3 days until this pregnancy is over iyswim.

martha I make mean cupcakes and have jubilee cases and decorations ready, ill run up a few hundred for the metallers jubilee :)

Any of the TTCers care to start a new thread?

MissC i just read my MIL reply and i apologise as i did sound a bit smug there in comparison to your crappy run-ins

jaffa that post could have been from the good old bird manda herself! (she will kill me for calling her an 'old bird' but she has other things on her mind so i think i got away with it ) but i think that would be good advice for goth to consider, even just for a couple of months

marbles it is your 30th tomorrow?! Well if that aint an excuse for a celebration then what is?!

Right this is a big party so you will all have to help out with the food, blue is the usual culinary queen but she is indisposed at the moment in-the pub looking after the gorg Maxwell

PS, we need a new thread.

Hi goth, I just wanted to say hello and welcome you to the thread. Now as Manda is busy fighting off the measle pox, I am going to put her vitamin hat on, and bang the drum for b vitamins.

Some people take them all the time, but I took them after my miscarriage in January, just for a few weeks. They are supposed to be very good at getting your cycle back on track, for improving your egg quality and for evening out your cycle, increasing your luteal phase. Do you chart at all or use ovulation predictor kits? I am not a charter, so would have to defer to others here, on that but just wondering how much you know about your cycle.

It is difficult to tell with all these things, but I did get pregnant after my miscarriage, back to back. How much was luck, the vitamins, or just my own fertility I will never know, but they were part of the picture for me. I stopped after my BFP, because they are megadose and I am a bit anxious generally. Manda would do a better job than me, and give you the research links, but thought I would mention them. You can get b50 or b100 at holland and Barrett.

Other than that, I just wanted to say I am very sorry for your loss. It is a bereavement, and completely normal for you to be down.

Happy birthday marbles!

State, I hope you are alright. Thinking if you.

tiago try not to worry about sneeze pain. I had a cough a few weeks ago, and if I didn't brace myself properly, it really tugged. I mentioned it to the MW, and she said it was ligaments, but she also said try to support yourself if you can, just hold your tummy.

I am doing pelvic floor exercises after a bit of stress incontinence . With DD, I was unaware of my pelvic floor, but now I know what I am missing. Had a few 'was that the baby?', moments, but still not sure about kicks. Have scan on Tues, which I want to be over. I am hugely relieved after heartbeat on Thurs, but still have niggling doubts.

Hello to all who I haven't name checked! X

Thinking of you goth ((huggs)) xx

goth so sorry this has happened to you and that it has happened after TTc for so long! it is gut wrenching and awful i have been TTC since october 2007 so know something of the long time TTCer. i really hope your wait is not a long one and you get as much help and comfort from this thread as i do {{{{hugs}}}}

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

We are pretty much planning to start TTC again ASAP although given my age, and the fact it had taken 4 years for me to get pg in the first place there will be a serious amount of finger crossing going on.

Heading back to work tomorrow, doc thinks I should take more time off, but tbh better off there and trying to keep busy than sitting at home moping.

Hugs all round.

Evening all

boris so sorry all has started to happen. my earlier MCs always last about 7-10 days starting off heavy and then tailing off to spotting for the last few days. i hope you are ok {{{{hugs}}}}

blue hope the first day with new baby blue has been wonderful

manda sorry your house has a pox on it (a measle to be precise) how awful for your DCs in this hot weather aswell hope your babymoon lasts nice and long so you get some time to enjoy it with the new member of the manda clan

hope all the metallers have been less metally in the sunshine

hope everyone has had a lovely weekend. mine has been very nice its my 30th birthday tomorrow so we have had alot opf family visiting and went out for a lovely meal last night with our parents (DH, DD and I) and DH surprised me by ringing in advance and arranging for an icecream sundae topped with candles to be brought out to me with the lights off and spotlight on me and all the staff and my family all singing happy birthday to me it was lovely!!

happy sunday everyone

missC thankfully my MIL is an ex midwife so she is really good about my moshing, she also ttc'd for 2 years before she got DH so she is an honorary member of this thread (and she is lovely too ) she was the first person i phoned when i had my MC and she gave really good advice.

DS got us up at 5.45am this morn so DH decided that we might as well embrace the day and head down the allotment but actually once we got there circa 7am there were two or three others there, it was a nice cool time of day, it was blazing hot by the time we left at 9am.

IQ i havent heard from baby or eve since last year, i wonder if they are ok.

to goth and state

Just checking in, lurking mainly as I'm quietly preparing myself for the worst and metalling hard x

Hi all,

Was hoping I would start to feel better by now but don't - need to face facts that it will take time.

I've been told that your fertility is increased for a few months after a mc - is this true? That thought's about all that's keeping me going at the moment particularly given it had taken years to get a BFP in the first place. :(

To all the original thread ladies - anyone heard from baby or eve?

They should be due in the next few weeks!! Xxx :)

Sending big congratulations from casa IQ to casa Blue - so pleased all your hard work has paid off and that little Maxwell is doing well!

Manda sorry your lot are so lurgy filled - hopefully they will all start to turn the corner soon and then you can all enjoy the newest arrival!

Tiago I had a large (their words) placenta and it was at the front so I didn't feel anything until 18 weeks. Even then it wasnt the bubbles or popping that everyone described. Mine was more like the feeling you get when you run your tongue across the inside of your mouth with your cheeks puffed out. Hopefully all is well and your little one is just chilling out! X

missc I didn't feel safe until I held her I'm my hands, at that point I just thought "nothing can take you away from me now". She felt 'real' and she felt like she was 'mine' properly rather than a baby I'd just been looking at on a screen.

Martha yay for a good MW - their worth their weight in gold!! Also double yay for early scans!! Xxx

miniIQ sends her love to her fellow mosh babies, minimanda and mini blue, we nearly have enough for a band, just need one more!!! He he he

boris sending hugs your way!!! Xxx

Love to all xxx

taigo do you know if your placenta is anterior or posterior? That can make a big difference to when you feel movement. With DS I didn't feel him move until at least 19 weeks, nearer 20 and even then I wasn't sure if it was baby or not.

grand great results!!

So we have two boy babies and one girl baby so far graduating on this thread! How exciting!!

I,ve put on three stone so far!! A lot of that was comfort eating I first tri but nevermind!!

Another baby! Eee, how exciting! Congratulations Blue, well done :)

Leedy, I hope everything's going ok for you and it's over quickly and the journalist realises her foot in mouth comment and feels terrible about it for days.

So, we had our 12wk scan and it turns out that there's an actual baby in my tummy! They were fantastic and when I explained that I was terrified got me on the couch straight away to scan before doing the blood tests or blood pressure checks. It took about 5 hours for them to get all the measurements they needed as baby was having its own little disco in there and being awkward, so we had to go, have a drink and a walk, come back, do it all again...

But. Definitely a baby. 1 in 17500 chance of Down Syndrome, everything looking absolutely fine.

At some point I'm going to have to come to terms with the fact that I may end up with a baby after all this...