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AIBU?

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to stick my head in the sand and pretend this isnt happening?

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queenoftheslatterns · 08/04/2010 09:13

i got a bfp on tuesday. a clear one. a bright blue line straight down. I am now (going by ov dates) coming up for 5 weeks. this is the time I normally mc, and I just want to stay in bed and sleep for the next 2 weeks. I havent called the cons yet, no point because there is nothing he is prepared to try. I havent been to my gp because he will refer me to the cons and i dont want yet another mc going on my notes.

i certainly feel more pg than i have for years, napping 2pm-4pm, going to bed at 8, eating like a horse etc... but on the downside i have a touch of loose bowels and i know that i need an early scan because of the ep.

but i cant seem to face up to this. dh is cacking himself and i dont want to scare him anymore. he asks if ive called the cons and ive been v evasive and said that he is away, but i dont want to involve anyone else in this in rl yet.

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GibbonInARibbon · 10/04/2010 09:13

Have been thinking of you lissie x

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queenoftheslatterns · 10/04/2010 09:19

thanks gibbon, im really on edge over this, i cant relax and enjoy this.

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GibbonInARibbon · 10/04/2010 09:29

I can't even imagine, I bet everyday is just dragging. I am counting down the days for you too

blinder · 10/04/2010 09:33

Crossing everything for you queenoftheslatterns. It's no wonder you are stressed. Can you watch any funny films to try and take your mind off everything? Laughing can't hurt !

ronshar · 10/04/2010 09:37

Hello Lissie/queen.
Not seen you for a while but I was so happy when I saw this was you.

I know you have been down this road so many times and it puts my 2 mc in the shade but I really wanted to say to you that you have helped so many of us to get through the darkest times in our lives and it really is about time you got something back.

I am sending you the stickiest of stickies. Please let this little bean hang on in there.

Have you tried just sitting in the cons office and not leaving until he gives you the correct prescription?

ray81 · 10/04/2010 10:01

Queenoftheslatterns, I found out at 5 weeks and started the heparin immediatley, i inject 20mg once a day, it is a very small dose and just stops the blood of the placenta clotting as it forms and keeps it going as you get further along. I realy think it is this that has kept this Pg going. I have a DD who is 8 and had no problems concieving or carrying her so it is alittle odd that i had problems this time around but whatever it was the Clexane seems to have fixed it.
Please do consider it i know its not a guarentee but if it works then its worth it in the end and as i said it wont harm you or baby in anyway.

Whatever you decide i have my fingers crossed for a sticky bean for you.

PacificDogwood · 10/04/2010 11:26

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine, queen!

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queenoftheslatterns · 10/04/2010 12:05

I cant believe how good i feel! obv theres a bit of sickness, but not reall sickness, just an omnipresent nausea. thank you for all the superglue and sticky vibes.

ray, i will definately take the drugs, am willing to try just about anything. if i have to run naked around villa park chanting christmas carols, then thats what i'll do!

ronshar, thank you. thats a really lovely thing to say. how are you?

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piprabbit · 10/04/2010 15:53

I also injected low dose heperain throughout my first (full term) pregnancy (from my first consultant appt. at about 10 weeks). I'd had several miscarriages and had some borderline blood results that they didn't like the look of, although not enough to say I had any definite problems.

It was a bit of a pain doing the daily injections and I had some spectacular bruises, but it was all much easier to handle than doing nothing and waiting in fear. We had no ill effects at all and DD is thriving and gorgeous.

Good luck - am crossing everything for you and your sticky bub.

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queenoftheslatterns · 10/04/2010 16:06

thanks, i just wish this bloody wind would die down!

do you think its worth me calling the pre-natal drugs specialist on monday then or should i go through my cons (even though it'll take ages to get an appointment)

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piprabbit · 10/04/2010 16:15

If you have access to a pre-natal drugs specialist then I would say you have nothing to lose in contacting them.

meatntattypie · 10/04/2010 16:25

oh queeny, i have tears streaming down my face here.
oh
i feel like you are talking to me, we are so similar, i can relate to absolutely everything that you re saying, every thing.
except, till now, i had made up my mind that it was never going to happen for me, so i should just shut up now.
i have had 5 mcs.
Docs have suggested that i have hormones if i become pregnant again, i decided that i could not put my mind or body through it again, so no.

You are giving me a spark of hope that it could happen and it could work for me, if i give it one last chance.

Last pregnancy lasted to 10 weeks before it wnet tits up, so i felt like i was getting closer.
i felt nothing for it though, like i had flipped an emotion switch off. could not get excited culd not feel dread.
hmmmm, wonder if DH is up for abit of bding tonight....

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queenoftheslatterns · 11/04/2010 08:51

meatntatty, its a tough decision to make, ive "given up" more times thgan i care to remember. but then i get that need

oddly they have got easier to deal with as more has happened.

22 dpo and I am still pregnant. went out yesterday with dad and DSM, we went with dh and ds to a local pub by the river with a beer garden and i managed to cover up by having alcohol-free lager, although the smell of dh's pork scratchings made me retch!!

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BudaisintheZONE · 11/04/2010 09:02

Oh lissie. Fingers crossed SO much for you.

I don't understand why the cons won't give you the progesterone. Are there any dangers with it?

DS was an IVF baby conceived in Bangkok and when I had the PG test the hormone levels were low so I was told to come straight into the clinic and given hormonal support. I know I had weekly injections of something and I vaguely remember pessaries and I also had tablets. Amazing that I forget now and at the time I thought it would all be imprinted on my mind for ever.

wahwah · 11/04/2010 09:05

I just wanted to send my best wishes to you. If it's any help, my GP got me an early scan from the EPU by exaggerating, which was good of her, but she could smell my fear. Dd hung in there and I really hope you have the same.

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queenoftheslatterns · 11/04/2010 09:16

buda, i reallt dont know why he is so reluctant to try it. but then I dont really like him anyway

wahwah, thank you. my epu are fab and said when i had my last mc that they are prepared to scan me anytime after 5w because i lost my tube at 6+4 and 5-6w is the stage at which i mc.

i have decided to call the doctor on monday.

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chipmonkey · 11/04/2010 09:44

Oh, lissie, hang in there! Nausea is v. v. good! Thinking of you. Good luck on Monday!

pigletmania · 11/04/2010 09:53

big hugs , while I have not been in your position, I have had a m/c last year, was so excited and told everyone early and was just about to make an announcement on Facebook. Now if I do get pg again I want to stick my head in the sand until at least 4 months, no midwife or telling anyone except for dh and parents, just dont want the hurt if anything does happens like last time.

WorzselMummage · 11/04/2010 10:25

I keep checking back lissie.

I am

Tillyscoutsmum · 11/04/2010 10:48

Keeping everything crossed for you here x

RedRedWine1980 · 11/04/2010 11:00

I dont know you or your story but I have got everything crossed little bean stays put for the duration- you are amazingly strong and deserve it so much!

ray81 · 11/04/2010 11:02

Lissie, i was given the Claxane by the EPU nurse. I saw the cons on the 31st july this year and he recommended the Clexane and as soon as i knew i was pg to phone the Epu. I found out on the 15th aug that i was pg and called the Epu, they hadnt had the letter from the cons so i called his secretary and she took it down to them, they gave me the Clexane the next day. I would contact your consultant first and see if this is what you need to do.
I can understand your cons reluctance re the progestrone, we tried this and it did not work and i miscarried at 8 weeks but the progestrone stopped me bleeding so we didnt find out til later that the baby had died it was awful, however i do know people it has worked for so you can never be sure.

I never thought i would ever be here it is still so unreal and i wont beleive it until DD is in my arms, saying that i never thought i would ever be fed up with being pg either but i am, we have waited so long that i just want her here. I realy realy hope that in 7 months time you are saying exactly the same thing, sending so many sticky vibes your way.

JaneS · 11/04/2010 11:08

Just wanted to add good luck and lots of sticky positive thoughts.

stanausauruswrecks · 11/04/2010 11:12

Just checking in. I have to say, extreme flatulence has always been a strong symptom in both my preg so look on it as a good sign Hope the GP is really supportive of you - good luck for tomorrow

PacificDogwood · 11/04/2010 12:05

Hi, Lissie, howsit going?

Yes, nausea and wind are A Good Thing . And funny, never having had nausea/vomiting with any of my pregnancies (Para 4+4), it was pork I went off with my last (and successful) one.

And good for you for contacting your doc tomorrow. Could you be referred to a different consultant/different hospital? Sounds like you do not have complete faith in your care ...

Sending sunny and sticky vibes

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