The CBFM Graduates Vol 1

[StormBird]

We have got to know each other pretty well during our TTC journey's so have created this thread on Chocciechips advice (hope she doesn't mind!!) so we can all contintue to support one another through our pregnancies.

Welcome................

Thanks for the welcome. I have a doctor's appointment booked on Monday (nothing earlier), so will wait and see what he says and take it from there.

I think I'll talk to DH about the possibility of a private early scan and see what he thinks. I know there is a place not far from us that will offer it (I've been googling), so it's just deciding if/when we want one.

Thanks for the advice too!

Hi kitty yes I'll be 27 weeks on Friday. Glad I'm not the only knackered whale! x

kelpie: having had 2 miscarriages i really think that your local early pregnancy unit should (and will) be supportive about booking you in for an early scan to re-assure you. if you get the number of the community midwife who will be supporting you through your pregnancy she should be able to put you in touch with the EPU; its not something you should have to pay for after all you have been through. how far are you along now (from day 1 of last period)? amd thinking of you and hoping you are ok and have a sticker.

boba, remind me, are you having a boy too or dont you know?

Welcome WaterKelpie..I totally agree with IloveKittyelise your local EPU should offer you a reassurance scan, my G.P referred me after my second mc, and they have been really supportive throught this pregnancy. They first scanned me at 6 weeks, and re scanned me just after 7 and found the heartbeat!...and here I am 32+2, huge but happy .
Hope you are ok, and not stressing too much (impossible I know!!) take care, and we are all here for you X.

Waves to everybody! hope all is well? as we are all quiet I'm guessing all is ok.

Stormbird...OMG! sending virtual hugs X.

FrOOtbat feeling pants is good! sounds like your doing great x

kitty we're having a surprise but my inkling is it's a boy.

Hello - lovely to read how you are all becoming whales just checking you are all doing well. Have found out I am heterozygous for Factor V Leiden, so hopefully will get some meds to treat it if and when we able to do a 2nd ICSI - but in mean time am taking 75mg aspirin a day to try to get a natural miracle (self prescribed but an obstetrician I saw for them to see how they would manage my pregnancy if ivf worked said she would recommend it - just didn't like to take anything at all but now am taking that advice as Factor V thingy is sticky blood problem!)

waves to all little beans !!

Thanks AnytimeNOW and Ilovekittyelise. I will get the community midwife's number when I got to the doctor on Monday. I think I will definitely push for a reassurance scan, just to hear the heartbeat would be wonderful. DH isn't sure, as he thinks that things can go wrong after the early scan, which is absolutely true. It's difficult, because the last miscarriage was at 12 weeks but it was a mmc at around 9. The worst part of it was that I still felt pregnant and was actually growing still. I think he's worried that the early scan will be fine but that things will still go wrong later. But you can't take away that first scan's memory.

It's just difficult to know what to ask for! It's really helpful to speak to people who have been through similar experiences and see what they were offered/did. I'm glad you think I shouldn't have to pay! I find it hard to ask for 'extra' things, as the doctor seems so set on the normal pregnancy regime. Like you said, I'm sure the midwife will be more understanding.

Tomorrow I will be 5 weeks, so still very early days. Everything seems to be going well though, and with every day I get a bit more optimistic! I am Rhesus negative, which I wasn't told until after I had miscarried the second time (crappy doctor and out-of-hours service to blame), so I felt as though I didn't get the help I needed. But the EPU, they were simply fabulous. They were so caring and let me and DH have as much time as we needed to come to a decision.

Most ladies on here seem to be quite far along. How exciting! I hope everyone is healthy and happy and not too tired!

waterkelpie did you have anti-d after mmc? I'm also resus neg.

keziah glad you told us what that was! Fingers crossed this'll be the answer for you hun, you so deserve it. x x

water good luck for docs on Monday, hope you get the early scan sorted out.

Yes, AnytimeNOW, I did have anti-d.

Well, I didn't go to the doctors today as I was hospitalised over the weekend with suspected ectopic. I had a scan yesterday. They thought they saw something tiny in the womb, but couldn't rule ectopic out. I'm waiting for my HCG results this evening. If that's good they'll book me in for another scan in a few weeks to see if they can see more.

I'm not in any pain though and have had no bleeding, so I'm trying hard to be optimistic about everything!

I hope everyone is well and healthy!

water what symptoms did you have that they suspected ectopic?

Waterkelpie hope you are ok, thinking of you X

HCG levels came back fine. I've got a scan in a few weeks, to make sure everything is ok. DH and I are relieved, for now.

I had a pain in my left-hand pelvis, which started Saturday morning and got worse during the day. By Sunday morning, I had no pain at all, but they still wanted to check it out. The sonographer thought that it might be because of some fluid from around a dominant follicle on the LHS, where I had ovulated. She didn't seem too concerned about it. She said she couldn't rule out ectopic, but I feel pretty safe now. I've had no pain since. And the bloods came back good, so I'm not so worried.

Thanks for thinking of me. It's good to have people to talk to, as no-one in RL (besides DH and his parents) knows that I'm pregnant!

AnytimeNOW, do you think that being rhesus neg affected your pregnancy much/at all?

Water glad all is well. I had scans at 5 and 7 weeks to check for ectopic as I have slight blockage in right tube. They confirmed all well at 7 weeks so fingers crossed same for you. Down side is you'll find the wait between 12 and 20 weeks scan hard as you'll be used to regular scanning like we were! Go from a POASaholic to scanaholic! x

Glad your results came back ok Water, just asked about anti-D as I was told it can affect future pregnancies if you don't have it after m/c.
Had no problems being resus negative this time, and had double dose at 28 weeks...will have more after the birth .

Hello everybody (waves frantically) hope all is well , all ok my end, baby is now breech which is really uncomfortable. Hoping he turns soon!! I'm having a section anyway, but I'm sure he can't be very comfy like that! my ribs and breast bone is sooo sore...going to hospital next week to book section, really hoping for another scan!. Boba I am a scanaholic!!.

Hi Everyone,

Water so pleased that all seems OK, I hope it stays that way hun. I've got everything crossed for you. I am also Rhesus Neg. I only found this out after my having a Termination last May. I was still groggy from Morphine when the Nurse came in jabbed me in the thigh and said 'did you know you were RH Neg' - charming!!! I then had the Anti-D again after undergoing a CVS during this pregnancy and the again at 28weeks. I'm expecting more after the birth. They do say the more pregnancies you have the more likely you are to develop Antibodies but I was reassured by my consultant that so long as you have the Anti-D after an invasive procedure, during the pregnancy and after the birtheverything should be OK. Its just one of those things!!!

Anytime I hope baby turns so that you can get more comfortable.

Boba I too am a Scanaholic - As far as I can remember I had 5 Scans up until I was 13 weeks, 1 at 22 weeks, a 3D/4D scan at 26 weeks, and have had growth scans at 28, 34 weeks and the most recent at 35+4 (Monday). I've got another booked in for 38 weeks. I love them.....everytime I see him, it just makes it so much more real!

Mondays scan went well. Baby Boy is growing nicely and has very long legs just like his Dad. He is head down and they reckon he weighs around 6lb's 13oz already. The sonographer seemed to think this was all within normal parameters and estimated an 8 pounder at birth.

I've got an Ante Natal class in the morning, this one is about Breastfeeding and will be the last one - I have found them really useful and am so glad I didn't listen to all my friends who told me not to bother. I'd def recomend them - is anyone else got any booked in?

Also I finish work 2 weeks on thursday and I cannot wait. I'm so tired now and have absolutley no interest in work what so ever which isn't like me usually. I'm even finding it hard t drive now!!!

Anyway I've waffled on enough. I hope you are all well.

Speak soon

STORM x

Anytime hope the baby gives you a rest soon.

Storm only 4 weeks to go, that seems to have flown in! Although probably not for you?! x

Not really Boba LOL!!! Its really dragging at the mo and if I were to work it out, I've been mostly pregnant the last 18 months, only had 4 months where I haven't been so it seems like donkeys years!

GOOD NEWS TODAY - We got the Flat! Thank God.

XX

Yaaaay storm! Will you be moved in before baby arrives? x

We're moving a week on saturday so yes the plan is to be in before baby arrives!!! I HOPE!!

Oh good luck then Storm. Labour'll be a breeze after the moving stress! x

OMG I'm sooooo bored of being pregnant! I'm so f*$king tired ALL the time and baby had been pressing on my ribs for days! Still 12 weeks to go and it's only going to get worse isn't it?

Hope everyone else is in a slightly better mood than me!

Boba I can relate!!! time does seem to be standing still at the mo and being soooo tired just makes it drag all the more...my little monkey is still breech I think? and my ribs and breast bone (I think) feels raw! wearing a bra is agony...can't really go bra less as my melons have reached 34H WTF!! is that all about?.
Have you been watching the spate of baby programmes recently? the one on the neo natal at the Womens was amazing but so sad to I'm having our baby there this time...looks like I will be in good hands, kinda made me bad for being grumpy, and reminded me how lucky I am...it's just the tiredness that get you down isn't it?...

Hope everybody is well?...not long till we have a newborn on the thread .

LOL Anytime WOW......you do have massive jugwangers!!! Hope baby turns soon.

Boba it does get more and more uncomfortable let me tell you, but you know what.....just concentrate on the end result hun.

I have to admit though I'm ready not ot be pregnant now, it seems like it's been a very long road ro I can totally sympathise.

Just ordered our new sofas, eeeek!!!!

XXX

Hello ladies, just popping into to say hello as I have been on the CBFM thread and just got my BFP yesterday.

Off to see the GP tomorrow and still extremely nervous that I have just imagined the whole thing. Made DH look at all FIVE of the tests I did and make sure he could see a line as well and I was not just seeing things :)