Hi everyone! Busy here - I like it! Welcome river! Yay for your BFP! I'm 11+3 with twins - gulp!
Sorry about funeral, dizziness and worries. Child, be thinking of you for Tuesday and keeping fingers tightly crossed that things have ironed themselves out.
Sorry also for the following me-me-me post?.
So yesterday's trauma was the MW not being able to get any heartbeats with the Doppler. But the ladies on the other threads I'm on calmed me down about that as really, it seems, it's too early to try!
Today's trauma is that Dr rang with results of my bloods (taken only yesterday - I've never known the NHS be so speedy!) and I'm very low on potassium (despite not vomiting once and eating tons of fruit and veg) and borderline with an under active thyroid. O joy! On 4 tablets a day for the potassium and will have the thyroid closely monitored (blood tests every two weeks) so it can be medicated asap if it goes over. Funny - one of the reasons I have to see the consultant obs. is because, years ago, I had an overactive thyroid and I was hoping that s/he would scratch that off as not a big concern, thus lessening one of my 'high risk' things. Dammit. And I've actually lost a kilo in the past six weeks since last MW appt so I am not typically underactive. Grrrr.
And it looks like I won't be having a lovely natural birth in the MLU. Nearly cried yesterday when she told me that untried pelvis + twins + past uterine surgery means I will be under care of consultant obs. and prob will be leaned on quite heavily to have epidural and CS. Ah well. And I've been reading all these ace books about women having amazing natural births and really psyching myself up to be brave enough to try.
Parents and brother coming down today and we're telling them tonight! I'm a bit terrified!