Due in March 2013

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kittencuddles thinking of you, good luck at the EPU I hope things go well stay strong xx

Good luck kittencuddles hope you get some positive news. Thinking of you.

Good luck kitten hope everything turns out alright for you x

Thinking of you kittencuddles hope you get some reassuring news today.

Hope it all turns out well for you kitten.

I too am off to preg support unit today for a scan after some bleeding.

Thinking of all those having a tough and frightening time - so sorry to hear of your bleed kitten, I've everything crossed for you.

mother the others have already said it - you will find long term that you are far better off and free to meet a compassionate man who will stand by you & care for you and dd. Meantime I hope you have the support you need to get through these difficult days/weeks.

Good luck today woody

threefortea poor you - how was last night? I am no expert sadly though screaming waking does suggest she is either having a nightmare or in pain? DS did it for about a month when he was teething last time. Personally I'd definitely try to drop the night milk (blaming DH!) so you know she has no reason to wake - and try & make it as quiet & boring as possible when she does (not in with you if you can). I reckon it'll pass soon - has she got her molars yet? Fx for you!

I'm ashamed to say I've been feeling quite low over the past few days - ashamed as I am not suffering half as much as some in the thread. I'm just so dispondent now about our move - exchange is a whole month delayed & every day we get dismissed by the solicitors after being told we're 'so close'. The risk of it all collapsing is very real & I think it would break my heart. Meantime I feel sooo sick & am feeling guilty that I am not my best for my son. Sigh. I know it'll pass & I'll look back one day - but meantime I am just fed up.

Need a kick up the arse, anyone willing?!

Oh god, random I am sorry I missed your post. Best of luck today, I do hope all is well with you and the bean.

Dear tiddley I'm afraid I can't give you that kick up the *rse, because I can only sympathizewe just moved house a few weeks ago, and it was touch and go till the very last minute. Our solicitors were equally dismissive, and there were so many times in the process when I thought it would all fall through. You will get there in the endbe kind to yourself in the meantime.

Thinking of you random

kurley I have long cycles too, I wonder if I shouldn't compensate by telling MW my LMP was a bit later, to get my dates right? I didn't know they weren't allowed to take the length of your cycle into account.

Kitten and random I hope that everything goes well for you both today. Will be thinking of you both.

Tiddley sorry to hear you've been feeling low. I know how slow the whole process can feel and solicitors often appear to be very dismissive (sorry if anyone on here is a solicitor!). I really hope that it all goes through ok.

Heading off to hospital soon. There has been quite a bit of blood but it is impossible to stop hoping that all will be ok. At least the waiting is almost over.

woody thinking of you (((())))

Thinking of you woody, kitten and random.

So sorry it's been so long since I posted. For all the ladies having an extremely tough time (woody, random, kittencuddles, motherofone) for all of you. I hope that scans bring positive news.

I can understand how awful it must be, I've had 3 chemical pregnancies and 1 m/c. My emotions were all over the place all 4 times. I'm now 5 weeks and 3 days pregnant, and keep thinking I don't feel pregnant which is worrying me - have peed on 3 sticks since being pregnant, and the numbers of weeks have increased to 3+. Tempted to go out and buy more sticks at lunchtime, but think I have to learn to step away from the sticks!! There's not much I can do to stop things from happening, if that is what is meant to be. But for today, things look OK. Just wanted to say, I understand how scary pregnancy is.

threefortea - it's so tough going when they're waking up. DD went through a stage of this. I agree with tiddley when she suggests making it as dull as possible and only offering water. It took a while but DD soon got the hint there was nothing special to keep awake for.
tiddley poor you. Sickness and stress and looking after a little one. A crap combination. I'm sure the move will be OK. It seems to me there's always a last minute problem with house moves and they nearly always get resolved, so hold tight, I'm sure it'll work out. Must be tough going at the mo. Anyone you can get to help look after DS whilst you're feeling so sickly? Just to give yourself a bit of a break?

Oh no, just logged in for a quick catch up and so much going on. Good luck today woody, kitten, random.

Fx for you all ..

Am I missing something?! I've just spent HOURS catching up since the weekend and have got to Wednesday at 9:41am and then nothing! You can't tell me that you haven't carried on chatting since then!

Where are you?! :(

Thinking of random, woody & kitten - hope it's good news, fingers crossed!

And fingers crossed for the house move tiddley, it's a stressful time without pregnancy exhaustion! I hope it all comes good soon.

hello all you lovely ladies. pissing down here again after a glimpse of sun yesterday, boo :-(

big hugs to those with scans today. thinking of you woody, kittencuddles, random and anyone else. hope you get good and reassuring news. fingers very much crossed?

kurly glad your booking in appt went well.

floweryboots thanks for veggie advice :-)

tiddley, not a kick up the *arse exactly, but I can see you're in a completely understandable funk with the house move out of your control and still in danger of not going through. It's horrible and one of the most stressful things. I think you need to take charge of the little things. first, please stop all your negative thoughts about being not the best for your son. He thinks you are AMAZING! So you just need to pretend to be that person even if you feel a bit hopeless inside. Is there something nice you can do together at some point today - a little treat for him or you both? Tell him how uncertain everything is (even if he won't understand everything sometimes it's just good to let it all out). And, given that the house move is out of your control, I think you need to start feeling in control of something, even if it's relatively small. What about clearing out some books or clothes or old kitchen stuff to go to the charity shop? Or sort out all your paperwork? These are also practical things that you'll be glad you did when the time does come to move :-) Above all, be kind to yourself today. Lecture over and out!

feel bad about moaning about the lack or pregnancy symptoms again, but woke up feeling fine. no nausea, no tiredness, no cramps, thirstiness gone. I did another test out of panic and the line pinged up straightaway so my body still thinks it's pregnant even tho for all I know everything could have gone tits up. I'll have to see what the midwife says tomorrow.

In other news, I did one of my new pre-natal exercise DVDs this morning - a ten-minute pilates routine, and it felt great. music's a bit annoying but the woman isn't (apart from the fact she's 36 weeks pregnant and looks stunning!)

related to that, I've got a few things in my diary for next February - a lecture, a study day and a workshop - all of which I really want to do. a question for those who have been through this before: what is the likelihood of me being able to move by that stage (if all goes well) never mind get myself down to and across London to present at these events?! DH very skeptical, which makes me want to do them all the more!

Here we are pips!

Thanks for good wishes guys - I know I need to scrape myself off the floor & think positively. These dastardly hormones & tiredness have combined to make me a fair bit flakier than before. Mum and Dad came over yesterday and were brilliant - I even had meals on wheels - but the moment they left I cried! Seriously, I have lost my backbone. If you see it, let me know. You'll recognise it from the large rod put in there by me letting DS be fed/rocked to sleep every day :)

manda you are so lovely, and right of course. Thank you for that post :)

In terms of getting out & about, many women continue work until the last possible moment - so its quite possible you'll be still feeling capable & good by third trimester. I started mat leave at 36 weeks and boy was I ready to. I really slowed up & frankly didnt want to go far from home - I had a homing instinct! I would say you'd probably be fine to attend events, though be prepared to be distracted & going to the loo every few mins. The travel would be my worry - horrid to be on crowded public transport late on as you'll be uncomfy & may feel a bit vulnerable. If you could get a lift however...

Got to get DS up. Thanks again for wisdom & kindness :)

Thinking of you woody kittencuddles random and hope it goes well at the EPU. My fingers are crossed for all of you xxx

Sorry ladies! That sounded SO rude! I have to confess that I had a PROPER pg moment and thought it was Thursday and therefore over 24hrs since anyone had posted! Dozey mare - I work on Thursday's - there's no way I would have been sat here all that time if I was working!

I'm so sorry to hear about all the anxieties - the main reason I was so desperate to 'find' you was because I wanted to know the outcome of the scans today, but now realise they might not be done yet - all the best to all today.

I sympathise greatly with the house moves - we recently sold our little flat and are now renting. Only waiting for one property to go through was stressful and time consuming enough - never mind waiting for both properties to be sorted! I hope you get good news soon.

Re DCs not sleeping, my DS started going through the night at about 6mths, but we've had a few episodes since then. Now he's 17mths, he usually just needs his teddy and dummy locating and he is fine. Occasionally, he is up for a while, but he usually just lies there and waits to go back to sleep. He has been good at going off on his own when put down, but this past week he has been standing and jumping in his cot for half an hour or more! I have tried putting a story cd on for him the past couple of nights and it's been working like a dream! He woke at 5am yesterday, so I put it on again then and he just lay there happily until a more human time! In future, I would be tempted to do it even in the middle of the night and wondered if it might be worth giving it a go? It might make her feel less lonely if that's the only reason she's waking (ie not teething etc)

I am feeling rubbish today :( I had my first actual sickness yesterday, which is always kind of exciting, but only if it's not going to continue too long! I had just had a cup of coffee, albeit decaf, and I think this little bean just said "no thank you mummy"! I have avoided the caffeine today and so far so good, but constant nausea and hunger. I'm not sure what to eat either, which doesn't help! All this talk of cheesy wotsits is making me feel the need to pop to the shops!

I should count myself lucky really. I finish school tomorrow and DH finishes on Friday, then I will have help with DS all the way through the rest of my first trimester - I'll stop moaning!

Just saying a very quiet hello on this thread. I am 6+1 today and have my first scan tomorrow. I am one of those reccurrent miscarriers with multiple problems - this is my seventh pregnancy but I have only one child, DS, 7. I'm on special steroid treatment for high natural killer cells with Dr Shehata which, as far as I can tell, is working (my miscarriages have been happening earlier and earlier until now... fingers crossed!). I've been lurking on this thread but as you can imagine, I've joined so many threads over hte past few years nad then had to leave them.... just trying to keep the PMA up. DUe date is March 12, but I'm likely to have an ELCS a couple of weeks before that as I had severe early onset pre-eclampsia in my first pregnancy. What a bundle of joy I am! lol. Hope to be staying on this thread this time.

manda I agree with tiddley re work and travel late pg. Obviously, everyone's experience is different, but because your bump develops over time, I found it felt really normal, so wasn't particularly bothered about travelling, although the hustle and bustle of rush hour commuters was not something I needed to contemplate. I finished work at 37 weeks and had worried it was too early, as others at work had finished at 38, but almost as soon as I was done, I completely flaked out. After speaking to others, I came to the conclusion that it's all about your mindset - I probably would have been fine until 38weeks if I'd decided that's what I wanted to do - as soon as you decide that's it, then your body is ready to rest, but I would say that taking care of yourself is of utmost importance at all times.

Maybe don't rule it out, but be ready to be flexible, like tiddley said, perhaps a lift or taxi there might be a good compromise?

Hi sarah! Welcome to the club - I really hope this is the one for you & we'll all be there at the very end in March :) Soubds like you ate right to be positive if you've already made it past your previous mc - so sorry it's been a hard road though.

pips good advice on sleeping. And I definitely need some wotsits now!

We are actually waiting for my parents purchasers' mortgage sol to sign off enquiries for exchange. My folks are moving with us, into a separate annex off the main house - so we actually have 2 houses to sell and 1 to buy. Hence the struggle - but I'll shut up about it now I promise!

Pitta and hummus for lunch, DS and I. Then we're visiting friends this pm - after mandas suggestion to get out and about.

Will be thinking of you all, especially those with appts later today.

Think I missed a welcome to a newbie earlier this week - so sorry! Hello newbie, I can't scroll back on phone right now to find your name...

Just a quick post sorry couldnt post yesterday. Well I did write something but lost it and was too annoyed with technology plus to sick to do another one. Mum came over yesterday and cooked for me.

Feel awful today. Im crawling to bed now. Just want to cry. I take my hat off to anyone with DC and feeling sick. You ladies are heros. I barely look after myself.

Good luck to the ladies with scans and blood tests today. I may pop by later.