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Due in October 2012 Part 7 - towards the finish line, going for Gold!

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Planktonette · 30/08/2012 20:39

On your marks...
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lisbethsopposite · 05/09/2012 12:06

Thanks Smorgs rest does the trick - if I lie down in time. I am only ghastly if I keep going. Also Gaviscon is great. Anytime I am really bad, has been preventable. I am reluctant to medicate any further - I don't like tablets. BTW Why is it called MS? Morning is my best time!! I don't get it.

Elpis Sending you happy bean vibes - had a similar panic last week. Hour and a half in hospital later bean was fine. I had had less movement for no reason and I hope, really hope you get the same reassurance. They gave me cold drinks to get bean to move (they move away from your cold tummy) also sugar is good. Is there a coke machine beside you there in the waiting area? Let us know how you get on...

Smorgs · 05/09/2012 12:11

elpis I'm sending you lots and lots of positive, relaxed vibes. I'm thinking of you, let us know how you get on xx

Elpis · 05/09/2012 12:16

Woman at 35 weeks with reduced fetal movements has just come in, followed by woman at 37 weeks with TOO MANY. Sigh. Thanks for good vibes.

No Coke in machine, just tea, coffee and Starburst orange drink. I avoid caffeine as it triggers migraine. Will resort to Starburst if I'm here for another hour...

lisbethsopposite · 05/09/2012 12:19

Elpis Thanks Brew

Elpis · 05/09/2012 12:28

Second conception story pretty ordinary but the first was a bit of a miracle. I had been diagnosed with MS, a few months after getting engaged and being promoted at work. Very soon afterwards I had a relapse that made it hard to walk for a little while. Referred to specialist who said I should start disease-modifying drugs. I said we had been planning to try to start a family: should we go ahead? He and his boss exchanged glances. I should wait and see if things settled down, he said.

It turned out I was already pregnant. That ruled out the drugs. Thank God, the MS has been stable since.

hufflepuffle · 05/09/2012 12:28

Elpis virtual hugs and squeezes your way. Am sure all will be fine. X x

lisbeth I admire your tenacity, you are a trooper. Well done on DS1 and sticking with it for DC2! You are amazing xx

crazypaving · 05/09/2012 12:32

lisbeth wow that's an amazing story. So, so delighted for you that after all that heartache you have a DS and another on the way - I suppose it gives you a whole new appreciation of modern medicine. I think you're amazing fwiw - not sure I'd have had the mental and emotional strength to get through all that.

elpis, really really hoping everything is absolutely fine and you get seen soon. I'm sure it's just that your baby's having a lazy day xx

firstbubba · 05/09/2012 12:42

Conception story similar to lisbeth but no foreign trips. Years of tests and examinations at local Nhs hospital resuitability for IVF then told likely hood of success neglible best bet donor egg and by the way your too old now and it will be self funded. So months and months of sprays pessaries, practice runs checks and double checks before egg transfer and here we are 36 weeks today. Lying down as feeling rubbish as we have so much work to do before bubbas arrival.

Hugs to elpis much varied movement here too which is scary at times

CWest30 · 05/09/2012 12:56

Elpis try not to worry. I got myself into a right state last week wen baby was barely moving at all. Keep us informed please, thinking of you xxx

smorgs if we are right and my ELCS IS that week, then I will be in hospital anyway recovering so no unpacking for me! We are also assuming baby will have to stay in for a while, being born at only 34 weeks, so I guess I will do some before she comes home. Luckily my family and friends are really supportive and we ve got plenty willing to help.:-)

Beeblebear · 05/09/2012 13:11

Elpis, hugs! Thinking of you. Hope you get in soon! Go get that cold sugary beverage!

Elpis · 05/09/2012 13:15

Strapped up to trace machine. Baby's heart beating - a bit fast, apparently, perhaps because my pulse was rapid too. The trace hasn't yet shocked him into action and the heat rate just dropped and then jumped back up again quickly. But I don't really know what the figures mean so am trying not to panic.

Londonmrss · 05/09/2012 13:37

Lisbeth and firstbubba wow! You and your husband must have an amazing relationship as I reckon such a journey would be hard on even the strongest marriages.

Elpis keep calm. Hope everything's ok. I always have variable movement too- sometimes they just have lazy days. Let us know how it goes. Glad to hear your MS has been stable too- what a horrible illness that can be.

Keep us posted.

crazypaving · 05/09/2012 15:22

elpis keep us posted, sounds scary Sad Hope they figure it out and everything gets under control.

Just back from physio who was trying to persuade me to take crutches for my SPD. Um, how do I use crutches with a 22m old DS? I declined, but can go back any time to get them. I am in quite a lot of pain, but I have to be realistic....argghhh

Angelico · 05/09/2012 15:38

Hugs for crazy and elpis Thanks Elpis hope all is okay x

lisbethsopposite · 05/09/2012 15:55

Elpis, Elpis are you there?? Worrying here, this is taking a while!

Velo · 05/09/2012 16:33

Elpis - hope everything is OK.

Conception story started in 2008 when after years of living/working abroad came back to Europe in hope of starting a family - and then 4 years of TCC, ICSI, IVF with 2012 down as final year of trying (turned 40 this year). Pulling myself together for next IVF round after previous failed attempt when I realized that I was late. POAS - positive and gave DH a big surprise. As stressful as being pregnant is, I have found it to be less up and down than the TTC process.

That said - have had to take 3-days off work to recover from a nasty cold so I get to add that to the woes of not sleeping/hip pain, being knackered and generally feeling overwhelmed. Getting irrationally annoyed with DH who is being supportive in a not very practical way i.e. keeps telling me that I need to rest but I still end up making dinner, washing up, putting out the garbage, sorting stuff out in our small apartment so we can actually fit a cot/push chair/baby-bath etc in.... rant over, not going to cry. Time to figure out by Bravado bra size (measured myself and now a 40F!!).

Elpis · 05/09/2012 16:57

Baby was still not moving very much so they scanned me. That was all fine. Then they strapped on the trace again. He has given several small kicks but apparently the 'spikes' in movement are not as high as they would like. I am willing him to wake up and budge because there's the threat of staying overnight. I've never been away from DD overnight before. Quite tearful just thinking about that, let alone everything else. Thank you for being here, or there, or wherever you are. It's been such a help. Smile

Elpis · 05/09/2012 17:05

They are LETTING ME GO HOME! The trace is much better. Phew!

Londonmrss · 05/09/2012 17:08

Phew Elpis. Was baby just being a lazy bugger then and all is fine?

Velo · 05/09/2012 17:14

Have just ordered the bra's (thanks for the tip) - extra large and a couple of large.. eek.

Elpis glad that things have worked out.

londonlivvy · 05/09/2012 17:18

Elpis so glad that all fine and you're allowed to go home. Exhausting day I'm sure with all the stress. take care.

Conception story... we were lucky, I think. I?m 37 (then 36) and we started trying in September, conscious of lots of friends who?ve struggled with IVF / ISCI and all sorts and very conscious of my age (he?s younger and v.healthy) so wanting to get started, in case it took ages. I found it incredibly disappointing each month and wondered how people go on to have this disappointment every month for years and keep the morale going. But anyway, we kept going, with a phone app to entertain us and try to keep a vague track of things.

In Feb, within a week of conception my boobs had grown an entire cup size (literally falling out of bras that I owned) and told DF I must be pregnant. Nah, he said, you can?t possibly know already. BUT LOOK I said. Anyway, a week later, on the way back from a business trip, I could wait no more and went to Boots in Victoria and bought a test. I went to the public loos which unfortunately had broken lights so just that v.dim emergency lighting. I POAS, then stood there in the gloom trying to work out something, anything, on the stick. I used my phone as a torch and then had to sit down. Blimey. I was pregnant. (and very impatient, clearly). I spent the journey home alternately grinning from ear to ear and thinking ?fuck. I?m pregnant. Oh. My. God. What do we do now??. DF and I weren?t able to go home as people were viewing the flat so I went to the pub and asked him to meet me there. He asked how my day had been. I said ?I?m pregnant? and then stared at him, willing him to respond happily. To my delight he looked ecstatic and his eyes shone and he said ?are you sure?? and I said ?well the test is [thrusting the test at him]?. ?that?s fantastic? he said. And it was.

ooh I'm getting all emotional at the memory. what a lovely man he is.

lisbethsopposite · 05/09/2012 17:30

Oh London that is wonderful [teary emoticon]!!

Elpis so glad you are going home - are they following you up? or is that the 'all clear'?

hufflepuffle · 05/09/2012 17:40

Elpis thank goodness little one seems ok. You take care now and don't be afraid to go back. Next few weeks r v important. Hugs ((((0))))

Update in the bra ladies. I put a regular one in this morn and was so uncomfortable in it I thought to hell with it. Hav had new one on all day. It is fantastico! Purposely put in closer hook to make sure fits well. Cups are spot on. If find they not enough once milk comes in I'll order bigger then.
So im 34DD and medium works well!!

In sainsburys today I bought 2 packs of maternity pads and one pack Tena lady pants Blush Blush Blush
Thank goodness for self checkout.....!

In babys r us I bought some washable breast pads, label reads well, they have anti microbial action and leak proof. Figure they might be good for night time. And a seamfree bra top type thing in Sainsburys to hold pads at night for £5. And big granny pants.

Loving getting organised!!!!

Off to antenatal class soon, wonder what we will learn tonight?

Still not caught up properly on all your posts..... Sorry! Wishing u all well

Xx

dosomethingmutley · 05/09/2012 18:06

Hi All,

Just wanted to check in and say hello.

Elpis so glad everything is ok and you didn't have to stay in.

londonlivvy was it you worried about lack of weight gain? I haven't gained any for 6 weeks, but bump is visibly bigger and seems to be measuring well. I have read elsewhere that a drop off in weight gain in 3rd trimester is fairly common? So hopefully all is ok for you.

My conception story is short and sweet - we knew we wanted to start trying soon after getting married (we got married Feb this year) but in the New Year we sort of relaxed the rules a bit, knowing that it wouldn't impact on the wedding if we were lucky. I just assumed that because we really wanted to conceive it would take ages, but it must have been beginner's luck! First attempt was lucky and I POAS and got the positive the day before our wedding. I feel so blessed that it all happened so easily for us and I'm super excited about meeting our daughter in a few weeks time Smile

Only 7 days left at work for me - whoopee! Hopefully then I'll be able to nap in the day and it won't matter that I can't sleep for very long at night because my hips are on fire!

Lots of Thanks and hugs to all those that need them - what a great bunch you guys are.

londonlivvy · 05/09/2012 18:23

dosomethingmutley it was me, you're right. I went to the doc today (thanks smorgs for asking) and she measured me and said I'm measuring what I should, it's probably just been all the running around with the move that's made me not gain weight. the baby will just take all it needs (was it you liesbeth who talked about a parasite ?) and I'll be the one not gaining.

Anyway, very glad about that.

tonight we're out for dinner so must finish up here and then get home and get glad rags on. Grin