Pregnant after MC due December 14

[Penguin13]

If you're pregnant after a previous MC and due in December 14 this is the thread for you.

If you're an obsessive knicker-checker or just want someone to chat to who knows where you're coming from you'll fit right in.

Yeah I must admit I've given up on the 'normal' Dec thread in the end I'm afraid. Probably cause I wasn't posting enough to be considered a regular but I felt a bit hmm when I posted my positive 9 week scan news and only one person commented to say 'congrats'. Was a bit of a shock to the system after being on a hugely supportive post-mc ttc thread. Lucky I have you lot to keep me sane!

Hooray for sunny Friday - fingers crossed tomorrow will be nice too as we're having a house warming bbq. Loads of H's massive extended family are coming and I'm not sure our little house will cope if we have to fit everyone inside! Gutted that just one week later and we'd have been able to share our news although the way my fat belly is poking out it might be doing the sharing for me....

Congrats on the scan MrsFTN! When you've given birth and we're still all moaning about being 3/4 weeks away I'll be pulling an at you!

Fingers crossed for your BBQ Penguin! If someone asks will you tell?

My feet are fat already, wore a non wide pair of shoes yesterday & I have 6 blisters. Grrrh
Hope everyonehas a lovely weekend!

Oh, I prefer it here. As much as I would love to be discussing cots and prams with the optimistic non-mc ladies I fin being able to say 'woohoo! Heartbeat at 9wks, 98% likely to stay pregnant' and have people not think I'm being overly pessimistic!

Hello, can I lurk here too please? I can't really cope with the main Dec thread until I know whether this pregnancy is viable - thoughts of birth etc are a million miles away for me. What should have been my 7w scan on Wed showed a sac at 5w5d so we go back next Wed to see if anything's happened.. or not. DP and I have decided that this is our last shot so it's somewhat all or nothing...

Congrats to all with good scan results.

Hey Debbie and welcome. I'm sorry you're stuck in limbo for a week, you must be feeling incredibly anxious right now. Fingers crossed for some positive news next weds.

Oh and DrFunkes depends on who it is but almost certainly not as I'd want to make sure I tell all the siblings first. Hopefully I just about still look like I have eaten all the pies. Feeling a bit embarrassed as I'm pretty sure I shouldn't be looking this fat at this stage with DC1 my pg SIL is super slim and she managed to disguise being pg from work till 20 weeks and no-one guessed. I'm going to be the heifer who puts on weight all over.

Thanks Penguin. Worst bit is I have a business plan to write practically from scratch over the weekend to submit on Monday for college and I want to be outside in the sunshine with my boy. Am so massively distracted; I've taken the day off work and written literally one paragraph so far!

And everyone shows differently, don't sweat it.

Poor you Debbie, on the business plan and being in limbo.

I too prefer this thread, I've been dipping my toe into the normal thread, but there is too much 'lol'ing for my taste, the fact that I'm hormonal is making me even less tolerant of it than normal.

I've put on a shitload of weight already due to not cycling and all the carbs in the first weeks, I was overweight to start with, so this is not good. Hoping that now the weather is improving and I fancy vegetables again that I can slow further poundage down with more salads.

10+4 today, and resigned to not having another scan between now and 13wks. It's going to be a beautiful weekend though, so that's a bonus.

Hi Debbie, hope you scan goes well next week, it's horrible being stuck in limbo.

I saw the GP earlier after keeping nothing down again, he's put me on cyclizine tablets. I'm praying they work! I did manage to sit through DS' assembly this morning, he got a special award and and I have a very happy little 5 year old so that cheered me up.

Don't worry about your size Penguin, pregnancy seems to make my stomach balloon immediately and I already look about 6 months gone! x

Aw Basgetti how lovely. You must be very proud of your little boy. Really hope the cyclizine works for you. Does it help at all with nausea or just stop you being sick?

Thanks for all the kind comments. I guess I should look at it as a positive sign that there might actually be some growth going on in there .

It's supposed to help with both, I had a few anti-emetics last time and this was the most effective of the lot so I'm hoping it will work this time. The only downside is it makes me feel a bit woozy but I'm not doing much at the moment anyway except lying down and trying not to be sick so I can cope with that! I have to go back if it doesn't work, he said I was quite dehydrated. I imagine that would mean a hospital visit and drip so I hope it doesn't come to that.

I get my diabetes results next week too. I had almost forgotten how horrific normal pregnancy is for me, after my symptomless pregnancy that ended in my MMC. I keep wondering why I ever thought this was a good idea!

Hi lovely ladies, I've been lurking for a while. I'm 9+1, had a MMC in August - had an early scan at 8 weeks but baby died 10/11 weeks, took 3 weeks to come out though, so I found out at my dating scan. I'm really happy to be pregnant again, but just can't believe that there'll be a live baby there at 12 weeks. Wish I could just go to sleep and wake up on scan day, the time is dragging so much. I wish I could have a reassurance scan this time but I think that psychologically, because I MC at 11 weeks a scan before then wouldn't be reassuring. And it seems pointless to pay for a scan a week before my actual scan.

I also have a close friend who is 2 weeks ahead of me - I'm so worried that I'll lose this baby and have to watch her pregnancy develop, and I know that sounds awful and selfish btw.

This is all so stressful. It's reassuring to see the ladies with their successful scans, congratulations to you, I can only imagine how relieved you must feel. Good luck everyone.

Welcome debbie, sorry to hear you're having a tough time. Fx all is well.

basgetti hope you get a nausea free sunny weekend.

I've met the mw this morning, although not the one who will follow me. All went well. Surprisingly I haven't put any weight on yet, that goes against what the mirror says, my guess is my muscles have all disappeared.

Can't wait to get back into exercise but will need to find gentler classes . My gym membership reactivates on 1st June (had frozen it for 3 months, to do my frozen cycle), good timing with 12w scan on 30 May, me think.

So many thread to chose from, the normal one (on which I'm lurking but no longer active), the first time mum in dec, the ivf graduate, but this one is definitely the one I'm most comfortable with. penguin thanks again for starting it, and enjoy the BBQ.

Welcome beebop, mmc are so cruel, especially following a positive scan. All the nurses and doctors I've seen have said that the chances for a successful pg after mmc are very high. I really hope the pg goes well all the way for you.

Welcome beebop. We can all identify with the wanting to be able to magically skip to 12 weeks I think. You will get there though, one day at a time says the impatience queen I'm sorry for your previous loss. It must have been a particularly horrible shock having had a positive early scan and I completely understand why you don't feel one would help this time. Hopefully we can help you pass the time until the scan date comes around.

Ladies.. I'm getting married today!!! Ahhhhh!!

Hello to the new faces! Lovely to have you here with us!

Sorry this is a rubbish post as I've not had a chance to read the thread much but yay MrsFtn that is fab news.. Very jealous! Hope you're feeling better soon basgetti

penguin I just want to say your posts are so lovely and so caring.. Oh dear getting emotional this doesn't bode well for today!!

Anyway, sorry again ladies I've probably missed lots, I'll catch up soon, hope you are all well today.

I'll post a couple of pics when I can! Eeek!

Oh 10+1.. Poor thing having to be hidden away (which Is not very easy hoping my hips will hold out today!

X

All the very best today strawbs I hope you have a fantastic day. What lovely weather you have too! Just make sure you take a minute to rest if you need too. And don't worry, brides are supposed to be emotional! Enjoy every minute and eat lots of in the absence of !

Hi to debbie and beebop. You will find lots of handholding here amd not a lot of talk about prams and nursery furniture!

I took the massive step yesterday of digging out all my old maternity clothes and washing them. I'm finding it difficult to hide my bump/bloating now and I'm struggling to find something comfy to wear in the mornings.

now that my scan's been moved forward I've been panicking about nuchal results and getting a high risk result. I need to stop reading the 'antenatal tests and choices' thread but I seem to keep ending up there! I know we don't have to have the screening tests but I think if they're offering I might as well do it.

Hope everyone has a lovely and uneventful weekend as far as pg goes. Hope this nice weather will make the time go a bit quicker

Have a wonderful day today strawbs!

Congratulations Strawbs, have a lovely day!

strawbs enjoy you special day

Congratulations Mrs strawbs!

Hope you have a wonderful wedding day Strawbs xx

Thanks for the kind welcome, I really appreciate a bit of handholding from people who understand. The other threads are just not for me, I just think "these women are so naive, a quarter of them won't have their babies, why are they talking about what type of travel system they going to purchase in 6 months time" which isn't a nice way to be, it's really great that they can be excited about their pregnancies, I'm just jealous.

I know everything you read talks about how you're more likely to have a successful pregnancy than not, but since my only experience of pregnancy ended so badly that's all I have to go by and it's hard to imagine a different scenario. I also work in maternity services and see some poor ladies with horrific obstetric histories with lots of recurrent miscarriages and worry so much that that could be me too, it seems to strike so indiscriminately. I need to focus more on all the lovely births and happy families that I see, and how amazing it is when suddenly a baby decides to stick and go to term.

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend and are out enjoying the sun, such a beautiful day for a wedding!

Congratulations strawbs!!!! Hope you had a gorgeous day and enjoyed every minute. I'm finally sat down after a wonderful housewarming bbq preparations for which started at 7.30 am this morning so apologies that this message is quite belated.

Was a gorgeous sunny day from start to finish and despite being very draining for a natural introvert like me, we had a great time and I feel so lucky to have such wonderful family and friends. I even managed to get out the wedding bunting I made for our wedding 2 years ago . Plus no one asked if I was pg or just getting fat : result!