Dec 2014 Thread #5 - Battered and bruised we limp through the second trimester

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Here we go again, the thrills & spills of leaky boobs, and feeling baby move for the first time - Lets go!

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Miraculous so sorry to her your news. Hope you get lots of support and a positive outcome. Hugs

So sorry to hear you are going through such an awful time miraculous. Sending love and positive thoughts. X

40% chance they'll both survive. 60% we'll lose one or both. I really wish it was the other way round. The surgery is new and 40% survival is better than over 90% of pregnancies ending in death if it's left untreated. For now, we wait and see if they've got any worse by Wednesday first thing. I've never been very good at waiting. DH is a rock but I know he's hurting and trying to keep it together for me. People will be good to us but I don't know how to tell them, where to begin.

miraculous I'm so sorry to hear your news. Thinking of you.

miraculous I feel for you. I have literally just burst in to tears. I have my scan next week. I'm so worked up about finding out what they are, if things are going to be ok etc. thinking if you xxx I know it's hard but focus on the positive, 40% is such a good chance xxx

Just emailed Japan and then wailed for a good ten minutes. DH is phoning home (10,000 miles away). Thanks for the support here, it means a lot. Please don't let me take over the thread. As you were. xxxxx

Miraculous, I'm really sorry for your news. I've been lurking, haven't disappeared completely but haven't had much to report.

I'm not particularly religious , but right now I'm appealing to every higher power there is for the best possible outcome. Thinking of you xx

Oh miraculous, all the best to you and your husband over the coming days and weeks. We are all hoping for the best for you and sending positive thoughts your way. I'm sure stats for the surgery are improving all the time if it is quite new.

We have the 20 week scan next week, I have been feeling so anxious about it for days now. I remember with my son, when the sonographer said "I can see two kidneys" I almost cried and I said "thank god it has kidneys"! I sometimes think about finding out the gender just to distract from what the scan is actually for.

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So sorry miraculous, hope you're taking care of yourself and thinking as positively as you can. Wishing you the best of luck for Wednesday xxxx

Oh my god, Miraculous I'm so sorry. I really really hope this turns out well for you. Big hugs x

So sorry miraculous, this must have come as an awful shock. Keeping everything crossed for you and your babies.

isambardo I think I'm subconsciously taking that approach and focusing my attention on gender results instead of considering the other things. Although that's all anyone asks about "are you going to find out"? 10days til scan. I'm so rubbish at being patient!

Although saying that I was looking at some pregnancy website earlier which told me "153 days to go" which gave me a slight panic!!

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So sorry to hear your news miraculous - hope that things work out for you, surgeons cannot work wonders xxx

miraculous this thread is here to support us all so please please talk all you need. I have everything crossed for you xx

How is everyone today? I'm feeling exhausted. Been peeing more than a fountain. Went to midwife today and heard baby's very strong heartbeat.

Hubby recorded it on his phone lol and has been playing it at work.

Enjoying my working hours. Now on days and loving it But it's only for 4 weeks. Booooo

Miraculous really sorry to hear your bad news. I have everything crossed for you and both little ones xxx

MORNING!!!!

Officially 19 weeks trying to get a good idea how big baby is in fruit and t seems to vary from
Grapefruit to Mango to banana to Onion to Carrot.... Wtf? Depends on the original size of the fruit I suppose as you can get rather large and small versions of the above. Nothing 'official' tho. Hmmmm

1 week until scan! Yay!

Miraculous so sorry to hear your news. Am thinking of you and hoping for good news xxx

Ladylel 19 weeks = about 6 inches = just a bit longer than a £20 note.

Thanks peace am purposely going to find a £20 note to carry around with me until next week now haha :)

Ah ladylel and peace that's interesting to know that's the size - wow seems so big already! I'm 19 weeks too and feel ginormous!

Sorry to hear your news miraculous - hoping for some positive news for you soon, thoughts are with you.

I have been struggling with my pelvic floor - think it's some sort of prolapse - and am off to see a physio tomorrow I have been experiencing a lot of pressure down there for a couple of weeks and feeling like everything's going to fall out, have spoken to my physio friend who has reassured me that it's quite common in pregnancy and is just due to weakened muscles from previous pregnancy and the weight of the new baby. I've been doing pelvic floor exercises as much as I can the lay couple of weeks but I fear it may be a problem until the end Fingers crossed it gets better but not holding my breath, it's frustrating to be limited especially when I've got a 2 yr old to look after!!

Ah well, scan to look forward to on Monday - we are going to find out the sex as we didn't last time and DH is desperate to!

Oh miraculous . Got everything crossed, and at least itsbeen picked up at a time when they can at least try and do something about it. Xxx

yestersay got better in the evening, my boss gave me a lift to my mum & dads house and I ended up having a.nice swim with my mum & sister before discovering some new vegan basil pesto mmmmm. Not working today as I have to share my car and I would only be wprking 10-11:30, which is pointless!

Apparently at 17 weeks I've moved from an avacado to an onion :-) Trying to convince my parebts its not too early to get the cot down fron their attic and assemble in babys room. So far... They disagree!!

Also, MN get a big yay as they edited my first post so the stats link works - hurrrahhh!!

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littlepicky I go from feeling large and in charge to small and feel like I have nothing to show for it. It's one of the reasons I'm so into knowing what size they are equivalent too lol

miraculous thinking of you, look after yourself and babies, don't worry about work.

Re: sizes, here's a chart that I found quite useful, no mention of fruit and vegs, baby sizes per week

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That's really helpful thank covent