The March-ers (2019) #3

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Thread 3 for the March-ers!!

Everyone check in please 👍🏼
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@mostimproved I'm so sorry for your loss x take it easy on yourself and rest 💖

@mostimproved so sorry for your loss :(

mostimproved I’m so sorry it’s an awful thing to happen x

Sorry @mostimproved.

Off to the scan unit this morning to see if we're in the same boat. My body is definitely messing me around whatever!

@mostimproved I'm so sorry. There aren't really any words but thinking of you. Look after yourself.

@SquirtlesMumAgain I have everything crossed for you for today.

Sorry for your loss mostimproved take care of yourself xx

@mostimproved I'm so sorry, I hope the next few days are ok 💞

@SquirtlesMumAgain sending good vibes your way for the appointment 🤞🏽

So sorry @mostimproved take care of yourself

Fingers crossed for you today @squirtlesmumagain

Really sorry to hear your news mostimproved
Hope everything goes okay today squirtlesmumagain

@mostimproved, I'm so sorry to hear this.

@squirtlesmumagain, I have my fingers crossed for you. I hope you get good news.

@mostimproved so sorry to hear that! Look after yourself xxx

Good luck @SquirtlesMumAgain 🤞🏼

@mostimproved I'm so sorry to hear this. Sending love and hugs.

@SquirtlesMumAgain keeping everything crossed for you.

@ladycarlotta I'm 9+3 today and Google seems to suggest baby is measuring a couple of days ahead of that, but the sonographer didn't adjust my dates at all. Maybe she thinks it's not worth doing until the 12 week scan, as I think that's the official dating scan isn't it? I've read the same about 1mm a day, it really is no surprise how tiring this all is! Not to mention how much baby was moving around in there yesterday, she/he is definitely stealing all my energy for that

@mostimproved really sorry to hear your news. Hope you're feeling well supported. Sending love and wishing you all the very best.

@SquirtlesMumAgain fingers crossed for your scan today

I had a weekend off and it's taken me an age to catch up with you all!
squirtles I have everything crossed fro you - good luck. And mostimproved, so sorry to hear this, hope you're ok.

ladycarlotta and thefirsttimer I think we're very close in due dates? I'm 9+1 today? I had an early scan and they don't seem to trust it for measurements - said they'll keep using my LMP dates until the 12 week scan (even though they're a fortnight out - PCOS and very long cycles). Suggests that it's more/only reliable at 12 weeks?

My sickness is horrible today, and I spend most of the weekend asleep or wanting to be. I'm finding it so hard to get work done and am beginning to get a bit worried about it...

Those of you who have had/are going to have harmony/panorama tests, is it because you're older? I'm in two minds and wondering if I'm being a bit over-anxious. I'll be 38 at term, so my risk will probably come back quite high from the 12 week tests, but wonder if I should wait and see before shelling out £400? My 12 week scan will actually be at 11 weeks so the panorama results and the 12 week results would actually come back around the same time if I did panorama this week. Any thoughts?

Ugh. I'm on holiday for a few days in London and have a UTI. Went to a walk in centre but they aren't allowed to treat me because I'm pregnant so been sent to UCL. Joy!

So sorry to those with bad news.

@mostimproved I’m so so sorry. I hope you are ok. Look after yourself xxx

@moosterthemoose good q re Harmony. I am planning to have it because I had a pregnancy which we chose to terminate earlier this year - we found out first that something was wrong at the 12 week scan -our trust give you the results of the blood test straight away and it wasn’t good. (And if your trust takes a few weeks you could be further along when they come in). I then had to have CVS and an anxious three day wait to confirm diagnosis which was agonising. Had I had Harmony earlier I would have known sooner and not had to have the invasive CVS test (which was ok, painful but ok). I think we are trying to save ourselves the stress. I’m 38 too so my results will come back fairly high risk anyway so I’d rather know. It also turned out I was 13 weeks at the 12 week scan, and it was only by the hospital being so amazing that we got everything done (tests, results back and termination) in a week so I was only 14 weeks. If I had been in a trust where bloods take two weeks I could have been 15 weeks before knowing anything, and then the appointment for termination could have taken up to three weeks to come through - so worst case 18 weeks. I’m not sure I could have coped with that. We are having Harmony so that I know whether this pregnancy is the same as before by 11 weeks and we can then either relax (hopefully!) or make plans. I am super cautious because of what happened to us before - they described it as being age related plus bad luck. My chance
This time of it happening again is 1% increased so we are trying to be positive. Hope that helps.

@MonstertheMoose @thefirsttimer According to my LMP I'm 9+2 today but the baby was measuring a few days behind in both scans (within normal margins, no concerns) so at the last scan the technician suggested an adjusted EDD of a few days later than I thought - now 4th March. But like you, Monster, I've been told that it isn't reliable until the 12 week scan so I'm going to take everything with a pinch of salt til then. I haven't a clue when I ovulated anyway, so it's anyone's guess.

I'm short and was a small baby, but I'm pretty sure that has no bearing on the growth of the embryo at this point...

So sorry about the sickness, Monster. I really haven't enjoyed the last few weeks, but I feel more human now - still nauseous but definitely functional if that makes sense? Like I can concentrate and get stuff done. Hope you turn a corner soon. Be selfish as hell til then, I've decided it's the only way. I felt terrible I didn't really tidy for our guests this weekend but I was awake and upright and conversational, and decided that was good enough.

thanks nightmanager that's really useful - I hadn't really thought about the extra delays waiting for bloods - I don't know if my trust gives you the blood results at the 12 week scan, will try to find out.

P.s. @moosterthemoose is this your first pregnancy? I was super tired last time between 6 and 11 weeks and found work really difficult. In the end all I did was work and sleep - cancelled all social arrangements and DH did all our cooking/life admin while I went to bed at 7:30pm. It feels never ending while you’re in it but it does pass. I found drinking lots of fizzy water helped, and never allowing myself to be hungry - eg eating a substantial snack (eg half a sandwich) before leaving work to get on the tube for an hour) really helped keep a lid on it.

Just out of the appointment. Looks like this baby is stubborn and is sticking around for now anyway.
Ectopic ruled out, sack in the right place, she could see a heart beat (but not capture it on the machine sadly) and measuring roughly in the right range considering the images she was getting weren't great.

A sigh of relief considering the amount of blood, but she said it looks like it is just a large implantation bleed from what she could see and doctor would have to follow up if it continued

@squirtlesmumagain I’m so pleased - hope that has put your mind at rest for now.

@SquirtlesMumAgain fantastic news!! Delighted for you

@SquirtlesMumAgain what fantastic news! So happy for you x