Due November 08 - we're a bunch of worrying fusspots who don't know we fancy to eat, but pass us the ginger biscuits purlease while we wait for 12 weeks

[Heartmum2Jamie]

Please continue chatting!

Hugeb hugs Twinkling, get yourself to epau hunni to find out what is going on the sooner you know the better iyswim.

I am staying off the brie/stilton and uncooked shellfish but tend to not worry too much about the rest of it. A close friend suffered compilobacta (sp) whilst pregnant with her third and although it was jolly uncomfy and unpleasant with all the sickness and other symptoms (ended up in hospital) baby was fine.

I have a blood test on Friday as I have hypothyroid and if my levels are wrong it can contribute to M/c right to the end of the second tri. My booking appointment is with community midwife on the 14th (have checked and is same lovely midwife I had last time). I have been on the phone to the hospital as I need to sort out dating/nuchal scan as my dates are wrong. I also have the same consultant as last time which is a huge positive as he is a lovely soft spoken man with a great bedside manner. Choice of hopsital not difficult as I have always lived round here and had my 1st two at good hope so will have this one here as well as they already have all my notes from previous 3 pregnancies and therefore know about thyroid problems and my doddgy back.

twinkling please let us know how you go...

Have woken up feeling reeeeealllly sick this morning. Drank some lemoade and dry cornflakes!

Supposed to be taking ds out to meet some friends... would really rather stay in bed. Am dreading the next few months if this pg goes like the last one

eugh just doing shopping online as last week regretted going and doing it. Seriously gross when you feel sick

Morning all. Back as promised and reading down the thread!

twinklingfairy - just want to say I hope you are OK this morning and are going to get in touch with your doctor/EPU and get seen to straight away. Wishing you lots of luck. It may not be what you fear - just hang on in there.

Roca - thanks for feedback. I had what was officially called an elective c-section last time, but it didn't feel very 'elective'. I was 18 days over due, an induction had completely failed (wasn't even 1cm dilated after 5 days in hospital and numerous doses of prostin) and the consultant said he wasn't happy to let me go any further over dates (didn't know back then that it was my choice and I could have waited longer to see if things happened naturally, or even gone home...). So, section it was me. The actual op was fine, but I found the recovery afterwards very hard. I'm so torn between going for what I know = c-section, or going for what is statistically safer, has better chance of quick recovery and is what my body is suposed to do = vaginal birth. Scared of things going wrong, though. i had a very big baby last time, and at the back of my mind is the niggling worry that my body can't actually do it on it's own.

Anyway...got months to ponder this, I guess. I'm going to look into the whole domino scheme thing - sounds very interesting.

On the food thing - I'm extra cautious, but I think previous m/c sufferers are. I have many friends who have completely abandoned the 'avoiding foods' thing in second and subsequent pregnancies.

Morning,

Twinkle - EPAU..... and wishing you the most unbelievable amount of love and good wishes. ROCA - What a gem in the middle of the night you are a big to you!!

Ok so nurse rang me at 6.30pm last night (shortly following a what must have been a quite rude conversation with MIL as trying to get her off the bloody phone lol) she said I am most definitely pregnant and i'm sure she said my levels were 16,000. She said so high the lab tested again hence late phone call. I am still going tomorrow to have another one done to ensur ethey are rising but she said with levels like that there was no reason to worry so PHEWWWWW.... Still feel ok today... I WANT TO BE SICK.....

xx

Hi all, Back from liverpool after a nightmare 3 hour journey, i felt SOOOO sick.
I had my booking yesterday and was dated at 5+6 so 6 weeks today unfortunatly we know when we concived so am actualy 4+4, i am happy to go with the dating tho, it's two weeks closer to 12 ;) dp is going with how pg i really am which is enormously frustrating! every single medical person we are going to meet with over the next 8 months will class me the same way as the doc did..and suddenly dp knows bettter grrrr.
How is everyone else doing it? 38 or 40 weeks?
Aaaanyway- best of luck twinkling thinking of you.

Pinkali - great news

Mummyhill - I too have thyroid problems - underactive and am on 150mmcg of Thyroxine a day. This is a new thing (past 6 months) as was borderline for a long time..........how often are you levels being checked and are they doing T3 as well as T4??????

No-one has mentioned the lateness of MC to me something else for me to worry about.........any idea where I can read up on this?? (without being terrified)

Ta

DM x

Fairy How are you doing this morning? Hope you managed to get to an EPU to find out what is going on. Fingers crossed for you. Very scary in the middle of the night - good job Roca was here.
Pinkali Great news about the blood tests! You must be so relieved
Mummyhill I'm hypothyroid too - last pg (before mc) I was referred to a consultant and GP said she would do the same this time around, but I haven't had an appointment yet even though last time I think I'd seen the consultant by now. When is your first consultant appt? I had a blood test a couple of weeks ago and everything was fine, no need to adjust medication, so I suppose that's reassuring.
Hope everybody else is OK and not feeling too sick...

Twinklingfairy - I hope you are ok this morning. Get yourself do to an EPU and get checked out. Fresh red blood is not always bad news. I have everything crossed for you.

Pinkali, that's great news! You can have my nausea if you like. I now know that evening sickness is back after a 2 weeks hiatus. At first I had convinced myself that I felt sick on Sunday because I was worried about ds2's hospital appt that was on monday. On Monday I convinced myself I felt sick because I had a blinding headache but last night when I felt sick, I had nothing to blame it on but our bean/pea. Would you also like the getting up to pee in the middle of the night thing too? It doesn't seem to matter what tmie I have my last drink, I still am desperate for a wee about 2-3 hours after going to bed. Woke up just after 2 this morning, absolutely roasting and sooo desperate for a wee I wasn't sure I would make it. Then I felt sick again. Still, I wouldn't swap it. It is kind of comforting!

I wake up every 2 hours in the night for a wee... it's starting to really get me down.. i'm soooo tired.

All positive thoughts to you Twinkling.
Started having very intense dreams last night- probably because of my appointment today, but I'm feeling really tired now.
Seafood- no I won't be eating raw seafood, only cooked. And Dh is in charge of caring for our old cat- someone I worked with got toxoplasmosis as a baby and it is awful - she loses her sight from time totime and has to have steriod injections.

Also- re Gap, the church next door is the Hidden Gem- not the Little Gem! Lol all this talk of sweets got me muddled.

And great news, Pinkali

Thank you Pinkyminky... here's hoping tomorrows levels are even higher. Although I did read that they at this stage don't fully double but should increase. All very confusing.

Very confusing. I can't quite believe I've got this far without needing to go to hospital. It's great but at the back of my mind I'm expecting someone to say I've got my dates wrong and I'm not as far on as I think or there is something else not right. I think that's why I've been having strange dreams.
I just hope you can start to relax soon and not worry about levels of hormone and just watch your bump grow!

Twinkling - how are things this morning? Have you been down to your EPAU?

Roca - you are a star helping Twinkling through it although how you manage to still be awake at 1am I have no idea - I am tucked up in bed by 10pm at the very latest!

Pinkali - fantastic news!

Pinkyminky - still not decided re c-section or VBAC but I am definitely veering towards the c-section - as others have said, better the devil you know! Plus, for purely practical reasons, my parents (who would be looking after DS) live 90 minutes away so if things are going to be SO much easier if the date of the birth is planned! But, the only downside is being away from my darling DS for 3 nights - even now, I can't imagine not putting him to bed and seeing him in the morning but I guess I need to get over that! What is the domino scheme?

Serendippity - I am a bit confused over your question. As far as I know, all pg dating is worked by adding 2 weeks on to the actual date of conception so that would be 40 weeks - but I may be wrong.

Am feeling quite well today - yesterday was a bit ropey! I guess I am another one where the MS is coming and going.

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The domino sheme is where communtiy midwives come to your home during onset of labour then they go with you to the hospital. You would have to research how it works for a VBAC.
How old is DS?

hi guys, the nausea has well and truly kicked in, just had to abandon Waitrose as thought was gunno be sick in there!
Thinking of you twinkling.
Great news pinkali about your levels etc.

Hope twinkling is o.k.
Well, I am getting well fat. I , have put my 12-14's away and have bought some elasticated work trousers from M&S in a size 18. I have no bump. Just the effects of being ravenous and eating lots of cheese and onion crisps. Not good. Ha-ha-ha.
Dh has informed me that my boobs have changed shape and that my nipples are mahhooosive.
When I went for my second scan,(only 7 weeks , not) and phoned to tell dh that it was o.k. he said, " good, hows our girl"He is convinced, as is my bf and my friend at work. Dh very rarely predicts, but has never been wrong once. This is well wierd. Too early, but I can't stop thinking about it.
A GIRL ????????

Don't forget, ceebe, you'll have someone else to look after! I quite liked having those few days just with dd, but the hospital was quiet that week.

In a way it is nice not to be the only hypothyroid here.

Dozy don't worry. The problems tend occur if you are not being treated or monitored but now you know you can tell your gp your concerns and ask for closer monitoring of your levels. www.thyroid-info.com/articles/pregnancy.htm has some of the FAQ's

Cricri- No consultants appointment for me yet I will however be chasing it as I want to keep on top of things after prev mc.

wow that is spooky oblomov - natural intuition??!! People keep sainhg to me that they think im gunna have twins!

oh god EmmaJ !!!!!
Well, we will have to wait and see if dh is right. Bet he will be. He always is.
Has anyone else had a prediction from dh/friend/ whoever ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Ceebee- yeah everybody dates + 2 weeks from last period, my question was just: in yours and your hubby/partners head do you go "i'm 6 weeks - 2" or "yeah i'm 6 weeks pg" Dp is refusing point blank to refer to me as 6 weeks, i am only 4 to him- he finds it utterly bizzare that i would be 2 weeks pregnant before i even concieved
Pinkali- great news btw I too am peeing all night!
Gonna brave the swimming pool today with dd, keeping sickness at bay atm by eating mountins of fresh fruit and veg. I had a huuge bowl of stemed mounge tout and green beans at 11.00am! (oh and a fresh fruit custard tart, but obvioulsy 'cause it had fruit on it was healthy )
Anyone switched to decaf tea/coffee? i am indulging my tea addiction by having about 3 vups of normal but gallons of decaf, it tastes pretty much the same thank goodness

Serendipity - can I ask? I am a complete tea belly, I haven't thought of switching to decaf - should I? If so, which one do you like best - i like strong tea - in particular Assam. Luckly I don't drink a lot of coffee and we only had decaf coffee at home but jsut wondered about the tea.

X

Smiles

I can tell you which decaf to not go for, tetley...it's gross, but all I have. I still drink 3 cups of "normal" tea a day though.

Well, I am quite upset right now. I just rang the hospital chasing the early scan the my gp refered my for 2 weeks ago. I got told that the scan I have booked for 12+3 IS my early scan. How the is that meant to be reassuring?? When I asked for an early scan when I was 7 weeks, I was expecting to be seen at 8 or 9 weeks. I was seen at 6+2 with ds2. I am so cross and upset and feel like the care I have had so far this time around has been shoddy at best where the GP is concerned. Dh has already said that we shouldn't get a private scan done as it is alot of money if somethnig is wrong (trust a man to think that way, I would see it as money well spent when it puts my mind at ease, but as I don't work and it is technically "his" money, I know there is no changing his mind). I also don't want to take up time at the EPU when I have no pain, bleeding or problems. Obviously I would prefer the time to go to a woman who really needs it, not some neurotic nutcase like me!

Oh, rant over, better get myself some lunch as am feeling queasy again.