July Babies - Follow on from Pukey Tums and Burpy Bums

[stac14]

Hey Ladies we have reached the big 1000 so I thought another thread needed to be started

[stac14]

hey ladies, bit of a crappy day. My wee niece lost her baby she was 8wks we're all gutted for her. I feel sort of guilty too.

Good to see you back gracie is the ms really bad?

Thats great bout the scan purple i have mine on wednesday. Where you nervous before hand?

Hows everyone else today? XxX

[TishTosh21]

Hi stac im really sorry to hear about your niece I hope shes coping alright.

Im really nervous about my scan tommorrow but im trying to think positive thoughts.

[WinterMadness]

Aw sorry to hear that stac. I know how you feel about the guilt. My best friend has been ttc for almost 3 years, had 3 ectopic/miscarriages and one failed cycle of IVF. Meanwhile I'm pregnant for the second time - both times dh and I were only trying for a matter of weeks before so fell. So imagine how guilty I felt/feel about that. She will hurt, and may be distant for a while but don't take it personally, it will be hard for her.

Very exciting bout your scan tish will be thinking if you. Don't be nervous just enjoy it. Same for you on Wednesday stac

Welcome back gracie. Hope your ms lifts soon. I'm counting myself very lucky to have never suffered with it.

Back to work tomorrow after almost a month off. That'll be a shock to the system won't it

[TishTosh21]

Have fun at work winter! I havent even got a job to go to as I havent found another job after my temp job ended before xmas. Ive been at home on my own for 1 whole day and Im really bored and cant wait for DP to get back but hes stuck in traffic on the M25

[WickedWitchSouthWest]

oh stac I'm sorry about your neice Ditto winter's advice.

winter ergh, work...best of luck! The school run near on finished me this morning but super noodles and a bag of crisps seemed to revive me...

gracie hope the ms lifts soon. Mine went at 12 weeks almost bang on.

tish positive thoughts coming your way

Well I managed to get a mw appt today. Couldn't make the appt before xmas as the calendar hadn't been updated (wtf?!) so went in today and the next appt is in nearly 3 weeks! How does that work?! So receptionist told me to phone the mw unit directly as they can fiddle the appts system so I went outside the surgery, phoned, got an appt for Thursday afternoon what a mad system? It's not ideal as I'll have dd with me and I will be having bloods done again and I'm a wimp but hopefully the mw will get the doppler out! Fingers crossed I don't get the vampire mw again lol.

[Gracie123]

wwsw how bad is your fear of bloods? Mw let's me have gas and air whilst mine are being done (had to get a drs note to prove it was a real phobia though ) and the receptionist plays with ds in the corner so he doesn't see me freaking out. It works pretty well if there is no sitter available.

stac I'm so sorry to hear about your niece. A friend of mine lost her baby at 10weeks, just as we found out we were pregnant. I felt horribly guilty, but she has been brilliant, even cleaned up when I spewed on my carpet! It's a horrible situation, but I'm sure your niece will be happy for you, and as gp said after my m/c 'at least we know you can get pg' which after 2 years of ttc was a little comforting.

Ms is still pretty terrible. Spent all day in bed today and still managed to vomit 12 times going to try and see gp again tomorrow to switch drugs. Nothing seems to work more than a week at a time!

[TishTosh21]

haha did i miss something wicked enlighten me as to who/what the vampire mw is!

[Charltonette]

Psh, shy?? moi?!? I think not!! Hi all, I'm Charltonette, and one of Gracie's pregnant friends who's also due in July! We had our first scan today and oh my goodness!! AMAZING! I can't believe we could see babies hands and feet and everything! So fantastic! Have had MS but nothing like Gracie! Poor girl! Hoping I'm over the worst of it though... am looking forward to the "glowing" stage (if it exists!!)

[Charltonette]

me again... I started writing my msg about 3 hours ago, then posted it just now without seeing what had been going on... feel so sorry for all of you who know of someone who has m/c... thoughts are with you all.

[stac14]

Welcome to the thread charltonette I am going for my scan on wednesday cant wait to see the baby waving about lol

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts, the problem for me is I was pg with ds when my sil m/c (sil is nieces mum) bit of a nightmare. I know she will be fine but feel so sorry for her. I have told her I am here but I totally understand if she doesnt want to see me. I have never had an mc but she was told her cervix is still closed but her womb is empty, and that its old blood coming away from her. Anyone any ideas?

Yay tish roll on the good news tomorrow, think happy thoughts. what times your app?

gracie my ms has went since 12 weeks too, although dont want to tempt fate incase it comes back lol, hows the meds helping?

Thanks again so much for your support. xxxx

[WickedWitchSouthWest]

gracie oh you poor thing, I remember you posting about it on the old thread. I'm not that bad, just a total wuss; have to lie down, not look and to chat inanely and constantly to keep my mind off what is going on Dd is rubbish with blood too and if my mum is feeling better I might see if she can have her for half an hour. Altho I think if she thinks no-one is looking she'll probably be playing with the phone

tish vampire mw!! my bp is low and she struggled to get anything out of me I think. The bruise and swelling I had afterwards looks like she has stabbed me a couple of times whilst jumping up and down on my arm! Atch, i took a photo of it, will add it to my profile. Should have taken a pic a few days afterwards too when it went technicolour. Ok, it won't let me upload the pic at the mo, will try again tomorrow

Welcome to the thread charltonette!

stac could it be a blighted ovum? Could they not see a sac at all? Your poor neice, it must be even worse knowing there's no baby but no idea what's going on

[Gracie123]

Stac - your neice should have been given options at the hospital for how to proceed with her mc. They can give you pills to speed up the process (nasty but all over in about 48hrs) you can have a 'scrape' (again not very nice) or you can just wait it out. The last option takes the longest but is obviously gentlest on you body and can be less emotionally distressing. We opted to wait it out.

Depending on how far the pregnancy had progressed it might take two weeks or so for her to come off painkillers/finish bleeding, but everyone is different. I hope she feels better soon.

[Gracie123]

charltonette glad you made it! Just so you know it's very bad form to discuss anything written on mumsnet in real life...

[Emster30]

Hi charltonette, welcome!

It was nice telling colleagues - I told six of them and they were all really happy for me and said it brightened the first day back. There were some shrieks! Only one said she had guessed from me not drinking in the run up to Christmas - none of the others had.

[stac14]

wwsw I dont know, they told her to go back on wednesday to see if her hsg levels have dropped. The sonographer just said there was nothing there so it looked like she had m/c.

gracie I dont think they have offered her anything except to go back on wednesday to get her bloods checked. They said the womb was empty.
Its good they have sorted a way to get your bloods done but suppose it doesnt make you any less nervous. Whens your app?

[TishTosh21]

I'm literally cacking myself about tomorrow stac my app is at 12 which I think is quite a good time not too much waiting around. What times your app on wed?

wicked that sounds extremely painful I will come on here tomorrow to report about scan and check out your pic! Fingers crossed next time you have blood taken they get it first time nothing like the agony of several failed attempts.

[stac14]

tish mine is 2.30 which means loads of waiting about, really isnt coming quick enough lol please try not to worry hun but I do know how you feel xx

[WinterMadness]

Welcome Charlonette

[WickedWitchSouthWest]

stac hope she gets more answers on Weds, limbo is not nice at all.

[WickedWitchSouthWest]

thanks tish my appt is in the afternoon so hopefully i will have managed to raise my bp by then

[berberis]

Hello everyone, marking my place on the new thread. I love the fact that we july-people have more threads than any other month!

stac sorry to hear about your niece's bad news.

spirael I was shocked by lack of maternity clothes in M&S, really small range. Then went to John Lewis, usually one of my favourite shops, and they said they did none at all. Unbelieveable. Have gone online and ordered basics like jeans etc from JoJo Maman Bebe and Bloomin Marvellous. I went onto Formes website but the site was all over the place. They need to sort it out. Friends who are already mums tell me Top Shop is very good for non-frumpy maternity clothes, so will try there.

My bump quite firm and showing now! It's so cold outside so have been virtually hibernating - eating and sleeping. So perhaps it's not all baby but biscuits and pasta. Feel like I could eat an entire fruit bowl now, have had too many carbs.

Good luck to everyone having scans this week xxx

[kkfairybrains]

welcome charltonette! stac ur poor niece and can understand how u must be feeling.so tough all round isn't it...
ww gonnna go round the shops looking at buggies and car seats 2moro and get a good idea of what im after and work it from there.
its about all i can do at the minute.been ractically house bound for the last week or so with this bloody weather.the ice is unbelievable so am under strict orders from mum and bf to not drive anywhere til weather gets better.cant even go for a walk as the pavements are lethal. and then nearly the whole town(bar us for now) has no water.thinkin we'r not gonna have it for 2 much longer either.
enough about me anyway! rant over!
tishbest of luck for 2moro!this time 2moro eve you'l be on cloud 9 after seeing ur little one wriggling around!x

[Gracie123]

Stac- didn't realise they hadn't actually confirmed mc yet. Could her dates be wrong? If hcg is still increasing the likelyhood is just that she is not as far along as she thought. Sac can look empty early on, it happened to me with ds.
Hoping that it's the case for her too. [fingers crossed]

[stac14]

hey gracie i had asked if she was less than she thought as her periods are irregular, but she is am bit of a state and i dont think she took much in. They said it looks like mc, but cervix still closed. Hopefully your right hun.

Thanks again everyone for your support and sorry for puting a dampner on your day

berberis just shows how much we like to gab on the july thread, its fab lol

[TishTosh21]

Thanks for everyones support only a few hours to go now! I can't wait to see it for the first time. We've even got a little cardboard frame to put a pic in supplied by pampers!