December 2010 any one? Come keep me company

[OnlyWantsOne]

well... this is scary

its bright red, no cramping

got through to the MWs in the end, siad I can go to casualty now, as the EPAU is shut, or wait a while and see hat happens - give them a call in the morning, and they will send me for a scan.

I'd go to casualty now. You'll only worry otherwise. They can check your cervix, could do bloods etc and check for infection or anything that could be causing it. They may also be able to get you scanned today. Hope you're OK. Can anyone be with you?

No, Im staying at home - im quite calm, I dont want to go on my own to casualty, DP works in London and would take him 2 hours to get there.

I will wait, and call them in the morning.

Is it a lot? If you have any pain you should go in today, do you have anyone else that could go with you? Could dp meet you at casualty? Could well be there for hours waiting anyway.

If we were there hours I would be stuck with poor DD - no, its ok, I can wait this one out.

HI all

novice I know how you feel, I've been fancying cigarettes like crazy. I'm assuming you resisted though?
OWO how are you doing now? hope you're ok.

Ladies I need to whinge. I feel so sick and I'm sick of it. I'm also constantly exhausted. Think I won't be doing this again, I'm already fed up and wishing this over. TBH I'm regretting this slightly. I feel like I'm not able to give DS my best because I'm feeling so tired and being sick all the time. The meds the doctor gave me aren't working any more either
Sorry to be a moaning minnie.

OWO hope you are ok.

queenofdreams - don't worry, I think it is a perfectly normal stage when you're feeling so rough. I remember feeling the same with DD and I feel guilty as well about not giving my best to her at the moment. How many weeks are you? Is there any way you can get extra help with DS/time off work if you work (sorry can't remember). I booked this afternoon off work as I am getting so tired and sick and have left DD in nursery. Just came home and slept and feel a bit better. Remember this too will pass, and DS will be getting a lovely sibling at the end. How old is he?

OWO - thinking of you. It's so nerve-wracking - you sound very cool though. I hope you manage to get scanned at the EPU tomorrow morning and that everything is ok. Sometimes women just have small, red bleeds that don't seem to have an obvious cause, or it might be a small part of the placenta lifting away. A friend had bright red bleeding, on and off, for the first four months, and gave birth at full-term three weeks ago!

owo hope you are ok.

still dont feel as sick as i have been. trying hard not to stress but not getting very far.

my other symptoms are still there. tired and boobs are even more sore than normal.

dp has offered to pay for another scan if nhs wont give one without bleeding. goinmg to try and hold off for a while though.

OWO please stay cool. Casualty probably can't do much if they don't have scan facility available. Check with them first before going there and waiting for 3 hours (I waited last time 4 hours (!!) but then they told me to come back next morning to go to EPU). Don't panic. I know it is easier said than done but it can be bleading to other reasons such as cyst blast or god knows what! Thinking of you...

Bleeding seems to have slowed right down, DP seems in more of a flap than I am. Don't know why I am so calm, think im resigned to the feeling that this pregnancy isnt going to work out.

Will let you all know any way, hope you all have a good night - im going to try and convince DD to sleep in her own bed, and not mine!

OWO thinking of you, well done for sounding so calm.

QueenofDreams join the moaning minnie club!
I am a right miserable cow at the moment. This is the worst I have felt in pregnancy, even a blood clot in my lung when pregnant with DD was not as bad as this.
Hopefully things will get better in the next trimester, only 4 weeks to go for me.

OWO hope all ok

Glad some of the rest of you are windy too! I read today it's normal, even when not pg to pass wind 40 times a day!

QueenofDreams hope the worst of your symptoms pass soon.

I had a lovely PM with friend, her baby and 3 year old. Had an hour at soft play - in the ball park, through tunnels, down slides, up a cargo net - decided not to go on bouncy castle though! Even though I felt pretty quesy and tired on our way back to mine. My pal seems to have guessed I might be pg, but managed to avoid answering.

I'm feeling really emotional now after my scan earlier, I've had a feeling that things would go wrong and so it hasn't seemed all that real to me but seeing the baby there again and bigger has made it feel differently. I've been going through the motions lately but expecting it to end.

I was so worried yesterday that it's worn me out emotionally and I feel drained and exhausted. Had a busy day too and had to take the kids shoe shopping after school.

I'm just really praying now that things carry on, tmi coming up but every time I feel anything come out of me, so to speak, I'm thinking it's all starting to end again. After 6 miscarriages I'm not always so hopeful for myself.

Sorry to complain.

{{hugs}} Jodie, nice the scan was good, even if it unnerved you

JodieO, I really admire your courage and perseverence. Hang in there, you're an amazing lady.

OWO, sending you good vibes.

Can I join the moaning minnie's too. I feel so awful, yesterday I wanted to die. This morning the strain of having a shower made me retreat to my bed in a 19th century swoon. I feel so feeble and pathetic. Did have some good news today though: DH has been offered a new job with more money and better prospects. The only snag is that it's 200 miles away - although that does mean being further away from the in-laws .

jodie that's excellent news! Hope all continues well for you.
snoo congratulations to your DH on the job offer. Feel free to join the minnies. I keep crying today because I feel so crap. My mum is thinking of coming down from Scotland to help out. Secretly hoping she will, because I'm not coping with this at all.

JodieO keep thinking positively. Hope you are ok.

OWO hope you are feeling ok too, I admire your calmness.

I feel really guilty as I still have no sickness ore tiredness. Hope all those feeling sick start to feel better soon.

jodie i'm with you on not being able to relax, even after seeing hb on a scan. i think, for me it makes me much more aware of what i could lose.

owo how are now?

dueling am at the no ms. do you have your scan tomorrow?

i have just received a letter telling me i have a cons appt tomorrow giving me plenty of notice there! no way of getting day off work, and i dont have the car. if it was my local hosp i could get there fine, but for some reason i'm being seen in a hospital miles away! not too bothered about missing it tbh. cons is utter crap. he was not even interested in doing the most basic of blood tests when i 1st saw him for recurrent mc tests.

sorry about that, rant over!

OWO - hope everythings ok for you, well done you for staying so calm.

Jodie - moan away all you like. You must be incredibly strong to go through what you have done so a little bit of a cry & moments of 'weakness' is all fine.

QoD - hope you're mum can come down and give you a bit of a hand.

I'm lucky(?) that DP lost his job a few months ago so am being looked after all the time & can nap when needed. It's nice to be looked after but he's desperate to be back at work.

My mw appt went well. The mw that came wasn't supposed to be mine but she 'stole' me from the one she works with as there's a health cetre round the corner from mine that she does a clinic at. She's very nice and is treating us as first timers as it's sp's 1st which is great. There's a lot more to do now though than there was when I had the other 2. She had a studen mw round too to take my bloods as she needed to be signed off for that. It's great that it now feels real. I was sitting down so neither of them noticed the size of me. DP mentioned it and when I stood up they both shot forward askig if my dates were definitely right. My mw was feeling my belly & got the doppler out. Couldn't hear anything so dates are def right, but both were shocked at the size of me and the word 'twins' came up a few times!

Oh my gosh, what a lot of reading i had to do! I'm sorry but I can't possibly remember anything (and wasn't organised enough to take notes).

Hopeful- You are two days ahead of me. My appointment is on the 21st. And I am in the oak team as well... whatever that means. It probably means bog standard no risk. Although a friend of mine tells me I'm going to get all kinds of attention when they work out I am 40. I'm sure all the midwives will frown at me in a very disaproving way when I inform them under no uncertain terms that I want a caesarean... That will be fun. But, I am an obnoxious American so I will stand my ground and stomp 'til I get it. I've had two sections (an emergency followed by an elective) already so I hope that persuades them.

Oh, and sorry, OWO meant to offer my sympathy. You will be in my thoughts tonight., And even if I don't get a chance to type I will be checking tomorrow to see how you are.

And sorry to everyone else suffering / worrying as well.

I'm so tired I just left my manners at the door.

I too have been feeling like I just don't feel like I'm pregnant any more. But, I got on the train with a work collegue this afternoon to go to a lecture in London. And when we went up the stairs of the brigde to get to the other side of the tracks I was breathing heavily and i thought oh okay, I'm still pregnant. I'm sure he was thinking "wow you fat lazy arse can't you climb three steps?"

mumatron I had the scan today, all was well.

glad to hear it dueling persnickety i get really breathless aswell! whats that all about? i decided to take a walk to the docs on monday, rather than drive. by the time i got there i was in such a state i came out with an asthma pump it's only a reliver but i have had to use it twice since monday. haven't needed one for years.