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The 6th form post mc ttc and pregnancy common room Part 2

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brokenbarrenbrook · 18/03/2011 14:52

Getting us started on a new thread; this one is gonna be a lucky one!

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Velvetcu · 16/05/2011 19:59

Izz I'm so pleased your scan went well :)

getawiggleon · 16/05/2011 20:00

I haven't been able to do much this afternoon since reading Dach's news. I've just been staring into space, ocassionally refreshing the broswer and praying for Dachs, Mr Dachs and the pups. I can't even begin to imagine how they must be feeling, terrified to move a muscle and willing the babies to hang on in there.

Knitter I've been thinking of you too and wondering how you were feeling. I'm sorry you were alone yesterday. We're always here on days like that if you need us, don't forget.

Mouse Digi Jolls I'm sorry you have the two year mark approaching. It's horrible feeling another 'milestone' looming like a dark cloud in the distance. The whole ttc game just feels relentless at times. I honestly thought that if I didn't get a bfp this cycle then I would have to take a month or so off. I'd had enough of 'doing the right thing', not drinking, guzzling all manner of vitamins each day, trying to work out the 'best timing' etc etc. There was absolutely no fun in it. And the 2ww was unbearable. I was really grumpy and annoyed with myself that ttc seemed to be taking up my every thought. I really hope it's not much longer for all of you.

Mouse things are sounding positive with the opks. I'm not sure whether to will on af or not for you? Will you ttc this month?. I seem to remember you were going to wait for one cycle.

Jolls I braved the list. I'm really sorry you didn't stay there with me though and I feel quite sensitive to the fact that we got our bfps around the same time and you are no longer with me. I had a cp in March and one of the few positives I drew from it was that hopefully it gave my fertility a little boost for the following months. In a weird way it was also quite reassuring to know that part of the process was working. I have everything crossed that you will be back on the list again soon.

Izzy Congrats on the scan, lovely. So happy for you. And well done on reaching 12 weeks. I'm glad you've told the dc and things are starting to feel more real x

I've been having mild nausea in the evenings and I'm eating like a horse. Some days I have eaten two lunches and two dinners The clinic are taking my bloods every other day which, tbh, is quite stressful and I crashed the car on the way back this morning - straight into the back of another, who then shunted the car in front of him too. Thankfully there wasn't a mark on any of them. My HCG is doubling nicely and progesterone is still quite high despite a dip yesterday which caused 24 hours of panic. It's just one day at a time at present until I can get a scan (probs at least another week away)

Waves to all those I haven't name-checked

Freezingmyarseoff · 16/05/2011 20:01

Izzy I'm glad your scan went well. Nice to hear some good news too. I think telling your DCs is a good idea.

YouremindmeoftheBFP · 16/05/2011 20:32

Firstly, I'm sending love to dachs too. I hope and pray that everything can work out for them.

izz lovely news on the scan. And excellent to tell the other kids, were they chuffed?

wiggle I too am starving, also freezing, and nauseous. I am craving savoury food, mainly. It does sound stressful having the regular bloods, and I can imagine a dip can make you panic. Good news the cars weren't damaged!

mouse woop for the positive opk! And more than one day too, I hope you're busy!

mousebaconmakestinysandwiches · 16/05/2011 21:01

Hi ladies, thanks for asking about me. We decided not to ttc this month or next in order to give my body a rest. My last period was July last year - I've been pg or bleeding since then Sad BUT I have a big birthday coming up in the summer and have some lovely things planned (mostly involving champagne and hot tubs!) so will ttc again after that.

Collie my boss has indeed been a nightmare and I have a meeting with the union bloke tomorrow. Scary boss doesn't know I'm meeting him and at the moment I'm just looking for an objective POV with regards to keeping/giving up my management responsibilities.

At the moment I think it'd be easier to just walk away from it and concentrate on being a good classroom teacher while we move along the ttc road (who knows what the next 12/18 months have in store for us) but there's a part of me that is just so damned angry that she can treat me this way after all I've been though. Angry

izzy I'm pleased to hear your scan went well - it is nice to see good news

knitter hello again. Well done on passing another milestone. I agree with collie you have been so brave and dignified. I hope the referral gets sorted soon.

waves to jolls freezing wiggle yrmotb battery blackkat bbb velvet mummya digi and anyone I've missed

Lots of love to dachs and mrdachs if you're lurking. We're all rooting for you xx

KnitterNotTwitter · 16/05/2011 21:04

wiggle... I know what you mean about taking a break... although DH and I are sort of starting to try again now I'mtaken the WTF cycle as a break from it all. I've been TTC for 19 months now (and have been pg for 8 of those :-( ) Before that I was breastfeeding and before that pregnant so it seems like ages since I could do what ever I want... eat a whole block of brie, drink too much wine etc etc... I actually managed to get hideously drunk the other night - proper vomiting-then-sleeping-on-the-bathroom-floor drunk... haven't done that since I was a student a LOOOOONG time ago... OBV. while drunk I had a little bean-related cry but the rallied when someone tried to convince me it was my round (again!)

In my session with the councellor last Tuesday she was initially worried that I seem to be so fine after everything that has happened. After talking about it for a bit we concluded that it's because I regained control... The ectopic and the MC happened to me and I had no control over them. The termination was my/our decision... Does that seem weird?

KnitterNotTwitter · 16/05/2011 21:09

I'm taking

sorry!

Freezingmyarseoff · 16/05/2011 21:11

Wiggle, YRMOTB I'm also v hungry but now have some nausea too which has surprised me as never really had that before.

Shock about the car as well wiggle glad you are okay but not something you need

Hope everyone else is doing okay

IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy · 16/05/2011 22:34

yrmotb wiggle and freezing good to hear of some symptoms; hungry and nauseous sounds reassuringly uncomfortable. wiggle hope the car's ok and you weren't too shaken up.

knitter the control thing makes sense to me, one of the things that I couldn't get my head around with my mmc was how powerless I was in the whole thing. Good for you for letting rip the other night - sometimes you just need to blow the cobwebs away completely (although my distant memories of sleeping on the bathroom floor as a student are that it wasn't very comfy!)

The DCs were ridiculously excited, albeit punctuated with "I hope this baby doesn't die mummy" Shock Sad. They were lovely though and their little faces were a picture. I think my main reservations were that I know they will tell everyone they see (last time they were stopping random strangers in the shop/church etc) so it really does mean going completely public. DS has asked me straight out at least twice if I'm pg though (I've lied so far) and they've also noticed that I've been really tired and feeling rough, so it was the right time to tell them. Just scary.

I'll be thinking of dachs tonight - keeping everything crossed things look differently for her in the morning x

nickstermum · 17/05/2011 06:40

A huge congrats to izzy for reaching 12 weeks x I mikesstone down honey x

randomimposter · 17/05/2011 06:49

brilliant news IzWhiz, hope you can start to relax and enjoy xx

KnitterNotTwitter · 17/05/2011 13:17

Izzy Glad your DC were excited... makes it all more real when the news is 'out there' doesn't it...

On Saturday I told one of my NCT friends about the termination. She had a CVS with her last pregnancy but all was ok and her littlun is now 6 months old... I thought she'd understand about our decision and she did so I'm actually really pleased I told her.

Nothing else exciting today - mostly just keeping my fingers crossed for Dachs...

Blackkat · 17/05/2011 15:10

Mouse saw your post about the + OPK's, sorry not to respond sooner. Sounds like you and DH have made a good decision to give yourselves a break until the champagne and hot tub celebrations are done. I keep dropping hints about the Feversham Spa in Helmsley, but DH always looks scared so perhaps I should stop Smile
Angry on your behalf that your having to worry about the Union and management points etc when your boss should be making your return to work as easy as she can for you, given that's her job..

Izz so pleased that the scan went well and that the DC were made up, I can imagine it makes it all seem more real?! Which must be lovely if not a bit scary!

Sorry to hear about the 2 year dates coming up for some of you, I hit three years last July, without the whiff of anything so do share with you the the frustration of feeling like life is on hold. ((hugs))

Just wanted to check that the recently updiffed of you have made booking appts? Sorry to sounds all school m'armish, but I didn't sort mine till 9 weeks + due to The Fear and now look unlikely to be able to get my NT scan on the NHS bcs apparently they are so busy - causing me a bit of stress and would like to spare anyone else that wee bit of stress if possible. Smile

brokenbarrenbrook · 17/05/2011 16:03

Hola, apologies for lack of posting, have been knackered, feeling like shite or a combination of both so haven't had the energy by the time I get home from work and haven't had time during the day. I have lurked on my phone in the mornings on the train (in between nodding off of course!)

izzy lovely news on scan, lovely that you've told DC too x

Mouse well done on the decision to hold off ttc and to fill that time with fun, drinking and hot tubs! Sounds fabulous!

freezing, wiggle and YRMOTBfp Lovely to hear you've all been suffering too, I think battery has aswell (I know she has been bragging about her knockers!!! Grin) I'm constantly bloody hungry and can only eat plain savoury stodgy stuff or salad / fruit, anything else makes me want to vom. I'm paranoid I'm going to become as big as a house as I haven't even been able to exercise much.

jolls loves you chuck x

knitter totally get what you mean about the regaining control thing. It makes perfect sense and isn't at all weird. It's great that the counselling is helping and that you are starting to get back on your feet again. I'm laughing alot at you getting so smashed you puked and slept on the bathroom floor! The last time I did that was about 3 years ago when I went out with an old school mate, I was staying at my Mum's, I got home, threw up and the toilet seat smashed down on the bridge of my nose leaving me with a big cut and massive bruise the following morning. I had no idea how I'd done it, until DH explained to me very disapprovingly the following morning Grin

Scan day again tomorrow morning, yikes, so the fear will set in again just before I suspect.

Massive smackers to the rest of you lovely ladies, off for a snooze before the food shopping arrives

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brokenbarrenbrook · 17/05/2011 16:06

Oh and blackkat thanks for the advice, I finally got around to making my booking in appointment yesterday and am going tomorrow evening. Going on my dates I should be 8+3 (all being well) however if I go on the sizings they gave me on the last scan then I'm more like 9+6! I hope they can fit me in otherwise I'll be paying, I want to know if we have a decision to make. What will you do about yours? Will you go private? x

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mousebacon · 17/05/2011 19:47

Hellooo Smile

I see you had some worry yourself yesterday, blackkat. I'm so pleased your scan was reassuring. Can't believe you're 11wks already!

Union man was good. He thinks the boss has behaved outrageously and called it victimisation. He's given me some good advice on arranging a sabbatical from my management responsibilities which is what I'm leaning towards.

My temp went up today so it does look like I actually laid an egg! Woop!

Good luck to those with scans and booking in appointments.

Here's hoping for some good news all round soon xx

Velvetcu · 17/05/2011 20:39

I'm delighted that your union rep is outraged mouse and that you have ov'd :) Let's hope things start getting better for you now.

batteryhen · 17/05/2011 20:59

mouse hooray for egg laying - clever girl !!
blackkat I see you had a bit of a worry too, but so good that you had a lovely scan :)
knitter I am glad you are able to tell people, and they understand. the more support the better I think xx
jolls hello lovely lady :)
izzy Brilliant news on the NT scan, I know you don't feel reassured until after your 16 weeks but it is another milestone so well done :)xx
wiggle don't think I said congrats -but I am really pleased for you :) lovely lovely news.
babe glad the symptoms are nice and strong, I do find it reassuring
bbb - scan tomorrow?? Time please???

Yes I have big boobies. They seem to have expanded overnight and show no sign of slowing down. I had no sickness what so ever yesterday and was concerned, but today the sickness has knocked me off my feet. I am also knackered, so much that I nearly put my head on my desk today and had a little snooze.

I have made my booking appointment today too. I will be 8 +4 by then so I hope that will be in plenty of time. I have a scan at 9 weeks and wanted to wait until after that but like blackkat said I don't want to leave it too late.

Big wave to everyone else, am off to bed soon (old lady emoticon) Will be lurking for scan news tomorrow

mousebacon · 17/05/2011 20:59

Thanks velvet. I appreciate that Smile

tiggersreturn · 17/05/2011 21:15

Mouse glad to hear that you're getting good support and that everything looks like its functioning again. Enjoy the hot tub and champagne!

Blackkat · 18/05/2011 06:10

Glad to hear that booking appts are sorted Smile. Good luck to BBB for today's scan, will be lurking for news. Feeling calmer here, thanks for your good wishes. Hope work is ok today mouse waves to everyone else, wiggle nice to see you in freak out room. Sorry for lack of paras on phone, no idea how! Blush

KnitterNotTwitter · 18/05/2011 11:07

morning ladies

Just to say hello and check how everyone is...

Can't believe Dachs news - really not looking good - so sad...

KnitterNotTwitter · 18/05/2011 11:20

Actually I take that back - apparently it was a false alarm and it looks like they're going to stitch her cervix.... feeling rather optimistic about her situation now...

IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy · 18/05/2011 15:15

mouse I'm glad your union rep was supportive and it sounds like you are getting some good advice. Yay for the egg-laying and cycle returning to normal - enjoy the champagne, you've earned it!

bbb and others well done on sorting out booking in, fx for some more good scans coming up.

yrmotb have you been to gp yet? Did you manage to get an early scan?

knitter I know, it's been such a rollercoaster for dachs today, I am just hoping and praying things work out for her and the pups.

brokenbarrenbrook · 18/05/2011 15:36

Just a v quick update, scan went well, saw bean wiggling about measuring 9 weeks with strong heartbeat. Breathing another sigh of relief. Have now been 'graduated' from St Mary's back to local hospital. Scary!

Love to all xxx

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