Freak out room for those newly updiffed after mc - Part VI

[CollieandPup]

Just found out you are pregnant after a previous miscarriage and too nervous to move over the to pregnancy boards? Freaking out about spotting, cramping, symptoms (or lack there of) and nervously awaiting your first scan? Here is a lovely place for lot's of support, hand holding and problem sharing.

Courtesy of owlbooty here are the Ten Commandments of the Freak Out Room.

1. Thou shalt check thy knickers to the point of insanity until the baby actually arrives.
2. Thou shalt also check the loo roll post-wipeage (sorry, gross, I know)
3. Thou shalt bore thy physician and midwife to tears with the mentalling.
4. And thy husband/boyfriend/family/neighbour's cat.
5. Thou shalt obsess over the absence of symptoms.
6. And the presence of symptoms.
7. And the fluctuation of symptoms.
8. Thou shalt pee on a vast number of sticks and keep ClearBlue and First Response in business.
9. The day before any scan extreme mentalling is permitted without recourse to the Haddock.

10. Self-diagnosis with Dr Google is Forbidden.

The Haddock will be applied liberally to all transgressors.

See here for the old thread.

Awh hun I'm not surprised you can't concentrate. Just think though by the end of day tomorrow you will have seen something wonderful and your mind will have been put at rest (a tiny bit...of course the freaking out will also continue). Hopefully the meetings will at least take your mind off it for a little while....

I too am all bout the muller-rice at the mo...and crisps. However I have found a delicious snack (doesn't give you any energy however so don't get too excited) in place of crisps....its salty and sweet popcorn mixed together in a bag. OMG delicious. You can get it in Itsu. Very low cal. Got nothing really bad in it (well there is salt but then so has crisps) and they are better for you than crisps.

Had a few medium level pains this pm so have a hot water bottle on my back...making me even more sleepy....

Ha just seen your other post. I was actually in a daze...I think its called sleeping with your eyes open...

Dachs relieved to hear that your temperature is normal and that the pups are sitting tight. Have everything crossed for you and DachsDH and pups Hope you have a more restful day and evening xx

Izz so pleased to hear that the NT scan went well xx

Hello to piglet, RUE and updiffed good to see some of you braving the list.

Wishing good luck to all the scanners tomorrow Collie, Lara, Minnie, Harassed, Banana

News from here, started to bleed yesterday aft, wasn't too worried as I'd had a little bit before, but it was still coming last night and this morning so went to EPU, with my overnight bag packed expecting the worse.

Sonographer was amazing, found HB straight away 160bpm and showed us everything face, brain, elbows, hands, fingers etc etc. Apparently bean has long legs and long feet! DD confirmed and either I've gained a day or lost one in the lists.
My bleed was the placenta impanting itself apparently and getting comfy, and, I'm told, is very normal. She also had a quick squiz at my ovaries and suggested that they weren't in fact polycystic at all...hmmmm . Also got 4 cheeky scan pictures, so am feeling so relieved and reassured, and all this from the NHS EPU, I may have to eat my words.

minnie hope this offers some reassurance x

Didn't want to post earlier ladies bcs I didn't want to bring any more sad news to the thread until I knew either way for sure.

OMG Blacckat - another scan... that's awesome... Sorry you had a period of panic but hope it's been replaced now by an overwhelming sense of calm. So excited that you saw bean and that is awesome that you now have some pics to look at to keep you going until the scan (which if I recall is a little late, right?)

Bump - I am addicted to crisps - craving salt and vinegar hula hoops. The sweet and salty popcorn sounds fab. Will have to invest in a bag (Itsu is a lovely five min walk away!)

Katherine - thanks for the banana encouragement but it is utterly unappealing right now. (In fact, have brought one to work each day for the past week and then taken it home after it's turned a nice shade of dark brown whereupon it's ended up on a plate ready to be turned into banana bread)

Just updating my dates

Updated Tuesday's List (17th May 2011)

Tiggersreturn (TTT) 21+0 EDD 26/09/11
mamapower 20+6 EDD 28/9/11
Emoo 19+4 EDD 7/10/11 next scan 19/5/11
Lovemysleep 19+0 EDD 11/10/11
Tunnocksteacake 17+2 EDD 24/10/11
Onions 17+2 EDD 24/10/11 Next Scan 07/06/11
IreneHeron 17+0 EDD 23/10/11 next scan 3/6/11
CEP 15+3 EDD 5/11/11 - 20 wk scan 22/6/11
Hils74 14+6 EDD 8/11/11
Katherine2008 14+5 EDD 10/11/11 next scan 23/6/11
Haffertee 14+3 EDD 14/11/11
Ninunina: 14+0 EDD 15/11/11
delilahbelle 13+5 EDD 22/11/11
Mattsmama 13+5 EDD 17/11/11
Collie 13+2 EDD 20/11/11 next scan 18/05/11
wombatinwaiting: 12+5 EDD 24/11/11
Banana87: 12+5 EDD 24/11/11 NT scan 19/5/11
IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy 12+1 EDD 26/11/11
LaraMi 11+4 EDD 2/12/11 Next scan - 18/05/11
Blackkat 11+1 EDD 5/12/11
Jigglebum 10+5 EDD 8/12/11
Updiffed 6+3
Hairylights 5+1
Pigletmania 4+2

On the grads thread too:
Nickster 28+3 EDD 7/8/11
Orange 24+3 EDD 4/9/11
Wombat33 23+3 EDD 10/09/11 next scan 25/5/11
Daisybell 22+5 EDD 14/09/11
Pinkfondantfancy 21+2 EDD 25/09/11
DoubleDiffedDachs 19+6 EDD 5/10/11 next scan 18/5/11
Velvetcu 17+0 EDD 25/10/11 next scan 22/06/11
MummyAbroad 15+4 EDD 4/11/11

Thinking of.... ladybee; digi; A&R; barbie; harassed; MumTum; Knitter, Kat2504

Blackat that is AMAZING news So so sorry you had to go through all of that scare though - how awful for you and DH but thrilled for you that the scan was all good and you got to see some lovely piccys!!!!!

Lara I think it must be that crisps are tasty whereas lets face it..most fruit doesn't taste of much. I keep getting metalic taste in my mouth around the time I go home from work and so when I get home I just want to stuff crisps into my mouth to get rid of the taste.

Really pleased to hear its so far so good Dachs x

Blackkat you should have told us! Soooo very glad all is well for you, and great that you got some pics.

To the sleepy ones.......have a big glass of cold water!

Lara stop Googling and stay away from MC board!! Although there are many lovely ladies over there, I can't go on there any more. Incidentally, that's what we do with our brown bananas too...... in a bag in the freezer though. 2 mins in the microwave and they're squidgy for mushing and putting in cake.

I've already had one bag of Pickled Onion Monster Munch and really want another..... no wonder I'm bursting out of my clothes!!! I have eaten masses of fruit though, I'm addicted to melon at the moment. My cravings are very fickle though, the fridge is full of hummous that I "had" to have and now don't want.

Missed your last post Dachs - very glad things are uneventful and hoping they stay that way. I'm sure your waters can regenerate. Not the right word but can't think of the right one! PIL were incredibly thoughtless, so sorry.

Monster Munch rock - not had them for years though.... I am also very fickle - tastes change by the day.

Incidentally I am looking for a good banana cake recipe so if you happen to have one, messaging it this way would be appreciated! (Appreciate it's wholly unrelated to the theme of the thread).

Harassed you have to stop talking about pickled onion monster munch! After you said it the other day I had to go and buy some on the way home - DH thinks I am 5 years old as I also wanted a carton of ribena to go with it!

How far along are you now? xx

This is our banana cake recipe. Sprinkle some sugar on the top before baking too...... yummy!!

Dh bought me a big bag of just pickled onion at the weekend, they're too die for. Also Appletiser. Haven't had it for years, but soo delicious. I have a strange yearning for milk, which is odd because I hate milk unless in tea or on cereal. Haven't actually drunk any yet, but might try it later.

Bump I'll be 8 weeks tomorrow.

YUM! I don't particularly like bananas but I want to make the cake. It sounds delicious!

8 weeks! That's so exciting!!! Sorry for the bad memory but have you had a scan yet? Is your first one 12 weeks?

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Yumm monster munch! I had a grab a bag size of flamin hot ones on Sunday!! Delicious!! But you have to eat the toes first!!!! Anyone else think they are smaller than they used to be, or is it just that I'm bigger????

Speaking of food, you all got me craving potatoe waffles after talking about the so much the other week. So I've bought some, but don't know what to have with them. Suggestions on a postcrd pls????

Collie It's a well known fact that potatoe waffles should only be eaten with baked beans and a fried egg...... my mouth is now watering and I threw the waffles out before my bfp as dd wasn't eating them ! Monster munch are def smaller, like everything. Except my tummy .

Bump no that's fine! I had a scan at 6+1 as my symptoms subsided, and my mc in March was at 5+1 so panicked. Epu had me straight in thanks to fab ward sister, and pantsbaby was spot on with a hb. Was nice to cry there for a good reason!!!

I'm going in again tomorrow at spot on 8 weeks for another scan as I'm refusing to be booked in without one. I had a mmc in Jan, discovered at 10+1 that baby had died at 7 wks. The worst thing I found was that I'd had my booking in, done my bloods, had scan app set up and dh and I were making plans. I don't want that to happen again!!! How far along are you now??

dachs have been thinking of you lots- good that temp and pups are stable xxx

Oh yes I remember now and I remember when you saw the HB! That's so lovely I def think you are right to go back at 8 weeks. Us post MC ladies need a bit of TLC and I can totally understand why you feel nervous about booking in etc without seeing it again. I am sure though you have nothing to worry about and so you will have aother fab scan tomorrow!

I am 6 + 1 today. Unfortunately I had a massive freak out at 5+3 with all the pain I have been having so was scanned then. No heartbeat and pretty much just an empty sac. They said that is totally normal and the size was right on track for my dates but still...would have felt loads better to have seen a hearbeat. Going back at 8 weeks and am very scared all I will see is another empty sac...

Potato waffles...never would have entered my head to eat them until now and now I want them. Def with baked beans. I also quite fancy those potatoes shaped liked the alphabet. I haven't eaten them since I was about 6...do they still make them? Ooh and alphabet spagetti...essentially I want to eat anything that someone mentions!

I was warned that we might not see a hb at 6+1, and it was very comforting to see it there although I know it's going to make it worse tomorrow if it's all gone wrong. I've had loads of pains, I'm sure you'll be just fine!!

Yup, they still make alphabites, and alphabet spagetti - one of the joys of having dd, we get to all yummy junk food sometimes .

Alphabites - YUM! Not had them since I was about 5.

I too bought a box of potato waffles a few weeks ago upon someone's recommendation... However, not been able to stomach them.

Fancying chilli con carne tonight. I think my food repulsions are fading (which is enough to send me into a minor freak-out).

Delighted with the banana cake recipe. Will have to try it tomorrow (am working from home - perfect opp to bake hahaha!)

OOH - forgot to say, for the past two weeks that M&S ad has been driving me insane with its deliciousness (the ravioli one, not the bra one). So much so that DH bought me a pack on Sunday. Have decided I will eat it tomorrow for lunch - it will be my celebratory lunch if the scan goes well and my commiseratory lunch if the scan is awful.

Is that the spinach & ricotta one with tomato sauce??? God I'd kill for that!!!

Dh is an amateur boxer and always on a stupid healty diet, and I'm fed up with it. Dinner last night was steak, brocolli, sweet corn and pasta. Dd and I only a tomato sauce on our pasta when I moaned........ Tonight will be similar. I want pizza and lasagne and curry..... Ooooh curry!!! I've just posted about this on the Whats for dinner thread on Chat.

Not that I'm food obsessed at the moment.....

Yes - it's the spinach and ricotta one... Looks to die for....

Your dinner last night sounds lovely though... I am addicted to pizza at the mo...

oh yeah. mouth full of saliva watching that advert!! YUM. M&S and aphabites here I come!!

You lot are making me starving.

What I want is Alphabites and mini Kievs.

What I will get is Asparagus, trout, hollandaise and a poached egg. I can't decide if this is a Good Thing or not..

Glad you've made it through the afternoon, Bump. Am going home to DH's bunging in the oven cooking. Bless. Whereas I have dinner on the go the minute I step through the door, I can guarantee dinner won't get anywhere near started until he's watched the Simpsons (yes, the bloody Simpsons). I however, want to eat as quickly as possible, shower and get into bed to make the time pass fast until tomorrow. I can already envisage that in the event that even so much as frown at the fact he's slumped on the sofa until 8pm, I will get accused of being ingrateful, we will argue, he will then say he's not coming to the scan tomorrow, we will argue more, I won't sleep well and then tomorrow will be a disaster. Think I'd better keep my mouth shut, huh?!

It was lovely and I sound ungrateful....... but I'm sick to death of it! We have it prob 3 or 4 times a week, more if he can get away with it. I wouldn't mind but I don't exactly cook unhealthy food anyway, except on the odd occasion.