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Sixth Form Common Room part IV - ttc and pregnancy post mc

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mousebacon · 21/08/2011 20:43

Roll up, roll up...

This is the place to be if you are ttc post mc / pregnancy loss and need a little spot to call home.

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mousebacon · 27/10/2011 17:51

Very sick again this afternoon trying to have a 'don't care; it's for the baby' attitude but feel grim!

DH out tonight so planning on watching rubbish tv and an early night.

Officially the next scan is 12 weeks but I'm going to try and get a cheeky one at the local teen place in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for all the good wishes folks Smile

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mousebacon · 27/10/2011 17:55

*just to clarify, not a teen myself but they offer free, drop in scannage...Grin

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TomboyWife · 27/10/2011 19:27

Excellent news mouse! [hgrin] Sorry you're feeling so bad though. I've heard from some people that 8 weeks is the worst of it, so fx that you start to feel better soon.

mousebacon · 27/10/2011 19:44

Thanks love [hsmile]

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IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy · 28/10/2011 16:49

Excellent news mouse !! Grin Grin Grin

getawiggleon · 29/10/2011 14:03

Brilliant news mouse Grin Really hope the sickness subsides soon.

Well done Tina for forming The Plan! It always helps if you feel like you are exercising some sort of contol over the uncontrollable! I gave up charting for a month in March and made an appointment at an expensive fertility clinic and ended up with a bfp on the day of our initial consultation! 'Tis the law of Sod!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend so far. We're going on holiday next Sunday and then moving house two weeks after we return and I haven't packed a thing for either, I foresee last minute chaos on both accounts! I'm still in denial about the house move. We're moving out of London after 13 years here Sad.

GreenOlives · 30/10/2011 16:48

Just thought I'd drop by to say hello! It's quiet in here today
Hope everyone is having a lovely restful weekend. I've been celebrating my birthday, mostly by enjoying lots of lovely food and alcohol which is yummy but not so good for my waistline! Physically I feel pretty much recovered from the EP and surgery, I POAS a few days ago and only had the faintest of lines so I'm guessing that if I do another one it will be BFN now. Emotionally I'm doing ok too - I keep thinking that the sadness will hit me soon but maybe it won't? I was really really down after both my miscarriages but I suppose I'd had time to get excited about being pregnant before I lost them whereas with the EP I only knew for less than 24 hours so maybe I won't feel so sad because I never had the chance to feel happy IYSWIM? Not sure that makes any sense, sorry for rambling on, I only came on to say hello really! [hsmile]

Twittwooo · 30/10/2011 17:00

Hi Olive, happy birthday! It's great to hear you're feeling good and having a lovely day. What you're saying does make sense and I hope you manage to stay positive and think about a bright future. I celebrated my birthday during the week, but was feeling quite sick and was exhausted after two nights with visitors! I've also had a super busy week at work, so today I've done very little indeed. I'm a little annoyed with myself as I have a lot to do, but I'm feeling rubbish and can't find the energy for anything. Maybe I should just embrace it and put everything off until tomorrow. I was brave enough to move over the the freak out thread this morning - I'm 9 weeks now but it feels like forever until my next scan!

Waves to everyone else. x

GreenOlives · 30/10/2011 18:04

Twooo My motto has always been "why do today what you can put off until tomorrow" [hwink] Put your feet up with a nice cup of Brew I say [hsmile] Well done for taking the plunge and posting on the freak out thread too, although I hope there will be absolutely no reason for you to be doing any freaking out!

IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy · 30/10/2011 18:07

Happy birthday olives !! Enjoy the Wine Smile Smile

tina I meant to say, I like the Plan. It does make things more bearable when you feel like you're being proactive about it somehow. Fx all the positive thinking works for you x

wiggle lucky you, holidaying just as things are getting dark and gloomy here Envy. Hope you're going somewhere hot? (or at least, slightly warmer and less dark!). Eek re the move - always scary! Are you heading far out of London? I've never actually lived in L but worked there and had a whole social life based there for 3 years while commuting in from nearby town - I loved it and it was a really difficult decision to move away. I missed it terribly to start with, but we've been in the south west for 10 years now and I wouldn't go back.

twittwoo that first trimester really drags doesn't it? I know it seemed to take soooo long to get to 12 weeks. However you're so close now so focus on that, and I can assure you time does start to go quicker as you get further along!

ladymb how are you doing? Smile

digi iirc you've been discharged to standard antenatal now, are you feeling ok about that? Hope you get a lovely mw who gives you lots of support to keep you sane over the coming weeks.

I'm 36 weeks now (eek!), have been on mat leave for the last week but as it's been half term it's been pretty hectic with the dcs at home, so I don't think it'll really sink in until they go back to school tomorrow. I'm at the mw on Tuesday and scan on Weds to check position of placenta (was low-lying at 20 weeks but mw thinks it's moved up a bit) and baby (mw thought was lying transverse breech at last appt Confused ). MW said I'm likely to be offered ecv to turn baby if he or she is still the wrong way round but I'm not feeling particularly enthusiastic about that so am hoping it's turned. Anyone got any experience of ecv and want to reassure me/scare me off altogether?! Smile

edwardcullensotherwerewolf · 30/10/2011 23:59

Hi everyone! It has been quiet here this weekend!

Happy birthday Olives glad you're feeling better and have had a good birthday Smile

mouse sorry to hear you've not been feeling well again, hope you feel a bit better for school next week!

Izzy fx for the scan, hope all goes well Smile

Velvetcu · 31/10/2011 10:23

Have dropped off the thread so helloooo all. I'll read back and catch up properly when Eva allows me to move as she is asleep on my chest Grin

Moominsummermadness · 31/10/2011 19:22

Hello,

Can I join you please? I was on the freakout room thread before, but had a mmc followed by an ERPC 3 weeks ago tomorrow. It's early days, but I'm keen to get pregnant again asap. Not exactly trying yet, but not exactly preventing either!! The thought of getting diffed again is a bit scary, but it's what we both want, and the sooner the better.

GreenOlives · 31/10/2011 20:07

Hi Moomin, nice to meet you and so sorry to hear about your loss. I'm new here too (had an EP 10 days ago and 2 miscarriages prior to that since starting to TTC DC2) so we can settle in together! Fingers crossed we will be diffed again asap!
Waves to everyone.

Moominsummermadness · 31/10/2011 20:21

Thanks GreenOlives, nice to meet you too. Sorry to hear about your losses. Before my mmc (was 13 weeks but baby had died at 7), I also had a very early mc in April. Really hope that we will be diffed again very soon with much more positive outcomes!

ceropegia · 31/10/2011 22:26

Hi all, and welcome moomin.... So sorry for the awful time you've had...hope things start to get better for you.

just wanted to check in and say that this cycle ttc is so much less stressful without the ovulation kits and a generally more relaxed attitude. I've let go of this feeling that we have to dtd every day, and it's made the whole thing happier and more manageable, mainly because I'm not having to deal with the added horror of being rejected (however sweetly) by my exhausted dh!

Whether it will work out is anybody's guess, but all I know is that the intimacy doesn't feel forced any more....and that is a huge relief.

Big waves to everyone from me

TomboyWife · 31/10/2011 22:52

Welcome Moomin! So sorry to hear of your loss; we've all been through it on this thread and the ladies on here are very supportive.

cero we also went through a phase of our sex life being, shall we say, sub-optimal because we were trying to DTD on a schedule. It seems to be a very common TTC problem.

Still no AF here and CD 50 is approaching. I wonder if I'm going to skip a period altogether and bleed on or about CD 56 (which is more or less what happened on my 8-week marathon WTF cycle). I had a few really long anovulatory cycles before I got pg, but nothing as ridiculous as this. Come on body, sort it out! Angry

Youremindmeofthebabe · 01/11/2011 16:25

Moxibustion perhaps instead izz? I must say I don't fancy the idea of |ECV, and it's success is limited anyway, I think.

Welcome moomin. So sorry for your loss.

mouse Eeeeep! Hurrah!!

IzzyWizzyletsgetbusy · 01/11/2011 19:24

Just popping in to pass on an update from mummyabroad who many of you will know - I've been on this journey with her since almost the beginning and she's been a tower of support for everyone despite having a really hard time herself, so it's a real treat to be able to let you know that she had her baby, Max, by c-section this morning. He weighed 3.3kilos, and is doing well. mummya had placenta acreta (when it's stuck) so needed an extra op after the cs but is apparently recovering well. Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin

mousebacon · 01/11/2011 19:34

Wow, what great news for mummya. Thanks for letting us know iz. Pass on my love and best wishes Smile x

ps) told scary boss today was surprisingly ok. Phew!

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Velvetcu · 01/11/2011 20:06

Well done mouse for telling boss, I'm pleased it wasn't as bad as you thought it would be

Blackkat · 01/11/2011 20:25

mouse glad to hear evil boss wasn't as bad as expected.. long may it continue! Smile

edwardcullensotherwoman · 01/11/2011 23:51

Welcome to the thread moomin , sorry to heaar of your losses. Hope this is a lucky thread for you Smile

Great news about mummyA ! Grin and yay for mouse 's not-so-bad scary boss!

Youremindmeofthebabe · 02/11/2011 09:56

HUrrah for mummya Well done xx

KnitterNotTwitter · 02/11/2011 12:01

fab news for mummya

and welld done mouse

Welcome moomin

hugs to the rest of you (and a small kick from my bean for you all too :) )