Rainbow babies- for all of us holding, pregnant with and trying for our rainbows. While remembering all our darling angels

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Hoping the thread brings us luck and that soon we will all be holding our rainbows xx

Thinking about you WTW I am sure it is just a precaution and as others have said she will start feeding brilliantly now your milk has come in. I know loss of birthweight happens in a lot of babies, but I also know that saying that won't help you at all! Hoping you all get back home soon. Lots of internet love.

Thanks guys, just waiting for blood tests results as they think she's jaundice so need to check her bilirubin levels and also rule out that an infection has caused the weight loss. I said to the HV twice I thought she was looking too yellow and she said she was fine, grr. She's lost 12ozs in 5 days poor thing. May have to stay in depending on the blood results but fingers crossed they're fine and we can go home and just have her weighed again on Wednesday. We've had a feed observed and they're happy my milk is now in and she's latching well.

Hope the results come back ok and quickly wtw, keeping fx xx

wtw thinking of you and H. I hope you get to come home tonight, and I hope she starts putting on lots of weight. Didnt cheeses Ella go back in to hospital for losing weight? I know one of the rainbows on here did.

poppet fx you ov this week. Im off the alcohol and the sweet things (diet and fertility related) but I do let myself have a treat every now and again, kit kats and buttons usually as they are of small syn value. (im on slimming world, have lost nearly 2 stone and am hoping to lose another two, if I dont fall pg) Im hoping that it will help me get pg and also help my fibroids as Im told they have been linked to being overweight.

Yes, another one here hoping v much that you get home tonight wtw.

fan nearly two stone!?! That's amazing! Wow.
Hard to stick to a healthy diet in our circumstances, isn't it? But I do find that, if I just tell myself some things are simply forbidden, I don't crave them as much.
Hope you're doing ok after your horrid AF.

Hope everyone else is ok this evening too x

poppet everytime I have lost weight I have fallen pg, I lost 10 pounds and fell pg with Fi. Then this year I lost over a stone and fell pg with bungle. So I do believe it helps. Everytime I want to snack or have something bad I just think I won't get pg.

Back home again - phew!! Bilirubin levels were a squeak under treatment levels and blood results all normal so they let us go but have to re-test bilirubin levels and have her weighed again tomorrow. Poor little lady she had her heel prick test this morning then 2 lots of blood tests this afternoon We were lucky to be let home as policy is to keep in if weight loss is over 12% and hers is 12.4% but when I explained why we didn't want to stay they relented. What a nightmare. I have to top her up with formula at the end of every other bf to try and get the weight back on her.

wtw what a nightmare, I hope it works and she puts on some weight for tomorrow, hugs to you, it must be very hard to go through.

wtw. Glad you re home.... Seems a bit odd to re-admit Phebs , too, lost 12% of her body weight and was jaundiced ... However , she was weighed twice weekly initially & sound picked up again.... Take care xxx
Fan I m now 1lb off 2 stone loss maintained tonight seem to be plateauing now so back to my SW books in the next 2 weeks.want 0.5 stones off in 6 weeks when going away... Cx
Hi to all off today thankfully as crap night last night as Phebs teething again so not much sleep!!!
Love to all xxxx

Hello all
wtw Samuel was admitted back to scbu at 5 days old after the midwife calculated that he had lost 13% of his birth weight (and he was bottle fed). When we got there scbu re-weighed and said it was 11%. We were allowed home, also after jaundice tests, with a schedule of how much he should be feeding.....that was no use at all, I knew how much.....it was getting him to take it that was the difficult part . Try not to worry, Holly will soon start gaining and you will wonder what all the fuss was about.....Samuel is a right porker now .
blizy I am so sorry that you are not being offered any help, it is just awful. It makes me so mad that they think they can just dish out the pills and thats that. You too elly.
This was a couple of days ago but I just wanted to say to first and little that I also lost Thomas to a genetic condition at 22 weeks. We took the chance and ttc without waiting to see what our chances of reaccurence were. I knew the highest was 1 in 4, 25% somehow sounded better, I kept telling myself that we still had a 75% chance that it would be ok though found it hard to hold onto that thought once I had got the bfp. We had to wait until 16 weeks into the pregnancy to be given the final all clear via scan at the john radcliffe but I still didnt relax (about the condition) until the 20 week scan. We did find out a bit earlier that we were not carriers and had a 5% chance of it happening again, to be honest I felf no better than if it were 25%..........the worst had already happened and Thomas was a 1/800,000 chance in the first place . I guess what I am trying to say is that I would have tried again regardless.
mecha Im glad you made it through your day. It is so hard when our babies are born so long before their due date when so many others seem to have moved on from what has happened. Special thoughts to you.
blue how horrid for you to find that the garderner at the grave had been so inconsiderate, I hope the flowers grow back and bloom for Sterre.

Hope everyone else is doing okay and that all of the other rainbows are coping with the heat......I have a rainbow that is anything but colourful at the moment

Thank you angel and razz - glad to hear Phebs and Samuel soon picked up. I was half expecting it as she was 37 wks, under 7lbs, breastfed and an elcs. I think the re-admittance tolerances probably vary depending on pct angel ours is 10-12% then continue monitoring with community midwives anything over 12% is hospital.

Amazing weight losses angel and fan I definitely want to start on slimming world soon

blue sounds like a bit of a shock , we have blue bells planted on Sproglet's grave and I'm not sure how I'd feel if they'd been mowed away. FX they grow back, at our cemetary a lot of the parents have put edging around the plots, everything from bamboo to stone or wire edging for garden beds, don't know if you'd be allowed or want to, but it does make them stand out.

wtw Glad to hear they let you go home, I'm sure H will be fine especially as your milk has only just come in. Hope the hospital are being supportive enough and that your HV gets a little more proactive.

Rather tired, grant finally came in - the neighbours are going to think we've robbed a bank over the next week or so the ammount of stuff due from amazon and ebay. All I need now are nursing bras, a sling (I'm waiting on bids on ebay) and a mattress for the cot - DH was too asleep to measure what size we need so will have to be done tomorrow. Really not sure what to do about nursing bras - mothercare is the only shop I could go and try them on in and they are both expensive and very limited in choice.

whatever glad you and Holly are back at home, and that the hospital is being empathetic in their monitoring of you both. Hope you now have porn star boobies so Holly can drink all day... perhaps somewhat inconvenient for you though!

angel and fan wow, you are slimming superstars! think I am putting on all the weight you are taking off... hmmm. Consoling myself that I have been doing lots of walking with my volunteering, so just have to keep that up.

Think I have early nesting syndrome - doing a massive clean and clear-out this week, and finding lots of little annoying projects in the house that I can't do. Poor DH. But not yet ready to face making space for the new baby, or buy anything. Also a bit sad that I am too scared to join the ante-natal thread for 40+ or December. But baby is kicking nicely, and finally seems to have discovered I have a left side, as it seemed to be permanently lodged on my right!

trickle enjoy using that grant money, it has taken long enough!! I had MC bras with Mia, but found I needed more support than they offered thanks to my enthusiastic hormones...

Thanks razz for sharing that. It's a worrying time for us as we have no reassurance yet. Actually things have just got a bit more complicated typically! We should have some results in 3 weeks or so, so fx. Thank you kleine.

wtw glad you're out of hospital with Holly. Hope her levels go down today.

trickle the NCT does bra measuring at home although I suppose it must vary on where you live. Might be worth looking up your local bra fitter.

fan and angel wow

Hi to all

Hi all, never a dull moment on this thread is there - wtw I am so glad you got home and SO hope your lovely little girl will be fine today. And trickle hurrah for the grant! About time, it sounded like. How are your mice doing?!

fan and angel again, really, just such an amazing weightloss... Very much agree fan that diet has an impact on fertility. I am not a huge believer in some 'alternative' solutions to fertility problems (I wouldn't be allowed to, really, with a doctor husband! Though acupuncture did help to regulate my cycles before we conceived E; he had to concede the point on that one!) but focusing on a healthy diet and lifestyle can really only be a good thing. And yes, the thought that 'if I eat this I'm harming my chances of getting pregnant' is a very, very useful one...
Without trying to be annoying (please don't hate me) I am currently having the opposite weight problem, in that it's been dropping off a bit too rapidly since having and losing E. I am back at my pre-pg weight, even though I gained a lot while pregnant. But am determined to try not to lose any more. Not really a problem I've had before...

blizy I have been thinking of you and wondering how you are doing after the hideous phone consultation on Friday xxx

miasmummy hugs for you. I was just trying to explain to a friend yesterday, how our grief is not 'just' about grieving for our little one - it affects abso-bloody-lutely everything. I don't think I'd be able to even look at antenatal threads if I managed to get pregnant again... I am so glad to hear though that your baby is helping you out by kicking up a storm. (I also know what you mean about him/her suddenly 'discovering' that you have a left side. I spent most of the third trimester with an extremely lopsided bump, apparently my right side was more comfy, too ). How many weeks are you now?

first so sorry things are looking more complicated than you thought. I have all my fingers crossed for the right results for you and your teeny-tiny LO. How are you coping with everything? I know you said you were very tired the other day. Living up to your name, presumably

razz hope Samuel will be feeling more like a bright shiny rainbow as the weather cools down!!

Oops this is quite long! Hi to everyone else too and hope you can all find something to smile and laugh about today.

PS miasmummy I forgot to say, there's something about the phrase 'porn star boobies' that has had me chuckling for a few minutes. Not sure why - but anyway, thank you for cheering up my day!!

Hello. first post today. Been reading the thread but confused with some of the shortened initials? Sorry if I sound thick lol. Anyway our beautiful son was born asleep on 4th July 2012 5 days before my planned section. Hello to all you lovely mums : )

Welcome babyh200 glad you have found us but also sad that you are in the same situation. I hope you find this thread as supportive as I have.

babyh what initials are you struggling with, post them and I will tell you what they mean.

Hello : ) I know facebook is fb but what is AF? and is PFB Positive pregnancy test? I feel really silly because Ive never really posted on forums before. Heads in a whirl at the moment.
Thanks x

Hello babyh

Af aunt flow so period

Pfb precious first born

Bfp big fat positive

There is an acronym list at the top left of the page which explains it all

Phone is playing up and won't let me go back a page,

wtw glad your home,

trickle glad the grant has arrived, have fun spending. We are waiting for dp to receive some tax back, he's self employed. The bank says it is pending so fx it hurrys up! Ds1 needs a double bed, he's hanging out of his.

angel ibfeel the pain, ds3 is also teething, I think we have about 6 left to come through now, 4 came through all at once.

mias I hid the feb antinatal thread last year after loosing Jacob, haven't seen the one for feb next year but can't imagen joining it.

Everything is fine here, need to phone the hospital though as they were supposed to phone me with sn appointment to see the consultant, I'm sick of chasing them for appointments. It keeps surprising me how far along people are, especially on the other conception thread, I Then remember that actually I'm 15 weeks on Thursday. I seem to be blanking it out!

I didnt even know that PFB meant that. Theres always one or two you have no clue what they are.

oh and DH mean Dear Husband, DC means dear child, DD daughter, DS son.

BFP Big fat positive, i think these are the only ones that appear on this thread oh apart from POAS, pee on a stick.

Thank you FAN and MOOMIN feeling at home already x