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Choccywoccydodah · 07/03/2014 17:24
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RetroHippy ·
15/03/2014 22:44
MrsExtra, what an amazing and moving story. It struck me that at the very beginning your mum was just like us (if a little younger than most 
), with no idea how strong she was. An inspiring woman, thank you for sharing her story.
MrsExtraOrdinary ·
15/03/2014 21:14
Oooooo I love Vicks! Olbas oil sends me slightly loopy with a headache! I'm going to add some Vicks to my online shop.
Choccy im thinking of you. It's at times like these I think just sitting still with legs crossed for 9 months might be an option?
Was having a chat with my mum today and it reminded me of her story of having a family. I hoped it might inspire some of you who are are doubting it will happen. My parents married in the late 60s, mum got pg straight away. 6 weeks after they married my dads father died, 3 weeks after on Xmas day dads mum died, a few weeks later mum mced at 12 weeks. They lost everything within weeks and only had each other. Mum proceeded to loose a baby every year until 4 mcs. The 2nd was at 16 weeks, she nearly bled to death. The 3rd very early and the 4th at 12 weeks. In the mean time her friends were all marrying and having dc, none were sympathetic to her situation and her mum wasn't v sympathetic either.
She was lucky enough to get the brilliant care available at the time in London. They stitched her cervix as they found it in their words to be incompetent. This was following the baby lost at 16 weeks lost without medical intervention. Basically the gp was incompetent. Anyway after her cervix was stitched, bed rest for 9 months she finally had my sister in mid 70s. She had been trying for 5 years. She had to wait to 1980 before she had me as the same had to happen, going in to be stitched, bed rest etc, she needed sis at school. Then just as she was 40 she found to be PG again. Quite by surprise. Db was born at 28 weeks, 27 years ago, suffered brain bleeds, pneumonia, a disease in his gut, was in hosp for 3 months but came home perfectly well and never went back. Mum was actually offered a termination the day before he was born as they weren't sure how disabled he would be or whether he would live long. He's a pain in the arse but healthier than me! 
So mum started to have her family in her early 20s and finally got there in her early 40s.
Without medical intervention though she wouldn't have had us and she really did wonder whether she would ever have a family. But she did. It was hard work but she got there.
I've had losses but I wouldn't compare it to mums experience. For all those struggling at the moment, take the help that's available, try not to loose faith, you are not a failure.
RetroHippy ·
15/03/2014 19:46
how can God ignore such a polite request?! Glad you had a lovely day, you deserve a bit of down time not obsessing. Ttc can take over completely!
MrsExtra, good news about your tests. Not so good about the child vomit 
If I'm not pg I'll be highly annoyed. I can't get an appt at the out of hours docs till midnight 
so have opted for an attempt at a full nights sleep and will call again in the morning.
In the meantime I should be doped up on a combo of night nurse, cough mixture and neurofen. Instead, I've put tubs and pans of water with Vicks in on the radiators and the stove and have taken two whole paracetamol. Bizarrely, the Vicks is working miracles!
Choccywoccydodah ·
15/03/2014 19:28
Fab news about the house retro!! Beware you may not see your dh with the bar!! We've nearly finished converting ours and I don't see him already!!
Sorry those who af has got.
Had a fab day today despite a shite start! Had a lovely day out with my parents and dh while dh has been watching the rugby all day!
Been a fab day, the sun has been amazing and everyone has been happy (despite a chav having a go at me for laughing at her parking, along with everyone else but she picked on me. Had I been younger I think I potentially would be locked up for smacking her because of the way she spoke to me today!)
Anyway, I told dh earlier and he was gutted and I told my mum while out and she was upset too.
It's been nice not obsessing over it all day though. I must say I have just done a test and the line is the same so I've just got to ride out the next few days to see if it gets darker now or disappears completely. I'm hoping this little one holds on and I told god I absolutely fucking hate him in floods of tears this morning so hopefully he's listened
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MrsExtraOrdinary ·
15/03/2014 18:33
Amazing news about the house retro! Hoping you can fill it with lots of babies very soon
I on the other hand thought id sell my old car, cleaned beautifully after our day out. Ds projectile vomited in the whole of the back, after id shampooed the seats. I'm not good at sick anyway 
My cheap pg tests arrived!!!
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RetroHippy ·
15/03/2014 16:59
Kitty, move oop North! You'll get a mansion off what you'd sell your London house for
We can't believe it, it's such a grown-ups house we're not sure we should be allowed it!
KittyVonCatsington ·
15/03/2014 16:52
A dream house, Retro! Sounds much more grown up that my "one and a half" bedroom house.(should be 2 bed but the second bedroom is, oh so tiny!) Maybe I need to move out of London...
Sounds like my kind of shop, Spotti!!!
It has just started to hurt when I swallow do not get ill, do not get ill....
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