Happy birthday mermaid!!! Hope you have a lovely day today with lots of yummy food and wine
Sorry I have been away ladies....its taken a couple of hours to read all the posts and catch up with you, so I know I've been gone a while! Your posts have made me laugh and cry, as usual...I was reading some earlier, manically laughing one minute then tears the next, DH knew immediately I was on mumsnet.
sabs and lion I was thrilled to read about your scans, my heart was in my mouth as I read through the posts, and had to skim on a bit to work out you were both ok before going back to read in more detail! Vjay so pleased for you too, and am tempted to get a doppler now.
I had a massive panic around 14 weeks when my pregnancy symptoms just disappeared overnight. Of course that is that happens when your hormones change around week 14, but I panicked anyway and ended up getting a scan done privately to stop me going completely mad....all was fine, LO kind of jumping up and down and waving, as if to say 'silly mum, I'm fine in here.' 20 week scan is on 6th May, which seems a long way off, hence the doppler temptation.
Lots of you seem to be having or considering acupuncture...I think I've said before, it really really helped me. I believe it helped me to get pregnant and I also believe it helped me not to miscarry.
barbie I reckon acupuncture would be especially good for getting your periods back. My friend had PCOS which meant she was only getting around 4 periods a year, and she says acupuncture got her back to a 30 day cycle. I think if you google it, there is some info about how it is just as effective as taking fertility drugs. It might be the boost your body needs to get back on track. About that email from your friend....every pg announcement is a kick in the teeth and you are not being a bitch at all. I can remember a good friend calling me when my folks were staying with us just before xmas to tell me she was pg, I did the whole 'oh wow I'm so pleased for you blah blah blah' then had a massive strop in front of mum and dad, with me shouting 'the whole world is f*cking pregnant apart from me' and other phrases which will be familiar to you all. In fact, a few nights later, one of our neighbours came round because I was screaming and shouting so much at 1 in the morning, and punching the wall as well, I think he thought DH was trying to murder me, all very embarrassing. I was just so sad and angry not to be pregnant and I hated and blamed my body too. Its HARD and there's no getting away from that, but the ironic thing is, I was probably already pregnant at the time I was punching the wall. Your body will start ovulating and you will get pregnant again hon, just hang in there, you HAVE come so far but we all have times of despair, don't give up.
Actually, that goes for all of you...I felt sad and frustrated for you all, reading about the negative test results. Having been away, and reading all your posts, the heart ache and the humour jumps off the screen and I wish we all really could be in a nice pub somewhere together, ideally with sunshine and a beer garden.
More individual messages tomorrow, bed is calling me now xxx