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please help me get through the next few days

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sotough · 04/06/2010 11:05

hello everyone, i'm a regular on this board but have name changed. i'm having a really dark day and looking for some support. i'm currently 7 weeks 4 days preg after four miscarriages in a row. all my miscarriages have happened between seven and nine weeks.
i had a good scan earlier this week which showed a heartbeat and felt elated immediately afterwards but have now totally emotionally crashed again and am full of the usual terror of it all going wrong again. (last time we had a heartbeat and the pregnancy still failed about a week later.)
this time there is some hope that things will be different in that i am on steroids and clexane and aspirin, but almost all my blood tests were normal so the medication is experimental. i am trying so hard to be positive but i'm finding it really impossible. i feel totally traumatised by my four miscarriages and wonder how i could possibly cope with a fifth. i have managed to hold myself together through two years of this hell, barely taking any time off from work and putting on a really brave face, but i feel near breaking point.

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sotough · 09/06/2010 17:38

hi everyone, i just wanted to let you all know the scan today was good. 8 weeks 5 days, baby growing nicely. it's doubled in size since last week. i'm still in the danger zone and know there's a very long way to go for me, but it's the best i could have hoped for today. thank you for all your support. i've tried to make the most of the joy today as i know the anxiety will kick right back in tomorrow.

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samoy · 09/06/2010 17:50

Soo pleased for you hang in there. All you can do is take one day at a time x

Jakey87 · 09/06/2010 17:52

sotough many congratulations hun, seeing baby has grown must have been a real lift for you today, i know you wont settle properly till you have your little bundle with you but your anxiety is only natural. fingers and everything else crossed for you, take care xxx

ttalloo · 10/06/2010 07:26

wonderful news, sotough. hope the anxiety doesn't kick in again too soon. when is your next scan?

sotough · 10/06/2010 08:41

got another scan next wednesday. i could have waited two weeks but am finding the steroids i'm on pretty unpleasant (insomnia...zzzz) so if things go wrong i'd rather know sooner than later so i can stop taking them. if i get through the next scan, (please God) then i'll try and wait a fortnight before having another.

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queenofthecapitalwasteland · 10/06/2010 13:50

sotough I really hope everything keeps going well for you.
It must be agonising waiting for the next scan- in your position I'd be asking if I could take the ultrasound with me!
Good luck again for the next scan, I'll have my fingers crossed for you ((hugs))

sotough · 10/06/2010 19:38

believe me i've wondered about portable scanning machines! not seriously obviously!

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