Pregnancy after miscarriage -support thread

[cori]

As some of you already know I am currently 5 weeks pregnant after having had a missed miscarriage at 17 weeks in April of this year.
I am very pleased and excited to be pregnant again but at the same time full of fear and anxiety.
Their seems to be a lot of women on mumsnet at the moment who have experienced a recent miscarriage and are pregnant again. We all have the same worries.
Hopefully we can use this thread to offer each other mutual support and help keep each other positive.

SOryy to crash but just wanted to say - Slink that is fabby news! So happy all is okay mwah xxxxx

i know 2 weeks can seem forever, i hope it goes fast, you need something to take your mind of it for a few days so time will go faster, maybe your dh can take you on a romantic weekend

i have 2 weeks till im 22 weeks which is when i went into labour last pg and 3 weeks until baby was born last time and 4 weeks till im in the clear and viable. i feel like i am waiting too.

oo-er Slink look at the times of our last posts!!!!

thanks coathanger xxxxx

lol we almost did it again !!!

Great news Slink....

I am glad your scan went well and that your cervix is firmly shut (smile). It is really so easy to convnince yourself something is desperately wrong, isnt it?
When you find that elusive house for under £100 grand let me know.......maybe you might find one in the Outer Hebrides, LOL.

Well done Slink!

Slink- Hoorraayyyy!!!!!! Wonderful news and big congrats on having a little boy!!! Thanks for the birthday message too hun x
Hope everyone has a great day xxxxxxxxxxx

Great newst about the scan slink and a little boy how wonderful.

I love trainee sonographers, don't you? All that time while they try to work out whether they've got the baby's leg or your ovary and you can watch junior bouncing around

I think they should do nothing but 20 week scans for the first month of their training.

thanks for the congrats everyone
cori- outer hebrides is far too cold to even consider i need the warmth of the south lol
i was surprised about the scan being so long and good as all my 20 week scans before have been short and rushed like diddles recent experience.
anyway, i am now on unofficial maternity leave, i am not returning to university next term so i now have all the time in the world to chill until baby comes- fingers crossed that will be in 20 weeks times
dp didn't come to scan with me as he is worried things will go wrong like last time, he won't even come shopping at the weekend with me either for maternity clothes! blah blah blah moan moan moan - soz

how is everyone else doing this morning?

yes slink know what you mean about scan, asked or rather told dh he must come with me to scan this time (my mum did last time) and he said he would see if could get time off Bless him though honey on eastenders told billy she was pg and my dh said "yes but she might not be" when I asked what he meant he mean it could end in mc and he couldn't said the word mc, he handles it all in such a different way but I think he is petrified of the outcome of this pg. poor dh

sorry that was poor grammar wasn't it...thats some more brain cells gone already hope you got the gist of it though x

Well, I had a charming double date with the dentist and his hygienist first thing. From which I have learnt, firstly, that having your mouth suctioned dry while your stomach is sloshing up and down with morning sickness is is very unpleasant and secondly, that my pain barrier is obviously at an all time high, since I survived a filling without anaesthetic . More concerned about not vomming on dentist's shoes, TBH.

Still, I now have the shiniest teeth in Cambridgeshire with which to dazzle the midwife this afternoon. Like car head lamps, they are...

I am exhuasted , woke up at 3.30 this morning and couldnt get back to sleep. First day back at work after A/L and only a month to go until maternity leave starts. Couldnt really take a sickie. might go home ealry though.

gizmo filling with no anaesthetic wow I don't know how you have done that every credit to you. tell you mw to put her sunglasses on

Cori - gosh good luck today seeing the lack of sleep you have had

Who saw the breastfeeding programme last night?

Bugger!!!!!!! Forgot that was on. Dammit! I really wanted to see that too. I'm prepared to be shot down here but from the advert I saw, I'm totally against prolonged bf!!! It's gross. There is no way in hell would some 4+ child be attatched to my boobs. Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww. There's no need for it imho.

God I'm an opinionated little madam this morning eh?

you're not wrong though HK. it was very odd

Morning all. Congrats Slinky on your little ones winkie .

Got my first mid wife appointment next wed so very excited.

I have given up cooking as no point eating when it tastes so bland and makes feel sick so am now on a diet of crunchy nut cornflakes and lemon cake.

Diddle that programme. I do agree with feeing till 2 but i only ever last 6 months. Im sorry but that 8 year old was something else. I loved the young girl from little angels she had a great attitude but i wonder if she will keep going too. It looks like it.

Hope you are well xxxxx Hows Lottie

Doing great here! Sorry food's tasting crappy. My first mw appt is Monday.

8wks today!

Morning all,
Not been on for a few days so just catching up.
Cori- glad your trip went well.
Slink- excellent news about your scan (and cervix!)
Hellkat- sorry it's late but Happy Birthday for last Tuesday.

Missed the b/f programme but saw the first few minutes. I thought I was odd for still b/f DD2 when she was 2 but to carry on 'til 8 years! I was also at the bloke who said that women shouldn't b/f in public! Bet he's the sort to be found gawping at page 3 of The Sun everday!

Morning ladies

mrsmaddyd great on the mw apt

hk great on yours too wow 8 wks well done I know its been rough but you are holding in there x

Well I will be 6 weeks on Friday and got my mw apt through monday 13th feb so pleased feels a liittle more real now. the surgery have changed now how they do things so should work smoother. we now have to go to our town health centre which is were they do the bloods so will be alot more handier.