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Pregnancy post mc: Totally's grads continued part 4...

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SamanthaB123 · 19/09/2010 12:26

Our shiny new thread - all welcome!

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Hopefully · 24/09/2010 17:59

Harrumph. Phoned MW to check on scan appointment, and all she would do was check with ante natal unit that they had my letter (they did), and I have to wait for appointment to come in the post. Given that I'm 13 weeks tomorrow, I would have quite liked an appointment by now! We are so broke that we really can't stretch to a £90 private scan (if local clinic even has an appointment at such short notice), so I am crossing fingers that it comes soon. Apparently they always try to do them by 14 weeks, so it should come soon. Urgh. Just want to tell people that I'm not really getting fat/know the bad news if there is any.

Bunny glad your trapped nerve is better - I've never had one, but DP has and is always in agony when he does.

TFLS hope you're not feeling to big and wobblesome as you pass the hospital's due date Smile. I never felt that DS was remotely 'ready' at my due date, iykwim, and it didn't surprise me that he took another 12 days to appear. I think I'm fairly unusual in that though, and I did have the easiest pregnancy ever (and the most hellish newborn period, to make up for it Grin)

LeeWT · 24/09/2010 20:38

hi all..

Sam sounds like its quite stressful for you, i would defo recommend talking to midwife because they can monitor you with those belts to guage the strength of the contractions. at least will put your mind at ease.. i know when i think theres symptoms i obsess aboout them!

Viv and batteryhen will be thinking of you for your scans.. definately better to get reassurance sooner. i know how horrible and nervewracking it is but think how great you will feel after.. me and my husband went for pancakes when we had our first good scan after two mcs and they were the best pancakes in the world!!

liahgen sympathies for you and all the other lovely ladies suffering on here. theres nothing as horrendous as the sickness and tiredness.

barrenbrook - waves madly - hiiiii!!!!!!!

boodle and meita hope you are enjoying your bundles, its so amazing to know we all did this journey together from the awfulness of mc to the miracle of babies arriving.. cant wait to be in your totally's grad's grads club!

tfls hello almost same duedate buddy! that whole debacle with the dr sounds like a nightmare. i do admire your restraint i am at the GET IT OUT stage.. however i may be about to overtake you as my c-section is scheduled for Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a bundle of nerves but just because I wont be happy until I am holding the baby and he/she is out safely.. trying at the moment to get all the laundry sorted, leaving ironed clothes and groceries for dh and dd and to be honest i am aching from the exertion of it all, so much so i wouldnt be surprised if labour started early!!

to everyone else i havent namechecked, sorry, i often check on my phone and then by the time i get to post on a laptop my brain has mushed!! love to all xxx

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Meita · 24/09/2010 22:03

Just dropping in to wish all the best for Lee & TFLS!

Boodle, how are you doing?

Barrenbrook, big hugs sent your way.

Currently, all is well in Meita-land. Little Ianto finally regained birthweight at 3.5 weeks and we have now started to wean him off the bottles. Things are settling and only getting better. :)

Big waves to everyone! I much appreciate all the kind words of support, though I don't have the time to respond to everyone directly. Wishing you all the best and hope to see you soon on the totally's grads grads thread (we'd better start that before we advertise it too much Wink)

StickThemWithThePointyEnd · 24/09/2010 22:10

has anyone seen sam lately?

bad day today, depression-wise. will pop back tomorrow.
Scan on monday now.

thefatladyscreams · 24/09/2010 22:22

Quickly dashing in before bed to say goodluck to Viv and Battery for tomorrow. Will be thinking of you both.

Love to hear from Meita and Lee. Hope you get a good night's sleep Ivy and that helps. xxx

thefatladyscreams · 24/09/2010 22:23

Derrrr - lovely not love to hear from meita and Lee Blush

SamanthaB123 · 25/09/2010 07:10

Saturday's List

TFLS - baby#1 ? 40+3 wks, due 23 Sept
LeeWT - baby#2 (DD1 2yrs) 39+5 wks, C-Section 28th Sept
Louisesh - baby#1, 39+1 wks, due 1st Oct
Effilump - Baby#5, 37 wks, due 16th Oct
SamanthaB123 baby#3(2x DD's 11 & 9 yrs) 36+3 wks, due 20th October
Sarahlou8 - baby#3 (DD 11, DS 9) 36 wks, EDD 23rd October
Unbuffy - baby#2 (1 DD) - 31 wks EDD 27th November
HappyGirl - baby#1, 29+3 weeks, EDD 8th December
Zayja - baby#1, 28+6 wks, EDD 11th December
Goodluckbear - baby#1, 28 wks, EDD 18th December
Malteser1981 - baby#1, 28 wks, EDD 18th December
Gilda - baby#1 - 27 wks, due 25th December
BunnyBaby - baby#3 - 27 wks, due 25th December
LucyT66 - baby#1 27 wks EDD 26th December
sparklyrainbow - baby#1 26+2 wks EDD 30th December
AlbaDeTamble - baby#2 (1DS, 3yrs) 25+3 wks EDD 3rd January
toomuchteaching - baby#1 25+3 wks EDD 5th January
Redheadgal - baby#1 25+1 wks EDD 6th January
diggingforvictory - baby#4 (DS 1) 24 wks EDD 15th January
WestYorkshireGirl - baby#1, 23+4 weeks EDD January 18th
Dorcas111 - baby#1, 22+1 weeks, EDD 28th January
Ba8y1 - baby#1, 21+1 weeks, EDD 4th February. Next scan 24th October
Clareanna - baby#2, one DS, 20 weeks ADD 3rd Feb 2011 next scan 1st October
LilRedWG - baby#2, 1DD, 19+3 weeks EDD 14th Feb
Annie51 - baby#3 2DD 18+3 weeks EDD 27th Feb
Muser - baby#1, 17+6 weeks, EDD 27th Feb
BUnderTheBonnet - baby#2, 1DD 17+4 weeks EDD 1st March
Rayeraye - baby#2 one DD, 16 weeks EDD?
Northerngoldilocks - baby#1 15+1 weeks EDD 18 March - next scan 12 November
Magic8ballhastheanswers - babies#3&4 14+4 weeks EDD 20th March
Liahgen - baby#6 14+2 weeks EDD 23rd March
Hopefully - baby#2 13 weeks EDD 2nd April
stuffedmk - baby#2 12+3 weeks EDD 6th April
Osch - baby#? 11+4 weeks EDD 10th April
Ivysedai - baby#2 - 12 weeks EDD 9th April
Naitimum - baby#2 1DS 11 weeks EDD?
PenguinsMummy - baby#3 9+2 weeks EDD 27th April
BatteryHen - baby#1 8+5 weeks EDD 1st May
VivClicquot - baby#1 8+3 weeks EDD of 4th May
Loopymumsy - baby#? 7+4 weeks EDD?
Bessie26, pendingstats

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
Totally with daughter Faith Juliet, 9lb5oz born Tuesday 16th February 2010
Amyboo with son Matthew James, 4.714kg (10lb3oz) born Tuesday 30th March 2010
Hoops with son Benjamin Scott, 7lb4oz born Friday 2nd April 2010
Memorylapse with daughter Olivia, born Friday 16th April 2010
Jacanne with daughter Lotta Eliza, 8lbs 5oz born 20th April 2010
Becky78 with son Thomas Christopher born 22nd May - 9lb 1oz
Meita with son Ianto born 23 August - 7lbs 4
Boodleboot with daughter Alice Elizabeth born 10 Sep - 8lbs 2oz

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SamanthaB123 · 25/09/2010 07:48

Alba What the hell were you doing up a mountain at 37 weeks??? You are much braver than me! Still hoping to go to Maidstone when I go into labour but will have to just wait and see. If it turns out to be Pembury I?m just going to have to get on with it there. I saw the consultant there on Tuesday and it was much the same. Vague, slow, dirty, that sort of thing.

MissWooWoo Sorry to hear your news, we?ll see you soon. I hope that you are doing ok this weekend.

Viv and Battery - thinking of you both today, really hoping that all is well with your babies. I?ll be popping back all day to see some good news Smile.

liahgen You must still come and post even though you feel lousy. That?s what the thread is for really. We have all had our ups and downs and you will find that your downs are remarkably similar to other mums. In the first 14 weeks I was a mess, working with constant nausea and utter exhaustion. For me it had broadly passed by 16 weeks but it felt like forever. Even though I really wanted to be pregnant it seemed so unfair that it felt so revolting. It might be worth going to your gp and looking at the medication options just to see what they could do. It will get better though and as it passes you will be excited by the prospect of having your baby. I am thinking of you and hope that you are feeling a little better this weekend.

Banana Congratulations! There is nothing you can do about the meds that you have taken now so there?s no point worrying about it. It can?t be changed. You are pregnant and that is just fab!

Magic Once you start to feel proper kicks from the babies it will be chaos in their ? you won?t know if your coming or going Grin! It is so lovely to feel the movements, you must be delighted. Good luck with your scan on Wednesday, I love seeing my baby on the scans, it makes it so much more real and I?m always fascinated by what they get up to in there!

Happygirl I have been through loads of weird stages of feeling different and things changing. Your baby is just moving into a different position, quite possibly very close to your bladder. My first two babies were fully engaged at 32 weeks and I spent the remainder of my pregnancies waddling around, I could barely close my legs Grin! You will be fine it?s just
part of your body getting ready.

TFLS You are so nearly there! I really hope that your labour is as you would like it to be. Don?t disappear though, we are always looking for the good news when we know that there is someone whose baby is due any day.

Barrenbrook It?s lovely to hear from you. How are things going? I do pop into the TTC thread from time to time but I?ve become a little detatched from it as there are so many new faces.

Hopefully Really sorry to hear that you haven?t got your scan date yet. It?s a bit short notice to be able to plan anything isn?t it? Can you ring the obstetric ultrasound department yourself? It might be worth making sure that you are in their system somewhere especially if you want to have the nuchal test. I think that it has to be done by 14 weeks. I get really annoyed with stupid systems and even more so by those people who are determined to uphold them. Isn?t your midwife concerned in any way?

Lee Wow, so this is it then! Three days and you will be holding your baby. It is so exciting, let us know how it goes.

Meita I?m really glad that things have picked up for you, it?s been a tough start hasn?t it? Ianto is such a lovely name. I can?t quite remember all of the details, have you been bottle feeding breast milk? We defiantly need a post-natal grads thread ? is there one set up yet?

Ivy Good luck with your scan on Monday. Sorry to hear that you are feeling low. Take care of yourself over the weekend.

Wow, that was a lot of name checking Smile. All well here. I feel totally different today to how I felt on Tuesday and Wednesday, normal again really. There was defiantly something going on with my body getting ready. Maybe the baby was shifting in position and needed the contractions to help. They have slowed up now but it took a day or so to get back to normal. I am still working but finish on Thursday. I have reduced my hours a little. I work way too hard anyway so actually doing a day that is a ?normal? length is perfectly acceptable! I?m also going to work at home on Tuesday to help me make it through to Thursday. I am looking forward to maternity leave now and have started to arrange to meet up with people who I haven?t seen for ages. We keep having moments where it suddenly hits home that there will be a baby here soon. It?s quite odd how I find it difficult sometimes to attach my massive (I mean massive) belly to holding a baby. I feel pretty much ready to go, I?ll be 37 weeks on Wednesday and I?m good to go anytime after that!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend, especially those who are feeling unwell or low, SB x

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Lotta123 · 25/09/2010 07:50

Sorry about your loss MissWooWoo. In April, I had a MMC at 9w3d and they think it happened around 6w. Big hug to you and your family.

Give yourself time and be kind to yourself.

And to give you some hope I'm now 20 weeks pregnant as I got pregnant in May. So there is hope.

Will be thinking of you.

AlbaDeTamble · 25/09/2010 08:10

Viv and Battery thinking of you both this morning, best of luck

Ivy sorry you're feeling down, it no doubt feels like a long wait till your scan, hoping you have some good distractions over the weekend and get some lovely good scan news on Monday, which I'm sure you will after finding heartbeat already Smile

It's all go at the top of the list! Best of luck to you all, who's going to be first then? Wishing you all easy labours (or a nice straightforward section on Tuesday Lee and a quick recovery).

I'm back to tired nauseous and dizzy, had to come home from work at lunchtime yesterday, nearly passed out in a meeting, felt utterly dreadful, not to mention a bit silly sat there with my head down... and couldn't focus at all. Then started throwing up last night again. Much better this morning and googled up low blood pressure (am only borderline low, mostly when I check when feeling dizzy it's about 105/55) which basically says the only risk is falling over and hurting the baby so felt justified in the money I spent on the cab to London Bridge to avoid the tube. I should think myself lucky it's not high BP and I guess that's why the midwife just says oh well, one of those things, but starting to drink more as dehydration is the only cause I can find that I could possibly do anything about will drown if I drink much more though!

Clareanna talking of work, huge congratulations on promotion and payrise! The signals were all there, but fabulous to have it confirmed, well done you managing that whilst in the throes of first trimester knackeredness and worries.

Sorry you're still waiting for your scan Hopefully, the nuchal translucency check is fine up to 13+6 so a few more days for them to fit you in, probably worth calling the hospital yourself on Monday to chase and remind them it has to be this week, if you want that check done.

Liahgen, hang in there, did you manage to see your GP? Hope the hormones calm down a bit soon and the sickness subsides. Was thinking of you yesterday evening whilst hugging the loo. It's so horrid.

Muser, glad your anti-sickness meds working

Magic, chuckling at your 'how do babies come out' and 'how do babies get there' conversations -- when I was pg with DS my DSDs were asking the same, but they were 9 & 11, old enough to be very curious and before teenage disgust at all things childbirth kicks in (their current stage!), the NHS pregnancy book had fab diagrams and it was actually all really easy to discuss.
This time DS thinks the baby will just 'pop out' when ready... I am just waiting for him to ask 'but where from??' That will be much more challenging...

banana and hairy, hope you're both hanging in there. Early on it feels so often that you're about to get a period, when in reality it's implantation... feels just the same. Remember each day that goes by, you're pregnant, and try to enjoy that.

Bunny glad you're feeling better halloween costumes... I found some that weren't expensive in a little joke/gadget shop, but mostly pumpkins and skeletons. Maybe find some netting and make a couple of spiders from pipecleaners?? No idea where you find either though the sort of thing Woolworths was always good for -- strange how much I miss that shop!

Has the last puppy been found a home Unbuffy and how's the training with the one you're keeping? I've discovered the secret to potty training challenges, our fabulous childminder has got DS pooing on the loo on a regular basis, like magic, I just don't know how she does it. Feel rather inadequate as well as very thankful that we have her!

Sam hang on in there a bit longer, we need to sort out a new chief keeper of the list before you go into full on labour!

Big waves to all those I've missed

batteryhen · 25/09/2010 13:00

Awww - it's so nice to see all your lovely messages and thoughts:). I was going to post before I went to my scan but I felt dreadful with nerves.

Well all is well and good with us :) We saw a very wiggly bean, with a lovely regular heartbeat, and I am also very accurate with the dates -8+6 today.I am so relieved:)

I will pop back later for a proper name check as I feel very exhausted - as I didn't sleep well at all! Also I want to see how viv got on too :) xx

Muser · 25/09/2010 14:16

Wonderful news battery, really lovely. You must have been so happy to see the wriggly bean.

Alba definitely justified getting a cab. I hope you feel better soon.

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louisesh · 25/09/2010 16:34

Congrats BATTERY glad all is well Smile

Hopefully · 25/09/2010 18:00

Great news Battery Grin

In scan news, I today received my appointment for a 20 week scan (in November). I suspect I have fallen through the system somewhere, so I'm going to call ante-natal unit on Monday and shout at them until something happens (joke - I'm actually crap at shouting at people. But I will insist on an appointment). I'm not planning on having the nuchal test, so not such a drama from that point of view, I just want to know if I'm actually likely to have a baby in 6 months, or not!

Alba I get quite low blood pressure, and in the early weeks I felt bloody awful from it (it seems to improve for me later in pregnancy).

Sam glad you're feeling OK now. I had nothing before I went into labour - no BHs, no faux labour, no back pain. It was weird Grin

banana87 · 25/09/2010 19:21

Great news Battery!!! So pleased, I can only imagine how totally relieved you must be! I personally am absolutely dreading my early scan so much I can't even bring myself to make an appointment!

Great news on your scan Hopefully, but how crap that you got lost in the system. How far along are you?

Alba poor you. I suffer from low bp....no suggestions, take care of you.

Well I am still feeling little niggles of nausea. Took a 2 hour nap today at FIL's and ready for bed again! I am really hoping these are good signs, I did not feel this way with my mmc last time. I went to an NCT sale today and was not intending on looking through the mat wear but did and it was so cheap. A pair of jeans for £4! So I bought some and a nice dress. I figure if things don't work out this time at least I will still have them for when it does finally work out for me!

Hopefully · 25/09/2010 19:39

Banana I'm 13 weeks, and haven't yet had a 12 week scan. So no idea whether this is actually a viable pregnancy yet Sad

clareanna · 25/09/2010 20:48

Just popping on quickly to say woo hoo to battery fab news!!

banana87 · 25/09/2010 20:50

How are you feeling about it Hopefully?

Hopefully · 25/09/2010 21:07

rubbish! I just want to know whether I can get excited or not. Seriously, you have never known a couple talk less about a pregnancy than me and DP - we are terrified to get excited in case it goes wrong, and it's really getting me down that I should at least know if there's a baby in there by now and I don't. Bleurgh.

banana87 · 25/09/2010 21:31

How are you feeling with the pregnancy? After my mmc, when I was pregnant with DD I felt soooo sick (and I wasn't first time) that I felt a little teeny bit comforted that everything was going to be alright, and it was!

We don't talk about pregnancy in this house either. No plans being made, carrying on as normal except DH is drinking all my wine! LOL.

Hope you get your scan this week :)

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randomimposter · 26/09/2010 09:53

not my news to share, but hope she won't mind as she wouldn't want people to worry... viv is running a big race today so probably in pre-race prep, hence no time to post, but yesterday was a good day :), I heard from her on FB... I'll say no more. Am sure she'll post when she has 2 tics.