Hello ladies, lovely to catch up with you!
Libelulle - I forgot to thank you, so thanks for the info! I got a bit concerned myself about my discharge (thought it could be the precursor to something, as yours was) but it is apparently normal so I am trying not to worry.
Sparklies - so pleased that you are doing well, I hope you make it to your C-sec date and will keep my fingers crossed for you. Please keep us updated.
WorzselMummage - nice to hear from you. I can understand how you feel re: 'trying'. I must admit that when you know your pregnancy is not likely to be completely 'straightforward' it makes the decision to actually 'try' quite hard. I have mixed feelings about the idea of another pregnancy TBH. On the one hand we have always said we wanted two children, BUT (and it's a big BUT) the stress of the first 12 weeks of this pregnancy nearly sent me over the edge so I would have to think long and hard about before doing it again, especially when we already have one child to consider/ look after.
A quicky update on me. I am 23 weeks tomorrow and now see my consultant obstetrician weekly as opposed to forntightly (more for my piece of mind than hers I suspect!) Every week she does an ultrasound and checks out baby and makes sure that my membranes aren't bulging and that my cervix is tightly closed. Every few weeks she does a proper 'visual' exam using a speculuum. So far, so good. Cervix apparently tightly closed, although short and baby is growing well (measuring 2 weeks ahead - eek!) The plan is to carry out an elective c-sec at 39 weeks if I make it that far, otherwise if baby is prem we will try for a natural birth (better for baby my obs tells me).
At the mo I am literally counting down the minutes, days and weeks until safety. If I can make it to 30 weeks I will be well chuffed. Having the odd Braxton Hicks these days but my obs is not worried and I have been put on progesterone suppositories to keep premature labour at bay.