Pregnancy post mc: Totally Grads Part 11!

[digitalgirl]

Welcoming all those pregnant after miscarriage who need hand-holding, a place to moan, share happy news or just lurk.

It will happen for us this time.

link to part 10

Fingers crossed for you yrmotb

stitch I had my first NCT class on Thursday evening it went fine hope you enjoy today.

knitter so many of the ones that we have come across in the shops are vests and long sleeves with the "pop crotch" but don't have the leggings and the feet. I call them baby grows and the ones with the feet sleep suits. Perhaps I'm wrong!

I assume that for the first while, my baby will be swaddled, so leggings and feet, won't be quite as essential. I'm due to give birth on the 21st March, so potentially spring will be here and the temperatures won't be quite as cold, but with how mild January has been, who knows what might happen!

I have also read various reports to say that bigger babies are easier to deliver. I'm not quite sure of how that works, but here's to hoping! At the moment, I keep glancing down to watch baby get up to something in the top corner or my bump!

3/5ths engaged purpletoes ? Perhaps baby isn't too far away!

I hope harassed is OK.

YRMMOTB I hope that your baby will be here soon. Here's to hoping that tomorrow is the magic day!

I see that milkyways has her EDD tomorrow, so perhaps we will have a flurry of announcements soon!

I really hope so LAF! I had a bloody show a few hours ago and totally panicked upon seeing the blood. After associating blood with bad things in all my pregnancies, I guess it just caught me off guard, so the first thing I did was take out the doppler and have a listen in to see if baby was okay! Stupid really, because he's been bopping around on my cervix all day!

I've been getting niggly period type pain and pressure down below since then. Hope I can go into labour on my due date!!

Fingers crossed that it all starts for you milkyways

I hope my baby doesn't arrive too early need a week just to
Get things organised! anytime after 37 weeks suits me! Obviously not holding out for that timetable.

On phone at work so apologise for lack of personals only 3 days left before ml!

Hellooo

I'm way behind here so I'll have a read and catchup properly later!

Hope you are all good

Sounds like you could be in the early stages of labour milky how exciting!

Milky Ooooh - good luck - hope it all goes beautifully for you.

LAF the consensus on Babygros and Sleepsuits !!

Another quiet day here - DH and I cleared the shed out and threw all sorts of crap away - all stuff now fits back into shed without it being totally dangerous to actually go in there!

Gradually drifting on towards the next scan on the 17th. My reoccurring nightmare is that DH, MIL and I are in the room and they find that the bean has no hb. MIL says something hideous albeit well meaning and I then wake up in a cold sweat and lie there until I can feel the bean shifting around when I can finally relax again :) Bloody pregnancy brain/panic-ness

Hi all, been away visiting MIL just back yesterday and am just feeling a little caught up on the washing mountain, still so much to do.
Haven't read much just last few posts but it looks like LAF has had a good result on teh GTT, which is great. I've just been put on insulin overnight (so switched clexane to the mornings) which seems to be doing the trick on the blood sugars when I wake up, which is good news as it was getting a bit worrying thinking that the baby was being exposed to too much sugar while I was sleeping.
Anyway, will spend some time catching up in the next few days - hope to see some lovely new babies.

harassed, milkys and YRMOTB - hope you are all enjoying your newborn snuggles by now.

Am absolutely loving being on ML, I just feel so in control of things now that I actually have time to get myself organised. Been trying to do all the more physical jobs now like clearing out cupboards and sorting through things.
I think dh is enjoying coming home to a more interesting meal and a much happier wife, I was just so stressed and worked up before christmas! I just feel I can actually enjoy being pregnant now. Although the aches and pains do make that difficult at times.

NCT classes have started well - 6 other couples so hopefully will be able to do some sort of meet ups. my main reason for doing the classes is the network part as most of my friends over here are from work I don't really know many people that are in a similar situation to me. The only downer about being home is the lack of interaction with other people.

LAF pleased your GTT was OK, I had a similar issue with scans and measures but it seems I'm just growing a biggie. Not really surprising as I was big (nearly 10lb) myself and dh wasn't a tiddler either. I apparently measure 2 weeks ahead but that has been pretty consistent all along.

knitter so glad you could get some reassurance, I love the sneaky scan work. You have had such a difficult time to get to this stage that any wibbles are very understandable

purple yay for engagement - hoping at my next mw appointment she will tell me pudding has finally decided to stop flipping about and move into position, somehow with the movements I'm feeling I'm not sure it will be the case though

lady good work on the blood sugars

I still can't quite believe that things are going so well for me now, I love that I can feel her squirming around in there and that all seems to be well. am just so thankful that I have got to this stage and that all is OK, fx it stays that way. Still have lots of wibbles about something going wrong but then my whole stomach shifts and I just have to smile :)

waves to everyone I've missed, leaves out a plate of cookies now I actually have time to bake

Hi all! I would like to announce the safe arrival of my little boy born on 09/01/2012 at 2.47am weighing 6lbs 2.5oz. The period pain I had in Saturday turned into mild contractions throughout Sunday. Went unto hospital at 11.30pm on Sunday and was in active labour. Midwife broke my waters at 2am and i started pushing at about 2.30. Hewas born after 4 pushes. No epidural just gas and air. Also had 2 stitches and am quite sore. Because he is tiny for dates they're keeping us in for 3 days until baby puts on substantial
Weight. He is perfect! Just want to say thanks to all for all the support since last year. I never thought I would hold this baby bur here I am'! Feeling a bit tired now - hope you're all well!

Wonderful news milkys so pleased you're getting your snuggles

Congratulations milky

On second last day at work counting down the hours to mat leave!
Will catch up properly later.

milkyways I am so happy for you. We have been on a long journey together through RMC and so pleased your turn has come. Sounds like you had a good labour. Wishing you both all the best and for a speedy departure from the hospital

harrassed must have had her baby now, so I will put her as TBC details.

Tuesday 10th January

Youremindmeofthebabe - baby#2 41+0 wks EDD 5 January
Laylasmummy - 38+3 wks EDD 21 January
Purpletoes - 35+6 weeks baby #1 EDD 8 February
Stitchinline - baby#1 32+6 wks EDD 29 February
Shellshock7 - baby#1 32+2 wks EDD 4 March
LAF77 - 29+6 wks EDD 21 March
LILI80 - 29+6 wks EDD 21 March
Biscuitsandtea - baby#2 29+0 wks EDD 27 March
KatAndKit - baby #1 27+1 wks EDD 11 April
Digitalgirl - baby#2 26+1 wks EDD 16 April
Dachs - baby 1 24+1 weeks, EDD 30th April
LadyMaybe - baby 2 23+5 weeks, EDD 3rd May

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz
Toomuchteaching - with daughter Jemima born 17th Jan 2011, 8lb1/4oz
Dorcas111 - with daughter born 4th February 2011 8lbs 5oz
Clareanna - with son Tobias born 10th February 7lbs 10oz
Muser - with daughter born 15th February 6lbs 12oz
Ba8y1 ? with son born Tuesday 15th February, 8lbs 11oz
Lotta123 - with baby born Monday 21st February
Magic8ballhastheanswers - Identical twin girls, born 27th February 6lb8 & 5lb15
Northerngoldilocks - with son born Wednesday 16th March, 9lb 6oz
Stuffedmk - with son Thomas, born Wednesday 23rd March
Hopefully - with son, born 29th March 7lb 12oz
Lia - with daughter, born 1st April 8lb 11oz
PenguinsMummy - with daughter Clodagh
VivClicquot - with daughter, Phoebe, born Thursday 28 April, 7lb 5oz
Ivysedai - with son, born Tuesday May 2nd 3.83KG
Loopymumsy - with daughter, born Thursday 12th May, 7lb 15oz
Caribou - with son, Caleb, born Saturday 28 May, 9lb 1oz
LittleMiss - with son- born Wednesday 1st June 7lb 1oz
appleblossoms - with son Malachi, born Wednesday 15th June, 9lb 4oz
crochetcircle - with daughter born Sunday 26th June, 8lb 4oz.
urbanlolly - with daughter born Tuesday 19th July, 8lb 3oz.
Nickster - with son Corey born Tuesday 2nd August
Tiggersreturn - with sons born Saturday 13th August, 5lb 2oz and 3lb 13oz
Owlbooty - With son Robin born 18th August 8lb 13oz
PrettyVacant - baby girl born Tuesday 23rd August
OrangeGloss ? with son, Huw born Thursday 1st September
Wombat - baby born Sunday 11th September
Emoo - baby girl born 13 September
PinkFondantFancy - with daughter Persephone Amelia, born 16 September
ALovelyBunchofCoconuts - with son Thomas James, born 22nd September 8lb 12 oz
MamaPower - with daughter, born 24th September
Daisybell - with daughter Philippa Alice, born 26th September
Velvetcu ? with daughter Eva Lily, born 18th October
Tunnocksteacake ? with daughter Esther Joy, born 19th October
Hotnspicyonions - with son Max Lewis, born 28th October
Hils74 with son Archie Dylan, born born 28th October
MummyAbroad - with son Max, born 1st November
IreneHeron - with son Joe, born 3rd November.
Katherine2008 - with son Teddy, born 5th November
CEP - with son Alexander George, born 10th November
Collie with son Isaac Thomas, born 21 November 8lb 7oz
LaraMi - details TBC
Wombatinwaiting - with son Jack Albert born 29th November 8lb 8oz
Izzy - with daughter Catherine Hope, born 4th December
Bigmacandhappymeal - with daughter, born 5th December 7lb 11ozs
Dooscooby - with daughter, born 16th December
Freezingmyarseoff - with son Charlie Thomas, born 18th December 4lb 12oz
Minnie74 -with son Max Gabriel George, born 19th December 7lb 14oz
Blackkat - with daughter, born 20th December, 8lb 10 oz
Sunchild77 - with daughter, born 30th Dec, 8lb 12 oz
Harassedandherbug - baby #4 details TBC wks EDD 22 December
Milkyways - with son born on 9th January, 6lbs 5 oz

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October
Dachs with her babies Alexander and Felicia who left the world asleep on 21st May
Magic8ballhastheanswers who leaves behind her beautiful little girl, spiderbabies and DH. Blessed are those of us that had the privilege of knowing you.

We share the pain and and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, MsJL, Waterplate, and Boodleboot

Congratulations milky! Excellent news and glad to hear it all went swimmingly.

I am still waiting. Induction threatened for Monday, but don't really want to accept, will be +11 then. Had a sweep yesterday and after some promising signs, nothing really progressed. Quite grumpy and very emotional. Sorry to be all mememe. Hope all are well and beans are behaving themselves.

Tuesday 10th January

Youremindmeofthebabe - baby#2 40+5 wks EDD 5 January
Laylasmummy - 38+3 wks EDD 21 January
Purpletoes - 35+6 weeks baby #1 EDD 8 February
Stitchinline - baby#1 32+6 wks EDD 29 February
Shellshock7 - baby#1 32+2 wks EDD 4 March
LAF77 - 29+6 wks EDD 21 March
LILI80 - 29+6 wks EDD 21 March
Biscuitsandtea - baby#2 29+0 wks EDD 27 March
KatAndKit - baby #1 27+1 wks EDD 11 April
Digitalgirl - baby#2 26+1 wks EDD 16 April
Dachs - baby 1 24+1 weeks, EDD 30th April
LadyMaybe - baby 2 23+5 weeks, EDD 3rd May

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
BunnyBaby with son Daniel George born 5th January 2011, 10lb 1oz
AlbaDeTamble - with son born 10th Jan 2011, 8lbs 10oz
Gilda - with son Ren born 10th Jan 2011, 8lb 4oz
WestYorkshireGirl - with daughter Hester Rose born 14th Jan 2011, 6lb 4oz
Redheadgal - with daughter Cecily Anne born 13th Jan 2011, 8lbs 13oz
Toomuchteaching - with daughter Jemima born 17th Jan 2011, 8lb1/4oz
Dorcas111 - with daughter born 4th February 2011 8lbs 5oz
Clareanna - with son Tobias born 10th February 7lbs 10oz
Muser - with daughter born 15th February 6lbs 12oz
Ba8y1 ? with son born Tuesday 15th February, 8lbs 11oz
Lotta123 - with baby born Monday 21st February
Magic8ballhastheanswers - Identical twin girls, born 27th February 6lb8 & 5lb15
Northerngoldilocks - with son born Wednesday 16th March, 9lb 6oz
Stuffedmk - with son Thomas, born Wednesday 23rd March
Hopefully - with son, born 29th March 7lb 12oz
Lia - with daughter, born 1st April 8lb 11oz
PenguinsMummy - with daughter Clodagh
VivClicquot - with daughter, Phoebe, born Thursday 28 April, 7lb 5oz
Ivysedai - with son, born Tuesday May 2nd 3.83KG
Loopymumsy - with daughter, born Thursday 12th May, 7lb 15oz
Caribou - with son, Caleb, born Saturday 28 May, 9lb 1oz
LittleMiss - with son- born Wednesday 1st June 7lb 1oz
appleblossoms - with son Malachi, born Wednesday 15th June, 9lb 4oz
crochetcircle - with daughter born Sunday 26th June, 8lb 4oz.
urbanlolly - with daughter born Tuesday 19th July, 8lb 3oz.
Nickster - with son Corey born Tuesday 2nd August
Tiggersreturn - with sons born Saturday 13th August, 5lb 2oz and 3lb 13oz
Owlbooty - With son Robin born 18th August 8lb 13oz
PrettyVacant - baby girl born Tuesday 23rd August
OrangeGloss ? with son, Huw born Thursday 1st September
Wombat - baby born Sunday 11th September
Emoo - baby girl born 13 September
PinkFondantFancy - with daughter Persephone Amelia, born 16 September
ALovelyBunchofCoconuts - with son Thomas James, born 22nd September 8lb 12 oz
MamaPower - with daughter, born 24th September
Daisybell - with daughter Philippa Alice, born 26th September
Velvetcu ? with daughter Eva Lily, born 18th October
Tunnocksteacake ? with daughter Esther Joy, born 19th October
Hotnspicyonions - with son Max Lewis, born 28th October
Hils74 with son Archie Dylan, born born 28th October
MummyAbroad - with son Max, born 1st November
IreneHeron - with son Joe, born 3rd November.
Katherine2008 - with son Teddy, born 5th November
CEP - with son Alexander George, born 10th November
Collie with son Isaac Thomas, born 21 November 8lb 7oz
LaraMi - details TBC
Wombatinwaiting - with son Jack Albert born 29th November 8lb 8oz
Izzy - with daughter Catherine Hope, born 4th December
Bigmacandhappymeal - with daughter, born 5th December 7lb 11ozs
Dooscooby - with daughter, born 16th December
Freezingmyarseoff - with son Charlie Thomas, born 18th December 4lb 12oz
Minnie74 -with son Max Gabriel George, born 19th December 7lb 14oz
Blackkat - with daughter, born 20th December, 8lb 10 oz
Sunchild77 - with daughter, born 30th Dec, 8lb 12 oz
Harassedandherbug - baby #4 details TBC wks EDD 22 December
Milkyways - with son born on 9th January, 6lbs 5 oz

In our thoughts and prayers:
Louise with daughter Georgie born asleep on 10th October
Dachs with her babies Alexander and Felicia who left the world asleep on 21st May
Magic8ballhastheanswers who leaves behind her beautiful little girl, spiderbabies and DH. Blessed are those of us that had the privilege of knowing you.

We share the pain and and mourn the loss with:
Jollster, Cheepz, MsJL, Waterplate, and Boodleboot

Quick alteration for myself..

YRMMOTB I'm sorry that labour hasn't started for you yet. You are allowed to have a "me me me" post!

Here's to hoping that your baby comes before Monday!

congratulations milky so pleased to hear you finally got your little boy!

Congrats milky and good luck yrmotb, hope things progress quickly for you

Congratulations to milkys so, so pleased to hear the happy end to your story. Enjoy your newborn snuggles xx x

yrmotb thinking of you,hope baby shows up before Monday x

Re babygros etc, whatever you buy, look for suits with integral scratch mits
Makes life so much easier! Next seem to do good ones

Waves to everyone else

Congratulations milkys

yrmotb fx baby gets a move on soon!

YRMOTB fx that it all starts moving soon and I think a me me me post is perfectly justified in the circumstances, or at any time really !

my new cleaner started today - yay - i love listening to the sound of someone else cleaning my flat

busy trying to organise some accommodation for my parents when they come to visit us in March - quite scary how soon that is especially as that means I should have my baby by then - eeek - runs off to hide under covers

lovely news milky hope the minimilk puts on weight and they let you home soon.

YRMOTB Good luck for the next few days...

Less than a week to my scan now... assuming all goes well I'm going to finally announce the pregnancy on Facebook...

Just popping in to say congratulations and welcome to all the new arrivals - it's been busy recently!! Lovely to see lots of good news

having a funny day today... I've heard that a family friend is pregnant with her second - due a month or so before me... And I was hit by this incredible jealousy. There seem to be so many people who don't have problems conceiving... My benchmark in this is people who have two children younger than mine.... And today it feels like EVERYONE has two children younger than mine...

I'm sure that by tomorrow I'll be over this but tonight it all seems very unfair...

Sorry for the downer... hugs to you all

knitter I still have my funny days too. Don't beat yourself up about feeling envious or strange about other friend's families.

I saw for the first time over Christmas a friend who had a daughter the same age my second lost pg. It was hard because I knew that we were missing someone from our family.

You have to carry around these "what might have beens" with you.

Thinking of you YRMOTB