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

Thanks for all the advice and positivity ladies, it's really helpful. I guess I just don't want to be responsible for leading my family to financial ruin!

As it happens, once I've taken into account what I woulndnt be paying in tax, NI, pension, student loans and childcare we'd only be about £150 a month down which I might even be able to cover by changing my mortgage.

It seems like a massive decision when I've oy ever worked FT but I just keep thinking this will be my last child and my last time to go part time and, as we've all said, you can never get this time back. If Gove has his way I'll be working until I'm 70 so what's a bit of PT now eh?

Sorry about your loss lady I hope you and your DH are ok x

knitter that's a good sized baby! Hope you're keeping well

Knitter thanks for putting me on the list

confu3ed I wrote a long reply on Monday only to be kicked out of MN to tell me to log in again.Obviously lost my post,grrrr how was the yoga?
And yes,it will be very busy and eventful year in a good way,seeing as the last 2 years were absolute sh*t

Lady my deepest sympathy :(

LAF I can't believe you're nearly fully ripe-remembering FO thread when you were about halfway and me thinking "will I ever get there myself".Now somebody dancing in my belly waking me up still seems to be unreal.
Love the haddock but prefer eating it over being slapped (needs a must sometimes )

I've got a dilemma-I had my antenatal class yesterday which turns out covers all the talking,but...if i want to find out about breathing technics and so on then I should attend another classes which are in completely different place and time.Now wondering whether to book the place or not?If it's worth it I'll go even if it means that I'll be running like a headless chicken from one town to another.What do you reckon?

LAF - DS was a great big porkpie of a baby - 10lb 6oz. He was born thrrough the traditional exit - 7hrs labour! My bump only measured 2cm bigger during the pregnancy though - I feel a lot bigger this time. Lots of streatching pains again today - had to lie on the floor at work today! Obviously it's all just attention seeking behaviour :)

Lime For me the best breathing tip was 'lips theory'. It's in Ina May Gaskins Guide to Childbirth which is a fantastic book. Basically lips theory says that if you can keep your mouth-lips loose you'll keep your fanjo-lips loose! And the best way to keep your mouth-lips loose is to do a horse-like prrr noise when breathing out. For me this was the ONLY thing I remembered to do during labour. I would start going prrrr as each contraction came on and count the number of prrrs. Early contractions were 11 prrr's and towards the end it was 13... I put down the fact that I had a 7hr labour for a 10lb 6oz baby to this technique!! Does that help?!?

Hi ladies,

I'm afraid I sort of fell off your thread a few months ago but I thought I'd nip in just to let you know that I have jumped a few places in the stats list. Ethan Thomas was born last night (Thursday) weighing in at 8lb 4oz. Waters broke at 6pm, closely followed by contractions starting. Got to the hospital at about half 7 and out he popped at just after 10.

I know I've been absent from the thread but I would still like to thank those of you that remember me for all the support, especially in those early days and in the Freak Out Room.

Hope you're all well and good luck to those at the top of the list xx

Congrats biscuits lovely news

oooh biscuits congratulations - so happy for you. Sounds like a pretty reasonable birth experience too - and a good size for 3 weeks early...! All the best for the future with your little one.. happy snuggles

Friday March 9th

Shellshock7 - baby#1 40+5 wks EDD 4 March
LAF77 - baby#1 38+2 wks EDD 21 March
LILI80 - 38+1 wks EDD 21 March
KatAndKit - baby #1 35+4 wks EDD 11 April
Digitalgirl - baby#2 34+4 wks EDD 16 April
Dachs - baby #1 32+4 weeks, EDD 30th April
LadyMaybe - baby #2 32+1 weeks, EDD 3rd May
Googietheegg 30+2
KnitterNotTwitter - baby #2 29+2 weeks, EDD 23rd May
LimeFlower - 29+1, EDD 24th May
Twittwoo 28+2 30th May
mousebacon - baby #2 26+6 EDD 9th June
Confu3ed - baby # 2 22+2 EDD 12th July

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
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
Milkyways - with son born on 9th January, 6lbs 5 oz
Youremindmeofthebabe - son born on 19th January 8lb 2oz
Laylasmummy -Son, Jacob, born on 21st Jan, 7 lb 3.5 oz
Hairy - daughter, Matilda Erin (Tilly) born 4.32am 22 January 2012
Purpletoes - son, Eoin Laurence, born 15th Feb, 7lbs 5oz
Stitchinline - daughter, Alice, born Friday 2 March 2012 weighing 7lb 10oz
Biscuitsandtea - son, Ethan Thomas Thursday 8th March 2012, 8lb 4oz

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

Wow biscuits congratulations. I had been thinking about you and wondering how you were getting on. I hope that the birth was easy as can be on you.

shell hope that you are OK.

I've updated the list and hope I didn't make too much of a hash of it!

Friday March 9th

Shellshock7 - baby#1 40+5 wks EDD 4 March
LAF77 - baby#1 38+2 wks EDD 21 March
LILI80 - 38+2 wks EDD 21 March
KatAndKit - baby #1 35+4 wks EDD 11 April
Digitalgirl - baby#2 34+4 wks EDD 16 April
Dachs - baby #1 32+4 weeks, EDD 30th April
LadyMaybe - baby #2 32+1 weeks, EDD 3rd May
Googietheegg 30+2
KnitterNotTwitter - baby #2 29+2 weeks, EDD 23rd May
LimeFlower - 29+1, EDD 24th May
Twittwoo 28+2 30th May
mousebacon - baby #2 26+5 EDD 9th June
Confu3ed - baby # 2 22+2 EDD 12th July

The babies are arriving! Huge congratulations to:
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
Milkyways - with son born on 9th January, 6lbs 5 oz
Youremindmeofthebabe - son born on 19th January 8lb 2oz
Laylasmummy -Son, Jacob, born on 21st Jan, 7 lb 3.5 oz
Hairy - daughter, Matilda Erin (Tilly) born 4.32am 22 January 2012
Purpletoes - son, Eoin Laurence, born 15th Feb, 7lbs 5oz
Stitchinline - daughter, Alice, born Friday 2 March 2012 weighing 7lb 10oz
Biscuitsandtea - son, Ethan Thomas, born 8th March 2012, weighing 8 lbs 4 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

snap knitter you beat me to it! :-)

:-)

Hi ladies, I can see that I'm on the stats list under "we share the pain and mourn the loss" under my old name of water plate - back now and 12+1 with a new MN name. Overjoyed to have made it this far, scan is next Weds, and delighted to see you all having your lovely babies. My EDD is 21st September so while I won't check in here too often as I'll just bore you new mums with second trimester stuff that I can spout on the September due dates thread, I just wanted to check in and say hi with my good news. Congrats to all the new mums and good luck to all of those awaiting the happy day!

Just having a rare lurk. Congratulations biscuit and stitch so pleased for you.

LILI I'm thrilled to read your doing so well. Yay for maternity leave. Not long now, I'll be lurking for news!

mouse I think 4 days is perfect. Was my
Plan originality but now actually thinking 3. Only thing id say is make sure you're not made to balance 5 days worth of work into 4.
How is work btw?

Just a quick check in.....

Congrats biscuits

Had another failed sweep on Friday and was gutted as said baby had moved to only 1/5 engaged and was back to back, felt like going all the way to induction was inevitable But then went to hospital for monitoring yesterday and all is fab with baby, est weight 9.5lb, he was 4/5 engaged and sweep, although wasn't successful, did result in a bit of blood loss....so woke up this morning and have lost plug and having heavy period pains so fingers crossed things are on there way Will update.

How exciting shell looking forward to hearing the news!

funchum lovely news - will keep fingers crossed for super-scans and a lovely pregnancy... Looking forward to having you over here properly! Do you want to be taken off the 'thinking of' section now?

shell sounds VERY encouraging.... birth announcement soon methinks :-)

I think bean has started getting hiccups which is funny - couldn't work out what it was with DS but am older/wiser now!

Had a VERY productive weekend with DS while DH was away. Got the crib assembled and started to pack hospital bag... i'm 30 weeks tomorrow so this is all very early but I looked in the diary and realised that the next opportunity to do all this stuff I'd be to ginormous to do it all - so went for it! This Bean has been very resistant to jinxing so far... long may it continue.

Ooooh and my other news is..... iron tablets. .... I'd been really gasping for air and needing windows opened all the time. Someone mentioned on another thread that they were the same and while I was busy commiserating some much more sensible persons posted saying that we were probably both anaemic.... Penny dropped.... Pregnancy Compatible Iron Tablets bought.... feel SO much better.

Just popping in to say congratulations to biscuits, it's lovely seeing you ladies who were so kind to me last time I was in the freak-out room having your babies. I had a good 12 week scan today, so hope to join you in here in a few weeks!

oooh - and Congratulations to you too Moomin.... more super news :)

KnitternotTwitter you could add me to the stats list and take me off the losses list I suppose! EDD 21st Sept - same month as moomin who I think I recognise from the September due dates thread!

I remember hoping so much to be one of the ladies who came back on a thread like this to say all was well and while I'm only 12+4 this is a LOT further than I have got in the past! Scan is Weds so fingers crossed!

funchum would you mind if I waited until after your scan.... I would hate to edit the list and somehow jinx things....

Hi moomin and funchum good to see you here

Well still no baby sweep attempt no 4 yesterday still failed, but I am 1cm dilated now, had heavy period pains since 6am Sunday so sleep is evading me and just in pain/discomfort all the time which is fun! Induction booked for Sunday if all else fails...will update if any progress, fingers crossed!

Thanks knitter and shell! Shell,I got all excited then seeing you were the last person to post, sorry to hear still no baby! Really hope it happens very, very soon! Good luck!

Congrats Biscuits,you got there :)

Knitter.thanks for the info re breathing,decided to skip the other classes as I have enough of running around already.

Moomin looking forward to seeing you here:)

30 weeks on Thursday so will race with Knitter and Twit :o

Thinking of you shell hope baby is going to make his arrival soon!

Hello

I think I'm ready to come in if you'll have me! Just seen the mw and the baby's got a lovely strong hb of 150 , at 6pm we've got a private gender scan to find out the flavour (I'm leaning towards girl based on the scientific ring test and HR theory ). I'm 16+3 today.

We're having a little girl

Scan successfully completed - all measuring right for dates and heartbeat was clear so we are safe to go on the stats list...fingers crossed for safety all round.