Pregnant after a miscarriage, as the bumps get bigger we get braver, 1st,2nd or 3rd trimester, reasurance and hand holding aplenty!

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Before the first thread fills and locks a 2nd thread for us getting braver!

Hey, that's great, swansea! I'm pleased someone is taking you seriously and putting yours and baby's health first x Tell baby to stay put now until the big day

Great news swansea! Big countdown now!

I'm 16 weeks today. Feels like another milestone for some reason. :)

wellies!! looking forward to news from you!

state - saw you in the news round up! Woo hoo!

Ellis so sorry to hear that. I think it really depends on how you feel, I was told that I didn't need to wait for a period but I felt that I wanted to. It took me a long time to conceive again, but then it did with dd1 and 2 so not to do with mcs, just us. Good luck.

Glad your finally being taken care of wellies and huge good luck, my ds arrived at 37wks :)

16wks seems a big number when you reach it I felt the same backward

Haha yes WL not the best quote for a madwomen expecting dc3!

Well as for me tomorrow I reach the third trimester aaarrrgh!! 27wks!! Baby gave me a boot today and I saw it without properly looking :) off to an NCT sale on sunday I've only been to one before when ds was 4mo and got some excellent bargains. I'm on the hunt for swaddle wraps. Dp says nct sales terrify him in his words "hundreds of hormonal pregnant women and new mums, all fighting for a bargain, its terrifying and no elbowing allowed" the look of horror on his face that goes with this is hilarious, he is SO coming sunday, he's 6"5 and spots things over the crowd haha!

He is right though state! happy bargain hunting.

Scan appointment was a complete fail. After waiting 2 hours in the waiting room, the receptionist informed us that the doctor was going to eat her lunch... We had to reschedule for Wednesday. Caddad was not amused as I suspect that I am not fun to be with on scan day... Roll on Wednesday...

Hi everyone, could I join?

I had a mc last year but didn't know I was pg until I'd mc. After that happened DP and I talked about trying for a baby, and after 5 months we finally conceived. But sadly we mc at 8 weeks, a day after our scan. We were told we could try again straight away but thought it would take months again, but I fell pg 2 weeks after mc and I'm now 5 wks and terrified of mc again. Falling pg has brought up a lot of feelings from the mc all over again too, is this common?

That's awful cad I'd be fuming! Hope your ok though, and caddad, I'm guilty of forgetting about dp on this rocky road xxx

Welcome panda congratulations and also so sorry for your losses. I found after feeling ok ish getting a bfp dragged everything back up alongside the fear of a repeat I had the grief, until 12wks I was a mess and even now have moments of fear, its totally normal, good luck xxx

As for me, officially third trimester today!

cad that's awful. I would have def cried at the receptionist - don't they realise how emotionally charged these apts are?

Hi panda sorry to hear about mc but glad you can join us here. Totally normal to bring it all back. There was a year between my last mc (mmc) and this pg and it still brought it all back, I worried like mad about another mc and over analysed every twinge, symptom or lack of, and shed quite a few tears about the ones that didn't make it. At 27.5 weeks I am finally a bit more relaxed and enjoying this pg as I get lots of lovely movement and can even see it from outside now, and for thd first time yesterday had palpable bony bits sticking out!

Hi all,
Can I come and play (calm myself more like) in here with you lovely ladies. In 2009 I easily fell pregnant and had my beautiful, perfect ds. In feb we decided to ttc again, cue mc in early may, mid june and august! I'm pregnant (5 wks) again and really anxious. Had lots of blood tests all looks well and I feel different this time, plus hormone levels better than any of the past 3 times. I am crossing everything for a sticky bean this time!
Does the anxiety get easier?

Hi all,
Can I come and play (calm myself more like) in here with you lovely ladies. In 2009 I easily fell pregnant and had my beautiful, perfect ds. In feb we decided to ttc again, cue mc in early may, mid june and august! I'm pregnant (5 wks) again and really anxious. Had lots of blood tests all looks well and I feel different this time, plus hormone levels better than any of the past 3 times. I am crossing everything for a sticky bean this time!
Does the anxiety get easier?

Welcome miggle sorry for your losses but congratulations on your new bean, good hormone levels are a great indicator so fingers crossed. The anxiety does slowly get better but some days it rears its ugly head and is as bad as the early days. But on the whole now at 27 wks I'm feeling calmer.

Until this morning I had a nightmare, dreamt I'd had no movement and bleeding went to a+e and there was No HB. Thankfully that's where I woke up and baby was wriggling but crikey its shaken me up!

Anxiety dreams are horrid!
I do have a quick question if anyone knows! Hospital recommended I take aspirin daily? Why would this be and are there any risks?

Baby asprin that's 75mg a day? I'm no expert but I know many women who take it and its given them a sucessful pregnancy and healthy baby, its to do with clotting I believe. If you go into conception topic there's a group called the mosh pit, ladies at all stages from mc/ttc/pregnant and actually had the baby since mcs, they know A LOT about asprin and vitamins, I'm over there frequently so do pop in and they can give you the real facts x

miggle I'm on aspirin 75mg. My obstetrician said that one of the common causes of iugr (intra uterine growth restriction, a blanket term for small full term baby) is clots in the placenta. DS was a bit small at 5lb11, had stopped moving and I had low amniotic fluid levels, all of which are suggestive of clots, although the placenta was not sent for pathology as DS was above the 5lb5 threshold.

As a separate but I suppose related issue, an excessive tendency to clot can cause mc. If you have had several mc and/ or have been shown to clot excessively, aspirin might be recommended.

At this small dose it is safe. I have been recommended to stop taking it at 36 weeks due to risk of pph or a bleed during cs. I do think it might be causing me some small nose bleeds, but I'm not worried about that.

I guess there are other indications for aspirin. Being pg increases your risk of all clots ( dvt, stroke, pulmonary embolism). Perhaps if you are already at increased risk of these (eg high bmi, history of any of these conditions) they might recommend it.

Hi Miggle, I'm on baby aspirin too for a clotting problem but am using it alongside blood thinning injections after a diagnosis from the mc clinic, my ds was 4lb 6 so the placenta was tested and found that part of it had died due to blood flow problems, there were some other indicators too. However before the diagnosis I was advised to start taking it as a precautionary measure. Like bonzo I think it has given me some nosebleeds, although that could be the injections too, and I will stop taking it at 36weeks.

It is a very small dose and I havent been advised of any risks...

Hi Miggle, I'm on baby aspirin too for a clotting problem but am using it alongside blood thinning injections after a diagnosis from the mc clinic, my ds was 4lb 6 so the placenta was tested and found that part of it had died due to blood flow problems, there were some other indicators too. However before the diagnosis I was advised to start taking it as a precautionary measure. Like bonzo I think it has given me some nosebleeds, although that could be the injections too, and I will stop taking it at 36weeks.

It is a very small dose and I havent been advised of any risks...

Doh, sorry for multiple post. Damn back button!

Morning, just marking place as I've been away and need to catch up! Hope you're all well x

Weetabix anyone?

Hiya possum hope your doing ok x

Hey Possum, I know it's past lunchtime but I could go some weetabix - passes the sultanas round YUM!

Thanks for the advice all, I was called back in the Dr's this morn for a blood test to check my clotting, so that must be what they are worried about, I do wish they would be a bit clearer with me though! However at least they are doing something!

My gut feeling is this baby will be ok - don't know if that is just hopeful hormones or what but we will see!

Weetabix please possum. It is lovely to see you doing well, I remeber you from when I was last in these forums a month or two back with mc no.3, so pleased it is all working out - it gives me hope!!

I do believe gut feeling can be trusted sometimes with my mmc I had no reason for it but I felt something was going to be wrong, and said to dp the night before we found out I was anxious and mentioned mmc, and I didn't feel shocked when I was told.

This time I've had full blown freakouts and fear but never the same impending doom feeling.

27+3wks now!

hi everyone

thought i would join in here. i 'know' some of you from the mettaling thread.

i am on my fourth pg and have no children yet. i have a nt scan booked for tomorrow and i am panicking about the risk of something being wrong with the baby.

i am 32 so not a massive risk for downs but i am really worried that something like this will show up.

i have had two nt scans in the past and they were ok but still mc'd later. this time i am taking asprin, blood thining injections and high dose folic acid.

Hello wceryone. I am in shock! Scan went beautifully. One tiny baby measuring right for dates and everything. Thanks for the hand holding!

Now comes the scary part for me. My miscarriages are second trimester mmc for no apparent reason and detected at routine scans. Only with my first loss did I even have an inkling that something was wrong.... Expect me to be an irrational stress case from now on...

The consultant was lovely today; he was thorough; compassionate and patient. My uterus is so tipped back that I needed an internal scan. (At 12 +4!!!) No previa either so even if I do have a mmc, I can avoid the c section with high risk of hysterectomy.

Sorry for me me me ramble. I am posting on my phone.