Laura Ashley/Creme Egg graduates - pregnant after MC

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A place to carry on chatting after a BFP and support each other through the stressful bits. I hope to see many new graduates appearing....

Wonderful diet. That sounds fab then. How exciting! :)

Papp-A is Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A - I'll spare you the blurb of what it does etc . All we need to know is that high levels of Papp-A = good and low levels = not so good, in terms of indicators for possibility of Downs syndrome.

Yes, the Harmony test is expensive, but a number of people have mentioned that the Fetal Medicine Centre in London are running a 'promotion' where you get the test together with the nuchal scan for much less ££ (I think it was under £200). Now, I don't know if they are still doing that, but I will phone them next week and find out! If the offer is still on, I'd be very tempted... If not, I won't/can't do it and rely on the NHS
It's just that at my ripe old age, I am very worried about chromosomal abnormalities... And I am almost certain that I could not continue with a pg if they find anything - although DH and I still need to have that discussion... He keeps being very evasive about it, exactly like last time.

DIY I agree that tests are not exact science, and I think there is a massive variability between even the same brands! Please don't worry too much about faint lines/symptoms disappearing, at this stage everything is still soooo random.

Garey B**cks to average age gaps But strangely enough, that's what I had been aiming for - well, 2 years was my goal. If this one sticks, it'll be 2.5 years, so not too far off

But on a more positive note, tomorrow is my last day in my current job I'm now at the stage where I'm almost only killing time, just a few more things to tidy up and admin stuff, then I'm free. Such a good feeling.
I need to go now and shred some confident papers and have a natter with the boss's PA

Thanks JBrd my googling so far had proved quite fruitless, although I did find a site that had a correlation between high Papp-A and sex (and then contradicted itself in the next paragraph!)

Yes, had heard about the FMC offer - think it was if you had the test before 11 weeks or something like that? I think they were collecting data on early testing (or maybe, from a commercial POV they know that most people only come to them after a 'bad' NT result after a 12w scan so might get more people earlier on with an offer)

Hello all. Thanks for the positive words! My problem mainly is that I had no symptoms other than being tired with DC and when I had my last MC I felt really sick in the night that it actually started. Soooo when I keep waking up in the night feeling spewy it fills me with dread - anyone else waking up in the middle of the night feeling sick? (Feel free to lie!!!!!)

Hmm I feel sick when I wake up so I guess I would if I woke up in the night! Us it the feeling sick that wakes you up?

Hi all, gardenworm, I feel sick in the night often this time. I keep finger biscuits by my bed and a glass of flat sprite incase I get woken by the nausea or my DS! Can't remember who mentioned yesterday about a pregnancy test going lighter. I had this happen last week and have now promised myself not to use them again. Am trying to live by the statement 'today I am pregnant' ( long may it continue!) how is everyone else? Who has a scan in the next week?

• ginger biscuits!

Garden- I do I do I do! Morning sickness my ass! If I feel nausea at all, it is in the afternoon/evening/night. Not the morning. I have actually woken up twice in the night since being pg to actually be sick, I though this was because I had eaten to much, but it then occurred to me that this never normally happens so it must be pg related!

Scan countdown - 1 day, 19 hours and 3 minutes.

Lucky you are sounding full if posifrickintivity and I like it :) today I'm pregnant too :) I have my scan next Tuesday 16th eek. Have you got one arranged at all? Ill be 8+5 if my calculations are correct, well I think I'll get a scan... I got my letter from the hospital saying to come at 10am for 2 hours and at this appointment I 'will probably get a scan' so I'm hoping they do!

Pink you're tomorrow or Friday...right?

I am like Pink I feel sick in the evenings after dinner, especially if it is rich. Not usually a problem for me LOL! I do sometimes feel slightly, slightly queaze in the morning. My main symptom is boob pain and feeling tired/achey and (which now scares me at times) tummy twinges.

Good luck with your scan pink :) not long now ! My nausea also gets worse through the day and bits hard after 5.00pm usually. although i was a bit sick after brushing my teeth today! Janie - am loving the positivinfrigity mention, actually chocked me up a little! ( me thinks a little emotional!) My re scan is Thursday 18th! Hoping for a more positive outcome than last week. Must keep up the positivinfrigity. Think we need t-shirts!

Thanks for your kind words, lucky I aspire to your positivity! Getting there. Went to see the doctor today after more cramps in the night, felt like a bit of a chump actually as really there is nothing they can do, he did ask me to drop off a sample tomorrow though and if pg test is positive they might see if they can arrange an early scan this time, that would be good. Got to go back Monday. With all that forgot was meant to be visiting a friend today time to get less self centred and get on with things I think. Today I am pregnant too!

Ibip keeping everything crossed for you, hope it's a lovely straightforward scan.

Aah well that makes me feel better! Bump it's the feeling sick that's waking me up. IBIP I haven't actually been sick yet so I should be grateful but I was also trying to put it down to food but not ate loads over the last few days. Might avoid chocolate for a bit, fancied some earlier and feel sick again now, last night I was blaming the choc cake, maybe chocolate is no longer my friend? Noooooooooo!

Lucky I'm now hankering after an ice cold glass of sprite.....

Only 2 sleeps IBIP so exciting!

fingers crossed for an early scan DIY - so hard isn't it when we are worried. Never sure what to do for the best. I would advise to try and wait until closer to 8 weeks for a scan as no heartbeat was found on mine last week at 7 and I ly measured 5 weeks. I did only have the abdominal one so hoping that by next week there is progress but been a really worrying time. Gardenworm - I honestly felt like a different person after drinking sprite this week! Spent all of Monday in bed / off work ill as I could barely move. Got hubby to bring me sprite and after guzzling a glass was up and about! Obviously needed some sugar!

Frantically text DH to bring sprite and vows not to knock him ever again for being the only person (surely?) to buy a massive bag of ice cubes in winter!

Lucky13 and Gardenworm ... JELLY SWEETS - haribo, cola bottles etc'. I suddenly thought 'jelly sweets' as I was in Asda. I think it was my 'today you are pregnant' moment ... sugar boost with no richness yum yum.

Hmm now I want jelly sweets! Gardenworm I have been slicing and freezing lemons to put in my sprite! Delish!

Stop talking about food! Just had leaving cakes here at work, and now I feel sick again, bleurgh
I think I might be going off sweet things, like last time. Only to replace it with an immense craving for savoury stodgy carbs...

Cornish pasty, anyone?!

Mmm pasty for me please, savoury things here too. I am seriously going to be the size of a house, today my boss snuck up on me whilst I was shovelling peanuts in to my mouth - it was not attractive!
Also meant to say to garden I was not nauseous with DD at all or with my mc and I am all the time with this one so I think nausea is a predictor of nothing!

I am most certainly eating for two. OH made me a lovely and nutritious lentil based lunch (he is looking after me super well), however junior wanted a burrito and nothing else would do. Not feeling sea-sick anymore which is nice.

....funny you should say that jbrd just putting the smoked cheddar and leek pasties in the oven!

Freezing lemon slices? Inspirational! (I keep meaning to freeze bananas but have never got round to it...trots off to banana tree)....and yum to jelly sweets can feel the teeth rotting!

Thanks Bump x

garden the room appeared to be spinning round me least night does that count?
I am also nauseous a lot of the time particularly in The car. My 40 min commute to work is a bloody nightmare at the mo!

Bod in my student days someone passed on some advice for spinning room although obviously for alcohol induced spinning it may be worth trying???! Stick one foot out of the bed and put it flat on the floor.....I have no idea why but I swear this works when drunk (obviously not advocating the drunk part!). Hoping you don't get spinning room again but would be interesting to know if it works lol!

Oh dear total panic stations!

Just rang the hospital. 24hr after my scan where NOTHING was seen where it shouldn't be ... I got the runs. Which is of course a common sign of an ectopic.

I rang the local hospital gynie Dr who said if it was JUST the runs (it is) to take it easy tonight and go to the EPU tomorrow if I had bleeding or pain. She thought it was just belly problems, as the runs is a sign of it being very serious so would present with severe cramping whereas mine is just, well ... liquid poop. (Yuk TMI).

Also I have been taking bicarb for my wind... as she pointed out it was 'one of nature's laxatives'.

I must say I am impressed with my local hospital's level of care and contactibility. If the Miscarriage Association gave EPUs gold star stickers they would earn one on their chart!