PG after MC - posifrickentivity, hand holding, and smelly gush.

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Thread for ladies who are freaking out panicking slightly when preggy after miscarriage.
Plenty of oldies. Newbies always welcome.

Prenatal education?! So er from reading the description it 'resembles mothers heartbeat throughout the pregnancy?!?!?! I have my own heartbeat, surely I don't need to buy a bumbag that sounds like me!!

But Janie I think you're being short sighted. It's a 'curriculum'.

FFS.

Oh god, it's just occurred to me that someone might have one of these. I'm really sorry if it's caused you any offence - it's just very not for me.

Lol diet am I not doing enough just playing loud music? Do I need to get special bump speakers too!!?. I was watching child genius and one of the mums of the v clever kids said she ate a tin of sardines every day when she was pg. unfortunately am not a fan so think will stick to omega 3 supplements although am a bit lax on taking them as give nasty after burp!
Hope you Se feeling better today diet xxxx

Yes yes the fishy after burps!! I've stopped taking mh pregnacare as they were making me really constipated- sorry tmi!

Prenatal education... Yes I am certainly an advocate. Used it with both of my other children and will be using it this time. Don't you people want to give your babies the very best?

blackholes - not me whose a SAHM. I went back full time after a full year's ML.

I always thought I wanted to be a SAHM, so coming back to work at all was something I was a bit about. However, in all honesty, I am happier now than when I was on ML . I miss DC masses and it breaks my heart that I don't get to see her all the time, but I know that if I was at home with her full time, I'd start getting bored and resentful. Personally, I think it takes a certain type to enjoy being a SAHM. I think you need plenty of self-motivation and creativity to make the most out of it, and also need a fair amount of social confidence to ensure you do speak to other adults. I used to dread mother and baby groups and sit in them feeling awful because I never had the courage to make friends with strangers, and I even struggled to have the courage to arrange meetings with friends of mine - so became very isolated and lonely. Which, if you met me at work, you wouldn't believe because I'm gregarious, popular (I think!!!) and outgoing.

I would probably have preferred part time, but due to the precariousness of DH's job, decided it wasn't worth the risk. Plus I get full time maternity pay. (And also, I'm in the sort of job where four days work just means 80% pay for a full time job).

Just found out that DC's best friend has the pox. Arrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Not only do I not know if I'm immune (Mum can't remember if I had it) but also we have NO back up childcare, and I can't take leave from work as the other person who does the same job is on holiday. DH seeing what he can do, but oh, the stress and panic.

I spend my evenings reading Shakespeare in Latin to my stomach, it's what any decent mother-to-be does, right?

Just told DH about babyplus, I don't think he's a fan...

Santa, hope you manage to avoid catching the pox.

I'm a SAHM partly through choice, partly as childcare if you're a shiftworker is bloody expensive. I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, but sometimes the days do sort of morph into one!
I have been feeling slightly guilty that DS is missing out atm because I'm so limited on what I can do thanks to the aches & pains of pregnancy.

Shakespeare in Latin?? Pah! Dostoyevsky in the original for my DC.

Wow. My poor unborn daughter. All she has for her prenatal education is Bon Jovi and hollyoaks. She will clearly be a chavvy tramp with excellent music taste ;)

Hello all!

Hope everyone is well this morning.

anda glad all is OK and woo hoo for your cot purchases.

Gary hello! Hope you're feeling a bit better today.

stars I had to laugh at the comment re your grandmother...she sounds like a character!
I'm well today. I do feel sorry for my DP though as I seem to turn into the women from hell when I'm around him! I had a lovely day by myself yesterday working from home but the minute he came through the door, he asked me a reasonable question, and all hell broke loose in my head...grrrrr...I had my first 'gag' moment this morning so maybe other symptoms are kicking in now. And some pins and needles in my hands and arms last night...carpel tunnel perhaps? Hope not!
Had a moment last night (big time insomnia at the moment and spending lots of waking time in bed!) thinking all sorts - chemical pregnancy, panicking about the scan next week...etc...my thoughts seem to be fine during the day but something happens in the evenings.

janie ha re pg yoga...if all goes well I may well try it!

bodicea loving classic fm! I too saw Child Genius and the sardine mummy. Ha Ha re fishy burps!

pink my bump will be subjected to Corrie and Easties...poor bean!

stitch still in my thoughts lots. Don't let anyone influence you and your DP. It's a difficult time and I know I locked off for a few days before I could do anything - and then I researched as much as I could and talked to as many people as I could. Both me and my DP spoke to ARC and we both found it beneficial. We also spoke to someone from the Down's charity helpline. Big, big hugs for you...

Oh dear, all mine is getting in terms of prenatal education
here on the ward is copious amounts of CSI, Frasier and Poirot box sets!

Cremeeggs - yep all fine here thanks. Am just watching a lot of DVDs and reading lots of John Grisham on my new friend, mr kindle. Tiny bleed middle of night on Mon so I sulked all yesterday because they wouldn't let me get up and walk around except to the loo (which felt like a treat!) but feel better today as, if my placenta holds out, cesarean is two weeks today,yay! Although the short term goal is to get to this Sun as I'm officially full term at 37 weeks then.

Hope you're all making the most of the sunshine for me you lovely ladies :-) x

P.S purple Sorry about the nighttime worries. Know exactly what you mean, it seems easier to be positive during the day doesn't it. What day is the scan next week?

My poor bean has Peter Andre's my life and various soaps ranging from emmerdale to hollyoaks to put up with, and snoop dogg for music-Oh gosh my poor bean

Thank you jess! Scan is next Tuesday afternoon...one hurdle at a time hey?

Yay for your new friend Mr Kindle! And here's hoping you reach your short-term goal of Sunday...

pumpkin nothing wrong with some soap drama and snoop!

By the way, I now have a new (well, old) nickname. It was the one I used when pg with DC1 who was due on Christmas Eve. As this one is due just after Christmas, I thought it was rather apt. Also, I'm trying to be have more posifricitivity and this is a more positive name rather than the slightly self-pitying "will Santa EVER come again?".

If one person so much hints at it being funny that I'm having another Christmas baby, I'll smack them. Because my other babies were due in Feb and Sept respectively, so this was not a choice I would have chosen!!

santa I think it's lovely to have your birthday around Christmas time! Everyone is happy, off school/work and celebrating! My birthday is in January and I wish I had been born at the end of December instead...Everyone is on a diet in January with no money left and tired from eating/drinking too much but if I look at it from a different perspective, it's something to look forward to after the holidays, an excuse to celebrate, the sales are on...anyway, most people I know complain about their birthday (be in August- everyone is on holiday - April - too close to Easter etc) - the grass is always greener...I guess you can find positives and negatives in every situation and birthdays are no different

ooops, meant to say fed up with eating/drinking too much!

santa yay for the new (old) nickname!

O. M. G.

Just been reading the Baby plus bumf are they for real?

My bump is treated to the loving daily sounds of me singing baby in the car, shouting at the dog and watching vv educational Peppa, ben&Holly and Fireman Sam with DS. There is no hope.

Having a shitty day at work (and working from home too which is no help) everyone has an issue today it seems - so bump is also treated to extra swear words today too

Yeah Santa I like the new more positive nickname too!

Purple will be thinking of you on Tues and keeping everything crossed. We have a scan then too to check growth cos I am small for my weeks. Scan Tuesday!

Ooh scan Tuesday! Me and Bod (I think) are having our 20 week scans next Tuesday. YEY!

My lucky bump gets to hear me talk about dirty paedos and 'slag' and 'wrong uns' all day with swear words and rude innuendo thrown in to boot....think this may be why DD is a little bit naughty. Oops! Maybe I need to get into One Direction or something? (although that makes me sound a little bit questionable....)

Anda excellent you have made/not made a purchase

Will be thinking of all you fellow scannees on Tuesday! xxx

Great scan news stars and best wishes for Saturday....You can relax and enjoy now

anda hope you are looking after yourself now and taking it easy...and well done I'm quite proud of you

Welcome morien congrats on your BFP and you wedding!

Am laughing at the prenatal education! Some people must take this very seriously tho I did say after DS was born tho that he recognised a band that I listened to and went to see while PG so you never know lol pumpkin at Peter Andre and garden what do you do?!!

I would love to be a SAHM but we can't afford it, I work 3 days a week and DS is with my mum and it is a fantastic balance...we are all very happy

T-minus 2 days till scan, it's at 4pm too so gonna have a loooong Friday

Still thinking of you stitch x

Goodluck to all those on scan Tuesday, 20 weeks what an achievement cant wait to get there myself!
Have my NT tomorrow evening, will be nearly 13wks, feels like ages since my last scan & i hope everything is well, in truth i'm kacking myself-think it's time i gave myself a smelly fish slap

I hope my baby doesn't turn into a chip shop, obsessed with salt & vinegar everything-Last night i ate 2 bags salt & vinegar snackajacks, half a bag of salt & vinegar twists & even had a small swig of malt vinegar, aswell as my normal staple of fizzy belts! All i feel like eating is acidic junk, real food isn't appetising although i'm still guzzling down my vege for baby sake, and fizzy drinks.
Blimey hope these cravings subside before i get to the heartburn stage or i'll be in for it!

Hey all, god I've had such a melter of a day, broke down in tears in work after taking loads of shit for a colleague who had bullshitted a customer and I was the one that had to deal with her crap after she left early. Just getting ready for bed and there's some brown blood in my pants (sorry if tmi). Now I'm in a total panic :( too scared to tell DH as he's got a mega important day tmro. There was nothing when I wiped, just on my pants...not sure what to do. 18+5 today and shitting it :(

Sorry for mememe post x

Hey janie try and sleep tonight and call MW in the morning, it's probably nothing but hopefully they will reassure you...you're a very nice person keeping this to yourself for DHs sake