Wading into spring with the all new shiny Posifrickentivity thread. PG after MC? Dive right in!

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All comers welcome, we're a rolling thread. Newbies, middles and oldies alike, join here for hand holding, knicker checking and general batshit craziness!

Suzy I really hope ur back here with us very soon too!

Good luck with the scan tomorrow fedup

Big hugs Suzy. xxxxx

Thinking of you suzy xxx

'Wee catcher' anyone?

You sprung a leak Fod?

Quick update, our beautiful baby boy was born at 1.30pm today 7lbs14 after my first contraction at 10am!. It was quick but hideous but he is absolutely perfect x

That's amazing! Massive congratulations hope your all ok

Thats brilliant.
Obviously not the horrible bit
Enjoy your lovely boy. x

Jammy jammy guff congratulations! Hood your enjoying every minute xxxx

Hahaa saggy it was on tonight's one born

suzy I'm so sorry this has happened to you. You seem so calm and positive. Fingers crossed we will see you back here with us very soon with a BFP xx

guff how exciting, congratulations :-) welcome to the world baby boy xx

guff congratulations! what's his name? I promise we are not as, erm, forthright mean as the baby names threads!

guff massive congratulations! Enjoy snuffly newborn snuggles

Ooo, guff congratulations!! That was quick! Hope it wasn't tooooo hideous x

Congrats guff amazing!!!

Ok guys - quick query but think I know the answer, my feet and legs were massively swollen yesterday, thought I was because I'd been at work at therefore more active than usual. Phoned NHS and they pretty much confirmed. Fell asleep with legs raised (thought this would help) woke feeling light headed with a headache - DH had been glossing so put it down to that, woke up this morning and my head still hurts, took 2 paracetamol and just tried to make a fist - the fluid retention in my hands is so bad it hurts to clench, I've been kicking off on the kids all morning - DS got gloss on his blazer (that's £17 I need to fork out for a new one) and they have generally fannied about all morning - don't know if it's relevant, hormones or I'm just generally pissed off!

Going to have a bath and nip the GPs - think it's preeclampsia - Jesus I certainly hope not

Fod sod THE GP,
RING DELIVERY
and do it now please, just for me.

Fod....Forget GP! Get to hospital NOW!

Suzy, thinking of you.

Jbird My OH is not very effusive, and sometimes thinks he is helping but is doing the wrong thing. He then gets hurt and defensive. E.g. spending hours hoovering and dusting which 'looks sparkly' but not doing the washing up so I'll come in late from work and nearly puke cause I can smell old food. He's got better at working smart not hard i.e. thinking of what needs to be done. My big irritation is he snores (because he doesn't manage his asthma) and I'm on 4 hr sleep a night (insomnia) at the moment and it doesn't help. He says 'I can't help it I'm asleep'. Well he can: no food or beer for 1 hr before bed and his night time puffer before he sleeps. Grrr.

I had a nightmare about breastfeeding. Came from comments I've read on MN. Due to my anxiety/sleep issues I will need DH to help if/when we have a DC (would prefer to express for the bottle feeds in an ideal world and BF obvs). I know this isn't possible right away but MN comments like "don't let DP bully you into helping - men don't need to help feeding" and "women who express think breasts are for sex" and "a child isn't an inconvenience" kept floating round in this nightmare (like that autotrader advert with the roundabout but horrible).
Bearing in mind I don't know if I've made it till 12 weeks until tomorrow (I feel really ill, preg or a problem who knows) this is a ridiculous dream to have.

Suzy So sorry to hear that you have to go through this awful rollercoaster again. Take good care of yourself, and hope to see you back here soon!

Congratulations guff And well done! That was super-fast! Hope you are both recovering well and getting lots of newborn cuddles

fod I agree - I'd call the hospital directly, don't waste time with the GP. Or can you talk to/see your midwife? Fingers crossed.

Alb Like fedup I drink a lot in the evening and afternoon. Then wee a lot.

Guff ermegerd grrreeeeaaattt news! Congrats :) :)

Fod hope you've gone to A&E!

Squiz have you been lurking over on "breast/formula feeding"?
That's never a good idea! They're like rabid dogs when they get going!

Belated congrats to total & missm on the arrival of your little ones. Congrats to you too guff - that was a super quick labour.

suzy really sorry to hear your news. Well done on the positivity and hope your back on here soon.

Good luck to pixie & saggy! Hope things happen for u soon.

My little one is now 18 days and we're doing well.

Saggy it was a thread over here on pregnancy!

Massive big congrats guff

Really hope your ok fod and things move for you soon

So sorry for your news suzy.

Some posifrickintivity news from me after my worries. My scan last night showed strong heart beating (think it was recoded as 176bpm) the size of bean growing is as the 9+3 wk so all good even with loss of some symptoms. Have early bird MW thing I can go to today now not feeling negative . This is a milestone for me fingers crossed it all continues

Yay guff FABULOUS news!!! What did you end up calling him? xx

Brilliant news dav so pleased for you!

Many many congratulations guff hope it wasn't too awful... at least it was quick! and you have another yummy little boy now! hope you get home soon and DS likes his new brother

fod eek hope you are already being checked out lady, no time for waiting on gps with those symptoms.

suzy full of admiration for your response to this. It will happen for you

mrsg yes I'm too scared of the name thread. We have a boys name but I don't love it not the way I love DD's name. I think its cos its the name we would have used for a boy last time too so it doesn't feel new and exciting. But we can't find anything that's unusual but not unusual (and DH is conservative with boys names). Girls, have a few names we like but nothing that blows me away. I feel a bit rubbish about it if I'm honest, like we'll be making a bit of a half hearted attempt at naming the baby.

squiz what saggy said don't read those debates! bf/ff polarises discussions and can send normal people quite crazy! it is a very very personal experience and decision. Bf is obviously very very good but it is difficult for some (myself included) and at the point it becomes too difficult we are lucky to have an alternative available for our babies. I had a bad bf experience first time round and it has left me with lots of issues about it. If I'm honest bf scares me more than labour my problems and subsequent decision to move fully to ff at 8 weeks were not helped by internet discussions, or an evangelical bf friend who had her baby at the same time. I'm scared of going through the same guilt this time if things don't work out, or worse, if they do and I just can't hack the relentlessness of it. But... it can be really easy for some people beyond the first few weeks and might just fall into place so just wait and see, you might be one of those people and it might be a breeze and a very lovely thing. Or you might decide not to do it which is totally fine too! hope that's helpful and not passing my issues on

I've decided to presume that I will end up with a section next week, this baby just doesn't seem to be going anywhere. If I stop expecting labour to happen, maybe it will. So put me to the back of the queue ladies, I reckon 11 March earliest.