I am 7 weeks 2 days pregnant and have my first early scan tomorrow for a heartbeat (or beats they put two back!).
I have generally been feeling pregnant, cramps, very tired, boobs have got bigger and hurt plus a little bit of nausea when I wake and constant trips to the toilet but even with all these symptoms I am still worried about the scan tomorrow that there won't be anything there or no heartbeat.
Can anyone give me some guidance on what to expect at the scan tomorrow please (plus some sucess stories!) thanks x
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I am 7 weeks 2 days and have my early scan tomorrow (got pregnant through first time ICSI) I am so worried!
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anroga · 18/02/2015 10:02
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gcerron ·
02/10/2015 13:01
Hi girls!!
whittle thank you for sharing your induction experience, it seems that I will have it. On Wednesday I will have a consultant appointment and he is going to book the induction session and maybe do another membrane sweep. I've just came back from my first membrane sweep and the mw found that my cervix is still closed. I begin my 38 weeks today!! So no signal of labour!! 
Rubygood luck on the 8th!! so exciting!! please keep posting, it seems that you will be the second of our group after whittle that will encourage us with 2 new beautiful babies xxxxx!!
I will enjoy my maternity leave this weekend, we will have bump photography session!!, I was doing some cleaning at home and some bits a pieces that I had still to organise in general. I was also taking warm baths just to relax.
verkey I will have induction at 40 weeks. It seems that when you are not young the placenta tends to "fail" in its functions if you are overdue. But it seems as well that this is a new practice so I guess they want to be more conservative, but I imagine they also evaluate the whole pregnancy before they take each decision. Other reason is when your baby is big so they tend to induce you earlier than the due date, but this time nothing to do with the placenta.
Good luck to everybody!! keep updating us 
RubySlippers77 ·
04/10/2015 12:14
Verkey, I have no idea about the tightenings either! They've happened twice to me whilst I was being monitored (so presumably more often overall, I just didn't notice!) but I thought it was one of the babies stuck in an awkward position…..
gcerron - your bump photography session sounds lovely! If I could fit in anything that wasn't stretchy & enormous then I'd have thought about that too, but now I'm on OH's clothes I don't think I'd look particularly fetching :-(
Back to hospital for me tomorrow for the pre-op and then back Tuesday for the op!! Trying to stay calm & enjoy my last child-free weekend (eek!) - I think at least I find the idea of a c section slightly less terrifying than a natural birth, not that I have much of an option with both twins being breech! From what I've heard all inductions are evaluated individually, if that's any help; I've been in hospital a few times over the last couple of weeks and all the ladies I've spoken to who were being induced were in for different reasons, not necessarily because they were 40+ weeks.
OH has been great actually, cooking, cleaning & tidying - hopefully his new found housework skills are here to stay!! Unlike the builders, who have let us down yet again!
Not sure when I'll be back on MN to provide you all with an update, so just wanted to say a big 'good luck' to all, wherever you are on your pregnancy journey 
gcerron ·
06/10/2015 14:07
Hi girls!!
Ruby I hope everything is fine and you have your beautiful babies in your arms!! It seems that it is an indescribable sensation and feelings!! I hope you can at least pop in here for seconds to say a couple of words!! We are so exited for you!!
The photography session was better than I expected!! verkey don't worry about having many outfits!! she sent me a link of alternatives and I organised some options the day before but the same as you I didn't have many options to be honest at least nothing that you can say wow!! 3 dresses that I was using within the summer, 1 maternity leggings a couple of normal tops, so I showed them to the photographer and she chose a dress, that was for the outdoor, also she asked me to pick a white shirt of my OH and my leggings to do the indoor session. I hope I can get some good pictures, I haven't seen them yet!! But we don't need many pictures, do we? So a couple of good ones indoor and outdoor I think its good enough to be happy. I didn't think on this because my OH never answered optimistic when I asked him before so I didn't bother but he had the initiative to talk as usual at the last minute and I was thinking this will be my last chance, so I google somebody near!! Go ahead if you really want!!
I have a consultant appointment tomorrow, he will book the induction session!! I am trying some natural things but nothing is working, it seems that my baby is enjoying inside!! I hope he surprise me one of this nights!! at this stage I am not thinking in the pain anymore, I just want to have him in my arms!!
verkey at least you have some pains cramps!! fingers crossed and one of this days you will give us a surprise, please let us know!!
How is everybody doing!! I hope everybody is doing well 
gcerron ·
08/10/2015 11:42
Hi girls!! nothing from ruby probably she is busy now with her beautiful twins!! Lets wait patiently for her news!!
An update from me, the consultants agreed to do a C session for me, my baby is big for my size since I am quite shorty. So for safety reasons they decided to do the C session. My baby doesn't give any sign of labour, he seems quite happy in his private ensuite hahaha.
Tomorrow I will begin the week 39!! unfortunately due to this short notice plan, the hospital doesn't have an available place at the moment so they will try to find one for me, usually some mums begin natural labour before the schedule of the C session that is when I can have a place, otherwise in my week 40 they will do it as emergency case. So unfortunately this delivery wont be natural as I would like however I feel more confident with the C session since I am conscious of the size of my baby and I was quite worry about it to be honest and now more after listening the doctors' comments!!, so fingers crossed my little boy will continue hang it there until we can have a place in the hospital, I wont try any natural induction now.
Good luck with your photographic session verkey and I hope you go into labour soon!! at least you have some signs!! the baby will arrive when he is ready between 37-42 weeks!!, the doctors said that yesterday when one of them was checking my bump and I asked why my baby is not even engaged!! so just be patient, not far to go, just think that each day gets you closer to meet your beautiful boy!!l 
RubySlippers77 ·
17/10/2015 00:41
The news from me is twin boys last Tuesday (6th), 6 lb 9oz and 7 lb 4oz both doing well, no need to stay in the special baby unit thank goodness.
However I was really poorly afterwards and had to stay in hospital for over a week, hence the delay in updating you ladies! After the c section I bled and was taken back into theatre for an op, which didn't work - I was rushed back in after losing over 5 litres of blood. I woke up in intensive care the next morning before being moved to the high dependency unit and finally the postnatal ward. We stayed there a couple of days and are now enjoying being home!
I'm not out of the woods yet, have tons of medication to take and appointments to attend including counselling if I need it, but the boys are good and that's all that matters. I've stopped taking the painkillers as they were too strong for me, but I've still had a bit of a comedown from the Tramadol and morphine, which hasn't helped either.
How is everyone else? I hope all you ladies with bumps/ babies are all well!
gcerron ·
20/10/2015 08:19
Hi girls!!
Finally I can get a minute to write here. Congratulations for your boys ruby I can't believe that they were both strong enough. How did you do so fantastic!! Plus the C section!! all the best xxxxx
My c section was on 10th with 7.7lb. I spent 2 extra nights due to the breastfeeding but now we are at home learning from each other. Now there are new question marks hahaha. Fortunately I have minimum 6 months with him!!
verkey how are you doing!???
How's everyone else????
whittlefish ·
22/10/2015 20:22
verkey am getting some sleep but feeding a few times a night, the first couple of weeks were really hard and when DH went back to work too as was doing all the night feeds but you do adjust to reduced sleep. Bleeding wise I had bleeding straight after birth for about 3/4 weeks but was very light for 3rd and 4th week. I didn't bleed as heavily as I thought I would I think because I lost quite a lot of blood during birth. Period wise I was much heavier the first couple of days was so heavy was having to change a pad (ultra ones) every hour and a half to two hours then lighten up and then had a resurgence again. But then got lighter like a normal period. Scary being that heavy tho and was bright red blood, spoke to the doctor I was so concerned but all perfectly normal so don't worry if you get the same . I'm still recovering from the stiches so as one came out before it was healed so is "healing naturally" which is taking forever and looks terrible not to mention sore.
Verkey81 ·
26/10/2015 02:28
So I wrote my last post and literally just afterwards thought that I was getting some sharp cervical pains, then he moved round for about an hour really strongly, then crampy period pains about 1.30am, followed by what I said were like waves of cramps and back pain, starting the contractions timing app about 3am on the off chance this was it (although I was officially overdue, this was his original ivf due date!). Bath at 5am due to pains, tens on by about 6am and midwife confirmed I wasn't making it up at my weekly appt at 9am, was 1.5cm dilated by then! (only giving details as I searched everywhere for hints at whether what I felt was labour!). Laboured at home all day until 9.50pm, when I just could not cope anymore, went in and was 6cm. Laboured in the pool for further 4 hours, made no progress so they broke my waters and boom, it all started moving. A few hours later I had my baby boy with me, 7lbs :) he'd been the right way round for weeks until I got to triage when he had turned back to back, so the labour I was feeling is probably quite different to other people's as it makes the pains different. I had crampy feeling and surges of pain in my back and bum, like I wanted to push. They kept saying about feeling the pains across the top of my tummy but I never got that feeling!
I'm up now as I'm doing night feeds and apparently on day 2 and 3 nights the baby's just want to feed all night... 'Apparently' is very true for my boy tonight!
I cannot believe after the stresses and worry of ivf and all the months on here that I finally have my real live baby boy lying on my chest. Trust me it has been worth every second of the heartache and pain. Dreams really can come true
How is everyone else doing?? Xxx
Blackandwhitecat3 ·
31/10/2015 09:26
Wow so many babies since I was last on!
Ruby so lovely to hear that your babies arrived safe and sound. Sounds like you had a rough time though, hope you are recovering. How are you managing with two?
gcerron congratulations! Hope everything is going well with you.
verkey thanks for sharing your story, really helpful and congratulations! Hope you are getting a little sleep.
whittle glad you are getting some sleep now. That period bleed sounds scary. Hope the next one is much lighter and that you are more comfortable soon.
Thinking of you all with your little bundles of joy and feeling a wee bit jealous! I'm 30 weeks on Monday (where has all that time gone?) and still well, though a bit low on iron and also starting to feel big and tired. Just really impatient now to meet my little one and hold him/her in my arms :)
toes how are you getting on? Time goes so slowly at the beginning, and I remember worrying about everything.
Also wondering how you are getting on, gillster? I think you are a couple of weeks ahead of me?
We cleared out the nursery yesterday and now the plasterers are here, we'll start decorating when that's done. Can't quite believe it's all starting to happen
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