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We're posifrickintive! Another posifrickintivity thread for pregnancy after miscarriage #3

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Treaclepie19 · 23/03/2015 11:42

Another thread for the lovely ladies who are pregnant after miscarriage :)

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HariboBrenshnio · 19/04/2015 07:16

North - that's a fab milestone. Must been feel somewhat of a relief. Hopefully I'm joining you in 6ish weeks!

Stick - I think how your feeling is normal after a MC.
Iv surprised myself how attached I am to this little bean but I wasn't expecting to be. Your just protecting your heart and that's such a normal reaction. It will come, especially as you hit different scans and milestone and definitely once baby kicks so don't give yourself a hard time about it. Your probably more attached than you realise as I'm sure you doing everything you can (eating well, taking care of yourself, taking vitamins) to keep yourself well for baby.

StarsInTheNightSky · 19/04/2015 07:19

Sorry all for being out of the loop, I've been in hospital. I had another mmc, I was actually a lot further along than I thought. Have had erpc and a hysterectomy (my request) as I've been through this is too many times, I just can't do it again. DS is being wonderful, he stayed with me in hospital as did DH (another perk of not being in the UK). I'm now out and back home. All the very best of luck to all xx

northdownmummy · 19/04/2015 07:34

Oh stars I'm so sorry for your loss. Sounds like your DH is being wonderful and giving you lots of support but I can't imagine how difficult this must be

Treaclepie19 · 19/04/2015 07:40

I'm so so sorry stars.
Look after yourself x

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Littlelady33 · 19/04/2015 08:12

Stars so sorry for your loss x

Gr33dyeggs · 19/04/2015 09:31

Sorry to hear your news stars
I hope your recovery goes well.

Thepurplegiraffe · 19/04/2015 09:47

So sorry to hear your news Stars, glad to hear you are being well looked after and DS is being a comfort. Look after yourself Thanks

StarsInTheNightSky · 19/04/2015 09:52

Thank you everyone, dh and ds are both being amazing, I am very, very fortunate to have them both.

Thepurplegiraffe · 19/04/2015 09:54

Sunbathing this may not be the case for you at all but my very definite frank breech wasn't picked up until 39 weeks on a growth scan despite being assured by a number of midwives and a gp that dd was head down. My friends wasn't discovered until a doctor examined her at 10cm dilated and she has a terrible time so I feel quite lucky to have been sent for the scan. I am thinking about just paying for a private scan at about 37 weeks this time just for my own piece of mind as I don't fully trust them to pick it up. If you are worried maybe something to consider.

I am another one who is completely crap at work here, I have been since about 6 weeks. I have even told my boss that I am rubbish in pregnancy as she was a new boss when I got pregnant and I want her to actually want me to come back!

Metalhead · 19/04/2015 09:59

So sorry for your loss stars. I hope you're out of hospital soon. Flowers

Boozle80 · 19/04/2015 10:05

Oh Stars I'm so sorry. Sending you gentle hugs and I'm glad you have someone in RL to look out for you. It's all just rubbish isn't it.

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Littlelady33 · 19/04/2015 11:45

Interesting to read about when baby moves from breech and how to be sure, on a similar note I was wondering if any of you ladies knew more about when and how they check placenta location? Mine was low but now covering the whole cervix at 20wks. Consultant was confident it would probably move but is that something I'll have to wait until 35wk scan to find out?

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Littlelady33 · 19/04/2015 13:16

Sunbathing that's what I though too. I'm just not clear about when it moved if it's going to move if you see what I mean, but I'm sure that's the case as otherwise they would probably check / scan you in between.

Fergie11 · 19/04/2015 15:34

Oh stars I am so sorry to hear your news, sending you big hugs take care xx

I'm bowing out ladies as I started bleeding this morning. I would have been 5 weeks tmrw, not really sure if I should count this as my 3rd MC or a chemical pregnancy. I received a letter on Friday that my Ivf referral had been sent so hoping that works for me and they are able to find a super strong egg.

Good luck everyone and I wish you all well xx

Metalhead · 19/04/2015 15:46

Oh no fergie, I'm sorry to hear that. I would definitely count it as a mc, if only to get some repeat mc testing done. Hopefully the IVF will bring you a sticky bean very soon. Flowers

longestlurkerever · 19/04/2015 15:48

stars and fergie I am so sorry to read your news. Hugs. Xx

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broodylicious · 19/04/2015 16:06

So so sorry to hear of the losses, ladies. Sending much love xxx

little, I had a low lying placenta with dd. Had a scan at 35/6 weeks and it showed it had moved, just as they'd predicted. Hopefully yours will have too Smile

I had a few appts with consultants at the end of the last pg because my BP suddenly started to rise in the last week. Dd was quite happy in there and they did have a good feel about and could tell she was head down. It never crossed my mind they could've been wrong, so it's concerning to read that some of you/your friends were incorrectly told head down when that wasn't the case Shock

SomeSortOfDeliciousBiscuit · 19/04/2015 16:14

I'm so sorry Stars and Fergie. There really are no words.

Fergie, my two losses were both just before five weeks. I was told a chemical pregnancy has a very specific definition and it can actually be unhelpful to doctors if you say you've had a chemical pregnancy. When I have to talk about medical history, I say I had two losses just before five weeks and then it's up to the doctor how they want to define it. It saves on confusion. I hope this helps. x

fififolle · 19/04/2015 16:53

My gosh, I've just been catching up. I'm so sorry to read your news stars. Wishing you a speedy physical recovery, please give yourself plenty of time for the mental recovery. Lots of love and hugs Flowers.

fififolle · 19/04/2015 16:55

Fergie I'm not sure how the definitions go but I'd certainly count that as a mc, I'm so sorry. Wishing you all the very best with your IVF XXX

Fergie11 · 19/04/2015 18:04

Thanks everyone. I am very calm and accepting of the situation as I'd prepared myself when I got my bfp as I'd just started getting back to me after the previous losses (8 & 10 weeks)and I'm determined to not allow this to rule me.

Due to my age I pushed for tests after my second mmc and I was told by my consultant to up folic acid to 5mg and take baby aspirin. I will speak to the consultant tmrw but she even suggested ivf as they could take the best egg. So fingers crossed that will make the difference as that's 3 pregancies in just over 12mths.

StickChildNumberTwo · 19/04/2015 18:51

So sorry stars - please look after yourself. I hope your physical recovery is fast, take the time you need for everything else.

Also so sorry to hear your news Fergie. My second mc was about 5 weeks and I count it as a mc, mostly because then it would count if I ever need referring for recurrent mcs. So I would define it in whatever way is most helpful for you, but with the medics call it a mc iyswim. Fingers crossed for the IVF.

Thanks for all the reassurance that it's not just me doing the emotional detachment thing. I think I'm aware that all the emotion is going to have to come out at some point and I'd rather be in control of that - I bottled everything after my first mc and when it did all come out because I couldn't keep pretending it was all OK any more it was messy. I know this is different though - I may just be a complete wreck at the scan whatever the news.

Have survived a long day of work today and am about to collapse in a heap.

Oh, re. breech or otherwise, my hopeless but lovely midwife with my daughter thought she was breech at about 38 weeks but sent me away anyway. I did some googling, checked with my tame midwife (sister) and got back on the phone to them to say I really would like to know for certain so if it was breech there was a possibility of doing something about it. Only at that point did she refer me for a scan (which showed the little monkey was head down). I think if you have a scan too early you run the risk of the baby moving anyway, too late and they're harder to turn (if that's what you'd want to try). Bums and heads can be hard to distinguish is the problem I think.

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