Another posifrickintive thread for those pregnant after miscarriage #4

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Welcome aboard ladies - bumps big and small :)

Imnot great that they can see you so quickly and ginger hugs for today hope all ok at work

yes i have read about the procedure online and it doesnt sound like it should be painful, no worse than taking blood by sounds. its just the risk im worried about but as you say with all the equipment i shouldnt worry too much.

thank you. im at work which has proved a nice distraction actually. glad i came in.

Hope it all goes well today Ginger, thinking of you.

Had my scan all all is well! I'm utterly flabbergasted and so relieved . Hugely emotional now, and have had to come home and watch an episode of one born every minute just to let some tears flow.

Good luck to everyone waiting on news

Great news on the scan cherry!

Well the midwife found a nice strong heartbeat, so that's a relief. Looks like frequent, unexplained bleeds are going to be a feature of this pregnancy though. Just what my stress levels needed. Still, all's well for now

Great that they found the heartbeat imnot hope that can ease your mind slightly? I think I'm the only person in London not thrilled about this heatwave... It makes me feel even heavier!

Thinking of you both Metal and Ginger, I really hope you get some positive answers soon. ImNot hope everything is still ok.

Great to hear your scans went well Fizzie, Topsy and Cherry

I still haven't registered my pregnancy with my gp/midwife. I'm just coming up to 6 weeks. I'm another one who's scared of jinxing things.
Do you have to see your gp or can you go direct to a midwife?

Sorry things are so stressful for you Imnot great that there is a good heartbeat but sorry it is all so difficult. Great news on all the good scans!
Marys I couldn't get an appointment for anything so I called up the midwife and arranged to skip the GP and book in with them which was totally fine.
I saw the midwife yesterday for my 34 week appointment and she sent me for a growth scan as I measured about 3cm small compared to 1cm at the last appointment. She also couldn't tell the position of the baby. It turns out the baby is spot on average for measurements, but is currently breech. I know it is early days though so anything could happen at this stage. The last one never turned though....

Congratulations cherry on the scan! How lovely to have good news . Also purple and imnot glad to hear the babies are ok.

Well it's my booking in appointment with the midwife this morning! Usually this is as far as I get, fingers crossed things work out better this time.

marys I think it depends on your GP surgery as to whether you have to go via your GP to see a midwife, can you ask the reception?

If anyone is having a scan today good luck!

Hope you are doing OK, metal and ginger So much to worry about... Look after yourselves.

Great news about the scan cherry

purple These bumb measurements are soo inaccurate, I can't believe that the midwives still do them. I got sent for a growth scan when I was pg with DS because I was measuring too big - like you, it turns out, he was bang on size, and that there was nothing to worry about.

zeuxippe Like you, I've now had so many booking appointments that I thoroughly detest having to fill in these endless forms. Fingers crossed for you!

Well, I am still waiting to hear about my 12-week scan. Nothing in the post so far, I think I will have to ring them again today to check if the midwife has been true to her word and sent off my paperwork.
I've also realised that the consultant haematologist hasn't given me enough heparin to last me until the next appointment, which is at the beginning of August. So that's another phone call to make, sigh...

Hope your booking appointment goes ok zeux

Thinking of you both metal and ginger

Are you at work again today ginger. Hope its going ok if you are.

Great scan news cherry!

And hooray for midwives finding strong heartbeats imnot

It's rubbish having to chase up people constantly cloud hope they have your referral now.

My 12 week scan's arrived for Monday after next when I'll be 13 + 2. Have been trying really hard to hold out until then but I can't wait that long to see if everything is ok or not so I've booked a sneaky reassurance scan on Sunday.

Nausea and sickness is still constant. I'm so desperate to feel a bit more human, but not if it Jinx's anything.

Hope everyone has a good weekend x

Delighted to say that baby Beth is here safe and sound. Born at 3am this morning after induction. Took a while to get going then the end was a bit of a rush thanks to midwife insisting I couldn't possibly be very far along and should try going back to sleep(!). 5 mins later she was pegging it through the corridor with me on a trolley. Just made it to delivery! She is beautiful and perfect.

Fab news longest You give me hope that it is possible to have a rainbow baby! Hope you are recovering and enjoying every minute! xxx

Congratulations Longest lovely news and name! Sorry to hear about the drama, imagine telling you to sleep when you are about to give birth. Glad all is well though.

Cloud I was pretty sure everything was ok size wise as the same happened with dd and it was the only way we discovered she was breech at 39 weeks. That's why I wanted a scan this time to find out which way up the baby is as I don't trust them to pick it up and sure enough baby is breech again, at least for now.
Hope you have managed to get a scan date!

congrats longest lovely news. hope you and beth are enjoying your first few moments as mother and daughter! lots of lovely newborn snuggles.

yes im at work again. i rang the hospital today and feeling so much better. ive been torturing myself thinking we may have to tfmr and wondering how i would get through it considering i didnt deal with my mmc very well at all and it was complicated and traumatic.

anyway after speaking to the hospital its not thought that a tfmr is on the cards. they are doing the amnio to rule out a trisomy but they said its unlikely seen as tho my combined screening results were very good. the sonographer was quite straight talking and said we had a difficult journey ahead of us which i dont doubt but that is in relation to the deformed leg and amputation. we were already aware of this and have come to terms with is as best we can with the limited info we have at the moment but to me that is a good outcome so i feel lots better. thanks for all the support.

YAY Longest! congratulations!

There are now only 11 people in front of me on the stats... scary times!

Good news ginger, glad you're feeling better.

Congratulations longest, that's fantastic news! Enjoy your newborn snuggles

thanks imnot just need to keep it up a week now

Hurrah longest great news!

Wonderful news longest - love the name. Hope all goes well in these early days. Welcome to the world Beth!

Really glad you had a helpful appt at the hospital ginger and that although some challenges are ahead that there is still hope and a pathway forwards. Hoping that as time passes more will become clear and really praying the amnio brings good news.

Yay for other positive scan results (and sorry my pregnancy addled brain can't remember who's had what this week )

Finally can I just say BLOODY HELL I'M TOP OF THE LIST! How the frack did that happen . I've had a few Braxton Hicks but no other signs this baby is imminent, but my due date is tomorrow. My husband is a stickler for being on time so who knows however as I'm often running a little late I think it's unlikely this baby will arrive tomorrow. Will keep you posted. .

Huge congratulations longest, I hope you and baby Beth are both doing well!

Also congrats on your scan news cherry.

ginger I'm glad you're feeling a bit more positive and the hospital have been helpful.

I've spoken to my SIL who's an obstetrician (very handy to have in the family!) and she's managed to come up with some alternative explanations as to why my hcg levels could be so high. Some of them are quite worrying as well (placenta accreta for example) but still better than Down's. She also said if it was Down's she would have expected the NT measurement to be out, and that lots of women get bad blood results and their babies are fine, so I'm feeling a little less panicky than I did on Wednesday.

Marys I haven't registered Pg with the midwives yet, couldn't bear to go through that gruelling process again before my scan and they said that's fine so now I've had the first trimester scan I will book in. Need to do it quickly now though as measured at 13 weeks yesterday and the sonographer couldn't get the measurements for the downs test as bubs was being awkward so have to have blood test instead at 15 weeks.

thank you. its a funny position to be in. lots of unwelcome thoughts running through my mind.

realistically i know we'll cope i know we'll love our son more than anyone could ever imagine, i know he'll live a normalish life after corrections i just wonder if were being selfish, if its the right thing to do. if we will cope. ive been with my dnieces and its really brought home that our son will be different to them. so hard.