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Talk about every stage of pregnancy, from early symptoms to preparing for birth.

no jinxing for us - #6 posifrickintive thread for those pregnant after miscarriage

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northdownmummy · 30/07/2015 09:03

Continuing the thread for ladies who are pregnant after MC

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BeckleinDisguise · 11/09/2015 11:58

Thanks Tftpoo, I'm hoping for uneventful too! Glad you're feeling better too.

Very slightly stressed as I don't have thrush, this sounds silly but I've had it in all successful pregnancies but not in those I've MCd.

On the plus side I saw a robin today (always make me smile as they remind me of my Mum, they often turn up when I'm feeling a little low) and had a white feather land in front of me. Anyone else get superstitious about little things?

Those symptoms to suck guys, I don't think I'd do well at crap symptom bingo yet, stupid sore big boobsand a bit of lightheadedness today but nothing more crap. Don't think I'll win today

Bejeena · 11/09/2015 13:19

Well my scan today showed me at 6+3 and we have a heartbeat so I am a bit relieved but still paranoid it will happen again.

CarrotVan · 11/09/2015 14:36

That's great bejeena

BumbleBee0 · 11/09/2015 18:08

Great news on your scan bejeena!

Welcome becklein, wishing you an uneventful pg! That's lovely about the robin, I love robins. I would take it as a sign too. Smile I'm not usually superstitious but there are a pair of magpies which are always perched on our neighbours roof (viewed from our back windows) and I'm convinced they're bringing me all my luck!! And my lucky frog songs too of course!

Sorry to read you've been so ill reebok, it must be very hard.

Hope everyone else is getting along ok.

I had a mw app on Monday and heard the hb on Doppler Smile I think it's made me feel more positive than I thought. I told another friend my news yesterday and it was the first time I felt excited to tell someone (I'd felt quite nervous up to now and like it was too early). She cried too as she was so pleased for me, which of course made me cry. Actually starting to feel like this might be happening now. x

Nousername2015 · 11/09/2015 19:06

Hi beckle, congratulations on your pregnancy.

Sorry to hear you're so sick reebok, at least you are being cared for now but it must be awful. Look after yourself.

Lovely scan news bejeena! Everything is looking very positive!

What a lovely post bumble, I'm assuming you're 16ish weeks? I was only brave enough to tell friends around then... And I've only just been brave enough to tell the office earlier this week at 20+5!!

DisneyMillie · 15/09/2015 08:37

How's everyone doing?

I'm 5 weeks now and feeling low. I had really quite sore boobs over the weekend but they're pretty much gone now. No other symptoms - fearing the worst Sad

Metalhead · 15/09/2015 09:28

It's gone very quiet on here, hasn't it?

Try not to worry too much about lack of symptoms Disney, most women (including myself) don't get the full-blown first trimester symptoms until 6-7 weeks.

I'm having my 28 week growth scan tomorrow, can't wait to see baby again. This has been the longest I've gone without a scan this pregnancy... Blush

DisneyMillie · 15/09/2015 09:41

28 weeks is brilliant - yay you!! Smile

I'm trying just to assume if there's no blood then there's no reason to doubt. Just so hard these first weeks isn't it!

BeckleinDisguise · 15/09/2015 09:58

bejeena that's fabulous news! Once that little heart is beating (it's about the size of a poppyseed atm) I feel that's the first major hurdle passed. Fingers crossed it keeps getting stronger.

bumble, lovely to have heard the HB on the Doppler, that's a huge reassurance! I am horribly superstitious, I always salute a magpie, my friends laugh at me. I'm not sure if it was the day of the feather and robin but I did see 3 magpies last week and that made me smile.

disney it's quite normal for symptoms to come and go all the time as your hormone levels fluctuate a lot in these early days.

metalhead 28 weeks, that's a huge milestone!

Well I'm 6w today! Really wishing I could have an early scan to confirm little baby is doing okay so far. I've had to move my dating scan back a week as I'll be away at 12 weeks (it's half-term and we booked it in Jan so can't cancel/go another time), they won't do it any earlier so I'll be 13w before I get scanned. I wish now I'd checked the dates a bit better and fibbed about my lmp Blush

Still waiting for nausea and such to kick in, I'll feel somewhat reassured when they do, I feel on the edges of it, not quite right, but probably nothing I'd notice if I didn't know I was pg. I had awful nausea from 6 weeks with DD and one of my mmcs, all the others it was 9-10 weeks. Trying not to worry, as we all are x

dobbythedoggy · 15/09/2015 10:00

I need it to be thursday already, have my 16 week appointment then. Trying not to think about it too much but it's certainly playing on my mind. Once that's done the next thing I'll be counting down to is scan on the 7th.

Still sicky on and off, living on lidl's mini fake bounty things at the moment as I seem to be able to keep them down even when feeling really sick. Starting to experience the unrelenting heart burn and leg cramps I was desprate to end when pregnant with dd.

diseny the early weeks are hard. My sore boobs have awlays come and gone, strike at the most unexpected and inappropriate moments!

northdownmummy · 15/09/2015 14:36

Just checking, all been very quiet recently.

I've just packed the hospital bag which feels like a massive milestone. 34 weeks today

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Allmychildrenhavepaws · 15/09/2015 16:13

Hi all! 'waves'
Lovely to read of everyone's good news scans. And well done to those of you who have gotten so far, so reassuring to read...you must be getting very exited now!
Sorry to hear about those who are experiencing horrid 1st trimester symptoms, I feel your pain Sad its the insomnia that plagues me atm, cant switch off, and up every couple of hours to pee! Lucky to get 2-3 hours most nights!

For those that are worried about lack of symptoms, please don't worry, so many women don't get symptoms until a little further on, and they can frequently come and go X

1st scan tomorrow @ 6 weeks exactly, praying for heartbeat, not ever seen a hb with all my pregnancies that mc'd...
Here's hoping X

Allmychildrenhavepaws · 15/09/2015 16:14

north Star for you! Xx

melonface · 15/09/2015 16:22

disney please try not to worry (wish I could have told myself that 16 weeks ago!) My symptoms didn't kick in and I wasn't sick until 10 weeks. My boobs are exactly the same size and haven't been sore at all. What's normal for some women isn't necessarily the case for you Flowers

BumbleBee0 · 15/09/2015 17:35

I agree with trying not to worry about symptoms disney. It's so common for them to come and go. My sickness came and went a lot this time. I didn't start with sickness and extreme tiredness til 6.5-7wks. Actually the sickness came after the first scan, I think the anxiety of it was holding it back.

Good luck for your scans tomorrow paws and metal!

Well done on packing your hospital bag north. I didn't have mine packed when I started in labour with DS 2 wks early and it's fair to say I wasn't 'with it' when I packed. I packed about 4 books...pillows..an empty plastic bottle and other random shit!! Blush Quite funny thinking back now! Ha! Think I'll be more organised this time! Smile

becklein would it put your mind at ease to book a private scan before 13wks?

fruitlovingmonkey · 15/09/2015 18:21

bee Grin at the idea of reading 4 books in hospital! I'm terrible at packing so will probably leave it until the last minute.
Good luck for your scan paws but 6 weeks is early to see a heartbeat so don't stress if you don't.
I know how you feel disney, I have only had a couple of days of sore boobs this time. Even though they have grown it makes me worry. I do seem to have constant hunger and fatigue, which I didn't have at this stage last time. Hopefully that's a good sign although I don't think I will be reassured until I'm holding a real live baby.

Nousername2015 · 15/09/2015 19:05

Hi everyone, good to hear everyone's updates after going quiet for a while.
22 weeks tomorrow here, but like fruit said I don't think I'll relax until the baby is here in my arms.

disney Symptoms alone can't fully tell you whats going on. Like lots of us here I felt dreadful in my mc pregnancy, and also awful in this pregnancy. Relaxing will do you good totally realise how much of a hypocrite I sound given what I wrote above!

north What an exciting milestone!

Good luck for tomorrow paws and metal

Due date for mc baby tomorrow, while I don't feel especially down about it, it has been on my mind a lot. Not sure whether to do something small to mark the day, I don't particularly want to (we didn't keep anything from the last pregnancy, and didn't make it as far as getting scan pictures) but I don't want to seem disrespectful at the same time. It's a strange feeling.

Glad to hear we're all plodding along ok.

Nousername2015 · 15/09/2015 19:07

Forgot to ask, how is the sickness reebok? Hope it's become more manageable Flowers

Reebok · 15/09/2015 19:59

Thanks for thinking of me nouser. After being in hospital, I was put on a very strong drug for chemo patients. It helps to control the vomiting so I can eat/drink a little but the nausea is constant from the minute I wake up to the moment I sleep. It's really debilitating. Cannot function. Slightest movement or noise can set me off feeling sick. Can't look after dd at all. Signed off work.

Those of you worrying about not being sick, enjoy it. I had hyperemesis (the same sickness I have now) with my first pregnancy and I still mc it. So sickness is not a guarantee baby will be ok. This is what makes pregnancy even harder for me. I'm sick to my stomach and I have no idea if I will have a healthy baby in the end to make it all worth it.

Metalhead · 16/09/2015 12:05

Hi all, just had my scan and all is looking good, growth is still on track. Also spoke to the consultant (as opposed to some junior doctor) about my request for an ELCS, and she was much more sympathetic and basically said that while she would recommend a vaginal birth she will support my decision, so that's a weight off my mind! Just got to wait until 34 weeks now to sign the paperwork and get a date.

Hope you have a successful scan too paws, and sorry to hear you're still feeling so rough reebok. I also had all-day nausea for the first 16 weeks or so (though not as bad as yours), so I can sympathise.

Allmychildrenhavepaws · 16/09/2015 15:08

We have a HEARTBEAT!!!

Cried my frickin eyes out!!! Grin

Congrats on scan metal x

nouser thinking of you today Flowers x

reebok I really hope your sickness improves asap, and that the end result is worth it, I'm sure all is fine x

melonface · 16/09/2015 15:36

Brilliant news paws Grin

Nousername2015 · 16/09/2015 16:14

That's wonderful news paws Has it made you feel a bit better about things at all?

Allmychildrenhavepaws · 16/09/2015 17:42

It has, I'm excited about it now...i will always have that bit of doubt/worry though, I think everyone does when pg after mc. Keep crying happy tears Blush
They told me I may have a small bleed, as she could see a small amount of blood under the sac, she said that's normal and not to worry if it should 'show'...i know I'll panic if/when it does show! No more scans now till 12 week scan on my birthday! 6 long weeks till I see baby again X

Allmychildrenhavepaws · 16/09/2015 17:43

That 12 week scan will either 'make or break' my birthday! X