Staying posifrickentive - Thread 7 for ladies pregnant after mc

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New thread for all the lovely ladies facing the trials and tribulations of pregnancy after mc!

nouser That's amaaaaazing news! Huge congratulations and welcome to the world little boy!

Congratulations Nousername!

Congratulations nouser! Enjoy snuggles with your little man x

lilliana I'm 23&3! Time flew after 12 week scan! Got everything we need for baby already as I'm so impatient and needed to try and feel positive and hopeful about this pg...x

Best of luck and hand holding for gals with upcoming scans

2.5 st weight gain already, us that normal? I do get my 5 a day or even more! but I do treat myself far roo often also

Thanks everyone, I just stare at him unable to believe it. And the relief is HUGE, the anxieties are already on their way out. I even had to face one of my big fears as the cord was around his neck but the midwife just flipped it off.

I wish you all all of the luck in the world with your pregnancies. I'll pop by to check in with you from time to time. You've been a huge pillar of support for me over this terrifying time and thank you for that. I don't think I'd have made it through without support like this, keep it going.

Huge congratulations nouser

How lovely- congratulations Nouser!

Congratulations Nouser, great news to hear your little one arrived so promptly and safely .

Sophia I also have a tilted uterus. Unfortunately I lost my first pregnancy around 11 weeks but the sonographer had no problems doing an external scan on me when they were checking me over afterwards. I also had a visible bump by then, it suddenly appeared the previous week when I was on holiday with the in-laws. Good luck for your scan.

Congratulations nouser!

Congratulations Nouser!
That is lovely news to read first thing

Congratulations nouser! What a lovely surprise for you. Glad it all went well. Enjoy time with the wee man xx

paws, I'm about 3st up on my pre pg weight (at 30+3). Although i think this probably is quite a lot, I'm just trying not to worry about it now. I had to eat lots to try to reduce the ms in the first trimester, so I'm just going to deal with it when it's over. I put on 4st with dd (although a lot of that was water retention at the end), so I'm not worried, as i managed to take that all off again. Just give yourself a break. As long as you're having a balanced diet I think snacks are fine!

Congratulations nouser! I had a cuddle of my friend's newborn at the weekend and I just can't wait until I get to hold mine. So glad you're feeling better too .

Sophia I have a retroverted uterus too and had to have an internal when I mc. Didn't have to this time tho so I think you'll be OK seeing as you'll be 12 weeks at your scan so everything should have grown. Uteruses can flip about anyway, had a scan for pcos a few yrs ago and mine wasn't retroverted then! Have you a scan date yet?

All nicely boring here ATM . 13 weeks now and off to buy new bras today, something I've been putting off doing! Still having some issues with work regarding shifts so keeping my head down and trying not to piss anyone off too much.

Thanks march...i just keep reminding myself what I've been through to get here, I probably wouldn't have been this weight had I not have been pregnant 3 times in a year

Definitely going to lose it and get down to my healthy 9ish st. After he's born x

Oh dear, the brown discharge has appeared again and dh is away for work . I'm hoping it's just due to irritation from the progesterone pessaries. I have my first scan on Monday, I'll be 7 weeks but am petrified that I'll only see my big empty womb again, the first trimester truly sucks!

Sorry for the me post but I'm at work trying not to freak out.

Oh Mimi I know that fear of the empty womb as that's what I had. Chances are that baby is fine though, and brown discharge is so common. Are you around the time your period would normally be due?

Thanks for womb reassurance everyone! Have scan in 2 weeks time followed by consultant appointment :-)

Massive congraiulatiins nouser so happy for you.

Had my scan today wish I hadn't. More worry for me. On a positive note baby is measuring 8 weeks 2 days my dates are spot on such a strong heartbeat. The negative is I have a blood clot again was not there on my first scan. I had a blood clot last pregnancy had a scan at 9 weeks lost baby a few days later but didn't start bleeding until around 11 weeks. She said its so common in pregnancies and that I shouldn't be worried it's just so hard when in May I did lose my baby after 9 weeks due to a blood clot :(.

So anxious now so was good and bad news.

nouser huge congrats.

keys sorry to hear the scan was not as reassuring as it might have been. Could it just be coincidence though? Did the doctors make any connection last time between the loss and the blood clot? I don't have any medical knowledge about it myself but just trying to think logically...if it had been a big issue them, given your history, would they not have expressed more concern?

I see a fair few new posters here and am humbled reading your sad stories. Sending good luck to everyone at this stressful time.

As for me I am 7 weeks today and probably need a kick up the arse. Scan is booked for a week tomorrow (Ivf clinic). I have no symptoms at all so have taken to doing tests every few day as the strong line reassures me (even though I know that I could at this stage still have both high hcg and a miscarriage). Except did one this morning and the line was fainter than 2 days ago. I sort of messed up the peeing bit as was half asleep and possibly missed, so even the control took longer to appear than normal, but I went into a massive panic about it. Had to go to Tesco for another test, which I did a couple of hours later, and a dark line came up instantly. I am pretty reassured, but the closer the scan gets, the more I am convinced it will not be viable. I know I just have to suck it up but just wanted to vent.

Mimi I had brown discharge in this pg, around 7 weeks. I convinced myself I was going to miscarry yet again but no cause was ever found. Fingers crossed it's all ok for you.

keys sorry to hear you're stressed after the scan. I have no experience with blood clots but wanted to let you know I'm thinking of you.

Thanks for the support guys it does mean a lot.

jessie the blood clot last time did cause my miscarriage it absorbed the baby and dragged it down which is why now I'm mega anxious. She said its so so common in pregnancy and not to chances are so small but the fact it did happen to mean and I was in that 1-3% her words have not reassured me in anyway because it exactly what she said last time.
I suppose it's just a waiting game for me again :(. No follow up scan need to go back to my gp tomorrow for another referral.

It's so nervous waiting for that scan but you sound like you e got strong hormones I'm sure baby is absolutely fine xx

Paws I can't believe you're that far along already. So pleased for you. Don't worry about the weight gain. I'm in the same boat - going through weeks of morning sicknesses x2 has left me a little heavier than I'd like to begin with. It hasn't kicked in with this one yet but when it does I know grazing all day is the only thing that works for me. You can lose weight afterwards and I found it fell of quite easily when I had DD. Try to enjoy your pregnancy.

Mimi I know you know that brown discharge can be totally normal but I'm going to tell you again anyway. I really hope it is nothing and I truly understand your empty womb fear. Is there any chance of calling and getting an earlier scan so you're not worrying for the next 5 days? Try not to worry too much if not. Everything is crossed for a good result for you.

keys sorry your scan has added another worry. I have no real knowledge of clots but I'm sure that others had them when I had DD and they were fine. What have they said? Are they going to do any more scans/give you anything. I have my fingers crossed for you too.

Jessie step away from the tests!! They are not reliable - I took clear blue ones regularly on my third pregnancy and they went up week by week perfectly and I still miscarried, did a couple with DD and they didn't change to 3+ until ages after they should and she is sat here next to me. What I'm trying to say is they don't tell you anything of any use!!!! I know the wait for a scan is endless though. I'll wait here with you.

I'm only 4 weeks. Do you think I need to call and tell the doc/midwife yet? Not sure why I'm putting it off really but it just seems a bit early yet.

Sorry x post Keys. Will it disperse on its own or will it no longer be a problem once the baby reaches a certain size? Is there anything they can do to increase your chances?

Gosh keys that's tough that they can't refer you immediately from the scan to the consultant and I can't believe you were just dismissed with a "don't worry" when your history suggests otherwise! How soon can you get to the GP?

Liliana , thanks! I do need to accept that waiting is allI can do. Bizarrely I am extra anxious as on progesterone so it's possible it might be preventing me from bleeding even if I have miscarried, so I feel like I have no control over any of the information, IYSWIM.

Hello - may I sneak in to join the early pregnancy bench of anxiety?

This year I've had three lots of IVF, one resulting in twin pregnancy that mc at 10 weeks. It's been a bloody miserable year. I also previously had one natural conception that miscarried at 5 weeks ish, that was 2.5 yrs ago. Getting pregnant doesn't happen easily for me, and staying pregnant? well that has never happened yet.

But here I am with a natural conception straight after my last failed IVF. I can tell you that it was one hell of a surprise. Today I had a scan and it measured 6w4d. It has a heartbeat and looks fine. It's a bit smaller than I thought it would be (was expecting 7-8 wks) but I have no idea when I ovulated given that it was straight after an IVF cycle which disrupts normal hormones anyway. I'm still a bit stunned as I was not at all confident that today would bring good news. I was expecting the big empty womb that Mimi spoke about. I feel a bit of a fraud being here as my natural haunt is the infertility board and it will take a while to get my head around not being quite as infertile as I thought...

Jessie I don't have symptoms either! Apart from ones that I just ascribe to the progesterone gel I'm using (which may or may not make any difference to m/c risk, no one seems sure...) No symptoms really doesn't mean there is something wrong, honest, it really doesn't.

Keys I am sorry you're worried - I thought clots were fairly common and often nothing to worry about? Will you have another scan soon?

nouser that is lovely to hear - amazing.

Welcome Tabby and congratulations on your FUFC pregnancy

There's plenty of room on the fretting bench

Hi Tabby Fingers crossed for a very dull pregnancy.