Staying posifrickentive- Thread 9 for ladies pg after mc

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Right that wasn't so hard! Let's hope everyone finds us still

Morning all. Just wanted to check in.

Congratulations on the scan whatser. What a huge relief for you!

macauley I hope there has been no more spotting. Can be extremely scary but also, as we hear so often, it's quite common.

23 weeks northern! how is everything going for you? Do you feel more settled in your pregnancy now?

I'm now 5+5 I think and can quite definitely say the nausea I have is down to pregnancy and not the humidity.
I haven't felt this ill since my last healthy pregnancy. Can only hope that it's a positive sign. The only relief I get is when I eat but I can't just constantly do that! I ate a ginger biscuit before I got out of bed this morning and it did help a smidgen!
Having not told anyone about this, the nausea is making it really hard not to give the game away. Any tips on hiding how sick you feel/felt?!

How's things this morning Mac? I don't know if it helps at all - but in my last pregnancy I had a scan at 6 weeks and they said they could see where there had been some small bleeding at implantation and said so if in the next few days/week or two I had a little bit of blood come out it would be that and not to worry. As it happens, I didn't get any, but I thought it was interesting that there can be almost a delay in implantation bleeding actually getting to your knickers. Might be something very innocent like that, or if you've had sex that can cause a bit of spotting from the cervix in pregnancy and again is not a risk to the pregnancy. Hope you're doing ok x

Also a knicker checker, I get a lot of discharge in early pregnancy so a near constant sensation of slight dampness which is v unnerving and I am grateful everytime I go to the loo that it is still white/clear and no red or brown!

Welcome eastcoast. Hope your cold passes soon - miserable when there isn't much you can take for relief. Are you having an early scan or are you holding out for 12 weeks?

My only tip for hiding sickness Lynsey is to avoid people! I hate seeing people when I am clearly feeling grotty as I worry that they will be thinking I am some selfish mare with a stomach bug infecting other people, but there aren't many non contagious sources of sickness that you can claim to have instead! I do have IBS though which I often attribute an upset stomach too if hiding pg sickness. Mercifully pregnancy seems to give me a break from IBS though

Thank you butterfly. Mints do help with the actual feeling. I've recommended them to others in the past (funny that brushing my teeth makes me really heave though).
As for avoiding people, usually it's not that hard as I don't know many people around this area but my parents are coming over on Sunday! Usually they would know but having put them through the constant worry with me the last 2 times, I hoped not to tell them until I could pass on positive news. That means earliest I'll be willing to spill the beans is early August!
Aw tinkly your allowed to have an off day and tears are nothing to worry about. This weather is enough to upset anyone right now so add in the hormones and this equals your meltdown! You have the right idea, snuggle up and rest.

Hello all, just checking in. On the topic of knicker checking I think I managed to curb it after the 20 week scan. Started again recently hoping for labour signs- ahh the joys!

Well at least if your parents are coming to you, you can ensure the food is palatable for you, and get DH to cook if smells are an issue.

whatser that's awesome! I know I felt so relieved when I had a good scan at 8+6. I think she said my chances of mc were down to 3%.

Mimi how far along are you? I had to break out the maternity bras at about 6 weeks! Bloody ridiculous - my boobs are going to be on my knees by the end of this pregnancy when they deflate again!!

Hope you're ok mac bleeding is bloody scary but not necessarily a bad thing.

Lynsey I just told people - there was no hiding it really. I also, probably wrongly, told clients so I now have a little more leeway with time off if I need it.

tinkly I know the feeling on that one. I had a paddy with DH yesterday because he decided at 8.30 to cook pie and roast potatoes for dinner. In fairness - he got home from work at 8 and I got home at 8.15 but it just felt like such a long wait!! PS - you're a day ahead of me! I'm 11 weeks tomorrow!

I haven't had any more since that tiny spec of blood yesterday. I Still don't feel out of the woods yet but trying to be positive. My period would have been due yesterday not sure if that's maybe what's happened.

lynsey the only thing that stops me being sick in the morning is bananas. I can't eat gum it makes it worse sadly. I've not told my parents either waiting till after scan. It was weird yesterday as I immediately wanted to call my mum or my mil. I suppose it's exactly for that reason I've not told them.

Awww hugs tinkly hope you have a lovely cosy day indoors.

Arse. I think I may have spoken too soon this morning. Got some bloody discharge. I wish I knew what it meant. Glad yours has stopped for now Mac. Crossing fingers here and going to watch some property trash and try and not think about it

Scan date's come through!! 27th June! Only a week on Monday to go!!

butterfly and mac

I'm in the waiting room at urgent gynae clinic now. Trying to keep calm.

Handhold here for you Truly x

butterfly hopefully it's just the implementation like they told you. It is really stressful though. Try and enjoy your programmes. I bought myself a nice pudding last night to cheer myself up but couldn't eat it as I can't face eating cream at the moment.

Hugs to you truly. I hope everything is ok.

I hope so. It's much easier to reassure other people than to reassure yourself though isn't it! I am now super aware of all the achy period pain and fretting, but the reality is, it has felt like this for weeks.

Yeah I had to have a moment like that last night. If I hadn't had that little bit blood I would have just felt like I do everyday. The pains also weren't anything I would have taken pain killers to help with. Whereas mc pains I had to have tramadol, co-codamol and Diclofenac! I still wound myself up though.

Double I'm 6+5 today and have had to start sleeping in my most comfy bra cos they just seem to be getting in the way around night. I've ordered some nice Jojo Maman Bebe sleep/nurse bras for sleeping, they're crop top style without the easy access nursing clip part so I can pretend there not maternity bras if it all goes wrong. I hate preparing for the worse, but that's just the post-mc mindset, I guess.

Mac and Butterfly fx your spotting buggars off, never to been seen again.

Seems to be back to white/clear goo now which is a relief. Sodding bodies.

Chuckling at the boobs/bras dilemmas. I tend to joke that DD ate my boobs. I breastfed her for years and have been left almost flat chested. I gave up wearing bras a couple of years ago thinking "who am I kidding?!". Still, if this goes the distance I will get my scary engorged new mum boobs again. They were effing huge! to someone who doesn't usually have any

Anyone heard from Truly?

No but just popped in to see if she is ok.

Glad it's stopped now butterfly

Hello, it's been a crazy day. But yay! Scan showed a heartbeat and sac and embryo and everything. It measured 7+3.

To describe the experience, I had an internal scan. The sonographer took a good few minutes poking around before she said anything. Then I could see it on the screen. Cue tears. They found a haemorrhage next to it, which the doctor later explained is fairly common br she did say not to tell everyone IRK about the pg.

So I'm cautiously optimistic (code for still terrified but ultimately relieved and happy).

Thank you for your thoughts.

Btw butterfly I had white goo too.

truly really glad to read that update, sounds promising.

I think I'm going to hold out until my 12 week scan unless I have any bleeding as I'll get anxious about mine and don't want to put myself through that more often than I have to xx

Great news Truly! X

Congratulations, Truly!

Great news truly