Staying posifrickentive- Thread 10 for ladies pg after mc

[LynseyH5]

I've made the new thread, hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes... just wanted to make sure we had one.

Fingers crossed jpeg. I know you'll likely be in your appt now but wanted to say I'd really push for a scan today if they'd let you. Seems so unfair they'd make you wait. The waiting and not knowing is definitely the worst feeling. I really hope it works out for you

Macauley thanks for your comments. It is good to know I'm not going mad. The fear is so real, but I hope as the weeks go on I can maybe one day relax a little.

I'm so sorry to hear what some of the other ladies are going through. Jpeg I hope it goes okay for you today

Hi everyone.

Jpeg hoping everything went well at EPU.

How are you all today?

I had a spurt of energy this morning so went into London to get some new clothes for work. A very successful trip (not that my boyfriend will think so...). I spent about 3 hours walking around and I am now absolutely zonked. I feel like I've got the flu! Does anyone else feel like this??

I am still feeling sick too. I haven't started taking the anti-sickness medication yet as I am reluctant to pump my body of more drugs but I will do if the sickness isn't better by the time I get back to work.

I've just realised that all I have done is moan. Sorry I didn't mean to! It's just really taking it out of me.

11w4 today. 5 more days until my next scan. A mountain of work to get through before then...

xx

kate I said the same a while ago to my partner, my whole body ached like the flu. A few hours out of the house would leave me knackered.
The anti nausea drugs I took really helped with mine, was only sick twice and that was triggered by coughing and brushing my teeth. Hopefully you'll be seeing the back of it pretty soon with the stage your at now.
As for the moaning, don't worry cos we've all done it at some point! Sure we'll all do it again too!

I am still struggling with these blooming headaches which I find so annoying, I know if it wasn't for the pain in my head I'd actually feel ok. Just had a rest on settee before I start dinner which has helped and must admit I'm glad of the cooler weather too. Trying to enjoy the school holidays with the boys and mostly managing it so all in all, I won't complain!!

Jpeg hope Epu was as straight forward and easy as such things can be x

I've starting spotting and cramping. I also have a (sadly familiar) strange low down heavy sensation.

jpeg I've been thinking of you today. Hope you are ok

kate and lynsey yes to the all over aching exhaustion - it is just like being ill, you're right! Nothing wrong with venting about the rubbishness of it either. I have long since reconciled myself to that. It's in no way ungrateful. I am so happy to have a little person on board who is ok so far, - but that in no way means it has been a pleasant experience, and it's ok to be miserable about the side effects. Who really gets any pleasure out of nausea/vomiting/headaches/exhaustion/constipation etc etc?!

My anomaly scan appt has come through - 8th Sept so that's the next thing to aim for. Cannot wait, and could gladly wait forever at the same time!

Evening everyone... Sorry to just post without reading through the day... Just wanted to let you know the good news. Hcg went from 2500 to 5000 in 48 hrs and progesterone is rising. So happy! Doctor said when they scanned me Thursday they saw a sac but no baby (worried me!) but she said that could be because I was only 4+6 at that time, hopefully scan next week will show a tiny bean!

That's wonderful news Jpeg x

Checking back a page -

tinkly a little girl, how lovely Does it help you bond a bit more now she's a she and not an it/the baby? I hope the physio can help you out.

Bowser hello, I don't know your history but I can absolutely identify with increasing stress levels as you near the end - my anxiety when pg with DD got worse and worse as my due date got closer. I hope your baby decides not to be late and don't have too long to wait. It will pass

Welcome feline and fingers firmly crossed for you.

x-posted, great news jpeg! Now put your feet up and try and have a relaxing evening x

x-posted, great news jpeg! Now put your feet up and try and have a relaxing evening x

That's great news jpeg been thinking about you all day!

butterfly we are anomaly scan week buddies

jpeg that is brill. It's VERY likely that the non visible baby was due to age of embryo. I remember from last time I obsessed over early scans and drank in all the info I could find. They can normally see a sac when levels are around 1500ish and 7-10 days after a sac is visible they can normally see the yolk/sometimes the embryo as well. So sounds v good for next Tuesday timing wise.

I am 4+5 today or 17dpo. Last time I got bleeding at 5+4/23dpo - so the next week is going to feel fairly slow as I wait to get past that milestone.

I think I will order one of the digital tests with week estimator, I know they are notoriously unreliable, but it should give me an idea. I had blood taken at 5+2 (21dpo) last time and my HCG was only at 99 which was way too low for the time. I thought it was just late ovulation at the time but now I think the embryo never really developed properly to begin with.

BUT I didn't get a clear positive until 17/19dpo last time and I've had a properly clear one at 13dpo this time so the signs are good. I would like the reassurance of seeing the less sensitive test come up positive, so I know it's over 100!

Great news jpeg. What a lovely relief for you!

bertie please don't buy a digital test no good usually comes from it and it usually increases anxiety. Somebody either on the last thread or early on this one had a really good article about this.

Great news jpeg! My anomaly scan is the next appointment and I can feel the anxiety setting in already. Completely get the 'can't wait but can wait' feeling.

Yes I've seen the breakdown of them, so I know they can be really unreliable. It would just be an interim measure, because here they do blood tests as standard when you book in anyway. I'll probably wait to book in until the week after next but I'm impatient! I will be OK though if it doesn't show the higher number. Plus, it's not like me worrying, or not worrying, will change the outcome. :)

I will look for the article anyway in case it's different to the thing I've seen.

Great news jpeg!!

Interesting article Bertie. Not sure if it will help you specifically.

www.amazon.com/Clearblue-Advanced-Pregnancy-Weeks-Estimator/product-reviews/B00D05VGCS?tag=mumsnetforum-21

Sorry not article, it's a review.

Read the first one.

How are you, purple?

Yep that's the one I was going by :) I found the article from the last thread too.

I would like a positive confirmation that my levels are over 100 because it would mean they are higher than they are last time. I know (realistically) it makes no difference, and that normal HCG levels can vary loads within a particular time frame, and even that the urine sample can be too dilute so it could show lower, but it would be nice all the same. If I get the lower result, then I'll just have to sit tight for blood tests (and bear in mind all of the reasons it could be showing lower).

I had a chemical in March after my mc in January and decided I was never using pink line tests again as it was a faint line but got my hopes right up. Anyway, I used the cbd and got 2-3 weeks the day before my period was due. Id bought a double pack and the other one said 3+ a week later. I spent the next few weeks convinced it was a molar pg because my levels were too high considering I thought I knew when I'd ovulated according to CB opk. At my scan they moved me forward a whole week. Nothing was wrong, I was just further along. They are both a blessing and a curse those tests!

For sure. I know they aren't a very accurate tool.

Jpeg I found this which has links to what HCG level and what's visible on a scan which might be helpful. www.babymed.com/is-my-hcg-blood-level-normal#

bertie it sounds like you know CB tests are crap but I thought I'd post my two-pence worth anyway.... forgive me if I have said this before...

At the start of this pregnancy I was constantly weeing on sticks out of fear that this pregnancy would end like all the others. I'd had a few HCG tests right at the start to check my levels were rising. They weren't doubling but increasing and my consultant was happy enough, and so didn't order any more blood tests. Despite his reassurance I was unconvinced it was a viable pregnancy and so kept buying CB tests. I am ashamed to say I averaged 2 a day!!! I was about 6 weeks, and getting 2-3 weeks, but based on my early HCG tests I KNEW I should be getting 3+ by then IF it was a healthy pregnancy. So I persuaded by doctor to do another blood test.

On the morning of the test I did a CB (obviously, totally sane financially wise behaviour), and it was STILL 2-3, which from what I had read online meant my levels were around 2000/3000. To me this meant my levels hadn't risen in the way they should have done and I was utterly miserable. But then later that afternoon I got my bloods back and they were way over 5000!!!! Which is safely in the supposed range to get a 3+. I know blood picks up the HCG quicker than urine, but still, that is a massive disparity!

This is a very long, and probably quite dull way of doing, CB can't be trusted! For all sorts of reasons.

xxx