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.

Hopeful you have my full sympathies with the sickness, it's just so awful and completely draining. I found water made it worse so I got dehydrated, which also made it worse! I had a snake as soon as I woke up, and I drank very cold milk instead of water. Orange lollies also helped a bit. But to be honest I couldn't have got through without anti sickness drugs. I was on cyclizine regularly, together with stemetil which I took before getting on the train to work, and an emergency supply of metoclopramide for when it got worse. there's loads of evidence that these are safe in pregnancy. Sorry you are feeling so bad.

For those who asked (can't scroll on my phone) I have DCDA twins (2 placentas, 2 sacs). They are probably non-identical but we can't be sure. Whatever they are, they are extremely wriggly and my stomach looks like something out of Alien.

Actually I had a snack not a snake. That would just be weird...

Morning, thank you butterfly and hopeful for thinking of me :-) I'm ok, partner wants to work things out but can't say he's doing much to change things. We'll see how things go.
Pregnancy wise I'm still at the stage of feeling neither here nor there. The headache I had last week ended up lasting 4 days and I'm trying without the cyclizine today as I'm fed up of the foggy head. By all accounts on the net I should see an improvement in the nausea now so fingers crossed I'll no longer need to pop the pills!!
Still another week til my scan and getting impatient.
I now have a very rounded belly and no matter what I wear, I look pregnant. So frustrating when I'm only 11 weeks, I obviously have no stomach muscle whatsoever.
Literally feel like I'm copying actresses methods and using props to hide the belly!

Anyway, I'm so glad everyone seems well and happy. It's lovely seeing one positive story after another coming in. Great for any newbies to read too.
I hope all with scans/checks/tests this week all go ok and are totally uneventful!

Lol at cockles and your morning snake

Anyone else struggling with acid reflux? It happened with dd and seems to be starting earlier this time.

I've had it for months whatsername - it's horrible, isn't it? You can get peptac liquid (non-branded Gaviscon) for free from some pharmacies with your maternity certificate :-)

I've got some rennie tablets. With my daughter is had soft chewable ones and they were brilliant. Can't seem to find them anywhere though!

I've had it since last week Whatser & I'm now sipping Asda's version of gaviscon. Definitely way earlier than when I had it with DS. Pretty sure 20 weeks earlier.

I have been eating millions/jelly babies & snacking so much as eating is the only thing that cures it Hopeful. I'm so grateful & almost not at the same time.

4 days until midwife so should hopefully find out about a scan then as well.

Glad you're okay Lynsey & hope it gets sorted with your partner.

Is anyone else suffering with tiredness as well? DS is not helping on that scale but am managing to sleep before 10 every night now!

whats I get acid reflux even when not pregnant and have Omeprazole to take for that, which also happens to be safe to take in pregnancy. My midwife encouraged me just to take it regularly as it will apparently only get worse - if it's a regular feature for you too it could be worth asking for omeprazole or similar as it prevents the acid reflux rather than just treating it once it's already there?

Thanks that's really helpful x

Yes, me! dolerite I'm suffering with constant tiredness. I think mine is also side affects of taking cyclizine so tried a day without it today. Can't say I feel much difference at the moment apart from that God awful sweet taste I've got again. Thought that had buggered off. Headache came back with a vengeance tonight too so I'm gonna go crawl into bed shortly.
whats I also took that omeprazole stuff in my second pregnancy, I thought I had the worst morning sickness but it was the acid reflux that was making it much worse.
Gaviscon was amazing in later pregnancy but I still slept sitting up for weeks before giving birth. Soon as baby was born, problem was gone.

I had it really bad with my daughter too. I'm going to try the gaviscon duel action today and if that doesn't work I'm off to the doctors. It's started much earlier this time. I prefer the tablets as the liquid makes me feel sick. Ah the joys!

I hated the medicine as the taste is gross but I couldn't bare those chewable tablets with the chalkiness to them...blurgh! I found the minty gaviscon is much more bearable than the aniseed one and just quick downed it with a few smarties after to take the taste away!!
Some times the old tricks are the best ☺

I have a lot of omeprazole left over from DS so will Check the date & check with midwife on Friday.
Hits about noonish & doesn't go all day. Alternates with nausea haha but I'm so grateful for symptoms.

Aw Lynsey that's why I'm trying to avoid cyclizine too, I took it with my last MC & it knocked me out for 3 hours.

I'll be 8 weeks on Thursday, still definitely feel pregnant so starting to tell a few more people, ones I could tell about a MC. We've moved since DS & both of my nearest hospitals are now Amber & nearest one seem to push for C sections. I know I'm way off birth yet, just really looking at home birth I think.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Lemon gaviscon tablets are not too bad.

I've totally hit the wall tonight I am exhausted and fell asleep as soon as I got in from work. I was meant to be going out with DH to a function his sports club were doing but I just couldn't get up to go. I've been out 3 evenings in a row plus working full time, an hour commute each way and all my responsibilities and ive just folded. Ashamed to say I burst in to tears because I don't feel like he understands. I am trying so hard to keep going but it's like a daily battle. I would love to take time off work but not even sure what my reasoning would be or even if I'd feel better after a break.
Sorry for this woe is me rant (deep down I know its a minor thing) just needed to get it out somewhere.

Dr made me switch to rantadine (sp?) from omeprazole as its more tried and tested in pg. Doesn't work as well for me but there you go.

Good news today. I had a(nother) scan. 13+2/3. All measurements good. Blood results tomorrow to get my final risks. It has fingers and everything!

Congratulations on your scan Truly, I've mine tomorrow, eek!

No indigestion to report here (yet), and the nausea seems to have gone, just left with food aversions and tiredness. And am getting paranoid that people are looking at my bump at work

Mac I don't think men do get it. I'm at the stage with dh where he is shouting at me for carrying the hoover downstairs (it's a small pull along dyson) and then moaning that I keep falling asleep on the settee before 9am. If i were you I'd take some time off of work and get your iron levels checked. I'm really struggling with the tiredness but I think my iron is low. I'm lucky enough to be on holiday from work - I'm a teacher. But, if it were term time and I felt dreadful I'd take a day. Sometimes you just need to give in and take some time. Hugs for you .
Truly- glad it was good news at the scan!
Dolerite I think it's wise to tell people that would be supportive if it came to that. I did and I felt much better once I had the support of people who were close.

I made the mistake of using Google images to find a picture of a 14 week old baby in utero to show dd. I wanted a drawing of a woman showing the inside of her tummy so that she could understand the size of the baby and why I couldn't tell her exactly where the babies lips were so she could kiss them. I found the picture but there were also lots of pictures of babies born sleeping at 14 weeks and it was horrible to see. Dd didn't see thankfully but it really freaked me out and upset me. Just wanted to warn everyone really as we tend to Google everything on here and didn't want anyone else getting a shock. Hope you are all doing okay x

I got my screening results through in the post today and reassured that I only have a 1:96738 chance of my baby having Downs Syndrome, and less of Edwards or Patau. I used www.sbpsoftware.com/trisomy-risk-calculator.html to work the last bit out for myself following googling each of my blood test results to try to reassure myself they were normal (which it seems they are).

Agree whats that googling baby stages can be risky, DH did something similar when I was ten weeks and came across a video of an ectopic pregnancy removal at ten weeks, which he then watched so he could see exactly what a ten week old baby would look like. And then insisted I look, too - found that very sad and disturbing, but he was fine with it and pleased his curiosity was satiated. Men do work a bit differently I think Mac and would also agree some time off might help with the tiredness, I had 3 weeks off recently and think it's set me up well to manage my second trimester.

truly helpful to know ranitidine is more tried and tested and will mention that at my next appointment, I've now had two different GPs tell me Omeprazole is perfectly safe to take in pregnancy as well as my midwife so that's good enough for me for now.

Good luck for today mimi!! How many weeks are you?

Brilliant news lucky! What a relief.

truly great news on scan!! V sweet.

I'm 8w1 today and the nausea is really kicking in. I've been sleeping with a piece of bread by my bed! Feel like I have the flu. It's awful!!

Can I ask your advice? We are off on holiday on Tuesday for two weeks which means I'll miss my 9 week scan. The NHS don't have any space or clinics to fit me in before I go so they suggested just waiting until I come back (when I wil be 11w1, hopefully). But that feels like an awful long time to wait to know if everything is going ok. I could get a scan privately on Friday morning but it means missing work and I'd have to rearrange meetings etc which wouldn't go down well. So do I wait until I get back or risk pissing work off? Can't work out whether it's better to know what's going on before I go or just relax and enjoy my holiday?

Xxx

I'd have a private scan. I had 3 scans in my first trimester. One at what I thought was 7 weeks, one at 10 and then my NHS anomaly scan. I was moved forward on my 7 and 10 ones to 8 and 11 weeks. The first scan was offered to me by my midwife to check for viability after my missed miscarriage. My second was a private scan because we were going on holiday and, in all honesty, if something had gone wrong I wanted to be 'managed' before going on holiday. My 'natural' miscarriage at 13 weeks was traumatic and I couldn't cope going through it again. It was forced on me because it was Christmas and the hospital were running a skeleton staff. My baby had died at 8 weeks, I found out at 11 then went through two weeks of hell. The scan was fine and I actually did then relax and enjoy my holiday. I was moved on in dates again which then meant my NHS one was moved to before my holiday anyway! Next scan will be a gender scan in a couple of weeks because, despite my scanxiety, I can't help myself and I'm still desperate for reassurance.

Kate I'm 12+5 today, I was 12+3 by LMP but the sonographer has bumped me along 2 days. Little Diddy is due on 3rd February, and was perfectly positioned to do the NT measurement. It was 1.6 which seems pretty low but I'm thinking I'll wait for the results rather than telling colleagues today like I had planned. I was hoping for a wave but it seems bubs was having a nap, hopefully at my next scan in September. I'll post subject pic later but forgot to pick them up from reception in all the excitement, doh!

Congrats on the low scores Lucky, how long did it take you to get your results back?

Is beautifully sunny but not too hot where I am today, hoping everyone else is getting such nice weather 😎

Glad to hear more good news on here. Congrats Lucky, Truly and Mimi!

Kate I would go for the private scan too. Mine was worth every penny. My 'early' NHS scan is next week two days before we go away, when I'll be 10+4/5. The private consultant said I might just want to move it to 12 weeks but I want to know if everything is okay before we go away. (Not sure what I'll do if it's not okay but I'm not thinking about that!)

That's great there's more good scans!

Kate I would have the private scan as it will put you at ease even if slightly puts your day out.

2 days until midwife & OH wants me to push for a scan for reassurance for me. Just don't know if they will but after MC & some spotting I hope so.

So tired today, I can barely function & DS kicks off if I put my head down. But I'm allowed to sit down & have kisses off him. Early to bed tonight!

Hope everyone else is having a good day.

Dolerite my biggest piece of advice is that you need to tell your midwife how anxious you are. Don't hold back. I sobbed on the phone during the initial contact because I was just in turmoil and the midwife was so kind. They understand. I was sent for my early scan for my mental health rather than because there was a pressing physical need to check the baby. If they think you are coping they may not be as inclined to scan you so don't be brave, be honest. Good luck!