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Staying posifrickentive- Thread 11 for ladies pg after mc

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LynseyH · 25/08/2016 14:47

New thread!! The other one closed down!

Yay for dino and kate. Great news for you both!

I've just booked a gender scan 🙄 one week from tomorrow we will know what our little one is and also breaks up the wait until my 20 wk scan! So excited.

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DoubleCarrick · 20/09/2016 09:13

Just tried to get through and the call keeps ending. So frustrating. My midwife isn't back in work until tomorrow. I'll shower and then try again. I think your right. It's a good idea to call. The doctor said it's baby but it doesn't feel like that's what it is at all

DoubleCarrick · 20/09/2016 09:16

Just spoke to a community midwife and she said i need to go to a&e

Adventuregame · 20/09/2016 09:22

Double hope it goes ok - thinking of you

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LynseyH · 20/09/2016 10:11

double hope all is well and they give you a thorough check up.
adventure I just wanted to say on the sore boobs symptom, mine were really sore, then felt fine, then sore again and so on. Occasionally my chest feels like it's on fire but more often than not, I now just get sore nipples! With my 3 boys, I never got sore boobs at all.
I hope this helps a little to rest your mind x

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DoubleCarrick · 20/09/2016 10:24

I've chickened out of a&e. Waiting for a call from the duty doctor now. The midwife didn't even ask me any questions before telling me to go to a&e so it's not like she had enough information to know whether I needed to

doleritedinosaur · 20/09/2016 10:34

Hope the doctor can help Carrick but definitely get it checked.

Adventure my boobs went up & down a lot. I still get really sore nipples, it's why I stopped breastfeeding DS as it was too painful. Caught one on a door handle the other day & nearly screamed.

DS has a cold so missing swimming but still going for lunch with his friends. Just hoping I don't get it as I'm peeing so much the sneezing will make me buy Tena lady. Sorry the tmi!

Whatsername17 · 20/09/2016 11:11

Have you got a walk in clinic near by? Could try there if you don't fancy A&E?

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LynseyH · 20/09/2016 14:09

Can't help but think if you at least told her about the breathlessness and sickness, before she suggested A&E, that it would be a good idea to go. Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn, I just think she would have said it for a reason? Seemed an extreme response which makes me wonder what she suspected it could be.

Either way I really hope you have been seen by now and that your feeling better.

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DoubleCarrick · 20/09/2016 15:49

Just got back from the docs. She thinks it could be iron levels so I have been booked for a blood test first thing tomorrow morning

doleritedinosaur · 20/09/2016 18:57

Are you taking any iron Carrick? Hopefully you'll find out soon.

I felt a tiny kick well a "push" away from the bump. OH just missed it but hoping he will soon. Haven't felt anything since so fairly sure that was a kick.

Have terrible heartburn & trapped wind now. Hoping if I do some yoga in a bit that will shift it.

Whatsername17 · 20/09/2016 19:13

I'd definitely recommend the pregnancy test vitamins for general well being, double. Hope it all goes well tomorrow x

DoubleCarrick · 20/09/2016 19:17

A kick! Exciting!!

I haven't been able to keep my vitamins down so far and am also eating very little so don't think I'm getting much nutrition. I took vitamins and an iron tablet this morning and for my efforts was sick all over the living room floor! I then puked up my breakfast. Lovely! It's almost annoying that I'm not more sick - I'm not sick enough for any anti sickness or anti nausea meds but just enough to restrict my appetite and stop me gaining any weight

LuckyinOctober · 20/09/2016 19:34

Double is it yourself or the healthcare professionals who think you're not sick enough for meds? From what you've said your sickness stops you eating, which will be a vicious cycle making you more sick, and if you're not able to gain nutrition and weight that doesn't sound good for either you or bump? Also, the sickness also then sounds like it could be causing your breathlessness and low iron levels due to preventing you eating, and that's clearly stressing you out. You know your body, your situation and what's right for you best but in your position I'd be making my case for anti-sickness meds. How far along are you again? Sorry can't remember - normally I have a great memory but starting to suffer pregnancy brain!

Lynsey and Bec that's a lovely image of the white feather you gave me there.

I've just had some really painful trapped wind pains on my drive home from work and had the thought that they might be contractions and a sign of a late MC. However, passing the wind, sipping water and resting for half an hour has settled it and no bleeding so have now reassured myself we're still fine.

Whatsername17 · 20/09/2016 19:47

You can not take iron tablets on an empty tum. They will make you sick, or in your case, more sick. I found this put to my cost around 40 weeks gone with dd. Puking with a full term bump is horrendous. I agree with lucky, you need some help with the sickness. It's mental that you are struggling so much when meds could help.

doleritedinosaur · 20/09/2016 19:59

Double what are you managing to eat? Have you tried any anti sickness medication?
It is a vicious circle like posters have said, with DS I ended up having an injection of anti sickness meds so they could get food & nutrients into me & it had been a while since I'd kept anything down.

Can you speak to GP tomorrow? I was given powdered satchets of nutrients, cylizine & iron tablets to take then I could keep food down.

Then when you can keep food down go for fortified foods, like wholemeal bread, leafy greens for iron, apricots also have lots of iron. I ate a lot of wheatabix with butter on top for iron too. It was dry but I liked it.

Aw Lucky the trapped wind is awful isn't it? I need to get some fibre into me. Baked beans tomorrow for lunch I think.

XxBecxX · 20/09/2016 20:42

Hya ladies, had my booking app and although apprehensive about going before the 12 week milestone, I literally fell in love with the midwife and was seriously considering kidnap 😂😂 she was positive but not over the top, she allayed lots of my fears and said that it was really positive that I haven't had a bleed this time (as I did previously in MMC) she said maybe my body did try to start to end things as it knew there was an issue, hence the bleed but it didn't manage too, obviously that's just her putting a bit of a positive spin on my previous bad exp.
also I had a PPH with the last birth and she said not to worry, there's no guarantee it will happen again etc
I just found her whole self a breath of fresh air!
Double you poor sod, can you try cuppa soups, they do mills of flavours and even if you could just manage one along with your tab it will line your belly just enough.
Also I wasn't vomiting last time just felt vile and they gave me the acid tabs and anti sickness, just push for them, only probs is they knocked me out.

Hope everyone else is well xx

somethingfromnothing · 20/09/2016 21:33

Hi ladies can I join? I'm 5 weeks after a previous ectopic and miscarriage. I already have a DC. I've been spotting off and on since before I knew I was pregnant so finding it hard to be optimistic. Have had a scan and saw a sack so at least it's not ectopic. Have follow up next week.

XxBecxX · 21/09/2016 03:53

Hay something, welcome to the group, so many ladies on here have had spotting it literally means zip, so many go on to have healthy pg.
You've got a sac and its in the right place so things are looking good, let's keep everything crossed for the next scan xxx

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theAntsareMyFriends · 21/09/2016 11:15

Welcome •something* good luck with the follow up scan next week. How old is your DC?

Carrick I was so breathless with my first PG that I kept insisting that they check me for a chest infection. For me it was linked to low iron levels. I was also barely eating and not taking vitamins. I couldn't take iron tablets as they gave me terrible constipation and I already had awful piles (PG is so glamorous). I ate one fig a day and when I couldn't eat them any more I ate as much readybrek as I could. When I really couldn't eat much I tried to snack on dry shreddies throughout the day. You may not feel like any of these things but my long-winded point is that you might be able to stomach at least one enriched or iron rich food and that might help.

Amusing note: my spell check changed shreddies to sherries. I definitely did not drink dry sherries throughout the day in pregnancy!

theAntsareMyFriends · 21/09/2016 11:19

bec so glad you liked your MW. Its so important to have one that you like and feel you can talk to. All the MWs I've met are lovely but my friend had one that kept going on about her weight and made her feel terrible.

XxBecxX · 21/09/2016 11:42

Lol ants on the sherries!
green salads have iron too I think, I like the watercress/rocket/spinach combo, very easy eating,with toms and cuey and a nice slice of ham, if you could manage a little boiled egg too, it wouldn't bloat your belly but it would give you a massive boost, carsick, rofl rofl just to make you laff spell check changed you to 'carsick' from carrick 😂
Yeah she very graciously overlooked my fatness 😊

somethingfromnothing · 21/09/2016 12:25

She is 4 ants I had horrific morning sickness with her pregnancy and I'm almost wiling it to start.

DoubleCarrick · 21/09/2016 14:37

Thankyou all so much for your support! Still feeling breathless but today is slightly easier. I managed to eat a little more yesterday so that could be linked.

tinkly this sounds awful but I'm so glad you're suffering too Grin it makes me feel less abnormal. Although all the ladies at my pregnancy yoga are suffering with different bits and pieces, I don't know why I feel so pathetic that I'm struggling too!

Most of everything you guys have mentioned sounds awesome but the thought of most of it turns my stomach! (sorry). Boiled egg sounds good and I've been eating some broccoli.

It's me that doesn't think I'm sick enough for meds. I'm not sick daily and not necessarily nauseous daily but I have almost zero appetite. Anything milky, tomato based, anything too fatty, all makes me sick. I can't eat yoghurt, cereals, bread, soups, pasta, salad and many fruits, nothing with too much flavour. Mashed potato seems to be going down well at the moment with veg and gravy (broccolli, cauli and green beans) so I had that for dinner last night with a sausage and managed to eat it all! Had the same for lunch! very early lunch today

Wow, I never used to be fussy before I was pregnant! Not in the slightest!

Hopefully trying again with the vitamins will start to make me feel better.

McBaby · 21/09/2016 15:08

Morning sickness still awful over here being sick a few times a day but hoping the sickness means this one will stick. 8 times is my maximum in 1 day so far it's exhausting feeling so sick constantly!

I have my first scan tomorrow at 6+5 hoping there is a baby in there this time as it stopped developing at 4 weeks last time and I didn't find out till I started bleeding at 10 weeks! Feeling nervous but at least I will know if it's the same as last time of not.