Staying posifrickentive- Thread 15 for ladies pg after mc

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Hya ladies, hope you find this!
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say I'm about 15 weeks now.

Good morning bell and congratulations! Sending positive vibes and calm thoughts for the weeks ahead!

Food aversion has hit me this morning. I couldn't even drink my morning decaf tea. I am hoping that this is a sign that everything is ok with this pregnancy. Is 5 weeks really early to get these feelings?

sock food aversions are my first symptoms too. I think I got them at around the 5 week mark so same as you. Rubbish as it is to not want to eat its also strangely reassuring too.

grain really glad that your scan went well and grain is doing well

belle welcome to the thread. I'm sorry to hear that you've had so much trouble and I hope this pregnancy works out for you

say my MW listened to the heartbeat at the 16week scan but then people seem to have such different experiences. Good luck with the scan on Monday.

ginger it always feels so strange to be happy to be sick, sore and sleeping badly but it is reassuring.

i'mgonna I found it really difficult to tell colleagues and kept bottling out of telling people. In the end I made a meeting with my manager to I couldn't back out of it, then just blurted it out to a few close colleagues and then asked one of them to inform the work gossip who told everyone else. People at work were so lovely about it and I was really glad I'd done it.

I've got my scan this afternoon. Fingers-crossed baby is lying in a weird position and hasn't got growth problems. I'm being fairly laid back about it as I feel like I've completely lost control of everything during this roller coaster pregnancy and if I get stressed over things that I can't change I'm just going to drive myself mad so I'm just going to have to wait and see (and hope).

Good luck Ants.

Hi Belle. Sounds like you've had a tough time getting here, I'm sorry for your losses. I hope this one works out for you.

Ants good luck for your scan xx

Welcome belle I hope things go as smoothly as possible for you

Good luck for your scan later ants

How are you getting on Alb?

Good luck Ants

Welcome Belle

How are you now Alb?

How's Jpeg - keep thinking you must be b close now?

Doom - I was funny about telling work, only properly told a few key people )other than my boss) and that wasn't until a couple of weeks ago and then word seemed to get around. A lot still don't know but I think bump will be a lot more obvious next week after this hol!

I will catch up properly after my holiday! Hiding from the sun at the moment as baby seems to kick a lot when it warms up...feeling like he's telling me to get out the sun! It's low 20's though so not a crazy heat!

26+5 today

Hello all

Just to update - mw appointment went well. She was really nice and discussed in length my birth options - I know I want an ELCS but was good to hear the options. She then said shall we have a listen for baby and I could have kissed her! She found the baby's heartbeat very quickly, 140 bpm. Sounded like a galloping horse so girl maybe?

I'm glad the scan went well grain.

Welcome belle I'm sorry you've had such an awful journey.

alb how are you?

Ooh knorrig hope you have a nice holiday - sunshine sounds good!

say if a scan helps you get through it then go for it. I'm trying to be strong and hold out until 20 weeks having heard the heartbeat yesterday. But who know if I can hold out

doom I haven't told colleagues yet. My boss knows but he's kept it quiet for me. I have no idea how I'll tell the wider team after my 20 week scan. I feel all awkward!

That's lovely pooch. Really hoping that my MW finds heartbeat quickly at my appointment next Monday (3rd) too, to tide me over til next consultant appointment.

Sunshine sounds lovely, very jealous! We are trying to plan a UK break late June, south wales maybe?

Welcome Bell, here's hoping this pregnancy goes smoothly and trouble free for you with a happy arrival at the end.

ants really hoping your scan went well.

Pooch that's great you had a good apt with midwife, sounds like just what you needed and loads better than mine!

Also jealous of your holiday knorrig, could really do with a little break.

grain go to west Wales, pembrokeshire is where I grew up and it's so beautiful. I now live in south Wales and it doesn't compare at all.

Regarding telling work, I have 2 colleagues that are oug of work friends too and they have known since I had my scare at 6 wks.
My supervisor also knows but he has now gone off sick, I'm not sure if he told the other team's supervisor, I assume so but I will have to tell him just in case. It's telling wv we yone else that I am struggling with. j was going to tell my other favourite work person in private yesterday but she's now gone on sick for a couple of weeks too. I just don't know how to bring it up without everyone squealing and making a fuss. Pretty sure people must have noticed the bump so it's just a bit weird now haha!

Had a really tough day todah, hormknes all over the place, wanted to cry all morning then felt crazily angry all afternoon! Also feeling rough with dreadful radiating cramps in lower back and abdomen and into my hips, particularly when I need the loo. Baby still kicking away and no bleeding so think we are ok but it's making feel pretty drained.

Thanks for the welcome all. Sorry for the scary backstory I thought this was the repeat miscarriage thread where this was de rigeur. Oops.

Good to see some positive scan news and good MW appointments.

grain you are one tough mamma. I really hope you have an easier ride from here on in.

For me it seems like the very act of poas has brought on a bit of morning sickness combined with ravenous hunger. I want to eat everything and I welled up twice today. Once when I was interviewing someone ffs.

Omg sorry for all the typos- I blame my phone entirely!

Really nice to read everyone's positive updates, especially Julys!

Just to keep you posted, baby doesn't have tongue tie. Went to the bf clinic and they checked him, they managed to help me latch him
On the left (he doesn't seem to like the right at all) and I did it successfully after returning home too. It seemed to be going well, I tried exclusively breast feeding for a day and night and he just would not get satisfied - this was a combination of being on the breast and expressed milk so I know he was getting enough. He just wanted to nurse constantly and didn't settle to sleep much etc and it was far too exhausting for me. My nipple is really painful as well from the previous attempts to latch and I've got blocked ducts. I got all upset yesterday but I've now decided that I'm going back to expressing and then topping up with formula. I wish I had the energy to breastfeed exclusively but since my pancreatic cancer a few years ago (80% pancreas and spleen removed) I just don't have the energy like I used to (partly because I take prophylactic antibiotics everyday) and coupled with the c section now , I can't afford to burn out and last thing I want is to not enjoy the baby! So here I am. Feel a lot better about it all. I'll keep up the expressing for as long as I can manage and when I've had enough I'll just formula feed. I figured any breast milk at all is good for him. Just wanted to say thanks for all the support. I'll keep checking in to see how you guys are!

purple that sounds like a really positive outcome, glad you are enjoying your baby take care of yourselves xx

Re telling work, I have told my close colleagues but not everyone. I think I'll just wait until the others guess, not sure I can deal with lots of congratulations and definitely don't want to tell everyone the whole scenario. It won't be long however given I think i look at least 4 weeks ahead of how I looked with DS. And it would be good to wear comfier clothes to work but they make bump more obvious! Currently going with trousers undone and loose fitting blouses.

Purple - pleased to hear you're feeling more positive about things. That sounds like a really sensible decision. I always think with feeding you have to look at what's best all round for everyone, and happy baby = happy mummy and vice versa. Its great that you've worked out a plan which will still get some of your breast milk to baby but removing the difficulties with latching.

Hi all hope you're all ok...

Purple glad you're feeling more relaxed.

Grain in glad baby grain is all nice and cozy, it must have been such a tough decision for you to make.

Not managed to catch up on much of the thread because I've been working so much and feeling wiped out but I'm glad to see some good news of what I've read.

I'm 9+4 today and still having mild to no symptoms. I decided to have a look through all my girls baby boxes this evening after work and came across my old Doppler. Thinking it wouldn't work I turned it on to find it still does so stupidly had to have a poke around with it. Well I managed to find the babies heart beat 3 times and dh heard it too! It was really quiet and mixed in with cord noise and the beat on the placenta but definitely the baby no doubt about that! Can't believe I've managed to find it so early and I'm not skinny by any stretch of the imagination. It's given me a little bit of reassurance to say the least but I'm not going to try to find it again for a few more weeks. I have a scan a week tomorrow too. Feels a bit more real now 🤗

Happy Friday everyone!

I have been out for a walk, done some jobs and now sat on my bed with a coffee and iPad. Nice day so far!

Purple I'm glad you're sussing out what works for you and baby. It sounds like you have a sensible head on your shoulders.

Good news on the appointment Little. It's exciting to think in a few weeks I could drop in to see MW and have a listen for reassurance. She has said she's happy for me to do that and I may just take her up on it more than she bargained for!

Amy I haven't had what I would call many symptoms this pregnancy, so maybe you're just getting off lightly too. I have read of a few people having dopplers, it is really tempting but I think DH would blow a gasket if I got one. I don't think I could trust myself to stay calm and reasonable about it. Jealous of those that can!

I have my counselling this afternoon and I think I am ready to stop. I've been going for probably 5 months after my MC. It's not that I don't have the same worries, but the sadness is less now and I feel a lot more emotionally equipped to look after myself. At the same time I'm nervous to stop, but I know nothing can 'jinx' this pregnancy and it either will or won't work out.

Awww, that's so lovely Amy, really nice that you feel reassured now. It's such a difficult time, these early days!

Pooch have you had a previous CS? My DS was EMCS after long induction and failure to progress/distressed baby. I really can't decide whether to VBAC or ELCS but am leaning towards another CS as who can guaranty a straightforward VBAC?!

Purple so pleased to hear you're feeling more positive. Look after yourself and don't beat yourself up, and breast milk you can get it baby is great, and formula is just fine too, so whatever works best for you.

Amy well done on finding the heartbeat, its so reassuring!

Shocking day at work yesterday on only 5 hours sleep and everyone asking for everything immediately and lots of negativity, I did have a little cry last night, but DH ordered us pizza finished off with double chocolate chip cookies, so not all bad! Feel much better today after a good night's sleep and desperate for the weekend now!

Thank you for all the good luck vibes. Scan went well and baby is growing perfectly. Not sure why my bump isn't growing but I guess I'm just lucky as its quite a comfortable size.

Sorry for the quick message and not catching up with everyone properly.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.

Ants - this is really good news You must have had quite a worrying week. I hope you can have a nice relaxing weekend now!

Hi everyone,
Good luck to those with upcoming scans &I hoping everyone's pregnancy's are going well.
10+4 today and the sickness has been insane, it's come back in full force. Feeling super fatigued and seem to not be able to function after 6pm. Is anyone else experiencing this? I'm finding it super difficult as I feel so tired and have to force myself to get up and do things.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Food has also been something that's hard to get down recently, feel like I have gone off everything. Fruit seems to be okay though and pasta?
Feel like I'm complaining about it so much and not being grateful! Please tell me I'm not the only one?!

cookie I was the same earlier on, I don't have any helpful advice I'm afraid but it does get better!

ants great news about the scan, must be a relief for you

amy that's lovely you found the heartbeat so early on ☺️

I'm doing alright, baby's heart rate is currently around 120bpm with a few odd beats but generally stable, I'm only on a very low dose of medication now though so the baby could go back into SVT at any time really, just have to keep a close eye on it. I went in for reduced movement this morning, baby's heart sounded super fast on the monitor but was normal on the scan, I feel like I'm wasting their time when I go in now because a scan is the only reliable way of seeing what's happening with this baby which involves them bleeping the on call registra and I feel like such a time waster! But they were all lovely and said they'd rather see me 3 times a day than risk anything. The baby is still quiet (although moving a little) but the scan shows everything is fine so I guess it's just a quiet day.