Staying posifrickentive- Thread 19 for ladies pg after mc

[Brenna24]

Ready. Steady. Go

Popped in to have a look how you ladies are getting on...

Congratulations @theotherendofthesockportal lovely news and what a fantastic weight, beautiful name too!

Nice to see some scan pics too!

Baby Eliza is a week old today, it’s flying. My little piggy gained 2oz in weight at her 5 day check up which is unusual for a breastfed Baby but unsurprising as she fed for 10 hours straight night 2!

Hope you’re all ok 😊

Wow congratulations @sock on the birth of baby sock fantastic weight! Must have been a shock though had you got everything packed i never am till about 38 weeks 🙈
@amy glad little Eliza is doing so well hope you are well where did that week go?!
Lovely news with recent scans

Great to hear that your chest is getting better Mogul. I am getting there. It feels like slow progress and, during the year of classes, it is. But when I go out to Italy it all sort of falls into place and my Italian gets miraculously better overnight. I am lucky in that I get to hear Italian most days when we are talking to the in-laws and then get immersed in it every time we go over. I need the classes to really mater the grammar though. Otherwise I am just learning phrases I can parrot. With the grammar I can start to make sentences from scratch myself. If you want to brush up on your french to see if you want to go back to classes i can recommend the DuoLingo for your phone. It is free and you can get a lot out of that.

That is a lovely scan Forever. It is so hard getting through this but it is so worth it.

Congratulations Sock and welcome to the world BabySock. Another one safely here. Such great news.

A round of applause to Amy's boobs. That is a great amount of weight to put on. I am so glad Eliza is thriving. You must be so happy Amy.

Bisset, that must be difficult to see your dd suffering and to feel like you need to protect her as well as yourself from future losses. Please lean on us all whenever you need it x

Mogul, I'm only 14 weeks but I feel faint fairly regularly. At least once a day although I can usually feel it coming on and stop it. I got closest to actually fainting in the middle of teaching my class the other day but thankfully I had a TA with me at the time so could nip out for 10 minutes. From what I've gathered, it's quite common but I'd keep an eye on it.

Forever, I'm so so so pleased for you! What wonderful news! It's so bizarre isn't it; seeing something you really didn't expect to see. A very surreal but beautiful moment. I'm over the moon for you! I've also asked people to wait until 20 weeks to buy things but have said if they really HAVE to they have to keep them at their houses so I don't know!

Sock, congratulations!! Fantastic news! Beautiful name as well.

So I got my downs and edward's/patau's result - 1 in 50,000 for both. Huge relief! I hadn't realised I'd quite been feeling so anxious about it. We also got our anomaly scan date though for the end of November when I'll be bang on 20 weeks. A lovely end to a crappy Friday at school! Hope everyone else's friday's have been good x

Congratulations on the fabulous scan, @ForeverHopeful! Such a huge relief, isn't it.

And wow, another thread baby! Congratulations @sockportal! That must have been such a surprise, but I'm glad you and baby Beatrice are both well. X

Well done, @AmyB! The 10 hour feed sounds a bit...arduous, but it's very reassuring that you're breastfeeding so well :)

Lovely to hear the happy updates from Forever, Sock, Emvy and Amy. It fills me with hope to think of us all at different stages of our journey, from positive tests, scans, screenings, bumps, birth and baby!

I don't know if any of you saw the article on The Pool by Clemency Burton-Hill (classical music presenter) on her mcs and how music helped her cope. I found it quite moving. Weirdly I saw her in my RMC months ago and have thought about her ever since.

brenna Il check our duo-lingo! Thanks. Is that weird woman still going to your classes?

emvy that must be difficult, I work from home so don’t do any prolonged standing feeling like I do, you have my sympathy. It was quite scary when it first happened, trying to stay on top of eating and drinking enough, I’ve not been great at that but now I don’t have a choice. If I don’t do it I nearly pass out!

juniper I didn’t see the article, but I’ve been pleased to see pregnancy loss mentioned more this week (as it’s an awareness week). It’s so often not talked about and women are so secretive. I don’t know why? I bet if this happened to men they’d let us know about it. I’m quite open and honest with my friends but feel I shouldn’t be, I should keep it a secret and be more discrete.

So lovely to come on and see so much wonderful news!

Sock congratulations! Gorgeous name, and glad baby was a lovely healthy weight in spite of being early!

Amy glad Eliza is doing well.

Excellent news on the scans forever, Minnie, hotcookie and stealth!

I’m very nearly 20 weeks (on Monday). Anomaly scan not until 22, so still feels an eternity to wait. I’m worried that I’m quite excited which obviously means something is bound to be wrong...! (I realise that is crazy and not at all how it works!). Anyway, I’m starting to let myself pick sleeping options, look at tiny baby clothes, and I made my first baby purchase of a set of books. DH now reads my bump a story before sleep each night, which definitely made me well up!

Yes Mogul. She tried sitting next to me in the registration class last week (I just kept my back to her and chatted to a friend), then we moved through to our room and she ended up miles away thankfully. She was on holiday this week, so I had a weeks respite. It is sad as I felt so much more relaxed and happy this week. I don't want to give up the classes, especially as I will need it for when we move to Italy, but I don't want to be miserable either.

I’m so sorry Brenna. So unfair that she’s ruining it for you!

Thank you @emvy yeah it's hard because I want to tell her to make her happy and excited but she's so sensitive so want to wait until I know I'm OK just want to scream it from the roof tops!! Haha but trying to hold it in xx

Sorry you're going though that @brenna it's a shame she's ruining it for you, as if you don't have enough to worry about xx

Bisset it is really hard isn't it. I was planning to tell DS (5) this weekend but am now thinking of waiting until my next scan (31 Oct) - I will be 18 weeks by then so I guess it will be pretty obvious. I don't want him to be the last to know but I don't want to risk his disappointment if it doesn't work out.

He knows women have eggs and has asked lots of times if my eggs might grow into babies so I was thinking of just saying that one of my eggs had started growing into a baby, rather than I am definitely having a baby/you'll be a brother etc. God mc sucks the joy out of life doesn't it.

@MsJuniper I know how you're feeling!! My dd writes his name in all cards she writes out, she draws angel babies and is always talking about her brother!! She has his scan photo etc and it has me ill ill put her through that again, so was thinking waiting until about the 18 week mark to tell her.
But just imagine their faces when we do tell them, when we know all will be fine, it will be so worth it!! xx

She sounds like a darling. We told DS very early the first time but he was only 2 so he doesn't remember. Now I think it would mean a lot more. I have everything crossed you will be making your little girl very happy in a few weeks. She and you both deserve it.

We told ours as I was so sick with all mine and I didn't want then thinking something worse so we told them that a baby was trying to grow in my tummy but it's like planting seeds in the soil sometimes they they just don't grow rather than mummy is definitely having a baby. I thought it was best way as then if things didn't work out and they saw me upset I could tell them honestly thst I was upset the baby hadn't grown it would be something g they could understand and process

Will people be lighting a candle tonight at 7pm for Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day?
Although I think more people should talk about miscarriage, I'm not one who is open to chatting about my experience (unless it's on here or with my few close friends), so I probably won't be taking photos, uploading them or hash-tagging them but never the less, I have my candle ready

Thank you ladies for the advice,
I went into early labour in March this year, so it's still all fresh for us all, it was my partners first child also so although he dosnt make me feel guilty or anything I still do and worry, but six weeks yesterday so far so good and not feeling any symptoms so far so definitely not going to complain haha
I have hope and positivity for us all and will make sure I light an extra candle tonight xxx

I will be lighting a candle tonight as our church service finishes at 7pm. So I will do one there and one at home.

Minnie, a lovely way to explain it to your children.

I will be lighting a candle also but possibly not at 7 as I think we may be at the in-law's still and I just don't think they'd quite be on that level. I'll be lighting one when I get home though. I also won't be one sharing this with the world. Although I agree it should be a talked about subject, this isn't just my story to tell and my fiancé is just about okay with me being on here anonymously, let alone instgramming it! Sometimes I dream about the day I'm able to announce the arrival of our baby to the world and will maybe put a little rainbow or something as a nod to those that know what it means, but it is a very personal journey and not one that everyone is ok with sharing. This candle idea is a lovely gesture though.

Sorry, digressed a bit there!

Forever i will also be lighting a candle but I will be doing it without posting it on Facebook or anywhere else publicly. I agree too it should be talked about more but I'm just not quite there yet and my husband and I prefer to do it in private.
I'm currently sitting trying to get some planning done for my kids at school tomorrow and finding it incredibly hard to concentrate. Scan tomorrow afternoon and it has been on my mind all weekend. Husband is going to be away with his school kids on residential so bringing my mum with me.
Hope you are all well!

Sorry no idea what my phone was doing in that last message with all the random words in bold.

Sock and Amy congratulations both on your babies hope you are all keeping well!

Hello All... looking for some reassurance... 14+2 and just don't feel pregnant at all today... morning sickness disappeared this morning and boobs not sore... I know it's common to loose symptoms at this point but still anxious... sis anyone else go through this before they could feel the baby move?

Lisara I know exactly how you feel! I had several weeks after my dating scan where quite literally the only thing getting me through the days without having a complete meltdown was looking at that scan photo. I’m pretty certain I was certifiably insane at that point! It is horrid having had that scan but still not being convinced there’s a baby in there because you can’t feel it. My symptoms started to really improve at that point and I think that probably played a massive part in why I was so absolutely mental. It gets better! Honestly it does. It’s just absolutely shit for that horrible limbo part.

My candle is lit for wave of light tonight thinking of our angels.