Posifrickinspring thread for PG after MC!

[BertieBotts]

If we can't be positive about the weather what can we be?

Welcome posters new and old.

unicorns wonderful clear picture!

Yes pink I’m in complete denial and also don’t want the booking in appointment fiasco. I can’t go through all of that only to find out I have another mmc the next week like last time. I’m avoiding it all until I pass 10 weeks. I just can’t be dealing with it.

Although I am going to see my doctor and beg her to send me to epu for an 8 week scan if she can. She’s lovely and will hopefully understand.

juniper and goingtoofast masses of love and luck for Wednesday. Take good care of yourselves, not long to go now.

pink im 6+2 and dont even say the words out loud yet. Im in denial a bit and think i will be until probably 20 week scan. I think its a self protection thing

So, saw the consultant today, and baby is still breech at 37+5. Have been booked in for c/s at 40+1, but this may change, and obviously if I go into labour sooner then it may be sooner too (and would then be classed as an EMCS rather than ELCS)

I'm a little sad that I am unlikely to experience a vaginal birth, but just want what is safest for the pair of us. If we do make it to 40+1 then hopefully the builders will be finished at least meaning we should have a roof & windows and hopefully a spare room for people to stay in! (but we can't move into our room until we get a carpet and a bed!)

@hotcookie I felt like that too - the closest I have come to a VB is (ironically) my first mc so I would have like to experience the real thing but ultimately the only important thing is the baby at the end of it all.

@UnicornsandRainbows1 I am delighted for you - gorgeous picture too.

@Pinkvoid I felt like that for a long time. We didn't tell anyone for ages. Any time we did tell people it was prefaced with warnings not to get excited or ask questions. We didn't talk about it at home much either. It's only been the last few weeks and even then I got angsty about it.

@itsgoingtoofast likewise! What an exciting day for us both.

SO pleased for you @UnicornsandRainbows1! The difference between 8 and 10 weeks is amazing isn't it?! Xx

@AnneLovesGilbert despite being at this ttc lark for the best part of 10 years, I am crap at cervix furtling - never sure what everything's meant to feel like. To be honest I'd leave well alone, you can ask at your appt but my feeling is to keep things as unfurtled as possible.

Poor bugger is clearly going to be saddled with my nose The difference from just two weeks ago is insane.

Thank you all for your lovely messages and thoughts. I'm sure everyone says this but I was so confident I'd hear that something would be wrong again.

@UnicornsandRainbows1 I didn't want to mention this to you the other day, but I cried on the journey to our 10 week private scan, and in the waiting room. Like you, I was convinced I'd be getting bad news. It's such an emotional rollercoaster!

It has been a busy day on here today!

unicorns great news on the scan!

kirin, I am so sorry you are being put through it all again with more bleeding. I hope it all settles again soon.

hotcookie, thanks for explaining about your dopplers. Different arteries! Sorry she's still bum down in there.

flatwhite thanks for the slapped cheek reassurance. They're going to check if I'm immune on some blood they have from my booking in appointment. I should hear by the end of the week so fingers crossed I am. Otherwise it'll be a trip to fetal medicine.

Is anyone else getting really superstitious? Im sure there are lots of solo magpies my way atm :0/

@Snorebrown I've also been paying attention to magpies. Is that weird?

I seem to be very superstitious around early pregnancy, even though I know rationally it means nothing! :)

It definitely took me a long time to accept this pregnancy. I struggled even after the 12 week scan when I thought it would improve. It's a bit weird that I'm nearly halfway through!

I have stayed well away from my cervix! Perhaps you could ask in Pregnancy or General Health as I'm sure there are some gynecologists who post on MN.

Oh but does anyone know about interpreting doppler sounds? DH and I were playing with it last night and we found placenta (my heartbeat, whooshy), umbilical cord (baby's heartbeat, whooshy, comes in and out of audible range/moves), baby's heart (sounds like fast footsteps) and then we also found what sounded like the cord again but really slow, slower than my heartbeat?

We're not worried in the slightest since if we didn't have the doppler we wouldn't have heard anything at all and baby is very active (plus too early for them to do anything even if the worst were to happen, so no point getting stressed!) but we were curious about what it might be - does anybody know?

@snorebrown I had exactly that today on the way home from my blood test. Found myself frantically searching for its mate until someone beeped me from behind as I was holding up the traffic blush smile

Perfect scan picture @UnicornsandRainbows1

And totally agree @PinkVoid - I’ve been pregnant 10 times but I don’t think I’ve ever actually said out loud “I’m pregnant”.

Hope you’re a bit more comfortable this evening Kirinm

Glad its not just me :0) We had a nice fortune cookie at the weekend that said we will welcome a loved one soon. I'll take that!

Ooohhh, I just bought a Doppler. I didn’t know that you could hear the placenta. Thanks for the tip @bertiebotts

@Flatwhite I don't blame you not telling me that. I was full on 2 seconds away from suddenly sobbing in the car on the way there. Bloody nerves! Our last scan was only 2 weeks ago but I really wanted to be fully passed 8 weeks and none of us are naive. We've all been there.

@Belkinsboo I'm sure it wasn't far away! I get weirdly panicky if I only see one though (and 5+ because it has no meaning to me). Totally not a fruitloop here!

@Snorebrown Aww that's lovely. And you can't beat a positive fortune cookie!

Great scan pic @UnicornsandRainbows1 I'm so pleased for you. I seen u have been thru a lot in recent months. X

@kirinm hope u are keeping well and sounds like they are looking after u well.

@Pinkvoid I totally understand that. I'm
Between 5 and 6 weeks and it's so hard to acknowledge it. I don't think I really will until at least 12 week scan. Whichever way I look at it another loss will be hard to deal with. X

The brown bleeding/discharge seems to have stopped. Hoping that it was a 'normal' thing?!? The epu don't seem bothered at alll.

Aww, snore!

Putty I think if EPU are not concerned you shouldn't be either :)

aetw I recommend going on youtube and listening to the different kinds of sounds so that you'll have an idea what you're hearing in yourself - it's very easy to pick up your own pulse.

I think I will put away the doppler once we get to the 20 week scan because at that point I'd rather go to the doctor if I feel anxious than look for reassurance at home and I think the temptation would be there.

unicorns fab news on the scan!

pinkvoid it took me a long time to 'accept' this pregnancy - we first started telling people at 13/14 weeks, but it freaked me out so much that we then stopped and started again a couple of weeks later! I have found it gets easier (though not easy), though. I'm 24 weeks today and I am trying to relax into it more. We bought a pram the other day! It did freak me right out, and it's been put away where I can't see it, but we knew we were going to buy second hand so needed to start looking quite early, and then exactly the brand I wanted came up at a good price within a couple of days of looking, so I decided to try and swallow my superstition!

Gosh I hate how anxious we all are. But i also know its only natural and a way of protecting ourselves too. My OH started to mention something about shared paternity leave last night and i had to just shut down the conversation, i just can't even think about it. IT's far too early anyway as I'm only 5+1 but i still don't think i'll be ok about it all until about 20 weeks.

And yes, also obsessed with magpies here too even though really I know thats utter nonsense!

I had a blood test yesterday to see what's going on, as I'm still bleeding lightly and really feel like it's all over but suspect the progesterone is preventing me from bleeding properly. I'm not due to receive the results until this afternoon.... I'm at work but I can't concentrate on anything.

Wouldn't it be fabulous if you just either were pregnant or you weren't, none of this guessing game and anxiety?? I mean, I know this isn't possible but how great would it be if it was!

Thinking of you today belkins

Ive got a date for a reassurance scan through the post but its a week away. Got to keep busy and get through one day at a time. Breathe...

@intelligentPutty Thank you. I think I remember you from my first mc and I've seen you pop up on quite a few threads since then, and you gave me such lovely advice during the crappy times. It's so nice to see yourself, and every other familiar name, on this board. I really hope we all get there.