Pregnancy after miscarriage - Various ways of getting from one day to the next...

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Thanks for the thread name Purplelostprincess

VV good luck with your scan! I had hardly felt the LO at week 18 but then suddenly starting from week 24 I could feel him every single day.
So hang in there! When is your scan?

Jossiejump - nice you added yourself to the list and help fill up this Novemner hole! We can be Grand Dames together...

I like GD Violette and GD Azure. Very special.

Beckle - haven't heard from you in a while.

MrsMcJ -- what did you dream last night?

Grand Dame Azure, great that you got a MW appointment so fast! Let us know what you think of her. So, do you think you will deliver early, or how long are they engagaed?

I got back from holiday tuesday night and on wednesday was getting ready for my scan appointment at 1330.
unfortunately had quite a heavy bleed at 1130 and passed a 50p sized clot. No pain or cramping....

I had my scan at 3ish which showed beanie. I refused to look until hubby insisted I did look. Beanies little heart was beating away.... sonographer said it appeared to be beating slowly... NOT GOOD.... Scan was an internal. It only lasted about 3 minutes. The fibroids are back. I saw the consultant after the scan.

He is not hopeful...He says beanie has a 50 50 chance. Sac is intact... not sure where the clot came from or blood. Beanie is correct size for 7 weeks....

I have no more bleeing only tiny amounts of brownish on wiping.....

I can only sit and wait....

My scan is 4.30 at the Fetal Medicine Centre. Might be able to post afterwards if blackberry is working but it often isn't.

I am still so small - I have a bump but it really isn't big. Still fretting about it

Oh my god, Oinker. I am so sorry you are in limbo. Can you try and focus on the positive side: You saw the heartbeat and Beanie is the right size, so that must surely be good? Given that the sac is intact, I wouldn't worry too much about the blod and clot (but probably because I bled so much myself in early pregnancy). Now, a slow heat beat can be a bad indicator. Do you know how many beats per minute is was? Will there be any managment, maybe sterooid after all? Please let us know how you fare!

PS: Fibroids -- I had them and then later they disappeared. I always thought they might have had something to do with the bleeding. Why is the consultant pessimistic: because of the bleed or the heartbeat?

oinker ... how dreadful to be in limbo ... I can only second what Glimmer said... what follow-up have you been offered?

VV - good luck with scan ... small bump doesn't necessarily mean anything is wrong ...

No follow up other than I can go in whenever for a scan.
Consultant was ot conrned about the clot and bleed. he was concerned about the heart beat. I do not know what the heart rate was....

make sure that you go in for a scan regularly / when you feel you need to ... I really hope this works out for you.

Oinker - sorry that you're in this situation. How many weeks are you now?

Remember that your consultant is only seeing a snapshot. Last pg, the m/w picked up that ds hb dropped really low - about 110 bpm instead of the usual 150+ bpm. She sent me to the antenatal clinic where they rigged me up to a foetal cardiogram for about 45 minutes. As far as I know, it was only ever a blip and never reoccurred except towards the end of labour.

If I were in your position, I would call the consultant and get him to confirm the rate of the heartbeat and WHY it is causing him concern, ie. is it symptomatic of something in particular or is it just general concern. Ask him to refer you for a foetal cardiogram or whatever they call it. 45 minutes of monitoring will give you a much better idea of what is going on. Or, if you can't get hold of him, ring your EPU/antenatal clinic and ask them if you can come in so they can monitor the heartbeat for a bit.

I am seven weeks pregnant today......

I will try and give the clinic a call and get the hart rate. I am sure they told me but I was a litle shell shocked after the scan.
Because of what went on b 4 the scan I expected to be told I had already m/c'd...

Oinker, keep thinking on the fact that your baby is the right size and the sac is intact. How soon can you go for a repeat scan? Agree with Mumpbump about calling the consultant.
Hi Glimmer , busy week with work stuff so not had much chance to be on here! How are you?
Forgot to say earlier about dreams, I had an awful one the other night about the birth, baby wasn't breathing and no-one would do anything to help . Dreams like that stick with you a bit but I think they are your subconsious fears coming out.

MOM ? positive thinking now I think you probably would know about an ectopic by now. You know, last time round that was my biggest fear as my Gran had had one and lost a tube and ovary, I never worried about a MC until it happened

Spugs ? maggot we have all been the same at every scan I think, excited but terrified, hoping for the best but trying to plan for the worst ? it?s the legacy of pg after MC hon we?re all rooting for you!

Hey Fettle

Feedmenow healthy and well, healthy and well?..that?s exciting about your SIL all the best for her too. Its good to relax and you are right, a good scan at this stage means a lot PMSL at the ?bits? chat, DH and I were talking about this the other day, my Mum always says ?down below? but it Scotland people seem to either call it their ?flower? or their ?front bottom? that just makes me giggle!!

Jossiejump I feel like that about tempting fate too, but I shall have strong words with myself if I am still feeling like that in a few weeks time. The injecting is ok thanks, some days are better than others. Not sure we have a list, time for a new one I think!

Bouncing I hate those dreams

Mumpbump ? sounds exciting for this afternoon that nervous twitch is a good description! Last night DH has lying next to me on the couch and I think Beanie was kicking his arm but of course, he couldn?t feel it.

VV ? all the best for this afternoon I?m 20+2 and am only really feeling the odd movement.

Beckle ? hello.

Can I join the group hug? ? love you guys, you keep me going!

Glimmer don?t start me on last night?s dream! I was breast feeding someone else?s baby in an airport because I could! there was ?milk? everywhere!! I think it was because I have read things about breasts leaking and keep meaning to go and buy some breast pads to keep in my handbag just in case!

Oinker ? oh hon I am so sorry you are going through this, I so hope the 50/50 goes your way, the reduction in blood and no pain or clots sounds good, if I were you I would go back next week for another scan or else the suspense will drive you insane. My thoughts are with you, I?ll be willing your Beanie to make it xx I had a bleed the day of my 8 week scan ? afterwards!. It turned out to be nothing that they could pinpoint. I think Mumpbump?s advice is great ? I?d insist on that hon (though I guess it might be too early to hear on the equipment?)

Hey Ejt

i just want to be able to cross something off my list of things to worry about! no bleeding doesn't make me any less anxious!

Oinker, so sorry you are in limbo, what follow up have you been offered?

Oinker, I am the eternal pessimist, but I really have positive feelings when I think of you. I really wouldn't worry too much about the clot and you must have been so worried, so Beani must have gotten a lot of adrenaline that might have worn off by the time you got your scan possibly leading to a low heart rate.
I had always two heart rates: one abnormally high at the beginning (due to my adrenaline) and then a nomral one at the end when I had been assured everything is fine. The only thing you can do right now is make sure that you are on the right meds. Are you taking aspirin? Ask the doctor if you should change the dose. Thinking of you.

Oinker Sending my hugs to you. Hope you will both be all right.

Have added myself in

PurpleLostPrincess - 22nd September
Rubles - 28th September
Fettle - 29th September
Mumpbump - 1 October
ejt1764 - 2nd October
ejb1976 20 October
Glimmer November 13
Jossiejump-November 23rd
mad4girls 4th December
hotchoc 10 dec
Bouncingturtle - 23rd December
becklespeckle - EDD 27th December
MrsMcJnr ? 15 January.
VictorVictoria 21st January (EDD 1st feb but C section booked for 21st Jan!)
Bluebell- EDD 24th Jan
BellaBear - 6th February
Taichimum - EDD 16th Feb
HAylstones- EDD 24th Feb (my birthday!!)
Gingercat12 - 7th March
Jules - 10 March
Winkygirl - 19 March
Spugs - 22nd March
AnguaVonUberwald - 25th March
Siameez - 1st April
Rainbowdays - 8th April
EllieG - 19th April
Feedmenow

oinker - hope your alright my love, lots of hugs.

have decided to avoid ante natal thread for a while (watch it not last) we've just lost another 2 ladies and everytime it happens it sets me off panicking! i thought as we were all at or approaching 12 weeks that we'd stop losing people

hi , you are a busy lot, just popping in to say i am still here, 25+ weeks now and growing bigger by the hour.

love to all,

hotchocX

spugs, i know what you mean its hard going onthere at the moment

Spugs, I know it is terrible. I also keep watching another March forum in Hungary and it is even worse there. I can feel for each and every one of them so much. But we'll get over it I hope, and we will all come out stronger.

Hey everyone
Mumpbump - ta for sorting list out, hadn't notices I pasted twice lol.
MrsMc - had more strange dreams, dreamt that hubby was dead and I was marrid to a colleague!

Getting excited, my friend had a scan today (she is 37 weeks but measuring big for dates) to see about having her induced - haven't heard anything from her so she could well be in labour right now

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me - I decided to wait until my scan at 8 1/2 weeks before joining in wholeheartedly but unfortunately started bleeding at the weekend and have now had my 4th miscarriage. Am trying to look on the bright side that I have 3 DS's already but I have always wanted 4. I think I'm going to give up now though and just enjoy what I've got. Good luck to everyone.

Springflower . Are you going to your gp and asking for a referral? Oh had you been investigated anyway? So sorry for you loss, feel free to come and chat if you want to xx

Morning all

So sorry for you springflower.

Oinker - hang in there

Had 18 weeks scan

Baby is bang on for dates, even slightly large (!) despite my tiny bump (and I'm only 5 4).

anterior placenta so that's why I can't feel much movement

Am much relieved