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Uki · 14/08/2007 13:15

Thanks for the thread name Purplelostprincess

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EllieG · 11/09/2007 15:26

So sorry Emmsy, thinking of you xxx

Mumpbump · 11/09/2007 15:31

Sorry to hear your news, Emmsy. I wish you every success in your next pg...

goodcatholicgirl · 11/09/2007 15:42

Emmsy - I have been thinking about you all day. I had a GP appt at 9:30am, so just before your 10am appt. I kept everything crossed. I am so so sorry to hear your news, but admire your attitude. We all know on this thread how you feel, remember to allow yourself to grieve, (then get babydancing as soon as you can!!!!!!)

Enjoy your alcohol later.....thinking of you xxx

ToastAddict · 11/09/2007 15:58

Emmsy, so sorry to hear your news

{{{{{hugs}}}}}

MrsMcJnr · 11/09/2007 16:22

Phew! It?s taken me hours to catch up.

Firstly - Emmsy ? I am so so sorry I was willing the ending to be different the whole way through my read. It won?t be conciliation to you now but I had a complete MC at 10 weeks in March and was pg again 10 weeks later. I personally think that the fact that your body did all the work itself has got to mean it recovers faster. I have a blood clotting disorder and that may or may not have been the cause of my MC, I took 70mg of aspirin after OV this cycle and am so glad I did because it was after the MC that I got diagnosed and I think the aspirin helped with this pregnancy before I started taking my heparin along with it. Might be worth you looking into along with the folic acid. Many of us came across from the TTC after a MC thread on the conception boards, there are some lovely ladies on there who will take great care of you once you are ready to get back on the roundabout again. I am so sorry hon

Goodcatholicgirl ? I hope the little bit of nausea was enough to reassure you and that it hasn?t turned into the rolling in the waves type! Hope all goes well today at the GPs, in my experience, the scans pre the dating scan are in addition to it bet those muffins were lovely!

EllieG ? that?s good, I?ll be thinking of you in your scan on Thurs. I?m belly rubbing and sending you vibes (actually, think I should say ?may the force be with you? much to Daddy?s excitement, Beanie went mental to the Star Wars theme at the weekend ? a young Jedi in the making!) hope you got past would should have been your EDD without too much pain. Can?t help with the thrush but have heard that it is very common in pregnancy ? so another good sign for you.

MOM hello! That?s sad about the March thread, doesn?t sound like much support from those losing their Los I?m good thanks

Spugs ? sorry to hear that about you?re AN thread touch wood, we have lost very few on the January thread but then again on the October thread, many of us had to leave I?ve noticed that lots have people have now joined my AN thread after the 20 week scan. I was 14+3 at my dating scan. I wish I had that innocence you talk about too but once it?s gone, it?s gone. I?ve had more of the other than the traditional pregnancy constipation I have to say, especially early on. I have 3 cats and even though I used to do the litter with gloves, it has now become DH?s job. If you have any worries about toxoplasmosis, it is worth getting peace of mind from your GP. That said, if your cats are kittens (so cute, all ears and tails!) and don?t go out then the risk is decreased ? my cats are house cats so don?t do all the things that outdoor ones do to contract the disease. Hope you feel better soon glad you got your scan date but can totally understand why you want a private one before then. We paid for a private nuchal at 13+2.

Welcome Positive good name and fits well with our motto of ?healthy and well? on this thread ? and congratulations, really pleased that you got good news at your scan you always expect the worst after a MC (and I am so sorry, yours was so late on too ? awful circumstances too) I do think I?ve relaxed a bit more after my 20 week scan (now 22 weeks) but the caution and fear remains I think. You?ll find plenty of support here

Hey Bouncing how are things? How?s work? Nursery all painted?

Toastaddict ? welcome sorry to hear about your MC I?ve not heard of circumstances like yours but thank god your tubes are ok. Congratulations on your new pregnancy and all the best for Friday ? so far I have had 5 scans this pregnancy and I have been terrified before them all ? its all part if the experience ? hope it all works out well for you.

Hey Beckle no such thing as TMI what a memory you have re me temping and that terrible dip day

Full term Fettle just a hello from me as we?ve caught up Good point about Rubles

Wow Cazzybabs ? 28 weeks!!!! I remember my MC so well, too well but then again it was honestly the worst thing that has ever happened to me, I?m not sure I?ll ever forget but I do feel ok about what would have been my EDD fast approaching on 6/10 ? I feel that I?ll be more ready in January than I am now and whilst this baby is no replacement for the one I lost, I feel that my heart has expanded and swelled for this one ? I was actually scared to death this morning when I realised how central to my universe this tiny kicking Bean has become ? I don?t know how I?d stay sane if anything happened now ? which it wont? cos we are both healthy and well

Gingercat ? hope you are ok, my boobs stopped growing and hurting a while back then started growing again but not hurting. I?m like you on the sense of smell, its incredible (a very mild superpower!) I can smell the rubbish truck from the top of the road!

Hey Feedmenow how are you? I?ve been watching those programmes too ? I was looking at a new born hat the other day and thought ?hey, that?s not that big? ? yeah right! so glad the scan went well I remember checking the nuchal stuff after my scan, they told me at the time that for my age (33) the statistical risk was 1:519 and I remember that the measurement was 2.5mm which was fine for the stage I was at which was 13+2. I think I found the measurement stats on the internet but they did have a range within which the measurement was fine and I think it was 4mm. My risk then came back 1:7851. We don?t get nuchal?s on the NHS up here, just the double test so we went private. Sorry I worried you with my absence

Hello Ejt glad the wedding was good, I find it?s the noise of these things that drives me home before the tiredness does, I am so sensitive to noise since pg! The army is behind you hon

Hey Mumpbump sorry to hear about Friday, how are you now? Keep us posted on the liver results. Bet you can?t wait to finish work! Well done finding the poem before I did made me cry again though I feel better now about my different child then I did when I first read it. Sorry you had to hear that conversation on the train

Ladies ? the poem was from an amazing book called ?Trying Again? it helped me no end when I was

Hello Glimmer LOL at the wedding ring and being obviously taken!

fettleandminifettle · 11/09/2007 16:31

Emmsy - so sorry to hear your news

I've had 2 mc - one was a missed mc, which was coupled with complications from an incomplete ERCP so took a few months to conceive, which I then mc at Christmas, but after my early complete mc at Christmas - i'd conceived this pg within 14 days! (I normally have around 40 day cycles, so this was a miracle for me!!). i so hope when you are ready to try again, that it happens as easily for you.

Take care and do whatever you need to do to heal. (((((BIG HUGS))))

lots of love
F
xxx

Bouncingturtle · 11/09/2007 17:35

Emmsy - I'm gutted for you. We're here if you need us!

Mumpbump - poor you and poor ds!! You both sound totally knackered.

EJT - Good luck with your consultant appt and give 'em hell!!! Hopefully this'll be the last time you will need to see him!

Fettle - only a few more days! Better put your feet up while you still can

MrsMc - hi! work same as ever, but only got 3 months left - plus November will only be doing 3 days a week Nursery done, all furniture assembled too

Beckle - you still hobbling? Join the club!! Pathetic aren't we God knows what will be like at 30+ weeks

Hello the everyone else!

EllieG · 11/09/2007 18:36

Thanks for the belly rubs Mrs Mc! All baby vibes welcome x

ejt1764 · 11/09/2007 18:43

Evening all..

Emmsy ? am so for you. I?ll look out for you soon! The only reason they like you to wait is to make sure that you are sure of your dates next time ? however, if you?ve had problems getting an early scan this time, it seems like a good way to get one next time. Whatever you decide to do, good luck with it all! Oh, and have a drink on me! [virtual glass being raised!]

Mumpbump ? sorry to hear that last night wasn?t the greatest, sleep-wise ? hopefully everything will settle down! Also hope that the blood results turn out to be nothing serious!

Fettle ? really glad that you weren?t admitted just yet ? gives you time to get yourself ready for lo?s arrival!
DD?s reaction just shows that our DCs really do take in more than we realise ? ds has recently been asking me things like ?Do you still love me when I?m naughty??, and ?Who do you love best, me or Daddy? ? the answer to the first is easy ? the answer to the second isn?t so easy ? I try to explain to him that I love him and dh lots and lots, for different things (have been reading the ?Siblings without rivalry? book ? glad I did before that question turned up!)

MrsMc ? Glad to see you ? was getting a bit worried! Am glad I?m not the only one who?s read ?Trying Again? ? it?s an excellent book, and that poem made me cry and smile ? I think I?m going to print it out, and put it in my baby journal for this lo ? it sums up so much how I feel about this baby.
It?s really great to see you at 22 weeks now ? healthy and well, healthy and well!

Well, I have had a very positive afternoon ? thank you for all your support ? the image of all of you behind me wielding all sorts of weapons was a great one to make myself sure that I wasn?t going to cry!

So, went back to see the consultant today, had to wait quite a while as he started clinic late as he was doing an amnio. Anyway, when I got in, he asked me what the plan was - I told him that I was aiming to deliver in the water in the MLU, due to the pelvic pain, and the fact that I get such good pain relief from hydro. He then asked me whose ear I had been bending about this (his exact words!), but when I told him I'd been referred to JS(consultant midwife), and through her had seen DB (senior midwife in MLU), his whole attitude relaxed!

He has written in my notes: "wants water for 1st and 2nd stages, at UHW, has seen DB (liaised with JS), above plan agreed", and in the green bit (the intra-partum management plan), he's written :"aiming for SVD in MLU - waterbirth. Has seen DB regarding this"

He's also written "low threshold for lcsc if transfer to CLU required" - I told him I didn't want to be fiddling around with drips and the like if things didn't go to plan ... he could see my point!

He wants to see me in 3 weeks to see how I'm getting on - hopefully I won't need that appointment, as that's my EDD!

I'm pretty happy with how it went - I know I didn't really need his approval, but I feel better that he knows what I intend doing and why.

He joked as I left that if I delivered on a Friday, that I should get them to beep him, so he could come down and see me - then he said "that's if they let me in through the door!"

So, all is on track for me to have a hospital water vbac ... something I never thought could be possible!

Am a very ejt right now!

Bouncingturtle · 11/09/2007 19:01

Well I'm really glad that went well, EJT - sounds like you have your birth plan well and truly sussed!!!

Quick question for the non-first timers - breastpads, was thinking of getting washables rather than disposables, and was wondering how many I should get?
Ta!

fettleandminifettle · 11/09/2007 19:44

Ejt - great news - you must be so pleased!! Must admit I was thinking I may ask for a water birth once I found out there was a pool at my hospital - but this whole liver issue has put paid to that. Drips and constant monitoring on a bed for me again - it went well last time, so here's hoping it is fine again this time - at least is was quick last time (once they hooked me up to the drip!!).

My pelvis is agony this evening after my interal examination this morning - but i suppose they had to do it! But my legs haven't been that far apart for months! Poor DH!!!!

Sorry, Bouncing turtle can't help with your breast pad question - I'm afraid I used disposables last time, but also didn't leak too much, so didn't have much need for them.

Take care
xxx

EllieG · 11/09/2007 19:51

Sounds like you've got it all covered ejt (though I have to admit I have no idea what most of the initials you mentioned are - hurray anyway though!). Glad you are feeling chilled.

gingercat12 · 12/09/2007 10:58

Good luck to everyone today. The birth plan sounds incredibly serious, I have not even dared to think about that yet.

MrsMcJnr Thanks for telling me heightened sense of smell is a superpower. It is a whole new perspective. I expect to turn up in Series 2 of Heroes

MrsMcJnr · 12/09/2007 11:33

Bouncing ? what date do you actually finish work then? good that you are going down to 3 days. I very impressed that the nursery is done!! By the way the really helpful advisor at JL at the weekend told me no to bother with the washable breast pads, she said you go through so many and that if everything else milk related has to be sterilised, she thought it seemed an odd concept to re-use pads (but hey ? you don?t sterilise bras do you?)

You?re welcome EllieG

Ejt sorry I worried you hon, I?m fine. That?s a lovely idea about putting a copy of the poem in the baby book, I might do that too (if you don?t mind) what chokes me the most is the line about the first baby being no trouble at all and I hope I remember hoe grateful I am for this baby when (s)he gives me lots of trouble! Great news that the appointment was positive fabulous outcome ? I bet you feel so much happier to have that in your notes! that?s the kind of birth I think that I want too ? I think ? what are the stages again though? I?ve heard that they are reluctant to let you get in the pool until you are full dilated in case it slows down contractions, and I?d hope to do the 3rd stage in the water too, isn?t that allowed? I?m like you; I want the least amount of medical intervention possible.

Fettle ? ouch! You made me squirm re the internal

Gingercat ? oh me too super human power of smell - definitely a hero trait!

EllieG · 12/09/2007 12:02

Scan tomorrow eek (worried emoticon) healthy and well healthy and well healthy and well....

MerlinsBeard · 12/09/2007 12:05

EllieG, what time 2mo?

mine is tomorow as well 3:30

Mumpbump · 12/09/2007 13:01

Afternoon all! LAST DAY IN WORK TODAY - HURRAY!!!!

Only just got in after a CGT and blood test. Had severe itching on feet and hands last night so they are testing for OC as well and will have the results back on Friday. Have to have CGT's twice a week and bloods once a week... They've booked me an appointment for next Thursday with the consultant anyway and I've warned dh that they may recommend induction fairly quickly. So I could be a mother to two by next weekend at this rate - following hard on Fettle's metaphorical hooves!!

Good luck Ellie and MOM for their scans tomorrow...

fettleandminifettle · 12/09/2007 13:15

ooh - Mumpy - sorry to hear you've had itching on your hands and feet - thank goodness they are on the ball at your hospital though - testing you. If your liver enzymes or bile acids are up, i would expect a phone call from them sooner. You sound as if you are already prepared, but if they are very high, particularly the bile acids, they may want to induce you pretty quickly (remember they were going to admit me yesterday, if my enzymes had gone up at all). Luckily my bile acids are still quite low - more tests tomorrow though - beginning to look like a pin cushion!! 5 blood tests in 10 days now!!!

Enjoy your last day at work!!!!

thinking of those scans tomorrow Ellie and MOM.

Uki · 12/09/2007 13:51

Hi All

Sorry not been on for a while, it's just amazing how quickly time is going now. by the time i wake up it feels like it's time to go to bed again, as in the day goes that quick.

Sorry to read sad news emmsy and dear Oinker that has really blown me over, sending you love and strength.

etj- love the birth plan, hope it happens for you. I must say bath did nothing for my pain though, but have since leaned gel has lower back pain side effect, like you need pain as a side effect in labour

mrsmc- 22 weeks congrat's over half way

LL is doing real well. he has nearly doubled in size in less than a month

ellie & MOM- enjoy the scans tomorrow

so where's the next baby???

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Uki · 12/09/2007 14:05

just re- read my post, don't you love the way I spaced it out to stop it looking so dismally short

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Mumpbump · 12/09/2007 14:13

Hi Uki - great news that Levi is doing so well! My money is on miniFettle being the next arrival!

becklespeckle · 12/09/2007 14:14

Hi all!
Ejt for your appointment, so pleased it went well and you have the birth plan you wanted!
Bouncing - think you would need a lot of breast pads if you were using washable ones. I used to need to change mine at every feed (didn't matter which boob was being used the other would 'let down' too) and sometimes in between too. Don't know about the washable ones needing to be sterile because as MrsMc says, your bras aren't, neither are the disposable ones or the nipple cream (if you use/need it).
Mumpbump sorry to hear about your itching - not nice but at least your hospital are on the ball and keeping an eye on you and LO.
Fettle - Ouch for your poor pelvis!

spugs · 12/09/2007 14:28

hi evryone, got my scan tonight at 6.30. feeling very nervous but fingers crossed there really is a reason my bellys begining to stick out

im sure ill be on after but if not good luck ellie and mom for tomorrow

emmsy - sorry to hear things have gone the way they have x

Mumpbump · 12/09/2007 14:40

Good luck for this evening, Spugs!

Beckle - agree with what you say re: breast pads and the fact that both breasts let down even though you're only feeding from one side.

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