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

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Thanks for the thread name Purplelostprincess

Thanks Flamesparrow ? that?s good news for MOM. Thanks for passing it on

Hey MOM ? that?s great ? also remember if it is placenta anterior you might not feel as much movement as someone with a placenta to the back so don?t worry

LOL I?m with you Flamesparrow ? a heart sounds like a heart to me!

Welcome Sonya2580 congratulations. I think once there is a heartbeat at around 8 weeks, the risk of MC does reduce, put it this way, every day further you go, the better it is When I had a MC I took a fibre supplement from Holland & Barrett ? trying to remember the name no nasty side effects from that.

Feedmenow ? hope you are feeling better. I do feel that the working week is getting longer and longer

Thinking of you Mumpbump

Just dropping in incredibly quickly as I have half an hour in the internet shop (very rare occurrence...you would not believe how busy my life is these days). Still no internet connection in our new house, which is really frustrating.

CONGRATULATIONS to Fettle. I thought about you this week, but this is the first opportunity I have had to come and check. How is dd doing?? I'd love all the details if ever you get a moment

Mumpbump - hope all is well and your baby is in your arms now.

Ejt...then I think it is you next!

I don't expect to go for a while, even though I am due next saturday. We still have decorators in, doing dd's bedroom, and she is still in the cot bed so we don't have anywhere for the new baby at the moment (obviously it can go in our bed, but I am edgy sleeping with a little one in my bed). We had a massive scare yesterday morning though, when i had what might have been a bit of show...it really put a rocket up us. I started rushing around and did all the washing of the baby clothes, we put up the pool, wrote the birth plan & just generally went into a panic. It was probably a good thing.

I keep crying though, (out of happiness), I look like a loon because I keep crying with strangers when I talk about the baby or the due date - i am just so excited. I went for a look around a primary school last week for dd, and I started crying when i listened to the choir - I mean really crying. The headmistress must have thought I was such a tw*t, but the children were just so lovely!

Rubles - lovely to hear from you, sounds really exciting! Glad you and your Dh are all prepared,hope you get your decorating done before babba makes an appearence! Is your dd liking her new home?
Sonya - congrats on your pg, sorry to hear about your constipation - hopefully that'll be the worse thing you experience and the rest of your pg is boring and uneventful
Hey MrsMc! How are you doing?
Feedmenow - sorry to hear you are poorly - how are you feeling now, any better?
No news from Ejt by the way,she has my mobile number!!
Am currently in Essex visiting my DM,she is impressed by my bump! She has bought this gorgeous pram suit, really soft and fleecy, will be lovely and snuggly in the winter and a lovely set with cardi, hat, booties, scratch mits, trousers, body suit, sleep suit and bib - so cute and happily gender neutral!
I too am wondering about mumpbump!
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and I'll post if I hear anything from EJT.

Evening all ...

I'm still here ...

Was having contractions last night - ended up falling asleep with TENS machine on - they then died down at about 3.30am. However, these could go on for ages yet!

I promise faithfully to let you know if anything significant starts to happen!

Hiya Rubles - lovely to hear from you - hope babe comes on time!

Waving madly at everybody else!

Evening all!! Sorry to have been out of touch, but bubba arrived... Baby Joseph Alexander was born at 4:44 am on Thursday morning in the back of an ambulance - we just made it to the hospital car park, but no further... My contractions stopped on Wednesday so I thought I would have a couple of days more, then very gentle, irregular contractions from 01:30 to 03:30 at which point I said to dh I thought we should perhaps call my Dad and ask him to run the dsc to school in the morning so dh could stick around in case things progressed. Then had a discussion about whether a homebirth was feasible with three children in the house so told dh to call labour ward and ask if it was even a possibility with the supected OC. Whilst we were on the phone o them at about 04:00 am, my waters broke which was like an internal explosion! Bit of a shock as my waters were broken in a contolled way with ds1...

Anyway, contractions kicked in big time so dh helped me to car, stopping on the way for more contractions. Got to car and had the urge to push so told dh to call an ambulance. Ambulance station is fortunately 2 minutes down road so they arrived fairly quickly. Got some gas and air and managed to get into ambulance in between contractions. We set off for the hospital - 8 minute drive from house! I told them I could feel the baby coming so we had to stop once on the way for them to check. Nothing visible. Got to hospital car park and told them I could feel the baby coming again - another check at which point Joe crowned... Born at 4:44, labour of 44 minutes according to my hospital notes. More painful than ds1 with whom I had an epidural, but amazing to be able to feel the baby moving down.

Had to stay in hospital overnight as there was meconium in the waters when they broke and have been busy with sorting out house/dsc/fending off over-enthusiastic toddler since I got home. JA is very cute - furry, spotty and very dozy, but sweet... Very pleased with his arrival, but would not recommend labour that short to anyone! If we hadn't decided to wait for the ambulance, dh would have been delivering JA on the A23 and I would have had no pain relief at all...

Congratulations also to Fettle on safe arrival of Toby!!!

Fingers crossed for EJT!

I will try to get back tomorrow to catch up on what has been happening, but hope all you lovely ladies and babies are keeping well...

Hurray mumpy! Congratulations to you and Mr Mump and little Joseph - which is a lovely name, by the way.
Now we're just waiting for ejt....

Congrats Mumpy!! Loved your birth story and glad to hear you are all okay
Yep, definitely looks like EJT will be next! Hope you having been taking notes, EJT!

Wow it is so exciting... I guess next up will be Rubles?
I do wonder what happened to Purplelostprincess, really hope she is ok!

Mumpy - congrats - sounds quite an experience but so pleased you weren't induced - it hurt so much more this time round for me!!!

Promise will try and post more soon - not getting great nights yet and little toby has quite bad eye infection but other than that we doing well. Just can't believe that he's finally safely here after all the worry and heartache of the last 2 years and despite adamantly saying never again, I'm so in love I can see why we put ourselves through it!!!!

How's everyone on here? Hope well? Any news /i've missed over last few days?

Rubles great to here from you!! You hang in there everything will fall into place So can't believe we've made it!!!

Take care all
xxx

Go ejt, go ejt - hope you get the delivery you want!

xxx

Congratulations Mumpbump

Wow, sounds like a bit of excitement . I hope you and your DH managed to stay calm.

Welcome to the world baby Joseph Alexander.

I'm sore I missed you last noght, I was on here all evening!

Good luck now to ejt and rubles

BF has finally gotten easier....after 16 weeks .....but don't let my experiences put anyone off!

Hi to all the bew bfps and thinking of everyone who is in the early stages.

Mumpbump, fantastic! Massive congratulations to you all! What a birth story, too. Sounds like something out of a film, doesn't it? Certainly a good entry for the baby book

A friend of mine had her baby yesterday, her first, 4 days early. The most surprising thing is that we were all convinced it would be a boy, but she had a girl!! Don't know the ins and outs yet, but she weighed 6.14 and has been named Alice Rose. Having all thought she would overdue (as well as thinking it would be a boy) we had planned her baby shower for next Sunday! Not too sure that will be going ahead now!

Well, I may only be 14+5 but I'm pretty sure I've been feeling things. Not kcks or anything, more like momentary sensations of having very full bowels (nice!) which, I imagine, is the bubba turning over. We all had a listen with the doppler this morning, and we could certainly all hear movement on the doppler. At one point, dp was listening and said the bubba was a fidget, and at the same time I was getting these "full bowel" feelings. Can't wait til I can feel proper kicks and stuff!

Ejt, thinking of you during your countdown. Can't be long now! Fingers crossed for the birth you want!

Congrats mumpbump - I remember you from the due in Sept thread!

I am good, took another test Saturday and it was a darker line so DH believes it is real now. I keep forgetting I am PG which is probably for the best or I'd be out of my mind with worry. No point in worrying cos what will be will be. It's in God's hands now.

Congrats mumpbump - I remember you from the due in Sept thread!

I am good, took another test Saturday and it was a darker line so DH believes it is real now. I keep forgetting I am PG which is probably for the best or I'd be out of my mind with worry. No point in worrying cos what will be will be. It's in God's hands now.

Congratulations Mumpbump! wow ? what an action packed story and soo fast! well done!!! Lovely name in the back of the ambulance wow!!! How much did he weigh? Hope you are ok

Rubles ? next Sat! exciting! sounds like you got tons done when you had that little panic! ah, it?s lovely that you are so excited!

Bouncing ? hello I?m good thanks. Sounds like you got some lovely things from DM I know my DM has bought things and I know they are pink ? she thinks she?s psychic but it is just wishful thinking!

Hey Ejt ? hang on in there hon, I hope you are not getting too tired.

Hello EllieG ? you ok?

Hello Daisy!

Feedmenow ? how exciting for your friend! and exciting that you are feeling things too!

Ejt, thinking of you during your countdown. Can't be long now! Fingers crossed for the birth you want!

NH101 ? take good care of yourself now

Hey ladies so excited ? we?ve just bought our buggy!! after weeks and weeks of deliberation and homework and leg work and hunting on the internet ? we have finally decided In the end we decided not to compromise and go for what we really wanted and so with a big breath (and feeling slightly sick about the price), we ordered our bugaboo cameleon plus but then, we found that it we ordered the foot muff and car seat adaptors we?d get the maxi cosi car seat free which is a great bonus and even better DPIL want to pay half . It feels so real and massive and a bit scary ordering the buggy but we were told that time would become and issue soon as there is am 8 week lead time at the mo. DH is so excited!! Now we can turn our attentions to somewhere for Beanie to sleep!

Busy week for us ? we have a Real Nappy demo at the hospital tomorrow night, then 24 week scan followed by Consultant?s appointment on Thursday and then off on hols for 8 days on Friday! I am hoping to make some progress on my birth plan this week so I can ask the consultant some meaningful questions on Thursday.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

congratulations mump love the name Joesph. birth sounded very exciting and glad it all went ok x

OK, a question about OC. Please humour me with my new worry!
Past few days I have been itchy, mostly my face and chin, my ears (inside and out), my head and the backs of my arms, but also the backs/tops of my hands and feet and inner thighs. It seems to start at around 6 o'clock each evening and irriates me when I go to bed, but certainly doesn't keep me awake/wake me up. I didn't mention it in my earlier post cos I hardly itch at all during the day, so think the night before must have been nothing to worry about.
Everything I've read indicates OC is pretty much a 3rd trimester problem, although a couple of sources have mentioned 2nd & 3rd trimester, and that itching focuses (but is not unique to) palms and soles. I'm only 14+5. I don't want to be an over paranoid mum-to-be but likewise I don't want to take any risks. I'm seeing the mw a week tomorrow. Should I just wait and mention it to her then, or should I ring one of the mw's, or the DAU, tomorrow?

Hi Feedmenow!

OC is generally a 3rd trimester thing, but can occur at any time. Itching can be generalised, which is what I had this time around - but it is typical to be mainly on the hands and feet. It is always worse at night.

If you are at all worried, just ring your MW and speak to her - all you need is a simple blood test to check your liver enzymes and bile acid levels.

It could very well be nothing, as itching is common in pregnancy, so don't be overly concerned either.

I've had it with both my pregnancies - 1st time starter earlier and got worse quicker, which is unusual - usually starts earlier with subsequent pregnancies if you are going to get it.

either way both DD and DS are absolutely fine and it just means to get to meet them a bit earlier than you might otherwise!!

There are some great support sites, such as www.ocsupport.org.uk/ and the British Liver Trust have a good leaflet on it as well - don't be overly concerned by anything you read, the truth is they are still finding out about the condition as it is still relatively rare, but becoming more recognised nowadays.

Take care and HTH (try and ask for a prescription for aqueous cream with menthol if the itching gets very bad - helps soothe the skin and stop the itching cycle (for a while!!)
xxx

Congratulations Mumpbump, so lovely to hear that your wee one is here, Joseph has a great story to tell when he grows up!
hope all's well with you all, hotchocx

congratulations mumpbump, baby Joseph really didnt want to wait to say hi.

Feedmenow - I would definitely ring the Midwife. I figure they are used to pg women ringing them up about silly things - better that they ring up unnecessarily then not ring and it turn out to be something serious.
At the very least it'll put your mind at ease if it turns out to be nothing to serious - let's face it, if you are anything like me you'll just sit there fretting anyway!
Besides it sounds to me like it is really getting you down and making you very uncomfortable so the sooner you can get the itchiness sorted the better!

Well, another monster Monday post from me ?

We have been busy this weekend!! I finally finished the headboard last night ? hurray!

CONGRATULATIONS MUMPBUMP! Exciting!!

Fettle ? to hear about Toby?s eye infection ? hope all settles down for you soon!

Daisy ? lovely to hear from you ? bf can be somewhat ?challenging? ? especially after a C Section ? congratulations for sticking with it ? I was really proud of myself for sticking with it with ds after I had a C Section. Thanks to for your good wishes!

Nh101 ? congratulations and welcome (I may have already said that, but I have a very severe case of pg brain, and can?t remember!)

MrsMc ? Thanks for your good wishes about the birth! Congratulations on buying your buggy ? you have to do it eventually! Have fun at the real nappy demo! Hope the consultant?s appointment goes well. Where are you going on your holidays?

Feedmenow ? I?d definitely phone your mw and ask about the itching ? even if she just reassures you that there?s nothing wrong. I had really itchy skin at the start of this pg too, and found that ladling aqueous cream all over myself really helped ? you can use it as a shower gel too. It was suggested to me that, as my skin is very sensitive anyway, that the eczema had flared up so to treat it as best as I could ? it may be that you?ve developed a sensitivity to a shower gel / body lotion ? anyway, best to get it checked out!

Bouncingturtle ? hiya!!

Everybody else ? hope all?s well ? counting down for you rubles ? hoping that purplelostprincess is ok too!

Well, the midwife was supposed to be coming this afternoon, but she?s phoned to put it off ?til tomorrow, which suits me ? I can get my study sorted out now ? so that we can move the piano in here ? - it?s an absolute pigsty at the moment ?

I also want to sort out my photos today ? and finally get around to doing a MN profile!

Right, those are my targets ? I shall update you as I do them!

Good morning all.

Congratulations Mumpbump -- welcome to Joseph Alexander and what a story! It sounds great to me to be in labour for so short, but I guess, you might have thought otherwise in the back of the ambulance feeing the baby come down...

I wish the two of you a great recovery and emjoy settling in your new life.

Fettle -- good to hear from you! Glad as is well and you enjoy Toby. Will you share your birth story with us at some point?

Hi Daisy -- glad that BF is getting easiers. Can't believe how the time flies (I know not for the ones in the 1st trimester...)

Feedme -- I would definitely get checked out. In the best possible case they tell you not to worry about anything and it's worth just to know that.

MrsMcJ -- am impressed about your organisatorial skills. I am just starting to think of pram and nappies.

Rubles -- good to hear from you and all the best for the last days....

EJT go girl go you are next (if not Rubles) and we are thinking of you.

Hello to everybody else and especilly to nh1, missworry and sonya.

Have just done a search ... and found this from plp!

She's had the baby!!

This means, rubles, that you are now officially the Grande Dame of the thread!(Well, until next Tuesday when I join you as joint Grande Dame!!)

Fantastic news PLP - although I'm sorry to hear you had some complications with Cerys. DD had really bad jaundice when born too, as she was early, so we were kept in hospital for longer than I would have wanted. This time we asked to go home as soon as possible and now I spend every moment, checking Toby's yellowness to see if his jaundice is getting worse. don't think it is, he's feeding well now and having some good awake time!! you look after yourself xxx

Hi everyone else!

Keep forgetting you haven't heard my gory details - not anywhere near as exciting as Mumpbumps, but here goes!!

I am officially the woosiest person in the world re internal examinations to check cervix positioning and ripeness - 1st one ok, 1st prostin gel in, few contractions, nothing much over next 6 hours. 2nd internal a bit worse, apparently could have broken my waters, but it would be nicer for me to have more prostin (yippee!!, prostin-induced pains are very short and very very sharp and are even more unfair in that you know they are doing nothing to progress your labour, just prepare your cervix!). The following morning after having had sharp, regular contractions that lasted until 3am, I had a 3rd Internal, involved much screaming and shouting and eventual emergency entrance of midwives thinking a birth was about to happen unannounced on the ante-natal ward!! I kid you not, she was gowned and gloved and ready to go!!. Anyway, no more prostin needed, but told a queue for the delivery suite!probably wouldn't get in until next day(i.e.Thursday!). So me and DH went for a walk, only to come back 40 mins later and be told that we nearly missed our slot!

Anyway, then into delivery suite, crochet hook and so much gas and air, I nearly fainted, and she managed to break my waters a bit - contractions started coming pretty hard and about 2 in every 10 mins, so they thought they'd leave me for 3 hours, before deciding it wasn't working and hooking me up to the drip. The rest of the story is a bit of blur, of lots of gas and air, some wonderful pethidine, some shouting, little bit of swearing and some very excellent, silent pushing on my part, I should say!![proud emoticon!!]. Did need a little cut, as Toby's head was as big as expected and I would have torn otherwise - thank goodness I didn't go for another 3 weeks!! all in all in active labour for just over 4 hours - it was the getting there, which took so much time and energy! So from first examination at 9am on Tuesday, he was born at 2154 on Wednesday. But that's the joy of inductions when your baby is just not wanting to come out!!

Anyway, he then fed pretty quickly afterwards - so different to DD. He was making a weird singing noise, that the midwives were a bit concerned about, which is why we were kept in hospital until the following afternoon to see the paediatricians, but eventually the consultant paediatrician, just said that's the noise all baby's make! Bit pissed off when we could have gone home before lunch, but better to be safe than sorry.

All going ok now - BF bit sore on the nipples, as he sucked and sucked while there wasn't much milk available and now has settled down to feeding every 2-3 hours. We are also getting more alert awake time which is lovely, especially as his eye is better.

anyway, hope everyone is ok on here.

Sudden rush on babies at the moment - can't wait to hear your news Rubles and Ejt Grande Dames!!!

Ooh, I've posted a couple of pics, if anyone is interested!

Take care all
xxx

Fettle, what a handsome young man! And a gorgeous big sis too!

Great news about PLP. They're coming thick and fast now!

I called the DAU first thing this morning about my itching. She said categorically that OC is unheard of this early on, so I asked what I could take to relieve itching and she said Piriton is safe. She also recommended aqueous cream (thanks ejt!). Have been thinking about it and realised that I bought a different brand of washing liquid last week and am wondering if thats what the problem is. Will stop using it immediately so that I have a chance to see if iy makes a difference before my mw appt next Monday.

Oh, the other thing is I was sick for the first time this pg this morning! Felt momentarily good but then I realised that I still felt as nauseous as I had done before. Had always assumed that actually being sick would ease the nausea for a little longer at least!

Everyone else OK today?

Spugs, haven't you got a scan today? Hope it goes well...

Oh he's so sweet! And the pic of him with his big sis is lovely. What beautiful children you have fettle x