Pregnant after loss and dreaming of rainbows - 2

[Avocuddles]

Just setting up a new thread to keep the 🌈 conversation going....

@Avocuddles so sorry to hear you are not doing so great but glad the paramedics have said you can stay at home. Try to rest up xx
@Shefliesonherownwings I'm not sure if they will be able to move up your appointment but you could always speak to your midwife if you have concerns x

Hope everyone else is doing ok...we decided to kill the isolation boredom and start decorating the nursery last night. I know it's probably a tad too early but my husband is hand drawing the designs before we can paint. Plus I feel like I'm huge already and want to be able to help decorate before I'm too big to do anything lol. He's drawn one set of characters so far and I'm already in love with it 🥰

Hope you're feeling better soon, what a worry for you

I thought I was getting it but I'm on day 6 today and it was defintiely a cold.

Thanka for the replies ladies im just so so worried! I do feel like this ones going to stay (mothers intuition maybe) with my last two losses, i kind of always knew from the off that something bad was going to happen sp im either not letting myself have any feelings over this pregnancy or i do feel its going to be ok, im still super anxious though!! Hope everyones doing well xxx

@Avocuddles poor you, I really hope you are on the up soon xx

@Pippop21 Ive had barely any symptoms throughout - I'm 14 weeks now (all great at 12 week scan) and still feel very "un-pregnant" other than some heartburn and a constant headache! I think it's so difficult because we spend so much time analysing symptoms and actually, they can vary so much! Thinking of you and hoping the anxiety eases soon x

@SammiLou2312 wowzers look at you!!! That's an amazing baby bump!! 🥰 love the look of the nursery so far - please keep us updated on the different stages of getting it done! Xx

@Sunflower1608 what beautiful scan pictures!! So glad you had a positive scan - it's so lovely to see!! 🥰

@didslysquiddlydoo thank you hun! I am definitely bloated as my gut is massive (see attached pic!! But could be due to me over eating due to being so anxious right now! (Im a comfort eater unfortunately 😣) i have terrible wind both ends lol And no heartburn as such but i do have reflux occasionally when i burp i just feel a bit numb i suppose.!

Can I join? I just found out Monday that I'm pregnant again after miscarriage at 11 weeks in January. I'm very very anxious as although test lines are very strong as dark as the control line today at only 2 days past period being due ive got brown discharge and there was some pin pricks of red on the tissue tonight. This was how I was last time too. No point ringing for an early scan as I don't think they'd give me one and wouldn't set my mind at rest anyway

@triedandtestedteacher gentle congratulations and welcome. It's not a fun club to be in but we do our best to look after each other. Hopefully you're seeing some implementation bleeding.

I've decided that this kid of mine knows when its the weekend. Second Friday in a row I've had spotting. Luckily this week it's much less that last and having had such a positive scan on Monday I'm wondering if it's just my cervix. Still a bit of a weekend ruiner, even if we are stuck in.

@triedandtestedteacher hey! And welcome. Were all in the same boat here!! And congratulations on your BFP xxxxxx

My test this morning at 4+3 but I'm bleeding bright red this morning :(

So sorry @triedandtestedteacher sending you lots of love, hope it is nothing to be worried about

Thanks @Whiffle77

Thanks @knotemma xx

Has anyone else just been eating rubbish since lockdown. Nausea has really kicked in now but I feel so lazy and unmotivated that I am snacking on rubbish. Biscuits, chocolates, crisps... I'm trying to eat fresh fruit and veg too but my snacking is not good and because I feel sick all the time I'm snacking a lot. I'm nervous to go out too much because we're a vulnerable group so I'm not exercising either. Starting to feel very sloth like. I'm not exactly thin so don't want to gain too much weight yet!

@shefliesonherownwings I'm eating so much crap 🙈 not just with the snacks, we've ended up having takeout for dinner and stuff too. Tomorrow I'm determined to make something with vegetables in it because it's getting ridiculous. I'm not really going out much either. Mostly because it's not like there's anywhere nice to walk where we live, so I just don't have the get up and go. Need to do much better

Yes @Shefliesonherownwings totally. Just eating freezer food and tins of stuff really and alllll the snacks.

I really want a takeaway but I'm too nervous to risk it 😩

@treaclepie19 the advice is just to transfer it from the container to a plate , wash your hands and then use cutlery, rather than fingers to eat. Our local kebab and pizza shop are taking the whole thing really seriously, all wearing masks and gloves including the delivery drivers and they aren't allowing anyone collecting to wait in the shop (it's tiny).

There no evidence currently that it can be transmitted via food, especially because everything you're eating should have been heated to safe levels anyway. Get your takeaway girl, don't let this pandemic stop you!

So glad it's not just me! I'm going to try to be better tomorrow but all I seem to want is beige food. It was the same last time.

@Treaclepie19 we had a Dominoes on Friday. The guy dropped it off at the doorstep so stayed away from us, we transferred to plates then washed our hands and so far we're fine. Plus it was delicious!

Hi ladies.

Being ill has given me the opposite issue over the past week where I've been worried that I've not been eating enough for the baby. I did try to keep eating but some meals consisted of a couple of spoons of cereal or about 6 pieces of penne as it was all I could stomach. I don't have scales so can't weigh myself (probably not a bad thing) but do finally have some appetite back so will be back to raiding the snack cupboard I'm sure! Still a long way off recovered but getting there slowly. Feel more like I have a really stinking cold now than the terrifying symptoms of earlier in the week.

@triedandtestedteacher have been thinking of you, hope you're ok.

@Pippop21 prepare for hell of a lot more wind to come! 😆

@SammiLou2312 I am very jealous of your bump! No sign of anything here yet but plenty of people have told me to not necessarily expect anything much before 20 weeks! Your nursery designs are lovely - Piglet is my favourite. Are you going to find out what you're having?

@didslysquiddlydoo I'm with you re not feeling particularly pregnant, it's a strange time! I can't wait to be able to either feel the baby or at least 'look' pregnant.

@Knotemma hope you're ok and that the spotting has stopped.
Nothing wrong with a good takeaway! If you have concerns then you can always decant into an appropriate container and blitz in the microwave?

@Avocuddles glad you are starting to feel a little better... We have done a bit more on the nursery this weekend to keep occupied lol... We are hoping to find out what we are having at the scan in may, everyone seems to think I'm having a girl though with how big I am already and the symptoms I've had - got to love old wives tales lol x

Hope everyone is ok x

Hope you are feeling much better @Avocuddles your baby will be well protected in there. I know you wont feel like it right now, but probably better to get it now and get it over with? As they think you should be immune now.
@triedandtestedteacher how are you today?
We've been having takeaways too, all the companies round here are being super sensible. Plus I keep telling myself I'm helping local businesses and the economy 😂

Reall anxious today girl! Not had any sickness today, nipples a bit tender but now im convincing myself that its because i dont stop poking them or that imaging it. Im 5+5 today and expected a lot more! I also habd period pains about 5 days ago...had no cramps at all since and i dont jnow if thats normal or not!!! I had cramps with my last two pregnancies which resulted in miscarriage and with my son....well hes ten and i cant even remember that far back! Xx

Nothing more happened since that bit of bleeding. Test looked similar today to yesterday. No darker or lighter so I'm just hoping that maybe it will be ok.

That good then @triedandtestedteacher will be keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Well that's my 16 week midwife appointment cancelled. Ive also had confirmation that I have to go alone for my consultants appointment and anatomy scan. A bit gutted that DH can't come because the scans are so precious, but I totally understand why. It's just such a strange time. She's just told me that they're the only service still doing "routine" stuff, everything else is cancelled. I'm just glad that DH was still able to come in with me to our scan on Monday after the bleed