Pregnant After MMC - Thread 3

[Sakura54]

New thread for anyone pregnant after MMC.

Here’s our current list of 12/20 week scan dates and due dates.

Scan dates:
@Poppy10121 Thursday 1st October
@Sakura54 Wednesday 7th October 2.40pm
@bubblybon20 Tuesday 13th October 11:10am
@Dancem1 Thursday 15th October
@ew1990 Tuesday 20th October
@SkyBlue20 Tuesday 27th October, 1:20pm

Due dates:
@bubblybon20 - 27/02/21 Boy
@Sakura54 - 28/02/21
@DanceM1 - 04/03/21
@ew1990 - 12/03/21
@SkyBlue20 - 13/03/21
@PhotoMum4 - 18/03/21
@smileyT - 18/03/21
@Poppy10121 - 08/04/21

Lovely bumps @Workingmama1 & @ew1990 !!
@DanceM1 my diet has been awful, I try to eat at least one mixed fruit pot every night before bed. But I am eating a big bar of chocolate and a bag of haribo before 🤣🤣 is that classed as a balanced diet 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️ I wouldn't worry too much! Like @Sakura54 said baby will take everything they need xx

@DanceM1 I’m not the best eater either, doesn’t help that baby craves Pringles and cake 🙈 I try to get roughly 3 fruit/veg portions a day but it’s hard lol.

I felt flutters around the same time again tonight 🙂 got to be movement I’m quite convinced now.

Will attach a bump pic too, lovely pics everyone ❤️ I feel like I’m going to pop tonight and belly kind of feels like it’s stretching? Muscles are hard. Sound familiar to any of you? X

@sakura54 @bubblybon20 @pugprincess thank you so much, you've made me feel loads better! Sometimes when I read other threads I feel like everybody else is avoiding all chocolate/crisps etc etc and purely eating healthy stuff then I feel bad! Glad to know its quite normal!

Exciting about the movement @pugprincess ive felt quite a lot lately which is lovely... just hope it stays that way!🙏🤞

Morning everyone! Did you have a good weekend?

@Simmy20 I hope your scan went well. Sending love xx

@SmileyT Good luck today! What time is your scan at?

@Pugprincess Exciting about the movements! I’ve had a couple of moments of my tummy going hard (usually after I’ve been for a walk) only thing I could find it could be is Braxton Hicks 🤷🏻‍♀‍

@RosieJess91 Glad your son is doing ok.

@Sakura54 So sweet about your son talking to his little sister! Must make it all the more special 💕

@DanceM1 I too cannot stop eating! Yesterday I had a small bowl of porridge when I woke up (I seem to have gone back to having to eat immediately or feeling really ill) then two pieces of toast with tomato with DH when he woke up, then a syrup waffle thing with a cuppa, then I had a packet of mango, went out for lunch (tapas), came home to a Sunday roast and finished with two small biscuits. That was a particularly hungry day and I suffered for it (eyes bigger than my belly with that roast!) with bad stomach ache (partly due to my intolerances) but I am eating a lot. Just trying to keep my sugar intake relatively low (which isn’t really happening - all I want is chocolate) and incorporate a lot of veggies but otherwise it’s a free for all 🙈

Lovely bumps all around! I’ll upload mine in a mo. Isn’t it crazy how much they can vary? All amazing though 🥰

I think my glow might be coming (20+2) as my skin is beginning to look a lot clearer and better than it has in a long time (though have also started on some new skincare so could be that), but I do constantly look exhausted, too (because I am – a good night’s sleep is a thing of the past now). There’s no winning though – my skin is starting to clear up so I’m worrying something is wrong. My mind, honestly! Also beginning to suffer from heartburn now though – peaks and troughs.

I’m SO jealous that you’re all feeling movement, still nothing here apart from those potential ones on Friday. Tomorrow’s scan can’t come soon enough, it’s so annoying it’s in the (early) afternoon, I want it at like 5am 😂 Finally coming around though, it’s been a long wait and it’s only been two and a half weeks since my private scan.

Has anyone started thinking of names? We think we might have one but it makes me nervous just having one name as what if she doesn’t suit it when she comes out?! Definitely still open to others but there’s a definite front runner.

My bump this morning at 20+2 ☺️

Unfortunately not good news for me. Sac still the same size and no baby so now have to wait to hear from Dr to find out what to do from here - either wait to naturally mc or what

Oh @Simmy20, I'm so sorry. Sending so much love and strength to you - we're here if you need us. xxxxx

@Simmy20 I’m so sorry, absolutely gutted for you. Is your partner with you? Sending so much love ❤️

I'm so sorry @Simmy20. Sending you loads of love!

My bump pic this morning at 17+5

I’m absolutely gutted for you @Simmy20 thinking of you big hugs 😢 xx

@Simmy20 I'm so so sorry 😔 Sending you lots of love xx

@Sakura54 @bubblybon20 @ew1990 @Workingmama1 such a contrast in bumps it really does teach me not to compare... I'm huge but it's all over not just my bump I'll try post a pic later 🙈

@DanceM1 having had a week in Greece and then a week at home with no work I've just been eating shit all day everyday 😂 I'm trying to get back on track with a healthier diet and back in the gym, more for me and how it makes me feel than for baby x

@SkyBlue20 cute bump...scan all done and everything was all good, crazy to think that will be my last scan now 😭 not long until yours xx

@RosieJess91 I don't know why your bump pic is really confusing me 🙈 are you laid down with head at the top? x

@Simmy20 I'm so sorry for your loss... please look after yourself and reach out if you need any support xx

@simmy20 oh I'm so so sorry. Please look after yourself and definitely lean on others for support.

@skyblue20 we have a name picked out. I only ever had 1 too for DD and she suits it so much, can t imagine her being called anything else.

I'll be honest the last time some veg passed my lips was in a chow mein from the chippy 😂😂 I'm horrendous and just want to eat bread cheese and crisps. Oh and pot noodles.

Just waiting for my hospital appointment about this protein in my urine. I'm feeling calm actually not worried at all which I don't know is good or bad?

@ew1990 that made me laugh 😂 You’ve made me crave a chinese now at 10am!

I love name chat! Anyone happy to share? DD’s name isn’t very popular so want to follow suit with that, we have LOADS for girls but only ever had 1 boys name, I’m always on edge someone I know well is going to have it before me 😬 I think Willow is nice for a girl, and Otto for a boy but neither go with our surname!

@starfish We really like Lucille. And I love Lucy as a nickname.

As I'm typing this I'm getting proper rolls. Feels like she's turning over 😩

@ew1990 beautiful! I love French names, all so nice 💙❤️🤍

@SmileyT yay, glad all was well! It is crazy that 20 weeks is the last 'official' scan - what will we look forward to (/also dread)?! 😂🙈

@ew1990 Hope the appointment goes well. You've also made me want a chow mein 😂 Lucille is a gorgeous name, love it!

@Starfish762 Love both Willow and Otto, too!

The name that's leading for us is Aria. We also liked Marlo but took that one off the list as it's a bit too similar to a couple of family members' names! Also liked Lila/Lyla but couldn't agree on a spelling (I like Lila) and I don't really like it with a strong Manchester accent 🙈 Arlo was another but I prefer that for a boy (would love Aria and Arlo, how cute?!). So, we're left with Aria, which, to be fair, was my number one choice from the start. We have a double barrel surname that's very mixed in terms of where our names are from so it's quite difficult to find names that go. It's also quite long, so generally leaning towards shorter ones.

For a boy we liked Bobby and Arlo and Ezra would also be contenders.

@SkyBlue20 LOVE Aria! Unusual too. I have a very common name & I hated being 1 of 5 in the class at school so always swore I’d not give my kids a popular name (although DD’s name has got more popular since we named her 3.5 years ago, but it’s still not too common). The spelling thing is annoying isn’t it, I still wonder whether we went with the best one for DD, so many people spell it wrong so I hope that doesn’t annoy her growing up! Agree on the accent thing too, DH is Southern & I’m Northern so lots of nice names don’t work coz they sound too different in out accents, like Blake 😆

@SmileyT congrats on the scan ❤️

@skyblue20 ahh I wanted Aria but DP didn't like it. I also love Madison, Grace and Harper, but we both really love Lucille

@Simmy20 I'm so sorry, sending lots of love and hugs.

Thanks @Starfish762! I'm the opposite, I have what was a very uncommon name when I was younger (it's getting more popular now). I like that I did though, so want any of our children to, too (though not something too out there!). I did look at the 2019 list of names and Aria was top 50 and had increased in popularity over 1,000% in a year, which put me off it slightly, but I think it's still rare enough.
I wouldn't worry too much about the spelling for your DD - my name is spelt wrong ALL the time but you just get used to saying your name and then spelling it immediately afterwards 😂

@ew1990 Great minds! They're all such lovely names 🥰

@skyBlue20 Aria is also my favourite girls name!! My husband doesn't want it though boooo.

So glad I'm not the only one eating rubbish! Thanks for the reassurance ladies. Im now panicking as havent really felt baby move much today and have felt quite a bit the last couple of days 😫

@Simmy20 I am so so sorry!! You must be feeling dreadful, thats really sad news. Ill be thinking of you x

I’ve not been on here for a few days and now there is loads to catch up on!

This week is when our MC baby would have been born, so we have been feeling a bit sad :( I also have a stomach bug which is not helping, racking my brains to think what I could have eaten to set this off, I’ve been so careful! Was awake half the night with diarrhoea :(

@Simmy20 So sorry to hear your news, I hope you are as OK as you can be and have people around to help you out xx

Your bump pictures are all lovely! It’s amazing to see the difference in sizes.

@Workingmama1 I also have envy of your kitchen and @Skyblue20’s bedroom backgrounds! Your houses look lovely :)

@DanceM1 I’ve become very unhealthy in the past few weeks, I never used to like a lot of beige food but all I want to eat is pizza, breaded things and chips! Just trying to drink smoothies and take my vitamins and hope that balances out somehow!

@SmileyT glad you had a happy scan today!

@Starfish762 we only have one boy’s name that we like so far, I’m very on edge someone else will take it too! I have 4 friends due before me and 3 of them are also boys.

@ew1990 and @skyblue20 what lovely name choices! If we were having a girl there were LOADS of names I liked, boys names seem much more boring!