Pregnancy after Miscarriage - Welcome to Knicker Checkers Anonymous!

[Bouncingturtle]

Hello!

Graduated
Mumpbump - Joseph Alexander - 20 September
PurpleLostPrincess - Cerys Grace Emmeline - 2nd September (was due on 22nd)
Fettle - Toby - 19th September
ejt1764 - Mairwen - 1st October
Rubles - Isla - 27th September
ejb1976 - Joel - 7th October
Jossiejump - baby boy - (was due on 23rd Nov)

Glimmer due November 13 - no news yet

hotchoc 10 dec now 3 dec
mad4girls 4th December
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
AnguaVonUberwald - 18th March
Feedmenow - 18th March
Winkygirl - 19 March
Mumofmonsters - 20th March
Spugs - 24th March
Siameez - 1st April
Rainbowdays - 8th April
Positive - 12th April
DonDons - 15 April
EllieG - 19th April
ZamMummy - EDD 14th May but planning C-section previous week.
Janus - 14th May
flosspot/makecakesnotwar - 30th May
goingfor3 - 31st May
nh101 - 1st June - twins!!
KashaSarrasin - 6th July
McChesers - 9 July
Lovelylou - 13th July

Good luck you x

i had alot of aching and pains at the beginnning of this PG. Felt just like the day i come on AF and sometimes even had sharp pains on one side. Am now 29 weeks.

TS - I have had loads of aches and pains so far, I also had a D&V bug. As someone else said you are so intune to every little twinge it can send you mad.

Notsomerry - I think you are doing the right thing booking a private scan, better knowing than driving yourself mad with worry, I really wish I had booked a private scan would have saved 2 weeks of stress.

Thanks mum. It's very nice to have that kind of confirmation. Just put on a new clingy type shirt and you can really see my belly bump. Pains obviously did what they were suppose to do. I'm just so tired it's very easy to think the most negative thoughs.

X-posted with you Sweetkitty. Glad I'm not feeling anything out of the ordinary.

Good luck notsomerry.
TS - I had/have loads of aches and pains. I know what it feels like after 6 miscarriages, it drove me mad. I even phoned my consultant at 10 weeks because they were so bad. He just felt this was normal and was not worried. My last one was mmc so it does make you feel more paranoid. I am now 16 weeks and have another scan next week and I get very worked up before scans. I have borrowed my friends doppler which is great I listen to the babys heartbeat everyday which is very reassuring. Good Luckx

TS - the last 8-9 weeks have been so hard especially as I had bleeding at 10 weeks and they wouldn't scan me. You just have got to hang on in there it will pass soon.

Hello all- back home and not at all happy. HAve very much enjoyed being squirreled away with DH for the last two weeks (save xmas with MIL which was a beeping nightmare)...now just ticking the days off until my scan (at 23+6) annoyingly.

TS- have had insane amounts of worry over pains and twinges. I feel everything and it's all I can do not to rush to A&E...this whole journey is a lot more nerve-wracking than I culd ever have predicted. But holding in there at 19 weeks.

Hugs to Notsomerry

Well done and congrats on your gorgeous bubba to Bouncing.Can't wait till it's me!

And hello and a Happy New Year to one and all. Special thoughts with Cece, and anyone else who thinks they might help xxxx

HEALTHY AND WELL

good luck with your scan notsomerry, i had a private one and found it very reasurring. at your dp for being stroppy about it though.

beckle - you still hanging in there hun, any signs of little one yet or do you enjoy being grand dame

Not so merry - how did the scan go? How annoying that EPAU wouldn't/couldn't scan you. I contacted our EPAU on 27th Dec and answerphone message advised centre closed until 2nd Jan. Called on 2nd told them history, ie previous m/c plus pain and bleeding and they advised that they could only see me if referred by gp if problems or if no problems they would offer me an early viability scan

Twilightsurfer - I have had some pretty bad pain and went to see GP. Was told this can be normal everyones different and all - its so worrying.

Mrs Bouncing Turtle - Daniel is lovely and I was shocked, you are my double. Is this a good sign perhaps

I have scan tomorrow, I am petrified beyond belief. I can no longer differentiate between brown blood and red. I have been bleeding on and off since 27th Dec and frankly my nerves are in pieces. Phoned dp from work today and just sat crying .

Good luck for tomorrow kd73. What a worry it is for you.

The hopsital have now hinted at a cock up re Hope's post mortem tests. She has now been sent for the only option now open to us due to chemicals and time since her death. Unfortunately it won't give us any defintite answers now and it will delay the funderal.

OMG Cece - how bloody awful for you. How are you doing?

I am thinking of you

mad4girls has posted on birth ann. and has had a baby boy

cece - im so sorry that theyve messed up hun, wishing you lots of strength [hugs]

kd73 - good luck for tomorrow, remember healthy and well x

Not too good at times. Had to go over to hospital last evening and sign post mortem forms etc. It has brought it all back to me and got me back into crying mode.

There must be some mistake somewhere as they have spoken to me about their complaints procedures.

Cece, I don't think I am over my m/c in August and I was no where near as developed as your pg and so fully understand the not too good at times.

Have you been able to organise the funeral? If not please contact the hospital chaplain, they normally offer a rememberence service and my dp and I found that really helpful - it may help with your grief until the funeral.

How is dp coping? I hope you are drawing strength at this time from each other. Have you told anyone else family friends about your situation? perhaps they can offer you support?

The funeral will be organised by the hospital chaplain. Because of the deplay it will now be the first week of February. The hospital has a regular monthly slot at the crematorium so now have to wait for the Feb one. Hope will mot be back from pathologist in time for the Jan one now.

Of course if they had done it right in the first place then we could have had the funeral next week.

Cece - sorry to hear about Hope's funeral delay

Kd - perhaps we were separated at birth! I too had symptons come and go. I hope all goes well for your scan.

cece - what can I say? So sorry about the cock up with Hope's tests and delay in her funeral

kd73 - best of luck for tomorrow x

Oooh I'm like a piece of tumbleweed round these parts. Just popped by to catch up and say hello.

cece - am really saddened by your posts. I can't imagine how all this delay is compounding your pain. Wishing you all the best under the circumstances.

Bouncingturtle - belated congrats. Daniel is a peach. Well done! Oh I've been cack at doing my pelvic floor and seriously considered buying some tenor lady last week. .. Ugh - every time I coughed or sneezed. Sorry if tmi. There you go ladies - don't forget yr pelvic floor (or it will forget you)

Lots of love to Beckle and MrsMc. Am genuinely excited for you both.

Big hello to fettle, ejt, daisy .. am going to try and catch up on graduates thread in a bit

And manic wave to everyone else - I think this thread is great. It meant so much to me particularly in those dark early weeks. OMG I never thought this time last year I would have a baby in my arms. And have just found out that woman on her 13th pg (11 losses - she has similar genetic wrongness to me)who writes blog I read has had twins - both healthy. Just shows that it can and will happen to us - whatever heartache we have to go through.

As well as changing my own knickers several times a day (!), I've been changing lots of baby bums. Joel is 12 weeks and is doing great after his bad start. My dd who's 2 has been very poorly- she has rare chromo disorder and is v complicated healthwise. Chest infection and tonsilitis overlapping have really knocked her about and caused breathing probs, eratic temperatures, fits and hypos but gladly she is on the mend now. Am going to put new pic on profile of her and joel on xmas day

Anyway - bit of a ramble - ttfn xxx

Cece, my thoughts are with you and your DH at this time. I can not even imagine how the incompetence you have been subject to at the hands of the hospital is compounding the pain. Here's hoping that the delay will at least lead to some definite answers for you about what happened to Hope.

ejb1976 - Glad to here that both your LO's are doing better and thanks for reminding me of my pelvic floor.

As for the scan - everything fine, say tiny embryo and heartbeat. The hospital were great even putting the heartbeat on the screen / speaker for me so I could here it. I went with my theme for the day and duitifully cried. As for stroppy husband, he was delighted with the scan pictures and spent the evening mumbling about putting them somewhere safe. In retrospect I think he was just as scared and frightened as I was, sometimes I forget that there are 2 of us going through this.

I would also say that if you are concerned and a private scan is an option for you then it is worth every penny. I would pay double for the good nights sleep I had last night. It's the first time I've not been awake at 3am in the last 3 weeks.

Kd73 - I hope all goes well with your scan today, good luck.

To everyone else, thank you for your support and good wishes, it really helped. Wishing you all a Healthy & Happy day.

Now I need to go and change my nickname

Any news notsomerry? was everything ok?

I am still petrified by scan. So disappointed I wanted to be one of these people who bloomed with excitment at thought of baby, not someone who dropped knickers every 5 mins and went to toilet every 15 with a sense of dread

kd73 - Scan was fab, baby & heartbeat exactly as it should be. I hope you get as positive a result today.

Know what you mean about the knickers, I've taken to wearing only white so I'll know instantly , sorry tmi.

Kd73, what time is your appointment?

So, so pleased for you merry, had all my fingers and toes crossed yesterday for your little bean.

KD - will do same for you today x

Thanks EllieG, I feel like a bit of a fool now, but as I said the good night sleep was worth every penny.

The consultant was very nice to me had great empathy etc, though I did explain to him upfront that I would cry whatever the outcome, he did reassure me by telling me how much the chance of another miscarraige had dropped once there was an active heartbeat (something I've never previously had).Now I'm going to work harder at actively keeping my paranoia in check, here's hoping that things are as sunny at 12 weeks