Spugs, Winky & MoM all here at the same time? Plus me....isn't that all of us due in the same week? No, Angua was too. Anyone heard from her?
I haven't been here in a while so am not up to date with all the in's and out's. But Oinker, I am going back a few pages to read your tale because it sounds like you are having one hurdle agter another I really hope this is the miracle others are suggesting and that all goes well for you from this point on. xxx.
Re. paying for a private scan, I know that not everyone has the money (and to be honest we didn't really have spare floating around but I juggled the finances a bit) but I found them to be fantastic. yes, the reassurance doesn't last long but at least you know you've made it that far IYSWIM. The thing I think I found hardest about my missed mc was that I had been carrying on as a normal pg woman but my little bubba had already died inside me. Mine dies at 8+2...if I'd waited til 14 weeks for an NHS scan that could have been 6 weeks later! SO anyway, with this pg I paid for 2 private scans, the first a few days after the 8+2 mark and then another 5 days after that cos I had a bit of bleeding. In an ideal world I would have been able to afford a scan a week.....no, make that a scan a day
Anyway, my advice for everyone early on in pg is to literally set yourself small, reachable targets. Things to mark your progress. A private scan maybe, half way between when you find out you are pg and when you get your 12 week scan on NHS. Then to when the mw can hear the hb (or you can yourself if you get a doppler). Then to when you feel baby kick. Take small steps. You'll get there.
Enough of my monologue now! I don't come by for weeks and when I do I start babbling!