Pregnancy After Miscarriage Part V....Still checking those knickers? Check together here :0)

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New thread for knicker checkers every where

Off to catch up with and link the old thread.

scotlass nice to see you, and I wish you all the best not only with your scan but with the days leading up to it!! Don't worry about your mum its her prob, and you are right to be cautious esp. with DD. But I am sure you will be fine, and you only need to get stuff when you are good and ready!! I waited til after 20 week scan as its so hard to believe all will be well.

Joining you in sending labour vibes to popsy

DD has been gently squeezed on the arm Snoop . Daren't squeeze anywhere else lest she throws up over me again. She emptied the contents of her tum all over me at 1 o'clock last night...it was running down my bump and between my legs (I was in a vest and knickers redy for bed). Then DH scooped her off me and there was vom flying everywhere and landing in my hair and face......I nearly lost my dinner at that point

Apologies for any first trimester queasiness increasing as a result of this post .

Thankfully she has been fine today though.

scotslass, stick to your guns with your mum; she needs to respect your wishes in this (tho if she is anything like my mum, the loitering in mothercare will have been with the intent of hoping someone she knew saw her ). Not long till your scan so she only has a few days to hold her tongue.

And, I'm sure that all is well; I had similar feelings of dread before every scan with DD and also didn't let myself buy anything before 20 weeks.

great news on the scans for cece and floss

Hello, everyone! Back again after just a week here 6 weeks ago. Now pg for the third time in 9 months and am feeling, well, you know what it's like!

Hoping that desperately fancying a boiled egg for breakfast, then not wanting it when it was ready is a good sign

Hi! Is it OK if I join this thread? I've just had a bfp this morning after a mmc in July. Extremely nervous already, and would love to get (and give) support from others going through the same thing! Hopefully this will be no.4 (I've 3 dds already)

Hi bit emotional, hope you don't mind me joining, sat alone at home and need to chat. Found out last week i was pregnant - extatic as it took 7 yrs to concieve first time round then missed misc hapened 9.5wks devestated waited a year and tried again and was blessed with fantastic baby now two half but not without health problems and heart ache along the way.
Hubby and I decided couple months ago be nice to have another addition but only last night I began bleeding and haven't stopped, I realise only 5 weeks but that little blue line next to control one appeared and that to me was enough to know I was and now I probably am not. Not been to docs yet should I? will they want to know, having not experienced this this wat before not sure what to do really?

Welcome Sussex, Diege and TMD.

TMD - sorry things aren't going well. I would go to the doctors - they can at least arrange a scan or blood tests to check and in the very worst case at least the pregnancy will be 'recorded'. Will keep my fingers crossed for you - plenty of people do have bleeding and it turns out ok.

DAisy - hope dd is ok.

Popsy - thinking of you and hoping you're far too busy breathing and panting right now to think of us all.

Hello there TMD, am so sorry to hear about what you have been through and you have certainly come to the right place.

You should definitely get to the docs, as Wheely says. Hoping that everthing turns out OK for you. Please keep us posted.

Thanks for the welcome wheely
TMD - I really feel for what you are going through . As others have said, GP is the best route - maybe get in the system so that you can get an early scan?

Just wondering if 4 weeks is too early for me to ring drs about bfp? (have to go through gp here). I'd like an early scan, but not too early if that makes sense, and our EPU needs a GP referral . I feel nervous typing this - goodness knows what I'll be like before the scan!

Hi guys nice welcome thanks, Just returned from docs thought i'd better brave it.... Yes I was preg but he thinks definate threatened miscarriage but not sure about outcome. As the bleeding has subsided this am (and I hope i'm not putting jinx on things) he thinks that my hormone levels are all over the place and to do another test thurs fri this week. If +ve go back... if -ve then no further action and to carry on trying as most people if not done a test would have put it down to late period and not known any different but as i was conciously trying I was ready and waiting like any other parent with anticipation!
Soo end of the week to finally get a result as too early for bloods, scans, heartbeat and they don't get issued preg test kits in surgery's any more so just have to sit it out.....fingers crossed everyone. But being sensible I realise may not be result we want and if not mark this event along with my other and keep trying. I'm bit older than first time round ten yrs to be precise so I am more mature to look at life differently, it still hurts but deal with it, with a 2yr old you really can't do much else!
Good luck with everyone else's situations, altho having difficulty understanding some abreviations in some so forgive me for not personalising mine to anyone xxx

hello all

I'm suffering from withdrawl symptoms, not wanting to leave the old group I know and love on the 'conception' page. You all seem to know each other so well, and have come so far, and am just a humble 6+2 although I see sussex and cece are here so some familiar faces.

It is a relief to get past the six week mark. I have had a lot of cramps in the past week so a lot of worry that it could be mc and am struggling to sleep at nights.

I don't think I have the physical or emotional energy to try one more time, so I think I will retire after this one, no matter what the outcome.

TMD - my heart goes out to you. I hope it all turns out for the best but is so tough to go through.

deige - I went to the doctors at 5+4 and actually wish I could have gone earlier because they are going to try and book in early scans due to history, but the doctor says it all depends on availability which made me think that if I had got in earlier, i could have got an earlier scan. Although, I have booked a private scan, as a backup plan, in case I don't get anything through the NHS.

lol
newdaisy

Hello everybody and welcome to all the new people (especially sussex, so happy to see you back here).

I'm off to see the midwife on wednesday so I'll see what she is like then (was very scary on the phone on friday but I think that she had just been told off for not phoning me sooner). I've been sent home sick today and told to not to bother coming back in this week. I'm so fed up of having morning sickness and feel that I've had more than my fair share now. It took me ages to get to sleep last night because my family keep on asking if I think I'm expecting twins. Yet another reason that I'm still desperate to hear about my dating scan.

Hi I just wondered if anyone on this thread can help at all. I'm pregnant again after a Missed Miscarriage in June - went for routine 12 week scan to be told baby had died at 7 weeks.

I know I should go for an early scan to get reassurance as I'm going to be increasingly oaranoid as time goes on. The problem is I really can;t imagine being able to go through with it. Although superficially I dealt with what happened reasonably well it was such a shock. The thought of going into that room again and lying down on the couch ready for the scan... I'm shaking and crying and feeling sick just thinking about it.

TMD, it is not too early for bloods [angry at your doc,

they should have offered you blood tests to measure your HCG level, this is only present in pregnancy and doubles every 48 hours in a health pregnacy,

this would be the case as soon as conception has occured, most pg tests work on 25 or 50 ml HCG to get a positive result,

your doctor knows this and has fobbed you off,

i am so [raged emotion] at the level of care you have recieved,

another thing, and not wanting to scare you but in VERY RARE cases a positive test followed but spotting/bleeding can indicate an eptopic pregnancy and for this reason alone he should have offered HCG testing,

stand your ground sweets...

i am so i missed the last ] out of [angry in my first post

'and they don't get issued preg test kits in surgery's any more'

WHAT?

where are you? outer mongolia?

now i am really pissed of at your doctor

i can not believe he would not even do a simple 'wee on a stick' test for you

as wheely says, sad as it sounds, if it is on your notes that you were pregnant and then recorded that you are no longer then god forbid this happens again but you might just get some help from a specialist,

i know, i had 3 m/c before having dd,

please call them back and say you wany HCG testing,

give us a shout if you need more help

POPS...

where are you?

Hi everyone...

Hairy Toe, I know what you mean... I'm 7 weeks pregnant now but had a miscarriage last June at 10 weeks. Got my date for my scan through today - in 3 weeks - and I'm just dreading it - if we get to that stage... I said to my husband before I might just not have it.

I'm not sure how to control the nerves and anxiety... xx

Just jumping in to say another congratulations to ronshar and to check up on some of the oldies from the TTC after MC/cake/preg after mc threads hello to WMMC, cricri, grinningbee,KD73, wheelybug, 07MTW, splishsplosh and anyone else I have forgotten.

Hope the knicker checking is going well for you all - healthy and well

My wee miracle is now 13 weeks and a little darling, all the worry is so worth it.

SnoopDog I couldn't see my usual doc and I have history too of missed miscarriage at nine weeks only found out when went for scan. They then discovered I suffer with endometriosis so that explained why took so long to conceive irst time round too. Next time round I wouldn't accept i was preg until i had that scan and then I did have problems bonding when C arrived but with help from health visitor and councelling I did come through this. So I think thats why this time I fully understand the implications, I did however think it very odd I wasn't offered a blood test but i think he just wanted to complete his list as quickly as could! wasn't in there long did blood pressure and felt tummy. I had emergancy appoint and waited an hour to see him otherwise would have had to wait til tue am! I still feel preg but cramps keep threatening, hardly any blood at mo but can't really rest with two year old still house work to do life has to go on....

Hello all,

Sorry have not posted for a while.
Welcome all the newbies - there seem to be a lot. Must be something in the water at the moment!
TMD hope you get some joy somewhere. Do you have a EPU at your local hospital? Sometimes you can self refer. Mine will and you may get a scan or HCG test. FIngers crossed for you in the meantime.

sussex hurrah for you and welcome back. I remember you from your last time. Here's hoping you'll be around for the next 36 weeks!

Also congratulations to all the new mummys and new arrivals.

As for me, my scan last week went well. Could even see a proper baby shape. Another scan this Weds so fingers crossed. Its brilliant getting all these scans and from what I've read and been told, good regular care is so important for ladies like us. Why don't we all get it?!!!

msg & hairytoe - I'm in the same position as you. Found out at 11 weeks that the little one had not made it past 9 weeks (mmc). MC in June, 10 emotional weeks later pull myself back together to try again and now 6+2 with a scan coming up.

I can feel nothing but dread. I just dread seeing the same little lifeless soul on that screen. I don't think I will be able to talk the evening before, or morning of the scan. I will just feel ill.

I guess, I just need to know if there is a heartbeat, because when I had the mc the specialist said, if you get a heartbeat at 8 weeks, if the sac is the right size and all else looks as it should be, you actually have quite a high chance that all will be fine. 95% or something - I can't remember the exact stat now but it was high.

So I reckon if I can hold myself together till 8 weeks, and all is then promising, that I can allow myself to get a bit excited.

Too insane at work to catch up properly, but welcome to the newbies, congratulations to everyone reaching those milestones, and to those waiting for scans.

I just came to have a me,me,me moment. Have 16-week midwife check tomorrow, and have gone from being pretty calm and relaxed for the past few weeks to feeling incredibly anxious. Heard hb with my doppler on Thursday, so I know all was fine then, but for some reason I?m just really scared now. Can someone please tell me that having a ?bad feeling? doesn?t mean that something is necessarily wrong... Please?

I've had bleeding on and off all day today, so came home from work. Phoned GP and I've got a scan booked for Wednesday afternoon. Have been so upset today, I can't believe this is happening again.

Thanks Daisy for GP info' . First appointment available when I rang today was next Monday when I will be 5 weeks (touch wood).
I can share so many of the anxieties regarding scans and midwife appointments reading through the posts. MsG and others, I know exactly what you mean re: scans - I am almost tempted to just wait it out and miss out early scan, but then had mmc in July so the 'waiting' could go on for several weeks. It really is a double edged sword, but for the next week at least I'm going to try and enjoy things!

x-posts VickyJane . Is there no possibility of an earlier scan - 48 hours must seem a lifetime away. Will keep everything crossed that your bleeding is just normal impalnatation and that you and your bean are fine