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

[LackaDAISYcal]

New thread for knicker checkers every where

Off to catch up with and link the old thread.

Just a quick hijack to tell CECE that I have everything crossed for her - I'll be keeping a eye on you sweetie

Cece Keeping everything crossed for you too Don't know the answer to your question unfortunately - late implantation maybe? Keep us posted!
WMMC I had a 4D scan and it was brilliant (see pic on profile) Can't wait to see if LO ressembles her scan picture I went to Babybond and they were very good - they also checked the renal dilation which had been picked up at my 20 week anomaly scan and gave me a report to put in my notes.
mm sorry to hear about your inconclusive scan. Fingers crossed for a good outcome. We're here anytime you need to rant over the next 10 days.
Flossie Hope all goes well at your scan next Thursday.

LackaDAISYcal , DonDons and cricri,

Thanks for your kind thoughts and crossed fingers. We shall see...

I have decided I will test again on Monday with my freebie clearblue digital. If positve then I can phone the consultant's secretary on the same day to organise my first scan.

cece

i am not really here typing this message (till you are 'officially' here that is) crossing all my bits for you and your little one XXX

wheelybug

i am delighted to see you again, you have had a long path to get back here and i hope your journey forward is easy from now on

floss

you too sweets, good luck for the next 9 months

i just jules can bring myself to leave this thread

i shall be the old lady rocking in the corner with my kniting before long

scotslass....forgot to say woohoo for you bean yesterday so.......

Woohoo for your bean

hey, don't knock knitting, dog

I am queen of the knitting pins at the minute.

How is your beauooootiful DD doing?

hey slack (soz, someone had to do it)

i bought the most beautiful home made knitted blanket from e bay last week, it must have cost her more in wool than what i paid for it

how is the 'natural' birth planning going?

YOU CAN DO IT!!!

hey daisy, did you see my scot thread?

Hi all - sorry not been around. I don't know if I said before but DH was admitted to hospital last weekend and is still there feeling v. sorry for himself and still without a firm diagnosis so I am spending much time at the hospital.

Hi Jules/Snoopdog - was so pleased to hear of the safe arrival of your dd. Hope all is going well.

I was 14 weeks yesterday and even with all the worry about DH I still keep worrying all is going to go horribly wrong. I must start taking low dose aspirin now as had previous pre-eclampsia/IUGR but am too scared to take it in case it makes things go wrong (which is daft I know but am not thinking particularly straight at the mo).

Anyway, to all those in the early days - wishing you lots of sticky luck (cece - hope those tests start getting stronger) and to everyone else as well - lots of tummy growing (I already look like a weeble thanks to being 5 foot nothing and my tummy having gone ginormous...).

Morning all!

Sorry I've not posted much recently. Am still only 5+5 today. Still v worried I'm going to get to my scan and find another mmc but am trying as best I can to stay calm and take it a day at a time.

Wheely - Must be v frustrating times for both you and DH at the moment. Also (I know I'll probably still be worried if I get there) but 14 weeks!!! !!!

Cece - think I recognise you from the temping thread. Fingers crossed for that CBD.

mm - thinking of you and hoping that the 10 days goes as quickly as it can with a good scan at the end.

dan and grinningbee - was pleased to see you'd had good scans and all going well.

I really like the fact that this thread has people at all different stages. It's really good to hear about the later stages and also from those who now have lovely little ones.

I have an early scan booked for 1st Oct but we're also meant to be moving house that week! We're getting the removal company to do the packing for us (only an extra £180 which I didn't think was too bad) so it could be a big week! We're hopefully exchanging contracts on the house on Monday.

Hi all - feeling kind of strange after Friday, I seem to have a level of acceptance that we will most probably get bad news at the next scan. I actually feel quite calm at the moment, maybe deep down I thought we would have this outcome anyway. I guess after 2 mc's you are too pessimistic about any outcome. I have even found myself mentally planning what we do next, swinging between giving up and still being desperate for a sibling for DD. Haven't told DH most of this, he is trying to be positive at the moment, he's really being great. So at the moment keeping most of this inside until we find out for definite one way or the other.
Thanks for all the messages, it does really help knowing that we are not alone as we haven't told many people in RL about the pregnancy.

hello all

wheelybug hope dh is ok

shapline good luck with packing and house move, we did that when I was nearly 8months along so not much choice as to how much I could do and btw it is expensive to move if you have more than one book

mm1509 I can identify with much of what you say I suppose the best would be to just let it go and accept whatever happens but people don't really work like that it is inevitable that worry sets in

as for me I seem to be nearly 8wks, stopped checking or attributing symptoms and of course still expect to see blood every time I go to the toilet but really there is not much that I can do just wait and see although I seem to have good and bad days in equal measure

Just a big thank-you to sfxmum for replying to my post (question about safety of swimming soon after D&E) on the old thread. After having the D&E on 11 September (I had a missed mc at 6wks, D&E at 10 wks)I feel physically OK but completely at stage 1 again as far as life goes... Feel 'faulty' for having had the mc, fragile, and as if I can't take my body for granted any more. Wish I could live confidently again and hold the reins. Mostly I just want to know what my body is doing; wish I could look inside, but that's of course not possible. So I'm gateful for your practical advice...

Hi villagemum I am very sorry for your loss
it is weird isn't it? I have had 4mc at different stages and at different times in my life but I have also had a trouble free pregnancy with a lovely healthy dd at the end of it so I keep hoping it will be so again

do you know if there is an underlying condition? the doctor once told me that having 1mc does not make it more likely that you will have another

Hi missEdith, I'm so sorry to hear about your losses. I have a beautiful son aged 7, no problems in that pregnancy or with conceiving him, and I as far as I know this mc was 'just one of those things' - no known cause. I conceived the baby I've just lost straight after coming off the pill; it was completely accidental. Though I never meant to conceive, I was over the moon (once I'd got over the shock!) and I now want to try again. The most difficult thing is not knowing what your body is up to after the mc! And there is so much info out there as to how soon to go about ttc, some of it plain contradictory.
I hope all goes well for you; have you been given any answers as to what might have caused your mcs?

PS Miss Edith I see from your earlier post today that you are 8 wks and scans promising; that is WONDERFUL, you give me hope! I will be holding thumbs for you, hoping and trusting that all will go very, very well. Much strength to you.

ooops wishful thinking am actually 7wks oh well here is hoping

missEdith, 7 wks is just wonderful too! Please completely forget about my earlier question and just focus on this time, and that it will go well. Thinking of you.

no worries just missed the question I have PCOS which might have been the likely cause, one of them was a blighted ovum.
MC are quite common and afaik the main reason is that there is something wrong with the embryo which does not make it compatible with life iykwim

but of course there are plenty of other reasons

about ttc after mc some people say you should wait after a normal cycle, I suppose to check all is ok but people have conceived and went on to have successful pregnancies without waiting for the first cycle

Thanks missEdith - sorry to hear about your PCOS. Yes, 'probably something wrong with the embryo' is what I was told. As far as I know I don't have an underlying condition and ovulate normally... but as I say, I now feel like a total failure, as if my body has let me down badly. It's completely irrational and unfounded, but even so. I look at my son (now 7) and wonder how I could EVER have taken that pregnancy and its fantastic end result so much for granted. Next time, if there is a next time, I will go into that delivery room whooping and cheering instead of complaining.

Well I am now a knicker checker! I got a pregnant on my digital this morning. Been trying to get hold of consultants secretary to organise first scan but she must be out of the office...

Cece, we haven't spoken before but I hope you don't mind me saying congratulations: I'm so pleased for you - you give me hope!