Totally's GRADS...lets handhold thru this....

[boodleboot]

Ok girls....time to get started....

lee stressy amyboo totally

and of course any other ladies who have recently had a Big Scary Fat Positive and will now literally be counting the days to healthy babe in arms, welcome y'all

i have no idea how i am going to make it but i know that i will need handholding....and knowing lots of you already i know you will too ha ha

{Totally's conception thread got me thus far with lots of handholding and i love them for that....}

BRING ON THE BABIES.....

Hi everyone,

Louishesh - I remember meita had her symptoms come and go at a similar stage but I know it's so hard not to worry. I had a MMC and I'm so scared that it will happen again - but I just keep telling myself that it's all out of my control so let go. If only I could follow my own advice Well done on booking the scan - will be thinking of you tomorrow at 14:55 and sending hand holding vibes.

Boodle - sorry you're having such a rough time - we need some collective worry beads on this thread!

Laughing at your meeting amyboo - miniamyboo is obviously quite a little performer!

Been thinking about why I lost the plot so much at the weekend and I think it comes down to the protective wall I'd built up - trying not to get excited or too attached to this pregnancy in case anything went wrong. Of course, when I had a scare all that wall came crashing down..... We do try and fool ourselves sometimes don't we!

Thanks TFLS X Dreading tomorrow !!!!

oooh louise will be thinking of you too. I am finally going to go to the doctor to register the pregnancy tomorrow, will be asking for the early scan they told me I could have after last mc. Should only be a week or so away ....

tfls my wall is still up - don't shatter my delusions

lee where r u hon, hope alls well. jollster too.

early night for me as 'the tiredness' has arrived - remember that from last time, and am starting to get ms in the evenings - didn't have any ms last time so thats a new one on me. I don't care how rough I feel though, as long as everything goes ok!

GOod luch today cheepz today and esp Lou for her scan

i am marginally less miserable....

royally f*cked off. Called doctor at 9 for an appointment after trying to get through for half an hour on the appointments line had to go through on enquiries and ask wtf is going on only to be told there are no more appointments today

our surgery has this shite system where you have to turn up at 730 to queue to book an appointment in person or keep redialling to get through on the line which is so busy it takes ages before you even get held in a queue, so unless you can go down there - which with a 2 1/2 yr old and getting to work and everything is a real challenge you are basically screwed. Plus although you can queue from 730 they don't start booking appointments until 8 and they don't start doing appointments until 830 so you ge there and have to wait an hour with your child in a waiting room full of sick people.

So now I have to wait and the duty doctor will call me back at lunchtime - so i asked is that midday, couldn't say she said, between 12 and 2, couldn't say she said - so I am like I have to wait by the phone for an undefined amount of time to ensure I don't miss the call from the doctor who will then decide whether or not I need to be seen today or whether I have to go through the whole thing again tomorrow. Its a farce.

How can there be no appointments by 9am, it can take until 10 to get through. Grrrrrr

Got my fingers and toes firmly crossed for you today louisesh xxx

Cheepz - that sucks. Could you try ringing the midwife direct (ours has a direct midwife line - mind you, you can only call her between 8.30am and 9.30am and her line is permanently engaged!). I rang to book in with my midwife the other day (booked an appointment for Monday) but she said she was sending off the scan booking paperwork right away. Just a thought.

Boodle - marginal is an improvement if only a small one. [TFLS ducks in, gives boodle a big hug and runs off quickly - gotcha!]

Forgot to add where is Lee? If you're lurking please post to let us know everything is OK.

I've seen some posts from Jollster on another thread so think she's fine.

lou how horribly self obsessed of me - so busy ranting forgot to say good luck!

The duty doctor rang .... what an absolute godsend .. she was brilliantly supportive, she has booked an appointment in for me next week with her, will book both a 7 and 12 week scan for me in that appointment and was very encouraging about everything. We were talking about dificulties of no AF since last mc and I explained it was very early and she said - ah yes - its what is medically called a blighted ovum but I know that helps not a bit with what you will have gone through, try and stay positive in your mind, I know from direct experience it is hard but that is the best thing you can do'.

I swear the receptionists at our surgery are the pits but I have seen 4 diferent doctors over the course of the last 6 months about this and they have all been great

boo as tfls says a small improvement is an improvement nonetheless [cheekysmirk]

meita what gives

I have seen some posts from Lee on FB so think she is ok....

still feeling chunky munky but found a pair of black work maternity trews in peacock sale for £3 so bought them and they are very comfortable and seeing as only so cheap if i have to bin them straight away after scan as its bad news it won't hurt the purse as well as the heart....

cheepz - my docs receptionists come straight from secretarial college in hell....so mean. I have just phone the hospital to ask why i haven't heard from a midwife prior to my 12wk scan and they said they haven't had a referral about me from the docs???? Now have to faff around getting a referral faxed over today but won't get a appt til two weeks after the scan....damn idiots.....

WOt news Lou?

Hi all, thanks for the congratulations. Faith's a little angel- she's pretty much sleeping through and breastfeedings going so well. She's a really happy little thing. She did lose loads of weight (over a lb) but she's gradually putting it back on.

Sounds like a few of you are really being let down by the doctors etc, get writing some strongly worded letters ladies! My doctor's receptionists are just lovely as they've got to know me and my family but at first they were a bunch of cows.

So I've missed a bit, update me, who's getting scanned etc? Good luck Louise.

Hope everyone is feeling ok xx

Oh and according to the doctor I am 5+5 best they can do working from ovulation date, touch wood that is past the date of both previous mc's ......

i just ate the fattest chocolate bar ever..... its from south africa MIL brought some over for DH as he loves them .. but I found the stash, they are called Millionaire bars ... delish not very big but still packing 271 cals!! good work

Think Lee was taking day off today according to her FB - sneaky - I like it. I am working from home, feeling abit tired and hard not to creep upstairs and nap or crash in front of TV matinee!

Also spend far too much time lurking on AIBU threads and chuckling at how unreasonable some people are!

Very envious of cheepz' chocolates and boodle's bargain trews!

Hate to confess how much time I've spend reading AIBUs when meant to be working from home boodle

Your duty doc sounds lovely cheepz. My GP said I could get an early scan at 10 weeks but the midwife said they had just had new guidance which meant no early scans unless you had a history of ectopic pregnancy or 3 previous miscarriages.

Just checking in to see if any news from Louisesh.

Glad Lee is OK.

Totally - lovely to hear you're both doing so well and that you're getting some sleep

Hi All OMG ....It s good news [for now].EPU staff lovely.....Sonographer lovely {i m actually liasing with her for training for us nurse practitioners!!!!]

She said "its good have a wee then i ll talk to you!!!"

Bean seen , measured at 8 weeks, 4 days.Heart beat seen, fetal pole seen.OMG!!!!
Can t belive it i d told work i wouldn t be back in for a week!!!! All my colleagues and friens have been wonderful.

Soo furthest along than ever , 1 week further than last MC.Sonographer has stated i need another scan as a dating scan although shes given me a EDD.She gave me free photos.It was soo nice to be in and out within 1 hr instead of the 4 hrs i ve been there previously when i ve MC.

Onwards and upwards know i m not out of the woods but happy to be this far,

Thanks a million times over for your support ladies *TFLS" get theeself for a scan...Same day buddy!!!!! Will post later off to ring people now!!!

Oh Louisesh - that is absolutely fantastic news - yipeeeedoodandy!

So pleased for you - been clicking on this thead waiting to hear.

Hope you have a great evening - can just imagine the stress falling off your shoulders!

Such good news Louise!

Am very very pleased for you. It hasn't been very long ago when you were wondering why you were TTC at all - given that it would just go wrong again - well now you know why! Enjoy the feeling, and here's hoping that everything continues to go well.

It's like someone whose story I've been following on the "Swiss mumsnet" (for several years now). She had a long history of issues which resulted in one of her tubes being taken out. But they still had hope and continued TTC. Then they found out that her DH's sperm wasn't good. They had several runs at IVF - about four - all of them negative. They were gearing up for the next try - when she fell pregnant all naturally.
Everybody is so pleased for her! As I am now pleased for you Louise

Got to get back to work - deadline is looming and I'm not getting anywhere. Seriously worried about messing this up.

excellent news louise so thrilled for you, especially when you felt there was so much stacked against. as meita says (nice to hear from you by the way ) heres hoping.

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Hi all
louisesh SO happy for you - you must be so relieved. Enjoy that sensation, and I hope you can start to relax and blossom.

cheepz - hi, thanks for message. You've had quite a day with the old medical profession huh!?

Have been lurking but not posting; been very Piscean the last few weeks, very up and down. It was my birthday yesterday, low-key but nice, but then in the afternoon I got some brown and then dark red mucus discharge. Hardly anything but enough to make me feel sick. I've also had some tummy twinges. Not cramps but the odd strange sensation. Had more brown discharge today too. Again tiny amount this morning, and then no more. I know it can be nothing (have also been mightily constipated and I understand there can be a link...).

I've also been reading too many sad and tragic threads about miscarriage, which always makes me ask myself... why should I be the lucky one? (I know there's more than one lucky one, and MC is still in the minority, but still.....).

Next Tuesday would have been due date for my lost bean. And I would most likely have had a CS, so he/she would have been here by now. Layer on that I feel I might lose this one and I've been a bit sad.

Right, have got all that out - feel better. Will be 11 weeks on Friday; will be booking my scan tomorrow for 12+3 or 4. So not long to go. Just praying and keeping all crossed that I will still be in the game by then.

I guess it's about having FAITH - congrats Totally, glad all settling down so well. x

Thanks very much all for your lovely words....

TOTALLY glad you re enjoying your lovely new daughter , well done.Fabulous.

TFLS cheers "buddY" u going for an early scan or not? U ok?

MEITA thats a lovely story gives us all hope,Hope u re getting on ok? How far are u now? Good luck with work stuff X

CHEEPZ glad u got your appt sorted and you re going to get a scan...Thanks

JOLLISTER HI .....Hope you re "loss" is nothing to worry about, sure its fine.Its soo stressful isn t it? Think its perfectly normal to feel up and down particularly with your due date coming up, my next ones not to April soo got some time to prepare myself.Do you think you will commerate the day? I did with my first [May 8th} we went to Scarborough said a few words and "threw" a flower in to the sea to commerate our loss.It helped me to "move" on slightly.

Move away from the "scarey " websites only read "nice" stuff!!! [easier said than done i m always telling patients stay off the internet a lot of the information is not medically based blah, blah , blah but then i end up on it!!!!!]

Hello

MrsR - brilliant to see you again. How are things? We heard you'd been in hospital - are you OK now? Will stop asking questions now!

lou FABBY NEWS
mrsr hello
jollster sounds a bit gross but hopefully nothing to worry about....keep us uptodate with new info
meita cannot believe you are cheating on us with swiss mumsnet....

have just had the most amazing pork and apple sausages that i have ever tasted in my entire life....giving up meat for 5yrs has done wonders for my tastebuds clearly....

feeling a little bit like i am getting cystitis again which is really infuriating as can't take anything for it....still have lots of creamy discharge to which i guess might be thrush so am going to get some pessarys today....early preg symptoms are just vile you know....

can't believe it is so near to the 12wk scan. Switching between overexcitement and abject terror....all symptoms still firmly in place, no pain or bleeding so fingers crossed it will all be ok....crikey i just keep repeating that like a mantra of reassurance you know....like if i say it enough it will be true.

One of my great friends told me last night she has her twelve week scan today - sooo pleased for her....be nice to {hopefully} be on mat leave at same time....

Hi All, 'working from home' this afternoon following glucose tolerance test at hospital this morning but actually on internet and watching winter olympics!

Sounds like all is going well for everyone at the moment. Big congrats to totally - our first baby on the thread so really inspirational. Also louise so pleased that all is well so far. jollster - hope it is just one of those things and nothing to worry about. Lots of people getting close to 12 wk scans so hopefully you will be able to relax a little bit after those (although you just start worrying about other things )

I'm 29 wks now and had another scan this week because of the baby's dilated kidney. It hasn't got any better so being scanned by a consultant again in 2wks to keep an eye on it - still hoping it will correct itself. The plus side was that as I was scanned late in the evening and was the only person there (with DH) they used the machine with the 4D scan and printed me some pictures for free!! They cost loads if you do them privately so now have some really cute pictures of his/her face rubbing his/her eyes - makes it all very real.

Counting down the weeks until I can start maternity leave now, lost all motivation at work.

Hang in there everyone you are all being very strong as you have had a rough journey to get this far but this feels like a really positive thread at the moment. Keep smiling

hi all.. sounds to be good news all round for our grad babies!!!

cant believe cheepz, boodle, mrsR and I are here for the second time.. 3rd time lucky i say!!

sorry ive been MIA. have generally been feeling like SH1T!!!! which is a good thing but have been missing nanna too and i guess i just havent felt chatty..

had teeny bit spotting on Tuesday and had another scan yesterday and just like you louise 8+4 with heartbeat - they could see it on external scan which made it feel real.

Boods have been meaning to talk to you about the level of FATNESS I have embraced. Eating is my new past time its the only thing that stops the sickness but my extensive ASS is getting out of control.. am calming myself down by telling myself that when im not so sick and tired i'll have more self control and energy to exercise!! GOOD LUCK for your scan I KNOW it will be fine!!!

Cheepzey - not only did i really enjoy my sneaky day off - scan, big lunch, facial and hair done but due to asthma playing off im taking another tomorrow.. it'll be a watch dvds in bed day tho..

Totally - wow congrats and beeeeautiful name!

MrsR - stop being so quiet it's FREAKING ME OUT!!! talk to us girl we've missed you!!!

to everyone else i left out hello hello hello

Evening

Yes, after being in hospital for a week, they discharged me on Saturday (just in time for my birthday on 21st).

I had a pulmonary embolism. They've prescribed me Fragmin 7,500 which I have to inject twice a day for the remainder of pregnancy.

I don't like needles. Both my legs are covered in bruises and there are big lumps.

On the plus side, whilst an inpatient they did an early scan - baby and heartbeat seen.

Very scared that with all the tests breathing in radiation) and medication that I'm going to end up with a deformed baby.

I've missed you all. I've had to leave the miscarriage thread now as there's too many new people and it's been so long since I posted that I can't catch up.

boodleboot I THOUGHT YOU WERE A FELLOW VEGETARIAN .

I estimate that I'm 9 weeks. Hope everything is okay.

i know i know i know mrsR.....i was so very ill with MS in the afternoons and unable to eat fish at all due to heaving everytime i thought of it and nuts were making me gag so i really think taht my cravings for meat were all due to a lack of protein....i am thoroughly enjoying my new carnivore status tho and will re-evaluate once bubs is born {god willing bubs gets born...}

sorry to hear you had PE....i went in with suspected PE to discover it was actually pulled muscle in diaphragm from violent puking and the thought of a PE was enough to send me into meltdown. Well done for remaining calm....i am sure all will be fine with your baby