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[Nemo1977]

WEll we keep talking about it so here is a thread for all the TTC girls to get together and have a gab so we can keep trakc of each others pregnancies without invading different antenatal threads...lol

Wooo hoooooooooo well done to all on here.

well I was gonna take mine till my next apt on the 20th Sept (16 wk check up) then ask her what she reconned.

rom at your midwifes comment! confuses me. that brand is specially made for taking all the way thro. MOST pg ladies suffer from iron actually depleting during pg so such a basic amount certainly wouldnt hurt you. is there an advice line number on the tablets you could call? I personally think antything good I can get into my little bean is wworth its weigh in gold. hence me taking yakult -when i dont like it!- as recent studies have shown taking it everyday helps increase beans chance of NOT getting skin problems (which our family are prone too). anything I can do to help!
bella, sounds a great plan, (remember no soya either, just been reading this).......it is SO lining up to be your turn ASAP!
munz, er....thanks for the good thoughts but have NO idea which way up this bean is. its abit early to worry -and hes abit wriggly!- that was my first i was going on about. this is my fourth! i am the waltons!!!
where is cadmum btw? hope all is well with you too cadmum.

lol@DQ - the waltons! he he he. didn't know yakult did thaht, do u mean skin probs like exema (sp) it's rife in my fmaily as well. might be worht having.

I think cadmum's havin a bit of time out for a minute. althou have said we're all rootin for her still.

yep, munz, those kinda skin worries. worth taking -another thing not going to do any harm at all, and if it turns out to work fabulous! apparently has to be yakult tho, the 'other brand' is a different 'friendly bug' (dont you like my technical terms) and wasnt in the study.
Am thinking this family is actually the simpsons (or the Boswells!) more than the waltons, but I can dream...and then chuckle to self.

oh rom, keep meaning to say, my sickness was horrendous and constant, and then gone at 14wks or there abouts. so if youre still poorly, hang in there, '12wks' is a rough guide, not an exact thing. hope youre feeling better!

DQ: thankyou thankyou thankyou for telling me that your sickness stopped at 14 weeks. i needed to hear some encouraging news like that. everyone else, including my mother came out with comments like "oh yeah i had it for a good 20 weeks" i also agree with you that pregnacare are supposed to be safe for the whole of pregnancy. it says so all over the packet fgs!! do you take them? or something else? i quite like yakult so may start downing a few of those after your tip. would like an un-flakey baby if poss!

munz - sorry to hear about cadmum - is she ok?

I dont take them anymore no, but did for ages....now I am quite sad and obsessive about ott healthy eating etc so think I should be okay without them. just dont think your midwife should of said 'dont take them anymore' when what she prob meant was you dont need to take them.
m/s often follows a family pattern actually, but, if I remember correctly- and who knows right now with what seems like jelly for pg brain!!- you must ask dh's family how they suffered, not yours!
that said, my mil takes great joy in pointing out she was never sick ever with any of hers.....
not many people, in the whole scheme of things, are truely sick all the way thro. hang in there!!!! I'm willing it away for you

rom - how is the sickness now? mine seems to have ventured back again

DQ - it's intrestin about followin the male line - any reason for that? my Mum had pretty easy PG's hardly any sickness with me and only cravings with DB both easy births we were both 7.5lb hope it's the same for me, MIL thou I knwo DH was 8lb2 (or something) and BIL around the same will ahve to ask on birth etc.. hope I follow mum thou - even thou bean's already big!

Re Pregnacare - if you want to stop taking that, start taking SPATONE, its a liquid iron that you add to fruit juice and can take 1 a day regardless of whether you are pregnant or not. Im on 2 lots a day because my iron level is so low.

Glad we are all ok - i just dont seem to get the chance to be on here at the moment - Jessi has learnt how to be VERY demanding all of a sudden!!!

hello all
grabbing 5 mins while ds is eating his tea. Not a lot going on here apart from took ds to his 2yr check [hes 22mths] and apparently he 'passed' lol...woo hoo. Baby is ok I think, re. vitamins i only took them until I was around 13/14wks but then thats just me and i have memory like a seive so was easier to stop taking them..lol
Time is flying past cant believe its sept already....once jabm and yingers have babes I am technically next on the list...bit scarey..lol

Just found out one of the october girls has already popped!!! I really am on the homeward stretch!

jm - popped! lol, was it hester? (or is she november?) can't remeber will have to wait by the email. u are on the home strech now babe, only a few weeks left still remebers us TTC together!

J&BM you must be so excited. Nemo: when is your actual due date?

DQ: thankyou for willing my sickness away for me, i am willing it away too. each time mr. rom says "i think you have got thru the worst now" i go and have a massive puke-fest !! so he is not allowed to say that anymore, lol...

munzie - sorry to hear your sickness has come back a bit. any news from cadmum?

i was just thinking about wendy this morning, hope she is ok. i hope she feels strong enough to try again soon.

no nothing, i'll mail her again over hte w/e just to make sure she's ok, althou I think her DH was comin home for a few days.

sickness still there about 9.50 starts so i'm eating form then then have to eat regually to keep it away it's not fair! thought it had gone.

we made 13 weeks! YAY!!

i know munz, i have to force myself to eat all day long pretty much because i feel really vile if i get hungry. trouble is i can no longer distinguish between hunger pangs and sicky pangs or undereating or overeating stomach sensations, generally that area is always unsettled. i also have real trouble working out what to eat - so many things dont appeal.

over 13 weeks now - so munz you are a whole week ahead now arent you?

worrying about cadmum, she really needs her d/h around i think. difficult timing for them.

Thank you for asking about me...

I am here this morning. I have been catching up on a few threads since last night.

I had a really discouraging appt at the High Risk Clinic and I can't really get my head around it. I spent 4 hours there (mostly waiting around) and then the consultant brushed me off and said, "see you in 4 1/2 weeks". I did have a scan and baby was active with a strong heartbeat of 158 but that has been the case in all of my miscarriages as well. I pinned my hopes on this appt. and was hoping to be watched more closely over the next 5 weeks especially so I walked out thinking that I will likely return to find that baby has died and I have been stressing myself out about all that entails.

With DH in New York and nobody here to care for my kids if I DO need to be admitted to hospital I am barely even sleeping.
STUPID, I know because stress is bad for me and baby (not to mention our children...)

I still haven't even found the courage to tell my mum because I can't bear the thought of hearing her 'opinion' about a fourth child followed by the possibility of another 'avoidable' miscarriage...

Sorry for the rant. This is why I haven't been posting here lately because I sound insane but I really can't change how I feel.

hi all
rom n munz hope your sickness goes soon...mine eased at about 16wks but still comes back occasionally.

I am due between 16th-21st dec...hosp being funny with dates but i know 21st is impossible as it would mean i found out i was pg 3 days after ov?????????????

hope cadmum is ok and just enjoying some time with her dh

DH is home this week-end but more because he needs to sort out a visa for next week because he is off to JORDAN!!! Apparently, he doesn't understand why that might be adding to my stress level because it is relatively safe there....

cadmum, you dont sound insane to me, you sound like a legitimately stressed out pregnant lady single-handedly coping with three children who needs her d/h back home!

you must try not to worry yourself unnecessarily about the high risk appointment you had. they sounded appallingly insensitive, but try and focus on the positive, the baby looks healthy, the pregnancy looks viable - it will be better for both of you if you stay focused on this working out. you have three healthy strong children to prove that you can do it! of course you have had your losses which is bound to affect how you feel, but statistically (ah! here goes rom and her statistics again!) you have just as much chance, if not more, of this being a successful pregnancy.

i really wish you had someone, like a sister, out there helping you at this stressful time. i hope you have told your d/h how hard you are finding things. maybe he can delay his trip to Jordan??????

Thanks Rom...

I really am trying to stay positive but I have to be realistic as well. My personal stats are 50/50 (3 healthy babies/3 missed miscarriages) and the last two pregnancies ended badly (after this stage) so I find it hard to maintaing the focus.

As for dh, it is not a 'trip'. The UN is sending him as he is the only person on the Iraq desk that is qualified to go... At least it isn't in Iraq.

o cadmum hun if i went on personal stats then I would never have tried again. Prior to ds i had 2 losses then ds then the missed mc then this baby. If i had stopped after last it would have meant I had lost 3 out of 4 of my babies. I know its hard and maybe even more so with late lossesbut at the same time it can be done. IF they are monitoring you better then hopefully will have a extremely positive end. I know you stress over your dh being away etc and over the baby but please try to do something to relax..did you ever get a doppler?

nemo - i forget how brave so many people have been on here, you included. of course we were the original "ttc cautiously" crowd. that's why its even more special to see you only 15 weeks away now

cadmum - please forgive me, i didnt mean to sound flippant using the word "trip", and i guess the sad reality of life is that our other half's careers will often take precedent because that is simply the way things are. i also see where you are coming from on the 50/50, but look at nemo and countless others. it can be done. and you have to believe you can do it.

dont chastise yourself over not telling your mother either, that can surely wait! i only just told mine, last week, and i didnt even have any good reason not to tell her sooner. she now wants to be at the birth !!

hey ladies
cadmum, hang in there. I know you can do personal stats and come up with bad results, us too, as my first 2 children were my first husbands, dd2 is my only 'successful' baby with dh, we lost 2 others before this guy, and even this guy hasnt had his 100% clean bill of health yet. so you have to look at it from a every pg has a good chance point of view. youve got to keep willing this little guy onwards, we are all doing just that for you. losing yours so late must of been so awful, but you can do it this time, this one is different. Sorry for having to be alone, been there done that and its horrible, is there any support groups/coffee mornings you can throw yourself into? when I was alone with my first son, -dh was in the falklands for six mths- there was a group of, well basically, busybodies who made it their duty to check on young mums/wives left alone. they quite prob saved me, even tho at the time i wished they'd go away!
I hope dh can hurry back to you, what a stressful time. i am thinking of you and absolutely always willing to listen to anything youre thinking. youre not mad, like rom says, just got massive amounts on your plate.

just quick cadmum - hope u didn't think we were gossipping(((hugs))) will mail again tomoorow when DH's is asleep and I can in peace. hope you're OK thou, been worried about u. (((hugs)))

and as fot eh DH part and jorden - when will these men realise they could be taking a trip to see their mothers in the same counrty 200 miles away (where we know it's safe) but we'll still worry and be stressed about them, blinkin men I say! lol.

(((hugs))) on Jordon u know where I am thou. will ask DH to give me an honest answer on what the risks are like there thou if u want? (((hugs)))