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Pregnancy post-MC, bring your cake but no more wine or tightie whities - Totally's Grads continued part 3....

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clareanna · 03/07/2010 10:28

Alba- your wish is my command!!

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Muser · 21/07/2010 20:24

I am so sorry LadyBee. It's awful having to go through it twice. I hope you're getting all the care you need.

WestYorkshireGirl · 21/07/2010 21:46

ladybee I'm so sorry and my thoughts are with you.

Ba8y1 · 22/07/2010 09:54

Oh ladybee I am so so sorry to hear your news. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. xx

HappyGirl1 · 22/07/2010 10:28

Ladybee I just can't believe that news. You poor poor thing, You do not deserve this at all. So so sorry xx

LadyBee · 22/07/2010 15:46

Hi, thanks for your thoughts everyone. I'm in limbo-land, waiting to know whether it's going to start up naturally - keep thinking maybe it will, then nothing. Tears flowing pretty freely today, DH is working at home and DS is with CM which means I've got some space to let things out.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks again, and good luck to you all. Not sure what our plans will be when this is over but I expect we'll push on eventually, so maybe I'll see you all again, when you're starting to pop . I hope so.

HappyGirl1 · 22/07/2010 17:28

Really hope we see you here again also Ladybee. Good that you have space today to let things out. I imagine you will need that for some time to come. Really really wish you all the best and hope we see you back here again

liahgen66 · 22/07/2010 20:50

lady I am so sorry to read your news. It's a shit place to be, just feel free to vent as much as you like.

Take care of yourself. x

clareanna · 22/07/2010 21:36

ladybee Being in limbo and waiting is awful - glad you've had dh with you today. Have been thinking about you all day- it's just so unfair x

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Gi1da · 22/07/2010 22:14

Sending thoughts to Ladybee, have been thinking of you today. Hope you are as ok as can be. xx

Lotta123 · 23/07/2010 07:56

Oh Ladybee, I'm so sorry. Am thinking of you. Big hug.

zayja · 23/07/2010 12:22

So sorry ladybee, I'll be hoping that everything works out and you have some comfort in this sad time.

Unbuffy · 24/07/2010 12:13

Just dropping by to say that I may be off air for a week - going on holiday to Cornwall with dh, dd, ddog, 8xdpuppies, mil, sil, bil, 2xdnieces. Lucky we live in w. somerset and don't have to travel too far...

Hope you all stay well.

x

WestYorkshireGirl · 24/07/2010 14:02

Good luck Unbuffy I have enough trouble with one Lab on holiday, let alone 9!!!

AlbaDeTamble · 24/07/2010 14:30

What highs and lows this week has been... Lia, so exciting to see you here, hoping you're managing some happiness and excitement along with inevitable nerves.

Ladybee, no words are enough. so, so sorry to read your news. It's just so unfair to have to go through this again. Hugs aren't enough, but hopefully virtual hugs may help ((( )))

liahgen66 · 24/07/2010 20:10

well thankfully an uneventful week, still nervous, made worse by the absence of any real symptoms as yet, except for tiredness, weeing and slightly more hungry. Suppose they are symptoms.

Am thinking of going to gp on monday to get myself into system, am 5 wk 3 days now so hopefully get an early scan about 7 wks, is that enough time to see for certain a heartbeat?

Enjoy your holiday buffy got enough on my hands with the kids let alone dogs, I take my hat off to you.

WestYorkshireGirl · 25/07/2010 09:20

Liahgen I had a scan at 7 weeks and there was a heartbeat (they wouldn't do it before that though).

Hope everyone else is ok?

I've had 2 bad nights of only 4 hrs sleep - waking at 2am and not being able to get back to sleep which is very waring, especially when there's lots of jobs to do in the day!

Muser · 25/07/2010 13:28

You can sometimes see a heartbeat in week 6 liahgen but I think they generally only do early scans if you have a history of ectopics. I didn't see a heartbeat at my 6 week scan, but I did at 8 weeks.

You also have the exact same symptoms I had in week 5! Then the sickness started. Oh my.

AlbaDeTamble · 25/07/2010 14:32

ouch ouch ouch.. I slipped and fell a little awkwardly last week on a grassy slope in the pouring rain and landed hard on my bum with one foot tucked underneath me, and have been gradually feeling more pain since then... mostly quite sharply in my pubic bone and am a bit worried it's the start of SPD (though reading about it is quite scary as it sounds like this pregnancy could be rather hard work if this is what it is).

Anyone have any experience of this, and/or suggestions of whether physio or osteopath better route for doing something about it?

Lia, I went for scan after 8 weeks, partly because I'd had a scan at 7 weeks with MMC pregnancy, and seen a heartbeat, but then it still went wrong, and I was later advised that after 8 weeks, heartbeat seen is much better odds of a continuing pregnancy. But I guess it depends if you're able to get further scans after 7 weeks to keep you reassured. I think it's St Mary's Paddington RMC research that has indicated regular reassurance scans can reduce miscarriage risk, probably simply by reducing stress levels. Good to hear you're having an uneventful time so far... and good luck getting a sympathetic GP to refer you for scans so you don't need to shell out privately.

WYG I'm with you on the sleeplessness... DS has a habit of waking me in the middle of the night and I take ages to drop back off... and am so used to it now that when he actually sleeps through, I wake up in the small hours anyway...

Muser good to hear your 8 week scan was all good (see my comment above - after 8 weeks heartbeat seen is really good news that all will continue just fine ), though sorry you're feeling sick.

Unbuffy your holiday sounds exhausting! Good luck....

waves to jollster, I know you're out there... 8 weeks now? Hope all still well. Big squeeze.

Ladybee still thinking of you, hope you're not in limbo much longer now, I do remember the waiting was worst

LadyBee · 25/07/2010 14:57

Hello again -
Thanks again for all your thoughts. I'm pretty much in the middle of it all now - painful and sad, but I'm pleased not to have wait any longer and just hoping that my body manages this efficiently and it doesn't drag on & on. I've got a thread up asking about pain relief if anyone knows anything.

Alba I really hope it's not SPD, maybe just a wrench from the awkward fall, it does sound very ouchy. If you do suspect SPD then I think you can be referred to a physio on NHS - Osteo would be private, wouldn't it?

Lia, those symptoms (and yes, they are symptoms) sound fine for 5 1/2 weeks. Good to get yourself into the system and good luck for the early scan request. 7 weeks you can see a heartbeat but 8 weeks is more definite - if you don't get an early scan on NHS, then if you pay for a private one I'd wait til 8 wks for better confirmation.

I'm really grateful for all the support I got on this thread, as I said before, I'm sure we'll give it another shot after a bit of time to get our heads together. So with a bit of luck I'll be back here in time to see lots of lovely new arrivals. Love to all.

AlbaDeTamble · 25/07/2010 19:21

I'm sure you'll be back Ladybee and wishing you all the best with your recovery and much strength with trying again. As for painkillers, you may already have all the advice you need, but I know you can take maximum dose ibuprofen AND maximum dose paracetamol at the same time (there's no interaction between the two and the combination works well). If you want to knock yourself out a bit, take co-codamol instead of the paracetamol (it's paracetamol with added codeine) - also ok to take at the same time as ibuprofen.
But if the pain is getting unmanageable, get yourself a prescription for something stronger. You don't need the physical pain now, emotionally it's painful enough. It puts my ouchy pelvis very much into perspective.

HappyGirl1 · 26/07/2010 09:16

Ladybee thinking of you as you go through this painful process. Really hope we see you back here again in the near future.

Alba you poor thing, hope you are okay.. def good advice there to maybe get some physio

Lia I agree, if possible wait til 8 weeks for your scan.. great you have symptoms too - that's a good sign.

How is everyone else doing? Hope you are all well.

Just settling into work here but not having much look concentrating!

Magic8ballhastheanswers · 26/07/2010 09:54

Hi ladies, can I come and join in? I have a crate of J20s to share? Still really early days for me (think I am 6 weeks give or take a day or 2) and I have a serious amount of hurdles to jump (as some of your know from the conception thread) I lost DD2 at 21 weeks last year and then had a mmc in Jan at 6/7 weeks. Feeling quite positive though and no sense hiding away as it will make no difference to my outcome!

Big wave to everyone!

HappyGirl1 · 26/07/2010 10:35

Welcome Magic8 - you have certainly been through a huge amount you poor thing. This thread is fantastic, I find it a huge support.

WestYorkshireGirl · 26/07/2010 10:42

Hi Magic Great to see you on this thread!
Hurrah - I slept through last night and feel a bit more human today, but I did wake up with bad back ache which passed after a while - have read that's pretty common from 14 weeks. Have good day all. I'm off to do some baking!

HappyGirl1 · 26/07/2010 11:53

oh i'm jealous of you doing some baking WYG! I'm eating lots today some home made baking would be great!!

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