The 'OFFICIAL' Ex Mirena Thread

Praying for you over here too, Babyo, keep us posted as usual.

Well baby is still fine but I am still bleeding. Now I get the full "where is all this blood coming from" work up. I just want an answers

Great to hear baby is still doing well! Hope they figure out soon why you are bleeding.

thats a relief babyO! So glad baby is ok. Hope they find out where its coming from or stops and never comes back. Our bodies really know how to ruin the experience of pregnancy with huge amounts of stress!

So it's now Super Yeast the Beast. Nothing will kill this thing. ~sigh~

They said I don't have to call in anymore with the bleeding unless it changes.

We did opt for the triple screen so I'll have yet another US in 2 weeks. I don't want to US my baby anymore. I wanted an intervention free pregnancy.

I'm starting to get excited. The Bean had a growth spurt and I measured 10w 4d today. I should be 10w2d. My ticker is off by a day and I've never gone back to fix it.

I got special shirts to make for me, DH, and SS and my friend is hosting an announcement party so SS will get to be the "first" to know and announce it to all my friends and our families. He will love getting that big brother duty. I can't wait!!!

Your Yeast Beast sounds like no joke, Babyo! Are you taking any probiotics? If you get some from the store make sure they 're from the refrigerated section.

Dreamers- about preparing for labor, are there any childbirth prep classes you could take with DH? That might be nice. Writing out your birth plan might be a good start.
This time I am reading Birthing From Within. I am also a touch in denial of what lies ahead which I don't recommend. Ha!

thanks Rainy -
I have booked in for antenatal classes with DH from next month - maybe I should wait and see if that helps. Not really sure how to start a birth plan (is quick, easy and safe a valid option?), but the classes may make this a bit clearer.

We are relocating to SS town in August so I had to contemplate a birthing plan already and start talking to providers. Nobody wants to take people so late in lregnancy.

I plan to deliver totally natural, in the water is preferable, in a free standing birth center with a certified nurse midwife. I wasn't going to take any formal classes but I plan to read some books.

It was hard to get them to take me but I'll have great prenatal care so I was able to talk them into it!

Babycenter.com has a fill in the blank birth plan worksheet. It's a good place to start. :-)

Babyo- I had my first yeast infection while pregnant and it pretty much lasted the entire pregnancy. Every time I got it under control, it would come back a couple weeks later. Miserable!

Hows it going BabyO? Calasen? How is the weight loss?
I think we need fresh TTC blood on this forum to get it going again.
I have informed DH he will be coming to antenatal classes, he's not thrilled about it but at least he will have some preparation that way. Ive left a book for dads around for several weeks and even marked the good pages and he still wont pick it up!
I have been reading up the duff and it is my favourite pregnancy book so far, reasonable and down to earth, but still not that much on pain coping stuff. Trouble is the book on hypnobirthing I got spends about the 1st 10 chapters convincing the readers that doctors are evil and there is some sort of conspiracy among obstetricians to "take away your right to a natural birth". I find it bizarre and annoying and I struggle to take the rest of the book seriously as a result. I should probably stop reading pregnancy books, Ive formed a bit of an addiction!