2014 April Rainbows

[c.m.c]

Hi tickle

 

[Hippielove]

Hey girls, is it ok for me to join this thread?

Welcome and congrats..

 

[Lisa85]

Vietmamsie, Thank you for the advice. I feel much better now!

Karinama, I think we all feel the same. I am getting more excited as time goes on and i know they baby is ok. Last time i was at the shops looking at baby things all the time and buying a few little things and this time i havent looked at anything! We havent told many people and no one on my OH's side. He doesnt want to tell them for a few weeks yet. You're definitely having a normal reaction after loss and im sure later on when you feel movement and see a real looking baby on the scan you will start to get excited.

Lindsay, I have turned myself around now and feeling much better. The pain is gone so im happy about that.
Im glad your scare turned out to be ok!!
You're right... i had no idea all the things that could go wrong. I didnt even know what a missed miscarriage was until i had one!! I just assumed if something was wrong i would know right away.

Welcome Ticklemonster!! Of course you can join!

 

[Kasey84]

Welcome ticklemonster and congrats!

 

[vietmamsie]

Welcome Ticklemonster!

I know how you girls feel, there seems to be something missing once you get to your 5th pregnancy in a year. While I am happy and excited (this one has outlasted all my others and has shown the most promise) the pure joy I felt with my first few BFPs is totally missing. When I saw those two lines, it was more of a 'here we go again' than excitement. However, as each day goes by, I grow more attached and more excited. I feel like it can only get better from here. As some of you said, it will finally start to feel 'real' when we start feeling movement in the 2nd trimester.

My Mom and I chatted this morning... can't wait for her to come visit and for us to start shopping together. I have yet to buy ANYTHING for any of our babies, so it will be nice to FINALLY get to pick out a few things.

 

[vietmamsie]

More on shopping: What have you guys bought so far?

I sew, so I bought some sling rings to start making slings with. Also, a stack of pregnancy books/natural birth books. I ordered two first year books as well (maybe this was getting a little ahead of myself, but I live abroad and it is hard to get books mailed here. Since my mom is visiting next month, so I thought it would be good to just go ahead and get them now.)

Other than that we have a stack of children's books a coworker gave me when she guessed that I was pregnant a few weeks ago.

What do you have so far?

 

[Lisa85]

Vietmamsie, I havent bought anything this pregnancy but the last mmc i got a few cute clothing items, blanket, night light toy and i have a baby swing gifted to me by a friend. The swing has been upsetting to me coz its quite big and i have to keep moving it around the house and hiding it when people come over!! ill probably wait till we know the sex before we buy anything else.

 

[vietmamsie]

Vietmamsie, I havent bought anything this pregnancy but the last mmc i got a few cute clothing items, blanket, night light toy and i have a baby swing gifted to me by a friend. The swing has been upsetting to me coz its quite big and i have to keep moving it around the house and hiding it when people come over!! ill probably wait till we know the sex before we buy anything else.

Oh no! That sounds awful!

I have a feeling I will be at about 30 weeks before I REALLY buy anything other than a few small things here and there. I Just don't want to get my hopes up too much!

 

[Kasey84]

I haven't bought a thing yet either. It will probably be a while before I do!

Last time my oh bought me a beautiful diaper bag and figure of a mom, dad, and baby for Christmas. We found out about my mmc on Christmas Eve, so those gifts never got opened. My mom is holding onto them at her house.

 

[Wendyk07]

If this one is a girl I won't need to buy a thing. My baby girl was full term and born sleeping so I had everything in and ready for her. It will be a bit upsetting getting it all out of the loft but its for her sibling. If its a boy I have loads of stuff from when Derrin was a baby but I will probably buy some new outfits.

 

[Lindsay109]

Welcome and congrats Tickle!!

Karina, yep, facebook can be tough... I've been on it way less since the m/c... seems all I see are pregnancy announcements, ultrasound pics, or baby pics. Gets a bit much sometimes.

Lisa, glad to hear you've turned things around and are feeling more positive I think sometimes it's best not to think of the things that could go wrong.... although very hard to do when you have first hand experience!

I haven't bought a thing during this pregnancy or the last! Probably won't until at least second tri. Kinda scares me to get my hopes up too much.

Has anyone had hcg levels done around 9 - 10 weeks? My GP ordered serial HCG after my bleeding on monday and my levels went from 138000 to just over 136000. I've done lots of reading online and see that around now is when the levels can start to plateau and drop so trying not to freak out too much. Also, it's not a big drop relative to the total number (only about 1%). Doctor said she'd call some time today so I'm hoping she's not all doom and gloom, but wondering if anyone else has had levels done this late?

 

[hope4rainbow]

Been trying to balance life with pregnancy and the start of a new school year, I had lots of posts to catch up on today!

Morgan- HOORAY! Wonderful news!

Lisa- This week (10th week) I've started sleeping much heavier. I've been dizzy a lot and I could definitely imagine I would feel disoriented if I'd fallen asleep away from my bed and been woken up suddenly. The last two weeks I've noticed a lot of stretching and pulling in my uterus, which was normal after seeing our baby on Tuesday! My ms has started to subside when my doctor recommended ginger root extract twice a day (250 mg Whole Foods/Natural Grocers for anyone that's suffering from nausea). This is around the time it would likely be starting to taper off itself. I wouldn't worry!

Karinama- Even after two healthy u/s's I'm having a hard time believing it's going to happen. My mil wants me to pick out maternity clothes so she can buy them for me and I just don't feel like I should yet! I'm hoping once we're safely out of the first trimester I will regain some of that blissful excitement!

Lindsay- My friend had spotting every month until 3 months around the time her period was due. Everything is fine and her little girl is expected in a month! I have also heard that hcg levels usually peak around 8-9 weeks and then even out. I wonder if there is something else your doctor is looking for in what your hcg is doing? Maybe they're just making it sure it doesn't drop drastically. A healthy u/s after the spotting started is a great sign.

tickle- Welcome, Welcome! How have you been feeling?

vietmamsie- I've been collecting Ragababe cloth diapers for a little over a year now (a few months before our first loss). When we found out about our first pregnancy I bought a wrap, A&A blankets, and nb onesies to have dyed pink/blue for a gender reveal party. Those things are all still with my cloth diapers in our baby's room, and I hope to start gender party planning in the next few months! This time around I've bought a few more diapers (they're hard to get, she "stocks" them a few times a month in one size/one color), but that's it this time. Over the summer I did learn how to sew and I have some of my grandma's fabric (she passed away a few years ago). I used her fabric to make a blue baby blanket and a rainbow pattern to make a girly pinafore. So either way my little one will have something special from their great-grandma!

Wendy- I'm so sorry you had to pack up your daughter's room. I hope that either gender is a joyful experience getting ready.

Facebook Convo- It can be rough! I've had two friends announce their 4-5 week pregnancies in the last week. Seriously? I'm almost 11 weeks and am still terrified at the thought of announcing on FB. Both of those friends said, "We haven't seen the doctor yet, but we're so excited!" Wish I had a little of that naivety...

I see my regular OB Monday afternoon. Then two weeks later back to the high risk dr. where we'll have another u/s (he said we have one every visit). He wants to check the back of the head and few other things since we opted out of the 12 week genetic testing. After that, he said one month until our anatomy scan where we'll find out the gender! 6-7 weeks until then!! That milestone will give me so much comfort!

 

[Brieanna]

Welcome and congrats ticklemonster!

I feel the same as a lot of you ladies. I feel like I can't let myself get excited. Before my first mc I was soooooo naive and blissfully ignorant that anything could go wrong and started buying stuff the day after my bfp! Now I have only told OH and my best friends (who guessed).

I haven't bought anything yet, but instead of putting things in storage from dd as she grows out of them I am either keeping them out (toys or books) or putting them in the back of the closet (clothes). After the first tri I plan to go into storage and get the tiny clothes and baby toys out. Then I think it might feel more real!

 

[ticklemonster]

Hi everyone, I'm not feeling too bad, swollen boobs, tiredness, very irritable and I feel sick if I don't eat or drink every once in a while.

We went to mothercare today and they had a great deal on a pram so we put a big deposit down on it! It's totally refundable if anything was to happen or we change or mind, but we just didn't want to miss out on the bargain xx

 

[Kasey84]

Hope4rainbow- good luck with your ob apt tomorrow. It's great that you'll have regular ultrasounds!

I have my first scan tomorrow. I have no idea how I'll sleep tonight! Wish me luck ladies!

 

[c.m.c]

Hope and kasey....good luck to you two for tomorrow. Hope all goes perfectly

 

[morganwhite7]

Hey girls wanted to update. Scan next Thursday to assure us baby is viable (they thought HB was low and wanted to follow-up). So that will be nice to see a more baby-like picture!

Also just BOUGHT A DOPPLER!!! Will be here Wednesday!

I'll post the link, I recommend this website- FREE shipping!

https://www.clinicalguard.com/sonoline-handheld-pocket-fetal-doppler-p-174.html

 

[Lindsay109]

Wow, lots of scans coming up!! Good luck Hope, Kasey and Morgan!! I am looking forward to seeing pictures of your little beans

Morgan, that's exciting that you ordered a doppler. I've been on the fence about that, but after my experience with the bleeding last week I'm wishing I had one, lol. Oh well, off to see the OB next week and she's going to try to find the heartbeat with her doppler.

I did get a call back from the doctor on my hcg levels. Apparently they went up after the bleeding (from 111,000 to 138,000ish), and now seem to be plateauing (friday was 136000ish) so the doctor was happy with that. I asked about what she was looking for doing the levels, and she said she wanted to make sure they weren't dropping drastically, and she was quite happy with the fact that they went up after monday, so I'm trying not to worry now (easier said than done, haha!)

 

[Lisa85]

Lindsay, Good news on the levels! Good luck with the scan next week.

Morgan, Please let me know what you think of that doppler. I was thinking of getting one but not sure about it.

Tickle, Yay for good sale!

Good luck with all the scans coming up!!

Are any of you showing at all? Im quite small and my bump is getting hard to hide!!

 

[Karinama98]

For this pregnancy we've bought a few books, and the biggest item we just got was a nursing rocker with ottoman - someone was selling it cheap and didn't want to miss out. With my first pregnancy, we bought a stroller from someone literally three days before the MC, and we got a pack n' play 2 days after the MC because we knew we'd eventually have a baby.

We announced the pregnancy to my DH's family. As expected, his mom and sister cried and were excited. After we announced it they started saying they were wondering since at a wedding I kept drinking kiddie cocktails all night and thought it was weird. But they're all excited.

Next week when we're on vacation, I plan on taking some pictures of us with a pair of baby socks or some baby shoes with the Colorado Rockies in the background with a saying of "Oh the places they'll go" added to it for when we are ready to announce it to everyone else we know. I think we're going to tell everyone else around week 14-15, so we have about 5-6 weeks before that'll come.