2014 October Rainbows (late Septembers welcome!) (13 babies born!)

[whigfield]

Yeaaah, it takes so long and I can't do much because OH doesn't want me lifting anything heavy, so all the buckets back and forth... OH has to do it all! Oh well. Maybe one day in the future we'll start it up again.

More bad pet related news, but my mom is putting down the family dog today. She's very old and has cancer and diabetes, but it's so sad! She's going to call after the vet has put her down, but I'm glad I'm not there. I would be a complete wreck. Makes me cuddle my two doggies a little harder today.

 

[3Minions]

NT results came back normal

 

[whigfield]

Congrats 3Minions!

 

[ourturnnext]

Aww Whigfield sorry to hear about your parents dog, that will be really hard for you. My in-laws have a crazy dog which is the first time I've known and loved a pet since it was a puppy so I know how devastated I'd be if anything happened to that mad mutt.

Good news about your results 3minions!

I was thinking about our "one that wasn't meant to be" this morning and got so upset I was late for work. In a parallel universe, I'd be 24-weeks now. I think I'd like to do something symbolic on what would've been our due date. Although the pregnancy only lasted til five weeks, I won't ever forget it. Funny when it hits you isn't it, was so unexpected. Need to keep looking to the future and focusing on growing this little nugget and keeping my crazy toddler under control x

 

[CastawayBride]

NT results came back normal

Great news!!

 

[CastawayBride]

Aww Whigfield sorry to hear about your parents dog, that will be really hard for you. My in-laws have a crazy dog which is the first time I've known and loved a pet since it was a puppy so I know how devastated I'd be if anything happened to that mad mutt.

Good news about your results 3minions!

I was thinking about our "one that wasn't meant to be" this morning and got so upset I was late for work. In a parallel universe, I'd be 24-weeks now. I think I'd like to do something symbolic on what would've been our due date. Although the pregnancy only lasted til five weeks, I won't ever forget it. Funny when it hits you isn't it, was so unexpected. Need to keep looking to the future and focusing on growing this little nugget and keeping my crazy toddler under control x

I hear you my second baby was due May 28 and my son would. E 1, July 18th. Going to be a hard summer sadly.

 

[whigfield]

I feel the same. For me it's guilt - why does this baby have a healthy womb with no SCH to grow in, and the other baby had to suffer a SCH? That baby would be 9 months or so now so perfectly feasible for me to have had both of these babies. Same goes for all of my losses actually.

 

[AllStar]

It's hard to think of what would have been isn't it. I would have been just over 22 weeks now if we hadn't lost our little bean. I have strange, mixed feeling that I think only people who have been in the same situation can understand. I feel so grateful and happy for the little one I have now and I know I wouldn't have him/her if I didn't lose the other LO but at the same time I still feel so sad that I did lose it. I know I couldn't have had both but it's still hard to think about it. We're definitely going to do something this august when our LO was due.

We went away for a couple of days with the kids and did a lot of waking and my back and hips are so sore now. Trying to rest up a bit today and hoping it goes off a little, I'm not ready for the SPD to start yet!

Hope everyone is well x

 

[CastawayBride]

NT results came back normal very relieved!

I DID gain another 2 pounds after the 4 I gained on vacation. I am 5 pounds away from the total weight I was when I delivered my son.

When they told me my weight my BP actually spiked I was so upset. Doctor said I can limit my calories but to stick to about 2000 so I am going to start doing that again. sigh...

On a funny note our little nugget was cute! Hubby is convinced its a girl as he said "she has your nose this time.." lol We had the blood work done, we moved the Bar B Q to the first weekend of May to ensure the Baker has enough time to make the cake.

 

[ljo1984]

I would have been due the 25th of this month!!

 

[capricorn1]

congrats on all the NT results ladies

Our LO's due date was a couple of weeks ago and it was very hard no bones about it. Feel incredibly guilty and sad that she isn't here and then feel even more guilty that I'm betraying our little bean and vice versa.... I can't get my head round these emotions sometimes.

Had scan on wed and bubs is doing great We asked about finding out the sex, but the sonographer said she wouldn't do it until at least 18 weeks as only about 45% accurate til then.

Unfortunately my cervical measurement was 25mm - the cut off for getting a stitch put in - it had reduced dramatically over the last 2 weeks. I didn't get to see my consultant after the scan, we saw another Dr who said that we should come back in 2 weeks for a repeat scan and take it from there. We didn't want to wait that long and after much discussion she agreed to have me come in again in a week for a repeat scan and we requested that she talk to my consultant the next morning (today) and get his opinion. She also said if I wanted to have the stitch now I could have it but she scared me a bit with the risk of miscarriage and infection and also said it would only prolong a pregnancy for a few weeks!!! I am pretty sure that that is not correct.

Managed to get to see my own consultant this afternoon and he was great straight down for a re scan which he did myself and all measurements were above 30mm so although there has been some reduction it's not as bad as we thought. He's put me on progesterone gel to try and maintain cervix length and I will be rescanned again in a week. So fingers crossed my cervix wont have reduced any more.

xxx

 

[confusedprego]

Capricorn - have you had trouble with your cervix in the past? I had a LEEP procedure about 5 years ago done and with my last pregnancy they checked my cervix every two weeks but it was always 40-50mm and it was 45mm at my last apt so they said I don't need to have it checked all the time this time. They told me that the stitch would prevent the cervix from opening until the very end, so I don't think what your doc said is true, plus I have a friend who has had the stitch twice due to losing two babies from cervical incompetence (I hate that term) and both babies went to nearly full-term - one was 39 weeks and the other 38.

Hope it stays long for you and you don't have to worry about the stitch but they do it for a reason - it works!!

 

[whigfield]

Sorry to hear about the issues with your cervix capricorn, but I'm glad they're keeping an eye on everything and have some treatment plans lined up for you.

 

[Radiance]

I haven't been posting much. I still have the SCH-blood clot but the doctor didn't say anything, I assume it's because they sent it to my midwife. We didn't get great news at our NT scan. It was emotionally hard to began with as my scan was the same place we went to see if they could see why Elijah was stillbirth.

Our baby had a great heartbeat, a lot of movement and was just perfect! My blood work however wasn't that great, they didn't find any markers though during the scan. Our baby has a big chance of having down syndrome, possibly another Trisomy we are unaware of right now. Also, my PAPP was very very very low- much lower than the normal. This is known to cause preterm labor/pprom and stillbirth in third trimester. I was already starting injections in about a week/two. My high risk appointment and my genetic appointment are in 2-4 weeks. We (husband and I) are getting some blood work done and then I'm get some other test done. I was given the option of amniocentesis or CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling- removing a piece of placenta now) but I denied both. The risk worth with it.

 

[capricorn1]

oh radiance sweetheart so sorry that the nt appointment didn't go well. I'm sure it's a really difficult time for u and dh not knowing. so if I understood correctly anatomically the baby looked good but ur blood work showed up something for concern?-sorry if I've picked that up wrong. did they give u an idea of how likely it was the baby has a trisomy? so so sorry that u have this to deal with on top of the general anxieties we have with pregnancy after loss. but everything might still b ok.

confused - no I've not had any issues with my cervix before (that I am aware of anyway). I ended up being admitted for monitoring last night as I was having shooting pains in vagina and then started having period type cramps and back pain. had another internal and cervix was closed and long - oh my it was painful though. had weird stretching type pain down there overnight but on the whole better this morning. back pain still there though. anyway just waiting to hear what the Dr thinks - trying to convince myself that it''ll b ok and this isn't the start of labour but I'm not doing too well on that front.

sorry for any typos I'm on my phone
xxx

 

[capricorn1]

ps I'm totally ok with getting a stitch if necessary and it's great to hear such positive success stories, i ddon't want to take any chances with this baby. it was just the Info the Dr we saw on wed didn't seem to make sense iykwim

 

[whigfield]

Sorry to hear about that, Radiance. I hope everything is fine with your baby and that the pregnancy continues okay. Is there any way your appointments can be brought forward?

And you too, capricorn! I really hope it's just some insane growing pains. Your cervix is long and closed though which is really good, right? Will keep my fingers crossed for you, and Radiance as well.

 

[AllStar]

Sorry to hear you are both having a difficult time right now

14 weeks today!

I breathed in burning plastic fumes yesterday so I was a bit worried for a while but I feel fine this morning so hopefully baby is too. Scan on Monday so hopefully will see for sure. Also had a tiny amount of brown tinged cm last night but I stretched to open windows wide and was running about to get the kids far away from the smoke so hoping it's due to that.

 

[Laelani]

Good morning ladies! I am sorry I was unable to go back and read what I have missed. I am super sick with a chest cold and just wanted to post a quick update.

Yesterday we had our monthly prenatal appointment. All is well and baby's heart rate was 155bpm, though she had a hard time to get it as baby kept moving. We are going for a private 3D gender scan on May 6th so we will find out very soon the gender. We also bought baby shower invitations and we even started our baby registry! We won't be giving out the registry codes until after we find out the gender and update it but it's nice to have that started.

Hope you ladies are all well.

 

[Radiance]

oh radiance sweetheart so sorry that the nt appointment didn't go well. I'm sure it's a really difficult time for u and dh not knowing. so if I understood correctly anatomically the baby looked good but ur blood work showed up something for concern?-sorry if I've picked that up wrong. did they give u an idea of how likely it was the baby has a trisomy? so so sorry that u have this to deal with on top of the general anxieties we have with pregnancy after loss. but everything might still b ok.

The scan looked great! I'm sure I'll hear more from midwife when I see her on Thursday. The ultrasound technician didn't say anything but I did briefly speak to a doctor and genetic counselor. I travel about 4-5 hours to my high risk/genetic specialist and for my important scans so that's why they are spread out into weeks. It's very hard not knowing. I will love this baby regardless but I would like to be able to prepare in any way I need to. My chances were 1:350- so I did pass the test but that result was from my good scan and my blood work together. The chances with just blood weren't great at all. For my age it should have been at least around 1:1600. I'm quite young and I think that's where they got concerned because the result I got you would normally find in someone that is in their 35-36 year. They may or they may not find anything in these test but I think either way it will help. We really won't know anything until we are 18-20 weeks and have the second blood work and another scan. The 20 week scan is normally when they can find markers.

I hope you are doing ok!! I know how scary it can be with IC. Are you planning on getting a cerclage?

Sorry to hear about that, Radiance. I hope everything is fine with your baby and that the pregnancy continues okay. Is there any way your appointments can be brought forward?

And you too, capricorn! I really hope it's just some insane growing pains. Your cervix is long and closed though which is really good, right? Will keep my fingers crossed for you, and Radiance as well.

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