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Natasha I've done the pills as well and I didn't mind them so much. It was nice to be at home while everything passed. Hugs to you!

Ginger- I went for a physical this morning and my doctor looked at my throat and thought my thyroid was swollen a bit?? She gave me a requisition for a thyroid ultrasound. She said she doesn't think anythings wrong but because I'm pregnant she wants to cover all the bases. I've been to the fertility clinic where they've tested for anything and no ones ever mentioned a thyroid problem. Have you had a thyroid ultrasound?
 
Agreed, lovely to hear from you ladies, please let us know as soon as you get your rainbow BFPs.
 
Fingers crossed you ladies get another BFP really soon xx Scan went well today, due date has moved to October 4th. [URL=https://s370.photobucket.com/user/DoubleD2B/media/11011882_10153209119736241_7772714507154670687_n.jpg.html][IMG]https://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/DoubleD2B/11011882_10153209119736241_7772714507154670687_n.jpg[/URL][/IMG]

Sorry the pic is huge, can't work out how to make it small!:blush:
 
Ginger, I LOVED your video, sooo cute!

Charmed :hugs:

Dark Star I take Expecta (prenatal and DHA...Enfamil makes it).

I have to get DNAfirst test this week and under 2 weeks after we will find out gender (I was told 10 days)! I've said before I want a lil boy but, if I find out it is a girl I will probably react by saying, "I knew it" because I have more of a feeling it's a lil girl...we shall see!
I havent bought anything, havent thought of names or colors for nursey (I only mention because I've been asked by MIL already lol) until I know gender. I have bought the Burt's Bee tummy lotion just to deal with future dryness ( I've heard stretch marks are genetic but, I have nothing to go by since I wasnt raised by my mom).

DH and i are apartment searching (home buying maybe in 2 years) for a 2 bedroom and we are waiting on hearing back from the only place we liked so fingers crossed, hopefully we find out this week!
 
Yay, geordiemoo! Congrats! I'll move you shortly.

Lynny, yes. I have had a thyroid ultrasound. That is how they found my thyroid was 50% destroyed by Hashimoto's. It could be that you were borderline hypothyroid before getting pregnant. Pregnancy increases the demand on your thyroid, and it is possible your thyroid isn't able to keep up with that. A swollen thyroid is a sign of possible Hashimoto's. Labs have some ridiculous ranges for what they say is "normal" for TSH. My endocrinologist REFUSES to let my TSH stay over 1 uIU/mL during pregnancy. High TSH causes miscarriage in the worst case (why I've had 2 losses), and it can also cause low IQs in the child.

They need to test your TSH again, and make sure they tell you the NUMBER. Not just that it's "normal". They also need to check your TPO (Thyroid Peroxidase) Antibodies to see if you have Hashi's. My TSH is checked at the beginning of every month during pregnancy to make sure my hypothyroidism is under control.
 
geordiemoo - cute scan.

Praying for a BFP for you ladies.

cdelmar - how exciting!
 
Cdelmar, thanks! I'm pretty fond of the little ninja, myself! :cloud9:

Exciting about the test! I hope you get your results ASAP!
 
I'm super itchy too!! It's so incredibly annoying.

I take rainbow light "prenatal precious gems." They are gummies. They are one of the only gluten free gummy vitamins I could find. Can't take the big pills, just throw them up.

Omg gingerpanda I was so mad. They were supposed to run a full thyroid panel because they know I have Hashimotos. I finally saw the results of my prenatal panel, not onethyroid test!!! I'm like do you want me to miscarry? They asked about issues and I confirmed hashimotos. I go in for my second prenatal on Friday so I'll demand a full panel. Ugh.
 
Apreslaube, holy crap. I can't believe they were so irresponsible? Thyroid issues are such a big deal! Honestly, I think TSH should be part of everyone's pregnancy bloodwork!

Not that it'd matter, since most labs are using horribly out-dated ranges...
 
I've had my thyroid checked three times since Christmas, it's fine but there's a good chance thyroid antibodies in my blood are causing my miscarriages. I'm joining a clinical trial before we ttc again to take a low dose of thyroid medication to counteract the antibodies. Fxed it helps :-) not that I understand it lol
 
The thyroid antibodies might go down with thyroid medication, but not necessarily. They do tend to go up during pregnancy anyway. According to my endocrinologist (who I love), thyroid antibodies (Hashimoto's disease) do not cause miscarriage. They are antibodies that attack the thyroid, not a fetus. He says he tries to stay on top of it, and has not seen any medical evidence that Hashimoto's causes miscarriage. HOWEVER, having one autoimmune disease does make you more likely to have another. So it could be possible you could have a separate autoimmune disease that could be causing the miscarriages.

I hope that made sense. Good luck! lol
 
Congrats Claire! I think my genetic results should be in any day, but I'm not finding out the gender.

I will be a bit sad if it is a boy, for all of 2 seconds until he is in my arms. I am feeling a lot of boy vibes the last couple of days. I can't trust my instincts at all since I have so much wishful thinking for a girl.

So nice to hear from the angel mamas! I can't wait for the rainbow updates from you all.
 
Dark Star I am taking Garden of Life RAW prenatal, cod liver oil,a calcium/magnesium supplement and vitamin E (because the prenatal I was taking didn't have sufficient levels of vitamin E and I was concerned about not getting enough from my diet and have read a lot about low vitamin e levels being linked to miscarriage) i only have a couple weeks left and then will discontinue that one.

I did a lot of research into prenatals recently and Garden of Life (there's the RAW prenatal and an organic vegan range called KIND I think) ticked all my boxes. It's a whole food supplement (I know Rainbow Light is as well, and a few other brands) but most importantly to me sis has folate vs folic acid. Again thee are a couple other brands that do, but Garden of Life was the easiest for me to get here/order from overseas.
 
I had the KIND ones. They smell SO BAD. It was so hard to take them without gagging! :haha:

And then I was super upset because I realized at like 9 weeks that I was supposed to have been taking 3 of them a day, and I had only been taking 1 (like... every OTHER prenatal I'd ever heard of!). So I said screw that, these are too expensive and disgusting to be taking 3 a day. And I switch to Kroger brand soft gels. lol
 
Lots to catch up on! Will read through properly a bit later.

AFM we got our results and baby is healthy so all is good on that front:happydance:
 
The RAW ones do smell a little grass like :haha: I haven't had any issues with not being able to stomach them though. I was already taking an expensive vitamin ($30/month) and ended up buying an 8 month supply (4 bottles) for a bulk discount which brought these ones down to $19/month so I'm winning :haha: The KIND ones would have cost me $25/month and I'm not Vegan so saved the $6/month :haha:
But here even cheap drug store versions can cost that much at least, so for me its definitely worth getting one that I trust to a)actually contain what it says it does (about 25% of vitamin brands have either way more or way less of the quantities on the bottle). And b)be whole food derived as I have a lot of concerns about synthetic based ones.

They'd be even cheaper for you US ladies buying that way as I had to buy them from the US with our horrible exchange rate so it was about 25% more expensive. I got them fom iherb.
 
Ladies, I had melt down Chirnobyl at work today. The anxiety of not knowing if we still have a heartbeat is killing me. I knew I was losing it half way through the morning so I quickly moved myself into a conference room with a phone and looked up any and all private scan companies in my city. The closest one was 2 hrs away:dohh: so called the midwife (waterworks on full by this time) and she told me to get my nauchal translucency scan bumped forward to tomorrow from Friday. Fortunately they had 2 spaces free so I booked it in! Those midwives are genius! I got word that the Pegasus chromosomal results may be in tomorrow too. I'm so flippen relieved. After mmc/d&c, mc, and a plethora of failures, I can get some reassurance. If anything is wrong I'll have time to deal with it this week. We fly for holidays on Sunday. Please let this baby be healthy and still alive!!!
 
Hi everyone xx

That's awful that thyroid issues seem to be so badly overlooked. Shocking :nope:

2have4kids I hope all is good xxx

As for vitamins I got pregnacare which are fine. They were on special offer too lol.

Agh this itching. I wish it would do one.
 
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