2017 Junebugs <3

[dan-o]

Hi ladies, glad to see we are all ticking along nicely! Busy few days for me, which is good, just two more sleeps until scan.

Felling kinda woozy but not so sick today.

Love the banners tcinks!!

 

[ReadynWaiting]

2 days!!! That's so close!
I have a couple of questions:
1. Ladies that take aspirin, when do you stop and how do you ween yourself off of it?
2. Ladies with rpl when you got your rainbow was the pg different than with your losses?
As positive as I am that worry remains in the back of my head and won't go away until I have a couple of scans and pass first tri.

 

[dan-o]

1. I was told to take the whole time but stopped when I had bad 2nd trimester bleeding with both my second and third as it seemed to be making things worse. My EPU weren't prescribing it for RPL last time I went in, only for PE. They were dishing out 5mg folic acid and cyclogest instead.

2. My MMC's, molar and my rainbows have all been pretty identical, disappointingly. Only thing I've noticed, with hindsight, is my HCG at 6w was slightly lower with a couple of mmc's, even though the babies looked on track.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Thanks dan-o. I won't be testing my hcg any more as over 3 draws they look good and I don't want to stress myself out.
I'm wondering if you have to wean yourself off of aspirin like you would heparin? I'll have to mention it to the mw when I go to see her but I don't want to be talked out of it and then have complications.

 

[dan-o]

Actually the more I think about it the more I think I was supposed to stop sometime in third trimester, with the aspirin.

I haven't had any HCG's at all this time, like you said, too stressful!!!!

Ps. Yours look awesome, super high, which has always been a good omen for me!

 

[TTC First]

ReadynWaiting....I took aspirin right through my pregnancy. I chose to stop a couple days before birth because I was having a section so I didn't want any bleeding risks. I was not risking stoping so close to delivery and the baby get a blood clot emergency so close to delivery.

My losses were very similar to my last successful PG. With that being said, my losses were all around 6 weeks so there isn't much to compare.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Dan-o I really hope everything with your little bean is good.
My 2 mmc I used hpts to monitor hcg and digis for level progression and both were pretty normal. I never received 3+ until after 5 wks and I would have got 3+ yesterday at 4+4 so that gives me some hope.
Ttc did you naturally m/c each time or did detect growth issues on an u/s? Having the 2 mmc we saw babies with a hb (110-120) around 6.5 wks but then nothing past that week. Do you think this is still indicative of a clotting issue? And could a clotting issue happen after 2 successful pregnancies?
I have so many questions and worries and no healthcare professionals that seem to know. I haven't pushed the matter either as the intervention was scary for me. I feel you ladies that have lived it have so much more info.

 

[TTC First]

ReadynWaiting...On all my losses we went for u/s. we saw a HB on all of them. Most times the HB was slower than normal. I went for follow up u/s the following week or two and they said it just got slower. It ended up being a MMC. It sounds like what happened to me. I don't know if this could happen after a successful PG, I would just think that there is always that chance. I would say that if you are on aspirin, it won't happen again. That's how I got my answer. Now with me, I went for my 5 week u/s and there wasn't much there (which isn't a surprise). I have to wait till next week to see what happens. I am hoping for a regular HB on that one.

It's hard when this keeps happening. Maybe that's why I am totally not excited about this PG. I have had so many losses I am scared to get excited just for it to be a MMC. It also worries me because I don't have any PG symptoms, sometimes I totally forget that I am PG.

 

[Mdc]

Ready it is such a double edged sword. My re says to keep taking aspirin throughout my pregnancy and likely also Lovenox, but each situation is different. My mmc happened after seeing the heartbeat a couple times (they did not measure the rate argh) and then it was not there after 9 weeks. Baby had no chromosomal problems they found so they believe it was either something they did not catch or a blood clot. I do believe blood clots are a major culprit especially if there was not a chromosomal problem found.

All mc are the worst but mmc makes me even more nervous because I had no warning. All was fine and dandi and then bam no heartbeat. Kind of kills the innocence this time.

However we got great news the LO is perfect with a little 116 heartbeat (they want above 90 at this time). We were even able to hear the HB and that opened a couple tears to stream out. We never heard the hb last time (doc said their machine would not register it), so for me that was huge. We go back next week for a follow up US and to get a referral to either a hematologist or a maternal/fetal specialist. Long way to go but a great start.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Thanks ladies for your stories. In Canada they don't test the fetal matter unless I order the kit online to have ready 'for the next one'. To me it feels morbid to have that just in case. After my 2nd mmc I had a dr, an OB and a mw tell me it's probably because my eggs are old. This pissed me off so much I was damned to prove them wrong. A year later and in to my 7th pregnancy not sure I have done that but I'm hopeful your advice to take aspirin will do the trick.
I do believe I have inflammatory issues and maybe just maybe clotting is a problem. I'll know in a couple of weeks I guess. I will be asking for a scan at 8 weeks as well just to confirm growth is happening.
Ttc I have everything crossed for you!
Mdc it's so great you have a hb and got to hear it. If I get to that point I'm sure Dh and myself will break in to tears. I love success stories when people have had a struggle ttc. Just warms my heart!

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Ttc I don't have any real symptoms either other than sore tatas. You are nearing 6 weeks and might be eating (or not eating lol) your words next week! With dd I only had sore boobs and then at 6 weeks a switch was flipped and for 8 weeks I thought I was going to die! I welcome the ms because at least I will know things are happening in there.
With my mmcs I had ms lightly for a few days but that was it. It just felt like confirmation for me.

 

[TTC First]

ReadynWaiting - I kinda hope you are right about the 6 week period. I feel the same as you. When you have MS then you know something is going on. I just can't believe how tired I am. I have 2 little ones at home and I nape along with them. I take them out for a walk and it just wipes me out!

I can't wait till we all start getting u/s's where we can actually see something.

 

[ReadynWaiting]

Agreed. I'm exhausted too! I can't seem to sleep though. I remember this from dd, I was like the walking dead but couldn't sleep. I just looked back on a thread I was on with dd and it was more like 7 wks when full swing ms happened. I had waves through wk 6 but 7 wks was every day all day.

 

[dan-o]

Aghhhh red blood this morning, and cramps. I bled with all 3 of my rainbow babies, so I'm definitely not freaking out. Could be a lovely haematoma yet again. (Great) Obviously could be a bad sign, but I'm not entertaining that idea right now! Viability scan tomorrow morning 10.20am!

 

[yoshy]

Fx for you dan-o.

 

[4magpies]

Oh dan-o thinking of you.

I had a bad nights sleep. Up 4 times to pee but only like 7lbs back till my normal weight thank god. All the fluid is finally going down. Scan at 9.15. Scared.

 

[Nora88]

Hi there

I'm due June 16th 2017.
This is our first child and we're already excited!

I haven't felt any nausea yet, but I'm expecting it to come soon. My mom started feeling nausea around week 8 and was on sick leave for 2 months!! When she was expecting me.

My symptoms right now (5w5d) is mild pain in the uterus due to stretching and I have sore nipples during the day, sore breasts in the morning/evening.

We've told my mom, his parents and 3 friends each.
There's been a baby boom this year, 5 of our friends all had girls this summer and my cousin is expecting a girl in December. I think that's what made us thing "Ok, we better get at it" lol.

I had an early ultrasound last Monday bc my dr thought I might have been 8 weeks then, and not 3 at the time. There was a little black spot measuring 2x4 mm. Today I'm 5w6d.
I have another ultrasound on November 1st where I'll be 7+4.

 

[Nora88]

I had a terrible sleep last night! I had to pee so many time, it was insane. Didn't fall asleep until 2am and woke up again at 4 to pee.

 

[4magpies]

Had my scan. Saw and heard a heartbeat. Magical! Was so lovely. Abdominal US too. I feel like I can relax a little bit now. Another scan next Thursday at the IVF clinic. Then one at the hospital the following Monday. My ovaries are still massive and I'm still full of fluid!

 

[dan-o]

Yay 4magpies!!! That's fantastic news, congratulations

Ps. Ow at the ovaries tho, you poor thing. I had a 6cm cyst this year and that was bad enough on it's own!