. Btw your meals always sound delish. 
Hello ladies,
Sorry I've not been around much, sounds like you're all doing well
I had my early scan on Tuesday and I don't know how to feel about it to be honest!
I seen the embryo / sac, etc right away, and could see a wee heartbeat flickering away. Then the nurse started to move around to check everything, and to check if there's any reason for my bleeding (there isn't). She then went back to find the heartbeat again and looked a bit concerned and said that the heartbeat was a bit slower than they would like. She did say it could just be the angle they were looking at. She measured and said "hmm, it's a bit smaller than I would expect", then asked the other nurse how far I was along, measured again and said "well, it's not that small".
They want me to go back next week for another scan, at which point they should see growth and a strong heartbeat, or no heartbeat at all
I appreciate the nurse for not sugar coating things, but I just don't know whether I should be hopeful or not.
I'm also cursing myself for saying in my last post that I didn't have any nausea... it's here! And I've had a bit of a cold type bug the last few days so have been feeling very sorry for myself. OH's being great though, just letting me rest and looking after DS.
Anyway, sorry for the moaning post, hope you're all ok
I completely relate. I was in a Feb group and not to be offensive but it seemed like a group of high school kids. It was difficult contributing anything as everyone sort of just talked at each other. Not a warm fuzzy feeling and to me it had an air of ungratefulness, we're so lucky to have these babies...we inject, we push suppositories, we take pills, we try to eat well - it's a whole different life. I have a few threads I've been on on B&B with lovely caring mature women (age doesn't come into it, it's all about experience & attitude). I'm super thankful to have these women to have supported me the past 6 years. Without their knowledge on the tricky business of immune issues I probzbly would not have our miracle DD.fern - beautifully put. I struggled with what "pregnancy group" to join. I feel I have nothing in common with the regular feb birth club - lots of women with no fertility troubles. I was going to join the feb rainbows group, but also didn't feel like I fit in. not to put anyone down, but many women on there have multiple children and one chemical pregnancy that happened a bit ago. and I thought it also might too gloomy for me. I was hesitant to join this group because everyone on here has conceived via IVF and I was IUI, But in the end, I feel like this is where I fit in best. We've all spent time getting to this point and worked hard to get here. most of us have prob experienced losses too. I think this aspect is what has defined my journey and my pregnancy - the time and effort it took to get here. I am so grateful to be pregnant and also so terrified that I could lose something I fought so hard for. it's so great to have you all to understand
