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[asibling4gi04]

LaLa, wish I could help but my progestrone levels were never checked. I put myself on all natural progestrone cream! I am taking it up until my appointment and will see what the Doc says! I am unsure what the norm is! Good luck sweetie!

 

[katestar53]

Hi Katestar, I know how worrying the brown spotting can be but generally it is fine. Im glad all is well and you got scanned to see the heartbeat again. It is more common that we all realise I reckon. I find teh staff at EPAS are really nice aswell.
Im having it on and off too but my situation is different, I actually have uterus didelphys..two seperate wombs each with their own cervix. So the baby is in my right side fine but the left non pregnant womb seems to have a dark patch in it which looks like a haematoma or area where the bleed is coming from. Im not freaking out as I know that its in a completely seperate womb, its obviously confused as its not pregnant. Its bizarre.
Last year in May when I got to 8 weeks pregnant and my period would've been due I started heavy red bleeding with clots and cried my eyes out. Was told at the hospital that Id miscarried but then got several scans over the next few days and the baby was always fine heart beating away! Was very distressing but now that I know about my double womb it makes sense. We didnt know about it back then!
Its still annoying all the same, this is the type of anxiety that all of us girls have to go through after a miscarriage, constantly wary about going to the toilet for fear of blood.

They say when you get to 6 weeks with a heartbeat your chance of miscarriage decreases but especially when you get to 8 weeks and see the heart beating away your chances go right down again. so thats brilliant news for you x

Thanks Justkeeptryin. Thanks for sharing about your double womb, when did you find this out? You are right, there is so much that us girlies can stress about with pregnancy. All we want are heathy little babba's!!! It's not too much to ask is it!??!?!

 

[katestar53]

OMG justkeep I know! Smells really bother me too! Peoples breath, my daughters new sandals, everything!

Yay, you finally got some MS Even though it sucks. I havent actually been sick but am having a constant battle with nausea all day. Like you, every little thing is making me gag! The strangest is sandwiches. The thought of a cold meat sandwich has me running for the hills and don't even get me started on jam sandwiches . I had to leave the bread isle at the supermarket yesterday as the sight of bread was making me dry gag! So am trying to find something else to eat at lunch, today I had soup, booooo. Not very filing but will have to do for now.

 

[asibling4gi04]

katestar,

You are making me laugh! I know what you mean though! Anything with sauce bothers me..Pizza, Oh and the smell of any food cooking..I wanted this so I have to embrace it right??? Thanks for cheering me on for being nauseaus! bread?? thats a good one..I cannot think of cold lunch meat either!

 

[LalaR]

Just spoke to the EPAC midwife and she says that they don't bother about progesterone results, only hcg and not to stress. Still a bit stressed so have decided to get some natural progesterone cream myself and start that. What harm can it do?
On a positive note, I have my first scan appointment for 3rd may. By then I will be nearly 7 weeks.
I wish I had proper MS. I am just getting waves of nausea that are worse after I eat.
Feeling really positive for you now asibling!!

 

[asibling4gi04]

thanks LaLa, I think mine is worse when I east and FORGET water..It comes right back up! ewww.. I love iced cold spring water too..what a shame! As for the progestrone, call and check with a healthcare professional as I read to start is the day you start ovuation and continue it on after a BFP until your doc tells you otherwise. So I am not sure if it is safe or ok to start now that you already achieved a BFP!??! Worried for you to do so without consulting. I have been on mine since the first day of my positive OPK.. Let me know how you make out! Hugs!

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Hi Lala, Im on progesterone pessaries. They never would test my progesterone levels but Im sure I have low progesterone as I get really bad PMS symptoms and a short luteal phase..only 10 days.
Last pregnancy I bought natural progesterone cream from wellsprings website, it will do no harm to start it now!
My miscarriage tests as Ive mentioned before came back positive for blood clotting but I also demanded progesterone as I believe that it works wonders. The miscarriage consultant totally disagrees and says that there is no evidence that it works but I have to disagree. So many people on here have experienced recurrent miscarriages and swore that progesterone supplements worked for them. My own mum had 5 miscarriages and needed progesterone to have 3 of us healthy!
They decided to let me try it as I need to know that Im giving myself the bext chance possible.
I honestly dont know though if 27 is good or bad, have you googled it? Im sure you have nothing to worry about but I know whats its like reading into things!

 

[Justkeeptryin]

Hi Katestar, it was a bit of a long road to get an accurate diagnosis of my double womb. Last year at 6 weeks I got an early scan and the nurse said "do you know you have a bicornuate womb?" I had no idea what that even is but its basically heart shaped, it can cause problems with restricted area for growth. Then when the heartbeat stopped at 8.5 weeks I had to get a D&C, they done it under ultrasound as it can cause damage if they cant see where they are going. When I woke upo teh nurse seemed rather excited and said you actually have uterus didelphys..two completely seperate wombs each with their own cervix! I only have one vagina though so never had any reason to know that I was different whereas some people actually have a division all the way down to their entrance creating a double vagina.
Anyway I was still reluctant to believe this as Id read that often these uterus anomalies are misdiagnosed and I was worried sick incase it was one womb divided into two by a muscle septum running from top to bottom. This can be really bad and cause recurrent miscarriages!
So I then had an MRI in October and a hysteroscopy in December when they looked inside. Confirmed that its def. two seperate wombs, its extremely rare.
Im not worrying too much about it as it has very good outcomes and Ive spoken with several girls on here that are either pregnant now or have already had children.
As much as its rare though they say that many more people will have it but wont know as they wont have problems in teh first place so its never picked up.
Its basically the condition where you can already be pregnant in one womb and then fall pregnant in the other weeks or months apart.
Some people have twins, one in each womb, others have had triplets - two in one womb and a singleton in the other. It is quite fascinating although I just hope my pregnancy goes ok with it. But i may very well have bleeding throughout coming from the other side.
I've been really down about it thinking what did I do to deserve this having not only a blood clotting issue but also a womb anomaly. Anyway just need to try and stay positive and I should get closely monitored with scans. Also they discovered that I only have one kidney as they womb problems go hand in hand with kidney issues as both organs develop at teh same time. So I need to have regular urine tests whilst pregnant as apparently pregnancy affects your kidneys!
Sorry for the long saga ....last year was definetely full of hurdles and surprises xx

 

[LalaR]

Thanks Justkeeptryin. I have looked up reference ranges and all the sites differ. The aamerican ones look for much higher levels. The uk pages I found suggested that below 25 was indicative of a non-continuing pregnancy, over 60 a good level and the in between - who knows! I ordered the cream and it should arrive tomorrow so I will start using it. Hopefully it will help.

What an amazing story! That is a really rare condition! I'm glad that you are pregnant again now and hope that all goes well this time. It sounds as though you are getting good antenatal support.

 

[xCookieDoughx]

I had a MC on 22nd Jan 2012 and 28th Feb 2012 and i am now 7 weeks pregnant and loving it! Got sore bbs, really tired, needing the loo more, hungry alot and bloating but only slightly feeling sick which is good but i'm sure it'll sneak up on me soon, i'm never one of the lucky ones Congrats to you all on your december rainbow babies! My EDD is Dec 4th Hope to see you all in 3rd Tri

 

[LalaR]

Congratulations cookie. How lucky getting your rainbow so soon! L x

 

[Wiggler]

Congrats cookie!

I kep umming and ahhing about having a private scan, they are a LOT of money and we have a lot coming up soon... but I can't shake the feeling I am having twins and really want to know! I might ask my mummy if she can put some money in as an early birthday present

 

[LalaR]

Shop around wiggler. We have a private scan place up here that does scans at 5-6 weeks for only £35.

 

[Wiggler]

I have they are between £90-£100 down here, the cheaper places are so far away that the travel costs wouldn't make it cheaper

 

[LalaR]

I have they are between £90-£100 down here, the cheaper places are so far away that the travel costs wouldn't make it cheaper

Bummer!!

 

[asibling4gi04]

Hi cookie, glad to see you made your way over here!

 

[Donna_barnes]

Hi guys,

Ive been absent for a few days as ive been worried about the bleeding i had. i was refered for an early scan which i had this morning and would you believe it, there are two babies!!! one is slightly smaller than the other which she said can be normal however you can also lose the small one. apparantly there are often preganancies wich start are twins but one can disappear and unless you have an early scan you would have never known! i just hope the smaller one does well and both are not affected by the problems i had last time. i feel doubled blessed!! could see both heartbeats too, although the small one was quite feint.

they have no idea what caused the bleeding mind!

Hope everyone is well. What have I missed?? xxxxxxx

 

[LalaR]

Congratulations Donna! Twins!! How fantastic. I hope you are getting plenty rest now.

I'm ok today. Less neurotic than yesterday!! I seem to have these anxious phases where there is no reassuring me. I did another HPT this morning and the test line was the darkest it has ever been - darker than the control line so I think things are progressing. 15 days until my early scan.

 

[asibling4gi04]

DONNA CONGRATS! OMG HOW PRECIOUS! I AM FXING EVERYTHING IN HOPES THE LITTLE ONE SURVIVES! I REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN DOUBLY BLESSED THOUGH! REST WELL, TAKE IT EASY..OMG BIG HUGS!

LALA GLAD YOU ARE RELAXING MORE..IT MUST BE IN THE AIR, I AM TOO! BIG HUGS!

 

[Wiggler]

Thats brilliant Donna, HUGE congrats hun! I hope the smaller baby stays strong.

Lala - glad you are feeling a bit better today