Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[NatoPMT]

I think Sassy was right, i should have gone to hospital. I didnt catch up on here until the evening and by then i think i had the dehydration under control - but when i woke up yesterday my eyes were sunken i was that low on water but as it was NYD in london I knew A&E would be a nightmare so I got some isotonic drinks and guzzled water and by the evening i think i was ok, but then saw sassy's post and googled it. There's talk of deformed limbs from low amniotic fluid and all sorts. Going to the dr tomorrow as i still feel ill and to try and get a scan and to find out if the baby is at risk.

Vic, Luce and Allie, think you are prob right, although i know some infections can infect the baby but not sure at what stage.

Rounders - the soreness is back a bit today you were right

Gibs, if i could afford Kate's hospital id be in there in a flash demanding a diamond studded goblet for my isotonic drinks.

Vic - yeay!!! glad you've made a decision, I feel the same as you, im not looking forward to this next 8 months, but we are playing the long game here, the whole idea of being pregnant is quite frightening to me. Just don't think about anything. Just go ahead, with fingers in ears.

 

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Nato, I think Vicky had low fluid and Hero is fine. What a stressful way to start a pregnancy! I really think all will be ok but you definitely need to speak to the doc. This is still so early that I feel like as long as you didn't ignore the dehydration, the baby will be ok. You replenished yourself. Don't forget, the baby is going to take all the extra reserves from you. You weren't dehydrated for that long. Think about all the malnourished women who have babies. Are you feeling any better now?

 

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Vicky, I'm impressed you'll be trying again. After the stress of having a preemie, I'm not sure I could do it again. Maybe I'll change my mind but it's unlikely. Can't wait to follow your journey!

 

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Mel- Kashmir Sorry I guess my ipad auto corrected.

Nato- I hope you are feeling better! I think the other girls are right and your illness should not impact baby at this point but it is still hard not to worry. Thats what we all do best

Vicky- another Disco TTCer


I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the New Year! What did you guys choose for your NY resolutions?

 

[NatoPMT]

Yeah I know, im not too stressed

it seems that dehydration reduces fluid so in early pregnancy the baby might stick to the wall of the uterus instead of floating free during cell division and cause deformations. i really dont know how likely that is, even with my sunken eyes, but i do need to ask the dr about it. Ive read of people mcing a week or so after dehydration too, but there's nothing i can do except carry on like all is well

hoping, no resolutions as such, but just want to have a healthy pregnancy. I quit smoking the day i found out which has been really easy, haven't had a drink or paracetamol since, bit annoying that my vitamins wont be absorbed while im ill so taking even more folic just in case. Just want to have a healthy baby in 35 weeks time.

do you have any?

 

[Dazed]

Nato - STOP GOOGLING!

 

[NatoPMT]

well that's not going to happen!! I'm ok, not stressing out or anything and at least i know what to ask the dr about.

 

[Sugarlove2]

Happy New Year girls! Hope everyone has a fantastic one!

Nato, big congratulations again and I agree about going to see the Doctors if you've been that poorly. Hearty is spot on, saying that the baby is taking all of your reserves, which is probably why you feel so crap. Think of all of the women who have really shocking MS too, like that thing Kate Middleton has. They can be sick for weeks and the bubas are fine.

I'll also be joining Vicky, Vgibs and Lucy on the ttc madness again. We are going to try for no 2. Charlotte is turning 1 on the 14th. Christ knows how I'll manage if I do get lucky, that child has me on my knees most days She's into absolutely everything and has boundless energy!

Hope everyone is well x

 

[Sugarlove2]

Hoping, I should add that I think what you're going to do with the surrogacy is absolutely fantastic!

 

[NatoPMT]

Some lovely news, whyme has had a little girl today, she's got lots of hair and is very very cute - she's named her Ruby-Rose.

Sugar, women with HG are often hospitalised, like Kate. Yeay at ttc2. Here's hoping it happens very quickly for you. I hear what youre saying about Charlotte, the idea of a) being pregnant and b) looking after 2 of them is pretty daunting.

 

[Sugarlove2]

That's great news and what a lovely name.

Nato, did you start smoking again after having Eloise? I managed to stay off them for months when I fell preggers, but have had had lapses the last few months. New years resolution is to quit again totally, for good this time.

Have you made an appt with the Doc Nato?

 

[msarkozi]

wow, so glad to hear of Vicki and Sugar joining the ttc'ing

lol hoping! I thought it was auto correct

glad you are feeling better Nato! I am sure the little bubs is doing good and hanging on there for you.

No NY Resolutions for myself...just have a healthy pregnancy, and then to lose my weight quicker then last time! Gord and I picked out a wedding ring in November, and so the plan is to get married in 2014...so I would love to be a skinny b-iotch by then lol! and no I don't have my ring yet.....gotta wait for the day that he actually proposes

 

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Nato- you are the Google queen... there is no stopping you! so I'm not even going to try but at least you are trying not to stress. A healthy baby is a terrific NY resolution. I had that same one in 2011 and it was probably the only resolution I've kept in my entire life! This year it is simple: positive attitude.

Congrats to Whyme

Sugar- Yay!!! another Disco TTCer My LO is the same! I wish I had half of their energy!

Mel- good focus for the New Year! 2014 sounds like a good time to get married! It will be so awesome to have you two little ones there

Lots of exciting news!!!

Penny FINALLY got her 3rd tooth! Yes, that’s right, 14 months old and only has 3 teeth. All three are on the bottom.

We have been cleared to be matched!!! The counselors are now busy trying to find a good selection of intended parents for us. Crazy!!! Hopefully I will have a list and profiles to view within the next week.

 

[Sugarlove2]

Hoping, that's so exciting! How quickly can you get started when you get matched?

Charlotte has 6 teeth. She got pretty much 4 on the top at about the same time, which was fun I think she's cutting her molars at the moment, as she's been really ratty over xmas, drooling like I've never seen before and poking her mouth all the time. They are meant to be really painful to come through.

Mel, that sounds like a great resolution to have a healthy pregnancy. I'm still trying to lose baby weight and started on a diet today. My underactive thyroid isn't helping, but I'm hoping that my increased dose of thyroxine will help shift some tub. That, and stopping eating sweets and takeways!

 

[vickyd]

My NY resolution was to quit smoking so that ill be nicotine free in a couple of months, but really im just bumming fags from everyone and just now i had a cigar cause thats all that Alex smokes..HOW PATHETIC AM I????????????????????????

I still also have 10pounds of baby fat to shed which i doubt will happen if i manage to lay off the smoking....Oh the joys of ttc.....

 

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Sugar- meds for IVF could happen within a couple weeks of being matched or it could take a few months depending on if the parents already have sperm/egg donors ready to go or if it is a fresh/frozen cycle. This is all brand new territory for me and every experience is different... hopefully everything will be quick and smooth for us!

4 at once sounds rough! We still have a long way to go with Penny

Sticking to healthy eating will be so much easier now that the holidays and their temptations are gone. Good luck

 

[NatoPMT]

Hoping that's fantastic news!!! You are going to change lives, as well as creating one, something so special is about to happen. I've been a bit emotional since my bfp as it is, i need to be careful how much i think about this!

Do you select a couple and they select you at the same time?

I dont think you need to resolve to have a positive attitude do you? you dont seem the negative type to me, but you can never have too much positivity.

am amused at penny's 3rd tooth coming through - bless her little gums.

Mel: Getting married was the best motivator i have ever had for losing weight. Apart from the break up diet and salmonella, getting married was the best diet I have been on. Haha at no proposal but ring shopping. I remember you saying you'd struggled with weight loss after kash, its bloody hard work.

Sugar - same thing, few lapses led to eventually starting again - i was only smoking 6 to 8 a day but every time I tried to stop again i just messed up again. I found it hard quitting last time i was pregnant, but this time has been really easy, possibly cos i have been at relative's houses and then ill. Did you find it easy to quit last time?

Just going into the surgery on a walk in app in the morning.

 

[NatoPMT]

My NY resolution was to quit smoking so that ill be nicotine free in a couple of months, but really im just bumming fags from everyone and just now i had a cigar cause thats all that Alex smokes..HOW PATHETIC AM I????????????????????????

ahh, the old if you dont buy them it doesn't count trick

i once gave up, then smoked 20 cigars in 1 night and spent the next day violently throwing up from nicotine poisoning - careful, those cigars are evil

 

[Sugarlove2]

Ha ha at smoking a cigar Vicky Maybe the solution is to do it gradually for you! I've just made Mal throw out the box of 10 I'd been dipping into over the last few weeks. I'm bloody sick of quitting and restarting again. I just can't get rid of the cravings. I gave up for 15 months this time and still managed to cave in after a few drinks on a rare night out.

Hoping, fingers crossed it all happens quickly for you!

 

[LucyJ]

Vicky and Sugar yay to ttc no 2 welcome to the craziness! Ive been kidding myself about ntnp so steve and have decided we are officialy trying this month I think its easier that way and Ive been scared about trying again for many reasons including how I'll cope being pregnant with benjamin to run after as now hes walking hes even busier than before , what if things arent easy and we going through what we did before having Benjamin. So I am now adopting Natos suggestion to vicky and sticking fingers in ear la la la la.

Nato Im glad your not stressing and off to see the drs. Hope you feel better.

Hearty never say never maybe in further down the road you may want to try again.

Thats fantastic news about whyme so happy for her.

Hoping I havent really made any but I want to pursue my photography steve bought me an external flash for my camara so Im going to look for a course. We are looking to move to a bigger place and I plan to set myself up as a childminder probably once we've had number 2 if it doesnt take to long but that is dependent on finding a bigger place with a downstairs toilet as thats one of the requirements.

Yay to have the go ahead to be matched so excited for you.

Im still spotting with no sign of af all very weird its due tomorrow. Benjamins sleeping is still not great he keeps waking in the early hours of the morning but not sure why hes been coming in with us, last night I put him back into his bed and he slept till half 7 fingers crossed he'll sleep through. I took him to the park for a good run around and then he walked holding my hand and holding on to the buggy to the shops its about 500 meters it was so sweet. Posted some pics on fb of christmas and new years day.