Disco Derail! - TTCAL/PAL Discussion and Support!

[Sassy_TTC]

Yeh I definitely think the band will help you, i hope it does anyway. Xx

 

[NatoPMT]

Congrats Jen!!! Amazing scan pics, another little fighter!

Sassy & Rounders, ach you poor things, sounds like youre having a horrible time. Its so unfair not just to be in pain but to have the enjoyment of pregnancy taken away too. Hope you can get some relief

Hearty - poor baby!! thats kinda sweet in a way too, shes a little person already having to deal with things, glad it wasnt too hairy and youre both safe. My only earthquake experience was one in Blackpool in the early 80's and i thought my teddy bear was shaking my bed

Afm: I have convinced myself i have rheumatoid arthritis. Every night my shoulders ache and in the morning, my wrists, thumbs and ankles hurt for a couple of hours so i need to go and see the dr. When i had my killer cell results i did some serious googling and my combination is linked to RA and my mum has it. On the up side, if i do then i will be able to get steroids on the nhs without having to pay £3k for Mr Taranissi to prescribe them, but i really dont want RA.

Rounders am i right in thinking you have RA?

I got af on sunday, 28 day cycle!! thats the 1st 28 dayer since before the mc i think, or maybe 2nd

I am also now down to 10 stone 12 lbs, only 5lbs off pre pregnancy but 18 off
pre miscarriage

eloise is asleep in her little rocker at the mo, this morning we found her ticklish spot, and she went into fits of giggling, she was completely uncontrollable. i am still giggling to myself over it

 

[jenny25]

Thanks nato I'm clueless when it comes to ra I hope you feel better xxx I love when kids laugh its just the sweetest sound ever xxx

 

[Jaymes]

Lexi has been giggling a ton of baby belly laughs lately. I have to remember to get them on video.

 

[vickyd]

Nato could just be that you are sore from lifting and carrying Eloise. I too now suffer from constant upper back pain, shoulder pain, hip pain every fucking pain there exists. I went to see a doctor and after alot of tests it was decided that indeed its from handling a chubby baby all day! Nice one on the 28 day cycle! My cycles have yet to return to the 30 days prior to Hero. Currently 27 days is the max for me...

Sass and Round sorry to hear youre in such pain. Have no advice im afraid...
Sass moving away from family and friends is my worst nightmare! I would be seriously depressed too. I guess you will meet people from all the baby groups and pre-natal groups no? Will you be going back to your old job after Milo?

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Ouch Nato that sounds horrible, is there medication or anything you can do to ease it?

Yeh I suppose I'll meet new friends but it's not the same huh! We've always lived away form friends and family and it never bothered us but since having Poppy my feelings have changed and know I'll miss them all even more when Milo is here! Yep I plan to return to work, just 2 days per week, more for my sanity really!

 

[Round2]

Nato, I don't have RA, I have sclaraderma. Same family as it's a ANA positive auto-immune disorder, but different symptoms. I agree with Vicky though, your body does strange things after giving birth. Around 6 months after I had Maddy was when I really started to notice things.

Sassy, that's too bad that you're all alone. I know how you feel. I live in the city where my hubby grew up, all of my friends are back home. I've barely met anyone in the years that I've been here. It's hard to make friends when you get older!

My SPD feels a bit better today. I iced it quite a few times throughout the night. Also, I can feel the baby around the top of my uterus now, about 2 inches about my belly button, so I think he may have moved up a bit. My ultrasound is in 2 days, I can't wait to get it over with.

 

[NatoPMT]

Vic i have back pain from the epidural and get it from carrying round a podgy little pudding, but my thumbs and ankles? and my shoulders are fine in the day, but the pain from them when im asleep wakes me up

I think given the autoimmune link to killer cells i think i will ask the dr to rule it out through tests. Hopefully youre right

Dunno yet sassy, if its nothing then hopefully i'll just recover in time. my back does get better on and off. It isnt the same no, and friends arent friends till theyve been friends for a long time. It took me 7 years to settle in in London, hopefully you arent as much of a social idiot as me though

round what symptoms do you get if you dont mind me asking?

 

[Round2]

My condition involves the thickening of cellular fluid in my body. It places extra pressure on my organs and veins. As a result, my symptoms are servere GERD (acid reflux), Rhenuad's, thick skin and blown capilaries in my toes an fingers. Lovely isn't it? Luckily mine is classified as 'limited' so it's not life threatening. But it can move up to the aggresive type with organ invovlement at any time. Then it becomes serious. Often people with my condition will get overlapping AI diseases as well including RA and Lupus. That's why I was begging for steriods with this pregnancy!

 

[NatoPMT]

crikey that sounds pretty heavy Round, thanks for explaining that. I remember you saying something about an autoimmune condition before, and thats why you were interested in the chicago tests. I'm glad its limited, and this baby is such a blessing!! i know that it causes problems with mc

i think we need a baby fighter league table here. what with all the combined factors working against everyone, each baby that is conceived and born is a new miracle

Im going to ask my GP about steroids when i go and see him. he might prescribe them if i explain about my previous treatment, whether or not theres something going on with my joints.

 

[NatoPMT]

jeez, am snivelling like a lunatic, just read a news story about a woman who had been through 14 mcs, a still birth and a son die at 2 weeks old.

She's just had a baby girl who's healthy born on 16 Jan

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...scarriages-stillbirth-death-week-old-son.html

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Amazing story, poor woman, I'm glad she finally got her forever baby.x

 

[Jaymes]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6818537964_1400a71690_m.jpg

The hematoma seems to be shrinking, but baby is getting bigger

 

[hoping:)]

Awesome news, Jaymes The gestational sac is almost heart shaped

Nato- I read the article. It had me in tears as well. What an amazing woman

I hope everyone is doing well!

 

[jenny25]

Aww excellent jaymes I'm just looking too see if anyone is selling any neutral baby clothes xxx

 

[Jaymes]

With every one saying the article made them cry, I didn't read it as everything sends me to tears lately!
Thanks Hoping... I love that shot because it does look like a little heart.
Thanks Jenny, nothing neutral here, mine is all pink all the time!!!

 

[heart tree]

Wonderful news Jaymie! Keep the good news coming.

I'm off to read the article that will make me cry now.

 

[LucyJ]

Jaymes congratulations.

Nato what an amazing story so glad after all shes been through she got a happy ending.

 

[Round2]

Yay Jaymes! So happy the hematoma is getting smaller. It's looking good, so happy for you.

Nato, the article is so inspiring. I cried like a baby too.

AFM, I've had a brutal week. Between the SPD and acid refulx, I've been a mess. Last night my reflux was so bad I was vomitting from the pain. But, I had a scan this morning and the baby is fine. My cervix is nice a long and is still closed. I'm so relieved. I can deal with the pain, but worrying about him was driving me crazy.

We leave Saturday for our trip....can't wait!!!

 

[Sassy_TTC]

Congrats jaymes, so happy for you.x

Round sorry the reflux and SPD has been so bad, I agree worrying about the baby is so much harder than dealing with the pain, you're doing fab and I'm sure time will fly by.x