It's been 7 weeks since mc but still not af...when to ring the GP?

[GI_Jane]

I know how worrying it is. It won't help you feel better but brown is better than bright red and you didnt mention strong cramps?

Hopefully it's leftover implantation bleeding and / or that bean burrowing in deeper.

Will you go to the doctor or wait it out?

Thinking of you.

 

[mackjess]

MLM, thinking of you sweetie. I did get cramps and brown blood around 5/6 weeks. Did you put in a call to the OB? I did and the nurse called back and was very reassuring and helpful. Since it was gone by the next day I didn't have to go in for a check or anything til my next appointment. Hang in there hun, and praying it's just some leftover IB.

 

[mackjess]

I'm still Breech as of my appt today! I have a growth scan on the 21st and will be 35 weeks then. The OB said they usually turn around 36 weeks, but even some turn after that. I really hope little bubs does. I'm going to start doing some stuff at home to hope that gravity helps out!

Meeting with a possible home daycare provider today as I only have 3 months of leave. Anxious! My mother in law is going with me to provide her opinion as well.

 

[mlm115]

Thank you for your support. I did go to the doctor. Baby measured 6+2, hcg at 33365, and fetal heart activity detected : )

 

[GI_Jane]

Yey great news Mlm.

 

[mackjess]

Yay!! AND you're the size of a sweetpea now. Super cute.

 

[bobster]

Yay! So sorry mlm only just read this now. I'm glad everything turned out ok.

I had pink spotting too early on. Seems its quite common really. So pleased for you! Must have been amazingto see that little flicker on the screen. Once u have a heartbeat I read that risks fall dramatically!

 

[GI_Jane]

Mackjess it sucks you can only have 3 months off. In the uk it's usually up to 12 months off (on reduced pay normally) but the last 3 months are unpaid. Did you like the person?

Hope Finn turns for you in the coming weeks.

DH told me as soon as I pop this one out he wants us to try for the second one straight away! Not so sure about it being that close.

How are you doing bobster?

 

[mlm115]

Wow, our maternity leave in the States is pretty terrible compared to everywhere else. I would love a year off, even if it is unpaid at the end!

 

[mackjess]

The meeting with the daycare lady went wonderful! She has 3 kids, 6, 4 and 2. The older kids are in school so she wants to watch one more baby for extra income since she doesn't want to go back to work until all 3 are in school. It will just be Finn and her daughter at home with her, not a bunch of kids. So excited!! My mother in law went with me to meet her, and we both agreed she was just wonderful. Her mom actually owns a daycare, and she used to work in the nursery thru summers in high school and college, and is CPR certified and all that. Her personality is so similar to mine, we ended up chatting for almost 2 hours and only left cause she and her husband had to get ready for date night at the movies. LOL, we may have been there all night.

MLM I agree. I feel lucky to have 3 months off! But I guess since we're used to that here it seemed totally normal to me until I see BnB ladies taking a year. That would be WONDERFUL.

Jane, I want to start trying for #2 after about 6 months. I want my body to recover some and I know breastfeeding sucks the nutrients out of you as well. I'm hoping that by the time kid #2 gets here, I'll be able to be a stay at home mom. I'm getting a promotion that gives me an increase in a year, so I could probably quit working at the end of the year I have #2. We are really buckling down and paying some stuff off, and if we have 2 children childcare would cost so much it wouldn't make much of a difference for me to stay home.

 

[bobster]

Hi everyone.

There's still loads of time for bub to turn mack. Fingers crossed he won't be breach. So glad you clicked with your daycare lady. Sounds like she's got plenty of experience after 3 kids and its good she'll only have 2 to look after.

Jane I can't believe your hubby us already thinking of the second! Some people like to have them close togetger. We briefly chatted and thought 2 years was about right for us although i'll probably get broody before then. It's sad that next time we ttc we probably won't be sharing the journey on this thread

Hows the spotting mlm? Hope its gone now.

 

[mlm115]

Spotting is gone. It was so minimal, I totally overreacted on that one! Oh well.

How many LOs do you guys want to have? I'm hoping to have 2 pretty close together and that's it.

 

[bobster]

I would like 3 but other half wants 2. If we have one of each we'll probably stop but if we have two of the same we'll likely try for a 3rd.

Glad its gone mlm. It's hard not to panic sometimes. Will you have a 12 week scan next?

 

[mlm115]

I will have an 8 week scan next. Woo.

Thought of you today Bobster- bought a canteloupe at the grocery store : )

 

[mackjess]

I'm having a terrible day and skipping my sister in laws birthday dinner. My old dog Jake is 12, and he's a big dog so that's old for his size. his vet has mentioned hip displacia a few times cause of the way his stance is and they keep angling farther forward. He's slowed down over the last few years for sure, but it's been very gradual.

last night he went out back, which requires going downstairs but couldn't make it up them. my husband had to carry him up. I've been letting him out front with a leash and boosting him up the front porch steps without an issue. this afternoon he yelped just walking thru the yard. I'm so scared for him, and will be taking him to the vet tomorrow if it's not any better. he seems fine a majority of the day, so hopefully he just tweaked something. He's so big that if he can't walk we'll have to put him down. I hope it's not his hip. we've been snuggling and I've had bouts of crying today.

I want to work on the nursery, but he keeps trying to follow me up and down the stairs. =( usually he has no problem snoozing at the landing of the stairs when I'm busy doing stuff, so I know the fact he's trying to follow me so much means he isn't feeling good.

 

[GI_Jane]

Mackjess, how is your dog today?

 

[mackjess]

Actually getting ready to go pick him up from the vet. We didn't have a very good morning as I had DH walk him and he couldn't get his rear lifted in a way that he didn't yelp up the stairs, so he left him leashed to the railing to come get me, and we heard him yelping a bunch since he came up the stairs himself before we made it back to the front door. DH was very upset and felt bad about it.

He has hip dysplasia on his right side, and that joint is becoming an issue and arthritis in both back knees. They are starting him on some joint meds and an ant-inflammatory that our vet says does a really good job. For the next couple weeks we are supposed to loop a towel under him to help him up the stairs until the meds kick in and help out. Luckily it's only going up stairs that it bothers him, the rest of the time he seems fine, and we only have a few steps out front.

I think I am just really rattled because it happened so suddenly. He seemed fine Friday and in pain Saturday. I know he's getting older and we may not have him much longer so it's been a rough couple of days.

 

[mackjess]

How is everyone's Monday? Any new symptoms or goings on?

 

[mlm115]

Aw Mack, sorry about your dog. So sad to see them in pain and there is little we can do to help. Hope those meds work well for him.

 

[GI_Jane]

Hope the tablets are starting to kick in for your dog. They're such big parts of the family aren't they and have their own personalities, horrible when they are unwell or not around. I honestly think my husband cares more for the cat than me sometimes!

I'm doing Ok, got my 16 week appointment with the midwife this afternoon. A few cramps and twinges going on that I want to ask her about.

I want my bump to grow- still no sign

How's everyone else?