March rainbows 2018

[maryanne1987]

I'm so pleased Kirsty!

Glad all went well sweetkat!

Yes I'm good thank you. My anxiety got the better of me and I changed my scan to Saturday. 3 days to go! I couldn't carry on the way I was. I've been barely functioning and in tears all the time. Hope this will help a little.

 

[xkirstyx]

So here is my little monkey nut lol. Baby is doing great! Was lying by in a very awkward position so really hard to get a proper look and couldn't get real measurements but from what we could see baby is 8w4d so two days behind what I thought instead of 7 I got last time. So I'm soooo happy about that! We even got to hear the heartbeat we could see a bleed behind the baby but is just old blood now so the dr isn't worried at all and fingers crossed if I bleed again it should just be old blood now. It was the dr herself who scanned me and she's very happy with everything and wasn't worried about not getting measurements since I'll be back in about 3 weeks for my 12 week scan x

 

[Sweetkat]

So glad scan went well Kirsty. Fantastic news

 

[xkirstyx]

I had a huge panic attack before I left. I'm so glad everything is ok and I can try relax

 

[karoolia]

So glad to hear Kirsty! It must have been wonderful to hear the heartbeat!

You guys are all hours ahead of me. I just got to work.
Last night I was worrying again about the baby because my sickness went away, but then it came back just as I was going to bed. Felt icky again this morning after showering, but alright now. I have a super busy day so I'm hoping I can manage everything I have to do. I am running back and forth between my office job and my job working with kids. I have 3 different Girl Scout sessions today (I'm paid to do Girl Scouts with kids who don't have troops to go to so I do after school programs, summer camps, etc). It's normally fun working with the kids, but on days I feel sick it is much easier to just hide out in my office. Of course if I don't feel sick I'll worry haha.

 

[xkirstyx]

The heartbeat was the best sound ever, I've never heard it before 16 weeks!
My sickness comes and goes. I can have days where I feel great and it makes me worry then days like today where it's soooo bad and I have it from the min I wake up. This pregnancy is definitely the worst for sickness/nausea

 

[maryanne1987]

So pleased for you Kirsty! Hope you feel better now.

So now I feel like an idiot. Panicked, changed my scan date and now all my symptoms have returned full force. I can't change it again so looks like I'm stuck with Saturday. Oh well. Be nice to see baby, even if it is early.

 

[Sweetkat]

Maryanne, I think nothing beats a scan for reassurance. I held out until 6&6 this time, but I think anything over 6 weeks is good. They can measure the baby and check heart beat, measure yolk sac and also tell if any hematomas. Well that was mine anyway

 

[maryanne1987]

Thanks sweetkat. I know after my other early scans that might not see a heartbeat, I'm ok with that, as long as it's not another molar or eptopic. For now baby being in the right place will calm my nerves. These next few days will drag!

 

[Sweetkat]

Maryanne, I am keeping everything crossed for you. The days do drag, today has been sooooo long especially as I woke up at 4.30am feeling sick and been up ever since.

Crazy woman that I am I went for a scan today and yesterday! I swear I would go again tomorrow if I could (but I would literally bankrupt myself if I kept going all the time . It does make me feel better for the day though.

 

[maryanne1987]

If I had the money I'd be the same. But scans at our fertility clinic are just too expensive, usually around the £150 mark, and the scan clinics locally won't see you till 8 weeks and even they charge at least £60 a time so that's all that stops me. I still could use the epu but I know that will trigger my PTSD and I've worked too hard to overcome it so it's best I stay away.

 

[Sweetkat]

The place I go to charges £100, which is a lot but definitely worth it for me. I also sometimes go to the EPU as they have my history, but they sometimes cause more worry than give reassurance (like the yolk sac thing!!!) a a measuring the heart rate to be slow. So then I run off to the private place for a rescan....

 

[xkirstyx]

Is that like a babybond you go to sweetkat? It is a lot of money but with the losses you have had it's totally worth it!

 

[maryanne1987]

I 100% would have more I had the money. We just don't have it to spare at the moment. I'm going to have a scan on the weekend, then at 8 weeks and then the antenatal clinic will take over at ten weeks. We have a little extra for if I should need a rescan but we do need to be careful with money till DH starts his new job, on a pretty tight budget till then.

 

[Carybear]

Hi all! May I join? EDD is March 22. We've been trying for seven years. We got pregnant twice and both ended in MC. One at six weeks and one at nine. This time feels different. I have a ton of discharge. Is that normal? I didn't have that with either of the last two pregnancies.

Wishing everyone a happy Thursday and sticky beans.

 

[maryanne1987]

Welcome! So sorry to hear of your struggle. It took us 7 years to have my daughter. Crossing my fingers this is your rainbow.

Yes lots of discharge is normal, try not to worry.

 

[Sweetkat]

Mine is just a local place. The sonographers there are really good.

I am going to try to keep away from scans until I get my panorama results back - should be around - 10 days.

Been up since 4.30 again feeling really sick . TMI - always throw up bile in the morning. Yuck ... anyway, had sth to eat but still feel sick...

This is going to be a long day of feeling rough. Hope everyone is ok.

 

[xkirstyx]

I've been up since 5 feeling sick. I didn't sleep well at all. Roll on bed time haha going to be a long day!

 

[Sweetkat]

Kirsty you have my sympathy. It's 8am and the nausea is baaaad

I have been waking up 4.30-5 for most days last couple of weeks. I can remember it was the same with my DD. My head feels funny too, exactly like it does with a bad hangover.

Sending OH to the shop to get chocolate croissants and orange juice

 

[maryanne1987]

I'm feel ok ish today. I'm not going to panic though as this happened the other day and then it came back full force. The bloat is getting pretty bad though. Struggled to do up my jeans today. 2 days till scan. On a countdown now.