ok so who wants to get pregnant in 2011? (closed group)

[babyhopes2323]

sorry, im just very paranoid because this is a much wanted and awaited first pregnancy after my termination in 08' so thats why i tend to get a bit itchy.

just trying to be positive thats all. xx

 

[nypage1981]

Sorry baby that I freaked you out. I meant it more as a story to relate to what you were going through. i thouht our post about it was upset so was just relating. I think the progesterone will help you because if you would spot from one baby it will stop and not affect the other. I think I had low progesterone and lost them. Oh are good to stay positive. It's the only thing we ant really control. I can't wait for you to have your scan!

I am 8 weeks 2 days and hope I still have a heart beat. I won't know for so long! Totally freaks me out not knowing. My spotting stopped but once in a while I get a random brown discharge when I wipe. Mine was never related to internal exams so I have no clue where its from.

I leave for disny tomorrow and pray so hard nothig bad happens on our vacation. If I'm goin to misery I prayed for it to. Be before or after the trip. I'm not bleeding or crampy so I'm hopeful. But I also lost the tender feelig in my abdomen hat i had so that's scary. Doesn't really feel like anything now.

 

[babyhopes2323]

no its ok NY, dont worry about it.. :hugs; i know you were trying to relate, i just freaked out thats all, but im ok now !!

i was put on progesterone without them checking my levels but they prescribed it because i was paranoid.

I am so excited that you are 8wks and 2 days! boy i cant wait to get there ! you only have 3 more weeks to get to the safe plum zone that we all are craving for ! ive got 6 more weeks !

when is your next scan? maybe that should be of some reassurance.. come on.. be positive, i know its hard but trust your body and just because it happened once dosent mean its going to happen again.. ill ask you to go and read a pregnancy journal about a girl called Sassy TTC, who had 6 mc's and is now 24 weeks or so and is ecstatic !

now when i read her journal, it gives me hope.


enjoy disney ! its some time off with your family and you should try and have fun ! atleast for ella's sake.. just dont get on too many rides and as my ob gyn says dont keep standing for over an hour as it can cause strain but by all means enjoy.. and i hope to god it takes some stress out of you and you enjoy the time with your family !

so you got the brown once in a while..its only once in a while ! youre not seeing it everyday.so go have fun ! and let us know how disney went ! get some pics

 

[nypage1981]

I will try and stay positive. YOu know what though, My friend who does ultrasounds says its really 16 weeks that is the safe time! LOL. Like, gee....thanks, right? I will feel a TON better at my next ultrasound because it will be 3 of them telling me there is a heartbeat and that to me, is reassuring. Plus, i've actually read a lot that says once you see heartbeat EXTERNALLY then risk of MC goes down to 1% but to see it internally is really not a very good thing to go off of. So now I can't wait to see it externally.

I have already found out all the rides im banned from. Its ok, I will have so much fun, plus those rides will be a good time for me to sit and read and rest since im SURE i'll be needing a rest very often. I get exhausted and sore when I go shopping for a couple hours right now. Im nervous to see how i'll fare with all the walking and carrying stuff but it sure will take my mind off of worrying about baby!

They didn't check my progesterone levels either. Just started me on the 100mg because of the spotting. But then when I called and was worried they said go on 200mg. So, Im all amped up on progesterone. Hope its doing its job!

Do you have icky effects from the progesterone? I once didn't go #2 for 3 days and was sooooooooo uncomfortable. I've read to take prune juice or something to help because progesterone is known for constipating you badly.

 

[babyhopes2323]

yea i read somewhere that its only at 20 weeks of gestation that they call it viable !! like yeah right.. ive read so many different things so many places, i read the rate decreases if you find a heartbeat , your 95% ok, all sorts !

good youre all prepped up and know which rides youre banned from.. as for me, i feel dizzy at shopping malls and i dont know if its the progesterone, but doc says that it can make you gassy.

i cant eat much food, i can stomach fruits but i immediately feel full once i see all the food that i used to eat before! like today, i bought some nacho dipped new york fries with salsa and sour cream and stuff and hardly ate two bites. couldnt eat it.. no nausea or anything, just cant eat it. then got a fruit smoothie and couldnt finish it.. so basically im drinking water, having some fruits and eating bits and pieces !

no nausea or morning sickness at all, got a bit crampy today, but thankfully no discharge. im on 2 pills a day. progesterone.

my packets called duphaston which basically contains 10 mg tablets of dydrogesterone which im guessing has something to do with progesterone when i googled it. so im on 20 mg. 200 seems a lot. how many pills you take>? or is it the mg increase in each pill ?

im not constipated at all, i do go #2's fine, but constipation is very common in pregnancy. some times when i feel like i need to go but cant, i dont force myself, sorry if tmi. i just drink lots of water and walk about and then im good to go !!

 

[nypage1981]

Lol. I wish I was that easily to make a #2! I feel so gross talking about my pooping. Lol. But its been so bad. Usually im good to go each day and OMG when I have a couple days off its torture. I actually texted my hunny to let him know when I had finally gone after 3 days of misery! He laughed so hard. I know TMI but that's how pregnancy is!

I take 2 100mg pills of prometrium. I asked doctor and he said that is what they normally prescribe. IDK? I have seen women taking 2 200mg pills a day! Thats 400mg progesterone. I just hope my 200 mg is enough and does the job! Are you going to get your progesterone tested or how do you know when to stop taking them? I am hoping to keep getting prescriptions through 14 weeks. Then i'll feel ok stopping. Mine are so expensive. $85 U.S. dollars for 30 pills which is about 2 week's worth. So thats a ton of money when added up I will be devastated if it's not worth it.

Mine make me super tired, kinda crazy moods, constipated, sore boobs, and dizzy.

I have the same problem as you for eating. I dont like anything really. Its tough to figure out healthy foods to have because I dont like anything right now! Who woulda thunken? I thought i'd be cowing down majorly!

 

[flyingduster]

Baby!!! Your symptoms are sounding like mine! For several days I didn't have any queasy feeling, but my appetite was NIL. Just didn't want to eat anything. Would try, but ended up just nibbling a tiny bit and not wanting any more. lol! THAT IS A SYMPTOM!

ny , constipation is not fun!!! I've had a teeny bit of it so far, though not really much at all. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad... eep!


omg! I'm 9 weeks (and 1 day)!!!! Seriously, when I was 4-6 weeks it felt like it'd be AGES till I was nearing the next trimester. But omg, I'm now 9 weeks and it's only just around the corner. And where on earth did the last 3 weeks go!? Seriously the time is going SO fast. In hindsight anyway... at the time it drags! lol!


My nausea is all but gone (yay!) but my boobs are soooo sore at times, and my energy has crashed at times, and my emotions!?! Sheesh, don't even go there! I'm crying at the SMALLEST things, and then I'm laughing... WHILE the tears are still falling. Blimmin heck. lol!

 

[MummyCat]

Hope you're all managing... I just popped on to let you know Sarah contacted me on facebook...

She wanted to let you know she can't get on BnB at the moment but she was asking after everyone. She said once she's back in England (She's currently in Dublin) she'll hopefully be able to catch up. She's started spotting so is expecting her AF soon (if memory serves me correctly she normally spots a few days before AF arrives). She's in good spirits about it those as she's focusing on her op.

Have a good weekend everyone!

 

[babyhopes2323]

Ny, i was like that and no its not TMI, my DH gets to know it as well. and this was well before pregnancy so nothing to do with it !

My medication and consultation with docs etc are all covered by insurance so i dont pay anything here as things are so expensive and youre better off getting medical insurance !

Flying, congrats on the 9 week and 1 day journey !! you are so lucky, well ahead of us, (knock on wood) everythings ok as well ! oh bless

mine still feels like ages because with the ticker i tell you sometimes it stays on the same range for two days like i was supposed to be 6+4 yesterday but it still stuck on 6+3., its weird.. i had some pinkish brown discharge today so not happy at all and about to go see the doc today for what would probably be my 5th ultrasound in 6.4 weeks.

i know its a lot but i cant stand there watch myself discharge like this and not worry. i know ill be a total worry wart if i dont go and hence im going. im worried about so much ultrasound affecting the baby but all the docs have said its so safe.,

its like im counting the days to my next ultrasound. i just had one on thursday and might have one today again and then oh god gotta wait 9 more days for the 22nd to have my 8 weeks scan !

9 days .. i know it seems less but ive beenhaving so many ultrasounds close to each other that im used to waiting to see my blob on the screen and its become an obsession.

i wish this stupid second sac wasnt there in the first place to cause me so much worry over, now it may be the sac dissolving which is causing the spotting but i cangt help but worry about the first one with the HB.

Oh mummy, i bet sarah is enjoying dublin and tell her to get some bitter on my behalf. cafferys if she can !

tell her to have fun and tell her we miss her.

hope lottie is doing well now x and yourself too. xx

 

[flyingduster]

Aww baby, I can see your'e worrying yourself silly... Try taking a deep breath and sit quietly, enjoy the life that is still growing inside you. I know you are a worrier, but actively forcing yourself to relax WILL help you, it's like when we fake-laugh it turns into real laughter and it becomes contagious and everyone is all of a sudden laughing and happy. Force yourself to stop, breath, and relax.

And perhaps if you are thinking the scan thing is becoming obsessive, is it a good idea to keep going, or should you 'wean yourself' off them a bit so you can come to rely on your body rather than scans? I just don't want you to worry yourself toooooo much hun...

Oh, and the ticker will probably be based in a different time zone to you, and that'll be why when you are 6.4 it still says 6.3, I bet ya later in the day it'll have switched over to 6.4 like it's supposed to. That's why I use the ticker I have; it's the only one I found that actually asks for your time zone so it's actually correct!!! Every other ticker assumes I'm in America, and I'm a full 24 hours ahead of America so they are all a full day behind!!! lol




AFM I've been feeling good all week... but today I feel like crap again! lol! The nausea is still very minimal, but sheesh I'm SOOOO hungry all the time, but when I go to eat I can only have like 3 bites of something before wanting to spit out the next mouthful. Of course three mouthfuls isn't enough to keep me going for long, and I'm back to a horrible rumbling rolling stomach from hunger again. UGH! I sat here for an entire HOUR nibbling on hot chips (well, they were rather cold by the time I finished them) and I managed to get them all down, but I only had a small plate full (couldn't eat the fish, that made my stomach do flip flops at the smell of it!) and it took soooo long. *sigh*

It's saturday, and I've been in my pyjama bottoms all day long cos they're more comfy than any other trousers I own! I certainly don't have a bump (I'm big anyway so I don't expect it to show for a long time! lol) but I'm just feeling so bloated that jeans aren't as comfy any more!!! lol

 

[babyhopes2323]

haha flying yeah i never thought about the time zones for the ticker !

i know im such a worrier and it pisses me off too, but maybe im worrying a lot more because of those stupid first tri posts about MMC. i read them yesterday and couldnt contain myself. they say youre in the safe zone once you see the HB well then what explains MMC?

i feel silly myself to be going to different docs just to get ultrasounds and i need to wean myself off you are absolutely right !

i just need some reassurance , i know im lucky because im not nauseous or ill or anything but you know.. its just how i am

about the relaxing bit, tried telling myself that i trust my body to take care of itself, tried and tried some more!

dont worry about your bump, they say if its your first, it takes a longer time to show , if its your second child, it comes a lot faster !

so sorry about your sicky feeling. i went online and found this meal plan for pregnant women thats basically six small meals instead of 3 big meals, and i remember you mentioning apples, i eat a lot of apples, love em and theyre what i can stomach anytime !

the plan involves about 4-5 servings of fresh fruit everyday and i think i can manage that.

well, off to the doc now to curb my curiosity and worry, will post back soon. youre well ahead of me in kiwi land ! its only 1:00pm here.. enjoy your dinner soon and ill post once im back

 

[flyingduster]

haha, my dinner is looong gone, it's 10:30pm here and I'm contemplating going to bed soon!!

I truely hate all the MMC talk! There is NOTHING we can do if the baby is on it's way out, and finding out that it's stopped growing and won't make it will NOT make the facts any different or make them happen any faster.

I know of women who have miscarried at 14 weeks. Infact, I have a family friend who was a week overdue, and had a still born baby. It's utterly and totally heart breaking, I realise that. But there is NOTHING they can do about it now but grieve. I can imagine the heart ache of loosing my baby now, but I cannot even fathom going through 9 months of pregnancy and planning everything... to have that.

There is NO time when it is really truely "safe". 12 weeks is NOT a sudden safe margin, it is just that the risk of miscarriage after 12 weeks is a lot less than the risk of miscarriage at 11 weeks. Which, in turn, is a lot less than the risk at 10 weeks. And so on. Every day and week on, the risk of miscarriage decreases. But it never fully goes; there are still the still-born babies. There are still infant deaths. There are still toddler deaths... There is no time when it is 110% safe that our baby will out-live us! It is life, and without death, we wouldn't value these lives so very much. So don't forget to value the life inside you too, don't just worry about it's death; because it WILL die one day, but hopefully it will be many many years after we have already died from old age ourselves.



Do be careful if you're feeling obsessed to see another scan, if it's going to be 9 days until the next scan, then try and book the next one for perhaps 14 days later, and then perhaps 20 days... just try to start spreading them out a bit, you can still keep going to regular ones, but just be careful you're not obsessing tooooo much, as that could be detrimental to you be able to trust your own body and let nature do it's wonderful miraculous thing. And remember that every day is another day towards holding your baby in your arms; healthy and happy and your own lil bundle of joy.

 

[MummyCat]

Well put hun...

My stress over my daughter's health will never stop... the slightest spot that appears and I struggle to get to sleep at night... They are truly precious and you're always going to worry... I now understand why my mother said I gave her grey hairs... it wasn't because I was a troublesome toddler or naughty child... it's just the worry that comes along with being a parent!

I hope all goes well at your scan babyhopes...

 

[babyhopes2323]

My scan is over and the heartbeat has increased from 125 to 143. all is well and he says im measuring 7 week + but the scan shows 6 wks and 4 days just like my ticker. he has asked me to increase my progesterone intake due to spotting so thats what ill be doing.

Flying.. i totally understand what you say and i thank you so much for taking out so much time to write to me to make me feel better i do understand that if something has to happen, it will happen and thats just how life is, but me being the expectant first time mum that i am, i cant help but worry .. i am quite satisfied now and hopefully with the increase in progesterone, the spotting will stop and i will quit worrying for a bit and will be looking forward to the regular 8 week scan.


i too agree that the 12 week think is just a bit of a myth because there is never any safety assured and we just have to trust ourselves.

sleep well and thanks again..

well put mummy, its true, i guess we wont stop worrying until they are 18 and take care of themselves !

 

[nypage1981]

Baby Im so glad you saw heart beat again and that you are increasing progesterone. I secretly wanted you to do that a few days ago but am glad now that he has told you to. What is measuring 7 weeks? I dont get it! Do you feel better now? I still get spotting and its kinda lighter beige and pink so just a warning that the progesterone CAN make your spotting lighter in color and its ok. I was kinda freaked cuz felt comfort in my dark brown but they told me this is fine. Also, just let you know about the MMC. The reason they can happen after a heart beat is seen, is because its usually seen internally. Which can be seen very early. BUT if you think about it, the heart begins beating like a few days after coneption ,so even if you dont SEE the heart and have a MC, it was still there. I know it;s all so crazy, and bad to think of. I just like knowing facts. So now, seeing the heartbeat for me is great, but I know im not in the clear. Lets just pray pray pray that our progesterone helps our beans. GOsh, if we both get through this together, what a journey that would have been!! And gray hairs for sure! I will pray for you and think of you.

Flying- that was the best way of saying all that and thank you so much. I appreciated your words they're very very true. I have a 7 yr old and get sick to my stomach with some of the things I will worry about her safety and bad things happening to her. It's hard to love something so much that it hurts, but it's what keeps us going! I am glad you felt good for a bit, sorry it's back! I weighed myself this mornign and have lost weight. I can afford it thought cuz I was trying to lose 10 lbs before. But I know my baby is NOT getting much good stuff. Im not puking, just dont want to eat at all. Dinner last night was some raw string beans and watermelon. Thats all I could handle. Im now looking into DRAMAMINE for pregnant ladies since I'll be flying in a few hours. Im afraid to puke on the plane so hope this is safe cuz im going to take it!~ Wish me luck!

Mummy- tell Sarah I say hi and am thinking of her! Thank you for the update i was wondering where she was and if she was ok! Hope you are feeling well and Lottie has all recovered now back to herself!

Good day to all the other ladies!!!

 

[sherylb]

Every other ticker assumes I'm in America, and I'm a full 24 hours ahead of America so they are all a full day behind!!! lol

I don't think this is literally possible?? My friends in Europe are only 6 hours ahead of us.

19 hours.

 

[babyhopes2323]

yeah but Sheryl, flying is in new zealand and that is close to far east asia, and very close to australia. they are ahead of most people on time zone. they are very much ahead of us atleast here in dubai, if hubby wants to make a call to australia, he needs to make one by 6am our time.its about 11 or noon their time in australia and i guess new zealand on the map even is further on.

Ny, you make me tear up, youre so sweet, i know i was thinking why my other doc who initially started me on progesterone did not ask me to increase my dosage. i have not had an MC before so maybe thats why they didnt class it as high risk or something? although i really like the doc who put me on them first, she is uber confident and 6 months preggo herself !

i really wish mine stops, mine is brown and i dont like it. i prefer it all white !

all the docs measure me to be 7 weeks on, because they are calculating LMP according to the day 14 ovulation. which dosent happen to many women because they ovulate late. i ovulated late so on scan i am 6 wk and 4 days, but if my last period was on the 17th of jan and if you calculate ovulation 14 days from then, then you will measure me as 7 + something weeks.

but in my case, conception has taken place late.

I didnt understand what you meant about heartbeat. i thought MMC was when the fetus had chromosomal abnormalities due to which its heart stopped beating.

i saw the heart flicker through abdomen scanning today. it wasnt clear but could defo see the flicker of the beat.

your so right ! what a journey it would be for us , i really hope that the progesterone totally stops all our spotting so that we can rid of that section of worry atleast ! i will be thinking of you too

you guys are so nice.. thats not good about your dinner, you should really try eating something different that you probably like? as you need to get your nutrition. i feel hungry but then when i get the food infront of me, i cant stomach it !

no nausea or anything, just bad appetite, lost the taste for food and feel extremely full when i see some food even if i havent eaten !

Love to all, off to stay at my mums for the week, well we do it like this, DH works in a different city thats about an hour and half away so by the time he gets home its about 6:15pm or 7pm, i dont like staying alone at home as i get very very bored, and ive been brought up in a big family of five of us including mum and dad, so i go to stay with mum who lives about 45 mins away, will be back on tuesday night as DH goes to germany for business trip and he will be back saturday so atleast ill be spoilt at mums, with her home cooking and ill have people to talk to !

have a nice evening ladies xx

 

[sarahincanada]

Im baaaaacccccckkkkk my lovelies
ive missed everyone and been sending sticky bean vibes from ireland to the preggy ladies, and bfp vibes for everyone else! I started spotting on friday and due on tomorrow, Ive been so busy Ive barely thought about this 2ww so its great and closer to my operation yay!!
I dont have time to read all the posts tonight but I will over the next few days. I trust all the beans are snuggling in tight while Ive been gone, let me know if theres anything new.

 

[flyingduster]

Every other ticker assumes I'm in America, and I'm a full 24 hours ahead of America so they are all a full day behind!!! lol

I don't think this is literally possible?? My friends in Europe are only 6 hours ahead of us.

19 hours.

I'm in NZ, which is *the* first country to see the sun every day. (we are 12 hours AHEAD of the GMT [GMT is around England])

I think we're actually only 17-20 hours ahead of the US but it's close enough to a full day as far as I'm concerned!!! lol.

Those last few hours are when I'm asleep anyway, so any ticker that assumes I'm in America will still be a full day behind, as it'll only ever match with my ACTUAL dates for up to 7 hours, or as little as 4 hours...! lol



I'm sooooooooooo tired today. *sigh* And its getting late here and I have to go to work in the morning (that, and I'm getting up early to watch Crufts live online as I want to see one particular class that's on at 6:30am my time. *sigh*) so off to bed for me!!!

 

[Huggles]

I haven't really read all the posts, but NYpage i did notice that you're really struggling with constipation. I strongly recommend mentioning it to you doctor/ob. I really struggled with it and landed up with painful piles (hemarroids) as a result - I STILL struggle with them They do not disappear after birth like everyone assures you they will.

I finally mentioned my constipation to my dr after my waters broke, while i was waiting for labour etc to set in. He prescribed Movicol and he said that it is totally safe to use during pregnancy and I can use it for the whole duration of my next preganancy. It is not a laxative. It is what's called a 'macrogel'. It's actually a powder that you dissolve in water and drink, and then in your gut it becomes this gel type stuff that helps to soften your stools. It is used for the treatment of chronic constipation so is designed to be taken long term. And my gynae/ob assured me your body cannot become reliant on it so if you use it for the duration of your pregnancy it won't mess your intestines up or anything.

Hope that helps - I really recommend you mention it to your doctor so he can prescribe something that helps you. I don't know if you have the same stuff there, but maybe you have somthing similar.