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[dairymomma]

You take a ring (usually people use their wedding bands but I've done it with just a plain old costume jewelry band too), tie it to a piece of string, lay down, and hold the ring/string thing above your belly. If it spins in a circle, baby is a girl. If the ring swings in a line, it's a boy. Supposedly. I've also heard of people doing this over their palm and I tried it. Same thing as the ring over your belly-it spun in a circle for me.

I used a pendulum for the test too. I know a bit about dousing (think water witching) and got a stone pendulum to try dousing with. It worked just as well because basically the ring on a string is a pendulum. I was just using a polished stone on a chain instead.

(Now I feel like I sound like a crazy person... But I think dousing is interesting. It's sort of a hobby and I'm not totally gung-ho a believer but it's cool when it does work out.)

 

[Mrs Reineke]

No that stuff is fun dairy! I'm going to have to try it!

 

[ginny83]

Hi all!

Sorry I have been missing - I have my beautiful baby boy on 2nd Jan! 3.06kgs, 48cm long. He is absolutely perfect and healthy and breastfeeding is going so well - 2 things I can't believe I am so lucky to say.

Unfortunately for me I developed post partum pre-eclampsia! My blood pressure was a bit up on the couple of days after delivery and then on day 3 it shot up really high and for the rest of the week it was just uncontrollable basically and I had developed protein in my wee. Anyway, after increasing my meds to a ridiculous amount to get it under control I was finally allowed to go home yesterday!


Can't believe I did it! After all the heartache and worry I was finally able to have another baby.


I'll try and catch up on everyone else now!

 

[Tasha]

Sooooo pleased for you Ginny. How scary for you though, developing postpartum preeclampsia x

 

[AmbiguousHope]

Hello Everyone! May i please join? I was here before when I was pregnant with my son. I had two miscarriages, followed by my son. I later suffered a third miscarriage and now I'm pregnant again. My due date is 9/13. I'm on progesterone again and this time my doctor has prescribed aspirin. I know when I was on here before, many of you took aspirin. What's your dosage and experiences? My doctor has a very thick accent and I could barely understand her.

Hi Ginny!!! Congratulations!!!!

 

[Squig34]

Great news Gina, congratulations! Sorry to hear you were so ill though.

Great news Miracle

Hi Ambiguous Hope, congratulations & hope everything goes well for you

 

[Ummi2boyz]

Ginny! Congratulations! I'm so pleased for you! So glad you're holding your rainbow in your arms. I still remember when we were both on the ttcal thread, we're the last two I think from there! Sorry you were unwell though, must have been really scary. I hope your bp is stabilised now. Enjoy your boys hun! xx

Ambi: congrats on your bfp! Sorry you had to go through another loss though before.
I took progesterone too (200 mg) and aspirin (I'm still on it until 36 weeks). The dosage really depends on where you are really. I was not in the uk when I started my treatment and was on 100 mg (that was the protocol where I was) until 16 weeks and I switched to 75 mg once back in the uk. It's what they give here. I think in the US and Canada it's 81 mg. Where are you?

 

[Tasha]

Congrats AH. I'm on 800mg a day of progesterone and 150mg of aspirin x

 

[AmbiguousHope]

Thanks ladies! I'm on 100mg a day of progesterone (vaginally) and 81mg of aspirin. I live in the US

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Well hello AH! I talked about the baby aspirin on the other thread.

Ginny, congratulations! I'm so happy for you and so glad you're doing better. I hope and pray I'll be holding and breast feeding my miracle come September.

 

[dairymomma]

Ginny-congrats!

Ambi-I'm due on the 12th so we're awfully close in due dates. I've been on 100mg of progesterone (orally) twice a day along with a daily baby aspirin (81mg) from bfp til 13 weeks with my two older kids and for my last pg and my current one, I've upped the dosage to 200mg of progesterone (again orally) twice a day along with a daily baby aspirin.

AFM-DH and I went to a farming conference today. I was nervous because I'm entering my 'undies watch' period and we were going to be 3 hours away from home but nothing happened other than I felt nauseated all.day.long (yay for morning sickness!! A PARL mom's dream! ), I ate something that really didn't agree with my tummy so I'm getting pretty icky gas cramps (and the smell is gag-worthy ), and DH came down with a migraine. Other than that, the dr called yesterday and I need to schedule my first appt for 2 weeks out, he'll do a quick checkup and scan in the office, and then we'll set up the official ultrasound & 1st OB appt with all the 'official' paperwork. I'm so glad I have a doctor who is willing to let me come in whenever I want. AND he gave me one of my first Congrats from someone not online! He's honestly happy for me when I know alot of drs would be shaking their finger at me and saying Tsk Tsk.

 

[AmbiguousHope]

Hi Mrs R! Good to see you in here too! FX for your sticky rainbow!

Dairy, Don't you love the gas cramps! Ugh. Hopefully your DH was understanding! I hope all went well. I was invited out by two friends yesterday and had to decline both because I was feeling so awful. Friday, I went out and regretted it. I hope this gets better soon. Sometimes I think the nausea is worse than the vomiting. If you don't mind me asking why are other doctors not happy for you? That's so sad. I hate doctors who make you feel judged.

 

[DSemcho]

Hey ladies. Been avoiding the forum except a couple of times a week because of my paranoia lol. MS is in today, I had to give DH my PB&J sandwich because it made me sick. Had an appointment in the 9th and scheduled another u/s because of my history on the 20th at 11+3 - and I'm paranoid of not having a wiggler. If there is then I'll order a doppler, but I know there is nothing I can do until the u/s except relax. Also I haven't gained weight which is very good!

I hope all of you ladies are doing wonderful!

 

[dancareoi]

Ginny, so pleased for you. Congratulations to you and your family and a big welcome to your little rainbow.

 

[ginny83]

Hope you're going OK tash xx I was so scared through this whole pregnancy and it was so emotionally exhausting. I know you've got even more different elements to think about so just wanted to send you some love xx

 

[Tasha]

Thanks Ginny. I'm not good. I don't know where or who to turn to. I'm so scared. I know something is wrong, I knew with RR before it even happened and I'm here again. It's so scary as I know people think I'm nuts because everything is technically okay right now but I knew with H and I knew with RR and now I know with these one.

I've deactivated my fb for a bit. Just not coping with it all.

Thank you for thinking of me when you have a tiny little one. Are you all settling nicely?

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Hello ladies,

Tasha, I am sad to hear you don't think things are going well. What's going on to make you feel that way?

For you ladies on progesterone, what was the reason you were put on it? Diagnosed low or just because?

 

[dairymomma]

Tasha- I haven't had nearly the same issues with pregnancy as you have had but I feel like I didn't breathe until Rita was born and in my arms. I had this fear that something was going to go wrong the whole time. I don't blame you for being fearful. Is there any way you can talk to another doctor? Is there a medical professional that you do trust to listen to you that you can ask to refer you to someone who will listen to your fears and do all they can to help you? Having a compassionate doctor caring for you helps immensely and I hate that you are feeling scared. Hang in there and beat down some doors with big sticks if you need to. You don't need to have this fear hanging over you. again.

Ambi-I've had at least 3 doctors tell me my miscarriages weren't worth looking into or were my own fault. Two were doctors I saw just one time for walk-in appts but my former family practice doctor was so upset with me when I phoned about bloodwork to confirm my pg with my last baby that she pretty much told me it was my fault if/when I miscarried because I was pg again after not one but two miscarriages. (LO proved her wrong though.) I know most of it was her frustration with my inability to carry to term 90% of the time and her even bigger inability to help me get there but it was no cause to tell a PARL mom that she's causing her own miscarriage because she didn't go on birth control. Luckily, I found my current OB was taking patients so I'm seeing him from now on.

AFM-Still mostly hopeful but that PARL fear creeps in every now and then causing mini-freakouts. But I'm staying pretty calm about this so far. I just hope there's a hb when I see the dr in 3 weeks. And for some reason I have this feeling about twins. Not that I feel like I'm having twins symptom wise but it's on my mind alot lately. I'm even dreaming about it. Oy. Never had this with my other kids. LO is outgrowing her carseat so I need to buy a new one and I keep thinking, maybe I'll hold out a few weeks til I know if I need to buy two carseats instead of one! And this despite my rational, non-pregnancy hormonally challenged self saying "There's only ONE in there and you KNOW it."

 

[petitpas]

Tasha, first thing in the morning you call your doctor/the early pregnancy unit/anyone who could see you.

To some extent I know the feeling you have and it is horrible. The only thing to do is get a scan.
I will say one thing, though. Even though I was spot on with my other pregnancies I must have worked myself into something with J because I was convinced he had passed away on a specific day. A scan showed me otherwise, to my surprise.

Big hugs to you and crossing my fingers that this time anxiety is playing tricks with your mind

 

[Tasha]

Just gut instinct Mrs R. I don't even know what's wrong nor that it's even wrong yet but I just know that it's something or there will be. I know it sounds crazy but I knew at this gestation with Riley Rae too, everyone thought I was crazy but two weeks later was when I know her growth began to slow. People told me after that I've got an amazing instinct etc and I do trust it. Any way I'm going to the prematurity clinic tomorrow (not booked in but just going to turn up) and get a cervix scan I think. Then I need to change hospitals as this one wants my 180mg of blood thinners reduced to 40mg, as that's the standard dose

I'm on 800mg progesterone, never been tested but firstly it was to try and prevent miscarriage, secondly I have had premature rupture of membranes at 28 weeks before now so it's to reduce the risk of that (I stay on it until 34 weeks) and that also puts me at a higher risk of preterm labour so for that too. Are you still debating it?