PAL after Recurrent Losses - come join us!

[daviess3]

Heart would love to live somewhere like that be fab! It's a lot of what dog whisperer does! Very interesting, I don't think I would let tenents have a st Bernard either lol! X

Welcome back Croy x
Sorry u feel poo embo! X
Afm heartburn! Off to sleep x

 

[Embo78]

Great bump heart. I wish Id taken bump pics with my first (and when I had a perfect tummy!!!)

 

[puppycat]

Just used my doppler, it's such a lush sound isn't it. Makes it all worthwhile

 

[heart tree]

Welcome back Croy. Sounds like you definitely need to get away more! I don't think my husband would clean like that if I went away. *jealousface*

I can't believe some of you are feeling sick again! I thought the 2nd tri was supposed to be easier! I'm feeling ok, but now I'm scared it's going to come back. I have a cold and a sinus headache, but can eat anything right now.

Davies, sorry for the heartburn. I've had to take some Tums a few times for that. I hate heartburn!

Puppy, yay for the doppler! Such a beautiful sound.

Good luck tomorrow Embo! Can't wait to find out what team you are on!!!

 

[Embo78]

Thanks heart I'm so excited. It's the first time I've gone to a scan feeling excited! I couldn't find the heartbeat before any of my other scans!

 

[APB]

Hey ladies - I just found this site and I immediately came to this thread. I've been reading your posts from the last couple weeks and I'd love to join you. I am now pregnant after 2 miscarriages in a row, the first was early, around 7 weeks, and the second was at 12 weeks after having seen a perfectly healthy heartbeat at 8 weeks. So now I find myself in the same boat as you ladies were when you first saw your BFP - terrified of losing this baby too. I'm only 4 1/2 weeks now, so it will be many, many weeks before I'll be out of the danger zone, but fortunately I have 2 wonderful healthy boys (7 and 4) at home to keep me positive. Since my first two pregnancies were so easy and without any problems, I never realized it could be like this. I didn't realize pregnancy could be the emotional roller coaster it has been since I began miscarrying. But I'm sure you guys know exactly how I feel! Which is why it's so great that there are forums like this.

It is encouraging to see how fabulously your pregnancies are progressing. I can't wait until I'm in my second trimester and feeling a little less scared, although it seems like after you experience recurrent losses you can never really let your guard down until you are holding your baby in your arms.

Also, my OB was kind enough to do some lab tests after my second miscarriage (even though some docs will just make you "try again and hope for the best" until you've experienced three in a row), and the only thing he found was hetero MTHFR. So while I was TTC he had me start a baby aspirin daily and 1.2mg of folic acid instead of only 800mcg. I think I recall seeing another lady in this thread with MTHFR in her profile - are you on baby aspirin and extra folic acid as well?

Anyways, looking forward to talking with you all soon!
Adrienne

 

[heart tree]

Hi Adrienne and welcome! Look at you posting your very first post in our little home! How lucky for us! I hope you settle in here for a long stay. You are definitely in the scary zone (though I'm not sure any of us will ever fully relax). Will you be getting any early scans this time?

I'm MTHFR hetero and only take extra folic acid. I took baby aspirin but was told to stop taking it after I had a bleed and they found a small blood clot in my uterus. Luckily that's gone now.

I'm glad you did some tests. I was offered them after my 2nd, but stupidly declined thinking I just had 2 experiences of bad luck. I was diagnosed with something that might have caused some of my losses, but it isn't something that can be fixed unfortunately. I just had to hope for one to stick in the right place of my uterus. It looks like this one did.

I hope the baby aspirin and extra folic acid do the trick for you. If you schedule any scans and want the dates put on the front page, let me know. It's an easy way for us to keep track of all the scans that people are getting. xoxo

 

[croydongirl]

Hi Adrienne,
Welcome! I remember all to clearly those first weeks, we all do. Feel free to post as much as you need to. If you have read our early posts, you would see that every cramp scared us, every twinge was terrifying. But we got through it - and I hope you will too and that this pregnancy will be a forever baby for you.

Heart - the nausea sucks. Just like at the beginning. But I am now remembering that the lack of appetite is actually the worst part. Nothing sounds good to eat, but I am so hungry. I am hoping it will be gone as quickly as it came back. Today hasn't been too bad so far. I am so glad t was a holiday, but my homework has been neglected. Not good!

Embo - I am so envious that you have your gender scan! Wishing you the very best. I hope you enjoying shopping for Boy or Girl!!!! I cannot wait for mine, it seems like forever away.

 

[heart tree]

Croy, I'm horrified at the fact that you are feeling that level of nausea! I know Puppy is feeling really awful too. Embo doesn't sound so great either. What's going on girls? I'm praying mine doesn't come back. I'm really enjoying feeling like a normal person.

I am hopefully getting a scan on Thursday. I'm meeting with a new doctor and am praying she will do a scan. I really hope she can look for the gender. Surely at 16+6 she should be able to see something. I would be so thrilled to know this week what we're having!

Good luck doing your homework. God I don't miss school! Back to work tomorrow after the long weekend. I'm already looking forward to the weekend!

 

[Embo78]

Nausea is actually stopping me from sleeping!! That and the LO wriggling around. The movement has got so much stronger over the last couple days

 

[heart tree]

Oh Em, that's amazing! I can't wait to feel that kind of movement!

 

[APB]

Heart & Croy - thank you girls for the fast and warm welcome! I just noticed that you are both 16 weeks, only 1 day apart in your pregnancies. How cool!

Upon having my recurrent miscarriage testing done, my OB said to schedule my first pre-natal checkup for 6 weeks, but when I got my BFP and called my practice the lady said they bring in high-risk pregnancies at 7 weeks, not 6. I was a little bummed because it is an extra week or worrying and waiting, but the practical side of me knows that it won't make a difference in the outcome of the pregnancy so I can handle one extra week. So my first scan is scheduled for March 7th. How early did your OB's bring you in for scans after having recurrent miscarriages? And by the way, how neat that you track everyone's scans that way. I can tell I'm going to love this place!

It sounds like you guys are going to find out the sex - you are so close to the gender ultrasound I bet you can't wait. I have 2 boys already so if this pregnancy sticks, I know I'll be counting the days until I can find out if I'm having another boy or my first girl! I'll be looking forward to hearing what you guys are having!

Have a great night!
Adrienne

 

[Embo78]

Welcome adrienne

 

[APB]

Hi Embo - thanks! I like your signature Since I'm already hooked on this site after one night, I guess I should make one too!!

 

[hopeful23456]

Hi Adrienne and welcome! I have mthfr (see sig for the type) and take 4 mg l methyl folate which is a metabolized form of folic acid that is easier to absorb, I get it in neevo dha and metanx. I used to take 4 mg of plain folic acid but read a lot of posts on another forum about changing to l methyl folate so I asked my re and got the prescriptions.
I take baby asp daily too.
My first scan was at 6 wks but I'm 36 and have no kids yet so they monitor me closely. And I go to an re that also is Obgyn and they specialize in rpl.

Embo- good luck at gender scan! They don't them here until 20 wks but they can give us a good guess at regular scans before then.

Sorry the morn sickness is back...

Croy- sounds like a nice time! Lucky dh did cleaning...

 

[Embo78]

You definitely should!

I went a little ticker crazy! After three losses I thought why not celebrate this little miracle to the max

 

[heart tree]

Adrienne, the benefit to waiting until 7 weeks is that there should be a heartbeat by then. Sometimes at 6 weeks there isn't which can cause additional stress.

My doctor gave me 6 week scans after my first loss. I think I was just lucky to have a very empathetic doctor. My 4th pregnancy was ectopic, so on top of a very early scan, I had to have bloods taken every 48 hours until my hcg was high enough for a scan. I'll have to do the same thing for any following pregnancies as well since ectopics are dangerous and need to be detected as early as possible. With this pregnancy I went in at 5+5 because my hcg was high enough to see at least a sac and a fetal pole. They saw the sac and were able to rule out ectopic, but didn't see a fetal pole. They said the sac was irregularly shaped and I would most likely miscarry. I was devastated. I went to my other doctor 2 days later at exactly 6 weeks and she saw a hb and the sac was regular! It's amazing how much things can change in 2 days.

I'm glad you are getting an early scan. For my 2nd and 3rd pregnancies I found out around 6 weeks that they weren't viable and was able to terminate them immediately and move on. With my ectopic I didn't know I was pregnant until around 6 weeks and they couldn't confirm it was an ectopic until 8.5 weeks. I was glad that I could move on quickly and not have to wait ages just to find out my pregnancies weren't viable. I probably would have eventually miscarried naturally but I was grateful just to get them out of me so I could start the emotional and physical healing process.

All that being said, I'm praying for a great scan for you! (and I'm secretly hoping for a girl for you). I'll update the front page with your scan date. There will be a lot of ladies rooting for you. We're a special group and we recurrent loss ladies like to stick together on this site.

 

[Embo78]

We stick together and are very protective of each other. I love my pal girls!!

 

[heart tree]

That's right sister! Very protective indeed!!!

 

[Embo78]

Amen!