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[Hope39]

Florida the steroids mask a lot of symptoms hun, my boobs are only now a little bigger x

 

[loeylo]

I'm here for my final follow up beta. I'm 5+3 but boobs were a little softer this morning. Haven't had any symptoms but I slept through the night for the first time. Not feeling so confident. Keep me in thoughts and prayers ladies

I had this at 5+2/3 as well. My symptoms have been coming and going since then. Got my scan in an hour. Good luck!

Happy 20w Tasha!

 

[Hope39]

I'm just home from a weekend in Norfolk so thought I best do a little update on me

I had a scan last week, same day as Squig's but it didn't feel right to be posting about myself while Squig had received such devastating news about her little Adam

The scan was good, baby hb was still there and measuring 7w 1d, based on lmp I should have been 7w 4d. I don't ovulate on cd14 so there a couple of days there and I had a trainee sonographer too and we all know we can measure wrong in the early days

My cyst was also disappearing so all in all a good scan imo.

I got to the bottom of why I had to see a consultant so early, it was to talk me out of weekly scans or scare me from them might be more appropriate , he casually dropped into the conversation that weekly ultrasound waves may harm the baby . Once he finished his little spiel of bull we picked him up on it so he backtracked and moved the conversation to vets and animal ultrasounds! We were there just over 3 hours so based on that I didn't push for a weekly scan, I cant sit there once a week for 3 hours so next scan is 10 days . I wasn't prepared to wait 14 days

I've now got to think about booking in with the midwife and swapping my fetal medicine consultant to one I can trust. Wish I could just go to sleep and wake up in 6.5 months

Xx

 

[hopeful23456]

i had a ton of scans, won't hurt the baby I think i went about weekly then every other week then weekly again? or maybe it was mostly weekly, can't remember but it's fine obviously

dsemcho - LOL!!!! sooo funny about dh

squig - i love the name too, sweet little boy

florida- hope the beta is high! my symptoms came and went too, the steroids do mask them. about the boobs - push ups and chest exercises like that can help but i personally wouldn't care to exercise if i was pregs ok to wait awhile. the immune system sends blood clots that's why the blood thinners help with it. i was so scared to wean off steroids and stop taking lovenox but was all fine

happy 20 wks Tasha!

 

[floridamomma]

Thanks for all the supportxxx only ladies understand how we can go from feeling sort of confidence to learn it all in a matter of minutes. But my Hcg came back 7491 so my doubling time was 48.51 hours. I'm very relieved

 

[Hope39]

I know it won't hurt the baby hopeful, it just pisses me off that they say such shit after so many losses . I hate my hospital with an absolute passion but have no choice but to go there.

It's bad enough isaac died through their negligence, and then they still try and feed me crap. Eurgh . This is going to be the worst 6.5 months of my life.

My oh will kick off if they even try and tell us shit, he so angry that they have lied in the first place. I would feel more relaxed if I could go to scans on my own, his behaviour can be slightly temperamental and I'm on edge when he is with me

X

 

[hopeful23456]

awesome news florida!!!

Hope - do you have a choice to go to a different hospital? pisses me off how stupid they can be
OH! just read that you can't. you going to get a Doppler?

 

[hopeful23456]

I understand the being on edge thing. I went to all my scans on my own except for the level 2 one where they check everything (20 wk scan). not because being on edge though, he's just not like that to go to my appts and it sucked.

 

[blueblue]

florida - really glad your hcg is good .

hope - really glad for your scan going well. I'm sorry the hospital are being such a nightmare, especially after everything you've been through. Have you been able to have weekly scans previously? I wish they'd be more helpful to you when you really need the reassurance

loeylo - good luck with your scan today .

My scan is this week, trying not to worry too much and be positive about it, I had a scare a few nights ago with some red bleeding and thought it was the end, but it all seems to have settled down. My last 3 pregnancies have had a good scan, followed by the baby dying a day or two later and finding out at the next scan. I'm really trying not to panic as usual as I worry that the stress I get at the scan causes this.

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Good morning ladies, I think I'm all caught up.

Squig, love the name Adam. Perfect for your little angel! I'm so glad you were able to hold him.

Florida, so glad your HCG came back great!!

Tasha, congrats on being 20 weeks!!! I may have asked you this a while back, but are you heterozygous or homoxygous for Factor V?

DSemcho, that's so exciting baby is moving so much!! When did you first feel it? Your husband getting jalapeno on his penis cracks me up!!

Hope, I'm so happy your scan went well. I'm so sorry you do not like your doctor or the hospital you have to go to. That has got to make it tough.

blueblue, I'm so sorry you had some spotting. That is always scary, but I'm praying all is well with your little one.

 

[dairymomma]

Florida-great news on your beta numbers. I know how stressful those first months are and stress can also mask symptoms too so I don't bother with symptom spotting much anymore. It'd drive me bonkers if I did.

blue-seeing blood is always a big fear for those of us on here but as many of us know, spotting doesn't always mean the end. My last pregnancy was my worst for bleeding/spotting. I had every threatened miscarriage sign in the books including clots and bleeding from 5-11 weeks and feared the worst at every ultrasound. Yet, LO hung in there and she's now almost 8 months old. Hopefully your scan goes well and baby is just snuggling in tighter. Are you on any meds? Progesterone is notorious for causing spotting.

Tasha-20 weeks already? Wow! Seems like yesterday you were posting your bfp on here.

Hope-What a load of BS. Hopefully your doctor is more understanding and you can get scans whenever you need after this. But glad your ultrasound went well in the end and you got to see baby. Love happy scan news!

 

[loeylo]

Hope - glad you had a good scan.

Florida - congrats on the doubling time!

Bluebell - hope the bleed was nothing serious.

My scan went brilliant. Picked up the sac straight away, in the correct place. I have never had a clear external before so that was good! They wanted to see if they could get a better view internally, and they could see everything including a heartbeat. I'm actually measuring ahead at 6+3, my lmp was 10th Jan and my cycles are 31-33 days so I thought I was under 6 weeks. I have always measured behind and my scan pic is really clear. Actually got two pics which is nice.

Go back two weeks today. I'm really nervous as it was at the second scan (after heartbeat) that #2 had died. But for now I'm pleased that it is in the right place and there is a heartbeat!

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Congrats on the great scan loeylo!! Prayers your little one continues to grow strong and healthy!!

 

[hopeful23456]

congrats on the scan loeylo!!

 

[loeylo]

Thanks ladies! My partner is shocked, he has started to get a bit excited and even looked at baby things when we were out.

 

[Squig34]

Happy 20w Tasha! Can't wait to hear your name.

Great news on your scans Hope & Loeylo.

Great news on your betas Florida.

 

[Tasha]

Hope you know I was and am delighted for you!

Florida yay for great numbers.

D how funny

Loey so happy for you.

Mrs R just the one gene from my Mum.

Thanks for the happy 20 weeks. It's going crazy fast!

I've got my scan tomorrow x

 

[floridamomma]

Hope- scans weekly would be a good reassurance. I hope they get it together. They owe you to treat you well. They should treat everyone well.
Hopeful- thanks. Dh is still holding out for twins. I don't have the heart to say otherwise.
Blue- I know that feeling. But we have to hope that this time will be different
D- glad your feeling the lo wiggling around in there
Tasha- 20 weeks!!! Congrats hon

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Tasha, so with being heterozygous is that why you were put on blood thinners, or was it because of your previous pregnancy complications...or a combination? I'm just curious because I'm heterozygous for Factor V also. The hematologist I went to said because I've never had a blood clot that she didn't think it was necessary for me to be on blood thinning injections because my risk was still so low even with the Factor V. She also thought that the risk of being on them outweighed the benefit they could actually give to me. So I'm just taking one baby aspirin a day and pregnancy omega 3's which also naturally thin your blood. All doctors are different, I just was curious your doctors reasoning behind you being on the blood thinners. If you don't mind me asking.

 

[floridamomma]

Dairy thank you. Hoping me and the lo can push through