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PAL - August 2012 Rainbow babies!

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I'm going crazy with excitement! 7 days until our gender scan :happydance: How are you ladies doing?
 
Hi ladies.:hi:
How is everyone today? We have sunshine again so i am happy.:thumbup:

3 more sleeps til scan day.:happydance:

Puppy - yes, i'm on the CONI (care of next infant) scheme which means i get all sorts of extra support whilst pregnant and when baby is here. We'll have a monitor that attaches to baby's skin instad of the matt - does pretty much the same thing though. Also have baby scales, lots of tick chart type stuff etc to reassure myself and pretty much open access to the neonatal unit if i'm concerned.
Thanks Lissette, this is Edwards story, feel free to read.:flower:
https://www.babyandbump.com/stillbi...tory-inquest-verdict-natural-causes-sids.html
 
Evening ladies - I hope you are all well? Nic - I have just read your story and I'm so sorry that you have had to go through this. It is so sad - I'm amazed at how strong you are, especially with being pregnant so soon again. Huge :hugs: to you.

AFM - I had my scan today and it was amazing. However, baby hadn't received the memo about being in the right position and so we had to have a walk to try and make baby move. When I was re-scanned after the walk, baby had moved but was then in another position that meant that the heart, diaphragm and stomach could not be seen. So....we have to go back next week (Monday) for another scan! Woo hoo! We get to see Spud again!

As for gender - the sonographer could not be sure. She *thought* it was girl but baby had his/her legs crossed and so she asked us to check with the sonongrapher next week. So...baby is still an 'it' for now!

Oh - and I had an growth clinic appointment too (due to my history of mcs) and they have asked that I have anti-coagulant and cardiolipin antibodies blood tests done (two of the recurrent mc tests). I will go in for them tomorrow. Also they have confirmed that I get two extra scans!! One at 32 and one at 36 weeks!!! I wasn't expecting that. Am very pleased that they are keeping a close eye on me.
 
That's awesome! How amazing to get scans so close to the due date;) you will probably be able to make out features pretty well by then!
 
Great news Ruth! So happy for you! Same thing happened to me; I had my 20 wk scan on Fri 3/16 and baby was face down the whole time, so I go back tomorrow to see him again!

In other news...this week has been a hard one for me. My angel was due tomorrow. My DH is out of town for work. My SIL (who I am not super fond of) is have a c-section tomorrow. My friend's sister just lost one of her preemie twins. Just trying to get through...:nope:
 
KozmikKitten said:
Great news Ruth! So happy for you! Same thing happened to me; I had my 20 wk scan on Fri 3/16 and baby was face down the whole time, so I go back tomorrow to see him again!

In other news...this week has been a hard one for me. My angel was due tomorrow. My DH is out of town for work. My SIL (who I am not super fond of) is have a c-section tomorrow. My friend's sister just lost one of her preemie twins. Just trying to get through...:nope:
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So sorry you have to go through all that at once:( I hadn't even thought about my lost baby's due date in s while, but its in a week. I'll be thinking of ya, and hope things get better soon.
 
Here's a little good news, my SIL had her baby today! She was able to have a VBAC which is what she wanted.
I cant tell if this is selfish or just natural reaction...but I'm really glad she didnt have the baby tomorrow.
 
I think that is a perfectly normal reaction Kozmik. Those dates are hard enough as they are without having a constant reminder being born on them. I'm glad that she managed to give birth a day earlier and to allow you to keep today special for you.

Big :hugs: to you today - my due date was a couple of weeks ago and it is difficult but you will get through it and you have the excitment of that no-so-little-now bean growing inside you to look forward to. I know it doesn't take the sadness and pain away but I found it made it a whole lot easier :hugs:
 
Its funny you ladies mention lossed due dates.. I just realized that I haven't noticed any of mine.
Does that make me a bad mother? Wow, come to think of it.. I would have to sit and do the math on them to even know when they were. I know my first & third were both concieved in April exactly one yr apart.. and my 2nd I believe was in June of that year.

Maybe I just blocked it all out. NOT THAT I FORGET MY BABIES. I DONT. I love them too much.. but maybe I blocked out the dates for some reason.

Well, I will focus on our happiness for now. We are all going to have our rainbow babies!!!!
 
bizzy, I dont think its bad at all..in fact I wish I didnt know the dates. We only knew we were pregant for a week before my mc, so if I hadnt went to the MD I wouldnt have known the due date. I think it would make it a lot easier now!
 
No - it doesn't make you bad Bizzy. I have to think about the due date of my second mc (it will be the end of May) and it takes a bit of thinking to get there. I only remembered my on due date from the other week as we were 9 weeks pregnant before the mc and so had plenty of time to think when it would be due before we lost the baby. Oh - and my friend had a due date that was within 3 days of mine too so I was aware that she was due to give birth and hence it was a constant reminder.

I think it is perfectly fine that you are concentrating on your rainbow baby Bizzy. Nothing we can do can bring back our angels and so we have to look forward and remain positive. We are in the lucky position of being pregnant again and that has to be our main focus :hugs:
 
Thanks Struth.:hugs: I don't feel particularly strong but when you have 4 children still here, you have to get up in the morning and carry on for them, you have to share in their happiness and it wouldn't be fair to them to not move on and enjoy life again... We decided pretty soon after losing Edward that we'd try to get pregnant again - not to replace him, as we never could, but to fill the hole it left in our lives and our family. We're lucky it happened so quickly as i think it's helped us all move forward and have something positive to look forward to. :hugs:

Really glad they'll be looking after you lots and you'll get to see your baby lots before she (or he) arrives! You only have to wait a week til the next time too!:happydance:
Did you have a boy/girl feeling before the scan?

Kozmik - I would have felt exactly the same about it. Big hugs to you today, hope you're ok.:hugs:
Bizzy - don't feel bad hun. We all know on here that regardless of knowing dates or not we all think about and love the babies we lost.:hugs:

So glad we all have our Rainbows on the way:flower:
 
nicola ttc said:
Thanks Struth.:hugs: I don't feel particularly strong but when you have 4 children still here, you have to get up in the morning and carry on for them, you have to share in their happiness and it wouldn't be fair to them to not move on and enjoy life again... We decided pretty soon after losing Edward that we'd try to get pregnant again - not to replace him, as we never could, but to fill the hole it left in our lives and our family. We're lucky it happened so quickly as i think it's helped us all move forward and have something positive to look forward to. :hugs:
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Well, I think you are strong and I completely understand wanting to fill the hole in your lives. I wish you all the best with this pregnancy :hugs:

Really glad they'll be looking after you lots and you'll get to see your baby lots before she (or he) arrives! You only have to wait a week til the next time too!:happydance:
Did you have a boy/girl feeling before the scan?
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For weeks I thought it was a boy - right from the off I had a boy feeling but....the last few weeks I have cuaght myself thinking of baby as a girl. It hasn't been consciously thinking of a girl - just when I am vaguing thinking of the future, it has been with a baby girl. So.... I just don't know. I hope the little blighter is lying in a position so that we can see on Monday! Now I have built myself up to know, it would be a shame to not be able to find out!

So glad we all have our Rainbows on the way:flower:
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:hugs: :thumbup: :flower:
 
Well, just got back from my scan! Its a boy:blue: Yay!
 
WHOO HOOO ... GO TEAM BLUE....

Dang STRUTH .. for our boys sake.. I hope it is a girl..Otherwise the male population will soon be fighting over available women.. Oh wait.. they already do that :rofl:
 
haha, Iwas just saying that to my hubby! I told him the baby ward is gonna be such a sausage fest this year, lol! My sister and brother's girlfriend are also having boys this summer, so lots of baby boys in my family this year!

he was also being uncooperative again, so I have to go back in 3 weeks to get the rest of the measurments. Such a stubborn boy! But I am glad I'll get to see him again:)
 
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