PAL - February 2013 rainbow babies

[Mrskg]

Great news allmacsnow

Jessica the waiting is awful xx

Rosebud I'm suffering with hyperemesis it's horrendous I'm on cyclizine 3 times a day which is helping only seem to be sick around tea time but I feel sick all the time someone recommend I ask for zofran so may well do that when I speak to doc on fri x hope you find relief soon x

Afm struggling with normal day to day only feel ok when I'm lying down which is practically all the time got scan on Monday I think I will cope better with feeling so ill when I know it's for my rainbow x if I'm going through all this for nothing I will be one unhappy bunny x I'm feeling very sorry for myself I'm afraid x I think after everything I've been through why give me all this on top of it I want to be happy that I'm growing my rainbow instead im feeling deflated

 

[rosebud111]

Wow mrskg! I am so sorry you are going through that. I wasn't familiar with hyperemesis so I googled. The only reason I have Zofran is because DH and I had a bout of the stomach flu last weekend and his doctor prescribed it to him. When we got better and my morning sickness kicked back in, he told me to try it. I checked it out and turns out it is prescribed for ms too! I am guarding those pills w/my life and taking only half when I need one since they are 8mg. They take away my ms for 8 hours at a time! When I run out, I will ask my dr for them if I still am dealing with ms by then.

How is cyclizine working for you? Hang in there and good luck with your scan on Monday! All this queasy stomach stuff will be totally worth it come February!

 

[LilyLee]

Hi ladies,
I need some PAL love at the moment.
On Tuesday I was feeling dreadful all day, came home with chills feeling freezing cold (no fever tho) and had pretty bad lower back pain in the evening. Now the last 2 days my MS has been Sooooo much better, to the point that I'm starting to freak about a possible MMC! I have been less tired too but my boobs are still very full and sore, amd still been getting lots of little twinges in my abdomen.

Since we've all been thru loss before, wad wondering of anyone else experienced back pain with their MMC? Or if symptoms kept up even after baby was lost? I'm really hoping I'm just lucky with my MS subsiding, I've only really had it bad for the last 1.5 weeks, and felt pretty good prior to that.

Let me know your thoughts/experiences ladies. Honestly, do you think I should be worried??

 

[Looloobelle]

Lily - I've no experience of mmc, but I can relate to you feeling a little better and worrying. I felt fine yesterday, my boobs seemed to have shrunk and I was less sick. Then came home and had a chill and headache and wondered if something was happeneing. Today I woke up this morning and moved and my boobs hurt - I've never been so relieved by pain lol! I've felt a bit sick too but even now my boobs seem more "normal". We're at about the same stage so hopefully it's just our body getting used to being pregnant and the placenta taking over and preparing us for the second tri - fingers crossed.

xx

 

[shocker]

Big hugs to everyone feeling ill, Mrskg I've been on cyclizine 3 times a day aswell for a few weeks now and up until nearly 10 weeks it was only making me throw up less, i had been throwing up non stop morning noon and night and when i started taking it I managed to get down to 2-4 times a day, it didnt help the nausea at all and I felt really down and pretty much couldnt function.It has eased off massivly this week though, it got really bad for a few days before when i couldnt even keep down water, ended up going to the hospital again and then all of a sudden it was gone! The doctor said it was probably due to the placenta taking over as I havnt thrown up in about 5 days now! Still nauseous and if I let myself get hungry I will start to gag non stop til im sick but trust me it WILL get better! massive massive hugs thought because it really is the most horrible thing, so draining and upsetting! Just make sure you get plenty of rest, try eating a small amount every 2/3 hours, i found big meals made it worse so would have a bagel, or a little rice, basically all carbs! at one point i was stuffing dried crackers in my mouth because i couldnt bare the taste of them but they stopped me throwing up! Get some good movies and spend as much time resting as you can, Hope you feel better soon

Lily i've had back pain and much better ms this week, I've been listening to baby on the doppler so I know they are ok, the doctor told me it was just the placenta taking over to prepare you for the lovely 2nd tri! symptoms come and go, like this morning and last night i've been feeling quite sick again even though I have had nearly a week of feeling much better! I really dont think you have anything to worry about but if your feeling really stressed out maybe you could ring your local epu and explain your history and that your worried about loss of symptoms? No doubt they will tell you the same but they might bring you in for a scan to reassure you? my local epu does this and its whats kept me just about sane all these weeks! Big hugs tho its such a stressful time but im sure your little rainbow is doing just fine!

I recorded a teeny bit of the heartbeat on the doppler! sorry its a bit rubbish and keeps going on and off cause i hadnt enough hands to do it all lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_soRRx1_uo8

 

[LilyLee]

Thanks shocker & looloo.

Isn't this pregnancy thing crazy? You feel like crap, then the second you feel better you start stressing! Since I wrote the post earlier today I have been feeling sick again amd so now feeling much better. It is just ridiculous lol!

I think I'll just try with the positive thought for now, unless there's any other reason to worry I will wait it out til my 12w4d scan. I'm so busy at work at the moment I'd struggle to even find enough time to get out for a scan!

Being on the 2nd Tri for all of us I say!!

 

[Looloobelle]

Shocker that is very cool - so cool I am about to order on of those!!!

 

[LilyLee]

Shocker that is very cool - so cool I am about to order on of those!!!

The same thought has crossed my mind lol

 

[Diamonddust]

Mrskg, I've just been released from hospital with the hyperemesis, I Am also on the cyclazine and metoclopramide along with 500mg of tyvera and the 5mg folic acid I take my pills every 3 hours and I'm managing to only be sick twice a day now, much easier to handle, on Monday I couldn't hold even water and had 4+ on my ketones! After the hospital stay I feel much better still the on and off nausea but I can deal with it, I really hope you start to feel better to but maybe getting your ketones checked would be a good idea cxxx

Shocker love listening to the HB wow! I've ordered mine today it should be here tomorrow so I am hoping I can hear baby too as I'm not well enough to travel to tooting for the scan, and obviously my consultant felt due to how unwell I was with the hyperemesis the baby was fine and I didn't require another scan! Xxxx

Lilly I'm sure and I mean sure everything is perfect with your LO, he or she is safe and sound and tucked up, I've had horrible back pain about a week now and the odd twinges I'm super sure it's all the stretching going on xxxxx

 

[AllMacsNow]

Morning, ladies.

I'm so sorry so many of you are struggling so badly with MS. I am pretty nauseous almost all the time, but never really throw up. I'll be in the bathroom 'trying' up to a couple of times a day, but dry heaves is about all it ever amounts to. Sometimes I wonder if I'd feel better if I could just get sick and be done with it, lol.

Lily, I'm glad to hear your symptoms have returned. It's so crazy, isn't it, how much better we feel mentally, when we're feeling horrible physically?

 

[PerpetualMama]

for all you ladies with dopplers, does the heart rate increase the further along you get? Is there any correlation to maternal heart rate? I never seem to get a reading over 140...but then again, I'm not quite 9w and little one likes to shy away from the front of my uterus so sometimes I can't find the h/b at all. Sometimes it's only for half a minute after 10 minutes of searching, or faint (but fast) so that it doesn't even register, but I CAN hear it, and I know it is fast so I feel reassured that at least LO is ok. My heart rate is usually about 59 at rest, so I know when it's mine

LilyLee, I don't remember having sore boobs all the way through any of my pregnancies, they just got huge gradually

Yes, feeling bloated too. Mornings not so bad, but by evening I feel huge. Not nearly as huge as we're gonna get!!

First OB appt tomorrow! Almost here, and one step closer to a scan! Hoping to convince them to book me for one tomorrow night or Saturday AM if they can (won't hold my breath on that one).

 

[AllMacsNow]

Perpetual, I'm pretty sure the HR is supposed to rise a few beats every day, but not sure, really.

I can't wait to hear great news from your dr. appointment and upcoming scan

 

[shocker]

My doppler hasnt picked up anything outside of 159-171 since i first found it at 9+2 but i did and still do often get a reading of 130 when im not close enough, as in i can hear the heart beat in the distance so to speak, its definatly there but its quieter, still going strong but just not as clear and the reading is too high to be mine but the machine just doesnt pick it up as strongly as it does at other times and I assume thats what causes the 130 reading! It only gives the proper heartrate reading for me when the heartbeat has been clearly audible for at least a minute and sometimes longer! Either way its still a perfectly healthy heart rate! I have read that the heart rate increases up until weak 9 and then decreases slowly after that but I wouldnt think by much and have read that anything between 120-180 is normal

I have my scan today... I am absoloutly bricking it! I am going alone because I dont want anyone there if anything has gone wrong,fob is really upset as he really wants to see but we are currently in different countries until next week so thats a bit difficult! It will be my first time getting a proper look at him/her, my other 2 scans were less than a minute and purely for reassurance that there was actually a heartbeat so having some time to actually sit and look and take it all in is going to be emotional to say the least. The last time I went for a scan like this it was bad news, I absoloutly despise scans as much as they have reassured me this time around I cannot get past the memory of going in last time thinking everything was ok and that stony silence and the sonographers face.. I always end up getting hysterical when i go for one, its like going into a torture chamber. I am trying to hold it together today but have been holding back tears since I woke up, my appointment isnt until 2.30 so im just trying to keep myself busy til then

 

[LilyLee]

Shocker I'm thinking of you today, please update us as soon as you can. I have a good feeling that you will have wonderful news xxx

 

[NT123]

I think something is wrong, boobs less sore and nausea less too...have a midwife this afternoon for my booking appt, going to see if I can get another scan as much as I dread a bad result, mmc's screw ur head over, looking for non-exist any symptoms....

 

[Wiggler]

I heard the HB on the doppler this morning, heart rate was around 150, it sounded like a little train x x x

 

[Lulu]

Shocker- good luck for your scan today I'm convinced everything will be ok but I understand the dread your feeling

NT - fingers crossed for you, I'm feeling similar today. Symptoms aren't very strong, haven't been this pregnancy, and I just have a bad feeling. Hopefully tomorrow we'll knocked out by really strong symptoms :thumbsup: I just can't stand the waiting, you're right mmc messes with your head that I can't relax and even attempt to enjoy being pregnant!

 

[shocker]

Hey so finally back from the hospital and all is well! I could see the baby kicking and got the cutest pictures ever, i couldnt connect the fact that the screen was actually MY baby, it felt like some recording of someone else, it was totally bizarre but so amazing Definatly the best friday the 13th i've ever had! haha although the day didnt go without its 'bad luck' as i had to get on and off 6 buses on the same route because i kept being sick, by the time i got home my red lipstick was all over my face and i had sick all down my tights but i couldnt care less! i still walked home with a smile on my face! hahaha anyone who saw me must've thought i was a complete lunatic! sorry about the quality i cant find the scanner cable so just took a pic with my rubbish webcam!

 

[Blue eyes 81]

Hey so finally back from the hospital and all is well! I could see the baby kicking and got the cutest pictures ever, i couldnt connect the fact that the screen was actually MY baby, it felt like some recording of someone else, it was totally bizarre but so amazing Definatly the best friday the 13th i've ever had! haha although the day didnt go without its 'bad luck' as i had to get on and off 6 buses on the same route because i kept being sick, by the time i got home my red lipstick was all over my face and i had sick all down my tights but i couldnt care less! i still walked home with a smile on my face! hahaha anyone who saw me must've thought i was a complete lunatic! sorry about the rubbish quality i cant find the scanner cable so just took a pic with my rubbish webcam!

Awe what a beautiful bean! Congrats!

 

[Looloobelle]

That's awesome - well the scan, not the puking all the way home!! Congrats!!