*** Positive Mental Attitude TTC - Anyone joining us? ***

[mommylov]

Hi Ladies! How is everyone?

Discoria, BIG BIG BIG hugs to you doll. im so sorry for your but you have an amazing outlook on things given the situation. You are very strong and if there is anything to take from this terrible time its to know that you will be that much stronger and hopefully be even more closer (if possible) to your hubby. My hubby and I are very close and have gone though just about every test you can go through in life and he was my rock and just made me fall in love with him all over again. Sending you peacefull thoughts hun. glad to hear that everything cleared naturally and hope you are back to ttc soon! xoxo

Smiler, how are you hun? Im not too familiar with home births and all that since I have yet to make it far enough to even look into but I hope that no matter what path you choose, that you and your LO are happy and healthy

Liles, sooo ohappy to hear that Simon is thriving and that you guys are doing well. Is he a good sleeper? Hope you are getting rest and loving mommy-hood!

Withlove, hope you are doing well!

babybemine, I too feel the same way with seeing pregnant women everywhere and hearign about pregnnacy annoucments too. Hope that you are able to get away from those that keep asking you about babies and you are able to breathe.

:wave: to anyone Ive missed and hope everyone is well!

AFM~ just got back from a wonderful vaca with my hubby. Although it really wasnt a "vacation" it was still nice to get away. To not have to think about dr's appts and bloodwork and US's was nice for a week! lol had an appt with my RE this morning and he did an US. Everything looked great and my hcg is now at 24. I had 3 follies on my right and I think 2 on my left and he said that everything seems to me working just fine. We are going to wait one cycle and then start trying next cycle. He wants us to do natural for 3 months and then we will go from there. I will more than likely be on lovenox shots with my next pregnancy as well. From the looks of it, I think I should O within the next week or so but I have no idea what CD I am lol. Oh well, keeping my fingers and toes crossed!

 

[lilesMom]

hi guys xxx

smiler thanks xx
hope alls well with u xxx

amy glad all was looking good at ur app xxx
glad ur break did u some good too xxxx
fx for u nest cycle xxxxxxxxx

disco ria and babybemine , hugs xxx

hi and hugs to all. hope alls well xx

AFM. I had friends over yest, I had no time to tidy house day before so I got up at 6 and stayed up to tidy it in between simons feeds and pumping,
bad idea, I went into mini meltdown with poor OH last nt, I was so tired I was crying.
OH took simon but he couldn't get him to settle and simon was crying.
I had been giving out over not getting help or sleep so OH kept tellin me to go to bed , he would mind him. but all I could think about was simon cryin so I was crying !!
I came downstairs about 10 times saying just give him to me.
then OH got odd cos I was implying he couldn't look after him (which I kinda was cos I know I could have settled him ).
so que big fight and laura having mini meltdown.
don't u just love hormones !!!!

 

[Smiler82]

Awwww Lilesmom It's ok to have a barney every now and again!!! How are you feeling today? I'm sure real friends wouldn't mind if the place was a tip - you should've left it and waited to see if they offered to do some tidying haha I guess there are bound to be days where the baby just won't settle and people will get ratty with each other. And in your case especially of course you're going to be a little anxious and over-protective of your little one. But I'm sure this kind of thing is totally normal, you're still adjusting to life with a baby. I fully expect to do similar things lol And yeah of course hormones settling back down are bound to be part of the problem. But ultimately I'm sure everything will be fine (at least that's what I keep telling myself!!)

How is everyone else doing? I hope you are all ok. Mommylov I'm so pleased you had a good holiday I hope it was good for you to get away from everything for a little while xx

AFM I'm a little annoyed - the MW rang me yesterday and said my iron levels are still too low. Not too bad, but not where they want them to be. This happened 6 weeks ago at my 28 week appt and since then I've been taking supplements. So for them to still be too low is really annoying because she said if my levels don't get up then they won't let me have a home birth Hopefully continuing with the supplements will get them where they need to be, but since it's already been 6 weeks and I only have 2 weeks til my 36 week checks I don't know if I'll get them up to where they need to be. If my 36 week checks aren't good enough they won't let me have a home birth. So I am really frustrated!! Of course I will do whatever is best for me and for baby but still, it's really disappointing

 

[mommylov]

Laura, Im so glad that OH was able to calm Simon. Its totally normal how youre feeling hun... hope you get some more rest and feel better soon.

Smiler, hugs hun. I hope your iron comes back up to normal and that you are able to have your home birth. BIG hugs hun!!!!!

:wave: to everyone!

 

[lilesMom]

hi guys xxx
smiler im much better again thanks xxx
I know my friends couldn't care less but I was prob being a bit proud wanting to say I can have a clean house and look after my bub
I paid for it with tiredness , ha ha. bye bye pride
my iron was low ish while preg, I was on supplements , I was only on one every second day cos my iron was only alittle low, it never went up just didn't go down more.
until after simon.
are u taking one a day?
my friend was on 2 a day while preg cos hers was so low,
maybe u would need higher dose to up it?
I was on 2 a day after simon cos mine went down more,
got tested again today so il know in a while if its ok or not.
hope urs rights itself honey xxxxxxx
try doing it with diet too hon, more red meat and spinach xxx

hi amy, thanks xxxxxxxxxxx
hugs

hi and hugs to all xxxxxxxxxx

 

[mommylov]

Morning ladies and Happy Friday!

 

[withlovemom]

hello ladies....

mommylove, i m glad u had a good vacation with DH..
good to know that ur levels r also good..
all d best for ur next cycle hon..sending lots of baby dust ur way...

lilesmom..hope u r feeling better n d tiredness is gone...

smiler..sorry to hear that ur iron levels r down..hope ur scan n check-up goes well..
and like u said, whether home-birth or not..u gotta go with whatever is best for u n ur baby...keeping my fingers crossed for u hon..

discoria...hope u r feeling better dear..

babybemine..what is happening at ur end?? keep us posted..

AFM..nothing much to say really....work is really hectic these days.. i m hardly getting any time to sit n hold my small little bump n talk to the baby.. i m not quite sure but i think i have started feeling kicks...it feels like sudden muscle pain in my middle abdomen and a little on d left side... is that how kicks r supposed to feel?? i m really confused... especially after knowing that i have an anterior placenta... i can use some help here...how were ur baby's initial kicks feeling?? do let me know.. i m also going to ask my doc when i go for my next scan, which is on the 25th of july.. I hope n pray all goes well..

hugs n prayers to all...

 

[lilesMom]

hi guys xxx

withlovemom , im afraid that sounds more like stretching or ligament pain than movement. but I could be totally wrong xxx
how far along r u now hon?
my kicks were never painfull as such, some times he used to hit my bladder though and panic me I was gonna wee myself

no news here, we r doin good now thank god xxx

hi and hugs to all xx

 

[Smiler82]

Hey everyone,

how are we all doing? Hope all is well xx

withlovemom you know I found it so hard to determine when I was feeling movement but once I realised I was, the best way I can describe it is like a muscle twitch. So not pain - if it's actually painful I would agree with Lilesmom that it's your tummy growing (which is still a great thing! Shows s/he is getting bigger!) but if it feels more like a twitch then it could be baby. Like do you ever get twitchy thighs or calves after exercising, do you know what I mean? When they just 'jump' in one small area of their own accord...not sure if I'm explaining it well but that's what the baby's kicks felt like to me.

Lilesmom I'm so pleased to hear things are going well Can you really believe you have a baby or is it like he's always been part of the family? On the one hand I can't imagine having a baby but then I think of my niece and nephew and it's like they've always been with us, if you know what I mean! Sounds crazy

AFM I'm a much happier bunny The MW came round on Saturday to check the suitability of the house for a water birth and the first thing she did was apologise for being 'off' the last time I saw her. She has a student MW with her and apparently as soon as I left last time, the student said "don't you like doing home births then?" and she realised she'd been quite negative and she didn't mean to be at all. She explained she'd been working 6 days in a row and had been on call, and was knackered so she was really sorry if she put us off at all as that wasn't how she meant to come across. She is always so lovely and friendly it was easy to forgive her I know she works hard.

So anyway this time she was much more positive and we talked over everything and made me feel a lot better. I just need to get the iron up. At 28 weeks it was 10.6, at 33 weeks it went DOWN to 10.4 but at 34 weeks it went back up to 10.7 so it's going the right way. Needs to be at 11 minimum. At the very least DH is pleased to have an excuse to have steak for dinner

 

[mommylov]

Morning Ladies!

Smiler, thats great that your MW is back on board with a home birth for you! Understandable that she was tired from working 6 days in a row and Im glad that you were able to forgive her for being a little curt. Im so happy for you hun!

Laura, how are you and Simon doing??

Withlove, Im not sure what kicks feel like but from what Ive heard, its more like bubbles or gas lol I hope things let up at work for you too so that you can rub that bumpb of yours and talk to your Lo!

Discoria, how are you holding up hun? Continue to stay that strong and pos person you are doll!

babybemine, how are you doing?

:wave: to anyone Ive missed!

 

[withlovemom]

Hello all

Lilesmom n Smiler ..thanx for sharing ur experiences darlings..from what u guys have told me..i think what i felt was just d streltetching n not kicks... have not felt any twitches like u have mentioned...its just that i am 19+1 now n getting little anxious to feel d kicks i guess.. but thanx a lot for ur reply..atleast now i m not confused....

Mommylove hon..thanx for ur kind words..how r u doin now?? how many days more for d TTC to begin?? all d best for d comin cycle..m sure everything will go great..

Discoria n babybemine..hope u both r doin fine...

Hugs n prayers to all....

 

[mommylov]

Good Morning/afternoon ladies! :wave: Hope everyone is doign well!!!!

withlove, thanks hun! We are waiting for af to show before we can ttc again. Should be in the next few weeks but Ive been trying to use internet cheepies to see if I O and I still have yet to get a +. I was hoping that I was going to O at the end of last week or this week but I dont know now. I guess time will tell!

 

[Smiler82]

Aw I'm sorry withlovmom hate for you to be disappointed Must be so frustrating to have the placenta getting in the way. But still, stretching and growing pains are all good things

Mommylov so sorry you are still waiting for a new cycle. I don't know what your past experiences were like but for me everything was totally mucked up after the mcs and drove me mad waiting for AF or OV, but then I have PCOS too so my cycles were always stupidly long and all over the place. I just hope yours settle v soon xx

 

[mommylov]

thanks Smiler... I think I have healed pretty "normally" after each MC. The PA told me that she expected to me have a period about the 1st or 2nd week of August but given how my US went I was hoping that it was going to be sooner but maybe not. I guess I just need to have patience. lol

 

[withlovemom]

hi ladies..

Ok this might sound a little weird.. but since yesterday i am feeling some punching feeling against my vagina from inside... it is not painful at all but it is something that i have never felt before..it lasts only for a couple of minutes n it must have happened atleast 9/10 times in the last two days..

i m getting little tensed...DH is away for work n my dad has come home to give me company..but i dont want to say anything to him as he might get worried..i m due for my check-up n US on the 25th of July..should i call my doctor or wait till d 25th?? if it is d baby's movements or kicks,then nothing like it..but i m just worried coz its so low n almost at d cervix..

 

[mommylov]

withlove, Im sure its nothing to worry about but Im so sorry that I cant giv eyou a real answer as Im not really familiar what kicks and what not are suppose to feel like.

Hugs to you hun!!!!

 

[lilesMom]

hi guys xx
withlovemom im not sure what it is ,sorry.
if it is something that is worryin u go to doc,
better to feel silly (not that u should but I know I did when I went in twice and nothing wrong ), hten regret something later.
having said that it is normal to have pressure down there and could be lightening pains? or stretching, but if it worries u I would def get it checked xxx
I wouldn't wait till 25 , maybe ring ur carer and ask? xxx

 

[Smiler82]

I get that all the time!! Started for me around the 18 - 20 week mark I'm sure. I always assumed it was the baby kicking, sometimes was v uncomfortable, especially when sat down! Don't get it quite as much now as he is head down but I feel it when he has hiccups I think tho is worth ringing your doc to be doubly sure, hate to say for sure it's fine when obviously I don't know anything medical xxx

 

[withlovemom]

thanx for ur replies ladies..

i rang my doc.. ..he said it could be baby's kicking n this is not unheard of..the baby still has plenty of space inside to move around & must be changing its position very often & might b lying with its legs down when i feel d thuds against d cervix.... he said there is nothing to worry about as long as i m not feeling any pain / cramping..

He has called me for my scheduled scan n check-up on 25th July, when i will be 20weeks3days..

Phew..What a relief..

 

[Smiler82]

Oh good! I had a feeling it would be the baby but would never want to discourage someone from calling their doc if unsure about anything. So - congratulations on feeling the first kicks!! xxx