Pregnancy after our preemies support thread!

[Lianne1986]

omg 2 days sandi!!

shes beautiful mummy. sorry about the coldsore

 

[AP]

Babys really active today and i have new sore bits.... What is she up to i can barely walk!

Doc gave us bath oil and cream for Alex, and doubled her meds. Heres hoping it does the trick.

And i found multipacks of salted mccoys, finally

 

[Lottie86]

Hi ladies! Had a fab weekend away, it snowed nonstop (full on blizzards!) the whole time we were there and when we left yesterday afternoon we had to be towed out along the track as the car got completely grounded due to the snow being so deep

Had the amnio this morning which bloomin hurt, apparently as well as having to avoid the placenta my bowels and things were in the way as I'm thin so I think the fact she was having to wriggle the needle around to avoid lots of things was what made it hurt so much, I pointed out that I'm not thin as I have a bump but she said that doesn't make me not thin lol.
I was sooooo annoyed at all the other women waiting to have amnios who were around the 15 week mark who had bigger bumps than me. I am desperate for a huge bump that will make me waddle, I can't wait to walk like a penguin

Consultant had a very quick look at baby before she did the amnio just to measure abdomen circumference and 2 parts of the brain. Just had a look in my notes and baby's AC plots below the bottom centile line of the chart for 21weeks (I'm 21+5) Luckily I'll be getting regular growth scans for them to keep an eye on babies growth. I've got my anomaly scan on Friday so will get them to check all of babies measurements for me and then I need them to give me several copies of the report as my obs consultant wants a copy and so does the geneticist. Consultant didn't look at heart or anything today as she'll have me back for a detailed cardiac scan later in the pregnancy. Baby was very sociable on the scan and was waving away at the doctor so she printed me a pic of it's hand so I'll try and upload that later.

Just got to wait ~2 weeks now for the results and see what they say, the geneticist came to have a chat to me before the amnio and pointed out that as the test they will be doing is very specialist they haven't done a lot of prenantal testing with it and so there is no guarantee that it will pick up the abnormality if it is there so baby may show as 'clear' on the test but still have the abnormality in which case we won't find out until he/she has a blood test done once they are born to be screened.

All we can do now is cross our fingers and wait!

 

[Lottie86]

Sandi: Hehe you've got a gymnast in there! Glad you managed to find the multipacks, I was going to bring you some down to Dona's at the end of the month otherwise


Amy: Eilidh is gorgeous!! I'm so pleased she is doing so well Hope the coldsore passes quickly.

 

[AP]

i feel sick i have ate too much. Im officially sore and scared
I just bought a medela swing , im blaming Foo!

 

[mummy3]

Lottie, good luck with the amnio, really hope you get some answers

Sandi, what meds is Alex on for her reflux? All our kids had it really bad and took gaviscon, ranitidine and domperidone. Sorry you feel sick, sore and scared

The coldsore still won't shift, someone told me to try nail polish remover on it, omg the pain lol

 

[AP]

Omg the things we will do to see our LOs amy!!

Yup we've tried all of the above! Omeprazole highest dose now :/ xx

 

[mummy3]

Eek! Thankfully my lot grew out of it around the 18m mark, but its no fun

Would do anything to get in there lol, They've said now that I can wear a mask to go in when the blisters crust over So fingers crossed for tomorrow. She pooped all over daddy this morning

 

[Lottie86]

Bleurgh that's me on lying down with my feet up now as I'm leaking some blood stained fluid. Fingers crossed it settles in the next few hours or I'll be back to the hospital


at Eilidh pooing all over her daddy, I bet he was thrilled!

 

[AP]

Lottie would that be cause of the amnio????

 

[you&me]

Hope everything is okay Lottie

 

[Lottie86]

Yes it is Sandi, I was spotting a bit earlier but then started leaking some fluid as well about an hour ago and still got the cramping going on. Fingers crossed it doesn't get any heavier and stops soon or I'll be giving the labour ward a ring.


ETA: Just so I don't worry anyone who might read this amnio's do not always cause cramping or leakage of blood and/or amniotic fluid just in case anyone needs one at any point. I didn't have any issues at all with my last one.

 

[Olivias_mum]

hope everything is ok Lottie! x

 

[you&me]

How are things this morning Lottie?

 

[Agiboma]

@lottie i truly hope the bleeding stops soon
@mommy i proclaim the crust will come soon lol
@ sandi omg 1 dayyyyyyyyy 2 go, me and Michael are starting our happy dace

ugggg where's Nic these days?

 

[AP]

Lottie i have been worryong all night, everytime i woke up, is everything ok?

 

[Lottie86]

Morning all. It eased off a lot overnight thankfully but it starts up again a bit if I try and do stuff so going to spend the day on bedrest and fingers crossed that will give everything the chance to fully seal up again and then I'll just take it easy for the next few days. Hopefully when Findlay gets up at 10.30am he will be in the mood for snuggling up with me for a dvd day until D gets home from work tonight.

How is everyone else today? 37 weeks tomorrow Sandi, EEEEEE I'm so excited for you

 

[Tasha]

I hope the best rest works Lottie, fingers crossed for you. Also hope that Findlay is in the mood for a dvd day

One more day Sandi

 

[AP]

happy 20 weeks tasha!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tasha]

Thank you S, aaah I am crying, damn hormones It has taken so much and so long to get here, I know nothing is certain (believe me I really know that), but I never imagined getting to 12 weeks again, let alone 20 weeks, so it seems huge.