Hi girls,
Haven't been on for a few days and I'm trying to catch up with it all. I see quite a few new people have joined our gang. Welcome to you all - it's good to have people in the same position to chat with. Wishing you all your rainbow babies and hoping we can go on that journey together.
Smiler and 3minions - horrible to get such unwanted reminders of what will never be. I've had two myself: the first was the arrival of my maternity NHS exemption certificate the day after I had my natural miscarriage. It says in small print on the back that if you suffer a miscarriage before 24 weeks, you don't qualify so please return the certificate. Thanks! The second was an awkward conversation last Friday with a mum from my son's school. I always show ridiculously early, so start getting questions from people about pregnancy really early on. It's hard to conceal when your belly is saying - hello, baby! I had confirmed it to a couple of mums, but word must have spread. This particular mum had obviously heard but didn't know I'd lost the baby, so started asking me if I was getting excited now I was through the first trimester. I had to tell her of course while keeping a neutral face, as I knew she would feel terrible and I didn't want to make it any worse. Really awkward. I just wish my pregnancies would be less obvious. At eight weeks this time, my tummy visibly popped out. We were visiting my in-laws in Ireland and they all knew immediately. I blame my rubbish stomach muscles. Bleurgh!
It's 3 weeks today since I had my actual miscarriage, but I haven't had the chance to take the pregnancy test yet. I want to do it first thing in the morning, but my DD and DS wake up at silly o'clock and jump into bed with me, so it's hard to take time out. I will do it tomorrow though. I think I probably ovulated last week - just a feeling that it was my mid-cycle buzzy time, though I didn't have as much EWCM as normal. We didn't try this month, as I want to wait till after my AF. I'm hoping it will come early next week. Fingers crossed...
Kel - that's a really lovely way to tell your fella about the baby. I have everything crossed for a really positive scan outcome. XXX
Bumblebee - hang on in there!
Mel - Hello! We might end up nearly in sync with our AFs, by the looks of things - fingers crossed that our BFPs will follow.
Minky XXX
for Tamzing after a truly horrible time. Life has a habit of piling up nasty surprises all at one time. I'm so sorry about your recent losses. Your good luck must be coming, sweetie!
not to far behind me then Hun. We might O pretty close together too. What where ur normal cycle lengths mine came slightly sooner too 30-31 days & am normally 32-34 days
