[Freckles]

There has been a request for a BG of this sort, for those who are pg with #1 after suffering a m/c whilst TTC. So here it is! I would respectfully ask that those who already have a child/ren do not chat in this BG.

Wishing you al the very best for a long, healthy and happy pg.

Emma

[Fairey]

I'm Ba - ack!!

Hello my lovely pregnant ladies!!

DH and I got back last night (pulled into our driveway at about 8pm). We didn't turn our phones on once after we got to the airport to fly out, so I've been sittting here for a lil while reading all your posts.
Big to you all aswell!!

Vanuatu was beautiful. We did a whole lot of not a lot - I peed a lot and drank a lot of softies (while hubby had beers) and then I peed some more from drinking the softies. Vicious (sp?) cycle really!!
Glad to be home though - even if I do have about 3 loads of washing to do that I'm putting off.

Okay - big welcome to all the new members. And another big thankyou to Freckles for this group.
Loulla - brilliant idea of ours, if I might say so myself!! xxx

My story (only fair to share). I was terrified of something going wrong throughout my entire first pregnancy. Well - all of it while it lasted. Had some cramping and sore nipples which all stopped at the end of week seven, start of week 8. I had my first scan at 11 weeks (for the NT test) which showed that my little blob had given up the good fight. My D&C was two days later.

This pregnancy is already quite different. My nipples are still majorly sore and they look absolutely demented. I'm still having some flicks of heartburn and my new friend nausea introduced herself almost daily while we were in Vanuatu. Luckily though, it didn't last all day, just came on for about an hour or two. The idea of food is really off putting too - but I'll eat food happily, so long as I just don't have to think about what I want to eat.
I'm 7 weeks 4 days today and things (read: nipples) are still sore, so I'm assuming things are cooking nicely in there.
Before we flew out, however, I had some really sharp cramps that were lasting for a few days. So I went to hospital to be checked out. At 6 weeks 1 day my hcg was 27,000 and then I had both an abdominal and internal u/s. Bubs couldn't be seen yet, but the sac measured 6 weeks and the yolk sac was clearly visible too. So - given I'm still feeling symptoms, I'm quite confident that Wonder Baby is growing still. The very lovely doctor at the hospital (who really wanted to see things that were obviously weren't there yet!! During the ab u/ s she thought she could see a head and a heartbeat... the internal showed the 'head' was the yolk sac and the heartbeat was nothing.... bless her... damn her!!) anyways, the very lovely doc said to get another scan in about 2 weeks. Which would be this week. Not sure what to do - I'm booked in for Thursday next week. Not sure if I should see if I can get it done sooner. Hrmmm.... thoughts??

I'm so happy that everyone has had good news so far. So good to read!

I too have that cosmo pregnancy mag - and that week by week count of the ditzy pregnancy? She calls the baby Pixie.... wtf?! Poor bubs. (If anyone here is considering the name Pixie for a girl.... it's... ummm... cute?!)

Public vs Private... I live in a rural town so will definitely be going public. All private would mean here is that I would definitely get a private room, rather than just might get one depending on what's happening that day. So not worth the extra cost for me. Besides that - I actually don't care about who delivers my baby. So long as I get a baby at the end of it all.

Which brings me to birthing plans. Mine is quite specific - have a baby. Don't care who delivers it, how it is delivered etc, so long as I'm holding a screaming baby at the end of the day. I've had a D&C - might just be me, but that's made things so different for me. I no longer care about the petty logistics. I care about the baby.

Loulla - I was up to page 3 thinking that we need a list. You are a clever duck reading my mind like that!

By dates I'm due Aug 23rd.

Loved reading about the randome boob grabbing. I grab at my nipples occassionally - just to make sure they hurt. And by god does it work (yowee!!). And because I'm a bit sadistic - I've been wearing the lace bras that are hella itchy... so they add a little irritation to the sore nips - to oomph it all up a bit!!