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

Gold!!


Thanks freckles

SILVER!!!!!

Omg our special thread has begun!

Thanks Emma/Freckles

Hope we are all having a nice Xmas break xxx

Bronze!!

Hooray! So happy to have this little thread. Thank you Emma!

How are you ladies going? Hope you are having a lovely Christmas break! We haven't been doing too much relaxing. Trying to get lots done around the house before DH is back to work on the 2nd. Hoping to get plenty done before our late August deadline too {And SO hoping we get to KEEP that late August deadline!}

I'm 5w4d now, and I'm quite certain things are still going well around here, as I still have symptoms! Last time they all disappeared after a couple of days and I thought I was actually lucky because of it. Now, I actually understand why people complain about having mega-sore BBs and I even found myself battling a bit of nausea yesterday. I felt absolutely rotten, but found it all completely reassuring - total nutcase being happy about feeling ill

My blood tests on Thurs went fine, with the very detailed result of "all good," and I'll be booking an US when I'll be about 8 weeks, and oh, how I wish that was TOMORROW.

But to continue our favourite mantra: Stick, babies, stick!!

Talk to you soon ladies.

xxx.

Hi lou and Fairey! Im so glad we have our special little thread now

Lou so glad to hear about all your symptoms and loving being nauseous! I'm a little bit jealous! I did have some fluctuating nausea but it's gone for now and am wondering if baby is still alive or not. I have another scan in 2wk... I'm 10wk now. I'm finding this stage not the most relaxing that's for sure

Christmas has been really nice, we are on the Goldy and Brisbane (live in Canberra) and it's so sticky here compared!

Mil asked me about her travelling down when the baby is due to visit in hospital. She said if anyone else sees the baby before her she will be very upset. I said sorry but there are no rules for the baby and visitors, and someone might see the baby before her and it's not personal. That we will see how we feel at the time in regards to when we will have visitors but that probably we will want at least a day just us three. She's really upset right now

Xoxoxox

Hello ladies!

What a great idea of you ladies to start this group! So nice to see you all in here! I have been looking around for a suitable group and just wasn't successful and pretty much gave up but was browsing around this morning and found you all here YAY!

I hope you all had a lovely Xmas! It's great to hear that you are all doing well! Lou we are pretty close when it comes to stage of pregnancy - I am 5w 1d today. So happy that you are all well! Loulla did you have an US all ready? How did you go? Did you get to see a little heart beat? That would just be an amazing experience!

I never got to that stage and US that I have had previously have always been bad news so I am very much hoping to have a positive experience at my first US for this pregnancy. I have an appointment on the 10th of january which means I will be 7weeks exactly and we should be able to see a little heart beat then. Fingers crossed!

Love our mantra girls - STICK BABY STICK!
I really hope we will all be able to stay together in this group for the next 7-8 months!

I am about to get a cramp in fingers - posting from my iPhone! I am at the gold coast at the moment and only have my phone for Internet access but will continue to check in here

Big hugs to all you beautiful ladies!

Hello, mind if I join you ladies? I've been checking out a few groups over the recent days and you guys seem nice.

I am 6wks 6 days pregnant, this is the second time after miscarrying our first pregnancy at the end of August this year at nearly 10 wks.

We're thoroughly ecstatic, but it's so hard to relax, isn't it?! I'm completely paranoid, I feel like I've had a personality transplant since the miscarriage... but just taking each day as it comes, and believing that it really can all work out!

We've had a scary xmas - our pregnancy is IVF (DH has had cancer twice and chemo and fertility don't really mix) and after the stress of IVF the constant monitoring of HCG levels etc is a special kind of torture. In my first pregnancy, my levels were low and eventually miscarried at 9.5 weeks after seeing a heartbeat and everything. So the IVF nurses call me last Friday afternoon before xmas saying my bloods that morning showed my levels were too low (after a good high start) and they wanted me to have a scan asap as they suspected miscarriage, but that as everything was closing til today I couldn't get in til today... but to just relax and enjoy christmas (yeah right...). But great news, and massive relief after 5 days of tears and worrying - this morning's scan showed one little baby with a heart beat of 128bpm! I've never been happier not to be able to drink too much at new years...

The sonographer said even though it measured a little small for gestational age (4 days off) she wasn't concerned as she said it can be difficult to get an accurate measure so early and that everything looked good so far. So our fingers are firmly crossed and I'm madly googling "foods to enhance fetal growth"!

Love to hear your stories... I haven't really posted on here before but I reckon it can only help the sanity levels to have some people to talk to who get it.

How far along are all you guys, and has it been smooth sailing so far this time?

Hi marylou! We meant to give you the link for this thread, so I'm glad you found us! And welcome lollipop.

Im also on my iPhone- everyone is away on holidays at the moment and not posting as much as usual it seems.

Lolliop thanks for sharing your story and how wonderful for you to see a beautiful heartbeat!

Marylou I have all my fingers and toes crossed for your scan on the 10th.

I'm 10wk now and have a scan on 11th January. I'm so nervous about it and extremely hopeful that baby will still be alive. I have had 3 scans so far lol heartbeat good and growing properly.

Hope you all have a lovely NYE xxx

Thanks Loulla - and good luck with your scan! Look forward to hearing that the little bean is thriving, I'm sure it is.

I have another one on 3 January - it was already booked before I was asked to go in for an earlier scan, and it would seem a terrible waste of baby-viewing opportunities not to go anyway. Its a specialist US clinic, so I'm hoping the date discrepancy was just the crappy old hospital equipment (first scan was at the EPAS clinic at RPA in Sydney). Either that or the baby has inherited mine and DH's short-ass gene!

Hope you all have a great new year and we all have beautiful healthy babies!

Hi ladies! I've finally been able to get my internet connection to work long enough to post! (ADSL only recently became available to us, but even though it's faster with ten times the download limit it's so much less reliable than the dirty old wireless broadband that we had recently. SO annoying!)

Ok, internet rant over... How are we all? Hope you had a lovely Christmas!

Welcome lalalollipop. What do you know, I share the same short-ass gene as you! I'm very happy to hear you've seen a heartbeat, and I hope your next scan - only 4 days away now! - brings you good news too! I hope your DH is doing a lot better now as well. I'm sure 'relaxing and enjoying' Christmas was the last thing you were able to do after being told such a thing, but I'm so happy you got to see that little flicker! I hope we get to see the same thing too.

I'll share my story, as requested {The other ladies have all already heard it so feel free to skip this rambling paragraph Loulla, Fairey and Marylou - since you've heard about it all many a time!} I was spotting constantly right from 7dpo with my last pregnancy (also my first). I only experienced the slightest bit of symptoms at about 4 and a half weeks for a couple of days before they were gone, and I thought I was lucky because of it! At 6 weeks I had a scan because of the spotting (4 separate GPs told me it was "common but not normal/extended implantation bleeding"), and showed only 5 weeks, but they waived away my concerns and told me I probably just had my LMP wrong (though I couldn't forget the date easily as it was my birthday!). I was told to come back a couple of weeks later. I made my appointment for 9 weeks, but my spotting had turned to bleeding that morning so I knew it was going to be bad. When there was nothing really visible on the screen, and he asked to do an internal instead, I almost refused, as I didn't see the point. But in the end, the internal scan showed I was still only showing 5 weeks, despite the US tech joking that our baby was probably just hiding. I think he was one of those people that resorted to joking in awkward situations because as we were leaving the room, with me sobbing, he patted me on the back and told me there were plenty more baby fish in the sea! It's stuck in my head, for some reason. I was so close to punching him because of it, I think! Anyway, this was the 9th of October, and after seeing an OBGYN on the morning of the 14th (not sure why my GP made the appt 5 days later), I had a D&C that night. That afternoon I'm quite certain I experienced a natural MC, but I went ahead with the D&C just to be sure it was all done. Lots of bad memories there, but at least I found myself a nice OBGYN and hospital! To wrap up my ramble, we were lucky enough to fall pregnant again in my first proper cycle after the D&C, and I'm 6 weeks today

Loulla I had to have a bit of a giggle about your MIL. We're going to have an interesting time there I think too! What silly demands - it's amazing how people can make things all about themselves! I do hope she doesn't cause too much stress for you, and settles down a bit (a lot!) in the coming months! We told DH's family on Christmas Day too. My mum already knew, and she's my whole family so that was easy The MIL was kind of excited, but there wasn't really any talk about it at all. She hugged us, asked when the due date was, and that was it. Having said that, we got in trouble years ago for being engaged before his older sister so I guess I wasn't expecting too much. Speaking of: the SIL just said "yeah, we were kind of expecting that" and BIL (4 years younger and mega immature) just got the sh*ts and left because the focus wasn't on him anymore. I think my mum was itching to talk grandma stuff with MIL, but it didn't really happen. Ohhhh, it's going to be interesting!!

Oh, and you're right! We're in Bris and it's revoltingly sticky most of the time, which is much of the reason I'm very excited to have a Winter bub on board. I can't imagine being in late pregnancy dealing with the Qld summer. Pretty horrible I imagine! I'll be thinking of you on the 11th - I bet you're counting down! I can't wait to hear how you go. Three good scans so far must mean good things

Fairey I hope you're enjoying Vanuatu! I can't wait to hear how you went when you're back One half of me is hoping you were plagued by symptoms, since that's usually reassuring, but then the other half hopes you were fairly symptom-free so you could enjoy your holiday. Ah, this early pregnancy biz... Fun times!

MaryLou I'm so glad you found your way here. I did send you a message about it but no doubt it got lost by my wonderful internet connection. I never got to see a heartbeat in any of my US's either so hopefully we both have much better luck this time around! My first US will be three days after yours on the 13th. I should be about 8 weeks then. Hoping we both get to see those little flickers! And yes I'm totally on the mantra: stick baby stick!! Big hugs to you too

So, I'm 6 weeks today. The past few days I've been queasy for much of the day, but I haven't actually been sick. I almost feel like I'd feel better if I just did once! The thought of eating makes my stomach turn, but I always feel much better when I do of course, so I might have to try the whole thing about 5/6 smaller meals through the day to help with the nausea. I didn't have any nausea last time around so that's a small kind of twisted comfort at least! I feel bad when DH is out slaving in the garden and I'm flat out on the couch having a 'woe is me' moment, but he's been great about it at least! I had a whopper headache yesterday and the day before too. You know the kind when everything's just too glarey and you have to keep yourself perfectly still or it pounds? That's usually the point where I'd reach for the Nurofen but there was none of that of course! I just tried to rest up and drink plenty of cold water. Oh, and I've had hugely tender breasts for 2 weeks straight now, when it only lasted a couple of days last time. My nipples are even a bit bigger, which makes these pancakes look mighty funny!

Finally, I'm trying not to be concerned that I've had some very light spotting over the past couple of days, (but my 8 weeks of straight spotting last time is haunting me of course). This morning when it was still there I was feeling really quite negative about it, but this afternoon I've calmed down a bit and am trying to lean more towards the more optimistic side, thinking of all the ways the GPs explained it away last time. It's still nothing like before, so maybe it really is just a of old blood finally making its way out. Such a charming way to put it but I guess that's it! My US is exactly two weeks away, so I really hope it goes away quickly and I'm not dealing with it for that whole time...

Right, no doubt I was really needing to talk about all this since I've just written soooo much, so please excuse my me-me essay! Do write back with some massively whingey posts to get me back for it

Stick babies, stick!

Hello Ladies,

Back in Sydney now and back on my laptop.

Welcome to the group Lalalollipop! Great to hear that your 2nd round of IVF seems to be a success. Must have been amazing seeing the little heart beat fast and strong. I wish you all the best for your next scan on the 3rd of January.

Loulla 3 great scans all ready - that is just fantastic! Congratulations! Which weeks did you have all those scans at? The scan on the 11th is that your big 12 week scan were they check all the organs and measure the neck etc? All the best for your scan! Great to hear that your little one is growing healthy and happily. YAY!

Hello Lou! Nice to hear from you! Thank you for sharing your story again. It was good reading it all again especially knowing that you are pregnant now and all is good at the moment! STICK BABY STICK! Funny how you said that about being a winter baby - I am so happy with that too! I have been sooo hot being at the gold coast, I can't imagine what it would be like to be 9 months pregnant in that heat...But even then I wouldn't complain knowing I would hold a beautiful baby in my arms soon

Being queasy sounds good Lou! Haven't had any of that as yet...little worried but we will see. Positive thinking! Sore boobs - oh yes I know what that feels like. Isn't it heaven to take off the bra at night ? (Sorry if this is TMI) hehe

What are all you lovely ladies doing for NYE tomorrow? We are going to a friends place to watch the fireworks. Going to be interesting to try and hide that I am pregnant...not drinking on NYE. But ah well if they find out they find out....what can you do

I wish you all a great NYE and that we will all have beautiful and healthy babies in 2012! Stick babies stick!

Hi lovely girls,

Lollipop the 3rd of Jan is so soon! I really hope for all great news for you xxx

Marylou I had my scans 7wk, 8wk, 9wk. I was only meant to have the 7wk and 9wk ones but due to a little bit of blood that appeared in the night she had me in at 8wk. Yes the 12wk scan is for Downs syndrome and the other stuff I'm not sure of but will fill you all in! I'm nervous, terrified and excited all in one.

Lou you must be reassured by your symptoms. Stick baby stick! For New Years we are going out for dinner and watching fireworks. We are at a little coastal town on holidays.

Well my symptoms have came back It seems I get nausea etc every 4 or 5 days? This time it's lasted 3 days and I'm happy. We have been going out for dinner and I can only have a few mouthfuls and DH finishes it all off! All I've been wanting is salad, fruit and dairy. And my tummy feels a little bit full of something! Maybe an enlarged uterus, little baby and a forming placenta!!? I never had this feeling with our first baby. Nor all these food aversions. I hope this baby is the one, more than anything.

Happy New Year everyone! What a nice way for us all to begin 2012

Hi guys, and thanks for all the good wishes and warm welcomes

Lou - thanks for sharing your story, and glad someone else has the short-ass gene too. I'm 5'2, DH is 5'3 and both our mothers are under 5' so our bub doesn't have much of a chance for a basketball or modelling career unless there was a mix-up in the IVF lab

DH is doing great, thanks for asking - 2.5 years cancer free now, wooo hooo!

I hope yr symptoms keep up - how funny is it to be hoping for nausea, vomiting and splitting headaches? And try not to worry about the spotting (easier said than done - I had the same in my first pregnancy and am terrified of wiping... TMI!) - my friend had pretty serious spotting from conception right up to 13 weeks, and her beautiful boy turned 1 a few weeks ago.

Loulla - sounds like it's going great, and a full feeling tummy is a good sign your bub is growing nicely


NYE - we're heading over to a good friend's place for a BBQ then a walk to the top of the hill to watch Sydney's fireworks show ($6 million bucks worth - crazy!). It's a small group and they're our close friends, so it will be nice not to have to make up an excuse for not drinking... and I'm still on some of the IVF meds (3 x progesterone pessaries at 8 hour intervals, which you have to lie down for an hour after taking) so I can lie on the sofa and chat to the girls rather than having to sneak off somewhere for an hour. Can't wait to get to 16 Jan and get weaned off all the drugs!!

Apart from that, just staying positive and hoping all is good at the scan next week... send good vibes towards Newtown at 8.30am on Tuesday!

Have a great New Year, and may 2012 be our year.
Loving your mantra, think I'll adopt it to: stick, babies, stick!!

xlala

Hello lovely ladies.
I've been spying... we've been at my parents for Christmas and we fly out tomorrow.
Just wanted to say welcome to lalal and wish you all a happy new year.
Stick babies, stick!!

Love you all xx

Happy new year girls!

Lala congrats on DH being cancer free for so long now Yes sending you good thoughts for Tues x

Lou I meant to say before that yes, when a baby is added to a family with unstable members, it usually brings up all kinds of things! *hiding under doona*

Hi Fairey

Xxx

Thinking of you lala!! Sending plenty of good vibes to Newtown for you. Looking forward to hearing how you go!

Loulla it's SO true about unstable family members, haha. I have no idea how all of this in-law business is going to unfold. It will be interesting, that's for sure! I'm glad you've had 3 great scans so far. Your 12wk one can't be too far away now! Isn't it funny to be happy about nausea? What weird, twisted minds we have And hooray! I like this news that you are starting to feel aware of your growing bubba. You'll have yourself a little bump so very, very soon! So excited for you

MaryLou of course now that you've gone home, the temperatures up here in Qld are quite nice again. This summer's been really mild, I must admit. 27 today and yesterday when it's usually high 30s so I can't complain, especially since I hate the heat! Last year was much worse. I'm putting in a request for a similarly mild summer next year . And yes! I never realise each night how great it feels to lose the bra until I do it - haha! Of course then I immediately forget to be gentle and pull the sheet up over myself and set off the hurting all over again. I must admit I'm still poking and prodding them like a total weirdo to check that they still hurt!

Fairey you must be well and truly settled in Vanuatu now. Hooray!! Have an amazing time my dear

Right. We've entered a spotting-free zone around here, which is GREAT! I'm totally the paranoid spotting Nazi - checking for it constantly, but it hasn't been back for a few days now so I declare it GONE! I'm still feeling pretty for much of the day. Have to keep reminding myself to eat rather than avoiding it, and I'm trying the whole 5 or 6 little meals thing instead of 3 big ones, which seems to work much better. I feel downright rotten for much of each day, but I will of course be freaking out if I find myself suddenly chirpy!

I'm feeling cautiously optimistic now, but I keep clamping down on that emotion by default I think. I'm still not feeling excited much, despite my own argument that I think it's silly to waste time worrying, but I think I need to see that first scan on the 13th. If it's good, then I think I'll go happy-bonkers!

As for distractions... I want to hunt down some pregnancy-suitable teas at T2 to treat myself I think I can't wait for the cooler months. I love curling up with a cup of tea! Just think how great it would be to curl up with our little happy bubbas! Awww....

Great news!! Those good vibes worked... scan went really well - the baby has caught up in size (1.3cm now, 7 weeks 5 days) and is now spot on! EDD 16/8/12. Heartbeat is a super strong now at 168bmp (i love the sound of that little whooshing noise while they measure it) and they said all looks really good. I think this is the first time DH and I have actually breathed normally in a while... I know it's still early days, but as the last bubba only got to about 7mm even though the miscarriage wasn't diagnosed til 9.5 weeks, i'm officially taking that to mean that this one has passed that milestone.


Loulla/Lou - I feel your pain on the in-laws, so glad mine are in England! When my best friend had her baby a few years ago, they told them in prenatal classes that the birth is all about you and DH and the baby, and that you need to set boundaries and if you want no one else there at the birth or shortly after then you need to make that clear. Easier said than done I reckon - they'll have to sedate my Mum and hide her car keys when our time comes! After all you've been through, though, I hope they can understand that this isn't about them.

Lou - big YAY on the spotting stopping and the nausea continuing! I hope baby is all settled in now to it's comfy new home right up til your EDD! Will be thinking of you on the 13th.


Hi Fairey - Vanuatu sounds perfect, oh to be lying on the beach sipping a 'mocktail'

Well, I'm off to enjoy this beautiful day!
x

Oh lala I'm so, sooo happy to hear that your scan went well and bub has caught up in size! I've totally been checking back to see how you went. So happy for you - I love good news No doubt you'll enjoy your day now!

Right, time for my second tiny meal of the day. Avocado on grainy, seedy, yummy toast My tummy is rumbling up a storm, which wins over the queasiness for the moment!

Oh, and I forgot to mention earlier... I can't get by without an afternoon nap every day at the moment. Anyone else like this? If I don't have a short sleep (usuallly just 15 mins) I just conk out wherever I am. I fell asleep leaning up against the shed wall yesterday! Will be interesting when I'm back at the office tomorrow. Desk snooze?

Hope you all have a lovely day!
xx.

Thanks Lou

Yep, I need a daily afternoon nap too! Generally about half an hour, but I sat on the sofa a few days ago for a minute cause I felt a bit queasy and woke up two hours later. It's a good sign our babies are sucking all our nutrients and energy to grow big and strong!

Snap... I'm eating avocado on grainy VitaWheats as I type. Loving avocado right now.

Have a good day, and good luck staying awake at work tomorrow. I'm not back in the office til 9 Jan, so I'll be taking advantage of as much nap-time as possible.

x

Hello Ladies,

Lala – YAY! That are great news about your scan! Just fantastic! I hope you are enjoying this beautiful and special day! Well done! Stick baby stick So great to hear good news JIPPIIEE!

Lou – typical that the weather gets better just when my DH and I left queensland hehehe what a surprise. Great to hear that you have entered a spotting free zone. That is a very good sign and then on top of that your sickness – couldn’t be better Avocado toast sounds YUM.

Winter cuddles with your own healthy baby – what a dream thought! Hopefully reality for all of us around August this year.

Fairey – I hope you are enjoying Vanuatu

Loulla – I hope you are doing well! Still feeling sick ish here and there? Your 12 week scan is not so far away now. I understand your feeling of being nervous, terrified and excited all in one. Describes exactly what is going on inside me too. Looking forward to more good news from your side. 12 weeks is such a great milestone! 2nd Trimester starts – YAY! All the best Big hug!

AFM – I am freaking out a little as this is week 6 for me which last time was the end to my pregnancy and unfortunately my symptoms have reduced just like with the last miscarriage. My breasts are not as sore anymore and I haven’t had any sickness at all with this pregnancy. I definitely had the issue with tiredness like you ladies do but that seemed to have vanished too....soooo scared that this is the end again! Can any of you ladies explain to me why some women receive extra progesterone? Does that increase your chance of a healthy pregnancy? I just wonder if I should ask my doctor about it....I just feel very helpless at the moment. Sorry for the downer ladies! I haven’t had any spotting or bad cramping so still hoping but just very very scared and anxious – I hope the 10th comes along quickly (1st US)...hurry up week.

Big hugs to you all!
xxx

MaryLou, I know it's worrying and there's no point saying not to worry, but am thinking of you and hoping it's all ok. My symptoms disappeared almost entirely at 6 weeks, coinciding with the time the IVF nurses told me my hormone levels were too low, so I spent those days waiting for the first scan in tears, thinking it was all over, but within a few days the symptoms came back even stronger than before and things are currently looking good. I hope that's the case with you and your baby is just taking a tiny break from all that exhausting development.

Can you get in for a scan any earlier, just for peace of mind? You're in Sydney, right? The Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic at RPA can get you in for scan and an appointment with a midwife any morning (you need to be there before 7.30am - I'd get there by 7am if you want to get out before midday) and they can test your progesterone too. I've spent a fair bit of time there - it is the hospital so it's inefficient and the equipment is old, and you sometimes have to wait a while, but if it sets your mind at ease it may be worth it. Here's some info: http://csgpn.org.au/ee/images/uploads/ansc...Information.pdf

If you're not near RPA, you could check with your local hospital if they have a similar service.

With progesterone, I'm on 3 x progesterone pessaries each day, but as I understand it I'm only on them as part of the IVF protocol - the process suppresses your natural hormones so they can control the levels and stop you ovulating so it doesn't mess up the embryo transfer, and the oestrogen they give you to do this stops you naturally producing progesterone so they supplement that til about 10 weeks. I'm not sure when they'd prescribe progesterone in a natural pregnancy, but I've heard they do in some cases. I'm sure your doctor can test your levels and let you know.

Anyway, hopefully you'll feel horribly nauseous again by now and don't need that info, but if you can see your doc or go to EPAS it will hopefully take the pressure off.

Thinking of you x

Oh wow - a new buddy group! More procrastination for me!!
This is just a quick pop in to say hi and I will come back and read and introduce myself better later, although some of you girls are familiar.

Congratulations to all of you and stay strong to all those who are in their first trimester!

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Lala! I am so happy for you and your DH. Best news ever!

Lou, reassuring news about the spotting being gone. What a relief! And massive ticks for the lol falling asleep against the shed! Tripple snap here for napping in the day as well as eating avocado.

lala and Lou, its funny because I never had any IL problems, but sadly MIL has issues with most family members Then this baby drama happened and I feel a bit disappointed because we had a good relationship up to now. She wants to be at the hospital and maybe stay with us up to and after the birth, but I explained to her that we arent making any final decisions about that so early in the pregnancy and we will see how we feel, but at this stage we would probably prefer it to just be us during and after the birth, and that she could come and visit us interstate in August (EDD 25th July). But when she tells me noone is allowed to see the baby before her and calls me selfish... DH and I havent been able to really work with that especially because she won't change her persepctive on it no matter what you say. Anyway vent over! I am trying to not think about it too much...


Oh marylou Its such a trying time isn't it, pregnancy is such a mystery and it tests all our patience and strength. If its any reassurance my symptoms have been fluctuating the whole time, going to days and days without any nausea. Some women don't get it at all and have a healthy pregnancy. But I know its nice ot have the symptoms because there's nothing else to go by so early in the pregnancy except a scan. I would do what Lala recommends and get a scan and prog test for peace of mind. Yes they do prescribe prog for all pregnancies if the levels are low, not just IVF. Thanks for asking, yes nausea came back for quite a few days yipeee, and yesterday I ate banana on toast for brekky and dinner, with yoghurt, fruit and milk for snacks in between.

Missing you Fairey Hope you're loving the sunshine and relaxation

AFM we are home! This explains the long post Its so good to be back and cuddling our fur babies. My scan is next Wed omg. Because I had 2 healthy scans with heart beat in my previous pregnancy turned MC, I am still holding my breath for this 12wk scan. All I can do is hope, but it's so hard and I run through all kind of scenarios in my head. At least I felt nauseous last night. The first trimester SUCKS! lol

Hi Dizzyanne We are all in our first trimester here and holding our breaths!

Hi all

This is the first time I have been on a blog and I feel so much better knowing there are women out there who are experiencing the same things as me.

My DH and I took 12 months to get pregnant with our first which ended in m/c at 8 1/2 weeks. I found out at my first appointment with my ob at 11 weeks. We never got to see our baby's heartbeat.

We decided to go for a 1st consult with IVF and got a series of tests done which indicated that all was ok- in other words unexplained infertility. One of the tests was a hycosys and the doctor performing the test told me that women can become quite fertile after this test and apparently she was right as I am now (naturally)pregnant again 6 months after our 1st m/c- I am 8 weeks and 3 days (however probably less than that due to my hycosys showing a negative pregnancy result).

My first US is tomorrow and I am so nervous, have been watching my pregnancy symptoms like a hawk and trying to keep positive. My breast tenderness has gone down a bit in the last couple of days but I read that pregnancy symptoms can fluctuate? Anyway I am going on that and trying to keep positive and have a good feeling about 2012

I have only told my parents that I am pregnant and not the in laws. Not sure if that was the best idea as they will have to find out no matter what happens....

I hope all goes well for you ladies and marylou hang in there I will be praying for you

Hope there are lots of babies in August!

Stick baby stick! I love it

Hello Lala,

Thank you so much for your post! It made me feel a lot better. Thank you very much for explaining to me why you are taking progesterone – it now makes much more sense to me.

You have also convinced me to see my GP this afternoon – I have booked an appointment with him at 1.45pm and it might just help me to have a chat to him about my anxiety and feelings and possibly ask him if I should have my progesterone levels checked or if that is not normally done in a natural pregnancy.

The service from the RPA sounds very good! Thank you for all the information on that. I am definitely considering it. I will speak to my DH about it tonight and see what he thinks as we have my first US booked for Tuesday the 10th which isn’t that far away. But I am in two minds about it on one side I want to go to the RPA tomorrow morning just to be reassured that there is a little baby inside me on the other side I want to give my baby time to develop so I don’t risk going to not see a heartbeat because I didn’t give it enough time....I don’t think I could handle not seeing a heartbeat and being told to come back in a week or so.

I hope everything will go as it did for you and I will start feeling symptoms again soon – bring on sore boobs!

Thank you so much for your lovely post again! I am feeling a lot better and will let you know what my GP said this afternoon.

xxx

Welcome dizzy-anne!

Me again – sorry Loulla and Jlove14 I only realized now that you posted and my post appeared after yours. So I thought I would quickly write again.

Loulla YAY to feeling sick again I still can’t believe your MIL – how can she be so demanding. This is going to be the most important time in your life and if you want to be with your DH alone and the baby than that is 100% your right to do so! What does DH say about this whole thing? Has he had a conversation with his mum? Like you said it might be a good idea to keep quite about it all for a while and as the pregnancy goes on she might change her mind and hopefully be more understanding. Will the baby be her first grandchild?

Being back home is good isn’t it I missed my fur baby too – we have a Ragdoll cat called Diesel.

I will be with you in my thoughts on the 11th. Praying for a healthy baby and a great 12wk scan! Stick baby stick!! Bring on the 2nd trimester for you!

Jlove14 welcome to the group and off course a big congratulations to being pregnant! YAY!
Thank you very much for sharing your story with us. This group is helping me a lot and I hope it will do the same for you. We all support each other as much as we can! Such an amazing group of women in here.

Seems like you have the same issue with symptoms fluctuating as I do. I hope they come back soon! Bring on sore boobs! All the best for your scan tomorrow – I am crossing my fingers for you that you will see a healthy baby with a strong heartbeat! Thinking of you!

xxx

Dizzy-Anne I just realised that you write the blog misconception. I really enjoy reading it. You have made me laugh and cry many times

A big welcome Jlove and thanks for sharing your story. Yes we are all in the same boat here and having this little group is so special. How was your scan today? Hoping you had a little healthy baby in there. Update please



Marylou, one of our fur babies is half ragdoll and she's sooooo gorgeous! Don't they fill your heart with love How old is Diesel? BTW I calculated back to when I first felt nausea and I was 8.5wk along, nothing before that but I was very thirsty and I think craving things but I can't remember. It began with some left over curry that I had to throw out the next day as I was almost dry retching! And I have been funny about meat ever since but eaten some here and there. So you might have nausea just around the corner


AFM Guess what, I totally caved and organised another scan today! Heart beat perfect and measuring to date What a huuuuuuge relief. And believe it or not my tummy is poking out a tiny bit, like I look like Ive had a huge meal and havent exercised for a while haha. So I have had FOUR scans now omg I'm an addict. But I have now officially passed the stage when I MC before which is good. So next step is the nuchal scan and then I will have reached 12wk I am feeling much more hopeful now.

Well hi again - I thought I would come and introduce myself properly this time. This is my 4th pregnancy, but no babies so far. It hasn't been a long journey, but I've had 3 miscarriages so it's been an emotional one. I'm finally onto a sticky pregnancy - I was on aspirin and progesterone in first trimester - don't know whether it was that or luck, but I am now almost into my 3rd trimester. There was no reason found for the miscarriages however. Feel free to read my blog to read more of my journey!

Loulla yay for passing your previous miscarriage date - it's a good time, as is the NT scan. I had to laugh when you said you organised another scan - it's hard not to live for them in those early days isn't it?

MaryLou glad you enjoy reading my blog! I'm glad I started it - I read back now and realise just how special being pregnant is and just how lucky I am. I'm hoping my daughter will like to read it one day too. I hope you get some good news with a scan soon.

Jlove good luck with your scan! And yes pregnancy symptoms fluctuate and sometimes disappear overnight. It's a very anxious time as you try to read all the signs. I hope all goes well for you today.

Lou and lala ha ha about the afternoon naps and avocado on grainy toast. That brings back memories. You will get your energy back though and hopefully the nausea will go too. 2nd trimester has been awesome! Here's hoping it's here for you two before you know it!

Hi ladies


had my US this morning and I saw the baby's heart beat! I was so happy I shed a tear. This all feels a lot more real now. I hate to say it but up until the US I was sort of dissasociating with my baby, trying not to get attached so I wouldnt get hurt again, but after the US I am in love. I know I'm not out of the woods yet but at least for now I know that my baby is alive inside me . My baby's heart is beating at 136bpm and is measuting at 7 weeks and 2 days. Another week and 1 day before I get past my previous m/c

dizzy-anne- so glad you have a sticky baby this time, you are amazingly strong going through 3 m/c and I wish you all the best with this one

Loulla - wow 4 scans by 11 weeks! you have to do what you have to do to get by and im happy that all is tracking well with your baby. I am seeing my ob on tuesday and I may request another scan with him!

Mary Lou- what is happening with you? How did your doctors appointment go? Hope all is well

Dizzyanne how wonderful that you are pregnant and beginning your 3rd trimester after your unfortunate losses. Can I ask at what stage were you with each of your miscarriages?

ETA just saw Jlove's post. YIPPpeeeeeeee more great news for our little group! Oh yes I totally didnt connect with this baby like the first one, and am letting myself to now a little but still not like the first yet. Isn't it a miracle seeing a little tiny cute-as-a-button baby inside you, growing

Hi Dizzy-anne! Nothing like a bit more pregnancy-forum procrastination is there? I hope I have a good 7+ months of it to come! So happy to hear you are nearing your third trimester - big congrats! I think I remember you from the May DIG - not that I was there very long. I remember reading your friendly posts somewhere anyway, and I'm glad to see you here! I'm also glad to hear that the 2nd trimester has been awesome for you - I hope we all get to experience the same thing! I don't begrudge the nausea at the moment, especially since I didn't have it at ALL last time around (and we all know how that ended) so I'm just trying to stay positive, even though I'm still not 'properly' excited. I'm hoping that will be able to kick in when my scan rolls around in 8 days!

Loulla I love that you got another scan. I almost think you should be able to just rock up weekly for one if you want to! It's almost been weekly for you now actually When is your nuchal scan again? It's interesting that your nausea didn't kick in until 8.5 weeks. I'm nearing 7 weeks now and I guess it showed on Christmas Day so that's easy to remember! I'm trying not to freak out when it fluctuates. I was in at the office yesterday and realised I hadn't felt queasy for all of 1.724 hours and totally wanted to go in for the boob grab in the middle of a meeting to see if they still hurt! Oh, the silliness.

MaryLou I'm glad you're feeling a lot better. Why must these teeny tiny babies worry us so?! I hope your GP appointment went well yesterday afternoon, and you've had plenty of reassurances. Did you end up going to the RPA at all or are you holding out the 5 days for the scan on the 10th? I went and made my US appointment for the 13th so I'd be about 8 weeks, thinking there might be a little more to see, but guess who wishes she'd booked it for 7 weeks now since that would be TOMORROW? Maybe I'll just go in there at the end of next week and run off with the whole machine

Welcome JLove! Thanks so much for sharing your story, and it's true, you do feel better knowing that there are women out there experiencing the same things as you. It's lovely to have somewhere to talk about it all so candidly. I'd go nuts if I didn't have this space! I hope your first US goes well today! I'm really nervous for mine too, but I think that must be totally normal. I hope there are lots of babies in August too! My birthday is early in the month, and mum is on the 26th - my current EDD, so it's all about August around here too! Oh, and try not to stress too much about your symptoms going down a bit (and I'll try to take my own advice here too!) - my breast tenderness has definitely dropped down a few notches lately, but I'd expect that it probably would the further along you get. We'll say that's the case anyway!

Lala I hope you're still riding the happy high from your scan on Tuesday. I hope it sets a trend all round!

Right, back to work for me. I'm looking forward to more grainy toast and avocado for lunch though! I took one to work with me yesterday and was utterly heartbroken when I cut it open to find it 'wasn't for eating.' So I bought one on the way home. That, and I also caved and bought the Cosmo pregnancy mag. I've only had a quick flick through it so far. Am hoping there's at least a bit of good stuff in there, but so far the one and only article I read (one girl's week-by-week account of her pregnancy) was full of ditzy dribble!

YAY JLOVE!!!

(I just realised you posted while I was rambling away typing my post.)

So glad that your scan went well and you saw a happy little heartbeat! I absolutely understand what you mean with the disassociating - I think that's exactly where I'm at at the moment too. I can tell my DH is the same, but hopefully we'll have a reason to celebrate on the 13th!

Lou yes Ive had a scans wk 7, 8, 9 and 11! And guess what, yes the nuchal scan next Wednesday so it is almost weekly As I read your bit about the boob grab, I did the same because the nausea has passed for this morning And yes I would also love to rip the machine out of the wall and take it home! I would provide free daily scans for everyone

Hello Ladies,

Jlove – YAY! Great news! Fantastic to hear that your US went well. It must be soooo special to see your little baby and the beautiful little heart beat! Well done! Stick baby stick! Feeling the same as you with not trying to get too attached but I am assuming that it will all change if I also have a positive US on Tuesday. Well done Jlove! YAY!!

Loulla – totally agree with you! The little fur babies fill the house with sooo much joy. Couldn’t imagine not having little Diesel at home – how nice is it when you get home and are always welcomed with happiness. He is just over 2 years old – he is a big boy (7.5 KGs). He is a little bit like a dog, follows me everywhere and sits and shakes his paw on command
Thank you very much for calculating when your nausea started – that is giving me some hope that I might get it too in a few weeks. You are soooo funny! 4 scans hahah you are an addict for sure! Great to hear that the scan went well and that you have passed the stage when you MC before – that are great news. And a little tummy poking out – sounds cute!

Lou – Boob grab in the middle of a meeting just priceless. Too funny! We have decided not to go to the RPA and are sitting it out till Tuesday – 5 more sleeps....I hope the time goes by quickly! Love the idea of steeling the US machine – lets do it girls! Not long now for both of us....we can do it! Patience...easier said then done I bought the cosmo pregnancy magazine too but was a little disappointed, bought a different magazine along with it which I enjoyed but can’t remember the name. Will have to check at home and let you know.

ATM as you all know I went and visited my doctor yesterday. I got all my blood results and it looks like I have an overactive thyroid which can be an issue but it is only very slight at the moment so I have to go back in two weeks to get it checked again and if it gets worse he will have to put me on medication as it can harm the baby otherwise...scary....! Otherwise I told him that I am very anxious due to my last miscarriage and not having any symptoms. He basically said I need to relax and that you always want the opposite of what you have meaning if I had horrible sickness I would probably ask him for something to solve that. I mean he was nice about it all but really there is nothing he can do apart from telling me to try and relax a little.

I also received all paper work for US and hospital. Have you girls had to think about going private or public yet? I think it is all a little overwhelming at this early stage but my GP told me that I have to organize it all now as otherwise I will not get an OB/GYN if I want to go private or not a spot in the public hospital if I don’t organize it. I don’t know what to do...I called the Royal North Shore but they only have an answering machine responding to the call which is not very helpful at all and they haven’t called me back yet. Unfortunately my private health insurance only kicks in for pregnancy in August which means that would only cover the actual labour and private room if I go private and none of the appointments up till August which could cost a bomb. Have any of you made a decision of going public or private as yet? And why did you decide to go either way? Would be great to hear your opinions.

STICK BABIES STICK

Welcome dizzy-ann and Jlove!

And YAY for Loulla and Jlove (double-yay for first heart beat viewing!) on the great scan news. Loulla not long for you til that longed-for second trimester.

Well done MaryLou on being patient and waiting, patience isn't something I'd consider one of my strengths, I'm currently wondering how I'll wait 4 whole weeks til the 12 week scan - might be following in your footsteps Loulla I hope the thyroid issue sorts itself out! Did you end up asking about progesterone and having tests for that too?

Seriously, let's steal an US machine, love that idea, we could check in on the bubs every day!

On the hospital thing, we're going public as we don't have full private insurance and we're around the corner from RPA, and its a major teaching hospital that delivers an insane number of babies. We have to decide between the labour ward and the birthing centre (drug-free) at RPA... I have no idea, but apparently we have to decide soon! The birth centre sounds great (more homey, double beds and big baths in the suites) but being our first I have no idea if I'll be begging for an epidural or will breeze through with nothing more than a bit of happy gas!

What's everyone else thinking on the public v private, drugs v natural debate?

AFM - I'm exactly 8 weeks today, and late yesterday the nausea really began to increase. I've officially moved to frequent small meals, two pieces of rye toast was too much for me this morning. Breasts are getting sorer too, and I'm not feeling the need for obsessive boob grabbing so much (I think DH is concerned this is a bit antisocial as a behaviour, seeing I find myself absentmindedly doing it in shopping centres ). I figure this baby is just a late bloomer, cause the symptoms are really just ramping up now at 8 weeks!

Hope yr all having a lovely arvo.

Stick babies stick!
x

Lala great news with all your symptoms getting more and more YAY!!

Thank you for your information on the hospital. After I had last posted I actually received a phone call back from the RNSH and got accepted in the Midwifery Practice Group which means you get the same midwife for the entire pregnancy and for birth which I have read lots of positive feedback about. Pretty happy about that. However, I will only be able to stay in the program if my thyroid issue doesn't get worse. And they do "kick" you out 24 hours after giving birth which I think is a little bit harsh...

Regarding the Progesterone - I did ask my GP and he said he gives progesterone to women who have had reoccurring MCs (more than 3) and therefore would not consider it for me and I don't actually get tested for it (I think it might also be too late for it now anyway).

Another "YAY!" from me lala about your symptoms showing up a bit more! Not that nausea is ever nice, but it is reassuring... I've been feeling especially rotten today. SO glad it's today though and not when I was at the office yesterday!

MaryLou we'll be going private - it's pretty much the reason we started up private health about 4 years ago. I like the idea of having the one OB through everything, but that's just me! I was lucky enough to be referred to one I liked when I had the D&C in October, and everyone at the hospital (Sunnybank) was lovely, so I feel very comfortable about going there again. It seems crazy to have to book in so early though, doesn't it? My GP said I should be fine to see how my 8wk US goes first, and then she'd help me get everything organised hospital wise. It's almost a shame, because I really like my GP, and wouldn't mind seeing her for much of the pregnancy if we were to go public, but she only works two days a week and you have to book so far in advance to see her. Plus she only became a mum herself last year, so that's nice. But, I'll be able to see her for everything else and she does see plenty of bubs too!

As for the drugs vs natural debate: I have no idea... I don't even know where to start with that, but I guess the OB will go through a lot of it. Natural of course sounds lovely and empowering and special and well, just plain "natural," but I think I'd have to be much more informed before I could make any decision there, and of course you never know how things will play out on the day(s)! To tell you the truth, I don't think my brain can comprehend any of that right now - I just need to get to my scan on the 13th first!

Hope you're all having a great day ladies.

Lou- yes my DH was definitely dissasociating with our baby, I can imagine it would feel even less real to him as he is not going through the physical changes I am. Which is not all that much mind you. I am definitely more tired, have some breast soreness which comes and goes and feel nauseas some of the time but have not actually been sick. But somehow I do feel different from the last one and feel like this baby will stick, I pray it will. I'm also praying for you on the 13th

MaryLou- I am going private, like lou I was referred to an OB I really liked when I had my D&C as well. And we upped our private insurance to cover pregnancy so I'm hoping we can use it! I havent chosen the hospital yet, not sure if I need to be in a private hospital which is near a public one? In case there are complications? Hoping your thyroid issue goes away

lala- Re drugs v natural I would love to go natural if I could but somehow I dont see that happening- dont really have much faith in my pain threshhold!!

By the way ladies I have resorted to random boob grabbing (my own of course!) as many of you have! The things we do to keep sane

Just wanted to thank all of you lovely ladies for welcoming me with open arms, this blog is already helping me a lot to keep sane

Have a lovely evening and stick babies stick!

I'm glad to see this thread taking off. I've slightly altered the title of the thread, added 'BG #1' so we can track them.

* 7 weeks today *

JLove I can't say I have any faith in my pain threshold either!

Oh, and your mention of random boob grabbing totally made me picture some pregnant woman in a shopping centre randomly grabbing other women's boobs when they tried to walk past her... My twisted little brain!

Thanks for thinking of me on the 13th too! We'll have MaryLou on the 10th, and I think Fairey's first scan is the week after, and then we will all have had scans - hooray! Stick, babies, stick!

[And hooray for this thread Freckles! Thanks again. ]

lala yay for the nausea! It is pretty yuck but it is also great reassurance! I had nausea from Week 6 to Week 10 and then all my symptoms COMPLETELY disappeared overnight. It was so scary - one day I was sick as a dog and then the next I was 100%. I was VERY anxious and wasn't due for another scan for 2 weeks which was hell but all was fine.

MaryLou it's good they found out about your overactive thyroid - at least something can be done if it is having an impact. Don't you just love the word relax? After my previous miscarriages, I had people telling me to just relax - as if that makes a difference! Grrrrrr. And I'd like to see them relax after losing 3 pregnancies! I do understand from the Dr's point of view though, there's nothing much you can do, doesn't make it any easier though!

As for the public/private debate - we were booked in to the public midwifery practice for our first, but as I've had 3 miscarriages, I can no longer go through the midwifery practice. My FS suggested I go private as I would have closer monitoring throughout the pregnancy. We have private health insurance, but that only covers hospital costs, not obstetrician appointments so it does add up to quite a bit.
As for drugs/natural/CS - I am hoping for a natural (vaginal) birth if my placenta obeys (it is currently low lying) and frankly, I'll just do whatever I need to do. I've never done this before so don't know how my body will react so would like to employ every tool I can to assist! So long as my baby and I are happy and healthy by the end, I don't care how it happens!

Ha ha about the ditzy drivel Lou87 - I haven't bought any pregnancy mags and going by your account, I don't think I'll bother! Thanks for the heads up!

Loulla in answer to your question, I lost my first at 10 weeks, D&C at 12 weeks. The next two were both at 5 weeks. The first was by far the most devastating but each one was a giant kick in the teeth.

Jlove yay for the heartbeat - so magical!! And I know what you mean about disassociating from the baby. I did that too. I figured it would hurt less if I lost it. It's so sad that we have to do that though - it would be so nice to be jumping with joy from Day 1 rather than Week 12/19/24 - whenever it is you finally feel fairly safe... For me, it was the 19 week scan when I felt I could let go and fully embrace the pregnancy - it's a long time but looking back, it's flown.

AFM just got a quote to get my ugly vinyl kitchen floor ripped up and floorboards under polished so that's starting tomorrow yay!!! Sitting here feeling my little girl kick and squirm which is just amazing! We can see her kick now, but everytime DH puts his hand or head to my belly to feel her, she stops! Hope he can calm her that easily once she's born

MaryLou hope your thyroid results come back not too high in your next results. I have the opposite problem! As for hospitals, we are going public. We are on the waiting list for the birth centre. I rang them to see how it was going and they recommended I make an appointment to register with the normal birth suite just in case we dont get into the birth centre. I rang and the earliest appointment will be when I am 21wk! They are so full. So I guess I will just see my GP up to then. I will also be calling the CATCH program (there are 3 options in the ACT) next week when they re-open and go on their waiting list as well. They provide you with continuity of care with a midwife and then you give birth in the normal birthing suite rather than the birthing centre. Women have to book in to any of the 3 options the second they have a +hpt it seems I would prefer a natural birth due to obvious reasons, but I dont have any set plan because I dont know how the birth will go...
Hey your scan is in only 4 days now!!

lala my nausea was full blown yesterday and my stomach seems to have shrunk like yours! One piece of toast and that's it mmmmm avocado on Burgen bread with tomato salt and pepper Yes the boobs become a pregnancy gauging body part rather that something sensual, right

Jlove, glad to hear you are enjoying your new group

Dizzyanne OMG YES I hated the words, "just relax" My answer was, sorry but there's no scientific evidence that relaxing will help conception or the pregnancy follow through. lol my patience had worn thin. Thanks for answering when you had MC. You must be so happy right now. Wow, amazing to think of a little baby kicking inside. Does it help you to connect with her? We are such incubators

Hi Fairey

Lou our babies are going to be so nourished from all this avocado

AFM well as I said massive nausea yesterday and its subsided this morning. I had mango, pineapple and yoghurt for brekky yum yum - but it has to be sour yoghurt, not the sweet stuff For dinner I had pumpkin seed burgen toast sliced into thin strips and dipped in gormet olive oil and spread with hommis ha weird? Still no meat, so am taking elevit preg tabs which have a higher iron content for now. Going to the pool for a swim today with family yay.

I love this group

xxxx

Hi !!! Can I please join I am pregnant with #1, I had a m/c earlier this year..


Sorry about the ME post in advance, I will start posting to everyone else from here !!

I am exactly 11 weeks today and have been having ups and downs !!! I had a scan at 8 weeks and saw healthy bub, strong HB.. However between then and my next test is 4 weeks and it is slowly causing me to freak out..

I am wishing the next week away - 12 week scan on the 13th, freaking out cause my m/s has stopped and I have mild cramping (which Dr Google say is normal as does the GP when I called her) but does not stop the stress.

Currently I am obsessed with grabing my boobs every 5 - 10 mins (does not matter where I am I can't seem to stop !!!) to check they are not shrinking and still sore, I keep ripping my shirt up or down at home and saying to DP - "Are they still looking bigger!!" I swear my DP thinks I am a loony !! I also look at the toilet paper EVERYtime I go...

Okay enough waffling from me.. I am going back to read all the posts to get to know you all..

Sending everyone sticky sticky vibes

xxxxx

Hello Ladies,

Thank you all for all your input on the private vs public debate It is great to hear your opinions on it all. As for birth option – I am hoping for a natural birth too but as most of you have all ready said it is often not all under your control.

Jlove - great to read how positive you are. I think that is very very healthy! STICK BABY STICK! Have you checked with your private health insurance what the waiting period is for OB services? Ours is 12 months which is pretty annoying but there is nothing we can do according to the person I spoke to from Medibank.

Lou – 7 weeks today! YAY to that! Not long now till our first scans! phewwwww.....deep breaths At least the weekend days normally go quicker then the week days and when Monday comes around you ‘only’ have 4 sleeps to go. Crossing my fingers for you!

Dizzy-anne – oh how the “just relax” thing made me mad but I didn’t know what to say because I know that my GP didn’t mean it in a bad way and he isn’t in a nice position either not being able to offer me any reassurance or solution for the situation. But ggggrrrr it made me angry! Hopefully from Tuesday it will all feel a bit more relaxed...lets see. New floors sounds like you are all into building a nest Sounds great! And feeling the kicks of your bub sounds just fantastic!

Loulla – thank you for thinking of me regarding the thyroid. Hopefully will get some good news in 3 weeks. Do you have to do anything about your thyroid? Getting a spot in ACT for your pregnancy sounds like a bit of trouble! I hope for you that you will get accepted into the birth centre. Fingers crossed and best of luck for that. Your dinner choice sounded rather interesting assuming your DH had something else for dinner heheheh. I hope you enjoyed the swim with your family.

Welcome to the group Mojo! YAY to a healthy scan at 8 weeks. I hope the next weeks goes quick for you and you will have a positive scan on the 13th. Hopefully we will get great news from you and Lou next Friday! It is good that Dr google is saying that everything is normal Normally Dr google just freaks me out with negative stuff. You made me laugh with your boob story as I do exactly the same to my DH....he would be cooking in the kitchen and I would go over, quickly take my top of and ask “do they sill look pregnant...do they??” ....he is not denying that he loves getting a free booby show multiple times a day. He is pretty happy with that heheheh

AFM having a bit of a strange day today. Don’t know what I am feeling....bit emotional. Might have to do with not sleeping well last night due to lightening and thunder and my cheeky cat sneaking outside at 3 am in the morning (he is an indoor cat only) so we had to search for him and luckily found him sitting under our car - cheeky monkey! Otherwise I have had a little bit of lower back pain over the last two days (scares me a little as that is how my last MC started) and I have a very poky belly which is probably mainly due to bloating but it is difficult to hide as I am pretty skinny and it just stands out and I can’t close my jeans button today. I have had the feeling that a couple of my colleagues have stared at my belly today and I am literally waiting for someone to drop a cheeky comment or question. I am little bit over hiding the pregnancy, I would just like to say – yes you can see right I AM PREGNANT AND YAY TO THAT! But I know I shouldn’t be doing that till at least the 12 week mark. Have you ladies decided when you are telling your boss and colleagues??

STICK BABIES STICK!!!
Best wishes to all of you amazing ladies and have a fantastic weekend!

Xxx

Lou- your picture of a pregnant woman randomly grabbing other womens boobs totally cracked me up! And YAY to the 7 week mark- if only we could make the weeks go faster

Dizzy anne- I told my inlaws that I was pregnant yesterday over the phone and the news was of course met with major happiness and excitement. Excitement makes me nervous... and I totally agree with you, its really sad that we have to be this way. I think for me I will feel safe after 12 weeks but then again you never know, I can only know when I get there. So happy for you that you can feel the baby kick, cant wait to get to that stage!

Loulla- I am off meat as well, except for chicken- I seem to be able to eat that fine. Had baked fish last night for dinner and that made me gag so my DH is finding it interesting in trying to find me foods that i like. My parents are going mad cooking things for me and bringing the food over, which is good I guess because I really like their cooking! And woohoo for the nausea! I only seem to feel a little sick in the morning, we are all so different

marylou- I'm with medibank as well, DH has done all the private health stuff so will check with him. Thanks for the heads up. I am skinny like you and have been getting very bloated lately so my belly sticks out as well, lucky i havent got back to work yet!
And as for telling my boss- I have already told him and I know what you are all thinking! Under no circumstances if I was functioning normally would I tell anyone at work until at least 12 weeks and for this one I was thinking even 14 weeks. However I wasnt functioning normally when I told him- its a bit of a story! Will describe in a seoerate post..

Welcome mojo! I also look at my boobs regularly and the shape of them has definitely changed. I just check to make sure that shape hasnt gone away. I think we are all obsessed with boobs!

Hi ladies

May I join too please?
I'm 14+3 with my first after missed MC of identical twins in May 2011 (GA 8 & 9.5 weeks, discovered at 11+6).

It's very reassuring to hear that I'm not the only random, compulsive self boob grabber, or obsessive wiper!
Since the 12 week NT scan I've been much more relaxed though, and my monthly checkup with the Ob meant I was able to hear a strong, amazing little heartbeat!

Looking forward to getting to know you better as these little miracles continue to grow.
Stick babies, stick!

MaryLou - LOL yes I think my DP likes my daily peep shows even thoyugh he thinks I am losing it lol I know I was expecting a whole heap of scary stuff off Dr Google but it seems to get better as the weeks go on !!! Ohhh cats can be so cheeky like that !! I am glad he was not to far away.. My boss already know due to my symptoms, I would have preferred to wait till 12 weeks but there was no way I could have gotten away with it, they knew with my m/c as well and where so supportive so I am not overly concerned..

Jlove - Excitement makes me nervous to !!! I am glad I am not the only one with the boob obsession lol I feel a little more normal now !!

Pincushion - Hi and welcome !!! I am new in here to !!! YAY another obsessive boob and wiper person.. I cant wait to get to 114 weeks how very exciting !!!

AFM - Well feeling a bit better today after my melt down yesterday !!!!

Welcome to our thread Mojo and Pincushion!


Seeing as we are growing, I thought to list all members with our EDD, if everyone's okay with that?



Fairey

Lou87

Marylou

Loulla - 25th July 2012

Lala - 16th August 2012

Dizzy-Anne

Jlove

Mojo

Pincushion

Good on you Loulla, that's a great idea. My EDD is April 16!

nice idea loulla, my EDD is 21 August 2012

Hope you are all doing well

Welcome pincushion! I am so sorry to hear of your missed MC of 2 babies but really happy that all is going well wih your current pg

AFM, my boob soreness has gone down over the past 3 days so am getting a little worried, however I do get hungry more often and tired easily so I'm trying to use that to keep positive. Thankfully have my ob appointment on tuesday so can check out the bub again- cross your fingers for me! Marylou I know you have your US on this day as well so will be thinking of you

stick babies stick!