Pregnant after a miscarriage? - Page 5

[starlightsound]

Yay for heartbeats! Welcome to the group, ChristyL!

[LacieD]

I've got another u/s at 10:15am tomorrow - wish me luck and heartbeat/healthy baby vibes!

[Nimbus]

Hooray for the recent good u/ses -- Gr8ful Momma, BueMoonBeam, happyhippiemama.

Weclome ChristyL!

LacieD -- sending good vibes your way for your u/s tomorrow.

Cardinal -- my pregnancy symptoms didn't go away until about a week after I had my d&c. That was about two weeks after my baby stopped growing. Sending you

Having lots and lots of m/s here. I have to keep reminding myself that's a good sign!

[Gr8ful Momma]

Cardinal, just reading the whole thread and wanted to send some more your way.

Just a question, on the days I don't remember to take my pre-natal vitamins, I have absolutely no m/s but on the days I take it I am so freakin' sick. Is this happening to anyone else? I've tried on both full/empty stomach and it is always the same result.

[suzysprite]

Gr*tful momma, I've had that experience, as well. Or at least, MS is much more manageable on the days when i forget to take my vitamin (which is most days

SO happy to see people getting heartbeats- what a positive sign! I meet with my midwife for the first time on Monday, and I'm extremely nervous. I haven't met her at all before, and i hope she isn't very medical minded, but on the other hand, I'm going to be very upset if she doesn't check for a heartbeat at this first appointment.

Cardinal, I really hope all is well with you.

[happyhippiemama]

Originally Posted by Gr8ful Momma

Cardinal, just reading the whole thread and wanted to send some more your way.

Just a question, on the days I don't remember to take my pre-natal vitamins, I have absolutely no m/s but on the days I take it I am so freakin' sick. Is this happening to anyone else? I've tried on both full/empty stomach and it is always the same result.

I've had that happen to.... and have horrible constipation to boot (even when NOT pg I only have a movement once or twice a week, so you can imagine with all the extra iron...)

So I think I'm gonna get some kids gummy vitamin bears and some folic acid tabs and take those instead. it's gotta be better than not taking anything regularly, which is what I'm doing now...

[ChristyM26]

Lacie, I hope the appt went well and all is good.

Cardinal, any news?

Gr8ful Momma, I've not had a problem with my prenatals, thankfully, but I would think that if they're making you sick that you should probably look into an alternative. As long as you get what you need, I don't see where that should be a problem.

[lmonter]

Originally Posted by Gr8ful Momma

Just a question, on the days I don't remember to take my pre-natal vitamins, I have absolutely no m/s but on the days I take it I am so freakin' sick. Is this happening to anyone else? I've tried on both full/empty stomach and it is always the same result.

Yes. Happened during both my pregnancies with my kiddos. Not to mention I just *can't* swallow giant horse pills anymore, so I think I only took like 8 prenatal vitamins when I was pregnant with my 18mo. : This time around I'm just taking 1-2 times the amount of kiddo gummy vitamins I give my 4yo (heh, when I remember, so I'm not OD'ing on anything by any stretch) and taking a folic acid supplement that's a nice, small, little pill.

[LacieD]

Our wee blob is absolutely perfect! She was measuring right on track (8w4d) and had a heartbeat of 177BPM. I can't even put into words how relieved I am! Bean and Wiggle (my 2 previous m/c babies) both stopped developing before this point, so I feel at least somewhat in the clear. Yay! She was starting to move around ever so slightly, too - so neat!

[Cardinal]

Hey guys! Well the baby is doing fine right now and I saw on the u/s the baby and a heartbeat. I think I am 8 wks and 3 days. I am very relieved, but like you guys are probably feeling, I am still nervous. Having a miscarriage just changes things... I think you always feel nervous, ykwim? Anyway, I am very excited. I have my next appointment on Dec. 3.

[BlueMoonBean]

Originally Posted by Cardinal

Hey guys! Well the baby is doing fine right now and I saw on the u/s the baby and a heartbeat. I think I am 8 wks and 3 days. I am very relieved, but like you guys are probably feeling, I am still nervous. Having a miscarriage just changes things... I think you always feel nervous, ykwim? Anyway, I am very excited. I have my next appointment on Dec. 3.

: yippee for a healthy !!!!!

I'm so glad to hear that... I had a HMN meeting last night, and I was wondering how your u/s went!

[starlightsound]

Originally Posted by happyhippiemama

I've had that happen to.... and have horrible constipation to boot (even when NOT pg I only have a movement once or twice a week, so you can imagine with all the extra iron...)

So I think I'm gonna get some kids gummy vitamin bears and some folic acid tabs and take those instead. it's gotta be better than not taking anything regularly, which is what I'm doing now...

I can't take the constipation from the iron. I'd recommend Floradix, it's a plant-based iron supplement so it won't bind you up as much. I get it at my local natural foods store. Oh, and Omega-3 helps get things "ahem" moving for me as well.

[Nimbus]

Originally Posted by Gr8ful Momma

Just a question, on the days I don't remember to take my pre-natal vitamins, I have absolutely no m/s but on the days I take it I am so freakin' sick. Is this happening to anyone else? I've tried on both full/empty stomach and it is always the same result.

I took them before I got pregnant and used to have the same problem. I switched to taking my vitamin at night (& Omega-3 & other stuff) right before I go to bed.

LacieD & Cardinal -- glad you guys got good news!