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Expecting Our Rainbow Babies- February 2013 Thread

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January 2013 Thread

This is the February 2013 pregnancy thread for ALL graduates of the "Hoping, Healing & Conceiving Again" threads, or anyone who has suffered a loss and has found themselves expecting again. Here we can discuss our concerns and problems in the safety and company of other mamas like us. Compare BETA results, our prenatal screens, show off our scans, and in what seems like a lifetime away - our newborn baby pictures.

If you are a new poster, just let me know your EDD, and I'll update at the start of each week. Due date calculator with luteal phase length.

Just as a reminder, please post any updates that you'd like the threadkeeper to add or change in bold.

We have a FB group for sharing whatever you'd like in a private setting. If you'd like to join, you can find us here.

Congratulations!!
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jodieanneanton - welcomed Graham Vincent on February 20th
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AdalinesMama - Welcomed babies Calliope Jane ane Eleanor Wendy on 4 January 2013
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autumngrey - Welcomed baby Éowyn Iris on 4 January 2013
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Harmony96 - Welcomed baby Josiah Nathan on 31 December 2012
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stegenrae - welcomed baby Genevieve Soleil on 12 December 2012
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Greenmamato2 - welcomed baby Gunner Alexander on 15 November 2012
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Wendylynn - welcomed baby boy born 9 November 2012
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RoseRedHoofbeats - welcomed babies Thomas and Augustus born 6 November 2012
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zubeldia - welcomed baby Charlie born 17 October 2012
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diana_of_the_dunes - welcomed baby Rowyn born 11 July 2012
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3surfboys - welcomed baby Skyla born 2 July 2012
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thecountrymouse - Welcomed baby Enso 11 June 2012
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Slshoe128 - Welcomed baby Kinzley Hope 27 May 2012
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cristeen - Welcomed Ezri Almara 26 May 2012
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CorgiMommy - Welcomed baby Sean 21 May 2012
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Callieollie - Welcomed baby Emma May 5 2012
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Snadaska - Welcomed a baby girl April 8 2012
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Ekandrmkb - Welcomed baby Penelope born 4 April 2012
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Loveandlight33 - welcomed a baby boy born 23 March 2012
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Remark71 - welcomed baby Scott Edward 13 March 2012
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Cameragirl - welcomed baby Avery Reed born 5 March 2012
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hildare - welcomed baby Caoimhin Buck born 7 February 2012
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zejh - Welcomed baby Jane
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They've had their babies, but we're waiting to hear from.....

cygknit - EDD 21 July 2012
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soul-o - EDD 29 August 2012
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maxnmaizy - EDD 4 July 2012
nicolemarie - EDD 15 July 2012
Gemmine - EDD 4 November 2012
paranoidprego - EDD 10 Feb 2013

Expecting
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CamoShades - 40 weeks, expecting baby #3, after two losses. EDD Feb 26 2013

writinglove- 38 weeks, expecting baby #2, first baby stillborn in December 2011. EDD March 2013

knoel - 36 weeks, expecting baby #2, 1 loss.

Rainey Daye - 32 weeks, expecting baby #2, with three more in heaven, EDD 21 April 2013

Lisaanne - 32 weeks, expecting baby #3,with two more in heaven. EDD 23 April 2013

1babysmom - 28 weeks, expecting baby #4, with seven more in heaven. EDD Late April 2013

Tenk - 22 weeks, expecting baby #6, with 6 more in heaven. EDD 5 July 2013

talldarkeyes - 21 weeks, EDD July 6 with baby #2 with 3 previous losses

beingmommy - 20weeks, expecting baby #2, 2 losses, EDD 12 July 2013

heyitskalista - 20 weeks, expecting baby #4, 1 loss, EDD 15 July 2013

J and Js mommy - 18 weeks, expecting baby #3, baby #2 born still, EDD 26 July 2013

thecoffeebean - 17 weeks, expecting baby #2 after 5 losses. EDD 2 August 2013

carmen358 - 17 weeks pregnant with #2 after 5 losses. EDD 7 August 2013

porcelina - 16 weeks, expecting baby # 3, 4 losses, EDD 6 August 2013

Thebyr - 12 weeks, expecting baby #1. Two previous losses: 8 weeks and 18 weeks. EDD 9 September 2013

sarahl918 - 9 weeks, expecting #1 after 2 losses, EDD 30 September, 2013

Jennyanydots- 8-9 weeks, expecting #4 after 1 loss. EDD September 2013

MommaMeggles - 7 weeks, expecting baby #2 after 1 previous loss. EDD 8 October 2013

maszat85 - 7 weeks, expecting #2 after 4 losses. EDD 12 October, 2013

revolting - 7 weeks, expecting number 3 after 4 losses. EDD 16 October, 2013

shiloh- 6 weeks, expecting after 1 loss. EDD October 2013

In our thoughts...

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MIA - Please feel free to jump back in any time!

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#77 ·
Thebyr - I am so so sorry to hear about your Dad. Sending lots of love & prayers to your family during this hard time. I hope he finds the home hospice as comfortable as possible and that the rest of you are able to lean on each other for support. Cancer is a real b*tch. My grandfather and my great-grandfather both had the Big C and I am terrified for my own father who refuses to see a doctor for any ailment or checkup.

Tenk - sunshine definitely has healing powers! I never realize it until I am sitting in a patch of sun feeling 'alive' and think "gee, shouldn't I feel this everyday??" I live in SoCal so there is really no excuse but feeling so rotten you kind of just hibernate. At least I do :) I hope the rest of your illness clears up quickly!

J&Js - Ugh! I feel for you mama. I hope you are able to take some time for yourself soon. :( By the way, Julian is a great name! It's my husband's name. :)

Hope the rest of you ladies are having a good weekend.

AFM, just trying to survive the nausea. I am so grateful for those rare hours where the hormones are sparing me the torture. I have noticed it is worse after I take my vitamins, I might ask my OB about that on Monday. Today I've been having these random, sharp, pinching sensations in my left lower abdomen. I'm not sure what it could be, it's not constant pain, only when I bend sometimes or if I move too quickly. Could it just be the corpus luteum? It doesn't feel severe enough for me to think it's ectopic, no bleeding or anything.
 
#78 ·
Hi ladies, can I join you?

I'm about 6-7 weeks along with #4. I have two teenagers and 20 month old DS (also a Julian- I love that name too
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). Had a difficult 11-12 week loss of an unplanned but very much wanted (after the shock wore off) lo last fall.

I am obsessing a bit over this pregnancy. We'd been casually trying for a couple of months, and the bfp still feels surreal. I am not having as much morning sickness as usual, and that worries me. I keep expecting to find blood with every trip to the bathroom.

I also feel selfish even hoping for a fourth or expecting any sympathy for a loss when I have three wonderful healthy children. For background, I divorced xh when DDs were little and raised them as a single parent. Having a baby with my DP is a whole new world- it's very different when you have an involved partner
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DP grew up as a much younger sib to two older sisters (just like DS), and he felt like an only child much of the time. We'd been batting around the idea of a younger sib for DS when we were surprised last fall, and now we're very (cautiously) hopeful.

Sorry for the novel. I can't tell you how nice it is to find others who understand this anxiety.
 
#79 ·
Sarah, that sounds like round legiment (sp?) pain to me. It happens as things are stretching in there and usually occurs with changing position (ie .. getting up, squatting, turning over in bed, picking up something etc) It's totally normal even if it feels like pinching because RLP is a sharp non continuous pain that can be very uncomfortable. Definitely still ask, but that's what I would say it is.

Jenny, welcome to the club (not sure if that's an appropriate way to say it or not) I hope everything goes really well this time around!! I also agree, it makes 100% difference when you have an involved partner. My oldest is from my 1st marriage and her dad is a POS and my pregnancy, labor, birth, and first few months of life with her just sucked. We separated when she was 4m old and he made life a nightmare for me for a very long time. Now almost 14 years later he still tries to control things in MY life and takes every opportunity to make me miserable that he can. Thank God we live on different sides of the country!!

BeingMommy, glad to see you. I'm feeling a bit better today, still foggy headed but less dizzy. Not sure what the temp will be here today but I'm sure I'll find time to bask in the sun for a few minutes!!

J&J, I think that men have their moments of PMS too and maybe our hubbys were experiencing it together LOL. I hope your aches and pains are feel a bit better today and YES when you get down to NC you will have PLENTY of time for the sun :) but I understand wishing it was happening now instead of later. I really like the name Juilan too, we had a very sweet neighbor boy names Julian in NC :)

I've been talking to baby in my head, not out loud, but doing it while laying in bed alone and waiting for movement. He usually moves around during this time almost like he can hear me. I wish I could talk about him by name, since we've picked his name. His name sound similar to Kamryn's but different and DH wondered if it might be weird to name him a similar sounding name to the daughter we lost. I actually think it's a nice tribute to her! So we've picked. OMG, since we don't share with anyone IRL and I would never tell my DDC maybe i could tell you guys ... you won't tell, right?!

Camden Henry is what we're naming him and no one knows, not family, not friends, not kids, not BFF only you guys :) and yesterday i broke down and listed a lot of L's clothes on eBay since baby is not a girl. I'm kinda sad about it because her clothes are so sweet but we won't need them and he's our last baby. I just wish I could trust that he was going to join our family for REAL and not go away like so many others. I'd love to bond with him and I thought by picking his name we could bond more but I'm finding it hard to do. I'd love to go buy some baby boy clothes because we have NONE but I just can't make myself do it. This week is 20w almost at viability !!!!
 
#80 ·
Jennyanddots - Welcome!
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I'm so sorry for your recent loss. I'm glad you are here! I think you'll find we're all familiar with PAL anxiety, blood checking, all of it. I haven't got any living kids, but from what I've read from other women that have suffered loss, having living children doesn't ease the blow, so you need not make excuses here. A loss is a loss in my eyes. Also, I think we are in the same DDC? I am due Sept 28. :)

Tenk - That sounds precisely like what I am feeling - it doesn't last, and it's only when I'm active. I went to a party last night and stood for 2 hours, which is the most activity I've had in days (I'm pathetic, I know). I've had the pain when moving in my chair, bending over sink, etc. It makes me feel a little better to know it might be perfectly normal! I have read about round ligament pain but for some reason thought it would have been deeper in the hip socket than what I am feeling. Surprised that I'm feeling it this early, though. Only 7 weeks! Thanks for the info!
 
#81 ·
Sarah, sounds like RLP to me too. Mine started at the beginning of my pregnancy but is now not so frequent. Also I have heard it is not unusual for women to be really nauseous after taking their prenatal.

Tenk, I like that name and I think it is a fitting tribute. Don't worry, I wont tell our DDC.

Jenny, welcome!

J&J, I hope you are outside a bit today enjoying the sunshine! A short reprieve!

Sorry for missing anyone! This Wednesday is our ultrasound and I am feeling very private about it. Recently I have been having feelings of abandonment and am feeling very cautious about sharing my true feelings with my friends, or most of them. I am going to start working through "Birthing from Within" in the hopes I can do some introspection and guided self-therapy. As I read the book and some of the birth stories I felt a bit angry/guilty? One birth story the woman was told to remember making love to make that baby and the love she felt for her partner etc...but for me, we were just having sex because I was ovulating and I look back without fondness. It wasn't magical, we were on vacation with my family and my husband was really impatient. So it wasn't really romantic and I didn't even climax so it was just...Blah. I realize that all sex isn't going to be good all the time but now I truly wish it hadn't been bad sex that conceived this this baby. I have no idea why I am even discussing this but, yeah.
 
#82 ·
Sorry for missing anyone! This Wednesday is our ultrasound and I am feeling very private about it. Recently I have been having feelings of abandonment and am feeling very cautious about sharing my true feelings with my friends, or most of them. I am going to start working through "Birthing from Within" in the hopes I can do some introspection and guided self-therapy. As I read the book and some of the birth stories I felt a bit angry/guilty? One birth story the woman was told to remember making love to make that baby and the love she felt for her partner etc...but for me, we were just having sex because I was ovulating and I look back without fondness. It wasn't magical, we were on vacation with my family and my husband was really impatient. So it wasn't really romantic and I didn't even climax so it was just...Blah. I realize that all sex isn't going to be good all the time but now I truly wish it hadn't been bad sex that conceived this this baby. I have no idea why I am even discussing this but, yeah.
Aww, mama, you don't have to share it with anyone else and if you did share it with someone else, might they understand or no? That's my issue. I have a friend who is 12 weeks further along than me and we discussed TTC and she got pregnant and I didn't and once I got pregnant she and I haven't spoken since. Seriously, she hasn't called me once to ask if I'm ok or how the baby is or if I'm doing ok emotionally, anything. She's 10 years younger than I am and has never experienced loss. When she got pregnant I texted or called or FB messaged her and asked how he was feeling etc constantly (not overly though) and I feel abandoned by her and wouldn't want to share with her at this point. What's even stranger, this is her 2nd boy, born in the same month, and she's having another baby shower. She texted me in a group message after not speaking to me in 4 months and asked for my address to invite me to her shower. So I'm making her some cute burp rags out of material I have laying around and not spending my money on her. And, I THOUGHT she and I were really good friends :(

I'm sorry that you don't feel like your conception sex was special, but I don't see how sex can always be special especially when TTC (and it's been more than 1-2 months) or if you're having a 'quickie' for lack of better words. I wish you didn't feel bad about that part. DH and I were actually trying too and the previous month when it didn't happen and i was sad, he said "don't worry, it'll happen next month, we'll make sure of it" and then we were driving to Disney (first time for most of us) with the kids and I mentioned having sharp pain and he said "you better not be pregnant" I ignored him and when the test came back positive he said "how the f**k are we gonna be able to do this". After that I let him have it and told him to shut upu are not because he was an active participant and everything was discussed 100% before I even got pregnant :( MEN!!!! He is very happy and wanted the baby but holy hell it was a weird thing. Sorry for saying all this crap I just wanted to tell you, you are not alone. Oh and we were "get it over with quick" several times during the TTC process so who knows if "this one" was a quickie or not LOL.

I can't WAIT to hear about your ultrasound though and am so happy for you :)
 
#83 ·
Tenk - Thank you Tenk. I'm on these ax for 7 days. Hopefully I'll be fine after that. It's kinda just watching and waiting with my dad. Kinda like this pregnancy... Funny how I have to be patient with both very life altering situations. I think I have this - "IS WINTER OVER YET?!?" Blues. They come and go - I think I'm just ready to be able to get outside. I hope you feel better.

beingmommy - Thanks! I'm just hoping he lasts long enough to meet his first grandchild.
sarahl918 - Thanks Sarah. I hoep you can convince your dad to keep up with his physicals. I hope your nausea eases up. It's tough!

Jennyanydots - Welcome Jenny. Congrats on your rainbow pregnancy! I hope you find what you need here. These ladies are awesome!
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Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend.
AFM - Week 10. Woot woot. I remember being SO excited to make it this far last pregnancy. This time - I'll be excited to make it to 18 weeks (the farthest I will have ever made it in 4 pregnancies). I still have some excitement about 10 week too though.. only 2 more to 12. That makes me happy. I started my ax. Apparently they found GBS in my urine (not e. coli - the nurse was mistaken). I think it's because they didn't have me do a sterile drop. There were no wipes and no instructions. The last one I did for my OB (and not the lab) was a sterile drop - so nothing showed up. Ordinarily GBS is in your intestines and can show up in your vagina - they aren't usually worried unless you're close to labor or it's in your urine - which means it could be in your kidneys. I don't really think it's in my urine. But I'll take the ax to be safe. Ugh - and I woke up at 4 am to pee, started thinking about my dad and started sobbing uncontrollably until after 5. So much for not getting emotional this pregnancy.
 
#84 ·
Thebyr, oh I hope your dad sees his first grandchild too! My FIL passed away from lung cancer 3 months before my DS was born. It wasn't his first grandchild (my DH is one of 7 kids) but it was his first from DH so it was sad. I am so sorry it hit you hard last night. And it's okay to be emotional and cry. Holding it in would be worse. I have read that crying can help rid the body of toxins so don't worry and make sure you are taking care of yourself. And yay for week 10! Milestones!

Tall darkeyes, I am so sorry you are feeling bad about sharing. That sucks! It's hard too, I think when your a PAL. So many people don't get it and can be so insensitive. And don't worry about the conceiving sex. Ours was also nothing stellar or to be remembered particularly. I was anxious because it was taking longer for us to get pregnant than usual and DH was having performance issues and I remember being stressed out and irritable about it all! BUT what you can do is take the idea of just remembering the LOVE you have in general. You made a baby because you want a baby and that baby still symbolizes your love whether or not you have a grea conception story.

Sarah1918, sorry about the pain! Hope it feels better soon. It does sound like some round ligament type stuff.

Tenk, I love the name you picked! And I think it is sweet that it sounds like your daughter's name. I feel the same as you about wanting to feel a bit more connection and still not feeling sure my baby will really be here next July. I think it must be the worst part of PAL. AND I have people who know who I can be more honest with (like everyone here) but then there are others who I just have to paste a carefree grin on my face and pretend it is fine. It's very hard though. Hugs!

Jennyanddots, welcome! You will find lovely support here. And as some others have said, it IS still hard to be a PAL mom even when you have other children. I have one beautiful DS but it did not make my other losses any less sad. And I HATE going to the bathroom. So stressful.

Hi and hugs to everyone else!

AFM: Just passed 18 weeks. I have not had anymore bleeding for two weeks now and only teeny bits of spotting and not for several days so really hoping this SCH is gone. My 20 week anatomy scan is in less than two weeks! Hoping we SEE that the SCH is gone. And also, trying not to get nervous but I am a little about the scan. Just hoping everything with the baby is fine and good. I am not sure I can take much more stress and fear in this pregnancy. On a good note, we met with a midwife group in our neighborhood and I LOVE them. Really hoping I can end up low-risk and do a homebirth. Although, I still have fears about it, I really also feel it is the right thing for our family, especially DS. But also wondering if we do switch, how to go about telling my OB group. I know my OB will think I am being risky AND I don't to burn any bridges in case we end up high risk again at some point. Any advice on how to have that conversation? I am such a non-confrontational person. I feel rather anxious about it already even though I don't know yet if we'll even be able to make the switch.
 
#85 ·
thanks beingmommy! You're right - I did feel better after I just let it out. Eventually I fell back asleep and slept deeply. I'm an only child and my dad took our last loss pretty hard. I really hope he makes it through summer. yay 18 weeks! My bleeding finally stopped too - *fingers crossed* our bleeding stays gone! Hope your u/s goes well. Are you feeling lots of movement yet?
 
#87 ·
Hugs, Thebyr! What a difficult time for you. Glad you did feel better after crying and got some good sleep. I will send out lots of good vibes for your dad to hang in there. I am just starting to feel little "bubbly" feelings that I am pretty sure are the baby. Still hard to tell though as my GI system is out of whack too. BUT I am sure there have been some baby bubbles.
 
#88 ·
Thank you ladies for the warm welcome! :)

sarah1918, yes! I'm in the Sept DDC, at least for now. My best guess is I'm either due Sept 30 or Oct 4- but I guess I'll get a better idea after our first US.

thecoffeebean, i love your username. thanks for adding me :)

beingmommy, good luck having that conversation with your OB. My last was a homebirth and this probably will be, too, but I am also wary of confrontation, and I'm even nervous about checking with my insurance to see if they'll cover it. Mostly I'm putting it off because I'll be super pissed if something like insurance forces me to reprioritize, but there's a part of me that just dreads getting treated like a weirdo hippy, even if it's by a nameless faceless phone answerer. Pathetic, huh?

Thebyr, I'm so sorry for what you're going through with your dad. I can only imagine. (((hugs)))

AFM I am getting sicker and sicker, which I guess is a good sign. But it's not exactly fun. I'm also feeling pretty emotional and moody, feeling sorry for myself because I live so far from family and friends, and haven't connected to a community or really formed any friendships locally. I scheduled an ultrasound and a first MW appointment for next week, and I hope we'll get some confirmation and reassurance about baby at that point.
 
#89 ·
Back from our first ultrasound and SO ECSTATIC to report our little baby had a strong little heartbeat of 160bpm!
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This is quite a milestone for us, one we never reached the first time, so it was a big, big moment. I couldn't look at the monitor I was so nervous but when I did I started crying instantly. That little flicker was going so fast, I couldn't believe it! The doctor said everything looks perfectly healthy.
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I am measuring a few days behind (6w4d, thought I was 7w2d), but this early I know there is room for error. This would put my due date at 10/3, but I'm right on the border just like you Jenny!
 
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Originally Posted by sarahl918 View Post

Back from our first ultrasound and SO ECSTATIC to report our little baby had a strong little heartbeat of 160bpm!
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This is quite a milestone for us, one we never reached the first time, so it was a big, big moment. I couldn't look at the monitor I was so nervous but when I did I started crying instantly. That little flicker was going so fast, I couldn't believe it! The doctor said everything looks perfectly healthy.
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I am measuring a few days behind (6w4d, thought I was 7w2d), but this early I know there is room for error. This would put my due date at 10/3, but I'm right on the border just like you Jenny!
So exciting!! And what a cute little fuzz!
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yay!
 
#92 ·
Yay Sarah!

Beingmommy, I switched from an OB to a homebirth midwife and it was cake. Ask your midwife for a records transfer form, send it in, and call your OB office and cancel your future appointments. All you need to say is that you are switching to another practice. Unless you have a really strong personal relationship with your OB, I don't see why ANY conversation would be necessary.
 
#93 ·
Hi Ladies,

I am sorry I am so in and out of this conversation, I do not mean to be a stranger, it's just hard to fit everything in a day...

I was amazed at how much I missed- sadness and joy. Thank you for sharing, and I am really sad and happy with all of you.

I went back to immunology yesterday, and the doctor said I have "suspected" APS, this blood-clotting disorder. Supposedly it's not uncommon, i am sure many of you heard of it; but anyway, I tested "slightly positive", so the doc said that very well may have caused my earlier m/cs. I guess that's good news since at least I have something to blame them on.... They put me on Clexane (heparin) injections right away and I am continuing to take Astrix, which is like baby aspirin. I could not believe I would have to give a shot to myself, but a friend of mine who is a doctor showed me last night how to do it. I can't believe I did it! It's definitely a milestone for me.

One thing that the immun. doc said that sort of scared me was "well, it's best to start the injections as soon as you get your bfp, so we missed a whole week... we'll see at 6-8 weeks if this baby is viable. There is a chance it might have been too late." Way to give encouragement. I looked it up on the internet and I found out that some doctors don't even prescribe the shots before you have a positive viability scan... And I have been taking Astrix for months now, so I HAVE been using some blood thinners....

I have a really good friend here who never had a loss and yet she is sooo supportive and encouraging... I guess there are people out there who can do it even without having gone through the grief themselves. May there be many-many more of them.

I better get to work, I am doing private English (as a foreign language) tutoring in the afternoons and my first student is due soon.

Have a wonderful day, ladies!
 
#94 ·
Sarah: Yay!!! So excited for you.

Tenk: So sorry your husband reacted that way. That freaking sucks.

talldarkeyes: Sorry you don't love your conception story. I think many couples who actively try have less than romantic conception stories. I don't know. For me, if sex leads to a healthy, wanted baby, it was special, if not romantic.

Maszat: What a jerk of a doctor! I'm so mad for you. I hope this treatment helps!

AFM: Have a consult with a practice tonight. My insurance won't cover homebirth or midwife-only practices at all, so I know that if I go with this practice and have a healthy pregnancy, I will leave their care in the middle of this pregnancy to move to a homebirth group. I just feel really frustrated with my insurance that makes the care for this pregnancy so fragmented. Otherwise, I'm just waiting. I feel like I'm holding my breath, to start early testing to see if this pregnancy is viable, not sure if doing early testing will really do any good. I'm really excited about having an October due date. I love Halloween and Samhain. I'd love a boy name inspired by the holidays (I already have a girl name I'm in love with), but the only one I really love is Osiris, but my partner doesn't care for it.
 
#95 ·
Maszat - welcome you to the daily shots club!! I have the most severe form of MTHFR, so I am also on baby aspirin and daily Lovenox (clexane) injections. The injections seem scary at first but are a cake walk, you'll see. Just alternate sides of the belly, stay away from your belly button, and you'll be good! Some women prefer using ice, but I don't use it as I have heard it can cause worse bruising. It's a small price to pay for peace of mind! Try not to worry though, I know many women don't begin their injections until sometimes even later than 6-8 weeks!
 
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Subbing for stalking- Sarah, I didn't bruise much at all and I used ice both before and after.
 
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Sarah, Thanks for the encouragement, I am sure it will become less difficult with practice. I am just realizing I have to inject it really slowly, otherwise it really burns! I actually was told to do it in my thigh (as opposed to my belly, which is what the instructions in the box also said), supposedly some doctors prefer this these days. Works for me.

We had some snow the last two days, but boy, nothing like what we see in the news from the east coast. Did anybody get snowed in?
 
#99 ·
Hi Thebyr- Thanks for asking. The last couple of days have been really hard, but I'm organizing my house and that's been quite therapeutic. I also am going to audition for a community theater group in March so I'm getting excited for that. I wasted the day away at my favorite coffee shop talking to someone new. I think I needed that. How are things going for you?
 
#100 ·
Was thinking about u today deborah !

Busy on here! I after 3 months had infant loss group therapy!! It was real good for me to as it was the first time I shared our expecting news. It was a bad day too btw my husband and I. He called me minutes b4 my lab appt to tell me how I must have really messed up our taxes and we r losing money. Whatever, no I didn't and y r u discussing taxes after I filed when I begged u to do the taxes with me! Got me soo upset I broke out, and didn't even mention to my ob office tgat I was concerned about movement when I got my labs done. And he threatens me that we won't move all the time. UnbelievAble. U would think we r 2 uneducated hoodlums. Well him at least. Ugg

A woman in Group with a late loss like mine also announced she is preg and due 1.5 weeks after me. That was cool. I felt so guilty saying I was pregnant as a newer couple was there. I cried a lot. I said to the new couple that I'm really sorry for talking about being preg and even I still hate some preg people! Geeze me and my mouth.

I'm surprised the seasonal blAh feeling is so widespread. And guess what! My sons school is closed on Monday and there is nothing to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Already dreading the weekend
 
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