Hi all - sorry havent been on here for awhile. I tend to only get on on days that I work using my morning tea break as I struggle to find time when I am home whilst I am still working 3 days/wk.
Myrrah I am so so so sorry for your loss. I hope you and DP are hanging in there and supporting each other as best you can. I know our house was a bit of a nightmare during our miscarriage and the months after as we were both dealing with it very differently. I know this isnt the case for everyone but if it is for you just remember it is normal and there is nothing wrong with it so long as you can find some common ground to connect on you will get through it together (I spent a lot of time worrying that there was something wrong with us as a couple because we didnt deal with it like the couples in the movies - silly I know). You are in my thoughts and I hope that when/if you decide to go again that the next one sticks like super glue!
Our results actually went well last wk. 30 is the marker my OBGYN uses for progesterone and mine is 171 which is great - it doesnt say all will be perfect but it certainly put my mind @ ease a little. Hcg is also good although he said it is more difficult to use that as a marker as there is such a huge variance in 'normal' levels. I am still nervous and rush to the bathroom everytime I feel a twinge thinking it is something wrong but I am more convinced that we do have a chance @ having a baby this time which is a nice place to be when I can stop worrying.
So my advice after last wk (and please share this - I am going to post on the FF charting thread too) stop taking temps once you get your BFP. I had 2 consecutive drops in temp and my progesterone was fine. I actually think I had a bit of a surge in oestrogen as I got a migraine the night of the 2nd dip which was not fun @ all! Temps in preg. unless for FS suggests them for a specific reason are useless and cause a lot of unnecessary stress.
So onto the fun stuff - my symptoms continue to be tiredness (although I seem to be more tired in the late afternoon than early in the evening), tender breasts, heightened sense of smell, and waves of nausea but not really with much of a pattern so I wouldnt really call it MS. Kelbel I also have weetbix for breaky but am thinking that perhaps it is too heavy and runny so might switch to toast. My appetite has decreased and if I eat too much I feel a little queesy. I am also still having the back and hip pain - so am continuing to stretch that out - cant find anything that stretches around my tail bone though so will definately be going to the physio after dr appt and scan to figure that out as I am wondering whether this is what is causing it. I used to love all pregnancy symptoms and consider them healthy and a good sign although wen it comes to MS Im not convinced anymore. With our last it was worse and didnt stop until the day after D&C but it had died weeks before. I think if I get it I get it but I wont consider it the great symptom and sign I used to.
So re. maternity clothes. I will definately need more pants and earlier this time. I somehow put on just shy of 7kgs after my D&C which is 5kgs more that I weighed before we fell with our little man. I am in a tricky place @ the moment though. My normal jeans aren't fitting terribly well but I dont want to by more because I know I will also need more maternity ones and I also dont want to have any excuse to fit into them once I lose my baby weight. So Im pretty much living in cargo's and tights with tunics (not happy about this as I know I will be living in them whilst preg. so would have loved to fit into my jeans for awhile longer) until I pop. Can't even use the extener things for my jeans because its my butt and thighs that are too tight not my tum. Anyway with the little guy I had pumpkin patch jeans (not a fan of the ones that go over the tum), kmart mat. tops (which should still be fine), loved loved loved my bonds bumps mat. skirt, aside from that I found sussans styles to be great for preg. and grabbed a lot of 'spandex' (yummo) from cotton on and supre in larger sizes that showed off my bump but still covered me up. Oh and I also found most of the non-mat maxi dresses great and apparently they're 'in' this summer as well. I found target work style pants to stretch out so much by the end of the day that they would be falling down so wouldnt recommend those - although perhaps with my extra 5kgs starting wt. this time they might be fine. I think I went for a bit of a nicole ritchie preg. look - not sure if that is a good thing or not but I was comfy, kept it simple and dressed it up with jewellery. Little guy was a feb bub and born on time so being due in jan this time means I can hopefully re-use most of my clothes.
Looks like there will be a few of us with a higher chance of gest. diabetes this time having had it before. I was lucky in that mine was able to be controlled by diet and exercise - if I get it again hopefully it will be controllable again too. My hubby keeps telling me it was actually a good thing as I was really healthy (because I had to be - I would have been a garbage guts if I didnt) and that I was still as active as normal right up until the end and my birth was nice and quick (unlike my mum's 5) and I was up and about quickly afterwards. If this is what did it then hopefully I can be healthy this time and feel as good afterwards as well. Our little man was 9lb 7 1/2oz but was always in 97th percentile from the very early scans before the diabetes kicked in so I think we just have bigger bubs than average - which is fine with me they dont seem so fragile.
Hope everyone is well and this thread is one with no more mishaps and just happy healthy long prengnacies! Sticky sticky baby dust to all!
