all good here trying to be very well behaived and not let paranoia take over

was hard on thursday as was the gestation from when my twins were born but saw the MW and everything is perfect

Congrats Becky I cant wait to hear more details......Hi.D do you have any more updates....Hopefully not a long stint in the NeoNAtes.

LLBJ hugs hun I am sure your baby is just fine its just the paranoia I am hoping like hell that Bubba is sticking in there and your mw calls shortly. If you are really freaked go to the ED. Or emergency Dr's if you have them they wil atlest have a doepler (sp)

CONGRATS Becky!!!!!!!!!! Hope all is well with you and your new wee man

Kel & Nimbus

LLJB - Just remember that bleeding can have an ok outcome in pregnancy, it isn't always bad! I have had a few bleeds this pregnancy and so far bubs is doing ok. Like Kel said A&E is always an option if ytou can't get hold of your LMC.

A family member visted yesterday and brought some prem baby clothes as a 'present'
She probably meant well but after explicitly telling everyone NOT to buy anything prem (that DH will sort it all out IF he has to) it upset me I am doing evertything in my power to make sure she stays in there for another few weeks yet and prem clothes just seem like an invite to her to come out! Silly huh? I blame the hormones

Hi girls,

Just went to see my MW offsider, and she was lovely. Got a nice strong heartbeat, and because it wasn't red blood and only a tiny amount she's not concerned. Did tell me to rest up today, so I will!

Still feeling a bit shaken, but better.

Thanks for your concern.

T.A. - Most mums I know end up buying a prem outfit because even fullterm NB often swim in the NB size.

Becky's wee man is 2.9kg (so a good weight for 35 weeks), and in SCBU, according to her message on Saturday.

LLJB - hopefully you have heard from your backup midwife. As T.A. said, bleeds are common in pregnancy, and I don't think I'd be worried about brown spotting. I had bleeds with this pregnancy due to sub chorionic hematomas.

LLJB - Glad to hear there was a lovely strong heartbeat to put your mind at ease a little.

TA - Keep telling that bub to stay put!

I had my second HCG test today with a level of 670 (from 116 4 days ago) the clinic sounded happy with that so has put my mind at ease for a couple of hours at least Can now move to weekly bloot tests and can wean off the progesterone pessaries as my prgesterone is over 80!! Does that HCG sound ok??

T.A I know it upsets you having prem baby clothes brought but just to give you a my DS born last Feb was an extremely healthy ten pounds 6 and a half ounzes 55.5cm in length and he fit prem clothes for 4 days!!!!! Ok so it was only 4 days but he was a giant against all the premmie babes he was beside in the neo nates unit....That said your wee minx will just stay put for a few more weeks yet I am betting 7 more and then she is full term imo.

Clemmy I am sorry I cant say about HCGS as I never did them I would rather bury my head in the sand and go lalalala. Sounds alright though!!!!! Congrats

They're perfect Clemmy as I said in the other thread, doubling and then some :):):)

LLJB - Great news on the heartbeat! Bet you must have been so relieved Hope you are taking it easy

Clemmy - your hCG's sound perfect and yay for weaning off what I not so fondly refer to as the progesterone "messaries"

HiD - How are you doing? Can't believe your nearly full-term. I remember you getting your BFP like it was yesterday!!!

everyone else

Yeah I totally over-reacted about the prem clothes but it really did upset me. Dont ya just lurve preggy hormones

Haha yes TA mesaries is right! With my last pregnancy my progesterone never got high enough to wean off the pessaries so hoping this is a good sign.

Becky!!!!!!!!!!!!! Welcome to your little man

to your family member buying prem clothes, no respect for your wishes I bet they are reallllllllllllllllllllly cute though

Ack to your bleeding LLJB but wahoooooooooooo to the lovely heartbeat

Nimbus & XA

at fullterm NBs swimming in NB outfits Hi.D. Not MY NBs DD1 was 8lb15, DD2 was 8lb11oz and due to her length only fit the all-in-ones with feet for like a week Look at you 37weeks

HCG sounds good Clemmy

Have had such a busy weekend

Congrats Becky!

Big congratulations Becky!

TA - I kind of know what you mean about the hormone stuff. The ending of Cars made me cry yesterday, which totally confused DS.

Felt sick again today - so took the day off work. Mind you I feel really sick, tired and dizzy, but I also feel like a fraud. I haven't thrown up (unless you count dry retching over the toilet bowl). I know some women have it so much worse, I don't know how they cope.

I just want to have a wee whinge, mainly to get it off my chest.

Spent the week with the ILs last week. Vaguely better than some previous times, but DH always turns into such a mummy's boy and it really makes me mad. Two things really got to me. My SIL has a 1 1/2 year old and is 15 weeks pregnant. She totally can't stand garlic. So garlic was totally banned - so far so good. The problem is I cannot remotely cope with the smell of tuna or peanut butter, they are my two absolute no-no's. They were consumed the whole time. I couldn't even get anyone to tell me before they opened the damn stuff so I could at least leave the room. Nor would anyone bother to tell me when they were finished so I could come out of self-imposed exile. DH was worst of all, he even told me to "stop being moody and going off to sulk", without listening to my explanation that I was going away to avoid vomiting.

Second, DH was born when FIL and MIL were 20. MIL kept going on about how we (mainly aimed at me) had it so easy because when she had kids DH was 3y3m when she had number 3. DS is 3 1/2. I got so sick of it that I had to turn around and say to her, yes well, the age gap is not for lack of trying on our part. I've had a few people tell me that I'm lucky to have such a large age gap. It really annoys me when it comes from someone who chose to have their kids close together. I get so tempted to say, well I didn't chose this age gap, you could have had a longer gap if you had wanted (or something much more pointed). I can see a lot of positives with a four year age gap (now), but its been a hard road getting here.

Anyway, enough of the me, me, me. Thanks for "listening".

hi everyone, thanks so much! feel free to read a short birth story over at april MTB

Welcome back Becky *rushes off to check April*

Sorry to hear your MIL is such a pain in the butt Atlanta

Took my girls to Lollipops yesterday and overdid it a bit with the climbing and taking them down the twisty slide. Felt pregnant for the first time last night

Hi Becky hope bubs is well

Atlanta that is just really awful! I hate the comments about large gaps we have 5years or is it 4.5 my math is awful......but it wasnt for trying....makes me so mad its no ones business but sometimes you want to shake them and scream at them .... and I arent pg any more.....sorry its been so rough though sweets.

hi guys - yup bubs is good. getting there slowly with the BFing but they put him under lights cause of jaundice yesterday evening. i was glad but it was hard to see him go back into an incubator.

i'm at the hospital 9-5 so it's long days and up half the night expressing but doing ok with all that.

how's everyone here?

Hi ladies

Just got my 3rd HCG result and am sitting at 7000 today (up from 670 5 days ago) so clinic is happy with the doubling and now just have to wait for a scan date I can't wait to see that little heartbeat ticking away.

Gosh I was nervous when I answered the phone, also nervous at stopping the pessaries yesterday (as my progesterone was high enough) and now no more testing until the scan in a couple of weeks. You may hear from Paranoid Clemmy a few times between now and then.

Hope everyone else is well
xxx

Atalanta - So sorry things were rough with your IL's. It was so rude that they didn't even consider your 'no-no's' And the comments about age gaps are just plain infuritating!!! People can be so damn insensitive. Big hugs hun

Becky - Glad things with E are improving. You are coping so well with it all, I don't know how you do it! I hope you are all togther as a faily soon

Clemmy - That is fab news You are so 'allowed' to be paranoid and of course we will be here to listen

We've all had a tummy bug but luckily it seems to have only been a 24hr thing.

How is everyone else doing?