dilemmaelise
25-04-2009, 10:27
My name is Emma, long-time lurker, first-time poster, in search of a little advice.
I miscarried a nine-week pregnancy on New Years Eve (Happy New Year indeed). Since then my fiancé and I have been careful in terms of conceiving, he wants us to wait until the end of the year when we are more financially sound – smart and sensible really and I love him all the more for it, but it’s left me heartbroken because I still feel a bit robbed and lost without my little Peanut :(
What I’m getting at – I’m wondering if we may have conceived a little early. I can’t really remember any early symptoms from my last pregnancy (basically I think the shock of a miscarriage was enough and I’ve completely blocked it out, I don’t even remember being in the hospital and I’ve struggled with this for months because I have no real sense of closure). Wondering if anyone could possibly put my mind at rest? I don’t want to get my hopes up and then be so disappointed again.
- My period isn’t due until Thurs/Fri but for the past couple of weeks we have noticed things that are raising a little red flag – I had breast pain for a few days (to the point where I was checking for lumps because it was so isolated, then I thought I had just slept wrong, possibly with my boob smashed up against the hard plastic control on my electric blanket!) and now they both just feel heavy, not really sore, but a few twinges/pinches here and there.
- I wake up about four times to pee during the night, and two weeks ago I was racing to the bathroom every half hour (which I remember from the first pregnancy as being the red flag for conception), Thursday two weeks ago I had a very sharp isolated pain in my lower abdomen, which then ebbed for an hour or so and went away (I was working a late shift so it’s easy to remember when), at the time I thought it was strange since it was so out of place in my cycle.
- I feel queasy and nauseated – the smell of my shampoo made me want to gag two nights ago and I can’t wear my perfume, and I’m also starving – I was awake for hours last night with a sick feeling to my stomach and then a mild case of heartburn.
- I'm really rundown and tired, a bit like catching a flu, lower abdomen is really hard, nipples are a bit sensitive and possibly spread (though this might be my imagination) and my back and feet have been aching - maybe I'm just coming down with something, I don't know.
I am very confused because we have been so careful, charting ovulation, using condoms, etc; I think I am only 8DPO but symptoms can’t have hit me this early, can they? I want a baby so badly and I’m hoping this is not all in my head.
Any insights would be appreciated.
Em x
I miscarried a nine-week pregnancy on New Years Eve (Happy New Year indeed). Since then my fiancé and I have been careful in terms of conceiving, he wants us to wait until the end of the year when we are more financially sound – smart and sensible really and I love him all the more for it, but it’s left me heartbroken because I still feel a bit robbed and lost without my little Peanut :(
What I’m getting at – I’m wondering if we may have conceived a little early. I can’t really remember any early symptoms from my last pregnancy (basically I think the shock of a miscarriage was enough and I’ve completely blocked it out, I don’t even remember being in the hospital and I’ve struggled with this for months because I have no real sense of closure). Wondering if anyone could possibly put my mind at rest? I don’t want to get my hopes up and then be so disappointed again.
- My period isn’t due until Thurs/Fri but for the past couple of weeks we have noticed things that are raising a little red flag – I had breast pain for a few days (to the point where I was checking for lumps because it was so isolated, then I thought I had just slept wrong, possibly with my boob smashed up against the hard plastic control on my electric blanket!) and now they both just feel heavy, not really sore, but a few twinges/pinches here and there.
- I wake up about four times to pee during the night, and two weeks ago I was racing to the bathroom every half hour (which I remember from the first pregnancy as being the red flag for conception), Thursday two weeks ago I had a very sharp isolated pain in my lower abdomen, which then ebbed for an hour or so and went away (I was working a late shift so it’s easy to remember when), at the time I thought it was strange since it was so out of place in my cycle.
- I feel queasy and nauseated – the smell of my shampoo made me want to gag two nights ago and I can’t wear my perfume, and I’m also starving – I was awake for hours last night with a sick feeling to my stomach and then a mild case of heartburn.
- I'm really rundown and tired, a bit like catching a flu, lower abdomen is really hard, nipples are a bit sensitive and possibly spread (though this might be my imagination) and my back and feet have been aching - maybe I'm just coming down with something, I don't know.
I am very confused because we have been so careful, charting ovulation, using condoms, etc; I think I am only 8DPO but symptoms can’t have hit me this early, can they? I want a baby so badly and I’m hoping this is not all in my head.
Any insights would be appreciated.
Em x