16 week scan...

Was ok this week. I ended up in hospital with food posioning and on a drip last weekend, so have been very anxious, but the baby doesn't seem affected at all, as far as anyone can tell. They really struggled to find the heart beat initially though which is pretty worrying when you've already had a stillbirth - but now I realise from the scan that the placenta is anterior, so the baby can hide behind it. My pregnancy with Alice had a anterior placenta too - it must implant easier there for some reason on me.

Not confirmed yet, but I'm thinking (I have some pretty good photos) that this one is a boy. I'm delighted it looks fine of course, but also sad that this may be really the end of my dream of having a daughter. Not that I want to sound ungrateful or upset about the possibility of having a boy; its just different and not what I originally was expecting. Pregnancy after loss is just so very hard emotionally .....

Hope everyone else is fine xx

Hi Jules,

Glad the scan went well and that you are now feeling better.

Take care.xx

Hi Jules,
Very glad to hear your scan went well and you are getting better. You're right, pregnancy after a loss is so horrible.

Lizzie

Hi Jules,

Im glad the scan went well despite a few hair raising moments.
Keep us posted.

Best WIshes
Liz

Hi Jules,

Glad you're feeling better, I bet it really scared you having to be admitted! Also, really pleased the baby is looking well. I had an anterior placenta in my last pregnancy and hardly felt any movement from Ricky, which had me nervous without even knowing I was going to develop PE. So, I know it can be worrying, but at least you know why if you don't feel the baby much.

Take care
Emma
xx

Thanks Emmie

No, anterior placentas are not ideal in a high risk pregnancy.

I thought that Alice might have been moving a bit less in 4-5 days before I was admitted with severe PE last May but I wasn't really that sure as I'd never felt movement on a daily basis anyway. I felt really guilty I had not picked up on that and got help earlier but if I'd been feeling a lot of movement I think it might have been a lot easier to detect.

Its also just scarey when they take ages to find the HB.

Best wishes and glad you are ok also