Ah that's good, yeah I was told if 2 lots of reduced movements they usually refer for a scan. How did the scan go?
Leo did the same when we went in started moving when mo itors were on. He doesn't like things in his space, like if I am leaning my hands on him while in my phone or anything like that he starts kicking till I move haha.

Hi ladies, just read to catch up on everything.
Angela I hope your nephew makes a quick recovery and continues to do well.

Nikkilou, sorry to hear you lost one of the triplets but let's hope the other 2 keep progressing and doing well. I think it's more common then people think to loose one baby with multiples as I've heard a lot of stories on my ivf pregnancy page of loosing one of twins or triplets. It's a lot harder on the body and a lot more complications.

Me and Leo are doing well, haven't had anymore appointments since my midwife one 2 weeks ago and I will see her again next week. We went to MAU last week with reduced movements and once monitors were on he started moving but not as much as normal but went back to normal the next day and the hospital was concerned. Our next scan isn't till 20th but hoping we will get our c section date then to start the planning and going to ask about having a spinal block instead of epidural as heard its meant to be better recovery and more effective. Also starting to really struggle with work and being exhausted so possibly going to talk about going off a little earlier as it will be more worth it then reducing my hours.

Hi, didn't manage to get an appointment other then for this afternoon but I don't have the energy to go up there again so going to try tomorrow. Its not sore so isn't massively bothering me. My midwife has said with us now definitely having the section they don't want me to start collecting till 37 weeks as they don't want me going into spontaneous labour but she said the nurses at the hospital may advise different and if they do go with them. I may have a look I to that book, thank you. I've managed to only put on 4kg so far in pregnancy too which I'm really proud of considering baby is around 3 pound now, it was something I wasn't too bothered about but I didn't want to put too much on with doing so well to loose all my weight to have ivf.

Fair enough loads of people have said to me why you packing you've got plenty of time. But at the same time I have baby's bag to pack, my bag for in the hospital and then a suitcase for our accommodation. I'm glad I've started as I feel a bit more relaxed and I have what they think may be thrush in my mouth and been told it will be stress. Got to go see my gp (well a gp because mine walked out the surgery and said he's never coming back) and see what I can have for it as chemist didn't want to suggest anything and wasn't sure if it was definitely thrush as he said if it is its only early stages. Not sure if my midwife can check tomorrow.

Nikkilou, so glad everything is going well at the minute. I had no explanation for the bleeds I had either. I can imagine it was definitely hard for them to try see all 3 heartbeats, I only have one and he's always been a bugger when it comes to checking his heartbeat even at my scan at 7 weeks because he implanted at the furthest point possible.

Congratulations chantelle, I hope the Ivf process was kind to you as I know some people have a really hard time with the medications. Are you still having pessaries or progesterone injections?

Angela glad the baby show went well seen there were some celebs about and someone I know had a stall on there and said it was a good weekend. I wished I lived closer to them.

So update on me, my pain in my hips and below the bump I think is made worse by my ibs as the other day I was bunged up (sorry for tmi) and I was in agony. Still going o speak to my midwife about it tomorrow as also had a few dizzy spells where I've felt faint but I don't know if that's the warm weather. I started our packing yesterday got a few more bits to get but think it's helped me to relax and sort out some of baby's room. Hoping my partner wakes up feeling better today to put his furniture together but he's having a lot of stomach problems so not sure yet.

Okay ladies so thought is do a quick update. Yesterday we toured the hospital Leo will be at and our accommodation and honestly it all amazed me. The accommodation was stunning and like a hotel, the wards were all small with plenty of staff meaning you have some privacy but we have been told due to the condition they are going to try get us into a room on our own.

We also had our scan that showed his artial spectum has thickened meaning the opening is very narrow and nearly closed so a c section is the way forward with surgery mi utes later. But despite everything he's growth is still doing really well and he's estimated weight is 2 pound 11 which is amazing.

Hi Angela yeah I completely agree, when no medical conditions I wouldn't of tried collecting before full term. Like you said it does come with possible early labour but it can help him better to recover from surgery and help with infection etc even if my milk hadn't come in.

I think I am coping okay at the minute missdyan. I do have good and bad days but today is a good one. We find out a more definite plan on Thursday, obviously he will always need surgery at a week old, 6 months and 3-5 years old for his Hlhs. The additional surgery will either be done minutes after birth or during his first surgery depending on if his arterial spectum has closed further or not. It is scary to think about especially if he needs his first surgery straight after birth as its around 7 hours long and it will mean I need a c section done at the hospital he needs to be at which doesn't actually have a maternity unit so a team from our local hospital will be coming with us to keep an eye on me but if any complications happen I will be transferred to our local, so possibly won't get to see him after his surgery and obviously would be updated by phone or doctors. It terrifies me as we agreed if I have to be transferred my mum will come with me and my partner will stay with baby so if anything was to happen were both without each other. Age expectancy in America is 35+ and here in the UK is 23+ this is just because that's how long the procedures have been going and the oldest living survivors. We have been told that no matter what even with surgery it isn't curable and at some point in his life his heart will fail and he will require a transplant we just wouldn't know when. There is current research going on in America with stem cells so we are going to question this with our consultant to see if there is a way we can take part in the tri that's happening either here or to go to America and take part. Financially I thi k we are going to have some struggles but we are trying to sort that the best we can like we are about to make our last payments to pay off our credit cards so we have them as back up and we're putting extra on bills to help too. I have a good maternity package at work which will help us a lot and baby will be entitled to disability allowance which will help as I will be down as his carer. The hospital also have funding to help with paying for things whilst we're there. The only thing that annoys me is if anytime we stay in hospital is 12 weeks or longer we don't get child benefit. Yes it isn't a massive amount and if he was home and didn't have this condition we always said this would be used to go into a savers for the baby but it annoys me that it's more expensive to care for a child in hospital yet we're not classed of being the ones caring for him so our entitlement would stop

Omg Nikkilou that is absolutely amazing, hopefully on next scan you will see all 3 heartbeat flickering away on the screen. So happy that things look well so far.

Yeah I'm hoping there are no problems with me breastfeeding Angela but still just keeping a open mind. My step mum got advised to stop after 8 weeks as my little brother would only latch on to one side and she wasn't preducing enough. She carried on doing a mixture of both to make sure he had what he needed and obviously expressed from the other side but also used formula to top him off. Think he was about 11 weeks when he started refusing breast milk so she stopped. We're booking a home appointment at my next midwife appointment to have my midwife come show me techniques for expressing and go through it all with me and also how to start collecting collestrum from 34 weeks if I can as we want to have some frozen to give him through his tube after his surgery.

I completely forgot you had a anterior placenta so yeah movements are a lot more complicated with that. Have you managed to find anything to help with ligament pain, if your having any? Just I'm really struggling at the minute, I'm having next week of work to relax and long baths, paracetamol and massage are not working.