Hello everyone,
It’s time for one of our favourite posts of the week, the one of the open variety.
Our weekly Open Post is a place where you can share what’s happened in your week so far. The highs and lows and everything average in between.
I’ll go first.
In two days’ time, the Mamamia Team is going from this:
To THIS (but with renovations finished):
Yep, we’re MOVING! Our family’s grown a bit recently so after four years in our current digs, we’ve decided we need a bigger home. For any of you who have moved house before, I’m sure you know what a pain it can be. But 25 people moving offices? That’s a whole other story.
And because I’m the Office Manager and am therefore managing the move, I am like this:
Because I’m pretty sure that’s the best way to get a job done.
The upside of all of this is that there’s a whole lot of excitement going on in the office at the moment. Most of this excitement is directed to the greenhouses we have been promised in the fantasy land that is our new office. This is but one of them:
What did I say? Our new office is a fantasy land of wonderment and happiness.
Now you go. Let us know about your week, how you’re going and what’s on your mind.
Top Comments
Following a miscarriage in February, I saw the flickering heartbeat of my little baby, and backdated by a week to an incredibly youthful 5weeks and 5days. Woot! Sonographer said that the heart only started beating within the last 24 hours and that there were two eggs released but "no second foetus seen"..."yet. Hahahaha" I laughed, somewhat nervously at the time but keep hearing "yet". This last little word has been lingering in my mind ever since and has left me wondering whether there is a chance that another may be lurking, as that this scan was very early (Curiously, I am always backdated a week - this is the third time).
I have carried twins before, however, one died at 20 weeks. This will be my last baby / pregnancy and, I won't lie, I'd be excited to have twins but also so very grateful for a "viable" pregnancy at this stage.
Due to my history, I'm classified as high risk already so I'm trying not to bust balls about rescheduling another scan due to my curiosity / anxiety...so I've decided to wait until my obst appointment in a week and I'll ask all my questions then.
Are there any sonographers / midwives / personal experiencers able to indicate whether its possible that another little "viable" may have been hiding (or not yet with a heart beat)? I'm assuming that the egg would have been fertilised but, perhaps something went wrong and it didn't implant....
Anyway, I have decided to try to enjoy being pregnant and do my best to limit the inevitable anxiety that comes with pregnancy after loss....
Congratulations! I am kinda in the same boat - had a miscarriage in Dec and now am about 7 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately not scheduled for a scan until about 12-13 weeks, so it will all be stressful waiting until then.
Best of luck, I hope it all goes well, and twins, what a bonus that would be!
Thanks Goose - congratulations and best of luck to you too! Such an anxious time....hopefully time will fly for us both.
That's amazing news. Congratulations and best wishes for your pregnancy.
Not an ultra sonographer/radiologist, but from what I know it's more likely that the other egg didn't fertilise or implant than for it to be hiding at this early stage. Embryos generally implant at about 3is weeks, that's why some women think they're having a period when they're having an implant bleed. The ultrasound will show where the eggs have come from in the ovaries and that's why they'll know you released the two.
Best: Youngest is starting to sleep more, yay. I have not slept through the night once in the last seven months.
Worst: Using the dryer so much due to the wet weather, electricity bill is going to be through the roof.
OMM: I follow a health inspired blog and instagram account for someone who has given up one type of food ingredient and I'm going to unfollow today. I suspect their diet is covering up a severe eating disorder and I'm finding it rather disturbing. They are starting to resemble a walking skeleton. It really worries me that people aspire to this.