Breighlin, i'm sorry to hear about your miscarriage. it is the usual advice that when you have had a ERPC you wait for one period to give time for healing and again it is useful for dating the pregnancy. It is wonderful to hear you have a 7 month year old who is well and often advice is to wait a year before trying for another baby although many women are pregnant sooner than this. My suggestion is to take folic acid, eat a very healthy diet and following your first period to try again. In the early part of the next pregnancy you can ask to be referred for an early reassuring scan which can be done from about 6-7 weeks.

Tink, it is very common for some placentas to be anterior in the womb. If you think of the womb like a balloon some placentas will stick to the front of the womb inside and some will stick at the top and some will stick to the back, some will go much lower down. In your case the placenta is anterior and to the front of your baby which means that the baby will kick the placenta as opposed to the front of your tummy which is why you feel the kicks less at this stage of pregnancy. It is also sometimes a little more difficult to locate the heartbeat of your baby but it is always possible. There is no need to worry about the position your baby is in at this stage as the baby has much more water surrounding it like a swimming pool. As the baby gets bigger it is easier to hear the baby as there is much more baby in comparison to the size of the placenta. It does not mean that your baby at the end will be lying back to back. Of course this may happen as 20% of births are back to back.

Hi,

just wondering if you can help -

I'm worried about falling pregnant and then putting myself and the unborn baby into the high risk category for swine flu - and then worrying about having the jab and the fact it is unknown if there will be any effects on the baby as parts of the jab have not been tested in pregnant women.

Do you think it would be best to wait till everyone who wants it can have the jab and then try to conceive?

I missed the swine flu chat last week and will understand if you cant answer my q

thanks

tryingformyownbambino, I can understand your worries with your OCD and the fact that you are at a very early stage of pregnancy. my advice would be if at all possible to have some counselling that is separate from your pregnancy care givers to help you deal with the OCD. Other suggestions would be to talk to your midwife and obstetrician about your worries and see if the hospital has any counsellor within or can recommend any specialist midwife counsellor to help you. Try to think of situations which make you feel the most relaxed such as listening to hypno-birth tapes, deep breaths in and out which will help to keep your anxiety at bay. Involve your closest friends and family so that they can support and reassure you.

Spring, i think you should see your obstetrician or midwife about this because occasionally women can get obstetric cholestasis in pregnancy which normally causes itching on the palms, soles of feet and tummy but i have occasionally come across this with very itchy legs. It will involve a blood test to exclude above. Using the plainest body wash and cream is essential. Some women have found aqueous cream with menthol added helpful but you need to get this as a prescription from hospital.

thanks jenny..i have tried the accupressure bracelets and the ginger and neither work!

Clare

Loopyloo, i know this has been very difficult for women and really there are two choices, either to wait and not get pregnant until we know whether there will in fact be an epidemic of swine flu or not OR go to see your GP and say that you are planning on getting pregnant. i think if you do get pregnant its best to have the jab after the first 12 weeks. Please look at the recent webchat on babyexpert which had a whole chat with a professor who is expert in the field. The most susceptible people are those who are immune suppressed which is what happens to women in pregnancy which can lead to in rare situations pnemonia of a very severe nature.

Thanks so much to you all. Really hope this helps. Wishing you a wonderful christmas and a happy new year. Looking forward to speaking to you in 2010 x

We've reached 1pm so no new questions, please. Many thanks to Jenny for her fabulous advice. We are taking a short break from webchats over Christmas so Jenny will be back in her usual monthly slot on the last Monday in January (the 25th). Join her then!

LoopyLoo: You can read info from the swine flu webchat here: http://www.babyexpert.com/Pregnancy/Swine-flu-jabs%3A-Pregnancy%2C-kids-and-babies./v1
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Hi Jenny
I am currently 8 weeks with my second child and last night started having a light pink discharge which has carried on today, along with medium period style cramps. I have read in alot of places that unless you have a fresh blood bleed then there is no real concern. Do you think this is something i should contact my gp about ? Im worried this could be the start of a misscarriage.
Many Thanks

Sorry he\ther83 but this is a webchat dating from November 2009. Jenny will be back hosting her monthly midwife webchat later this month.
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