Month: August 2019

I went swimming with my nana today and as we were driving there she said…. Did you see the most wonderful rainbow last night!? I watched it all the way until it faded, it was beautiful…. //
Hearing her say this choked me up, made me smile and made me feel refreshed as such, it gave me a sense of calm and hope. We’ll get our rainbow and it’ll be just as beautiful as what my nana saw 🌈 ♥️ #pregnancy #earlypregnancy #earlypregnancyloss #earlypregnancylossawareness #miscarriage #missedmiscarriage #earlymiscarriage #pain #heartache #heartbreak #silentmiscarriage #miscarriagesucks #tryingtoconceive #babydance #movingforward

Welcome to the lovely @zahrahmed786 and her mum Nasreen and Dad as well as her husband and daughter Sophia @ultrasound_diagnostic_centre 💖💙♥️😍😘🥰💕❣️🎉🎁👶🏻🎁🎉👍🧸🎈🌟
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Painted with love, a beautiful little #raspberry. ⠀
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Today I was lucky enough to be a part of an incredible training session which has been created to ensure all medical staff are emotionally equipped to care for women and their partners during miscarriage.

I heard about the sessions through @sayingthemword , who herself has attended the sessions, and it was a real privilege for me to be able to speak to medical professionals and share my own personal experience of pregnancy loss.

During the day, discussions were had about the language used around patients going through miscarriage, how medical staff could potentially become desensitized to pregnancy loss, and the importance of simple guestures which show they recognise that the patients are going through a physical and emotional trauma.

On a personal note, I felt extremely humbled to be able to talk a little about our three losses. To potentially have made a difference to how medical professionals approach miscarriage, and therefore hopefully have a positive impact on another womens miscarriage experience, helps me to feel as though our babies short lives weren’t in vain.

The NHS do such an incredible job, and it was so encouraging to see so many junior doctors, midwives, nurses and even consultants take the time to attend the session, in order to develop their skills in dealing with such a sensitive situation. I am so grateful for the care they have provided me in the past, and pleased to have been able to play a small part in helping them to further help women experiencing miscarriage.

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Sometimes I worried how people would support me through my infertility… and my mood swings! However I have been so happily surprised with how close I have got so certain friends and family who I couldn’t have gone through this journey without! .
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What a precious gift, rare indeed! At 8 weeks, baby is the size of a raspberry. Start your journey with #bumptobabyjournal⠀
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I’m scared and I don’t know who else to turn to.⁣ I know how difficult this will be for some to read, I’ve been there and watched many people posting their bfps wondering when it would be me so I understand if you need to unfollow me, but I need a safe place to express my fears, thoughts and my joy. A joy that I hope we all one day experience. ⁣
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Let me start off by saying I am incredibly grateful to be pregnant, we didn’t think this would happen… naturally anyway. We were due to start our IVF in 4-5 months. Whilst we were still trying I was no longer obsessing or charting properly ect as I described in my last post. I was obsessing about buying a house and a new job and have put ttc to the side as we waited for IVF.⁣⁣
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We are over the moon, but I am petrified! I’m trying not to stress but pregnancy after loss is hard. I have no symptoms- which my rational brain knows is totally normal at this stage. Every cramp is scaring me, I’m constantly on knicker watch! The day I got my BFP and the following day I woke up to brown spotting/Cm ( gone now thankfully ) hoping this was implantation… I’m too scared to take a CB digital incase it doesn’t progress as I think it should and causes me more stress and now I’m worrying that my lines are not progressing as they should 😩 My head is a minefield now!Again the reality is I’m only… about 16dpo 🤦🏼‍♀️⁣ They are probably perfectly on track! ⁣
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I’m so aware how sensitive and upsetting these posts can be for others- I’ve been there myself so many times and I understand if you have to unfollow me but for anyone who can I could really use some support about now- I’m aware that we’re nowhere near or of the woods yet. ⁣⁣
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I am sending you all SO much love and baby dust, I wish everyone gets their BFP’s soon and my rainbow baby sticks around 🌈💞⁣
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Image courtesy @someecards

The onset of pregnancy marks the beginning of advice from one and all. You can save yourself only till the time you have hidden it from concerned friends and relatives. You share the news and you are given a bunch of advice and tips. .
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For me, most of it came in handy as I liked to hear other people’s experience as long as they were genuine and real. .
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What intrigued me though was when people gave advice on what to eat/not eat to have a fair kid. Until I conceived, I really thought this was purely based on parents’ genes. I was suffering from terrible nausea and became an immensely picky eater in the first trimester. I was barely able to eat most of the things and to top that the concerned people were barring me to eat some of the limited options too. The most weird ones were…
1. “Kaala cheez khaane se kaala baby, and white cheez khaane se goraa” …. so no kaala jaamun, no falsa and yes to coconut, paneer, milk et al.
2. Watermelon khaane se kaala baby because of the seeds 😳
3. Consuming water in silver utensil will result in white glowing baby
And the list went on… to be honest, I ate what I liked. Even if it meant “chhup ke khaana” 😄
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Tell me the list of weird advices you heard during your pregnancy.
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This was 6 days before I deliver my little Ruby Mae! So what essential oils are okay to use early in pregnancy? Dropping a list below 👇🏼
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Ginger to support you through those morning sickness days.
Lavender for sleep support.
Peppermint to support those nausea moment.
Valor for a big boost of confidence when your feeling bloated and just not yourself. .
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At MUMS we love being part of your precious journey from bump to baby 🤰🏼👶🏻❤️. .
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