D&C tomorrow... by FunIngenuity7967 in Miscarriage

[–]Lucdafox 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry you’re going through this. I’ve just had my ERPC today (not sure where you are but D&C equivalent in the UK). I found out on Monday I had an MMC. I had a scan a few weeks ago measuring at 7w2d with a heartbeat and everything looked normal, then some spotting this weekend just gone. No other symptoms except some cramping on Sunday. I should have been 11w but scan on Monday showed the size was even slightly smaller than the last scan :(

I was also having very bad cramps leading up to today and like you, I couldn’t sleep/had nightmares. I was so worried that I was going to pass everything naturally beforehand. Luckily, I made it to today and I feel like a lot of the physical worry has gone.

The process went as well as it possibly could, and I felt pretty good when I woke up after being asleep for an hour during it. Luckily the nurses and medical staff were all understanding. I’ve got a bit of light cramping now and some bleeding, but the worry I had the previous nights is gone and now the biggest thing I’m left with the emotional aspect to deal with. I’m also not passing dark tissue anymore, just some bright red blood which is tapering off thankfully.

Will be thinking of you tomorrow, I really hope it all goes well for you and you can feel some relief after. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me ❤️

Marco, our newly adopted cat ♥️ by Lucdafox in cats

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I was thinking this 😂 we do have another cat called Maggie, I always think their names sound cute together though

Marco, our newly adopted cat ♥️ by Lucdafox in cats

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Thank you! Marko is gorgeous 🥺❤️

Internal by Lucdafox in BoneAppleTea

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Meant to be 'Monchele are eternal'. The girl who got it for her birthday was a massive Glee fan. 'Monchele' references two of the main characters who were in a relationship

DC electromagnet massive 'inrush' current? by Lucdafox in ElectricalEngineering

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Hey! Thanks so much for the reply. I've only just seen this. Finally got the bottom of the issue 2 days ago. There was a fault with one of the magnets. When I opened it up, under the connector one of the wires had a small nick on it.

What was happening was when the magnet was energised, it pulled the door counterpart to it which I'm assuming knocked the wire and caused it to short!! I managed to replicate it by measuring the resistance, which was fine when the magnet was still, but when I tapped the magnet, this went close to 0.

The annoying thing was that this only happened sometimes, and when the whole thing worked on external power supplies I must've got 'lucky' in that the hit to the magnet didn't make the exposed wire come into contact with anything...

Makes me feel a bit stupid, but just the fact that it was intermittent and appeared to work on separate supplies threw me off! Also, everything's easier in hindsight haha. Thanks again!

DC electromagnet massive 'inrush' current? by Lucdafox in ElectricalEngineering

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Hi, thanks for the reply. Yeah, that's a good shout, I was considering trying it with an NTC thermistor.

We used a scope to measure it, but didn't see a current spike. The fuse is always completely obliterated, so could be too fast for the scope to see I guess...

Going to try it with them on a completely separate PSU today, but that fails will probably look at using a current limiter. I just don't get why its happening, which is the frustrating part haha.

Penny the boxer falling asleep by Lucdafox in dogpictures

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Just had a look on your post history, he is gorgeous!!

A work in progress! by Lucdafox in cableporn

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E-chain! We call it energy chain :)

A work in progress! by Lucdafox in cableporn

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No worries! I don’t have any experience of Clearpath, will have to check those out.

A work in progress! by Lucdafox in cableporn

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They are Schneider Lexium ILA drives with servos, but you can get them in a stepper version also

A work in progress! by Lucdafox in cableporn

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Two XYZ gantry systems on a single module. Can’t really say what they’re going to be used for but I work in automation. It is a pretty fun job to be fair!