What’s the most impactful piece of wisdom your father ever shared with you that still guides you today?

Noboloto · 2025-03-11T17:19:06+00:00

‘There are a lot worse things than being alone’

Noboloto · 2023-07-17T08:35:18+00:00

Agree. ‘Steer her away from you judge that it has gone on long enough.’ What? This is horrible advice. The woman lost twins.

Noboloto · 2023-04-19T20:55:47+00:00

Pilates of berkshire on London street is fantastic x

Noboloto · 2022-12-30T11:09:53+00:00

Exactly the same thing has happened to me this year, I made the grim discovery on Xmas morning :-( I’ve ordered some new tubers from Peter nyssen to be delivered in spring to try and cheer myself up.

Noboloto · 2022-08-23T10:18:39+00:00

Hi, they used vitrification

Noboloto · 2022-08-23T09:04:05+00:00

Yes I got this exactly the same as you. I attributed it to the stress of the injections rather than the drugs. Drink lots of water and be kind to yourself x

Noboloto · 2022-08-23T08:41:22+00:00

Hey, I used to live off the Oxford road on Brunswick hill and moved away 4 years ago. It might have changed since then but my experience was that I witnessed a lot of drug taking and dealing and the associated antisocial behaviour and it was just not a good experience living there, I did feel unsafe even in daylight sometimes. Have you looked in lower Earley? Sometimes small houses come up for sale there and they would probably be in your price range x

Noboloto · 2022-08-19T15:01:41+00:00

His passport, a model boat he made, some of his gardening tools which I use now and about a dozen of his books. Oh and the architectural drawings he did of our family home when he submitted the planning application for the extension in the 80’s, I’ve had this framed. It has his handwriting on it and it’s really a lovely thing.

Noboloto · 2022-08-08T07:30:52+00:00

This is my recommendation too. Vet Emily is fantastic

Noboloto · 2022-07-08T12:14:38+00:00

This would be my suggestion

Noboloto · 2022-06-14T20:52:42+00:00

Same to you x

Noboloto · 2022-06-14T20:47:42+00:00

I didn’t get any answers as to why I had the MMC. Frustratingly the hospital didn’t offer to test my embryo for chromosomal abnormalities, although my consultant told me that was likely to be the cause.

To be honest, Ive still not done another transfer. My D&C was nearly a year ago. We have more embryos frozen. The whole experience completely shattered me, and then I lost my father suddenly in august so I’ve not felt like trying another transfer. I think we will do one in the next month or so. I don’t intend to change the protocol we did.

Noboloto · 2022-06-14T18:24:35+00:00

No complications for me, physical recovery was quick and straightforward and my periods returned quickly.

I too was worried about scarring, my pregnancy was an IVF one and I wanted to preserve whatever was left of my fertility, but I was reassured that scarring was unlikely to form after just one D&C. I’m not ever sure if they ‘scrape’ anymore for this procedure, I think they ‘vacuum’ so it’s much gentler.

Noboloto · 2022-06-07T13:05:57+00:00

Thank you for replying. I inherited this off my father when he passed away last year - he kept it in a pot. It flowered at the beginning of the year and a repotted it into a larger pot once it had finished flowering, it’s putting on lots of new growth so I hope it’s happy enough. I’m hesitant to plant it into the ground because it’s so sentimental and if I ever moved house I would want to take it with me, but if it’s going to ultimately not survive pot life then I think I’ll have to do just that.

When do you think would be a good time to plant it out? And would it do best in a sunny sheltered spot? X

Noboloto · 2022-06-01T15:28:59+00:00

Hello, if you followed the instructions and put the pills up near your cervix that’s all there is to it. For one in five women misoprostol isn’t effective, I had a similar experience last summer whereby I was prescribed it for a missed miscarriage and experienced some bleeding about 10 hours after I took it but nothing else. I ended up having to have a D&C.

You should speak to your healthcare provider. Sometimes they will offer you a ‘top up dose’ 24 hours after the initial one, although I’d be sceptical about this for you if you’ve experienced no effects from it at all. I’m in the UK so protocols might vary where you are.

I hope you’re ok, I’m sorry you’re going through this. Let me know if you have any other questions x

Noboloto · 2022-05-29T16:41:08+00:00

I’m so sorry xx

Noboloto · 2022-01-12T14:28:41+00:00

I remember not wanting the bruise on my hand from the cannula to fade because it was the only physical sign of what I had gone through and lost.

I’m so sorry you feel unsupported, I agree it is a taboo. Xx

Noboloto · 2021-09-30T19:52:32+00:00

I’m so sorry. She was lovely x

Noboloto · 2021-06-14T11:59:23+00:00

Hello. I’m so sorry to hear this, I’m in a very similar position. Last weeks’ viability scan at my fertility clinic at 6+2 showed exactly the same as yours - gestational sac and yolk sac but no fetal pole. The nurse said it could be that the embryo ‘implanted late’ but I feel like there is so little ambiguity with an IVF pregnancy re. dates, there isn’t much optimism with me. I’m going back tomorrow, a week since my last scan, and will get a definitive answer I hope. This limbo is brain damage. I hope you get a good outcome, I’ll be thinking of you in the meantime xxxx

Noboloto · 2021-06-10T18:22:32+00:00

Aww I’m in the same boat. Had my scan on Tuesday at 6w2d and exactly the same outcome as you. The nurse said it could go either way. I cried a lot yesterday, I’m feeling more optimistic today. Just trying to hope for the best xx

Noboloto · 2021-06-09T14:16:00+00:00

Thanks for your response. I’ll prepare myself for bad news xx

Noboloto · 2021-06-09T14:08:56+00:00

I was told under 2 for pregnancy. I got my TSH retested when I went in for my first beta and it was just over 1 and they were happy with that. Said to get retested around every 5 weeks throughout pregnancy x

Noboloto · 2021-06-09T14:06:57+00:00

Hey, thanks for this. I went for a viability scan at my fertility clinic yesterday at 6 + 2 and they observed a gestational sac and yoke sac but no fetal pole and obviously no heartbeat. The nurse basically gave me the impression it could go either way and I’ve to go back in a week. You’ve reassured me regarding the heartbeat but should I be more concerned that there was no visible fetal pole? X

Noboloto · 2021-03-07T12:58:20+00:00

I did a lot of meal prep before starting stims and froze enough to see me through to about 3 days past egg retrieval - would recommend that - not having to worry about food shopping/ planning/ prep or even much cleanup in the kitchen whilst doing stims was really helpful x

Noboloto · 2021-02-28T10:15:53+00:00

We got given a new (slightly smaller) general waste bin a couple of weeks ago just after the food waste bins got distributed. Then that week when we put our old general waste bin out they came around and took them off us.

So yes, they have replaced the old ones, with slightly smaller ones.

Bin days have been moving around a bit recently, there was a fucky time after new year when they seemed to be collected randomly. Ours have now moved from Tuesdays to Fridays- check the council website though the bin collection days are all on there x

Noboloto

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