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vikki
Age: 38
Country: AU
Province/region: Australian capital territory
City: Canberra
Partner: Alan
Children: Yes, 6
Pregnant: No
Due date: 09 0 ,0000
Occupation: Homeschooler
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Last updated: 22 days ago.
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PhotobucketWell, were to start! Photobucket

I have 6 children. Katherine 19, Heather 16, Michael 8, David 7, Declan 5, Jasmine 3. I have also lost 12 babies. One of them was Declan's twin. So I guess you could say, I've seen alittle bit. But we're still here and we have a happy family

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PhotobucketMy hubby is a Barrister ( In America they are called Attorneys but here only Barristers do court work, Solicitors do the preliminary "stuff"). He is the best Father that anyone could ask for. He takes such good care of all of us and gives so much to the children. He's always playing with them, reading them stories ( with all the voices) and talking to them all the time, telling them all sorts of things. I truely think that the children are his best freinds!

He also takes such good care of me. I feel truely spoiled! He's very domesticated! Every night before I fall asleep he whispers "I'm so glad I found you" I have heard that every night of our marriage. I'm soooooo lucky, God has been good to me.

I've done a sqillian different things, like running an Acting school, an online buisness, Modeling, I've been in hospitality, stockbroking and realestate but I'm now happily just homeschooling my little people( still with my online buisness). Much fun I have to say! :-)

I'd love to hear from anyone that cares to "chat" so do stop by my page.

PhotobucketThe Story so far

( strap on your seat belts, it's a long ride! :-))

I have had 12 miscarriages and 6 healthy children. The first miscarriage was 18 yeas ago and I still remember that vividly. Kyle was 17 1/2 wks. I never found out what happened to him. I lost ALOT of blood, my vains collapsed and they had to revive me. I'm lucky to be here. The only reason I survived, I'm sure, is that my daughter was in the hall at the time of when I "died" and she suddenly burst out screaming "Mummy don't go!" At that I sat bolt upright! Took the nurses and the Doctors quite by surprise!Photobucket Well anyway, then I had 3 healthy children. Then came Mary, who I lost at 16 1/2wks. She was lost to Toxoplasimia. There was nothing that could be done to save her.Photobucket I lost 2 more after her. Then I fell pregnant with twins! One of them didn't make it. Lost Jo at 13wks. PhotobucketWe were very afraid for little Declan and I had to have alot of rest. During that pregnancy, we had the devistating fires in Jan 2003. We had to evacuate our home and we didn't know for a couple of day's whether our house was still standing. Here I am, supposed to be taking it easy and I was driving out of town to our in-laws and had gone into very early labour. I used my WHOLE ventelin and that calmed the contractions down! So Declan was able to keep from being born untill ONLY 3weeks early!Photobucket QUITE the accomplishment! We then lost 2 more little ones. Never having a reason for them.Photobucket The first ultrasounds would show healthy babies but then things would go wrong and I'd loose them. Then we had little Jasmine, Photobucketperfect and healthy, well mostly, she had silent reflux but that was treatable, so she's good now.:-) In 2006 I had an ectopic pregnancy. This little one got OUT of the tube and had lodged in my abdominal cavity. While I did have pain, I didn't pay much mind to it, as it was high up and I just thought I had eaten some bad chicken! ( along with I have an EXTREEMLY high pain threshold)I didn't even know I was pregnant! The week I found out, I had just finished a film shoot. That was the hardest shoot ever, I had to play a very calm nurse and all the time I was thinking I was dying from food poisoning! Anyway, I went to the Doc' because my stomac suddenly swelled and I was somewhat alarmed. I had taken a Preg' test the night before and was pretty excited but confused as too the swelling, I knew I had been busy but was I that pregnant and hadn't noticed? Well no, I wasn't that far along. Turned out that I had been internally bleeding for probably two weeks and the swelling was from the amount of blood! They had me in surgery within 2 hours of the ultrasound! The Doc' was so amased at how much blood I lost, he took photos! My GP couldn't understand how I hadn't suffered a heart attack from blood loss. But I guess I have more to do on this world of ours. I became pregnant again and all seemed to be ok untill 13wks.Photobucket I lost the baby at home and then hemeraged and collapsed at home. My daughter had to ring for the ambulance ( my Hubby had gone to the shop and didn't know what happened untill he walked in to find Heather with the phone!) The Ambulance guys were great, they stabalised me enought to get me to hospital but once getting there the placenta started to tear the uterine wall and I started to hemerage angain. They had me in emergancy surgury so fast, I barely remember much of what happened. PhotobucketSince then I have lost another 3.Photobucket The thing is, I'm healthy, everything seems to work properly, so there wasn't any obvious things that these loses could be attributed with. It has only been the last loss that we have FINALLY found out what is Wrong. Along with having a low progesterone, I have Thrombophilia. You can have this to varying degrees from 40-80 which is nothing to worry about to Mmmm interesting. I came back with a level of 160, showing that this is why I have been loosing my babies. This is a clotting disorder. Clots attack the placenta and blood flow can not get through, so the baby has nothing to survive on. THERE IS A REMEDY!!!!!!!!!Photobucket All I need is 20mg of CLEXANE per day ( in needle form, ahhhhhh) for the duration of a pregnancy untill 37wks. And for the progesterone, I have pessories for at least the first trimester. SO I have a script for Clexane ready and a bottle of Natural Progesterone in the fridge waiting for the IF/WHEN we fall again. My Doc' thinks its a WHEN as we have never had a problem with our fertility. I am very greatfull that my Ob' was human enough to say " I DON'T KNOW WHY this is happening to you, BUT there is a new Doctor in town that has experience with reacuring misscarriage so maybe she can help!" Well help she HAS.Photobucket I first saw her on March the 6th and here we are a month and a half later, with ANSWERS.Photobucket I thank God every day.

So that's it I guess.Photobucket

We'll see what God has for us. Hopefully more little people :-)Photobucket

Have a great day and keep well. I wish you all the best from Down Under!Photobucket

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This is memory for my 12 Angels that are waiting for me.

angel prayerKyle 13.2.90Photobucket Mary 19.9.01 Photobucket Trinity 6.1.02Photobucket Casey 15.5.02 Photobucket Jo 15.3.03Photobucket Micah 22.12.03(Declan's twin )

PhotobucketAngel 14.4.04Photobucket Halo 14.9.06angel prayerPeter 25.12.06angel prayerDemetrius 6.6.07 Photobucket Angel II 15.1.08

PhotobucketBarbara 17.2.08

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Work from HOME

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If your interested in working from home with a product that is not only BRILLIANT for the whole family but for those of us TTC AND PREGNANT AND LACTATING, I may have the answer for you. Do as much or as little as you like, no pressure, YUMMY product Full of Antioxidents and Folic Acid. Come and visit my web page @ www.mymonavie.com/vikkifreckelton

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I can help you build your own online buisness no matter where you are AND it helps the conservation of the Brazillian forrest!. I'm in Australia, you could be in the States or Canada or Scotland just to name a few. There are contact details on my site if you have questions.


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mlmmdjm - Thursday, 20 Mar
Thank you very much for your support and prayers. I felt like I got hit by a bus this afternoon, I had absolutely no idea. I still feel pregnant. It comforts me to know I have someone in heaven on my side looking out for us. Thank you again.


shrinky9 - Tuesday, 18 Mar
Hi there, Just been reading about you and wanted to say well done you for the joy you take in homeschooling your ever growing brood of little people. I am a fellow homeschooler, a Christian and also have a large family. I am 42 and expecting my 9th on June 30th. I live in Ashburton New Zealand. I wish you all the very best. Blessings!!!


b - Sunday, 16 Mar
I like your dress in your main pic... very beautiful :)


Lisa72 - Saturday, 15 Mar
Vikki,
I went to the hospital tonight & everything is going to be alright. My progesterone was a little low so they started my on 200mg a day of it. Yea! I will be seeing a new doctor next week. i also found out through the ultra sound that I am 9 weeks pregnant today. That was surprising news. Anyway, thanks soooo much for your support & God Bless!
Lisa


mkuzior - Tuesday, 11 Mar
Hey vikki.. Well i have polyosisticovarium (tried to spell it) which means i have more of a male hormon then female kinda different but it runs in my family. My doc actually put me on certain pills so i could get my . then after taking them i became pregnant so when i go for my dr apt on thurs i will for sure be asking alot of questions about the hormons. thanxx


buttons - Tuesday, 11 Mar
Hey,just wanted to say hi as I am in Canberra to!I just had a little boy and am hoping to try for another when he is a bit older. Would love to make a friend in Canberra if you ever want to chat.


marylandmom1975 - Monday, 10 Mar
Thanks for the message and great advice. I am sorry for your losses and wish you luck with your next pregnancy. My husband and I have finally had a great talk and we are going to try agian in a month. I am in the US- Annapolis Maryland.


katnwes - Sunday, 9 Mar
Oh, I'm so glad to hear that you finally have some resolution! A silver lining, yay! Well, good luck with all your squillian tests, and have fun making baby! Keep me updated.


shellyl - Friday, 7 Mar
Thank you, they are doing lots of tests so fingers crossed we will get an answer xxx


katnwes - Friday, 7 Mar
Hi Vikki! I wanted to check in and see how you're doing. I just noticed you were able to find some progesterone cream online! I'm glad you got someone who will deliver to you. I also read what your son said about a baby sister... I really believe that children can have a very strong intuition about these things, so he's probably right! I hope it works out for you soon! Good luck with things, and keep me updated!


shellyl - Wednesday, 5 Mar
Hi

Thanks for your message, I have been to the hospital today for lots of blood. The tests will take a couple of months so we will just have to wait to find out if there is any reason.

Take care xx


silverboy - Saturday, 1 Mar
on the regular progesterone tests... nope. i will go in at see the midwife in mid april. i requested that no early ultrasound be done, so i wanted to be far enough along to hear the heartbeat the first visit. i'm excited.


**MOLAR**SURVIVOR!! - Thursday, 28 Feb
Just noticed your super mom! There is no way I could ever home school. I love them but am looking forward to a break when they start full time school. All the power to you woman! hehe. I also know I could never be as smart as my kids when it comes to their school work. I'd be no help unless it was art work.


katnwes - Thursday, 28 Feb
Vikki, I've always had breakthrough bleeding between periods and when I started spotting at about 5 weeks pregnant (didn't stop until week 10) I researched possible causes. I asked my Dr to test my progesterone: at 8 weeks it was 15, which is on the low side of normal. I don't know if I would recommend this because Drs generally don't like people self-prescribing (and probably for good reason,) but I put myself on an over the counter progesterone cream (you can buy them online) and the spotting stopped. Now that I'm further along, I no longer need it. I know the dosage in this cream is very low compared to what you get in a prescription, but it worked for my situation. Maybe check online?


**MOLAR**SURVIVOR!! - Wednesday, 27 Feb
Hi there Vikki. Hope things are getting a bit better for you. What a bummer, the clinic being so far away. I understand how hard it is to find child care. I dont agree with progesterone only being available for IVF patients. Seems like such a minor problem that can easily be fixed. Why all the run around? My Dr is retiring this year and am very sad about it. Anything I needed he got it for me. He wasnt fickle like many Dr's. What order did yo have your miscarriages and your children in. We had 2 healthy, 2 losses, 1 healthy then 4 losses. It is hard each time but I have faith that we will have another healthy baby, maybe 3 or 4 more lol. The next time I get pregnant I will be watched very closely with 1st trimester screenings because my molar chances have greatly increased. I feel a little comforted inthe fact that I will be taken care of next time. No waiting till 20 weeks plus for a scan. That is ridiculous!!
My bleeding spells have stopped. I have not seen a drop of anything for 5 days now. Very happy about that and hope its a sign that my hormones are leveling out. I am now getting pains like I would if I were to be ovulating. Not really sure if that is possible with hcg still in my system. I am starting to take my BBT again tomorrow morning to get a better picture of what might be going on. I really hope your dr's can figure a way out for you to get treatments or monitoring closer to home. I will be praying for us. Stay strong. Take care ttyl :)




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