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Trying To Concieve Thread........

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M2T · 17/11/2003 14:44

Needed to start a new one.... that one was ridiculously long!

Right:

I am ttc as of next month (although halfheartedly tryed this month ). I have one ds aged 2.5 yrs.

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quackers · 26/11/2003 13:58

M2T, just caught up here!!!! Well I thought a postive stays a positive for at least 48 hrs. That's what first resp says. I got a pos 3 days b4 with first resp and it stayed pos (faint line) for a few days, then I did clear blue digital (posh I know, Their fab!!) it was much stronger. Try a first resp if you can in the am!!!!
Good luck!!!!

M2T · 26/11/2003 12:45

Have a read.... sounds like its okay, but stay away from other pg ladies!

Dr Ben Peyton-Jones says:
Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus, and it appears as a painful rash of tiny blisters, usually on the arms, legs or body. You can't 'catch' shingles from anyone else — it appears in people who have had chicken pox. The virus tends to lay dormant for a number of years, but then can reactivate and manifest itself as the painful shingles rash.

Whilst there is a close connection between shingles and chicken pox, there is no evidence to suggest that shingles in pregnancy will lead to any problems with your baby. This is probably because you have immunity to the virus, and this immunity is passed on to your baby. This is not the case with chicken pox, as a small percentage of babies whose mothers catch chicken pox when they are pregnant have birth defects.

Although you cannot give anybody shingles, it is possible to pass the virus on as chicken pox. For this reason, you should avoid other pregnant women if you are suffering from shingles, waiting until the lesions on your skin have healed up before you make contact.

Your doctor will be able to discuss which treatment can help to relieve your symptoms with you. You may find that the treatment you are considering is not licensed for use during pregnancy, so you may want to talk this through, and think about whether the benefits outweigh any possible risks

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CountessDracula · 26/11/2003 12:39

Well it's more like a burning stabbing sensation up my right arm in two distinct areas, no rash yet but GP reckons is shingles as it attacks you when you are run down. Poo poo poo is all I can say to all this illness. NEVER going to be able to conceive at this rate

M2T · 26/11/2003 12:36

Thanks CD!

I can't help you with the Shingles thing I'm afraid. i just don't know.... I could do a wee MSN Search if you like. You really are having a rotten time! What makes you think you have Shingles?? Please remember that you can get a rash with Glandular Fever, I remember one of my friends being covered from head to toe!

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CountessDracula · 26/11/2003 12:32

OOOOH M2T how exciting, fingers crossed!

Now I have a problem for you all. I think I've got shingles. On top of blimmin glandular fever. Life is great (NOT) but I am now worried in case I have conceived (very unlikely as did not BD at right time but you never know). Would it be a big prob?

M2T · 26/11/2003 11:40

HA HA HA!
I'm asthmatic.

wwwhhheeeeeeeeeeze

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oliveoil · 26/11/2003 11:30

Flu jab? Are you over 65?

M2T · 26/11/2003 11:28

lol
I've got my smear tomorrow, so I'm going to take the stick along ans see what the Nurse/Doctor thinks. They'll probably ask me to do another there and then coz I'm also supposed to get my Flu jab!!

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oliveoil · 26/11/2003 11:18

STAY AWAY FROM THEM STICKS!

By Order of the Olive.

xx

M2T · 26/11/2003 11:12

Mine's due Sunday 30th Nov about lunchtime so not too long to wait!

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oliveoil · 26/11/2003 11:03

December 10th at approximately 7am. Sooooooo regular.

M2T · 26/11/2003 10:56

lol OO - Good plan!! When is your AF due??

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oliveoil · 26/11/2003 10:52

M2T - agree totally. They should have pregnancy tests behind bars in Boots with someone stood in front of them demanding to know how late you are and refusing to sell them to you if it's less then a week!

THEN we wouldn't all be peering at pissy sticks and putting them under bright lamps and saying 'can you see anything?'

M2T · 26/11/2003 10:44

It certainly is Podmog! I only did the test last night coz it was there and I was bored (DH sleeping on sofa). And NOW look what I'm putting myself through! I should've left it in the bin and did another one on Sunday if my AF doesn't show!!!! I'm such an idiot!

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Podmog · 26/11/2003 10:35

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M2T · 26/11/2003 10:34

Twiglett - I'm not going to be too down if I'm not, I was planning on waiting until after Christmas anyway, but you know how things go.

I still have the instructions, but at home and I'm 40 miles away at work! I'll check them again tonight.

It's not a blurry line, it's a very narrow pale blue line?? Anyone had this???

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twiglett · 26/11/2003 10:25

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oliveoil · 26/11/2003 10:23

I couldn't get on this thread yesterday, my computer kept freezing...?

Belated congrats to the new pregnant additions, this is deffo a fertility thread.

M2T - fingers crossed.

I have decided not to torture myself this month and am going to wait until after my AF is due (she says, ha) so I won't be peering at pissy sticks again.

M2T · 26/11/2003 10:20

Twiglett - I thought it was the hormone that turned the line blue????? It was about half an hour later that I first noticed the line.

Has anyone else had this happen???

What ever happened to the "any line is a line" theory?

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twiglett · 26/11/2003 10:15

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M2T · 26/11/2003 10:12

I fished it out the bin again this morning (YUCK!!)and yes it is still there. VERY VERY VERY faint though.

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littlerach · 26/11/2003 10:11

Is there still a line there? I kept checking that mine had not disappeared when it wwas in the bin!! How scabby did I look, rooting around in the bin?!!

Podmog · 26/11/2003 10:10

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M2T · 26/11/2003 09:38

Anyone around?

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M2T · 26/11/2003 08:47

I did buy a double pack of the boots test (200 advantage card points if you buy it girls)!! But I did the other one last week (just couldn't resist and wanted to practice ).

I'll get a first response tonight if I can. thanks.

I repeat.... OH MAGOD!

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