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Some company, please. I'm a bit freaked out.

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ImprobableNotImpossible · 05/06/2012 14:03

Hello,

I haven't posted for a really really long time and I've name-changed (I think) because I really don't want to go at all public yet. So, if you recognise me from previous posts or (much worse) real life, please please don't out me.

So, in a nutshell, I have been unsucessfully TTC for over five years. I had one early MC ages ago and one cycle of IVF with a really poor response. Over a year ago we were told that I probably had premature ovarian failure, that there was no point in more IVF and that I would almost certainly go through menopause in the next couple of years. I was a very difficult time, obviously, but we were always realistic and coped pretty well. We grieved for a bit then picked ourselves up and got on with accepting and adjusting.

So, fast-forward to now and with several people close to us for the second time and with my periods showing no signs of stopping, we started to wonder if we'd given up to soon and I started tracking my cycles a bit again and we started a bit of low-key trying (we'd never actually stopped, of course, but we started paying attention to timing). I'm now on day 27, 13 DPO, and I tested yesterday and there was a faint, but visible line. Twice.
I've tested again today and there is a still faint, but more distinct pink line.

Ummm, so, I'm pregnant, aren't I?

We (husband and I) are a bit freaked out and have no idea what to do with ourselves. We can't tell anyone real and we can't actually believe it, but I am, aren't I?

I just really need some company until I'm more sure and less overwhelmed, but please no baby-dust or hugs or any of that stuff, I hate all that.

Thanks.

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Christelle2207 · 07/07/2012 17:02

Such great news, best of luck x

fanjodisfunction · 07/07/2012 06:23

OP I'm so glad, 8 weeks already wow. Hopefully you will start to feel better when in second trimester, your nearly there.

wilderumpus · 05/07/2012 15:39

aw how completely lovely! congratulations OP :)

Stangirl · 05/07/2012 15:09

When I went to my Dr with my "faint line" test she laughed and said "a line is a line is a line, congratulations, you're pregnant".

Congratulations - now rest up. Oh, and don't worry about a bit of spotting, very common.

sheeplikessleep · 05/07/2012 09:04

Awww, what a great thread. You've put a smile on my face OP and a lump to my throat! Huge congratulations and all the best.

ImprobableNotImpossible · 05/07/2012 08:50

Thank you!

It's funny, it never occured to me that this would help anyone else or give them hope, because I always really hated those stories of people who suddenly found out they were pregnant after giving up. They made me feel even more hopeless and inadequate. You're obviously all much kinder people than me!

eurochick how are you doing now?

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bugoven · 04/07/2012 17:52

Such a lovely post and it's allowed to be all about you Smile

eurochick · 04/07/2012 14:46

Aw, that's awsome, OP. Enjoy your pregnancy!

FleetofHope · 04/07/2012 10:17

That's very exciting OP - I think it gives lots of us hope!

ImprobableNotImpossible · 04/07/2012 10:01

Hello,

I thought I'd bring this back just to say that I'm still here!
Eight weeks tomorrow and we saw a perfect-size-for-dates little embryo with a heartbeat on an early scan this week.

Thank you all for being so nice when I was feeling very mad.

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WhosPickleisThatOnion · 11/06/2012 09:42

Ah! Hope to see you soon. I am stupid early so I am being very cautiously happy.

Got a BFP something silly like 8 DPO.

Thats amazing news about your friend, me and a good friend got pregnant within a week of each other and we were delighted but it made us nervous, like you said in a too good to be true way. But sometimes really good things do happen!

ImprobableNotImpossible · 11/06/2012 09:38

Well, I've rung the early menopause clinic and they were very nice; the consultants secretary is going to ask her what I should do and call me back.
And I'v got a GP appointment for Wednesday.

WhosPickleisThatOnion I'm lurking on the Feb 2013 thread over in pregnancy, but not brave enought to join.

I found out yesterday that a very dear friend, who I've know almost all my life, is also pregnant after an absolutely awful year of IVF and loss. It almost feels too good to be true and I'm quite overwhelmed and tearful - blaming the hormones, obviously.

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CamelKnees · 11/06/2012 09:03

Completely thrilled for you! Congratulations!!

WhosPickleisThatOnion · 10/06/2012 23:47

Enjoy it! Please keep updating I've been lurking and am so pleased for you Smile

ImprobableNotImpossible · 10/06/2012 19:34

Hello,

All good here. Well, when I say good I mean feeling absolutly awful, but I'm taking that to be a good sign.

We have had friends for the weekend who we really weren't ready to tell so I made excuses for not drinking, but then may have given myself away by practically falling asleep on the table at half nine last night. It is extraordinary how such a tiny thing can make you feel so drained.

I have also told the rest of my family and they've all been wonderful.

But really, that's enough about me, I'm beginning to feel quit embarrassed by a having my own thread full of people being so nice to me!

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ImpatientOne · 10/06/2012 19:19

Just passed by to see how things are going, great news about the CB Digi! might have to check expiry date on mine

Chubfuddler that's a really great story, thanks for sharing as it's just what I needed to hear today :)

Hope things are still going well for OP

Chubfuddler · 10/06/2012 07:09

Stupid fingers

For various reasons at the end of 2010 (none of them bad) we had sex once in a period of nearly three months. Dd conceived and is sitting in her high chair next to me. Six years ago I was convinced I would never be a mother. There's two children here to prove me wrong.

Chubfuddler · 10/06/2012 07:07

Fantastic news. Now stop testing, especially with those digital buggers, you can get obsessively hung up on how many weeks it thinks you are . You are pregnant and this is wonderful, wonderful news.

We were told we had a less than five percent chance of ever conceiving. When I phoned my consultant to tell him I was pregnant with my son his immediate response was "you can't be". Two heartbreaking miscarriages followed his birth, and then we more or less gave up. For various r

hellokittydrivesmenuts · 10/06/2012 07:00

hi just passing to see how your doing and loving the fact the answer is great!! keep us updated probable xx

fanjodisfunction · 09/06/2012 18:40

Keep us posted OP

Weirdypants · 09/06/2012 15:07

Brilliant! So happy for you.

blackcatsdancing · 08/06/2012 08:54

oh cross post! love to hear what the early menopause clinic have to say- expect they will be so happy for you.

blackcatsdancing · 08/06/2012 08:53

brilliant! :)

ImprobableNotImpossible · 08/06/2012 08:52

Oh, and I'm going to call the GPs on Monday.

And also the Early Menopause clinic to see what I should do about my appointment next month!

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ImprobableNotImpossible · 08/06/2012 08:35

Morning,

I was brave this morning and did a CB Digital and got a "Pregnant" - the long-term ttc-ers holy grail!

So, thank you all so very much you kind strangers. I now believe I am pregnant and I'm even beginning to see I have as good a chance as anyone else of making it...

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