TTC and still breastfeeding? You're not alone! Thread# 2

I saw it Mary! I was teetotal for 6 months before I conceived DD in order to shift some stubborn lbs. The morning of my cousin's wedding I Poas (as it is my fave thing to do, apparently ) and it was negative, so at the wedding I had 2 glasses of Buck's Fizz and a small glass of wine. A week later I poas again (really, I left it a week!?) and it was positive! I told my GP in a panic and she just looked at me, totally nonplussed and said "that's nothing, I've heard of much worse" anyway I can honestly say that, after that mini-freak out, I haven't touched so much as a lite beer since and I don't miss it at all now x

Mumo it was on itv at 9pm yesterday. It basically implied that ANY alcohol, in the first trimester especially, could be dangerous. I suppose it makes sense, since this is the time when all the organs, brain and central nervous system are being formed.

*bus not bud!

Poas addicts anonymous!! Lol it's awful isn't it but you just hope it might have changed!

Didn't watch it Mary, what did it say? I saw they were talking about it on the march bud. What channel was if on, might download it on sky x

watch, not what. must proof read more thoroughly

I think my poas tally often outnumbers the dtd tally too Maybe that's the key to getting a bfp: dtd >poas. Sorted! if only it were that simple

On a more serious note: did anyone what the programme about drinking while pregnant (on last night)? Very scary. Just as I was starting to enjoy the odd glass of wine, since dd now feeds much less.

Ava I've been known to POAS too in the ludicrous hope of ctfe! I think having spent years trying NOT to get pregnant, the idea you can dtd without protection and there not be even a faint chance is a foreign concept

Thanks Mumo, my sister used these when she got pg - bought from amazon with ov sticks. She gave me her unused sticks when she fell pg and I'm ashamed to say, they were all gone in record time when I told her how quickly I'd used them all up she asked just how often had we been dtd!? ... Unfortunately though, the amount of times we dtd didn't correlate to the amount of sticks I used, I just got obsessed with poas (think I was willing hgc levels to rise miraculously throughout the day, even after fmu said no...) Gosh, I'm such a sad case, aren't I? Really need to get out more, lol

Ava, have you looked on amazon? Last time I was ttc I bought something like 50 tests for £5 & they worked as well as any branded one (showed a faint +ve when I was actually pg). Saves money as otherwise the prices are ridiculous!

Poor pear - lack of sleep will do that to you I envisaged your DS using his teeth as a screwdriver sorry to hear your Lo is suffering atm hope it all settles down soon, and hope you both have a more restful nite tonight x

Yes, spek our discussions can get pretty gross, but it's so useful to talk to others in the same situation and the gals on here are so informative and helpful. Literally, ask anything you want, no one can see you there's not many people I'd talk to in real life about EWCM, that's for sure

mumo I don't think I'll be testing until the end of next week, if AF doesn't arrive when expected, tbh. My cycles have been all over the place since returning, so I'm kinda guessing my ov dates atm... I feel like I've wasted so much money on tests and as I just can't resist poas I don't tend to keep tests at home any more. I even did random testing before AF returned, thinking I'd be lucky enough to catch the first egg I'd have to be a few days 'late' to justify buying a test now x

My employers would not give me flexible working with dd1 so I quit & now work pt self-employed. I can still claim mat pay though so that's good x

Thanks aurora. My maternity pay is rubbish. Just the minimum 6 weeks at 90% then a pittance statutory thereafter.

Fyi radio4 now on your employment rights as expectant parent. So most of us don't have our bfps yet but obviously we're all getting them in the next two months, so very relevant!

Mumsnet (ie the final word) has listed them both so we're all right

I always think of it as darling too!

Sorry my mistake, getting frer confused - I've been out of the game for too long lol. I've got quite a few pg tests left over from last time so I hope they'll still be ok!

Yes, the d in DC and dh and DP and so forth is darling in my mind. I think you choose subconsciously whether or not say dear or darling.

I don't think either FRer or the Superdrug Early tests are digital, but I may be mistaken.

Dear/darling - it could be either

Thanks Mary, it works perfectly now

I think the other reason frer is so good is that it is digital (correct me if I'm wrong??) so it says for definite pg or not pg. I am also a fan of the superdrug ones. When I got my bfp 1st time around i tested early & it was unclear on everything else but a strong line on the superdrug test. They are not too £££ either (good when you're testing quite a bit)

You're right mumof link doesn't seem to work.

will try again:

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