Anyone else on the TWW and hoping for a Christmas miracle

@Foundmyfeet hopefully you get the results soon from Athens. Let us know when you do and I have everything crossed it’s the results you’re hoping for 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻.

Oh lovely! You going anywhere nice? Would kill for a little getaway right now.

I’m currently feeling like utter shite 😂 getting quite bad nausea and sickness. In a way it’s comforting I suppose but some days it’s suuuuper bad. It’s funny I was wishing for this a few weeks ago 🙈😂 xx

Hi Ladies! So glad that all your scans are going great! So exciting for you both! How are you both feeling?
Sorry I've been a bit absent but I've had my hands full with one thing or another.
No news from Athens yet. They said to give it about 3 weeks so we are now just dead on 3 weeks. I'm sure I will hear from them soon.
We are going away for a staycation next week. Just what the doctor ordered. Need to be among nature and fresh air to reboot the system.

@ELBlack to be fair that date makes sense and fits in with when we dtt, plus my cycles can be all over the shop.
She mentioned I have a small bleed from implantation but isn’t anything to worry about. So glad I did the early scan ☺️ Xx

@Mariex1989 pleased it all went ok! They're so tiny at that stage it's hard to get measurements. Your due date will probably change by the time you have your dating scan! Made up for you though xx

@ELBlack all was absolutely fine 🙂 measuring at 7+2 and EDD is 25th November.
Pictures aren’t very clear as it’s only a little blob and I kept breathing erratically from neves 😂 xx

@Mariex1989 I know, I honestly don't know where the time is going!! Good luck for your scan tomorrow. You'll be absolutely fine 😀 let us know xx

@ELBlack awwww amazing!!! Gosh it seems like it’s flying, 16 weeks already!

My first one is on Saturday, I’m terrified 😅 x

Hi @Mariex1989 all good thanks! I had my 16w appointment today and heard the heartbeat 🥰😍 how are you? When is your scan?

Yes @Foundmyfeet how are you getting on?

Hey ladies! Thought I’d check in! How’re you getting on?

@Foundmyfeet have you heard anything back from Greece? x

@ELBlack yeah that’s true! I was saying to my friend I won’t feel like it’s real until I know the gender.

Haha it would be typical wouldn’t it! But like you said, long and it’s happy and healthy I don’t have a gender preference.

I’ve booked where my friend went, but she was further along than I’ll be. I’m sure it’ll be fine, I’ve just turned into a worrier 😂.

Will you book anymore private scans or just wait until your next nhs one? X

I don't feel like I need to get organised in terms of nursery or clothes etc because you can put them in anything, I suppose it's more just the making it feel real etc! So exciting though.

Haha I guarantee you'll have a girl and I'll have a boy 😂 I did some nub group guesses etc, and everyone so far has said girl, but could be a load of crap lol!

Aww I wouldn't worry about it. I had such a great experience with my early scan, so it really depends on where you go I think x

@ELBlack haha it’ll be nice to know and get organised. I know people say you don’t get many surprises anymore, but it’ll still be a surprise what he/she will look like ☺️. I’m pretty sure I’ll be having a boy as both our families are very very boy dominant.

Ah good that makes me feel better. I was just overthinking everything yesterday. God what a rollercoaster 🙈!

Scan is a week on Saturday (10th). I’ll be 7+5 so hoping to at least get a bit of reassurance but read some horror stories on here regarding early scans

@Mariex1989 we are pretty sure we are finding out, but might still change our minds 😂 I'm pretty sure it's a girl, so will be really shocked if it's a boy. Team healthy though of course!

Yes, I found around 6 weeks I was feeling like that. I didn't have many symptoms at all and I had a really anxious week during week 6. But by week 7 they all came and are still here 😂 when is your scan?

Yes, I have been living in leggings, I can't wait for dress weather!

Morning ladies!

@Foundmyfeet bless you it must be so hard and frustrating! Did they give you a time frame on when you should expect your results? Hoping you get them soon and can start planning and moving ahead with it all.

@ELBlack hahah I’m SO happy you’re finding out the sex! I just don’t know how people can wait 9 months, I’m only 6 weeks and already getting impatient 😅.

Oh gosh you might just have to live in leggings and stretchy dresses until bump is big enough for maternity?

I’m not too bad thanks both. I still don’t have many symptoms and yesterday it got me quite down worrying about it.
Just had sore boobs but only off and on, tired (although I felt super active yesterday) and very slight nausea from when I get up to around lunchtime. Is this normal? 🥴 xx

Morning! I'm okay thanks, nausea is definitely still hanging around, and seems to be super random now so I never know when it is going to strike, and although it doesn't last as long or isn't as intense as it was before, it's harder to know how to get rid of it as usual tricks aren't working. The vivid dreams are also in full force still and so is the thirst/ need to pee constantly 😂 a vicious cycle. Otherwise I'm all good thanks. Starting to get a bump now but I'm too big for my normal clothes and too small for maternity. Classic!

Quite good thanks have been distracting, especially when it's such a sensitive time. Hopefully you'll get your confirmation they've arrived soon 🤞

How are you feeling @Mariex1989

I also think we are going to find out the sex of the baby 😂🙈 after all that, I just really want to know now! Lol

Morning ladies, how are you both doing? Hope those little bubba's aren't making you feel to queasy.

I did read your lovely and supportive messages and started to reply, but got distracted. The week has been manic too so I'm taking 5 minutes before I get out of bed to reply.

Thank you for your kindness. You're both right, my hubby is so supportive and he adores me and DD. He is genuinely one of a kind and I know how much of a lucky lady I am.

@Mariex1989 - surrogacy is on the list but I was told by the consultant that my uterus is fine so it's probably my eggs because of my age, hence the egg donation being the first port of call. Let's see. Still waiting for confirmation that my samples have been received in Greece. Xx

@ELBlack ah that’s reassuring then, I’m only 5+2 today so I guess plenty time for it to kick in still! Glad it’s easing off for you ☺️ It’s funny how you wish to have symptoms and when you do you wish they’d stop 😂.

Mine is on the 10th April and I’ll be 7+5 as well. Not expecting to see anything but like you say, just want to know things are progressing as should! I’ve also got one booked for the 21st April (9+2) 😂 just because it’ll almost be my birthday and I’ll be questioned on why I’m not drinking so planning on maybe telling a few close friends then if everything’s okay xx

@Mariex1989 mine didn't kick in until 6.5 weeks. We went for our scan at 7+5. Tbh, you don't see a lot, but it's just reassuring to hear the heartbeat and know everything is OK. I'd recommend going around 8 weeks if you can. When did you book for?

I'm actually feeling OK thanks. Tired, but less nauseous! I seemed to get rid of it pretty quickly this morning 😊

@Foundmyfeet I also didn’t get a notification for this, strange :/.
I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Try not to have any regrets about not trying earlier etc, your OH clearly loves you and will support you through everything I’m sure. You’re more important to him than anything and I’m sure he will never hold this against you. Get that sample sent off and go from there, you never know! Stranger things have happened.
Have you considered surrogacy? I don’t really know much about it but maybe that could be another option? There’s a documentary on it at the moment that’s quite interesting!
Please don’t beat yourself up about it and always here if you need to rant xxx

@ELBlack I’m good thanks, how’re you? Still no raging symptoms yet. The sickness the other morning must have been a one off as I’ve not had it since, just waves of nausea.
I was going to ask actually, how many weeks were you when you went for your first scan? I’m beginning to think I’ve booked mine way too early xx

I'm so sorry @Foundmyfeet I didn't get a notification for this! I'm really sorry AF arrived, the little bitch! And I'm so sorry you're feeling like you should have done things differently, especially when you're so desperate to have a little one with your DH. As harsh as it sounds, thinking like that won't help or change anything. Your husband sounds so supportive and like he adores you and DD, even if she's not biologically his, that's not what makes a family. Love, support, memories and being there is what makes a family! Good luck with your sample to Greece. I really do hope you get your baby ❤️

@Mariex1989 how are you feeling? X

AF arrived yesterday afternoon. She's a pain in the a*!! Felt a little tearful walking back from the park with the dogs. DH gave me a little pep talk, bless him. I just want us to have a baby together!
My ex left me when I was pregnant with DD and I didn't meet DH until DD was 9yo, so I never had the support of a partner or that family unit which I'd always imagined I'd have when starting my own family.
I always wanted children and always said I'd start at 30 even though I was 28 when I conceived DD. I had a couple of relationships in between the ex and DH but none serious enough to consider having children with; until I met DH. By then, I was 38. Married at 40. And now struggling to have a healthy pregnancy.
Funny, I thought I was doing it all the right way second time around (ex and I were never married and he has a son from his previous relationship so I was the "bitch" stepmother of course), but now I'm questioning if I should've just pierced holes in the condoms from the first month I met DH! 🤔🤭
I just don't want DH to have any regrets with me. I know he loves me very much but I can't help but feel I will have failed him if we can't have children together. It's stupid to feel this way, I know, because we have so many other blessings in our lives.
There is also the option of egg donation. I just worry that I wouldn't be able to bond the same with a baby which is not biologically mine? I'd love it and care for it, but would it feel like a niece or nephew?
Anyway, got my "sample" together at 5:30am and will send off to Greece later today. Wish I could get in that parcel too!
Sorry, needed to get that off my chest!

I did an el-cheapo Poundland one. But I have had BFP's on them before.

Just seen that Katie Price is apparently expecting her 6th! Wow! Given me hope seeing as we're the same age, although she is a fertile Myrtle and I'm clearly not!

@Foundmyfeet definitely still chance until you af (hopefully doesn’t) arrive. Which test did you use? Really hoping you get your BFP ASAP!

Yeah I’m not bad thank you. I had my first proper glimpse of morning sickness this morning which wasn’t pleasant (hoping it was a once off :p), but other than that all good xx

Hi @Foundmyfeet I'm good thanks! There's still time for it to be positive. My friend didn't get a positive until nearly a week after her missed period with her 3rd. Which is unusual but still possible.

Definitely track for another month and see. Really got my fingers crossed for you! X

Morning Ladies, how are you doing?

AF is due tomorrow/Sunday but I've not had much in the way of niggles this month, so I just POAS and it's BFN.

I ordered some more OPK's which arrived yesterday. I'm going to track for another month and if no success, I'll just wait to get to Greece!