TTC May 2023 💝 Previous MC March 2023 (thread 4)

@Supertrooper101 I meant it was a good plan for westy booking private scan if 12 week scan is late.
@Sez281 hope your scan goes well! Ah it's just extra worry knowing you've been around someone poorly, hopefully you're OK tho.
@SnookyPook oh gosh you're in a different tww now then haha, glad you're getting more movement hopefully time will go quickly til your next scan.
@xxcxdonxx im ok thanks, nothing to update on and can't have bloods until start of May as that'll be 6 weeks since negative. Hope the EPU get back to you soon, seems a daft system waiting for call back.
@Westy22 that's fab you're low risk, don't think I could resist a private scan.

@xxcxdonxx thank you so much. I am 12 dpo today, I think I’ll be going again next cycle.

Ah sorry to hear that @JM1997 , how many dpo are you?

Glad to hear it all went went @Westy22 , another milestone met 🥰

Thanks @Supertrooper101 , I hadn’t heard back from them so I’ve called again this morning. I know it doesn’t necessarily mean anything but I just don’t feel pregnant in any way so as you say, I think I’m preparing myself for bad news.

I agree @Sez281, every few days counts in what they might be able to confirm so it’s maybe not a bad thing. I’m also a bit concerned if I should even start this heparin when it’s not 100% that I have this sticky blood but they would be able to advise. Hope you are feeling ok and all goes well with your scan today.

Glad to hear little one’s movements have picked up too @SnookyPook and you are now over half way, that feels so quick!

Hope you are doing ok @Paws4thought did you get your blood work done? I can’t remember if you said.

Hope you are doing ok @Jadeypie xx

@Supertrooper101 thank you for checking in, please don’t worry at all! It is going okay, I did cave today though and got a negative test!

Thank you @Sez281 all done now, she was lovely, classed as low risk so that's good and weight still healthy..think I've gained 4lbs since the gp weighed me in Feb. Scan isn't till 30th April which would be 13+5 so might speak to OH about booking a private one x

Good luck today xxx

It's the full booking appointment today, says it can take over an hour 👀 been wide awake since 5.30am wanting cereal 🤣 yep find out how heavy I am today 🐷🤣 @Supertrooper101

@Westy22 is it your weight and bloods today then then official one afew days after or do they do it all together there? Least you will know what weight youve put on lol
@Sez281 scan day today?? Bet your nervous, we all know the score lol
@SnookyPook soon you will be forgetting about how desperate you were to feel him and imstead trying to wedge him from your ribs haha
@xxcxdonxx i think at this stage its the right mindset to have a wall up and be realistic. Bloody awful having too 🙁 i know. But sometimes helps. Did you hear from epu? I can remember sez being worried about her cramps and the pesseries masking something bit she was told it wouldnt and shes tonking by lol
@Paws4thought ive tried scrolling up to see your plan and cant find anything, either that or my eyes r shite lol you ok x
@JM1997 hows it going, not used to a newbie so forget your there haha

@Paws4thought hi lovely! Movements have ramped up a bit the last couple of days which is lovely! 22wks today!! Got my next scan two weeks today with foetal medicine - just hoping it shows little man has had a good growth spurt! 🙏🏼💕

@xxcxdonxx glad I'm not the only one 🤣

@Westy22 ah OK, my tests went negative about 4 days after mva for retained product so I'm assuming hcg is back to normal, were your tests still positive? I'll give it another week or so then call epu see if they can suggest anything, I'd would have been 6/7 weeks so early too.
Hopefully you'll get a reassuring midwife who might help your anxiety a bit 🤞 that's a good plan, hopefully your scan date will be soon then!

Thanks @Sez281 thats good to know. I think at this point I’d be more surprised that it all worked out rather than not. Still not heard from epau, I’ll
give it till lunch time I think and call them
back.
I can’t keep up of where everyone is either @Paws4thought 😅

@Paws4thought no it was natural as I'd already started bleeding so decided to wait it out. I reckon I was only 5+ weeks development wise so very early too but it took forever for my hormone to drop, think it was 6 weeks later I was still showing a small level of hcg. I rang epu and had a blood test to check levels and it was like 8 , they repeated and it dropped again so they were happy. My doctor was useless x

My anxiety is ramping up atm, midwife tomorrow, if I don't get a 12 week scan date that's relatively soon I'll probably book a private scan for the next few days, the wait is driving me insane. X

@Paws4thought thank you so much for the welcome!! Honestly it feels like I’ve been waiting for ages to get to the week of when I’m due, I’m keeping my fingers and toes crossed though that it doesn’t come!! 🤞🏻

@Westy22 did you have mva when it took 8 weeks for period to return? I'm only 3 weeks since second one so potentially long way to go, did you check in with Dr about time scale or just wait? Can't believe you're 10 weeks, that's gone so quickly! Are you going to book a private scan?
@SnookyPook hope the movements get more consistent, do you have anymore appt coming up?
@Sez281 oh no, do you have to wait til next scan for a pic now? Glad you're feeling less nauseous!
@Supertrooper101 how many weeks are you now? I can't keep up 🙈 hopefully this pregnancy will make the anniversary of mc/due date easier to manage.
@Jadeypie hope you get some answers from gp, I always get fobbed off, need @Supertrooper101 on loud speaker haha.
@xxcxdonxx hope epu get back to you quickly, I agree about not wanting to do the week waiting after a scan to see progress think I'd rather just wait slightly longer for first one.
@JM1997 welcome! Hope tww is going quickly for you :)
@Hankthehonk it doesn't seem like 8 weeks since you had your little one, hope you're enjoying every moment, is your eldest happy with little brother?

Sorry if I've missed anyone, these threads fill so quickly!

Thanks @Westy22, it’s such a horrible
process. I called epau on Friday for an appointment but the process is to leave a message and someone calls you back so I’m hoping that’s tomorrow to arrange a scan. I’ll be 6 weeks on Thurs so I’m not sure if they’ll say it’s too early to be sure or not.

Almost 10 weeks 🥹 I know you’ll naturally still have some worry but it hopefully feels like you are entering a more reassuring space now xx

I'm 9+4 today 🙏

Ah it's awful the first time round i had to do that and they ended up measuring hcg to see what that was doing which i became obsessed with, how long are you going to wait till you get scanned? I was 5+4 this time and literally held my breath for what felt like a lifetime whilst they checked things. I'm crossing everything for you xx

How many weeks are you now @Westy22 , you guys are all such similar timings I can’t keep track!

Laughed at your comment, I don’t know what it’s like to dtd these days without TTC in mind 🙄

I’m ok thanks, starting to get nervous though about next steps etc. I’ve convinced myself that being on this progesterone is going to mask a mc. I know I can only confirm that with going for a scan but it fills me with dread. I also really don’t want to be in the position where they can’t be sure and tell me to come back 1/2 weeks later. That happened last time and it was an awful wait 😫

@Westy22 thank you for letting me know what it means!! Love that acronym I will 100% try that next time if I’m out!! I use Flo, so it shows me when I’m most fertile, fingers crossed!!

@JM1997 doing the deed lol 🙈 x

@Westy22 thank you so much for the welcome! What is DTD?? Thank you for the tips as well I really appreciate it! I’ll let you know how I get on I’m due on the 11th but just seem to be getting really bad cramps at the moment!

Just caught up guys

Welcome @JM1997 I'd be lost without these ladies! Can't remember any signs before my bfp...think I was just obsessively early testing and got faint lines from 8dpo (still convinced my dates will be ahead based on that) good luck tho, the only thing we did differently this time was literally dtd every other day from CD6 to CD16 and I caught it somewhere 🤣 I also took maca and used preseed x good luck 💕

Definitely go in with a load of @Supertrooper101 strength @Jadeypie they need to figure out what's going on. Hoping you get some answers soon 🙏

Glad you've started feeling some good movements @SnookyPook must feel so good 💓your flying through your pregnancy!

@Sez281 glad the nausea has slowed down for you, isn't it mental that your trying to stop yours and I'm over here wishing for it 🤣🤣 good luck with the scan on Tuesday, I've decided if my scan date is more like 13/14 weeks I'll book a private one for nearer 12 just to check in as the anxiety is growing.

@Supertrooper101 maybe your right, my appetite has grown lol I'm obsessed with cereal atm then have porridge mid morning then start twitching for my lunch a couple of hours later...dread to think what I weigh 🙈 I hope my midwife app is a good one I'll be dissapointed if they don't give me a good vibe 🤣 hope your okay x

Ladies have you continued with all pregnancy vits/folic after 12 weeks? I've read the folate isn't necessary.

Got over my little phobia of dtd 🤣🤣 dunno why but I just didn't want to, it's been like 7 weeks and felt like it was so obvious how much I've clearly used him ttc so I give in 🤣🤣 I'd started dreaming about it so even my brain was like bloody do it 🤣🤣🙈 poor OH.

@Paws4thought I'd prepare for a long cycle 🙈 I didn't get AF for 8 weeks last time. I don't think we really tried though whilst I was waiting and i didnt really use OPK, don't think I was in the right zone for it. But @Hankthehonk obviously proves it can happen during that time 🙏 wishing you all the luck 💓

@xxcxdonxx how are you? Xx

@Hankthehonk I'm on day 20.... day 40 something is a long way away 🙈🙈 hopefully I'll have your luck if it does take so long!

Thanks for tag @SnookyPook - yes it was me who had a crazy long cycle, second cycle after my loss @Paws4thought. I just kept taking opks even though I felt so confused and frustrated with my body, and peak came out of nowhere on day 40-something...and I got pregnant with my baby who is now 8 weeks old.

I haven't been on mumsnet so much recently but do occasionally skim the thread to see how everyone's doing. It's hard to keep up but so happy for @Sez281 @SnookyPook @Supertrooper101 and @Westy22 that your pregnancies are continuing well, and so much exciting news recently finding out the sex of some of your babies!

I'm happy and exhausted in the chaos of two child life, still have moments when I can't believe the wee man is really here. He's growing like mad, the time is passing so much more quickly this time around.

Sending a hug and some good old baby dust to those of you still ttc xxx