TTC Baby #3 Not our first rodeo 🤠

@mummatara that's amazing, congratulations!

@mummatara congratulations, great news!

Hi all, sorry wasn't on the group for a while, got a bit overwhelmed with everything and sick of the negative tests every month (it's been a year now that we've been trying). But just trying to stay positive.

@mummatara congratulations! Looks like you've got really good progression on the lines. I think getting a little bit of bleeding in early pregnancy can be really common, so if your lines are still progressing well then hopefully everything's OK!

@olivehushit has thanks lovely. I’ve had no more bleeding and actually got the start of a dye stealer today 🥰 got a couple more tests to do because they are there and I can’t not do them. Oooh yes grab him as soon as he comes back 😂

@Lilacrose27 hello 👋🏼 good luck in your tww

TTC baby number 3 I always have a 2 year old and an 8 month old but I want one more and I’m not getting any younger. I had difficult pregnancies and PP with both babies but I feel like someone is missing and someone said to me you’ll never regret having another baby but you’ll regret not having another if you really want one. So I’m going for it we did proper trying for our first and it was extremely stressful so we’re trying this time around but not putting too much pressure on ourselves and not having a schedule.
we agreed to start actively trying in the new year but we had a bit of an oops moment and I’m in the 2weeks wait period now.

sending baby dust to everyone trying

@mummatara fingers crossed hard for you! Bodies are weird indeed! I've been there. It's so hard waiting for that first scan 🤞

@Anonna123last 2 cycles I’ve had chemicals and I didn’t start bleeding until the line was really faint so I was a bit shocked when I went back to the test later and it was darker. I took it then saw the blood and just assumed was over so went back to bed to cry. I still find it strange how you can get IB 4 days after a positive test but I did have a Google and you can still have a little bleed around the time you would get your period so that must have been it I always say bodies are weird 😂 I’ll ring EPU if I’m still pregnant next week and they can book me in for a scan the week after

@mummatara that test still looks ok! 🤞 When miscarried the line has almost gone by the time I started bleeding so I'd say that's a good sign it's just implantation bleeding 🤞

@Anonna123all ok thanks no more bleeding. I’ve run out of boots tests now and only have a few easy at homes left. This mornings test still looked like it was going in the right direction on easy at home. I’m trying to decide whether I can convince my brain not to buy more boots tests 🙈 not an easy feat 😂 bottom test was yesterday when I thought it was over 🤦🏼‍♀️

@mummatara how are you doing today?

@Outside9no cramping and bleeding stopped now it never made it onto the pad only when I wiped so maybe it was an implantation bleed that just popped through when period was due 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’ve never had bleeding in pregnancy only IB twice. If it starts again maybe I’ll ring EPU but they can’t see anything on a scan at this point anyway so just have to wait and see what happens I think. Considering I have been pregnant so many times I thought I had seen it all just goes to show there’s always a curveball! I would definitely speak to the EPU just incase at 8 weeks they can see plenty to check it out and give you that little peace of mind. Hopefully you have no more 🤞🏼

I believe I'm 8 weeks tomorrow.

The night before yesterday I went toilet and discovered quite a bit of blood which rang alarm bells. However I did some research which suggested it could be weak blood vessels on the cervix that burst when I went for a run earlier that day.

Bleeding stopped and haven't had any since. No cramps or blood clots. I went for the Macmillan charity cancer 5K run yesterday (committed to this long before pregnancy) and there was no bleeding afterwards which supports the weak blood vessel theory.

Looking back i did bleed quite a bit with first child 4 years ago, and a little less with 2nd. I may go to an EPU this week to be on safe side.

@mummatara that does sound confusing, and I'm not sure what to make of it either! Especially as your tests do look like clear positives. Do you have any cramping pain?

Ok I’m so confused the test has actually developed darker (maybe best to leave it the required time before declaring it lighter and all over 😅) bleeding also seems on closer inspection a dark reddy brown so old blood but it’s not like the implantation bleeding I had before also would you even get implantation bleeding 4 days after a positive test 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m on progesterone so would have thought that there should be no bleeding. Honestly I just don’t even know what to make of it all 🤔 guess I’ll just have to wait and see

Well that didn’t last long I’m bleeding already. Period was due today and it doesn’t look like implantation bleeding. Test this morning does look lighter but still fairly strong for someone that’s bleeding usually it tapers to nothing before I bleed 😢 3 in a row really really sucks

@mummatara fantastic lines!! 🥰

@olivehush I’m okay thank you, although nausea really starting to set in mainly early afternoons. And the fatigue, as I recall well from the last 2 times is immense 🙈 I somehow need to convince my work to build an afternoon nap into my schedule 😂

I have a private scan booked in Thursday evening next week, so hoping that will be reassuring 🙏🏻

Oh @mummatara they're looking good! Congratulations and welcome to the cautiously optimistic crew 🙈😅

@mummatara amazing! 🤩

Really pleased with progression this morning. no dud tests to totally confuse me thank god 😂 come on baby please stick 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

@olivehushit def helps having us girls to talk to. My hubby is always sympathetic but they really dont get it from our perspective. I think getting some lh strips will help just so you have a clear O was this day. Im sure people O around that sort of time and have successful pregnancies. Hopefully next time 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

thank you @PoppyN919hopefully this one sticks 🙈

my backache started full force today 😅 also I’m so bloody tired

Which supplements are you on?
I just realised that DH has had loads of hot baths recently, before we decided to ttc, and we even went to the sauna for the day 🤦‍♀️ That's probably me out for the next 3 months!

@olivehush cycle 3, but to be honest, life has got in the way so largely missed ovulation haha so not been able to give it a good go. Started using ov strips last month as my cycles can be irregular and wanted to figure out when my peak is, found it useful as it was later than i thought!

I've found it useful but know everyone is different! Might be worth a shot if you want clearer idea of peak etc