TTC any which way DP CM BT OPK Grapefruit drinking ....

Will somebody please slap me round the head and stop me symptom spotting ! [oops]

I can only be 2 or 3 DPO, but I'm already racking up a good list of symptoms that I know in reality must be a tummy bug but I can't stop !!!!!

My best friend had baby boy today! Delighted of course, though sad too.

Happy birthday pezzina. I have breadmaker - is fab.

I have now thrown up twice today - def not pregnant though - had period 8 days ago but also did test to make sure after throwing up for first time. Bah.

it's so lovely to hear about EDD - can't wait till everyone graduates and we can chat about our growing tummies!

smiley oh yes i remember on your previous note you said about the probe, i had a scan at 8 weeks and saw the fluttering of a little heartbeat - it really did put my mind at rest like you say.

If it helps the last 2-3 weeks have flown by and i can't believe i'm now into 13 weeks! scary! i have been planning leave and finances and everything!

My EDD is 26th August - I'm not far ahead of you both!

Smiley my Dr gave me due date of 3 Sept - so we're VERY close .

PS Happy Birthday for last wk

Pezz whats your due date, sounds like we are very close as I'm 6wks tomorrow
By my dates it will be Sept 4th/5th

Heeby I'll have to have the internal probe to look at my ovary & from what I've read you tend to get a slightly better picture this way when you are not too far along & I'll be 6wk+5 by my dates so I'm hoping they will be able to just see the heart beating/flickering, they say once you see the heart beating your chances of it being a viable pregnancy go upto 70%-95%. It will be enough to put my mind at rest & then I'll be able to wait till my 12 wk scan without wondering if theres anything there

Dear all,

Sorry I haven?t been on for a while ? work has been manic and it was also my birthday this week ? so have been having visitors. Have just about got the house back to normal after everything!

So much to catch up on here.

Yellowflowers I does sound as though you could have ov?d early. I would keep BDing every other day or so until you have passed your usual ov date to be sure.

Funtime and Iggy ? I?m impressed by all this talk of growing things. I would love to have the room for a veg patch.

I love the thought of been more self sufficient. In fact ? I was given a bread maker for my birthday and have promised myself to start to use it as soon as possible and hopefully never have shop brought bread again.

Wishing everyone good luck for this month ? may all the BDing be perfectly timed and the 2WW pass by stress free.

I?m 6weeks today. Have started to feel a little nausea but mainly my boobs are fuller and sensitive and I am easily fatigued. 12 weeks seems such a long way away but I can?t wait till I can have that first scan ? I switch between feeling highly elated at being pregnant to totally anxious and nervous that something might go wrong.

heeby If I can grow potatoes anyone can - I just stuck them in the ground (pulled of the excess sprouty bits - so there was just a main one left) - I have zero gardening experience! I did tomatoes last year too - and got loads - just had to remember to feed and water them alot... They were in a pot - mu dog doesn't bother with them in pots - and he is partial to a dig too!

wasabi ah thank you! I need many gardening lessons

Funtime - we must order our seed pots. They ran out of Jersey Royals last year and I was miffed!

Iggy - seed pots aren't actually seeds (I know its silly really). They are tubers - basically just small spuds. You plant them just the way you did!

Here endeth the gardening lesson.

pps smiley i just had a thought and just to warn you, my midiwife tried to listen to my tummy at 10+5 weeks and couldn't pick up a heartbeat so please bear this in mind, i think 12-14 weeks is the best time to start.

ps smiley i'm sorry honey i forgot to say thank you for your comments, yes it feels amazing and like a weight has lifted at last! be patient hun, you'll get there before you know it and i really hope you hear that whoosh whoosh next week!

funtime and iggy how easy is it to grow things, i have a dog which would certainly dig and wee on anything half growing, could i get a box or bag to grow things in i wonder? interesting about the potato sprouting thing, very good.

yellow good luck for you this month then, workwise i should of really been due in the winter as i have a summer reliant job (i am now due in july - doh!)

Thanks wasibi yes it was a tough one first time around (what labour isn't!), there is a part of me that is worried about coping with a toddler when you can't walk straight for a week or so, but i guess i just have to call in the support networks! i too have to see a consultant who will 'talk through the options with me' so i'm guessing this will be a lecture / chat about why not to have a c-sec, ho hum, i'll keep an open mind until the time comes for me to decide. The worst case would be going through labour and then havig to have one anyway like last time. that way i'll be unprepared and still having to recover.

Hi iggy - yes maybe, and have been ill with coughs/colds since pre ovulation last cycle so possible all up the spout.

Workwise this would be an amazing month to conceive for me - or the next two months. Fingers' crossed.

Am very impressed by all your growing things.
x

funtime have never done potatoes from seed - is it hard? I did them by planting potatoes which had started sprouting (didn't want to waste them ) and that was very easy!

PG tests seem good price on there don't they?

yellow maybe if you ill it has altered your cycle a bit this time? Mine was strage last month - and I think that was down to being ill with colds etc...

(Whispers to wasabi) My seeds arrived this morning and I've ordered my seed potatoes, it's so sad how excited I get . I'm glad it's not just me . Another way to tempt fate - needing to plant potatoes and being terrified of doing too much and causing another mc. I'm convinced it's either this month or Feb!

Yellowflowers - fingers crossed.

Maybe timed right - not sure. Had sex on morning of day 3 and evening of day 6 and temp seemed to be at it's lowest day 5 and rose day 6, 7 and 8. So maybe. I would be surprised if FF right and I have just ovulated and guess probably down to being ill but you never know and I have in the past had cycles as short as 23 days though not for about a year and a half. Hmmmm. Anything is possible I guess.

I have taken a sick day today and have been watching Mamma Mia on dvd - is it right that I have been crying for most of it?

Funtime - making marmalade is a very cool thing to do. We are a bit Good Life too - or as much as we can be with our not exactly huge garden

Could be ov yellowflowers, better get a-jumping just to be sure . Did you see a dip before the first rise?

I'm less annoyed about the appointment today. Apparently someone will phone me to re-schedule. Instead, I'm using the time to make some marmalade (it's a bit good-lifey in my world I'm afraid and has been for a number of years ) as ds is at Grandma's as arranged.

Welcome whatsfortea and thanks to iggypiggy for the link, I've ordered some pg tests.

I'm deliberately tempting fate this month - brother's wedding is in September, I've stocked up on sanitary towels and ordered 10 pg tests online. Come on, this must be the month !

Yellow FF did exactly the same to me. I was temping for 3 months before December & OV around day 12/14 then in Dec FF told me I'd OV on CD9 after 3 days of higher temps. I really thought at the time that FF must have got it wrong, but I didn't get a +ive on my opk around my normal OV time & I thought we had really messed up in Dec, but FF was right all along, so if you are happy that you have taken your temps correctly I would go with FF (in my experience)
We BD on the afternoon of CD8 so I guess thats the one that caught it
Do you think you have timed it right if FF is correct??

I have a cough/cold, but have done for weeks and temps seem to have followed normal pattern. But maybe. Gah! Hate uncertainty

Yellow - I'm not an expert here by any means as I only temped (and inconsistently) for one month but from what I have seen from others here would indictate that a sustained rise - 3 days - is indicative of ov. If it is way earlier than usual for you is there any way you could have skewed the result? Did you temp immediately on waking? Was the heating up higher then normal? etc.

Hi,

Just filled in temp chart on fertility friend for today and temp has risen 3 consecutive days 9 and am only day 8) - does this matter? Doesn't mean an early ovulation does it?

x

Hey everyone,

Thank you to everyone who has said to think postitive. I am more relaxed now, although ironically now starting to "feel" more pg. Last night I picked up ds from nursery and by the time I'd done bath, milk and story I was virtually passing out. It was all I could do stay awake for dinner. Thank god tomorrow is my work at home day and we can hopefully sleep in a little longer - ds permitting.

Whatsfortea - welcome! I prob should have said that before but am being useless. This is a lovely group.

Funtime - that's an arse about your appt. You must be cross and I don't blame you.

Smiley - so you're up on Wednesday? I am on Monday so hopefully by midweek we will both be happy and relaxed after seeing our little jumping beans.

Heeby - sounds like you had a rough time of it 1st time round. I completely understand your reasoning re an elec cs. Certainly, no health authority would refuse you one 2nd time round. A friend of mine had a dreadful 1st labour culminating im em cs and requested an elective 2nd time round. They made her go to a counsellor (!) but then agreed that she could have what she wanted. FWIW she said it was a really positive experience - a million miles away from the 1st.

I'm really glad that people seem to be feeling positive so am adding my positive vibes to the mix!

I am full of admiration for anyone that has managed to exercise when pg. With ds I managed a little light swimming from the 2nd trimester onwards but that was about it. At the moment I think it would probably make me keel over I'm so tired.