July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

Hi ladies,

Working away at coalface all day so felt I deserved some mnet time .

Firstly Happy birthday irish - you are indeed a bairn - enjoy!

Oh sif - hats off to your preparedness and vent free sick bags - its just horrible isn't it.. I was at playgroup committee last night (don't mock me your time will come!!) and kept it in for 2 hours then home, do not pass go and VOM into loo.

sif and wasabi - the early weeks are - frankly - mitigated hell in a physical, emotional and psychological way. Just find the dunkirk spirit and soilder on.

Had my practical session with my hypnotherapist yesterday so thought I'd pass some tips on:

1. Relax, deep breath and visualise your new baby, how you will feel when you hold him/her for the first time, walking him/her around in the pram.

1. If your anxiety gets acute hold a pen very very tightly until it is sore and then release it and say "I am releasing my stress"

1. Remember what fun things you like in life (for me it is having a good belly laugh - something I've not done in ages), listening to music, spending quality time with DH

Hell, anything that might help .

I'm getting a bit worried about Head - she's not been on since last Monday... Head - please let us know you're OK...

jumping - really hope your long wait is soon over

girl - how are you?

Better get back to work - last day until Monday -

Sif you do make me laugh. "Chunder your way round London." I expect from your perspective though it is somewhat less amusing.

At the moment although I am more tired and sometimes feel as if my boobs are being squeezed by an invisible hand (NOT a pleasant sensation) I don't feel much different bar the odd dizzy spell. I have never wanted to feel sick as much as I do now. I'm sure I felt a couple of little surges of nausea this morning before breakfast but I might be tryng to convince myself. I am only 4+3 so need to calm down but still. It's difficult.

girl i have missed you!! Are you ok?

Hi, just popping on to say congratulations sif... this is proving a very lucky thread!

Ahh wasabs welcome to my world!I still feel like crap but not to the extent i did at the end of last week. So obviously now I am worrying that it's a bad sign.

It's a no wine situation at this stage.

I had a very hormonal day yesterday. Cried about 3 times including at the GP.She offered to sign me off work but considering I'm only 6 +5 today and there is still, potentially, a long wait and the HCG may not have hit it's peak, I declined. Instead I'm doing 10am - 4pm this week and I'll see how I go.

Was sick at Waterloo station this morning. By the bus stop. Thankfully I had a sick bag with me. And thankfully (thanks to Blue's unfortunate mishap) I had packed an air-vent free one. Chunder your way around london - wel it's one way to take in the sights...

Anyway, as I say, not feeling on my death bed and very much hoping that that is a good thing. End of.

irish at you for being so young!

jumping wishing you all the luck in the world with the CVS. It looks like London is going to be your place.

blue are you still off chilling? Hope you are ok. Get a bit worried if you don't post but am thinking no news is good news.

Has anyone heard anything from Wishing? issy how are you doing? My first scan is a week on Monday. I.e. 20 centuries away...

Aw thanks everyone for your kind words. It's still sinking in really. One minute I feel really positive and I talk to my little peanut and practise lots of positive visualisations.

Please accept my apologies for the therapy speak. This is what hypnotherapy does to you - Blue you have been warned.

Then I panic that I'm not sick yet and I wasn't sick last time and we all know how that one ended.

Then I remind myself I am only 4+2 and I hadn't even tested at that point with DS let alone be having ms.

It's going to be a long few weeks.

feed? - feel of course!

Congrats wasabi!! That is just brilliant news, so so chuffed for you
Hope the wait for scans etc. goes smoothly and quickly.

Issy thank you for the link. I can't find much on CVS at the mo from there, but from reading around a bit I think there are a few hospitals (mostly in London) that offer transvaginal CVS, and we could pay privately and try the FMC. Just hoping things will have moved on Friday and they're able to do it there and then...I'm getting so fed up of the wait, and the pulling of wool over everyone's eyes.
Great news too that you got the 3+ on the HPT. Hope you can kind of relax a little before your scan- not long now! Thinking of you and the bean(s) lots x

Irish good luck at the docs- really hope like me it'll be the month you're successful when the tests are being done.

sif really feed for you wrt the ms, it's so awful. Hope you are coping ok.

Got to dash but will keep an eye on you all!

Wasabi that is such fantastic news (must get your fitness plan for DH's swimmers to follow - I feel they weren't committed enough this time around)

I'm on CD25 of a 25 - 34 day cycle (based on the last 2 months) so shall have to wait and see what tomorrow brings if AF hasn't arrived in the mean time.

Jumping I really hope that something happens soon for you on the CVS front. It must be such a mare to have to deal with the various complications and waiting. I hope you get some answers soon.

Blue sounds like you had a good weekend - chilling out always sounds lovely. Hope you have a lovely weekend next weekend, I'm 2 days behind you (Wednesday) but will only be 29.

Oh and the holidays wil be spent sleeping in the living room of my friend's 2 bed apartment (she shares with another girl) so bd wil be off the menu I'm afraid for this month. We'll have to see what we can do

Issy that's brilliant news for you too - at least you can relax a little bit more than before.

Thanks everyone for the nice words re the BFN. I'm going to attack ttc with a renewed vigour when I get back from hols - the doc is getting a visit
and DH is giving up smoking properly (he keeps saying he will and then I catch him at it again and again) and I will get my BFP before the summer is over!

Yay wasabs I had such a feeling too! congrats congrats!!

blue thanks for adding me to the list. can't remember the date, it was two weeks ago this monday though. Will hunt it out and add it later.Really really pleased that you chilled this weekend.

issy yay on the 3+. Maybe now you can step away from the sticks?! 9 sleeps doesn't sound too long at all. Got to get on and book my scan.

irish sorry about the BFN. It's such a bugger but holidays always help. alot. and at least you can have the odd drink now and not feel like crap while you're there.

jumping jesus. what a nightmare you're going through. really really hope you find somewhere that can do the CVS transvaginally. Hope issy's clinic can help.

I got up and went to bed again this morning. feeling sick and absolutely shattered, cos obviously having done nothing I am now worn out. I am so pathetic at being preg. Dreading work tomorrow. Off to homebase now though to get some flowers for the garden yard.

Have added sif to the BFP list! not sure of date though

Ilovebeingamummy TTC#3 MC Sep 08 MC Dec 08
Girlwithacurl TTC#1 MC Sep 08
Bubblebell TTC#3
Twiglettini TTC#4 MC/ERPC Sep 08 MC Jan 09
Irishmumwannabe (UCL 25-35) TTC # 1
Suzibhoy TTC#1
Sunnydale TTC#2 (UCL 28 - 32)

Gateau - BFP 11/2/09
Wishing BFP 16/3/09
RipMacWinkle TTC#2 BFP 30/3/09
JumpingJellyFish TTC#3 BFP 31/3/09
Bluesatinsash TTC#2 MC Aug 08 MC Dec 08 BFP 14/4/09
HeadFairy - BFP 22/04/09
Issy TTC#1 MC Mar 08, CP Sep 09, IVF BFP 9/5/09
Sifuentes TTC#1 MMC Dec 08 BFP 11/5/09 (?)
Wasabi TTC#2 MC Jan 09, BFP 25/5/09

Hi everyone,

Not been on over the weekend, deliberately had a 'no PC' rule to try and relax and chill which I did .

wasabi - congratulations to you - fantastic news - I had a feeling this month was yours .

Issy - glad to hear your clearblue read 3+ but as everyone says, they are so unreliable so try not to worry. Only 9 sleeps til your scan.

Irish - so sorry to hear about your favourite cat and your BFN, what cycle day are you on? Maybe still time? Good thinking though that your hols are in 2 weeks time - I conceived this time during DH and my week's holiday - I do believe being relaxed helps!

Jumping - so so to read your post. you must be going through hell trying to get this done. Have you looked at Issy's site?

Sif and Head - big up to you both and hope your relaxing and not feeling too bleugh.

Well I'm at work (boo) but am off on Friday as its my (whisper) 38th birthday. DH and me are off to Glasgow for lunch and general mooch about, can't wait. Only two day week for me - yay!

Waves to girl, bubble and sunny - hope your all OK.

Oh Jelly I am so sorry you are going through this. It must feel like torture. I hope you manage to find a hospital that does the tv scan.

Sif jesus you have been through it. It must be so miserable feeling so rubbish but yet panicking when you don't. I distinctly remember feeling like that in the early days with ds although it took me until about 9 week to physically start puking. Just those lovely dry wretches till then. At least you can share with your sis now!

Irish sorry to hear about your BFN and your sunburn! I too have been caught out on several occasions while slathering ds in factor 30. I am being more careful this year as some fine lines are starting to appear!

Well, I have a bit of news. DH's swimmers must have paid attention and put in the hours at the gym because I got a BFP this morning. I am 4 weeks today! Yikes.

I had a pretty strong feeling as my temps had been high and moved up even higher 10 days after ovulation and I normally only have a 12 day luteal phase. Couldn't test though as was at the in laws in Norfolk! Came up with all sorts of crap excuses not to have a drink - not sure they bought it but they would be too scared to ask outright so it doesn't really matter.

I am so happy. It already feels different to last time. No nausea yet but massive tiredness - I feel like I've taken a sedative half the time. Plus my boobs have been quite painful. Last time was completely symptomless, it was strange. I just hope my instincts are right.

Hoep everyone is enjoying their bank holiday (apart from those in Scotland - sorry)

Sorry just a quick post- Irish so sorry it was BFN but really hoping somehow AF still stays away.
Issy hope you are ok, it's so hard not to worry, especially with everything you are going through. Hope time flies until your scan.

Bad news here- on Thurs the CVS consultant found my placenta to be completely inaccessible- it is to my back so he'd have to go through my womb, i.e. possibly baby, to get to it. It was worse than it had been on Monday. They don't do transvaginal CVS here (which would be the only safe way to access it) So he wants to wait another week and I'm to go back on Friday But he's not overly optimistic that the placenta will have moved. If it hasn't my only option is to find a hospital in England where they'll do it transvaginally and try that early next week. The only kind of good news is that he dated me as just over 11 weeks, not 12 weeks, on Thurs, so we still have a couple of weeks to get this done. The rollercoaster is killing me and I'm now trying to forget all about it, but it's so hard, and the thought of having to try to juggle childcare without letting my MIL know if I have to go to England next week is really getting to me- I've weaved such a web of lies so far with all these apts.

Anyhow am meant to be PhDing today so better get to it, and try to forget about all else

Hi All

really quick post -

Sif well done on finding your cure - hope it worked. Hope you get a scan asap.
Issy I second what sif says - POAS is only going to drive you mad.

I PIAP today and tested - BFP Ah well AF now just needs to come and I will be fine. Hols in 2 weeks [woohoo]

Got sunburnt yesterday at my nieces party - spent the whole afternoon putting suncream on 5 year olds and didn't even think about me. Have a lovely stripe across my face on my nose and cheeks. It's very becoming.

Also on a note, my favourite cat (I know I shouldn't have faourites) got knocked down last night so DH is bringing him to the vets today to dispose of him.

Anyway enough of me - hope everyone else is ok I'm figuring the lack of posts was because of the lovely weather over the weekend - hope you are all lapping it up. We have a bank holiday next Monday so fingers crossed it keeps up until a week today at least.
Sunny and Gilr hope you've had a lovely weekend -

JJF hope the wait isn't too long,
Bubble how are you?
wasabi how's the 2ww coming along? Blue, Head hope MS isn't too bad for you,

Right for a short post that was pretty long - talk to you all later.
hello to everyone,

jeez - Ilet the typing slip again pretty quick. will sort that out. and will stop monopolising this thread like a weirdo saddo loser!

Sorry - aslo still chuckling about the air vents in the bag blue i nearly got caught out by that too. If you just yak straight onto the pavement at least you don't have to smell it again after! You poor thing

My Dsis guessed today. When she asks me a direct question I can't lie to her without gettting the giggles.

Hi issy really pleased you're not feeling too worried. IT's so tricky to know where to put yourself. I think I'm thinking (cos I'm not sure really) that if I don't worry now or keep reminding myself that it probably won't be a sticky one then I'll be more upset when ia am given bad news. But then I also think what's the point in that cos ti is what it is. I'm finding hard to just settle. Supposed that's normal though.

Re the sickness, It was true that food helped til wednesday from which point on it all started to come straight back up again. I think it is true that tiredness makes it worse though. if only i could jack in my stupid job.

So pleased your friend is home with her LO. That's a big moment.

Can't believe you have a clearblue club thread!!!! that made me

Right. Well it's bed time for me! I have my glass of water with loads of lemon juice in it and enough food in my tum that I hopefully will have another night without a 3am yak or dry heave. nice. might even try to chuck down a 50mg b6 just for the hell of it!

27 degrees in London tomorrow. Gotta love a bank holiday...ooooops sorry blue!!!

Hi everyone - just a quick one from me but couldn't let Issy go unanswered. So sorry that you are worrying. If it's any consolation poas is not a reliable indicator of how pregnant you are, not even clearblue conception thingies - it's always only a very rough guesstimate. So put those sticks away!! It is a worry though isn't it. I turned 6w yesterday and the panic has started to creep in. I have been fortunate enough to have been under the constant care of my lovely mum since thursday when i couldn't even sit upright or swallow water very easily (DP is away and not nearly such a good nurse). I'm feeling fine today (have done absolutely nothing at all since weds) but now that I do feel fine, and ate a good lunch which is a first in a week, I am obviously panicking that that can only mean one thing! So now I am kind of hoping to feel sick again? how messed up is that? Bad MS is about the horriblest thing I have ever had. Every night apart from last I have woken up either to vomit or to eat something to quell the overhelming nausea. Not last night. Hmmm. Please tell me it's just because I am rested

Oh dear, knicker checking and boob prodding have started in earnest. Might have to go and see someone sooner rather than later. It's just that the last one measured 6wsomething when i was scanned for the mc at 11w and I know that 6-8 is the make or break time. Some people say that they just 'know' when it's a goer but I really don't have any such intuition. Just got to wait it out innit. issy i think i will aim for a scan that week too. 3rd is only a week away now isn't it? That will fly by.

Hope everyone else has been enjoying this incredible weather. More importantly, I hope that everyone else is feeling as chilled as possible, whether they're on the 2ww or the 12ww.

irish thanks for the get well soon wishes. They worked!

Sorry for writing a me me me post AGAIN. Will hopefully be less self obsessed this week

Sif - God you are going through the mill poor you. Hope you find something that helps with the MS - take care of yourself.

Blue sorry about yours too. It's mad that we all want to go through this isn't it? . I hope your friend gets better soon. Good to hear your hypnotherapy seems to be working as well.

Head, Issy, Jumping hope you are all looking after yourelves too

wasabi how're you finding the 2ww? I've asked DH to buy me a test as I've been sick the past 2 days andhave no other reason for it. But I have been here before. I'l keep you all updated - AF due on Monday.

girl, Sunny, Bubble hello and I hope you are all ok? HOw is the pain now Bubble?

Right am heading off now will look in over the weekend and see how you all are. Get better soon Sif