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The CBFM Graduates Vol 1

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StormBird · 21/02/2011 19:55

We have got to know each other pretty well during our TTC journey's so have created this thread on Chocciechips advice (hope she doesn't mind!!) so we can all contintue to support one another through our pregnancies.

Welcome................ Smile

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Harry2007 · 23/05/2011 13:34

Hi Ladies,

Apologies for my absence! Things are just totally hectic. I won't pretend to have caught up on all the gossip but congats to frootbat and thanks to "stormbird" for adding me to the grads who have graduated list!

I had totally forgotten how consuming a new baby is!!!!! Taliesin is now 8 and a half weeks old and weigh 10lbs. He does have colic though, so that's quite difficult.

For those of you who remeber my skin cancer diagnosis, I'm pleased to report that after another operation, I have had the all-clear. Got to see an oncologist every three months for three years to make sure it hasn't returned but fingers crossed...

I have, however, been diagnosed with PND (hardly surprising given the pregnancy) and am feeling quite overwhelmed by things that would otherwise be part of normal everyday life. On anti-depressants but hopefully not for long.

Well, just wanted to say hi and to catch up with you all. Hope you're all blooming Grin!

Over and out...

Harry xxx

AnytimeNOW · 23/05/2011 18:19

Hello Harry! good to hear from you, wow baby is 8 weeks already! glad he's doing well Smile.
Fantastic news, you getting the all clear, must be such a relief!
PND is noo fun, hope you are ok and hopefully it will pass soon, not suprising after such a stressful time you have had! hormones all over the place after the birth don't help!...take care of yourself XX

boba82 · 24/05/2011 15:17

Harry sooo pleased to hear you've had the all clear Grin Sorry about the PND but given all you've been through recently it's not surprising, hope you're feeling better soon. Can't believe Taliesin is 8 weeks already! Great to hear from you. x

fr00tbat · 26/05/2011 07:48

I woke up this morning and my BBS are not sore , often less sore in am, but not sore at all and think less full, still feel tired, but no cramping and no bleeding, but feel something is wrong - can't explain it - am I going nuts??

boba82 · 26/05/2011 10:41

fr00bat try and not worry too much. My boob tenderness came and went in first trimester. I worry every single day that something has gone wrong, I think it's only natural. The positive things are that you have no cramping or bleeding so things are in your favour. I would panic if my nausea disappeared for a day and then curse it when it returned with a vengence the next! I think it's all to do with your hormones fluctuating so much in first few weeks.

AnytimeNOW · 26/05/2011 17:47

Frootbat my symptoms seemed to crash around 8-9 weeks, and I was sure it was all over...thankfully I had a scan and all was fine, as Boba said symptoms do come and go in the first trimester. The midwife mentioned that the placenta starts to take over so this can ease your symptoms, especially if you have been feeling particulary yucky as I was. My morning/all day sickness vanished! should have been glad but it worried me!...some days my boobs seemed deflated, and even my tummy seemed to shrink...even now at 30 weeks, when I first wake up my bump seems flat, but bounces back when I move around.
You may find that tomorrow you feel full of symptoms! they have a habit of coming back with a vengance!...take care huni, we are all here for you XX

KnackeredCow · 28/05/2011 11:47

HI All Hope you don't mind I just wanted to pop over and say hello. KC waves. I've just been reading through all your stories for a bit of inspiration. Still hoping that I can come a join you properly here soon! I'm having a laparoscopy in early August and if that's not successful, we'll be starting IVF. That said still hoping for a natural BFP. It's been nice to catch up on how you all are though. Sorry to gate crash!

AnytimeNOW · 28/05/2011 13:54

Hello KnackeredCow lovely to hear from you! hope you are keeping well, the very best of luck with the laparoscopy...and hope you are over here very, very soon!.
We we're looking into all kinds of tests after our losses, and was about to embark on them when I got a "Sticky" one...so many people say the same thing!, that they are at the point of thinking it's all over...and then...IT HAPPENS!.
Everything crossed for youSmile keep us posted. XX

boba82 · 28/05/2011 19:43

Hi KC 4 days after I got my BFP the forms arrived for IVF and letter telling me we were on 3 year wait list so miracles do happen as far as I'm concerned! Are you planning to go private for IVF? Keeping everything crossed you won't need it though. I've heard lot's of positive stories of BFPs after laproscopies. x

fr00bat how are you? Everything ok?

I'm a football widow this evening & the telly is rubbish, Wine oh how I miss you . . . .

How's everyone else doing?

Keziahhopes · 28/05/2011 22:24

Hi KC - as you have probably noticed I have gatecrashed here too, just sometimes need to see the other side!! Boba and Choccie got BFP's before IVF started and had a long ttc#1 road - gives me hope!

Waves to everyone!! Anyone on maternity leave yet?? All females in my area at work under 50 are now pregnant at the same time, so had a rubbish week.

KnackeredCow · 29/05/2011 16:57

Good to hear how you all are. Gosh - 3 year waiting list Boba. It's within 18 weeks where I am so that's good. They work a first available appointment system. We won't need to go private for first round, only subsequently.

KC waves to Keziah Yes, I second what Keziah says. Are any of you lovely ladies going on mat leave soon?

boba82 · 29/05/2011 17:02

God KC that's amazing! I'm only 25 weeks atm so got a while to work yet Sad

Keep your chins up, I know how hard it is and nothing can be said except if it happened for choccie & me it can happen to you too so don't give up! x x

StormBird · 30/05/2011 19:45

Hi everyone,

Just a quick post and dash from me!! Just wanted to say hi to Keziah and KC and that you are welcome over here anytime.

I'm on going on MAt leave in 5 weeks (due in 7) and boy I cannot wait, really feeling it now!!.

Sorry for not name checking etc to all te regular ladies. Will post properly soon.

Loadsa love xx

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Keziahhopes · 30/05/2011 19:49

Boba - that hope is exactly what I am holding onto!

Gosh, storm not too long to go... eek, 2 weeks before due that is very close, hope all keeps going well for you Smile

boba82 · 31/05/2011 10:21

10 weeks & counting until my maternity leave!

StormBird · 01/06/2011 21:08

Has anyone packed their hospital bag yet??

Got any tips or advice you'd like to share?

I'm doing mine now and am totally paranoid I will have forgotten something essential. Ive got lists coming out of my ears. I like to feel prepared Grin

Hope you are all well, there's not been too much action on here recently?!?!

XXX

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MissLolita · 02/06/2011 08:31

Hi all, glad we're all ok and it's nice to have visitors! Waves!
I've got 3 more weeks at work after this one which gives me 2 weeks before EDD and I can't wait!! I did my first NCT class last night and I really enjoyed it - it's only starting to feel real now! :)

StormBird · 06/06/2011 12:03

WOW 3 more weeks MissLol - isn't it going quickly!! I think I've got around 3 weeks left too now, I'm finishing on the 30th June which is only 2 weeks before my EDD.
I wonder which one of us will pop first?!?!?!?!?

Just got back from a weekend away of visiting parents up north. Had a lovely weekend chilling out but one of the main reasons we went was to pick up the Travel System but no joy. Apparently its stuck at Customs and won't be released until later on this week!

Please be aware that the next part of my post is a bit of a rant so feel free to skip it!!!

We've had a bit of a nightmare over the past week...........and its really put a dampner on our imminent arrival which is a horrible thing to have to admit!!

We've been looking for a flat to rent (we live in SW London / Surrey) but its so expensive down here that we were trying to get on with a 1 bed for the time being so we can continue to save for a deposit to eventually buy. We've been fobbed off and pissed around by estate agents that much that last Tuesday DP called me at work to have a rant as they had apparently lied to him again and I just burst into tears at my desk! I haven't been back to work since. I really got to the point where I thought I couldn't cope. Anyway the long and short of it is that, we've put holding deposits down on numerous properties only to be told that the landlord has decided they do not want children living there - very much their right to do so but ever so disheartening to hear.

The store we bought the Travel System from went bust!! Luckily, there is another shop called Pram World who have agreed to honour all of there outstanding orders - so we've not lost out thank goodness.

We live with DP's father who isn't a particularly nice soul at the best of times and he has been such a nasty piece of work recently that it has just added ten fold to the stress we are both under.

DP had a car accident and completely smashed up his van (his fault). He blames having his head up his arse becuase of everything thats been going on, which is probably true. He has been super snappy at me, which teamed with my irrational emotional state is not the best of combinations. He is never like that either so I've got him on Kalms to try and take the edge of his temper!

I drove 2.5hrs to work the other day to give a presentation to a couple of directors, only to get there an realise I'd forgotten my laptop!!!

and then......I got stuck in a lift at work which, although rather funny now, at the time was just the icing and the cherry on top of a big fat cake!!

So as you can see - we definately needed a weekend away.

On the plus side though, just before we left for the good old North of England on Thursday we viewed a flat. A bit further out of the way than we would've liked and not in a great area but you have to make compromises don't you. Newley refurbed, ground floor, 2 Beds and its lovely and big and they were asking £750 pcm which is what we were looking to spend on a 1 bed. We put the holding deposit down on it straight away and its off the market pending our Credit checks etc. So keep your fingers crossed - its also empty at the moment so we can move in asap once everything is sorted. DP got his van back, FIXED, this morning so can now start booking jobs in and not sit on his bun at home, and although the Pushcahir wasn't ready for us we got the car seat just in case and they have agreed to deliver the rest of the Travel System to my work as soon as it comes in!!

PHEW!!

DP is currently naggin at me to log off as he wants to go and look at baby furniture - we never thought we'd get the chance to do up a nursery!!!.

So I must dash - sorry for the incredibly long me me me post. I hope you are all very well.

Speak soon xxxx

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fr00tbat · 06/06/2011 20:01

Hi to all (fr00tbat waving), am ok - much less hysterical, symptoms more consistent now - 8 weeks-ish at the moment - which dates do you count from??
Am 8+2 from LMP
Am 8 from date adjusted for 30 day cycle
Am 7+5 from ovulation
Had reassurance scan on Saturday - Bean measured 7+4 (making me 7+6today - all so confusing!), strong heartbeat 152 - still can't beleive it!
First MW appointment on Friday and nuchal scan booked for start July..........full steam ahead - keep telling Bean to hold on - still so scared but keep being reminded by the BBS, the tiredness and the nausia (which started becoming a real problem last Friday) that all normal. Jeans getting tight, feel huge already but too small for anything remotely maternity - DH took me shopping on Saturday after scan and bought a few A-line tops and a pair of linen trousers with elasticated waistband - should keep me going for a while. Have a flat belly normally and a fixed pelvis (lots of metal after accident in teens) so think may start showing relativley early - when did you all get the bump??
Nice to see KC and Kezia - have been looking in on CBFM to see how things are going - has been really busy since I left - won't take personally! Keeping fingers v crossed for all the girls.

TRying to stay calm and find something to eat which doesnt make me feel sick as a dog - so far we have found peanut butter and monster munch - not the most wholesome of meals - but will try and eat a yoghurt as a token gesture to healthy eating!

xx

StormBird · 07/06/2011 13:31

Hey fr00tbat

Glad your doing well. I'd go with your Scan results for dating if I were you - thats what the docs will be using.

Sorry bout the nuasea - I had it really bad up unitl about 16 weeksish! Then it subsided but I still get the odd bout every now and then. I didnt start to show really until about 23 weeks and definately didn't need maternity wear full time until I was 25 weeks, but everyone is different!

Have a good day.

xx

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boba82 · 07/06/2011 19:07

God Storm what a load of stress just when you don't need it! Glad things on the turn now though! Everything crossed for you that you get the flat!!!

fr00bat glad things are ok. I count from lmp. I've had 4 scans and eveyone has given me slightly different dates! Like once they're born all babies are different. I know my lmp date is right as if it were date they said it would have been immaculate conception! Don't think the nerves ever disappear, I still worry every day and don't let myself get too excited. Have to stay positive though, just try and take one week at a time.

I lived on peanut butter & toast in the early weeks and it's still all I can stomach most mornings! My sickness went about 17 weeks but like storm said it does come back at times. Also plain Rich Teas are quite good I've found.

WaterKelpie · 07/06/2011 20:11

Hi everyone!

I'm graduating from the CBFM Support Group. I got a BFP on Sunday, after 17 cycles TTC. It's my third pregnancy with 2 mc, the last in Feb.

I know it's early days but I'm so very excited. Also, terrified of another mc at the same time. I was thinking of pestering asking my doctor for an early scan but not sure if that's allowed/normal in my situation.

At the moment, I'm just hoping everyday that baby sticks and everything is ok.

StormBird · 07/06/2011 21:24

Congratulations WaterKelpie and welcome to the thread!!

Hopefully this one will be sticky for you and I'm sure if you ask they will give you an early scan due to your history - just for a bit of reassurance.

It is sooooooo worrying at the stage you are at but please feel free to use this thread to air your concerns etc. There are some lovely ladies here who will draw from their own experiences to help you out. It is literally an extension of the CBFM Support Group Buddies thread and we all pop back on there at times - it is just nice to have our own home too.

I hope you find us welcoming and useful. Fingers crossed and best of luck. X

Hi Boba how are you getting on??

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boba82 · 08/06/2011 10:26

Welcome over waterkelpie. You can get early scans done privately for about £79 I think if your GP doesn't refer you for one. Think fr00bat just had a private one so she could tell you.

Hi storm. I'm ok thanks. Getting bigger by the day it feels like. I'm bloody shattered all the time. Have just stopped working a Monday to try and get some rest but actually can't wait until maternity leave! We have 4D scan on 25th June so starting to get excited for that oh and TT concert on the 22nd!!! x

Ilovekittyelise · 08/06/2011 10:50

Hi ladies

I should visit this thread more often, I keep dropping into the conception one one hoping for BFPs.

Im about 27 weeks now. Like Boba, who's probably also about 27 weeks (?) I am bloody shattered. felt wonderful up to 24 weeks, then literally overnight i felt awful! got blood tests to make sure im not anemic etc but all fine. groan. i have also cut back working hours; i do consulting at the mo so can pretty much dictate my hours, doing 3 days a week but hoping the whole thing fizzles out soon.....

am whale!

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