PESH - 3 years of hard won baybees for the over-30's

[AlpinePony]

This is NOT a list:

BESH BAYBEES

dontrythisathome, girl born March 25 2010.
Cheggers, twinz girlz, born April 2010.
FannyPriceless, boy, born June 8 2010.
CurlyCasper, girl, born June 24 2010.
CUNextTuesday, boy, born June 29 2010.
AlpinePony, boy, born 1 July 2010.
Carrots, boy, born July 2010.
IggyPiggy, girl, born July 2010.
Cosmosis, boy, born Sept 5 2010.
Backinthebox, boy, born Sept 7 2010.
Skatergrrrl, girl, born Sept 10 2010.
VAG, boy, born Oct 2 2010.
Silversky, boy, born Nov 1 2010.
SomethingSuitablyWitty, girl born Nov 2 2010.
Honeymoo, boy, born Nov 11 2010.
okiecokie, girl, born Nov 12 2010.
ReginaMonologue, boy, born Nov 13 2010.
Lightspaperstandback, boy, born Nov 14 2010.
Maswera, boy, born Dec 24 2010.
PollyPoo, girl, born Jan 5 2011.
MrsFC, boy, born Jan 7 2011.
ChoChoSan, girl, born 6 Feb 2011.
Ginhag, boy born 11 Feb 2011.
Muser, girl, born 15 Feb 2011.
CluckyKate, boy, born 18 Feb 2011.
Perfect Dromedary, boy, born 23rd February 2011.
Casserole, girl, born 19th March 2011.
Medee, girl, born 26th March 2011.
StiffyByng, girl, born 17th May 2011.
Scorpette, boy, born 21st May 2011.
Rocketleaf, girl, born 23rd May 2011.
TwinkleToes, girl, born 7th June 2011.
Laurielou, boy, born 9th June 2011.
Orchid, girl, born 24th June 2011.
Ginfox, loving the new mega-boobs, due 12th July.
LadyGoneGaga, girl, born 24 July 2011.
Mrbitey, boy, born 29th July 2011.
Macaroonmum, boy, born 28th July 2011.
Owlbooty, boy, born 18th August 2011.
Ocarina, girl, born 6th September 2011.
Mountie, boy, born 27th August 2011.
Truffkin, boy, born 25th November 2011.
Islegrin, boy, born 14th December 2011.

UPDIFFED

BarbiesBeaver, can't quite believe it, due Christmas Day
BrownB, Baybee passport-grabbing bitch, due 22nd January 2012
AlpinePony, Greedy Double-Esh Baybee Boy Grabbing Bitch, due 19th Feb 2012
Rollerbaby, No pink here, expecting boy due March 20th 2012
KitandKat, third time lucky baybee, due 12th April 2012
IveBeenExpectingYou (CockDodger), A very active baby girl, due March 28th 2012
Silver, hoping for an easier sneeze, due mid-July 2012
Starryeyedmole, regretting recently investing in scales

And we're all on beaver watch in time for xmas!

Stay calm. The thing that amazed me about being pg was how many of the symptoms are similar to the fucking droid.

Cramps are likely to be your body adjusting. Of course nothing's going to make you stop worrying, but chances are it's all normal. Keep the faith, we're all here for hand-holding/fish-slapping.

as blondie says, part of the fun is how much early pg feels like you're about to come on. As long as there's no blood, assume all is fine -statistically, it is!

You're going to worry no matter what though, but if there's anything at all to help you keep your mind off it (watch a film? bake a cake?), do that.

bugs I have been exactly the same. Yesterday I was fine all day and then about 9pm started with the womble cramps and felt a bit panicky about it. For what it's worth I'm the same today - no twinges at all and in the last few minutes the crampy feeling has come back.

I do remember though that before I got a +ive with DS I spent four days thinking AF was imminent because of the crampy feeling. My cycles were irregular then so I did a test thinking it would be -ive and that would prompt AF. All sorts of cramps and twinges had me worried, and to be honest second time round it still does play on your mind a bit.

I am sooooo tired this evening. Early night with hot chocolate and The Hobbit beckons.

I tried to post earlier today but it failed. I'm menkulling big time, too Bugs & Rollo! I keep waiting to feel more sick. I've never actually wanted to feel sick before. Triple chain gang.

The one symptom I do seem to do well is weep. I am a weeping mess. Can't watch t.v. 'cause I weep at the adverts. Pathetic.

Oh, I'm also really good at exhaustion. Got winded walking up a flight of stairs today. Weird. Perhaps it's to do with the low blood pressure? My GP said it was a good sign for updiffedness and to take care when standing up so I don't faint. Does low blood pressure also leave you out of breath all the time?

Countdown to early scan: 8 more sleeps until the appointment.

p.s. peed on my last IC...yes, the line was darker (and it was a 10.00pm wee!)

Today we are pregnant.

And I peed on my last Clearblue, which happily told me 'Pregnant 3+'.

I'm such an addict. Even when I'm actually diffed I can't stop peeing on sticks!!!

But..... it still says you are pregnant. I did one CBD when I first found out I was pregnant and then decided not to do anymore as I heard that they can become less effective.

A friend of mine who had IVF said she started panicking when the CBD she did tested negative. She started experimenting with watering down her wee and then tested positive again.

I think you just have to sit tight Bugs. I wished for ages that I felt sick at the start just so I could feel pregnant. I never did and it is only now at 13 weeks that I am starting to believe it might be real.

You didn't use FMU, you didn't dip it for the full time required, and HcG levels vary anyway. Ergo, whether it is 1-2, 2-3 or 3+ is academic. What matters is that the stick confirms you're pregnant.

Now step away from the sticks.

I had droidy cramps for weeks and weeks. The EPU said it was totally normal. They also said (once they could make themselves heard over my incoherent sobs that my EPU preg test had been recorded as 'faint' at about 9 weeks) that they shouldn't be relied upon for anything other than the presence of the hormone.

16 wk appt with the MidVif yesterday. I don't have syphilis syphylis sifffils an STD, my blood pressure and iron levels are ok and I have a turnip-sized baby with a HB of 147 bpm. So, suspiciously SPD-like pain in my hips and coccyx aside, its all good in this hood.

not everyone gets a fat line bugs they detect anything from 5 to 50 miliwhatsists and some people have more hormones than others. Put the sticks away and stop stressing. Start some healthy visualising of a blossoming bundle of cells. please?

I too have been having the evil-but-normal cramps. And ligament pain already. Bah.

Thanks for the food ideas - for a few days with both pregnancies now it did not matter what I ate, it turned liquid and went straight through. It has calmed now and I believe I am actually on the path to constipation. So glamorous!

Lots of good news there jewels. Hope you don't get SPD, 'tis a bastard.

Slaps with a slimy eel.

CBD = BAD. I gave myself proper menkul with them. On one day I had a 3+. A couple of days later it said 2-3. My baybee is snoozing in his car seat. And I did get a 3+ again when I followed the instructions and used a good strong sample a couple of days later.

Both times I had a MC I got the 2-3 and the 3+ exactly when you would expect to see them on the CBD. There is no pregnancy test available to buy that tells you if your BFP is sticky or not unfortunately. If you need to piss on sticks daily, use cheapies.
With CBD, the 2-3 reading is the least accurate of all the 3 options. That one is only about 60 something percent accurate.

BUGS! No more tests!

Agree that CBDs are the work of the devil and that way madness lies although I couldn't resist using up the one that was staring at me last night

Oops - sent too soon.

Glad you got your early scan!

(just in case we need to use these...)

Bugs, sometimes when I see you write GP, I think you mean your doctor. This was one of those times.

what blond said re GP!
I hear you on the breast front, Bugs. I loved what pregnancy and feeding did for them last time, and can feel the surge beginning again

I am booked in with doctor on Monday. Don't forget to ask for the form to get free prescriptions and dental care.

Kat I love that miniKat was snoozing when you posted. This is a Good Thing.

Seconding the TFI Friday sentiment. Feels like it's been a long week. Probably because I'm going on holiday in a week from now, and it's dragging...

I was a 34B as well. Am now 36C. Result! Hoping to make it to a D before this is all done with. Although I suppose the downside is they'll be forever a bit more deflated once they settle back down to their old selves.

Kat Aaaawww :)

I wish we got free prescriptions and dental care when pregnant! We have to pay for everything, including seeing the GP!

I also meant to say, Bugs it's my 20 week anomaly scan on Tues as well so I will be thinking of you and hopefully it will be a great day for both of us.

And yes, tfif! (although am working tomorrow, still feels like the end of the week)