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October 2013-anyone else with an early Bfp?

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tackytiger · 21/01/2013 15:57

Got my line at 10dpo
This will be my secomd dc. Torn between delight and fear it will all go wrong. Dd october 3 by my reckoning.
Cant tell anyone except dh in real life so hoping i can get quietly excited here!

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GettingObsessive · 04/02/2013 21:06

Lots of due on 8th Oct then!

Natalieand · 04/02/2013 21:34

TMI WARNING

please tell me I'm not the only suffering with diorhea? And isit normal? I'm not unwell so it's not a bug it's been goin on a few days now z

Celosia · 04/02/2013 21:43

Rooftop thank you! I'm not quite sure earlier ....apparently I ovulated really late making me 5+3 by scan. On a regular pregnancy calendar it put me at 8 weeks. My bloods and scan say the same date so going with that! Xxx

tuckingfits · 04/02/2013 21:46

That's interesting Celosia,good news that you have a little foetus growing!

terrifiednewbie · 04/02/2013 22:49

resisting the urge to dig out my old dusty embryology books but for those hitting week 5 its neural tube development time so def dont forget the old folic acid!

MrsExcited · 04/02/2013 23:37

Celosia I have as we'll if that helps!

MrsExcited · 04/02/2013 23:38

Sorry that went to the wrong poster should have been Natalieand

Natalieand · 05/02/2013 05:15

5.15am, wide awake, feel sick as anything bleurgh lol hope everyone slept ok xxxx

Pannacotta2013 · 05/02/2013 06:22

Fingers crossed delilah x x

I'm back off my hols and up bright and early with the jetlag. I told my mum and dad on the phone last night. They sounded a little underwhelmed, but my mum did keep saying 'I can't take it in... I'll call tomorrow and be a bit more excited' so I think at least she recognised her response might not have been the whooping I'd have liked! But my sister has been ttc for six months and had a miscarriage, so I guess they were more thinking it would be her, and they might not have been aware we were really trying.

I've also told my sister who I think is a bit torn between being happy for me but sad its not her. I will tell another friend today and then I think I will just tell people as it comes up, they'll be able to tell because of not drinking.

We are planning to find out if its a boy or a girl, to help us mentally prepare, and as my dp says 'to make it feel more real'. I think its a boy tho, because I don't feel really sick or really starving, and also because we had a lot of sex around ovulation (I knew because of obsessive fertility planning) so I think those quick boys sperms will have got in there before the slow and steady girl sperms. Can't think of any boy names I like...

I must book the dr appointment today.

BowlFullofJelly · 05/02/2013 08:20

Morning all, how is everyone feeling today?

Thats a shame about your sister Pannacotta - I have a close friend who has been trying for over a year now, and I have to admit I am dreading telling her - I feel guilty Sad.

Ug, was told yesterday I have to attend a 4 day workshop in France from 25th Feb. Crap not only because I hate being away from DS1 for that long, but also because I don't want anyone from work knowing yet. There will definitley be lots of dinners and booze, and being a pisshead very sociable person normally it's really awkward!

Rockchick1984 · 05/02/2013 09:38

Hello ladies can I join please? Just had my BFP this morning!! Will be DC2, have been TTC for about 5 months but it's still scary to see that second line :) have worked out due date as 18th October, so DS1 will be 2yrs 7months when this one arrives.

WillSantaComeAgain · 05/02/2013 09:45

B8gger. Just realised that I forgot to take the folic acid for the whole of week five. Sad I have been taking it madly for at least six weeks before BFP so hopefully no damage done. How could I be so stupid.

Pannacotta and Jelly - if you have to tell anyone you know has had problems, don't feel guilty. They will be happy for you but it will be really really hard for them. I much prefer being told by a personal text - that way, I can have my little wibble and then respond with a positive msg back when I'm feeling up to it. I still haven't quite forgiven my friend who thought it would be a good way of telling me that she was expecting at the same time my due date would have been, by surprising me with a seven month pregnant bump when I saw her. [she knew what had happened and she really thought it would be the right way of telling me]. Oh yes, and don't announce it on FB.

Keeping fingers crossed for you delilah. I can't imagine how much you've been through, so keep praying (if you're the praying kind) for a miracle.

Jelly - use the old "bladder infection" excuse: explains frequent peeing and you can claim to be on antibiotics that don't let you drink.

BowlFullofJelly · 05/02/2013 09:59

Thanks for the tip about a text Santa, makes sense as then I'm not putting her on the spot to force a positive reaction to my face.

And yes, will come up with some old pile of shit that no one will believe excuse about antibiotics, but am a complete open book which makes me a terrible liar. Ahh well, not much I can do about it!

Welcome Rockchick. I'm quite suprised about the number of people that will have the same age gap as me (2.9 months). From my previous lurking it seemed the majority of people were due around their DC1's 2nd Birthday. Anyone else planned this gap to coincide with when the funded nursery hours kick in at 3?

Iheartcrunchiebars · 05/02/2013 10:01

Can I dip a tentative toe in? Taken 2 tests and have had two very faint positives? I will test again on Thursday. Due date would be 10th October and it's our first. Any other 10ths? Trying not be excited but oh my god!!!

WillSantaComeAgain · 05/02/2013 10:02

Oooh, booking appt just made. A very efficient new system in our area, where you go directly to the entire team of MWs for the whole PCT, and they then book you in with the right centre Smile

Will be a 2.9 gap exactly. Not planned - I was hoping for a less than 2 gap but have been TTC for a year.

Natalieand · 05/02/2013 10:25

This baby is due oct 16th and my daughters 3rd birthday will be nov 1st sons little bit of a bigger gap than you guys but if I ha fallen pregnant straight away she would have been 2 years 9 months too lol. Someone asked me if I was pregnant yesterday an someone else has asked me this morning and I feel guilty denying it knowing full well I definitely am haha. Hope everyone has a good day xxxx

roofio87 · 05/02/2013 10:36

yay iheart so happy to see you've moved over from the ttc boards!! congratulations!! my EDD is the 9th so pretty close!! Smile x

Iheartcrunchiebars · 05/02/2013 10:43

That's brilliant roofio. Glad our dates are so close. Have you booked a drs appt yet? I booked one then cancelled as I thought it might be better to wait a couple of weeks.

roofio87 · 05/02/2013 10:46

yeah iheart I went,but was pretty pointless!!Haha.she took my blood pressure which was fine and then just gave me the number to book at the antenatal clinic,going on 6th march when I'll be 9weeks. turns out I could have just booked that app without even seeing the gp!! all exciting though.just can't wait for first scan!!
you feeling any symptoms? I'm very tired and boobs have gone huge,starting to hurt a bit today.glad of the symptoms though,makes it feel more real!! congrats again!!Smile x

pinkbuttons · 05/02/2013 12:24

Hi to new people and Congrats!!
bowlfullofjelly my DS will be 2 yrs 9 months when this ones due too. must be when te broody hormones kick in... or in my case when DH gives in Grin
6 weeks today here and less sicky after a good nights sleep. cant believe im only half way through the first trimester! this is going to be the slowest 6 weeks ever!
how is everyone today? and has your cramping stopped delilah?

BowlFullofJelly · 05/02/2013 12:42

Pinkbuttons - 6 weeks today here also! Spooky!

roofio, I have hardly any symptons. Tired in the evening (but think that is more to do with lack of caffeine to be honest), slight nausea but only when I haven't eaten for a few hours, and slightly tender boobs, which have disappointingly not increased in size yet. OH is also looking forward to this - although with DS it was a strictly 'look but don't touch' policy which he wasn't impressed about!

Santa was just reading back over the thread and saw your question about MMC and early scan. I had a MMC on first pregnancy (found out at 12 week scan baby stopped growing at 6 weeks), and so in my last pregnancy persuaded them to give me an early scan (was about 6/7 weeks from what I recall). Not sure whether I am going to ask this time in the spirit of trying to relax with this pregnancy. If you do go for this I would suggest trying to hold out until 8 weeks, as from what I have read if you have a good scan at 8 weeks with heart beat then your odds of successful pregnancy are pretty much the same as when you get to 12 weeks.

delilahbelle · 05/02/2013 13:13

Hi pink Thanks for asking. Still having some v mild cramps, and v slight brownish spotting. I don't feel pregnant at all anymore, all my early symptoms have gone :( Unfortunately the pessaries I am on could be the cause of the cramps and be preventing AF from arriving if I have had a chemical.

Beta-HCG this afternoon, and another next week to see if my levels are rising as expected, fingers crossed they are but I am not holding out a lot of hope.

Probably wont be posting much, but will lurk a bit and wish everyone the best.

legallyblond · 05/02/2013 13:22

Hey all! We will have a v similar gap Natalie - due on 1 Oct and DD turns 3 on 11 Oct.... But that's a much smaller gap than planned (we had envisaged 4/5 years).... This is a (very good) unplanned surprise!

First full on morning sickness this morning. Proper chocking up, not just queasiness. Lordy..... I didn't have this with DD!

Delilahbelle.... Holding your hand. Was with my best friend for 2 miscarriages last year (at 6 weeks and at 9.5... The latter was hard as she'd had a positive scan with heartbeat etc at 8 weeks) so I sort of know how you're feeling x x x

Natalieand · 05/02/2013 15:21

Just spoke to midwife Nd she asked when my LMP was n I didn't lie as such but was a bit vague with the truth so I'm getting a dating scan at end of feb whoop :-) roll on end of feb. hopefully everything thing works out for u delilahbelle xxxxx

Natalieand · 05/02/2013 15:22

Will be 8ish weeks at end of feb xx