October 2013-anyone else with an early Bfp?

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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!

Hi everyone! Can I join in? Just got my BFP think I'll be due around October 9th. I see some familiar names on here from the January bus, hi!
I already have a DD would is two and a half. Can't wait to tell DH when he gets home from work! Was going to call him but think it'll be nicer to do it in person!

Whoop whoop!!! pink and irish from the BFP bus!!! Hi!!!

Hi legally!! Definitely lovely to see some familiar faces. Congratulations on your BFP irish!!
and Hi again roofio
Am officially exhausted anf its only Tuesday... but also still excited. Still being tucked up in bed would be lovely.

hi Ladies. Welcome all new BFP's!

I'm a bit miffed. I called my surgery (am in UK) to get my first appointment and they said all the booking in appoinments are held at the local community hopsital / maternity unit, so i phoned them and they said 'so you've been referred by your GP?', I said 'no, they told me to phone you'. They then took all my details down, last period, date of birth, do i smoke, am I mental etc and said they'll send me an appiontment through the post which will be for when I'm roughly 8-10 weeks! That's 3-5 weeks away! I phoned my doctors back and said I'm not happy at having no advise, leaflets, blood pressure tests etc until then as I'm on Asthma drugs and currently have a stinking cold and they got a doctor to phone me to say keep taking your puffers and only take paracetomol if you need to. Has anyone else waited that long for an appointment? She did say i would get my scan date at the appointment. I should blooming hope so.

Oh no pinklady that doesn't sound great. I don't have much advice as not in the UK but it doesn't sound normal.. Are your doctors generally good? If not, could you think about changing doctors? 8 weeks might be ok but 10 is a bit long and I agree with you about needing to know what to do in the meantime...

I asked my receptionist for a paracetamol today as I had a migraine. She gave me an iboprufen, I didn't notice until after I'd swallowed it. Not her fault as she doesn't know but I am sooooooooo stressed and paranoid now....

umlauf don't worry to much about one ibuprofen. I know we shouldn't take it but think of all the things women must do before they know they're pregnant who go on to have perfect babies.
pinklady I have my first GP app on Thursday. my sister said with both her dcs the Dr just said congratulations and referred her to see the midwife at 8 weeks. didn't even take her blood. I think that's quite normal. however if there are things you want/need to discuss like medications etc then push to see one. they can't refuse you!! xx

pinklady I saw my GP yesterday because of my thyroid but also didn't get any information until I asked (then she just told me to look at the nhs website for foods you shouldn't eat). Seems the systems a bit rubbish, she didn't check my urine or do bloods so I could have just had the appointment and upped my medication without even being pregnant...
Also got told to book midwife appt for 10 weeks which seems late to me??
umlauf try not to worry, as roofio says alot of people dont know they are pregnant this early on and go on to have perfectly healthy pregnancys.

thanks Um, Roof and Pink. It makes me wish I'd said I have no idea how far gone I am so they'd have to have me in for proper preg test or something, then I could have asked questions, got leaflets etc. Just doesn't feel real at the moment. I have a cold and had headache for 2 days now. Trying to avoid taking any Paracetamol though... Feeling very bloated this arvo and have been a bit constipated last few days.

Still wondering whether to tell the in-laws this weekend (if you can't be bothered to scroll back, they both smoke indoors and we are going for lunch on sunday).

Sorry about me me me post!

When I had DD (London borough, now moved) you phoned the Dr and got given a booking in appointment with the midwives at 8-10 weeks. Shortly before that midwife appointment I received my 12 week scan date in the post. It is totally normal! The best the GP will do if you have no other probs is tell you to take folic acid and refer you to the NHS website for what not to eat. If, and it is an if, you have no other medical complications (I don't know, like historic conditions that interfere with preg or if you have early bleeding), there really is nothing else to do but wait! Your body doesn't need any help for this bit - just the folic acid and eating the right stuff. Honestly!!!

I found the NHS (rightly) spend their resources later in the pregnancy when the care and number of appointments is amazing!

Also - pink lady apple - feel for you with the cold. Snap! Paracetamol is fine to take though. Hugs!

ladies. how is everyone doing?! I'm feeling worried all the time about something going wrong. I know I shouldn't and I have to just let nature take its course but I want this baby so much so I'm worried. just looking for a bit of sympathy I guess!! xx

Hello to all the new ladies and hello to all the ladies from the buses.

Bit late in replying but for pickle I am also on dc3 - help!

Sickie feeling again this morning and I constantly need to poo

Hi jelly, good to know I'm not alone going for no3! Are you feeling any different with this one?
I've never known I was pregnant this early before - so I've never really notice this extreme tiredness in the morning. No sickness before or now - hope yours isn't too bad.

Big hugs for roofio - pls try not to worry and enjoy the experience. I'm a tiny bit sad that this is my last - making the most of every minute.

I feel sympathy roofio! I think we all know that horrible terror it will go wrong or that there will be something wrong with the baby or something happen in labour... It kinda doesn't stop! Now I worry DD won't be happy etc etc!

Roofio please try and relax babies development is out of your hands now so take your folic acid and vitamins, avoid drugs and alcohol and eat healthily.

My first dc has special needs so I worried sick with dc2. Hubby has me warned to relax this time round, so figure I will do my stressing with you guys, hope you don't mind

pickle I am also sad this will be my last. Feeling stronger symptoms, bad nausea all day and sickie in am and more tired but working full time this time round hope its not more than one

Also feeling quite anxious about everything roofio but have resigned myself to what will be will be and just take each day as it comes, and each week as an acheivement up until 12 weeks. although I remember worrying the whole way through with DS. Am hoping Ill enjoy this pregnancy more.
jelly im also needing to constantly poo and have the most awful wind to the point its painful.why cant I get normal symptoms like sore boobs or sickness. not that Im asking for these...

thanks ladies. I've calmed down a little now I think!! I keep reminding myself that I'm so happy to just be pregnant. I was told I only had a 50/50 chance of being able to conceive after I had chemo a few years ago and boom I got pg the first month trying so no matter what babies are definitely going to be in our future!!

trying to just be excited!! glad I'm not the only one worrying though xx

Thanks blonde. I think i just thought everyone would run around whooping and caring and advising but they deal with preg ladies all day every day dont they. Its my first but im not the first! Must remember that. .

Still got a stinky cold, the type where your while face is full of snot and your nose throbs. 2nd night of h2b sleeping downstairs because of it. so sweet when he shouted upstairs 'night night you two' (me and the bean).

Prepared myself for evil boobs in the night by wearing a reeeeeaaaally tight vest top so they cant move :)

Night ladies (and your beans)

Not sure about you ladies, but when I got my bfp last week I was a bit and thought that if it turned into a mmc I'd be disappointed, but ok. A mere week has passed but now I want this baby sooo much! It's so hard to get excited though isn't it when you always have the prospect of a mmc in the back of your mind?

Hello to all of the new ladies!

Still confined to bed. Could do with some stories, happy thoughts and book or film recommendations. I'm on bed rest until my next EPC scan on Tuesday.

Hi mama what's the matter? Has ms hit you hard? I sympathise with the bed rest, can get rather lonely. I'd recommend a Jonathan Creek box set or Downton Abbey(!), the Call the Midwife books are excellent and not too hard to read when delicate, I also love the Book Thief, anything by Carloz Ruiz Zafon (although not to everyone's taste). I've been watching pramface on bbc3 about a teenager who gets pregnant which is funny!

No ms yet but felt a bit nauseous this morning,think it was just the early hour, and suffering from (tmi!) wind and diarrhoea. Finally got some decaf coffee though so can trick my body into feeling less exhausted hopefully.

I am also massively excited about my midwife visit on Friday even though most likely ill be given a leaflet and told to bugger off until 12 weeks !

Told my boss yesterday to try and get out of extra hours I am paid for but have not yet have to do and he said he already knew! Creepy! He also said Spain is a really lovely place to give birth so I feel a bit more in control now. It also seems more real again! Tempted to tell everyone but not wanting to tempt fate... Also BIL ans SIL have been trying for 5 years, 3 unsuccessful IVF rounds and have now moved to her native Thailand to try IVF there as they can't afford it in England. W got BFP second month so I am dreading telling them... :-(

Hi Umlauf it must feel better to have told your boss!
I am on bed rest because I started bleeding on Sunday and it is still going. Had an emergency scan and my little bundle was in there with a good blood supply. I'm trying not to worry but have to stay in bed until next scan on Tuesday!
Had really bad MS on Monday but it has eased off.... not sure if that is a good sign or not but was so ill on Monday that I am relieved!

Thank you for the recommendations. That will keep me busy!

Difficult one with when to tell. I only told my Mum (thankfully! She has been an angel) and I had to tell my Dad, who arrived from abroad as a surprise. We had a picnic dinner in my bedroom. How very random life is sometimes!

All going well I'll be waiting to tell in laws and everyone else until at least after 12 week scan. Wishing the bleeding would stop though!

Hope your decaf is doing the job! x

Ooh mama not to scare you or anything but that happened to one of the ladies in the September thread and they found a second one in there!

What's the betting someone on this thread will end up with twins I wonder...?!

Ah just reread and saw you have seen your singular bundle! Phew! That is fab you saw it, must be reassuring, and good you have another scan soon. Hope you are being pampered!

Don't worry about the MS it may well have eased off because of the bed rest xx