August 2014. What a Christmas present!

[Choccywoccydodah]

Thread number 2 ladies.

It's a perfect Christmas present for me!

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ATruthUniversallyAcknowldeged 19th August 34yrs DC#2

We're also going to tell close family at Christmas. I've been really corny and bought an "I'm the big brother" tshirt for ds that we'll get my mum and dad to open.

Currently lying very still concentrating on not being sick. Bluergh.

Hungry I with you there. Feeling slight blurgh!! Woke up feeling fine. Which is great as last week I've woke feeling sick. Backache has subsided!!! But arm is aching. Keep thinking its ectopic!!! I hate the internet!!! DH thinks it's because of my job as I'm a hairdresser.

OhChoccy, I'm gutted for you. You too MrsM

Have had brown cm for 2 full weeks now, but just had actual brown bleeding with a small clot. I'm desperate for progesterone supplements. Does anyone know if they will prescribe these at walk in centres or whether they will just tell me to call Epu tomorrow?

I know nothing about progesterone supplements, but if I was you I think I'd pop to walk in centre and see someone. Is epu not open on Sunday?

Oh, and I should say... One of my friends bled on and off for most of her first trimester. She's just given birth to a gorgeous daughter. Bleeding doesn't always mean the end x

Oh, I love that kind of cheese, ATruth. I think we will have to get something for DD to wear for when we announce it!

I don't know about progesterone, funky. Can you call your EPU to ask? I'm not sure a walk in centre would get involved in early pregnancy though.

My coat, which fitted with room to spare last week, is quite tight now. Hmmm. I was hoping not to show too soon this time.

Thanks truth. Epu here is only Mon-Fri unfortunately. Think I'll try walk in centre.

Good luck Be prepared for them not to be able to do much. Try to stay calm x

Sorry to hear you are having problems Funkymonk. What do progesterone supplements do?

It's increased progesterone which sustains a pregnancy and is supplied by the corpus luteum.

If you're at risk from dropping progesterone which would cause a miscarriage then taking progesterone should hopefully prevent the miscarriage and sustain the pregnancy.

So you'd presumably only take it if you were diagnosed with low progesterone? I am interested because if this pregnancy doesn't work out we will be eligible for testing, but I don't even know what sorts of tests they do and what treatments are available.
My (stupid) gp suggested I take aspirin because "the fertility consultant at Lewisham hospital often advises it to women who have recurrent miscarriages"....but that's after diagnosis of blood clotting disorders...and anyhow I am not supposed to use it as I'm asthmatic.

Some women take baby aspirin as a matter of course, even without diagnosis I think.

I think they'd give you progesterone if there was a risk, I don't think it's something you have to have a diagnosis for.

There was a study at some hospital and women who'd had 3 or more MCs were invited to take part and use progesterone in early pregnancy (I'm not sure how long for). If it's that which is the problem them I think success rates are good.

Argh I feel like such a lazy bugger this weekend. Not sure if it's the antibiotics for the UTI making it worse, but all I want to do is sleeeeeeeeeep. Sleeeeep all the time! And then eat! And then sleep!! Hoping to find some energy by the second trimester!

Hope everyone is okay today :)

Me too waterfall

dh has taken the kids to their activities so have the house to myself for the next 3 hours. I need to do some cooking and cleaning but can't move from the couch and really feel like a nap...

I just woke up from a nap and feel ready to go for another, but first, foooooood! Ah dear, this Christmas food is going to make me eat like a hog :D

I take low dose aspirin for a mild blood clotting problem. My day 21 progesterone levels on cycle I happened to get pregnant were 76 which is good but doesn't mean they haven't dropped to a low level by now. Only way to find out would be blood test or ideally I would like to be prescribed progesterone supplements straight away for the ongoing spotting. Can be a sign progesterone levels too low and therefore signalling to body to start period.

Also feeling lazy today Life is Very Stressful at the moment (ongoing court case for contact with DFs sons, my redundancy notice will be served this week, having to change DS1s school as they currently won't support his new autism diagnosis...) so the stress is making me feel drained. Really wanted to get out and do some Christmas things but I haven't even got dressed! DF has just made a batch of gingerbread cookies with DS1&2 while I lie still on the sofa!

I took a low dose aspirin last time so I have started again this time. I will hope to see the GP tomorrow to get referred to the midwifery service so I will check with him whether it is the right thing to do tomorrow.

I'm so glad other people have mentioned the exhaustion. I slept for twelve hours on Friday night and keep returning to bed today. Ds is not impressed.

I have little interest in anything but sleeping and eating ;) Sooo attractive :D

Is anyone else finding they're completely exhausted BUT can't sleep? I'm finding I'm completely shattered, but wake early to go to the loo or just because I normally wake early for work, and then that's it. My mind starts thinking of everything I need to do before August and I'm awake. And, well, terrified. It's killing me!

Oh mssleepy that was me when I first found out, but it's been two weeks now and all I can think about now is sleep. hopefully as you get more used to the idea of a baby you will be able to relax and sleep more?

Mssleepyhead, yes, that's me. I'm fine to get to sleep initially, but once DD has woken us in the night I struggle to get back to sleep. I'm not even thinking about anything I'm just lying there.

We went out for a 3 mile walk earlier and I'm wiped out now. :-/ I'm feeling so lazy. Really need to consider getting dinner at some point though.

I can't wait til Christmas as it'll be a very good excuse to eat shedloads. Yummy!

thank you misery and hungry. I'm finding I'm getting up at stupid o'clock just to take another pregnancy test/take my temperature because I'm convinced something has happened overnight and it's all gone wrong. I can't really imagine being able to relax again! But I hope it happens soon because I'm completely exhausted. Hopefully I'll start getting some stronger side affects soon; I think that will help. At the moment I feel like this is all just a surreal dream because I don't really have any symptoms at all (and yes, I know I won't be saying that when I'm throwing up my Christmas dinner!)