August 2014. What a Christmas present!

[Choccywoccydodah]

Thread number 2 ladies.

It's a perfect Christmas present for me!

Hi all. Just popping in to mark my place as this is a huge shock for me. Got my BFP this morning and I'm freaking out a little. I have 2 dc's so this will be #3. Not planned DP and I both have been told it would be highly unlikelywe would concieve and I had been on contraception. I was ill last month and looks like it may have affected the pill. By my estimation I'm 5 weeks so edd would be the 20/08/2014.

Yummie if you look up at the top of the page there is a bit that says Acronyms - it tells you what they all mean, it was a life saver for me, I had no idea either ;D

Hope it goes well Funky x

Eeep congrats Fluster :) let the shock sink in!

Not feeling pregnant at all. Early days I guess and as I seem to have blanked out all memories from my first pregnancy I can't recall when I started to feel pg last time. My ovaries are hurting though, both of them, not sure if that is normal.

Need to tell my parents as they are visiting me for a month. I am so bad at lying and I think my mum is suspicious as she keeps staring at my bloated belly.

I've felt sick for a few days, so tired too, I only took a test (in the college toilets) to reassure my self that AF was on her way and looks like she's not for a good few months. I'm supposed to be going to uni next september so it looks like I'll be defering a year. Dp and I have only been together 6 months (friends for 11) so this will be a big test as we live 120 miles apart so all these little bits mean I've been crying all day. Hopefully it'll sink in soon.

Hello, welcome new ladies :)

I've finally got my positive result back from my doctor yaay. I'm massively overthinking things now and wish i'd taken a morning sample in because the sample I took in was done at 5pm! It read 10K HCG, trying to work out how far along I am! By the book I'm 7+2 but as I mentioned previously my last cycle was 37 days so I could be anywhere! I reckon based on that maybe im 6 and a half, but I don't know how much difference an evening sample makes to the HcG levels? Does anyone know?

Gosh this thread has moved it a bit since this morning!

Ruggle to answer your question (way back up the page). I think I'm 6-7 weeks as I had my implant removed on the 4th November and have only had sex once since then, a couple of days after it was removed(my poor husband). However, i haven't actually had a period for over 2.5 years but did have some spotting back in July. I'm assuming though that my implant was working correctly and we conceived early November??

I ordred a t-shirt for my 2 year old to wear on Christmas Eve when we see the family which says "I'm going to be a big brother". We thought it would be funny to see if anyone notices it and watch their reaction! I'm just hoping I've not tempted fate by ordering it. Feeling very nervous today...

Thank you for the welcome Horace, Ruggle and all!

It still doesn't feel real, despite me devouring a baby names book and oohing and aahing over nursery pictures on Pinterest.
Rang the doctor's this morning and I've got my first midwife appointment tomorrow - just to register and fill in forms, but I'm ridiculously excited nevertheless!
So lovely to have this forum too, I'm looking forward to getting to know you all over the next 8 or so months!

Forgot to say welcome to the newbies! There's a fair few if us now

Can someone please remind me of how I join the Facebook group?

FEEdec, drop a private message to Hollyjokes with a link to yourself on facebook and then she can look you up and add you to the group, I think!

Thank you!

feeling so sick... don't think I can even face ginger biccies. What helped last week really doesn't help this week, in fact the thought of ginger tea (which I was drinking at a rate of about 5 cups a day!) now makes me feel rank. help!!

Pina - I'm so glad you've had your test back and are relieved, I am trying to find a link I spotted a way back about hcg levels... do a spot of googling

Flymo, crisps / salty snacks worked for me last time, have you tried anything similar? I'd love a bit of nausea, though it's a bit early yet. I felt reassuringly bad last time!

It was me who posted the hcg levels link. I'll try to find it again.

Hi to more newbies. :-)

Any else had heart palpitations? Honestly, have had them on and off all day and googled it and apparently it is common in pregnancy. Such an uncomfortable feeling!

Here you go: m.huggies.com.au/pregnancy/early-stages/symptoms/hcg-levels/chart/

I'm not sure it'll help as they vary wildly! :-/

Yes to palpitations. I wake with them at night.....and I wake to pee....so not much sleep going on at all!

Anyone else spending too much time on MN and FB instead of working?!

That's why being on mat leave is fantastic, Ruggle. When DD is asleep I can FB / MN to my heart's content. :-)

I've had palpitations too- my first symptom in this pregnancy and the last! I keep swaying between really bad nausea, and no symptoms! I prefer the nausea! The other symptom I had on Sat (which I haven't had since my last pregnancy) is uncontrollable giggles!!! Laughed so much on Sat I ended up crying with laughter- and just couldn't stop giggling! DH thought I was mad! But I'm happy for that symptom to carry on as I'm sure laughing is good for you!!!:-)

Ooh eek thanks Hungry / Flymo So potentially I could be about 7 weeks then. Been googling but can't find anywhere that says what a difference an evening sample makes, think i'll just chill the F out and count down the 14 days til the scan! :D

I reckon so Pina, I'm going on about 7 weeks myself and we have same due date, no? my LMP was 24 Oct. When I spoke to the doc she said they will always date you on your last bleed, no matter how much you protest your cycles are irregular/long/short/you ovulated late etc. The medical profession do things by the book! then when you have your scan they might readjust due to baby size, I was semi-freaking out too as I thought I will prob look small for how far on I am going by LMP as I ov late! there was no getting through to the doc though. So I think, what I'm trying to say in a very roundabout way is, we need to just go with it!!

Oh, ouchy...first round ligament pain. Just knelt down to change DD's nappy and felt the pulling sensation on the left hand side. Made me catch my breath!

Made me feel a touch more pregnant if nothing else. :-)

Fee the Tshirt on our 2 year old ds was how we told both sets of parents last month They loved it!
It's now packed in the drawer, not sure I can use it twice though!

So am very confused. Last months chem I tested negative the day after I started bleeding. However I'm 2 days on and still have as faint a line as I've ever had. I thought it was negative yesterday but doing another test this morning, it's still there.

I am absolutely mega confused!!

Choccy why don't you see if your doc can do a urine sample to check your Hcg levels? If you do one now and one in a few days see how the level changes?

Flymo my LMP is 26th October buy yes like you say I won't be freaked out if at the scan I'm not measuring as far on as my LMP says as that's always based on a 28 day cycle

But, not buy!

I'll ask tomorrow thanks pina