May 2015: Hello! Anyone out there?

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I can't be the only one due in May 2015... So here goes, a shiny new thread.

I have to sneak in here to discuss all things pregnancy/baby related because this is a surprise DC5! Shhhh! Don't tell anyone!

Congrats Phantom :)

Hi Piglet. Not yet, but I did a lot the last time. Often v erotic.

Welcome phanto.

FX for u with the gene test Winnie, that is such a long time to wait. I hope everything is as it should be and u can then tell everyone!

No weird dreams for me either piglet, just needing to pee early hours then can't get back to sleep!!

I hope your pains ease kitty, hopefully they can give u something at chemist!

It's my first day back in work today after 12 days off my first proper hol this yr! So going back pg will be a shock to my system! And will try and book a docs appointment for sometime this week depending on how my diary looks!!

Really needing some reassurance today, got my BFP last week at what I think was 4+1 as I have been doing ovulation scans so fairly sure of my dates was on a CB digi, was a twin pack so took another this morning at what should be 4+6 and was negative!!! have just bought a first response and is positive though fairly faint but clear

What does this mean? I am now worried this isn't going to work out but it will take a week to get a GP appointment, I am right next to the EPU who could do a blood test (am a midwife) but don't want to tell anyone at work yet. I don't have any signs of miscarriage, no bleeding not even brownish or pinkish but also few symptoms of pregnancy.

Anyone got any ideas?

Hi DA - I can't help on the test front but perhaps worth a call to your gp or midwife if you're concerned? They should be able to check you over and give reassurance or flag anything that's not quite right.

I've finally succumbed and called in sick today. Feeling really nauseous, and now seems to last all day. It feels a bit like sea sickness so wondering about trying some travel bands? Haven't been sick since last week but hate the feeling of trying to appear totally fine in front of colleagues and other commuters.

DA, that sounds tough. I think in your situation I'd bite the work bullet a bit and go to the EPU. Is there a way of doing it so minimal people find out?

Hugs for you DA - how worrying that must be. Agree with pp about getting checked out. Really hope you get good news.

DA if I'm being really brutally honest, then I'd be suspicious that all is not quite right. I naturally worry anout these things though! As a midwife, you know that HCG should roughly double every 48 hours so at 4+6 you wouldn't even need to use FMU if you've had a previous positive. Also at that point I personally would expect a good, strong positive on a FRER. But every woman is different and urine tests are much less accurate than blood tests.

With one of my early losses it took just over a week between getting a negative test at 5.5 weeks (I re-tested because of disappearing symptoms) and starting to bleed.

However.... I do not think that CB Digi are that great. They have a very high threshold for turning positive. And without pain or bleeding there is still hope. The only way to find out at this stage is blood tests 48 hours apart through the EPU. A scan won't show much. Could you tell just one colleague who could do the bloods?

The only other option is to re-test at home with FMU tomorrow with a brand you have already used and see what happens.

Best of luck!

Hi can I please join? (I am very nervous this was planned but since getting the positive result my emotions have gone through the roof and I am paranoid about any little twinge etc - I am really worried about letting my dh down!!) If all goes well my edd is May 16th (I think) and this will be my 3rd dc. My youngest is 5 though so a gap!

I have been reading the thread since I found out at the weekend so just wanted to pass my hugs over to DA. It might be worth getting it checked out for your peace of mind - I would bite the bullet and nip over to the EPU.

Hi everyone waves to the new joiners

Hope everyone is doing ok. I am currently suffering from bone crushing tiredness at the moment. We had our DD1's christening this weekend and had to go for a nap in the middle of the day as was about to fall over!

Also had my Dr's appointment this morning and was interested to learn that I can now choose to give birth in any hospital in London/Surrey as opposed to being within a certain catchment area. Obvs. distance from home etc is a factor but nice to have a bit more control. Is this the same everywhere now?

Also hugs to DA - not sure what to suggest. Have you POAS again since? I agree that maybe putting in a call to your local hospital would be a good idea.

Hi all

I got my BPF today, with a CB digital. I chart my temps so I'm only 10dpo. I took it because I thought I had a very faint evap line on an ic and wanted to rule pregnancy out so I could get my head together. I wasn't expecting to see 'pregnant 1-2' at all ,

This will out me if anyone who knows me reads it, so if you do recognise me, please don't say anything. I'm a bit of a special case as I had a termination due to chromosomal abnormalities, then I had my DS, then I had breast cancer. I had chemo and did fertility preservation, so I have some frozen embryos. This BPF is a natural one!

The odds are against me as I have no idea what the chances are of it being a sticky one because of the chemo I had, but I like the positivity of saying that right now, I'm pregnant. I didn't think I'd be able to get this far so even if it doesn't go to plan, that my body can conceive is amazing.

DA hope you've managed to get a scan and it's nothing to worry about. How worrying these first 12 weeks are! I really hope it works out well for you
Congratulations Some and the other new BFPers. I've just done another clearblue to make sure and it was still a clear positive at 4+4. I've had bloods taken today to confirm and I'll be getting those back later or tomorrow.

Wow Biscuit congratulations! I don't recognise you at all but I am seriously impressed with what you have managed to cope with and your positivity. Really hope it does stick!

I am feeling no pregnancy symptoms at all today which turns me into a worrier but it's early days and I don't think I did at this point last time. I think.

Thank you. I have symptoms already, which is reassuring. Slight nausea and that horrible, dragging feeling that's not quite cramps. My boobs are a bit squisher than normal and just feel odd and heavy.

I have to go to the breast clinic tomorrow for results from a cyst they tested (it will be fine, they go overboard because of my history and there's nothing to suggest it was anything other than a very tiny cyst on the edge of where my breast cancer was removed. I've had them before.) so I'm planning on telling them and asking lots of questions about what it will mean for me in terms of having mammograms, check-ups, etc.

I'm hoping to get some support in place fairly quickly, because I need to know I can get checked out when I need it and I'm probably going to need someone to wibble at so I don't get antenatal/postnatal depression again. FUN.

Sorry, purplegiraffe, that came out differently to how I meant it, when I mentioned having symptoms. It reads awfully following on from your comment.

DA it sounds like you're having a stressful time, I'd nip round to the EPU and I'm sure they'd treat you with strictest confidence. Fx for you.
Congratulations Thisis that's exactly the same age gap we'll have!
Huge congrats Biscuit it really is a miracle baby.
Purple I'm on exactly the same boat, 6weeks and symptoms have disappeared leaving me slightly worried. I've tested lots and all +ve but might find out about an early scan.

Don't worry I didn't read it like that at all. It's great you have symptoms, I'm sure mine will turn up. With a vengeance if last time is anything to go by.

It's funny isn't it Fififolle. I was so miserable with the sickness last time and now I'm almost wishing it would come back...

It sounds good that you are testing positive. Hope you can get that early scan.

Thank you purple I am just wishing the nausea would return... whilst prodding my boobs at regular intervals!!

In my experience the symptoms come and go enough in the early weeks to send anyone crazy, and then settle in enough for you to be desperate for them to go! I'm feeling very mildly nauseous at the moment, and part want it to ramp up for reassurance, and part remembering how vile it is to feel constantly sick and thinking I'm an idiot.

Welcome to more new people. Biscuit, what an amazing story. A friend of mine had two children naturally after surviving stage 3 breast cancer at 33, and remains very healthy 11 years later. Her consultant was astonished and said he'd never seen it before.

MsMittens, that's interesting, as I thought it had gone the other way. I live near a big teaching hospital in London that used to accept patients from all over, and introduced a catchment about four years ago so it could cope with demand. I don't know whether that's been reversed, or whether other hospitals think differently.

That's fantastic to hear, Three. If anyone else has any stories about successful pregnancies after cancer, I am most certainly all ears!

I was lucky, my cancer was stage 1 and it didn't spread past my breast, but it was grade 3, which is the most aggressive type. That was to be expected as I was in my twenties and it usually is grade 3 if you have it young.

I feel so, so lucky today. I was told my fertility might return due to my age, but one of the chemo drugs I had was the most toxic to ovaries. I've since found out it wipes out about ten years worth of your egg reserves. I'm thirty, so the eggs I produce now are similar in quality to a forty year old. All my risks are the same as a forty year old too. It's a bit mad.

I forgot to mention I had hyperemesis with my son too, so while I'm going to be happy when I start being sick, I will not be happy if it doesn't stop.

FX for u DA, giving u a virtual hug!

Hi thisrock try to relax and take it easy don't worry yourself (even tho it's hard not too)

Welcome some sort, and wow u have had an incredible journey good luck and I hope your bean sticks!

Ok so first day back in work wnd I've feel asked to attend a repossession!! And worst thing is the person who's dropped the keys off has told me it's a health hazard flees and not crap all over the place! So have spoke to the company and told them my predicament only for the man to say 'what are u worried about slipping over??' Umm no more that animal shit carries disease u bloody dickhead!! I'm stuck as don't want to tell my boss or colleagues as it's so early but certainly won't be putting myself and my early bean at risk!! Grrrr!! Hmmm what to do???

Well sadly I am out this month got bloods done definitely too low so just waiting now. Wishing you all healthy babies and easy births

Oh I'm so sorry for u DA!! That's such sad news!! I hope u take it easy and look after yourself.