August 2015! Come join me :-)

[LoopyLa]

Just got my bfp today & due 3rd August (or thereabouts!).

Anyone else fancy coming aboard?

Loopyla, 37 yrs old, due 3 Aug, dc#2

After my miscarriahe last month I'm still a bit nervous....today is the fourth day in a row I have POAS and my BFP are getting stronger.

The first two were FR (so 12.5 sensitivity) and the second is definitely darker. The next two were Poundland strips (20ml sensitivity) and again second day one is darker.

I'm assuming that's a good sign? And shows progression? Or is that s myth?

Daisy, thats great news!

Daveface - I think that shows progression. I've also been re-testing for the last 4 days and my lines have been getting darker which makes me feel more confident everything might be ok. Have you taken one of the digital ones? That was the first test that made me really 'believe' it :)

Hi ladies

Can I join in. Got my BFP yesterday morning. I have an 18 month old little boy. Aged 31 from Liverpool area.

Absolutely exhausted and have got really bad heartburn. Heading to the doctors tomorrow as I have recently been on medication for thush so feeling a bit anxious about that.

Hope your all feeling well

Ooo more people. Hello!

I'll be 5 weeks tomorrow, still waiting for symptoms, other than tiredness, I slept for 2 and a half hours this afternoon (though I'd happily have a nap when I'm not pregnant).

What's the dealio with doing more pregnancy tests? I did one, was +ve so I'm pregnant, I'm obviously still pregnant or I would have got my period, right? Or would it come up -ve if I was about to miscarry? Genuinely intrigued by all this extra POASing!

Went to GP surgery to book in with midwife on Friday, waiting for her to call me back to make an app. I did mention about my past loss and I was really worried, so fingers crossed I'll be seen soon (although I guess it actually doesn't make any difference if the worst was to happen again).

Hi rachy and stuffed owl... Congratulations!

Owl... I think that if you start Poas before you're due, you can get feint positives, so it's reassuring to see them coming stronger as the levels of hormone (hcg) are increasing. If they were getting feinter, or using clever digital tests which were able to say that the hormone levels were not increasing, it might predict an early miscarriage. Sometimes the embryo stops developing but it takes a while for the hormone levels to drop to the point where a miscarriage can start. So It's reassuring for people to see the levels increasing. Hth.

I've not read the full thread yet but I'm here to join. Me and DH have been trying for 3 years, we got married in September and got our BFP on Thursday last week. The first day of my last period was 28th October so and the only calculator thingys gave a due date of 5th August.

This is my first pregnancy and I'm quite anxious but also incredibly excited. I have an appointment with GP tomorrow so I can be referred to MW.

I have had heartburn pretty much since I got the BFP and I keep waking up at 3/4am and not being able to get to sleep. I'm sure it's all in my head though rather than symptoms but I'm happy to be told I'm wrong if anyone else is similar!

Congratulations everyone!

I'm going symptom crazy - oh my neck aches! Oh my calf is a bit crampy! Oh I'm a bit mucusy in my throat - pregnancy symptom!!

It's a bit silly really. Still feels very unreal so I almost want sickness to start!

Hi again ladies hope everyone is doing OK this week! I had bad cramping over the weekend and today woke up with zero symptoms ( aside from sore boobs!) Have been reminding myself not to freak out but had to take another pregnancy test tonight to make sure, feel like a right loon! Got dating scan next Friday (12th) feels like sooo long to wait!!

Shantotto Me too! I have backache, heartburn, random insomnia, cramps and twinges. Everything is a symptom to me! It feels unreal to me too, when I speak to DH about it, I feel like I'm talking about someone else.

I keep taking tests too, wolves. I keep having twinges and cramps and getting worried but I think it's just normal at this stage. Time seems to be going very slowly here too. I just want the time until the 12 week scan to fly by as I don't think I will relax until then.

Glad its not just me icelemon! I've run out of tests now and my DP has forbidden me from buying more!!

Ah mine too. Do you know your EDD? Is this your first pregnancy?

I should go and read the rest of the thread but I feel pretty tired!

I feel a bit sick today but this is probably just my crazy anxiety!

So I'm off to Scotland for Christmas at the start of week 7. I thought I'd been very clever and booked myself in for an early scan in Dunfermline so I could tell both sets of parents with a tiny bit more peace of mind so early.

Typically, DP's folks have booked us in for a lovely lunch right over the scan time! I could ask them to rearrange but I don't want awkward questions being asked.

I can get a scan in London on Friday 19th, when I'll be 6wks 6days... Will the two days make much difference? I'd love to see a heartbeat and apparently that's not til week 7? I'm not even sure ultrasound direct will do it at 6+6, their website states from week 7...

EDD is August 1. DP's birthday is August 2! Yes first pregnancy, we are quite nervous but keep reminding myself what will be will be :) is this your first too?

Shantotto Perhaps you could ring the clinic and ask what they think. And for the inlaws could you not just make something up about an important meeting, dental appointment or you've arranged to see a friend so not to arouse any suspicion?

Ah that's lovely wolves you might not even have to buy him a present for his birthday, good timing

It's our first too. At least we can be nervous together here!

IceLemon I've been trying to think up a genius excuse but being in London means no friends to say we're meeting and no dentist will be open on a Sunday afternoon! I'm sure I'll figure it out. After going to Fife I'll be going to the Outer Hebrides to see my parents, I think I've found somewhere in Inverness!

This pregnancy lark is quite complicated.

Can I jump in, just tested and it was positive! Really wasn't expecting it as I had some spotting on Saturday and so thought I was out this month. I was exhausted on Friday after work and have had niggly backache all weekend, so thought I would rule it out but according to calculators we will have a due date of the 10th August if it all goes well. Am so shocked, will have to break the news to DH when he gets home…am off for a sit down to let it sink in while DD sleeps.

Ah congratulations hopeful! My BFP was a complete surprise too. How are you planning on telling your DH? I had all sorts of tricks up my sleeve but when it came to it, I just blurted it out.

Santotto Oh sorry my excuses were pants! Hopefully you figure out an excellent excuse!

IceLemon no no they are indeed great excuses it's just my trip away happens to be particularly awkward!

Hi everyone!

Can I join you (very tentatively!)?

I have name changed (hi Icelemongin thanks for pointing me in the right direction!) as some of my friends are on here and it's too soon to tell them my news.

I am 31 and got my BFP on Saturday morning, so my DD is 10 August (I have calculated this from the day that I think I ovulated as my cycles are really long (would have been 50 days this time!) so not relevant to DDs).

This is #1 and I'm so happy but also so anxious and impatient! I can't quite believe I have had a BFM, I wasn't expecting it at all and had totally stopped obsessing and symptom spotting - I even had what I now know was implantation bleeding but just though oh heck why is my AF arriving so soon after OV'ing?!!

My DH is reluctant to talk about it all very much, he says it hasn't sunk in and probably won't until he sees the scan (FX). Is anyone else really paranoid? I'm sure we all are and it's only natural. I feel like I'm going to burst and really want to talk about it!

My only symptoms have been sore boobs, being headachy, and I'm not sure if this is a symptom but for about three nights in a row last week, I kept jolting awake just as I was about to fall asleep! I also had a night of insomnia during the three days of spotting last week (must've been implantation).

Like everyone else I have a load of Christmas dos coming up and am going to have to get inventive with my not drinking excuses! I think the most challenging will be the friends coming for dinner this weekend as it's pretty obvious when you're sat round a table not drinking!

I think, all being well, we are going to have to tell parents/siblings on Christmas Eve as it will just be so obvious from the not drinking. I will be 7+2 then. We're thinking of booking an early scan but really can't take any time off work just before Christmas.

I wish all of you the best of luck and look forward to sharing the journey with you all! Congratulations! xxx

Glad you found the thread Birch. I'm sorry to hear your DH isn't as excited as you. Mine is a bit apprehensive too but thankfully he doesn't mind me talking about it good job as it's all I seem to do

If you're excited then share here, we are all in the same boat. I'm paranoid too but think that's only natural at this stage.

If you manage to think of a good excuse for not drinking, please share...seems like we could all use it this month!

Congratulations!

Hooray. Midwife rang me, I have an appointment on 22nd dec. I'll be 8 weeks exactly then. Phew.

In terms of not drinking, I'd go with "I have a lot of Christmas parties, gatherings with friends over the festive season, so have decided to be kind to my body and only drink at some of them, so I'm not drinking today". You just have to hope there isn't too much cross over with the same people

I spent so long ttc I tried cutting out drinking completely for 2 months. I'm sure some people thought I was already pregnant but I kept saying, just on a health kick, limiting my drinking etc.

Thanks Ice. It's not that he's not excited as such, he's just very cautious about getting excited this early on. I think maybe once more symptoms kick in it will be more real for him. He is v excited too though, just a bit more sensible than me!

I think I'm going to use the old cystitis/antibiotics excuse for dinner party (I'm hosting) this weekend. Maybe headache for work Christmas meal. Not sure how I'll deal with NY though!

DH has agreed to go for an early scan so maybe we will feel better about telling ppl if that goes ok. I almost want to get morning sickness so I know something is happening!

I am still working out how to tell him, am worrying a bit (a lot) as I was stripping varnish off a table this weekend and the chemicals are not meant to be good at all. Hoping I will calm down as waiting til a scan to check is ages away.

Hi

Please may I join in? Had my bfp this morning and totally shocked. Stats 5 months ttc #2, I'm 37 and we already have a dd who is almost 4, due date either 7tg or 8th August. DH is shocked but really excited. We can't discuss our good news with anyone else due to family bereavement and our closest friends going through a traumatic situation so it's not appropriate to be celebrating good news sadly.

When we had dd we had a nightmare with a threatened miscarriage because everyone put us under a lot of stress and we were told in no uncertain terms that it was only good news for us and no one else (we were told we would more than likely end up having to have children through assisted means due to a medical condition). We were yold not to text / email / fb anything in relation to our news (not that I'm a prolific poster on there!). I am hoping that this time we won't have to go through that hell again though the worst culprits now have two of their own and won't be told till much later on, we are going to enjoy this stage a little bit and enjoy the secret before we tell people and protect ourselves for a little while.

Loving how you're planning to announce your news Missing diet Coke! !