December 2015 #2

[toadierocks]

As the 1st trimester sets in, its all sick-bags, ginger tea and laxatives! All aboard!

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Oh are we on no2 already?

Marking my place with you guys.

Told HR and my MD today because there lovely and will be supportive should anything go wrong but also will get paid for time off for appointments.

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Hi All

Marking my place. I haven't been posting much, I'm still feeling a bit down & out of sorts, I have no symtoms and my breasts were quite sore & are now fine. I'm going to wait until my scan before I get stuck in properly.

Hope your all ok, I'll cheer up after the scan promise

Marking spot!
Iv been considering telling HR and my boss as I'll need to order maternity clothes and with it being my second I suspect I'll need them a little earlier. Can't decide what to do!

We're a chatty bunch aren't we. I'm definitely considering a private scan to try to ease the mind. Here's hoping all well this time x

I've told the Health and safety guy at work so I could have a risk assessment done. What does everyone do if you don't mind saying? I work in a lab.

Hello ladies. Marking my spot

Marking my place! OH doesn't want a private earlier scan, he says what will be will be and I should relax because I have no evidence there's cause to worry. Wise counsel, or ignore him and try to get one anyway?

Hey ladies! Marking my place too. Thanks for adding me to the stats document! Fizzy and Jodie, hello to my matching EDD buddies!

I've not been posting much as I'm trying desperately not to think too much about this pregnancy until I hit 6 weeks at least, this Saturday. I'm also on holiday still in the US so plenty to keep me distracted!

On symptoms front my only one really is my boobs, absolutely killing me, they are like hard rocks!! Taking my sports bra off at night is horrendous!! Woke up with the same feeling in my right armpit this morning which was a bit of a shocker! Apparently there's breast tissue there. Nice!

Hope everyone else is having a nice day

Marking my spot too - never been on a thread that went on to a second one, all very exciting! Terry, sorry you're feeling miserable, hopefully you're just lucky and not having too many symptoms. I was better today because I had other things to concentrate on. For the stats - I'm in Scotland.

Hello thread #2!

chops I'm a journalist and luckily I get to work from home most days, so no one can see me sneaking off to raid the fridge/close my eyes for a bit if I need to!

Gone early scans can cause more stress in a way, especially it it's just too early to see much.

I think if your really anxious it's better to have one but I'm holding out until 8 weeks as that should be conclusive.

Evening Ladies

Sweets I'll be thinking of you on Thursday for your scan and keeping my fingers crossed.

So today I had my early scan and it didn't go well, although the lady kept saying 'it all looks good' and that she wasn't worried, I cannot shake the feeling that it's not ok.

I had a MMC/blighted ovum last November which didn't get picked up until the routine 12 week scan, that was actually done at 13 weeks. It was a horrific experience and it had to be medically terminated as my body was clearly not getting the message that the pregnancy had failed. Apparently the bean didn't make it to 6 weeks but everything else had just continued.

Anyways in order to stop myself going through that again, I booked my early scan this time round for today when I should have been 7 weeks.

The scan showed a yolk sac with a possible fetal pole of 1.8mm....... which puts me about 5+2 - this simply cannot be the case and I'll put the maths in the next paragraph but I'm sure the same thing has happened again and this is the start of another MMC. I have to back for a re-scan next Monday but I'm going to call the EPAC tomorrow and get things moving on that end too.

For all those charters, please help me if you can see a two week gap in my figures here.........

LMP 28th Feb (have usually have a 30-32 cycle)

Used and OPK from day 12 and had a positive spike on 16th and 17th March

1st positive pregnancy test on 30th March and subsequently on the following 7 days, including CB digi's right the way up to the 11th April where I showed 3+ on the digi...........

I keep running the dates over and over in my head and there is just no way that I can be only 5+2........ I'm so sure it's over.

I'd understand if perhaps it was a few days out but the lady just kept saying 'you must have got your dates wrong' !!!!!!

Chops I'm a medical student so also spend time in a lab
Back on Thursday so thinking I am going to have to tell them for safety reasons, really hope it doesn't cause a problem with my upcoming exams.
Jebel I really feel for you, is there a similar company that may be able to pick you up fairly quickly? No need to mention the pregnancy as it's so early
Toadie Did they offer any possible explanation? I'll be honest you are right the dates don't seem to make any sense. Did they find the yolk sac quickly? I really hope things work out for you

todirocks gosh what a turmoil you must be going through! I really hope it all transpires you have simply ovulated later on then you thought. Would you according to your dates be 8/9weeks?

goneswimming
I am is such a dilemma as to getting an early scan at 6 or 8 weeks I mcc at 8 weeks before I fell pregnant with my DS and so it makes me want to wait until 8weeks but I'm only 5 weeks today so it feels like forever away to wait for a scan at 8 weeks everyday passes so slowly at this early stage doesn't it feels like we are moving through treacle in time. But if I make it to 8 I will def book one that week.

Toadie thanks for the new thread and sorry for the turmoil you must be in right now x x

Gone- my Dh is very much the same and says that having an early scan won't change the likelihood of mc so no point, I personally kind of agree, if no bleeding or previous mmc, esp as everything could be fine at early scan and then go wrong after. However, I do feel the stress at the minute of not knowing what is going on, but just trying to stay positive if that makes sense.

In my past life I worked in a lab too at Uni but now I'm a maths teacher.

chops looks like we are on the same date

gone my DH said the same thing, first pregnancy for us no he didn't see why I'm so worried as there is no extra risk of mc.

Hi girls. Place marking! How's everyone today?

Hi. 6 weeks today due 15th December with number 3
Never felt so ill

toadie are you booked in for another scan? So stressful with all this confusion around dates :(
I've been under the weather terrible stomach pains yest but I do have stomach problems so I'm hoping it that rather than the pregnancy.
I want that 'glow' but unfortunately I look like I'm auditioning for the walking dead given my constant nausea and moaning :( it didn't go until 16 weeks last time

toadie so sorry you're feeling like this. Must be a horrible limbo. Someone close to me had a MMC virtually identical to yours and was told it was just 'one of those random things' and that the chances of it ever happening again were incredibly low.

Remember, these measurements they're taking at your stage are so tiny and potentially imprecise - there's a good reason they don't scan us routinely til 12 weeks. So they could be wrong.

Also, you may have ov'd later than you think. I used OPKs and got a definite positive for a couple of days around CD17. But out of curiosity I kept testing and then, on CD30, I got a blazing positive for 2 days. Initially I thought it was pregnancy (OPKs can't tell the difference between LH surge and HCG). But a test was negative and OPKs went back to negative afterwards. So I think my body geared up for ovulation the first time but didn't, and tried again successfully later. I finally got my BFP at CD43.

The same may have happened to you. Another few days later and you could still be showing 3+ on the digi at the right time.

If the sonographer said all looked fine, then try to trust them. A re-scan on Monday should hopefully be reassuring, but it's a long wait when you're feeling like this .

metalhead I'm a journo too - wonder if we're acquainted in real life....?! Do you work for any of the nationals?

Toadie - I don't know whether this will be comforting but I have known people have early scans and get put back quite far and then it's all caught up by the 12 week dating scan. That's why they don't date until 12 months as all the beans grow at different rates and have growth spurts at certain times. I can understand why your so worried though and I hope Monday brings reassurance.

I didn't want to open my eyes this morning but DS insisted I do. Definitely a different pregnancy experience! First one I was finishing up university so was able to sleep a lot!!

• date until 12 weeks not 12 months!!

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