Feb 2016 early early days...

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So BFP this am. Edd 30/1/16 however this is dc4 and the othe 3 have all been at least 2 weeks late.
Starting this thread to preserve my sanity next January. If I join the jan lot I'll be left on my tod so...I'm 35 this will be dc4 if all goes well, cycle 2 of trying so feeling blessed.
Roll up roll up, come and join me clutching your BFP and wondering exactly what you've let yourself in for x

Night, how did you wangle an early scan?!

chintaria, my cats are around 3ish years old. I almost got rid of them when the baby came as they were so needy and upset. Pets become rather tedious when you need to devote all your time to a baby.

I am paying for it Purdie! Off to Spain at the start of July and don't want to leave the country without knowing that everything is progressing ok :)

Feels so weird that I won't see a medical professional for 3 weeks...

I know. My scan is 24th when I'm almost 8wks but I'll be forcing my gp to give me an earlier one when I see him on Friday. I'm high risk for mc so I'm not leaving the surgery until he agrees to a scan at 6+3 or summat.

I have no doubt that you will be very persuasive! The receptionist wouldn't even let me see my GP. Maybe I should start mentioning my heart condition

It must be nice to have a heart

i'm trying to get my appointment pushed back, it was meant to be the 15th June, then they changed it to the 8th (a week...eek) but i'm trying to push it back to the 15th, because i'll only be 6+2 on 8th

Night have you been running/ training recently, if so then I'd run but not be worried about pushing myself for a pb. If it is more of a race for life type event and you don't normally run I would go and enjoy the atmosphere but gently jog/walk and claim a dodgy tum overnight. Good luck

Yeah night as above, you can generally keep the same level of fitness and previously for the first 12 weeks, so if you are used to running 5k then carry on doing so, but if you can only normally manage 3k without struggling then stick to that. I'm hoping to start swimming soon!

Thanks goulash I do run twice a week but am concerned by how hot it will be on Sunday as have heard you don't want to overheat. It's a fun run so think I will take your advice and walk it :)

And no appointments here for aaaaages. Doctor won't see you, you self refer to the midwife for a booking apt at 8-10weeks. She then refers you for your scan and if you are lucky they fit you in the 11-14 week window for the nuchal fold window. Got to sit tight till mw on the 23rd and try to resist peeing on things.

Will be interesting to see how ours react purdie. We had a cat when I was pg with dd, but came home one night heavily pg to find she'd been run over outside our house

Exciting talking about early scans - have just booked mine for 15th so should be almost 7 weeks by then. Did another test this morning and the test line is almost as dark as the control line Anyone else still testing or is it just me obsessing like a nutter

Night think walking it is a brilliant plan - can you pretend you've pulled a muscle or something, but that you still want to do it? If you're used to running then it'll probably be okay, but best to err on the side of caution imo

Am going to go with having been on a training run and unfortunately twisted my knee. Ok to walk on but running is very painful

Great plan

chin sorry to hear about your cat :( my two are indoor cats, I couldn't imagine the fear i'd have letting them out and not knowing if they would come home. One of them is pretty independant, he tends to like to play but isn't massive for cuddles (except at 4:00am), but the other one is like a child, she is always begging for attention and following me around. I think she will struggle the most with a baby!

I also stopped doing tests after about 8 or so tests lol, once I got 3+ weeks on a digi I stopped. I think if I have any cramps or spotting i'll maybe pee on an IC but that's it, trying to not do any more from now onwards

Wish we could get cheaper digi's here jelly - they are around 20 euros so I refuse to buy one. I have ic's left so thought I may as well use them
Your cats sound lovely! Mine are little monkeys - they desperately need to get out the house as they are going crazy and jumping on everything and breaking things. This morning they knocked my late granddad's etched glass bowl off the sideboard so am a bit sad. They're having the snip in two weeks, so can go out after that - we live in the middle of the countryside so lots of farmers fields and woody areas for them to explore. Was so shocked when our last cat was killed, the car must have been going really fast down our little road

PS I agree re fear - already ds is clutching them to him and saying he doesn't want them to go out I can't keep them in though, they would go mad!

Awww, my two are pedigree cats and it was actually in their contract when I got them not to let them out. I live near a busy road and would worry too much about them, and to be fair they are really chilled out indoors. They do go in the garden but one of them hates grass haha!!

I was wondering if they were I think special breed cats can be much calmer and quieter - we had siamese cats when I was younger, and they never went out. These two we have now are rescue moggies, so are rather wild! re grass-hating cat - what does it do?! Have you seen the video on youtube of cats freaking out over banana's? Very amusing

I've just had a bit of a wail over on JSing grads because my nausea went away completely overnight (but is back a little bit now) and I'm so scared I'll miscarry.

Anyway they reassured me and said symptoms come and go and it doesn't necessarily mean anything wrong. So I thought I'd pass that on (and try to get it into my thick worried brain).

If it's any help pretzel with both my successful pregnancies my nausea almost completely disappeared for a day or two (and then came back with a vengeance!) so try not to worry

Aww pret your bound to be worried I know I am but I'm trying to stay calm.

chin one is a Maine coon (the 7kg one!) and one is a ragdoll :) she just doesn't like stepping on grass, and yeh the banana vid is hilarious

Maine coons & ragdolls are gorgeous, you lucky thing

Thanks chin and jelly you lovely lot