February 2016 babies - let the chundering commence

[jellypi3]

Stats sheet here :) docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dWmvdD9SkvPQqKn7rpFHazgufmda2FOTMtL093cZFj8/htmlview

I'm drinking Lactulose like it's going out of fashion. It is harmless in pregnancy as it cannot be absorbed by the baby. True dat.

Hi all. brummie please come back ASAP.

I definitely agree that a lighthearted approach to these early weeks is the way to feel happier and more bolstered up. PMA everyone!

jelly sorry I'm on my phone but was it you that asked re the yellowish discharge? Yes, I've had a bit of that too, not infected or anything but white / slightly yellowy? I don't think it's anything to worry about. I had awful thrush last time from about 20 weeks onwards so I am not looking forward to that if I get tit again! But this is not like thrush. It's like EWCM except white.

Get IT.

Not tit. Ffs phone!

Thanks folks I'll get some fibrogel fro boots tomorrow, hope to shift some of this!

And yeh it was me re the yellow cm. I'm not worried about it, I'm just amused that I've got more cm now than when TTC lol

newbie I spotted for the first 12weeks with DS and had more bleeding in later pregnancy. They never found out the cause. They scanned me a couple of times in our Early Pregnancy Unit though and were never sniffy about it. I spotted with DD in the early weeks too, again no problem.

ratty. No symptoms here either apart from a wee bit of tingly nipples.

Is anyone an exerciser here? I swim quite alot and started going to a proper swim training session a couple of months ago. It is pretty intense but I would really like to keep going. I'm tempted to go and just hang back a smidgeon. What do you think?

Thanks for the reassurance re the food aversions. I managed to sneak some broccoli into my pasta n sauce so I'm feeling a bit smug better about myself.

Yes to bloating - I'm also wearing my fat jeans!

Off to the gp's surgery to fill my forms out tomorrow- it's all starting to feel real

Ps jellypie lots of that type of CM here too!

Got the date through for my booking scan at the midwives today - not til 9th July! Terrible timing for me too so will have to ring tomorrow and see if I can change, which will doubtless delay it further

It is so frustrating waiting for appointments, 4 weeks at the moment seems a looooong time!

Looking forward to going on our Summer holidays on Saturday now, but can't help worrying what to do if anything goes wrong while I'm away! Hope I can manage to relax and enjoy it - first holiday abroad in 5 years!

Soooooo bloated here too - I'm using progesterone support so I know that's making me worse! I'm hoping it deflates soon.

I also have the yellow cm and had it on my last pregnancy too - I've always wondered whether it might be related to the multivitamins as they turn my urine fluorescent yellow! I asked the midwife about it on the last pregnancy and all I got for my troubles is swabbed (no infection - which I knew) so I won't be asking this time!

Thank you raaaaaaaaaah and surferchic that is reassuring

I've had the same discharge. Kind of snotty. Not loads of it though.

I love the luminescent pee! I started taking vitamin b complex when I was TTC because I had a short leutal phase and it literally gave me like green wee!

What's a booking scan? I've got my booking appointment but no mention of a scan

Evening all! Been busy on here today I have had a bit of a strange day. 3 people have asked me if I am pregnant and 1 person I work told me they'd had a dream I was! I fobbed off he first three with a 'well, I'm not wearing this dress again', with a big smile but with the dream friend I went all goosebumpy and got tears in my eyes.

(Lots of watery yellow discharge today - there were a few extra trips to the loo today)

Brummie ....come back!

Raaaah I train 3x a week - fairly high intensity. Told the trainer straight away and he modified some exercises for me, tells me to 'walk it off' if I'm getting hot and has said I should keep going for as long as it's comfortable. So I would mention it to the person running it?

Another day pregnant! 4 + 4 for me today

jelly try lactulose for constipation then once you have had a poo have porridge every day for breakfast to keep you regular. I had terrible constipation in my first pregnancy and I didn't go for 2 weeks and was in agony. I really wish I had sorted it before it became a problem. I've already started my porridge this time around too. Hope you feel better soon.

brummie don't go, you have just as much right to post here as anyone else and your mc's are part of your journey. I certainly don't feel as if you bring the thread down. I really do hope this pregnancy works out for you

morecake I've had lots of stretching feelings in my tummy for the past week, even before my bfp! I don't remember having them last time, so it could be because your body knows what to do more the second time round

So I had an awful sudden stomach upset today at work!! It was awful! I barely made it home aswell. I guess it's a symptom? I don't think it was anything I've eaten and seems fine now and I managed to eat dinner!

I'm still here. Reading but feeling a bit isolated. But I guess that's normal. What has happened to me is actually very rare, only affects 1% of couples (why the fuck me then ) so I guess I'm that 1 out of 100 on here.

Got my 6 week scan on Friday to prescribe my heparin injections so will update you all then. Thank you for the kind words, I really am humbled

Raaaah i exercise a lot, I'm actually entered in a half marathon in september which i was training for, dh husband is going to take my place. Midwife told me today excercise is good as long as it your hr doesn't go over 140. She specifically said swimming was great so I'm going to keep doing it, but no sauna or steam room. I still plan on going to the gym 4 times a week but will just slow down the cardio and stop the weights

Good to hear from you Brummie, good luck for Friday.

Brummie you are amazingly strong and I will never forget the support you gave me on the miscarriage boards (I was under a different user name). You have every right to talk about your experiences here. Those of us who have suffered losses carry that pain with us and whether we like it or not, it becomes part of subsequent pregnancies. Mentioning it and being affected by it is inevitable and if we aren't able to do this on these boards then something has gone very, very wrong. Each person here has their own challenges and we're here to support each other regardless. Please don't feel isolated

Brummie good to hear back from you!

I understand that heparin is used for all manner of clotting disorders and genetic situations. I also know of so many dramatic success stories from its use in recurrent miscarriage. My sister is just one success story and my stepchildren are others.

The very best of luck to you! I for one would like to hear how this progresses for you.

Hi all

I've been keeping a low profile, trying not to MN much and just get on with things. Good to read everyone's updates though.

I'm now 5+3, having a private scan on Saturday at 6w exactly. Prepared for potentially not seeing anything and ok with that.

Don't have any symptoms! Very bloated but that began with the progesterone pessaries before I was pg so don't think that really counts!

I was feeling very down last week and certain it wasn't going to work out, but that only lasted a day or two and I'm far more positive and realistic this week. What will be will be.

On the religion front, I'm RC which has been an interesting journey. The official RC line is that IVF is immoral... I have had some very dark days thinking about whether I can baptise a baby into a religion that thinks it shouldn't exist still a work in progress!

Brummie I get the 'why me' thing, we have a really rare and inexplicable problem and will never conceive naturally as a result. It just seems to random and pointless and I've struggled to get my head around it. I've been on heparin (when I got OHSS) and it's nippy because the needle they use isn't very fine, but it is completely manageable and totally worth it. Just be careful shaving/using knives etc!

Boobear.. My PT specialises in women, (and pregnancy training) and the heart rate thing is unfounded.. 140 is too low to really do any exercise..(you'd get that walking up a slope while preg..)just listen to body and don't take on anything new..if in doubt, take it slowly and drink lots of fluids.. I trained at normal distances/levels till 37 week but just slowed everything down somewhat..then, mid circuit training one week, I knew it was time to stop. Just felt it...

Wow this thread moves quickly!!
brummie please don't feel you have to leave. I can't understand how you feel as i am very lucky never to have suffered a loss, but your posts have been really encouraging to read.
Re: negativity, i agree that it is not helpful to have a lot of very negative posts which may put people on a downer. The first 12 weeks is an anxious time for all of us, we are probably all constantly knicker checking and i guess none of us will feel 'safe' until after the 12 week scan. But we just have to take it one day at a time and believe that we will have a baby at the end of it. Those who have had losses will be more worried than others, but also need even more than others to be able to focus on the probable positive outcome.

In other news, a colleague remarked today that i am looking slim. Which is funny since I am sitting here with my jeans undone as I'm so bloated!
I have also started to feel nauseous in the evenings, i think it's hunger as it settles if i eat a couple of crackers.
My OH is sitting next to me eating runny brie and I'm soooooooo jealous