TCC#1 Grads Thread

[Runner05]

Well we were TTC but now we've graduated to growing a small human. Good buy peeing on opk's and ic's every day hello monitoring exactly how sick and bloated we feel and ensuring that we're never more than 30ft from a bathroom!

It's the TTC#1 graduates thread! Come and join us on a no holds barred exploration of first time pregnancy (but be really careful about opening any links about cervical fluid unless you have a very strong constitution... Let's face it you're pregnant so you don't)

Hi ladies,

Trying to keep up with thread but having a really tough time at work.

Bunch - that is a real tough one, I'm sorry you've found yourself in this situation. How long have you guys been together? It shows your strength as a person that you continue with the pregnancy. For me, I don't know if I'd have that strength. When is your 12 week scan?

Pink - you sound like you're still suffering?

Hi runner!

Hi everyone!

Work is so stressful, having a really hard time, burst into tears in the toilets yesterday, and I can honestly say I haven't done that for about ten years.

X

Shelb sounds like you're struggling with work. Do they know you're upduffed yet? Sorry can't remember.

Bunch glad you're feeling a bit more positive.

Pink I hope you're feeling a bit better.

Dr I'm hoping the hospital can help me get mum into a care home. I've spoken to them about it. Didn't make it up tonight as feeling too shit but it sounds like she's doing a bit better. She'll be in over the weekend.

We call the embryo whatever the latest fruit size is so as of tomorrow he should become a strawberry.

There are no words for how shit I feel. It like food poisoning, but that gets better after a couple of days. I'm pretty sure I will be vomiting again by the end of the day lovely. I can say with 100% certainty that even if we had planned to have more than one I would not bloody be doing this again!!!!

Oh Shelb. Hope you're feeling w bit better now.
We've been together over 10 years, married 18 months. We just watched a Ted talks called All lives Matter, given by a 35 year old woman who has DS. We've not talked about it since but I feel a bit better. 12 week scan on the 1st Feb.
I forgot to respond earlier I think to Pink. Im 30, so aware I'm not considered high risk but now the thought is in my head I can't shift it. Expecting thoroughly lovely dreams tonight.

Runner I hope you're mum is improving, And you're not having to tough a time today. It was great to hear another point of view on the subject and completely understand your circumstances.

Pink you are a stronger lady than me, I have regularly collapsed in tears in the loo at work/in my bosses office/on my colleagues in a snotty heap! In my defence I did have a horrific team lead at one stage and have suffered depression on and off since my teens! I hate to think what I'll be like as pregnancy progresses.
Runner the hospital social services liaison person should be able to help with that. My gran got taken in after a fall and went rapidly downhill and mum had already been at her limit, they didn't discharge her until she had a nursing bed in a nearby home.
I'm getting fed up with what feel like fairly severe AF pains now, they got so bad at one stage last night I nearly panicked and got my husband up for a&e but it faded again and no bleeding today so hopefully all is OK.

Dr my AF type cramps were horrific at the beginning. I was regularly doubled over in pain and having any back rubbed and using heat pads like they were going out of fashion. Tailed off after 7 weeks though thankfully. How far along are you?

We refer to our wee one as Mini Lezzles. Our surname is Leslie (as is probably obvious from my user name) and our nickname for each other is Lezzles.

Boy has foraged and provided crispy chicken legs and blueberries. Boy is now in serious good books as this is apparently exactly what my body wanted.

When he got back from the supermarket he told me that he was wandering around picking up things and going "Ooo... Yum... Umm... No" pore thing, he's being so attentive and trying to look after me but food is such a tricky problem at the moment and he hates food shopping on his own.

Has anyone else got a mouth full of saliva that tastes like ass rusty metal?

Ooh Runner sounds like you've got a gooden there. No metallic tastes here but it's usually an early symptom (just appearing later for you I guess), also could be your gums bleeding, quite common for preggos I hear.

Hmm, I suppose.

I did have the metallic taste early on but this is nothing like it. My mouth feels like I've been licking gravel. Revolting! I suppose it could be all the stomach acid that I've burped up tmi

Just tired of feeling crappy. If OH wasn't home I'd probably have a woe is me moment... But crying women confuse him lol

Morning ladies, how are you today?

Today I have an eight week old 2x2 Lego brick with hands the size of full stops
And the morning sickness hasn't kicked off properly yet so I'm enjoying being awake for five minutes without wanting to puke. I'm sure the sickness will be with me soon though so I might go back to sleep.

Deffo lots more saliva and I keep burping... so embarrassing at work haha...

Morning everyone.

I just wanted to let those of you struggling with morning sickness know that it really does get better. I'm 11+5 today and in the last 2 weeks I've only been sick twice, whereas before that I was retching/puking every day. Hang in there, it will get better.

So good to hear that Leslie. I'm wishing the weeks away!

I got an appointment through this morning to see the consultant about my low platelets. It's not for another week or so but pleased there is something organised so I can find out what it means for me.

Hope everyone else is well.

leslie I just can't wait to get over morning sickness. It's just making life so hard.

Does anyone else pop into the ttc thread, see all the ttcers wishing for symptoms and think "here, you can have mine!!!"

Pink good that you've got your appoints. At least it will put your mind at rest.

Had a shower before going to visit mum tonight. I won't be doing that again because by the time I'd had the shower I was so tired I could hardly move. I had to go see mum though.

They've moved her to a private room which I thought was nice until I went to look out the door and saw the sign saying that it was a isolation room and no one was to go in without gloves and apron and not to touch anything etc. wtf. I asked the nurse and after a lot of beating around the bush she told me mum has a water infection that is infectious. I pointed out in pregnant and asked if I should be in there because I already have a UTI and do not need anything worse and she just said oh you can put on gloves and apron if you like!
Great, I'd already been in there 20mins.

Apart from that mum seed a little brighter but still can't hold a conversation or move around unaided and is refusing food and drink. I had to order her to eat while I was there (she knows better than to disobey me lol) and the nurse was over the moon and telling me I'll have to come back for all her meals. I didn't point out the food made me gag!

Oh runner your poor mum. Hopefully if they've worked out what the infection is it should start to get better soon.

I'm actually starting to feel a bit better. Way less sick yesterday and so far today. I have my scan on Thursday and I've started to get scared. For some reason I keep thinking about the people I know who had a missed mc. And now I feel less sick I'm kind of worried that could happen to me. It's irrational and DH doesn't like to talk about it.

Aww New I'm sure it will be absolutely fine. Just try to concentrate on the good news that you're feeling better and remember that you've got absolutely no reason to think anything is wrong.

How is everyone else this morning?

I woke up with the most painful trapped wind ever. It had me doubled up and of course my daily sickness is back already... My body doesn't like me reading... Or watching TV... Or doing anything other than laying still with my eyes closed

Morning ladies, I'm sorry to dive straight into me but, I'm worried.

This week I have been extraordinarily stressed at work, and when I was walking home the other night I felt a sharp pain on my left hand side. Past couple of days my pregnancy feelings have been less and less, no twinges, minimal nausea. I just did an IC and normally it comes up with two sold pink lines. But I got a really faint one. Am I worrying for nothing? I've had no bleeding.

X

Shelb I think you need to take a deep breath and relax.

I'm sure I read somewhere that once you get to a certain level of hgc the tests become overloaded and no longer show as positive. You must be near 3 months now so I would suggest that the reason for the lighter line is either this, or your wee is very diluted, or the cheapy test is a bit dodgy.

The sharp pain is probably a coincidence and caused by trapped wind. I know it probably didn't feel like it but honestly when you're pregnant a bit of trapped wind can feel like being stabbed by a knife.

Thanks runner. I'm only 7+1, that was dated by the sonographer at the early scan.

X

I still wouldn't worry. I'm sure everything is fine x

Shelb I'm sure everything's fine. I did an IC the other day just because I felt like it. Much fainter line that I was getting at the beginning and I've read that can happen just as Runner said. I've had sharp pains all over the shop, my fanny pain still hasn't fecked off. All normal, stretching pains. But always worth a call to your midwife if you are concerned though. They're lovely at setting your mind at ease. I'm sure they inwardly sigh when I call now.

Shelb I am sure what the others have said is right about thr IC but if in doubt call midwife! I am 6+6 by LMP suspect a tad further maybe when we have scan and I have days where it seems symptoms have all but gone then they come back again. If your early scan was all good and youve had no bleeding then all should be fine now. and to distract you! X

Rant alert!!! Just had someone I know trying to bully me into taking the ant sickness medication. I told her I didn't want to because my dr told me that it isn't 100% safe for my baby but all she cares about is that she took it. When I said no way she started insisting I go to see a gynaecologist instead of my dr. Wtf my pregnancy, my baby, and my goddam choice what risks I take with my babies health.
If I had known she'd think it was ok to try to nag me into doing what she would do I never would have told her.
Rant over, as you were

Runner that sucks, nosey sods!!

So the hormonal outbursts have been insane today. Had a minor flip out when I failed to park the car today- never happened to me before but I nearly cried and it had just followed me missing my turning on the motorway- I felt a bit overwhelmed.

Follow that with getting home and having to email my main client letting them know I'm upduffed. Due to working in the oil industry and the huge crash that's currently going on ( and me being preggo) I very much doubt I will get much if any work before I'm on maternity. I then turned into a full on drama queen sobbing because "I've let you (DH) down". Thinking my career has collapsed and I'll not be able to contribute to the household. DH has just had to do a spreadsheet to show me how financially sound we are in order to calm me down. Whilst sobbing he couldn't hold back a little giggle which made me wail more "don't laugh at mehehe" which then turned into full on hysteric laughing from me.

Logged onto Facebook and saw the pup we had to give up in September (long story, him and my other dog we're going to kill each other if we didn't split them) has had a day celebrating his 1st birthday- cue more tears.

Sheesh it's been wet and tiring. The dog stole all my snotty issues too the shit.