Page 5 | October 2016 bus #2 - getting our bfp's

LisaTheGreek · 17/02/2016 18:42

Hi Lot, I'm in Eltham! (waves)

lotbyname · 17/02/2016 18:47

ooh Hello Lisa! I'm in Plumstead - are you using Queen Elizabeth? I went there for my booking appointment (at 4 weeks!) and it seemed good...

lotbyname · 17/02/2016 18:50

ooh I copied the wrong list - is it tot early to blame preggersbrain?

Cherryberry1 due #2 25 Sep
Ashesandfire due #2 27 Sep
Busybeeeee84 due #3 28 Sep
Isthatpoisontoo due #1 28 Sep
Leoniethelioness due #1 29 Sep
Notwithoutmymerkin due #2 29 Sep
Kittyvet due #2 30 Sep
Melonribena due #2 1st oct
Missybct due #1 2 Oct
Ditsygal due #2 2 Oct
Ladycrazycat due #1 3 oct
Wetsnow due #2 4 oct
Fish88 due #2 4th oct
Georgina4 due #1 4 oct
Shropitlikeitshot due #2 4 oct
Soundsystem due #2 5 Oct
Lisathegreek due #1 5 oct
Gigglebert due #2 7 Oct
Figgygal due #2 7 Oct
Daydream86 due #1 7 Oct
Dragonflymornings due #2 7 oct
Grumplestiltskin due #1 7 oct
Orangeblossom2 due #2 8 oct
Pixie1988 due #1 8 oct
Blueskygirl30 due #1 8 oct
Paige84 due #1 9 oct
Allhallowseve due #2 10 oct
IndiX due #1 11 oct
Alwaysinahurrynow due #3 13 oct
JulietteT due #1 13 Oct
Angharadthesplendid due #2 14 Oct
Afreshstartplease due #4 15th Oct
DisneyDiva87 #2 19th Oct
SmilieMilly due #2 ???
Lollieoftheflowera due #2 ???
Reluctantnympho due ???
Mrsamerican due #2 ???
Leodensian due #2 10 Oct
Hoteuniformnovember due #3 ??
lotbyname Due #1 13th Oct

Grumpelstiltskin · 17/02/2016 19:06

Well done on the handy Google doc, banana! Does that make you the thread's official social secretary?!

Still with you on the knicker-checking no symptoms thing, but think I read somewhere the other day that taking progesterone can sometimes mask/help with other early symptoms like nausea. No idea if that's actually true, mind, but am liking the idea of IVF having a useful upside (other than the obvious getting us pregnant bit!)

Saying that, sorry to hear how many of you are feeling so rough. Can't imagine how tough it must be getting through the day when feeling constantly sick. Especially those with HG starting - many to you all, and a if it stays down!
Still just a bit tired here. Also had reassurance/viability scan today so wore myself out worrying about that last night. Luckily, it all looks good and I have a 6.8mm BabyGrump in there with a little flashing heartbeat.

God, it's so amazing! That was a tiny embie in a syringe not so long ago. And it actually blows my mind that this happens naturally most of the time - nature is awesome.

missybct · 17/02/2016 19:08

I phoned up the surgery to get my HCG level to compare to last week but hasn't returned yet - was a bit of a long shot though.

Still don't feel very sicky - I've eaten so so much less than I did yesterday and can't figure it out, usually by now I'd be needing something, anything to take nausea away. Certain smells are still making me feel gaggy but I'm certainly not having the food aversions I was earlier in the week.

I started sobbing my heart out earlier whilst we were watching a film thinking I was losing the baby, like proper hacking sobs. No idea where this emotional surge has come from, nor where the doubts are at - other than symptoms seem to have disappeared a bit. They've not gone completely...

LisaTheGreek · 17/02/2016 19:14

Lot - Hi! (waves in Plumstead direction)

Yep, booked in at the QE for booking in appt next Tuesday (will be 8 weeks). Also booked for scan at end of March.

Glad you think it's good! I got a choice of QE/Lewisham, Princess Royal, and Darent Valley. Don't really know the others, but QE is right down the road and we've been there for my FiL, so hoping it will be ok x

summeraupair · 17/02/2016 19:39

Thanks for the Google doc banana, will go and add myself in a minute!

Only 5+2 here and no real symptoms yet, knicker-checking like mad though. And I've started feeling a bit sick if I laugh too hard, but could well be imagining it. I did tell a couple of my co-workers yesterday, I'm a barista and have to spend 8 hours a day on my feet. Nearly passed out when it got busy at work yesterday and thought I should probably mention why so I can claim a sit-down once in a while!

Allhallowseve · 17/02/2016 19:41

Hi everyone lovely to see the October lost growing . I too am nauseous all day until I eat something then I'm ok for a little while until it starts again ! I have a poorly 18month old too who's not sleeping great which doesn't help with the tiredness but it's not his fault . So roll on 12 week scans and starting to feel normal again.
to everyone with yucky symptoms.

summeraupair · 17/02/2016 19:47

Oh. Doc isn't letting me edit, somewhat antiquated phone. Can I be put on please?

Summeraupair, #1, 17th October

fish88 · 17/02/2016 20:05

Completely didn't realise a new thread had been started! I kept checking the old one and thinking "hmm this is a really slow couple of days!"

I'm never sick but nausea is in full swing. I lay down across the seat of my car in an ikea car park today. I'm eating cereal and toast throughout the day and then the nausea tends to stop around 6pm so I shove as many calories as I can down my throat in the evening. I'm underweight so I need to try and eat more.

I'm on half term this week and my other half is on holiday as well so I've been making the most of an afternoon nap whilst he watches the toddler. No idea how I'm going to cope teaching full time next week.

Ladycrazycat · 17/02/2016 20:17

lot we told immediate family (of which there are about 16 of them) plus 3 close friends and I told two work colleagues. It's so difficult. We had a family funeral the other week though and my mother managed to tell nearly everyone there...plus half of a northern city where my relatives live! Bless her, she's excited although when people kept coming up to me at the funeral and saying congratulations, I was a little bewildered!

Figgygal · 17/02/2016 20:28

Not telling a soul until 12 weeks! Only another 5 to go

wondermoose · 17/02/2016 20:31

I've told 3 people from my oct '14 bus but other than dh that's it! I've had a few work colleagues make announcements at 12 weeks then has losses so I don't even want to tell people then 🙈 why am I so paranoid this time? And why is 12 weeks so far away 😂

Northernlight22 · 17/02/2016 20:32

Thought the other thread was quiet!

Booking in appointment tomorrow - early because of my mc last time as I'm about 6 weeks at the mo. Quite nervous about it but hopefully will get my referral for the early reassurance scan tomorrow as my anxiety is really bad at the mo.

Northernlight22 · 17/02/2016 20:33

I'm not adding myself to the list for now as I don't want to jinx anything (I was on a thread last year and had to drop off and it was heartbreaking)

wetsnow · 17/02/2016 22:03

Ooh lots of south Londoners!

Ran 5k in the ran. Was so so hard.

I've told my running buddy and my parents. Might tell in laws next week.
No plans to tell anyone else till 12 weeks. Oh and all of my feb '14 but they are a supportive lot. Waves at shrops

bananafish81 · 17/02/2016 22:18

Updated stats: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17dTi1GZbm7GV6aU3-5vOLq8mdmNhSz5ukRFKJT7Wehw/edit?usp=sharing

Not sure if I can make it editable without everyone's email addresses - maybe if a couple of other people want to PM me we can assume shared ownership?!

Congrats on heartbeat grump that's amazing - I found it so emotional seeing a picture of our little blast on the big screen. Amidst all the physical, financial and emotional stress of IVF one up side is the privilege of seeing the first picture of a future person when they were just 5 days post conception. The fact you can see what bit is hopefully going to become placenta and what bit will hopefully become baby just blows my mind!

to all the ladies suffering with sickness

Alwaysinahurrynow · 17/02/2016 22:21

fish88 - me too! I've spent the whole day wondering why the thread had gone quiet!

Glad to have found the thread again. I'm so with the overeating contingent (sorry to those with the opposite problem). I've put on 5 pounds since I went back to work in August last year and was determined that in the first 12 weeks, I would try and keep a steady weight ( first two pregnancies, I put on around 4 stone) I thought it was going to be easy until this week and now I just want everything, but mainly chocolate and cake. Out for lunch and dinner tomorrow and lunch place is with work people, so didn't want to ask for salad without X and y as it's a maternity leaving lunch and someone would definitely click. Oh well will try and have healthier options on the night out with my DH instead!

Georgina4 · 17/02/2016 22:30

Thanks banana for the spreadsheet. Nausea is still going strong here, thought I was doing OK as felt better yesterday, but nope, it's come back strong. Btw who ever called it 'morning sickness' was lying. It's all bloody day!

Gigglebert · 18/02/2016 05:30

Morning all! Sorry to all those who are really suffering with HG! Feel like a bit of a faker for spending yesterday hardly moving other than to make more toast as I haven't actually been sick but the nausea is unbearable!

Other than my husband only one work colleague/friend who knew I was trying and spotted the change to ginger tea! The rest of my department are completely oblivious so won't be announcing at work until I've had my scan.. and actually my date for that is at 12.5 weeks and is the start of the two week Easter break so I'll be nearly 15 weeks when I announce at work! My boss is going to be furious as I'm a chemistry teacher and its a serious shortage subject so he will really struggle to cover my mat leave!

Off to catch up with my nct group this morning so will likely tell them (I'm off all hot drinks other than ginger tea and can't eat anything sweet as it makes the nausea worse, quite suspicious in a cake shop!) and meant to be out for curry on Friday night with the girls from my nhs antenatal classes... No idea if I'll manage the night out as bedtime has been 8 at the latest since we found out three weeks ago and the thought of curry makes me feel ill so may tell them by way of an apology for missing the catch up!

TheCake · 18/02/2016 08:31

Hi Everyone,

Finally caught up with the thread after my break away in the lakes which was lovely, but not the same when you can't finish a long walk with a few pints...

Thanks Bananafish81 for the stats page. I have not added myself as I was too scared- but feel ready now so if you could add me that would be brilliant
Thecake, #1 due 30th September

Well... Had an exciting day yesterday as had an early scan (due to 3 failed IVFs and 3 previous early miscarriages). I was really nervous beforehand thinking that there would be nothing there, it would be ectopic, it would be twins or even more! Thankfully all was perfect. I'm a couple of days further along than I thought- which makes sense re timing of sex as I was actually trying to avoid getting pregnant as I have a London Marathon place (deferred until next year now). So I am 8 weeks 1 day today. My little baby looked like one of those Pom Bear crisps with little arms and feet and a lovely beating heart. Measuring 15.9 mm. All looks perfect. I have a corpus Luteum cyst on my right ovary (which the consultant said was nothing to worry about and a good sign) which explains some niggling pains I've been getting.

I expected to cry more than I did at the scan- especially since I never though I would actually get to this stage. But to be honest it was lovely looking at my boyfriend staring at the screen with a huge grin on his face. I didn't see the screen much as the consultant was doing all of the measurements so it was quite clinical- but I don't care really as I've got some photos and am just relieved all is ok so far.

It was slightly awkward at the scan as we had to take along my boyfriends 12 year old daughter (we hadn't told her at the time I was pregnant) so we left her in the waiting room on her iPhone playing games. My boyfriend thought she wouldn't realise what was going on as she can be (in his words) a bit of a space cadet - as in she does not notice anything that is going on around her. We told her when we got home and she was really pleased- so that is a relief; she is an only child and her mum and dad split up when she was a baby so it could have been an (understandable) bad reaction.

Have attached a copy of my scan photo- not that I've ever been interested in anyone else's because they all look alien to me! But I thought people going for an early scan may be curious about what it may look like- I was expecting more of a blob than a little teddy bear!

Hope everyone with nausea starts to feel a bit better soon- I'm with everyone on the eating everything in sight front.

Oh- and sorry for the massive post!!

Hopelass · 18/02/2016 08:39

Morning ladies 4+2 with #2 here. Sorry for those feeling sick I didn't suffer in my first pg and hoping I'll miss out this time too! Can I join those who are on knicker watch?! No symptoms here either apart from tiredness and not sleeping well which I suppose go hand in hand! I'd like some more symptoms though to reassure me. I had tender boobs last time but not yet this time.....there's always something to worry about!

Planeteer · 18/02/2016 08:42

Crikey, loads to catch up on! Cake, congratulations! Really happy that everything's progressing well...what an adorable little bear you've got there. So exciting!

Sorry so many of you are suffering with sickness. Sending gentle virtual hugs and hoping it passes soon for you all.

Not a huge amount to report from me. Think I'm 5+4 today but waiting on blood test results to get more of a steer with dates. GP won't refer me to a midwife until I'm at least 6, so am hoping I'm a bit further along than I thought. Time is moving soooo slooooowly!!

Also, is anyone else totally freezing all the time? I slept in pjs, thick socks and a jumper last night. Brrrr!

goldenpineapple · 18/02/2016 08:43

Morning everyone!

Yay, well done on the google stats sheet banana - much more organised! Exciting there are so many of us!

TheCake congrats! So exciting to see the scan - what a beautiful little pom bear you have! Can't imagine the relief you felt seeing the heartbeat after what sounds like a long and hard journey - really pleased for you.

Hope everyone is feeling well today - I'm off to my first doctors appointment in a bit after finding out last week (5+3 today) and armed with list of questions. Feeling a bit worried about symptoms lessening/changing, and on constant knicker watch. Just want to get to 12 weeks, wheres the time machine?!

MrBensMrs · 18/02/2016 08:53

Depressed today :( Boobs are massive, and I feel bloated and clothes feeling uncomfortable already ;( How is that possible at 7 weeks?!?!