November 2016. Hoping for sticky ones!!!

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Just got my BFP this morning. Only 11dpo on our 5th cycle but hoping for it to stick.

I already have 3 DC. DD (nearly 12), DS1 (8) and DS2 (nearly 4).

I have 3 early m/c in between my DC so very cautious at the moment.

Anyone want to join me?

Morning all, and hello and congrats to all the newbies!

I'm hating this worry. DD was an unplanned pregnancy and I just sort of breezed through it on the worry front, I just assumed it was all going to be fine But now I know so many more people who have been pregnant and seen all the problems that can happen, which worries me.

And then I'm not as sick as I was with DD. I'm hellishly nauseous but I haven't started properly vomiting yet, and by now with DD I was head down the loo 12+ times a day. All of which terrifies me even though I am still knackered, can still smell everything etc. I'm trying to remind myself that loads of women don't find early pregnancy the nightmare I did with DD and so it's fine - I've got every chance of having a different pregnancy, there's really no logic to say it's going to be the same as it was with DD.

Still... panic, panic, panic. Plus with DD being unplanned we got our dates wrong and rushed for a 12w scan that turned out to be an 8w scan, so we got an early scan for free. I don't really want to have an 8w scan now and DP will think I'm being paranoid.

Charlierhi, glad you got some meds and hope they help!

I think I generally have quite an easy ride of early pregnancy but that, of course, makes me worry so much more. I think that having had a mmc, that I can't rely on the fact that not bleeding is a good sign. I do feel mildly hungover today, which is good and it is still really early days.

Thurlow, sorry you are going through that, but also glad it is not just me.

I didnt have sickness with either mc and not having it now either. However Mum had 4 healthy pregnancies and never had it either.

boobs not hurting so much either though

I'm so relieved I'm not the only one experiencing the panic! I was really anxious last night and woke up with anxiety this morning. It's eased off now I'm at work and distracting myself, but it's really horrible.

I'm still getting mild cramps (but these are subsiding each day), nausea, loss of appetite and sore boobs.

Our hormones really do wreak havoc on us!

It's so frustrating, isn't it?

Everyone has such different symptoms. I'm trying to remind myself constantly about this. I have friends who have absolutely sailed through pregnancy and can't understand why anyone wouldn't like it, as they were nothing more than tired!

So not everyone's boobs hurt (mine don't). Not everyone's sense of smell goes haywire. Not everyone gets cramp.

See, I'm better at reminding other people that things are likely to be fine?

I have to keep reminding myself that it's not standard to throw up that much, so my last pregnancy isn't just how a pregnancy "should" be and I should count my blessings for every day that I'm not sick!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has been feeling anxious. I had a moment this morning where I felt like I was bleeding and just stopped in the hallway and pulled down my knickers (obviously at home - sorry for tmi though!). I terrified poor DP who thought there was something really wrong. Was just a lot of CM though. Although I don't want anyone else feeling anxious it is reassuring to come on here and see you are not alone.

Woke at 4:20 last night with a nightmare where DP said he didn't want the baby and also we had to move our wedding (we're engaged) even though I was wearing my wedding dress! Haven't been back to sleep since and now at work feeling exhausted, sick and dizzy. Cramps are easing off a bit though. Boobs are less sore which kind of panicked me this morning but feeling reassured by all your posts so thank you!

I have been constantly anxious.

The only pregnancy I have had where my boobs did hurt was my mmc. Last pregnancy they grew a bit in size but didn't hurt in the slightest. They don't hurt now either.

Still feel very very mildly nauseous or maybe it is mild heartburn but either way I am not going to stop worrying until November the scan.

Thurlow my best friend was so ill with her first pregnancy that we didn't see her for months, she was in and out of hospital because she was vomiting that much.

With her second pregnancy, just a few weeks of nausea and that was that. She was out in restaurants with us, feeling absolutely fine.

Two very healthy babies just completely different pregnancies!

I am starving all the time, exhausted by 3pm, and very very grumpy in the evenings. My stomach is so bloated that my children have noticed, although they are too young to realise why!

I really don't understand how there is no extra calorie requirement in early pregnancy...my body feels like it is screaming out for fuel!

Thank you Tidy, that's just what I want to hear! I'm hoping it will be like that. I think I psyched myself up for so much sickness both because of DD's pregnancy, but also I had a termination 2.5 years ago and I was already sick before that occurred. Fingers crossed! Did she have different sexes? In my head I've already decided this will be a boy because it feels different. Which is ridiculous. But anyone else having those sorts of ideas?

I'm blood starving too, I think I had secretly had this little plan that I'd be really sick and so lose the excess weight then (yes, I am a terrible person) so if I'm not sick, I'm going to need to try and be a little healthier once the sickness has passed.

Sorry to hear everyone else has been anxious too, but it's reassuring, isn't, to know we're all feeling the same way.

HOp3, that's a horrible dream Hope you feel a bit better now?

Tidy- I'm constantly starving!

Thurlow nope, two babies of the same sex! Just completely different pregnancies.

There's that old wives tale scrapped, then

Seriously though, that really is so reassuring to hear, thanks for sharing.

Hello everyone I got my BFP on Mother's Day and according to online calculators I should be due 14th of November. I just can't stop worrying though this is my first and the first baby in my family! I only lost my dad suddenly 3 weeks ago so I'm trying to stay as positive as I can :( does anyone else have butterflies all the time. I'm willing some sort of signs of pregnancy!! I'm so paranoid!

I feel hungrier than normal as well.

Congratulations Baby and I am sorry to hear about your dad.

I am now thanks Thurlow. I suffer quite badly with insecurities and anxiety which DP knows about so he is super supportive. I actually woke him up to tell him and he was so sweet about it and loving. Just a shame I couldn't go back to sleep after though.

I am also starving all the time even whilst feeling sick and it seems to come out of no where too! I think I've eaten plenty and then half an hour later - wham - I'm famished! Trying to eat a lot of fruit and organic yoghurt to avoid just piling on loads of weight, but also eating too much sugar. I am slightly concerned as I have suffered with anorexia and bulimia previously so just need to be conscius of what I'm feeling and make sure I don't start restrciting my diet. Something else to be anxious about!

Congratulations Baby and so sorry about your dad.

I'm so sorry about your dad, Baby

H0p3, it's incredibly normal to need to eat constantly at this stage - look at us talking about it! That's good that you are so aware of it though, good luck.

Congratulations baby40. This must be a really hard time for you.

Feel horrible today - so so bloated. I look about 5 months gone! So uncomfortable!

I am still worried that I am not having many symptoms although I don't have anything to make me think something has gone wrong either.

Congrats baby! And so sorry for your loss

Glad to hear it's not just me eating constantly! And really thirsty all the time-??
Still no sickness here either but my ovia app says that usually kicks in around week 6, which is Monday for me, so going to make the most of it and try and some house decorating done this weekend just in case that is all I can manage for a while!

Thanks to those who advised re seeing gp/midwife. I rang back gp surgery today, got same receptionist who said things had changed since I called 3 days ago (?!) and I could now make an apt with midwives instead of seeing gp at all! So I rang midwives and spoke to the loveliest lady in the world. When I said it was my first she explained EVERYTHING and put me right at ease. Once I speak to admin lady tomorrow I should get a booking in apt at 8 weeks and a scan at 12 weeks. Feel so much better now!! Think I am still going to be POAS regularly until the scan though!

Welcome new ladies.
I am completely shattered! I'm grumpy at work cause I'm tired and ds keeps us awake in the night so not much sleep. I feel a bit Low - I think colleagues are avoiding me cause I have a permanent frown and my don't mess with me look is on.
It's a shame when you can't tell anyone yet esp as I had two ivf cycles back to back and with working full time, my mood has been crap for a while.

First pregnancy, I barely had any symptoms till nearly three months. This one I could swear I felt it implant and it's been every symptom in the book already.
Dh thinks it might be twins, early scan booked for next week!

Great news Moggy.

Will you be our first set of twins if so funkky? I would love twins although I might change my mind if that happens and they don't sleep!

Hi folks. I got my bfp today. I can't quite believe it... I have one ds (21 months) and it took 2 and a half years to conceive and a diagnosis of pcos to finally figure out why... we were trying but didn't think it would happen so soon! Feeling cranky and bloated, nautious on and off. Congrats to all of you by the way :-)

Congratulations Anna

Baby I just lost my mum three weeks ago too. It's weird isn't it- life and death! I've told my dad and sisters as something to keep them going a bit, but that means I'm terrified of mc/anything going wrong.

On the app so can't remember exactly who said it (hop?) but I too have suffered with EDs and I found my last pregnancy actually really helped. I piled on the weight because I was constantly hungry but didn't feel guilty as it's what my body wanted- I'd never really listened to it before!

I'm shattered too. Was 6 weeks yesterday and spent all of today feeling seasick. I don't remember feeling this bad with DD, really not sure how I'm going to function at work if this continues.