Due in February 2017

[McBaby]

Looks like I am the first one due 1st Feb but I tested very early as I felt weird and pregnant!

This is baby no 3 I have two DDs who are 2 and 3.

Guys – I’m having a mental five minutes. I just don’t feel pregnant today. Since I found out last Saturday I’ve had a lot of cramping and stretching and I could definitely tell things were happening in the right area. Today, I just feel totally normal. I’m five weeks exactly and am DESPERATE for some symptoms. Does anyone have any morning sickness they can lend me? If not, can someone just give me a slap and tell me how stupid I’m being??!!

I'd quite like you to take my nausea....but it's not just morning, on & off all day

Would quite like no symptoms for a bit actually, it's difficult to keep secret/not get overly excited about being of when you have a constant reminder of what's going on.

Phoebe I feel much less pregnant than I did last week! This time last week I felt really nauseous, this week I've mainly just been tired, and had almost no nausea.
I'm sure everything is absolutely fine, last time round I had days I felt awful and days I didn't feel pregnant at all. 5 weeks is still very early - morning sickness doesn't start until around 6 weeks for a lot of people.

I felt absolutely nothing until around 10 weeks last time phoebe so try not to worry, easier said than done I know. I'm a bit anxious myself as I tested daily from Saturday until yesterday and my line is the same, if not fainter so I'm stepping away from the tests, trying not to overthink and trusting that all will be ok. Anxiety totally wrecked the first trimester for me last time.
Hope you are ok, just know that it's totally normal not to feel anything X

twocats, my hospital is in the Kings college university trust, so I think that's why I get the option. It does seem like it's just a trial. My friend in Hampshire doesn't get a similar option! Definitely just get your GP to refer you if you're in a confusing area.

Phoebe, aside from a missed period I had absolutely no pregnancy symptoms at all last time until heart burn kicked in towards the end of the second trimester. At the time I was so anxious about it, but looking back I know I was super lucky. So have a virtual slap from me - symptoms or no symptoms means absolutely nothing! If you have a missed miscarriage you can continue to have pregnancy symptoms (because you body will still have all those extra hormones), and if you were to have a complete MC you would know from the bleeding and cramping. So really, a lack of symptoms means nothing, try not to worry. Or if you ARE worried, maybe stock up on IC tests and do one every couple days for reassurance. I have 9 more tests and figure I will probably end up taking them all over the course of the next 3-4 weeks

I don't think I have symptoms yet either. Last time I had bad acne on my neck but never got morning sickness, which might be because baby didn't develop beyond 5 weeks.

This time I've found out about a week earlier. I've been a little bit crampy, and am exhausted today - but I have been on a trip with my class of 30 six year olds!!

Got this today and seeing it in words is making me feel more confident :)

Hi all

Tentatively joining, as had two miscarriages last year. I know I ovulated on 7/5 so am currently 4 plus 5.. Guess that puts me right at the start of Feb?? Feels so weird writing that as only signs are very faint lines on a ic test (well four of them..), crazy weird dreams, getting breathless and temperature is sky high. Also randomly started craving olives a few weeks ago. Need to get a digital one before I really believe it.
This would be dc3 for me, other two are nearly 5 and just 3.

Pretty anxious but trying not to think about it all...

Thanks everyone! That was exactly what I needed to hear. Not sure what I'd do without other people in the same position to talk to. As a first time mum this is all super new so I can tell I'm going to need some reassurance over the next however many weeks!

Wispa - I'm heading straight to Boots after work tomorrow to stock up on tests. I won't feel too guilty as it's probably the amount I'd spend on wine!

MissClarke - glad you've had the reassurance of a digi test. Those two pink lines are great but not a patch on seeing the actual words!

Welcome blueskies! I'm with you on the crazy dreams!! I also had a MC earlier this year so can appreciate the anxiety.

Phoebe it'd make me a first time mum too :) Scary/exciting stuff!

Hi ladies I'm a newbie and this is my first pregnancy due on the 1st of February. Currently on holiday so can't wait to return home and start planing

Hi Ginger! Hi Blueskies!
Missclark you deserve a bloody medal, 30 6 yr olds! I feel knackered just typing that

I am so exhausted but I can't sleep it is 3:10 am where I am now hubby is snoring but my eyes are wide open I think I'm just excited

Bless you Ginger! I was like that last night, and had some really obscure dreams when I did manage to drift off. I also got up at 4am and did another pregnancy test

Missclarke86 I feel what you are going through. I haven't told dh so tomorrow is a big day lol. Can't wait to see the joy on his face I actually lied to him today and told him I got my period because I have planed a little surprise partyfor him to break the news so finger cross

Hiya ginger and blueskies!

I found the digital tests even more anxiety-inducing last time because I think my hcg levels rose really slowly and I didn't get a 3+ until I was nearly 7 weeks. I kept buying them to keep testing in hopes of seeing the 3+

I have a 2 pack this time and I am holding onto one and will use it next week, but I'm not going to stress about it this time. I hope.

wispa I didn't get a 3+ for ages last time as well and remembered being so relieved when it finally showed up! I must have spent a fortune on tests.

I'm much more relaxed about it this time round and not trying to second-guess every twinge. Not because I think the risk of miscarriage isn't real and scary, but just because worrying about it isn't going to make it any more or less likely to happen, so I'm just trying to stay healthy and try and enjoy my pregnancy, and if the worst happens then I'll deal with it when it happens. I think looking after a toddler makes it easier to be distracted from the worrying this time though, I don't know what I did with all my spare time before I had DS!

Oh, definitely, twocats! DD keeps me busy most of the time, but she routinely has 3-4 hour naps after lunch (which is insane, I know!), and that leaves me time to start thinking or overthinking things.

It's great to know it took a while to get your +3. I was going to get a digi test and a few cheapy ones but I've heard the digi ones sometimes change your result based on the time of day you test. If that had happened, no doubt I'd be back on here stressing!!!

I never even considered testing again after my BFP last time, I have taken a pic of my test this time tho so I'll just look at that if I need to double check.

Pretty sure a pregnancy test wouldn't pick up on an mc anyway...

No a test wouldn't show a mc - I don't think the actual hcg levels themselves are meaningful anyway as they're different in everyone, it's whether they are increasing that matters so I think a doctor would have to take two blood tests at different points in time to check how things were progressing. So a POAS doesn't give any reassurance really, but I still felt compelled to get the 3+ last time! I won't bother this time because it just added an extra level of worry.

Is anyone else telling people before the first scan? I'm not broadcasting it to the world, but I've told my DM and my best friend and we're seeing DH's parents this weekend so will tell them too. I'm also on holiday with my brothers next month so I'll tell them as they'd guess from me not drinking anyway!
I figure if it doesn't work out then I'd want the support of certain people. I know everyone's different though, so just wondering how others approach it.

I'm seeing my mum & dad today so will probably tell them, I'm going to try & avoid telling anyone at work until just before the trip (so that'll be 9 weeks). Other than that I'm fairly relaxed about it this time, if it comes up I'll tell people but I'm not going to go out of way to announce it.

We tell family and good friends as we see them as its so much easier than lying and I would tell them if something happened as I would want their support.

We've told family and I've told some very close friends. Like twocats said, if it does go wrong then I'm going to be devastated and will end up telling family and close friends anyway, so I'm not losing anything by telling them now. I just couldn't keep it to myself when I found out!

Right then, no more tests for me. Like you've said, a mc won't show up and it may just send me even more mental!

Yep as others have said a test won't show A mc... I had positive tests for three weeks after my first MC... But I know it feels reassuring to see the line darken... I have just done another test and it is darker.
5 weeks tomorrow I think.
I might try and get a scan at 7 -8 weeks given previous MCs.
Have already told parents but don't think we will tell anyone else until after scan, don't want to have to tell people if it doesn't work out.
Freaking out a little, worried I will have to stop work with three!! Really don't want to long term.