May 2019 (or late April 2019) due date

[ByThePond]

Anyone else?

I have quite long cycles but using OPKs, I have a rough idea of when I ovulated and have just got the faintest of lines. So 30 April or 1 May for me! Eek.

Hello,

After a surreal week, and three tests later, please can I join this thread.

It’s my first baby and first month of not preventing pregnancy. Shocked but so very excited 🤗

McDonald and inworks I’m hoping the anxiety eases off and I can actually enjoy this pregnancy. I don’t think I’ll breathe a sigh of relief until the 12week scan and then I’ll just start panicking about everything else that can go wrong. I’m still testing daily with cheapies but I plan on checking with a clear blue digital this week and then next week to check progress

Hi @ttcat32!!! So nice to see a friendly face (so to speak)from the TTC thread. I’m well, how are you? When’s your EDD?

@gemma194 I’ve ordered and have started taking the 5mg of folic acid because of my BMI. I didn’t want to wait a month before I’m seen by a midwife because by then the crucial time for taking it will have passed.

Hi 👋 to all the other newbies! Congrats on your BFPs

ha ha good to know I'm not the only one worrying that it could be twins I am absolutely exhausted honestly can't remember a time I felt this tired third baby and I have a DD who literally didn't sleep for about two years!!! I'm only awake now as my hubby just woke me from the sofa and told me to go to bed!!!!!

@Patapouf delighted you are here! Hopefully we'll see some others too! I think EDD is somewhere around the 9th of May, have you checked yours?

I think we are all in the same boat in that it's natural to be a little bit worried at this stage, hopefully these next few weeks go in quickly! Although I must admit it is dragging in for me! If you thought the 2ww was bad, welcome to the 12ww 😂 xxx

Welcome @Popsalot15 and everyone else who has recently joined, congratulations to you all x

So I woke up this morning worried I was imagining things...still had a couple of tests left, so..!

I know it’s still very early days for me (4+3) but it was so reassuring to see another line. First time I’ve ever had a positive on a digital too. When I got my BFP on Saturday I was so shocked it was a bit of a blur, so it was nice actually sitting and watching the line appear this time. It appeared before the control line did which never happened with my chemical.

@zoClueless you'll probably get the bunty pack at your booking in or 12 week scan (well I did anyway) but don't get too excited for it 😂

@Gemma194 I asked my GP if I should up from 400mcg because of a high BMI and he said no because I would be getting additional Folic acid from my diet.

I would still check with your GP, I'm sure they all sing off different hymn sheets. I have my midwife appointment next week and I'm going to check again.

Morning everyone. I had pretty bad cramping last night which woke me up. Painful enough that I didn't know what to do with myself and had to get out of bed. It eased off after about 15 minutes. It really felt like I had my period. No sign of blood as yet.

Hope it comes to nothing inkworks273

I sometimes have really bad cramping @inkworks273 but it has never come to anything. I think mine is often constipation relation as well.

Took another internet cheapies this morning and it’s getting slowly darker. Also took a clear blue digital and it said pregnant.

Still don’t really believe it and haven’t told dh. Period is due tomorrow, will maybe test again then and tell him...? I bought a book when we first started ttc (fathers guide to pregnancy) that I want to give him as a way of telling him, but I don’t want to give it to him and it thorn it to be another chemical

Is anyone taking prenatal vitamins yet? I’ve been taking folic acid, but that’s it.

Hope everything's ok @inkworks273 x

Up since 5 this morning with DS and knackered! Not sure how I'm going to survive all nighters combined with his crack of dawn waking antics

@Dimblebimble I'm just taking folic acid at the moment but have some pregnacare for when they run out.

Hello newbies 👋

I’m taking the pregnacare folic acid with the iron and a few other things (possibly ginger and a B vitamin).

Mainly because I had low iron levels in my first pregnancy and had to take supplements which I’m hoping to avoid this time as they do bad things to your poo 💩🙈 and was just generally not very pleasant.

I’m also eating spinach almost daily in a bid to keep my levels up (I think I have low levels in life generally).
Low iron levels can make birth recovery a bit more difficult when you’ve depleated your energy reserves and there is a higher risk of hemorrhaging during delivery none of which happened to me last time thankfully but if I can keep the remedy fairly natural then the better

Morning all. Glad I'm not alone with the cramps. Due my af today and stressing. Didn't sleep much last night. Getting the painful cramps I usually get when starting which is worrying me. Keep running to the bathroom thinking I've started. So far nothing x

I am SO HUNGRY

I had beans and poached egg on toast for breakfast and I have already eaten my planned snack (apple - I was a fool to think that would be adequate). I can't crack open the chocolate at 9:30am, can I?! 😂

@Amolly my early pregnancy symptoms were pretty much identical to period symptoms so may well just be that!

@Amolly I'm the same except mines isn't due until Friday. I don't normally get the cramps until AF has started though. Man this is stressful.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes

@rosettesforjill yes, go for it! 11am is now lunchtime as far as i'm concerned :)

@rosettesforjill same with me. I've had mild cramps since about 3 dpo but these are my af cramps, sharp pains which I only usually get the day I start. Had them 2 days now so I'm hoping it's a good sign that I haven't bled yet.

@inkworks273 possibly a good sign that your getting them now then. And isn't it just !! I never thought I'd be scared of things going wrong. I didn't know about chemical pregnancies so it's added a boat load of stress I didn't account for.

Best of luck to us all xxxx

I’ve had mild cramps since a few days before I got my BFP. I think it’s just the uterus starting to stretch and so on, everything I’ve read said it’s completely normal in early pregnancy. It’s unnerving though!

Caved and told DH this morning. I so hope it’s not another chemical as I don’t want to disappoint him (or myself) again :( period is due tomorrow I’m praying it doesn’t come

What do you think of this line progression on the internet cheapies (most recent on top, 13dpo).

@MimiSunshine @rosettesforjill, I think if I'm still getting darker positives on Friday I'll order the proper pregnacare prenatal from Amazon, and just keep taking the folic acid in the meantime.

@dimblebimble IC’s are rubbish for testing if you ask me. Half the time they barely show a line. In the nicest possible way, step away from the tests. Just take things a day at a time. Today you are pregnant!