July 2019 Part 3 - Still in the 1st Trimester!

[TwittleBee]

Starting a new thread as we near the 1000 comment mark on the Part 2 one!

It is nearly December and I am sure all we want for Xmas are healthy pregnancies and babies

Good luck to everyone still here and so sorry for how many we have already lost on the way

Here is a new, editable, link for the google Doc Register:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y-XaVbeNQM-bCGlr_UxXxcBBNGUfIVQY_4htZRUpbbw/edit?usp=sharing

Going to be exciting when the 12 week scan photos start rolling in!

@frazzlerock I don't think there's anything I can say, or anyone else to out your mind at rest, I'd be the same if I was in the same position - but remember these are measurements in mm's and the margin of error, while small, can make a huge difference!

@Frazzlerock I think it's literally that you've got a sonographer who isn't that great at his job to be honest. Some of these groupon deals can be a bit unreliable in terms of what kind of merchant you get. I know you said this place had good reviews but reviews can be bought they aren't always genuine

Put your trust in the fact that you are pregnant there is a baby in the gestational sac with a heartbeat - that's all we can really ask for at this stage. Don't worry about the measurements from someone who may not be qualified enough to take it down accurately. Take the NHS scan if you can get one soon and hopefully that will put your mind at rest.xx

Advice to a panicking first timer!

I’ve googled and search every online forum and everything tells me it’s normal and I’m been paranoid but I keep getting cramps. Very mild and they stop when I’m resting ect don’t really hurt but I can feel them. No bleeding or anything. I’ve been POAS everyday and lines are still there, am I just been paranoid. I have a ultrasound tomorrow ( unrelated to the pregnancy) that’s been booked for weeks due to fear of infertility, I’m still going for it in the hopes they can at least confirm it’s not ectopic ect. I know I’m just worrying for nothing more then likely but be nice to hear from people in a similar stage to me. Xx

@AIDE2424 I've been having lots of twinges, little sort of pulling and stretching feelings. Not painful. I wouldn't describe them as cramps but could these be what you're feeling? I spoke to a midwife today who assured me it's totally normal it's your womb expanding and getting ready apparently! Xx

@itslilsebastian I've been ok, gagging here and there, once in a supermarket 😂 nausea is shit ! Headaches on and off and tired, I have a week off this week so glad for the rest! My 12 week scan is booked for the 18th.. I'll be glad to get to 12 weeks! My mil keeps touching my non existing bump and went so far as to squeeze one of my boobs 😯 saying they'd grown!

Added myself to the google doc yesterday but forgot to say hi here. Got my BFP yesterday for DC2. 4 weeks today due 29th July. Current only symptom is feeling bloated.

@ffiffi8 😂What the hell! boob squeezing is unacceptable. I'd have slapped her hand away!!
Had my booking in appointment today, it's starting to feel a bit more real now. Even though I still have waves of feeling completely normal and thinking I can't be pregnant. I think my work colleagues are onto me aswell, my appointment took nearly 2 hours so was obviously not just normal drs appointment. There were a couple of sly comments when I got back to the office. Also I've stopped wearing my jeans as they're too uncomfortable with all the bloating at the moment. Living in leggings and tunics and stopped drinking tea which I normally guzzle.
Can't wait to get my scan appointment through. I'll be 12 weeks on 18th December. Hoping for appointment on 17th/18th as I have those days booked off work anyway.

I've seen quite a bit of good news on this thread these last couple of days. Long may it continue!

@ffiffi8 your MIL squeezed your boobs?! WTAF

DH and my parents know now plus a friend so it’s beginning to feel a bit more real, midwives said they’d call me back at about the 8 week mark to arrange a booking in appt so they’ll hopefully call sometime in the second week of December and fingers crossed they’ll see me quite quickly as I’m desperate for a 12week scan date and I’m hoping it’ll be nearer 10 weeks and even that feels like forever away! Nauseous and no appetite here

@Frazzlerock hope you can relax a little tonight, it must have been a shock today. But as others have said heartbeat is a great sign! 💕

@jaykaydee welcome 👋🏻

@ffiffi8 omg 😮🙄 is have died at the boob squeezing!

I am struggling this evening. Still have this head cold - thinking maybe actually the flu as it's gone on forever and I'm shaky and sore now.
Last nights shoulder pain has gone but I've just had a bit of spotting so feeling a bit anxious.

@AIDE2424 from a fellow first timer, I’ve had them too. Some really painful? But others fine. Just bedding in pain/cramps I think. All par for the course I reckon 🤗 try not to stress xx

@ffiffi8 the boob squeeze! Holy hell my boobs feel like they’re on fire 24/7, if anyone grabbed them - and yes including DH I mean anyone - I’d kick them in the shins!! 😂 WTH 🤨🤯

For anyone feeling bad about junk food and nausea, it can’t get worse than my last 48 hours:

Yesterday:
Peanut butter & jam on toast
Chicken and chips
Buttered crackers
Roast potatoes
Grapes

Today:
Jam on toast
2/3rds of a tube of Pringles (S&V, gotta love those nausea cravings)
Grapes
Pasta with tomatoes (getting better)
Bran flakes for dessert.

🤪

Yeah I’m not stressing too much! I think I’ll feel more chilled out after my scan tomorrow!

I have POAS addiction as you can see in the photo!

There not cramps as such more twinges I think just didn’t know how to describe them xxx

My period was supposed to be due tomorrow and now I'm lying in bed shitting myself it's going to arrive 😂🙈 I've got a clear blue digital with the weeks indicator bit I'm trying to hold out another few days to see the progression from 1-2 to 2-3

Also dug out my book I've had since my first pregnancy 7 years ago! I love it so much, if any of you first timers can get a hold of a copy I'd recommend it ! All sorts in it

My boobs are actually really sore most of the time and have grown, laughed it off but then got pissed off later on thinking wtaf why do people not understand personal space?! I've told DP next time il grab one of her boobs see how she likes it 😂😂

The boob thing is outrageous. Wow.

SnailorSwift I also have a cold today, snotty, ears blocked, shivery. Ugh. Temperature creeping up too, but had the flu jab a few weeks ago. So much harder without all the Lemsips! Hope you feel better soon.

Good morning all.

I've not slept at all I'm so full of worry. I think I will disappear away from this group again for a while as I am far to self absorbed right now to contribute anything worthwhile.
I have no idea where I am in pregnancy, the only symptom I have left is dry mouth. My boobs don't hurt whatsoever, not even a tiny bit.

I'm feeling completely doomed right now, this baby is going to be our beautiful rainbow baby, that little ray of hope after 2.5 years of agonising desperation.
I'm terrified DP will pull the TTC plug when we lose this one and I will have to live forever in the hell I've been in for those 2.5 years.

I'm going to see the GP and get this scan booked in (I've still no idea if that's a good idea or not). I'm also going to try and see a midwife today just to talk things through and get some kind of grip on things.

See... me me me.

I hope so much that I will be back. Not only for the obvious reasons, but also because in the past few weeks I've become quite fond of all of you

Frazzlerock this group is exactly for times like this, if you feel it's best for to take a break I totally understand but none of us mind that you're talking about yourself considering your worry and history! I really hope you have lovely news after the Scan. Seeing a heartbeat dramatically improves chance of successful pregnancy. Sending lots of love xx

@Frazzlerock you know where we are if you need us.... thinking of you x

So apart from tiredness and being thirsty I do feel so strangely okay, know every pregnancy is different but I suffered so awfully with DS.

I had a few days of feeling pretty ok, everything seemed to have settled and then this morning I was awake at 3am feeling like my insides were in a washing machine!

@Frazzlerock, I echo what @TwittleBee said - this thread is exactly for you to braindump to us and no one will think you're self-absorbed. I hope today is a better day for you.

Like @SnailorSwift and @StargazyDrifter, I'm STILL struggling with a cold. It's been 12 days now and I'm still a snot monster and coughing mucous around. So pleasant .

Hope everyone has a lovely day! Very dark, wet, and dreary here in London.

Is it strange that I want to feel like that haha Laburna just feels odd I have no sickness!

RooKangaroo a dreary London with a cold isn't best way to start a Wednesday. Hope the day and your health brighten up as the day goes on

Hi ladies hope everyone is getting on ok.
@Frazzlerock sorry you're struggling hoping things ease up for.
Think I'm 6 weeks tomorrow. First doc’s appt on Friday and I'm guessing midwife will
Be 2-3 weeks later?
We are hoping to have a private scan at about 10 weeks on the 22nd Dec so we can tell family at Christmas as it will
Be first grandchild on both sides ☺️.
I was awake from 3-5am just cannot get comfy at all!

How far along are you @twittlebee? Mine seemed to subside end of week 7/beginning of week 8. Had a total panic because that's obviously when HCG is meant to be at its peak! Assume my body is just getting used to the new norm!

I'm sorry you're struggling @frazzlerock, hope everything goes ok, we are here if you need to talk!

Anyone want to swap cold dreary commute and cold whilst at work, for an insanely grumpy, teething, clingy, sleep refusing toddler?! Fair swap I'd say!

@Frazzlerock we are here if you need us my darling x x