Dec19/Jan20 IVF Graduates

[BambiOnIce80]

Graduate thread for all the amazing ladies who have endured infertility and are hopefully now starting a new chapter🤞

@Littlelot @Viletta @candycornlover @FlapJackered @Wimbledon1

I got my BFP on Tuesday the 28th and am feeling pretty symptom free today (so obviously panicking that it's all going wrong! 😣). 7 week scan due to be Tuesday the 18th and it feels like a long way away with symptoms going awol! 😥 POAS this morning and it looks spot on for where I should be, so trying to take some comfort from that 🤞🤞🤞

@chooklass 🤯🤯🤯🤯total mind blown. I have only been to Edinburgh once and did not see a macaroni roll. I feel I need one now though 😂we eat haggis every year on burns night in our village tho this year the fo was nearly cancelled so it was fish n chips, I did suggest a battered mars bar but that didn’t go down well!

Unfortunately @Viletta I have seen SIL last time drink 3 half pints of Guinness in an afternoon a few times after shooting (and sloe gin in the morning at 11am as is the tradition) when about 5 months pregnant onwards she openly drank a few so it was v much rumoured that she was still drinking wine at theirs after BIL first made a comment of “oh she can have one can’t she why not?”
(Glass) at Sunday dinner when she first announced & MIL said no & we all raised our eyebrows but didn’t say anything so 🤷‍♀️. Made me annoyed as I bought her some lovely fake gin & fake Prosecco (expensive one) which went untouched when we went to a family party

Annnnnnnnyyyyyyywwaaaayyyyyyysssss she says holding her water bottle!!

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What's your intake on herbal teas? I read that they haven't been researched so better avoid. But they are caffeine free, should they not be better than regular teas then?

Omg @Chooklass that looks AMAZING! I am salivating right now. I need one now! 😂

@Viletta my thoughts are herbal teas are fine but I am not having more than one a day. I think in moderation.

@DobbieFreeElf as Bambi said I think the blue cheese soufflé should be fine as it is cooked. Sounds delicious!

All this food talk is making me really hungry. Planning salmon for tonight which I am not looking forward to as all I want is a macaroni pie 😂

@Viletta you must have read my mind - I was thinking of posting the same question today! I usually drink loads of herbal tea but cut down to one or two mugs a day after reading advice online. I’m also trying to vary what kind I have so I’m not having lots of one herb. Imagine having to cut down on herbal tea?!? I’d never imagined there could be a problem with it! Ginger, peppermint or fruit teas seem to be safest? I saw Pukka do a pregnancy tea - so I’m assuming that must be safe?!

I drink a 💩 tonne of herbal tea ladies 🍵 😬 My favourites are the Pukka ones, which have things like peppermint and fennel and cardamom in them - I can't imagine that it's OK to eat those things, but not drink them in a tea?! 😕 Think I'll be looking out for the pregnancy tea the next time I go to the organic pretentious! food shop with it's massive selection of pukka teas though 🍵 🤰👍

I have to confess that I have not had a mac cheese pie in the 6 years that I've lived here @Chooklass, but I've definitely embraced the haggis/black pudding breakfast rolls (I've even occasionally had them both in the same roll! 🤯) 😋

All the food advice is so confusing! At least it feels better knowing we are pregnant now and not just 'taking precautions' like in the TWW! I am struggling this week, after my initial awful nausea on Monday I now just feel sick ALL the time. I can eat but after I've eaten, whenever I think about what I've just eaten, I nearly hurl! So whatever I eat, I feel like I can't eat again!! My risotto is currently cooking.....hope it goes down ok.

The girl at my work who was told not to self isolate now HAS been told to isolate and was off today- no point is there, the damage could be done!

I’m blaming this thread and all the food chat for the absolute hungry rage I just found myself in at the service station! Not really 🤪) We’re on our way to wales and I have been famished since we left home (even though I had not long ago had a ham sandwich for lunch!)! We just stopped and whilst trying to negotiate with a hangry 3 year old who had spied those pissing toy vending machine things, I grabbed loads from m&s and have just smashed 2 scotch eggs and feel a lot more normal!

Seriously though, what is with the hunger?!

I may or may not have just annihilated half a bag of Percy pigs too... 🙄

I’ve just had my first kinda symptoms this afternoon, cramping & a bit of pain like stabbing, it’s back again now (I’m hoping it’s stretching pain not anything worse) and looking at the salmon I was preparing for lunch tomorrow like “oh god I can’t eat that 🤮🤢”

@DobbieFreeElf totally understandable percy pigs rule

@Chooklass my DH would LOVE THAT

@BambiOnIce80 you need to add that to your lunch menu!

@lls1990 how are you feeling? Xx

Oh and I don’t get why caffeine free fruit & herbal teas are an issue? 🤷‍♀️

@Chooklass oh I've never heard about pregnancy tea! Interesting. I drink about 5 cups a day of various herbal and decaf teas plus decaf coffee. We had a nutritionist talk at work and she said if you have any health issues check with GP if you can have herbal teas and don't mix them with supplements without advise from a medical...

@Minster2012 you're right, hopefully you just have stretching pains.

I'm doing okay, been fine all day and eaten fine but just had evening meal late tonight and feeling I could see it again soon 🤢 I am planning on going back tomorrow but if I do hurl again I may change my mind x

@lls1990 fingers crossed you feel better again though if you don’t & can stay off I would xx

I've had some sharp stabby pains on my left hand side tonight @Minster2012, but they've thankfully calmed down now 😪 I'm hoping it's just the placenta getting settled in and all is well 🤞

I've had a little Google about the herbal tea thing and attached is what pukka has to say about their teas ☝️ Think I'll definitely be stocking up at the weekend, but leaving the 'motherhood pregnancy' one until the end of March 👍

Yeah I’m just a bit worried that I’m a lot earlier than you @BambiOnIce I’ve got a stinking headache too but DH wants to watch tv in bed I just want to sleep 😴

Hiya, sorry for being silent, we have a new member of staff and I was training her so she has been sitting next to me starting at my screen, not the best when you'd like to send super secret messages about your pregnancy out on MN :)
Glad to see everyone is coping very well with the nausea and symptoms, cravings, my colleague's SIL lives in Ireland and every time they go over to visit them they bring M&C pies over there :)

@MrsLouB hope the scan goes well today, and @lls1990 did you do a test this morning?

@rainbow178 seems that the nausea caught up with us at last as I am constantly feeling hungry, but if I smell or even think about food I want to throw up. Not sure how are we going to survive like this :)

P.S. decided to go shopping this weekend for clothes as the bloat is not going anywhere and I need more baggy clothes for work... everything feels uncomfortable now and I usually wear blouses, shirts for work with trousers that are just not an option right now.

@Lily999 omg I am so glad you said- that is exactly how I'm feeling! Starving and then the minute I eat or think about eating- even for a split second- I think I'm going to throw!! Really struggling to get through all my lessons! Also feeling dizzy and lightheaded which is not a good combination!!

@rainbow178 thankfully the weekend is close, that gives me hope as I can barely stay awake at the moment, planning on spending the entire weekend with my current BFF: Netflix ;) I can't even imagine being in a class room with all eyes on me, stay strong!
My sister just messaged me asking if everything is ok as she feels I am avoiding her. OMG, hiding this is harder than I expected.... Come on Thursday be here already, 5more days to go, feels like forever.

@Lily999 A friend is bringing me a bag of maternity clothes hand-me-downs tomorrow! Anything with a waistband is soo uncomfortable. Didn’t expect to need bigger clothes so soon but I think it’s still IVF bloat- Doc doing my scan said my ovaries are still huge.

Thinking of you today @MrsLouB 💫

@chooklass I didn't expect it either, I am monitoring my weight as my Ovia app asks me every day so kinda got used to it and it looks like I haven't gained any so far, however my belly is huge so I imagine it is full of air, like a balloon :)
It must be IVF, as "normal" pregnancies don't show till month 5-6, sometimes women don't even know they are pregnant and it would be impossible with this bloat.

Thinking of you today @MrsLouB

I've refrained from testing as I know the most reliable will be Monday when I compare HCG, think I'd drive myself insane if I keep trying to read into hpt!

Hope all is okay @MrsLouB X

I had a horrible shock on the work clothing front this morning @Lily999 😳 Was running late and went to put on a pair of trousers that I only tend to wear if I'm interviewing/at a conference/whatever and there was nooooooooo way they were going to fasten! 😰 I had to find something that went with the top I'd already put on and ended up missing my train because it made me late! 😩 I've been the same size since I was 16, but I think the black pudding rolls/no running has suddenly caught up with me! 😭 Think I'll have to be investing in a few more (forgiving 🙄) work dresses very soon 💸

@rainbow178 I'm finding that giving into the starvation is keeping my nausea at bay... it's just a shame that it's already clearly making my arse huge!🤦‍♀️