***** DUE IN JUNE 08 ****** OMG I can't believe I just got BFP

[nh101]

I got BFP this morning six months to the day after my MC, only 12DPO but so happy. Please pray this one holds on!!!! I am due on June 1 according to OV calendars so have the pleasure of starting this thread.

Anyone else out there or am I the only mental person who tests this early?

TS - I'm 12dpo, got EWCM, been having it on and off since ov and have now had it every day since monday. Tested BFN on Tuesday tho. Ooo, feels so wrong posting here .
Hope you're all doing ok tho!

DG I had loads of cm after ov and then got a bfp, I think in pregnancy the cervix is high soft and closed if that helps.

DG wait another five days to test again to give the hormones time to build but it sounds like you've scored a goal!!!

On the subject of cm, does anyone else find they seem to have an excess now...I'm running to the loo with every trickle thinking the worst. It's driving me potty.

Lots of watery-like CM here. Luekkorhea (sp) stuff. Doc checked to make sure it wasn't urinary leak...wasn't. Should get wetter around last month, just before delivery. It was the first solid sign I had that I was pregnant so I don't mind the bother of it....especially since I'm still feeling a bit unpregnant.

Oops DG I should have clarified test-thing: My BFP was 17DPO or CD30 of a 31 average cycle. You may not have to wait as long depending on your regular cycle length...I couldn't remember that info from the ttc thread. But I really think you'll get the bells and whistles this time. Use the CBDigital. The PREGNANT statement really gives you the warm and fuzzies....the 3min wait is the longest wait you'll ever have.

thanks ladies! i guess you'll know if i get a bfp or not as I'll be on here (or noticeably absent!)

good luck everyone

dg x

I'm getting that watery cm too

Deb

Just need to vent a minute ... Feeling physically slightly better - I have my Seabands on and they definitely help with the nausea - though of course that makes me worry my symptoms have gone - however since I have just dined on the only thing I could face - plain chips with LOTS of pickled onions - I suspect that counts! Emotionally v. rocky though, trying to tidy up house and everything seems oppressive and closing in on me and impossible to do. Like really bad PMT. I hope this doesn't last too long, makes everyday life rather difficult when all I want to do is curl up in a ball ... OK vent over, back to dealing with house ... and it does help to know I'm not the only one feeling like this!

DG i have leukorrhoea (sp??) too - can definitely be a sign.

Hi all.

I'm feeling a bit fed up this week to be honest. Not so much with the pregnancy thing but with my work's attitude to it.

I'm generally one of these people that will insist on giving up my chair for a pregnant woman or making a fuss, not letting them lift heavy stuff, the usual and I feel that work are taking liberties a bit.

I work in a nursery, and have been doing 9-6 everyday which normally isn't a problem but they know I'm expecting and I don't think it is unreasonable to want to sit down for 10 minutes or so, just to have a tiny rest. I still have to do all that my job entails, like lifting the children on to the changing mat to have their nappies changed, run around the garden letting the kids jump all over me, moving tables at meal times to fit us all in.

I asked my manager if I could have time out off work to attend my first doctors appointment yesterday and was told I could go in my lunch break. Great! Only it takes me an hour to get home from work at the best of times, and the doctors shuts at 12, so no use there.

I told her today that I had rescheduled my appointment for tomorrow evening, so would have to leave at 5. I asked various people to swap shifts with me, but being a friday, they all want to leave early to go out, which is fair enough. When I told her this today, I was told I could leave an hour ealier provided I only have half an hour lunch break.

God, I'm so mad with them over this. It's not like we were short staffed or anything. I'm really annoyed at only being allowed half an hour for my break because I tried to swap with someone, and booked it for later in the day so it wouldn't have too much of an effect on the children.

Sorry, this is long, but I doubt there are any others that would understand how I'm feeling at the moment.

I'm thinking of you all who are going through issues at the moment, I have only skim read as I need to go and sort DD out for bed now.

LL - I thought you were entitled to time off work for antenatal appointments

look at this

Thanks for the link Deb. I don't think they are doing it because they don't know the rules, I think my boss was just in a funny mood yesterday. It really annoyed me though, because a trainee in the nursery was allowed a whole morning off to attend the dentist on Monday for a routine check up. I have explained my situation to them and have mentioned my concerns about my past mc and just thought they would be a bit more considerate.

Systemsaddict - I'm feeling similar to you. I feel like I should be shouting from the rooftops but I feel like curling up in a ball too! don't know what it is, maybe it's because no-one else in rl (apart from dh obviously)knows yet. I've not been actually sick yet but I'm off chocolate - now that's weird, and tea - I expected that. Maybe I'll feel different after I see the Dr, I'm only 5 weeks today so I think I'll go next week. According to my friend I'll just see the gynae throughout pregnancy,no midwives, so we'll have to see.

Deb

Lazylou, it shouldn't be about being considerate or not, your boss is out of order here. Deb is right, you have a legal right to reasonable time off for antenatal appointments, and safe working conditions. My SIL is an occupational therapist and both times she was pregnant they adapted her job as soon as they knew, avoiding heavy lifting etc. It makes me so cross when people don't treat pregnant women and mothers properly - we are making the people of the future for goodness sake!! It's the most important job there is!! Mothers of the world unite ... I know it would be confrontational to mention the words 'industrial tribunal' but really, your boss needs to be made aware that she has legal obligations to look after your health and safety while you are pg.

rant over ...

feeling sick - there should be a light green face for that - but this captures it quite well

lazylou, i know it's tough to 'rock the boat' at work and if it really was just a one-off of her being that way then i would let it slide as well... but if it happens again you really need to speak up as it's totally illegal and in a nursery of all places where they should really value children! there is no way you should have reduced breaks to attend antenatal appointments.

why is it that we have this tendency to feel guilty at work for getting pregnant??

I need a light green face here too this morning - It was the dishcloth that made me dash today - what's set you off today?

Deb

Lazylou your manager sounds really crappy and I'm sure she knows very well what your rights are. If you can schedule a meeting with her and tell her what you don't feel you can do anymore regarding lifting and make it clear to her you understand your rights regarding time of for appointments, though I know that being assertive is much easier said than done. Good luck.

After I took dd2 to nursery I felt that my fingers were hot and tingly, I tried to take a usually loose ring of and it was stuck can't beleive my fingers are already swollen!

Lazylou you really must insist on your rights at work re this pregnancy. The rules are there for your safety. Print out the link that debs gave and show it to your boss and tell her/him in no uncertain terms that you will be having time off for your next appt!

Also, work must provide an area for you to rest when pregnant (even if that just means a chair) and they must carry out a risk assessment.

www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/faqs.htm

"The Workplace Regulations and Approved Code of Practice require employers to provide suitable facilities for pregnant and breastfeeding mothers to rest. Where necessary these should include somewhere for the woman to lie down."

Try this too

www.hse.gov.uk/mothers/information.htm

How are you feeling nh101? I saw you had a bit of bleeding has that stopped now?

Hi goingfor3, I am feeling really rough but thankfully I have had no more bleeding/pink CM. It was literally just a bit and then a bit more later but nothing since.

I felt "less pregnant" on Tues and Wed this week and Wed was when I saw the pink CM but since then I have been feeling much more PG so am much happier.

I am fat, but I don't mind that either, much bigger than last time. And much sicker.

Scan Monday.

How are you? Hope you are bearing up OK after your doc's appt.

Hi ladies im back to my usual sicky self so happy about that. Thanks for the posts !!!

Waves to Digitalgirl hope you join us really soon babe XXXXX

nh101 I'm really glad it stopped. Sounds very similar to the pink cm I had which lasted a couple of days. I have to be honest and say that I'm feeling really down at being at high risk of losing this baby and I think the regular scans will make it harder as I will grow more and more attached each time I see it though I really am trying my best to think positive. Fingers crossed for your scan next week.

'My BFP was 17DPO or CD30 of a 31 average cycle' - please can someone help me out of acronym confusion? what does it all mean?

just found out child number two due June 18th, not sure if I'm delighted or terrified......especially after DS1 threw the biggest tantrum ever this morning.

anyone else have the same reaction?

Hiya Little

BFP = big fat positive (pregnancy test)
DPO = days post ovulation
CD = cycle day

Hope you start to feel better about your PG. A lot of us on here (me included) have had a MC recently so we are delighted about our pregnancies!

I am sure you will get used to the idea !

G43 - I can understand your trepidation re the regular scans but being looked after like that can actually help your pregnancy to be successful. It has to be your choice as to whether you take them up on the scans. If you had a MC would you know about it necessarily? If so then the scans are probably more worry than they are worth. But I think I would like it.