Late Jan - all of Feb 2022

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Is there a group for us mamas to be? If not, join one and all, let's get this started...

@minthumbugs possibly. Still worries ne a bit though. It doesn't seem to get stronger at least.

Hello ladies! Recommended to this group by @minthumbugs as we have been chatting in a TTC group since Jan/Feb time! Hope everyone is well ☺️

Got my bfp yesterday. I didn't do OPKs this month but I use OvuSense to temp. I should only be 10/11 dpo at the moment so very anxious early days especially after an early loss in March.

A couple of you saying you're coldy - my allergies are wild at the moment and I've read it could be to do with raised estrogen levels.

Super crampy today. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst. Rang my doctor as there won't be time once I'm back in school (teacher).

I had a crazy long cycle after my covid job so I think I'm due around 12th Feb but GP puts it at 30th January. I'm just praying for a sticky bean but difficult not to worry.

I don't want to miss out on the excitement for worry though, so here I am! Xxx

Oh hey @CycloGoose I had just replied to your message! 🤣 Your test progression looks great. 🤞🏻🌈✨

Hi @foxy1303 I feel the same way, I want more symptoms stupidly 🤦‍♀️ the wetness I have too and could do without as I either think I've wet myself or I'm bleeding 😩🤣

Hope you are ok @Bundaberg84 have you had any more? X

@CycloGoose congrats! I'm also on the way to see my ob/gyn, even though I'm only 5 weeks and something. But I just need reassurance after my chemical and I want to know why I'm spotting all the time since Saturday. Just to know what I'm dealing with.

I hope it goes well @Bundaberg84 Are they doing an ultrasound? Hope all sweet in there. Wouldn't it be nice if we could have a little window to peek in at whim! Actually, the place I'll go for early scan if I can convince DH it is necessary for mental health reasons is called Window to the Womb. Not sure how I feel about that!

@minthumbugs Together again! I'm such an anxious little goose. Up at 5:30 and have been 'trying' to work since but I am getting nowhere! Need to get on top of the game as I cannot cope with any more 70 hour weeks! Will send you a little message.

Looking forward to getting to know people in this group! The TTC group I was in was a real godsend!

@minthumbugs oh god thought it was just me with the wetness also keep thinking the worst I'm 5 weeks tomorrow but still feel like going to the shops to buy more tests to double check 🙈

@CycloGoose thanks! They did an ultrasound and took blood to determine the hcg level, I will go back on Monday to see if the hcg levels doubled / tripled by then.
As thought there wasn't anything to see really. I'm only 5 weeks, 0 days. He said the lining of the uterus looks good, and he saw something that might be the early development of the gestational sac.
They don't know what causes the bleeding though. I have to take magnesium and get rest this weekend, if possible not even walking the dog.

Oh it's going to be a fretful weekend for you then @Bundaberg84. Did they give you the magnesium or do you have to go buy that?

I'm sorry that they couldn't see much and I really hope that your levels are going the right way. Did they say what you are at now?

I'm sending you lots of love xxx hope your partner takes good care of you xxx

@1ogansmum pass us the more conventional and less embarrassing symptoms please 🙈🤣

@Bundaberg84 glad you've had some bloods done! It was good you got a scan too even though you can't expect to see anything at this point anyway. It sounds like it went as well as it could have done though! And I'm glad you have a plan with the magnesium. 🤞🏻 Sticky baby dust. X

I am soooo tired today I can barely function. I need to give myself a shake 🥱

@CycloGoose @minthumbugs thank you!

No, I already had magnesium at home so I didn't have to buy it. He looked it up for me and told me how much to take though that was helpful.
They didn't tell me where my levels are now, since it's a very small practice I guess they have to send it in for the analysis? I'm good with not knowing so I can't google it over the weekend 😉
Yes, my partner will help me a lot, he would carry me around if he had to. He's working tomorrow but I will make sure to get enough rest. Our dog is almost 14 so at least she's not into big walks anymore 😁
Work is slower this week, which is great. Because I'm tired loke you minthumbugs. Just fell asleep on the balcony sofa, have to go back to work. Home office is great!

Do you live in a nice sunny country @Bundaberg84? That sounds lush! I've been trying to get some rest today but my neighbours garden is getting done so all I can hear is banging and music, not paradise at all 😩

I'm sure they will tell you your numbers after your second set to tell you the rise. Take it easy over the weekend. X

@minthumbugs not really! I live in Switzerland, it was really awful weather up until this week. Last week my balcony plants died because of the cold weather, this week because it's too hot. I won't complain though.

4+6 today😴
Anyone struggling with first trimester anxiety? It’s not even been a week since I found out and it feels like forever! I’m absolutely convinced something will go wrong, every little ache or pain sends me into a panic. I already suffer from anxiety😢 3 more weeks until I see the midwife, can’t come soon enough!

Gosh @nursej28 yes. I have health anxiety, so along with the typical anxieties that come with early pregnancy, it's having a knock on effect on that. I really emphasise with you! I hope you're ok ❤️ roll on your appointment. X

@Bundaberg84 wow that sounds amazing! Crazy weather here just now too, but probably not as extreme I would imagine 😅

@nursej28 yes. very much yes.

@minthumbugs it was 9° last week, 26° today. It's very wild :)

My blood sugar has taken a crazy dip today, feel like I need to eat the work and gone all shaky and sweaty. Glad I'm not the only one with the first trimester anxiety. I do feel better now that I've promised myself one day at a time!
Lots of rest ladies, get it where you can!

Has anyone else completely gone off food? Nothing seems appetising 😩 x

@OliviaGrace15 I haven't exactly gone off food but I've lost half a stone!! Really don't understand it?

@1ogansmum ooh I'm not sure, have you been having smaller portions? All I fancied was mash and gravy so I made it then didn't want it anymore 😂 everything just seems yukky and leaves a nasty taste in my mouth, I don't like it because I normally love food x

Woah @Bundaberg84 I would so totally be okay with falling asleep on a balcony in Switzerland. Please tell me you're overlooking some crisp, clear, Alpine lake, too. Dreams! Glad you had the magnesium and fingers crossed for everything to be hunky dory.

@nursej28 GAHHH I am only on day 2 of knowing and I'm already petrified! I'm sorry you are feeling that way but also really glad to have an ally - looks like lots of us feel the same (maybe why we're on mumsnet instead of basking in the golden glow of post BFP bliss!?) I only came off my anxiety medication just before TTC but I think I am more balanced than I was when I needed to go on it. I think it's okay to feel like this but I have also said to husband - I am going to feel awful if we lose it regardless of whether we celebrate it or not so I am going to try and enjoy each day as it comes whilst peeing on a stick like a particularly obsessive scent marking hound!

I've not got to the food loathing stage yet @OliviaGrace15 but it sounds awful. I didn't fancy an ice cream or chocolate though which is beyond mad as I think every tooth in my head is a sweet tooth!

How are you feeling now @Foxy1303 ? Have you managed to eat something and stabilise?

I've got about 30 hours of work to do before I go back to school on Monday and I have done next to nothing. I am so tired, bloated and thirsty! Anyone else have the thirst? I feel like I've been hitching across the Gobi desert with nothing but a lemon to lick on.

@CycloGoose yeah i'm not enjoying it! my stomachs rumbling now and the only thing i can think of stomaching is a ham sandwich so will see how i get on with that, i know i need to eat, i always get super sick with my kids so maybe its my body preparing x

@CycloGoose that would be nice! Although my view is alright too. I live on the outskirts of Zurich, I can see a tiny bit of a river, lots of trees and if the weather is perfect, a small glimpse of snowy mountains far away ;)

@OliviaGrace15 I'm not hungry at all. Since maybe 5 days or so? I open the fridge and nothing looks appealing. It just feels like I already ate if that makes sense? Not even chocolate or ice cream.

@Bundaberg84 that's exactly how I feel, like I've already eaten so much that I'm full and slightly nauseous even though I've had nothing, like all I've eaten today is a brunch bar, mini cheddars and a sandwich and I had to really force them down, my partner keeps offering to make me something and everything he suggests I respond with "urgh no" 😅 x

@OliviaGrace15 my husband just made dinner and even though I didn't feel like eating, I finished the whole plate without any problems. But at the same time I would have been happy without dinner. Very strange.