Morning All
ummmmm....Well we both knew we would like to start a family quite early on into our relationship but with work being so busy and wanting to have money in the bank we decided to wait till we'd got married and go from there. We got married June last year and had a drunken conversation whilst on honeymoon about starting TTC, neither of us wanted to put our family on hold anymore, it just felt so right. My cycles were totally to pot, no 2 cycles were alike so we assumed that it may be a long time before we actually got a BFP, however it quickly became apparant that our problem wasnt getting PG it was staying PG. We conceived 2 cycles in a row and very sadly lost them at around the 6 weeks stage both time. After the 2nd loss I was told to give my body a rest before trying again, but my heart over-ruled my head and we carried on as we had been doing and thankfully we got another BFP.
But again at the 6 weeks the tell tail pains came back and off to hospital I went, the A&E department this time suspected Eptopic PG. Ended up being admitted and having tests left right and centre. I had and scan and they couldnt find anything other than a sac, no pole. So happy that it wasnt eptopic they sent me home and asked me to return a week later for a further scan. Thankfully the second scan showed a little bean with a lovely little heartbeat flickering away. They beleived my dates may have been wrong and the severe pain was actually probably implantations pains combind with the 1st of many kidney infections. When we had our scan at 12 weeks though and our dates were pulled forward back to our original dates, strange! DD ended up arriving a week early so gosh knows what date I was actually due.
Throughout the pregnancy I was in and out of hospital with the HG and also unexplained bleeding. I honestly didnt enjoy being PG at all, but absolutly adore being a mum to DD. I know babies change there routines like the wind changes direction, but she has been so good to us, she really is my little ray of sunshine (oh how bad am I, lol). Touch wood, she hasnt yet had any colic and has found herself a little sleep routine, although I hear from 3 months onwards that can all go up in the air. The only problem we have had, is that she has had oral thrush from 6days old that is persistant and still hasnt gone. She had to be taken to hospital because after 7 weeks on Nystatin she started to react really badly to it and was getting dehydrated etc. She is now on Darkartin and very slowly it is working. She is quite the subject of conversation between the HV and MWs as they cant see why she still has it even afte medication, but at the same time she really isnt fussed by it at all (touchwood).
As far at TTC goes, I think I tryed a lot of things when were trying. Both of us were dosed up on every vitamin & mineral that could possibly assist the process, and our diets were altered to be more healthy, smoking was banned and much to DHs disgust the drink went too. I mainly followed my BBT and also kept an eye on what my cervical mucus was up to. I was forever filling out some chart and plotting what my body was doing. I actually thought we had missed our window of opportunity when we last conceived, but out of no-where my temp shot up and the CM changed and 2ish weeks later came my BFP. I got quite obsesive over it all tbh.
I had my 8 weeks check recently and the topic of contraception came up. I was thinking of having the coil fitted but I dont want there to be any reason for delaying conception when next june comes. Im really aware that we could have problems TTC, but at the same time we could have no problems at all. I think Im going to start tracking my cycles again to see if they regulate (although I may be hopeful on that one).
Sorry for the long ramble. DD is spending some quality time with my folks so its strange being able to come online at a normal hour of the day :)