Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1 (thread 2)

[Bunnygirlie]

Ladies, Time for a new thread for us oldies (well not that old) TTC number 1 and our MN friends who have their BFP but are still coming along for the ride :-)

bunnygirlie, 32, TTC since June, AF due end Nov
Winkle, ttc 15 months, BFP due 19/11
Zombies, ttc 2 cycles, erratic cycle, PCOS. Next POAS not before 15 December.
Pipbin, ttc 15 cycles, BFP due 27/11
BraveLilBear TTC cycle 1 after early mc, BFP due 18/11

Aquarius, 32, ttc 8 mths, bfp due mid dec
Happylass TTC cycle 3 BFP due 8/12
Janey, 38, six weeks pg
Rach, 34, PG 7+5. Booking appointment on Wednesday.
Quod, 33, six weeks pg
HazleNutt 8 weeks pg

Sorry if I missed anyone :-)

Rach my morning sickness comes and goes, doesn't worry me too much. Ok lying a bit now, of course I worry all the time something seems odd, or suddenly doesn't. Some days am nauseous as hell, others feel totally fine, so I'm sure yours will return any minute now (and then you wish it hadn't)

Rach I am the same - my nausea comes and goes a fair bit, and so do the boob pains. I wonder if the nausea is in part caused by the HCG levels going up a notch, and then you get used to them, so it eases off, and then it goes up another notch?

Pip you have iron reserve.

Rache I'm the same too - no ms at all for last few days, and nipples less sure too. Think it's all very normal. One of my best friends is about 16 weeks and she said her ms didn't even start until 10weeks...

Ah and hats off pip. Iron reserve indeed. And a better woman than me!

I have just resigned myself to AF coming.
Peeing on sticks has lost it's sparkle somewhat.

Thanks guys. I know I am just a merchant of doom and seem to embrace any excuse to think the worst. We just went to Frankie & Benny's and I did have a small but reassuring brief moment of quease while we waited bloody ages for a table I would still like the rest of my symptoms back though!

More spotting. She'll be here before too long.

Not over until the horrible red witch is singing Pip!

2nd day of Metformin here for PCOS. some horrible side effects!! Stomach pain, etc.

pip how's it going?

Oh zombies sorry you're not feeling fab. Hope it's worth the side effects in the end...

Still spotting Zombies. Not as much as normal. Brown rather than red, which is normal for me.
Still, it's another 28 day cycle with a good length LP I guess.

Deletes Morning

Afternoon every peeps! I'm not long up, have a stinking cold and feeling mince X/ Thanks for the welcome and yeah, going for your first scan all excited only to come crashing down in the tiny dark scan room was ever so slightly heart-wrenching :( I had no symptoms for the first 5-6 weeks then symptoms coming out my ears, even when things had 'ceased', so try not to worry about symptoms coming and going :)

Hopefully she gets the hint Pip that she isn't welcome this month, or for the next 8 either... As everyone else states, it ain't over until she arrives in full force!

I'm either 5 days or 2 days late now... The last few cycles have been the usual MMC WTF cycles, but even going by previous form, af should've been here yesterday. Sore chest, a wee bit cramping over the last few days and knackered, but I know that's also because of cold-niss :/

Of course I've PIACBR (creme brulee ramekin) to receive 2 negatories so I'm just going to wait it out as well I think. Actually got a bit teary doing it today, so I think the action plan is just to make sure I have toiletries in case the red bitch does turn up and to STAY AWAY FROM EBAY! No thank you, me no want any moar cheepniss piss-sticks...

Hope everyone is well! :)

I'm at work and feeling mega tired and mega queasy. But also have cramps so af could be approaching.
Don't want a bfn but not poasing is hard too

belissima fx for you! Tired and queasy are good signs (yes that sounds so strange even as I say it- only when TTCing do we ask for such punishment!!)

Loss of symptoms has now been joined by slight spotting and mild cramping, neither of which is bad enough to indicate a definate problem but FFS why does it happen on a weekend? I phoned the out of hours number which the Midwife gave me, who were about as much use as a chocolate teapot and advised me to phone my out of hours GP's number or go to a Walk In Centre. It seeems to be easing off now so if I don't have any more I will wait and phone my Midwife on Monday morning and just try not to worry too much which is easier said than done.

Oh Rach, how stressful. for you and hoping you get some reassurance soon.

Another thought Rach - could the spotting be because it's about the time your period would normally be due? I've heard that's very common.

Oh rache for everything crossed for you. Second what quod says: if it's when AF was due it's supposed to be very common... Thinking of you x

Thanks guys, I know many of you have already been through this kind of thing so I know you know how I'm feeling.
I'm 9+3 and had a 28 day cycle so I think normal AF time would have been last week?
It did ease off slightly but has since come back so I phoned NHS Direct who put me through to my local out of hours surgery. The Nurse there did a phone assessment and said it could well be the start of a MC, but because the bleeding and cramps are quite light it could also all be fine. As long as it doesn't get heavier with clots over the weekend, they advise to phone my local Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit on Monday morning who will probably get me in for a scan, and in the meantime I have been advised to have total rest so Saturday night is cancelled and I have an evening of shit Saturday night TV on the menu.
It's obviously quite worrying but what will be will be and i'm trying to keep my chin up. The not knowing is agony but hopefully I will know either way over the next few days.

Oh Rache.
I know that saying 'try not to worry' is as much use as those people who say 'try to stop thinking about it' when you are TTCing, so, watch crap tv and try to relax the best you can.
Keep us updated and we are all keeping our fingers crossed.

Oh rache, it's awful that it could be something or nothing. Really really hoping that it's the latter. Will be thinking of you x

Hope all ok Rach! x

Hoping for some more BFPs for us all soon!!!

Saturday night - to drink or not to drink, that is the question!

On 2ww and almost positive it didn't happen this month!

Bunniegirl - drink! Even if you had conceived the embryo wouldn't be receiving anything from your bloodstream at this p