W are jolly well going to get pregnant this month and we're brooking no argument - all rat smackers past, present and future welcome!

[farfallarocks]

Here, we go, nice new thread.
Might be helpful to have some stats so we know where we all are?

I will start, farfallarocks - TTC#2, cycle 11. 1st brooking baby DD, 21 months. Investigations reveal high FSH and potentially starting IVF.

imps, that all sounds very, very normal based on my previous pregnancies. Remember that there is so little you can do to prevent or cause a miscarriage. Being excited about it, telling the GP etc is not going to 'jinx' it. Today, you are pregnant!

Oi imps who are you calling fat?

With short I think you just don't down reg first, you start on the first day of your period and just stimulate the ovaries without having shut them down first.

Don't be silly, you have not jinxed it at all. Brown spotting can of course be normal. I had it with minifar, actually I had a full on bleed and cramps and was convinced it was all over! I have had it go both ways as you know. What really helped me was having an hcg blood test and seeing it go up so I knew the spotting was not dropping hormones and then an early scan at 6 weeks.

All crossed for you lovely and brooking like mad for you!

Sorry I don't mean you are silly, you know what I mean don't ya?

All crossed for you!!

Thank you lovelies!

Ha ha oops Far - you are of course looking lean and svelte and wonderful - deffo not Fat!!

Oh lovely, the hormones. You wait till the Christmas ads start.... I bled all the way till 12 weeks and some of the cramps were breath taking. Implette is a-ok in there lovely x

No, the CF didn't affect anything further as I'm not a carrier, so any babies can't have it, though they can carry it.

That's good Far! I so believe the lovely Keep and Solars were short protocol too, and look at them

yes I was short protocol. much easier

imps I think almost everyone has some spotting, though that doesn't make it any less scary. I did at 7&12 weeks after sex cramps too, loads of them your womb is just saying wtf is this?? make space, make room

How are you today imps? Giving you a little squeeze :)
p.s. an arctic pee stick is a negative, pure snowy white where it should be pink!

Morning lovelies! Happy Wednesday to you all. Nice and sunny in my neck of the woods.

Bad news unfortunately - am in the process of miscarrying little Implette - he/she just wasn't meant to be. Feeling pretty calm - this was a chance that Mr Imps and I never ever thought we would have so I don't feel like it's any sort of step backwards. And on the plus side, it's encouraged him to look into Chinese herbs and other supplements to try to improve his swimmers! Bless him, he's pretty upset and I feel worse about that than the lack of baby tbh.

What's everyone up to today then?

Oh Imps, are you sure? What's happening?x

imps I am so sorry, as maybe says, are you sure? Bleeding is very very common indeed as are cramps.
Big squeeze for you, life is just unfair sometimes.

Well I'm pretty sure - quite a lot of fresh bright red blood and boobs have gone right back to normal. Cramps have been those ominous hollow pressure type cramps, rather than stretchy ones I had last week. Will obv keep an eye but blood shows no signs of abating. I'd be extremely surprised if it wasn't an mc!

I had the exact same thing Imps, and I know Musical had a lot of blood too. It really doesn't mean things are over. Also, you should get checked over too x

But the boobs Maybe! They were ouchy yesterday but are perfectly fine today, prod and bounce as I might.

The boobs vary hugely, I know it totally freaked me out.
The bleeding could be normal. I am not trying to give you false hope because as you know this has gone both ways for me but there is still hope here.

Can you speak to the GP?

I'm working from home on Fri so may give GP a call then :)

My boobs would kill one day, then nothing the next. I don't want to give false hope either, but I think it's too soon to say it's over. I really would recommend the GP on Friday. They will send you for a scan to check x

oh imps I'm brooking for you my lovely. I really really really hope it's nothing. boobs go up and down all the time. I definitely think you should go to epu. I think you can normally refer yourself rather than go via the gp. how many weeks are you now, 6? xxx

Oh Imps I'm so sorry that you're having all this happen, I hope beyond everything that this turns out ok, have you got an epu you can visit?

6 weeks and 1 day I think, Keep. I will phone the EPU on Friday and see if I can just turn up - if not I will book an appt with GP. You lovely ladies are of course right - it's not over until the fat lady sings. That said, I don't have any unrealistic expectations of this working out okay - after all I think it would take a miracle and we've already had one of those with me getting diffed in the first place! Mustn't be greedy now ;)

Mr Imps and I have reaffirmed our no-moping policy and have booked a fabbo weekend away just before Christmas! I have also got back to planning our new bathroom which we'd put on hold once I got the BFP. We'll be okay whatever happens :)

Do you know what, Boo - I've no idea if we've got an EPU or not. I just assumed everyone had one nearby . Hold on...

Yes there is - it's open until 8:30pm tonight...wonder if I should pop along? That said, I'll miss Bake Off. You know what, I will take it reeeeeealllllly easy tonight and then go tomorrow evening, or Friday. Sounds reasonable.

Glad you've got one near you, take it reeeeeeeeaaaly easy for the next couple of days, either way you're going to need your strength!

That being said, I think I would be tempted to record the bake off and pop along there tonight!

So I called EPU and asked if they thought I should come in - they asked a few questions and advised that I should monitor it over night - if I start filling a pad every 15-20 mins then I should go straight to A&E; if it stops then that's fine (am paraphrasing); if it carries in like it is (little but fairly often) then I should go in tomorrow. Sounds all perfectly sensible so I can watch Bake Off guilt-free now!

hi all. we've been away for a few days in norfolk, N is going through a phase of hating being in the pushchair\carseat so there was a lot of protesting from him while we were away. he also has a cold and is teething (top ones now) so not much of a break really.
anyway came by to see imps and mirror what everyone else has said. don't presume the worst until you know for definite.
just to say though at our local epu you need to be referred, I've phoned before and spoke to a very unhelpful woman who told me this and also something along the lines of there's nothing we can do anyway if you are miscarrying. great thanks! so i really hope yours is better did you see the midwife yet? tomorrow might be the time to phone and see if you can at least speak to her. brooking hard for you.