Getting Ready For Baby Challenge - Part 6

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Thread 6 already. We are a bunch of ladies who are either

• humping (TTC)
• by humping yet (waiting to TTC)
• humped (preggers)

And everything in between!

We've had 7 BFPs in three months and we love a bit of lucky lube and a squinter on 9DPO - come and join the madness!

Oh dancing poor you :( everything will be fine with your scan! But I understand exactly how you're feeling. At least you don't have long to wait and everything will be fine! Hope you get a good nights sleep and wake up feeling refreshed.

jupiter that's so exciting! Congrats to the Jupiter family!! Do they know about you yet?

How you feeling grumpy?

mrs enjoy the weekend to yourself! Get a movie and a takeaway for one and snuggle on the sofa, oh and chocolates! Sounds perfect and you don't have to share :) hehe

Yay Jupiter!!!! Connie is a beautiful name! I bet you must feel really smug knowing your little bubble inside of you is going to be the best cousin ever! And so close in age!

My DSIL is pregnant... shes 3 weeks behind me which is weird but nice at the same time! Although will be her 2nd so at least we will get 3 weeks minimum of enjoying our little bubble bundle before hers comes along! Its nice to know they are all going to be the same age!!

On a different note has anyone seen the AIBU about the woman making her mum clean her wee from the rental car... it has made me so mad i have spammed it with angry replies lol

Oooooh Jupiter congratulations! Being an Auntie is the best ever (incase you don't already know!) :D And I love that name! adds it to the list xxx

Oh and Dancing I completely understand about the scan and thats why i've not been on the Ante-natal thread properly in so long... i can't see all the good and bad news on there it just cripples me with Anxiety!!

Ahh congratulations jupiter I'm sure you'll be a great Auntie. You must be so excited about telling the family your news too!

Hope you feel better buzz that sounds rough.

Excellent work on the list seven - thanks for keeping track of us all!

confused great about the cousins being so close in age - I am sure it will be lovely for them. Off to go find that thread now!

MrsC enjoy the weekend - a quiet one sounds bliss

Guys I'm only just on way home from the dinner event I'm sooo tired! It was really hot in the room and I kept feeling dizzy, but eased after a bit. I had a very diluted Campari soda and a few sips of white wine - probably equivalent to half a small glass- hope that's ok

Thanks for asking buzz Jupiter MrsC I am kind of still in denial / not thinking about it that much as work is so busy and I just have to get on with it! I hope I can take some time at the weekend to get my head around it (when I stop and think about it and flying to LA alone etc at 6wks I get really anxious so just taking 1 day thought(!) at a time).

I have a doctor appointment next week for diazepam which I normally take for flying but I'm unsure whether I'll be allowed any as obviously will be telling GP im pregnant.. I don't know what I'll do if he won't give me any.. I don't often need to take it anymore but just knowing I have it as back up in case of real panic attack helps..

Jupiter congratulations on your new baby niece! That's so lovely

Oh and my skin is terrible! Wtf pregnancy hormones? Also I think I might have managed to get impetigo on the side of my nose (really bloody hope it's not!). It's really really sore like a graze but it was never a spot if that makes sense

Oh no grumpy that's rough about the flying. My DH suffers with flying anxiety and he has some guided meditation sessions on an app which help him a bit. Might help if you aren't allowed any drugs? I'm sure there is nothing to worry about with a few sips tonight

Thanks orange I do have thought pattern control methods that I use but a guided meditation might be a good idea thanks

I second guided meditation! I've downloaded an app called Headspace and it's great. You get 10 free sessions and then you have to pay but there are so many different sections. I clocked a pregnancy section which I think would be really helpful for anxiety.
Hope everyone has a good day!

Thank you everyone, you’re all bloody lovely.

buzz nope, no one knows about babyJupiter about from me and DH. We’re going to tell the family at Easter when we’re all together (and I’ll be 8 weeks!) Literally can’t wait!

MrsC enjoy a lovely weekend to yourself. I second buzz’s takeway and movie plan :)

confused that’s so lovely! They can be little buddies growing up - but also 3 weeks is enough time for you to be the focus for a bit as you rightly deserve. How is your cramping by the way? I know they said the fluid around your ovary might cause pain for the first trimester? Keep meaning to ask you. Going to go and check out that rental car thread…

grumpy do you want me to look up the prescribing guidelines for diazepam use in pregnancy? Just so you’re forearmed before seeing you GP. Orange’s and Wiggley’s suggestion about guided meditation sounds good, that would be an excellent option if the drugs are a no-go.

orange get humping! It’s totally your month, I can feel it

Dancing how are you feeling today?

Penguin are you going to test again tomorrow? x

Felt so rough this morning that I'm wearing my baby on board badge on the tube, someone kindly gave their seat straight away, phew! I'm exhausted and woke up feeling very sick and panicky. Hope it's not like this every morning 😷

Jupiter that would be amazing thank you xx

Oh grumpy impetigo is awful. Really hope for you it's not that and goes away quickly!! I hope the gp is able to give you something for flying just in case!!

Jupiter congratulations!! And to all the Jupiter family! They will all be so thrilled when you tell them about your little bundle too! I'd really love to be an auntie. Definitely not even remotely on the cards yet! :( may have to wait a long time for ohs brother

Confused I'm sorry the anxiety is bad for you. When do you get to go to the support group? The ante-natal thread is weird because there are just too many people! I don't actually care about many of them (because I know nothing about them, not because I'm a cow, I hope!!)

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts. Went to bed at 8, watch a bit of tv in bed before going to sleep ridiculously early. Counting down the hours to get myself through today.

Ha confused I was reading that last night and read your angry comments!! As if you'd do that tho. You'd just sort it. How embarrassing for the poor mum.

Sorry your feeling anxious Grumpy there must be something the doctor can do for you xxx

mrs sounds lovely. I secretly liked having the house to myself last week.

DH went off to work very tired today. He's working so hard and driving a long way for not much reward so let's hope it lasts. Seems to be going well so far. Anyway 2 more days, can do this!! Sooo much to do, sooo tired!!

Cross post! Grumpy hope you feel better!! Hopefully it's just a lot of processing going on and the late night. I was always lots worse if I went to bed later than half 9!

Congratulations Auntie Jupiter! you must be so excited to share your news at Easter!

Sorry you're feeling so rubbish grumpy I hope the feeling eases as the day goes on.

I haven't decided whether to test again tomorrow, when AF is due, or wait until Saturday when it would be late? FRERs are quite expensive (as
I'm sure you're all well aware!) so I don't want to "waste" one by doing a test in the morning and then coming on in the afternoon, iykwim

penguin I'm in the ride it out til late camp ! Its not the most popular but even when i did those dodgy superdrug tests sunday I was still quietly confident cos AB wasn't there... although knicker watch was very much on and still is

Jupiter... we're gonna do easter announcements too, 7 weeks, wanted to wait til 8 but there might not be an opportunity where everyone is together the next week!

Hope u feel better as the day goes on grumpy love that the badge is in use already!

Had my first emotional wobble last night & DH had to give me a lovely pop talk! (For reference I'm the calmest, most chilled out positive person normally!)
-Was scared the gloss fumes would have harmed the baby (wore a mask and was well ventilated)
-Scared that it won't survive flying at the weekend
-Scared that it happen so quickly/easily that it's too good to be true!

I got talked down... but not used to this!!!

I assume this is normal!!!!

Morning all! Started back at ballroom/Latin dancing last night. It's been about a year since I've done it and my oh came along who has never done it before - he did amazingly but not sure he liked it it's made me realise though i do get more tired!!
Got my pregnancy yoga DVD coming today hopefully which is exciting. Hoping to be able to do it a few mornings a week. Got loads of gardening to be getting on with.

Hope everyone has a beautiful sunny day!

Wow seven your list keeping is impressive. Better fill in my stats since I was awol since thread 1.
TTC #1
Age 33
Cycle 3 to begin in April (have had a wee break from the baby making bandwagon)
Cycle length from 28-40 days (making perfect humping days difficult to predict)
Oh and since thread one I have lost 12lbs (half a stone to go but back in the healthy weight range for my height - yippee!)

Congratulations jupiter on the birth of your niece. Did baby cuddles make your pregnancy seem more real? I've been getting lots of practice in with my baby nephew. I agree with seven being an auntie is the best.

grumpy thats rubbish that you are feeling crappy already, no wonder you are worrying about the travel. Take care.

penguin if unlike me you are patient enough then it's only a one extra day to wait to test if you wait for AF to be late. I on the other hand start getting impatient from about 9dpo haha!

Hb totally normal.

Tigger the dancing sounds so fun!! I definitely find I get breathless/dizzy if I try to do anything too vigorous like walking at a regular speed. I'm planning to sign up for a course of pregnancy yoga classes, but waiting until after tomorrow. Hoping it will help, I've never done any yoga before.

Jb congratulations on the weight loss!! That's amazing!! :)

I know I should wait until Saturday, but I might give in and poas tomorrow anyway haha!

Hb that all sounds very normal. Glad your DH was able to talk you down

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I'd wait till Saturday if you can penguin

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