Getting Ready For Baby Challenge - Thread 7

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We are a bunch of ladies who are either

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

And everything in between!

We've had 8 BFPs since January (and counting!) and we love a bit of lucky lube and a squinter on 9DPO - come and join the madness!

Tigger I'm so sorry, hope you feel better soon and the scan clears things up tomorrow.

Jupiter I feel dizzy every day for an hour after eating lunch. It's like my body is using all the energy to digest or something and there is no blood left for my brain! The only good thing is that I'm slightly less tired the rest of the day (vs last week).

6+2 today and still no sickness. Crossing my fingers so tight that it stays away! I have got my booking in appointment this Saturday morning at home - really excited. Thank you all for supporting me through my initial anxiety about the pregnancy- I'm feeling a lot better now.

Grumpy I'm so glad you're feeling better about things. I'm glad telling family made things better rather than worse.

Grumpy so great to hear you are feeling better! Hold onto the moment through the more challenging times and remember it's not always so hard.

Tigger I hope you're okay, sending lots of well wishes that this is the last of your sad experience.

Para so exciting that you're nearing ovulation! Be sure to sure your positive to we can all celebrate together. I get such a buzzy feeling watching that second line get darker. I look forward to it every month, even if I'm not trying yet!

Dancing I couldn't believe how awkward I was when we started using condoms after I came off of the coil! I felt like fumbling teenagers!

I have had a short break from the group but I don't think it's helped me stop obsessing! I think I'll stay tuned in now. I had my wedding dress fitting today and I realised how much give is in the dress as it is lace up. Got me thinking about that pre-wedding BFP... How can 3 months feel like an eternity to wait?!

Wiggley waiting for this one af already seems like an age for me!! So completely understandable. How was the dress fitting?! :D

Dress fitting was fine considering I'm not so happy with my body! Luckily it's quite forgiving, thank goodness I didn't go for one of those tight body wrap styles ones!! You would have seen every Easter egg I have scoffed over the last week.

Got my fx for you grumpy that the morning sickness stays away. Glad you are feeling less anxious.

How exciting having your wedding dress fitting wiggley. Waiting is torture, we had a 6 month break and it felt like eternity. Hopefully wedding preparation will fill up your time in the next three months.

para if you and DH feel ready to try again and the OPKs are looking promising then just go for it. You, me and otters can hand hold for poas in a couple of weeks!

Yay wiggly that's so exciting!! What's the actual date of the wedding?

Ahh wiggley that's so exciting! Don't worry the 3 months will fly by! Trust me you will enjoy a drink on your wedding day then you can have honeymoon TTC sex with wild abandon

Well I came home to a letter booking my NHS combined tests for chromosomal abnormalities - blood test is 19 May and NT/dating scan is on 26 May (at 11+5). Given I'm having harmony privately and I'll have to find an excuse to work from home both those Fridays I might skip the blood test and just go for the dating scan.. not sure if that's allowed / advisable but will ask the midwife this Saturday at my home visit appointment.

Tigger how difficult.. I really hope you start to feel better soon and the antibiotics kick in

Wow your NHS trust is so efficient grumpy, with your booking appt and scan/blood test already arranged. Don’t want to keep complaining about mine but it does highlight the differences across the country doesn’t it. Really pleased for you though and at least it feels like things are organised. Oh and fingers crossed the nausea stays away!

Wiggley bet you look gorgeous in your dress.. must be so tempting to consider TTC before the wedding. If you aren’t pregnant though on the day at least you can enjoy a lovely drink and then go mad on honeymoon. Three months will fly by I’m sure :) So excited for you.

Dancing am so glad the bleeding has stopped. Surely it won’t be too much longer to wait lovely, hang on in there.

Thanks for the nice words about the dizziness… I’m definitely eating and drinking enough buzz :) I’ll be fine, just need to ride it out for a bit longer. Was so nice chatting openly about it all with my mum today. She told me that from 14-32 weeks she felt absolutely amazing and this first bit (and the last few weeks of course) are the worst. Really reassuring.

Evening girls!

So sorry to hear you've had to go to hospital again tigger , hope the antiBs kick in quick & they can get you scanned asap. You've been so strong at the worst time, you deserve a fresh start very soon (& dancing + para too of course)

jupiter hope you enjoyed your chips by the sea yesterday (nothing better than chips by the sea!) sorry to hear about the dizziness, sounds like it's connected to the low blood pressure, will be so good to finally see the midwife and ask lots of questions (mine are getting added to a phone note when i think of them)

wiggley LOVE hearing about your wedding prep! Hope its all going to plan, glad you felt happy in your dress!

confused It's so nice that the bubble is bring you and your parents closer, such a lovely time!

FX to those humping at the mo or about to!

SEVEN hope you're EODing it 👮🏻‍♀️

Got my booking in appt tomorrow at 1pm, will be glad to get in the system! Hope my M/W has a fun Hollywood name too!

Yeah Jupiter! Feeling loads better today... really keen to start again. But stupidly told my oh I really want to wait till after af. And now there's no wiggle room on that!! :s (which is probably fair, as main reason is I'd be extra anxious about dates if it happened straight away, when I'll be anxious enough anyway)

You're right though, it's so odd how different treatment is, even within London! My scan date was independently sent from the scanning centre... seriously it's the most high tech place I've ever been. Completely incredible! I'd look forward to going back if the circumstances were different.

Oo, good luck tomorrow hb! :)

Oh jupiter my sis was saying the other day that the second trimester is the best! She was running miles, went on a tour all round france, not napping in every spare moment... clearly that is when you glow!

Also, that emoji was a policewoman, it seems to have come out as a policeman & a female symbol... too advanced for MN!

Ah thanks dancing

Do you know if you'll get any additional looking after next time? Early scans etc. Would be nice to have extra reassurance x

Honestly, I'm not sure if I'd feel reassured with anything earlier than when I lost this one, if that makes sense. :s Im thinking of trying to get some counselling before/during the early days. I know there's nothing that I could have done to change it... my oh is super chill, so he'll calm me down or I'll kill him for trying...

Morning all, thanks for your lovely support. Feeling a little better today still in a bit of pain but no where as bad. The really great news is I got my bfn this morning, proper paperwhite loveliness so maybe just maybe I can start getting back to normal. Fingers crossed I get a scan today then I can put this behind me.

In other news my garden is coming on a treat, my oh has been working so hard at it with my expert direction lol.

That's fab news tigger. Really hope the scan shows everything is ok and you and oh can start looking forward. Glad the pain is a bit better, hope it eases off properly soon.

grumpy so exciting you've got your appointments! jupiter You're right about the disparity! It's crazy! Especially hb's crazy receptionist!

dancing sounds like you got a good one there with your oh, very supportive :)

tigger really pleased about your bfn, you're onto the next step now which is good ❤️ glad your garden is coming along well! My DP is off for the next 2 weeks before he starts his new job. There's loads of stuff for him to do in the garden but I'm worried I'm going to come home and he's going to have pulled up all my strawberries or something!

Morning everyone :)

Hope you're all OK and tigger sorry you've had a shitty few days.Hopefully things are on the up now.

So far so good Hb since AF finished we've done Friday, Saturday, Monday so going to dtd again tonight. Hopefully DH won't be too tired after work.

Back at work now and although it's fine when I get there I have such overwhelming dread before going!!
Glad you are back Wiggley xx Lovely to hear your wedding plans.

Glad all the announcing is going well.

Fingers crossed for your scan Tigger. What time is it?

Seven I get the same looming dread about the first day back. It's always worse after summer when I feel like I've forgotten how to teach!

I've been asked to organise a baby shower for a friend! I'm really excited because organising and planning is my favourite and it gives me the best excuse to browse the baby shops. Will try my hardest not to do a Confused and come away with lots of bits for myself! Maybe just a few!
If you have any great ideas or been to any lovely showers let me know! So far I've just planned for the guests to bring a children's book and write a message in that, rather than a card. They can be picked up fairly cheap, new or old and hopefully will be more useful!

wiggly that's very exciting! Will you have a theme?

Morning ladies,

Took a little break off the replying for a little while but still been keeping an eye on everybody's post. Congrats on all the announcements it all sounds great..super happy for you all.

Wedding day is 6 weeks on Saturday and I'm slowly starting to shit myself a little more everyday with the worry of it all 👀😂 me and OH have agreed to stop using condoms on 1st May (rubber is causing me to have major soreness downstairs and there absolutely awful things haha!) and guess what..1st May is my fertile window according to my trusty little app so who knows if it'll catch on the first attempt. I'm not a big drinker and won't be going wild on weddding day or honeymoon but I also won't test until I'm back from honeymoon if AF doesn't make an appearance.

Not getting too excited about anything yet just incase it doesn't go to plan but I'm so excited to be joining the rest of you getting BFPs. I cannot wait to start buying baby things it's killing me a little inside haha.

Good to hear from you again Laura! Ahhh 1st May is so soon! I've decided to count down AF's until ttc, makes it seem less for me!

Buzz not sure if we'll have a theme, probably not just a pretty girly afternoon tea.

They can't scan until tomorrow

No! Urgh. :( Do you have a definite time at least tomorrow?! I'm so sorry. How is the pain? Are you home today at least? Hope you're taking it easy. Sorry it's dragging out so much.

My epic fail of the morning. Was going to test again. Stood up after first pee of the day and realised my little pee collection cup was still empty. Useless! Must have been half asleep.