TTC first baby thread 24

[Anny27]

Hi ladies,

Setting up the new thread for us as we approaching the end of the old one!

@whatsthecraic91
@validuser
@lozzlepop
@orangeloo
@timswifey
@MIW01
@1990shopefulftm
@lottiepink

And a few others who I can't remember their username from memory so please tag yourself :D

@MIW01 how are you after your diagnosis?

Welcome newbies, apologies there's just too mich going on for me to remember names to tag writing this on my phone.

Congratulations @FarmerWantsABaby it is always good to hear stories of hope. Especially pertinent for me atm!
Thanks for asking @whatsthecraic91

I had a bunch of tests today. Several bloods and an ECG after borderline blood pressure which I know was due to stress and anxiety. Waiting to hear whether my OP will go ahead or not on Friday. Good news I'd my ECG was beautifully healthy - some good health news at last! So just the waiting game again.

After my scan last week the Dr told me to phone my GP surgery to get a vaginal swab done to make sure I don't have chlamydia before the HSG. If I call up and just say I need a vaginal swab done will they know what I'm talking about? I don't really want to say I need a chlamydia test 🙈

@MIW01 when will you know if Friday is going ahead? I'm not surprised you have high blood pressure with all you have had to deal with this past week or so!

@MIW01 Great to hear about your good ECG results, fingers crossed the good news keeps coming for you

@whatsthecraic91 is your surgery usually good at being subtle? Mine always seems to need everything spelled out for then 🙈 But I bet if you say you need "a vaginal swab for infection" they'll get your drift :)

@Hankychief thank you so much x

@Kiza beautiful but also had to be chauffeured to work a few days last week in a pickup! Roads were treacherous! Had a very close call last week when I failed to get up a hill and freewheeled back down in reverse! 🙈

@MIW01 thank you, I know it can be tough sometimes when TTC and there's so much good news around, one reason why I had to leave a previous thread. I was delighted for everyone but it was tough. I hope Friday goes ahead for you!

@whatsthecraic91 yes we are in one of the highest points in Tyrone! 🏔 beautiful but also a torture! DH is all very concerned and serious about the whole thing. I'm not allowed near the utility room. I'm not complaining 😂 I'm delighted our house isn't a drop-in cafe this year! Made me so angry last year! God forgive me but the majority of farmers are unintentionally old fashioned and sexist when it comes to being fed/tea/lunch etc! DH included!
Next scan is tues 10th March and I'm already bricking it. I honestly think I have half a stone on already and I've no idea how as I've been hardly eating.
I hate calling my GP surgery about personal things like that, I know some of the receptionists quite well and it's awkward. There's no beating around the bush with that one. I think you're just going to have to ask outright 🙈 or book an appt with your GP? Is it your GP that will be doing the swab?

@CoalCraft I'm just going to have to be a big girl and phone up, remember the days you'd get your mum to ring for you 😂 can't do that now I'm 28 😂

@FarmerWantsABaby here that's good he taking it seriously many's a one wouldn't. Aye I know they expect food and tea to be available at all times 😂 it's nice sometimes tho, you drop into a farm and you end up getting your dinner 🤣 I really hope all goes well with for you, has all bleeding stopped now? Ahh I'm just gonna have to wise up and phone, i think it will probably be an app with the nurse, I'll report back later 🙈😂

Morning everyone :D 15dpo and no AF yet. Had a temp drop though so imagine she is on the way!

@Kiza next time I am at my GP I will log it with them. Thank you! Ooh symptom spotting my favourite thing haha! Will toj test early or wait for AF?

@whatsthecraic91 I had to have that test after the miscarriage, felt like the nurses thought I had cheated or my husband had cheated haha. But I knownifs routine:p

@MIW01 hope you are doing okay - how are you getting in with your insulin? Or is it diet managed?

@FarmerWantsABaby I put on a few pounds despite feeling I didnt eat that much in early pregnancy haha! Hope next scan goes well!

Welcome to all the newbies :D

Well girls. I officially think I'm going mad!!! Woke up during the night feeling all sorts of nauseous, and did a pregnancy test. It ofcourse came back negative! I have no idea when I'm even due a period because of previously having the coil and not bleeding, and only got it removed Feb 12. Since about a week ago I have gone off coffee, only certain days, and I feel sicky constantly. God knows if its it's anything or if I'm just feeling weird because a general change of hormones! Going to wait another week and test again!

Thank you @whatsthecraic91 I hope yours goes well. My surgery just did all the STI testing with a blood test? No need to spell it out!

Thank you @CoalCraft and welcome - I hope so too

@FarmerWantsABaby it is so tough to keep smiling for everyone else!

@Anny27 I'm on metformin atm going to maternity clinic to see if they want to give me insulin. I'm already on a diet that is designed to reverse/manage prevent diabetes (low carb, real food) so I am absolutely miffed why my blood sugar is still so high!

They could leave it until Thursday before I know if the surgery is going ahead. So I am still feeling a bit stressed about it. Thanks everyone for your support.

@Anny27 I know what you mean about feeling judged with the test lol, I had to have one a whole ago when I went to GP with spotting between withdrawal bleeds, and though I knew it was just routine sand knew it would be negative I was still a bit about asking the receptionist for my results (spotting turned out to be reaction to the pill)

Morning ladies,

The sun is out- the second day that i have seen it, does this mean spring is on the way?? WFH today as I have my scan at 12:20! How is everyone?

@Kiza I know, I am just glad they said yes haha! Anyone else's mum a complete nightmare in the run up to their wedding? Oh did you have to self isolate? I feel people have slightly lost their heads with this whole situation 🙈

@whatsthecraic91 oh lovely 😍I love grey- we have it in every room, I haven't managed to sneak any blush in yet though! Well I need to book a venue and set a date first but hopefully that will be sorted this weekend 🤞🏻I am going to book in some dress shops for the end of April I think. Im sure they will know, I had mine done at the hospital at the time I got bloods done.

@Anny27 to be honest I found that I cried every time I went to the EPU whether someone was nice to me or not 😂I am having 3 so my 2 friends, we've been friends for over 18 years and then the OHs sister. How are you feeling today?

@CoalCraft @KrissyMB hello and welcome to the thread the ladies on here are the most supportive bunch you will ever meet ❤️

@MIOW1 you've been through it the past few weeks, how are you getting on?

Morning everyone, been a busy few days so just catching up!

@Anny27 sorry to see that you had a cp 😔 bet you just want af to arrive and you can get on to the next cycle now!

@timswifey sorry you've still got more to go through, hope you are ok. It's really rubbish the way the nurses were too, I totally understand your frustration!

@whatsthecraic91 well done on the painting, it sounds gorge! With you on the chlamydia test, i was embarrassed, I felt like had been having an affair 🤣

@MIW01 you're right so much mid information about everything, I really hope with the tests etc they are able to give you some answers 😊

@Hankychief @CoalCraft @KrissyMB welcome 🙂

@KrissyMB it's difficult to know, but try not to get your hopes up too much, I took me a few months to get back to normal but I was on the pill, but the first month I was convinced I was pg because of the symptoms but it must have been my body getting back to normal. It's crazy how much it can all affect us!

@Lottiepink thank you my lovely. Trying not to get my hopes up that it is pregnancy symptoms! I'm currently training for Manchester Marathon so paranoid I'm going to effect things by pushing myself so much. X

Thanks to everyone for the warm welcomes, really appreciate it 🥰

Spotting a little but not like normal AF - a bit stringy like I had at the start of my miscarriage.

@MIW01 must be just genetic predisposition :( really sucks though!

@Lozzlepop my family were soooo involved in the wedding haha. It was too much at times but quite nice that they were so excited!! Is this your hsg test??

@Lottiepink totally just want it to be over with now! Are you in fertile week now?

@coalcraft I bet GPs and nurses are so used to it they dont even bat an eye haha!

@Anny27 my mum is doing my head in already 🙈so many questions and suggestions! No its just a pelvic scan- think its to check my ovaries? Have no idea as I have been given no information 🤷🏽‍♀️HSG isn't until April. Had OV pains last night so looks like my cycle may have regulated and is shorter now. Hope you are ok, the waiting is just the worst.

Hope they don't have to do a TV ultrasound 🤞🤞 they always have to with me haha!

Well ladies my AF officislly arrived so its cd1 for me! 🙄🙄🙄 fed up of this journey. Why is mine a "journey" when others get to conceive straight away no problem 😪 jealousy is an awful thing!

@MIW01 aww really? My Dr said I need a "vaginal swab" ☹️

@Lozzlepop thank you I absolutely love it!! Our living room is also grey 😊 ah lovely that's so exciting and will be something to look forward too!! Hope your scan goes well let us know how it goes 😁 he might be able to tell you that you have or about to ovulate!

@Lottiepink I did feel like I was having an affair so that's why I had to give her my life story when I finally phoned up 😂😂

Well I finally grew a set of balls and rang up - explained the whole thing and they can't book me in without a letter from the private Dr I seen 😐😐 so rang his secretary and she said I should have the letter by Friday/Monday. So by the time I actually get booked in my AF will prob be due and then I'll have to wait again - so annoying 😂

@Anny27 didn't see your message there! Awk thats shit but at least you know where you're at now. I know, I see threads on here all the time and people have been trying for like a day and they're pregnant - really pisses me off. When you have been trying for so long you're entitled to feel that way - well I do anyway!

@Anny27 I jus got the transabdominal scan luckily! Sorry to hear AF arrived but at least you can move on from this cycle!

@whatsthecraic91 you can’t beat a bit of grey! Well turns out they won’t book me in without having a venue booked 😒 the scan was fine- I’d go as far to say it was a waste of time, they told me nothing just said everything looks fine and we’ll send a report to the consultant! 🤷🏽‍♀️ That’s annoying that they need a letter 🙈 why do people make things so complicated??

Hello ladies

I've just found out my surgery is going to be deferred for 3 months due to my high blood sugar (my HbA1c is 99 and it needs to be below 69 for them to operate) so our TTC journey is on pause for now so I've decided to remove myself from the conversation. It's just too painful. There's enough pregnancies announements in the real world and I just can't find in my heart to be happy for others who get pregnant straight away right now. I wish you all the best of luck with your journeys, especially those of you facing a long hard road, my thoughts and empathy are with you.

@Lozzlepop I'm glad it went well tho and they can't see anything untoward! Do you have to go see a Dr later to discuss your it or anything? When is your HSG? I know, hopefully I'll have it for the start of the week!

@MIW01 oh no, I'm sure you're absolutely gutted. I totally understand why you want to take a step back, it's so hard. Please take care of yourself and come back to join us when you're ready. All the best x

@MIW01 sorry to hear it's been deferred, you're right it seems so unfair that some of us are a year or two down the line and others seem to catch so easily. Even though you want to be happy for them you also can't help but feel angry/upset.
Take all the time you need and look after yourself 💜

@MIW01 totally understand where you are coming from lovely, it’s been so nice being on this journey with you up until now- thank you for all your support. Wishing you and your partner all the very best 💜

@whatsthecraic91 I’ve no idea, there’s literally been no communication I’m clueless 🙈 I have the HSG on April 2nd so still a wee while away but that will be the next time I see the nurse, I’m not sure if I should call her up for DFs SA results?

@Lozzlepop it's good you have your scan and HSG so close together, they didn't offer me it until I had my scan last week so now I'm on the list! Yea def ring up for his results, but he might have to call himself. When did he give his sample? My DPs took over 2 weeks to come back.