The Pact Cont - April 2021

[SS123456]

Just starting up a new thread 😁. Hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone!

@kirinm @whambam89 @Rotagilla @MrsB2019x @LeopardLover @Sansa87

@whambam89 those tests look great! 😁

10dpo and BFN and lots of my usual PMS symptoms. They literally come on the same day every cycle.
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Oh @kirinm I've got everything crossed that it changes to a bfp for you soon 🤞

How are you doing @whambam89 ?

@kirinm I'm ok! Full of cold which is making me feel shocking. Permanently exhausted (could be because of the cold though), no other real symptoms yet. 5 weeks tomorrow 🤞 going to do my last digital test tomorrow and hope for a 3+.
How are you?

I got a cold when I was pregnant with my DD. It was actually one of my symptoms.

5 weeks is great 👏👏

I'm okay. BFN so a bit pissed off. I've decided to do OPKs this month although I'm pretty sure when I ovulate. I am also considering looking into IVF but I'm not sure whether that would be an expensive mistake due to my age. I'm not ready to stop trying but at the same time, it never happening has a detrimental affect on me. Meh!

I should say I got a cold in the tww and it was a very early symptom.

@kirinm I think mine is just a general cold although I've had it for 2 weeks on and off now.

Sorry that you got a BFN 😭 have you ever used the clearblue digital opks? We've used them the last couple of cycles (had also used them previously with no luck though). No harm in looking into IVF, at least then you'll have explored all avenues xx

I can't remember if you've ever said, have you had tests done to check egg quality, your OH's swimmers etc?

I've used the clear blue OPKs when I was testing regularly. I've bought some more for this month. I don't think working out when I ovulate is the issue though tbh. My body gives me pretty good signs.

I haven't had any tests, no. I am going to call my GP and see if they'd be willing to do some blood tests. I don't feel very optimistic though. I think they'll just say I'm too old. If not, I think I'll try and get some taken privately.

@whambam89

I can't remember if you've ever said, have you had tests done to check egg quality, your OH's swimmers etc?

DP has never had any tests. He's a lot younger and we have our DD and have got pregnant before (miscarriages) so I think I've always assumed he's probably okay.

Might see how he feels about getting tested.

@kirinm I used the clear blue digital opk and despite my body giving out ovulating signs, I actually got my peak a week after my body said I should’ve had it when we conceived Francesca.

Might just have been a coincidence tbough.

@kirinm my GP was quite quick in getting us a referral to the fertility clinic, they did my bloods to check egg quality and also checked my partner's sperm count. No harm in giving them a call x

Aaand I've just had 2 positive lateral flow tests 😭😭

Oh no! @whambam89

The good news is I don't think it is a major issue in the first trimester but what that probably doesn't make you feel much better.

Fingers crossed you start to feel better quickly.

@kirinm Google doesn't have much information on covid and first trimester, I'm terrified it's going to do some harm 😭 I worked in a doctor's surgery for over a year in the middle of a pandemic, start working from home and get it just as I find out I'm pregnant after 2 years of trying... Couldn't make it up 😭

@whambam89 try not to panic as hard as I know that will be! I tested positive for covid at 5 weeks pregnant too and Jessie has no ill affects at all. This was in December last year before any vaccinations and I was really ill for nearly 2 months (my asthma medication was tripled). On the day I left isolation after 2 weeks I went for a private 7 week scan and saw a little heart beat so despite still feeling shocking ill myself baby hadn't even noticed. The ideal would be to not get covid at all but if you are going to catch it pregnant the first trimester is probably the best time. It wasn't nice to have at the same time as morning sickness though 🙈. I hope you feel better soon!

@kirinm my OH did a sperm test we bought online so it could be worth getting one of those as a first test. I think the one we got was around £40. The couples private fertility tests we were booked to start when I fell with Jessie were £600

@SS123456 thank you so much that's made me feel much better. Luckily my first day out of isolation is the day out 6 week scan is booked for.
Nausea kicked in yesterday at just the right time so now every time I cough I heave 🙈

I know these shouldn't be used to make sure everything is ok but it's eased my mind a bit seeing 3+ this morning

@whambam89 I think the real risk with catching it pregnant is to the mother so hopefully all is fine 😊. I know that if I had caught it later in the pregnancy when I was already short of breath I would have been very ill as it was bad enough in the first trimester. Are you fully vaccinated? How are you feeling? At least baby will get some good antibodies!

@whambam89 the coughing drove me mad! It completely destroyed my pelvic floor before the pregnancy had barely began! 🙈

@SS123456 it's just hard not to worry isn't it! I am fully vaccinated, got my vaccines pretty early as I was working at the doctor's at the time. I could feel worse, it's kind of like a bad cold with a horrible cough and a lot of aching 😂

Hopefully it will pass quickly @whambam89

I've called my GP about getting some tests done. I'll speak to them on Friday. If they won't do anything then I'll have to go private.

@kirinm great news that you've got the ball rolling!

@SS123456 any tips for how to deal with this horrific cough whilst not being able to take anything for it?! My mum very kindly doorstep dropped some benylin off earlier as she doesn't know yet 🙃

@whambam89 I found putting a slice of lemon and some honey in hot water would ease it a bit