Ovulation/TTC thread 4!

[hoola23]

@Aims1991 @CShandy01 @GemB03 @MrsRosaline @newtolineofduty @plantbasedlondoner

New thread as the other one is about to go!! Defo forgotten a few peeps! Please add ladies!

@hoola23 hehe I'm the opposite (now I'm feeling well!) x I'm not ready for the sleepless nights again! Xxx

@newtolineofduty @hoola23 5DPO. 😩 Seems to be going soooo slowly.

Good luck for the anomaly scan; chances are it'll be all fine! 🤞🏻

@hoola23 I'm doing ok thanks. Had my scan yesterday which I did think was too early and I was right only 11 weeks so they will get me back in a week or so for another. Everything was good but they couldn't do all the testing because I wasn't 12 weeks, but frustrating but means I get another scan soon.

@MrsRosaline oh those are the worst days aren't they as you start to look for the dreaded signs!! Stay strong!! Are we testing this month or going with the flow? Xx

@Aims1991 oh that's annoying! Why did they book it that early when they knew your dates?! Still, it's nice to see baby again in a week or so! X

@hoola23 no idea🤷🏻‍♀️ she was really annoyed about it🙄 and I felt bad even though it wasn't my fault

I know @hoola23!! 7DPO now. Tbh I don't have any symptoms really. Last month I was symptom spotting like mad! This cycle I'm just going with it a bit more. I'm not sure if I'll test... Need someone to make a pact with 😂

How are you feeling now??

@MrsRosaline oh I so hope this is your month!!! I was so useless with the not testing, those cheapies always came out at like 8dpo 🤣🤣🤣

I'm feeling so much better I can't even explain how good it feels! I still feel sick but I'm not vomiting and have had energy to cook a meal and deep clean the house which I'm so pleased about! I know the sickness will come back though so just enjoying it while I can!! X

How is everyone doing!?

Any symptoms this month @MrsRosaline?

I'm getting loads of period twinges, back pain and heartburn at the moment. Pregnancy is such fun 🙄 looking forward to my scan next week though. Preying everything is normal as I STILL have spotting!

9DPO today @hoola23. I might test tomorrow morning... you'd think 10DPO it would show by then! No real symptoms to report.

My back killed throughout! It's never been the same actually 😂 I'm sure everything is fine. Especially if you're still having those symptoms. How many weeks are you now? X

@MrsRosaline crossing everything for you!

@hoola23 I have terrible back ache too! I think baby boy is laying on a nerve or something! I also noticed today how bloated my legs and feet are! I'm clearly retaining so much water and I'm only half way through! Xx

@MrsRosaline I always tested at 10dpo but it is still soooo early so you never know. I was quite strict though, if it wasn't positive at 10dpo I knew I was prob out. Didn't stop me testing every day after though 🤣🤣

I'lol be 12 weeks on Friday. I have to be honest, I hate everything about pregnancy so far. I hope that doesn't make me a terrible person but it's the truth and I know how desperate people feel when they're not pregnant because that was also me but so far I hate it! I hear about all these people feeling great when pregnant and I just don't get how. Maybe im just a weakling 🤣

@newtolineofduty ouch! Mine feels more muscular probably things stretching I guess

Oh god the swollen feet does not sound fun! I get that when I go on holiday sometimes if I don't drink enough water abs too much alcohol 🤣 makes my feet really itchy too! Are swollen ankles something the midwife needs to know about? I'm sure I read that somewhere?!

I agree @hoola23 i think if it's not positive by 10DPO you must be out!

It definitely doesn't make you a terrible person. I HATED being pregnant which is why DD is over 4 and still an only child.

Hopefully you'll start to enjoy it soon @hoola23! I'll look in to the swollen ankle thing! X

@MrsRosaline crossing everything for you! If it's not this month, it won't be too long I'm sure

So glad you said that! I'm pretty confident mine will be an only child at this rate 🤣

Hi everyone! So sorry to have been AWOL recently. It's been crazy busy with work and we've had a lot of work at home being done, so I feel I'm either a teacher, a builder, a mum or a wife 😂😂 and DD isn't sleeping well so it's just hard with the lack of sleep.

How is everyone doing? So lovely to hear how everyone is progress in! @hoola23 glad to hear you're not being sick anymore! That's a good sign in that the hormones are levelling out 🙂🙂 usually happens from 12 weeks onwards. @Aims1991 that's so frustrating about your scan! It's actually crazy how wrong they can get their dates! At least you've got another one booked in 🙂 @newtolineofduty will you be finding out the gender of this little one?? @MrsRosaline how many dpo are you now? Crossing all my fingers and toes for you!!

We've got our 12 week scan on Monday. Met my midwife last Sunday and she was lovely, was better than my first midwife last time! Forgot they take about 3 vials of blood from you so that made me feel grim. Still at least I was in my own home! She was saying how I might have to go under consultant care because I had a forceps delivery last time, but turns out I don't...so that was a bit of a worrying 48 hours! Xxx

@hoola23 I've just read your post about it enjoying pregnancy. Honestly I can completely understand. With DD I was being sick everyone morning for about 14-16 weeks and I had no energy. This time I have to eat every 2 hours otherwise I feel grim. It's different in that I've actually only been physically sick 3 times (and once was after I had eaten far too much because I went too long without food), and I actually want to eat different types of foods (with DD it was literally bland carbs for 3 months as that was all I could stomach). I honestly don't know how people love pregnancy either, but equally, I've known people who have had it was worse than me.

I'm dreading the itching stretch marks and swollen feet in summer. My feet were that bad I actually felt water seeping out of them in the sofa!!! Xxx

@CShandy01 hey lovely!

Omg water dripping out of your feet. Please tell me that's an exaggeration!!!!!!!!! I fear it's not! 🤣 yeah I just feel gross all the time, I look like a whale. Well a bigger whale than I was before I got pregnant, tired, sick etc etc and only bloody 12 weeks so far!

@hoola23 honestly it's true!! It was say with my feet up (around 33 weeks pregnant) and I went to DH "...why is the sofa wet?!" And I lifted up my feet and my heels were wet from where water was coming out from them.

....even worse, after I had DD I was given far too much fluid before and after epidural, to the point where my feet were so swollen they started to split a bit and water was seeping out. It didn't hurt at all, but I have scars on the top of one foot from that 🤢🤢 xxx

@hoola23 I'd like to point out that I had put on 3 stone in that pregnancy and I was big to begin with, so I was rather large at this point 😂😂 I am desperate to be more careful in this one. I'm lucky that I can stomach healthy foods like fruit and veg. So far no weight gain (half a pound here and there but lose it quickly) xxx

@CShandy01 OMG! That actually sounds like something out of a sci fi film! You poor thing!! Another thing to look forward too I guess!

Agh bet you can't wait @CShandy01! We had a private well-being scan afew weeks back and found out it was a boy then!!!! Xxx

@CShandy01 that sounds very bizarre!! I also was very swollen... but I never leaked 😂😂 I would also like to be more careful as I gained quite a bit, but I was so sick all I could stomach was stodgy every 2 hours.

Totally chickened out of testing this morning. I just didn't want to know 🤦🏻‍♀️ 10DPO today.

@newtolineofduty @hoola23 @CShandy01 I did a digital test - positive! So then I did a FRER and I'm freaking out a bit because the second line took ages to show and is very faint. 😬 What do you think? I'm worried about another miscarriage.