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Tips on how to not test before missed period

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Laria19 · 18/02/2025 17:00

I tested early on my two pregnancies before and had two successful pregnancies then I had an early miscarriage and a chemical miscarriage last year and I was trying my hardest not to test early because of the heartbreak I experienced from the last two times. I’ve been trying this month and hoping I get a positive next month but I don’t know how I am going to stop myself from testing early, I worry so much after having the miscarriages anyone else finding it hard not to test so early x

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LaTable · 21/04/2026 21:49

@Creepyoctopuscan't believe you read the whole thing! Hopefully wherever you are in your journey things are going well 🥰
@curliegirliehow did the school drop off go ?! I've been doing it for a few months now and unfortunately little Annie falls asleep every dammit time 5 minutes before I stop the car on the way there and on the way back 🫠 but then she's had too much sleep to go to bed but not enough to not be grumpy all day
Did you take all three out into London solo?! Well done you! Trying to wrangle them on the tube I can only imagine is lots of fun 😅

LaTable · 06/05/2026 21:08

Solids have started over here, sleep is getting worse, and she's getting madder and madder everyday that she can't move independently yet 😂
Everybody else still thriving?

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Laria19 · 07/05/2026 18:31

@LaTable she is sooooo cute 🥰our little ones are around the same age. Blair is starting solids too and she’s as mad as a brush 😂

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curliegirlie · 07/05/2026 20:13

Freya is now 13 weeks. This evening she’s done nothing but feed and complain/wake up if I attempt to put her in her Moses basket. I think she must be working on a growth spurt! In general, she’s a very smily little girl, loves her sisters, has a very strong neck/head and is clearly desperate to be on the move! She may have rolled over for the first time today 🫣

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LaTable · 11/05/2026 21:35

Hahaha its the 3rd baby syndrome being a bit crazy!

Freya is absolutely beautiful isn't she!
Look at those chunky little arms and cheeks 😍
Well done for ger rolling over! It never gets less exciting all the first milestones 😊

curliegirlie · 11/05/2026 22:33

In retrospect I’m not 100% sure if the rolling was deliberate (possibly happy coincidence), but we’ll see…

LaTable · Yesterday 20:27

Anybody else losing their every loving mind because they have a baby that does. Not. Effing. sleep.

She was up until midnight last night. Then up at 1. 2. 3. And ready for the day at 4.
I'm now two hours into getting her to sleep and I swear I'm going to rip my hair out.
And of course the husband can't cook anymore? Don't know when that happened but now he waits until I've put the baby to bed and I'm like k. Cool. Thanks. I'll cook our dinner too now shall I? But really glad you've watched tv for 3 bloody hours while Annie's been screaming her head off and I've been back and forth bouncing rocking boobing shushing etc etc 🙃 okay
Rant over. You'll find me also not sleeping on the yoga ball with a broken back.

Laria19 · Yesterday 23:36

So sorry to hear your having a hard time with your little one 😭my girl has an irregular sleep pattern, sometimes she can get a good stretch of sleep before she needs a feed and then other nights she’s up a few times. Rolling on her front and then crying because she’s half asleep and can’t roll back over 🫠we’ve had to bring her into our room some because she also likes to wake up at 5/6 sometimes. You are definitely not alone mamma, I also want to tear my hair out sometimes 😅Also tell your husband to get his finger out of his bum😑

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