The Hopeful Hearts Circle 1 - December 2025🎄💖

[Iris2024]

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Welcome to a wishful December 🎄🤍💞

Good luck for all your scans @Blondepeach @ttcnumerodos and @lepoissonM ❤️ how exciting!

Im 7DPO today and please tell me why I’m sat in the car on the school run looking at baby names 😂 I’ve officially lost it!!

I have had my list of names ready for years 😄. What are your favourites?

I do look at and sometimes buy baby clothes when I go in Charity shops so I beat you in the lost it competition 😃

Sorry I'm back after being AWOL thanks to the ad blocker on my WiFi at home. But I don't know what to think. Tested at 11 and 12 dpo. Negative. Looked the day after and thought that's a squinter so tested again 13dpo. Faint positive. Tested again 14 dpo negative. Thought it's another chemical. Afternoon of 14 dpo AF arrived.

Today CD6 did and LH test. Blazing positive. Which I thought can't be right. Did another with my next wee. Blazing positive. So did a pregnancy test. Positive. Even broke out a frer. Darker test line than control. I've just bled for 5 days. Not sure how it compared to a normal period as I used period pants for the first time. Sorry for the language but what the fuck. Was supposed to let the hospital know asap to start aspirin, progesterone and heparin. Fuck.

Don't panic @Esssa - and congratulations! Hopefully if you want a bit of reassurance, you can offered some. Hcg repeat testing just to make sure things are progressing as expected?

I've been exactly where you are - thought I'd had my period, only to test positive after blazing opks. It's a massive head-fk but a welcome surprise!

1dpo for me today I think... We've DTD pretty much every other day for the last week, with a couple of consecutive days in there so we've given it a good go. Now to wait...

Definitely panicking and absolutely don't trust it will have a good outcome at this point but I do have everything crossed. Will ring first thing Monday and hopefully they will be able to blood test for some clarity.

Fingers crossed for you @Taysonic Sounds like a good effort.

Wow! tentative congratulations@Esssa💕

I've had this too @Esssa- definitely a head fuck! Tentative congratulations and hope you get reassurance from blood tests!

I've never requested bloods before, is it something they do quite freely? I stupidly did a test after a 1 hour hold last week, not even fmu (whhyyyyy 🤦🏻‍♀️) and the line was really light. Hadn't been testing every day so never had a dye stealer and now I'm just thinking chemical. Although I have just thrown up. Roll on Wednesday for this scan, I'm spiralling 🥴 xx

There is still on and off bleeding/coloured discharge so I'm not entirely sure what is going on. Started progesterone pessaries last night as I have some left from my previous pregnancy as advised by RMC at st James's. Which I think is helping reduce the bleeding but still very unsure of what is going on in there. Feeling uncomfortable in my lower belly which could be precursor to a loss or possibly from the progesterone. Who knows. Love just throwing yourself at all the possibilities body first and then having to ride it out either way.

That sounds like one hell of an emotional roller-coaster. Glad you've already got some progesterone to start off the process and hope the next week provides some good news and reassurance. Either way, we're here.

Thanks. I'm getting closer to saying enough is enough if this doesn't work out. But part of me still can't let go of having another child. Am I right in thinking that the pessaries can cause an uncomfortable feeling or not? Last pregnancy didn't work out and actually stopped progressing only 2 days after I started them so I don't know what was medicine caused and what was impending loss.

@Esssait took me a few days to get used to the progesterone as they made me feel quite bloated. It seemed to settle (been taking them just under 3 weeks now) and then yesterday I got SO constipated - sorry TMI! I then had some brown dishcharge when I went for a wee in the night which has sent me into a bit of a spiral. But have read that progesterone can cause a bit of irritation, so who knows. Hopefully you can get a blood test and maybe an early scan? x

@Esssa The progesterone was quite bad the first time I took it, I had so many side effects. This time, I barely had any. Your body gets used to it.

I am on day 11 of my 2WW, I can test Wednesday. I have felt so dissociate this time, it's weird. Like I don't even want to hope and I am just going through the motions.

@Blondepeach I was told that too about progesterone, it can cause irritation.

Hi Ladies,

How are you all doing?

We had a healthy 8 week scan this morning and honestly I still can't quite believe it, I honestly can't thank you enough for all your support over the last few months, wishing more than anything you all get your BFPs soon ❤

xx

@LuckyDuck93 Congrats! I'm so happy for you.

Lovely news @LuckyDuck93- delighted for you and hope you're feeling ok 💖

@LuckyDuck93thats incredible news 💐 so happy for you!

Feeling an absolute anxious and emotional mess today, my mind just keeps going over them telling me bad news at my scan on Thursday. I also had a termination 13 years ago exactly (I was 17) and I just can’t help but think I took it for granted back then that it was actually a pregnancy in the right place, even though I was in an awful relationship and it was the right decision at that moment in time.

Sorry to vent and be a bit of a misery ladies, not looking for any answers but just wanted to put it out there in case anybody is feeling similar on this Monday morning! Hopefully not 😬 x

Congratulations @Esssa ❤️

I also have news at 10DPO.
Done two tests and I’m also pregnant. Just need it to stick now.

@Iris2024 Congratulations!!❤ Fingers crossed for everything going smoothly for you.

@Blondepeach I spent all of last week telling myself the same, absolutely nothing could convince me otherwise, I tried so hard to remember that worrying wasn't going to change the outcome, but it's easier said than done isn't it. Definitely be kinder to yourself, it's an emotional rollercoaster x

Thank you @Blondepeach ❤️ never in a million years thought I would see a positive test when I set this thread up. Lovely news that your 8 week scan went so well 🤍

@Blondepeach It's your anxiety playing tricks with your mind. I hope Thursday come fast for you and you can be reassured.

@Iris2024 Congratulations. So exciting!

Congratulations @Iris2024 everything crossed for you. I'm basically a pretzel at this point 😂

Going to collect heparin and cyclogest from the hospital this afternoon. Now to tell my mum she is having the kids while I go.

This was meant for @LuckyDuck93
my head is everywhere! 😂

@Iris2024 I remember feeling exactly the same when you set the thread up too! Hope you can try to enjoy the coming weeks, I've really struggled with it but seeing a heartbeat this morning has finally made me take a breath and relax a little!