First time TTC?!! Let's get through this together!! Part 3

[summerbird]

A new thread for us to carry on.

Bring on the BFPs!!!

x

Morning everyone,

Just popped on quickly to send a message to Michaela, try not to worry too much hun. Brown blood is generally good blood because it's old. A lot of people get bleeding around the time that their AF would have been due, could you possibly fall into this category? Also, you may be imagining the pain is worse than it actually is because of the brown blood. You may have been feeling it slightly anyway (as your uterus moves and grows) and it just feels worse now because of the blood.

Hope it has eased this morning, but get yourself checked out if you are at all worried. You might get an early view of your little bean!!

Feeling a bit nervous today about the amnio, but at least I'll be someone who can give people a REAL view of the differences between a CVS and an Amnio because I would have had both in a matter of weeks!!

Anyway, hope everyone else is well, I'll catch up with you all later and let you know how it went...

xxx

Bubba i would be concerned if you werent of even your closest friends babies, it is perfectly natural and one of those crap emotions you have to go through. You have been really strong so you should give yourself a pat on the back - and promise me you get bladdered on NYE - for me! as DH and I will be sat in our PJ's with a cup of tea watching Jools Holland!!

Dawn congrats on the house, and i am thinking of you today, it will be all over this time next week.

fairy isnt it amazing telling everyone, what an extra special christmas you are having!

Big waves to all our frolickers and mini mammas. Hope you are all having a lovely festive break (or at work like me mooching on MN!!)

Babydust for all *

Thinking of you Dawn I hope all goes well today xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi there,

Well, we had the amnio today and it was fine. They don't give you a local anaesthetic which I wasn't expecting so when they put in the needle I just thought that it was an anaesthetic that was more painful than the previous one and took longer, so it was a nice surprise when they finished and said that the amnio was done. It wasn't as painful as the CVS and over in about a minute, so much easier.

I've had absolutely no pain afterwards at all, no cramps or anything, so I'm really pleased about that. Looks like we may get the results on Friday aswell so we're keeping everything crossed.

Michaela, how are you feeling hun? Any more bleeding?

Hope everyone else is Ok.

xxx

thats weird - when i posted last i didnt see dawn and michaelas last posts. so i apologise for missing your message michaela but i agree with dawn - i too had a bleed and it was around 10 weeks - i also panicked and was very worried but the MW told me to rest and sure enough i was fine. How are you today?

dawn glad the amnio is over, you are a little trooper!

So how are our TTCers? I hope you werent too good over the festive break and had plenty of booze is anyone ready to test then? who is on the 2WW??

Hi girls

Hope you?re all good.

Michaela hope the bleeding has stopped and that you?re feeling OK.

Dawn glad the amnio went smoothly?. Fingers crossed for you for Friday.

Summerbird thanks for your message. It was more difficult because it wasn?t a friend, but my sister?s sister in law (if you still follow me!), which made my sister an aunt again, but not by me . And they also chose a name for the baby girl which was on our list .

I have been drinking this month whilst TTCing but I?ve also been the taxi driver on most of the nights out (my work?s do, my dad?s birthday, Christmas day and boxing day)? buy have still managed to enjoy some vino over the festive period! I will defos be having some vino on NYE too!

I?m on the dreaded 2WW now? AF due in around a week?s time?.and not feeling overly optimistic for this month? but I?m thinking 2009 will be our year though

Bubbap, keeping everything crossed for your this month hun - wouldn't it be great to have a BFP for the beginning of 2009!!

Where's Michaela, I'm getting a bit worried now...

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hello hello i'm here - thanks for the good wishes all, it seems to have stopped now and i'm not too worried, it wasn't much blood so i'll just wait for the letter to come through from the hospital saying when i have my introductory midwife meeting thing.

thanks for the concern though.

Hi All,

Michaela, so glad that the bleeding has stopped, sounds like just a glitch, I'm sure that everything will be fine now - you must be so relieved!!

Well, two days and counting until the results come in. I've just had a long chat with my Mum, who like everyone else, is convinced that our little one is going to be just fine and she does tend to be right about most things. I'm just so scared that if it's not Ok, the decision that I will have to make will be so heartbreaking and I don't know that I'll get over it, ever. She did say that if the worst does happen, my brother's GF's Mum (still with me?), had to also make a terrible decision. She found out at 16 weeks pregnant, that she had breast cancer. The decision was that she had to terminate the pregnancy to stay alive for her other two children, or continue with the pregnancy and leave all three children motherless. There was nothing wrong with the baby at all. I can't imagine what she went through.

Anyway, I shouldn't be miserable on New Years Eve I know!! So, how is going to parties tonight?!

DH and I are just staying in and having a quiet one this year. At least I'm managing to stay up longer these days - I can sometimes make it to 11pm without falling asleep - unheard of normally!! So hopefully I can make it to midnight!!

Hope you all have wonderful plans and those TTC can see 2009 as an exciting year. Lots of BFPs all around please!!

xxx

Hey All,

Just wanted to jump on and tell you all our wonderful news!!

WE GOT THE ALL CLEAR FROM THE AMNIO TODAY!!!!

We are so thrilled and can now start to enjoy our little one - I may even have half a glass of champagne tonight to celebrate!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone and for those TTC, I hope it's a "reproductive" one!!!

xxxx

Dawn OMG OMG OMG!!!! What fantastic news, so, so thrilled for you I think your news is a good omen for us all for 2009... defos have a glass of champers tonight to celebrate!

Wishing you all a very HAPPY new year... let's hope that 2009 is a great year, with lots of BFPs and bouncing babies!

Lots of extra special 2009 baby dust for us all

Dawn thats fantastic, have a fantastic New Year celebrating

dawn fantastic news!! What a great start to the new year! xx

Dawn I cried when i got your message - me and DH (bless him) are absolutely THRILLED for you and your DH.

Here's to a positive 2009 for us all.

Bucketloads of babydust and sticky babydust for our ladies ***

oops and michaela good news that your bleeding has stopped!

Hi guys - we got our letter from the hospital today to say that we are at low risk of Downs and Spina Bifida. We are so relieved but can move on now and enjoy the pregnancy!

Happy new year! x

Hi All,
Just got back from A&E this morning. I had a very minute amount of bleeding yesterday. I put it to the back of my mind but then made the mistake of googling and finally asked on here in pregnancy and terrified myself. Phoned midwife this morning who said it could be a threatened miscarriage and to go to A&E. They were going to refer me to gyne but when they spoke to them with my symptoms they said they were happy for me to go home. EPU will contact me on Monday morning to get an update on my symptoms and arrange a scan. It really was a tiny bit of brown discharge and i've had no unusual cramps or anything and no bleeding since so i'm not overly worried now i've been sent home. Flippin stressful this pregnancy lark!

fairy when it happened to me I rang the MW who said to rest and keep an eye on things, if it was a one off (which it was) then i would be fine. If it was last night then it sounds like you are fine hun, but take it easy for a couple of days.

Thanks summerbird for the reassurance, i need to stop reading the horror stories! It was just a one off so far and was such a tiny amount i can't believe it can be too serious. I expected the midwife i spoke to to say the same thing as yours but when she said threatened miscarriage i almost burst into tears. I would have started my period this weekend if i wasn't pregnant so it could just be that. Either way a scan to put my mind at ease will be very welcome.

Hey Fairy just wanted to let you know I had a similar thing too about 3 times! paniced the life out of me despite the TINY amount. All was ok though. Am 23 weeks today and buba is still there - had scan on weds to prove it!!

hi all-fairyI'm glad they have put your mind a ease. I think it's always better to check these things then sit and worry. I hope everything is okay from now on.

I'm going to ask a really silly question now but here goes! When counting your cycle length (now I finally have one!) do you count from the first day of AF until the start of next AF or is it from the end of one until the start of the next one?? Xx

Hi ya crunchy glad to hear the cycle has kicked in!!! Its from the first day of AF to the first day of the next one. - Hope your cycle goes missing for an altogether different reason

Helllooooo everyone!!

Happy new Year!! sorry i have been a bit vacant lately!!

Dawn fantastic news , i am so happy for you and same for you aswell summer you can both now relax and thoroughly enjoy being pregnant!!

Bubbap its perfectly normal to feel i found out on new years eve that one of my friends is 8 wks pregnant. I grinned and beared it, then got absolutely plastered and balled my eyes out to my sister and mam!!

I am now on CD15 and am on my last month of clomid. So me and DP started very well this month even bd'd twice on cd13, which is unusual for us ha ha cos we are lazy!! However i usually ovulate D14 and we never BD'd at all yesterday. I had promised to babysit for my cousins 7 wk old baby so never got chance!! We have just had argument today cos I am now in a stroppy mood as I feel like I really wanted to give it my all this month, and DP doesnt seem as bothered as I do. I am so angry and upset with him that I feel like forgetting about this month and finding another DP by next month!! Ha ha only joking!!

Does anyone else ever feel like this?? I don't know if I put too much pressure on sometimes!!

Anyway rant over, hopefully this isn't a start of things to come for 2009!!
Sorry for the long moan!!

Hope everyone else is well and feeling positive for this year!!

xx

thanks hever! I thought that was right :-) soni think I'm on day 19 now then- as you know I had 4 AF's practically one after another (between 2/5 days between each!) but my last one ended Christmas eve so I'm thinking that's good!! It's funny you should say that though-I'm secretly hopeful it won't show and Ill have some good news soon. I've had an outbreak of spots (which as I said before is unusual but it did happen whenI had the hormonal surge after stopping DP but not since so that's been a while!) and I've been really moody and keep picking on my poor DH (I have had a crap couple of weeks though so It could just be stress-without depressing you too much I lost another uncle just before christmas and funeral was new years eve and my sister in law has been rushed in with meningitis so not the most peaceful Christmas!) HOWEVER- I do have a really painful breast, it's lumpy and tender but only really one so fingers crossed it's not just AF coming back!

Aw crunchy i am so sorry, you have had a pretty rough time of it lately so i am sending you hugs, my condolences to your family. However you sound pretty positive about 2009 and here's hoping you dont get day one of your next AF - for all the right reasons!!

vix blub away to us hun - you are entitled to a weep every now and again - although maybe you could have that fantastic make up BD and create more vix's!!

hever woo hoo on the scan - you are over halfway there now lady!

HOpe you all had a fab weekend x