The October Baby Bus

[arabella36]

Will anyone join a new baby bus with me?

I just got a BFP this morning so its very early days for me, but I'm so excited I thought what the hell, I'll head straight for the pregnancy thread anyway

If all goes according to plan this will be DC2 and due on 2nd October. Ive enjoyed being on the October TTC bus so I thought it would be fun to continue over here.

Congratulations to the new ladies :) it must be the evening for over analysis...for the first time in 2 weeks I am not feeling dizzy and sick...so have spent the last hour convinced something has gone pear shaped. For those of us on this thread who've done this before - can I just ask how do you stop the worries? I know I am being irrational (then think, but am I??)

Thanks for welcoming me, I too started panicking today as I took ibuprofen before I knew, my DP calmed me down, and this will be my third, I also had a smear this month so have panicked over that, I am having very little symtoms but I am paranoid I am going to miscarry as well so I guess it shows I am happy about my surprise .

The worry IME does not go away I am afraid, it just changes My only symtom ATM is my DD has suddenly turned into a crocodile so hoping my boobs wont be sore for long oh and tired very tired.

Thanks crawlinginmyskin, at least I know I am not mad :)

Hello again everyone, especially the new ones waves Sorry about lack of responses, but went away for the weekend.

I will find out about my blood test tomorrow (Tuesday my time as is a bank holiday here) and yes, started to go crazy with waiting. When I found out I had to wait I did not one, but TWO, tests (hides head in shame) and both of them did not work! So, I still am none the wiser, but the cramps are gone and haven't had any bleeding so am slowly getting hopes up.

THB I am so glad to have this thread, it's hard having something so big in your life that you can't really talk to anyone in RL about.

Oh and this one, all going well, will be my first

Hello all - I started a thread over on Ante-natal Clubs and Arabella very kindly came over and invited me to join you here.

Nice to 'meet' others in the same boat. I got the faintest of faint positives a week ago and have been testing obsessively ever since! I can tell you that the Amazon 50-sticks-for-£7 are pretty crap, First Response being much more sensitive.

This was our second cycle TTC, and I was pretty confident it was going work as I ovulated at 8.15pm on my way home from work, pounced on DH as I flew in the door and had the sperm in the right place by 10! Would have been seriously pissed off if I then had not been up-duffed.

No real symptoms yet, apart from waking up with a burning starving hungry feeling each morning. My mum had nine months of solid hyperemesis with me so I have my fingers crossed that will not be my fate.

Hi I phoned up the MW today and as I am uncertain of dates have a appointment for Monday, however I was also informed that I will need to go in for a flu jab, but I have very little time to decide as they are pushing for me to have it now so thought I would let you know so you can take longer to look it up and decide for yourself I felt it was kind of sprung on me.

Hello ladies...
Can I also tentatively join you?
I've been lurking about the ante natal clubs thread to see if an October thread would appear but I accidentally found one here!

arabella I was on the October bus with you earlier. Got a faint BFP at 12DPO that I actually thought was evap line then stronger one at 13 and 14DPO but they are still faint.

I am knicker checking all the time too because my last BFP started to fade daily at this stage and it was all over after a few weeks sadly :( so I kinda didn't get all over excited when I saw the proper lines over the last few days.

I also have only told DH (and all of you on here) because I am terrified this isn't going to work out. I am trying to think positive but I am a bit numb just now - anyone know what I mean?

Anyways, congrats to everyone here and I hope we'll all be on this bus all the way to our due dates with healthy, happy pregnancies.

Oh, I meant to add I also have a DS age 2 so this will be our DC2. I'm so nervous already and it's not even BFP on a digital yet! Eeeep!

Meant to ask - is anyone else getting lower back pain on one side? I didn't even know I was PG with DS1 at this stage so I'm not sure what you are supposed to be feeling this early.

I do remember fainting briefly on the train to work and no one noticed because we were all crammed together so tightly standing, they probs thought I had just lost my balance and fell against them so I was just propped up for a minute! I also remember being sure I had food poisoning or a virus at first and then when I got BFP I was like "Oooooooooh! I get it now!"

crawling, don't worry about the ibuprofen, it's likely that it has to be more regular use than just a one-off for it to cause problems. You can always tell your midwife about it for some nice "official" reassurance!

Penelope - I'm glad things are sounding positive now. Hope all is well tomorrow.

Molly - hello and welcome

tamashii - I got one-sided back pain a couple of days ago too. Sorry about your early mc:-(
Re this pregnancy - all the info says that the vast majority of people that happens to go on to have healthy pregnancies. I'm sure you'll feel more confident once a wee bit of time passes. Have to admit, I can't wait for a couple of weeks to pass so I can feel more sure of things.

Tamashii I haven't had any back pain, but I do have an occasional grumbling pain (similar to AF pains), and had a couple of sharp twinges today which scared me a little.
Has anyone had their first doctors appointment yet? I've booked mine in for Friday morning. Anyone know what to expect?

Hello all, and congratulations! I found out yesterday I am pregnant (woo hoo!) with my second baby - due on 1st Oct. Slightly apprehensive as I miscarried at 7 weeks in November, but so thankful to have conceived again so quickly, and feeling quite positive so see how we go....

Tamashii I haven't had any back pain, but haven't really had any symtoms except pain in my lower stomach.

My good news is that by blood test came back positive, so am still pregnant! My dr wants me to have a couple more tests to make sure I remain so, but am feeling much happier about it all. I think 50% excited and 50% nervous that something will go wrong ...

So to answer your q Ninunina when I went to the dr the test she gave me came back negative, hence the blood tests. It seems like a very drawn out process, I asked what I should do in the meantime and she said "take folic acid and relax".

daimbardiva sorry about your MC in Nov.

Thanks Arabella I know it is probably nothing to worry over but that wont stop me however I feel better today I did a digital test Sunday and it said 1-2 weeks I did another this morning and it said 2-3 weeks so my hormones must be increasing which is a good sign yes? although I know they are not that accurate.

Ninunina I'm in Scotland so I don't know if GP's here are different but my GP appt with DS (would be about 3 yrs ago) went kind of like this:
T: I think I'm PG..
GP: Did you do HPT?
T: Yes, it was positive. Very positive!
GP: Well, congratulations then! Erm... was it planned?
T: Yes!!!
GP: Ok and have you been taking folic acid?
T: Yes
GP: When was ur last period
T: (gave him rough estimate of date)
GP: (got dating chart out to work out due date)
T: So... what now?
GP: I will refer you to the midwife unit and they will get back in touch with you. They deal with all maternity health care so you are unlikely to see me again during your pregnancy

AND that was it. No bloods, no further testing just "wait for your booking in appt".

It seems to be different depending on your GP, the area you live in and whether you've been TTC with clomid or something like that. Was that at all helpful?

CrawlingInMySkin Glad your tests are getting stronger. All this early testing... It's expensive isn't it!!!

I tested again this morning. I think I am now 15 or 16 DPO and the line is darker than yesterday but still not as dark as the control line... Does it take long to get as dark as the control line? I guess it's down to exactly when implantation actually occurred and I think that wasn't too long ago for me since I may have mistaken implantation bleeding (which was minute spotting) for onset of AF which was only a week ago...

It's so hard not to obsess

Tamishii On this one even though digital says 2-3 weeks my test line is still not as strong as my control line, I think the main thing is for hormones to increase but different women have different hormone levels so that is why increasing is what is important (at least that is what they told me on DS suspected ectopic) which yours are so that is good. Oh god yes buying tests is awful expensive.

Hello ladies,

Welcome to all the new pregnant passengers :)

I've been a bit quiet these last few days as I have been driving myself silly with worry. AAm 4 weeks pregnant today (AF would have been due today but obviously hasn't arrived) On Sunday afternoon had a tiny bit of light brown discharge and another teaspoonful yesterday lunchtime which was more light pink. Hoping it was just implantation. Still have a few af type cramps but I've had these since last weekend and had them in last pregnancy so don't think they mean anything.

No discharge yet today, well only some clear stuff, sorry if tmi! So just really hoping that all is ok, I'm feeling very stressed even though I know that this is very common in early pregnancy.

Thinking of buying another clearblue digi to see if it now says 2-3 but not sure how I will feel if it still says 1-2.

Boobs feeling more sore today so guess that can only be a good sign!

I've booked a docs appt aswell. Mine is on Sat so will be 4+4 hopefully.

Hope everyone else is doing ok :)

A nervous muffins xx

Don't do it muffins!!!!

You'll drive yourself insane with the digital as at this stage it could easily be expected to still be 1-2weeks, and then you will catastrophize. Give it another week

Morning to all and congratulations to all the newcomers :)

Tamashii you are so right its really hard not to obsess over every little twinge I am exactly the same as had some quite bad twinge this morning but they seem to have passed hopefully. DH said I was exactly the same last time eek!
Muffins pls try not to worry could def be implant bleeding.
:)

I read on mums net that the amazon cheapie tests were at least as sensitive as FR etc. Well, they're NOT! It took ages fir the line to get darker. In fact today is the first day I've had a decent line with them (15DPO). The branded tests had good lines before AF due to arrive.

Rant over.

For, not fir!

Arabella I agree with you entirely! My Amazon cheapies are only registering proper positives now, at 21DPO, when First Response was positive at 12DPO. Anyone reading this, do not bother with cheapies.

I've got a doctor's appointment for Thursday, when I'll be five weeks. Have already been practising my spiel as to why I will not be having the flu vaccination.

Oh, why are you choosing not to have the vaccine Molly? I don't think I will as the flu season has peaked I think.

Did have it last year when pg with dc1, but that was a different time of year

Tamashi had exactly same experience with my GP first time round (also in Scotland) so will be going striahgt to midwife this time.

muffins fingers crossed for you.

I've found First Response tests to be v reliable. Also Boots own.

I second daimbar's FR recommendation