Anyone in very early pregnancy?

[Rejjie]

Hi everyone,

I found out on Saturday that I'm expecting my first child and it's still taking a while to sink in. After having the 21 day blood test in February, I was told I was not ovulating and was given some drugs to encourage ovulation. Well, I didn't get round to taking them as my period never arrived. The irony is that I was most probably already pregnant whilst trying not to get upset at the bad news from the doctor!

After months of worry, stress and upset it feels surreal to be pregnant. It's hard to doubt as I've had so many symptoms; super smell, cramps, horrifically emotional (even more than usual!) and my personal favourite; being so all over the place that I threw my car keys in the bin! Unfortunately I realised this 3 hours after the bin bags had been collected. I'm trying not to worry but it's so hard not to think about something going wrong. I'm 41 in May and I think this is exacerbating it as the statistics never look good and I feel it's a case of last chance saloon.

I'm sure that I'm not alone in my concerns or my impatience to want to know if everything is ok. It would be great to hear how everyone else is doing. I'm now almost 5 weeks and due in December. If there is anyone close to Colchester in a similar situation, I would really like to meet up. I only moved here late last year and, as my job has taken me away a lot, I haven't really got to know too many people apart from my lovely husband.

Good luck to you all and I hope you have happy pregnancies.

Hi Rejjie

I also found out on Saturday that I am expecting my first child and will be due around 15 December.

I was taking fertility drugs and I believe that and pre-seed did the trick for us this month. We had been trying for 2 years (pretty much to the day) when I finally conceived.

I'm 38 and had been worrying that my age was a huge factor against us and that nothing was going to happen naturally without assistance. I genuinely believed that we were going to have to have IVF treatment, of which we were 1 month away from the referral.

I still can't quite believe I am actually pregnant, although the sore boobs are a very big indicator that its real for me, thankfully so far they are the only symptoms I have had, although I do keep getting a nauseaous feeling, but can't decide whether its hunger or I feel sick!.

I also live near colchester.

Give me a pm if you want to chat more.

Lisa

Hi OP, congratulations! I found out yesterday I'm expecting second child, due about 17th December. I'm from Colchester but now live in Norfolk, and I'll be 34 next week. I had a MMC in December at 13 weeks so very anxious at the moment and DP and I are determined not to tell anyone for a long while, so would be nice to talk about it on here at least!

Hi Rejjie and many congratulations!

I'm in a not dissimilar situation. I was told early last year that I had very limited eggs left and a very low AMH count (I'm 39 and it was apparently very low for my age) so we had pretty much given up on anything happening. When we found out we both ran round the whole of that first weekend like startled rabbits - my head was like it was filled with ping pong balls. It took at least two weeks to sink in.

I am currently 9+2 and still finding it difficult not to worry about a million and one things that could happen between now and my EDD (17th Nov). However, I am also immensely grateful that it has finally happened when we never thought it would, and trying to focus on the fact that today he/she is still here. I am currently oscillating between trying to be patient for my 12 week scan which is still 23 looong days away and wondering whether or not we should pay for any early one just to set my mind at rest.

Either way, try to enjoy things as much as possible . You are pregnant!

Welcome to the boards . You might also want to have a look at the ante-natal boards and the due in December one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/antenatal_clubs/2030276-December-2014-anyone-else-yet

xx

Thank you for the messages and congratulations and good wishes to you all.

I really look forward to hearing more from you all as this strange and wonderful journey progresses.

Thisisimpossible: Thanks for the link. Quite a lot to trawl through but good to know that we all have the same feelings and fears.