New thread for TTC graduates - PinkB, MrsmcJ, Bodkin, Fettle, Chooster etc!

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Hello! Thought we should leave those lovely TTCers in peace!!

thanks all for being so nice and trying to reassure me.
i am just REALLY down and PISSED OFF! still got a bit of bleeding today and cramping on and off (not major pain, just enough to be aware of it). i have told so many people myself that bleeding is nothing to worry about in early pg cos i have had it both times before............i told lissie and strangetown...who both went on to lose their babies. so you just never know do you. i am trying not to think about it, so i am stopping myself form going to the toilet evry five minutes (in fact i have only been twice so far today) and i am kind of avoiding coming on here a bit too.

sorry, just feeling really self absorbed and sorry for myself (hopefully for no good reason!)

i have been either bleeding or spotting since about 7 dpo now! i had 2 or 3 days off last week but the rest of the time, there has been something every day. i know its just a waiting game isn't it. i am not going to contact my EPU i am just going to wait until my scan on monday. i dont know if thats stupid or not, but its what i have decided to do.

anyway........i hope all of you lovely ladies are having a good day.

mrs - its crap this isn't it?

Endless ? thank you for sharing your story and for the congratulations. It really means a lot. Especially when I am sure you want to forget about those worries. I really was beginning to relax into it (even looked at buggies!) before this. It is comforting to know that so many experience bleeds in pregnancy and it turns out fine. I guess when you think about it, because many of us were TTC for a while, blood meant it hadn?t worked and we are all terrified of the stuff. The WM did say that in her view a scan before 7 weeks could cause more stress than anything else because they can be inconclusive. It is a waiting game isn?t it. I read at lunchtime that the beanie does a massive growing spurt this week and that there is so much stretching and growing going on that there can be blood. I also read that the risk of miscarriage falls by 15% to 1 in 6 after the 6th week so that made me feel better too. I have to say, I still feel very different, I am not sure if that equates to feeling pregnant or not but all the symptoms I have had for the last 3 weeks are still here and are getting stronger. I actually think my shape is changing a bit too, I know that sounds crazy but I am normally quite nipped in at the waist and I can see it thickening. Unfortunately, I cannot take any time off but I am doing everything on a go slow basis and drinking lots of water.

Greedy ? oh hon, I?m sitting in the virtual ?waiting room for worried? with you (and the magazines are rubbish!) The MW told me that there is no way that I wouldn?t know the difference between bad pain and some twinges, she said if it was bad, it would be really acute. As you say, you never know but the odds are on your side I reckon, you?ve got this far and that?s a great indicator. I just can?t avoid the loo, I?ve been at least once an hour, not to knicker watch but because I need to I think you?ve made a wise decision, Monday is only a few days away, I?m why am I having to wait so long for any reassurance when this is my second bleed? Guess all medical boards are different. Please contact EPU if you get pain Greedy. xx

Sorry you are having such a tough time Greedy - I think your plan sounds perfectly sensible. As you already have a scan booked then you may as well wait it out - I'm not surprised you are giving MN a bit of a miss because whatever people say it wont help you relax. As you say you know as well as any that bleeding in early pregnancy can be normal.

Even if you dont pop in please know that we are thinking of you and in one form or other we can all empathise with what you are feeling.

Good luck xxxxxx

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Mrs MJ / Greedy - I had implantation bleeding at 6weeks. Scared me to death, but it's really much more common than you think. A 6 week scan made me feel much better. Hope you both get good news soon. Try not to worry - know it's really hard.

Thinking of you both xx

Lovely to hear from you Juicy, thanks for the reassurance how are you these days? by the way, I had no probs going cold turkey on the booze when I got my BFP. Stille ating chips?

Greedy - how are you feeling today hon? Has it stopped?

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Hi Firststar ? I?m feeling a bit better about things, more confident that things are still ok. The spotting stopped at lunchtime yest and since then I?ve just had small amounts of organey CM. I am worrying about every ache and pain now again which is annoying because I?d managed to relax about that before yesterday. It?s a long wait until the scan next Friday but I know we?ll get there. I?m almost jealouse of my friend announcing her news at 9weeks before any scans because I just wish I had that confidence. I never thought I?d feel like this, I thought I?d see the BFP and be fine after that, you live and learn! How are you feeling? How?s your back?

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MrsMJ - doing ok here. The worry never stops. I just changes type!! It does get easier after the 12 weeks, but I know what you mean - you think just getting a BFP will make you happy as Larry when actually that's just the start of the worry game! 9 months of worry and THEN the baby arrives and you REALLY start to worry (or so my friends tell me) - what have we started

The scan will give you some peace of mind (and make you cry - be warned!). I have cried at all of mine. PG hormones on overdrive!

BTW - Chips craving has been replaced by chocolate craving Also have the occasional half of lager now I'm in the 2nd trim

Firststar - what's all this about a bad back?

Greedy - how are you today?

sorry x posted Firstar. You poor love. Hope your back pain eases off. Fingers crossed for your triple test results. xx

Hi everyone -
Mrsmc, glad that the spotting has stopped , as juciy said its worry from day 1!!!

Juciy - yu kindly sent me some ovulation sticks , they arrived te day after my BFP but i was thinking of passing them on as i have not needed them, ( i m 13+1 ) you sent your good luck vibes with them!!

Do you mind ??

xxx

Firststar ? I?m sure you are right about the impact of MN on our knowledge but I wouldn?t change it. I find the whole experience so rewarding and I don?t know how I would have got through the last 9 months without you all, sounds cheesy but I really believe that and I feel that if I can make someone?s day a tiny bit better by being there then its worth so much to my soul too. Thank you for those positive energies, I?m lapping them up! Glad to hear the padding is helping, I like your philosophy about the test results, you are so right.

Juicy ? LOL I know, we are going to worry about these babies for the rest of our lives! best get used to it. I?m sure I will cry at the scan, as will DH. I haven?t actually cried with happiness (or fear) yet but I have over messages in cards, the OC, Spooks these hormones hey! They seem to be brining out my forthright streak though ? not suffering fools well at the moment!

Ohh chocolate craving I?ve just been to my slimming class, I?ve put on ½ pound this week ? so much for losing weight when I gave up the booze but then I didn?t bargain on the size of my boobs it?s actuallt really embarassing, I just can?t cover them up, the bras I got at the weekend are already doing the ½ bra thing ? shame I feel the other end of sexy. I keep seeing these highly elegant pregnant ladies walking around and I am a total mess already with my spotty, pale face, hair pulled back (cos I?m lazy) and my flat shoes ? must get a grip! Enjoy those beers, you?ve earnt them!

Greedy my friend, I miss you!

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I know what you mean, talking to you makes it so much more bearable not being able to share the news yet. Plus, I would probably bore all my RL friends to tears with my chat

My skin is getting me down because I normally don?t have spots but I?ve got lots at the moment and it makes me want to steer away from make up in case it makes it worse. My skin is normally quite yellowy but it is pale as anything at the moment, I agree, roll on spring, flip flops, floaty tops and long skirts!

I got to Scottish Slimmers.

What's that - pregnant and glamourous?!?! Not in my world. Although I have had moments of blooming - when I've taken hours to get ready!!
At least the greasy hair syndrome from the 1st trimester has abated. Yuk!! Now I just look pale and tired most of the time, but my hair is shiny

Totally agree - without MN we'd only worry about half as many things, but I'd rather be aware and more ready to cope with what MIGHT happen. And I'd not have you lot to bore with all my gorey details - DH would have left me by now I'm sure

Oh yes and Pink - pass on the good luck! I certainly won't need them for a while and they'd probably be out of date before I got round to using them again!

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Is greasy hair part of the package then?! I thought it was because of my hat! My sister told me that your hair doesn?t fall out during pregnancy but mine still is

Re SS - I have checked thanks Firststar, checked with GP and have been given a leaflet all about pregnancy and dieting from SS. It?s healthy eating not a fad diet so probably really good for me and beanie (as long as followed and not supplemented with flap jacks ) have you put on much weight?

Good question for all actually ? who?s put on weight and when did you put it on?

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im lurking and cant resist posting!

dont ask about spotting/bleeding cos i am NOT thinking about it (only spotting today so far, thank goodness)

i have gained weight already mrs! but only cos i have been eating like a pig! i put on 3 stone with my first pg and 2 stone with my second! i remember coming home from hospital after giving birth and weighing myself almost straight away! (i have ALWAYS been obsessed with my weight!) i was convinced i would have lost at least a stone, probably more by giving birth.........1/2 stone for baby.......a few pound for amniotic fluid...........a few pound for the placenta.........a pound for blood loss..............pounds and pounds for all the enrgy exerted and the fact that i hadnt eaten all day . BUT i was 7lb lighter!!! i was gutted! my ds was 6lb 5oz so i only lost another 11oz after that......i couldnt believe it!

this time..........i dont think i care! i am going on holiday in 2 weeks so that will be another half a stone on then anyway! i am aiming to weigh more than my dh by the time i am 12 weeks and the rate i am going i reckon i will make it!

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oh no! i have to go and work! how crap! i have 5 patients in a row all whinging about their backs/ necks now!............only joking! i am very sympathetic to them really.............MOST of the time!

fettle.........you ok twin? youre very quiet recently

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