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

[KitKat30]

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

Babymad ? I want a bump like yours! It's perfect! I always thought that all bumps looked nice and taut and then I realized that people with tummy chub (like me ) just have their?s sitting on top and around the bump no tight fitting, bump flashing tops for me!

Have you got any inklings of what flavour your baby is yet?

(DH has just said sage and onion) LOL but DH think and wants a Girl, DC mixed of what baby is, but both want a girl, I want healthy babe and think i'm carrying a boy!
Thanks about the bump only 14+2 though . How are you?

my stomach looks like that already babymad and none of it is baby! i am about 1 stone heavier getting pg this time than last time, so i am hoping (stupidly, of course) that i wont gain any weight until at least 20 wks!

i am sitting here stuffing my face with tortilla chips as we speak! so i dont really stand a chance do i?!

firststar - i really dont think my bleeding was implantation bleeding as i had that with my other 2 and i was very different. i had so much more this time and it was a different colour and consistency (nice!!!). anyway now i am just having minor spotting, which is what i had before, so i feel much happier with that. i am scared about my scan tomorrow though, i have to go on my own and i know i will cry whatever happens!

does anyone know if i will have to drink lots of water? think it will probably be a vaginal scan and i cant rem if you need to drink lots before or not?

Hi Greedy!!

Vaginal scans need empty bladders, but best go with something in there, as easier to empty on site, than wait for it to fill up, if they want to do an external scan! Most likely to do an internal scan though, this early, doubt they will see much externally.

hope all goes well tomorrow - I assume you've seen my news that I had some spotting yesterday. So scared, but I'm going to go to the GP and plead with them to send me to the EPU - I'm 6 weeks tomorrow, so hopefully they might be able to see something, although it might be better if they waited until next week to scan me. Just don't know what to do for the best!

Anyway, I'm waffling - good luck tomorrow.

Hello everyone else -need to concentrate on DH now!!
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i did see your newws and i posted you a message on another thread! it gets very confusing !

i am starting to feel bad going on about my pg problems on the temp buddies thread, how about you? not that you go on as much as me, but you know what i mean!

Do know what you mean, but apart from you and MrsMc, I don't feel I know anyone on this thread very well. More at home over there - but do feel really bad talking about my worries over there. Maybe we should keep worries here and just talk there for support for them??

And I'll just have to get to know everyone overhere a bit more - assuming my spotting was anything bad yesterday. Why is making babies so hard??

Good luck tomorrow.
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what threads did you used to be on in november then fettle?. i think the general ttc in nov/dec is where i 'know' bodders, firststar, chooster, twix and conkertree from.

i dont 'know' babymad, but i remember when i first got hooked on MN stalking her a bit (sorry babymad!). you know how you kind of relate to some people, well i read she was ttc no.3 (which i was) and that she had been trying for a while and her name just kept popping up and i remembered her, and THEN..............i even CRIED when she announced her BFP on her very own thread! how sad am i? i had never even chatted to her! bet you never knew you could have such an effect on people babymad!!!!

hey fettle! you are included in the title of this thread too! which is more than i am!!!!

I was mainly on the TTC after mc, until mid/late nov, when I happened across the TTC in nov thread and "found" you going through the same issues that I was that very same weekend - finding out close friends were pg and having ridiculously long cycles!!

I do remember names on here, but not directly talking to any of them. I sometimes found the thread moved too quickly, I couldn't keep up!!! Wasn't such an avid poster back then - now I think I'm definitely addicted!!

aaarrrrrr bless greedyforbabies you brought a smile to my face when I read that, and no I didn't know I had that "effect on people" but I do now, you've made my day!

i remember that too fettle! but you were a babyfettle back then! how is your pg friend by the way? do you see much of her?
mine drove me MAD last time i saw her about 5 wks ago cos she was moaning and moaning about her morning sickness and i was sitting there thinking "shut up you silly bitch.........i would LOVE to be pg and have morning sickness, so stop moaning about it!"
anyway! i am over that now, but i am going to wait till i am 12wks before i tell her (assuming i get that far!) cos thats what she did to me and i felt really excluded! she isnt a close friend by the way! i dont slag off all my friends!

glad to have made your day babymad!

I use to feel that way too, when people complain about MS or how big they flet or even "not getting any sleep due to new baby" but now as I've been though the MS thing I'm feeling for them alot more LOL, but when you want something so much so badly the takes over and it's not nice, but thank god its not long tream! okay okay Im going on abit now!

Once I've seen a heartbeat, I'll go back to being a babyfettle maybe!!!

My pg friend, is my best friend, so I have seen and spoken to her lots - she's tried very hard not to go on too much about her pg, as she knew about my mc. We told her as soon as we found out before Christmas that I was pg, so she was as gutted as we were when I mc again. We haven't told anyone (apart from most of MN!!) about this pg, although I had to tell my sister to explain why I was cyring and we were coming home with her on Saturday and not spending the evening out as planned. Too scared, I think. Although I know I'll tell nearly everyone, if I mc again.

sleep well

Just crashing to say Congratulations to you all and best of luck! I was TTC for years before I had DS so I'm very very happy for you all.

Morning all - hope you all had good weekends? OK - haven't posted for ages, so time for a mammoth post...

Firststar - thanks so much for the list of MW questions, that's going to be a huge help. I think I'll get DH to come along - with pg brain in full swing, I'll never remember who had what!

Fettle - hope your spotting goes away. I know how scary it can be. For what it's worth, some EPUs have a walk in service - so you dont have to be referred by your GP (because we all know how useless they can be). Might be worth ringing around if you're really worried?

Greedy hon - I'm with you on the tortilla chips. They have magical healing powers and take morning sickness away. So it's fine - munch away

PinkB - havent heard from you in ages hon, hope everything's OK?

Bodkin, Chooster, MrsMcJ, Babymad, Pinkranger and anyone else I've missed - hope you and all the mini bumps are doing well!

As for me... well, not so good - I had an attack of the dry heaves this morning. Not pleasant at all - now my face is covered in broken blood vessles. Lovely! Despite having 24hour nausea, this is the first time I've actually been sick. So instead of thinking it's getting better - I'm now panicking that the MS is going to get worse...I'm feeling very sorry for myself as you can probably tell...

Anyway, enough moaning from me! Hope you're all OK this morning!

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I finally got round to trying the 'click on the name thing' and get to see all about my MN pals!! Its like getting a fab new toy for xmas! I've only looked at Babymad at the moment as I'd read about your scan pic. Its looks great... I'll be looking at details of you all throughout the day. Its like being officially allowed to be nosey.

Glad your bleeding is getting better Greedy - even if its the level that you are used to with earlier PG's. Fingers crossed for your scan today - we'll be looking out for that re-assuring post from you later telling us everything is just grand.

Fettle - Have you got your scan appt yet? Really hope so and you get some re-assruance.

Sorry about the dry-heave situation Kit-kat - Its horrible isn't it... I'm now just over 16 wks and still have it every now and again but I know its all going. Hope it goes soon.

Hi to everyone else! Glad you are feeling better MrsMc and hopefully we can meet one day this week. I know, I was really surprised people asked if I was PG (3 people in 2 days) - I know I'm a bit big but I'd personally be a bit scared in case I'd made a mistake.

Hope everyone else if doing well!
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Hello everyone.

Good luck today Greedy - hope it goes well. Am still chuckling about you "stalking" Babymad!

Fettle - I DO remember you from TTC, but I think I got my BFP about a week after you joined - but I remember, you, Greedyguzzler (as she was), Honeyapple and ConkerTree all joining at around the same time and thinking what a lovely bunch of names! Anyway, I lurked on conception for a bit after I got my BFP, so probably feel like I "know" you better than you "know" me! Sorry to hear about the spotting - I'm really hoping things work out for you this time.

How are you Chooster? I haven't posted on due in July for ages, as I just couldn't keep up - that thread goes like the clappers!

KitKat - poor you - that sounds awful! You carry on feeling sorry for yourself as much as you like!

Hello to anyone else I've not mentioned. Back later no doubt

Chooster Thats not fair you've read ours, but you've got no porfile yourself!

Morning All

Got an appointment with GP to get referral to EPU in the morning.

Had no more spotting ? my temp is still up and I did another test this morning, which went positive straightaway. Have constant low level nausea ? that turns to retching at the slightest thing, so hoping that morning sickness and not a bug!! Poor DD was quite concerned with me this morning ? I was only taking off her wet overnight nappy!! I did try and cover it up by pretending I was making silly noises, but she still looked at me, like I?d fallen out of a tree!!

She?s very concerned about me phoning the doctors, bless her. Sometimes I feel she?s been through these mcs a bit too closely. She was in and out of doctors surgeries last year weekly from Feb to May with the aftermath of my first mc and then again over Christmas. When I went to tell GP I was pg last week, just as we were leaving, my darling DD goes ?the doctor didn?t look at your bottom, aren?t you going to tell her it sore!!?. I could have shrivelled up, I was so embarrassed ? serves me right for trying to explain to my DD why I couldn?t go swimming the day before, as I?d had some spotting!!

Thanks for your support and sorry for being a bit self-obsessed last night! Thanks for saying you remember me! It is funny how close you get to people on here, but you do feel like a stalker sometimes keeping an eye on people!!

I?m at work at the moment, so really must get some done ? I?ll try and get back on later to catch up properly.

Hope your appointments go well today, MrsMc and Greedy ?thinking about you both.

Take care all
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Oh bless your DD Fettle - she sounds like a poppet. They do take it all in don't they? But mine is the same - she gets very concerned if I am upset or tired or ill and brings me teddies and her blanky to cheer me up! Makes me cry even more then!

Things are sounding good for you anyway and that's great the spotting has stopped. Lets hope it stays away!

Hi all, back at work so can't be as comprehensive as usual! I just wanted to wish you all the best today Greedy and Fettle, I hope you are ok hon and that they give you a scan next week. I submitted my sample this morning so now have to wait until tomorrow pm for results - crazy isn't it how stressed I am getting! it's just a pregnancy test (and it better bloody well be positive! )

I do sympathise MrsMc - Its like waiting for the results of an exam isn't it! Even though you know deep down that you are pregnant you worry your going to fail the 'doctor' test.

I remember you as well Fettle - I got my BFP about a week and a half after Bodkin, so I lurked after that and therefore became familiar with you and your situation. I really hope this pregnancy goes well - You certainly deserve it.

Hey Bodders, likewise I haven't posted on the 'due in july' thread for a while - it does move very fast but I try and keep up with whats going on even if I dont contribute. Yes, I'm fine thanks for asking, except I'm still having huge amounts of paranoia about this pregnancy. I'm convinced that the sonographers will find a problem at my next 18wk scan and, although I didn't realise it, I think I'm trying not to get too attached to the baby. Both my DH and midwife have commented on it in the last couple of weeks so its making me face my worries which is good. By the way, after 4 scans my fears are totally unfounded as there hasn't been a problem highlighted so far - I just can't convince myself of that just yet.

Anyway that was a very long answer to your question - I should have just stuck to "I'm fine" How are you doing? Are you still able to do your job staining glass?

Still no word from Greedy? I'll keep checking in to see how she is.

Hey Babymad - I'll put a profile up just as soon as I figure out how to do it!

it WILL be positive mrs! you know it will! are they doing your hcg levels this week too?

i felt a very very slightly tiny teensy weensy bit nauseous this morning, so i hope thats a good sign!

your dd sounds adorable fettle! PMSL at her sore bottom comment! my ds said to me earlier " i think nanny must love me more than you do mummy, cos she is never late when she picks me up from pre school!" how to make me feel bad!!!! he is always the last one left sitting there waiting, but i just dont seem to be able to get there on time however hard i try!!!

thanks for all your good wishes for me! i am sitting here drinking lots of water at the moment before i go for my scan!