PMA Grads Thread :-)

[Dollydaydream2829]

Hey ladies,
We've finally made it to the other side and are journeying through the unknown territory of pregnancy! Here to share our stories, our worries and keep that all important PMA!
This is a thread for our PMA TTC Grads and for any women expecting their babies and feel like injecting a bit of positivity into their pregnancy journeys and the gang!
Feel free to join and introduce yourselves below :-)

No (as dh is well aware!) But haven't had any pain or any actual proper bleeding. Google is actually my friend today so am calming down a little.

yip @Sophsta what @Moo31 said. it sounds perfectly normal (i did a quick google for you too).

i got in from work and wanted a nap but DH had other ideas! think he's put me back on SMEP lol! time to get ready and go out for nephews birthday. he's the cutest boy in the world and hes 7 today. so sweet and innocent. could squeeze him so tight. but he's getting too big for cuddles which is annoying me hehe. gonna give him a big smacker right infront of his friends ☺️ that's what aunties are for haha

hope you all have a lovely evening xx

Aw @Sophsta that's a shame how worrying!! But the girls are right I think it can be normal - ur womb has thought it was going to have a period so still has the 1cm of blood around it (I know gross) lol so when that sheds its ur period and obv that didn't happen so sometimes old blood does come away. Xx

Thanks Bella, not sure when I'll get chance to catch up on sleep now that DH has been sent away to help with increased armed police presence. Must be a worry for everyone around Manchester, but him being away at some undisclosed location for up to a fortnight is a worry I could do without at the mo. For all he's a fire arms officer, his day to day job is pretty safe, so it's not really something I think about. Getting back to sleep though...I think you just find it in yourself when you have a newborn to cope with sleep deprivation and you might be one of the lucky ones whose little ones starts sleeping through from fairly early on.

Sorry squirrel, haven't really anything to add to what the ladies have said, though the cycle I conceived we were more focused on dtd every other day. Good luck!

Sophsta, sorry you've had this to worry about. I had a fair amount of brown discharge with DS around week 6 and they scanned me as a precaution, but all was well. Like others have said I was told about brown blood being less of a concern with it being old blood.

Sophsta - I had a bit of bleeding around week 7 and week 11. I was lucky enough to get a scan at week 7 that showed everything was OK. They couldn't identify why I was bleeding and I hadn't DTD but they say sometimes you can have a bit of breakthrough bleeding around the time your period would've been due.....? As long as it's browny or red but a tiny amount, and not combined with severe pain, it's usually absolutely fine.

Sophsta - I had a bit of bleeding around week 7 and week 11. I was lucky enough to get a scan at week 7 that showed everything was OK. They couldn't identify why I was bleeding and I hadn't DTD but they say sometimes you can have a bit of breakthrough bleeding around the time your period would've been due.....? As long as it's browny or red but a tiny amount, and not combined with severe pain, it's usually absolutely fine.

Thank you for the reassurance ladies. It seems to have stopped now but if it comes back I'll ring the epu. Not what I wanted on my birthday.

dolly I may well be due on my period around now or in a couple of days so that might make sense!

Happy birthday Sophsta, it does sound like it's nothing to worry about. It could be due to the horse riding, maybe it's given that 1cm of linning Amanda mentioned a jiggle and also you generally more susceptible to bleeding during pregnancy as there's more blood flowing around your lady bits so any slight unjury could cause a small bleed. I've read that it's common that sex might cause a bleed that's nothing to worry about. I love horses by the way, I don't ride or anything but live on a bridal path so get to see them all the time.

Squirrel unfortunately on my bfp cycle I tried everything I could think of so hard to say what finally did it. I did use conceive plus for the first time which seems to be very lucky on the pma thread. I was struggling with fertility so I gave up alcohol for the whole cycle and caffeine but if your just starting ttc then I wudnt be that strict as your better off taking a more relaxed approach. My DH thinks we got pregnant because that month a huge stress he was under had been lifted, and there are a lot of success stories about people getting pregnant when they relaxed a bit or were on holiday. So my advice is enjoy it and hopefully you'll be one of those lucky ladies that gets their bfp in their first few cycles. As Bella said try not to turn into give sperm now woman. As the more I made it obvious about needing him to perform at certain times the less likely it was to happen. You only need the one time in your fertile window

Oh and moo I think it was baking you meant I'm ttc my first.

Baking that is stressful for you, but im grateful we have people like your DH about, hope the time goes quickly.

Found out today that one of the victims is the brother of someone my DH knows:( was reading everyone's back stories today and it's just so upsetting

Sorry @rose I really need that list so I'm up to speed with everyone's stats! (Cough cough @bella! 😜)

That's terribly sad about knowing one of the victims - can't get Manchester out of my head:(

gotchya @Moo31 hehe

if i don't get it done at lunch i'll definitely do it after the hairdressers tonight 😘😘😘

No worries moo, think it's much harder to remember who said what on a forum.

lol Bella speaking of hairdressers im wondering am I allowed to die my hair being pregnant, I'm scared of ruddy everything lately

I'm 6 weeks tomorrow whoop, who else gets super excited about getting to the next level #achievementunlocked although today will probably last a month now

Slightly worried as all my symptoms are pretty mild at the mo, thought my nausea would increase but it seems to have gone

@Bella hehe!
@Rose I think my nausea kicked in at week 6 but talking to a friend who has 2 dc and she had none at all lucky duck! It is reassuring but don't wish it upon yourself:)
Also I have read that it's best to wait until 2md trimester for hair dye and it's better to get foils rather than all over bleach if you're a Blondie. All over in other non-bleaxh colours is fine though I think after 1st tri.

I was told that getting highlights is fine as the dye doesn't touch your scalp. I got mine done a couple of weeks ago and the hairdresser didn't think it was a problem.

Hello Ladies! I'm so glad to be joining this thread as I am now PREGNANT!! I'm literally over the moon with excitement! I've been taking OPKs for the past three days which have been positive. Yesterday I took a wilko test and it showed a line but too faint for DP to believe so I had to hold in my pee this morning and go buy some more. I am 11 dpo today!!

Yes hoping! Congratulations, really happy for you and welcome to the grads thread!

Thank you! X

@hopingforabfp

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT 🍼 🤰🏼 👶🏼

Yay!!! Congrats @hopingforabfp!! You will have to change your username now!!!

Thank you!!

What a lovely picture bella
I will have to do moo x

I have now changed it! X

Thanks to you all for all the advice! I've been reading about the raspberry red leaf tea and it mentioned it can help with heavy periods but I have the opposite - quite light periods - so I'm not sure that it would be right for me?

Also just noticed another bfp - congratulations hoping - I'm just on here to ask for advice for ttc and this is my first month so if you have any tips on how you achieved your bfp then I'd love to hear them!

@Emily - what's your stats please? I'm doing the list now :)

GRAD LIST - TOOT TOOT

If you think positively, sound becomes music, movement becomes dance, smile becomes laughter, mind becomes dance, smile becomes laughter, mind becomes meditation and life becomes a celebration

@Moo31
age 31
baby #1
bfp 3 March
edd 10 November

@Dollydaydream2829
Baby #1
Age 28
BFP 03/03
EDD 11/11/17

@Bakingmad83
33 (34 next month)
baby #2
bfp 28/3/17
due 16/11/17

@BellaMoon
age 36 and a half
baby1
BFP 14/04
EDD 25/12/17

@Itsjustaphase84
dc2
EDD based on LMP is 25/12/17

@Sophsta
Baby #1
Age: 28
BFP: 02/05
EDD: 05/01/18

@Roseandbee
Age 33 and a half ;)
Baby1
Bfp 11/5
Ed 19/1/2018

@AmandaP86x
Age 28
Baby 1
BFP 15/5
EDD - Jan sometime lol

@EmilyandLeila
BFP achieved TODAY :)
(sorry didnt want to lose this post so will add your deets when you've digested your new)

Has @ohb0llocks followed us over? I saw her details on an old screenshot but I dont think she's posted in our grad thread yet. Incase that's for personal reasons I havent included her above.

Yay thanks for the list @BellaMoon ❤️ I'll maybe get an EDD on Wednesday!

Congrats @emilyandleila great news so happy for u. Welcome to the thread.

It is absolutely cooking in Scotland!!! Finish my run of nights this morning & bloody got a flat tyre and had a cry 😂

Also took the pure boke at some raw chicken that was in my fridge honestly it wasn't off it was just the thought of it 😭

Currently waiting on a man with a tyre to fix my car so I can go out! Lol

Hope your all well xxx