October 2020 babies

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Hi all,

I am ftm nearly 6 weeks pregnant and have due date of 12/10/2020 ☺️ . Wanted to have mums who are expecting baby in October 2020 to share their journey experience.

Would love to hear from you ☺️👍🏻

My calves are really achey today! So weird!

I'm also freaking out that my IC tests aren't getting any stronger since yesterday morning. They are still really faint even though the last two days I've got four positives with branded early tests.

This is was this evening's IC looks like.... Hasn't changed for two days now and I thought HCG was meant to double every 48 hours. I think I'm 16dpo so I'm sure they should be stronger by now?

@TFC90 your FRER's look good! Try not to worry. I got some one step ovulation tests last month and they were like that. Literally just didn't work or pick up any hormone. So you might have a faulty batch.

Your branded tests look good though!

I'm due 13th October 2020

Hey guys.

I’m due (according to my period dates) 23rd October. 4th cycle of trying to conceive so feeling Incredibly lucky. But at the same time so nervous!

Congratulations to you all!

I got my BFP on Valentine’s Day in Las Vegas on our honeymoon!! Lost track of when AF was due, went on my Flo app and it was like.. your late 🤣

Xx

Hey everyone! Hope its ok jump on!!

So! I got a BFP on 13th feb, have tested a million times since then but tests dont seem to be gettinf any darker! My AF was 15/1/20 so goin by last flow im 4wks +5 days altough on bounty app its registering as 4 weeks 🤷🏻‍♀️ Anyway...i had a MM at 12wks 5 days on october, so im absolutely plopping it this time around! Ive spent no joke about £50 on tests! I have no symptoms what so ever other than dull ache in lower ab and lower back ache for one day HELP! In paranoid to hell! Im really not enjoying this at all and i dont even want a scan because i just know in my gut its going to be bad news! I have no idea how to add a photo so cant add my most recent test pic...its currently 3am and im awake, hungry and cant sleep! Meh!!!

@pippop21 that's kind of exactly like me! My last AF was also 15/1 and although I got fairly strong branded early tests on friday and Saturday, the one step ones aren't getting any darker.

I'm so worried!

@Pippop21 @TFC90 the anxiety is almost too much to bare isn't it. I am afraid to take another test, going to wait a week and then try again. I've been awake since 4.30am also just worried sick about how I no longer 'feel' pregnant anymore. Goodness knows how I can do another 7 weeks of this until my first scan.

@MrsH0692 That's a great story to tell when your kid grows up! That must have been a shock!

@Pippop21 I know exactly how you feel. I had two losses last year including the removal of my right tube. A mm at 12 weeks must have been a total shock.

I can't help thinking this is going to end badly and I don't know how I will cope if it does. I'm trying to stay positive though, hopefully we can all help each other!

@TFC90 @Pippop21 and @Dollywantsareallifedolly I think insomnia is a strong symptom of pregnancy. Although not nice it might ease ur mind.

@Bananaloaf88

After months of BFN it was a bit of a shock, I just didn’t think I’d be lucky enough to be honest. Feel so so chuffed, we will never forget it either haha!

Xx

Morning! I managed to get a few hours sleep! Up again for work now

I think if i just felt sick i’d feel better LOL! I dont think im goinf to settle at all until well after the 12 week mark this time!

@TFC90 how far gone are u dating yourself? My last cycle was 29 days. But my periods prior have been 33 and 36 so no idea how long this current cycle should be, so i dont even think im classed as being late yet.
The only reason i tested is because my ebay order of 8 tests came on weds an i thought oh sod it i’ll just do on, i wont be preggers anyway and i was ha! Otherwise i’d still be non the wiser! Xxx

I have just borked a few times at the smell of the coffee granules, also while brushing my hair for no reason what so ever?!?!?!?

I dont feel sick as such, but i feel a bit yak today, i hope its HCG rising and not because i was up half the night lol

@Bananaloaf88 it was, we where completely devastated! It was made worse that i used a doppler and heard his heart beat many times, the day before the scan i couldnt find him at all and i just knew!
His heart stopped at 12weeks +5 (thats what he was measuring) And at the scan day should have been 12wks +6 so he literally gave up the day before .

He was sent away for genetic testing thats how we now know he was a boy, DNA came back normal so they dont know what caused it! However i blame myself as i smoked and vaped, my mental health was not good so im now on fluoxetine for my anxiety also (no judgements please)

HOWEVER! I have quit this time as soon as i got a positive so im on the patches currently on the road to no more smoking!

And im in two minds to stop my meds but miswife has said stress hormones can be passed on so its weather it would do more bad than good!

Anywayyyyy BABY DUST AND STICKY GLUE TO ALL XXXX

@pippop21 No judgement here. I have in the passed 3 days given up vaping. It is really difficult. I thought vaping would be okay compared to smoking but after my ectopic I found out nicotine can cause them. There is no proof vaping causes my ectopic but for my own peace of mind I was hoping to quit before conceiving again but that hasn't happened so i'm just living with the worry until my 6/7 week scan.

I have been on fluexotine before so again no judgement. I've been taking CBD oil for anxiety recently and it seems to be working well. Xx

Woken up feeling sick which I guess is a good thing but hate this feeling! Just did a one step with FMU and it's still soooo faint! Nervous to accept my previous positive tests as these are so faint still but i guess a positive is a positive. Will redo a FREF on weds/thurs.

Sent my referral to midwives yesterday even tho only 4+5 which is mega early! Hoping it will all be okay. Not managed breakfast today which was the same in my previous pregnancy and wasn't able to have my morning coffee. Just hoping this nausea passes. We haven't told anyone yet - trying to think of a good way to tell our parents and families! Hope everyone is feeling okay xx

@greeny506 mine are the same, and im around 4+5 ish also....keep positive hunni! Xxx

@greeny506 eeeek! We are the same date! I know what you mean about the faint one steps, I've done 8 so far since getting my positive FRER and even though each one looks as faint as the last, if I line them up, it's definitely still getting stronger, despite being sooooo faint!

I've had so many symptoms this weekend it's unreal. Never been pregnant before so it's so new and weird ... Like aliens taking over my body!!! Which I guess is somewhat true 😂

My stomach has been bloated, churning, cramping, nauseated... My calf muscles ached like crazy yesterday, headaches and oh my goodness the hunger!!!!

I'll feel full much faster while eating that I used to but one hour later it feels like I haven't eaten in two days! The only symptoms I'd ever really heard of before was sickness, boobs hurting and sense of smell heightening!

Apparently my legs hurt because my blood vessels are getting ready to stretch my uterus.

Made the mistake of reading blog posts on postpartum last night and WOW. No one tells you about that!!!!!!! I guess otherwise the earth wouldn't be repopulated 🤣🤣🤣

Have only told my DH so far and I think he's in denial until we know for sure I haven't had a CP or something. Planning to tell my best friend on Thursday and my mum on Friday because we are already planning to have lunch and I NEVER see her on her own so it would be perfect.

Going to turn up to my friend's house in London with a baby on board badge on... Haven't decided how to tell my mum yet!

Hoping it will feel more real after telling them too!

Hi everyone!

Can I please join?

Last week, after my 2nd round of IVF, I found out I'm pregnant! Currently 4 weeks + 6, with due date 20th October. Last year I had 2 miscarriages, so I'm quite stressed about it not going well this time either.

I've actually been experiencing lots of cramping, some light but some days also period like heavy cramps. It's been going on for 5 days in a row now. I'm mostly brown spotting, but some days there's a tiny bit of red blood. Sorry TMI! Is anyone experiencing the same?

It's so frustrating - every twitch makes me sad and I'm scared to loose another baby. I pray this time round everything will be ok.

No symptoms yet. Currently on progesterone pessaries 3x daily so they might interfere somehow, or it's simply too early.

I have a second beta blood test tomorrow. Last weeks blood test was 95 HCG, so I'm hoping on big numbers tomorrow to confirm a healthy pregnancy.

Fingers crossed for all you ladies in this thread!

@marauder1994 - exactly same due date as you!

@GoldenCloud I’ve had brown spotting most days and it turned to red blood Saturday. Nothing ever heavy enough to wear a pad just enough to notice it’s there. I got worried and was advised by a midwife if it turned bright red to get checked out.

I had an internal check a bit like a smear test, the doctor confirmed it looks like I have abrasion on my cervix so that’s more than likely where the bleeding is from. I had a blood test Saturday and going back tonight it to have a second to check hormones are still going up.

I actually feel a lot calmer since going to the hospital. The brown spotting I was told is nothing to worry about as it is almost always old blood leaving the body. If it turns to bright red get checked but typical since I went to hospital I’ve had no brown or red spotting. So I’m feeling hopeful now and it was just my body preparing everything.

Try not to worry yourself, easy to say as I was a nervous wreck on Saturday but brown spotting happens a lot and the doctors didn’t seem concerned with the brown blood.

Fingers crossed it eases off for you soon 🤗

Hi ladies can I join please! Firstly congratulations to everyone!!

I got my bfp on Friday:) I'm not entirely sure on my due date as my last af was 6th jan but I didn't ovulate to the 5th Feb so could be anywhere between 4-6 weeks so due date anywhere between 12-22nd I believe!

I was a nervous wreck but after a nice solid line the last two days I'm feeling much calmer this is #2 for me. I rang midwives this morning to refer and she said they'd had 2 pages of people ring over

@TFC90 My legs are sore too! I'm so glad someone else has said this. I am usually a runner but haven't been out for weeks due to rubbish weather but my legs feel like i've done a marathon!

Thanks for letting me know @Catherine1210 ! It's reassuring they checked you this weekend. Perhaps my spotting/bleeding comes from the pessaries, it might irritate my cervix. I'll try to keep a clear mind. Keep us posted on your blood test this evening!

Congrats on your BFP too @MrsCl19 !!

Congrats to all the new BFPs!!

@GoldenCloud oooo hopefully we'll both have a smooth pregnancy !!

Wow so many BFP's congratulations girls 🥳☺️xx

I feel so miserable and down today its unreal! I have no hope left! No bleeding, no more symptoms. Dont even feel far any more!!!

Has anyone had like clear fluid? Makes u feel a bit damp? I fell over the other day (think it was friday) and i have since convinced myself its what little amniotic fluid that may have been there coming away 😖 i just cannot keep a positive thought in my head its exhausting!
Im in work right now an just wanna go hone and go to sleep for 9 months and wake up with a baby!!!