July Bus Graduates ❤️

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Okay I'm still super nervous but time to take the plunge and started a Grad bus for the recent BFPs from the main thread. According to NHS calculator I'm due 18th March and it's #1 for me 😬

@Cocoblue22
@LittleRa
@Dipsy77
@Noble89
@Skip86

@SmileyT I got so tempted to tell her after that conversation but decided against it as it will be so much better to wait because she is going to be so happy for me!

She was talking about her wanting another baby and trying soon and didn't want to tell me incase she upset me because I'd been trying for a while - but obviously being pregnant I was just happy and actually hope she gets pregnant soon so we can be pregnant together haha we live next door to each other!

@Bl0ndi3 those names are all really pretty and all ones I like too! There are so many cute girls names. We really struggled to agree on one for DS so I think we will find it hard to find a boys one again this time! X

Is anyone going to find out the sex of their baby? I'm going to book a gender scan at 16 weeks it's what we did with DS because I'm too impatient to wait. Also there's not that much in the way of neutral baby clothes about so it helps with buying stuff for baby I found last time x

So I did another CB digital just now and yay 3+ 🎉

@SmileyT and @Dipsy77 I think you're both team blue with how fast you got your 3+ on CB! I've got a feeling I'm having a girl this time although I did initially think that about DS too haha! X

@SmileyT we joke about it now but at the time I left a big trail of water all the way through the hospital I had visions of some poor cleaner flowing behind with wet floor signs! Ah darn prosecco always gives the game away you should of said you were working out after so didn't want to feel sick x

@Bl0ndi3 aww your friend sounds really nice and considerate which is sweet x

@Cocoblue22 I will definitely be finding out the sex I couldn't possibly not haha! Would wanna be able to buy girly or boyish things etc instead of everything neutral! X don't know whether I can wait for the 20 week scan or just book a private one earlier

I am still getting 1-2 weeks on the CBD weeks test this morning with FMU and should be about 5 weeks now, it's 5+1 since LMP.... should I be worried 🧐I took an IC late last night with like my 1,000th wee of the day and got a nice line from that so I was not worried but those stupid weeks tests sucked me in!

I've got one more so I'll wait a week maybe and test again just wanna see 2-3 😭 haha!

@Bl0ndi3 @Cocoblue22 Noooooo have a surprise!! I haven't found out with any of mine and won't with this one either. Much to DHs disgust 😂
Makes you push harder!

@Cocoblue22 I've got 3 girls so would love a boy but I'm not bothered either way xx

@zippityzip I couldn't possibly wait all that time to find out haha so a surprise is just off the cards for me I'm dying to know already! 😂

@Cocoblue22 I'm booking a scan at 16weeks to find out gender break up the wait between 12 and 20weeks scans and yay to 3+ weeks 🥳 ahh I know it's a way off but I keep trying to mentally prepare for the fact it might be a girl x

@Bl0ndi3 how long are your normal cycles? Do you know when you ovulated? xx

@SmileyT I got peak CBD ovulation rest on 2/3 July so I assume around 4th/5th. We only DTD on 2/3 July this cycle so it has to have been around that time for me to be pregnant

Tbh I've been reading so many threads about this since I posted and lots of people said all that matters is that it says pregnant the number of weeks can be off so I dunno, just gonna ignore it and maybe wait a week and see if it goes to 2-3...

@zippityzip - we can be the queasy twins together 😂. It's not pleasant like but I'm just so happy things seem to be ok so far that I'll take it.

@Cocoblue22 I'm with you on the bloating. My jeans are already uncomfortably tight and they're all low rise so I'm trying to avoid wearing them as I feel like I'm squishing the baby 😂. I was convinced I must have out weight on by the size of my belly and how tight my clothes are so I got weighed and I'm exactly the same as I was before I got pregnant. It's just all bloat!

Also yay for your 3+! And yes I'll definitely have a gender scan @ 16 weeks too.

@SmileyT it's annoying but definitely manageable at the moment. If it gets worse I'll definitely see the doc. I'm no hero who will just power through 😂

@Bl0ndi3 are you a crime podcast fan? I love them!

Also try not to worry about the CB. The range of normal HCG levels is huge at this stage so you're probably just one of those women who has naturally lower HCG. If you're still getting positives and had no bleeding I'm sure you're fine 😊

OH and I have been allll over the names. I love Hallie btw, that's on our list too! I think we're pretty settled on Blake Harper for a girl and Lincoln Jax for a boy. Girls name is a definite but boys could possibly change.

@Noble89 thank you lovely I wish I hadn't bothered taking the bloody test as it's just scared me. I've read stories of the dates just being wrong but stories where the dates been right and people had a MC. I need to stop reading and just relax! I've got one more test so I will no doubt use it but going to wait a week I think.

When I use the NHS due date calculator it actually only puts me at 4 weeks pregnant as I have approximately 32 day average cycles. Whereas from LMP I'd be 5+1. I'm hoping it's down to that. As I said I took a test last night a cheap one on like my 100Th wee of the day and about an hour max after my last wee and got a nice strong line so I feel a bit reassured I'll give it a week and think about using my last weeks test I have then to see if I get 2-3!

Yes I loveeeee crime podcasts my favourite is crime junkie!

@Noble89 Bloated and sick. Officially threw up this morning. Plus, this is my third so I'm already fat and it feels like there's a brick in my uterus. How is this possible at 5 weeks! By 8 weeks I was showing last time. I can't keep this a secret.

I want to do a CBD but I'm a bit scared in case it says no!

@Bl0ndi3 yeah if you ovulated on 5th July you'd only be 2w3ish on CB weeks indicator so definitely not crazy it's showing 1-2weeks. I just added 2weeks to ovulation date for my weeks as the LMP doesn't really work if you don't ovulate day14 of a 28day cycle. Definitely don't panic you're just super early and hcg will be based on when you implanted and range is huge. I'm sure little bean is doing great in there, if you are going to use the other test definitely wait a week and I'm sure it'll be good ☺️

@Noble89 I was sick again last night 🤢 and up most of the night and still feeling sick this morning, the underground in a mask was hell... so I'm seriously feeling for you feeling like this every day ☹️

@SmileyT thanks lovely I feel better now as I'm only roughly 18DPO based on why I've been going off as I can't pinpoint exact date so 1-2 weeks is fine I guess and I need to stop worrying! Even tho it was my FMU it was quite pale compared to my normal FMU and tbh I can't be sure I didn't get up in the night to wee either because I seem to do that without realising or remembering at the moment haha.

It still says pregnant and I've had no pain except mild to moderate cramps and zero bleeding at all so all that is positive.

I really don't want worrying to ruin this experience for me as it's probably my only pregnancy with OH already having a DS and him not wanting 3 kids, said he's fairly confident on that, who knows but treating it as my only pregnancy! So I just want to enjoy being pregnant and worrying isn't enjoyable haha!

@Bl0ndi3 I only got 2-3 last week when I was 5+1 so maybe wait another 4 days or a week if you can and you will see it. They aren't that accurate ive read. I did my last one on Sunday and got 2-3 and then bought more done it today and got 3+ x

@zippityzip haha I can't wait to find out! I need to know haha! Also I won't be pushing this time! X

I'm not bothered either way I would like a brother for DS to play with as they would be close in age but would also like a girl too! I'll be happy either way! X

@SmileyT I think we always convince ourselves it's one of the other and then if it's the opposite to what we thought it's a shock! I was convinced DS was a girl and asked them to point out the boy bits several times to check! I think because everyone kept saying they thought I was having a girl it convinced me I was 🤣 x

@Noble89 I wish I was the same I've put 3lb on! X

@Bl0ndi3 we're all our own worst enemies with the constant testing! Definitely sounds like you're not as far as you'd originally thought with you having those longer cycles. Omg I just love so many, have you listened to all the serial seasons and in the dark? I must have listened to 50 different crime pods at least and some of them have hundreds of episodes. My OH calls me morbid all the time 😂.

@zippityzip sounds like we're in the same boat with the symptoms! How many DPO are you? If you're passed the day your period was due you should be fine with a digital. There's just something about seeing it in writing!

@SmileyT I can't even imagine having to wear a mask and get on the tube feeling queasy 😷

I've got a call with someone this afternoon. Can't remember if it's just a nurse from my GP surgery or the midwife though 😂

@Bl0ndi3 definitely the right way to be my lovely, just enjoy every second of this 🤗

@Noble89 I know another pregnant girl at work has been told she doesn't have to get the tube but I don't really want to tell them yet so I'll see how I get on. Hope the call with whoever it is goes well 😂 xx

@Cocoblue22 yeah I'll be happy either way but my mum would be ecstatic if I had a girl as my brother has 3 boys 🤣

@SmileyT turns out it was the nurse from the GP office. She said she'd book me in with the midwife around 8 weeks but I explained I need an early scan and the history and she was lovely about it and booked me in to see the midwife on Friday.

I rang my local EPU and they said they're not doing reassurance scans but I've made it clear this isn't a reassurance scan it's medically necessary. I can't self refer but the lady I spoke to said tell the midwife and then if she can't refer my they'll make sure my GP does as the GP definitely can so that's put my mind at ease 😊

Is it normal to want to murder somebody in your house when your 4-5 weeks pregnant... asking for a friend

@Noble89 also i haven't listened to either of those just subscribed to in the dark tho!! X

@Bl0ndi3 omg they're both absolutely brilliant so definitely get on them

@Noble89 great that they are looking after you ☺️ sorry this probably sounds so stupid and ignorant but what do they check for on the early scan after a Molar pregnancy? How was the sickness today? x

@Bl0ndi3 ahh bless ya definitely normal to feel heightened emotions so don't worry about it 🤣 x

@zippityzip you sound exactly like me. I’m 7 weeks+3 with number 3 but this is the first planned one 😂 I have 2 daughters 8 and 6. They also asked for a younger sibling last year which we laughed off. But we enjoyed the time as a family during lockdown and decided now was the time to add to the family. My eldest daughter is convinced I’m having twins and whenever we talk about the baby she’s in the background going “or babies” 😬😬

I’ve had awful morning sickness for the last week. Throw up from the minute that I wake up and can’t keep anything down until lunch time. Then the nausea hangs around all day. I had awful morning sickness with my 1st until 35 weeks which landed me in hospital a couple of times. But with my 2nd it disappeared by the end of the 1st trimester, so I’m really hoping that happens again.

Just marking my place on this bus ♥️ x

Hi @Mococo1 👋 we're here for you whenever you are ready x

@KB13 I have two girls too 😂 said to DH it could be a boy this time and he said he wants another girl. Tbh a girl would be easier but I'm happier with either. Although I haven't got a clue what to do with boys.

My sickness with my first lasted 20 weeks, and then I had blinding migraines for the rest of the pregnancy. Right at the last week they said I had pre eclampsia.

Second pregnancy I was in hospital for months. Kidney infections, blood issues. Early labour (she stayed out thank god).

This time I just really want a drama free pregnancy. It's my last one! I want to enjoy it.

On Monday I'm going to book an early scan so we know everything is progressing ok. I woke this morning and didn't feel instantly sick which is worrying me.

How are you feeling?!