July 2021

[Lollipop87]

Hi everyone!

There doesn’t seem to be a thread yet for July 2021, probably because most of you haven’t got your BFP yet! I got mine yesterday at 9DPO which was super early but had a pretty clear line on a FRER with afternoon urine, so confirmed with a digital. My due date is 4th July 2021 and I can’t wait for more of you to join me!! Feeling excited but a bit overwhelmed / not everything has sunk in yet. Also it’s still super early so I’m crossing my fingers (and legs!) that this little one sticks. It’s my first baby so I have no experience of any of this!

Hopefully see more of you in the next few days!!

Xx

Hi, anyone have trouble sleeping atm. I'm only 4+3 and waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep which is not like me as I love my sleep. Was expecting insomnia later on but not this early. 😴

@marylola for the past week I've been waking up so early and not being able to get back to sleep. It's very annoying

@MaryLola

Hi, anyone have trouble sleeping atm. I'm only 4+3 and waking up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep which is not like me as I love my sleep. Was expecting insomnia later on but not this early. 😴

Yes it started in the third trimester with my son who's now 2y9m and I still wake up between 2-3. It's like a mum badge of honour! I swear we all do it

@Hopefulmummie @MaryLola I've had this from 4 weeks! Waking up around 4am x

Feeling really sick here too it's so draining. I just feel like it's such an effort to talk or smile or move 😂🙈 not easy with my two girls at home!

I just keep thinking I need to be kind to myself I have to get through 5 more weeks, 35 days of this, and I should get my scan and can at least tell everyone why I'm being such a mard haha!!

I can't wait till the fog lifts and my cheerful energy is back!! Xx

Morning everyone

I've been waking up in the night (and usually unable to get back to sleep) for about 2 weeks, since before my positive test. I don't remember this in my first pregnancy.

I am 5+5 now

I'm not feeling massively sick but I keep getting a bit nauseous, a bit headachey. I'm definitely feeling tired and I am finding I am getting lightheaded if I get up to fast or do too much.

Had a small nosebleed this morning and my boobs have been a lot more tender the last couple of days. The constipation and wind is still there too.

Symptoms seem to be on and off but I think that's normal at this stage and just keep hoping for the best.

Hi all, hope it’s okay to join! We just got our BFP on Saturday, as I know my ovulation date I’m assuming I’m 4+2 weeks today 🎉 I keep waking up early too at around 4am! I thought I’d be knackered but surprisingly I’m not, I’m also finding it hard to actually fall asleep in the evening too, anyone else having that problem?

@MaryLola yes me! It’s awful isn’t it. I’m so tired 🥱

@Kg87 welcome and congratulations! I’m exactly the same, it’s really hard to drop off, fingers crossed it’ll pass soon

@NotMorePeppa thank you! Congrats to you too! Yes hoping it passes soon although then we’ll probably be exhausted and wishing we had insomnia again!

When you work out your weeks are you supposed to assume you’re dates based on LMP until the dating scan? As I know my ovulation date I’m almost certain I’m 4+2 rather than 6+2?

When you work out your weeks are you supposed to assume you’re dates based on LMP until the dating scan? As I know my ovulation date I’m almost certain I’m 4+2 rather than 6+2?

I think so because you are not technically pregnant for first two weeks(ish) anyway. So if you are 6 weeks this means you ovulated about four weeks ago.

@EatPrayYoga I've literally just done a post asking exact same... my lmp puts me at 8 +3 but I know when I ovulated putting me at 6+1 .... everyone has said same thing they will always date based on lmp until the dating scan around 11 weeks when they will give you due date and exact dates xx

Anxious Annie yes even then your weeks are not based on when you exactly ovulated so you are not likely to be dated 2 weeks earlier because of when you ovulated IYSWIM. When I had my dating scan in my first pregnancy it changed my due date by one day and I think that's based on size. None of it is exact anyway.

Congrats to all the new BFPs!

@MaryLola yes! Still feeling tired but trying to go to bed earlier so at least I'm getting some hours in before I wake up 😳 And I'm only 4w4d so many weeks of this yet...

Well at least I'm not alone. I've no problem falling asleep it's just when I do I'm really unsettled and then about 4am I'm wide awake.

@MaryLola

Well at least I'm not alone. I've no problem falling asleep it's just when I do I'm really unsettled and then about 4am I'm wide awake.

This is me. I'm fine getting to sleep. It's just I wake up and struggle to get back to sleep. It's not helped by me having shortness of breath at the moment.

If you know when you ovulated, add 2 weeks to that and that's how many weeks pregnant you are. Anyone with a typical cycle that will take them to around their LMP.xx

Pickled onion crisps/ pickled onions out of the jar and fruit pastilles are saving the day for me 🙈 how’s everyone else x

Thanks everyone! So should I assume I’m 6+2 then based on LMP? It’s mainly because I want to track the stages on my app and I feel silly thinking there’s a lentil in there when really its probably smaller lol

Yes 6+2 sounds correct Kg87

I’m having trouble falling asleep atm also. I feel tired all day and then am lying awake until the early hours. So tiring!

They always time pregnancy by LMP- last menstrual period. Then when you have your first scan at about 12 weeks they may adjust it by a few days in either side. My LMP was 16th October, which makes me 3 weeks and 4 days pregnant and gives me a due date of 23rd July 2021.

Gosh I can’t wait to be able to have a scan and know everything is okay. Think we will go at 8/9 weeks privately. Feels like forever away though!

i would love to ditch facebook but i do 90% of my work through it so i'm well and truly stuck!! such a pain!!

welcome new mummies @BallerinaN and @FrankoBee

do we need to do a roll call on this thread? like usernames, due date etc?

ha! i missed a whole page of this thread! what a prat

welcome too to @4Minions2CallMyOwn and @Kg87

surviving on pot noodles here!

@Kg87 I think you should always go by your LMP unless you know it's actually wildly different. For example, they'd ideally work mine out from ovulation as I've not had a period since before DC1.

Just be careful if you're looking at a private scan. 2 weeks (I.e. the difference between being 4+2 and 6+2) makes a big difference in the first 10 weeks or so. You don't want to end up worrying if you're earlier than you thought and baby isn't as developed as you expect x

Hi all. Congratulations to all of the new BFP’s. I hate Facebook I always deactivate it when it annoys me. However when I was pregnant with my daughter I found the due date Facebook group I was in amazing for support.

Sorry to hear some of you are struggling with early wake ups. My issue at the moment is I can’t seem to stay awake.

@inahaze that would be a good idea.

If anyone wants to join the Facebook group just drop me a PM. I do think there are two lurking around, would be great if we could merge the two. Xx