🤰🏼Due end of March/Beginning of April🤰🏾

[MyMabel]

There’s already a March thread but everyone seems so far along already with people
Due at the beginning of March.

I’ve estimated I’m due around 29th of March so thought I’d make a thread for that! Anyone else?
Ive just come back from holiday, I took the tests the first day we got there to check if it could enjoy a cocktail or two.. ended up with mocktails instead!

How are we feeling? Any symptoms yet?

@spookycookies

I will need maternity wear by 9weeks. No way will I be able to hide it past 12.

I am already wearing maternity underwear 🤭🤭🤭 because..... THEY ARE SOOOOOOO COMFY 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@GabeKhera can't wait to get my maternity pyjamas out. I would live in them.

@Lalala1985 I am definitely guilty of doing pregnancy tests 🙈 I’ve probably taken around 5 since I found out a week ago, 3 on the first day and 2 yesterday.. just to make sure.
The lines are still faint but getting darker and the digital one on Tuesday said 1-2 weeks but yesterday said 2-3 weeks so I’m hopeful that things are progressing ok 😌 I really want to get excited but it all feels too good to be true!

@Gotu congratulations!
I’d start by calling your GP and letting them know, they’ll probably do a telephone consult and ask if you’re on any medication / smoke etc and also advise you start taking folic acid. Mine didn’t offer much else but seems you’re further along so perhaps they’ll book you in for a face to face :)
Definitely worth calling the GP ASAP though x

@Nervyy don't blame you 😂😂😂 I did 5 on the same day just because my husband couldn't believe 😂😂😂😂 and then thruought the week I've done probably another 7 😊

[quote Nervyy]@Gotu congratulations!
I’d start by calling your GP and letting them know, they’ll probably do a telephone consult and ask if you’re on any medication / smoke etc and also advise you start taking folic acid. Mine didn’t offer much else but seems you’re further along so perhaps they’ll book you in for a face to face :)
Definitely worth calling the GP ASAP though x[/quote]
My gp is useless, I phoned them two weeks ago, told them that I am in a high risk and I need to register with mw asap, and still no call back 😠 but because I am under hospital care as outpatient, will wait for a scan on wednesday and then I will contact my gp again with totally different talk. That was my biggest worry to be pregnant during this uncertain time and I am patient person overall, but because my gp screwed me up so many times before, this time I feel I have a right to make a complaint. And the most horrible thing is that in our area we are not allowed to change our gp at the moment, unless you do change your address.

@GabeKhera

When someone is asking me how do I feel, I will start to answer them 'like a pregnant' I think 😂😂😂😂 my lower back pain is killing me, as I never got totally fine after my first birth. I also was left with a little baby weight tummy as well and now when I feel like I woul've swallowed a balloon, I litterally and look like that 😊 there is not even a chance for me to hide my pregnancy as I look like I would be 20 weeks 🙈🙈🙈 does anyone else had same problem who is not a first time mums?

Same - definitely already have a mum tum. And had a bump really early with #1 too. No idea how I'm going to hide it till 12 weeks!

@GabeKhera I know how you feel, I’ve dug out my ‘post c-section’ underwear! And oh my god they are sooo comfortable and hold my bloat like a newborn baby ironically! I’ll never take them off (only to change them!) must buy more too.. I hated maternity jeans, most uncomfortable things ever. I lived in pinafore jersey dresses with long sleeve tops, jersey everything basically.. 💀

@Nervyy the progression on the digital is really promising! That’s fab news

Hi! Can I join you tentatively? I have got plenty of good positives and the NHS reckons 4 April ish due date if all goes well. I’m very anxious as we’ve had two losses and have been trying 18 months, during which time I had to have a Fallopian tube removed. This will be a clomid baby if it sticks! We also have a wonderful 4 year old daughter who I cannot wait to make a big sister after waiting so long. I’m definitely in the terrified camp, I am scared to even go for a wee and keep checking how my boobs feel but the lines are so much darker even after 2 days so im thinking it’s something going on.

Slight complication in that I ended up in hospital for a week literally from the day I ovulated 🙈 with gallstones and am booked for an op in 2 weeks which I suspect is going to be put back a fair way! I was so so poorly with it and so im terrified of having to do 9 months of gallstone pain. Im thinking of calling and speaking to the GP about the safety of the drugs and imaging I had in the hospital, and also about the viability of the op for some guidance.

Anyway, enough wittering! Im so excited - I read somewhere the sentence “today I am pregnant” so im going to make that my mantra for now, enjoy being pregnant for now and take tomorrow as it comes, without letting my fear of it ruin the joy of today. Sounds very airy fairy but is working so far!

@ItsAlice I really feel for you with gallstone pain. I had it about a year ago, though because of COVID didn't get a scan until January, and because if only had it once, they gave me the option to avoid fatty foods or op and I chose just to avoid fatty foods.
Tbh the day I got it I had cream tea for lunch and dinner so really not surprised!

Did they give you the option to just see what happens rather than straight to the op? I read that it's estrogen that causes it so it could get bad during pregnancy. Sounds like as you suggested it's worth talking to dr.

@Nervyy I will definitely get them called to make them aware, I thought we self booked an appointment for the 12week scan and they didn’t do much before that. I’m going to go out and get folic acid tomorrow.
@GabeKhera I don’t live in my area anymore that I’m registered to but was hoping to stay with them for the first but then move at a later date as I stay in a small area that once one persons finds out the whole town will 😂🙈 I want to keep it private for as long as possible and not be found out before the 12week mark.

Hi can I join you please. I already have a 1 year old and got a positive test today, approx 4+4.

Bit nervous as actually I had a miscarriage last month at 6+5 and now I've fallen pregnant again before my period came.

I have a scan booked with EPU early August as they were concerned my miscarriage might have been ectopic so wanted another scan to confirm all clear so not sure what will happen now since I've got pregnant again so quickly.

I guess I need to call and let them know but I don't want to say it too soon since I lost so early last time.

Good morning ladies, nice to see that our group is getting bigger and bigger 😉

@ItsAlice same situation here regarding ectiopic, so just stay positive 😉

@Gotu if your previous gp is still not very far away from where you live now, you should be still able to stay with them. Deppending on the health visitors coverage as they will need to visit you later on and when the baby will be here.

@Sunshineandgin oh that's a real surprise for you 😊 but that's very common as your body was still in a pregnancy mood anyway and hence why your chance was greater. I would advise to phone them up and tell them even though it is early. They will direct you what will be next steps and will give you a piece of mind.

Hi! @Lalala1985 thanks, yeah I’ve had attacks off and on for 9 months but got fobbed off and told it was endometriosis. After a week in hospital the consultant said they are really bad and need to come out - I suspect they may give me the option of waiting until after or having the op in the second trimester so I’m going to speak to the consultant this week I think. Luckily we are doing it on our bupa cover so it’s a lot more flexible and easy to talk to the surgeon.

@GabeKhera thanks, it’s just so stressful worrying! I didn’t have an ectopic but at my second loss I was told I had a cyst, I waited forever to get it re scanned only to give up after 6 months and go privately, by that point it was the size of a small melon and it was not a cyst but a swollen blocked tube, so that had to go! Luckily though the consultant we saw there has a gynae clinic near us in sutton so he could then easily do the clomid stuff after, which has obviously worked a treat!

@Sunshineandgin congratulations and welcome! I’ve been there twice before and know how awfully the fear sits on your mind. You will get there and the time will pass, it’s just so anxious whilst you wait! Hopefully the EPU will still want to see you to check all is ok and that may give you some reassurance!

Hope everyone is feeling and doing ok today, time drags so much at this point doesn’t it!!

Morning all, can I join aswell please? I'm 3+5 with my first so very early days and I'm a little overwhelmed I was TTC but looks like I've conceived on my first month, I'm really happy but a little nervous so would like to tag along with you all if that's ok? Thank you 😊

@ItsAlice you mean sutton coldfield? 😊

@arianasky hop on board 😉 congradulations 😊

@GabeKhera thank you lovely 😊

Also going to tentatively join.

I'm somewhere between 4+2 and 5+3 with respective due dates being between 25th March - 2nd April.

Found out 10 days ago, when I had the faintest of faint lines. It's darkened up much more since then, but they still seem too faint for my liking. Everything is firmly crossed. If it wasn't for the tests I wouldn't know I was pregnant. I'm a lot more emotional (the Olympics is a hell of a rollercoaster to watch atm), and my appetite has vanished, but zero nausea/sickness or sore boobs. Part of me wishes for some symptoms, but part of me is quite relieved!

This will (hopefully!) be my second. I already have DD who is going to turn 2 in 6 weeks. She'll be 2 and a half when this one arrives. It took me 3 years of TTC to get her. Which has made this one, after only 5 months, a bit of a surprise.

I have PCOS, so my periods are very irregular. I've been taking Metformin to stabilise them, but they hadn't become regular yet. Hence the dating uncertainty. When I was TTC DD they were 32 day cycles, but the period before this missed one was 40 days. I have zero idea when I ovulated, but I think I might be on the earlier side of dates. I don't think I'm quite 5 weeks yet.

Feeling surprisingly chilled about the whole thing. Hoping that's a good sign, as when I had an MC (pre-DD), I was an anxious ball of stress from the moment I got the BFP. On the other hand, DD I was very relaxed the whole time. Haven't booked in with a midwife yet. Going to book in when I am definitely 6 weeks, or some symptoms develop. I had pre-eclampsia with DD, so pretty sure I'm going to be consultant led this time around. High BMI and >35 years old as well.

Wishing everyone here the very best of luck with their pregnancies.

Hi ladies, another tentative joiner here. I found out on the 16th, which was the day my period was due - I’m 4+6 based on my last period but I have shorter cycles so apps are telling me 5+2 and the nhs is telling me 5 weeks. I had some brown spotting on the 18th, and saw my GP on the 19th - she was lovely, said my cervix looks fine but there’s no way to tell if the spotting is problematic or not and to cross my fingers really hard and wait a bit… so not booked in with mw yet. Spotting went away but came back on Saturday, it’s very light but I worry every time I go to the toilet. Have been cramping throughout too. Really want my baby to be ok (I’m sure we all do!).

[quote GabeKhera]@Nervyy don't blame you 😂😂😂 I did 5 on the same day just because my husband couldn't believe 😂😂😂😂 and then thruought the week I've done probably another 7 😊[/quote]
@GabeKhera it’s almost addictive just knowing that it’s true 😊

@GabeKhera sorry to hear your GP isn’t being very helpful - I’d definitely continue calling as you have a right to be supported throughout this!

Lots of new people joining which is lovely 😊 it’s great to ‘meet’ everyone and congratulations!💗

@ItsAlice - hi! love that mantra, so simple yet positive and powerful.

@Sunshineandgin hi! it sounds like you’ve had a difficult time, hoping all goes well with this pregnancy🤞🏻 Was the scan booked in with EPU before you found out that you’re pregnant again? Perhaps it’s a good thing you have one booked in so soon as they will hopefully be able to offer some reassurance:)

@arianasky hi, sounds very similar to me! Very early, very scared but also very excited to be pregnant with our first!

@Dyra congratulations and wishing you lots of luck! Best to be chilled, wish I could take a leaf out of your book!

@Theimpatientworrier hello, it sounds like your GP is really proactive and supportive so that’s a huge positive. Hopefully the spotting is all normal (as I know it’s a common symptom in early pregnancy) and both you and your baby are doing well 😊

Thank you @GabeKhera @ItsAlice and @Nervyy, hoping it will all go well this time 🤞🏻

We hadn't planned it the last time but it was a pleasant surprise and I didn't realise how broody I'd become until I lost it. Now I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much!

Lovely to be able to share this journey as I don't want to tell anyone irl until I'm further along.

@GabeKhera - yeah, I live that way on and work in sutton, I’ve seen Mr Kumar at surescan for months and I swear he is some kind of fertility wizard 🤣

@arianasky how exciting! Must feel very sudden to catch on your first month, so a big adjustment for you (though 18months of trying and it’s still a massive shock!)

@Dyra that sounds like a right emotional rollercoaster for you! Hope you manage to relax a bit soon. I keep squishing my boobs to check they hurt which is a wierd hobby but reassured me 🤷‍♀️

I’m the same @Sunshineandgin, I think I’ll tell my parents after my early scan as I know they will guess otherwise, and I’ll probably tell my best mum friend but other than that I want to keep it on the down low until 12 weeks, just to protect my heart from other peoples comments if things go wrong.

@Nervyy thank you, and yes that's exactly how I feel it's all so surreal