Minsters Sidecar Bumping Along - ttc graduates thread 4

[lucyrp]

Hey girls! I've gone ahead and created a follow up thread for us all. Let's hope we have some more ladies joining us from over on the other thread! ❤️

Oh it's definitely a case of "whatever gets you through" Early on 😃

@DKDK123 ooo an afternoon appointment yeah that's not ideal it will drag bastard

@bez91 my hubby too like 😳and wants to play with them which makes me want to kill him 😂

Heyyyyyyyy darling @Juno231 🥰😘you don't know how happy we are you are here, that's great progression!

Mollys ears must have been burning as she sent back to her sleepy nighttime self last night and didn't even poo once! Long May it last 😂

Yay @Juno231 glad to see you here!

Welcome @Juno231 great progression! Are you moving onto digitals after that? Are you thinking early scan or waiting it out?

@Minster2012 I have horses so wild wees have always felt normal to me! So many places you just don't have a toilet. I think I've mentioned it before but I've peed in the middle of the m25 so I really have no standards. 🤣
@Juno231 definitely good line progression there.
@Justanothercyster a win! 🥳
@DKDK123 ah no. 2.30? Crap.

So- more poo chat. I know @bez91 i think it was, was struggling? Or was it @Lexber 🤔 Anyway- this is not fun. I want to know if its normal? I'm actually not constipated in the sense that I am managing to go every day at some point mostly. It is often lots of little balls mind. 🤣 But my issue is- the pain? I feel bloated all the time. And behind my belly button there's like a band that feels tender to touch? Like it all feels angry. And even though I'm mostly going to the toilet, its not necessarily when I need to. I feel i can't make it. And then suddenly it decides it is coming, the pain is immense, and I have to hope I'm bloody near a toilet at that point! 🙈 But even though I've been this morning, the subtle crampy horrid feeling hasn't gone away. 😭

@Juno231 yay hello! That's really good line progression - only thing I would say is I never got a proper dye stealer on a FRER, even though I had hcg serial bloods done and knew the levels were good! Xx

@paintfairy if it is tiny balls then you are constipated so it's probably all quite backed up and trapped which accounts for the pain!
Get on the phone to the GP xxx

@paintfairy I agree with blackcurrant. It sucks it's been giving you so much pain though.

@Justanothercyster haha I'm glad you've had poo success!

@blackcurrantqueen thank you for the heads up, I'll know not to worry then!

@becarefuloutthere I'm thinking I'll do a digital on Wednesday for that 2-3 week result and a final one next week for 3+. Although I know not everyone gets the 3+ for whatever reason. I wanted a scan at 7 weeks but I'll be in Sweden then :/ earliest I can book is for the 4th Jan at 8+1 so that's what I've done. If it's good news I can self refer to the midwife the next day. I'm worried about self referring before then because of my IVF still being scheduled for Jan...

Also just realised I'm actually 14dpo today and not 13. I just can't count (just what you want an accountant to be saying lol)

@paintfairy speak to your GP, Lactulose has definitely helped me a little and I think I need to take a bit
more like @Lexber suggested. Small balls definitely indicate constipation! x

Oh and speaking of shrivelled/big erect nipples (😆) I've ordered some soft bras from h&ms maternity section cause mine are way too sore for regular bras. Now I'm just not so patiently waiting for them to arrive.

Heyyy girls, I think it's time I hop on with @Juno231 and join too!

I felt bad for talking about bfps on the main bus! I'm 5+2, got an early scan booked for the 23rd December when I'll be 7+5 hopefully🤞🏼 was slightly disheartened after doing a digi yesterday hoping to get 3+ at 21dpo, but only got 2-3, going to give it another week then I'll do another hopefully I'll get the 3+!! I did an frer to see if I could make myself feel better yesterday and got a dye stealer so it made me feel positive again! The GP gave me a link to do a self referral to a midwife so I've done that and just waiting for my booking appointment!

It won't let me add a picture for some reason, very annoying

Done!

@blackcurrantqueen what will the GP do though? I've got some fybogel. Bloody nightmare. 🙈
@Vil10 I got mine at 23dpo technically. So you were probably only just too early with it.

@paintfairy isn't fybogel just fiber? I think there's such a thing as too much fiber where your poo gets too compacted lol. Sounds like you need a laxative like lactulose which the GP can prescribe? It exists OTC as well though so might be worth checking if it's the same thing and just get it like that?

@Vil10 awesome dye stealer!!

Lovely dye stealer @Vil10 😃

Welcome to you and @Juno231 👋🏻 so exciting that so many of us are joining.

I'm 8+5 today. Time is going really slowly but also fast at the same time.

@paintfairy Yeah exactly about the Fybogel, it is just fibre and not a medication as such - it's good to let the GP know though as there are other options if Lactulose doesn't work either.

@feliznavidad2 can't get the pissing GP to ever answer the phone! Doubt it's too much fibre, I'm not taking loads. More likely not enough with my current diet. Lactulose might be worth a go though.

@paintfairy the struggle is real... marmite on toast, cups of (decaf) tea and hot Ribena and not a lot else here.

@feliznavidad2 I can't even stomach decaf tea any more. I'm really struggling with drinking, even more than eating! I was originally trying to be healthy but it's just gone out the window now as I can't force it down myself. Everything tastes bitter. Even my normal tea ration isn't really enjoyable any more. The morning one is OK. But now at night it's vile. Rarrrr hate it! 🤣

Oh I forgot to say, yesterday I joined the FB group off the back of the August birth group here on MN. Only to realise I recognised the lady who set it up and yup - she was a friend's bridesmaid at a wedding I went to last year in Jan! Small world! So now we know each other's secret 😅

@DKDK123 I have all the policy (first thing I downloaded 2.5 years ago when I started 🙈) it's just more the personal and practical side ie financially etc when to go back. I had 10 months with DD albeit full of stress as I got made redundant kinda before I left.

Yayyyyy welcome @Juno231 & @Vil10 🤗

It was @Lexber 💩 @paintfairy im quite alright in that area at the moment 😆

@Juno231 the H&M ones are good! I also got a cheap pack of 3 from Matalan which are great and have ditched underwired. Super weird about the Facebook group!

@Juno231 I wasn't aware of the fb group?

@paintfairy it's in the July/August group on here but the link has to be renewed like every day. I'll see if I can send it to you direct

@paintfairy let me know if it worked!