Due late Oct 🎃 - early Nov 🎉

[Foxella]

I don’t know when I’m due, I’ve not had a period since DS was born but I got 1-2 weeks on a Clearblue digi this morning which puts me sometime late October or early November (I think!)
Feels like I’m too far behind the October group but too early for a November one… anyone due a similar time and want to join me? Would love to have some company 😊

[quote DM1720]@Nict4214 big congrats! So nice not to have to go through months of trying! How far will you be for your scan? I’d love an early scan but didn’t think they’d see anything until past the 6 week mark.
@Frida9 I wouldn’t feel the need to tell work for a while yet. Do you work in a job where you’d have to let them know early on? I won’t be saying anything until closer to 12 week mark or even after that.
@Hjklasdfg why do you think it’s twins? That would be amazing![/quote]
I know, I was in total disbelief to be honest! I'll be about 6.5 weeks, probably won't see much but wanting it for more peace of mind ☺️

Congratulations to the newbies who have joined over the weekend!

CurbsideProphet So sorry about your previous pregnancies and I hope you have much better news this time. I had a UTI during the IVF as well, they’re so miserable aren’t they! We practically went into isolation during the IVF so my main distraction is meeting up with people we’ve been avoiding since Christmas! Have you found anything to help with the nausea?

Hjklasdfg I have M.E./ CFS too. We went for a walk on Saturday and I spent the whole of Sunday on the sofa On the positive side I’m sleeping really deeply the last week or so which I haven’t been able to do since pre-diagnosis. Have you seen much difference in your CFS so far?

Foxella Definitely a good idea to leave telling the in-laws to your DP, I’m sure it doesn’t have an effect on baby at this stage but avoiding stress where poss has got to be best for you. Will you wait to tell your Mum in person with her living far away?

@DM1720 honestly im going to sound weird but just a feeling I can’t describe it, might be completely wrong of course haha.

@GodspeedJune it’s good to speak to someone else with CFS and who’s also pregnant. To be honest I’m not sleeping as much, I had a busy day yesterday and today I’m just wiped out it’s like I have less energy than I did before if that makes sense? I’m glad you’re sleeping really deeply though! I have an appointment with an occupational therapist soon so hoping she can give me some tips on how to manage with the symptoms as well as pregnancy on top. I think most people who know me just think I’m having a very bad CFS flare.

Anyone else gone totally off sweet food? All I want is fresh Savoury snacks e.g. guacamole/ humus/ olives
And meat and gravy 🤣 I am 5+3

@thebirdinthecave sending love and I hope you get a positive outcome xx

@foxella pregnancy with a baby/toddler sounds rough!

Congrats to all the bfps xxx

Hjklasdfg Yes what you’re saying completely makes sense. I think it’s going to take quite a toll when our baselines are lower than someone who has normal levels of energy. Although I did read somewhere quite a high percentage of people with CFS have some improvement in symptoms during pregnancy - how nice would it be if that happened!

The O/T appt sounds like a good idea. My O/T is off sick at the moment but I think I’d like to hang on for her rather than see someone else as she’s so empathetic and really understands the condition.

Annny27 I’m completely off chocolate - very unlike me! Craving salt today so have asked DP to bring McDonald’s in, which is just as bad

@GodspeedJune yes! My energy just seems to go so so much faster now. I’m shattered from just walking around for a little while but my brain fog is a bit better which is bizarre. I hope it improves our CFS can you imagine??

Yeah I haven’t had an appointment come through yet but she said she’ll send one out soon. It makes total sense tbh if you’re happy with her you don’t want to start all over with someone new. I’ll let you know if there’s any tips from my appointment ☺️

I don’t think I’ve been off any foods as such but now you’ve mentioned McDonald’s the one thing I seem to desperately want right now is a McDonald’s strawberry milkshake 😂 and all the carbs and butter - although I was on a low carb/low sugar diet before getting pregnant so it might just be because I can have carbs again!

The email midwife just told me to call the EPU. My husband tried but there was no answer :( He’s going to try to call again tomorrow. I suppose if my cheapie isn’t darker tomorrow he won’t have to.

The only bright side here is that I had no more spotting yesterday and none today. I don’t feel as sick today as I did yesterday though only a bit this morning before breakfast and this afternoon I’ve just got the low blood sugar feeling I get when I’ve eaten too late 🙄

I hope everyone else has had a better day! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

Hello! Congrats all on your BFP!

I got mine yesterday. Due early November. 3rd time round.
However, feeling very anxious. Been under consultant care because it turned out I had leftover tissue from a MMC in Oct! Only just finished my course of antibiotics and now found I’m 🤰🏼
So worried they are going to say it won’t be a pregnancy I can go ahead with 😞

Well I’m now 6 weeks and the nausea has hit me. One of my students asked if I was hanging today so I clearly look as rough as I feel.

@TheBirdintheCave please don't ever worry you're bothering us! This is a safe place and we want to be there for you ❤️ that's good the spotting has stopped, I'm sure the tests are just because it's reached a point where they can't go any darker. Will be keeping everything crossed for you x

@Annny27

I am due ~ 27th October:) have had 2 mcs and been ttc for nearly 3 years so it's a rather anxious time!

Just wanted to say me too! I'm due 10th October - everything crossed it's third time lucky for us both

@dreams2727 congratulations to you too! Third times a charm 🤞💗💙

For those who've had early scans, what's the earliest they could see anything? I went for one about 10 days ago and it was too early to see much, so have rebooked for next week when I think I should be 6+5. Just wondering if I should leave it longer & stretch to 7 or 8 weeks?

@thinkingdifferent at 6+5 you will be able to see a sac, small baby and heartbeat :)

But obviously will be able to see more later on

@ThinkingDifferent I went at 7+2 last time (though I was a little earlier due to when I’d ovulated) and they could see my son and his heartbeat :) If I make it that far this time I’ll be going at 7+5.

Hi 😊 lovely to read your messages. I tested positive in Saturday, 1st child, hoping all goes well 🙏💕 quite nervous about the 1st trimester x

Hi ladies!
I'm SO bloated anyone else like that really early on? Also when did everyone get a pregnant on the digital I need to tell my consultant I'm pregnant for medication purposes but I'm reluctant too until I get a good digital ?

Congratulations @DM1720 @Nict4214 @Frida9 @SimonSays87 welcome to the group! Hope you’re doing well and feeling good 😊

@Hjklasdfg @GodspeedJune @AmyEF I’ll definitely tell my mum in person, she’s coming up to visit (aka look after DS) next week so I’m sure I’ll tell her then.
I really don’t have a preference this time, last time I’d have said girl but since having my boy I’d literally want nothing else! He’s the most incredible little man 🥰 I also used to think that twins would be amazing, but since having a baby I’ve absolutely no idea how people manage twins 😂 my heart would totally sink if they told me there was more than one 😫 no idea why but I’m thinking it might be a girl this time 🤔

@Annny27 I’m totally the opposite at the moment, I’m all about the sweet stuff and finding it far more difficult to be healthy with it! Although absolutely if I was craving savoury I’d be straight over to McD’s tho so not much better 😂

@TheBirdintheCave don’t hold out on a line on a strip, there are far more things pointing to everything being fine and normal for you than not. Like @Kat668 said, they reach a point where they don’t go any darker, I’ve got some one steps which show nowhere near as dark as the control line but that’s just as dark as they go. I don’t expect much of them, they cost pennies so are hardly worth the amount of stress they cause.

@ThinkingDifferent I had a scan last time at 6+1 but measured 6+3. There was a blob with a flickering heartbeat, it was incredibly emotional to see but I was very prepared that there wouldn’t be a heartbeat if I was a day or two out the other way. I was really anxious and just needed to know there was something developing, so if that’s what you want from it then stick with next week. I think 8 weeks you get what looks like a gummy bear and 10 weeks looks much more baby like.

I used an app called Pregnancy+ to track and it shows you what the baby looks like week by week, it also has a section where you can see a sample ultrasound from each week too

What do we think of this :/ 18dpo I think is a little darker than 15dpo... but it isn’t as dark as the control yet.

Had to skip 16 as I’d run out of tests so 17 and 18 are a new batch.

I never bothered doing extra testing with my son as the FRER line I had at 14dpo with him was nearly the same colour as the control.

Congratulations @mary3388 hope you’re feeling excited as well as the nerves! It’s such an anxious time but I’m determined to enjoy it too 😊

@73nat yes to the bloat 😫 I’m on the comfy leggings already! I would think that telling your consultant sooner would be better if you have medication to change but it depends on what it is of course. You’re definitely pregnant 😊

Speaking of which, I’ll bite the bullet and call the midwives today, time to make this real 😬 I’m also on medication which is ok to take in pregnancy but might need monitoring. I just want to know a proper due date to pop on the calendar!

@TheBirdintheCave I can definitely see that todays is darker 😊 don’t expect them to ever get as dark as the control… those strips are very different from FRER’s

@Foxella Thanks :) It's (in part) the stupid FRER's that have made me feel so rubbish about this pregnancy really as the lines were intensely faint (I couldn't photograph them) even when the ClearBlue line was obvious and the digi said 'pregnant' .

Five weeks today. Now on to the countdown to six. My friend is six weeks tomorrow and I'm so jealous of her being a week ahead

I hope your phone call goes well :)

@GodspeedJune I've been signed off work by my GP and given anti sickness and anti reflux drugs to see if they help. It's 24/7 at the moment. Never felt anything like it.

@CurbsideProphet Sorry to hear that :( I hope the meds help!