Due July 2023

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Hi

I can’t see one yet so just starting a due July 2023!

I’ve had bfp on first response and digital clear blue this week and keen to get chatting to others 🥰

@99pctpractice I don't have any experience or knowledge but I hope you're feeling okay. That must be really confusing for you

@MamaSJ15 I'm glad you feel better 😘😘x

@Mamaoftwooo yes it will be my last! I'm so sorry you had tough pregnancies. If it makes you feel better I had hg in my last full term pregnancy and to top it off when it came to labour and pushing the midwife found a leg poking out instead of a head. I had a breech baby! How far along are you btw? I am nearly 8 weeks and omg the back ache was horrendous today. I felt like I was in early labour. Anyone else? Pregnancy is sooooo hard. Had to sit in a hot bath this afternoon and just right now.

@ MamaSJ15

ah great 3+ 👏👏👏 hoping that’s me tomorrow x

Evening all!

Has anyone had any time off work due to feeling rubbish? Yesterday was almost impossible to get through and I can’t imagine putting myself through that again on Monday. I’m not being sick (so far, long may that last), but I feel awful pretty much the whole time unless I’m lying down. I felt like I was going to pass out in 3 out of 6 lessons yesterday and then had Braxton Hicks bad enough to have to breathe through in my last lesson of the day (madness that I’ve got those already - only 7 weeks and I didn’t get them at all with DD. Internet says overdoing it and dehydration).

I feel pathetic for even considering being off work though, as everyone else seems to manage just fine… (1st trimester with DD was fortunately during the summer hols so I just lay on the sofa for 4 weeks as I felt exactly the same with her).

Was originally thinking of having three kids but I’m now seriously rethinking that 😅

@JJbaby thanks, update us tomorrow!

@ThePodParent I didn't even realise it was possible to have Braxton so early on! You should in no way feel pathetic! Everyone is effected in different ways and also the jobs people do will effect them different too. If you feel you need to rest then you should do it. Take care of you and baby 😊

@MamaSJ15 thank you for your kind response! It’s much appreciated as I do feel a bit ridiculous.

I didn’t realise that you could get BH this early either and didn’t expect any ever, having not had them with DD, but I secret googled it (when my class was busy, in case it hailed a MC or something!) and apparently they tend to start now, but not be felt until much later on. I thought I was having some kind of serious digestive malfunction until I placed the distinctive feeling. V odd having that sensation in a classroom environment! I’m making sure to drink more water to hopefully avoid it again. Moral of the story: pregnancy is weird.

@ThePodParent that is interesting! I had BH with my DD, everyone experiences it differently but for me the whole bump went rock solid for a few seconds then eased off again, it's the strangest thing! It was usually after I'd been sitting down at night and got up. Would it usually suggest dehydration?
Oh yes, pregnancy is definitely weird!

@MamaSJ15 I’m very definitely no expert so could be super wrong, but I ended up reading the abstract of an academic paper on them and I think it said that it’s normally your womb just practicing, but that it can also be brought on by overdoing it physically or being dehydrated, as these things can stress the foetus and the contractions can help to squidge more oxygenated blood to the placenta? Not sure this counts right now with the teeny placenta. Dehydration can increase them anyway. I had drunk a ridiculously small amount on Thursday - half a cup of tea and a quick glug of water by 5pm 😬 not great. Have been better at that since!

How’s everyone doing today?

MamaSJ15

i got my 3+ this morning 👏❤️ Delighted 😃

On today's episode of I don't feel pregnant;

I STILL don't feel pregnant 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ my boobs aren't even tender or full, just normal. There only veiny. I don't even get that sharp pain everyone says about when sneezing. Nor do i feel tired, sick or anything etc 🤷🏻‍♀️. With my mmc I had every symptom going so I know symptoms aren't a reliable indicator but if I hadn't missed my period or got a positive test I wouldn't even know. I'm 6+3, I have a scan on Tuesday and I'm bloody terrified its either ectopic, blighted ovum or another mmc! Can't shake this feeling at all 😞😞

@candycrush789 lol I’m 7+1 and feel exactly the same. Just going about my day completely as normal 😂 have also booked a scan for Thursday dec 1st just to make sure everything is where it should be.. it’s my first so I don’t have anything to compare it to & no one to discuss it with irl but I guess we can only take things one day at a time.

hope everyone is having a cosy, relaxing Sunday 💛

@septembersapphire7 I've had children and 1 mmc. With my 1st, my daughter this pregnancy is similar maybe I'm not sure it was 7 years ago! With my son I had all day nausea from 6 weeks. With my mmc I had every symptom going 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm just petrified everything has all gone wrong again 😞😞x

@candycrush789

its hard isn’t it, waiting for scan.. mines Friday and I feel like times moving slow, hopefully you will get great news Tuesday and everything will be ok! Please god I will get ok news to and we can all get excited 😊 x

@JJbaby I know it's like time has stood still 🤦🏻‍♀️ if we get a good scan Tuesday I have a good feeling we will be bringing home our rainbow next summer. Until then, with the no symptoms I just don't know anymore 😞x

I keep reading that every pregnancy is different and I hope the scan on Tuesday gives you good news and reassurance… I’m so sorry about your mmc and understand how anxious that must now make you.. but try to focus on the things you can.. drink water, take the supplements, go for a walk, absorb yourself in a feel good movie…Anything that makes you smile ☺️

(no symptoms also means no worrying symptoms so I’m holding on to that for now!)

Can I join? Due between 29th-31st july. Exactly 5 weeks today.

No symptoms what so ever but will be DC3

@JJbaby yay!! 😀 That's great news!

@candycrush789 how are you feeling? I know it seems a bit odd to be having no symptoms but it doesn't have to mean anything bad. If anything bad was happening then you'd be having bleeding too so try stay positive ❤️ not long to wait till your scan now!

@MaraudingMother welcome! Congrats! How are you doing?

Hi everyone I have been keeping up, just been riddled with anxiety and would hate to make anyone else's worse. I hope you're all well ❤️

Had my scan today at 7+4 and everything is well. I feel silly for being so stressed. I wasn't like this with my first I wish I could stop worrying, but today has put my mind at ease. I just can't wait for my first nhs midwifery appointment.

Positive vibes girls we got this✨

@MamaSJ15 I'm alright I guess 🤷🏻‍♀️ my nipples have got darker 😂 yay for a symptom! Hmm not necessarily, I lost my baby in September and had no bleeding no signs nothing! Even after my surgery I still had some symptoms...😞 nope its now tomorrow! I'm excited but dreading it. I wm update after! How are you? Do you have symptoms yet?

@candycrush789 oh right okay, I understand why you're so worried then, but that must be quite rare to have no bleeding in that situation.
I'm okay, felt better after doing another test even if I did feel silly for doing it! No major symptoms no, I look bloated sometimes (but don't particularly feel it), get the odd feeling of indigestion which passes quickly and that's about it, but to be honest I'm quite happy with no symptoms as long as everything's okay! Got my scan on Sunday.

@SmurfStar so glad your scan went well 😀 must be a bit of relief for you!

I've just got my 3+ at 5 weeks plus 1 day today!!

@MamaSJ15 I've woken up today and nearly thrown up whilst brushing my teeth and I have a burning acid feeling.. I keep doing 'acid burps' and my appetite has gone 🤷🏻‍♀️ I'm guessing these are some symptoms I've longed for. Whilst there horrible, I'm grateful 🙏 scan tomorrow! Still nervous 😓 hope your doing well x

Thanks @MamaSJ15 it really is, I'm at peace for now anyway gonna try to keep my head screwed on!

@MaraudingMother yay good sign .. I only learnt recently about "dye stealers" so before yday I was flat using cheap sticks hoping for these dye stealers lol

@candycrush789 yeno the way we symptom spot before the bfp, you ever think afterwards our body ignores symptoms just to guard ourselves .. can't wait for your scan tomorrow I hope your Monday flies x

Hello 😊It's nice that us first-timers have more experienced colleagues here to ask when insecure.

@candycrush789 ugh, I hope tomorrow will be better for you.

I hope you're all well ladies. I can see everyone is posting their symptoms 😆It's the time they're kicking in, isn't it. Mine are extremely sore boobs (my cat was walking on me at night, stepping on boobs, kept waking me up. I'm feeling like someone was hitting my chest with baseball bat 😵). Another symptom is that I am extremely weak in the morning. Not sick, not nauseous, just weak and lightheaded. Maybe it's low blood pressure? I haven't heard from the hospital yet, if they don't contact me this week, I'm supposed to ring them to book my first appt.

We have work Christmas do this Friday, and I really don't want to go 😓These weak mornings make me feel shattered by the end of day. All I want is to lie down on the sofa. Plus, everyone will insist to fix you a drink ugh. I already said I'm going, what excuse could I use not to go?