August Due Date Crew (Thread 5)

[AnnieApple123]

We look like we’re heading towards breaking some records with threads here!

Newbies still most welcome to join in as always.

@Narwhal88 i think that’s a lovely idea, you sometimes see the announcement and think it was easy for them but in reality you never know how anyone else has struggled!

@Narwhal88 I think that’s a lovely idea xx

@ChloeN yeah exactly. I would never want to hurt anyone and if I ever saw someone admit they had struggled when I was going through it it did help. I have told loads of people about having ivf and will go into great detail if people let me 😂 I know not everyone wants to share as it is quite personal.

Congrats @AnnieApple123 and @Chl0o lovely scan photos!

@AnnieApple123 she said she's sent them for rapid so latest Friday if they don't find anything but likely be quicker if anything pops up!
She's an amazing gp though, she said to my mum after work she would phone me Thursday after 2 😅

@Narwhal88 I have a school friend on social media who did this! Literally put all the info, how many embryos they used and how many attempts etc and it was really interesting too! Alot of people commented and started discussions too so it really did educate that it's not 1/10000 people who need ivf, it's your family, neighbours, colleagues etc!
She had all her needles laid out to show the extent of it too!

Congratulations on all 12 week scan!
@Chl0o you can make out your personal details on those scans, if I were you, I'd ask MN to take them down (and you could upload cropped pics if you want).

I'm so happy everyone's scans went well today. Loads of really lovely clear images, I hope mine will be the same! (Although I doubt it will haha 🤣)

Hi folks. Just been having a catch up. So many lovely scan photos. I had a scan today 10+6 for my nipt test. Was so lovely to see baby and hear the heartbeat. 12 week scan is on Monday and then planning on telling everyone after that. I can’t hide it anymore, my bump is massive second time around. Positive note, this week nausea has majorly subsided thank god!!

currently due 17th August

im so sorry I can’t remember who was talking about ringing in but speaking to a band 8. I’m guessing you’re a nurse, if you ring in with something pregnancy related it doesn’t go towards your episodes of sickness. However, be careful with long term pregnancy related sickness later on as they can make you start your leave from 32 weeks I think it is. Hope this helps xx

Congratulations on everyone who's ahd their scans today! It seems to be a popular day for it 😊I'm excitedly counting down to next Monday for mine.

Has anyone been referred to the anaesthetist for their pregnancies? I have scoliosis and this is my first pregnancy so the midwife said she'd refer me to have an appointment with them so they can assess me for spinal and epidural so they have a plan if it's needed which I'm finding really reassuring although doubt it'll be an issue as it's only a mild case with me, just hoping it doesn't cause issues as I get bigger!
Anyone in a similar boat?

Thank you! And others who pointed out, didn't even think, too much going on in my brain at the min lol
Hopefully that's it fixed now! 😅

I still think I’m going to hang off on announcing it to anyone (still only my parents that know) after 12 weeks but I did say that last time then was on such a high after the scan that I took a picture and sent it to everyone 🤣 I felt like it got a bit awkward too, I didn’t want friends to hear it via Facebook or someone else so felt I had to text them but was then going through who I’d need to tell and some people weren’t even people I regularly texted. I think this time I’m going to leave it as long as I physically can which I think will be somewhere between 16-20 weeks then I’ll put it on my one group chat and Facebook on the same day and not bother texting it to individual people. I’d love to get way past 20 weeks if I could 😂 The only thing I’m dying to do is tell my friend who’s due in July but she’ll just get a bigger surprise when I do eventually tell her

Congratulations on all the scans today ladies! So exciting to see them and makes it all real. I've got 2 weeks to wait!!

@Narwhal88 amazing that you're sharing your ivf experience. I've been sharing it with friends and family who have shown a genuine interest but not so much on social media, only because its been so much to comprehend myself!

Another day of fatigue for me. No nausea which was nice but I don't seem to have much of an appetite rn. Are others feeling similar?

@sally16 yes this is what I am planning! Though I am going to have to empty a hell of a lot of sharps boxes! I've done 175 injections so far this ivf cycle alone and this is my 6th cycle. That's not including all the blood tests, procedures, scans, pessaries, tablets and patches and the 10,000 supplements 😂

@P1pk oh I haven't shared any ivf stuff on my personal social media yet. I wish I could have but it would have been too much. It's sad that most of us can only share when we finally get to a baby as it doesn't always work out that way but it's very hard to share with the entire world watching.

@Nic2908 that was me 😅 I declined my line today.. I got nervous haha! Dr reluctantly agreed to let me do my nights this week and if my hips lock at all or I have pain or anxiety I've to go home and phone for a line in the morning.. so she said she'd expect to hear from me by Friday and isn't happy for me to be working while waiting on physio,. But my band 6 will be back by then 😅
Yes I seen that.. I was signed off at that time tk mat leave for the same reason last time.. just feel too embarrassed to go off at 11 weeks when some people I work with have lasted to 30+!

@Narwhal88 omg be careful opening those box's!!! Pharmacy should be able to give you a big one to put them in after though haha! Please share your announcement when you do so we can see 😍

Congrats on all the positive scans, so lovely to see! I agree with others @Narwhal88, raising awareness about IVF is a great thing to do.

I'm 13 + 2 and still suffering with sickness, fatigue, headaches etc. Still waiting on that mythical glow I've heard about! It must get better soon?! My mum was sick through the whole of one of her pregnancies so hoping it's not the same for me.

Re. telling people, we'll just tell people when we see them, so won't be a while yet for some of them. My manager asked me about announcing it to rest of team but I said I'm not ready yet. I just feel like some of them will look at me differently or even treat me differently. I work remotely, so will be able to hide it (though have had to duck out of meetings to be ill!) Though do have a work event coming up so will probably say before then so it's not a surprise to anyone.

I am starting to show now. I had to dig out my ugly-ass-but-oh-so-comfy in between trousers for work, the ones that are not quite maternity yet, but already have a soft elasticated waist. Lovely.
Still waiting for my NIPT result, should be any day now. Clinic said 7-10 days, well, it will be 7 days tomorrow. I am glued to my email. I am also hoping they've done the right one, as I needed the extended panel not just the basic one. I double checked with the clinic before the test, but overthinking me is, of course, is being paranoid about this as well.

So lovely to see all your scans congratulations ❤️!
I have my 12 week scan Monday and seeing all of yours has made me so much more excited! It’s my first pregnancy and although all my friends have children and my brothers and I’ve had active roles in all their pregnancies I still feel completely clueless with everything! It all feels quite surreal!
looking forward to seeing more scans over the coming days/weeks as we all reach 12 weeks :-) xx

@Firsttimemomma1 I can’t stop staring at the pic either. I asked them to send me the images electronically and am so glad I did as that isn’t standard and they’re so clear. I had a lot of “what if” thoughts in the run up to the scan too. Lots about really, really obscure and incredibly unlikely things. Much sympathy. xx

@UsernameNotPresent I’m also starting to show and am in a similar place with trousers!

@sally16 So glad you have a good GP at least. They can be hard to find these days. I’m afraid I lost all faith in ours when he told me to wean to DS at 3 months 🤨.

tw: grief of loved ones

Don't want to bring the tone down after such a lovely day of lots of scans but also just wanted to post as I'm sick of being upset to my fiance about it and as I know others have had recentish losses in the group, don't know if this will upset or help hence the TW but as lovely as today has been, seeing baby 💙 and sharing the photos, I've spent the last 2 hours sobbing because I don't get to show my grandma 😭

this experience has been so weird, so much joy mixed in with so much sadness. She'd be so happy for me and going through all this without her feels so wrong, and so weird, and just not having her advice or her voice is so upsetting. God I miss her so much 😭