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PuddleJump · 25/05/2024 16:13

I have just tested positive today with a due date of 2 February. Have had a look and I can't see that anyone else has started a group for Feb yet. Is there anyone else out there who would like to join?

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Fannypop · 02/06/2024 07:50

GingerPing · 02/06/2024 07:13

@Fannypop you have no idea how useful this is. Thank you!! I didn't realise it was doubling ever 48 hrs and mega reassuring to hear its a sign you could adapt more quickly. So interesting.

Can it cause an upset tummy as well? On my second day now of super bad diahorreah, I assume it is connected but need to make sure I'm not getting really dehydrated.

Yes!!! And enough wind to propel a cruise ship as my husband delicately put it the other day Grin

HCG and you increased progesterone right now will also give you teenage skin and all sorts - your body is essentially completely rearranging its priorities and gearing up it’s hormones to do a completely different job than the one it’s been happily plodding along with for your whole adult life. The only other time it’s had to change this much was puberty, when it had to go from just keeping you alive to getting your body ready to potentially have a child, and it had a couple of years to do that.

With pregnancy your body has to completely flip its focus in weeks, not years and so pretty much every hormone (including things like insulin weirdly enough!) gets impacted as everything rebalances.

There used to be a school of thought in the early 1900’s that the frequent bowel activity and vomiting in early pregnancy was the baby cleansing a woman’s body ready to keep a pregnancy healthy, women who were particularly sick were often told it was their own fault for eating unhealthily before the pregnancy. It was seen as a real sign of healthy living if you fell pregnant and got no sickness. In the 1700’s however, if you had no sickness or bowel related symptoms at all then it was a sign you
might not actually be pregnant - often diagnosis of a pregnancy required an absence of bleeding AND for the woman to have been observed vomiting or other digestive symptoms (because of course she couldn’t be trusted to just tell doctors she was feeling unwell). This meant that most pregnancies weren’t confirmed until ‘the quickening’, when a bump started showing, because so many women don’t actually experience symptoms at all in early pregnancy.

My point being, anything and everything you experience at the moment is probably pregnancy related, and there’s no ‘normal’, just normal for you!

The only things that should be a worry are bright red bleeding and cramping, or sharp pain experience don one side.

Hayl777 · 02/06/2024 10:44

@GingerPing , my stomach is also awful, i was wondering if it was the prenatal.

Rach3190 · 02/06/2024 11:37

retrievermum · 01/06/2024 20:26

@Rach3190 due date twins! How are you feeling?

Hi, I'm still letting it sink in.
I have no symptoms at all, I'm praying for something lol.

retrievermum · 02/06/2024 12:02

@Rach3190 I had no symptoms at all with DD other than not being able to stand the smell of the dishwasher! Hoping it’s the same this time around, as I’ve had loads of friends suffering with really bad sickness etc!

Roxttc · 02/06/2024 12:40

The main symptoms Ive had so far are bloating, and wind 😂 I had a dodgy tummy since ovulation but it stopped 3 days ago and I’ve not been since 🥴 Also don’t feel super tired but more than usual and I have been quite forgetful/bit muddled? Surely too early for baby brain lol

Hopefull441980 · 02/06/2024 13:15

Hi all please can I join 🥰 my due date is 6th feb. However my tests have stopped progressing. They’re not getting darker or lighter. Boobys are still sore. Temp still up. Really anxious.
had a missed miscarriage last aug and a chemical in April this year. I’m 44 so I know I’m over the hill. 🥺 been trying for a year now. X

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i83 · 02/06/2024 13:54

Hi @Hopefull441980 I’m 41 in 2 weeks time too!

I know it’s really tough but try not to read too much into the tests, otherwise it will worry you even more and probably unnecessarily 🩷

Hopefull441980 · 02/06/2024 14:03

@i83 hi 😘 and thank you for your kind words. 😘
you are right. I never used to be so obsessed with line progression until the chemical. 😟
how are you getting on? 💙💜😘

i83 · 02/06/2024 14:44

I understand 🩷 I had 3 miscarriages (most likely some chemicals too to be honest) and then a successful pregnancy.
I tested quite a few times in the successful pregnancy but am trying to resist the urge this time!
I’m 4w3days, due on the 5th!
Have you had many symptoms yet?

Hopefull441980 · 02/06/2024 15:24

@i83 same I’m 4.2
ive had extreme tiredness and my boobys hurt here and there but not constant.
I had much more symptoms with my missed miscarriage.
no brown discharge or bleeding this time at all.
how long have you been trying for?
we started trying when I had the coil removed last March. I now have acupuncture every week and have for the past 3 months. I’ve been pregnant twice since having it! 🫨 I also had Bowen therapy which I believe helped too. Plus all the bloody supplements I take from the ‘it starts with the egg’ book 😂 💙💜
what are your symptoms? Xx

i83 · 02/06/2024 16:04

That’s very positive that you haven’t had any discharge or bleeding. Fingers crossed that everything continues to go well.

We were trying for about 2.5 years, before I read “it starts with the egg” and then we had our successful pregnancy!

This time, we haven’t really been trying to be honest. We’d discussed having another baby and both said it’s what we wanted but we didn’t want to put any pressure on ourselves.

I’ve had a few symptoms, mainly a strong sense of smell, tiredness, slightly sore nipples and a sore scalp 🤷🏼‍♀️😂
They are similar to this stage in the successful pregnancy so I’m keeping everything crossed.

I had to have progesterone pessaries from 6 weeks to 16 weeks last time and they knock me around a lot 😬

Thats really interesting about the acupuncture and Bowen treatment.
I had some reiki in my last pregnancy and it was amazing!

Hopefull441980 · 02/06/2024 16:47

@i83 that book is really good isn’t it . I mean I don’t doubt we have spent hundreds on supplements and acupuncture but it’s worth it if it works which it seems to 💙
yeah I usually have those same symptoms including the sore scalp!! Weird. Just my boobs feel like a dull ache now. I’m not emotional but that’s down to the Bowen 😂 it’s great for the mind.
I’ve just booked in for an emergency session tmro for acupuncture 😂 I usually go every Thursday but I feel I need to go.
2.5 years! 🫨 sounds ages but I bet it went quite fast. This year has flown trying like we have. I wish I’d have found the book sooner. We only started it 3 month ago too and fallen pregnant twice since.
im keeping everything crossed for you but I love how you sound so relaxed I wish I could. I think you will be fine. Your gut always tells you. 💙💜 xx

i83 · 02/06/2024 17:03

It is really good and I’m the same, I so wish I’d found it sooner.

2.5 years at the time, felt like absolutely ages. ALL of our friends had children either before then or during that time and it was heartbreaking.

We just feel so lucky to have our son, if we do manage to have another child, it will feel like a bonus. I think that’s why I’m a bit more laid back (or trying to be!).

I do feel bad, as I had a glass of wine 3 nights in a row and Brie and pate to eat, before realising I was pregnant.
There’s nothing I can do about it now though so I’m just hoping for the best and eating the right things from now!

GingerPing · 02/06/2024 17:39

i83 · 02/06/2024 17:03

It is really good and I’m the same, I so wish I’d found it sooner.

2.5 years at the time, felt like absolutely ages. ALL of our friends had children either before then or during that time and it was heartbreaking.

We just feel so lucky to have our son, if we do manage to have another child, it will feel like a bonus. I think that’s why I’m a bit more laid back (or trying to be!).

I do feel bad, as I had a glass of wine 3 nights in a row and Brie and pate to eat, before realising I was pregnant.
There’s nothing I can do about it now though so I’m just hoping for the best and eating the right things from now!

If it helps allievate your guilt, I went to a massive 40th 3-day-long birthday party camping trip followed by a boozy few days nearby, literally two days before I found out. Much more than a few glasses of wine was consumed, plus warm charcuterie I left in the car... Ugh! My best friend also found out she was pregnant in early Jan, right after Xmas party season and a highly festive NYE...
Ive read the placenta doesn't start transferring properly til week 9 or 10, and I'm firmly decided not to worry about it at all. Don't think there's anything I can do now!

i83 · 02/06/2024 18:59

So not just me then @GingerPing 🙈😂

Hopefully everything will be ok 🙏

Confusedmermaid1 · 02/06/2024 20:03

Another one who’s had a skin full in recent weeks before finding out 😅 this poor thing has been exposed to at least 2 jugs of sangria, deli meats, soft cheeses and vaping before I found out. I was on holiday for a week and bridesmaid at. Wedding during that time… We can only do the best we can going forward 🤞🏼

DogMom96 · 02/06/2024 21:20

LK2610 · 30/05/2024 17:57

I’ll try to limit my stupid questions. I do have one though, do I have to give up tea and coffee now? This is my first and I literally have no clue x

I have just found out yesterday, I’m 4 weeks 4 days - due Feb 5th
i have absolutely no clue and I’m googling everything! Can’t believe I have to stop using my retinol haha
i keep waiting for instructions but im truly winging it!!

UrbanSquirrel · 03/06/2024 07:13

Hello everyone, may I join? 5 weeks 3 days today according to the app (from first day of last period), and two positive tests so far. The last was yesterday, showing 2-3 weeks (Clearblue). Due date 1 Feb according to the app. Aged 39 and this would be our first if it goes through.

Not sure if it's going to stick, as we had a couple of false starts last year, but would find it very comforting to have others to discuss with, just to see if symptoms are normal etc, as we progress.

So far I've been lucky, I think: a teeny bit of heartburn and feeling a bit gassy with the odd mild twinge in the abdominal area. And I easily get sleepy but, to be honest, that's not so very different from normal 😂

Husband feeling a little bit anxious and worried about losing the lifestyle we have at present, but still immensely supportive... I think we're both just trying to get our heads round it at present.

UrbanSquirrel · 03/06/2024 07:21

Oh and @i83 - you are definitely not alone. All that stuff about giving up booze and keeping stress down when you're trying to conceive? I had a major project launch at the start of May which means that we somehow managed to conceive at the most stressful time of my professional life when I was downing a frankly embarrassing amount of wine at work events and at home. Plus charcuterie and very rare steak last week for our anniversary, two days before I did the test. So fear not!!! 🤗

LK2610 · 03/06/2024 09:41

@DogMom96 i genuinely had no idea until you said about skin care. I’ve been feeling gritty and literally just ordered a load of nice skin care to feel better and half of it has retinol in it. I’m going to have to give it away. I’m glad you mentioned 😯

scrumdiddly123 · 03/06/2024 10:11

@UrbanSquirrel welcome! I’m a day ahead of you! 5+4 and feeling pretty grotty already 😩 have woken up feeling sick the last 2 days and it’s pretty much lasting all day. Also still getting my head around it as it’s a total shock pregnancy 😳

UrbanSquirrel · 03/06/2024 10:50

@scrumdiddly123 Thank you so much! And oh my gosh, you poor thing. That sounds horrible. Sending you all the good non-nauseous vibes 🤗

Pcosdegallo · 03/06/2024 12:28

Helloo requesting to join..

Tested positive last week which was a bit of a shock as we had kind of expected it was going to take a while due to pcos and not having much luck earlier in the year. So this was the one month we had properly let loose.

Reckon I am about 4.5 weeks currently and would be due 2nd week of Feb. Currently feeling pretty tired and as if I have a hairball in my throat ??!

Have to admit I'm a natural worrier and finding it hard to get excited as I expect the worst.

Anyone thought about when they'll book in for booking appointment ?

Roxttc · 03/06/2024 12:35

Pcosdegallo · 03/06/2024 12:28

Helloo requesting to join..

Tested positive last week which was a bit of a shock as we had kind of expected it was going to take a while due to pcos and not having much luck earlier in the year. So this was the one month we had properly let loose.

Reckon I am about 4.5 weeks currently and would be due 2nd week of Feb. Currently feeling pretty tired and as if I have a hairball in my throat ??!

Have to admit I'm a natural worrier and finding it hard to get excited as I expect the worst.

Anyone thought about when they'll book in for booking appointment ?

Congratulations! I’m 4 weeks 3 days with my first, I made a referral today and it says it can take 3-10 working days to hear back with an appointment I know that in our area it’s better to do it earlier to get an appointment around 8 weeks. Thinking of getting a private scan at 9 week mark too - also finding it hard to get excited and worrying about what could go wrong! Trying to think positive though

retrievermum · 03/06/2024 13:42

I’ve made the mistake of doing a clear blue digital. Did one on Wednesday and got 2-3, and then did one today and still got 2-3 so I’ve convinced myself nothing is progressing despite my easy@home tests getting VERY dark. Whyyyyyyy did I do it?!

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