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[Newbie32]

I am 35, 36 in August! 2nd pregnancy, will be 1st baby i hope! I had been pretty cramp free until last night when i started getting some and they have stuck around today so i hope it is a good sign and not a bad one!

I had some pretty strong one yesterday. And then some today just not as strong, and I had them all the time with my last pg.

Its a very worrying symptom!! I will be so relieved to just get through the next 7 weeks as quickly as possible....

 

[Natasha2605]

At what point do bfp lines get darker. I got my bfp yesterday on a super drug test and it was a faint positive. Did just now and another faint one. Just want to see a lovely dark line

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

i got my first bfp last friday... (period was due sunday) and i only just got a strong obvious line this morning x


edit:sorry Natasha I forgot to directly reply with a quote... i really struggle on my phone haha

 

[Natasha2605]

Thanks. Friday just passed? Will save my last test till later in the week then. Faint lines make me nervous, like maybe it's not happening.

How is everyone?

 

[tallybee]

Hi :wave: alright here though I wish the cramping and pulling would go away. natasha try not to worry about the lines hun xx

 

[Natasha2605]

Hi :wave: alright here though I wish the cramping and pulling would go away. natasha try not to worry about the lines hun xx

I know. It's just their still so faint I find it so hard to believe it's happening. If that makes sense?

Hope the pulling/cramping isn't too painful.

 

[tallybee]

Hi :wave: alright here though I wish the cramping and pulling would go away. natasha try not to worry about the lines hun xx

I know. It's just their still so faint I find it so hard to believe it's happening. If that makes sense?

Hope the pulling/cramping isn't too painful.

Yeah I bet hun it's still early though xx are you planning to keep testing? it all seem s quite dream like tbh. I've still got the tests and pics of them on my phone to remind myself!

 

[Natasha2605]

I shouldn't really keep testing I know I've one more super drug test so I'll save it till Saturday or something just to make sure line is darkening. I have pics on my phone etc and I keep checking them to make sure there are lines. Which I know logically of course there is cause plenty ladies looked at my test gallery pics.

Early stages of pregnancy is so scAry and uncertain. Gah, I feel like a first time mum.

 

[ClaireJ23]

Morning ladies, hope you are all well.

I'm not testing again, makes me nervous. I'll just wait for our 12-week scan and keep optimistic. Odds are definitely in favour of everything being fine.

Been feeling a bit nauseous since Monday, very mild but I never really suffered much with my other two.

 

[tallybee]

I know it's so scary isn't it! I never had this before as my two were surprises and I didn't even find out until I was pretty late with af. It all feels new!

 

[Natasha2605]

Fingers crossed none of us taken bad morning sickness

Claire, I don't blame you for not testing again. I think the minute I get a dark line then I'll relax a little. One more super drug left so will save it for the weekend.

Tallybee how old are your other two?

This is why I'm so nervous and scared. Lines are so hard to pick up on camera. Top one was yesterday and bottom was today.

https://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz75/Natasha2605/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps20837088.jpg

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

I haven't had morning sickness before..
so fingers crossed

 

[tallybee]

Fingers crossed none of us taken bad morning sickness

Claire, I don't blame you for not testing again. I think the minute I get a dark line then I'll relax a little. One more super drug left so will save it for the weekend.

Tallybee how old are your other two?

This is why I'm so nervous and scared. Lines are so hard to pick up on camera. Top one was yesterday and bottom was today.

https://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz75/Natasha2605/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps20837088.jpg

I know, ey - the lines can be 100% Irl bur hardly show at all on camera!

My two are 10 and 8 (11 and 9 when baby comes). It'll be different having the bigger gap!

Morning ladies, hope you are all well.

I'm not testing again, makes me nervous. I'll just wait for our 12-week scan and keep optimistic. Odds are definitely in favour of everything being fine.

Been feeling a bit nauseous since Monday, very mild but I never really suffered much with my other two.

I don't blame you for not testing either hun I'm still fighting with myself over my remaining tests lol 2 superdrug and a CB digi.

Rhi I hope you escape sickness again!

I was terrible for sickness first time round (ds) but hardly any 2nd time (dd). I was pukey last week but putting it down to a bug rather than pregnancy. It hasn't come back and was only a couple of days.

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Lines barely show up on pictures it's so frustrating isn't it hahah

 

[nmpjcp2015]

I have heard in the states that care in pregnancy is so much more hands on because then they can charge people a fortune for it... i.e epidurals etc. Also the use of doctors instead of midwives for care throughout pregnancy must add up.

Can u imagine how much cheaper it would be for people if they could just use gas and air?!

Seriously! You heard right! It's like your on your death bed. Wires and monitors and hours in the bed. Plus a lot of uncecessary C-sections. You guys should watch the movie, "The Business of Being Born"

I'm 23, 24 in August. Third pregnancy, third baby.

Welcome. Don't worry about lines. They'll make you stressed out.

Yeah. It's also sad about our "maternity leave" program. You only get 12 weeks unpaid leave and job security. But lots of women don't even qualify for it, because there are a lot of restrictions on it. It's a good thing I don't work.

I don't even think I'll get to take that. Luckily between my husband, and I we make plenty of money, but on my own I wouldn't have been able to to afford to take maternity leave for longer than 4 weeks maybe. I feel bad for single mothers, widows, and even some military wives. The U.S. isn't very kind to it's mothers. Also there are a lot of restrictions on FML. At my job you have to work for a year and at least 1250 during that year to qualify, and you have to use all your vacation and sick leave first. I think I'll be able to take six weeks and then go for half days for another month. After that my MIL, husband, sister, and I will have my baby at different times. I'm just grateful I don't have to use daycare. I hate daycare.

I haven't had morning sickness before..
so fingers crossed

I haven't either. I just get cramps a lot. Sometimes I'm nauseous, but I'm pretty sure it's due to gas. Haha.

This thread moves so fast and has so many time zones, it's hard to catch up. I enjoy reading your posts though.

 

[GingerPanda]

Natasha, hCG is meant to double every 48-72 hours. For best results, you should compare your tests every other day, not every day. In the beginning, it's a little slower. Because 10 doubled is still only 20, but 20 doubled is all the way up to 40. It will pick up!


Nmp, don't even get me started lol. It blows my mind how politicians in this country seem to want to do everything possible to prevent women from choosing (or being able to choose, as is their right) abortion, but they really don't give a crap what happens to that family after the kid is born! It triggers my rage! I'm glad you don't have to use daycare. That is SOOO expensive!


Hope everyone is doing well! I'm feeling just a liiiiitle queasy this morning, but I think it's because I haven't eaten. I can't eat for an hour after I take my levothyroxine. Boooo!




Also, this is a really cool site. You create an account, enter your due date, then go to the "Your Baby's Development" page under "Pregnancy", and it will show you what your baby looks like right now! And it continuously runs. So if you were to sit and do nothing but watch it, you would actually be able to see your baby slowly develop. I was pretty amazed to see how much it changed overnight! I had forgotten how much of a big jump there is between 5 and 6 weeks, so it's really cool to see how much of that happens in one day!


https://www.askbaby.com/baby-development-pictures.htm

 

[allforthegirl]

Natasha ~ I have fainter lines than I previously had with my boys. Its there but I have been driving myself crazy as it is taking so long to get that super dark, so I have stopped taking them....i am pregnant today!!

Ginger ~ ya I agree that your maternity leave really bites. I have no idea how moms and dads can do with so little or nothing? Bonding with baby is very important for me. It will be very nice to be able to stay home. I love it.

AFM I have had no more spotting. But this headache is really bad....I have had it for 4-5 days now. And it has been getting worse and worse with each day....still tolerable, just very annoying as I would love to take something other than Tylenol for. Usually I would have gotten them if I forgot to have a cup of coffee, but I still only have my one cup. Man it would be horrible if I wasn't....ick

 

[allforthegirl]

Natasha, hCG is meant to double every 48-72 hours. For best results, you should compare your tests every other day, not every day. In the beginning, it's a little slower. Because 10 doubled is still only 20, but 20 doubled is all the way up to 40. It will pick up!


Nmp, don't even get me started lol. It blows my mind how politicians in this country seem to want to do everything possible to prevent women from choosing (or being able to choose, as is their right) abortion, but they really don't give a crap what happens to that family after the kid is born! It triggers my rage! I'm glad you don't have to use daycare. That is SOOO expensive!


Hope everyone is doing well! I'm feeling just a liiiiitle queasy this morning, but I think it's because I haven't eaten. I can't eat for an hour after I take my levothyroxine. Boooo!




Also, this is a really cool site. You create an account, enter your due date, then go to the "Your Baby's Development" page under "Pregnancy", and it will show you what your baby looks like right now! And it continuously runs. So if you were to sit and do nothing but watch it, you would actually be able to see your baby slowly develop. I was pretty amazed to see how much it changed overnight! I had forgotten how much of a big jump there is between 5 and 6 weeks, so it's really cool to see how much of that happens in one day!


https://www.askbaby.com/baby-development-pictures.htm

YAY you found it!! awesome!!

 

[GingerPanda]

Ugh, Tylenol doesn't work. It's awful. I wish we could take Aleve!

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

Trying to decided to book a scan or not... Not the nhs one; but a private one.
With my last baby we had a private scan at 10 weeks and then another one at 16 for the gender. It was lovely it's hard to describe but once you have had private scan you wont really care much for the nhs ones haha. Crappy fuzzy screen and terrible pictures; we had one at ten weeks it was amazing, we could determine so much then two weeks later we had one in the local hospital and baby just looks like a fuzzy blob in comparison.. Could just be my hospital obviously.

100 pounds its a fair bit of money to part with though isn't it!? What was really nice though is that they let us hear the heart beat a few weeks earlier than we would have waiting for the midwife app. Trying to decide on when to book it for.... also it's a risk because you might not make it to the appointment (m/c etc)