4 weeks! My first pregnancy and looking for some buddies!

[Charlie_x]

Hey, congratulations on your first pregnancy and welcome to first Trimester, I'm Charlie Mummy to Alfie (6), Jack (5) & Lily (Almost 3) and expecting our 5th baby (We had a MC between Jack & Lily) our new baby is due at christmas eeek! (due 22nd dec by lmp!) We are doing good so far, just waiting for the sickness to hit, I'm 6 weeks tomorrow, and we've told everyone, we told our familys in the week and then facebook this weekend haha!

Hope you have a happy and healthy 9 months and welcome to B&B I've been here a while but float away and drift back everytime I'm pregnant lmao! the best forum for pregnancy support I think x

 

[Emmymommy]

Thanks for the support!! Sorry to hear about your mc I agree that so far the support on here is fantastic!! I hope we all have a healthy 9 months!

This being my first pregnancy I'm trying to be very relaxed although of course I have my moments of worry. I'm not having too many symptoms, but I know it's still early, and my mom has previously told me she barely had symptoms with me and my siblings.

How is everyone else feeling?

 

[Jacobnmatty]

Hi there I'm Alisa, pregnant with 4th child, have 3 boys.
I have appt at gyno/ob who delivered all my 3 in July at 16 wks, was first avail. But I know once she gets results of bloods she'll call me and book earlier appt and scan as she did with my previous pregnancy.
I'm in Sydney, Australia

 

[proudwifey]

I'm feeling good. Just got back from a destination wedding. I was worried about people knowing I was pregnant because I wasn't drinking, but I think I did a great job. For the champagne toast, I brought it to my lips, but never took a sip. I always went to the bar by myself and I let my waitress in on the secret. She was so great and would bring me a new drink when she saw mine getting low, just like she did for everyone else. My drink was cranberry juice mixed with orange juice. I told people there was vodka in there, thankfully no one asked to taste it! By the end of the wedding, I was so tired from all day at the beach then all night at the wedding without a nap, that I'm sure I looked drunk. I don't think anyone has any speculations. However, I did spill the beans to one friend. My husband really didn't want me to tell anyone but I had to tell her. She's my best friend and had a baby 16 months ago. She has been with me through my ttc journey and I couldn't wait to tell her! She's so excited, especially since my due date is the same as it was with her child. She had her son a month early though. 24 days until my first sonogram!!!

 

[Emmymommy]

It feels so nice to tell, hey proud wifey!! Good job with the sneaky mock tails!

Went to a walk in for a blood test today and although I won't get the blood results for a couple days, they made me take a urine test, and it was so nice to hear a Dr say, "you're pregnant!" Not just my tests staring at me lol.

 

[proudwifey]

It feels so nice to tell, hey proud wifey!! Good job with the sneaky mock tails!

Went to a walk in for a blood test today and although I won't get the blood results for a couple days, they made me take a urine test, and it was so nice to hear a Dr say, "you're pregnant!" Not just my tests staring at me lol.

Yeah it was definitely nice to tell my friend and I can't wait until it's time to spill the beans. Today, I went online and ordered 2 picture frames. On the left, it says "sneak peak" and gives a little riddle/poem thing. On the right, there's a slot where I will be putting the sonogram picture. I am either going to engrave or put nice lettering and put "Grandparents Est. December 2015." It was only 10.99 then I got 30% off of that.

 

[Emmymommy]

That sounds lovely!! Are they first time grandparents? Sorry if you've shared that before.

 

[proudwifey]

That sounds lovely!! Are they first time grandparents? Sorry if you've shared that before.

My parents will be first time grandparents with my child. My DH's mother is already a grandmother to our one neice. His father passed away about 10 years ago. I have two sisters so this will be the first time they are aunts. It will also be my grandmother's first time being a great grandmother. How about you?

 

[Janers]

I'm 3 weeks 6days pregnant right now with my second. It took us a long time to conceive our daughter, and only 4 months to conceive this time

I'm also in Canada, and I was a nanny before opening my own licensed daycare.

I'm ecstatic and terrified about having number 2! I took my second pregnancy test at 330am this morning, just to confirm yet again. I spent the rest of the night in bed trying to figure out how I'll manage two kids! Hahaha

My husband doesn't know yet- he's in the middle of writing finals (he goes to school out of town) and I really want to tell him in person! So I'm waiting until tomorrow, he gets home in the afternoon, i'll be home at suppertime and once he gets all his final grades back, I'll let him know the good news! He'll be shocked!

Eeeekk I'm so excited to be here!

 

[iluvmylos90]

I'm 5 weeks one day

 

[Emmymommy]

Welcome and congrats!!

Proudwifey mine will be first time grandparents and first time aunt/uncle for my siblings/ great grandpa for my one surviving grandpa. On DH side we have one nephew and another due from the same family in 3 weeks.

Going to get my blood work back today for hcg. Hoping everything is looking good!

I'm feeling a bit of pressure to tell my employers as there's been some struggle getting time off for the one Dr appointment I have so far and I know they'd be super understanding if they knew what it was for, but I don't want to tell them so early or before I tell my family. I'm thinking the day or or prior to the appointment I have scheduled I'll tell them what's up so that I won't have issues booking further appointments.

So hard not to tell people!!! I'm still pretending we're trying when talking to people!

 

[proudwifey]

That stinks that your job is giving you a hard time about going to a doctor appointment. Can you just tell them it is an important doctor appointment that you can't miss? Maybe a follow up of some sort? I was having a problem getting off for my appointment, but my job is so different. I have students that schedule appointments with me for me to teach them. So I happen to have an afternoon that opened up moving forward and I decided not to schedule anyone in that time so that I always have that one day with wiggle room. Once summer comes, I have Fridays off and a much lighter work load (not 12 hours per day like it is now). I would try to hold out telling anyone if you can.

I am doing the same, pretending that we're still trying. I've had a few close friends ask how we're doing in that process and I have become such a liar! haha. We are having people over tomorrow, I don't know how I'm going to get out of drinking tomorrow. I think I am going to go to the liquor store and buy a few shot sized bottles of malibu, then empty them, fill them with water, and make me a water/cranberry. hahahaha.

 

[Emmymommy]

Proudwifey that's so clever!!! I love the liquor bottle idea. My employers have worked it out for this appointment, and I'm sure once they know they'll be totally open to me making more appointments!

Got my hcg results and they were 2805 at 4 weeks 5 days so I'm happy with that!!

 

[proudwifey]

Proudwifey that's so clever!!! I love the liquor bottle idea. My employers have worked it out for this appointment, and I'm sure once they know they'll be totally open to me making more appointments!

Got my hcg results and they were 2805 at 4 weeks 5 days so I'm happy with that!!

That's great that you are able to go to your appointment now without stressing about getting off. I haven't done any research on hcg levels, so I'm not really sure what numbers are good. But if that's good, then awesome! I really can't wait until my first appointment. I'm so excited. When is your first ultrasound?

 

[Emmymommy]

Proudwifey unfortunately the standard here is to only have one ultrasound around 20 weeks . I imagine I'll be able to hear the heartbeat earlier at my OB - maybe around 10-12 weeks. I can pay for a scan privately earlier, which I've booked a heartbeat appointment the day I'll be 9 weeks (I'm already preparing myself that nothing may be heard at that point and it's ok) and might book an actual ultrasound as well around that time or later on depending on what happens when I meet my OB or midwife (if I'm lucky enough to get a midwife).

What about you?

 

[proudwifey]

Oh wow, so they want you to wait to 20 weeks for your first ultrasound? I'm struggling waiting until 8 weeks! I go for my first visit for an ultrasound on may 22 then meet with the doctor on may 29. I'm sure from there ill find out how often I have to go and for what tests, etc. I educated myself so much for ttc and am clueless now that I'm actually pregnant.

 

[Emmymommy]

Yes I understand I was so obsessed with TTC I though once I was pregnant everything would move along swiftly thanks to Drs helping me along but it's just a bunch of waiting and no guarantees!! So yes, I'm supposed to wait until 20 weeks unless I pay privately :/ when I see my Dr May 26th all she does is a physical, confirm through urine and blood test (which I've already had done at a walk in clinic) and refer me to an obstetrician. Then I'll make another appointment with the obstetrician and who knows when I'll get in and what will happen at that first appointment. If I'm lucky to get a midwife, I think I will see things happening more quickly as they are more personal and have all the same equipment as obstetricians here.

 

[proudwifey]

That sounds like a good plan.

So today, I went to the bathroom. When I wiped, there was dark red blood! I called my doctor and she thinks that I was pushing a bowel too hard and caused a strain. She wants to see me for an ultrasound in 3 days. She said that if I get bad stomach pains or if the blood is consistent, bright red, and period-like then I should go to the emergency room. I'm sure she's right but now I'm worried. I have IBS so most of the time I am constipated and probably pushing too hard. So far, I have very light brown spotting ugh

 

[Emmymommy]

Proudwifey I will keep my fingers crossed for you that everything is ok! From threads on here and elsewhere it seems that a little bleeding is common and nothing to worry about, so although it probably feels impossible not to worry, try to stay calm! Keep us updated on how things are going!

 

[proudwifey]

I did some research and this seems pretty common. But my doctor wants to see me anyway.