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[EmmyReece]

congrats hun, will keep everything crossed for you

 

[4magpies]

Looks like a bfp to me.

Starlit you can have gender scans here at 16 weeks.

My scan plan is 8 weeks for high risk maybe earlier? 12 weeks nhs. 16 weeks gender. 20 weeks nhs. Then a 3d one later on.

Xxx

 

[andella95]

I replied in the test gallery, but that's a BFP! Yay!

 

[sma1588]

thanks for looking and posting in there....im cramping pretty bad and cant wait to go to the docs and make sure its a real bfp i dont think i will believe it untill then

 

[Mustang_Love]

thanks for looking and posting in there....im cramping pretty bad and cant wait to go to the docs and make sure its a real bfp i dont think i will believe it untill then

Congrats! That looks way too dark to be evap. I got AF type cramps too. I'm convinced this is it

 

[sma1588]

there was color to it to for awhile and you can still see the lines on the test now and its been hours. of corse there purpple now but there still showing. i thought yesterdays was the evap but today im pretty sure thats not an evap!!!!!!

 

[Heulyn]

Looks like a bfp to me.

Starlit you can have gender scans here at 16 weeks.

My scan plan is 8 weeks for high risk maybe earlier? 12 weeks nhs. 16 weeks gender. 20 weeks nhs. Then a 3d one later on.

Xxx

Are you paying for your gender scan hun?
I had scans at 7, 9, 12, 20, 24 & 28 weeks, all NHS ones, but I still don't know what I'm having! x

 

[LittleSpy]

sma -- CONGRATS!! I had some pretty bad cramps for the first several weeks after my bfp. I even still get some mild ones occasionally. Oh, and get used to the sore boobs. Mine are still KILLING me. I think they've been more painful the last couple of days than they have ever been.

starlit -- I'm having a sex determination ultrasound at 15+2. My OB office does them from 15 weeks. The private places I looked into around here do it starting at 16 weeks. Mine is on 1/24!! Less than 8 days! I'm going to die if the u/s tech can't tell. I'm paying separately for the u/s but it's only $75 and it was totally worth it to us to know over 5 weeks sooner than we would have.

Then my anatomy u/s is on 3/3 (at 20+5) so we'll confirm the sex then.

 

[sma1588]

thanks hun, ya that part im not looking foward to but then again i am.

 

[embryo]

I am 5'6" tall and weigh 157 pounds.TBH,I dont look big or plump,but a little supple,thats all!I admit having a little tummy that pops out ,but certainly not when I am dressed.My doc says she's not going to treat me unless I've lost at least 7 pounds.I had no weapon with me then and I returned wounded.

I haven't lost a teaspoon fat after the last encounter with her.She says,I'm likely to have subtle PCOS.I swear I ovulate,have regular cycles and have no hairy issues.She said overweight women tend to have more miscarriages because of insulin resistance,hyperinsulinemia and its negative effect on progesterone.I don't want to starve and upset my cycles.Any thoughts?

 

[bigbetty]

Looks like a bfp to me love!! I used the same type of test and my line was perhaps a little paler than that - I had to do a digi test as well just to convince me lol.

Just to update you all - I had a sweep this morning. The midwife says that everything is looking very positive. My cervix is very soft and facing downwards (she says quite often they are facing back a bit before labour starts) and I am 1-2cm dilated!!

I might have another one on Thurs if things haven't started to happen, and I will be booked in for induction next Tuesday as a last resort.

Her heartbeat was lovely and strong and the sweep didn't cause any distress which was a relief.

I'm so excited now!! DH said he started to well up when the midwife said she could feel the head - he is such a softie bless him

 

[MommyV]

Aww Bigbetty that's wonderful new you'll be seeing your little girl very soon now. I hope that you have a short and productive labor

 

[sma1588]

yay betty!!!!!!!!!!!



so ladies im pretty sure now i get to join the pregnant side now and not ttc i was thinking all night and had to get up and test with 3 test sorry i dont mean to keep putting up all my test but im so excited

 

[BrandysBabies]

Oh!!! I am so thrilled for you!!!! WOW!! Those are great lines!! Definitely worth the wait!! Here is to a happy and healthy 9mth!!

 

[sma1588]

ya theres no tripple checking to c if theres a line on those its more like tripple checking to make sure i believe my eyes lol.....thanks hun

 

[BrandysBabies]

Is it sinking in for OH yet?

 

[sma1588]

um well i think its going to take awhile like untill the first ultrasound probly but he was saying he wanted a boy....lol i told him its a very small chance for that since we BD 2 days before O and somehow his swimmers still found the egg

 

[BrandysBabies]

Aw! I love it when they go into shock! Lol!

 

[sma1588]

well i dont think that it helped when i told him i was mad we didnt have a chance because we didnt get to BD on O day so not much was going to happen this month.....so i guess it was kinda like a smack to the face hahah...if he thinks hes suprised what does he think i feel? im the one looking foward to throwing up and all that while growning his baby in my stomach. its kinda weird to think hes going to be a daddy lol

 

[LittleSpy]

I am 5'6" tall and weigh 157 pounds.TBH,I dont look big or plump,but a little supple,thats all!I admit having a little tummy that pops out ,but certainly not when I am dressed.My doc says she's not going to treat me unless I've lost at least 7 pounds.I had no weapon with me then and I returned wounded.

I haven't lost a teaspoon fat after the last encounter with her.She says,I'm likely to have subtle PCOS.I swear I ovulate,have regular cycles and have no hairy issues.She said overweight women tend to have more miscarriages because of insulin resistance,hyperinsulinemia and its negative effect on progesterone.I don't want to starve and upset my cycles.Any thoughts?

I'm really confused. Of course I don't know your frame or muscle mass or anything, but 157lbs at 5'6" sounds like it could be a very healthy weight to me. Granted, I have quite a bit of muscle and a decent sized frame, but I'm 5'4" and 150 is my goal weight after baby is born.

You do not have to starve to lose weight. And actually, "starving" slows your metabolism so you'd really be working against yourself and your goals by eating too little. I lost 80 pounds in 12 months last year counting calories (and eating a healthy amount -- 1200 NET calories/day which ended up being about 1500-1600 calories most days). I used the website www.myfitnesspal.com to track my food and for the support of other people going through the same thing (I should really get endorsements for how much I recommend that website ). I still use the website to track my calorie intake so I don't let my weight get out of control while I'm pregnant.

I think I'd switch docs if I were you. Weight can certainly affect a lot of things in terms of health and certainly does affect everyone differently; but I fail to see how 7 pounds is going to make much of a difference.

Anyway, if you do want to lose those 7 pounds, count calories, eat plenty of healthy nutrition-rich foods (I recommend tracking your food intake to be sure you're eating enough), exercise, and expect to lose the weight very very slowly (7-14 weeks?). You don't have much to lose, so it'll probably take a while. Don't be discouraged -- eating healthy & exercising can't be bad for you!

Sorry so long. Weight loss & a healthy lifestyle are subjects I've really invested a lot of time and effort into for the last 16 months.