August '14 Sunflowers. 27 angels. 48 pink, 28 blue. 74 HERE!!

[KirbyT16]

MrsArcher and mirandaprice welcome and congrats!!!

HWPG: My boobs are starting to get really sore. I have to wear a bra at all times or they hurt!!!!

That and my cats will NOT leave me alone. They are constantly sleeping on top of me. At night I will wake up in the middle of the night (because I can't breathe lol) and the stupid cat is back on top of me haha so I move him off and then wake up another hour late, and yep! He is back!!!

 

[KirbyT16]

The cat in my profile picture is my brothers cat, my two cats are much bigger than her! lol

 

[PeachDaisy]

Kirby and HWPG - I am right there with ya in regards to the sore boobs! I was stupid and slept without my sports bra last night...biggest mistake ever!

Welcome to the newcomers to the thread! Yay for August babies!

 

[LoveCakes]

Gl baby you had said your sports bras were getting a bit tight. Is it just the back size because you could get a back extender to save the cost of new bras. It might tide you over for a bit anyway.

I had some quite sore cramping randomly the past few days. The scan yesterday was reassuring but I wish it would stop.

 

[MummyJade]

Welcome new bfp'ers!

All good here.... Counting down days to scan!! Friday can't come quick enough!! boobs are only sore when pushed! Although I aint massive cup only a C!
I got my bfp 9dpo and had implantation bleeding 4dpo so I think I O'ed earlier then the 21st so hopefully come Friday ill have a clearer EDD xx

 

[lilmissmup]

I'm loving Chinese at the moment. Crispy chicken balls dipped in sweet n sour sauce. So good!

OMG I love chinese food, sooooo want one now.

We should really be cutting down on takeaways/eating out to clear some debts before baby arrives but I think we are going to get fish and chips tonight!

Oh and I am so jealous of all you early scans in America.

I could ask for an early scan because of my miscarriage but I doubt I will get it! 7 weeks at least for me to wait!

Oh and my boobs are soooo sore and itchy nipples today too!

 

[Luvspnk31]

Hey ladies!
I just found out 2 days ago that I'm FINALLY pregnant with my first!
My due date is August 22nd (based on my ovulation date).

I'm so excited to be part of all of these due-in-August pregnancies!!!

Congrats to you and all the new BFP's!

 

[AllStar]

Congrats to the new bfp's!!

Good luck Silverbell x

I was at the docs yesterday as I had at twinging feeling low down on the left and had red spotting once yesterday morning. Only when wiping and had some brown spotting when wiping off and on since then.

Doc took blood and I'm back in tomorrow for the repeat to see if it's doubling.

No symptoms apart from tiredness but that could be anything? Lol

 

[flyingduster]

Welcome to the new BFPs!!

Good luck silverbell!

I am being sooooo lazy! Feel just 'meh'. Can't be bothered getting dressed, or doing any housework, or eating... Even finding food for Monster and keeping him entertained is such a struggle!

And right now I am going nuts cos ALL HE WANTS is to breastfeed. All flippen day. I'm getting so touched out!! I suspect he is getting the germs I had, so breastfeeding is the absolute best thing for him, but it has been constant and I'm going nutty now. I think we'll have to go for a walk to just get him off my boobs!! Lol.

Now that we know we are moving town I can at least know where to find a midwife! I am thinking I might leave it until the new year now though, and then we will be up there and I can go in person and meet them! :-D

 

[PnkPolkaDots]

Hi ladies... hope everyone is having a good day!

I had my scan today and I am SO confused! So I know 6w 2d is still very early, so I tried to prepare myself to not be too concerned if there isn't a heartbeat yet. There wasn't, but, there also wasn't a yolk sac. The gestational sac was there, but she looked for a good few minutes and couldn't find a yolk sac or embryo in it. She stressed to not worry, and said that based on the scan she would put me at between 5 and 6 weeks. I'll have another scan around 8 or so weeks, and she said at that scan we will for sure see the yolk sac, embryo, and heartbeat.

Now, if I hadn't been charting and had no idea of my ovulation pattern, I'd probably be able to just shrug and accept that it was too early haha: yeah that's what I'd do! *sarcasm*). Based on FF, I ovulated on November 17th and it looks like implantation happened at 5dpo. That puts me at 6w 2d, due August 10th. If I went by LMP, I'd be due August 8th, so that would bump me UP to 6w 4d. Looking at my chart, I just don't feel it's possible I o'd any later. I took my FRER at 11dpo and got a pretty clear positive. Here's my FF for reference... https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/44dbe2

Now I'm kind of wishing I hadn't had such an early scan... it's giving me more to stress over. I've had too many symptoms and my betas more than doubled in 48 hours early on, so I feel very optimistic. But there's still that part of me that feels it's impossible that I'm any less than 6 weeks along, and that not seeing a yolk sac is a bad thing. What do you ladies think? Has anyone else experienced or known someone who did not see a yolk sac at about 6 weeks and had a healthy, normal pregnancy?

Thanks ladies!

 

[KirbyT16]

Hey question for you ladies! I know everyone says that you should just do what is right for you and tell who you want when you want BUT I was wondering... We have an early ultrasound on the 23rd and we will be at 6.3 if all goes well, we are considering telling everyone at our extended families Christmas and Christmas celebrations...Thoughts?

Also- can anyone think of any cute ideas? I am not creative- at all! Lol

 

[PeachDaisy]

Hey question for you ladies! I know everyone says that you should just do what is right for you and tell who you want when you want BUT I was wondering... We have an early ultrasound on the 23rd and we will be at 6.3 if all goes well, we are considering telling everyone at our extended families Christmas and Christmas celebrations...Thoughts?

Also- can anyone think of any cute ideas? I am not creative- at all! Lol

We have our first ultrasound on Christmas Eve! So our plan is to tell our parents on Christmas also I will be going on 6 weeks so it's still super early but we at least want our family to know.

We still have bibs that says "I love grandma" and "I love grandpa" that we purchased when we ended up having the ectopic. So our plan is to just give them an extra Christmas gift and tell them it's something they will use together so that have to open at the same time. Then SURPRISE! Nothing too creative, but it'll still be fun!

 

[LilyInk]

We will be 7.2 on Christmas Day and we plan to tell our direct families on Christmas Day. I know it's early but we would tell them if something happened anyway. We won't announce it to everyone else until 12 weeks. I am going to give my mum and dad a small childrens book and write inside the front cover "Dear Nanna/Grandad, Please keep this book and read it to me August 2014. Love Always, Baby _________ "(put surname here). I thought that would be a nice way of letting them know. It's our first and we are very excited to tell our parents. My husbands parents don't live close by so we are going to ring them Christmas Day and let them know.

Good luck telling everyone!!! I can't wait. SO excited!

I have heard other ways of telling family such as - having a t-shirt with a quirky comment on it, baking a cake with writing it on top, a present wrapped up with a small baby toy saying you're going to be a grandma etc
Good luck with finding your special way of telling your family.

 

[tori0713]

Shana, I don't have any advice but sending hugs! I did look at your chart and I don't think implantation occurred till 8dpo, if not later. The temp drop at 5dpo looks like a fallback rise. I wouldn't worry too much about dates and such until your next ultrasound! I would assume that they'll give you a more firm sense of a due date then.

 

[glbaby1]

glbaby, i sleep in a camisole with a built in shelf (basically elastic). i actually never go a day without a camisole. during the day, i wear a bra under it, but once i hit my front steps, the bra comes off and i just wear the supportive cami. i love it.

Thank you! I will give it a try

 

[mirandaprice]

Do any of you ladies have suggestions for gas relief? Some nights my stomach feels so tight from it, that and nausea from ms is putting a number on what I can stomach eating

 

[glbaby1]

Hi ladies! I just went to the dr yesterday and he confirmed my pregnancy, gave me an estimated due date of Aug 11, 2014! Based off my LMP.

Early birthday present for me, my birthday is the 29th

Congrats, welcome and Happy Birthday early!

 

[glbaby1]

Hey ladies!
I just found out 2 days ago that I'm FINALLY pregnant with my first!
My due date is August 22nd (based on my ovulation date).

I'm so excited to be part of all of these due-in-August pregnancies!!!

Congrats MrsArcher!!! And welcome to the group

 

[glbaby1]

Gl baby you had said your sports bras were getting a bit tight. Is it just the back size because you could get a back extender to save the cost of new bras. It might tide you over for a bit anyway.

I had some quite sore cramping randomly the past few days. The scan yesterday was reassuring but I wish it would stop.

The ones I have are the cotton one piece sports bras, so I am not sure how an extender would or could work. I found a three pack at Target for $10 just for sleeping in for now. The extenders are probably a good idea for my normal bras that a shrinking by the day Lol. Thanks for letting me know about those Lovecakes!

 

[PnkPolkaDots]

Shana, I don't have any advice but sending hugs! I did look at your chart and I don't think implantation occurred till 8dpo, if not later. The temp drop at 5dpo looks like a fallback rise. I wouldn't worry too much about dates and such until your next ultrasound! I would assume that they'll give you a more firm sense of a due date then.

Thanks Tori! I am thinking it was a fallback rise, especially since I looked back at some other months and noticed the same thing. Others who looked at my chart thought implantation was later too, since I had a huge spike at 10 dpo. I feel a bit more assured now that I may just be a few days earlier than I thought.

How's your m/s been? Have you thrown up yet? I've been lucky and have only thrown up on days I didn't work so I wasn't in the classroom. Hope your kids are treating you well!