~~~August Apples 2019~~~

[Smudgebear]

@Digby90 Welcome and congrats on your BFP! That was an interesting way to find out lol.
Maybe your friend would love to know that you're pregnant too so you can share the experience together. I know when I was pregnant with my 1st I would have loved to have had a friend that was pregnant at the same time, but that had already been through a previous pregnancy, so I could get some advice. I'm so sorry about your mom's passing...I'm sure she is watching you from above and keeping you and the baby safe. A new baby usually brings smiles to everyone's faces so either way I'm sure your family will be thrilled with the news.


How's everyone's symptoms? I had mild cramping this morning and such utter exhaustion all day that I had to nap when my son did, it's now 8pm and I'm heading to bed, plus my lower back is killing me

 

[JJB2]

Hi ladies! Ive been following and reading all the comments I just havent felt too well.

Im sorry @EMSwife1124 sending hugs..

I had my first prenatal today they drew a bunch of labs (7 tubes!) Im getting a dating ultrasound tomorrow. After we have a due date my doctor is ordering a genetics consult and also a consult with fetal maternal medicine since I had severe preeclampsia and had to deliver at 32weeks with my last pregnancy. Im really nerveous and worried with this pregnancy

 

[RebeccaR19]

Welcome Pitakat and Digby90!

Smudgebear- I am feeling just awful. Lots of fatigue, headaches, and intense nausea.

JJB2- I had my first appointment today also. Same thing here with the labs. I hope your ultrasound goes great tomorrow. So exciting that you already get one!
They scheduled me for next Tuesday to get an ultrasound because they won't be able to determine my due date without one. I was given some seabands today and some kind of oil to help with nausea. I am trying the seabands. They seem to be helping a little bit. But I honestly think I am going to end up asking for zofran at my appointment next week. This is the worst nausea I have had in any pregnancy yet.

 

[Brit95]

I got my HCG results back today, 677 for 16dpo (4 weeks). Pretty happy with that!
My doctor won’t do another one unless I start bleeding, so I shall continue to POAS every few days for reassurance until my ultrasound!

My first ultrasound is booked in for the 8th of January, my doctor said if a HB is seen at 8 weeks the chances of MC drop down from 25% to 3%. Hopefully the holiday season will make it go quicker!

My only symptoms at the moment is exhaustion, I’m not sure if works causing that though because the ward I’m working on at the moment is very draining... and bloating, I went to a fancy military dine in dinner last night for DHs work and made the mistake of wearing a tight dress, I looked 20 weeks pregnant, nobody is meant to find out just yet but I could barely hide it!

So I have a personal question, no one has to answer it if they don’t feel comfortable. What’s your view on sex during the first trimester?
I am petrified of doing it after my MC in which that’s when the bleeding first started, straight after BD’ing. I realise it was probably just coincidental, but that still doesnt stop the worrying!

 

[Dream143r]

5w6d
So I can't turn on the heat in my car anymore because it smells and makes me nauseous. I noticed it on the way home from work yesterday so I turned the heat to the lowest setting and just dealt with it. But this morning was so much worse I almost had to pull over I felt so gross. So I turned he heat completely off and drove to work in my cold car. but I felt soooo much better.

Brit - Interested to hear what some of the other ladies have to say on the sex topic. We haven't dtd since getting our bfp. I don't know if I'm scared though, because I know it's perfectly safe. I dunno. I am a little nervous I guess. DH also hasn't but the moves on me either, he may be nervous as well but not saying it. This is our first and we worked SOOOO hard for this baby. I worry that if we don't have sex now though then we won't for 9 months, that's not cool lol.

 

[Smudgebear]

@Brit95 Yes, the bloat is real! By evening I always look at least 20 weeks. I have a holiday party this weekend and I'm really hoping the dress I bought disguises it. I'm sure the holidays will make the days fly by until your ultrasound.

Regarding sex during pregnancy...I'm not worried about sex during the 1st trimester. I think with my last pregnancy Dh and I only did it 4 times the entire pregnancy and 2 of those times was in the first 6 weeks. It was a combination of me not feeling great and him being weirded out by knowing there's a baby in there, it just really weirds him out. And now in this pregnancy it definitely won't be happening anytime soon because dh seems to be irritating me a lot plus I feel way too bloated all the time to feel like myself lol.

 

[lilnessi]

welcome @Digby90 and @PitaKat!

AFM - ive been feeling pretty miserable, i have a cold so feel congested and tired. On the bright side i have my first ultrasound on Friday! im very excited about it. Ill be 5 weeks 4 days so not sure if i will hear the heartbeat then or if its too early yet, but cant wait to see my little bean!!

 

[Digby90]

@Smudgebear Yeah see i was thinking my friend might want to know so we can go through it all together ufft I just don't know last time i was bursting to tell people, we literally told our parents the night we found out .. I think we were about 3 weeks pregnant !

As for my symptoms ive been a bit more nauseated than my other pregnancy but i that has alot to do with heartburn and acid and ive been sick once.. I find if i eat as soon as I wake it helps. I've also had really bad palpatations but again i dont know if that's anxiety with my mum passing too.

@Dream143r sorry but i had a wee giggle to myself reading about the heating in your car ! How weird is pregnancy haha

@Brit95 we've never really thought twice about sex during pregnancy tbh sometimes the hormones want what the hormones want haha! But we've been so so lucky to not have any loses before (touch wood)

@lilnessi hope your feel better soon!

Can t wait for when we all starting getting 1st scans we have to wait till 12 weeks for our first scan in the UK but we couldn't wait so we've got an early pregnancy scan 29th Dec

 

[Weebles]

Hi ladies. Initially I was going to wait before entering another group but I've decided to ever so cautiously join all of you. I had a mmc back in October and just found out on Monday that we are expecting again. I'm so nervous, too nervous to be properly excited. I go in for all the blood work either today or tomorrow. I really hope to be sticking around.

 

[Lulu719]

@Digby 90 & @Weebles Congrats ladies! Fx for both of you!

@Smudgebear I've definitely been feeling the fatigue lately, have been more emotional than usual, and have had inklings of nausea. Today was my first real nauseous morning - I felt completely hungover, and then remembered I haven't drank anything! But most of all THE BLOAT. It's so bad. I went out and bought my first pair of pregger jeans yesterday. Feels ridiculously early but i just can't button my pants anymore .

@JJB2 I know I'll be anxious for my first appt as well. Fx that everything goes well!

@lilnessi aw man, a cold at this point sounds miserable, hope you feel better!

We haven't had sex since BFP either, I think mostly just because it's a busy time of year. I know they say sex is supposed to be perfectly safe, but I understand being nervous about it. I actually felt this way about exercising last night (which I also haven't done since BFP). Was feeling sluggish and in the mood to break a sweat, but I was REALLY nervous about going to my usual bag kickboxing class. Even though they say you should be able to continue with anything you've been doing previously, I was very nervous about the punching/kicking impact this early, plus it's not like I was in great shape before BFP (good 20 lbs overweight). So I just barely tapped the bag and skipped all the jumping, and still had a good workout. I did have cramping after I got home, which had me suuuuuper anxious, but all seems well. And I've heard you can get cramping after sex too, which is normal. I dunno, I guess in the end I figured I have to have some semblance of a regular life right? Sorry for the ramble, lol!

 

[JJB2]

So Im a little down according to my charting I was 6w3d and todays u/s I measured 5w5d we saw the gestational sac and the yolk sac but no baby they told me to come back in 2 weeks!!! 2 WEEKS!!! I just feel something is off. I dont have any symptoms and I dont have the urgency to pee like I had with my DS. Im just really sad

 

[futurebbmoma]

Two weeks sounds like torture JJB2... hang in there. It's so early yet. They didn't write you off so don't write yourself off either. One day at a time.

I'm 5wks today with an estimated date of August 14. My HCG levels were really low starting out so I am higher risk for ectopic. First scan in one week. Hoping bubs is where he's supposed to be and hoping for a flicker of a heartbeat.

I was so sure my FRER lines weren't dark enough either. The whole pregnancy thing is just one mindfuck after another! Hope we can remind each other to keep our heads and stay in the moment. H&H 9mos to each of you.

 

[Smudgebear]

@JJB2 I can't believe they are making you wait 2 weeks! But either way, so much happens from 5 weeks to 6 weeks,even 5 weeks 2 days to 5 weeks 6 days can be huge at this stage that it's very possible that it was just too early to see anything and you probably ovulated later than you thought. Keeping you in my thoughts and I hope everything goes well at your next visit.

 

[JJB2]

Thank you ladies. I will call tomorrow and try to pull some strings and see if I can have the u/s earlier or at least before Xmas We wanted fo tell our families on Xmas I even order some shirts

 

[Weebles]

JJB2, my DD measured a week behind and I also had either an empty sac or a fetal pole with no hb, I can't remember which. I had to wait and come back. My numbers were low and they were pretty much preparing me for the worst. But like I said, that was with DD. I'm expecting this baby to measure behind as well. This early so much can happen in just a few days but I would be upset about having to wait two weeks as well. I hope everything is okay and try not to worry as impossible as that is.

 

[JJB2]

Thank you. I’ll try not to stress. I had a prenatal yesterday they drew lots of labs including hcg so i texted my dr to see if ahe is willing to order another hcg lab tomorrow to see if the numbers are increasing. I havent hearf back yet

 

[Shorty88]

Hi,
So I have took some time off b&b as I unfortunately miscarried the baby.. heartbroken is an understatment.. I had some bleeding but pain was unbearable so I went to a nd e incase it was a etopic pregnancy.. they scanned me could see a sac but nothing there..( I wasn't even 5 weeks so wasn't expecting to see anything) it was an internal scan and when they pulled it out.. I bled very heavily so they said it was the start of the miscarriage. Got home and passed alot of clots and what I think (eyes more than likely playing a trick on me) was the sac. Went back in to make sure everything was ok and the scan was clear..

I wish yous all the best of luck with your pregnancy I'm NTNP for the next two months I am looking into bloods as to why I'm having these miscarriages good news either way with the results.. hopefully I will be back soon but won't be testing till I'm at least a week late as the heartbreak just isn't worth the rush of the double line x

 

[bc1122]

Hi everyone!

I got my bfp for last week. Tentative due date is August 3rd but I’m expecting my due date to be about a week later after ultrasound. I had a period the week I got my iud out so fairly certain I had a much longer cycle. This will be baby 2 for us, we have a 16 month daughter. I had a miscarriage before my daughter so I feel like I will always be nervous! My ultrasound is schedule for Dec. 26. I’ve been having a bit of queasiness, crazy dreams, and abdominal pain today from gas I believe. Anyone else???

 

[RebeccaR19]

JJB2- Both of my kids measured behind. I had light bleeding with my son, and they did an ultrasound when I should have been 6 weeks, and I was only 5. All we saw was what you saw. I hope you can get an ultrasound sooner. Time feels forever in this stage of pregnancy.

Welcome Weebles and bc1122!

Shorty- I am so sorry for your loss. I completely understand stepping away. It is what I had to do when I lost mine. I just couldn't be on here for a little while. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Sorry to everyone for not having updated the front page yet. I have really been struggling in the evening when I get home from work and haven't had it in me to get on my computer. I asked for some zofran yesterday because I couldn't take it anymore. I plan to pick it up today. I need some kind of relief. I don't know if it's because I am 35 this time, but my body is really having a rough time this pregnancy.

 

[JJB2]

Im sorry @Shorty88 sending hugs!