Mid-August Testers

[NewbieLisette]

Thanks for the siggy updates you guys! Make me all teary! I updated mine as well

Snow - LOL I feel it Keeping every little ounce of me crossed for you girls this cycle! COME ON BFP's What beautiful pics with you and H! Talk about great genes for the LO’s hun! WOW

Bea - soo awesome that you feel her lots-I can’t wait for those days to come! I’m feeling less tired some days and then waves of tired comes back…I think I’ll do some major catching up this weekend again!

Nic – how you been girlie? Sounds like one beautiful little baby coming your way! I promise to post my scan pics as soon I have them. My God the sight and sound of a hb is all I can dream of right now! Hope you can keep that bump under wraps a little while longer LOVE the new bump pic!!!

Hands – WOW gender scan at amazing timing! I think it’s gonna feel sooo much more real knowing its your little girl or boy! Plus shopping fun too! LOL Thanks for telling me I’m not the only one in bed super early! Other symptoms…well extreme hormonal over reacting and emotional for sure. Heartburn really bad some days and pee’ing tons! Oh and my skin is a MESS! Like worse than a teenager! H says I’m glowing! Bless him! LOL

CH – Sounds like you’ve been busy girlie! Great stuff!!! Are you outta your funk a little sweetie?

Bex – your pic is absolutely stunning! I think my little bump is actually starting to grow!!! Could just be bloat still! OMG help me I’m gonna be huge at the end of this PG!

 

[InHisHands]

Snow - Yay for EWCM!!!! Sounds like this might be ovulation for you!! Keep us posted. BTW i am proud of you for keeping at it this month. TTC takes a lot of work. You know its bad when you have to chase down hubby and drag him to bed as he's clawing the carpet begging you "not again". I think mine was just about at that point after 10 months.


Lisette - Emotional over siggys? Your hormones ARE getting to you In all seriousness it sounds like you got a lot of symptoms hun... im sure your scan will reveal a pumping heartbeat. you can actually see it flickering on the screen and its sooo reasurring. At least i could on my 10 week appointment... so im sure at 9 weeks you will be able to see it too.

 

[CHDickey]

Wow y'all have been busy today!

Snow- hope you have a fun weekend visiting all your family!

Gener scan already? I am telling you Y'all's pregnancies are flying by. Hard to believe we have all been around since mid-August! Love you ladies!!

Afm- nothing much. Feeling normal and have no complaints. The only thing I keep thinking about are DH swimmers. You know, if they r ok? I am going back and forth between getting him checked out. That way I can really relax.

Have a fabulous weekend! I have 3 days off...thank you MLK Jr. And my niece's 5th birthday party! Woot woot!

 

[Srbjbex]

Ok......so now it's my turn to not have a clue what's going on with my temps!?! Lowest temp so far this cycle? Makes no sense!!

 

[NotNic]

Hmm. I don't know about where you are Bex but this morning is the coldest morning Greater London has had this winter. Would that have made a difference if your house was cooler in the night?

Snow - I LOVE the pma! Keep up the good work!

Hands - Baby mound! Thats exactly what it is. I have a mole hill for a bump! Glad you also think I'm carrying high. I don't have all that much to compare it to, but I feel high.

Lisette - you should definitely see a heartbeat at your scan. My first scan was at 7+1 and it was there flickering away. Hearing it may be a little tricky. Can't believe you are 7 weeks already! Hope the symptoms don't take it out of you too much. With a bit of luck the next few weeks will fly and you'll be in 2nd tri, feeling much better before you know it.

CH - Try not to get worried about things lovely. There is probably nothing wrong with your OH. You guys just need some more time. OH and I joke that his swimmers were getting stage fright! The month we fell we dtd for fun. We didn't know where I was cyclewise. Also I didn't have any symptoms in my tww except bring really hungry those last few days, and a bit of ib but I did used to spot so it wasn't anything out of the ordinary for me. You are still very much in the running if you feel normal!!

Bea - when is your next antenatal class? Also have they given you an indication on how big / small your baby is?

AFM - I am beginning to feel more confident that the odd feelings I have are Pip. Just 12 more sleeps until we get to see how everything is getting on.

Enjoy your wkend plans peeps!

 

[CHDickey]

Thanks Nic! My DH keeps telling me that we will get pregnant once I am done with school. He thinks the stress of that is what keeping us from getting a sticky bean. Idk. I guess we will wait and see!

 

[Srbjbex]

Thanks Nic - it could be as it was freezing this morning, the outside temperature has suddenly dropped, so I think it could be. Plus I had very stressful afternoon at work, and I was stressing about it still when I went to bed, so I wonder if that had an affect.....see what tomorrow brings....!

CH - you will gvet there Hun, we all will, it's about time we had another bfp on this thread, and my money is on you being next!

 

[snowflakes120]

Bex - Hmm. Not sure what to think except I really think you OV'd CD17. Esp with the positive opk tests. Must be just the cool temps like Nic said. I bet your temp will be back up tomorrow and then I would just disgard todays temp from the chart. Squiffy cycles/charts rule!!

CH - Oh hon. I hear ya about the stress of school - I feel hubby gets so stressed about classes, labs, projects and tests that I too wonder if it effects our chances. I do know we have to schedule BD sometimes around homework, classes and study sessions which kinda sucks.

Nic - Hooray for feelings of PIP!!

Lisette -Love hearing about your symptoms!

AFM, Positive OPK for me today!! Hooray!! I am soo excited!! We BD'd this AM so now everyday for 3 days!! I feel we'll have a great chance this month by sticking with the SMEP for once! Now I just hope my LP is long enough for implantation.

 

[CHDickey]

Thanks Bex!!

Snow- I couldn't agree more. I come home from work then have to go to class or study, so bd can be very "planned".

 

[Srbjbex]

I'm leaving the heating on tonight!! Ha! And Snow I will disregard that temp if I am up tomorrow......I am also sure I ov'd aswell, everything point to it! I'll post again in the morning!

Night all

 

[NotNic]

Any news on your temps today Bex?

 

[Srbjbex]

It was up, but not as much as I would like, still not over 36 which is where my post ov temps usually are. But I feel like I am post ov. My boobies are telling me that I am!!

 

[MrsBea23]

Hello my lovelies,

I can't believe I haven't posted for days, so much has been going on.

Nic - I did a bit of stalking and found a photo of your kitties and showed DH and he wouldn't believe me they weren't ours, your black and white one is sooooo similar to ours it is not even funny. I did look into hypnotherapy but it isn't for me, I won't go into why because you have to go into it with a totally open mind and be ready to embrace it. I have heard lots of positive things about it also though and a friend of mine in Australia teaches it and swears by it.
Are you planning on going to NCT antenatal? I have been really impressed with it so far. Next class is Thursday.
As for delayed clamping it is just so much better (hormones, oxygen etc) for the baby and the NHS have actually decided to bring it in as the norm it just takes them about 20 years to actually do it lol, if you are planning to bank the cord then you can't delay clamping but I looked into that and there is not enough benefits for me to do it. With the placenta having it naturally there is no chance of any being left behind and you having to have surgery to get it removed so I would prefer to do it witout the injection but if it isn't out in like 20 mins then I would go for the injection. At my 22 week private scan she said she was about 500g, she is 5 days behind the charts but the doctor said that is fine she is just little she is only 2 days behind with my o date. What are you thinking for the birth?

CH - I hope you have had a nice relaxing weekend and had fun at the party. I think we all worry about everything until we get that BFP but I am sure DH's swimmers are fine, it just takes some of us longer look at hands and I. It wont be long for you now hun I am sure.

Lisette - How is the ms treating you? Did you manage to catch up on you sleep? I had my 1st scan at 6 + 4 and got a heartbeat so you should be able to see something at your scan.

Snow - Your chart is looking good looks like you have o'd for sure yay for sticking to SMEP. I am also a size 3 or Euro 36 (think it is the same as you) but OMG the one thing in the world I don't want to happen in pregnancy is my feet to grow or swell and never go back down, what about all your beautiful shoes. I think I would miss my Ginas the most but my Jimmy Choos and my Louboutins oh I would have to mourn them ha ha.

Bex - How where your dinners over the weekend? Hmmm not sure about your temps but the month I got my BFP my temps did super weird things and my temps actually went below cover line a couple of days before they rose I was sure I was out. Hopefully your funny looking cycle is a positive sign.

Hands - We have different blood tests over here, strange how they do them differently. We have ours at 12 weeks though which is good. I don't eat enough fruit and veg either but I am sure the vitamins are doing the job. How is everything else going?

Bex, CH and Snow lots and lots of to you girls i am keeping everything crossed for you and can't wait for those BFP announcements.

 

[NotNic]

Ah that's Lottie! She is soo fluffy and clumsy. Believe it or not our two cats are from the same litter! Layla our tabby is far more ladylike and shy. They are so different. If they weren't from my Mum's cat I'd swear they weren't related! You'll have to share your cat's pictures too!

I haven't got very far in a birthing plan etc. yet. I just know that I will be avoiding Pethadine at all costs. My preference is for a water birth - and I'm looking at other non-narcotic pain reliefs just in case that isn't possible. I might change my mind on the day, but I think if I consider other options, then if the pain is unbearable I won't automatically give in and request an epidural. I want to be able to move around and I wouldn't want to be so drugged up that someone else would have to tell me when I need to push.

I've registered for some of NCT classes in April, so I'm just waiting for an invoice to come through. I'll also do the freebie class my hospital does. My mw recommended it to me because she said it gives me an idea of some of the practical things I'll need to know - i.e. where I go, the order they do things, what the mw' standard proceedures are. She reckons it takes away some of the guess work so we're less stressed when we arrive.

I'm also another small feet person. Mine are a 3.5 and I am extremely jealous of your shoe collection. It sounds incredible!

 

[MrsBea23]

Nic - i can't believe they are from the same parents, weird how animals can come out lol.

Why don't you want pethadine? I would definitely perfer it to an epidural, if I get into the birthing unit rather than the maternity ward then I know I can't have an epidural anyway it is all midwife led but I am not sure if Pethadine would be an option. Hopefully gas and air will be enough and I plan to hire a tens machine for the birth as well.

I love my shoes but I don't think DH will let me spend that kind of money on shoes now that we have the baby to spend on and we are going down to one salary so I really hope my feet don't grow lol.

 

[NotNic]

Partly from hearing the stories my mum and a few other people who have had pethidine, and partly for the affect it has on the baby. My mum said she was as high as a kite when she had me. She doesn't remember when I was born particularly well and my Dad said that my mum wasn't very responsive afterwards. Others have said that it left them feeling very sick (you often get given anti-sickness drugs to go with it) and spaced out, and they didn't feel in control. I don't really like the idea of using an opiate either in labour. Also pethidine can cross into the placenta and pass over to the baby, leaving them subdued and sleepy which can last a couple of days. It also can intefere with the baby's ability to breastfeed.

Sorry you probably wish that you hadn't asked now! I guess you hear so many labour stories and while everything has it's pros and cons, I've never heard anyone say the next time I'm in labour I'd have pethidine again.

I have a friend who gave birth on a tens machine alone. Are you hiring one privately or does your birthing suite have them there?

 

[CHDickey]

Thanks Bea!!

Just a question. Please don't think wrong of me, but did you ladies cut social drinks completely out during your ttc journies and tww?

 

[NotNic]

Nope. I did cut way back though - but mostly so people didn't immediately suspect if I stopped drinking all together. During the TWW, if out with friends etc. I'd stick to 2 or 3, and quite often would have spritzers instead of decent sized glasses. The Saturday before I found out I was pregnant I had 3 roses and a prosecco on a girls night out and two proseccos the night before I got my BFP. While it's not advisable to go mad in the very early weeks, there isn't any real proof either way if it causes harm. I felt comfortable having a few because what I read led me to believe that alcohol isn't passed on to the baby at this early stage.

 

[Srbjbex]

Im the same as Nic - I have cut right back, but not stopped, switched to spritzers or mixers when out, and dont really have anything now at home. I wasnt a huge drinker to start with...so maybe before if I was having 8- 10 units a week, now I am more like 3-4. I do miss a glass of wine on a night though!!

 

[InHisHands]

Bea - Things are going okay for me. Last night i woke up to my tummy really hurting and i ended up throwing up and i am still getting those pains for a few moments and they go away. Not sure whats up... probably just ate something that my body didn't like.

I've been very interested in the birthing convo that you and Nic been carrying on. I'm not quite sure what i want to do and what is available to me. Keep converstating you two! teehee

CH - I don't drink alcohol or smoke... so that part was easy for me. But i even went as far as cutting out all caffinee during my TWW. I still haven't had a true diet coke or dr. pepper since about the middle of September. When i do drink soda, its either sprite, caffinee free rootbeer, or caffinee free diet coke. It's just not the same.