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[Mrs Reineke]

Hello ladies!! I've been so busy I haven't been on here in almost a week. All is well. I have a check up appointment tomorrow.

loeylo, love the pics!!

blueblue, I'm sure all will be just fine with your up coming scan. I went from week 11 to week 22 without a scan and my little guy looked great and your baby will too.

Hope, I'm glad your scan looked great and you have no issues going on. I know your anomaly scan will be just perfect!!

hur575, I'm so sorry about your AF not showing up and not getting a BFP either. That is very frustrating. Could you go in and have a blood test to check for pregnancy?

 

[blueblue]

Hur - Hope you have some answers by now. Do you feel premenstrual at all, i.e. sweet cravings/cramps/PMT?

Hope - I'm glad you are getting lots of reassurance. Good luck for your anomaly scan

Mrs R - good luck for your check up tomorrow. Thanks! I now have 2 anomaly scans as one hospital (antenatal) wants me to have it before 20 weeks and the other (clinical trial) now wants it at 20 weeks as it is optimum time for it. I could cancel the first one, but I'm concerned if my dates go ahead anymore it'll be too late by the second scan. I think I need the reassurance of seeing LO and I've psyched myself up for it now.

 

[hur575]

Thanks ladies, good luck Mrs R, for your appointment, and blue best of luck with you scan, it is always nice to see baby.

I am 9 days late now, and I am freaking out now, I know google can be scary but yesterday I was reading about ectopic pregnancy and ruptured fallopian tube, and it is possible to test negative, and it can just all happen without noticing. So today will try to get a GP appointment but it is new gp not sure how helpful they will be.

 

[loeylo]

Hur - I hope you get answers soon. I have had an ectopic and I got a really clear bfp. I have beer heard of not getting a bfp as a symptom of ectopic, and you would know for sure if you had a rupture. Mines hadn't ruptured yet and I had sudden excruciating pain - I had lots of niggly cramps up to that point. An ectopic is effectively a normal pregnancy, just in the wrong place. I was only 5+2 when I was diagnosed.

 

[hur575]

Hur - I hope you get answers soon. I have had an ectopic and I got a really clear bfp. I have beer heard of not getting a bfp as a symptom of ectopic, and you would know for sure if you had a rupture. Mines hadn't ruptured yet and I had sudden excruciating pain - I had lots of niggly cramps up to that point. An ectopic is effectively a normal pregnancy, just in the wrong place. I was only 5+2 when I was diagnosed.

Sorry you went through this Loeylo thank you for the assurance, I will stay away from google.

 

[NDH]

I have my first (hopefully) scan Monday. So nervous it might be bad news again though...

 

[hur575]

NDH best of luck with the scan, I am sure baby is fine.

 

[blueblue]

NDH - good luck for your scan on Monday

Hur - google can be scary . I'm glad you have a doctor's appointment, hope you get some reassurance

 

[hur575]

Thank you Blue, I couldn't get an appointment on Friday but after loeylo reply, I decided to stop freaking out, and it just late because I am too stressed. Although I didn't think I was but I think I was stressed, ttc is very stressful, and that fact that I turned 40 this month didnt help, I was sad , and thinking clock is ticking, which is too much pressure to have.

So On Friday I decided to stop panicking, and if Af doesn't turn up by next week I will go to GP. Well, Af showed yesterday after 10 days! I have never been happier to see her lol.

 

[dairymomma]

hur-glad things worked out in the AF dept in the end. stress really does affect things. I've had random 6-8 week long cycles (normal is 28 days on the nose) with bfn after bfn and many many panic sessions and lots of tears. We're wtt and part of me is like 'whew' when AF time comes because there's no pressure.

Anyone heard from Dsemcho? Really hope things are going okay.

AFM-we're truckin' along here. AF showed up on time and I'll be scheduling my followup with the dr pretty soon. Sad to think we are still wtt for a few months yet but it's for my health and wellbeing so I'm looking at that aspect to keep myself from dwelling on the chances we're missing. And I've got lots to keep me occupied. The electrician is coming tomorrow to finish wiring our basement bedrooms and once that's done and it's inspected, our couch can boot our bed out of the living room. I've got lots of cleaning, moving, and re-arranging to do in the next few days. I'm so excited to FINALLY see these renovations moving along.

 

[blueblue]

Hur - I'm glad AF showed up . It could be stress, it can delay things. Sorry the pressure is getting too much, it is very stressful. Plus they can move around anyway, a friend of mine often gets hers a week late, usually she feels like it's coming with cramps etc but it doesn't turn for an extra week or so.

Dairy - hope the next few months go quickly, I know waiting is not easy. Glad you have all the house renovations to do, it'll be fab when it's finished!

I had the anomaly scan yesterday, little one was measuring on date, it's a girl. They couldn't check the skin covering the spine completely as she wouldn't stop laying on her back and refused to move but everything else was fine . She kept wiggling every time they tried to measure anything lol.

 

[blueblue]

Dairy - we're all worried too, D hasn't been on for about a month. Hoping no news is good news and she's doing well.

Picture from 18 week scan:

 

[Squig34]

Blue, congrats on your little girl. Lovely pic!

 

[Raptasaur]

Just dropping in quickly. My rainbow is 2 in a couple of weeks but it feels like yesterday that I was here. Rooting for all of you.
Hope so delighted to see your scan pictures and how you are doing. Much love to you and everyone on this journey xxx

 

[Tasha]

I can't believe it's almost two years raptasaur. I hope you're a doing well xx

 

[Mrs Reineke]

Hello ladies!! Been so busy and haven't been on in about a week. Things are good here.

hur, so glad your AF showed up finally so you can relax!!

blueblue, congrats on team pink!! Love the picture and glad she's measuring well.

Just out of curiosity, how much weight have you ladies gained so far? I was up 7lbs at my appointment on the 14th and then weighed myself this morning and was up 11lbs!!?? What!!?? How did I gain 4lbs in 8 days?? I'm hoping it's water weight or something. So I'll recheck on Sunday and see what it says.

 

[blueblue]

Thanks Mrs R. It might be water retention, mine goes up and down a little bit. I've put on 8lbs so far, it's mostly gone on my boobs which are now enormous (I need a new bra every 3 weeks lol) and the bump rather than elsewhere. I was pretty small before.

 

[wookie130]

Blueblue, congratulations on a little girl! I can attest to their awesomeness! My older child is my girl (she's 2), and I wouldn't trade her for the world! Your scan looks great, too!

Rapt- Hey!!! I'm glad you popped in! I can't believe your little man is almost 2!!! My Hannah just turned 2 in March...it goes so incredibly fast, doesn't it?

 

[wookie130]

I'm going to assume there has been no word on DSemcho? I've been worried about her, and her LO. I realize she may not have internet access at this time, and I'm hoping that's the case, and that all is well thus far. I know prematurity was a major issue in her situation...

 

[blueblue]

Thanks Wookie . I just checked, DSemcho hasn't been on since Loeylo checked last - on 30th April. Hoping she's ok and everything is still stable.

Hope - good luck for your 20 week scan