Trying before AF?

[Starry Night]

Viet - I hear you on the being excited and terrified. Good luck with your appointment on Thursday. At least they are not keeping you waiting overly long.

Part of me would love twins because I still kind of want 3 children but not sure if I want the stress of being pregnant again or the whole TTC debacle/roller coaster after I finally get my rainbow #2.

 

[mummy2o]

That is exciting news viet. FX its twins for you then

 

[xxemmyxx]

I have seen my local GP. But there was a mix up with the referral letter to the hospital. They assumed it was for the previous pregnancy which we lost the baby in a mc. So my GP had to resend the information and referral letter again! So I was happy to get a text from the hospital today about an appointment. The lady at the antenatal clinic said I should get some paperwork in the mail this week sometime. Yes, I have a belly already popping out. Will try to attach a photo. This was last week.

Lovely bump xx

 

[vietmamsie]

Libby: Your bump looks great! SO beautiful!

Mummy: Not sure we should be crossing any fingers that it's twins... we were hoping and planning for just one, but obviously we'll take whatever comes our way! I honestly just hadn't even thought twins were a possibility.

Starry: If we have twins, it would guarantee us having two kids and prevent many future argument between me and my husband. I've always wanted one or two, but my husband is pretty firm on just wanting one.

 

[aknqtpie]

Viet.. Yay for everything checking out good! As for twins.. I think I would be terrified, but would make it work. My DH also only wants 1.. But I want 2... So it would solve that issue! Lol

 

[Starry Night]

This reminds me of a conversation I had with DH back in 2009 when TTC was still a few months in the future. He was determined we'd only have 2 kids and at the time I wanted 4. I also naively thought I'd love pregnancy and whined that if we had twins then I'd never get to experience it again. So he told me that I was allowed to get pregnant twice. lol Didn't know a man was the boss of my uterus. Women's lib indeed!

He has changed his tune since then. He's open to 3 kids but we both agreed that we'd be happy with 2 depending on how many tries it takes to get a second and/or how hard my second child's pregnancy is on me (my son's pregnancy was brutal)

 

[vietmamsie]

I think I have fantasised pregnancy a bit too much... thinking and hoping that it will be a really magical experience and I'll love it and want to experience it a second time. I can't help but been a little let down that if it is twins, there is no way I'll get to experience it again. But now that I am a couple weeks pregnant, I just feel tired and out of it. Maybe I'll be happy to only have to go through it all once?

 

[mummy2o]

I'm one of those people who had the easiest pregnancy in the world. The only complaint is my son was a pretty active baby and was always kicking and moving around. Other than that I wouldn't have known I was pregnant besides the missed periods that is. OH wants 4-5 and I'm happy having one more, so I guess we'll see if there are more little ones in the future.

 

[Libbysmum]

Viet- totally hear you...I use to do a lot of babysitting etc when I was younger cause I love kids but having your own is a whole new ball game! The tiredness should ease up in your 2nd trimester. I got pretty mild morning sickness around week 6-10 then it seemed to go. It isn't all rosey and smooth sailing for everyone.

 

[vietmamsie]

I feel bad complaining, I mean it actually hasn't been that bad, I just have a hard time at work and actually DOING anything because I'm so tired. Once I get home and put my feet up I feel ok.

But I am having one really awful symptom: Pimples. Luckily they aren't on my face as much as my shoulders, chest and boobs. There are even a few on my lower back. They are really big and painful... like massive. It hurts to have my bra straps sit on my shoulders. I really hope they don't scar.

 

[mummy2o]

Just a quick update. I went to the doctors who are going to do bloods when my next period comes. Going to take a test tomorrow just to make sure I didn't just have some insanely heavy IB though as I was talking to a mate the other day said she thought she just got her period early but ended up being IB as they dated here 3 weeks earlier on her scan, but I'm not holding out much luck.

 

[Starry Night]

Good luck with your testing, mummy. Hope it was just heavy IB. If not, I hope the tests at the doctors prove that this was a one-time anomaly and you can get back to TTC your rainbow.

I don't think I updated this thread yet. I got a bfn this morning so my hormones are just playing tricks on me. The best case scenario is these were ovulation signs just really intense so I could still be "in it" this cycle. But that means more waiting.

It usually takes me about 5 months to get a bfp so really hoping it goes a bit quicker this time. I know 5 months is not very long and definitely within the realm of normal but waiting is so hard.

 

[aknqtpie]

Mummy - Fx'd it was IB

Starry - Fx'd you get your BFP..

AFM - AF started today.. two weeks after D&C.. I have read in a few places that it isn't abnormal for that to happen.. so I am going to go with it.

 

[Starry Night]

I got my AF two weeks after my bleeding stopped so I would definitely count that as AF. Good luck as you start TTC!!

 

[aknqtpie]

I have my post-D&C appointment on friday too. So I can clarify at that time.

 

[mummy2o]

Aknqtpie yay for AF. Hopefully you'll ovulate in the next few weeks. I don't think its abnormal. I bleed two weeks after I had my son. So its possible.

I'm hormonal as hell though I just shouted at OH as he didn't want a chinese and then 5 minutes later crying about it. I just think if its PMS it would be over already!

 

[aknqtpie]

I have been PMSy all weekend.. so that could make sense.. hahaha.

Today I am curled up in bed with a book and my laptop.. It is a holiday here..so no work :-D

 

[xxemmyxx]

Libby: Your bump looks great! SO beautiful!

Mummy: Not sure we should be crossing any fingers that it's twins... we were hoping and planning for just one, but obviously we'll take whatever comes our way! I honestly just hadn't even thought twins were a possibility.

Starry: If we have twins, it would guarantee us having two kids and prevent many future argument between me and my husband. I've always wanted one or two, but my husband is pretty firm on just wanting one.

Viets any update?? Is it twins?? Xxxx

 

[vietmamsie]

forgot to update over here... It's One!!! Not twins! Phew! Huge sigh of relief!

I had a scan last friday... showed one sac, looking good, measuring 5 weeks 5 days, which means this little pup managed 8 days of growth in just 6 days! Plus it means it has almost caught up to the date I should be.. 6 weeks 3 days at the time of the scan. Looking good! No heart beat yet, but the doctor said that is normal and won't start until week 6. I have my next appointment on the 31st. Hoping everything is growing and doing well in there until then. one woman in the pregnancy thread I follow found out her baby stopped growing after she had already heard a heart beat. I feel so badly for her, and it has gotten me worried... doctor google is being consulted often over here.

 

[Libbysmum]

yes, that happened to us with our mc we had seen the hb at 6weeks3days but I had spotting around 11wks and had a scan where they said there was no hb and baby had stopped growing around 7wks...it was horrible. The pregnancy forum I am in there have been so many women had losses. Everyone of them brings a tear to my eye. So sad Will be praying for a healthy full term baby for you ladies.