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[Hann12]

Sorry I haven't been on, was a tough couple of days with DD sick, she didn't sleep at all on mon night so I was up the whole night and felt awful yesterday. She slept all night last night though and seems much better today thankfully!

Runnergrl - I'm sorry you have to but I hope you get your bfp soon after.

Happycpl - good luck with the 2ww!

Issacralph - saw you started a new chart so guessing AF came at least you have the tests this month and hopefully they will all be good!

 

[IsaacRalph]

Sorry you have to have d&c after all this time runnergrl, keep strong & you'll soon be back officially ttc!

Han- glad your ds is on the mend!

Afm convinced my AF would be here by early today so changed to a medium flow as it is usually but still not quite a flow yet just little bit of spotting when I wipe so changed it back! Full flow will be upon me very soon, feels like my womb wants to fall out, ha ha! Huraah for a new cycle much happier now pms has nearly gone x

 

[IsaacRalph]

Sorry you have to have d&c after all this time runnergrl, keep strong & you'll soon be back officially ttc!

Han- glad your ds is on the mend!

Afm convinced my AF would be here by early today so changed to a medium flow as it is usually but still not quite a flow yet just little bit of spotting when I wipe so changed it back! Full flow will be upon me very soon, feels like my womb wants to fall out, ha ha! Huraah for a new cycle much happier now pms has nearly gone x

that was glad dd is on the mend! How are you feeling now? You getting all frumpy yet or have you got a round little tum? X

 

[banana07]

Congrats babybplz - that was really quick well done - hopefully some of your baby dust will rub off on the rest of us!!

Hann - hope your wee one is feeling better now and you get some sleep tonight!!!

Issac - sorry the witch got you, even when you know she is coming its still rotten..

Runnergirl - sorry about the dnc but at least you know it will be 100% over with and you can get on with a fresh start x

Afm, trying to ignore my Cycle days and just go with the flow but its pretty impossible as my CD1 is always on the 1st of the month so without a seconds thought on the 17th of the month I know I'm on CD17!!! Pros and Cons I suppose. Haven't pissed on any sticks yet and already starting to regret it!! Only CD17 and I have the exact cramps and pains as I usually do on CD19 I would be 99% sure I have just or I'm on the brink of Ov - just sitting here waiting for DH to get home from work so we can Bd have done it twice this week but nothing major - don't see the point killing myself to do it when did that last 3 months with no results hence the going with the flow this month although I'm clearly doing a crappy job of it. I have really bad cramps and I know sex will be painful & have that heavy cervix in the wrong place feeling that I always always have on CD19 so looks like My O could be coming a day early 3rd month in a row - I think?!?!?!?!?

Thats about it really for me.

Mamamac???? Haven't heard from you in a while have I missed something??

Elt????

Happycpl - can't wait to hear how your taking it easy month goes for you - glad we in the same boat.

If anyone even hears me whinge or hint about early pregnancy symptoms in the 2ww this month - get on a plane flying into the North West of Ireland, find me and slap me.... Please, I cannot take the disappointment again - I have already counted myself out to try and avoid it!! Cheers

 

[marieb]

Hi everyone! I've been super busy with school and haven't been able to get on here much.

Runnergirl- I'm so sorry to hear you'll need a D&C. I'm praying that everything goes smoothly and you conceive your rainbow baby ASAP.

Issac- Too bad about AF but hopefully this will be month!

Banana- I found the 'relaxed' approach so hard. After TTC for a few months I knew my body well enough that even without the OPKs I knew when I was likely fertile. Made it very hard to ignore my cycle haha.

 

[Hann12]

Banana your posts always make me chuckle, its like I can actually hear you saying what you say! I hope you got your BD in, even if it was a bit painful. I bet its hard to pretend not to be bothered when you are! I hope it works for you this month though! Keep us posted!

IssacRalaph - has AF fully come in now?

Marie - wow nearly 20 weeks!! Are you getting a gender scan?

I'm sick sick sick. Its come into force big time over the past few days. Not ideal! I also still don't have my 12 week scan booked. By LMP I'm 11 weeks today, I called the hospital and they said they are scheduling them about a week before the scan date because they are short staffed and don't know who will be able to work any more in advance than that! Really rubbish! I pointed out that DH needed to book time off work but they didn't care. They said my scan would 'probably' be the w/c 5th Nov, which would make me 12 and a half-13 weeks. I guess thats fine but I really want to announce or at least know when I am going to be able to announce.
Would you announce now if you were me because I've had the 9+4 scan and it was okay? Or wait until 13 weeks?

 

[runnergrl]

Hann- if it were me, I would wait.. (obvious reasons) but since your most recent scan went well, I'm sure you are in the clear. Its up to you, hun Hope you feel better soon!

 

[Hann12]

Hann- if it were me, I would wait.. (obvious reasons) but sonce your most recent scan went well, I'm sure you are in the clear. Its up to you, hun Hope you feel better soon!

Runnergrl - can I ask (please don't answer if its too personal) but did you have an early scan and see the heartbeat etc? Do you know whether you actually lost your little girl at 11+4 or if she stopped growing earlier? Again sorry if its too personal

 

[IsaacRalph]

Yes han AF in full swing now, Feel fine about it! I know it will happen when the time is right. I've also deleted the others threads I was on as I think bnb can become over consuming & the one thread had literally bfps rolling in all the time! Not that I'm not happy for them I just don't think it's good to keep reminding myself that its happening to others & not to me! It almost feels like there is some kind of pressure to get your bfp, well i'm feeling totally at peace with myself now & am just so sure that I just take longer to catch than others! so i remain loyal to my original girlies & the best most supportive thread being this one

 

[runnergrl]

Hann- if it were me, I would wait.. (obvious reasons) but sonce your most recent scan went well, I'm sure you are in the clear. Its up to you, hun Hope you feel better soon!

Runnergrl - can I ask (please don't answer if its too personal) but did you have an early scan and see the heartbeat etc? Do you know whether you actually lost your little girl at 11+4 or if she stopped growing earlier? Again sorry if its too personal

It's ok, hun-no worries. We saw the heartbeat at 8 weeks and everything looked perfect. Didn't have another scan scheduled till 12 weeks, and lost her at 11+4. So somewhere between 8-11 weeks probably was when we lost her. Doc thinks 10 weeks. Based on blood loss, and ultrasounds afterwards.

 

[Hann12]

Hann- if it were me, I would wait.. (obvious reasons) but sonce your most recent scan went well, I'm sure you are in the clear. Its up to you, hun Hope you feel better soon!

Runnergrl - can I ask (please don't answer if its too personal) but did you have an early scan and see the heartbeat etc? Do you know whether you actually lost your little girl at 11+4 or if she stopped growing earlier? Again sorry if its too personal

It's ok, hun-no worries. We saw the heartbeat at 8 weeks and everything looked perfect. Didn't have another scan scheduled till 12 weeks, and lost her at 11+4. So somewhere between 8-11 weeks probably was when we lost her. Doc thinks 10 weeks. Based on blood loss, and ultrasounds afterwards.

That's so sad, I'm so sorry, I assumed before that you hadn't seen a heartbeat. I think I'll wait to tell people until after the 12 week point, I know that doesn't make it safe but it's probably a good idea to. I read statistics they it was something like a 1.5% chance of mc after 9 weeks if you have seen a heartbeat but yet it seems like a fair few people do. So either the figures are wrong or we just hear more about it through bnb. I guess we hear all sorts of happy and sad stories on here though from ttc, to mc, to pnd etc. As well as meeting all the lovely people and having a great support!

 

[banana07]

Hey girls

Runnergirl I'm so sad to hear your story x

Hann are all these scans normal in the UK & US - in Irl you don't get your first one until 20weeks and its usually 22-26 weeks when you take hospital dealys into consideration! I had one at 12 weeks with DS but paid for it privately as I was in totally disbelief!!

So didn't bd last night DH was starving when he came in and I was passed out alseep when he finally made it up to bed. In my desperate state I woke up at 2.30am and gave it ago but he was sound to the world and just grunted at me and again at 7am this morning gave it a go but nothing. Started crying in the bed and sulked for the rest of the day (still sulking a bit!!!). After slamming every single door and press in the house and almost removing a few from their hinges with the force, He apologised this evening and said he didn't realise until he woke up this morning that he was just asleep so we Bd for a quicky this evening before he went to work - wasn't amazing as neither of us were in the mood but I got what I wanted!!! . Still sure its not enough for this month. I think last time we bd was Sunday night but DH is sure it was Monday night even so Monday night - Thursday night and I have feeling I Od earlier on Wednesday night. Oh I dunno will give it a few more goes over the weekend and just see what happens. Have to go for my 21 day bloods on Monday(CD22) and again on Friday(7 dpo).

 

[marieb]

Hann- We waited until just before 12 weeks to spread the news. We had a scan at 5w6d that showed a little baby with a hb and then heard the hb again at a midwife appointment at 11 weeks. I was going to wait until 12 weeks but was just feeling too impatient! I can't believe you're already 10 weeks, only a few more until you're in second tri!

Runnergirl- I'm so sorry that you've had to go through this. You've been in my thoughts and prayers a lot. I hope the d&c went well.

Issac- I love your outlook and I really think that will make all the difference. TTC is so much more tolerable when you're not stressed out about it. And I've heard SO many stories of women who conceive the only cycle they let go. Good luck!

Banana- I know in Canada women are usually offered a scan at 12 weeks to test for chromosomal disorders and then a big anatomical scan at 20 weeks.
It only takes one time and sperm can live for quite awhile in fertile cm.I really hope you caught that egg and good luck with your blood tests!


I had my big ultrasound on Wednesday and everything looked great with the baby (we chose to keep the gender a surprise!). The only thing they found is a low lying placenta which isn't a big deal right now but if it doesn't migrate up it could mean a c-section. All the research I've done says about 90-95% of the time the placenta moves up enough for a vaginal birth but of course I can't help but be a little worried. We were planning a homebirth so it's a little scary not knowing if that will happen!

 

[runnergrl]

Thanks for sharing Marie...glad everything looks good with baby. Im sure the placenta issue will resolve itself.. I should have been 18 weeks today Im a little sad every Friday as that was when my weeks changed...

 

[IsaacRalph]

Hey girls!

Marieb- really pleased that all is well with you & baby, such good news! Fx'd that placenta moves up soon so you can have that home birth!

Runnergrl, big hugs hun try not to be sad I know its hard! You'll soon be getting your bfp with a sticky bean!

Banana- i'm sure you've covered yourself this month, let's just wait & see & hopefully you'll get your bfp this month!

Afm nothing much going on cd 2, AF ridden! Had a family bereavement today so I may be absent for several days but will be thinking of you all! X

 

[runnergrl]

I'm feeling kind of crampy... like Ov might be happening.. I only say that because its only on one side.. would that be bizarre so soon after a D&C!?

 

[Hann12]

Oh maybe runnergrl! I hope so!

Marie - great news about the scan! Good will power staying team yellow, I hope I hold out too! I had a low lying placenta with DD, it was low up until 35 weeks when it suddenly moved up and I was able to have a relatively normal birth - I say relatively because I was pushing for 2.5 hours and in the end had an episiotomy, and she was tiny! Been told there is a good chance I'll have the same experience this time, but at least I'm prepared for it!

Mama - where are you???

Issacralph - sorry to hear about your loss, hope you are okay

No news from my end apart from finding peanuts heartbeat on the Doppler after 4 days of not finding it. Turns out it was 2 inches higher than I thought! Guess the uterus moves up quickly the second time!

 

[banana07]

Helllllloooooooo.......... echo echo.....


Well well its got very quite in here hasn't it!!! I've never seen it so quite since it started!! I think all this ttc is starting to take its toll on everyone! Strange not to hear from mamamac or elt at all tho????

I've still nothing to report I am 99% out this week didn't Bd at all the weekend think DH has his period was really weird about it and eventually said he will not work on a timer despite me saying fair enough but unfortunatly my body works on a timer and there aint a dam thing I can do about it!! - So as before spent the last 4-5days sulking another month wasted. Hes say if is going to happen it will, clearly DH was out the day the birds and the bees were thought in school so had to remind him Bd is required for it to "just happen" - still really upset about it tbh and he doesn't seem to have a clue how just how upset I am. I'm constantly crying and just going to bed early, I've no interest in doing anything at all. So that my sulk over and it won't end for another month I'm only just in the tww - which is bad enough when you have a chance just a totally pointless waste of time and energy when you know you out.... Min and I mean min of 6 weeks to a BFP

Got day 21 bloods done today. Have to go again on Friday when I'll actually be 7dpo. Think I'm about 2dpo now.

 

[runnergrl]

hello! yes, it has been quiet in here.. check in ladies! I have nothing to report, sorry! Im not in the TWW, or waiting to O. Im just in Limbo..

 

[HappyCpl]

Hugs to you Runner and Banana. It is quiet in here.

I'm somewhere in a TWW. According to FF Flo should show up within the next 3 days. I'm itching to test. But since I don't know when I actually O'd, it feels like a waste of time. I'll wait on Flo and of she's not here by the weekend I'm sure I'll start POAS. So far, I've kept calm and not fretted. I've had ZERO PMS this month. Hardly any cramping until today (I have to be around 10-11 DPO would be my calculations), no nausea (of course until today), no headaches, no breast tenderness, and I've not been a raging B. I did have a crying meltdown last night which is usually a sign of Flo in the VERY near future. Ok, so maybe I have had some PMS, but it's only started in the last 2 days or so instead of nearly a week or more.

Hope everyone is doing well!