LL - I totally agree with maternity leave being light at the end of the tunnel. Unfortuantely sat down with hubby at the weekend to go over finances etc and it looks like I won't be off for as long as I'd hoped, just doesn't make financial sense to us at the moment. So hoping if I ever get to number 2 or 3 I'll be able to take longer off then.
I'm so glad you're relaxing more into things now, how did telling the family go, or have you not done that yet?
My scan is on Thursday this week xx
Linny - Love the way you announced your pregnancy to your boss! At least it made him laugh!!
I think my boss will have guessed already, especially when I had weekly scans for 7 weeks... !
Impressed you've been swimming, the closest I've got to water or exercise or anything in fact is feeling like a beached whale!!
I love your hubby is putting the doppler to such good use!!
My poor cat is still afraid of it after I tried it out on her
... we did joke we could try putting a nappy on her to see how to get one on. Poor cat, it's no wonder she keeps trying to break out!!
Oh and I love pancakes, can you come make me some please..!?
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Crysshae - Glad to see you're still temping, takes a bit of getting used to as in remembering to but at least shows you where you are.
Do you think you've already ovulated or not? And are you managing to get the pesky cat from waking you up at a silly hour? xx
BrightEyez - I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't imagine how hard it is to lose a baby when it's been with you that long and what a beautiful name
. I made them double check with all my losses and all had no heartbeat, they did chromosome checks etc on the last loss (which was twins) and again there was no reason, they literally just stopped, with no explanation, the placenta etc looked fine according to the report. It didn't make me feel any better, or reassured for the next pregnancy but sometimes you just don't get answers. It's horrible to live with, so I feel your pain. Just don't give up, you want a baby, keep trying, it will happen, you don't know it might already have happened, you'll have that wriggly baby inside you in no time at all.
I wish I could give you a hug
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Teacup - I'm so sorry for the BFN but at least you'll know your lining should be thick enough for you to fall pregnant next cycle. I fell straight after m/c almost everytime and my concern was always will my body be ready? Even with having weekly scans the anxiety initially about falling pregnant so fast was terrible, I couldn't stop thinking the lining just wouldn't hold the pregnancy, so try and look at the positive side of it. This could be the start of your new baby cycle
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Sara - The books you've suggested sound really interesting, I might give them a read too. It's always good to be in tune with your body. I'd be scared to read what it'd tell me about my eating habits etc though... I've never been very healthy but have good genes so don't put weight on very easily, I can see that changing now though and am wanting to cut out the bad stuff as don't want it to go to baby. So have started eating much more fruit etc and it's ok actually, not sure why I didn't eat more of it before now.
And I bet we've all been there with sugar withdrawal... I'm ashamed to admit this but I used to have 6 spoons of sugar in my tea. I managed to get it down to a slightly more respectful 3 spoons at one point and then with my pregnancy in April last year something switched and I now only have half a spoon if I remember, otherwise no sugar at all. It's a huge turnaround and hubby is amazed but the withdrawal was hard to start with, hang in there you'll be over the worst of it before you know it.
Blue - I'm waiting impatiently with you for your time to test! Blue's Testing Countdown begins...! And hey you probably didn't know this but I had tears of happiness when I got cramps an days 5-6 dpo with the twin pregnancy, hubby thought it was a positive pregnancy test and then looked at me like I was crazy when I said it was just cramps but that's a good sign! We've all there with you, come on baby
, implant in mummy, somewhere safe xxx
AFM - Had a hard morning. One of my friends is expecting a baby with his wife, due the same time as me. They had their 20 week scan on Friday and their baby has a life threatening birth defect called congential diaphragmatic hernia, with a 50-60% chance of survival once born. I've been very upset for them, life is so hard and cruel sometimes. Everyone was over the moon for them and now this. I wanted to invite them to stay over a while with us (they don't live near us) so they could have a break but hubby thinks I'm being insensitive as even if I don't mention my pregnancy, you can now see a bump. It's horrible, I wish I could take their pain away
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. Roll on the 20th xxx
My oldest son has a tattoo with his name and due date on his arm I hope things get better soon for me mentally. I pray we all have our rainbow babies soon.
I reckon it's never to early to symptom spot. x
O-3 is still in with a chance, so I'll probably still be TWW crazy. 
