[franno]

Hey Welcome to the newbies! Purplebutterlfies I find that odd also. I would keep trying and get an HCG. I didn't think false +s were that likely at all either.

I did a clearblue Monday lunchtime (my first BFP) it was v pale but + then one Wednesday lunchtime and much darker. Today lunchtime it was no different (if anything very slightly lighter) so not feeling reassured at all

I know everyone has cramps which is reaassuring but do they come and go or pretty constant? Mine are quite constant today but not bad pain. Its a weird pulsating pain that seems to go down my leg. Not bad bad pain like before my miscarriage.

[suzy-c]

Welcome newbies! Wow this group is growing fast!

It's reassuring to read that others at the same stage are having similar symptoms. My Aunt is yet to send me the support stockings for my weird full-feeling leg veins, but she said she would!

I went back to the doctor this morning for my blood test results, and he says they're normal. I even have some rubella immunity (high school remnant) which was a nice surprise. Then I had to have a pap smear, which is always fun. I was in the Ladies at the docs office when RBWH called to book my NT scan!

Gosh, this bean is like a freight train! He has his own appointments, requires his own special diet, makes demands on his mother, all by 6wks gestation! That's what we get, girls, by conceiving a Scorpio in the Year Of The Dragon!

[emnut]

welcome Judo, NN & Kirstyn

Franno - up until today my cramps were more intermittent - today though they have change to being a lot more regular. Not sure if they are normal cramps or not but freaking me out a bit each time.

Tabbus - hope you have had some relief. I haven't vomited (yet) but the nausea is getting worse every day. Definitely horrid but reassuring.

PB - how confusing for you. Hope you can get a BT & it works out that it was the later tests that were the false results.

V's mummy - my 8yo DS would make sure the whole school knows too.

I'n having a bit of a dilemna today. I'm happy with my choice of ob & the hospital he operates on, but I had a thought today that maybe is because I really don't expect to go full term. So now I'm panicking because while everything I need for an early arrival is there, if I do go to term, I am a 2 hour drive away on a good day. Would that mean that I have to relocate (I don't exactly live rurally but the nearest public hospital with maternity services is an hour away and the nearest private one about 45 mins away). Is a minimum 2 hour drive too far for the end of pregnancy or I am over thinking everything?

[Miss Cookie]

Hi all! I don't want to bring own the positive vibe but thing aren't looking good here. I have had cramping today and I bled this morning. I moved my scan to today and they only saw a sac. She did as the sac looked strong. It is either too soon to see anything, as she said I am only measuring 5 weeks 3 days, or it's not going to progress.

I hope you all hav a great weekend, I'm going to hibernate!

[Judochop]

Im new to doing anything like this so i hope this ends up in the right place. My husband and i have been trying to conceive since Aug last year after being on birth control for almost 10 years. Got a BFP on Monday - didn't believe it so did another one and then a digital one after that confirming that i was 2 - 3 weeks pregnant. As cycles were still random going for a date scan next Thursday to confirm how many weeks i am.

So nervous for the coming weeks.

26
Perth,
First pregnancy

Yay happy for you!!!


I had an awful day! I went to playgroup with my DS this morning and I started to feel light headed, next thing I know Im laying down and people are standing over me!

The Ambo's came and took me to the Hospital and turns it was low blood pressure.

The nurse I had sucked! she took a test of my urine but the test came back as negative because of the time of day so it's took hours before the doctor would see me and I wasn't allowed any water or food because they didn't think I was pregnant even though I told them I was. So I was low down on the list for people to see. I told her to retest and do a blood but she wouldn't. I got the impression she didn't want to be there...


Im home now and my DH is spoiling me

[Guest_V's mummy_*]

Oh miss cookie I'm sorry. I'm sending sticky vibes out to you hon. We're here if you need to talk/ type to someone! Xo

[Miss Cookie]

Oh judochop, I'm sorry you had a sh*tty time. I'm glad your getting spoilt now though.

Welcome new mummies to be.

[Spring Chickadee]

sorry if i miss anyone, computer scroller is being tricky

If your appts are on your exact week and he is scanning at 6 weeks on the dot I hope he prepared you that you might not see HB? Sometimes not there right on the 6w point.

True true. If i dont see a heartbeat i'll just have to wait another wekk then (hopefully) see it. next week at the very least a fetal pole shoudl be there.

Kirstyn 1985- welcome to the group

Wishing 2011- See Dr Wilson and will go norwest. I struggled to decide but really happy with the decision now . As for your nausea- I hear you!

Purple Butterflys welcome!I hope the blood test gives you some answers.

JudoChop, welcome and Sorry to hear you had a frustrating nurse hope you have your feet up tonight and feeling better.

I'm thinking of you miss cookie. I hope the next scan is brilliant and the bleeding stops. I have read 50% of women with first trimester bleeding go on to have healthy babies. praying you are in that 50%.

Emnut - 2 hours, wow! Im sure you will find whatever fits you best. most first labours go much longer then that anyway but you may need a plan if it doesnt. if you can afford to can you rent a nearby house for a week or 2? stay at a B&B maybe? if you are not agsint invervention you may be able to have an induction at 39 weeks so you know you will be there safe and sound. if there is an emergency (eg. sudden bleeding for example) will you go to the nearest hospital or try for the one further away?

ASM I realised today my babies sac is in the shape of a love heart in the scan, which is very fitting for a baby created on valentines I think.

have bearly had any cramps for the last 2 days, just little stretching ones every now and then. I know that cramps can be normal but over the last week i was having some really painful one's that make me worry a little. Each time I wipe I cringe hoping not to see blood. so far so good.

Today nausea hit me like a tonne of bricks. I dint actually eat until 1pm (naughty i know!) and i took a few bits of my salad and started to feel off. i tried to keep going but then i got that unmistakable feeling in the back of my throat you get the moment befor eyou throw up. no vommit came but the 'just about to' feeling remained for 2 hours and I had to really focus to keep my lunch down. Then tonight it goes away and i've chowed down a big dinner (and snack) and have some chocolate icecream with my name on it in the freezer.


Tomorrow I'm telling my parents. They know about my 3MC so I'm not needing to wait until 12weeks to tell me in ncase I have another loss. I want to tell them in a fun way, but then i feel like 'announcing' the pregnancy with jinx it, which is rediculous. It's like I feel like if I get too cocky it'll be taken away. But it's silly to announce it like 'well im pregnant but dont get excited because it may not work, and we cant celebrate as the baby may not grow' I'd rather have a ta da! moment

I'm having a nice lunch at a fine dining restaurant tomorrow and usually i would be enjoying nice wines with the parents so they will be onto me straight away. I was thinking I would say 'Speaking of birthdays look what I have' then pass them and envelope. within that envelope will be a scan and little description along the lines of 'a baby on the way. If all goes well and this baby grows big and strong, they are expected to join us on November 8th'

what do we think?

[little lion]

Sounds cute spring chickadee. Have fun at your lunch. I surprised my parents and sister last week with gift boxes with notes inside saying"it looks like you will be a grandmother" etc. they opened their boxes at the same time then squealed! It was cool. The wording of the note was my balance between being cocky about a successful pregnancy and being cautious about another miscarriage.


I had a scan today! I didn't get a printout but my sac looks a lot like spring chickadee's. And the Ob said it was measuring the right size for 5.5 weeks. I'm going back at 7 weeks to hopefully hear a heartbeat.

[franno]

Miss Cookie, good luck to you. Keep us posted and fingers crossed. I like to be positive but not give out too much false hope (tell you why in a minute). The fact that were was a sac is a great sign. My first MC at 5.5 weeks I went in the day before the bleeding started as I thought that the bad cramping was ectopic and they scanned me and there was NOTHING to see no sac, no nothing then the bleeding started the following day. What was the bleeding like? Just wondering because also, at just over 5w with DD I I had brown spotting but she was fine. Had a big bleed at 9 weeks and she was also fine (haemotoma caused by implantation apparently). Lastly, if you're string says you are 5w4d and your sac is the same then it must be growing. So while things may go bad there it still loads of hope there.
* ps the reason why I don't like to give out too much false hope is perfectly demonstrated in one of the threads in the TTC section about help is this O or something. The poor woman was in agonizing pain, then started to bleed and she was only CD 20. Sounds awful yet there were lots of replies where people we quite confidently saying "yep this is O" and that apparently people can bleed during O which I had never heard. Infact the poor lady ended up in emergency surgery with a ruptured tube from an ectopic. I have found in there that people do offer cautious advice and tell the poster to get it checked out which is great. Anyway I don't think anyone would suspect EP as I was pretty sure she said that she hadn't BD.

SC - love it, nice idea. You are so right about what you say about well I am kind of pregnant but don't get your hopes up etc ... Today at the Endo she was really excited and I had to bring her down a peg or 2, then she calls in the nurse and tells her and I need to tone it down again. I was all talking about how if it all goes bad I'll just cancel the next appt I made etc and she kept saying but hopefully it will be ok etc. it's like I feel like I will jinx it (like you said). Enjoy Icebergs I never made it there when I lived in Syndey but it was on my list along with Tetsuyas.

congrats little lion!!!

No nausea. It a little dizziness and sore boobs. With DD I got bad nausea at night but didn't actually vomit. I couldn't eat dinner for about 6 weeks but I had 3 breakfasts!

Uh oh gotta run some one needs my attention

This post has been edited by franno: 10/03/2012, 10:07 AM