I completely understand - I was the same when I fell pregnant with my eldest son. I was able to relax a bit more with my second son, but still, until you reach the point and go "beyond" where it all went wrong, it's difficult to find peace.
I completely understand - I was the same when I fell pregnant with my eldest son. I was able to relax a bit more with my second son, but still, until you reach the point and go "beyond" where it all went wrong, it's difficult to find peace.
Northern ~ Maybe try a different type of test? It's still so early. I had faint positives on FRER at 10 dpo, and 11 dpo was no darker at all, then started to darken nicely 12, 14 and 16 DPO this time around. Too early to lose hope yet, though also too early to know for sure either way. :fx: for you & your bean.
As for me, I had my first u/s this morning. 6w 6d by LMP, and measuring 6w 6d, with a heartbeat of 141. So looks good so far. I too won't stop worrying until at least 20+ weeks, with a good anatomy scan behind me.
For all you Ramzi believers, ovulated from the right ovary this time, and placenta implanted "right in the center" according to the tech. I'm not ready to obsess about gender yet. Not thinking about this. :think:
Oh grats on a good first scan! I got mine tomorrow and I don't know whether to feel nervous or excited.
I ovulated from the right side too, actually. Which side indicates what, Sugar?
:fx: for your scan tomorrow, Tiggerian. Let us know how it goes. For me, the emotional experience of ultrasound is awful, even when it goes well. I'm just so terrified each time, and I remember all the times I had bad news from an ultrasound. I don't think I'll even be able to relax while I'm having one.
Supposedly, right ovary = boy and left ovary = girl. Although I think the actual Ramzi study was based on implantation site and not which ovary the egg came from... If I remember correctly, atomic thinks it's more than 50% accurate, but not much more. So right ovary is bad news for me, and implanted right in the middle means, I don't know, nothing at all?
Who knows?! I tried to study my scan pictures with my children - my youngest, the placenta is on the right side it seems, and with my oldest it looks like it in the middle, but slightly tilted towards the left.
Im a wreck too. I had scan every week with my eldest (they thought he was too small) and every scan I was a paranoid wreck full of "what if..." - My OH says I think too much.
Actually, I'm so emotional this time. Our neighborhood stray cat, which we fed and let in occasionally (if he wanted to come in), died today and OH refused to tell me before the boys had gone to bed out of fear I'd burst into tears in front of them, that's how emo I've become. I knew it was coming tho, so I was fairly prepared - old cat, but still its very sad, he was a lovely cat who didn't deserve the treatment his previous owner gave him (got two dogs, kicked the cat out!) - she said, welling up again.. omg I think I'm just gonna go to bed!
Feeling a bit happier this morning as the test is darker
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Also lost some more weight, so very happy!
Defo getting darker, Shutterbug!
Had my scan today - everything looks great! Baby is about 3.7 mm which is perfect for 6 weeks and has a very strong heartbeat! No explanation for the pain, so maybe just ligament pains?! For now tho, everything is a-okay!
Tiggerian: I'm so glad. Was really hoping to hear this news today. :highfive: Here's hoping bean stays sticky and strong.
Northern: BFP looking good--much more promising today.
Well lady who scanned me said there's less than 10% risk of miscarrying after seeing a good, strong heartbeat and she said the heartbeat was as strong as it was gonna get, so we're happy =D
It's true, statistically speaking, that the risk of m/c is less than 10% once a good heartbeat has been seen. But (here's my moment of pessimism) it's also true that the risk of m/c following a CVS is less than 2%, and yet somehow that happened to me... Somehow the math doesn't quite add up, or else my luck is just very very bad.
Ok, end of moment of pessimism: obviously it was worth it to me to try again, and much of this is out of our hands anyway... All we can do is take good care of ourselves, pray, and accept that it's not within our control.
In other news, I just threw up, which actually makes me really happy: I take it as a good sign as far as viability goes. But I feel GROOOOSSSSSS.....
I don't know whether to congratulate you or feel yuck for you, :rofl:.
I know the statistics can work both ways - when I lost my first baby to a chromosomal and heart defect the odds for me to have a baby with those defects were near improbable, but it happened, yet somehow knowing the risk is now a lot smaller makes me feel alot more at ease.
Hi! Can I join you this group? I just got my BFP this morning, though I am tempted to take another test just in case! Based on my calculations I am due April 7th. I am really hoping for a girl but I barely swayed because I was going to start this upcoming month but got pregnant instead...oops! So I am mentally preparing myself for another boy. :)
Northern - congrats on the dark line! Its looking good!
Welcome Setta and congrats on the BFP
Hi ladies,
Can I please also join. I got my BFP on Thursday at 10dpo. I worked out my due date to be April 7th. We swayed pink.
Symptoms so far, this may sound crazy but 1dpo I had really bad chest pains and went to my GP, It was just heartburn which I never get and the only time I had it was preg with DS but I didn't get it until 6-7 weeks preg. I have also had a very achy left boob since about 4dpo. I have never had sore boobs not even with DS so I knew something was up this month before I got a BFP. Apart from that no sickness yet.
Could you please fill out the little form on page one? Its easier for me to copy/paste than having to write everything up everytime =D
Welcome to the club and grats on the BFP!
Lots of pink swayers, be interesting to see how many of us get our GD!
I'm now on my weekend away in a humongous suite at a gorgeous hotel!
Before we left I did another test - feeling a bit more relaxed!
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Defo getting darker =) No doubt there at all, is there bug?
Urgh I feel horrendous today! The fatigue is getting worst - i can barely stay awake. Nausea is coming in big waves too and completely overwhelm me until it disappears again. I'm hoping we are going to get a wet, cool summer from now or I might not survive O_O
Welcome, Setta & bloom! Wishing you both sticky pink beans, and easy healthy pregnancies.
Tiggerian--I'm right with you, the nausea is coming on all the time now. Queasiness and almost-vomiting throughout the day, with two bouts of actual vomiting yesterday. Another good sign in terms of risk of miscarriage, and I am trying to focus on this instead of on how icky I now feel. It is very hard to keep awake throughout the day, too. Yesterday, I had an hour and a half nap, then fell asleep while putting my daughter to bed at 9 pm, and slept until 8:30 am, when I was still exhausted getting out of bed. I could do with another nap right now.
Northern--BFPs are looking better and better, which is great news so far. Do you get betas?
Ive actually fell asleep twice today =/ NOT intentionally as im home alone with the kids. Ofc they took full advantage of it and started a water fight in the bathroom. I was NOT impressed! I just cant seem to stay awake for very long =/ Even with caffeine, tho im trying to keep it at a minimum.
Im seeing it as a good sign too tho - if my fatigue increases, so are my hormones which is good in terms of Roo!
Lookin good, Northern! Congrats.
I am with you guys on the nausea. I didn't have it at all with my other pregnancies, kinda caught me off guard this time. I feel hungover and carsick most of the day. No vomiting yet, but several times I almost did. Strong smells or unexpected smells really get me. But like Sugar said, it does make me feel a bit better thinking hormones must be rising. DH is pretty sympathetic to it and helps a lot to minimize my discomfort.
Congratulations to everyone who has just got there BFP!!
Great to see you hear shutter_bug, your test are look very good!!!
I've had 2 weeks of extreme tiredness, 1 week of nausea and now I feel fine!! Is that normal? Xx
It happens! I did that with one of mine - then it all came back uuurgh >_< Enjoy it while it lasts, chances are it'll be back with a vengence!
I was nauseous from before AF was due with Evelyn and felt awful for it, but nothing this time, just like it was with the boys, so am even more sure this is a boy.
Did you sway to get pregnant this time, Shutterbug?
Yes, LE diet (with slightly higher protein levels), so didn't go completely vegetarian, didn't watch sodium though. Clomid and that was it. I was doing exercise randomly so not as recommended. I just had that deep down feeling with the boys that they were boys, with Evelyn deep down I thought girl but didn't want to admit it to myself of anyone so convinced myself I was wrong. This one just feels all boy. I guess if things go well, we'll find out in 12 weeks.
A BIG welcome to the newbies!
Shutterbug awesome bfp progression!....
AFM: Just like most of you...im deep into nausea land right now, with an occasional visit to migraine-ville...lol...the only thing that seems to help is warm lemon water at night and short brisk walks in the evenings....the hardest part is dragging my bum out the door...the rest is easy....try the lemon water thing ladies...it works!
I shall be so very sad though to take down all the clothes and outfits I bought for Evelyn and have to sell them :tissue:
Hi! Can I join you?
User name: sunflower3
Due date: April 7, 2014
Swayed: girl
Expecting:?
I finally got my BFP after losing identical twins in December. I was 6 weeks 3 days when I lost them.
I'm cautiously optimistic.
My BFP was on 9 dpo. Hoping this is a healthy sticky bean!!! Hoping for a girl but ok adding another prince to my kingdom!
sunflower - congratulations, and welcome! Wishing you a sticky bean and healthy pregnancy!..
northern - LE Diet + Clomid is a really strong sway. Atomic said the success rates for that combination of sway tactics were around 90%. I did Clomid with a not-very-careful about counting calories LE diet (totally vegetarian, no breakfast and no snacking) last time around, and had a :DD: (that was my late loss) so I'd be pretty confident in my sway if I were you... of course, there's no way of knowing yet. I tried Clomid again this time, except I was apparently unable to get pregnant on it...
My nausea seems to be similar regardless of gender (though I have only daughters, I've m/c'd at least one boy, probably two). The only thing it that's clearly different for me is that the less sick I am, the more likely to have a chromosomally abnormal embryo that doesn't grow at all beyond the very early stages. I was sick even with my blighted ovum, though it was much less severe, and in hindsight, that was a bad sign. With DD#2, I was so sick (in the heat of the summer) that I was unable to keep water down, and ended up needing to go to the hospital to get IVs in order to rehydrate. Last time (chromosomally normal girl) I was sick, but not as sick as with DD#2. I was pretty severely sick with DD#1 too.
Sorry about your losses sugar. It's so hard.
I did the same. Le diet and clomid. It was my third month on clomid. Praying for a pink bundle!!!! Hoping I did enough to sway!
This time around I did 4 cycles of Clomid (including 2 IUIs) and did not get pregnant. My periods had gotten super-light by the end of the last cycle, and I thought it was messing with my lining... DH and I did the IUIs to qualify for insurance coverage for HT, and so decided to stop TTC. We were waiting for coverage from a new policy to begin after switching insurers when I found I was pg this time. Kind of an oops.
I've always gotten pregnant super-easily, so taking over six months to conceive was a totally new experience for me... and I do wonder if Clomid was to blame (I was also taking BA, on the advice of my RE, and I got the bfp the first month I dropped it, so perhaps that was the culprit). Or perhaps I am just old. I've had a slew of chromosomally abnormal pregnancies in the past.
But on the whole I :heart: Clomid, because I think it's a great sway and b/c it also gives me much better progesterone, which has also been an issue for me.
Its so "funny" how different people react.
My DD, who had a chromosomal abnormality and heart defect, i had hyperemesis and if I wasnt sick, I was asleep! Literally constantly.
With DS1 - not a symptoms. Sore breasts for like 2 days, then nothing!
With DS2 - Nausea and vomitting from 6 weeks to 16 weeks, but no sore boobs.
this time my boobs are KILLING, theyve already grown loads! Nausea is also creeping up on me - currently all I can stomach is popcorn and ham/cheese toasties, everything else just makes me feel sick. Also really dizzy this time
With feeling... Ive had a clear feeling about gender aobut 15 weeks each time and not been wrong yet. This time, atm I'm feeling another boy, but we'll see if that changes! With my DD I just knew girl, with both boys I felt girl until about 15 weeks when I just "knew" they were boys (oddly enough, I had a dream with both of them - with DS1 I dreamt I went to a scan and they told me it was a boy and I freaked cause I did NOT want a boy! The next day I went for a scan and was actually told boy, didn't freak tho :P. With DS2 I dreamt I was out walking with my pram and someone asked what I had and I said boy)
Shutterbug - I think thats a pretty strong sway actually.
Welcome Sunflower =D
I didnt actually get to sway really.
I had done the LE diet, but found I had a health problem and everything stopped while I was being examined - they thought I had a brain tumour to start with, so it was an absolutely terrifying wait! Luckily I didn't and they didn't really find out what caused my problems. But they went away and we were referred to a clinic for fertility treatment. We just got our appointment through the door and the next week I tested positive :P
I had lost nearly 10 lbs in the month before and was on orlistat which blocks up to 30% of dietary fat from being absorbed. I was eating a calorie reduced diet, high in fruit and veg, low in meat (no red meat). I drank loooads of caffeine in the month before and the month I conceived, so will be interesting to see if what way thats swayed.
Due to my PCOS i'm more prone to having boys, but my diet this time was very different from when I conceived the boys. Still atm I think another boy and my partner does too :P
I didn't do a great sway because my diet was such a boys diet so I found it too difficult to change everything. I still ate meat but cut down a lot especially on snacks.
All of my pregnancies have been different so far so I'm not sure but reckon another boy! X
Sorry to hear about the losses some of you ladies have had.
Not many symptoms for me yet but I am only just 4 weeks. I went and had my second lot of bloods this morning.
I had a dream last night that I gave birth to a little girl who was 7lb 7oz. Weird. I don't think I will ever have a baby that small!
Updating info
User name: Bloom78
Due date: April 7, 2014
Swayed: girl
Expecting:?
Urgh, put 2lb on this weekend!
But did a test this morning and it came up immediately:
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That's it - I'm not doing any more tests now, I'm going to wait patiently for a reassurance scan.
I'm doing the same northern! NoQuote:
Originally Posted by Northern_Shutterbug
More tests.
I'm nauseous and congested which was the same when I was pregnant with the twins I lost. I also have cramps. Hard not to over analyze and be worried.
Apart from sore boobs, that's all I've got. Just like with my boys, with Evelyn I had the nausea.
Other than feeling a little more tired, I do not really have any symptoms either yet. I am only at 4 weeks though. I got nauseous at 6 weeks with my last pregnancy.
I have been feeling a super super dull ache near my right hip bone for the last week. Is anyone else experiencing this only on one side? I think I ovulated from my right and/or implanted on that side too. I had this with DS, but I remember it being more painful. I usually can tell what side I O from and it was confirmed that it was my right side with my DS too. Probably another boy for me...I just have this "feeling"...
Have waves of nausea today! Yey!! Hoping I get really sick (I know I'm mad!) but it'll give me some hope it may be a girl!
Due to the midwife and I being away, meaning I couldn't get booked in until past 8 weeks and the consultant needs the referral before then for my early scan, so she's coming here tomorrow to get me booked in and get the referral straight through. Am really pleased! Hopefully will have scan before the end of August!