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I agree this early part seems to be taking forever because we've already known for 3 weeks. With my other pregnancies we didn't find out until around 5 weeks.
I have my first GP appointment tomorrow and will hopefully get a referral for a scan then I have a booking into hospital appointment end Sept. I don't think i'll be going to the hospital I work at as it's a 45 minute drive and don't know if i'd make it in time (quick labour with last bub) LOL
Same here Ruby. I have 3 boys and a girl. The older I get the worse ms gets. My last ds I was sick the whole nine months and lost 18 lbs by the time I was 5 months pregnant. I swear old age is killing me....hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by Winngrin
How exciting ruby I haven't even contacted the doctors/midwifes yet! My sil is due to have her baby next week and it would just be my luck that she'll be up there when I go, and she'll tell EVERYONE that we're expecting!! :(
I have a girlfriend who had a daughter last year. She kept saying she thought she was pregnant, but her AF was irregular so she couldnt pinpoint it. She went to the dr and definitely pregnant.....next day went for an ultrasound and she was 20 weeks and found out it was a girl!!! NO FAIR!!!! She basically skipped half of her pregnancy!!
Oh, and I have to admit that I did do the online psychic gender prediction and she said GIRL!!!! Im not putting much faith in it until I have proof, but it was fun and only $15. I didnt tell DH, he would think Im such a loser!!!
Ugh I hate early pregnancy too, it takes FOREVER. I feel like I have been pregnant for months already and I only found out 3 1/2 weeks ago. It starts to go faster after 12 weeks. I have my scan to look forward to next monday though!
Oh and I am with the others. I too had HORRIBLE morning sickness with my previous pregnancies....both boys. This pregnancy my MS hasn't been as bad but it is still there.
finding out with an early BFP is crazy! I knew on Thurs before my AF was due (tues) that I was pregnant and getting to tues was excriating! Becuz I had read so much on here about chemicals and what not, that I kept expecting to have AF start since i was so crampy! With my DS1 I didn't find out till I was six and half weeks pregnant and that was kind of nice, LOL! DS2 was an accident but I was more aware of my body and I just "felt" that the tugging/pulling i had felt more like what I had with DS1 vs a period started, so I tested with him one day late and it was a BFP.
Winngrin, that really is NO fair!! There is NO WAy I'd get to 20 weeks pregnant and not know it...I'd have too much all day seasickness plus I start showing usually a little bump around 11-12 weeks lol. Ignorance is bliss though...that'd be so cool...to find out you're pregnant, get half thru preg and then be told gender!
I had my GP appointment this morning, they kept me waiting for an hour and then I could barely understand him (he is foreign). Turns out they have changed things here since I had my last pregnancy, before you made your GP appointment when you found out you were pregnant and the took a urine sample and blood sample. Then you basically saw the midwife with a few checks here and there with your GP as the pregnancy went on.
They have never checked that I am actually pregnant, always just taken it from me saying I have a + test. This time I had to give a urine sample so he could confirm I was pregnant - which yes thankfully I definitely am lol! Then he said I have to come back in 3 weeks time (9 weeks pregnant) to do the blood samples. So annoying after waiting an hour! Especially as I took dh with me as when I had blood taken with my first pregnancy I passed out (don't know why as I haven't ever done before). So I wanted dh with me just in case it was a pregnancy thing! I also has him about Group B Strep as it was picked up on during my 2nd pregnancy so I wanted to know if it would be tested for automatically this time. He didn't even know what Group B strep was!!!!!!!!! He kept saying, well are you feeling ok? Do you have any symptoms? I must have said about 10 times that it wasn't something you had symptoms for!!
Got my midwife appointment on Thursday which I am looking forward to as it is the same one from my first two pregnancies and she is really lovely.
We've also told the boys, I know we're crazy as it is such early days, but I have my mum coming over to visit us for a couple of weeks soon and I think my sickness is going to give me away. I don't want them to hear it from someone else so we told them when we got them home from nursery. My 4 year old is excited but doesn't believe I have a baby in my tummy right now, and would like a baby brother please. My 3 year old gave me a big hug and a kiss, was fairly excited at the prospect of being a big brother but generally wasn't fussed and was more interested in the sweetie I had promised them if the sat nicely and listened to me!!! :rofl:
It will be interesting to see what they tell other people, the main person I'm not looking forward to telling is my mil as I know she will think we are insane for having a third baby. I don't get on with her generally, neither does my sil - or my hubby or his brother for that matter! ;)
I cannot wait to hear babies heatbeat, seems like forever away! Especially long for a scan which I should hopefully get in November, so at least we should know before the end of the year if we are having a pink one or not.
So hoping that all our beans are nice and sticky and that the next 12 weeks fly by. xx
I have a friend like that too and it was a girl?!?!Quote:
Originally Posted by Winngrin
We were quite young at the time and she was out drinking and smoking all the time and completely had no clue she was pg!
Mummypink your doctor sounds like a idiot, do you have to have him next time?
I to feel like I've been pg FOREVER I think dh is fed up with my moaning already 'I feel sick, I'm tired, my boobs hurt, look at my skin yuck, how bloated am I' (sound like such a child!!) :rofl:
I wish men would at least carry the baby half the time!!!! So unfair! :)
I'm worried and need your opinion ladies. I had bad cramping on my left side today. I called my doc and they said to come in for an u/s to see what was going on. There was noting in my uterus yet. I'm only 4 weeks today based on O. But she did say my left ovary was swollen. They aren't going to rule anything out yet. I had my levels done today and will get them back at 3pm. Is it normal to not see anything at a 4 week ultrasound, and has anyone heard of a swollen ovary after ovulation? tia
I think that all sounds normal! I think it is common to get a little cyst after ovulation too. They say that an ultrasound won't pick anything up until beta is 2,000 so I wouldn't think they could see anything. My doctor told me that AF type cramps are normal and just to take tylenol when it gets bad, as long as it isn't severe and accompanied by bleeding.
Thank you NC.
Sorry I'm not much help at all but isn't the bean so tiny at 4 weeks could they have missed it? Fx everything's ok sweetie xx
3M, well missy, being the OCD info hog that I am, I have looked this up on about 20 different sites. Most seem to agree that while there is a tiny possibility you may be able to see something at 4 weeks, it is not until about 5 weeks that anything can be seen, and by 6 weeks it should be easily determined. So it does not sound uncommon to not see anything at 4 weeks. I'm so sorry that you even have to worry about this. If there was a drug to get through the first trimester in ignorant bliss, I would be the biggest junky.
Please try not to worry to the point that you are very stressed. I have been trying to let go a little and have some faith, and the knowledge that at this early point things are out of our hands is somewhat comforting. I also have had some cramps that I do not remember from my other 3 pregnancies. I remember slight cramps and some pulling, but this has seemed more sharp. I am trying to tell myself that if something is really wrong, most likely we will know without a doubt. What do they want to do? Will you go back in another week or so? :bighug:
I'm getting my beta's in about 30 minutes. I'm at most 14 dpo. And I have to go back on Wed to get them done again. I think I will get another u/s in the next week or 2. Thanks so much for looking that up for me Winngrin. It really means a lot to me. I will get back on here after I talk with my doc's office. :heart:
Fingers firmly crossed for you. I agree that I wouldn't have thought there was much to see yet at 4 weeks. xxQuote:
Originally Posted by ThreeMenAndALAdy
Yep he really is! I haven't had him very long but I was automatically put with him when my last GP left which was a shame as she was fab! I've been looking to see if I can change but all the ones I know are ok seem to be full at the moment, think I will talk to their reception and see if they can change me. No point in having a GP I can't understand! I wouldn't mind so much if he seemed to know his stuff but clearly he doesn't!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiffani3
Oh, being able to share the pregnancy with DH would be fab! My dh would love a 4th but I told him it was only going to happen if he grew the baby next time!! :rofl:
Come back 3M!!! So hoping you heard good news!!
At 14 dpo or less my beta is 114. Betabase said the median beta is 103. I'm a bit worried though. I got a bfp almost a week ago. I thought it would be higher.
Threemen try not too worry too much (this coming from someone who is still worrying)! Even atomic has said that it isn't one number in isolation, but how the first and second compare. Try not to worry! And, you are above the average so that is great! Everyone is a little different and produces HCG differently! I'm sure everything is just fine!
I updated my other thread, but wanted to let you ladies know too in case you didn't see that one. My beta did double (well almost but b/c there wasn't 48 hours between labs it didn't quite double, but really close), but they forgot to do progesterone so I had to go back again today to see where that is. I get those results back tomorrow. UGHHH more waiting! I have been SO nauseous today though...couldn't even eat lunch!
NC I just sent you a pm...disregard it and thanks for replying.
3M, you're above average....thats like a "B" in school!!! I would be happy with that number, please try not to stress yourself! Did they say anything about when you would go back?
I go back Wed morning. Hopefully it will be at least 228. I'm staying positive. NC made a good point. When I got a + my hcg may have been only 10 or 20. If so, it did double every two days. Thanks for the support guys!!!
Sounds like you had a clueless doc experience today too...My day was So frustrating!!! But why are you going to a GP why not an OB?Quote:
Originally Posted by mummypink
My docs nurse called me at 6 weeks and told me I was group b strep positive and the doc wants me on antibiotics.. I knew that was absurd so I cancelled the script. It's only a concern and they don't test for it until the last trimester because it CAN come and go throughout pregnancy and you wouldn't even know it.. and it can go away before you deliver your baby. It's nuts.. so my doc never said a word to me about the group b strep, but since I have my next OB appt next month I'll prob hear from the nurse again.. Oh well.. I'll educate HER!
And as for 12 weeks ... it's really only like 6 if you mean 12 weeks prego because you are almost 6 weeks! :) That's the good news.. we start out at 4-5 weeks. But I know how scary it is and how it can DRAG! Mine picked up around 10 weeks! But I hope you have a happy healthy pregnancy, it's all nervewracking.
Hey butterfly,
Just wanted to say that I had strep b with both pregnancies (the typical 3rd trimester kind) but this one came up in my urine this pregnancy. I need antibiotics as it can cause preterm labour and there was one other concern that I forget... So maybe check if yours in your urine this time?!? Because it does make a difference if it's there!!
I think if group B strep is detected in the urine at anytime during pregnancy they normally follow up with a course of antibiotics. It's just for the swab test they do later in preg that they only treat once labour starts or water breaks. I didn't think testing in early pregnancy was done routinely though?
ThreeMen and Beachy - Great news on the beta rises!
I had my doc appointment today and all went well, I got my referrals for the 12 and 20 week u/s which I have booked in this afternoon. 12 week u/s is on the 28th Sept. Also had all my blood tests taken, poor DS2 was scared when he saw all the blood. I had to tell him I was going to the doctors because I had a sore throat as we haven't told the kids yet and I don't want him to tell MIL when she babysits tomorrow. Lucky he seemed to buy it and didn't seem to be listening to what I was talking about while there anyway.
First midwife appointment is 26th Sept so will see the doc once more until then and then do full midwife care after that if all goes to plan.
It all feels really real now, can't wait to tell the kids but will hold out as long as we can.
Yep, Group B strep was detected in my urine last time so I had antibiotics at about 18 weeks (I think) and then they retested me at about 36 weeks but I hadn't had the results back before I went into labour at 38 weeks so they gave me antibiotics during labour just to be on the safe side.
They don't actually routinely test for it over here (I live in Norway but I'm originally from the UK) but my old GP tested me for it because she had previously had a patient who it hadn't been spotted in and the baby unfortunately died.
It can come and go but the main thing is knowing you have it so you can have the antibiotics.
We just see a GP over here Butterfly unless there are complications, they are usually pretty good I've just been unlucky with mine! Our midwife is our main point of contact thankfully, she makes all the appointments for scans etc. And yes you are right only 6 weeks until the 12 week mark :) I feel so sick today, not helped by my 4 year old deciding it was time to get up at 5am :sleeping:
Fab news! Try not to worry, sounds like everything is going as it should be. :luck:Quote:
Originally Posted by ThreeMenAndALAdy
Thank you so much mummypink. :bighug:
Three- all women are different when it comes to betas. Some women will be at 150 at 5 weeks a long and others will have 8000. The only thing that truly matters is the doubling or rise of that number. Your numbers sound safe to me, keep your head up!
Thanks Rosie. I appreciate it. I'm thinking positive. I have no reason to think otherwise. Congrats to you. I see in your siggy that you're due April 7th. My 1st was born on the 8th. Great time of year to have a baby.
Thanks Three! I am thinking my due date is the 7th...according to my ovulation but I go in for my scan on Monday so we shall see if it changes. I am very excited to have an April baby, I have always always wanted one!
You should think positive, it's good for the baby :-)! It is so hard to stay positive in early pregnancy because everything can be so scary and lets be honest...we have a lot on the line! So all we can do is try! We are all here for you praying for those rise in betas!
I will post again tomorrow after three when i find out. I'm going in around 9 am tomorrow. If they're 228 or higher I'll breath a sigh of relief. I took another test this afternoon and my line was much darker than the control. It did make me feel a bit better.
Hoping you get great news 3M!! I'll be honest, I bought some more Dollar Store tests and I take one every other day or so just to watch the line show up fast and dark.....it makes me feel better :poas:
Yay! 6 weeks today and my first u/s is in 2 weeks! DH and I DTD yesterday (I decided it was time to do it again after my spotting incident) and what do you know, I had a little spotting this AM. I'm not freaked out by it at all b/c I know DTD is what caused it and am also thinking that is what might have caused it the last time!
I think my girl in my siggie is looking thicker! I hate to watch my weight, but I almost can't help it! I started off 15 lbs lighter than any of my other pregnancies and I just don't want to put all the weight back on....yet! So far I have gained 2 lbs. Not bad!
Goodluck 3M&AL! I am sure everything is a-ok!!
Hi ladies, sorry I've been mia recently, my hubby has a wk off work so we've been making the most of it by taking the boys out places b4 they start bk at sch in 2wks!
Just wanted to say hi and congrats to all the newly preggers joining us, hope every1 is feeling ok?
good luck 3M keep positive! :)
Afm.... my sickness is finally wearing off wooohooo! :) tho certain food makes me feel ill still but Im finally able to eat choc again (not sure if thats a good or bad thing lol) I have my 12wk scan at 9.30am Friday can't wait :)
Xxx