Due March/April/May 2017

Thanks everyone. Since I know that I can get pregnant now, I'm going to try to get back on the girl diet and see if I can convince a doctor to do some testing. I'm pretty sure my miscarriages are caused by my insanely high homocysteine levels (it's supposed to be below 1 and mine is 12.6). I just stopped by my doctor's office and picked up some medicine to help lower it. It's supposed to work really quickly. So, I'll be taking a cycle or two off and then jumping right back on the ttc bandwagon. I hope everyone else has happy and healthy pregnancies!! :)

So sorry momamia4, sending hugs. I finding struggling to conceive so emotionally difficult but to achieve pregnancy and to experience a miscarriage it must be so difficult, my heart breaks for you! Hope you get a sticky bean soon, your in my thoughts x

I'm so sorry momamia :( this is so unfair :( take care and huge hugs

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Oh momamia im so sorry to hear that. Hope your ok 😔

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Thank you everyone! I'm doing OK. I think it's because I was so confused that I even got pregnant to begin with that I wasn't really attached to the pregnancy yet. You know? Of course that could change after I've had a few days to wrap my head around everything. I'm just glad to know that I can actually still get pregnant.

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Mia I am so sorry :( big hugs...

I'm sorry momamia :( It is good that you got pregnant so hopefully once the levels are down you will get pregnant with a sticky bean. Take care xx.

Just popping in to say I'm so incredibly sorry for your loss Momamia. I had just read about your BFP then continued on to the sad news. Are your homocysteine levels high because you have the MTHFR mutation like I do? I think I remember you saying that before. Please take care of yourself and I hope your sticky rainbow baby is right around the corner. I'm glad your tubes aren't blocked though (did they rule out ectopic)?

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Yes, they are essnce. I am compound heterozygous. I am going to switch to a new perinatologist. I was reading about it and I need to be on heparin right after ovulation. I need to find a doctor who is willing to do that. Myself current one won't start me on it until he can see the gestational sac in my uterus. I don't think I'll ever make it to that point without the heparin. I don't know if it's my age or what but something has made my blood clotting problem much worse than when I was younger.

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Momia4 I hope the meds help and get you that sticky bfp swiftly.


I have been full of rage today, totally lost my shit twice today with one of those venting screams and hitting an inanimate object that was the apparent trigger of said rage. Anyone else suffering??x

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Yes, they are essnce. I am compound heterozygous. I am going to switch to a new perinatologist. I was reading about it and I need to be on heparin right after ovulation. I need to find a doctor who is willing to do that. Myself current one won't start me on it until he can see the gestational sac in my uterus. I don't think I'll ever make it to that point without the heparin. I don't know if it's my age or what but something has made my blood clotting problem much worse than when I was younger.

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How old are you? I just turned 35 and also never had any problems in my previous pregnancies when I was 22 and 27. Have you been on baby aspirin? My doctor said I didn't have to take it till I got a BFP, but Atomic said I needed to be on it from ovulation to allow implantation. I take it 3 times a week now, all cycle long, because when I tried taking it daily I was getting bruising. I didn't know about my MTHFR status when I had my miscarriage and had been on baby aspirin for the first few months of swaying but had stopped a few cycles before my BFP. :(

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I'm 33. I've been taking baby aspirin every day for the last 3 years. I had 3 TIAs shortly after I turned 30. It was terrifying. The only thing they could find was the MTHFR. So they told me to take the baby aspirin and I haven't had another one since. I never had any problems either. Because of my TIAs, my RE said he'd start me on Lovenox/Heparin after they confirm that the pregnancy is in my uterus but I don't think I'll ever make it that far without the Heparin. I read that I should start the Heparin right after ovulation. So, I'm going to try to find a perinatologist who will start the Heparin sooner. I don't know why the clotting is way more of a factor now than when I was younger, but it definitely is. I had my pregnancies at 18, 20, 21, and 23. I'm really glad that I did too because now it's looking like I'm not going to be able to have more. God works in mysterious ways, huh? Everyone thought I was crazy for having so many kids so young. Thank God I did!

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I didn't realise you were so young momamia but that is only because here in Aus it is really hard to get tubes done before 30 so I assumed you were older! I really hope you are able to have another one but it may take a bit longer unfortunately.


I saw my GP yesterday and she didn't see any point of having another scan before the NT scan :( I guess I will just see how I go waiting and if it is too hard I could go to a private ultrasound place to get a quick peek.

my chin is all broken out with cystic acne. I am really uncomfortable ughhhhh. On top of that I'm MEAN. I am usually the type to let something roll off my shoulders but the other day I almost came completely unglued on this lady who didn't even bother trying to control her kid. We were at the zoo and my girls were first in line to get on the merry go round when this other little girl CUTS in front of them... I snapped right away "Hun they were there first, there's a line!" She completely ignored me and so I bit back "not that it matters..." But couldn't stop myself out of bitterness that the mother allowed this behavior with "other than to teach kids basic f****** manners and how to follow directions and rules" then the little...girl..stole the horse my oldest wanted. Gah. Im proud of my girls because they said nothing and were polite about the kid being so rude but it just infuriates me that parents let their kids act that way like wtf? Not my typical behavior at all and regardless of gender I fear I'm gonna only get worse :(

Edited because I don't want to be the person calling kids names. That's how seriously bad I am right now. Someone help me.

Im paitently waiting for NT scan too, 3 weeks away still.

Oh Burakoam its just the horemones, once your placenta starts taking over horemone production you will feel better, I was also very easily angered in the first few weeks of this pregnancy, my kids copped it unfortunately.

Aghh cystic acne is the worst :( I'm lucky so far but I usually break out at some point in pregnancy. When I was pregnant with DS2 I took him to see a dr and then she asked me if I wanted to do anything about my acne. It was so rude as I wasn't there for me plus being pregnant medication wasn't an option.

I have had some moments of getting angry easy too. Just hormones and tiredness I guess.

Hi everyone!!!! I haven't been in here for a few years, but I'm cautiously re-introducing myself. My name is Brandy, I have 4 kiddos (3 boys and then a little girl). I got a faint bfp last Tuesday and it's definitely positive now... Waiting on Fridays bhcg/progesterone!!! This is my 8th pregnancy... I've had 3 miscarriages :( and although this was a huge suprise, I am so excited to have another baby and praying "she" sticks!!! :fingerscrossed:

Can we chat about ovulation and possible conception date? Even though we weren't trying I always keep track. You know... Just in case!!! ;)

My cycles have been 26-28ish days apart. The chart is showing my ovulation date on the 14th. I had all the symptoms prior, but my bfp wasn't strong until 7/30 which could put me at ovulating on the 16th. Not sure. But I am super curious!! What do you all think and based on my o date and dtd history? I'm hoping my chances are higher for a girl!!!!

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Oh ladies, it's totally normal to feel angry while pregnant! I got that way with my first two. I called it "psycho bitch" episodes, hahaha! It is like I could feel it brewing but like a train about to wreck, I could do nothing about it but acknowledge it was happening. With my DS1, my DH angered so bad I threw a remote at him! Luckily we didn't have kids then, sheesh! With DS2, we were at a store and I asked a clerk for help. The clerk told me no, and I asked them to call for someone who could. He then proceeded to tell me where customer service was. I came unglued! Thank goodness my DS1 was too little at the time!

Hang in there! It will pass!




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Welcome Brandles ✋ how funny is it that we both ended up here with little surprise packages!

They say that woopsies are more likely to be girls for some reason, I think you have a good chance looking at your chart you dtd then at least 3 - 5 days later concieved so there wouldnt be that much sperm left by then you would think, swaying girl 👌

Brandy- you and I are ovulation buddies! Bahahaha. I think you ovulated the 14th or 15th. I ovulated on the 13th or 14th ( am thinking and hoping the 14th myself)

Sperm can live a long time but from my experience it's really rare they make it the 7 days people claim they can... If you last bd on the 11th I think with what you say about pregnancy tests you ovulated the 15th. I had a positive OPK that was really dark on the 13th but it was still pretty dark on the 14th and very light by the 15th so I really really believe I ovulated the 14th... For you I think even though they say your peek was the 14th I bet the egg popped on the 15th making you 4 days out perfect for those X sperm :)

Haven't heard from baby2016 in a while... Hope she is ok... I am 4 weeks and 4 days today and just got a 2-3 weeks result on my clear blue weeks estimator... Minimum for that reading is around 160 and I wasn't 'due' to hit that until tomorrow... Pretty proud of this little baby. It's obviously doing work :) lol

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Welcome Brandles ✋ how funny is it that we both ended up here with little surprise packages!

They say that woopsies are more likely to be girls for some reason, I think you have a good chance looking at your chart you dtd then at least 3 - 5 days later concieved so there wouldnt be that much sperm left by then you would think, swaying girl ��

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That is too funny... what are the chances!!! Happy to be in here with you all!!! Yay for swaying girl!!!!!! :) :)

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Brandy- you and I are ovulation buddies! Bahahaha. I think you ovulated the 14th or 15th. I ovulated on the 13th or 14th ( am thinking and hoping the 14th myself)

Sperm can live a long time but from my experience it's really rare they make it the 7 days people claim they can... If you last bd on the 11th I think with what you say about pregnancy tests you ovulated the 15th. I had a positive OPK that was really dark on the 13th but it was still pretty dark on the 14th and very light by the 15th so I really really believe I ovulated the 14th... For you I think even though they say your peek was the 14th I bet the egg popped on the 15th making you 4 days out perfect for those X sperm :)

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Awesome, thanks!!!! I just barely shared this news with my hubby and he is less than thrilled and thinks the test was a mistake and was analyzing every possibility that it could be a false positive. lol! Showed him my digital test. ;)

I read your post about just seeing a 2-3w on the CBE digital. I took CBE digital last Tuesday afternoon and it said 1-2... took it again today and it still says 1-2. Hoping this little bean is sticking!!

brandy! dont let my hcg make you worry pls. besides if you concieved on the 15th like i think then you are a day behind me ;) id like to know what your digital says tomorrow..and even if it still says 1-2 this baby is doing more than doubling its numbers which is fine but the average and normal thing for a baby to do is at least double every 48 so as long as yours is doing that then you're fine!

Thanks burakoam I'm still here :nails: just wishing time away. had a busy week as kids have broken up from school now for 6 weeks! trying to keep them entertained. went to a theme park yesterday, that was fun for me, couldn't go on any rides. Think I got away with it though blamed having to stay with my youngest. Was sick yesterday and was glad. also starting to feel more like "somethings up" wouldn't say any symptoms as such, just don't feel right. I'm 5w and 3d now, times going so slowly. I decided against doing any more tests as the line/date thing upset me far too much so just letting nature do its thing now and trusting beany is ok in there. Still not sure if I'm going for a scan at 8 weeks, I keep changing my mind.

Hope everyone else is ok, its pretty quiet in here now xxx

I've just added our names and due dates to the 1st post. Purple and Brandles I couldn't see your due dates anywhere. And if anything changes or I missed anyone just let me know and I will add it 😀

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Based on ovulation it is March 11 but based on the scan it would be March 15. I'm not sure what to go with, probably the later date as if I am going through the hospital system it is better my due date is later so they don't pressure me for an induction if I go over.

I had an ultrasound today and was measuring 3 days behind. Not a big deal except they moved my due date which I freaking hate when they do that!!!
Most importantly I saw my little loves heartbeat!!
I got a pic of the ultrasound and I think according to Ramzi method it says boy. I'm trying not to feel down about that. I really love my boy's but it did take the wind out of my sails as now I am not holding on to any hope that I am having a little girl. I'm a just so relieved to have seen the hb!

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Jenren I wouldnt worry about the measurement, when I had my ultrasound at the school all 5 students got a different measurement of my bub so it just depends on the angle they take the pic.

I think mine is a girl according to Ramzi, but I dont know how much I believe that method, im not going to believe anything till I see it with my own eyes.

I had another gender dream this time it was a boy, I was finding out at an ultrasound again but this time I was further along so no doubt a boy, such a nice dream but so similar to the first one I had where I saw the girly nub shot.

Thanks cinss. What gender are you hoping for? I love dreaming about my littlest love

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Hoping for a boy to even out the numbers, so far we have 3 girls and 1 boy. But being a surprise baby without swaying I think its going to be a girl, I just checked the chineese gender chart and it says girl, It will knock my socks off to hear this one is a boy.

That's how I feel about this one being a girl. All I have ever heard is boy ;)

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For what it's worth my youngest was a boy per Ramzi... She is all girl :).

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For what it's worth my youngest was a boy per Ramzi... She is all girl :).

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That gives me some hope!

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My DS2 was a girl according to ramzi!

Chinese gender chart is saying girl for me :) It was right for both my boys but I won't go buying pink (or purple) stuff just yet.

Morning sickness already and I don't get it...at 4 weeks 6 days this is the earliest I've ever started feeling nauseated in any pregnancy. Oh god

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brandy! dont let my hcg make you worry pls. besides if you concieved on the 15th like i think then you are a day behind me ;) id like to know what your digital says tomorrow..and even if it still says 1-2 this baby is doing more than doubling its numbers which is fine but the average and normal thing for a baby to do is at least double every 48 so as long as yours is doing that then you're fine!

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Busy day yesterday... Got my bhcg and progesterone levels back from last Friday's blood draw. Bhcg is 101, and Progesterone is 19. I had my second draw today. Fingers crossed for rising numbers. I need to go buy a digital and see what it says tomorrow. The first digi I took was a week ago Tuesday- and it was also a 1-2 result.

I wouldn't listen to some of the old wives tales. My last was a failed sway. Chinese gender said boy, moon signs/zodiac said boy, baking soda said boy, done intelligender and gender maker-both said boy, wedding ring test said boy, ramzi sort of said boy although I had partcial placenta previa, nub theory said boy, skull theory said boy, even 20 week scan sonographer wasent sure she thought 70% girl, DNA blood test said girl, and shes all girl!!!! I obsessed so hard thinking the blood test might be wrong but honestly I think its the only thing that works, just gutted that in uk its so expensive for the NIPT tests and the others (nimble etc) are unreliable and come with bad reviews.

hope everyone is ok. I think I'm 5+5 today, potentially I'm only 3+2 to doing blood test if I choose to do it. arrrhhhh. I don't know what to do for the best. We really want to tighten out spending this time as we went for 3 additional (ontop of the 4 scans we needed) scans, blood test and loads of other money last time that I feel, although offered some reassurance, was a waste and with potentially 4 kids now we need to get a bit wiser with money! I never went back to work after my last so we are down one income too :( what are everyone elses plans re gender?? Blood tests?? scans?? I wish I was in the USA as id do the sneek peek test! Its a bargain compared to what we have here!

Hope everyone is well. Sorry your morning sickness has started so early burk, maybe its a boy sign :) Time seems to be going so slowly! xxxx

hope your bloods come back ok brandles, I'm not having any bloodwork this time, not sure if that's better of worse!!! fingers crossed for doubling numbers xxx

Brandies if your blood hcg was 101 on Friday you should def get a 2-3 result in your clear blue now!!

I'm feeling more nausea than with my last two (m/c) pregnancies so I hope it is a good sign. I could hardly eat my dinner tonight due to food aversions.

baby2016 - my GP has said to do the harmony test if the NT scan comes back high risk so I wouldn't be considering it until after 12 weeks anyway. Assuming my results form the NT scan are ok I probably won't do the test as it is over $400 here and I need to start saving money.