Recent content by liverpoolmum

Hi all I got back home last night from spending 3 days in hospital; thought I had a bad pulled muscle in my side but it turns out I had a bad gallstone attack. It's quite common to have gallstones if you've had a lot of pregnancies. The pain was on my right side under the rib area, mainly...

That's a very strong positive test.

Yes, like others said, and it does tend to increase.

I've been having long cycles for a long time, from 34-37 days. Are you sure you ovulate when you would think (I'm not sure of your history of keeping track, sorry)? The reason I'm asking is that I ovulated much earlier than I imagined last month, and I'm pregnant. I was using OPK's for the...

Good dopplers are well worth hiring or buying, but avoid the ones you can buy easily in catalogues and whatnot, as they are not medical grade dopplers (best used later on). I've had success with them from about 9 weeks, but not everyone does, depending on where their baby is and the placenta is...

Whatever the outcome, here is a huge ((((((HUG))))))

You can get them any time, but I found that exerting myself made them more intense and frequent to be honest.

They probably are baby movements you're feeling! With my first baby, I had these sensations for ages and thought it was just a funny kind of wind, until it dawned on me that the 'poking' sensation I was feeling was my little girl! I was about 18 weeks at that point! With my others, I could...

That actually looks like a pretty strong BFP to me, especially for just 4 weeks.

Do you mean when you test again in the afternoon they are darker than FMU tests? I've found that to be the case too frankly.

I never did have one that way until years of being married, it just sort of happened and now it's regular, lol. I always was fine about sex before that, too, it's not a problem for me whether I O at all, or only through foreplay. I've never experienced spotting because of sex, but later on in...

Twice, but we weren't really going to try until the last moment...it was a sort of reckless decision. I didn't know I was going to ovulate but for the OPK's I did. So, once on my birthday (6th September) and once on the day after I first got a + OPK, the 9th, which I believe was my ovulation...

I didn't get really dark lines until a few days ago. Even when the Hcg doubles, the line might only get slightly darker, plus it's variable depending on how concentrated the pee is and so on. I'm now about 28 DPO, so give it time.:-)

Hi there I think you will be aware but just in case you're not, dopplers don't detect a heartbeat until about 9 weeks, sometimes 8 if you're very lucky. Even at 9 weeks it is difficult, as I know from experience. I just wanted to encourage you not to worry if you don't find anything if you try...

I'm afraid there's no remedy except to eat well and sleep when you can! It's very tiring in the first few weeks as so much rapid growth is taking place, and your body is adjusting to it all. I hope you get a chance to rest when you feel especially tired. :-)