--x--December 2017 Snowflakes Thread--x--

[JoeyClare]

It's probably best to be honest with work, though I'm toying with telling my boss on a Monday or not. I need to leave early on Thursday for my booking in appt. Not sure whether to just say it's medical, but I know they encourage medical appts out of work hours and I have been asked to change appts before due to lack of cover, but if they know I'm pregnant, they can't really refuse it.

Welcome gf91! Congratulations. I'm having a few waves of nausea as well. Today my stomach is massive! I bloat really badly. I actually look about 4 months pregnant. With my last pregnancy, staff were asking if I was because my stomach was so obvious and I was 6 weeks!! Loose clothes needed!

There will be about 4.5 years between my daughter and this baby. I quite like that as she's toilet trained, helpful and will have started school! My friend had 3 under 3 at one point and although hectic at times, she loves it!

 

[Lulu90]

GF91 - you'll see the gestational sac and yolk sac, you won't see baby at 5 weeks. Good luck though. I hate internal scans!!

Joey - I bloat very quickly too. I'm a size 6 so there's no hiding anything. I have a picture of me at 6 weeks with my son and I took a picture at 6 weeks on the weekend and the pictures are practically identical, little pot belly. Also, I'd personally just tell work you're pregnant. Saves you being anxious and getting stressed about appointments. I'm hoping to start Luca with potty training after his 2nd birthday (July) xx

 

[Joeypops]

Yeah you should probably just tell your work, saves any issues with you getting time off.

I'm really bloated too, lost weight so far due to lack of appetite but the bloat makes me look otherwise!

After saying i was going to wait before calling the docs, I am now having a major freak out due to some late night googling when I couldn't sleep due to nausea. I've got Raynaud's and it's been worse over the last couple of weeks so i googled to see if that's common in early pregnancy and it turns out that it can cause miscarriages​ as it's often an auto immune disorders. Totally freaking out and am going to try to get an emergency appointment and hopefully it's not too late.

 

[Lulu90]

What's Raynauds if you don't mind me asking lovely. Fingers crossed everything is and stays fine xx

 

[Joeypops]

When there is a change of temperature i loose circulation in my fingers, they go completely white and numb. I've had it for years but didn't think much of it. Turns out it can be a sign of other issues, and these can be linked to miscarriage and complications in pregnancy. I managed to speak to the nicest doctor who has requested blood tests, prescribed aspirin and referred me to the perinatal clinic. Keeping everything crossed but I'm feeling better for having spoken to him.

 

[Mumbear]

Joey glad you got to speak to a nice doctor and that he's made you feel better. I'm a big girl so if I bloat you'd never notice, i'm getting waves of nausea (can't spell) but eating helps. I've started slimming world again today so i've been good, I used to be 27 stone and I don't want to start working my way back up to that even with the baby.

My manager came back from holiday today and I told him, I don't know him very well as he only started a few weeks before i went on maternity leave. But he thought it was pretty funny (and that i'm crazy having 2 close together) he is still going to be fighting my corner with the powers that be to let me drop my hours. He said he was suprised I told him so early but I explained about my previous loses and said if it happened again I'd be probably be off for a few days and that I didn't feel right trying to change my contract and then springing the pregnancy on them, I think he appreciated that so all good, just got to wait for my boss boss to come back from holiday next week.

I'm debating whether to book a scan next week just to see if everything is ok. I wonder if it will help me relax a little, what are the chances of things going wrong if you see the heartbeat at 6 weeks?

 

[Lulu90]

Joey - I'm glad you're feeling better having spoken to that doctor.

Mumbear - personally having these early scans isn't making me any less anxious as I know the risk only significantly decreases after 12 weeks. It's completely personal preference though isn't it. If anything I feel more attached having had these scans, it'd make it even more devastated if anything happened. Fingers crossed it doesn't xx

 

[Joeypops]

Part of​ me feels better but part is worried at how seriously he was taking it, I half expected to be told not to be silly! Anyway there's nothing I can do either way, at least now I'll get all the necessary tests done and will take things from there.

The first time I didn't want early scans as if something goes wrong the scans don't help stop it, but after having a missed miscarriage I'd be keen to have an early scan just to know what is going on. I only had the gestational and yolk sac before but felt pregnancy symptoms and didn't find out until almost 11 weeks. Would rather have known early and been treated earlier. I can see your point about them not being particularly reassuring though Lulu. This is just such a horrible time for us worriers!

 

[GF91]

So I had my scan this morning- there was abit of panic at first as they couldn't see a thing- & then they realised I have a retroverted uterus! Everything is where it should be, sac & yolk sac present. Cervix is closed & apparently i ovulated from the left although I would've bet a million pounds on it being the right. They've put me at bang on 5 weeks which is correct, so all good news! I have to go back on the 3rd to be rescanned which means I'll be 6+6... but it now leaves me with abit of a predicament. My best friend works in the radiology department, she's currently on annual leave- but will be back at work by the time of my scan.. so she'll see my name on the list that day.. so I should really tell her, but I'm absolutely crapping my pants & don't know how too. She & her husband have had some issues with ectopics & miscarriages & while I know she'll be happy for me I know she'll also be hurting. I don't know what to say, I thought about texting her so she didn't have to reply straight away if she didn't want too & wasn't forced to say something as she would be if I told her face to face xxx

 

[Joeypops]

I'm so pleased everything went well GF91. Did they say why they want to scan you again so early?

That's a tricky one with your friend, a text might be the best way as she will get the chance to compose herself if she gets upset. I'm sure she will appreciate you acknowledging that it might be difficult for her though as a lot of people wouldn't be so thoughtful x

 

[lisadebra]

I'm 5 weeks till now , very excited !!!

 

[GF91]

The reason why they scanned me today was because I had a chemical/early miscarriage/baaaaaad evaps last month & a strange bleed so they wanted to check how far I was- whether this was a new pregnancy or a pregnancy from last month, scanning me again in 2 weeks to make sure the baby has grown as because it's so early there isn't much to see- think they like to see fetal pole/heartbeat.

I think I'll give her a text- going to leave it until after the weekend though as she's got lots of exciting things happening this weekend and I don't want to dampen it!

 

[xSebbiesMumx]

Hi ladies,
Please can I join in? Baby number 2 due 21st December! By this point with DD I had terrible morning sickness- however only having a few waves of that sicky feeling currently- however, that can all change!
Looking forward to getting to know you all & going on this journey together xxx

Updated to here...welcome and a happy and healthy 9 months

My OPKS are driving me apeshit today! Still not positive and have been hovering around the same colour for the past week , in the past cycles I have had good lines and near enough positive maybe I won't ovulate this cycle I don't know, my phone still reckons I'll OV on Sunday..these tests have 3 days to turn positive otherwise I'm binning the lot!!

 

[Lulu90]

GF91 - really glad the scan went well. Be sure to update us after your next one.

Lisadebra- congratulations and welcome

I've got the mother of all migraines tonight. My neck is so sore. So looking forward to getting into bed xx

 

[Joeypops]

My opks did that last month, I had 8 days of ewcm too and kept thinking that I'd either missed it or it wasn't going to happen then boom! I was in horrendous pain during ovulation for some reason too, there's no way I could have missed it!

Hang on in there and good luck!

 

[Lulu90]

How are you all this morning? I've still got this migraine! Had a dream that we were having triplets!!!! I literally wouldn't be able to cope haha xx

 

[emma241179]

Hello ladies, can I join? I'm super anxious, after 4 early losses I had my BFP last weekend and am 4 weeks today.. due December 29th. I'm on baby aspirin and progesterone due to previous losses.

Anyone else freaking out at the slightest cramp/twinge?! I'm a nervous wreck!!

Congratulations to all the December mummies xxx

 

[MrsS15]

Hi ladies, I'm very nervously dipping my toe in here if that's okay. Had a few positives this week but today was our official testing date as this is an IVF pregnancy and we've also had a couple of early losses. I'm due 28th of December if I've calculated ivf dates correctly

Emma yes I'm absolutely terrified. I've had a lot of cramping at night especially and it's pretty painful, absolutely scares me rotten. I'm hoping as it continues I'll feel less worried about it!

Congratulations to you all. I'll need to read back at all of your stories xx

 

[emma241179]

Our due dates are very close MRSS! Keeping everything crossed for some sticky babies!.. the early days are just awfully worrying but it really helps to share stories/symptoms. I'm cramping too, with lower back/bum pain! I have moments where I absolutely convince myself that AF is going to arrive.. xx

 

[1sttimer]

Hi ladies, so after deliberately not posting in here for a bit due to my own worries and not wanting to jinx anything, can I join you? Like emma and MrsS15 just anxious since a previous loss and a long journey... but I'm 6+4 due 11th December. Had an early scan yesterday due to some spotting... ... we're still not out of the woods yet and they are keeping an eye on me but feeling a bit more positive so like MrsS15 thought I'd tentatively take the plunge on this feed!

Congrats to all of you on your BFP!s Wishing you all happy healthy pregnancies xx