Thanks for that BW...yeah i have heard that unless you have an issue, you can opt not to have one...i guess it depends. Thanks for the comfort hun.
Yukky stuff!
Shannon, hope you enjoyed your crunchie choc I really hope you don't have to wait those full 8 days. Fingers crossed over here.
TL, looks like my scan is the same week as yours. They've booked me in just before 19 weeks. The countdown is definitely on here too!
It's official, I have GD. I did the 2 hour test and my blood sugar levels were 5.9, 10.1 and 8.4. I saw the diabetes educator and dietician this afternoon and the finger *****ing starts tonight. Hopefully I can get things to settle down without going on insulin. I was so upset after my appointments. They put all these thoughts into your head about the size of baby, possibly difficult birth, jaundice baby etc.. here I thought I might get an easy pregnancy after all the crap I went through to get here.
That's a bugger Megan...if you need any tips feel free to holler in my general direction and I will try and help.
Shannon..... I thought you also had GD or am I mistaken? If so crunchie choc tsk tsk......hehe
hi everyone else hope all those bubbas are treating you well today.
I got my latest HCG done today and so far the results are as follows:
4w2d 172
4w5d 615
5w5d 2085
Am having major panic attacks here because it does not seem to have doubled appropriately the past week...Dh has been trawling sites trying to reassure me but at the moment I am a nervous wreck and of course Thursday would be the day my doctor is not there in the afternoon so I cant talk to him about them till tomorrow...grrrrr.....feel like *****e....am so over all this...why can't it just go 'normally' for once in my life! So not fair.......
Hi Girls
Just a quick pop in, wooahhh its been really busy in here which is just fantaastic yeah to all those who got there BFP. Sorry for lack of personals but after reading most of the posts i wouldnt know where to start, will try to pay more attention
Big belly rubs to you all and hope everyone is going along nicely.
Hey Devon (belly buddy ) how are you going? It really feels like we are picking up speed now hope you are good!
Wow ! I was offline for 2 days and so much to keep up on. I've read through all the posts and enjoyed a good laugh out of some of them.
Welcome to Melbel and On_tra_K - congratulations on your BFP's !! I am new to this as well and still finding my way through books and every internet site I can find on early weeks of pg.
I'm not even going to try with personals today but hoping everyone is doing well in this amazing journey to motherhood.
AFM - feeling ok, not a lot of PG symptoms yet and counting the sleeps (8 to go) until our first scan. I've had some weird CM the last 2 days which has me a bit freaked out. Twice now when I've gone to pee (I always blot a bit first to check for spotting, sorry for TMI) and there isn't any, but then when I wipe after a pee, there is a soft pink tinge on the paper, not much , just a little tinge. It happened once on Wednesday and once again today - about 24 hours apart. Now I am checking every 30 mins and for no spotting.
Megan- Hope the GD can be controlled hun. Wish you all the best with it. One more thing fo ryou to think about but absolutely no reason for you to think you can 't have a normal pg, birth weight etc. Don't let them make you feel that it is out of your control. You can do it hun and your baby will be beautiful. Take care of yourself and you will be safe. What a git of a Dr to scare you so much. It has so much to do with HOW they talk to you!! I had a bla appointment today too..could have shot him.
MelBel- Hope the HCG is just taking a breather and you have a good surge soon. I am sure you will be ok hun. Wouldn't it be nice if we all hit the 'normal range' for once!! Good luck hun.
LNB- Hope it is nothing to worry about hun...to make you smile- Don't chaff yourself! LOL Many women Bleed full on and stil go on to have wonderful pg. My SIL did too. It is just a shame as it gets you so stressed. Easy sailing for LNB please...that is an order!
AFM- Had a horrid afternoon at the DR. He refused point blank to refer me to a scan or blood tests on the NHS. It really upset me. It seemed my case was not reason enough for him. He had to nerve to say 'if it is not meant to be, it is not meant to be and nature will take it's course'. God i was beside myself. I can't afford to have it done privately and i am feeling really irresponsible not being able to be proactive. If this pregnancy (the beginning of) was risk free....then i would have been pregnant years and years ago. What an insensitive approach to someone who has been trying for 10 years to have a baby. People have ART to sustain a pregnancy and i don't even have the choice to have a natural progesterone if i need it.
I am NOT ALLOWED to have a scan before 12 weeks. So it will be a very long and axious wait for us. He said unless i am in pain or bleeding, he can't help me. So much for preventative care. I was fuming...your Dr is supposed to have you best interests at heart. I was not being rediculus and he treated me like a neurotic pg woman over reacting. Anyway, i will just have to look after myself from now on...i am not going back to him. The pain of it is in the Uk you can't choose your DR....so changing is a huge deal. Oh god, we are hopeful and leaving it in natures hands. He also said to take folic acid...doh...but then made me laugh by saying...IF YOU WANT, you could take a multi vitamin...Thanks for that mate. He has no idea what kind of nutrition i am getting and for all he knows i could be under nourished. What kind of advice is that??? Luckily i have been doing this for years...anyway he took my blood pressure...that is it. No abdominal touch, no temp, no pulse, no Pee in a cup....Am I expecting too much. Nothing to even confirm the pregnancy.
Ok I am mad again now so i better go. There is no point getting myself stressed over this...i just risk my baby...for that idiot, i don't think so!!
Love to you all and up the bum of DRs over here!!
Hm oxoxox
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Mel - yep i do have GD, thats how naughty i was with the crunchie chocolate. Somehow i can eat a little chocolate and get ok levels but eat a slice of multigrain bread and my levels are skyhigh But it was WAYYYYYY to much crunchie chocolate!
Hope those HCG levels pick up speed, and the dr has only good news for you tomorrow. I have everything crossed... and nope your not normal you fell pregnant by having sex! What is that all about!
Megan - Sorry to hear about the GD that really does suck, i remember the feeling well and definately take Mel up on her offer she has great advice! The main thing that helped me was eating protein for breakfast, two boiled eggs and a glass of milk helped keep the levels down. Boring as bat poo but really made a difference, ask away and i will try and be helpful if i can. But huge cos it is really crap when they ring with the news and doing the *****ing!
HM- i would be soooo peeved, he really has some nerve, what about the emotional effacts of the 10years TTC, i was totally freaked and had several scans to reassure myself. Can you go see another GP and not mention you saw this one? Is it possible to say your not sure exactly how far along you are and get a dating scan? Did i mention crunchie chocolate?? Hope your feeling better soon.
BW - Ahh the shooty pains that make you lift your butt of the chair really quickly are lots of fun, ive had them for ages i think its just bubs putting pressure down there which can only be good for later on.
LNB - Will have everything crossed for you, im sure bubba is doing just fine. I know this might sound silly but i you sure it isnt a pattern on the TP? I freaked myself out once big time with that.
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I really hope you don't have to wait those full 8 days. Fingers crossed over here.
yeah to all those who got there BFP. Sorry for lack of personals but after reading most of the posts i wouldnt know where to start, will try to pay more attention
) how are you going? It really feels like we are picking up speed now
hope you are good!
for no spotting.
yep i do have GD, thats how naughty i was with the crunchie chocolate. Somehow i can eat a little chocolate and get ok levels but eat a slice of multigrain bread and my levels are skyhigh
But it was WAYYYYYY to much crunchie chocolate!
cos it is really crap when they ring with the news and doing the *****ing!
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