Lise - sorry to hear you are still with us. When you hadn't posted earlier in the day I thought you might have gone into labour overnight. Fingers crossed things go well at your OB visit / acupuncture session.

Lisa B - congratulations on your BFP and you certainly don't have 2 feel guilty about getting pregnant on your first IVF. Everyone has there own journey and whits important is the end result. I had a pretty cruisey first trimester with out MS…. no signs is not necessarily a bad sign. Just try and stay positive and enjoy the moment. GL with your scan in a couple of weeks.

Laridoz - sorry to hear you haven't been feeling well. I hope you are back on your feet soon.

Leabie - glad to hear your scan went well and you got such great results. Enjoy telling everyone the news. It makes it so much more real, I remember being on a high for a good couple of weeks!

Brunette - yes this is my first pregnancy. Braxton hicks are different for everyone but I wouldn't say they are scary or generally painful. I have been having them right through out my third trimester and in the upper belly they don't hurt at all. Sometimes I don't even realise I am having them, other times it just feels like someone blew some extra air into my belly and it becomes really tight before releasing again. It is only in the last 2-3 weeks I have started having lower cramps, and this is my cervix starting to thin out. It feels like period pain and while it can be a little bit uncomfortable it is not really painful and doesn't last long. I know a number of other ladies that have experience similar things late in their pregnancy but then other say they didn't feel anything at all. I think what gets me is more the unknown...... not knowing what to expect with labour so then when the lower pains linger a little I can't help but think is this the start of it... but then 5 or so minutes later it goes away and back to normal. Also, I don't think I felt the baby kick till I was about 21 weeks, a few weeks prior to that I felt a quickening which I though might be the baby but it is hard to know if you are imagining it. They say you feel the baby much earlier 2nd time round because you know what to expect.

Wantababy2 - as I was just explaining to Brunette my Braxton hicks didn't hurt so much earlier on and have only started to hurt lately.... but then I have a girlfriend who had a baby a couple of months ago that recons she had none... either that or she didn't even realise she was having them.. I guess everyone is different. It is great that you have a date for your c-section. I wish I could pencil in my diary a definitive date... Fingers crossed that things won't happen early and you can hold out to 24th.