Hi all - Hammi....here I am! I have been in Sydney since Wed and got back last night. I am reading though all the post in here and the preg thread trying to catch up.
Okay where to start...
Rozzie - that is the most understated BFP announcement I have seen - but I do understand your reluctance. Maybe when you test again you can do a bigger announcement. I wait until AF was about 4 or so days late before I tested and the first one was negative and then the next couple were very faint. It only got darker a whole week later and with one particular brand - Onestep Discover. I think it just has to be taken that a line is a line. I hope this baby sticks and that you are able to start a new journey forward.
Hammi - I just looked at your chart - so does FF never give you a coverline or O? Your temps look ok but it is hard to know without the coverline to see what your average is.
Tildy and everyone else charting (Sryan etc) - my last successful cycle (and please excuse if I am repeating myself) showed my O day on FF as CD11 - now I am normally clockwork and I have used Natural Family Planning to avoid pregnancy so I was aware of my fertility pattern and CM - so I decided this was wrong and kept trying and lo and behold they changed the O day to CD14 just as I had predicted. I think it is really important to use FF but also your own intuition and mucous checks. If I had stopped trying when FF said I O'ed I would not be pregnant with this little one. I know it is easier in my case as my cycle did return to some form of normalcy after Nathaniel - but I also had my naturopath saying my temps were sluggish so I was starting to worry I wasn't O'ing etc. Just listen to yourself and use FF as a tool to help. Temping IS addictive - I even had dreams where I had taken my temp and they were so vivid that when I woke I had to think about whether I had already done it or not....crazy stuff. Good luck with the TTCing and I hope you all get your BFPs soon.
Jo - I was so worried about you before I left for Syd that I had even called my husband to say that he might need to check BB for me. I am glad to hear that the ultrasound set some mistakes right - like the heartbeat and the cord vessels. I hope all goes well today with your Ob. I have heard of low lying placentas but did not think they were a cause for concern other than affecting the chance of a natural delivery. Please try to focus on the good points they have told you and yes go in armed with a hundred questions as this will give you some peace of mind. I am praying like mad for your baby!
As for me, I am well. I spent the last few days in Syd with my family as we went to World Youth Day. We had VIP passes to the big events so it meant I got to sit down. It was an amazing event but exhausting. I have also found that I am thinking about Nathaniel a lot of late - I think there is a variety of reason - Mel's baby Joshua has reminded me how much it hurts to lose your child, I fell pregnant with Nathaniel in July last year, and being with my family etc made me realise how much I miss him and always will. I am getting used to tears coming but they only last for a little while.
I have been getting great movement this past week which has been a great relief for me. My family couldn't believe how big my belly has gotten - they all live in Melb and Bris so haven't seen me recently. I think when people ask when I am due they get a suprise when I say I am 24 weeks! I am starting to wonder how huge this belly will be by the end...the strange thing is I have hardly put on any weight maybe just a kilo. I am starting to get impatient for the next few weeks to fly by. I am looking forward to entering the 3rd tri as this will be a big milestone for me.
Hugs to everyone and I hope you are all going well.
Rozzie - OH MY GOD that is FANTASTIC!!!!!! I am so excited for you. I think one of the problems about charting and knowing so much about TTC is that when it does happen we know sooo early!
Katie - I am glad you had a great time in Sydney, even though I don't know Mel, I was so very sad reading what had happened...again. I can't even imagine what Mel and DH are going through, but like you said it does bring back the tears from our own losses. Congratulations on passing that 24wk mark though, the 3rd Tri will be here soon, rest easy.
Jo - How are you travelling ??
Hammi - hopefully your temps settle a little better for you, but they do look like they show Ov, and have a good luteal count.
Goodness, I totally missed Rozzie's BFP. OK, low key cheering now and bigger yippees when you confirm :-)
Katie, we might've passed each other last week! My building looks over Barangaroo where all the WYD concerts etc. were held. We saw everything from the sound checks (not fun) the week before to the Pope coming down from the Captain Cook Cruise (I wonder how they scored that!!!). I'm on the 27th floor so we just heard the deep bass sounds and muffled voices which was distracting but I did hear a very beautiful operatic rendition of Who Wants to Live Forever when I ventured downstairs. There's still loads pilgrims running around and yesterday we had lunch next to a table of monks!
Sue, you're doing all the right things so hopefully your body will participate shed the kilos you don't want. In the Francesca Naish book that I keep quoting, she recommends rebounding which as far as I can tell is just bouncing on a mini-tramp. She says it's good for your ovaries and uterus. So of course I got one and have been using it and if you jog on the spot on it, you work up quite a sweat! Perhaps you can try that too?
Are you counting down the weeks to Cooper's EDD with dread, Helen? I'm trying not to but it's looming like a raincloud. I take the others' advice that the time leading up to it is worse than the day itself and promise myself that I will look forward (with Hamish in my heart) after 14 Aug.
Thanks ladies for your wishes!!! Posting the BFP on this forum is actually one of the things I've been most looking forward to since starting TTC, I suppose because you all know the significance of it in a way other people can't.
Hgirs, that is so true about charting, I was paying so much attention to all the signs, last time I wasn't expecting to get pregnant so was blissfully unaware until after AF was late. Now I just want the time to go already!
Hammi, with you on dreading the EDD... I'm also dreading the birth announcement from my sister who went in to be induced last night. I'm happy for her but we were supposed to be having our bubs together... I hope it's a girl, having a boy in the family the age Edward would have been will be extra hard.
Also, I found FF great but I don't think it correctly pinpointed my O date, it said it was 3 days after a + OPK, so I changed the settings to OPK/monitor. If I O'd on the day it said I would only be 8 DPO, unusually early for a BFP. So I agree with the others about using intuition. Best of luck.
hey guys!
had my Ob appointment today and i am part reassured and part not. Of course i went in with all my questions most of which don't have answers as i either need to be further along and so much it seems is resting going to monash for a 2nd deatiled/specialised opinion. Just spoke to my mum in between here and the preg forum and she said she had heard bad things about monash and i said my Ob was all about natural this and that with pregnancies and birth (he does'nt like intervention unless necessary which i am a fan of) just letting the baby do its thing so if he referred me it was with good reason. They will basically decide if i need more invasive tests (an amino has been bought up -anyone had one?) as the baby is a week andf a half behind in its growth which is'nt looking good. He talked about a premmie baby starting to be looked at by 28 weeks if my situation doesnt change but that is considered worse case senario. () and a chromosonal thing has not been completely ruled out yet even tho the risk at this stage is so small.
rozzie - i am not sending you the bouncing green smiles until you are making a huge announcement. I am quietly very excited for you! A BFP is such a mix of emotions and i did heaps of tests just to make sure! So i know how you feel. Can't wait to see more news, sending sticky vibes your way!
katie - you are going so well and i am glad you got to see your family and share in the excitment they had over your belly. I was getting changed this morning and my son (5yrs) said that i had "one of those bellies like i am having a baby" and proceeded to rub his hand over it. I of course was like what do you mean? and he goes its getting bigger like when you are growing a baby and he walked away. (as we still have'nt told them due to what they dealt with jack) It really meakes me realise how many other people are involved again and what they see. Maybe i won't be able to keep it a secret much longer, my long winter scarves are only going to hide so much i think!
sue - i agree with hammi -i think that you lose weight when you are meant to and that maybe you need to have a little extra right now for one reason or another. It will eventaully shift, are your clothes fitting differently as remember muscle weighs more anyway! So if you are working out, the lack of difference in weight may still be a positive!!!
to everyone charting - i wish i could give help and opinions but i have no idea! But really hope we have some more BFPs coming onto this site soon!!!!
take care guys!!!
x jo
Rozzie - a big congratulations on your I am so so :. for a happy and healthy pregnancy.
Thank Hammi & Jo for your vote of confidence in the weight loss. I am not exactly dieting, but am very conscious of what I eat and make sure I exercise.
I find that FF predicts my exact O day (which is really good). I always go on how I feel, more than that as your O day only comes up after its done and dusted!!!! Even though mine is a pretty standard temperatures (though a bit low at rising after O this month), and I can predict when I am ovulating, I still cant get bloody pregnant!!!
Jo I so wished that you got the reassurance you needed today . I am still praying and fingers crossed that all goes well.
Katiegirl, I am so glad you had a good time in sydney and the best news every is that the baby is kicking away. I am so excited for you.
To everyone I have missed - Hello and if you are trying, BFP for us all.
Thanks Sue We're both thrilled. I feel your pain on the weight gain... I still have about 4 extra kilos from before I got pregnant and it doesn't sound like much but it's enough that NONE of my clothes fit. Losing weight when you're TTC is tricky too. When I go back to work I'll have to buy a whole new uniform just for the few weeks until I start wearing maternity uniform!!! Waste of money but so worth it
I went to my OB this arvo (just happened to have an appointment, very good timing!) and he gave me a referral to the high risk clinic and said he'd do shared care with them so that's awesome. I'll be on blood thinning injections and aspirin and later on will get ultrasounds that monitor blood flow to the placenta, so that's good.
My sister had a little girl, phew!!! Would have been so much worse if it had been a boy.
) and a chromosonal thing has not been completely ruled out yet even tho the risk at this stage is so small.
for a happy and healthy pregnancy.
We're both thrilled. I feel your pain on the weight gain... I still have about 4 extra kilos from before I got pregnant and it doesn't sound like much but it's enough that NONE of my clothes fit. Losing weight when you're TTC is tricky too. When I go back to work I'll have to buy a whole new uniform just for the few weeks until I start wearing maternity uniform!!! Waste of money but so worth it 
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