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Welcome, Roseg! Pregnancy is so scary, I’m ready for these babies to be here already and it’s barely started! I’m gonna wait until I’m about 8-9 weeks before going to the doctor. My OB does an u/s at every prenatal visit which is great, but the first one at 5 weeks with my daughter really caused a lot of stress for me. Since it was so early there was only a sac, so my OB told me “come back in a month and we’ll see if we have a heartbeat or if the sac has regressed.” I know that’s how she has to say it, but mannnn it got me worried for no reason. So I spent that month obsessively comparing my u/s with others I found on the internet. Somehow I think I’d feel better if I just wait until there should absolutely be a heartbeat to have a more definitive answer. Probably silly, but i have bad anxiety and am prone to depression and am trying to keep my nerves as calm as possible. I’m very lucky that my pregnancy with my daughter was mostly smooth, ended up with a c-section but I recovered well and she came out perfect. I’m past the point of worrying about another chemical, and knock on wood that’s the only loss I’ve had to go through. Guess all we can do is relax and enjoy the fact that we ARE pregnant. Hope you ladies are having a good week!

PS: I said I was done testing but I still had a few tests around so I did another last night, still feeling good about this one.

Hey girls hope you are feeling well. I realized today that my tests since 18DPO aren't really getting darker, but I researched the brand and found that once the test line gets as dark as the control, they don't get any darker and they don't steal dye like FRER. So I'm done testing with those and I have 3 more FRERs so I'm going to take those over the next few days to see progression. I also read about the "hook effect" today which I had never heard of!!

I don't have any new symptoms. Heartburn is still bad and I'm taking a lot of tums. There is definitely something going on in my uterus. I wouldn't exactly classify the feelings as "cramps"... Just some weird and different feelings. I'm a little bloated but haven't gained any weight. I don't have any morning sickness or strange cravings. Not really feeling pregnant at all except that AF was due last week and of course she didn't show. Just trying to maintain my sanity until my appointment next Friday. Seems like a lifetime away.

Hi ladies, Congrats to all of you! My EDD is not April but March 21. Could I still join? I miscarried in April at 10 weeks so I am a little nervous as well. I just booked my first appointment for August 15 and will get an ultrasound then. I won’t really start believing I’m having another baby until I get to the end of the first trimester this time. The one thing that is making me feel hopeful is the way my 2 other children are acting. My daughter keeps talking about babies and my 3 year old son has been very clingy which is unusual for him. When I was pregnant back in March they weren’t acting any differently. In terms of symptoms it was very mild until a couple of days ago which was worrying me. The past few days i’ve been a lot more tired and the nausea started to hit especially mid-morning. I’m definitely getting dizzy pretty easily too. Nothing to do but wait now! Best of luck to all of you.

Welcome Agatch! We are happy to have you on this board! We seem to be a bunch of nervous nellies here...I hope we will be able to reassure one another thought this process! I forgot to take my temp when i first woke up this morning (i know, i know, i'm supposed to stop but its such a habit now) so i took it after i got up and moved around and it was almost below coverline so now i'm having another panic attack. I know i shouldn't worry about it. I did not take a test this morning with FMU because i know the cheapies i have aren't going to get any darker. I have a 3 pack of FRER and i'm going to take those in the afternoon over the next few days to compare. I'm hoping to see some serious dye stealing!! I had a dream we had the baby last night and i was holding her (it was a girl) in my arms. I really hope that is a sign that this is for real.

Roseg your test from this morning definitely looks darker. That’s a really strong line for 14 dpo. I don’t think I ever got a test line darker than the control line until about 18 dpo. I will be almost 9 weeks on August 15.
Lissa if I take my temp after I start moving around it is definitely lower than if I take it when I first wake up. So I wouldn’t worry about that one bit!
I stopped temping and testing around 14 dpo because I ran out of tests so now I am totally in the dark. I should be 7 weeks on Saturday. I was having pretty strong cramps a few minutes ago so I started worrying too because it reminded me of the cramps I was having during my miscarriage. I decided to lay down and am not feeling anything anymore. I hope it’s nothing. No bleeding so far but I’m really nervous now

I'm sorry Agatch...does this feeling of impending doom ever go away?! Every cramp I feel makes me worry and i'm constantly checking my boobs to make sure they still hurt. The more pain the better! I don't have morning sickness and didn't last time either, so i don't know if i should be worried about that or not. Basically if there is something for me to worry about, i'm going to worry. Thanks for calming me down about the temp. I was so mad at myself because i'm always so good about taking it, i can't believe i forgot. Maybe this is a sign that i should stop temping until my appointment?

Hi Ladies - i too am constantly checking (based on my previous experience its hard not to). I'm still having the same symptoms but nothing crazy. My first scan is actually a week from today and i will be a little of 6 weeks. They like to see me a little early because i'm high risk because of my age and history of M/C. One week feels like a lifetime at this point. I just want to get through the first trimester. I wish there was a fast forward button! I slept funny last night and woke up with a cramp in my neck and can't take anything for it so i'm feeling pretty miserable today. I'm also tired and all i want to do is sleep.

Erised I'll be 8 weeks on the 25th as well and have a private scan booked for the 24th, nervous but excited! I also have a retroverted uterus but they managed to do an abdomen scan last time so fingers crossed Haha
Same here with the tiredness but I also have a 2 year old so it's hard to tell if it's pregnancy or toddler Haha

Nice dye-stealer Erised!!
Crams so glad you joined us! Very happy to hear everything looked good and they were able to measure a strong heartbeat but how horrible of that u/s tech to get you worried for no reason!
2 weeks until my first scan and sometimes I feel like it can’t come soon enough and other times I am in no rush at all because I am so worried to get bad news i’d rather not know anything!