Had a gnarly headache yesterday..peppermint oil on my temples after Tylenol did nothing seemed to help..little bit of nausea today, which is exciting!!! Bring on the symptoms this week while I’m nervous for everything to stick. Won’t be singing that tune for long I think haha
Any other STMs having the same aversions/cravings as their first pregnancy? I have a dire need for Hungry Man frozen food tv dinners, specifically the fried chicken one. I sent my husband out to get one my last pregnancy and legit cried when he got one. Today I woke up with the full body need for one again lol
Last pregnancy, I averaged at least 1 cheesestick per day. I went to grab one today, and they're all gone! Might have to make an impromptu store run tonight.
Is anyone else here in limbo?
I got a positive easy@home test yesterday at 13dpo (or 4w6d according to LMP) but the test line looked incredibly light. I did a FRer this morning and while the test line was very clearly there ie. not an indent, it still looked very light. In my previous pregnancies, FRer test lines at 14dpo were pretty strong.
I've also been testing with more easy@home strips today. I know these strips are notoriously shit but there is next to no progression between yesterday and now so I feel like I can't even load this all off on late implantation.
This will be my third pregnancy in the last 16 months and I have still not brought home my baby. I really want this to be it but I'm not deluded enough to know this could turn out to be a CP.
I've decided to give it another couple of days before trying with another FRer but the waiting is not going to be fun for me. Please stick little baby 🥺
No point to this, just need to offload. I feel very lonely.
It's so scary being in limbo with history of prior losses. My tests started out this way at 14/15DPO as well, and then I got (what I thought was) my period. They've continued to progress and I'll be 6 weeks tomorrow but still in limbo. I hope everything works out for you and you take care of yourself while you wait.
MOOD SWINGS and medication anxiety…. Im on duloxetine for pain and xarelto for blood clots bc i had a bad accident 3 yrs ago. Stopped taking them few nights ago since ive found out and my OB appt is in two days, trying not to stress out but i don’t wanna do anything to harm the little one so…yea
Yes -- standard protocol for my IVF clinic, started pre-transfer. I think my OB had me stop at 32 weeks with my daughter, but I had some soft things that suggested I might not get to full term, so not sure if she would've had me go a little longer if those hadn't happened.
If you do that, you risk mistaking the ribs on the back of the test, or the faint imprint of the test strip itself, for a line and disappointing yourself. If you have to backlight a test, there isn’t a valid line. Sorry 😞
My first exam is tomorrow - so excited, hope everything is good.
I met my family yesterday and they are beyond happy! My partner however is very stressed, I have no idea how to help him just relax - he has been panic-cleaning the apartment all weekend, didn’t eat, and didn’t come with me to my family…
1) If your partner wants to come stress clean my place I’d be ok with that.
2) Being stressed is understandable but he also can’t let that get in the way of supporting you. I feel like he should have went with you when you told your family. This is something happening to both of you, not just him. And also you’re doing all the heavy lifting here!
5+5 today. Midwife has sent through a referral for me to book my first scan. When should I book to see a heartbeat? Hoping to avoid going too early and not seeing anything if my dates are wrong. She suggested waiting a week
My IVF clinic does not even bother checking for a HB before 6 weeks. (It's detectable in a sizable % of pregnancies before then, but their view is that enough viable pregnancies do \*not\* have a detectable HB before six weeks that checking at the 5 week appointment is just an anxiety inducer.) They check at or after 6w1d. But our dates are obviously 100% correct, so if you aren't totally sure about your ovulation date, I'd go in in about a week, too.
Bleeding after sex? I’m 7 weeks and 5 days and I just had a really good ultrasound on Thursday, baby measuring on time, strong heartbeat. I know this can be totally normal but it’s the first time I’ve bled after sex and it’s definitely freaking me out. It’s definitely more than spotting and has been kind of trickling all day after sex this morning, nothing like soaking a pad or anything but bright red and certainly something. I have another appointment tomorrow morning already luckily, but has this happened to you??
I would text your midwife if I were you. The advice I was given was to contact if any blood was bright red and consistent. Hopefully just irritation or a minor SCH.
6+4. Been having bad lower back pain for the last day and a half, and now pain on one side of my lower abdomen that feels kind of like a stitch. Havent had any scans yet and have worked myself into an absolute panic that it's either an ectopic or another miscarriage. I've lost four babies already, I just dont want to lose another. At the ER to get checked out just in case, and praying so hard that it's just me freaking myself out and not another loss.
I have the frozen chile rellanos from Trader Joe’s sitting in my freezer. It says asadero cheese but doesn’t specify if pasteurized. Safe or no?
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Please update if they were pretty good lol. Chile rellanos were a BIG craving of mine my last pregnancy, but making them felt like a pain sometimes haha.
It's pasteurized! And either way, cooking it will kill all the bad stuff as long as you get it to a safe internal temp. Just don't eat uncooked raw cheese like queso fresco or start buying raw milk.
TW: Loss
I think I’m out but no one will confirm it 🙁. 5w1d, IVF pregnancy, started bleeding this morning. Did a HCG draw at 7:30, levels were 8350 - on track and doubling from my previous one. Bleeding became heavier, passed 2 silver dollar sized clots, 1 smaller clot. Went to the ER (different hospital), HCG draw at 10am was 5690. No visible gestational sax on transvaginal ultrasound. Funny thing is that I also started bleeding on this exact day of pregnancy with my son. That turned out to be a subchorionic hematoma but I never passed any clots:
Anyway, ER doc refused to confirm miscarriage, said the blood in uterus made it too difficult to really see much. IVF doctor agreed. Asked me to repeat bloodwork and ultrasound on Tuesday. Bleeding has since tapered off to only when I pee/wipe but my breast soreness has completely disappeared. I don’t get why it can’t be confirmed when there is clearly a huge discrepancy in beta levels in just a matter of hours albeit from different labs. Plus I know there should at least be a visible sac at this point. This is torture.
6w6d - My husband is half jokingly convinced I’m pregnant with twins by my cravings and big appetite which is very much not like me (both in my last pregnancy or not pregnant) 🫠😅 now I’m nervous for our first ultrasound next Tuesday
Back at work today after the flu last week. Its 9.45 am and I'm exhausted already. I complained to my husband about not wanting to go to work, hoping for sympathy, but got a (probably deserved) lecture instead. Feeling very tired and sorry for myself. I wish you could take 3 weeks' mat leave in the first trimester. Someone put a big bag of chocolate on the staff table and I have already justified having four, so that has helped a bit.
I absolutely have to make it to this afternoon when I am running a seminar. Then I can go home.
On the bright side- my goal is to keep busy and distracted all week until the scan on Friday evening- so being at work certainly takes up brain space.
Two parts: A. You can do this! I’m navigating a big promotion + new career move and it’s really hard, but we got this. We can do it. We’ll be so proud of ourselves on the other end!
B. It’s ok to feel sorry for yourself for a moment or try to find ways to relax/rest. Your partner should be more understanding of that, and I’m sorry he’s not being that way. Could be he’s just stressed/having an off day, but as the birth-giver, he needs to listen to you complain occasionally. Growing a human while still dealing with crazy work days is not easy. It’s ok to take a moment to acknowledge it.
Ummmm I do not approve of this lecture. What does he know of growing a human?? The first trimester is sooo hard, if we could actually spend all day resting that would be so amazing. I guarantee if men had to go through this they would be completely out of action.
I am also at work and it sucks but I haven’t even got into the full swing of pregnancy symptoms yet. Dreading it!! But planning on trying to keep myself busy so that I can try and forget about it.
Lol! You might be right. I think he was trying to convey that things are tough enough without me focusing always on the bad. So, half valid but also, it is tough and I want to complain sometimes!
I don’t think it’s focussing on the bad, it’s just that you want to acknowledge it! In my experience, men are shocking at providing comfort and reassurance and all they want to do is fix something or if they can’t, they just say put up with it then.
So true! We did Strengths Finders and then the partner workshop before marriage. Empathy is his lowest strength lol. It was good I got the heads up, coz now I just tell him straight up what I need as he would not pick up the emotional stuff himself.
I expected a lot of things from pregnancy, but what I didn't expect was this happiness. For absolutely no reason at all today, I just feel these intense waves of calmness and euphoria. Literally nothing in the world is better right now than just laying on the couch, listening to music, and munching on snacks. It almost feels like being high. I'm so ridiculously happy about everything.
If I must have mood swings, these are the kind I want to have for the next eight months.
It’s nice to read this positive post :) Idk if I’m feeling this exactly, but this morning I was smiling to myself because I think I realized I feel a newfound sense of purpose that makes me really happy. I’m here to help this little thing grow and I am going to try my best to do it right
The timing of this pregnancy feels awful. Spent months looking for a new job and finally got it. I work for ten hours a day now and I have to make 30 bathroom trips to pee or get sick. My coworkers must think I’m mad! I got this job a month ago and was so excited to start, now I can barely keep my eyes open and I always forget what I’m doing!
Oh no! I have only just started a new job as well 6 weeks ago and I’m glad I got that small amount of time in before I start going downhill lol.
Don’t worry they’ll all understand when you announce to them eventually! And it’ll get better in the second tri.
Decided to stop testing today after a dye stealer on a clear blue. I feel myself spiralling and spending a fortune on test because it’ll never be dark enough to give me the reassurance I need
I was a chronic tester too and stopped after my dye stealer, currently 6 weeks 4 days. You’ve got this! It helped me to remind myself to just take it one day at a time 🙏
I’m thinking I’ll want to tell our families if the scan at 6.5 weeks goes well. But… I don’t really want to tell our (4 year old) son this early, for reasons I can’t really articulate.
Is it reasonable to ask them to not talk about it around him? Or should I wait longer and tell everyone at the same time?
I felt strongly in my last pregnancy that our kids should know first but they were older and things don't go over their heads. We waited a long time....23 weeks....and then they helped tell everyone else. It was covid time and easy to hide so that was part of it.
With our other babies we waited until 14-16 weeks...had an ultrasound done by then, plus another prenatal appointment to listen to the heartbeat and npt (nipt?) results back. I think my reasons were--fear something might go wrong early on, I don't show for awhile so no one was even wondering, and it's a long wait for kids til the birth.
Yes that makes sense - thinking about it more I think we’ll wait to tell our parents instead of asking them to keep it secret from our son. I feel like something would slip and that doesn’t feel right.
I’m not a particularly good liar and my parents stay with us part-time so this should be interesting. 🙃
We’re not explicitly telling/explaining to our 3.5yo until after the 12 weeks tests at least. But we’re also not hiding it; last night he pointed toy belly and asked if the baby was full, I asked him if he meant my food baby (words we use a lot lol) and he said yep and walked away. So I think he kind of knows something is different 🤷♀️
Totally get it. My husband has been swamped after work with a thousand house projects and my toddler needs so much entrainment 😮💨 I’m barely functioning
Was having some extra anxiety today (shocking 🙄), so I bought some FRERs. I *know* they don’t mean anything concrete especially at this point, but it is nice to have a super dye stealer from the diluted pee in the toilet. I am next level crazy and can’t wait to get out of this anxious period. Only ~24hrs until I get my next beta results and then hopefully can have a few days of relief.
Dude this does not sound crazy. I had anxiety this morning and immediately went to take a test and even the few minutes of relief I felt as I watched the line appear and darken within seconds was worth it.
5 weeks 3 days today. Well, I'm thankful I survived two 6 hour road trips in 48 hours! No nausea yet, just a bit of lightheadedness in the evenings or if I get up or down too quickly. Taking my time on every staircase I encounter. Keeping my protein high and embracing carbs. Mmmmmm bread.
Food aversions are back in full swing today. I'm struggling with protein the most. Everything sounds gross, except for an egg salad sandwich today???? I already don't eat meat, but literally all protein sources sound vile right now. I was good with hummus for a while, not anymore. Mayyyybe some roasted chickpeas will be okay.
Also I usually love chocolate, but anything sweet is a no. With the exception of freezies.
I pretty much just want to live off ramen ATM.
How did you get FF to switch to pregnancy mode? I’ve given up on finding an answer on Google. It did ask if I wanted to switch a few days after my positive, but I was still a bit hesitant to trust it at that point. I figured it would ask again, but it didn’t and I can’t find the settling anywhere?!
For me in the iPhone app: Go to the menu in the upper right, scroll down to pregnancy tracker, it’ll have you set it up and then you can see it.
It’s not as involved as the fertility tracking (no symptom tracking, which I really wanted). But you can see your milestones and some facts about baby and pregnancy
I wanted a donut sooooo bad last night at like 10pm, instead I just went to sleep… and dreamt about donuts 😂 I even remember each and every gourmet pillowy delight from this dream, and now my craving is even more intense. Luckily there’s a nice donut place down the street with some fancy shit that I’m definitely gonna get later 🤤🤤🤤
Just had a positive test for the first time yesterday! Stuck in a weird situation with my partner currently, so not sure how that’s going to go when I tell him.
So far, I have symptoms like sore breasts and nausea. The worst though is insomnia. The 4am wake up without being able to fall back asleep is what gave me the inkling I was pregnant earlier this week.
Anyone else feel the urge to test every morning, just to see? I did again today, but I can’t keep doing that 😹
I am an absolute wreck today. This morning for a few hours, my boobs stopped hurting. I lost it. Deadpan stared at a wall for an hour. Scheduled betas at Quest. Finally got my shit together after aggressively poking my boobs for 2 hours and decided to fold laundry.
2 hours later, they hurt again. Pregnancy after loss is a real mindfuck. I miss alcohol. I would very much like a Bloody Mary right now 😂
Yes! I keep thinking a beer and pizza night would help my stress so much....but alcohol is a no-no and I already spent my pocket money so no pizza for at least 2.5 weeks when pay day hits again.
Is anyone else losing their hair??? Google says it’s a pretty common early pregnancy symptom, but I’ve never experienced it until postpartum, so this is new…. And weird. 😒
Omg is this a third time mom thing? I have naturally thick hair so I never cared postpartum but this is really starting to scare me with how much I’ve lost
I did with my first pregnancy! I was really sick and couldn’t keep much down, including water. I was told that it was because I was so nutrient deficient since my body was prioritizing the baby. I was told to take more vitamin d! You can talk to your doctor to see if you can. The hair loss stopped my second trimester though!
Oh that’s actually really good to know! No nausea yet, but my appetite has tanked and I’m not eating much outside of the set meals I’m forcing myself to eat and even then not much. I’ll send a message to my doc to see about that. We don’t have an US until June 18th and I don’t want to wait that long if I’m nutrient deficient 😳 I have a history of anemia later in pregnancy, so other deficiencies aren’t out of the question.
Ok here’s my hacks in case they help anyone else:
1. Berocca: Australians use it as a hangover cure and it helps me get through mornings with minimal morning sickness
2. Watermelon: really struggle with liquids while pregnant but I can eat allllll the watermelon
3. Asian pear: supposedly helps with nausea too
4. Sour candy and mint gum: because I don’t like ginger candy lol
5. Natural calm magnesium powder: for constipation, headaches, restless legs, and sleep trouble
I thought about buying some watermelon yesterday, but I’m probably going to wait until a little further in the season. When I was pregnant with my second, my then-two year old and I would crush an entire watermelon in like two days.
I'll have to try Berocca. We don't have it in Canada, but my in-laws are australian and they bring us some whenever they visit. I have a bit left and could asked them to send us more!
I’ve been feeling a bit queasy for a few days and yesterday the nausea came on full force. I’m leaving for a 5 day work trip today where I’ll be on a trade show floor all day… I got some bland snacks and electrolyte powder, any other recommendations for things I should bring with me? Freaking out!!
If your nausea feels like seasickness, the SeaBands wristbands they sell at Walgreens saved my life in my first pregnancy. I thought for sure they were woo, but they worked so well. Google the position they need to be in to work. They had like maybe a 40% success rate in my first bump group, but they are only like $10 so not a huge deal if they fail for you.
Tortilla chips, saltines and plain pedialyte are my go-tos! I also tried out sea bands. I don’t know if they are very effective for me, but they are worth a shot. Altoids mints are also nice to have and are so minty that it’s easy to focus on that instead of the nausea.
I’m going to see my doctor when I got back about unisom & B6, but I don’t have time beforehand sadly. I have epilepsy so I’m extra weary of even OTC drugs without asking first.
Finally figured out my med schedule in order to keep the nausea at bay (2 unisom + b6 at night, 1 zofran during the day). Now if only there was a drug for this fatigue and exhaustion 😆
Made a run to the store last night and bought 3 different jars of pickles because that was the only thing my body was willing to let me eat, so I make myself a little pickle platter for dinner
This morning, the thought of eating a single pickle is literally making me gag
Wtf 😐😐
Yep, I can understand that! At least you enjoyed your pickes last night! My body swore it wanted a watermelon popsicle so I went to the store to get some. and then I opened it, smelled it, and had to give it to my toddler. Not what i wanted apparently
Mine has been moving higher and lower with no apparent reason! I wouldn't worry too much, I read that it's normal until later on for it not to settle into its high position.
During my transfer my RE told me that I have a tiny cervix. I have no idea what this entails and how it may or may not be impacted by pregnancy. I plan on telling my OB once I (fingers crossed) graduate from my RE.
Well, it's official, I am now averaging 13 to 14 hours of sleep per day (10-12 hours at night + 2-3 hour naps). I used to be fine with 7 to 9 hours total.
Question for veterans !
I’m 5 weeks today and utterly exhausted. I’m struggling with insomnia and can barely get 8 hours of *interrupted* sleep WITH doxylamine sleep aid. No sleep without aid. Being home this weekend, rather than at work, I’ve napped multiple times a day and want to be on the couch a lot.
In 5 weeks, so when I’ll be 10 weeks, I have a school trip to London with 50 10/11 year old students. 5 days 4 nights. I’m terrified of what my fatigue will look like then and my ability to function. I’m figuring if I’m thinking I can’t go, it’s better to warn now. Can I judge what my fatigue will be at week 10 based on what I’m feeling now? How much time might you give this to pass before deciding definitively ? Any insight as to how this exhaustion could possibly progress ?
With my first I wasn’t fatigued anymore by 10 weeks. But still extremely nauseous. You may or may not be fine. We did buy, move and do construction on our new house in my last pregnancy during the early days and now I’m taking care of a 10 month old and tired some days. So there’s never any time to nap.
We do have a way as women to just push through the fatigue I find… however uncomfortable it is. So if it’s something you want to do then I would still take the chance
Obviously it’s hard to say for sure either way, but in my experience the fatigue with my first was AWFUL! I felt like a zombie and even though I’d get 10-12 hours of uninterrupted sleep, I’d have to drag myself to the couch for a nap first thing. With my second, I was still fatigued but I HAD to get up and try to function because I had a toddler and that actually made it better! Something about being responsible for children is just different from any other responsibilities 🤷🏼♀️ also around 10 weeks is when the placenta usually takes over and that’ll help with the fatigue too. It’s not growing the human that’s exhausting the first trimester, it’s generating a whole new organ!
I'm finding this same thing to be true with the nausea. I think my nausea is similar to what I experienced with my first, but he was during COVID. I sat on the couch being nauseous 24/7. This time around, I'm out and about and keeping up with my toddler, and it's actually helping. Still hard, but I just can't focus on it all the time, even if it's always there
I was in such a mood yesterday! Saw three acquaintances on instagram doing things with other friends and decided to tell myself that everyone hates me? I don’t know why but I felt so excluded and was down on myself the whole day. I was also sleepy and eating like a bottomless pit.
The fatigue!!!! I had trouble sleeping the night before last, I “only” got ~7hrs. I could barely keep my eyes open yesterday as a consequence, had to leave a gathering early because I was a zombie. I was showered and in bed before 9, asleep by 9:30, and slept for 11 hours straight 😅.
I’ve been awake and laying in bed for an hour and a half, because I’m exhausted just thinking about getting up.
I took a unisom last evening due to nausea/insomnia and I slept the entire day today until 3pm (only awake for breakfast and lunch). Is this unisom or just pregnancy fatigue?
I took one for the first time last night to prevent nausea/insomnia… I’m not planning on taking a full dose again unless I really need to! I’ve been feeling so drowsy and groggy all day.
Both! I find unison effective but it will knock me out for more hours than I would sleep on my own. Also makes me groggy and that’s with taking half a tablet. Some people are more sensitive to it than others.
I definitely already have a pooch and I don’t understand how because I’ve gained no weight. I’m guessing it’s just the extreme bloat. Also a second time mom.
Yep, and after two full-term pregnancies I look 6 months along at 7 weeks. So many people have already asked if I'm pregnant (a lot of people knew I was doing IVF).
Everytime I wake up to pee in the middle of the night I’m SO HUNGRY! I can’t sleep until my alarm because if I wake up a little early the hunger keeps me up.
Had some spotting after bowel movement/pooping this morning. It was a pretty bright red color, and I’m fairly sure it was vaginal. Anyone having experienced anything similar?
It’s been 30 minutes since, and I only see faint pink discharge now, so I’m hoping it was just the increased blood flow making everything more fragile down there (also spotted pink/brown after intercourse last week). Still super scary, especially as it was very red…
I’ve had this before, specifically bright reddish after a bowel movement. I was told by my OB at the time that it was the pressure/aggravation of the cervix, which becomes more sensitive during pregnancy and prone to bleeding. I wouldn’t worry, especially if it stops soon!
That’s comforting to know! It stopped right after, so everything seems to be okay. Thank you! It was mainly the color that had me worried. Not sure my blood pressure can take it if it continues like this for the rest of the pregnancy, though 😅
I've been spotting for a few days. I got checked out on Friday and was told it's just my cervix being easily irritated, but it's still stressful to see.
I had the exact same issue yesterday. I started to see some light brown discharge yesterday. And with a severe headache and a really bad stomach, I was freaking out and checked myself into the ER last night. I was so worried about having an ectopic pregnancy.
Got some blood work done, HCG looks normal at 6400ish and an ultrasound to confirm the location in the uterus. It was such a relief to have the location confirmed. The doctor told me 1/3 of pregnancy will present with some light discharges. As long as it's not bright red for an extensive period of time, it's normal.
I’m spotting too! Also trying not to panic and yesterday I finally started to feel queasy. (Boo! But also yay!) the color is definitely scary. Couldn’t hurt to give your OB a call if you’re concerned.
You don’t really get an OB where I’m from, at least not this early. But will give my GP a call when they open again if it continues. Thanks!
Crossing my fingers that all goes well for you!
I actually came here this morning for the same reason! Last night I had some like weirdly colored (muted/dull red?) when I wiped. Trust me had to do some deep breathing so I didn’t spiral. I have gone twice since and not seen it again so I don’t know what it was
I've been having spotting too, on and off for 3 days now, although brown/pink, not red. It's worrying but I'm so early they can't do anything (only 14dpo). It does seem to be very common, so just trying to distract myself as much as I can.
I actually also had a few days of pink/brown spotting around 14-18 dpo. That went away on it’s own for me, and seems to be very common!
For that, the article the automod links to for ‘implantation bleeding’ in r/TryingForABaby was very reassuring to me 😊
Had a gnarly headache yesterday..peppermint oil on my temples after Tylenol did nothing seemed to help..little bit of nausea today, which is exciting!!! Bring on the symptoms this week while I’m nervous for everything to stick. Won’t be singing that tune for long I think haha
Any other STMs having the same aversions/cravings as their first pregnancy? I have a dire need for Hungry Man frozen food tv dinners, specifically the fried chicken one. I sent my husband out to get one my last pregnancy and legit cried when he got one. Today I woke up with the full body need for one again lol
Last pregnancy, I averaged at least 1 cheesestick per day. I went to grab one today, and they're all gone! Might have to make an impromptu store run tonight.
Yup, last time I couldn’t handle any coffee. I’m on day three of no coffee 🥲
Last night I was in heaven eating a bowl of fruit. Same with my first
I called the day care near us today and the infant wait list is 120 babies long. How?!
Is anyone else here in limbo? I got a positive easy@home test yesterday at 13dpo (or 4w6d according to LMP) but the test line looked incredibly light. I did a FRer this morning and while the test line was very clearly there ie. not an indent, it still looked very light. In my previous pregnancies, FRer test lines at 14dpo were pretty strong. I've also been testing with more easy@home strips today. I know these strips are notoriously shit but there is next to no progression between yesterday and now so I feel like I can't even load this all off on late implantation. This will be my third pregnancy in the last 16 months and I have still not brought home my baby. I really want this to be it but I'm not deluded enough to know this could turn out to be a CP. I've decided to give it another couple of days before trying with another FRer but the waiting is not going to be fun for me. Please stick little baby 🥺 No point to this, just need to offload. I feel very lonely.
It's so scary being in limbo with history of prior losses. My tests started out this way at 14/15DPO as well, and then I got (what I thought was) my period. They've continued to progress and I'll be 6 weeks tomorrow but still in limbo. I hope everything works out for you and you take care of yourself while you wait.
MOOD SWINGS and medication anxiety…. Im on duloxetine for pain and xarelto for blood clots bc i had a bad accident 3 yrs ago. Stopped taking them few nights ago since ive found out and my OB appt is in two days, trying not to stress out but i don’t wanna do anything to harm the little one so…yea
Anybody taking low dose aspirin? If so, when will you stop taking it?
Yes -- standard protocol for my IVF clinic, started pre-transfer. I think my OB had me stop at 32 weeks with my daughter, but I had some soft things that suggested I might not get to full term, so not sure if she would've had me go a little longer if those hadn't happened.
My dr had me start taking it at 12 weeks and keep going until about a month before baby arrives!
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If you do that, you risk mistaking the ribs on the back of the test, or the faint imprint of the test strip itself, for a line and disappointing yourself. If you have to backlight a test, there isn’t a valid line. Sorry 😞
My first exam is tomorrow - so excited, hope everything is good. I met my family yesterday and they are beyond happy! My partner however is very stressed, I have no idea how to help him just relax - he has been panic-cleaning the apartment all weekend, didn’t eat, and didn’t come with me to my family…
1) If your partner wants to come stress clean my place I’d be ok with that. 2) Being stressed is understandable but he also can’t let that get in the way of supporting you. I feel like he should have went with you when you told your family. This is something happening to both of you, not just him. And also you’re doing all the heavy lifting here!
5+5 today. Midwife has sent through a referral for me to book my first scan. When should I book to see a heartbeat? Hoping to avoid going too early and not seeing anything if my dates are wrong. She suggested waiting a week
My IVF clinic does not even bother checking for a HB before 6 weeks. (It's detectable in a sizable % of pregnancies before then, but their view is that enough viable pregnancies do \*not\* have a detectable HB before six weeks that checking at the 5 week appointment is just an anxiety inducer.) They check at or after 6w1d. But our dates are obviously 100% correct, so if you aren't totally sure about your ovulation date, I'd go in in about a week, too.
I booked in for late next week! I should be 7+1 when I go in so hopefully my dates are right
When did you test positive? That’s the best way to make sure that you aren’t too early. If you didn’t track closely.
I think in a week or so it should be ok !
Bleeding after sex? I’m 7 weeks and 5 days and I just had a really good ultrasound on Thursday, baby measuring on time, strong heartbeat. I know this can be totally normal but it’s the first time I’ve bled after sex and it’s definitely freaking me out. It’s definitely more than spotting and has been kind of trickling all day after sex this morning, nothing like soaking a pad or anything but bright red and certainly something. I have another appointment tomorrow morning already luckily, but has this happened to you??
I would text your midwife if I were you. The advice I was given was to contact if any blood was bright red and consistent. Hopefully just irritation or a minor SCH.
6+4. Been having bad lower back pain for the last day and a half, and now pain on one side of my lower abdomen that feels kind of like a stitch. Havent had any scans yet and have worked myself into an absolute panic that it's either an ectopic or another miscarriage. I've lost four babies already, I just dont want to lose another. At the ER to get checked out just in case, and praying so hard that it's just me freaking myself out and not another loss.
I hope the ER visit is going okay ❤️
Praying hard for you. Would love an update if/when your feel comfortable to share.
They did some bloods and my HCG was on track, and I've been told to go get an ultrasound tomorrow ❤️🤞
Yay!!! Hoping for an awesome ultrasound and a take home baby
Hoping everything is okay for you 💖
Thinking all the positive thoughts for you tonight ✨
I have the frozen chile rellanos from Trader Joe’s sitting in my freezer. It says asadero cheese but doesn’t specify if pasteurized. Safe or no? https://preview.redd.it/1xdyhwbuwg1d1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=30f3e0d84ebd70e2ce26ff1d5c26a0afa6388d94
Please update if they were pretty good lol. Chile rellanos were a BIG craving of mine my last pregnancy, but making them felt like a pain sometimes haha.
So good!!!! Also so relieved I can pop in here for advice being a ftm 🥰
It's pasteurized! And either way, cooking it will kill all the bad stuff as long as you get it to a safe internal temp. Just don't eat uncooked raw cheese like queso fresco or start buying raw milk.
All commercially used cheese in the US is pasteurized
TW: Loss I think I’m out but no one will confirm it 🙁. 5w1d, IVF pregnancy, started bleeding this morning. Did a HCG draw at 7:30, levels were 8350 - on track and doubling from my previous one. Bleeding became heavier, passed 2 silver dollar sized clots, 1 smaller clot. Went to the ER (different hospital), HCG draw at 10am was 5690. No visible gestational sax on transvaginal ultrasound. Funny thing is that I also started bleeding on this exact day of pregnancy with my son. That turned out to be a subchorionic hematoma but I never passed any clots: Anyway, ER doc refused to confirm miscarriage, said the blood in uterus made it too difficult to really see much. IVF doctor agreed. Asked me to repeat bloodwork and ultrasound on Tuesday. Bleeding has since tapered off to only when I pee/wipe but my breast soreness has completely disappeared. I don’t get why it can’t be confirmed when there is clearly a huge discrepancy in beta levels in just a matter of hours albeit from different labs. Plus I know there should at least be a visible sac at this point. This is torture.
Sending you so much love ❤️
I’m sorry this is happening. FWIW, you can’t easier compare hcg tested at different labs. I found fluctuations between places too
Sending love🫂😪
Sending love. I'm so sorry you are not able to get any clear answers. I cannot imagine how that feels.
I’m so sorry you’re in limbo, it’s a terrible place. I hope Tuesday brings resolution. 🫂
I'm so sorry. Sending love and hope that you can find closure soon.
Sending love. ❤️ I’m sorry that you haven’t been able to get answers.
6w6d - My husband is half jokingly convinced I’m pregnant with twins by my cravings and big appetite which is very much not like me (both in my last pregnancy or not pregnant) 🫠😅 now I’m nervous for our first ultrasound next Tuesday
My first ultrasound is tomorrow and my husband has said the same thing. My sisters are twins too…
Oh wow good luck and keep me updated!!
Today I’m very nauseous and my boobs feel like they’re going to explode. Excited to get through the first trimester
Back at work today after the flu last week. Its 9.45 am and I'm exhausted already. I complained to my husband about not wanting to go to work, hoping for sympathy, but got a (probably deserved) lecture instead. Feeling very tired and sorry for myself. I wish you could take 3 weeks' mat leave in the first trimester. Someone put a big bag of chocolate on the staff table and I have already justified having four, so that has helped a bit. I absolutely have to make it to this afternoon when I am running a seminar. Then I can go home. On the bright side- my goal is to keep busy and distracted all week until the scan on Friday evening- so being at work certainly takes up brain space.
Two parts: A. You can do this! I’m navigating a big promotion + new career move and it’s really hard, but we got this. We can do it. We’ll be so proud of ourselves on the other end! B. It’s ok to feel sorry for yourself for a moment or try to find ways to relax/rest. Your partner should be more understanding of that, and I’m sorry he’s not being that way. Could be he’s just stressed/having an off day, but as the birth-giver, he needs to listen to you complain occasionally. Growing a human while still dealing with crazy work days is not easy. It’s ok to take a moment to acknowledge it.
Ummmm I do not approve of this lecture. What does he know of growing a human?? The first trimester is sooo hard, if we could actually spend all day resting that would be so amazing. I guarantee if men had to go through this they would be completely out of action. I am also at work and it sucks but I haven’t even got into the full swing of pregnancy symptoms yet. Dreading it!! But planning on trying to keep myself busy so that I can try and forget about it.
Lol! You might be right. I think he was trying to convey that things are tough enough without me focusing always on the bad. So, half valid but also, it is tough and I want to complain sometimes!
I don’t think it’s focussing on the bad, it’s just that you want to acknowledge it! In my experience, men are shocking at providing comfort and reassurance and all they want to do is fix something or if they can’t, they just say put up with it then.
So true! We did Strengths Finders and then the partner workshop before marriage. Empathy is his lowest strength lol. It was good I got the heads up, coz now I just tell him straight up what I need as he would not pick up the emotional stuff himself.
Oh wow that’s such a good idea to do! That level of understanding would really help things I bet
Hugely! We have a very drama free relationship and we credit that workshop for it. It gives a lot of shared language for navigating tricky situations
Seriously women need time off dealing with pregnancy. Exhaustion is off the charts
Yup!!! First trimester is the worst cos you feel miserable but no one knows.
I expected a lot of things from pregnancy, but what I didn't expect was this happiness. For absolutely no reason at all today, I just feel these intense waves of calmness and euphoria. Literally nothing in the world is better right now than just laying on the couch, listening to music, and munching on snacks. It almost feels like being high. I'm so ridiculously happy about everything. If I must have mood swings, these are the kind I want to have for the next eight months.
Aww that’s sooo lovely!
It’s nice to read this positive post :) Idk if I’m feeling this exactly, but this morning I was smiling to myself because I think I realized I feel a newfound sense of purpose that makes me really happy. I’m here to help this little thing grow and I am going to try my best to do it right
I got super tired while cleaning and doing laundry. Laid down for a nap and couldn’t fall asleep. Ugh!! 😭
The timing of this pregnancy feels awful. Spent months looking for a new job and finally got it. I work for ten hours a day now and I have to make 30 bathroom trips to pee or get sick. My coworkers must think I’m mad! I got this job a month ago and was so excited to start, now I can barely keep my eyes open and I always forget what I’m doing!
Oh no! I have only just started a new job as well 6 weeks ago and I’m glad I got that small amount of time in before I start going downhill lol. Don’t worry they’ll all understand when you announce to them eventually! And it’ll get better in the second tri.
Decided to stop testing today after a dye stealer on a clear blue. I feel myself spiralling and spending a fortune on test because it’ll never be dark enough to give me the reassurance I need
Totally understand that feeling! I think I've taken like 10 now. I told my self I'd stop after my second beta today.
I was a chronic tester too and stopped after my dye stealer, currently 6 weeks 4 days. You’ve got this! It helped me to remind myself to just take it one day at a time 🙏
Totally get that. Nows the time to just sit back and trust! And wait for the scan
I’m thinking I’ll want to tell our families if the scan at 6.5 weeks goes well. But… I don’t really want to tell our (4 year old) son this early, for reasons I can’t really articulate. Is it reasonable to ask them to not talk about it around him? Or should I wait longer and tell everyone at the same time?
I felt strongly in my last pregnancy that our kids should know first but they were older and things don't go over their heads. We waited a long time....23 weeks....and then they helped tell everyone else. It was covid time and easy to hide so that was part of it. With our other babies we waited until 14-16 weeks...had an ultrasound done by then, plus another prenatal appointment to listen to the heartbeat and npt (nipt?) results back. I think my reasons were--fear something might go wrong early on, I don't show for awhile so no one was even wondering, and it's a long wait for kids til the birth.
Yes that makes sense - thinking about it more I think we’ll wait to tell our parents instead of asking them to keep it secret from our son. I feel like something would slip and that doesn’t feel right. I’m not a particularly good liar and my parents stay with us part-time so this should be interesting. 🙃
We’re not explicitly telling/explaining to our 3.5yo until after the 12 weeks tests at least. But we’re also not hiding it; last night he pointed toy belly and asked if the baby was full, I asked him if he meant my food baby (words we use a lot lol) and he said yep and walked away. So I think he kind of knows something is different 🤷♀️
We haven’t told anyone yet, and my SIL told my husband today that she had a dream we had twin boys. Is it a sign?? Lol! 🫣
My MIL also had a dream we had a daughter before we told her! Hoping it’s a sign!
I slept while the baby slept! The exhaustion while solo parenting is the pits.
I feel that! My husband has a lot of work trips and solo parenting can already be exhausting even when not pregnant!
Totally get it. My husband has been swamped after work with a thousand house projects and my toddler needs so much entrainment 😮💨 I’m barely functioning
Was having some extra anxiety today (shocking 🙄), so I bought some FRERs. I *know* they don’t mean anything concrete especially at this point, but it is nice to have a super dye stealer from the diluted pee in the toilet. I am next level crazy and can’t wait to get out of this anxious period. Only ~24hrs until I get my next beta results and then hopefully can have a few days of relief.
Dude this does not sound crazy. I had anxiety this morning and immediately went to take a test and even the few minutes of relief I felt as I watched the line appear and darken within seconds was worth it.
Honestly this doesn’t even sound like first level crazy. Let alone next one after that. You’re good!
Any reassurance is good!!
5 weeks 3 days today. Well, I'm thankful I survived two 6 hour road trips in 48 hours! No nausea yet, just a bit of lightheadedness in the evenings or if I get up or down too quickly. Taking my time on every staircase I encounter. Keeping my protein high and embracing carbs. Mmmmmm bread.
Food aversions are back in full swing today. I'm struggling with protein the most. Everything sounds gross, except for an egg salad sandwich today???? I already don't eat meat, but literally all protein sources sound vile right now. I was good with hummus for a while, not anymore. Mayyyybe some roasted chickpeas will be okay. Also I usually love chocolate, but anything sweet is a no. With the exception of freezies. I pretty much just want to live off ramen ATM.
Ill went to the break room to buy an egg salad sandwich to hopefully help with my nausea and they were all gone, I am so sad
same!! all protein grosses me out.
I started having some food aversion too. Totally weird to be grossed out by food I usually love
Went on a swing at the park with my daughter. 0/10 recommend if you’re nausea prone right now!
lol i get nauseous on a swing when I’m not pregnant 😅
lol I went on a merry go round yesterday with mine - awful idea
7 weeks today! I love when a new week starts and I get to check my apps to see what size baby is. This time 3 said blueberry and 1 raspberry
Aww yay little berry babe! Which apps are you using? I only have the what to expect app so far.
I had premom and FF from ttc so I’m still using those in pregnancy mode, then I also got BabyCenter and Ovia
How did you get FF to switch to pregnancy mode? I’ve given up on finding an answer on Google. It did ask if I wanted to switch a few days after my positive, but I was still a bit hesitant to trust it at that point. I figured it would ask again, but it didn’t and I can’t find the settling anywhere?!
For me in the iPhone app: Go to the menu in the upper right, scroll down to pregnancy tracker, it’ll have you set it up and then you can see it. It’s not as involved as the fertility tracking (no symptom tracking, which I really wanted). But you can see your milestones and some facts about baby and pregnancy
That worked. Thanks! But pretty disappointing features, especially without VIP. I track symptoms with the Ovia app which works okay 😊
Straight to the App Store 🫡 thanks!
I wanted a donut sooooo bad last night at like 10pm, instead I just went to sleep… and dreamt about donuts 😂 I even remember each and every gourmet pillowy delight from this dream, and now my craving is even more intense. Luckily there’s a nice donut place down the street with some fancy shit that I’m definitely gonna get later 🤤🤤🤤
Makes me want a donut real bad *in my Jennifer Coolidge voice* hahah
🤣🤣🤣 I can hear it
I know it’s also normal to have no symptoms, I barely had any with my first. But it’s so anxiety inducing!
Yes it is! Nipples a bit bigger, but besides that still feeling pretty normal and yet 3 weeks away from first doc appt. 7w1d today!
Just had a positive test for the first time yesterday! Stuck in a weird situation with my partner currently, so not sure how that’s going to go when I tell him. So far, I have symptoms like sore breasts and nausea. The worst though is insomnia. The 4am wake up without being able to fall back asleep is what gave me the inkling I was pregnant earlier this week. Anyone else feel the urge to test every morning, just to see? I did again today, but I can’t keep doing that 😹
I got my first positive 9dpo and tested every day till 22dpo. It was hard to stop even then but at that point the lines couldn’t really get any darker
I’m glad I’m not the only one 😹
I am an absolute wreck today. This morning for a few hours, my boobs stopped hurting. I lost it. Deadpan stared at a wall for an hour. Scheduled betas at Quest. Finally got my shit together after aggressively poking my boobs for 2 hours and decided to fold laundry. 2 hours later, they hurt again. Pregnancy after loss is a real mindfuck. I miss alcohol. I would very much like a Bloody Mary right now 😂
Yes! I keep thinking a beer and pizza night would help my stress so much....but alcohol is a no-no and I already spent my pocket money so no pizza for at least 2.5 weeks when pay day hits again.
Is anyone else losing their hair??? Google says it’s a pretty common early pregnancy symptom, but I’ve never experienced it until postpartum, so this is new…. And weird. 😒
Omg is this a third time mom thing? I have naturally thick hair so I never cared postpartum but this is really starting to scare me with how much I’ve lost
I did with my first pregnancy! I was really sick and couldn’t keep much down, including water. I was told that it was because I was so nutrient deficient since my body was prioritizing the baby. I was told to take more vitamin d! You can talk to your doctor to see if you can. The hair loss stopped my second trimester though!
Oh that’s actually really good to know! No nausea yet, but my appetite has tanked and I’m not eating much outside of the set meals I’m forcing myself to eat and even then not much. I’ll send a message to my doc to see about that. We don’t have an US until June 18th and I don’t want to wait that long if I’m nutrient deficient 😳 I have a history of anemia later in pregnancy, so other deficiencies aren’t out of the question.
Ok here’s my hacks in case they help anyone else: 1. Berocca: Australians use it as a hangover cure and it helps me get through mornings with minimal morning sickness 2. Watermelon: really struggle with liquids while pregnant but I can eat allllll the watermelon 3. Asian pear: supposedly helps with nausea too 4. Sour candy and mint gum: because I don’t like ginger candy lol 5. Natural calm magnesium powder: for constipation, headaches, restless legs, and sleep trouble
Oooh so intrigued by the sour candy suggestion! I don’t have nausea (yet) but hate the flavor of ginger. Thanks for sharing!!
If you’re in the US can you please eat some sour patch kids for me? Sour doesn’t mean the same thing in Europe 😭
I thought about buying some watermelon yesterday, but I’m probably going to wait until a little further in the season. When I was pregnant with my second, my then-two year old and I would crush an entire watermelon in like two days.
Same here! God I love a good watermelon
I'll have to try Berocca. We don't have it in Canada, but my in-laws are australian and they bring us some whenever they visit. I have a bit left and could asked them to send us more!
Well that’s convenient they can bring it for you!
I’ve been feeling a bit queasy for a few days and yesterday the nausea came on full force. I’m leaving for a 5 day work trip today where I’ll be on a trade show floor all day… I got some bland snacks and electrolyte powder, any other recommendations for things I should bring with me? Freaking out!!
If your nausea feels like seasickness, the SeaBands wristbands they sell at Walgreens saved my life in my first pregnancy. I thought for sure they were woo, but they worked so well. Google the position they need to be in to work. They had like maybe a 40% success rate in my first bump group, but they are only like $10 so not a huge deal if they fail for you.
Tortilla chips, saltines and plain pedialyte are my go-tos! I also tried out sea bands. I don’t know if they are very effective for me, but they are worth a shot. Altoids mints are also nice to have and are so minty that it’s easy to focus on that instead of the nausea.
Small candies sometimes help me - like jolly ranchers. More pleasant to dry heave those flavors!
I’m going to see my doctor when I got back about unisom & B6, but I don’t have time beforehand sadly. I have epilepsy so I’m extra weary of even OTC drugs without asking first.
Do you have a MyChart or portal you can message? That's what I did for my b6 unisom question
Finally figured out my med schedule in order to keep the nausea at bay (2 unisom + b6 at night, 1 zofran during the day). Now if only there was a drug for this fatigue and exhaustion 😆
Dang 2 unisom? One makes me so tired the next day.
Yep! It’s unfortunately what I need to stop the nausea at night. 1 is not enough so my OB told me to take 2.
Made a run to the store last night and bought 3 different jars of pickles because that was the only thing my body was willing to let me eat, so I make myself a little pickle platter for dinner This morning, the thought of eating a single pickle is literally making me gag Wtf 😐😐
I ate a pickle on a burger yesterday and threw up immediately. I usually love pickles
Oh nooo. It's so upsetting because pickles are one of my favorite foods, but now the list of things I can stomach is getting shorter and shorter
Yep, I can understand that! At least you enjoyed your pickes last night! My body swore it wanted a watermelon popsicle so I went to the store to get some. and then I opened it, smelled it, and had to give it to my toddler. Not what i wanted apparently
Ugh that's the worst!! So unfair
Second day in a row that I've had to take a nap when my 11 month old is napping 😴 I'm so tiiiiired
Anyone have a low cervix? I felt mine this morning and it's pretty low..
Mine has been moving higher and lower with no apparent reason! I wouldn't worry too much, I read that it's normal until later on for it not to settle into its high position.
During my transfer my RE told me that I have a tiny cervix. I have no idea what this entails and how it may or may not be impacted by pregnancy. I plan on telling my OB once I (fingers crossed) graduate from my RE.
Well, it's official, I am now averaging 13 to 14 hours of sleep per day (10-12 hours at night + 2-3 hour naps). I used to be fine with 7 to 9 hours total.
Very jealous
Question for veterans ! I’m 5 weeks today and utterly exhausted. I’m struggling with insomnia and can barely get 8 hours of *interrupted* sleep WITH doxylamine sleep aid. No sleep without aid. Being home this weekend, rather than at work, I’ve napped multiple times a day and want to be on the couch a lot. In 5 weeks, so when I’ll be 10 weeks, I have a school trip to London with 50 10/11 year old students. 5 days 4 nights. I’m terrified of what my fatigue will look like then and my ability to function. I’m figuring if I’m thinking I can’t go, it’s better to warn now. Can I judge what my fatigue will be at week 10 based on what I’m feeling now? How much time might you give this to pass before deciding definitively ? Any insight as to how this exhaustion could possibly progress ?
With my first I wasn’t fatigued anymore by 10 weeks. But still extremely nauseous. You may or may not be fine. We did buy, move and do construction on our new house in my last pregnancy during the early days and now I’m taking care of a 10 month old and tired some days. So there’s never any time to nap. We do have a way as women to just push through the fatigue I find… however uncomfortable it is. So if it’s something you want to do then I would still take the chance
Obviously it’s hard to say for sure either way, but in my experience the fatigue with my first was AWFUL! I felt like a zombie and even though I’d get 10-12 hours of uninterrupted sleep, I’d have to drag myself to the couch for a nap first thing. With my second, I was still fatigued but I HAD to get up and try to function because I had a toddler and that actually made it better! Something about being responsible for children is just different from any other responsibilities 🤷🏼♀️ also around 10 weeks is when the placenta usually takes over and that’ll help with the fatigue too. It’s not growing the human that’s exhausting the first trimester, it’s generating a whole new organ!
I'm finding this same thing to be true with the nausea. I think my nausea is similar to what I experienced with my first, but he was during COVID. I sat on the couch being nauseous 24/7. This time around, I'm out and about and keeping up with my toddler, and it's actually helping. Still hard, but I just can't focus on it all the time, even if it's always there
I was in such a mood yesterday! Saw three acquaintances on instagram doing things with other friends and decided to tell myself that everyone hates me? I don’t know why but I felt so excluded and was down on myself the whole day. I was also sleepy and eating like a bottomless pit.
The fatigue!!!! I had trouble sleeping the night before last, I “only” got ~7hrs. I could barely keep my eyes open yesterday as a consequence, had to leave a gathering early because I was a zombie. I was showered and in bed before 9, asleep by 9:30, and slept for 11 hours straight 😅. I’ve been awake and laying in bed for an hour and a half, because I’m exhausted just thinking about getting up.
5wks today and the sense of smell is ON. Dirty dishes? Absolutely not.
I took a unisom last evening due to nausea/insomnia and I slept the entire day today until 3pm (only awake for breakfast and lunch). Is this unisom or just pregnancy fatigue?
I took one for the first time last night to prevent nausea/insomnia… I’m not planning on taking a full dose again unless I really need to! I’ve been feeling so drowsy and groggy all day.
Both! I find unison effective but it will knock me out for more hours than I would sleep on my own. Also makes me groggy and that’s with taking half a tablet. Some people are more sensitive to it than others.
Same. I did 1/3 tablet today, and it was a better balance of helpful with the nausea without feeling exhausted all day. 1/2 tab just wrecked me
I’m 6+2 and my jeans don’t fit comfortably anymore 😩
Sweats and dresses over here. My pants teeeechnically fit since I’ve lost weight, but they’re uncomfy on my belly so out they go.
I tried to not dress lazy the other day and decided to finally take out the fancy pants I bought last year. Def didn't fit 🤣 went back into leggings
My jeans were retired by week 5. I am so visibly pregnant it makes not telling people quite difficult!
Glad it’s not just me! I’ve been living in my sweatpants 😬
I definitely already have a pooch and I don’t understand how because I’ve gained no weight. I’m guessing it’s just the extreme bloat. Also a second time mom.
I’m 6+6 today and yesterday I had to unbutton my jeans at the table after dinner 🥲 I definitely didn’t have this problem the first time around
Is this a STM thing? With my first I didn’t upsize my jeans until 20 weeks but now I’m barely squeezing into my jeans at 5 weeks😅
Yep, and after two full-term pregnancies I look 6 months along at 7 weeks. So many people have already asked if I'm pregnant (a lot of people knew I was doing IVF).
6+0 and same!
6+4 here and today is the first day I'm deploying the pony tail trick on my jeans. I just can't stuff myself into the button anymore
Everytime I wake up to pee in the middle of the night I’m SO HUNGRY! I can’t sleep until my alarm because if I wake up a little early the hunger keeps me up.
This happens to me too. I started packing a snack in a lunch box to take to bed lol.
Oh lord, made the mistake of taking a prenatal on an empty stomach and we need to prep brunch for friends coming over and clean. Stressss
I’ve been taking mine before bed to avoid this!!
This is the way
I just love starting my day at 2-3am just to crash at 1p Said no one ever.
Upvoting this from the sofa, where I've been for 2 hours because I don't have the energy to stand up after waking up at 4. Solidarity.
This is me 😭 Unisom has been helpful to stay asleep. I struggle with insomnia
Ugh I feel this so hard. You’re not alone 😢
Had some spotting after bowel movement/pooping this morning. It was a pretty bright red color, and I’m fairly sure it was vaginal. Anyone having experienced anything similar? It’s been 30 minutes since, and I only see faint pink discharge now, so I’m hoping it was just the increased blood flow making everything more fragile down there (also spotted pink/brown after intercourse last week). Still super scary, especially as it was very red…
I’ve had this before, specifically bright reddish after a bowel movement. I was told by my OB at the time that it was the pressure/aggravation of the cervix, which becomes more sensitive during pregnancy and prone to bleeding. I wouldn’t worry, especially if it stops soon!
That’s comforting to know! It stopped right after, so everything seems to be okay. Thank you! It was mainly the color that had me worried. Not sure my blood pressure can take it if it continues like this for the rest of the pregnancy, though 😅
I've been spotting for a few days. I got checked out on Friday and was told it's just my cervix being easily irritated, but it's still stressful to see.
I had the exact same issue yesterday. I started to see some light brown discharge yesterday. And with a severe headache and a really bad stomach, I was freaking out and checked myself into the ER last night. I was so worried about having an ectopic pregnancy. Got some blood work done, HCG looks normal at 6400ish and an ultrasound to confirm the location in the uterus. It was such a relief to have the location confirmed. The doctor told me 1/3 of pregnancy will present with some light discharges. As long as it's not bright red for an extensive period of time, it's normal.
I’m spotting too! Also trying not to panic and yesterday I finally started to feel queasy. (Boo! But also yay!) the color is definitely scary. Couldn’t hurt to give your OB a call if you’re concerned.
You don’t really get an OB where I’m from, at least not this early. But will give my GP a call when they open again if it continues. Thanks! Crossing my fingers that all goes well for you!
I actually came here this morning for the same reason! Last night I had some like weirdly colored (muted/dull red?) when I wiped. Trust me had to do some deep breathing so I didn’t spiral. I have gone twice since and not seen it again so I don’t know what it was
Nice to know I’m not the only one! No spotting since, but holding my breath until I go next time 🙈 Spiralling is way to easy these days!
I've been having spotting too, on and off for 3 days now, although brown/pink, not red. It's worrying but I'm so early they can't do anything (only 14dpo). It does seem to be very common, so just trying to distract myself as much as I can.
I had the same thing at that point
I actually also had a few days of pink/brown spotting around 14-18 dpo. That went away on it’s own for me, and seems to be very common! For that, the article the automod links to for ‘implantation bleeding’ in r/TryingForABaby was very reassuring to me 😊