3 positive pregnancy tests ....

[bednobs]

hi, i am rubbish with dates, but got round to thinking yesterday that i hadn't had a period for a bit of time, so i did a pregnancy test and was completely stunned when it was positive. I did the other one in the packet and that also said positive. i just felt numb, because although i thought i always wanted to be a mum, this is really not the right time - i am on a lot of medication which is teratogenic and have a hip replacement booked in for 3 weeks time!
Anyway, i made an appt at the gp for tomorrorw. then last night there was a bit of blood when i wiped and again this morning and still now. I presumed that this was probably any possible pregnancy ending, so did another test today expecting it now to be negative, but no, still positive.
When can i expect a negative result if it is a misscarriage? And really, how reliable are tests anyway (it was a boots cheapish one)? do i need to be worrying more? i feel so ambivalent about being pregnant (aS does my husband) that i just think to myself if this is the pregnancy ending then that's just what is meant to be i suppose. Will i do my health any harm if i just sit and wait for it to happen?

[boxtops]

Good luck bednobs, I've been following this thread quietly and wishing you well. My sister in law had a similar experience and thought all was lost - but it wasn't, her son is 23 now, so I wish you very well with your pregnancy. Early days as you say, and I think that's a sensible way to look at it. By the way my mum was 47 when she had my brother, and that was over 50 years ago, that-much-older mums were very rare in those days!

[redcrx]

youre not old at 35! you may want to look at a private screening test for certain things if not offered with your care though.

I had little CRX at 32 and was 35 when baby came along. my mum had my youngest sister when she was 32 and she was treated as an old mum then lol

[ummmm]

lol...they call anyone over 30 geriatric...

That's young bednobs......also very young to have the problems you do.

I'm considering (just considering) having another one and I'm 36...

[Quentin_Crisp]

Go for it, ummmm - Ginger will be pleased too :)

[yogasun]

bednobs, I was 36 when I had fiirst son, 39 when I had second...no probs.!
Had given up hope more or less. Good luck anyway.

[LoftyLottie]

I too was 36! Arthritis problems since about 12! At 63, I now realise that I was just a 'Spring Chicken'!!

Morning Yoga

[ummmm]

He's desperate for one Quentin.....but I don't want to do it just to make him happy.

[ummmm]

There ya go bednobs....look at all the geriatric mothers :-))))

[China Doll]

Will keep my fingers crossed for you bednobs and am genuninely quite chuffed for you. :c)

[bednobs]

again thanks everyone. I am frightened to cough or sneeze or in fact go to the loo!

[ummmm]

Keep your feet up bednobs.....you're growing a human being xxx

[B00]

How you feeling today bednobs?

Incidently I was also an oldy when I has Mini Boo, I was (shock, horror!) 34, and like everyone else said I was considered a geriatric too.

[redcrx]

" I am frightened to cough or sneeze or in fact go to the loo! "

i think, if you asked, that all pregnant women spend the first 3 months and the last month feeling exactly the same way :)

[LoftyLottie]

So true Red. The first three months are the worse.

Good luck bednobs xx

[bednobs]

thanks for all your kind words.
Seriously, what's with the being frightened to go to the loo thing? I keep expecting to pull my knickers down and see the worst!

i am not seeing the midwife for a few weeks and need to ask you lovely ladies more things
1) i love diet coke and tea and chocolate - do i have to keep my love in check re caffiene?
2)i really want a chinese takeaway tonight, do i need to worry about takeaways at all?
3)what else should i avoid?

[redcrx]

crikey bednobs, theres so much info to take in.

basics
avoid
unpasturised milk and cheese
uncooked meat and unwashed salad
asprin
pate
raw eggs, so avoid homemade mayo (helmans is ok) and mousses etc

take folic acid
get plenty of rest, the first 3 months are knackering
be careful of heavy lifting.

caffeine ok in moderaton, perhaps switch to caffeine free if you can

[redcrx]

as for the takeaway, thats ok to eat but perhaps anything high risk, like prawns and dont reheat rice

[B00]

Well try to cut down a bit, but I have to be honest, i didn't cut back that much, i'm a coffee fiend.

Takeaways are fine.

As for what you can and can't eat- what a load of balls, to put it bluntly. Women have been eating what they want, when they want for thousands of years, it never stopped babies coming along! Honestly, don't go reading the "what you should/shouldn't eat" crap on t'internet, you'll scare yourself silly. The basic rule is, if you normally eat it and you want it- go for it!

[B00]

OOpsie, Red's gonna kill me isn't she? LOL

[redcrx]

http://www.nhs.uk/chq...=54&SubCategoryID=130 this may help