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Continuing conceptions and follicling ahead of Feisty, Fabulous Forty somethings

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rowingboat · 26/03/2010 11:49

Hello world!

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rowingboat · 26/03/2010 11:54

Cool, it worked!

My news - I haven't been for the scan, was up all night feeling extremely queasy and horrible so couldn't face the 8am scan.
I have phoned the nurses and rambled at them so that they understand this is most definitely not day 3 of my cycle, more like day 33. Have to phone back later to see what the doc thinks and make another appointment.
Finally cracked and paid the bu**ers (nb not butters)
See you all later. Or Laters as Fern Cotton would say shortly before being poked in the eye.

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randomimposter · 26/03/2010 11:57

well hello to you too rowing - love the philosophy and self restraint on your view on early testing

slightly hungover today ... am not the party animal I once was... hey nothing that a stodgy lunch won't fix!

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randomimposter · 26/03/2010 11:59

sorry x posts... sorry you are feeling yuk.

Bugger is one of my favourite nouns. Not verb I hasten to add.

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ILoveGregoryHouse · 26/03/2010 13:24

Loving the title. A tongue twister!

Just booking my place.

Alba sorry. But great that you have that skiing holiday to look forward to. And all that wine. Stay positive.

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AlbaDeTamble · 26/03/2010 18:05

Checking in to lovely new thread and joining GPS in the 'slightly grumpy but going for it' corner, with big stack of ski brochures to read and sauvignon blanc and rich dark chocolate truffles to share...

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Italiangreyhound · 26/03/2010 22:38

Alba so sorry. Sendign a virtual hug and it's carrying a big glass of wine .

GPS All the best for new life in Devon. what os ths fabo jb and how did you blag?

Rowing Thank you for your compliments and I am very proud that you picked my name .

Hopeful45 Any news?

Jollster, Hippy, Gumblossom, TFLS, ILGH and all - you know who you are!



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gumblossom · 26/03/2010 22:56

Morning all, just popping into the new place.Great title!

Can't hang around unfortunately, have very whingey Charlie climbing on the table and calling "mummy, mummy!"

GPS I would love to hear what your new flash job is.

Alba, a big "bu--er!" for your negative test.You'll have a lovely time on the slopes though.Where will you go?

Rowing, sorry to hear you aren't feeling well.I hope you are feeling 100% soon.

Italian, it is getting close isn't it? I'm so excited for you. And well done on the weight loss too!

ILGH, how are you feeling? Keep us posted on where you are at with your pregnancy, that goes for you other girls who are "up the duff" (quaint little aussie saying!)

Oh - look - Charlie got himself down from the table.Lovely!

I just discovered that the cloth nappies I recently bought and laundered before using are quite snug on DS...so now I must have another baby or it'll be a big fat waste of money!
Come on eggs...hurry up FGS!

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KiwiKat · 26/03/2010 23:52

Just a quick wave as I mark my place - hope you've all had a relaxing Friday night.

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rowingboat · 27/03/2010 14:15

Hi all,
Jollster, what! A hangover! On a Friday! You mean you go out AND not even at the weekend. [Faints]
Hope you managed to get hold of something fried to help with the hangover.
Yes and bugger - the verb, wouldn't be a lot of use on this thread. Completely the wrong place.

Gum I love cloth nappies too. I can't bring myself to get rid of my stash. Come on eggs! [yours mainly]

Alba and GPS enjoy the chocolate eating corner. One more weekend to egg day, sorry Easter Sunday.

Kiwi [waves back]

Italian it was quite the best, silliest name.

ILGH it is a bit of a tongue twister, I hope people can work out what we actually do on this thread.

My news is phoned hospital and explained that I wasn't on CD3, so have scan scheduled for Tuesday morning - much better time: 9:30.
The doctor knows about my concerns and will be ready to have a bit of a chat about how to proceed.

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ILoveGregoryHouse · 27/03/2010 16:17

Hi. Just a wee update had yet another scan today to check the heart rate was up. It was 158-169bpm. Yay!

Next scan is nuchal at 11+2 on 12 April. The day after my 41st birthday. Still feeling vom a lot of the time but hopeful that after this week it'll start to tail off. Mum is being a great help and I am spending a lot of time resting up in bed. Getting a good start for my biology a level.

Good luck for Tuesday rowing. Hope you're back to normal soon.

Alba you decided where to go yet?

Right, better go make dinner. Tortellini with mushroom sauce. The ONLY thing I can even think of eating right now.

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hippychick66 · 27/03/2010 18:16

alba How disappointing and awful. I guess the egg and sperm had met but not implanted - is that what you think happened?? Like you say, at least you know your DH has good stuff. Enjoy the trip and lets hope next month is better. Your experience has reminded me that I must not test early - but I know how bloody hard that is!!

Haven't got time to name check all at the mo - sorry. I do have a very quick question though:- I'm on day 6 - period finished yesterday and I have what i can only describe as egg white CM - it is stretchy - WTF??? How can this be right. Surely it's too early for all that isn't it??

I will make sure I grab DH for a bit of SWI tomorrow just incase but I just wanted to ask if anyone else has experienced this???

I did notice last month that I had the stretchy stuff for quite a few days so I guess if I was gonna have it for about 5 days that would take me up to ovulation - right??

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hippychick66 · 27/03/2010 18:29

Jollster Hubbie got a second interview on IOW and we all went with him for the day. The interview went well and we're waiting to hear - wow my whole life might be about to change - whoop whoop.

Only prob is that DH would have to go first and we would follow once we have sold the house. Not sure if we are going to use DHL to deliver the sperm or set up some kind of underground tube system to deliver it - hee hee.

Just gonna have to get preg this month just incase he buggers off soon.

See you on the beach.....

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KiwiKat · 27/03/2010 21:45

Lots of good news on here today. Fingers crossed that all goes well on Tuesday, Rowing. Hope the skiing is lots of fun, Alba.

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Italiangreyhound · 27/03/2010 22:48

Just looking through some old papers and found an ad for this year's Fertility Show (in last year's programme) it will be on Friday 5th November and Saturday 6th November. It was at Olympia and the website is like a wedding show except with fewer wedding dresses and more ways of testing your ovaries!

Waves to all

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Haystack · 28/03/2010 20:13

Just popping into new thread to say hi everyone, great title though not to be said after a few wines - not of course that I on the old 2ww would be indulging!

Really sorry Alba - how awful. Skiing is fab though the only sport I've ever enjoyed as gravity does all the work for you! Hope you go somewhere fabulous.

Good luck for job and scan news for those waiting. We have just moved 1000's of miles with Hubbies job so know how the whole new life thing feels - still my prize was getting to try for another baby so worth it.

So glad all ok with heartbeat ILGH, not long to wait until your next scan as well. Like the sound of the mushroom tortellini, yum.

Hi to everyoneelse

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rowingboat · 28/03/2010 20:26

Hi Haystack,
urk! I had better get off this laptop, this whole clocks changing thing has made the whole day go too fast!!

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hippychick66 · 28/03/2010 20:42

I cannot even say the name of this thread and i'm stone cold sobber.

I definitely have egg whites and I got the go ahead on one of those cheapy opk's (which is odd cos I always thought they were a swizz and never gave a +). I think maybe I just ovulate early and have only just worked this out!!!

I do remember the month we got pregnant recently that we did do a bit of SWI quite early on and I thought to myself, well that one was just for fun cos it's too early for me to be ovulating and then we did get lucky and get pregnant that month, so perhaps I ovulated early then too.

Anyway, I have taken the advise of the stick and the egg white and have managed to squeeze a shag in with all the other things we did today so am feeling very pleased and optimistic.

I popped on to the MC thread yesterday and then wished I hadn't - one of the people who was preg had just suffered her second MC (this one was a MMC - not sure what her first one was.) Anyway, I felt absolutely awful for her (as I did for you jollster - how awful to experience it twice in a row).

Also it's made me lose all my positiveness and just think, "Oh God that's gonna hapen to me too." My Dh would kill me if he knew I'd been back on there! Anyway, what I've had to do is hide the thread so i can't go back on there. Unfortunately, someone on there posted that they lost their dad suddenly and I did reply to them cos I've been in that situation, so i will have to pop back to check she is ok but not read anything else.

What a long ramble!!!

Love to all, especialy italian not long to go now!!!

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randomimposter · 28/03/2010 22:17

hey hippy am polishing off my coolbox ready for the date... picnic plans and all that. What vino shall I pack...?

Sadly I think Cheepz has had 2 MC (the latest was Missed, I don't know about the first) and 1 CP... if I'm recalling correctly. God it's tough out there. The MC thread is sadly very busy

Hi to greg (tis my brother's name, so I will NN you that!), glad all going well with your first trimester so far. FX a million times.

rowing I wasn't out and about, but entertaining at home instead... hangover was about the same though.. . I DID go out twice after dark last week though... once to cinema, once to Sainsburys... ooooo exciting!

Special wave for Italian and a big squeeze for all the rest of you...

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rowingboat · 28/03/2010 22:21

Jollster - Sainsburys, does it turn into a nightclub after dark?

Hippy don't let it get to you, madness that way lies!
We just keep on trudging along until we get there. Trudge, trudge!
Get there eventually.

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Frosticle · 28/03/2010 23:29

Just logged on to say hello to everyone! I've been really busy with my new job and juggling childcare so am completely out of touch with what everyone is up to. I've missed you all. Hope everyone is doing well.

What's SWI - Sex With Intent?

Am starting to feel a bit despondent and old - don't think the baby thing is going to happen. Hasn't helped that I had my eyes tested on Saturday and for the first time in my life I need glasses. (DD doesn't want me to wear them because I "won't look like Mummy"). I have been extremely lucky to have great eye-sight until now but it proves that I'm getting old.

Asked the doctor what could be done to jolly things along a bit and improve my chances of conceiving. She said at my age (45) no clinic would waste their time exploring any option other than ovum donation. Oh.

I really want DD to have a sibling and ovum donation is not going to achieve that as my DP isn't my DD's father (and her biological father would make sure she was very aware that any baby conceived in this way was not her blood-relative). Maybe it still feels like a proper sibling if they're brought up together though? What do you think?

I think I'll try to find the right moment and run it by DP - see how he feels about it as it's probably our only hope.

Did anyone read the fatherhood stuff in The Times magazine yesterday? It was great. I'm going to get DP to read that - especially the article about first time dad at age 49 (DP's age). Then I'll ask him about ovum donation.

Have a good week everyone.

Big hugs!

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Italiangreyhound · 29/03/2010 00:00

Hippy Thanks for the words of encouragement, now can I give you one or two? Please get your head out of that MC thread; you know it is not good for you at the moment. Please don?t feel you have to keep going back there. Please stay positive. Well, actually that is a lot of words but you know what I mean.

Jollster how?s it going with you?

Haystack Welcome back.

Kiwi how are you feeling? When will you tell wicked boss?

Frosticle Pooh to your doc for being mean. Not sure a clinic can offer much but depends what the problem is and worth a look if you have the money to explore it. Are you in the UK? There are certainly clinics that take people of 45, but the chances are not great, as I am sure you know, and I am not sure how much assistance helps but always best to ask. Your GP probably knows less about this than we all do!

Frosticle I think it would totally feel like a proper sibling if they were brought up together. It is more a case (I think) of what you and your DP think and what you are willing to go through if you wish to have a baby. Whatever your DD's biological father thinks should not come into it. We are busy trying to make a baby with a donor egg this week. It is not an easy route and you need to feel it is right for you but if you wish to explore it I would not let your doc or your ex put you off at least finding out the facts.

Good luck, whatever you decide, it must be what is right for you all as a new family not for other people but for what it is worth I don't think it would affect how your DD saw a sibling.

WAVES to Rowing, Gumblosson, Alba, ILGH, TFLS, Hopeful45 and all.

DH has two jobs, take price label off the gift for donor and provide swimmers, so far failed at number one let?s hope number two goes well this week (to be fair to him price label was craftily hidden in the box but oh well!).

Told DD I was having an operation on my tummy and she must not touch it or I will cry! Said we were still trying to have a baby, and she said she would open the presents for the baby as babies aren?t very good at opening presents! She is all happy about the idea of a baby but I know that ten minutes in the company of a hamster and she would be crying out for one of them instead! I have tried not to raise her hopes, just to tell her we are still trying.

I'm totally stressed, tension headache in back of neck, in tears at church today because DD said something mean in the loos, it sounds like high school! I spoke to her tonight and she said sorry, she can be the most loving and also the most mean! Madly, I still want another one! If I am honest I kind of feel it will work or it won?t. I am being positive and looking at an orange pen as I type!

I mentioned a while ago that my dentist said there was some link between bad gums and problems in pregnancy. It might have been here or the other thread or both. And someone asked about it and I don?t know the answer.

BUT to Whoeverwasaskingmeaboutbadgumsinpregnacny I think that the probable thing is that poorer people with poorer access to health care probably have poorer dental care and more problems in pregnancy so my guess is that is the correlation BUT I am not a scientist. Maybe my dentist just told me to sell me a session with the hygienist! good toothy icon!

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AlbaDeTamble · 29/03/2010 08:40

after my excitement then disappointment last week I got my head round it and really not too disappointed as even in my most optimistic moments didn't expect to get pg quite so soon... But... Want to book the holiday, still getting negative tests, and now on day 29 of 25 day cycle... Haven't been this late for many many years... (last month straight after mc only 24 days), so I just don't know what's going on... I guess my body just clings on to pregnancies... DS was induced at 2 weeks over, held on to MMC about 4 weeks.... Maybe this is a good sign??

Anyway... Getting excited for you both, rowing and Italian, hoping all your rl stresses minimum ilgh and all still well, sticky thoughts also for kiwi.
hippy, will expect only to see you here, thinking positive thoughts! Watching out to hear news of your big move!!

Waves to all

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AlbaDeTamble · 29/03/2010 08:43

Ps, hippy, yes, can be time to go for it already. I have short cycles too and generally fertile time immediately after AF...

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hippychick66 · 29/03/2010 13:42

Ok, I just scanned the MC thread really quickly to make sure that the lady who lost her dad hadn't asked me anything specific - would hate her to think I was ignoring her.

Anyway, just read the one post from her thanking everyone for their kind words. DID NOT read anything else. So am not stressing about possible MC No 2 - I am positive.

I had to go onto the site from work and not log in as Hippy, just to read the thread cos once you've hidden a thread you can't get it back (i think).

Italian I'm guessing egg collection is coming up this week. how excited are you????? that is a retorical question - I'm guessing you are dead excited.

No news yet re: hubbie's interview in IOW. Should find out today - arrgghhh.

Love to all. Hippy waves.

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rowingboat · 29/03/2010 15:47

Hi all,
Hippy it is nice of you to be so supportive, perhaps you could balance the mc thread with some of the other threads where there are some successful pgs. Just to put things in perspective?

Frosticle I think that being raised from a baby in a family would pretty much qualify you to be a member of that family, blood ties or not. Look at all the stepbrothers and stepsisters there are out there and I'm sure they are loved by all parents unequivocally.
I do understand your feelings because if we went for embryo adoption it would be just that with no ties to us biologically.
I suppose you can't even tell with your own family who will inherit genes, which will be recessive and so on. I don't have the same blood type as my brother for example so couldn't give him a transfusion, but a stranger could.
Alba how peculiar on the long cycle, perhaps just taking a bit longer to work the hormones out of your body.
Italian don't worry about what your DD said, it can be upsetting when they are off, but half the time I don't think they understand the full implications of their words.
I remember crying when DS told me he wished I would get 'squished by a lorry'. He was somewhere between two and three. The next time he said it I started to laugh.
My news - off for a scan and a chat tomorrow morning, could be starting a medicated cycle because AF is still not here. I do feel a bit down and illogically negative, which is a bit of a classic PMS symptom for me.
We shall see...
Back tomoz with news!

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