'The Frolickers Return' Come grab a place in the penthouse and join us for more antics as we sit back sip pornstars and trial hot off the press skincare products... all while we keeeeep shaggin!

the grads list is only 2 less than the TTC!! This must be the lucky thread - long may it live

Sunday's list
Ilovemarmite79 TTC1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD46
Pinklady76 TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD40
IfAtFirstYouDon'tSuceed TTC#1, Cycle 5, UCL 29, CD38
TomboyWife TTC#1, Cycle 9, UCL 28, CD34
kkas TTC#1, Cycle 13, UCL 32, CD32
Karstan TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 28, CD26
LankyLegs TTC#1, Cycle 11, UCL 27-29 CD24
JosieSmith1 TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 28, CD24
Florin TTC#1, Cycle 6, UCL 33, CD21
GardenPixie TTC#1, Cycle 9, UCL 30-35, CD23
TigerseyeMum TTC#1, Cycle , UCL 30, CD21
highheelsandequations TTC#1, Cycle 14 UCL 32, CD21
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 6, UCL 28-33, CD20
Ariesgirl TTC#1, Cycle 7, UCL 27-33, CD19
Toriajayne TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL 30, CD15
Yumstepmum TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD12
cookie moo TTC#1, Cycle 18, UCL 26, CD12
evilgiraffe TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28?, CD9
RaspberryTipple TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL ?, CD3
Alien06 TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL ?, CD1
Puppygirl TTC#1 CYCLE 6 UCL 29-31 CD1

TBC
TanteAC TTC#1, Cycle?, UCL?, CD?

Not counting days
CaveMum
MissFlick
Mrs Kaloki
Miffles
Chalky3
Truffkin
DessieLou
Zippys

Recent Graduates
Seablue BFP 1 May
Oneof8 BFP 18 May
Aly323 BFP 20 May
applecharlotte BFP 29 May
papertiger BFP 31 May
Wannamummy BFP 1 June
Pipsicles BFP 6 June
Muser BFP 22 June
Superpenguin BFP 1 July
Haloflo BFP 22 July
Saor Alba BFP 7 August
MrsWajs BFP 13 August
stegasaurus BFP 27 August
Roamfree BFP 1st September
Kurlyvoice BFP 1st September
Crazybutterflylady 1st September
Cherrycobbler 3rd September
Crazydays 4th September
Bellaby 11th September

Morning all, hope the list's correct, I'm always scared I'll mess it up! Puppy I wasn't sure if you're CD1 or 2, feel free to correct it.

I am impressed with my 2nd nonhungover morning of the weekend, aren't I a good girl :o

So sorry about FERTD alien hope you're okay.

Raspberry good luck with the gemini, it's actually not too painful once you're up there, just scary letting go for the first time! And make sure you roll your top up to let your side grip to the pole. Know exactly what you mean with the bruises, I'll be back to wearing black tights or trousers permanently soon :) I hate the moves that take the skin off the top of your feet the most [yuck face]. You just need to try to zone out and switch off the pain, tell yourself it's good practice for labour! Glad you're feeling more positive and here's to Christmas announcements.

Well hope everone's having a nice and relaxed Sunday morning. Here are some fresh croissants and some lovely coffee (I can still enjoy the virtual stuff) to get the day off to a good start.

Alien I'm so sorry hunny, hope you don't feel to crappy. I know exactly how you feel but here's to the amazing announcement we and others will be making at the Christmas dinner table this year xx

Kaloki how did the wedding go well, I hope it was perfectly perfect!!!

bellaby OMG congratulations. That's all I shall say on the excitement front - I am keeping everything crossed this is a sticky one xx

tomboy how are you? Any news hun? I am very at my cycle this month being 4 days late, I seem to have had ERTD to two days when normally I would have a four day period so I don't know what's going on this month! all I can say is I'm glad it's gone because I have been super randy all weekend and DP wont come near me for fear of hormones suddenly kicking in and getting his head ripped off.... I can be kinda stroppy during ERTD!

Lanky hope the presentation went well. You are very brave, I hate doing stuff standing up in front of people. I am of the hand around a sheet of paper and run for the hills school!!!

kkas glad your mums operation seemed to go well, it must be very hard for you being so far away during such a hard time. Thoughts are with you and everything crossed all is fine xx

highheels congratulations on the lack of hangover, hope today is the same.... I've had a few commiserative drinks over the weekend which to be honest hasn't made me feel much better because then I don't sleep and wake up grumpy. Back on the water today methinks! I am very impressed with Gemini, I shall have a go at that one tomorrow, I need to man the Fu** [embarrassed] up and stop being such a wimp but good god do some of them hurt, and the bruising looks like I've been fighting with DP, full on 10 rounds sometimes!!

puppy sorry to hear ERTD arrived, hopefully x factor made you feel better.... i've stopped watching now, I only like watching the really awful singers whereas Im the opposite on Strictly, I only watch it for the professional dances for the first few weeks until the half decent celebs are left then it really gets good.

toria your colleague sounds just awful!! I've worked with annoying people in the past and they are just a nightmare, full sympathy!! We've got one at work who to be honest is a vile slag, sleeps with anything that moves and thinks she is the shizzle. TBH though the people she sleeps with are complete gompers too so they probably suit. She loves to tell you all about them too. Gross. Well noticed on the 666, dont want to jinx such a lucky thread!!

missflick congratulations on the porn star cocktail, I've never had one but I shall have to give it a go. Hope the head isnt too bad and I was rather impressed that you managed that update under the influence!! Very coherent.

HRH I've took your advice and exhaled.... I know it will be fine but seriously... Ann and Paul!! What were they thinking? Good to see some of my fave pros back even if just doing the professional dances.

Hello mrswasj sorry to hear you are feeling grotty but it will all be worth it in 7 months!! xx

josie hang on lovely - not long to go now and you are doing so well! I have locked everything away for this month, I'm going to try some OPK sticks see how that goes otherwise I am just going to have a whole load of SWI!!!

Well, that took ages! I am feeling a lot more positive now ERTD has finally arrived and now f ked off. Feeling pretty positive about this month and really keeping fingers crossed I shall be in the Christmas club. I second whoever mentioned the new thread should have a Christmas theme!!

If anyone does the list today (sorry, I really am not brave enough!!!) I am on CD 3 xx

Anyways hi to anyone I've missed, DP is now having a grump because he wants the laptop [face of indignation emoticon]. Best go, happy sunday all! x

ERTD arrived :(

I've lost a day too so can I be on day 24 tomorrow please

Well I am on late but trying to distract myself from the pee stick in my cupboard that is shouting to be peed on

Way too early I know so not gonna bother, but I have a feeling once I get to 4 days before ERTD, when most of the tests say they can be done from, I will be going demented slighly mad

I'm just posting again as I noticed my last post was number 666...

Flick She's just absolutely chavtastic, ignorant, racist... She has a four year old son, who she conceived after an ecstasy binge, and who she has told us all more than once she wanted to abort but the father talked her into keeping him. She then split up with the father, because he cheated on her, again, and she rants about this at any given opportunity, despite also telling us about her eight month long affair with a married father of two. She complains about everything, all the time, she uses apostrophes as if they're going out of fashion, is intolerant of human beings as a race and I often feel the need to pluck her eyes from her head and feed them to her. She has said more than once that she hates reading, comments constantly on my marriage, despite her general attitude to marriage being, and I quote, "Fuck that for a commitment" she told me she'd rather have another baby than get married as it's less of a commitment. She treats customers like they crawled from the primordial ooze and she makes the majority of the staff want to beat her with a piece of "art" that our MD wants us to sell. The list goes on and on, but basically she's a complete fanny and I can't wait for her to get one of the jobs she keeps applying for, and should she shout at me on the shop floor, over something SHE has done wrong, one more time I may just kill her with a stick. I shall breathe now...

Glad ERTD showed up btw! Onwards! :) I have still never had a Porn Star btw...

MrsW Glad you're doing well, try not to panic too much!

Highheels I abseiled off Murrayfield for Cancer Research a few years ago. Tell him it's fine once you've actually stepped off!

Oh, and I appear to have lost a day, so whoever does the list tomorrow ( Flick ?) can you put me on Day 15, not 14, pretty please? :)

MissFlick thank you so much for your positive thoughts, am desperately trying to stay positive this cycle. Glad you are no longer a porn star virgin and that ERTD finally arrived. The Emma Cannon book is good, I'm trying to follow some of the recommendations but not managing all of it, can definitely recommend the flapjack recipe though, yummy!

MrsW good to hear from you, glad you're doing okay and try not to freak out too much.

Managed to get away from the bbq at a reasonable time so that I could have a nice bath and then curl up with a nice glass of wine. DP went upstairs to tidy out the spare room but instead has been playing his computer. I'm trying not to go and hassle him to come and sit with me, he's abseiling off the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow all next weekend for charity and has a practice tomorrow and he's starting to feel nervous.

Not much to update here MissyFlick :)
Have now had my booking appt which was mainly just lots of questions and 4 vials of blood whipped out of me!!
So now wait for the scan, been feeling a bit grotty for the last 2 weeks but now starting to feel a bit better althugh of course I've convinced myself that's a bad thing and that I should still be feeling crap til 12 weeks at least!!
Gonna try not to freak too much as still have around 2 weeks to wait til then!!

Hope you're fine though? And glad FERTD eventually came for you :)xx

Flick glad ERTD finally showed up. Perhaps I should get me to a bar and down a few Pornstar cocktails to see if that'll bring things on!

raspberry breathe! There are a few duds in SCD this time, but get the first 3 or 4 weeks out of the way and we'll be down to the good stuff.
I agree the new American looks about 12 and I wasn't a fan of Aliona last year (selfish me me me choreography) and she hasn't improved on me yet this year! I lurve Anton so am afraid I'm glad he's still there (though not for long with Ann Widdecombe!).

Pamela Stephenson was a big comedienne in the 80s and is married to Billy Connoly. She gave up showbiz for a while to get a doctorate in psychology.

Whoops, I mean crazy not carzy !

Oh bella what wonderful news :) Bring on the Christmas club honey! Absolutely so thrilled for you and Mr. Bellaby! Tell us all the details- how did you tell him and his reaction etc! promise you won?t leave us though?! I couldn?t cope if you left too my darling. Everything crossed that you get this much deserved darling, baby xxxxxxxXXX PS. The good news over rides the detention so you have been very luck on this occasion lady

RASPBERRY Oh gosh- strictly sounds a bit poo? Surely not?! Will have to give you my opinion when I watch tomorrow on I-player. Hope the ERTD crapness is easing- think of the Christmas Club and the special announcement that you will make after getting your BFP this month- everything crossed for you sweet pea.

Toria - giant fish head Think I missed previously why she is so awful? please fill me in- sounds hideous! Hope you had a nice dinner- I hate it when Mr. Flick comes home early, I think God, if you?re going out- then go out for the whole night!

very productive day kkas! fab news on your mum- so glad you got to speak to her. Must have totally put your mind at rest. All crossed for positive results in a week. Hope x-factor was good- you certainly deserve that wine and vegging after all of your exertions!

Sorry about ERTD puppy Lots of us buy our ovulation sticks and pregnancy test from ebay

:) :) highheels your high pain threshold bodes well for labour my dear! Those moves look very slick! Glad the ov sigs are looking promising sweet and that you are still feeling good about the acupuncture- I?m just sensing a BFP on the cards very soon. Keep enjoying your weekend xxx

alien fingers crossed your ERTD stays away but you are sounding really positive either way! I just think that is the best attitude to have :) Your ski -ing hol sounds wonderful! (and a perfect way to invoke sod?s law )

LOVELY TO SEE YOU ARIES MY OLD CHUM :) have missed you sweets xxxx

darlinglanky You?re so funny, knowing that I would have self- diagnosed! I am so transparent! How was your gorgeous Waitrose dinner? I think definitely go anyway for your scan next week- what does it matter if it?s not in the first two weeks of your cycle?! Unfortunately I don?t think I will be able to see my friend and gorgous new daughter when I?m back in Oct as the wedding is the friends of Mr. Flick (well, my friends now too but Mr. F?s best mate since he was 8- very cute!) and my friend with the baby is an old work friend so not the same circle of friends :( I think it will be Christmas when I see them. What are you up to for the rest of the weekend? Going to catch up on EE tomorrow :)

cave! you?ve really got me in the Strictly mood with those videos! LOVE the Argentine Tango- it is my favourite dance, I also like Swanky new comp and dance teacher :) Check you out lady

cherry hope you?re feeling less coldy hun. So glad you are still hanging out with us :) xxx

crazy ordered the Emma Cannon book :) can?t wait for it to come soon. Hop eyou?re having the best time in Geneva.

As for me.... well, I have news! Firstly, (especially for lanky, crazy bella and all else who like them....) I had my first Porn Star cocktail! It was well worth the wait and totally amazing- made Mr. F take a pic of me with it and will upload to my profile for all of you! Have also made it my profile pic on FB although that is fruitless seeing as none of you are my ?friends? but you know it is there in spirit! carzy it was at Aqua! We had the best night at Aqua and then the Penisula Hotel for dinner and then the comedy club (are you proud of me for posting ALL of this under the influence?!)

Secondly, ERTD arrived! most bizarrely at about 11.30pm this eve.... I always wake up with it in the morning so the timing is slightly off but am not complaining! I will confirm whether it is ERTD in full force in the morning and if so, I?ll be off for my blood tests on Mon.

Hi mrsW Update us! xxx

Hope everyone else is ok and having lovely Saturday?s- garden my darling, where are you? Hope you?re ok xxxxx

Ooooooeeeee congrats Bellaby well chuffed for you :)

There is surely something in the water in the penthouse with all these BFPs!!

puppy I got these but not from that seller and in a 100 pack, cost about 8 quid.

Saturday's list
Ilovemarmite79 TTC1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD45
Pinklady76 TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD39
IfAtFirstYouDon'tSuceed TTC#1, Cycle 5, UCL 29, CD37
RaspberryTipple TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL ?, CD34
TomboyWife TTC#1, Cycle 9, UCL 28, CD33
Alien06 TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL ?, CD31
kkas TTC#1, Cycle 13, UCL 32, CD31
Karstan TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 28, CD25
LankyLegs TTC#1, Cycle 11, UCL 27-29 CD23
JosieSmith1 TTC#1, Cycle 3, UCL 28, CD21
Florin TTC#1, Cycle 6, UCL 33, CD20
GardenPixie TTC#1, Cycle 9, UCL 30-35, CD22
TigerseyeMum TTC#1, Cycle , UCL 30, CD20
highheelsandequations TTC#1, Cycle 14 UCL 32, CD20
Womanlytales TTC#1, Cycle 6, UCL 28-33, CD19
Ariesgirl TTC#1, Cycle 7, UCL 27-33, CD18
Toriajayne TTC#1, Cycle 2, UCL 30, CD13
Yumstepmum TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28, CD11
cookie moo TTC#1, Cycle 18, UCL 26, CD11
evilgiraffe TTC#1, Cycle 1, UCL 28?, CD8

TBC
TanteAC TTC#1, Cycle?, UCL?, CD?

Not counting days
CaveMum
MissFlick
Mrs Kaloki
Miffles
Chalky3
Truffkin
DessieLou
Zippys

Recent Graduates
Seablue BFP 1 May
Oneof8 BFP 18 May
Aly323 BFP 20 May
applecharlotte BFP 29 May
papertiger BFP 31 May
Wannamummy BFP 1 June
Pipsicles BFP 6 June
Muser BFP 22 June
Superpenguin BFP 1 July
Haloflo BFP 22 July
Saor Alba BFP 7 August
MrsWajs BFP 13 August
stegasaurus BFP 27 August
Roamfree BFP 1st September
Kurlyvoice BFP 1st September
Crazybutterflylady 1st September
Cherrycobbler 3rd September
Crazydays 4th September
Bellaby 11th September

Coming back to catch up :) xxxx

sorry for the completely un-conception related post but seeing as a fair few of us are strictly mad, I need to have a rant!!! Where is Darren, Lillia, Matt, Karen etc etc. I know they need new blood every now and then but FFS at least get rid of Anton!!! shesh... dont much like them new ones, the one looks like a thug and one looks about 10, hows he going to do lifts!!!! I am not looking forward to Ann Widdecome and Paul Daniels :-( Whats going on!!!! ohhh is has the potential to be VERY crap if they only meet tonight and dont get the usual 6/8 weeks pre training that others in the past have had..... And WHO is that Doctor woman!!! rraaaaaaaaaaaa

wow, feel much better now

Bellaby Congratulations! Fingers crossed it's a sticky one :)

Puppy Sorry to hear about ERTD but here's to next month :)

Highheels Yes, we're both leaders, I do cubs and he does scouts but we still have to have our badges on right, one of mine is missing actually

kkas glad your mum was cheery last night, I think wine is definitely in order!

Well, today wasn't awful, did have Chavetta in whining all day but my best mate text me at lunchtime and told me to imagine her with a giant fish head which kept me going for the afternoon :) Just waiting for OH to get home from clibing something then will be forced to make dinner, totally lacking in enthusiasm, imagination and inspiration though so suspect it'll be along the pizza/pasta/cheese on toast route lol. He wasn't supposed to be coming home tonight so had a lazy night of eating snacks and watching films planned. May sulk for a while hehehe (well, right up until the paranoid mentalist inside me jumps him...)

bellaby congrats!!! so excited for you! sending sticky thoughts your way.

puppy sorry to hear ERTD has shown up. but sounds like you have a brilliant outlook for a new cycle. welcome aboard.

highheels really interesting to hear about your acupuncture although sorry it has left you feeling icky. must be good thinking that it must be doing something though. i'm thinking of trying it out since i get horrible cramps and have heard it's supposed to be good for that. keep us updated on how you get on with it.

thanks everyone for the kind words re my mum. her op went really well :) they were able to do it without putting her completely under general so i was able to talk to her last night when she got home. she sounded really positive and just glad it was over. my sister and brother were both taking care of her and my dad was expected home shortly so i felt much better about not being there, although still hard. now we just wait for the results - should be about a week... in other news - 8 mile walk was great AND we finished painting the ceiling in the dining room. productive day but i feel exhausted and can't wait for a well-earned bottle glass of wine and xfactor tonight!

Thanks for the welcome guys.
ETRD reared it's ugly head today so plan on having a large glass of wine tonight watching strictly and X factor! Feel more positive than earlier in the week when kept getting BFN.
Bellaby congratulations
Highheels Where did you buy your ovulation sticks from think that might be the way forward.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Hi everyone, back to catch up properly. How are we all? I'm feeling very unhungover considering it's a Saturday, probably due to the fact that I fell asleep on the couch before I managed to finish the bottle of wine last night :o Was completely wiped out all day yesterday after the acupuncture session and felt fairly yucky. She had told me that this was possible/likely as it's clearing everything out of my system and to rest and take things easy, not so easy to do at work though. Feeling better today but still a bit yuck and could happily sleep for a few days. Have a bbq to go to later this afternoon and trying to get up the energy, when really I'd be happier curled up on the couch with my book.

Toria scout badges for your DH?? Sounds like you've had well timed SWI so fingers crossed for you.

Josie sounds like you're being very restrained with the symptom spotting and avoiding POAS this month, good luck with it. Don't worry about the garlic, it's good for you. I put it in my salad dressings for lunch some days, no one's commented yet but perhaps they're just being polite Sorry I can't answer your question about your cycles, sure someone can though.

kkas sorry to hear about your mum, it must be difficult being so far away. Hope you've enjoyed (if that's the right word) the uberhike and have fun at the christening.

Lanky still no smiley faces but my cervix is definitely a lot higher today (sorry for TMI) and I thought I saw EWCM again yesterday. Will see what the temperature says! I've never bothered to try and look for signs before but am curious to see whether I'll ovulate without the clomid ao trying to keep track for the next couple of cycles. Feeling very positive about the acupuncture, and although I'll miss my coffee she did seem to have good advice and was very understanding about how some things are difficult to do in reality (such as drinking litres and litres of water when standing in front of classes all day long without a chance to go to the loo!). Your week sounds hectic, but hope you enjoyed your Friday night, your food sounds yummy. I'd be tempted to go for the scan anyway, especially if you find it as difficult to get appointments as I do, hope t goes well.

Crazy hope you're enjoying Geneva and just for you :0 :o :) :o :)

Hi to puppy, sorry to hear about your MC. I believe you can bleed without ovulating but it might be later/lighter/different to normal.

Womanly fingers crossed you ovulated and hope you're having a fab holiday.

HRH oooh shiney laptop and of your Prague trip, unfortunately all my work related trips involve very little sleep somewhere unconfortable and lots of screaming hyperactive teenagers falling out with each other every two minutes and worrying about where they can plug their straighteners in.

Tiger poor you with the flu, hope you're feeling better and the appointment goes well.

MissFlick glad everything went well for your friend. If your ovaries are polycystic it's really obvious on the scan, they look like they have a necklace of beads around them. I'm rubbish at interpreting scan pictures but managed to see that on my ovary scan.

Cherry sorry you're still feeling yuck with the cold. Think I was more zonked then zen after the acupuncture (went to bed thinking it was late as I was exhausted, looked at the clock and it was half nine!) but it's all good. Apparently future sessions should leave me feeling more energised.

alien hope you've managed to finish your tiling and are feeling less exhausted.

Raspberry glad you're feeling a bit better but boo to the horrible man following you round the shops. I'm really missing my coffee already, managed to give up the caffeine no probs but miss the taste, still it will be worth it. This is the gemini, I can do a cross knee release but don't think we've done cross ankle yet. I'm not that good but have quite good strength from pilates and yoga so find some of the strength moves quite easy. Plus have a high pain threshold so will put up with the agony of some positions :o

evil I've just ordered 100 ov sticks so planning on doing them everyday, although not sure if I'll ever see a positive result.

Hi to enyone I've missed and hope you're all having a fab weekend.

Bellaby that is such great news!! :0)

I think I will have ERTD tomoz as feeling crampy and usual symptoms! Oh well, I dont feel too bad as have a skiing holiday booked for February half term so kinda hoping that I will be able to fly then so few more months of trying will be fine with me :)

Bellaby Congratulations on the BFP!!

Good luck to anyone else testing over the weekend.

kaloki Congratulations on the wedding and hope you both had a lovely day :)

Bellaby Oh my gosh, thats such great news!!! I'm so so pleased for you. I hope this is the start of a very boring and progressively bigger in the tummy department for you.

Oh bella that is brill news!!! Very much hope it's a sticky one so very chuffed for you xxx