So near, yet so far! Holiday villa for those waiting TTC#1 having suffered mc

Aw, Womble . Perhaps next month will be everyone's month what with Dachs doing the IVF thing and all.

Hope the scan goes well - is total arse about the tube strike though.

Morning all. I poas this morning and BFN. Day 29 here so although it's not 100% certain, I feel in my heart that it's not my month :( Off too hospital tonight for anotherscan to try and work out why I'm still soo uncomfy. That is, if I manage to make it there through the tube strike. Bah humbug.

On the up side, had a lovely weekend.

Is that.... grapefruit juice, MamaP ?

owl maybe I won't wait for frosts either then :)

dachs sorry you're having a tough time and have had a bad day - fingers crossed for IVF and building work!

Going househunting again tomorrow as DH has suddenly taken against the beautiful Victorian house we were going to buy...

Hello people

Thank you for not being grumpy that I've been out of circulation for a few days.

Bad day.

Builder didn't turn up (then said that he was waiting for the French doors he'd asked to be altered and didn't know the place wasn't open on a Saturday. Lame excuse or am I being harsh?)

Given that we were expecting the building work to have been finished I had lots of other orders arriving today. One of them didn't turn up (from Argos) and I called their customer service number and was on hold for 40 MINUTES!!!!!!! Didn't manage to speak to anyone. Then discovered that their customer service number is only open until 5 (even though deliveries are theoretically until 6), and I called at 5.05.

Anyway, rant over. We spent the afternoon sorting out the lounge even though the building work isn't finished - it's going to look GREAT so am happy. Now eating pizza and watching the X Factor, with a glass of red wine :)

owl - yep success rates are >50% for my age bracket for my clinic for IVF, as opposed to

Bugger waiting for the frosts; I've gone out and picked loads and shoved them in the freezer. The house will soon be awash with gin.

I'm looking forward to the chocolate cake!

I wouldnt mind some of the damson gin too :)

When can you start IVF Dachs?

Cigars only because I am an ex-smoker and suddenly had violent cravings that I was too grumpy to overcome, but refused to leave the house to buy fags so rooted through my evening bags until I found a collection of cigars left over from our honeymoon five years ago. How sad am I?!
Ooh damson gin...am waiting for the frosts so I can make some sloe gin.

3 cigars!!! I had a wine glass full of last year's home made damson gin and feel rough like a badger's arse this morning.

Dachs tis lovely to hear from you - buggeration about the horrible drugs but hoorah for the IVF as I believe the success rates are much better than IUI? I think it's fair to say that we all have everything crossed for you :)

Please do not murder your builder but do feel free to dose his last cuppa of the day with some heavy-duty laxatives. That'll learn him

owl I'm using cheapies, too much of a cheapskate to pay for the expensive ones!

Had small meltdown last night, now v hungover and wishing I hadn't had 3 cigars...! Will now go and make chocolate cake for all x

Sorry I've been crap, but the failed IUI hit me harder than I thought it would and have been indulging in lots of crying and misery.

Wen t to the clinic yesterday, and they have agreed to ket us have IVF on the next cycle instead of trying another two IUI cycles.

So need to take lots of horrid drugs, but FX this one will work.

By the way, I may disappear for ever over the weekend as I understand that being arrested for murder can get you in a little trouble, and I think I might have to kill my builder.

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Well timed, Aurora , as your soup will go nicely with the pumpkin seed and spelt flour loaf I have just made (okay, we do too much cooking).

Are you OPKing with cheapies? I cannot believe the difference in price between the cheapies and the (for example) ClearBlue ones. Christ on a Bike. It's cynical and exploitative of us POAS-fixated women, that's what it is. Have decided I'm not taking any of the damn things on hols, I'm convinced they're actually making it worse.

Getting arrested or getting stuck would be an even better story to tell the DC, but on the other hand might not get your hols off to the best start...

Ooh Aurora that sounds yummy, yes please! Glad you had a good hol. Hope you feel better soon.

mammp/owl humm, mile high club... well it would be a good story to tell the resulting DC!!

Morning all, am back from a lovely holiday to find that you all seem to have succumbed to some kind of lurgy! Hope you are all beginning to recover from colds/flu/wasps etc in time for the weekend. I have just made some sweet potato and coconut soup with parmesan and tomato bread, if anyone would like some (cakes will be baked tomorrow).
Am OPK-ing a lot. Beginning to think I will never ovulate again. (see earlier post about me being impatient).

Oh bloody hell, that really is a tricky one - let's face it, you can't exactly do the legs in the air afterwards thing in a aeroplane loo. You would probably get arrested. Or hopelessly stuck.

Hello you lovely lot.

Velvet YES - it is bloody irritating. I had all manner of symptoms this month that I couldn't possibly have imagined including what was surely a bit of implantation bleeding but no; apparently not, and AF arrives a day early (yay!). I am now suspecting it was a chemical pregnancy which is v.annoying.

Kat Ouch indeed. Wasps are all evil.

Is everyone recovering from the plague yet?

Am trying to plan next month's strategy as we are going on hols the week of the SWI. As I pretty much know I will ovulate that week, am considering leaving the CBFM behind and just trying to relax instead (which I am shit at, basically).

Not sure I can bear to be without my comforting gadget though, I've grown quite attached to it. Any thoughts?

Oooh Kat sounds painful!!

Question: Why does your body provide stupid symptoms to get you wondering??? I had some streaky brown stuff today and its way too early for AF......isn't it?

Ha Ha MP very funny. when I say last night, I actually meant "early evening" and I was still at work at the time! So I wasn't imagining any such thing. Have a ridiculous 20 cm rash/swelling now and have been to the docs for a load of pills. Ouch!!!!

Hope all you lurgy ladies are feeling better today. I'm just waiting for a visit from our favourite Auntie. Pretty much certain she is coming to stay, so wish she would get a move on so I can plan some special days for next month!

Oh dear it's an epidemic in here sounds like a lot of ailments, hope those of you with the nasty flu are better soon - keep downing the lemsips. You are all off to the hotel spa for a nice massage!

I have been attacked by an evil nasty wasp last night. On my inner thigh!! Am in mega pain and itching like crazy now. Evil thing!