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

Oh man. The insanity switch has been flicked. Woke up this morning with weird twingy feeling in lower middle. I am always dead good during 2WW until I get the first 'oooo is this a symptom?' and then I immediately go bat-shit mental.

Gahhhhhhh.

Pliz bury me in pile of feesh.

Fabulous leg-warmers, btw, nicks

Kat tis normal to expect all manner of post-MC barking mad OPK results - hormones are annoyingly unpredictable things. On the other hand you might just have been gearing up for ovulation then your body decided to hang on and wait 6 days then give it another bash - stranger things have happened!

I had the worst shoes ever in the 80s - this is cos of the giant hands and giant feet problem. They were size 8 white leather sandals which I remember wearing with black tights when I was about 13. Dear god. No wonder I never had a boyfriend.

velvet when is your birthday - hope you manage to arrange something really nice to celebrate. Even if you cant get a hall you could always go for a top night out somewhere.

Have indulged my poas addiction with an opk. Whyyy?? At least it wasn't a preg test. I was expecting a negative opk, I just wanted to indulge my need to dip sticks into a cup. But I got a positive. wtf??! I'm sure the result i had six days ago was positive enough. Feeling a bit annoyed that despite my best efforts have missed chance this month. Grrrrrr. Really must stop all this science nonsense until I have had three months of regular cycles.

Enjoying the disco, wearing my ra-ra skirt and singing along to Tiffany and Kylie.No drinks from me tonight I am trying to be good! Sending tropical fruits to snack on, served by dishy waiters...

Whoop whoop I'm loving the 80s vibe :)

I have to confess I'm OPKing this month just to make sure it is happening and fits in with the dates I'm expecting. And Kat - I have hidden mine too!!

As for SE rabbit-hutches, I live in Medway in Kent which is a really crappy place except for some little pockets. I live in one of them and I have a pretty decent sized house for what is reasonable for down here.

Am starting to plan my 30th birthday but having trouble finding a hall! I left it too late coz I wasnt gonna bother but have decided to try and stop feeling sorry for myself and get on with it.

I confess that the schools and 'family friendly' atmosphere are some of the main reasons we're trying to buy there, despite the current absence of DCs . It's, ahem, forward planning...

On that note - smiley face on the OPK here this morning. SWI begins in earnest!

Ah, house prices...I grew up in south Bucks, and my parents and a lot of my friends still live there, and the house prices are a bit terrifying. Still, my SIL lives in central London, and she has just paid exactly twice our house budget for a 2 bed flat (we are buying a 4 bed house with large garden). There's something to be said for rural with poor travel links :) The schools in S Bucks are good though, on the upside...

thanks dachs can you also please slap me with a fish. I have committed the sin of ordering some ultra earlies off the internet. Promised DP I would not be doing this -have already hidden all the opks. Will have to be strong and try not to test early.

Thanks for sorting out the disco I am really enjoying the cheesy dancing and singing along.

yep, our garden shed is also in the south east - berkshire. commuterville is expensive. we were thinking of relocating to south bucks wombat (so DH could have a better commute) but our current commute takes us into paddington and my office is about 3 minutes walk from the station, so I want to stay in the area we currently live! hope you enjoyed your tea in bed!

kat sorry you had one of those moments today

owl thanks. it's much nicer now the house isn't a freezer.

mamap I hope your day improved!

aurora forgot to say thanks for the cake!

grrrr unexpected emotional grrr in IKEA where i went for plates and teatowels and a shoe rack but the walk around the place takes you through the kiddy area with cots and toys and highchairs. A few months ago I was browsing there with intent to buy the stuff :( Gave me a horrible sad feeling.

I've been trying the bbt a bit with the original intent of doing it properly next month but since I wake up at 6 on weekdays, I'd have to do that on weekends and I think there is no way that is going to happen.

Very pleased that I don't have any pg friends at the moment, or colleagues. Obviously would be happy for anyone to get updiffed, but it does make my life a bit easier at the moment.

I also can't afford to buy anything larger than a garden shed. How does anyone on normal salaries buy a house in the south east?

Sharing some nice choccie biccies from Ikea and hoping you ladies are having a nice time by the pool today.

Morning all :)

I know that feeling, wombat , I live in Oxford and frankly if you can afford more than a garden shed here you are lucky :/ It's the London commmute thing again. Why on earth does everyone want to go to London? It's smelly and full of grumpy people.

DH wanted to move to a bigger garden shed the minute I told him about the bfp but he now unfortunately understands why so many people seem to move during their third trimester instead of earlier on...needless to say we won't be moving any time soon and if we ever manage to conceive again the offspring will have to sleep in a cardboard box in our bedroom. Ah well, they're only small aren't they?

ooh. Tea and toast in bed! Wow you girls are amazing!

Dachs 'our area' is south buckinghamshire, just outside london but easily commutable. Just where everyone else in the world (or just the lottery winners!?!) wants to live it would seem!

Ps DH says I have to tell you that he is actually now making me tea in bed (he didn't want to be put to shame by you all!)

wombat without meaning to pry, where is 'your area'? All you can get in my preferred area for what we have is a tiny little shoebox and I keep looking at properties on rightmove and falling in love with them, but then DH turns round and says we can't afford things that cost four times as much as our combined salaries will get us on a mortgage. I think we'll be moving in a year or two, but I still have to persuade him that winning the lottery is the way to go...

Hello everyone else. The house is fractionally warmer now we have some heaters, but it'll be nice to get our central heating and hot water back tomorrow.

Evening all. I'm on phone so can't post much (and can't access the other thread for some reason). I'm away for the night at a reunion dinner. Lovely eve and only two pregnancy announcements... :(

House this morning was nice but it's amazing how little you get for your money in our area. Quite terrifying. Still we'll find our nest eventually.

Will do personals tomorrow. Hope you're all having a relaxing weekend x

I did bake - old-fashioned seed cake from a Delia recipe - not v exciting but nice, with a crispy sugary top :) All are welcome to a slice!

mamap hope DH is behaving himself better today. He sounds exactly like my DH, who forgot I had an appointment at the clinic and then accused me of being melodramatic when I pointed out I needed him to be supportive and interested and that I felt like I was doing this all on my own... He has, however, popped out this afternoon to buy some portable heaters 'cos I'm turning into an ice cube with no heating, so he's redeeming himself a little. Although his first response was 'put on another top' (This was despite me being bundled up under a blanket with two jumpers on already and blue fingers)

wombat How did the viewing go this morning?

Velvet Good luck with the SWI. Pregnant people posting about their pg on fb should be illegal... Photos doubly so.

aurora If you do bake later, can I nab some? :)

kat Enjoy your girls weekend! All this talk of food is making me hungry! :)

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

I am still dachshundless, as we decided to leave them in kennels until the building work was finished, and I'm missing them horribly.

Phew, I have a minute or 2 to sit down and catch up with you all!

I love house hunting Wombat although it is annoying when you see one you want and either cant afford or you find out someone has already put an offer in! Our neighbours want to move so yesterday I had the whole "when you decide to have children you'll understand that these houses are a bit small" talk. As if you just "decide" and bingo out pops your healthy baby!!!

Anyway, despite staying away from stats obviously i am aware that it is my SWI week this week but I'm not going crazy about it. Will probably try for every other day but I'm trying to chill about the whole TTC thing.

Hope everyone is ok. I have 2 pregnant ex-colleagues moaning about not fitting into any clothes on FB - I wish there was an "ignore pregnant women" function!

MummyAbroad thanks, I am now avidly taking evening primrose oil and will look out for red clover. Any straws to clutch at, I will clutch. I suppose I'm just impatient... NB pant snot...titter. Never heard that expression before but it seems appropriate!
kat thank you for the chocolate cake :) - am considering baking some later as am feeling a bit better today.
And mamap, I hope dh is being more supportive today. wombat, how was the unaffordable house? We had someone come to look at our house today but it wasn't you as we haven't got a family room! (hence the need for us to move...)
TV and knitting for the rest of the day now I think. Hope everyone's having a good weekend xx

hairy yay about the peak, hope you are making good use of it!Glad you are feeling better

My problem with the odd glass of wine is my fondess for a certain odd number called 3 :)

Welcome wakari I have ordered some nice fruity cocktails for us to enjoy on our loungers this afternoon so help yourself. Sorry you find yourself here, hope your holiday with us is short.

Boyfriend of on a boys fishing weekend so one of my friends coming to stay, and we will be going for a lovely meal out tonight Latin American style. Mmmmmmmm.

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Is lovely and sunny here at last.