Good things come to those who wait...and wait...and wait!!! All aboard, we're IIT!

Oh bugger. I ovulated today.....4/5 days earlier than usual. If Saturday night's UPS rests in a BFP I think DH will think I've planned it and I really truly haven't. Eeeeeeeeek! Looks like I may be on for a 2ww this month!!! Reassure me please!

sorry Jingle, I didn't mean it wasn't exciting and suspenseful anyway!!! (Is suspenseful even a word...?!)

Hooray for Jinglebells! Never mind, not knowing the sex will keep it exciting and suspenseful for a bit longer...

Squirrel, I think yellow is a lovely colour - good for either gender and nice and cheerful!

Bebe am joining the jealous club! Wanted to see CDS when we went to Las Vegas but waaaaay too expensive (about £100+ per ticket). Hope you enjoy it!

Still no sign of the mouse...

Ahhh jbells how lovely! Glad it went well.

hi all, just a quick one to say scan went really well was a really nice lady scanning me and got a couple of lovely pics everything looks as it shud be and very healthy

i asked wot we were having at the end and she sed oops i didnt look ill check but the baby had its legs really close together, the two people in the room both said they think they can see boy bits and reckon its a boy but if i buy blue to keep the reciepts

hope eveyone else is well just gettin ready for work, will catch up properly later

The room is now yellow, and looks good so far. Still more painting to do though. We went for quite a bright yellow in the end so it's brighter than I first imagined!

bebe am also jealous! DH and I were thinking of going but haven't booked yet. I saw them a couple of years ago and they were amazing.

Squirrel very exciting about the spare room! How does it look? Have you sorted out your colour scheme yet? Hope that the scan tomorrow goes well. Lovely that your boss has given you the day off - you can go and celebrate!!!

bebe so envious of you going to see CDS - I have always wanted to go to that. Looking forward to hearinf all about it!

bebe really hope you can talk to your DH as you've been wanting to for ages now. I think it's only fair that he talk things through properly with you, that's not too much to ask.

Amanda am jealous about your parents being nearby to help out with any babies! Mine (and his) are both about 2 hours away in different directions.

nannyl again your organisation puts us all to shame! I haven't even thought about buying anything, or even what I might need to buy.

wyorkslass sorry to hear you're getting bad symptoms now :( I also went off chocolate, between about weeks 7-10, but can eat it again now luckily! It was weird, I normally love chocolate but i just couldn't face eating it.

js that's positive news about moving the holiday forward :) And you'll have a great time in India I'm sure!

100years hope it went well at the docs! Makes it seem a bit more real when you see someone.

mrssatsuma I'm also laughing at the mouse incident... I don't mind mice and even think they're quite cute. They're not so good running round in the kitchen though! Just make sure you have everything sealed up so they can't chew into any packets.

strawberrypie I hope you find an explanation for the bleeding.

I am feeling ok, even though it was the first day back at work today! Didn't go too badly and my boss said I can work from home on Thurs which is the day I have my next scan because it's awkward to get to the hospital from work. I should be about 13 weeks then, so almost in the 2nd trimester. Plus DH has finally filled all the cracks in our nursery spare room so he's going to put the first coat of paint on tonight :)

Well DH hasn't found anything... but I'm convinced there is something there!! Am now a bit scared to go in the kitchen...

Strawberry - I'm a bit rubbish with things that move fast (spiders, frogs...) but I'm most worried about mouse-carried diseases and that fact that they wee and poo everywhere!! As for your cycle, I'd wait another couple of days to see... I suppose it's possible to have a 17 day cycle, and maybe your body is just taking time to readjust after the pill. I was 2 days late a got very hopeful but no such luck :( Not trying to be pessimistic, just know how I felt when my hopes were dashed!!

Hi everyone!

well it wasn't much of a 2 ww for me as I have started with what is like a light AF yesterday! My cycles must still be up the spout because of coming off the pill. Has anyone else had cycles as short as this (17 days)? Or could there be another explanation- I've seen stuff about ovulatory bleeding etc but it seems like too much to be that? (sorry for TMI)

Ps Mrs satsuma You are funny being so frightened of a tiny mouse! I would lend you my cat but she is a bit gormless and not a good hunter, the only thing she manages to catch are frogs- she doesn't hurt them but just brings them in so I have to put them back outside!

Justshagging, it's fine, much as it's not very nice, I know it's the hormones and that makes it worth it.

MrsS, hope you find it soon

Right, DH is home.... I'm sending him in....

Lots to catch up on after one day away! I will respond - but -

THERE IS A MOUSE IN MY KITCHEN!!!!

Eek. Have rung council who will do first treatment free and can be here in a COUPLE OF DAYS! Rang DH and asked him to come home from work (this isn't as bad as it sounds, he is a teacher too and directed time finished at 3pm) to investigate before I confirm with council. I am 99% sure it is a mouse - prolonged rustling of bin bag, like it's being eaten, too loud to be a spider. I was nowhere near it and no windows open to create breeze that could have made the noise.

DH asked if I had looked for it to check it was a mouse. Of course I flipping haven't!!!!!!!!

Starving too as had no lunch yet and now can't go in kitchen. This is not a good start to the term.

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so so exciting 100 but crap that you are already feeling so sick :(

JustShagging, sorry Crossed post. Sorry your DH went all "I didn't say that" on you. I hope if you move your hol it will bring it forward.

Nannyl, some lovely reactions there :) I've not even thought of things we need to buy. A cot has been discussed, as in where will it go in the bedroom, but nothing else. Although we have cleared out a load of junk from the spare run. Mothercare, eel, I cried when my OH mentioned little dot and said it's a long way off yet.

Quod, welcome back, of course we missed you. Much thanks, :) Sorry you seem to have longer to wait, hopefully he may offer up an earlier suggestion in order to be trying and then baby won't arrive till after the project has finished?

Squirrel, some nights I'm alright in bed, last night however I woke at about 3am feeling sick, wasn't sick though, I do have some biscuits which I had put by my bed, ate them one night and haven't yet replaced them!

bebe.. how is it going?

Astro :) Yay for a date for you to start trying.

AC, wow, re the family arrangements already, I've got no one nearby to do that, parents are over an hour away for us, so not really easy for us.

Wyorks, 5 weeks today for me. Yep I'm feeling it too most of the time! Started with the ice sick feeling very early, hormones must be raging in me. Thanks though :)

Off to the docs this afternoon at 3:15, got all butterflies in my tummy about going there! Stoopid girl. Hoping she says congrats, as I couldn't get in with the really lovely doctor, so I'm going to write a little card and leave it for her.

Wow! so much exciting news over the festive break! Not had chance to read it all but will try and catch up.

Congrats to all on the BFPs. AC well done on persuading your DH :) Bebe I hope that you find time to chat to yours and that the year of growth applies to your family as well as his work. Will be keeping everything crossed for you all!

I desperately wanted to get online but our broadband is playing silly buggers and every time I had a moment to myself to get online it decided not to connect. Very frustrating indeed....

Had a LOVELY xmas with my family and then a really fun NYE making new friends. DH and I also had a lot of time together to talk about things. Proved to be quite a rollercoaster ride though!

28th December - we were on our way to Cabot Circus (I know I know, insane but I needed to change the size of a Christmas pressie and they were selling like hot cakes across the country!!!) and started talking about our planned India trip and TTC. DH said he had absolutely no reccollection of agreeing to TTC in June and then said that we would have to wait until we were back from our trip in November before we could start. The phrases "not sure if I'll ever be ready" and "I feel like this is taking over our lives" and "I don't want to be bullied into this" were all used. Cue me spending the rest of the day not saying a huge amount and secretly seething!!!

29th December - DH suggests we go to India in April instead of October......... We've almost sorted the entire trip and will be booking it this week. I've not brought up the TTC thing since but his idea for when we were due to be going in October was to start trying on holiday and so I am going to assume that is still the case and not mention it again..... I will be ovulating on holiday so we will have to keep everything crossed on that front :)

We also had a good talk about how we would manage on one salary (especially if DH takes a job offer in Bristol which would a bit less money but not by much when we let out the London flat) and although it would mean me having to go back to work he is pretty sure that we could manage. He is due to get a fairly significant bonus form his current job (higher that the figure that he initiall said he wanted in savings before TTC) in March and so it is all looking pretty positive. Hurrah!!!

Resolutions for me are:

1. drink less
2. eat healthier
3. exercise more
4. have more sex!!!

Thanks bebe, i'll look out for them.