Feck off with your babydust - The hut of gl/doom, home of inadequate reproduction

yes 3rd march according to my chart so it must be right!

Bossy - are you on the 2WW? I am waiting until 2nd March so on the countdown....

congratulations mrshende!

Angster it sounds brilliant to be able to talk to someone that understands and is interested. Dh's eyes glaze over when I talk about this stuff, and if I text him with cm updates I have to write everything out properly as he has no idea what af or cm is! Though in fairness I dont expect him to have the same level of interest in this stuff as I do, think its all a bit over his head!

Congratulations MrsH - woo hoo, fab news. Ninja - someone who specialises in fertility is best, I think Bexamundo told me that a few wks ago. I am trying to pretend that i am just there to get a better luteal phase so not to expect too much.

Congratulations MrsH indeed! Its stories like that that keep me in a good frame of mind. What lovely news.

DP had acupuncture when he hurt his back and he said it helped then, its certainly something I'll consider if I don't get pg soon. I'm guessing its worth looking up an acupuncturist who specialises in fertility?

Congratulatons mrsh that's fab news!
Boob I think kicking back every once in a while is the only way to truly be good the rest of the time.
I cant quite believe posh had had 4 (known) pregnanciesseeing how she has pcos and is essentially a stick.figure. I suspect they spent life of money to get their babies...
Angster I recall you asking. I'll be very interested to know how it goes (I really hope it works!).

Hello to all the new Hut residents and old.

I have been trying to stay away in order to stop the obsessing this month (as if...!).

A few pages back you all gave me lovely sympathy and advice about my poor DH's performance anxiety on the vital days. We went shopping for some uncomfy, expensive, sexy undies and they helped a lot.

So, after 11 cycles, blood tests, gp appointments, and a letter from the assisted conception clinic, we got our BFP on Saturday .

We're both delighted and terrified and keeping everything crossed that nothing goes wrong.

Thank you all for the advice, sympathy and company. I wish all of you all the luck in the world - mixed with copious amount of gin cocktails!

HI Ninja, this was my last stop shop before going to see my gp. I had read a huge amount of positive results on MN before going. I am going because my luteal phase is only 10-11 days and my cycle is different to what it use to be before m/c. Acupuncture is suppose to help the function of the ovaries and produce better quality eggs as well.
I do feel much better about things since going. But my acupuncturist puts that down to the actual time they spend with you discussing you and your issues. I can't imagine a doctor going in to depth like he did with me. Also, he is so positive which helps tremendously. He talks about 'when' i get pregnant again etc etc and he doesn't think it will be more than 6months. I guess that all helps the frame of mind. I am being cautious of course with being overly optimistic. I hope to see a 12 day luteal phase in 2-3 cycles....

When do you get results for all your bloods??

Hello! Boob your weekend sounds good. I think kicking back once in a while is good, otherwise all the stressy good things we do become to stressy and counter-productive.

'Hi angster and sorry to see you here iykwim?

Hi Hairy how are you doing?

Acupuncture sounds interesting. I've never done it but if things don't start looking up soon I may have to investigate further. How does it actually help?

Anyway, just checking in as I'm about to finish work for the day, will try to check back in tonight.

Hi angster and welcome. I have found acupuncture great not only in terms of my reproductive system but in terms of feeling good too.

Hey, can I join you ladies- I do dabble in other MN areas. In need of a big glass of vodka but of course I won't because I wouldn't want to jeopardise the non existent bean.

Ttc #1 since April last year. Pregnant by June, m/c'd at 7 weeks in July and nothing since then. I have gone nuts in that time...quite literally. In the midst of madness, I started compiling a list of celebrities who announced their pregnancies just this year. Wanted to stick a pin in Victoria Beckham's picture - the woman doesn't look like she eats, how can she get pregnant!! (sorry...)

Anyway, one of my closest friends told me she was pregnant at the weekend, 2nd month of trying. Amazingly I didn't cry. I have been saying to myself over and over again that I'm truly happy for her in order to block out jealousy, worry about my fertility and god forbit nasty thoughts towards her. As long as she doesn't get smug, I will deal with it.

I've got my 4th acupuncture session tomorrow, in the hope that it can sort out my cycle and strengthen and lengthen it. Amazingly, I'm in a much better frame of mind than I was...

Sorry for the rant and sorrry for everyone else being here!!!

Bravo Boob sounds like a flipping great weekend :) I have been on a binge since the first MC and am really quite fat.

I quit smoking in July and I really, really, really want to smoke at the moment but know it will just muck things up more.

Best of luck with the clinic tomorrow.

boob sounds like a fantastic weekend -well done. Have been trying to eat superfoods, cut down on alcohol, caffeine, exercise etc etc. only for my DH to start smoking again after a near death experience last week! Great.

Well I took the advice to relax with following Zita's rules and now I'm blaming you guys if my jeans don't meet over my middle.

After 3 months of angelic behaviour in one weekend I managed vast quantities of diary milk, an Indian take away, a steak sandwich and chips, a full roast beef dinner with 4 yorkshire puds, several coffees, and enough red wine and crabbies ginger beer to average out at over my weekly allowance for the last 12 weeks and I didn't take my vitamins once - feel slightly sick, very bloated and happier than I have in donkeys.

Back on the wagon this morning though and a visit to the clinic tomorrow to see if we can have one last go at IUI before we need to decide what, if anything, to do next. Am scared.

Hey new arrivals! Lovely to meet you, sorry you have to be here.(gets cocktail shaker out and shares with renewed vigour).
Lissielou that spidookly is off again telling people they're insane for not wanting a Christmas baby. Thought your comment on the dentist had stopped that!

Just looked at that thread hardandsleazy, absolutely unbelievable- words totally fail me!

Just so you know, I am a 20 something, and I'm not exactly popping them out, so don't hate all of us! I was able to try for children young as DH is 9 years older and we both felt ready, and and as it turns out we're lucky we tried when we did, because we're obviously not super fertile!

I think most of my friends with babies are mid 30s to be honest, which is totally average as far as I can see. The cut off in IVF funding is too early in my opinion.

Pooch can't believe your colleagues- wankers indeed.

Hairy if 'binge-eating = being pregnant' I would be permanently up the duff.

Yes i like to focus on the more mature ladies reproducing than the 20somethings at work who all seem to be dropping like flies at the moment. 2 of my male colleagues (who I get on with) both told me that the reason I kept having MC's was because 'I was ancient' - thanks for that boost of confidence, just what I want to hear. Am 39, possibly not in my prime but certainly not over the hill yet. Wankers...

Hairy that is shut.
Kit kat that is interesting- am working up to that (cutting caffeine out and improving diet this month so can't do it all at once).

Couldn't resist laying in on smug thread on chat about people leaving it late to have kids ...

Ho ho. I had posted Bout what I was binge eating bedore the big diet starts on Monday (on facebook) and a woman who is a terrible gossip wrote "anyone would think you were pregnant x x" so I wrote " I was until I miscarried last week".

That will shut her up!

How dare people be so fucking insensitive.

In a cafe on friday I was cooing at a baby eating toast ... And it's mum actually said out loud "do you want to go and live with them?". So I said "be careful what you wish for!"

grrrrrrrr.

Hi new to this but thought i'd add something for those who are trying to conceive without medical problems. It took me 5 months to conceive the first time round after which i had a miscarriage at 11 weeks. It then took 12 months and then the 3rd time round i cut out all alcohol and it took only 2 months - i think that cutting out my glass per night definitely helped.

Hey boobs- re zit a have been to clinic . Interestingly advice there was somewhat more moderate than the book (ie treat and wine at weekend ok).

Sounds like need some more nice stories - know someone who had kids at 42 and 44, someone else who had I dc then after 5 years of multiple mc had twins aged 40, someone wise expecting twins aged 40. And someone else who after years of trying had dc at 40 then 2nd dc at 41.

Welcome boobs. Sorry to hear of your woes. Grab a gin!

and pooch those kinds of stories keep me
going. Far far more helpful than the total twats
with the "you'll be ok, I just know it" comments

I'm liking it here already ellangirl and yes I am rather partial to gin mixed with cranberry juice and ginger beer served by the bucketful. And has cranberry juice in it so counts as one of my 5 a day - practically a superfood.

I am ignoring zita, it makes me too miserable to have no fun at all! Welcome boobellina, hope you like gin!