Feisty Fabulous Forty somethings - part 2

lou. I knew all that cos I was there but thought I'd better let you tell the others .

yay really happy for you Louise

Hi all

Good,good news!!!!!!!!!! Scan shows little bean with heartbeat measuring 6 + 1 weeks which is in line with my dates.Started luteal support this morning ,seen my consultant who was so happy shes started me on aspirin again.So back to pregnanyl twice weekly and scans every 2 weeks.

Yeh today is another good day

Hope everyone's ok.

Hippy glad you were with me just a shame you didn t tell the sonographer to bloody hurry up!!!!!!!

Finished work for the week .Double yeh!!!!

Will sleep tonigh both me and Ant been awake since 3 am.Having the scan again all felt liked 1 minute since we'd been through it all with Georgie.

it means your estrogen levels are raised pending an LH surge (it's what sparks it off apparently) just seems silly that your body gears up by raising the levels then doesn't bother to do anythign about it -stupid body!!

I try not to fall down at skating if I can help it lol - i have seen people getting bad cuts on their hands though, I've had some lessons and have been taught how to fall safely but I still don't like doing it!

What does a high mean then? Does it mean you are approaching Ov? Maybe your body is gearing up to ovulate but then stopping and re-starting. Yes, it does seem odd that you always ovulate at the same time except this month. I know it will not help at all to say that apparently we all have months when we don't ovulate - it wouldn't help me to hear that either . We don't want to waste a single month at our age!

Enjoy the ice skating, don't stick your fingers out if you fall over (horrible image of someone skating over them and chopping them off ) Thanks for that Hippy!!!!!!

hippy the clear blue monitor uses test sticks and I'm on day 18 now with highs since day 8 or 9!! I've been using this since December and have had peaks (ovulation) since I started using it around day 10 and 11 on the dot so I'm gutted I haven't had one this month although i know it's mot unusual

I just got all excited yesterday as someone said that the monitor could mistake HCG for a surge in estrogen (the highs I've been having) and that they had lots of them and were actually preggers

I tested yesterday and got nothing though :-( so getting excited for no reason, just hope I'm back to normal next time

I have really got to stop all this reading it's giving me ideas and also panicking me too much, I'm on the verge of agreeing with you and just stopping all this as I think it's doing more harm than good and just SWI-ing around the times I know I ovulate based on the readings I've been getting as it's stressing me out sooo much

anyway - am off ice skating tonight so something to look forward to

tina not sure about a monitor - do they work the same as ordinary OPK's?? Can you miss a surge with them?? Maybe you did. If you suspect you might be preggers - why not do a cheapo test?

I think what happened with me was that, as gum says, I just missed the surge. I was on day 14 yesterday and had some very familiar pains (I kept thinking - "what is that pain it's very familiar?" And then remembering it was ovulation )

I managed not to buy any more OPK sticks. I spoke very sternley to myself and said that I was still SWI at all the right times so it was not worth the money just to see a feckin' smiley face on an OPK.

I think if I am gonna ween myself off this whole TTC thing then the first thing to let go off is the OPK's. I should just be SWI at the right times.

lou now get your story straight was it tesco or morrison - you'd be rubbish in court OK I guess you have other things on your mind right now. I will be with you holding your hand for the scan today. Just as they tell you all is well you'll feel me squeeze your hand .

Tina, I don't know if you'd get a high if you were pregnant.I suppose it is possible because the monitor checks for estrogen levels and the LH surge, both of which can be high if you are pregnant. Just as an opk can pick up a pregnancy.

Lou, any news about the scan?

Hippy, do you have other signs of O? If you missed the surge (which I think is possible, I find that my surge is quite often in the morning, so if I don't test in the morning, later that day I'll get a negative.)do you have O pain? That always confirms it for me, and the temp rise. You are not temping are you? Maybe if you started now you might get a clue about whether you Oed? I know how frustrating it can be, especially doing so many opk tests! These companies must be making a fortune.I often think I should be selling them along with Preg tests, there is certainly a market for them.

But then again I can barely find the time for housework!

I've been sugar free for 11 days, and honestly have not missed it at all. I feel so much better overall.Less tired, no more afternoon slump or cravings, and as a bonus, I've lost 3 pounds (1 1/2 kilos). I don't suffer from bloating anymore, which is great, that in itself makes me feel slimmer. I'll be keeping this up.

Isaboo, so sorry about AF turning up.

I wish we could all just get our bfp's and take home babies.

I'm having very few symptoms. I don't have even slightly sore boobs, so it seems unlikely that an egg has been fertilized. It remains to be seen...

Have a good day everyone.

hippy and louise stupid question - would you miss your surge on the monitor but get a high if you were already pregnant??

Hippy i do indeed remember that lovely smiley face.Hope yours appears soon i ve used 1v pessary yes we do perscribe them in pregnancy as long as you don t use the applicator.Will use another one in a couple of days if no better.

Sorry about your car they re more trouble than they are worth!!!!! Ants still in dispute about a car accident we had in August when some old biddy deciced to drive through Morrisons car park about 3 million miles per hour when we were reverseing in a parking space.Bloody Tescos's haven t fought our corner at all and now want him to accept 100% liability.

Right off for a

lou scan tomorrow - whoop whoop. I will be on tender hooks waiting to read all about it. Can't you stick a pessary up your bits? They are safe in pregnancy - so I was told. I know what you mean about ripping your bits off. I had thrush last feb and i seriously thought I'd rather someone shot me - quite glad now that they didn't though

Nothing to report here. Day 14. Still no positive on the OPK yesterday but there was a faint line. Unfortunately I started POAS early cos I usually ovulate early so I have used the whole packet (what a feckin' waste of money). Not sure whether to buy more and keep testing or not. My boobs have started feeling odd so something is defo happening - but what . I just do rather like to see that smiley face (as do you lou remember?) Anyway, we've done all the right shagging just incase I missed the surge - so the OPK would be purely for my own peace of mind only.

Car decided to die this morning. Made an unholy noise as I tried to drive away. So stopped immediately and walked the boys to school instead. It turns out that one of the springs in the suspension is broken. DH says I take the speed bumps too fast. But there are so bloody many of them around here and I can't be doing with slowing down for them. When the AA man told us what it was Dh asked if he fixed spines as well cos he recons I've knackered his one of those too. Ha Ha DH - why don't you drive more often then instead of letting me drive us everywhere .

Good idea LOL don t know how i m going to examine pts with oven gloves on though????

Italian you are NOT old and you must NEVER think it. There, that's me catching a bit of Hippy bossiness. Where was it I read of a lovely midwife from the Caribbean who was laughing at the term 'elderly gravida' as her sister had had her last baby at 52? Anyway, every time I'm feeling like you, I imagine her chuckling as she straps the fetal monitor on to some glowing 40-something mum.

And as for weight - the lady in 'One Born Every Minute' seemed to think it was the least of her problems. She was right. That bloody waste of space standing weeping with fear outside the theatre should be her main concern. I could have socked him one. My Year 7s have more b*s. It sounds like you're doing everything you can to work out how to stay healthy, and you can't do anything more than that. The shoes will tone your muscles, but won't help you lose weight. They'll just help you hold it all in - which in turn could boost your self-esteem and help with other weight loss programmes.

Isaboo I'm expecting my hormones to start tracking someone on this thread. I'm due next Tuesday and don't seem to match anyone properly - even my 14 year-old daughter, which is odd. Bad luck with the AF but glad you're philosophical. It means you can feel really loving towards this purty new egg you're hatching. Fingers crossed for you for this time.

Good luck with the clear out, Tina. Sounds like you're going to need a skip. Shame you can't use mine. The builders have just finished. SO glad I spent the money - I've made two med size bedrooms out of one large (ish) and one v small one. Growing teenagers. Just don't want to make it too comfy in case they stay. I love them, but I have read of all these kids who are still at home aged 30. It fills me with dread. I'm dreaming of a tidy kitchen and that's not going to happen with two teenagers plus friends.

Lou I suggest you wear oven gloves permanently until it's gone. It sounds like you're going to cause some serious damage. If you're going to walk like John Wayne for the next week, you might as well complete the humiliation by wearing them !

Hi all hope everyone s well.

Survived work yesterday.Its actually ok as i m just doing admin work at the mo not seeing patients.That will be the test.I actually got bored about 11.30 good job i finished at 12!!! God knows how i m going to get on with full days next week1!!!!

Day off again yeh!!!!! Going to clean my house then chill.Nothing to report here nausea intermittently and got rip roaring thrush oh the pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ve always been lucky and never really had thrush very often but oh, when i do get it god do i know!!!! Could rip my fanjo to threads!!!! Keep going with the cream and natural bloody yoghurt!!!!

Scan tomorrow so we ll see .Love to all XXX

thanks italian she's moving soon anyway so I won't have to stress so much

hubby has an appointment at the hospital next week for his sperm test so I'm happy that things seem to be moving along a little, after this and depending on the results it's a case of getting refferal to the clinic )privately unfortunately) for further tests.

seems like there's quite a few of us moving house or planning to! I have more wallpaper stripping and painiting to do this weekend - feels like a mammoth task at the moment as we also have a garage full of rubbish that needs clearing before we can move more rubbish in from the house in preparation to get it photographed and put on the market, where did we accumulate all this stuff is what I want to know as every time we move I get rid of skips full of stuff!!

I blame my daughter as most of it is hers and she won't throw it away lol!

Lol sorry about lack of symptoms.

Rottnest Island I went diving there in the 90?s!

Just watching an ad for trainers, trousers and tops, easy tone, can they really tone you!!!!

www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/outdoor-activity/the-50-best-fitness-essentials-2218954.html?action=Gallery&ino=37

here

Hippy looked at the photos and did not obey you and kept looking, yukky photos of kids crying! But love the baby with the balloons.

Tina try and stay detached at work, don?t stress about your colleague. If/when you are pregers you can have books galore on your desk. As Hippy says, you don?t know what struggles she has been through, or not, as the case may be. I watch One born every minute and am always surprised at the stories and how what seems like a straight forward case of pregers when you want it, is actually a lot more complex!

Oh Hippy please get your kids to tell my kid about the creepy mouse following you around at Disney Land!

I?m feeling fine. Not too worried. Struggling with this whole weight loss thing. It seems to be two steps forward, two steps back, or even worse, one step forward and two steps back. What I think is weird is that I don?t do the typical thing, diet, lose, put on then put even more on, and I don?t just lose, I lose then go right back to where I was, I mean to the bloody pound! What is going on? Really want to give t my best shot for May! Have had problems with DD behaviour of late but it is improving. She would make a fab big sister and I really keen to give her the longed-for ?sibling even though I feel very old at 46 to be doing this!

hugs to all.

lolfactor sorry for loss of symptoms you are v honest with yourself which is amazing and very sane of you and I am still hoping something good will happen for you

Hippy yep the cute babies were adorable the waves one was lovely too but am obviously a sicko finding the scared babies very funny....

Gum nasty mouth taste was a big one for me in my good went to term pregnancies so hang in there

Another BFN this morning (strangely not so gutted this time ?) and the lovely AF called in this afternoon .....which sucks to quote my 10 year old so will be joining lolfactor in the midweek bistro for a restorative gallon of guilt free wine and will pinch a bit of her chicken liver salad while talking too much about something quite dull ...like my kids in that pissed bore sort of way

Forget about hormones bringing your cycle into line we too are moving i would give my back teeth to say to Rottnest Island just to upset Hippy but in fact only to a two up two down in the village while the builders trash our house ..

Meant 'here's' Dementia has set in.

Good grief! I've just spent 20 minutes reading the thread. It reads like an episode of Loose Women!. Hears to all the house-movers. God, I know what you're going through. I got so stressed out last August when I finally sold the 'family home and downsized. I sent stuff to the auction house without a reserve by mistake. Someone got the hand-woven Tibetan carpet (£2k) for a fiver. I had to be philosophical, but I felt like finding out who they were are ringing them to scream, 'Do you KNOW what you've got? Don't line the hen house with it!'

Gum and Tina I love Rottnest Island too. Dad lives in Perth after moving from Albany. It's up there with the island of Herm (but has more beautiful beaches).

Diege glad the sickness stuff works. It's a really good sign - I'm so pleased for you.

Well - my symptoms died. Got a pink streak at 6 dpo, then nothing. Feeling philosophical, but wishing this cycle was over so I can get going again. Although when dsd climbed into bed and sat on my head at 5.30 this morning I wasn't so sure. I'm letting myself into the bistro (seeing as I'm never there at the same time as you guys) and whipping up a chicken liver salad. Yum

Hippy I had to carry on to the terrorising photos too and they did make me laugh On the 'nice' ones, loved the baby 'holding' the bunch of balloons!
Gum the yucky taste in mouth was my first sign this time, but I too get it on and off when not pregnant
Ok here, with the cyclazine kicking in now. It really does help with the sickness, though the downside is that I am extremely drowsy at all times - beats throwing up though!
Off to Cardiff after work tomorrow for a meeting, so probably won't get on till Friday now. LOve to all x

Yes, isi not quite as cute huh???? But did you like the others?

That would be the baby terrorizing photos afters....sorry I had to look it has made me laugh so hard I spilt my coffee....

Just realised that it goes on to some other photo's after the baby - and they are not cute. So please stop clicking Next after the baby on the elephant. Sorry to be so bossy - I'll sod off and collect the boys now!

Oh curly if you only knew my DH you'd know that it's easier to just shut up and let him get on with it rather than have the whole 'people will fall in love with the house if we do this etc etc' talk AGAIN!

Someone sent me an email where a woman has photographed her baby whilst asleep and made her look like she is in a picture.

Not explained well but if you want a look here is a link cute baby pics

Just a little warning - it will make you EVEN MORE broody so don't look if you can't handle it. XXX

Keep clicking on NEXT because they get better - I love the Budha one.