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WTTC Apr/May/Jun Graduation thread

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 04/04/2011 15:21

Hey, this is a thread for all the graduates from the Waiting to TTC thread who are going to start trying April/May/June. We've all got to know each other too well to just bugger off on our separate ways now! And if any of the Waiting crew who are still waiting want to pop by there will always be cups of tea (or something stronger) for you!

So, grab your folic acid and your sexy undies and get comfy (possibly with your legs in the air...?)
x
Cakes

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 06/04/2011 14:37

I don't as a general rule, but get a bit odd when I have PMT. Actually, I generally have odd symptoms when I'm hormonal - the only two that are 'normal' are crying a lot and craving chocolate, the rest seem to be just me:
-nesting
-aching legs and back
-bumping into stuff, dropping stuff, falling over stuff
-stupidity and general inattention
-sleeping

Pregnancy is gonna be soooooooo much fun Hmm

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ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 13:54

Ahhhh - God I'm dim. As you can tell I don't have OCD!!!

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 06/04/2011 12:44

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. If you alphabetise the letters it becomes CDO.

I feel silly now I've had to explain Blush

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melliebobs · 06/04/2011 12:38

lmao love it!

ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 12:36

ConfusedBlush I don't get it BlushConfused

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 06/04/2011 12:32

hee hee - I'm in digital PR so my whole job decription is to do with an acronymn - SEO this and SEO that. And don't get me started on bloody Google with it's KPI, PPC, SEP shite!

And SWI - ever heard that joke about CDO? It's Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, but with the letters alphabetised as they're supposed to be!

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ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 12:28

Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle 0 UCL 26 AF due NOW! where is it?
MakesCakesWhenStressed (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 30/31 AF due date unknown (due to having just come off the pill) but c. 7th April at a guess
ShaggingWithIntent (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 29/30 AF due date 15th April
melliebobs (26) TTC#1, cycle 0, UCL 29, AF due now that's a good un, just come off the pill so it's all up in the air! 17th april and beyond i'd guess.

I can sympathise with the bloody acronyms at work Meelie. I work for a company that do a lot of Government and MoD stuff and it's all SLAM, SSD SSG, SUSA and got knows what else!! I aso have to hear a lot of dreadful chat about "tabling items" "blue sky thinking" and other such management bullshit!! YAWN - Bring on Maternity leave Wink

melliebobs · 06/04/2011 12:18

ahh thanks for that cakes I work for the NHS and live and breath stupid abbreviations but when u're not in the know they are a right pain in the arse!

melliebobs (26) TTC#1, cycle 0, UCL 29, AF due now that's a good un, just come off the pill so it's all up in the air! 17th april and beyond i'd guess.

tadaaaa!

ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 12:05

Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle 0 UCL 26 AF due NOW! where is it?
MakesCakesWhenStressed (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 30/31 AF due date unknown (due to having just come off the pill) but c. 7th April at a guess
ShaggingWithIntent (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 29/30 AF due date 15th April

Just updating name and putting everyone in order (Could be one for the Friday bumsex threads!!!) Wink

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 06/04/2011 11:58

cycle is how many months you've been trying and UCL is usual cycle length. I have to admit, it took me some guesswork to figure that one out, but the 29/30 was a helpful indicator! :-)

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melliebobs · 06/04/2011 11:29

ok lets get my vital stats down. But just to clear up confusion please xplain what the number after cycle means. What the number after UCL means. lol i'm a bit sloooow with all these abreviations!

DreamingOfABump · 06/04/2011 11:20

JustShaggingForNow (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 29/30 AF due date 15th April
MakesCakesWhenStressed (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 30/31 AF due date unknown (due to having just come off the pill) but c. 7th April at a guess
Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle 0 UCL 26 AF due NOW! where is it?

DreamingOfABump · 06/04/2011 11:11

Dreamingofabump (28) TTC#1 Cycle 0 UCL 26 AF due NOW! where is it?
(not updiffed btw, sods law its late when ur waiting to start)

ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 11:05

LOL at "chavvy" in-laws!! ;) I totally get why you'd want to issue a list to them :)

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MakesCakesWhenStressed · 06/04/2011 10:28

SWI - I dunno - the list things seems like a really good idea to me, but then, we live in a very small flat and all my in-laws are horrible chavs who are into branded plastic tat. I can't believe the amount of shit my nephew has that they seem to think is essential. I spent most of my childhood banging a wooden spoon on a saucepan and having a whale of a time! (oh - and making disgusting potions which I tried to make my baby sister eat/annoint herself with, but the less said about that the better!)

Luckily DH is much more middle class than his relations and agrees that we don't want ten tonnes of crappy plastic tat. If they want to make a contribution I'd rather they helped us buy something we actually needed... like a car seat! Otherwise they're wasting their money. We have a teeny flat atm, so have no room for unnecessary shite. DH has enough of that alreadyairfix models

Right. No more excuses. Time to work! Lovely to see you Dreaming, another 28 year old here! :-)

Anyone else want to enter their stats?
JustShaggingForNow (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 29/30 AF due date 15th April
MakesCakesWhenStressed (28) TTC#1, Cycle -1, UCL 30/31 AF due date unknown (due to having just come off the pill) but c. 7th April at a guess

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ShaggingWithIntent · 06/04/2011 09:32

Meelie Loving your DH's positivity and enthusiasm!! Mine is the complete opposite to that and continually says "if we are lucky enough to have a family" rather than "when we have a family"

Think it's because he's terrified that for some reason we won't be able to and he's not very good at failure!

Am not sure about the whattogive.com idea. Other than for a wedding list I?ve never really bought into the whole ?please buy me this? thing. I?d rather people made up their own minds as to whether they want to give a gift and then choose something themeselves (although that could well be because I am quite lucky with family members ability to buy good gifts!!)

Hoping that my Pregnacare Conception pills arrive today as I want to start taking them so I really feel as though we are on our way!

DarciesmumandTTC2 · 06/04/2011 08:16

Mellie be thankful your DH is enthusiastic about it :)

Hope you ladies have a wonderful day x

melliebobs · 06/04/2011 07:53

resented the dh with a bottle of zinc supplements last night. I think his response was along the lines of 'what are they for? don't you realise I have super sperm?! You'l be knocked up ith at least twins this month!' hmmmm in our first month of trying?! i dont think it really works like that! bless him

DarciesmumandTTC2 · 05/04/2011 19:48

Lol! Doesn't say that with my sanatogen not that I've checked lol

DreamingOfABump · 05/04/2011 19:38

ah see i could remember it if it was first thing, but pregnacare says take with a meal and so i forget Blush but i have plain folic acid next to my bed so if ive forgotten the preg i can take the fa before bed, thats the most important bit anyway

DarciesmumandTTC2 · 05/04/2011 19:30

Yep i'm one of the 28 club lol. Agree about the bio clock ticking thing.

I take a large glass of water/juice to bed with me, so first thing in the morning I take my sanatogen and evening primrose oil :)

DreamingOfABump · 05/04/2011 19:19

thanks :)
im being a bit rubbish with the pregnacare as i keep forgetting to take it! (good job im no longer on the pill huh?!)
I think i need to go back to the old thread to refresh my memory of who everyone is. all i remember is that about 99% of us are 28. It must be the age at which the clock starts to tick or something!

DarciesmumandTTC2 · 05/04/2011 18:40

DreamingofaBump Welcome, grab a seat, not forgetting your bottle of water and sanatogen vitamins lol.

Good idea about the list thingy, however, I have stuff from DD still so will just be the buggy for me :)

DreamingOfABump · 05/04/2011 18:36

hi :D
was also a "waiter" (of the non teatowel over the arm variety) on the last thread and would like to officially be a "tryer" Grin
not that im excited or anything Grin Grin Grin

....maybe a bit then.
anyhoo, must confess to also being drawn to baby websites, although not to superdooper expensive travelystystemy things as i just think its a bit of a waste for something thats going to be pooped all over, plus im a bit cringey about the status symbol-ness of it all :s

While we're on confessing to be saddo list making not yet updiffed's, have a little suggestion for you list makers! whattogive.com do a list where u just paste the webaddress of said "awesome/essential" baby/maternity item and wham bam u have a wish list for now and a 'please dont buy me something i hate' list for the mother in law later!

DarciesmumandTTC2 · 05/04/2011 17:19

I like that new name Grin

Decides this 2ww is not good I'm not a patient person lol. However, still got a bit of EWM so not sure if still ovulating?!

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