Brooking No Argument for Positive Pee Sticks, Healthy Pregnancies and Home-made Cakes!!!

sorry about AF little

I'm still brooking that she stays away from me today - hopefully imps's words with her will do the trick

Bean I also worry that my DP is pickling his sperm with wine every night, I'm hoping that the wellman vitamins will do enough to counteract the effect of wine. And if not, when we finally get some tests he might listen to a doctor telling him to cut down rather than me just nagging

Boo to CD1 Little - it never gets easier. Hope the hag stays away from all other Brookers.

Possible - just referring to only full-term pg I had. No symptoms other than painful boobs which I get with PMT anyway. Sorry for the shocking mixing of metaphors. I do get carried away.

Since DP saw acupuncturist yesterday am in that awful state of thinking I'm firing off all guns but DH is too knackered/stressed to get me duffed. Hate letting this kind of divide creep in. All the more reason to get some tests done so we might have a better idea. But even if we did get poor wrigglers results, I can't see DP giving up his nightly and I don't blame him really... GAH.

Keep the bugs away all - very nasty ones going round.

x

Oh Little, how are you feeling? It really sucks. We are all still brooking for you

Morning everyone,

Sorry you're still poorly *scrambled, get well soon.

I was right, CD1 again here. Ho hum.

Morning all!

Imps, you are so preggo. Textbook case

Stasi hope you had an amazing night!

Biscuits you must just have a nice sleepy crumb, he/she will soon be giving you sleepless nights

Scrambled, how are you feeling this morning? Hope you are resting up.

Beedle I felt the same, really periody and now I don't. But I too am fairly sure today is D-day.

Bean I got so confused reading your post. I read it as you got a boob job the same time as a baby. [very very tired emoticon]

Waves to Far and all other positively glowing ladies

All good here thanks Imps. Bug all gone.

No baby movements yet. Hoping (?) that at my scan next week they might say I have an anterior placenta to explain it .

Stasi hope the hen night was great xxx

Ohhh Scrambled you poor thing! Here, have some soothing broth.

Stasi how was the hen do??? Hope you had a really lovely time!

Beedle, I can officially confirm that AF will not be turning up today - I've taken her outside and had some "words".

How are you doing Biscuits?

And I keep meaning to say a get well soon to everyone who's been poorly . Scrambled especially, let's hope that bug buggers off xxx

Morning Beedle.

When you due again? Maybe POAS tomorrow? After all, the evil witch can't possibly turn up today because you are do clearly preggers!

Morning all.

Impressive list of symptoms Imps :)

Well I didn't POAS this morning, I felt so periody when I woke up it seemed a waste of time, but now I feel fine!! But I'm still 99.9% sure the evil old hag will show her face today

Thanks for the sympathy. Turns out I may have been a bit hasty in blaming Sainsbo's. Two other people in my office have had the same thing, 'tis a nasty bug :(

far, I think your plan of every 2-3 days sounds good. I think I should adopt it myself - am a mid-week shag-dodger, I get so tired and it seems like so much work. Poor DH!

Hello bean! Many happy returns, I hope you're having a lovely day.

Hope you're having a great hen night, Stasi!

Imps - another upduffed one! Now, when are you going to POAS? Maybe is holding us all to ransom, pleeeeeeese tell us when you'll do it?!

How are you Munkiii? Are you a bit down again? Would you like some hand-holding it's ok I've dunked myself in Dettol?

Watching series finale of Supernatural tonight. Slightly disappointing compared with previous series, but hey-ho, it's still one of the best shows around. Dean Winchester is so on my laminated list.

Ooh - before I pop off thanks Jazzy for that info re' every three days. Kinda makes sense, specially for my old duffer who doesn't like to overdo things these days. I get SOOOO wound up by people who say "You're trying too hard," but maybe this is what they mean....

Ok - CD10 and CD13 it is this month. On CD6. Bring on the countdown.

Night again. x

Hello Imps nice to meet you (thanks for the pg token on arrival - I had no idea but can see it's worth every penny this thread) and admiring your way with words. 'Pant snot' in particular shall be stolen and used liberally. Your sympsum (another winner) sounds terribly promising - with a gamut of body fluid types and pain involved. Deffo duffed.

Last pregnancy (2009 - got my bean DS in early '10, joy of my life... ) was really only a boob job. Was most surprised not to spot more symptoms.

Now of course - since TTC is taking a hundred million times longer - every bit of PMT = self convinced is preggers. Boo; how I loathe myself when AF then slashes the dream to shreds.

Itchy rash impressive. Much better than red inbows. Has to be progesterone-fuelled.

stasi many, may congrats. Have a BALL and may married life be fecund!

N'night all.

little Friend I have CBFM and found it really good seems to have my cycle bang on now i supposed its good for people who just want that extra reassurance about timing of cycle etc i have used opk and never got a smiley face or positive outcome yet always had a peak with cbfm :)

imps ohhhh yes lol
far my DH is the same as yours works long hours and does nothing but moan about my demands during the week i feel like say shut the fook up and just lay there will you lol we did it every night for my important week this month and still no joy lol

A friend of mine who is going through fertility said her FC told her and her hubby that the sperm is not the best quality if you swi every night no matter how good the sperm count for that man is and really you should be having sex every 3 days during the month for the best results so we are going to try that this month and i hope it takes some pressure off DH and his broken tools lol lol

Oh was it little who was concerned about no positive OPK?

I had no positive OPK ever, not one when I was TTC DD.

Just thought I would mention it, in case it helped.

In another funny mood tonight, can't shake it. Hormones?

Have a great hen night stasi!

Thanks for digital opk / cbfm advice everyone. Still not sure whether to invest, as we usually manage to dtd every other day anyway. Might have a mooch around the bbt thermometers in boots tomorrow though.

Imps you sure sound preggo to me and I won't hear otherwise.

Stasi happy hen night!

Love the sympsum Imps!!

And yuppers, deffo updiffed!

Oh, Jazzy - hope you're at least on your 4th bottle of wine already tonight!!

Helloooo my be-wonderful wombed people :)

And hellllloooooooo Cupcakes! Wonderful to see you back!!

Ooooooh and welcome Bean! As I'm sure the others have told you, you have officially been awarded 1 pregnancy for joining this thread. Congratulations! And many happy returns!

Oh Farfalla, christ, I know all about that "just man the fuck UP" feeling. I have been there OH SO MANY times. It always seems that everyone else's OH's can manage to shag them at the right time and that there must be something wrong with OH/you when your OH can't. I totally and completely and 100% get it and I sympathise. I only really count cycles where I'm likely to ovulate on Saturday to Monday as possibly successful ones as mid-week shagging is so difficult now that OH is back at work in a stressful job. 2 shags during the fertile window is as good as it gets usually! Just remember - you are fertile for 5 days and it only takes one shag. Ignore the concept of a Shagathon - that's not helpful and really, not everyone has Shagathons. Bless you, I hope you're okay.

Popcorn - I have a shortlist of names!! And have even posted them on the Baby Names board to get feedback Luckily OH has already said that I should just give him a list of names that I like and he will cross out the ones that he doesn't. We've already said that we both like Hazel and May - boys names are so hard though. I love the name Abraham (nn Abe), but reckon that a lot of people would laugh at that.

Well I'm on 9 DPO! I shall do a symptoms summary for you all - a "sympsum", if you will:

1. Vomming last Thursday at 4 DPO (I always feel nauseous at various points during 2ww, but rarely vom unless I've had too much to drink the night before)

1. Sore boobaloobs - nips, side boobs and underneath boobs (I get these every cycle...interestingly enough they have become more painful since cutting down on alcohol - yet more evidence of increased progesterone!)

1. An itchy rash on my belly, starting at my belly button and radiating outwards (this is new - never had this before. "Surely it's a symptom of work-related stress, Imps, given the redundancy situation!" I hear you cry. Well no it isn't - when I do have work-related stress (and god only knows I've suffered from this in the past) I get eczema on my inner elbows (or "inbows" as I call them). My inbows are crystal clear. This rash is definitely something new.

1. Thick clots of cream/yellow pant snot (I had this a few cycles ago)

Ummm, that's about it. So what do you all reckon - deffo upduffed???

stasi - as I'm a newbie so I hope you don't mind me asking is it your wedding you're planning? How exciting and congrats. How about Will1 for cat and Will2 if you get a DS?

Birthday very pleasurable indeed, thanks, though fairly domestic you could say.

I'm a big fan of May/Mae as a middle name too. My DS got a name which could go either way (we were hedging our bets, though I suspected it was a boy kicking me without rest for 7 months before entering this world) - Rowan. Shame as it's quite a nice girl's name...

Cupcakes - did ultrasound reassure you? I hope so - really good news that looks fine in there. No need for a new sofa and curtains - the place is already spick and span.

x

stasi one thing DH and I have agreed is that for the entire pregnancy, we're going to insist to our families that we're naming DC after our much-beloved cat :o