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

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Stasi · 23/10/2011 22:51

Here we go yet again...

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ScrambledSmegs · 29/10/2011 10:12

Boobs went massive and sore the past couple of days. AF went away in the night so I did an OPK at 4 am Blush when I needed a wee]. Positive. And now AF is a bit different to normal. I don't know for sure but it's a bit like my previous mc, but obviously nowhere near as bad and painful.

Imps7 · 29/10/2011 09:38

Scrambled why do you say that?

xxx

ScrambledSmegs · 29/10/2011 09:37

Oh. Pretty sure this might be a very emc Sad.

Off to buy myself a big bottle of gin and some fevertree tonic today. Bugger sobriety.

PopcornMouse · 29/10/2011 08:18

£7k Shock this is why we got hitched abroad......

ScrambledSmegs · 29/10/2011 00:15

No, sorry Solars. AF is definitely here. She was just playing silly buggers earlier.

Solars · 28/10/2011 22:37

oh that sucks Scrambled I hope you're still testing tomorrow, as i'm guessing this isn't your typical af??

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 22:21

Ooh, curry! You are supposed to eat too much of it aren't you? It's the law Grin. Did you know that Waitrose has a special Diwali offer on, 2 main courses, one veg side and one pilau rice for £8? Their curries are really nice too, I think.

AF, if it is AF, is taking her own sweet time. I feel a sweary rant coming on. I mean, seriously, either start or GO. The fuck. AWAY. Don't just be a bit of watery blood. That's just pathetic.

God, I need a G&T. Haven't had one in yonks. Craving it now. Where's the drunk thread?

NinjaChipmunk · 28/10/2011 20:10

cake you will be very much missed but you have to do what is right for you. Looking forward to a bfp for you in 2013! Please don't disappear entirely though.

I have eaten too much curry and am now feeling hugely fat. Off to watch a dvd before bed. How exciting is my life??!!

Original poster
Stasi · 28/10/2011 17:36

DP and I have been together since just before Xmas 2007, bought a house together Xmas 2009 (which his parents decided was pretty much getting married). Decided to get married this year as we wanted children, and DP is the sort who likes it to be neatly within marriage.

So, 4 years and still swooning at the silliest things. The car parking was because he'd carefully put the car so as not to be on the white line for a speed bump. It just reminded me how sensible he is about things like that, and that he'd gone all the way home after work to get the car so that he could drive me home from our friends house after an evening out.

We're having quite a small wedding, with 45 guests. Ceremony is in registry office (a lovely old building with chandeliers and marble staircases), then we've got the reception booked in a local hotel. There's still a few things we don't have organised yet.. but this was a short notice wedding for the most part, and I'm not a very organised person. Whatever happens I know that my wedding will be perfect - it's my wedding day after all! We've got the ceremony, reception, food and drink sorted. The fact that the table decorations aren't finalised... well, that's not that important in the scheme of things is it?

We're trying to do things on a budget, but things are so expensive these days we're still looking at about £7k. I sort of hope we'l get some snow, but as it's only a week away, and still quite warm (relatively) here in Edinburgh I don't think that's going to happen!

Scrambled so sorry if your AF has really come, a longer LP has got to be a good thing though.

What are the B-Vits people are taking? I wonder if I should try that with my varying 9-13 day LP?

I can't stand grapefruit juice, but I may even give that a try this month! I bought a big pack of cheap OPKs from Amazon, along with some conceive plus and preseed. I really want this month to be the one.

Cake good luck for the future. You may find some time out from the stress of ttc might be good for you. I hope your work is rewarding in the mean time.

I started writing this ages ago, and have been interrupted so many times it's now time to leave work. Hope people have had a good day.

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Biscuitsandtea · 28/10/2011 16:05

Oh Scrambled :(

I was sure this was your month. Maybe it isn't AF after all?

Still, an improving LP is a good thing no?

Have some chocolate and a bit old squeezey hug Thanks

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 16:05

Not famous, not in the slightest! But at least one friend is an MNer and I don't want to out myself!

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 16:03

Sadly I think I won't be needing those tests tomorrow. AF appears to be starting for real.

At least this means I have a slightly better LP now. I think it's about 9 days.

Sorry everyone. I was getting quite excited!

Biscuitsandtea · 28/10/2011 15:46

Going back a bit, but I'm wondering if the reason Scrambled can't tell us about her wedding is because the extensive coverage in Hello would out her? And really she's a sleb?

Yep, that's it!

BartletForAmerica · 28/10/2011 15:23

Oh, Cake, sorry to see you go. I hope you and DH can have some peace about this all and that your BFP will arrive at the right time in the future.

PopcornMouse · 28/10/2011 15:22

Terminating abroad over sex? Shock Shock Shock

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Just... Shock Shock Shock

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 15:20

Oh god, sorry for being so negative.

WHAT DO WE WANT?

Positive Pee-sticks!!!

WHEN DO WE WANT THEM?

Well, tomorrow would be nice, thanks Grin

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 15:17

far she's getting a lot of good advice, I hope she will be ok too. It is odd how they've all been about boys recently, maybe it's something to do with the way children are gender defined so early now? Feminist topic, sorry!

But then, I'd rather people were just a bit disappointed at first then went onto love their children fiercely, whatever sex. Horribly, about 5 years ago one of my friends was told by the hospital they'd stopped telling parents what the gender was, as so many people then went abroad to terminate girls :(

PopcornMouse · 28/10/2011 15:16

Oooo I was expecting a "what supplements can I take to get a girl?" but it's actually pretty sad :(

farfallarocks · 28/10/2011 15:00

cake I am so sorry about that, best of luck with the job and with 2013!!

scrambed I had not thought about it from that perspective before, I hope she is ok. There seem to be so many of those threads at the moment though, and it always seems to be about a boy as well.

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 14:57

Sounds wonderful, Popcorn! Can't tell you much about mine as it will totally out me in rl, but it was fantastic - all my friends and family were there, we had a great time and I would looooove to go back and do it all again. Can I borrow that time machine please?!

The thread's in Pregnancy, called something like 'gender disappointment'. I don't want to link it for obvious reasons, it's quite upsetting. I'm pretty sure that the OP posted in order to get a kicking as she hates herself so badly right now :( . Most people have been kind (including far) but it's awful to see her thanking people who've been a bit blunt, or worse. I think she's storing those comments up to beat herself with later...

PopcornMouse · 28/10/2011 14:04

Oh cake :(
I totally understand - you're doing it for something that is important to you, and that's the best possible reason. We will miss yoooooou thooooough :(

Where is this mysterious "I desperately want a girl/boy/three headed cerberus" thread?

We got wed in half a foot of fresh snow I wish I had a time machine so I could go back, bonk myself over the head, hide my unconscious body and sneak in to do it again :o

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 13:52

PS Am now the proud owner of two FR's Grin.

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 13:51

Oops, just noticed you're back on the cerazette Cake. Well, 2013 for sure then! Good luck with the job.

ScrambledSmegs · 28/10/2011 13:49

Oh Cake :( Please stick around, if you can. Completely understand the wobble you had, it seems like babies and pregnant women are constantly in our faces these days, aren't they? I'm sure 2013 will be your year and wouldn't it be ironic if you got that BFP next month?! .

far step away from the thread! And . I haven't posted (don't trust myself) but I completely understand how you feel - but I also empathise with what the OP is going through too. And it seems like she absolutely loathes herself right now, which obviously isn't a good idea in pregnancy with all the hormones washing around. I had mild antenatal depression with DD, it was shit.

Hope all you ill types feel better soon (yes, that includes you far!). Dr Smegs prescribes heinz tomato soup. Elixir of the gods, that stuff. Mmm...

TheLittleFriend · 28/10/2011 13:45

Good luck for the future cake, I hope to see you around here with a BFP one day! x