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

Imps me thinks you are having far too much fun over this redundancy malarky, but I like your style!

Bean good luck with the swi and I hope you don't mind me asking but how did you test your FSH levels at home?

Welcome Whim

Popcorn sorry no idea on FR opks, I have used mainly tesco own brand ones and also CB normal (ie not digital) ones, worth checking online??

Anti-mullerian hormone - measures your ovarian reserve. Am wondering if mine is low in which case best to drop TTC and get on with my life after quite a lot of feeling sorry for myself of course.

I've only ever used CB Opks - always get a smiley face - so don't have to interpret... Sorry not much help.

x

PS, Imps, can I please have some lessons on how to be evil assertive? :o

What's AMH, bean ?

Does anyone know whether FR OPKs are more sensitive than internet cheapies? I got a faint line, but the leaflet says to disregard - BUT I know with internet cheapies that a faint line is as much as I get, and when I'm not surging I get precisely zip. Feeling silly for changing half way through, now.

Oh CRIKEY have only just seen that I missed a BFP this weekend. Congratulations Jazzy so chuffed for you. You must feel amazing.

Also pleased that Far has seen someone helpful - very positive steps to that BFP.

TTFN - til tomorrow you lovely Brookers. Better actually do some work.

xxx

Hi Whimsi - dare I ask what age you are (because that's my obsession)?! Don't be disheartened by friends having babies. It happens all the time and you've been there done that - they're all totally knackered with sore nips anyway.

Imps - enjoying your work taunting. I wish I'd been there to snigger.

Oh and hi Sweetie welcome from a relative newbie too. Sounds like your test results are positive. Don't be put off by 38. I got preggers with DS when I was 37 and had a homebirth at 38 - if that's encouraging (rather than smug - sorry if the latter!) However, rather anxious now that I may be done and dusted on the baby front. Then again I count myself v lucky that I've got a little corker and will just have to make the most of life's rich tapas plate full of delicious - gulp - yum tapestry if that's where I end up.

Hello. Can i join in? Currently ttc #4 (feel slightly guilty saying that). Last 3 took planning rather than trying (in that I said 'i'll be pregnant by so and so date, and then was). This one has taken lots of practice over 6 months, and still no joy.

And 3 friends have had babies this week. Very disheartening. I'm too busy with work to go and see them and catch luck from them. Maybe I'll catch some here!

Sorry that's for Biscuits big day...

Hi Biscuits fellow scorp - HAPPY BATHDAY etc

Missed you lot for a few days. Went to Brussels to try to divert myself. Was lovely though toddler a bit knackered and grumpy now, and DP looking rather bleary too. But an adventure not to be missed.

I don't know about the rest of you guys but the internet is a terrible one for giving you the heebies. I have been reading up on AMH levels (being 40 an all) and I can't say things are looking too promising for this old duffer. But I did do a home FSH test (for what it was worth) and nothing to report there other than it's not high, thank goodness. Tomorrow I'm off to the GP - I want all the tests available on the NHS but may need to ask for a referral to test AMH privately. Anyone else here been tested for AMH?

Right - now where did I put that sense of humour/optimisim. It was here somewhere...

Oh CD 11 btw but no smileys today. But time to DTD methinks if I can wrestle guitar and off DP this evening.

x

Happy birthday Biscuits!! Hope you are having a relaxing day. Have a lovely bunch of flowers and a birthday .

Well, what a day at work. None of the partners are talking to me - I love the fact that it's my colleague and I who are at risk losing our jobs, but it's the partners who are having a sulk because we dared to critcise them in our consultation meetings . I bumped into one of them when I was making a cuppa earlier - she couldn't look me in the eye let alone speak to me. So me being a childish me, looked straight at her and in my most irritating loud and jolly voice said "Oooh hello there how are you doing today??". Cue a mumbled "fine thanks" and a scurrying off. Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha

Ooh cake! Yummy!

Thanks little! Great baking skills How are you feeling?

mmmm birthday cake

Thanks Little

All together now,

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Biscuits
Happy Birthday to you!!

Welcome sweetie

Hope everyone else is good.

CD 5 here. I'm going to start the opk's today. FX for nice early ovulation.

Happy Birthday to Biscuits make the most of any offers of cake that come your way , I believe it is all guilt free when preggers.

Beedle ask your Dr about doing blood tests, worst he/she can say is no. When I went I was surprised I was offered them but wasn't going to turn it down and we hadn't even started really trying at that point!!

Scrambled cycle buddies = very exciting. It will be lovely to know that there is someone out there to hold hands with through this time. I am not using OPK or taking temps or anything else at the moment, I am just tracking my cycles and looking out for any tell tale signs. I don't want to obsess if I can help it so early I know this will come and am not looking forward to it into our trying. In the back of my mind I keep thinking after Christmas if not BFP I will take things more seriously.

Happy birthday Biscuits! Hope you have a lovely day, and that your boiler gets fixed so you're all toasty warm on this cold day.

Happy birthday Biscuits

Oh Solars yes, the clomid! Doh!

I have read on a few of the clomid threads that it can make ovulation pain more pronounced, so if you had cramps I'd think it was that?

I get it every now and again, but sometimes I think I just imagine it and sometimes I think I just mistake wind for it

Hope you treat yourself to something nice out shopping Biscuits. at no heating or hot water all weekend, the boiler part doesn't sound like much fun

Thank you ladies :)

Just having a bit of a day to myself as DH at work and DS at nursery so that's quite nice in its own way! Just getting the minimum amount of jobs that I can get away with doing out of the way first then off out to do a bit of pottering shopping I think.

Oh, and then coming home to wait for the plumber as our boiler is on strike so we have had no heating or hot water all weekend :(

Thanks Scrambled Brooking.No.Argument for you all too x

Biscuits Happy Birthday!!! Are you doing anything nice today?

biscuits Happy Birthday, have some (alcohol-free) and some . I'm sure one of those clever-at-baking type people will be here soon with a lovely cake for you.

Oh my goodness - I had forgotten the clomid Solars !!!!

I am brooking extra extra hard for you!!!

So, 15 dpo you say. When would AF normally be due. Obviously she's not coming this month as the Clomid Will. Have. Worked!!!!

Hello everyone else and a lovely big squishy welcome to Sweetie.

X-post. Good luck for this month, Solars. Will be brooking no argument that this is your month .