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

Hi gals! Wow I have so much to catch up on!!

generic keep up the brooking and regardless that is a very decent LP!!

FX for everyone else

popcorn I also have a tilted uterus (retroverted) which I only found out on Friday at my scan. One in 3 women do apparently, it makes no difference to TTC though, just can make smears and scans a little more uncomfortable.

I am finding it hard to keep the no brooking spirit today. Feeling tearful and utterly panicky at the realisation we have been TTC for 10 months with only 2 early mcs to show for it. I know we have not actively tried every month but I hate not even trying, we are not even the race IYSWIM.

My acne seems to have gone into total overdrive this weekend which is also really getting me down, its like a daily reminder of my screwed up hormones. Tyring to keep it together but I am feeling desolate today, there was a preggers lady at the tube this morning and I had to go to another carraige as I just could not cope with having to give up my seat for her.

I am now considering starting the agnus castus and cutting out sugar and wheat completely for the spots. But I don;t know how much more of my usual life I can put on hold waiting for what seems like a miracle.

I need a slap please girls

Thanks everyone!

Good luck you three! Hope AF stays away.

shiny do FMU and good luck to you too.

Just did my OPK and for the fourth day seems to be positive. I give up!
Have SWI three days straight, need to give DH a night off.

Hope everyone else OK?

Apologies for not always name checking properly but I do wish all of you the best.

Wow, a whole bunch of extra messages just appeared!

Oh Generic just cross post with you, will be brooking no argument extra hard for you too x

shiny I think it is best to POAS first thing, because the chemical is most concentrate in your wee then.

ninja a wee bit of baking powder and sift your dry ingredients to within an inch of it's life, whether it needs it not :o

Noooo generic I'll not hear of it, you're still in the game until AF proper.

shiny I'm impressed by your dedication to a well organised kitchen. As for furniture, I heart Laura Ashley. I have a bit of a laura Ashley themed house tbh

imps hope the plotting is going well!

Afternoon ladies,

Stasi sounds like your wedding plans are coming along nicely. I have never checked for my cervix so sorry can't help. Mine according to my smear test nurses is elusive anyway!

All is looking good on the job front for you Imps!

Cake & Scrambled really hope that af does stay away tomorrow, will be brooking extra hard for you both. Stay away crazy lady

Musical I'm good thanks and it sounds like you really deserve the rest at home, how lovely, enjoy and make the most of it as i'm sure after the little bean arrives these days will be in short supply.

Little I'm glad to report that DH did in fact oblige last night, I haven't told him about today as well yet [eek smiley]

Thanks Ninja and I think what Stasi said makes sense to get some more air into the mixture. Hope you're doing well.

Popcorn of course you're not a pansy although it did make me smile when I read about you & fireworks, hope you're feeling better today.

Shiny sounds like you have a plan, everything crossed for you testing. You should always use first morning urine as this will have the most concentration of HCG especially if you are testing early (ie before af due date)

Cake sorry about the BFN.

Stasi thanks for new thread!

Maybe sorry you are feeling so poorly - hope you feel better soon. Musical same goes for you - enjoy the week off!

Imps you go girl!

Shiny sounds sensible to test on Friday, but personally I enjoy not testing early and wondering/fantasising that I may be pregnant. If you get a BFN it's very disappointing, even if you tell yourself it may still be too early to know. Best to test with FMU (first morning urine) as that's when the hCG is most concentrated.

Well, I may be out this month. Got spotting, but am trying to Brook No Argument and insist that it is implantation. On the bright side, it is 12 dpo so I think that is a respectable LP (Farfalla, any advice as you are my LP guru?)

Hi All - like the new thread!

The big test debate update: I think I'm going to wait and test on Friday.

Last AF started (very late on) Sunday 2 October 2011. So I think that I should get a reasonably accurate result on Friday. Particularly as I am sure I ov-ed last Saturday as had such a sore side.

If negative (and no AF) then will test again on Sunday when I get home.

Eeeeek. I've turned myself in to a mad symptom spotter but it is really hard to work out what could be symptoms and what is just possible PMT/AF getting ready to arrive.

In terms of testing timing. Is it ALWAYS better to do it first thing in the morning? Therefore, should I do it on Friday am and not Friday pm?

I'm knackered today but that is because I unpacked all 17 boxes of wedding presents yesterday and cleared out our kitchen totally to put them away etc. It took 9 hours in total but so relieved that it is all done.

On other news, we also need to find some nice dining room furniture (including cabinets for the wedding presents!). I really like OKA but does anyone have any other tips for a similar type of shop?

Hope everyone else is well - just off to catch up with the rest of the thread

imps it is indeed very annoying as that just happened to me too! I have to say again it ain't over till its over, my cramps and stretching are basically the same as period pains. Good work on the redundancy.

I have a baking question. I made these muffins at the weekend and they were lovely but how do you get them to rise like the ones in starbucks? What the hell do they put in them?

solars good luck with the shagathon, sounds like the clomid is working!

DH goes commando. He reckons it was his way of rebelling against authority (his mum) as a young teen, and it's stuck :o

Maybe me either!! I honestly had an appalling knowledge of my reproductive system before ttc.

Hope you're feeling better today maybe?

Love the boxers story Stasi. Luckily my dp wears them anyway. I don't think he'd be happy with me hiding his pants!

Solars I hope your dp obliged last night. And I think he'd better again tonight for good measure!

Arrrg arrrrrg arrrrrg! Why does it delete your message when you press "post" on a too-full thread?? Arg.

Potted summary:

• I get ov pains too - period-type cramps and more targetting pain on right side near where I think ovary is.
• Still haven't ovulated - am 1 or 2 days' late now. Think happening today as getting the above cramps.
• Sorry not to have caught up - had busy weekend and been busy this morning plotting preparing for redundancy consultation. Have already scored one point on procedural defect [hgrin]
• Hope you're all well!
• Catch up later.

maybe, a week at home should definitely make everything ok ;) Hoping it might combat the run down feeling I've had for the past two/three weeks!

Popcorn, it's obviously true. She's just annoyed she won't be able to see you for a while, so she's making her presence known :P

Scrambled, good work on the sperm-killing pant round up! I was lucky in that DH already had some looser underwear that he liked, that I could convince him into for a little while... whether it helped or not, who knows! Seconding Popcorn - it's not over til she makes an appearance...

Stasi, I'm normally able to find mine with relative ease - only occasionally it disappears out of reach!

Im in the same camp as Popcorn Stasi, I can always find my cervix, though to be honest, I had no idea that that is actually what it was until I started TTC

Hmmmm no my cervix is pretty obviously placed (though I'm told it is "tilted" which might make a difference??). Have you had any trouble finding it when doing a smear? (the nurse, obviously, not you!)

Stasi I had one last year as I had asthma, though I probably won't bother this year as it's been markedly improved (it was all caused by plaster dust about 3 years ago, seems to be on the mend though, it was all very odd). I don't think they give it to you if you're ttc, but you can always get one privately if you're concerned.

I've not had many colds either, now you mention it - but I do work from home so I escape the usual inter-office germage :o

I will be glued to MN tomorrow morning! I am keeping everything crossed for you all.

Stasi only pg women are entitled to flu jab, unless you have another condition which entitles you to it. But I know you can get them in Boots or Tescos, you there is always that option.

I had swine flu, so no need for a vaccine for me, but it certainly hasn't left me immune to colds

My DH loves his boxers too!

Scrambled I am agreeing with Popcorn it most definitely isn't over yet

Oh maybe sorry to hear you are feeling so ill. I've had a cold for three weeks now but i think my immune system may finally have kicked in as I feel a bit better today! I hope I am preggo as I will miss you lot otherwise

scrambled I think you, me and generic are all due tomorrow...