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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Rainbow Babies - hoping and trying for rainbows, loving and remembering our Angels xxx

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Ellypoo · 05/06/2012 15:23

Hoping this thread brings us all luck and hope xxx

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fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 18:05

Woohoo wiggo! Got a near positive on the old ov tests today as well, think I ov tomorrow, so olympics have worked for motivation! Lol. If I conceive this month maybe have to call the baby an olympic name.

Ellypoo · 01/08/2012 16:14

There you go fan - another gold!!!

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Ellypoo · 01/08/2012 13:49

Welcome tiger, so sorry to hear about your daughter. Congratulations on your bfp, there are ladies on here who are currently pg with rainbows or who have already got their rainbows who are incredibly supportive.

mech - is it you who has been accepted on the clearblue trial? I have just started doing it - the box they send you with all the stuff in is huge!

blizy, your doc appointment sounds positive, hope the sperm sample results come back quickly for you too.

How are you doing fan, I hope that work isn't too hideous, am pleased that your meeting went ok. Lol to Torch SWI!!!!

Sorry there are so many bad days at the moment, it's such a hard time.

I'm going back to docs this afternoon, have been taking the 'happy pills' for nearly 3 weeks now, so it's just a review really. Still just feel really crap and exhausted so not sure if they are starting to work yet or not - I do know that they messed up my cycle last month and af was 4 days late, that really didn't help my mental health!! Have just started the cleablue fertility monitor things today (day 6 of the 3 month trial), so hopefully will get a smiley face at some point when we both feel like SWI! It's hard for it to not become like a chore/means to an end isn't it.

August, I hope you & Adam are settling down ok - poor DH with his tonsils, my friend had hers done a couple of weeks ago, but is feeling loads better now.

poppet mine arrived about 4 weeks after I think - it was all a bit of a haze though tbh.

((waves)) to everyone else x

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AngelGeorgie · 01/08/2012 13:09

Welcome Quiettiger sorry about Samantha ... Congrats on your BFP xxx my dd ;Georgie was stillborn at 41 weeks on 10/10/10 I ce since had my rainbow baby ; Phoebe on 18/10/11 ... Yes, a pg after a stillbirth is totally & utterly petrifying very scarey... But , as these lot well know, my mantra is ; for today I m pg...1 day at a time... There's lots of support here , hopefully you ve got good RL support ( my medical support team were fab; scans every 4 weeks, consultant reviews regularly etc...) xxxx
Mech was it you asking? If not I m sorry... With Georgie I got my AF 4 weeks after I had her with Phebs was 6 months however was BF & on the pill!!!!! Xxx
Blizy well done u ... Be brave xxx
Fan glad work was ok... Xxx
Must get back to work ... 3 hrs then I m
Done to next Tues xxxx

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 12:38

Ahh only a bronze but still iys a medal, god I'm so excited. Role on the cycle time trial this afternoon, going to find a quiet place to work so I can have the radio up loud. So wish I was there!

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 12:22

august we won gold in the rowing, turn over now and watch the rowing mens 8, and get the boys to watch it too, its history in the making.

AugustMoon · 01/08/2012 12:19

Welcome tiger, sorry about your baby Samantha Sad Congrats on the bfp. Smile

AugustMoon · 01/08/2012 12:16

fan my boys watching kids tv (DH in hospital having tonsils out and I'm bf) ... What have we won?! Going to switch over now. Dammit, keep missing stuff!

AugustMoon · 01/08/2012 12:13

kleine my first AF was also almost 3 months after giving birth.
Mias your appointments are the sane as mine were... Every 4 wks with consultant from 28 wks and midwife in between. Although towards the end I was seen more, more like every week.

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 12:01

Woohoo our first gold! (Right where's DH Grin)

blizy · 01/08/2012 12:00

kleine My first af came exactly 3 months after giving birth.
I Grin at your fil getting dressed up to cheer you up!

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 11:54

poppet off the top of my head it was 5 weeks, but I did have a retained placenta so everything was pretty much taken out for me.
Oh and personel said they wish they could.

KleinePoppet · 01/08/2012 11:38

Also. How long did it take for everyone to get your first AF after your babies were born? I'm in a slightly unusual situation with all that has gone on, so can;t really compare with anyone else, but still interested to hear.
Ok, will stop posting now...

KleinePoppet · 01/08/2012 11:36

Ha, just re-read what I wrote - my FIL wasn't wearing the mismatched outfit to cheer me up!! That would have been REALLY weird. It was the PHOTO of him that was supposed to improve my day... (and I suppose now it has, as I am writing sarcastic messages about it and laughing cynically to myself Wink)

KleinePoppet · 01/08/2012 11:31

Just got an email from my SIL with a photo of my FIL wearing a mismatched outfit in order to cheer me up Hmm Ah yes, thanks, I feel much better now.
Bless her, at least she is trying (although quite why she thinks that would work is slightly beyond me!).

I AM though laughing at fan re SWI and watching the Olympics every hour or so for motivation Grin Also - what did work say when you told them they couldn't help you unless they could get you pg?!
blizy really glad x

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 10:29

blizy I hope so!
Glad the appointment went well. Hoping the sperm test go well too.

tiger I did the same to my DH, here's to a very sticky bean and an uneventful pg.

blizy · 01/08/2012 10:14

Klein- a fab birthday for fab girls!Smile

Well that wasn't so bad after all. My last day 21 blood test was good, progesterone levels were 91, my fsh level was border line, but dr said its because I had already ovulated. Dh has to do a semen sample for analysis.
Dr has sent a letter to the fertility clinic but is unsure if I will qualify for further testing as I have been pregnant before.

I have also been referred for counselling, I will have a telephone appointment first (17th aug) to assess. The dr was fab, i have to go back to see her in a weeks time.

I am Grin at fan SWI with an Olympics hat on! Do you think mr fan's swimmers will get a gold?

QuietTiger · 01/08/2012 10:12

Blizy - good luck. Thank you all for the warm welcome.

I tested this morning, on the off-chance as I wanted to take some paracetamol for a headache. (AF due on Fri)

DH was woken at 5am by a first response pee-encrusted stick being shoved under his nose with the words "Am I imagining 2 lines?" Bless him, he's very tolerant, so instead of grumbling, actually took a look at it, and there it was - a BFP.

Irony is, that I've literally just bought a clear blue fertility monitor to start charting this month!

fanjodisfunction · 01/08/2012 10:10

Just got out of my meeting/chat, and well it was ok, they told me I should have really had my phone on as they were worried about me. Fair enough but I also told them that there is only one person at work that I feel able to speak too and they were not there. I told them a white lie to keep them off my back, told them I was going to therapy. I also made sure they knew that I am getting better at handling these situ's, which they agreed. So everythings good. They did ask if they could help me in some way, I said 'not really, unless you can make me pg?'

greengoose · 01/08/2012 09:53

Fan.... GRIN at SWI with Olympics on.... Not a bad idea!!! Hope you are ok?

greengoose · 01/08/2012 09:52

BLIZY, you are a strong strong person you know. It will be fine. X

KleinePoppet · 01/08/2012 09:35

Hi quiettiger so sorry about Samantha... Huge congrats on the bfp!

Also mecha so glad about the CBFM trial. A positive note indeed.

Love to all Xxx

KleinePoppet · 01/08/2012 09:33

blizy thinking of you right now, hope the doctor is running on time and that the appointment is much easier than you fear.
Have just noticed that your Zoe's birthday is the same as mine! Which feels nice Smile xxx

blizy · 01/08/2012 09:21

Quiettiger- welcome to the thread, I am sorry for your loss. My dd was stillborn at 41 weeks 28/02/2011. Oh a huge congratulations on the bfp! The ladies here are fantastic and will hold your hand throughout your 9 months.

Oh fan- I singer what you mean about SWI feeling like a job! Hope the meeting goes well.

Mecha- fab news about the cbfm!

I am sat in the doctor waiting room, it also the midwife clinic day. God I am feeling so sick and am shaking, so nervous!

Mechavivzilla · 01/08/2012 09:11

Oh, and good luck to Fan and Blizy* for today! Will be sending good vibes to both of you x