Elderberry Pavlovas Unite - the over 30s TTC number 1

Lolcbcb it will make the 2WW so much more exciting if you know you've given it your best shot so I absolutely insist that you DTD tonight, even if you have to put a splint on it!

Haha you both made me laugh! DH at work and I'm spending whole day cooking for 7! Am thinking maybe a drunken shag later if he can get it up lol!!!

I second quod - make sure you get to it today before your friends arrive, and again tomorrow after they've gone!

Fx this is your month

What are you doing on the internet woman? Go and jump his bones again!

Morning girls. Got my first ever today. So exciting!
We DTD last night and have friends over tonight so prob earliest we can do again is tomorrow evening. What do u think? Is it too late?

Wow Hazle, our first Pavlova heartbeat.
From BFP to heartbeat seems short time.

Wow I missed that hazle a heartbeat!! That's amazing!!!

:)

Brilliant news hazle re heartbeat

I don't know Rach, I don't feel any different. Sure was nice to see that everything is ok, but still only week 8..Didn't help that the doc took his time to explain about all the future scans and tests - just so many things to worry about. But oh well, at least so far, so good.

Rache when I saw the doctor about my early mc (should have been my confirmation appt, pffft) he gave me a card and said I could self refer to the midwifery service when pg again - but added that they share the care, and then got v excited about listening to babies' heartbeats lol!

So I guess it's down to where you are and who your doc is. Wish we all had one like Quod - tho mine was very lovely too

No rache I don't think so - all the doctor did was day he would refer me to the midwife. Although quod's doc did more than that. If it's the policy of your surgery to just refer you I'm sure it's fine

That's great news Hazle, you must be over the moon!! I bet seeing that little flicker on the screen is the best feeling in the world I am so tempted to pay for a scan soon because I think waiting another 5 weeks will be an absolute killer!

Janey & Quod Should I have seen a Doctor before the Midwife? I phoned my surgery to tell them I was PG and they just passed my details on to a Midwife, no mention of seeing a Doctor?

Facebook can get a bit grrr from time to time but on the whole I grumble but would rather see the pictures than not.
That could change depending on how frustrating this process gets. have been broody since 2009 so the babes I cooed over then are all toddlers now!

Ah that's good quod, if I'm honest, I'm a bit jealous! Mine was useless, didn't tell my anything or ask me anything. Thankfully I'd decided to have the flu jab through work, just in case I got pg, not that he asked me about it. Grrrrr I hate my practice.....

Fingers crossed for the rest of you indeed. I'm sure that quod is right - we're overdue some more BFP's!

Great stuff Hazle and Quod

Sorry you were underwhelmed Janey I think it really depends on which doc you end up seeing, even within the same practice.

Totally understand the Facebook thing Bunny et al - after my early mc, literally everything in my feed was about children/pregnancy/twins!

Nipped on yesterday and was delighted to see an old friend of mine announcing her daughter had been born by C sec on Tuesday and all fine... No picture though, so maybe that helped?

Fx to the rest of us!

Great news Hazle!

My doctor sounds like she was better than janey's - took a lot of time and care, wee test/bp/stomach proddig, got me a flu jab while I was in there, did the choose and book there and then and was generally helpful. I should be contacted in the next week by the antenatal team to arrange dating scan.

Had my first night of socialising/not drinking last night. Pretty sure there was some wondering going on and I wouldn't be surprised if people have guessed tbh.

Chin up all you lot still waiting - I am sure we are due some Festive Elberberry BFXmasPavlovas.

Oh hazle that's brilliant news. Once the heartbeat is seen I've been told the risk of mc goes down significantly...

Yeah, SO different to the UK. I wish I was in france! It's pretty standard in the UK for two scans (although different in some health authorities) - one at 12 weeks, one at 20. And I think no more doctors appointments - and nothing happened in the first (and only) one! Only midwives from now on - assuming all is well....

So I had a scan this morning again and there definitely was a heartbeat. Everything looks fine.
Got tons of papers to fill in and some stern reminders not to eat too much chocolate (I don't) and that allowed weight gain is 1 kilo per month (honestly, I'm not that fat, but that's France for you). More blood tests, apparently they check for some things every 3 weeks here - toxo, thyroid hormones in my case and a few other things. And will have 3 more scans and will see the doc every month - that's a lot of appointments. Quite different in the UK, yes?

Yeah, yay to Friday. And avoid facebook everyone, it is a thing of evil destined only to make you miserable. I got so tired of looking at pictures of other people's children and happy perfect families that I avoid it now. Life is better this way. Being pregnant has not changed my opinion on this and I solemnly swear to not make people miserable who are ttc via my facebook page.
Good luck TTCers, it's the weekend, get busy trying to make babies.

Sorry to hear that happy
We will persevere!!

Because of how erratic my cycle is I actually am not sure how many dpo but imagine about 12 days by my calculation. In any event they were super nice at my apptmt and will run some tests + give me metformin.
Enough about me! I've hogged enough thread space already.
It's Friday!!

Tested stupidly early yesterday at 11dpo and of course it was BFN. Can just feel AF creeping up on me today . Onwards and upwards to cycle 3 and a festive BFP.

I'm on cd22. Because I haven't had my peak on the CBFM I'm just gonna keep going till AF/I'm too tired!