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Elderberry Pavlovas And The Eternal Sausage of Wang (Part 4): a frightfully good thread for the over-30s TTC their first baby.

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viviennewestwould · 25/01/2013 18:58

Over here, sausage-wangers!

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Bunnygirlie · 03/02/2013 18:56

Ouch guess I deserved that Grin

pip how fab! Lovely to have something to take your mind off all this!

boodle I know what you mean, the witch arrived on my birthday last weekend, what a bitch!

I am hopeful for some sausage wanging BFPs this month!!!!!

Just suggested to hubby we go practice making babies and he's not in the mood Angry so having a bath to escape from feeling annoyed. Will have to jump on in the morning so I then have 24hours before smear test tues morn, what fun!

GailPlattsChin · 03/02/2013 18:31

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Boodle9 · 03/02/2013 18:24

Wow, Pip! Missed that earlier in the cross-posting! What fantastic luck! Very pleased for you and hope that the next stages go as smoothly as possible!

Gail, I'm not entirely sure now! I'm on CD18 and temps are still very low and no positive OPK achieved. I have ov'ed on CD18 before though so I guess it could still happen. If it does happen today/tomorrow then I expect to see AF arriving no later than 9 days later. 30th birthday is imminent and, knowing my luck, it will arrive then! I've had excellent form recently for having AF arrive on particularly depressing days! (Including a baby shower, birth of a baby, christening and Christmas Day! AF has a cruel sense of humour.)

It's human to get hopeful but I understand why you hate yourself for it. No helpful advice - just sit tight and wait it out. (And hope your head doesn't implode in the meantime.)

GailPlattsChin · 03/02/2013 18:14

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Boodle9 · 03/02/2013 17:27

Cor, it's rowdy in here for a Sunday afternoon! Well Gail, so far so good on the chart front. I shall keep my fingers crossed for you whilst I quietly sulk because I'm feeling distinctly PMS-y but without having ovulated this month. Damn it.

Pipbin · 03/02/2013 17:27

Evening ladies.
So we went to see one house that we weren't hopeful for and didn't like it. Went to see the second which we were expecting to love as we had loved the identical house next door and we knew this was coming on the market. But it had been 'done up'. by which I mean they pulled out everything that was nice and worth the extra and made it crap. So all despondent we went to my friends house round the corner for tea and cake. Found another house on Rightmove, phoned up, saw it straight away and put an offer in today. Which was accepted without a quibble!

All exciting. Can't be bothered to make a baby now. I'm too excited about the house.

Aquarius1 · 03/02/2013 17:26

gail I'm feeling perplexed and not particularly hopeful - I've no symptoms at all other than a bit of bloating which I put down to the amount of food i've consumed this w/e. dont even feel like af is on the way. I'm hoping /praying that, if it isn't my month this month, at least I won't have the dramatic fanfare of unbearable cramps (&diarrhoea) that I had last month...

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Aquarius1 · 03/02/2013 16:52

Love it Grin c'mon Gail, take it on the chin (see what I did there Wink)

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MotherOfCleo · 03/02/2013 15:44

whats with these women who spend the night hugging a hot water bottle then get excited that they have a high temp! Wink

Bunnygirlie · 03/02/2013 15:18

Symptom spotter symptom spotter!!!

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2cats222 · 03/02/2013 12:27

gail yey yey yey - it had suddenly dawned on me yesterday there may be a sinister reason for why you were quiet. Seems it is happening a lot at the mo. Humourless bags.

Anyway can we have a chart link so we can get excited on your behalf? My sister got really bad spots before finding out she was pregnant (she is one of the holy grail with perfect skin all of their life) and they continued until the day after my nephew was born.... So either it's a symptom (good) or you have forgotten to wash whilst in exile...

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captainmoll · 03/02/2013 11:27

Hi Sazza!
Gail - this is exciting news.. When will you be weeing on sticks?

Aquarius1 · 03/02/2013 10:51

Ey up sazza don't mind if I do [scoffs sausage roll] sorry you're having to work on a Sunday

gail what does that mean re your temp? I've never temped- not organised enough- wondering if I should...

Bunnygirlie · 03/02/2013 10:48

I cannot believe Viv got banned, what whiney old bags!!!! Confused

Happy Sunday peeps! What are we all up to today then?

FX for all those awaiting BFP soon, and happy DTDing to my cycle buddies Grin

GailPlattsChin · 03/02/2013 09:19

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sazzababs · 03/02/2013 08:34

Toddles in with some sausage rolls
Can I come back? I was a girly pain in the erse a wee while back and left as this whole shagging for a reason was starting to get to me just a tad! Decided to go all sciency this month (and the next 5 million), so I'm armed with piss-sticks and a thermometer... This also means that even when I DON'T have to be up at 6.30am for work in still up :/ Arse-biscuits!!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying their Sunday while I'm pissing about at work XD

happylass · 02/02/2013 23:36

Welcome back Gail whoever you may be Wink

Had a lovely day viewing potential wedding venues and watching the rugby with some freebie tickets even though Wales were shocking

Slightly over indulged on the booze though so off to bed to kick start shag week. Night MNters