The Elderberry Pavlovas are pimping everyday – a lovely thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 7)

Looks like people are all a bit grey and depressed today. I have managed to cheer myself up by finding a fantastic thing to listen to (sneakily watch) while working today, if you like Elbow, go here... It's just giving me a warm happy feeling listening to this.

Not helping much with my personal situation, but it's allowing myself to escape for a bit...

Another really original good luck message for Merkin & a trying to be cheery but failing given it's Monday & raining hello to everyone else.

CD13 here & I had a temp dip this morning. Really really hoping that it's not the pre-O one as mr Frog was too tired to DTD yesterday which means we have only managed to do it once in FF's green boxes . He's not back from work till late tonight but I don't care how tired he is - there will be some froggy action going on if it's the last thing i do!! Will do my OPK when I get home but CM not quite right yet so am still hopeful i have another couple of days grace first!

Good luck at your new job Merks

Fingers are cramping from staying crossed for so long for you guys! Normally I would say I can't stand the suspense, but DH's family emergency is still raging on, and checking in to see who's latest PIMP has shown what is taking my mind off some very serious stuff.
Frog I get the same looks when I mention having stepchildren; I don't know where the awkwardness comes from, but it's there, and very disorienting. Hard to help a child feel OK about having divorced parents and a stepmother, if people act like it's something tragic. Weird isn't it??
DH told me this morning he doesn't want a Dec or Jan baby; told him we'd need to take 2 months off in that case putting me at 39 when any post-Jan baby is born, and he quickly said to nevermind - and then brightened up and said if the baby was born on 25 Dec we could name him Jesus.

Morning all! How are we today?

CD23 here, so 6 days till the evil witch arrives on her broomstick!

Ugh Monday already, how did that happen?!?

Good luck for both merkin!

barking I don't THINK I ovulated pre-clomid, and because of my PCOS the specialist seemed to think I def wasn't, my follies weren't maturing and my ovaries needed a good kick up the arse! Just really hoping this sticks, am POAS-crazy!

pot hello! yes you'll have seen me on other threads for ages, been ttc 15 months so just a newbie to this thread - a friend of mine was an original elderberry and told me how great you all are!

Good luck merkin

Thank you for positive thoughts too, barking. It's easy to lose all hope and sink into the pit of dispair get a bit down about this sort of thing isn't it. There is a positive side to it- very treatable and they know about it now and all my prescriptions for everything are now free for life but I'm do impatient and ungracious I am stamping my feet and sulking about it at the moment!

Ditto on the good luck front, Merkin!

good luck merkin!!!!!

Break a leg merkin for the job and the pimping!

Ewwwww instadiffer thread, why why why?!?!?

Good luck with the new job Merkin. Thinking of all those who'll be pimping in the morning!

Ugh happy & pot thanks for the warning. Will avoid. I have enough of those to contend with in RL. Hopefully all those instadiffers are really young & will regret getting pg so soon later or have booked amazing holidays that they can no longer go on

Was hoping to see stories that would give me some hope not, my first 2 were unplanned and I was TCC for a whole month on my third

Happy. I foolishly clicked that thread earlier. A moment of sheer madness.

Ugh really depressing thread on here about instadiffers. Do NOT read!

We did have a discussion the other day Barking about whether he would give up if he needed to & he said he would. Trouble is as we're only on cycle 5 he is totally relaxed about the whole thing & doesn't think there is an issue yet especially as he already has one child so obviously the problem couldn't possibly be with him even though that was 9 years ago & how dare I question his manhood. I'm going to temp & OPK this month & next & that seems fine & we've been doing all the right things & still nothing then I'm off to the GP. I gather 6m is long enough to wait over 35. Hopefully the dr will say he has to be tested too & then we will see if he puts his money where his mouth is!

frog I passed the ipad to DP this morning with an article about drinking affecting fertility in both men and women. He said he'd stick to only 2 pints when he went out. This would be fine, I think getting him to stop altogether when he's been told his sperm count is 'normal' would be impossible. However, we've got a holiday and then two weddings coming up and I can't imagine for a minute the same 2 pint limit will be in place!

I fell asleep after my earlier outburst (been really tired this past few days) and now have a friend and two dogs staying the night, so have plenty to distract me!

thunder easy for me to say, but there could have been other reasons that these two women took another year, it's not like there is any logic or fairness or reliable pattern in who gets upduffed after how long in this ttc shit experience. You could be the exception to the rule!!

boodle, more info on there about tsh levels. It's very useful to have more information but I am feeling increasingly disheartened by it all!

frog, it is a very common and very treatable condition. I'm just gutted very impatient. I don't want to wait months while they get me sorted out. Grrrr!

Just read your other thread & googled the condition Thunder. At least it sounds like it can be treated successfully - understand you must be upset & annoyed by yet more delay though. Sure you'll get there though.

Just the usual domestic rubbish me being unreasonable depending on whether you're me or DP Pot!I got annoyed cos I'd been in bed for over half an hour & he said he'd just watch finish watching a programme then come up but was watching another when I went down to find him. Anyway the final straw was that he'd poured himself another glass of wine & I'm touchy about his drinking since I found out the potential impact on the little swimmers so I made a comment about that. Queue outburst, me storming off to bed & him coming up much much later. Just the usual romantic Sat night!

Sorry to hear that Thunder I know nothing about it but hopefully there is treatment available?

Oh...in my thyroid rant, I forgot to rub my stinging chin and say "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your flounce out!"

Thunder, I've just been having a read of your new thread and I will probably be keeping an eye on it as it develops. I'm so worried about thyroid; my levels are nothing like yours but, at 4.6 TSH, it's still too high if people TTC should be under 2. I've now seen three different doctors, all of whom have dismissed me and reiterated that my levels are normal. I really just cannot wait for the referral to the hospital and I hope so much that they will take my concerns seriously.

I hope it's not going to be a year for you - just keep getting your blood checked so any tweaks needed are done ASAP.

I've just started a thread in conception about hypothyroidism. I was diagnosed recently which is what has been making me feel a bit recently- because of delaying ttc rather than anything else.

In the first couple of replies, it's taken 12 months for people to get pg again. A whole year more?! ARSE