Brooking No Argument that we'll get BFPs from our Easter Eggs

Oh Cups I know exactly what you mean. I avoid baby showers too. We have been quite honest too, and I know what you mean about the looks. Though in all honestly, MrMs family are just down right insensitive!

I'm glad you're feeling better. But you have sent it here. I feel Douglas houses!

Beedle I'm so jealous of your gardening. We desperately won't to get over the allotment, but with al the snow and rain, it's just too boggy!

Sweetie I'm glad you sorted things. I think it's all about self preservation at the moment. You need to be in the right frame of mind, and anything that detracts from that is bad.

I hope all other brookers are ok. Sorry for the lack of posting. I am always watching though stalker

Well I've finally left my sick bed! I haven't been out of the house in 4 days. I have had man flu according to DH I think he was getting sick of my whining. I'm feeling so much better, I look terrible though. My nose is really dry and has been peeling

at Geeks supply of tests, I've barely got any. I can't bear to test anymore.

Sweetie I'm glad you and DH have managed to compromise. I can totally understand why you don't want to go. I've just declined to go to a baby shower for some girls at work. It's for 5 girls going off on mat leave & there will be another 3 there who are currently on mat leave. I think it will be too much for me to deal with as i may have started IVF by then. The girl organising it was surprised when I said no thanks even though most ppl at work know I'm waiting for IVF. I must be better at hiding how hard this is for me than I realised.

Jen it's lovely to hear you and DH are starting to get excited about it all. It's very sweet that you are concerned about other people's feelings. Honestly I wasn't upset to hear your news at all.

I don't know about everyone else but I tend to live in fear of pg announcements. It's not because I'm jealous, it's because it's always so public. I've had so many friends make the big announcement at meals, parties etc in front of a lot of ppl. Everyone congratulates them, then at least half of the ppl there sneak looks at me or DH to see how we are taking it. It's so humiliating. I guess it's our own fault for being relatively honest over the years in response to being asked when we are going to have kids.

I hope everyone had a lovely easter

Hi beedles Very happy to send the FRER to you, just pm me your address.

Thanks Jen and Bartlet I didn't realise at the time that it was a new system. Over the weekend I've been inspired by an mn thread to contact my local WI branch, so I'll see how I go with that and if I have any energy left I may resubmit a form for Brownies.

Here's a little bit of BS Bingo to make you smile ladies - my company has just made an internal announcement that they are going to 'maximise the synergies with our services' [bugrin]

geek, there were LOADS of teething problems with the new system so your email might well have gone awry. Please try again. Aside from the fact it clearly guarantees a BFP, Guiding is so much fun!

Geek you shouldn't have got binned, somebody is supposed to get back to you. Feel free to try again, maybe you have a DC that isn't up on Join Us but we've had a few months to get used to it now. She may have accidentally pressed the wrong button and deleted you and is hoping that you try again as she won't have contact details for you

Sweetie I am glad you came to an agreement with DH.

Jen you are very funny!!

keep it is all very strange if you ask me, I can sort of understand it on a practical level such as booking holidays etc but from an emotional level surely the child needs to know his father is different. But each to their own and if it works for them.

sweetie Glad you and DH have come to a compromise on the christening. There are things I don't think our DH's/DP's can ever fully understand, perhaps acceptance is the best we can hope for.

jen I completed that form just after bartlet got her BFP figuring anything was worth a shot! but heard nothing back at all, not even a 'thanks but we're ok for now'. I did put on the form that I don't drive - would that have been a major issue that meant my form got binned?

boo loving the puppy idea - but would it honestly work? I can see you being a nice, well-rounded family of six :)

Ps, that's a bit odd about the surname, no?!

sweetie I'm sorry your dh can't understand where you're coming from, but at least he can accept and support you. I don't think yabu at all not to go if you can't face it, noone needs to know. Ivf is tough tough tough emotionally, so just do what's right for you.

Ahem

Geek that is what we need to do, become Brown Owls!!

We have spoken about the Christening again, DH will go on his own if I aren't feeling up to it. A mystery illness will crop up. He wasn't very understanding but has accepted that I am on more of an emotional roller-coaster than he is.

I did recruit Bartlet and then she got a bfp. This baby will be the 5th born to a leader in my guide unit since 2008...

I have told DH that if I ever say I'm feeling broody again he has to buy me a puppy!

We are 99% sure that we are sticking at 2 keep!

:) :) geek!!! That is hilarious!!

No number three for you, then, olives? ;)

Ok, so sweetie and geek seem to be ok on the test front!! Anybody else in need of any preg tests or do you all have a similar stash?

omg geek I actually snorted when I read your list. You really are very well prepared. Were you a Brownie or Guide. I am sure Jen or Beedle could recruit you as leader.

Oh my word sweetie you put me to shame. I was thinking I was getting a bit low:

OPK
64 x IC
13 x CBFM sticks

HPT
31 x IC
2 x Superdrug Own Specials
3 x FRER
2 x Clear Blue
1 x Clear Blue Digital

& 2 x IC HPTs gifted from other brookers, that I have saved for when I am confident of a good result.

Oh god I am such a TTC geek.

Olives thank you for your very kind offer. I have just been to check my ttc testing stash. I have 5 Internet cheapie hpt, 1 first response and 2 superdrug test . I also have a single lonely internet cheapie opk. So I think this is plenty to be keeping me going.

Actually I think it was Lanisoh that biscuits sent me - and that's been lucky, no cracked nipples in sight this time round!

I have 20 internet cheapies so I can split them into 2 batches

I had various opk sticks and preg tests passed on from other brookers (def had some from biscuits and fluffy) I like to think they bought me good luck and Id love for mine to do the same