The Elderberry Pavlovas who occasionally sausage wang – a fabulous thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 8)

Good luck with the appointments ladies! I'm off for a blood test so no luck needed really, just hoping the meds are working. Will find out later in the week I hope.

bunny it could be the same as mine but I guess each area varies . we have been going to a hospital outside the area we live as that's where the soonest appointments are.
oh has had 2 sperm tests because first showed low morphology, the second one was normal and fertility woman is happy with that.

barking we lost about 4 weeks at the start, the march appointment should have been Feb but our gp surgery messed up the referral - helpful!)

again different areas may be different for timescales.

Thanks Barking - I will check in tomorrow sometime to let you know what happened. Just checking through notes and making sure DH understands all the weird abbreviations!

Hope the appointment goes well and they listen to you and give you what you want

Fankoo again for the support guys. Merk cheers hun especially for your message.

Hellllooooooo anyone out there????

Can't even remember what my missing post said, something about back to front uteruses (uterii??), onsies and other random ramblings.
In my world I am still spotting NFN (no furtling needed) so am officially baffled. However very close to jumping on the 'this is odd therefore must be a symptom ergo I am pregnant' bus!! Clearly my misguided optimism has returned.
Hey to newbies and welcome in. I first joined the buses too but settled here for something more permanent and fun (no offence to the BFP buses but the berries feels like a night with friends as opposed to speed dating)!

Thanks, berries.
Enjoy the cookies, barking. Meant to say that I also loved the knitted mice.

Peanut, who's merk?

Is anyone else imagining Merks desperately trying to reply but not being able to post? Beating her screen so we can hear her?

No? That's just me then...

I'm so wanting to pretend that Merks is invisible and no one can see her, but can't think of a way to make that work online!

Merks, I think Mumsnet went offline briefly earlier - I had to redo a message that didn't send. Maybe it was that?

Er... Can anyone see 2 posts from me tonight or have the gremlins arrived and stolen one of them?

'tis ok. I have smartie cookies . you can't tell at all that I went to the supermarket without DP supervising

puppy that really isn't a quick process, that's rather depressing . 3 months between first FC appointment and the follow up?! I've got my FC appointment a week tomorrow. I was desperately hoping something might happen a little quicker than more blood tests and another 3 months to wait .

cherry have a huge hug, nobody expects you to be doing well in your tough/horrible circumstances. Just keep plodding on and don't be down on yourself for not being any better than that. Take care of yourself too, little treats etc as small things that make you smile are always worthwhile when everything else is a bit crap. Thinking of you x

Barking - that's rubbish! Seriously, with all the TTC-crap that we're putting up with, we need little 'pick-me-ups' like pizza and coke. I'm really feeling your pain, sincerely!!!

(No matter how I try to word this, it sounds like I'm taking the piss, but I'm really not, I promise!)

barking I'm not laughing. I'm not laughing. I'm not.

Would you like to share my tulsi tea and some salmon salad?

Ah cherry sorry you're having such a rough time. Is the acupuncture helping? I had a good weep on mine today, first time I met her too! Felt a whole lot better by the end of the hour though

frog def stay away from a hospital full of instadiffers! Plus the one full of us golden oldies will probably have nicer curtains and better left-behind chick lit.

I'm home alone. Had intended to visit my Grandma & stay the night on the way back from helping my mate with her house but she was out all afternoon and out again this evening - at 84!!! So I'm back home a day early and have no DP and no dog. More about the no dog to snuggle up to!

So, I put pizza in the oven and got on my laptop (making a photobook for the couple who got married last weekend). Woodburning stove on and catching up with 'The Village' how much pg and giving birth can they put in one episode? Really? so kicked my shoes off and swung them onto the sofa, kicking off the little side table the pint of coke a treat, we don't usually have any in the house I had just poured out which emptied into my trainers and all over the floor. So I get up and run to the kitchen for a bowl of water and a cloth only to realise the pizza is burnt. So now I have burnt pizza and no coke.

Oh & welcome back cherry. I x posted with you - stay strong. Sounds like the acupuncture is amazing.

Cherry, I'm glad to hear you haven't got long to wait until your FC appointment. I know it's easier than done, but try not to let those guilty work feelings in; just do what you can and take it slowly.

Well I went to the hospital today which is just as well or would be feeling v left out by now but unfortunately it was with DP to see someone about his stomach problem rather than anything TTC related. Unfortunately we did get lost at one point & walk past maternity which I did point out to DP was a bit tactless of him on CD1! We've agreed that I'm never giving birth in that hospital anyway as due to the catchment area I'd probably be the only mother over 20 let alone 35. I want to travel a further 10 miles to go to a much nicer one!

A not so quick me update. I?ve been keeping my head down and attempting to find myself a more even keel --mostly failing truth be told?hence my silence. But I?m doing OK in a waiting limbo kind of way. No more results back yet but we?ve got a date through for the FC in early May already which is great and I?m seeing a nutritionalist on Thursday who I?m expecting will ban my red wine and cake and prescribe lentils but if it helps well I guess I better suck it up. DH is in mourning already and insisting we binge out on a takeaway tomorrow night which is something we never do!

Other than that I?ve had lots of acu which has been a godsend. I can?t rate my practitioner highly enough, she?s been totally amazing through all of this.

I?ve gone back to work part days this week to try and ease in gently to minimise stress ? HR and my team are being fab but the workload is still looking like it?s about to crack under the strain. I?m trying not to worry about it ? I have told my boss who makes all the right noises but sadly doesn?t appear to have done much to actually help. I?m trying to fend off the lurking feelings of guilt and responsibility!

So my new zen status is another reason for keeping away from the computer a bit more plus I?ve had about all I can stand of incessant symptom Googling which is sending me a bit stir crazy!