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

Happy Birthday Pip
....and good luck with the appointment tomorrow!

Happy Birthday Pip, and good luck for tomorrow!

Hi wimwom and puppymummy

Sydney yes there seem to be quite a few in the 38 gang. I think its only right that we should start with BFP's (with twins!!) from the top down. I had such a good feeling about April but considering AF has gone awol my positivity is waning.

Happy birthday Pip and good luck tomorrow. Don't worry about the BMI, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have referred you if they were going to turn you away as that would be a waste of time! Sure you will be fine, and there's loads of research that BMI is a crappy measurement anyway. Spend your time being excited instead! One step closer and all that... Now, are you sharing that chocolate??

Umm, Pip ...

Happy Birthday Pup

It is my birthday today, thank you for remembering Cats.

It's our first IVF appointment tomorrow, I'm mainly worried that they will turn me down because I have a BMI of 30, even though I'm a size 14. (I'm very short). However I am sat here eating chocolate that we bought from Hotel Chocolat because of my birthday.

Oh and welcome to our new Berries, there are a lot of us now aren't there.

I'm quite lucky in that the majority of my friends are not in serious relationships, and the majority of DHs friends have already sprogged. I know one of his close friends has been trying for #3 for a year or so but other than that I think I'm safe

thunder it's not the ones I haven't seen in a while, DP's mates who live close and we meet up with all the time all seem to be trying or about to start trying and since we've been ttc there have been two announcements and I'm constantly wary of more announcements being sprung .

Our cleaner is the price of an evening in the pub so we have the cleaner instead of the evening in the pub!
I don't know if she irons as I don't iron any of my clothes... If they look like they need ironing I don't wear them! I don't do ironing.

Anyone else get nervous when meeting up with friends you haven't seen in a while in case they're pg? I just don't know if I'll be able to arrange my face suitably with any first baby announcements at the mo.

Good to have you as a cycle buddy merk and I am hopeful for you too! I can live vicariously through you as I don't think there's a hope of me conceiving at the mo. rooting from the sidelines....

Cleaners sound great! I don't earn enough though . I'd love soneone to dust too- I never do it and the dust is so thick here it's quite embarrassing.

barking does she iron?? That would weaken me as I detest ironing with a passion!!

I used to think that merk but the cleaner does such a good job that it's easy to keep clean and not horrendous by the following week. Most of our mess is caused by the dog and she's got 6 of her own so I don't feel self conscious of the dog hair or mucky kitchen floor as she knows the reason we got her in was to try and keep on top of it! The first clean was embarrassing though, how clean she managed to get the grouting on the tiles in the bathroom that I'd just given up on as we tore them out this week anyway!

tally poor you
thunder a cycle buddy! Yey poor you for getting me I've not had any CM since O BUT this cycle was my first ever cycle with loads of noticeable EWCM. Between that and today's spotting I am quietly hopeful there's something going on!
Re. Cleaners... The exact reason I refuse to have one is I know that I would pre-clean in a panic before they came. I would be held to ransom and it would negate the reason for a cleaner iyswim! I'm pretty 'clean' actually so what I really need is a tidier!! I'm excellent at hidying things hence spare room like a jumble sale so need somebody to just organise me (or a new house with lots of lovely storage space)

The cleaner novelty hasn't worn off in our house, we came back from holiday to a clean house! And she even put clean bedding on the bed!! (I left it out just to see if she would ). It also keeps us tidy as we panic tidy every Wednesday ready for her to clean on the Thursday!

Ooh, frog, how was the cleaner? Mine is on holiday this week, so am doing my own. Poor me.

Seems the berry cats aren't doing too well ATM...think I'll keep an eye on mine. bunny, did your cat have to have the drip in the end?

Ugh I'm not the cleanest person around but not that bad! Anyway our cleaner started this week

Feel terrible as one of poor furry babies has developed an overgrown tooth & I didn't notice. It took the SS to tell me & even then I dismissed him at first! DP is taking her to the vet tmrw but not looking fwd to the bill as have a feeling feline dentistry is not cheap!

barking, you are a better berry than me. I only lasted that half day. She kept offering us drinks etc and none of us wanted to use the crockery. The toilets were the more disgusting things you've ever seen.... Her pets had been removed before the children!!
I think it's pipbin 's birthday today - got it wrong, sorry! Happy birthday!!

cats it really is horrendous. I got here this morning and have spent all day until now and we've done her bedroom, the lounge, and cleared the front garden of rubbish. I won't even start talking about the kitchen or the bathroom. The rooms we have 'done' aren't really to my standard but they're now tidy (you couldn't see the floor in either room) and at least hoovered!
A mutual friend said recently that she couldn't cope with it either, they were supposed to be staying the weekend but after one night they made excuses and left early the next morning! She's a great friend and outside of her house you'd have no idea she lived like this, but . I'm staying tonight but leaving tomorrow. I'd stay longer to help but I just can't face using the shower or sleeping more than one night on the futon covered in cat hair...

I don't want to think about the stuff you scrubbed in that kitchen. Gross

I'm on about 3dpo here and there's a LOT of cm to deal with just now. That too is grim. Is it something to do with progesterone after ov or something?

ah, yes! I got chocolate and chocolate digestives. nom nom nom....

eww!
I can top that, though. I (along with an army of other mates) helped someone clean their home after their kids were removed by social services. It took us 5 hours to clean HALF of the kitchen. It was like an episode of 'how clean is your house?'