The Elderberry Pavlovas, sausage bouquets, one giant sofa and the Gü pots of destiny! (thread 9)

Ooh goose I want to see! I want to see!

Buggeration bunny
(bunneration?)
Definitely get hammered I reckon.

Thunder Soooo pretty, thanks for asking! Really impressed that he chose it himself! And has scored him some much needed brownie points as - going back Pip's bedtime story (so funny, makes me laugh at random moments when I remember it) - he is busy and tired on the wrong days and causes much wailing and gnashing of teeth on my part

Barking did the doctor find it at all significant that your 28 day blood showed you do ovulate just late? Mine wasn't going to send me for another test even when I explained that 21 day one had been at wrong time of cycle - I had to ask for another test later in cycle (results tomorrow).

Wimwom TOTALLY understand your frustration with the second babies, nearly all my friends are having or have had their second mainly both born within the time we've been trying! Being nice wasn't something I used to struggle with as much!!

Hi everyone,

Thank you for the sympathy, sharing and chocolate. Have kicked myself up the ass and am feeling more positive today.

frog great stuff that the temps are working out and giving you useful information.

bunny I agree- wtf's she up to? Not on. (but does this mean you may be around for your 'day 21' tests after all?

Good luck pip, hi merk- presuming af came in the end?
Hi goose and congrats! Did he choose a pretty ring?

Good luck with the move Pip and well done on all the eggs!!
Ok so temp rise on cd10, serious OV pain on cd11 and EWCM on cd13. Isn't this arse backwards ??

bunny AF is by far the rudest woman on the planet. Fact. Arrives late & gets your hopes up that she won't turn up at all, barges in at inconvenient times & is just generally a pain in the derriere. Quite literally.

You have all our sympathy.

Good luck pip

Chin up wimwom my DP doesn't understand half the time either.

Am feeling positive today tho as have had a proper temp rise now so first ever confirmation that I Ov'd. Just feel so much more in control as a result. We missed the day of O itself (textbook cd15 if my FF charting skills are right so who knows wtf has been going on with my last couple of long cycles) but DTD 1, 3 & 5 days before so got to be my best chance so far. Into the 2ww waiting game I go...

or even good luck.....

Oooh, hoof luck pip!!!!

pip good luck with the move today, exciting times!

boom not sure what's caused the worlds longest period (well for me anyway) had a hycosy last tues (normal) then a smiley on opk thurs, then arrived Friday. The only new thing is thyroxine - but supposed to help, not reduce me to an even shorter cycle.

Really really bored of TTc now, two sets of friends have recently announced they are having number 2 - I remember we were TTc when they announced they were having no1! DH got cross with me the other day for saying 'I bet they're only wanting to meet up to tell us she's upduffed' - and how right I was. He just doesn't understand I'm not angry with them, just frustrated with us and being reminded of what we don't seem to be ableto have just makes it worse.

hey merk

boom I had to boot up the laptop to message you, didn't know how to do it from the app!

pipbin happy moving day tomorrow, hope it all goes well!

I baked biscuits tonight but when I went to take them from the cooling tray to put them in a tupperware box there were only half the biscuits left....

Hey goose glad you found us, I went back to painting the bathroom so didn't see your request for a link, sorry! To answer your questions on the LP thread now I've dragged you in here, my LP is usually 8 days, a couple of times when I've got excited and been convinced I'm pg it's been a whole 10 days . My cycles are anything from 24 to 37 days, but the last 3 or 4 actually seem to have settled around 32 days.
I had the day 21 test and it showed nothing, I then had a day 28 test and it apparently showed enough to confirm I had ovulated, just very late.

cats they've just advertised the maternity post so I'm probably a bit late but could still discuss it I suppose. I get on really well with my job share at the moment which is the main reason I don't want to rock the boat (she's the deputy so when I'm in class she's usually in school anyway, and when she's in class on a Thursday I'm in school for my senco day, which makes it run really smoothly as usually with a job share you don't see each other as you're in on different days!) There's also a 0.6 contract going as a teacher is leaving, which with the senco day would make 0.8, trouble is every assumes she's leaving because her job share partner is a nightmare to work with. She's one of these that will do the least amount of work possible and then still argue that she's doing more than she should be on a 0.4 etc. They actually put them on a 0,5 contact each just to stop the arguments about sharing the workload!!! All the other job shares are 0.4/0.6 though so they've gone back to this (not that she's happy about it).

Checking in... Am waylaid by crappy job and working all hours however in true Arnie style I'll be back. Hope you've all fallen pregnant in my absence and if not, life is treating you well x

PS Oooh pip moving day already? Exciting! Here's hoping the new house has fertile vibes!

Evening berries!

Definitely Pip, why stop at one when you could have a litter?

Hey Wimwom, nice to see you! How long has AF been hanging around? Do you think it's the thyroxine causing it then?

Hi goosey

Hmm, yoga. Who said yoga? I'm not sure I'm bendy enough, although I quite like the idea. Might look into it...

Tried to sort out some counselling. Turns out NHS service has a 6 month wait because I'm non-urgent (ie haven't threatened self-harm apparently threatening harm of GP doesn't count ) and private one costs £40-60 a pop, which I can't afford on top of acu . So I guess that idea's out the window! Back to moaning to the poor acupuncturist...

Oooh, barking, I love mail! It makes me feel special (I'm such a loser). If you give me a few days, I might even work out how to find it and open it

In bed already here at Bin Towers.
Have told everyone that we are having IVF, even the people whose house we are buying!
I have to say that I am rather proud of my egg creation abilities. With that an DHs super sperm we should be knee deep in babies.

Moving day tomorrow. Very exciting.

Hi berries, I'm making a brief appearance from my lurking - sorry I'm just a rubbish poster and you are all so much more interesting than me! Sorry about all the af's turning up - I'm on what feels like worlds longest AF after starting thyroxine. No idea what's going on. Back to my quiet corner!

Welcome Goose. I too am engaged and, in a wildly optimistic moment a few months ago, we booked our wedding for August 2014 as DP assured me "we'll have had a baby by then" Now with less than 16 months to go there's not even so much as a hint of a BFP in the air.
Think there's gonna have to be a few months later this year where we lay off TTC so don't risk giving birth as I'm saying my vows but other than that I figure what's meant to be will be

Goose ah thats nice, did he have a rock ready or did you get it together afterwards?

I'm 33, and we 2 have been ttc since summer 2011 23 months not that I'm counting. Had my hsg, tried 3 months of clomid, dh had his sa and I've had all my blood tests and nothing seems to be wrong although not a sniff of a pregnancy to prove that! I'm starting iui hopefully in June.

This is a good forum to be in (and the brookers one) if you need some support/advice/comfort! Of and we can't abide instadiffers or people who routinely post pictures of scans and baby bumps on fb (unless of course that is you haha!)

Thanks BlindKitty - he proposed in a sea front restaurant on holiday, was lovely. I was on cloud 9, but a week after back from holiday we had my long awaited consultants appointment which busted the myth I had somehow made up that treating luteal phase defect was a simple 'here's some progesterone', job done! Now I'm on track for HSG, then Clomid, followed by IVF if needed. Just arrived on this thread and haven't seen your summary!

PS, barking, well done on getting back up to 3 days a week. I know how hard it is getting back into it and what an achievement it is.

Hey, barking. I've had a chat with the deputy today too. I left teaching 6 years ago as I hated the lack of work life balance but have always missed it and wished that I'd asked for help, but I was young...
I applied for a couple of class teacher jobs last week and a couple of months ago and haven't been short listed. Made me rethink things. Do I want a full time class teacher job etc. I'd like to develop my role as TA. There's a mat cover coming up and intervention teacher roles, so I've asked to be kept in the loop while they're planning for next year. She also talked about PPA cover and getting more teaching on my cv. I'm going to start doing intervention groups for 3 mornings a week now at a higher pay scale, so it's better.
I totally agree that I can't see myself being a teacher and mum. I think there are options for other roles, like the one you're doing. Do you want to teach more, or just feel you should? Mat cover could be a safe way to try it? I'm trying not to think about getting upduffed affecting things at work. I'd give them plenty of notice to find someone to cover me, and go from there. I want to stay where I know for now, as I was finding it very stressful coming home and filling in applications after work. That's only a fraction of the work I'd do as a teacher!! I think a frank conversation with management can't hurt. No need to mention ttc, as it doesn't affect anything right now. They're probably planning for next year already and even more after Whitsun, so good time to sew any seeds. If you don't like the sound of what they come back with, you can always stick with what you've got. Even if you do the mat cover and SENCo, get diffed, you could return to something similar to your current role. Anything is possible!! Have a chat now - get in there early!

goosey congrats! wouldn't worry about the wedding. I'd just plan regardless and if a baby comes along then so be it. So tell us about the proposal!!!!!!