The Elderberry Pavlovas: sit on the sofa of hopefulness and make yourself a special omelette while prescribing the vomming cat to those that deserve it and observing the lunching of the tactless.

Kuma haha that took me a good couple of minutes..RUSTY! I really was never any good...hence the 2:2 - a lot of dictionary action went on for that as well!

They didn't actually tell me about the arcuate uterus, I phoned up the secretary and asked her to read the report out to me. Haven't heard a peep out of any doctors re: the scan since I had it back at the beginning of May! From what I gather it's probably not a problem for ttc, but I'll definitely be asking when I finally get to see someone.

Barking fingers crossed - and bunny too!

Happy weekend Berries!

sid is TCOYF worth reading; I read The Impatient Woman's Guide to Conception, which was quite good, but I guess I've lost faith after a few months of no results! She went on about taking supplements in her book but I must admit that after 3 months of popping a load of pills every day I rather lost motivation!

barking hope DP is on the mend; and good luck, FX this is your month :)

B00M Site can't handle Japanese, but, moshi nihongo de ronbun kaita, nihongo ga jyouzu deshita-ne! Sorry your appointment has been messed up by AF . When they told you about arcuate uterus did you ask whether they thought that would influence TTC?

Keeping fingers and toes crossed for you barking

boom hope your head is ok this morning!

Still no +opk here but I am drinking a lot of water and PIMMP (in my milk pot) so I guess that could affect it?!? Got some morning glory from DH this morning so that's days 11 13 15 and 18 which is great for us and amazing considering DH has been stressed over this work thing and staying away in a hotel is very tiring, need my own bed!

Have had medicinal chocolate and wine. Mostly wine.

frog glad your scan went well! Won't be me joining you any time soon but it's got to be about time for a new batch of grads... Sorry to hear about the job issues. I suppose there's nothing to stop you going for new jobs, you don't have any legal requirement to disclose pregnancy?

bunny oh well, there's always morning glory.... There's no 'official' reason why my cycle's so long, although I've self diagnosed with PCOS. Hopefully doc will confirm it at my postponed appointment. Although I don't think I win the prize for the longest cycle ever - think that dubious honour goes to poor charming!

barking oh poor Mr Barking! I had a boob reduction a few years ago and DH called me Frankenboob...I would imagine he now has Frankenfurter?

Sid poor pooch. Sending love x

Hello all the other berries! And a slightly tipsy goodnight from me! x

frogso lovely to see you! So sorry to hear about your job but soon you will have a little bundle of joy and you'll forget all about work x

Omg barking! Your poor DP, I hope he recovers soon xx

Tcoyf = taking charge of your fertility, v good book, temping bible so yes I highly recommend it!

bunny do it! About to take my own advice - DH & I have it come back from drinks out & he shared that this cycle 'it will happen' so about to go get a move on

barking oh your poor DP! I read that out to DH and you should have seen his face, tee hee hee (evil cackle)

frog very glad to hear about scan but sorry about job! We are still hoping somebody else will join you soon! I bet most of the grads are about to pop!!!

Today was knackering so no DTD was done! So not holding my breathe for good news this month. Gonna go to new docs Monday and register then try and see the doc and see what they say!

Just popping in from lurking again & send commiserations to boom, sid & mrbarking. OUCH!!!

Had a 8 week scan this week & strong heartbeat but not out of the woods yet obviously. In less good news my work decided my role was no longer required so I will be unemployed & probably unemployable on a permanent basis in about a week! I have been given a payout that will tide me over till when mat pay would have finished anyway & I managed to get extra by telling them I was pg but even so . Not sure what I'm going to do until Dec as no one is going to want to employ me permanently!

Ugh Boom sorry about AF - that really is the law of sod at its finest
Sid I've heard the same about anti-histamines too. I took strong ones every day for my general allergic-ness for years before I started TTC. Wonder if that's caused any problems

Crikey boom 59 days that is mental! Sorry witch messed your appts up though! I forget, is there a reason your cycle is so long?

sid TCOYF what is this my dear? Do you recommend?

Just got back from our work thing and trying to decide whether or not to jump on DH! Been a long day spent on our feet at this show, he is probably too tired

Sorry about af boom & all the inconveniences she brings with her! What great news about your uterus, though! Why on earth did it take them so long to tell you?? It sounds to me like PCOS diagnosis should be a shoo-in so fx your gyn gets with the program and is ready to take you to the next step.

Not much news here; my dog is spending the weekend at the vet's where he apparently is being showered with affection but vomited yesterday, hence his extended stay. He's active and engaged, which is great, but they need to make sure he can eat normally before discharging him. So, DH and I are taking advantage of a dog- and SK-free house, and taking ourselves to London for a weekend wander Silver linings. Still would rather have my doggie back but can cope as long as I can get him Monday, like they're aiming for.

I've started to read TCOYF and am finding it incredibly reassuring. Funny thing, it mentions avoiding antihistamines, bc they can dry up cervical fluids, making TTC more difficult. Guess what's a component in the pain medicine I was taking daily up until a month ago, when I cut out caffeine (mostly) & all meds at the advice of a new neuro? Yep. So am wondering if that's been working against me for 11 cycles now, as opposed to my lady parts just being old as hell! Clinging to any bit of hope over here. Anyway it's fascinating reading & I'd highly recommend it. I've started temping now, so will finally be able to join in conversations about coverlines and temp dips etc

Oooh sounds more exciting than most dissertations! Mine was very interesting actually, on the history and social/cultural aspects of Japanese tattoos. Ended up being all about the Yakuza and stuff...pretty cool. Shame I can't read it!

Japanese? wow! mine was on something to do with the representation if goth fashion and it's use in mainstream fashion. I had no interest in the mainstream stuff so I was at a disadvantage straight away. should have stuck to the goth stuff, although I felt a bit of a fraud at that too. but I couldn't think of anything else to do it on, so that was that!

Huh. Well after 59 days of staying the hell away when I wanted her to show up, AF finally put in an appearance this afternoon when I really, really don't want the ol' witch! Now I can't have my hycosy next week, which means I can't have my clinic appt the week after. So having to rebook everything for another two weeks down the line. Not the end of the world, I know...but frustrating when I've already waited 3 months for this appointment!

In other news, I finally got a secretary at the GP to tell me what my scan report says. Apparently it's an arcuate uterus rather than bicornuate, which is much better . One ovary looks normal, the other is the Godzilla of ovaries with multiple follicles and 22cc in volume which is waaaay over the size it should be. Please let this mean I'm going to get my PCOS diagnosis when I finally get to the gynae clinic!

And now I'm off to buy a Magnum. Because I don't get to use AF as an excuse for being fat very often, so I'm going to make the most of it!

Tally it's always cringeworthy re-reading your old work isn't it! What was it on? The last dissertation/project I wrote was in Japanese and now I can't read it at all, so have no way of knowing how dreadful it is

talking of dissertations, I found the one I wrote ten years ago the other day and I can see why I only got a 2:2. Can I go back and re-do it please now I've grown up a bit?

Bunny phew, the toothmug grossed me out a bit Maybe tonight...?

Kitty Apparently she normally puts rice in to bulk it out. I thought she ate quorn because she eats the mince, but apparently the 'chicken' is too realistic and meatlike. Next time she's getting Linda McCartney sausages and that's it!

Barking how are Mr Barking and his bits? Hope it went well.

Back on the dissertation warpath. It's SO BORING!

boom what would she have wanted then? I use quorn mince mixed with beef mince for bolognaise, etc. cuts the fat down and dh still hadn't realised haha!

Oh boom no ewwwwwwww! I was quite inventive, I took advantage of the tea making facilities and then swilled out a little milk pot, bit messy though lol , the things us TTCers do eh?!?
Not that I think it's going to help as I don't think any DTDing is going to happen, neither of us got much sleep last night so we are shattered before we even start a day working!

bunny not the tooth mug...?!

kitty oh no that's actually like one of my dreams where I'm always trying to find a toilet but there are no doors... Made me though even though I'm sure it was mortifying! X

In-laws turned up eventually, SIL is veggie so had made her quorn fajitas, one taste and she turned her nose up. Grrr! I don't mind doing veggie alternatives but she hardly eats any veggies, no tomatoes, guacamole, asparagus, mushrooms etc so was trying to play it safe with quorn! She's very lucky I like her apart from her frustrating eating habits!

Oh and looking after my best mate's cat atm. the neighbour is having some work done on his house and one of them saw me sat on her toilet earlier through the sky light!!! Argh!!

Well I found a suitable alternative pot, can anybody guess?!? Lol

Oh ffs I'd be annoyed too boom. Just eat all the guacamole and you'll feel loads better...