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.

bunny 2 whole years, I'm afraid! Hence my negativity! Or acceptance, which ever way you look at it! I think it's time to stop hoping I'll 'get lucky this cycle'. Sorry if I sound depressing! I'm actually feeling strangely empowered that I've finally accepted it!

Keeping my fingers crossed for you barking!

kitty can I ask how long you have been TTC? (lost track of everyone) I read somewhere online that NHS won't give ivf unless you have been trying for 2 whole years! Have you been through all the tests, fannycams (snigger) etc?!?

Feel sick as a dog today, really nauseous, a really hideous IBS symptom, I am so lucky NOT!

Morning peeps! Hope you're all having a good bank hol!

Think I might be on the CLOL as well bunny, hence why I've got blind drunk 2 days in a row in my 2ww. Just really don't think I will do this without assistance now. I'm not even massively sad about it, I think I've just finally accepted it. Roll on iui in aug!

happy think pip popped in a few days ago but haven't seen merk for a while. Wanted to tell her I've finally learnt what a merkin is haha

Well girls a momentous thing happened yesterday - I played cricket and managed to hit loads of balls! I always shy out of stuff like this as I'm generally crap and thought all my horrid childhood memories would come back. I finally crack it at 33! Where was my 33 year old self when I needed her at school?!

Morning Berries. Had a lovely night away with DP last night and will be exploring the West Country today before heading home tonight for a week of revision and reports
Good luck to all those entering shag week. Barking you more than deserve your BFP after what you've been through in the past week. Somewhere in the 2ww here though not sure where due to the weird OV happenings. At least a week to wait before any pimping opportunities though I think. Have a lovely day all.
PS - anyone seen Pip or Merk?

My hubby hates the pressure and i hate myself for pressurising him too!

That's a good idea tally. I'd be up for that if af would bloody leave damnit.

Yes, I'm getting quite tired of it now. But DH changed it up a bit yesterday and we are getting things back to the way they were 'before TTC', ie, much more interesting. I'm still having a bit of a problem getting in the mood, but yesterday was much more fun

Yes bunny it's a mixture of hope and mostly dread because of the pressure

Evening peeps.

So I'm not on the ROR or the SOP or even the POP,I feel like I may be on the CLOL (chaise lounge of limbo)

CD5 so I guess all the shagging starts next weekend. Does any other berry get a feeling of dread as they head towards DTD time? The worry that one of you will be too tired, too ill, too stressed, no mojo etc...

Yep, will do. Getting a 404 error page at the moment, so not sure what's going on.

Ahh that sounds great, I'm really inspired by your quirking activity! Give the shout when the photo is ready!

Not a top, a quilt top. But still very cool. It's the top part of a quilt - still got to put the layers together and quilt it before it can be called a proper quilt...
I bought what is called a 'jelly roll', which is a roll of loads of different strips of fabric and in my workshop we were taught how to put them together really quickly. Normally a quilt top takes me several weeks at a minimum because I'm doing it on my own at home, but in a group of motivated people you can get a hell of a lot done! I'm just getting the photo uploaded and you can have a look on my profile... It's loads of different William Morris designs. Not usually my thing but the jelly roll was cheap, and I think it's come out really well!

Evening all, good work on earning those hangovers girls! Drink on through I say but I am a boozy bad influence

So cd7 here and af still hasn't entirely left the building iykwim? Humph. think thyroxine might be making them heavy and longer- anyone know anything about this?

tally a top? Sounds cool. Pics? Your DH sounds lovely.

at blind's rolls from asda

hi guys. I've Been out sewing all day and had a great time - made a quilt top in 4 hours, which is a bit of a record for me.
I'm feeling a bit better today - I've been pretty down this week because I'm now back on green week once again and we are still not TTC and waiting for the appointment to talk to a consultant. I have been tempted to say sod the waiting and try again but I keep coming back to the sensible opinion that we should at least get a professional opinion that it's worth doing. dh had a bit of a talk with me after I apologised for yet about the bad mood day that we were supposed to be enjoying together. he's being so understanding and really wants to help me to not go back shown the depression route again for no reason that we can help. bloody nhs crappy doctors and waiting lists!!!

Oh kitty I'm not that domesticated, I can't really cook much but I do like baking, pavlovas and macaroons are my thing :-)

Another one for the hangover hammock here - too much wine at a birthday meal for friend of dh last night just polished off a BLT which is helping

scone I came off depo in 2011 too- last injection July, af came back Feb 2012-ish, but hasn't been regular so GP sorted me out with blood tests. If your periods aren't quite back to normal maybe you could start getting tested on that basis?

bunny how domesticated of you. I'm going to a BBQ too but I'm going to take bread rolls from Asda haha

Hope all are well today, I guess it will be quiet in here due to the sunshine.

I'm off to make a pavlova for a BBQ :-) shall I use elderberries ;-)

barking that does sound plausible, although I was going to vote 'a' anyway! Well done your doctor for asking if you had a shellfish allergy..

scone my butcher bakes bread!!! It's really good as well better than his sausages actually

cats come and join me in the hangover hammock!

thunder tbf you'll prob be fine going cold turkey I'm just a complete control freak and needs to know everything!

Well, went out drinking yest (hence posting from the hangover hammock) and feel rubbish despite only having a few! Spent most of night 'babysitting' my friend who decided to get blind drunk (shots in every bar). She then talked me into going to this club despite refusing as I felt extremely old and low after the last time (she asked 17 times, yes I counted). I only have in as she made out it was because she wanted to spend quality time with me only for her to completely ignore me and flirt with the dj (the actual reason why she wanted to go)!!! Love her to bits but she's in for a telling off later!!!

Thanks all, will book appointment and hope we get a good gp.

Hope you all enjoy the sunshine today, another busy day in the kitchen for me. Tomorrow is set to be our busiest day of the year so I probably won't get time to check back here until Tuesday.

Scone I agree with barking about being vague about return of AF. Maybe say "hard to remember exactly but sometime in the new year - Jan/Feb time 2012".

Enjoy the sun berries, lots of BBQ action and gardening for me .

Morning all. Scone I've recently been to the GPs for my first proper appointment. For me it's pretty much what Gil said. I had the cd21 back in February but they wouldn't do anything further until I'd been TTC 12 months (needed to exaggerate slightly there) This time around they did the full blood count for things like thydroid , glucose and iron levels plus the hormone tests but they didnt seem bothered about doing these on a particular cycle day even though I did ask. Going back on Tuesday for the results and to discuss being referred. DP had his jizz test back in December and I have to show proof of this to my GP so it may be worth sending yours ASAP to save time. I think procedures differ by area though so this may all be totally irrelevant!