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.

ps. not forgetting thunder and bunny of course!

Ladies, I am a long lost Elderberry from a few threads back, logging back in - can I please be allowed to rejoin the lovely gang of longer term ttc'ers?

I hit the ttc-for-12-months mark back in April and I think the fact it was approaching sent me off into a world of denial for a bit - sorry I deserted and hello those of you still around (barking and boodle? twinkle and happy?) I also have had the most horrendous period paid since Jan which has been accompanied by vomiting and diarrhoea every month - so really felt like I was being dealt with a very sh't hand in life which has taken me a while to come to terms with.

Have now entered a world of pelvic exams, fanny cams, gynaecologist apptmts, infinite blood tests and gp apptmts to work out what's going on. Latest advice is I might need a laparoscopy.

I have a male boss at work and I know I'm going to have to have an awkward conversation some time soon when I tell him why I keep going off to doctors' apptmts.... anyone have any advice in that area?

All that aside, I'm SO glad it's the bank hol and am enjoying an ELDERflower and gin cocktail and back-to-back episodes of cougar town (oddly addictive). Hope all you ladies are likewise enjoying a good start to the bank hol.

So that's me. I promise I won't post such long and self-involved posts again (unless absolutely necessary).

Happy Friday berries!

Have we still not heard from barking? Hmmm not like her not to be on all day or more than an hour haha hope you're ok babs x

tally did you mean game of thrones earlier? I LOVE it!

thunder re you going cold turkey, each time I've tried to go without opks I always end up stressing and wishing I'd just done them. I'm stressing now because I used cheap ones in Thailand and didn't get a +ve. Also ff hasn't given me the cross hairs yet

Happy Friday berries!

Have we still not heard from barking? Hmmm not like her not to be on all day or more than an hour haha hope you're ok babs x

tally did you mean game of thrones earlier? I LOVE it!

thunder re you going cold turkey, each time I've tried to go without opks I always end up stressing and wishing I'd just done them. I'm stressing now because I used cheap ones in Thailand and didn't get a +ve. Also ff hasn't given me the cross hairs yet

congratulations!!!
Definitely deserves many

schloer sounds pretty good too - asda pizza in the oven and nothing to drink except squash or evil .

Still no news from barking? I'm worried

Nearly wine o'clock yay! Got friend round in a bit so won't be back on till laters, keep the SOP warm for me

Shall we share thunder? Can't have a celebration drink all alone!

Well done boom! Excellent stuff. You have the wine- youve definitely earned it!

Oooooh me too! Just found out I've passed my last ever exam before graduating, it was a tough one so need to celebrate in boozy style! I'll swap you for some schloer if you like tally

tally ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME ME!!

I've just been given a bottle of as a thanks from a teacher for printing work that was called up for moderation. I'm really flattered but teetotal so a bit annoyed. anyone want it? dh will probably drink it tonight though.

hope barking is ok!!

I'm constantly checking too & I'm only supposed to lurk now! I'm thinking barking may have run out of mobile battery rather than be deliberately keeping us in suspense. Fx and

How's everyone else doing today? We're nearly there! (o'clock of course)

I for one am knackered and wished I had a week off next week but will definitely make do with a long weekend for starters. I shall be mostly lazing about and limbering up for shag fortnight....

barking fx they are taking good care of you, sending get well quickly vibes to you xxx

I am I am!

barking sending lots of love x x

Is anyone else constantly checking their phone today to await news on Barking? Hope she's OK.

barking, I'm so glad you went to hospital. I can imagine the pain, and it needs sorting. I hope you are ok, let us know?! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

bloody he'll, bumps on GOT? we're a few episodes behind. I'll prepare myself. by the way, my claim to fame is that u lived with the woman who played Ros in halls at uni!

Barking you poor thing! You must be due some very good karma soon for all this. Hope they've sorted you out and you're feeling a lot better, let us know how you are when you can, we're all thinking of you. Need an icon for [grapes] xxx

Goosey glad things seem calmer. A good decision I think not to pile more stress on top of what you're already dealing with, and hopefully you and your DP will be in a better place next cycle. Maybe your decision will give you both a break from the intensity of ttc so you can work through anything else that's causing friction. xxx

Gillster agree about the reviewers, instadiffers shouldn't be allowed OPKs! Similar to when I went through my phase of trying every supplement under the sun, the Holland and Barrett website had loads of people saying 'ooh, I took Vitex once and now I'm having twins' grrrr! And ditto frog with the pg thread. I think even when I'm updiffed I'll have a hard time dealing with people who didn't struggle and think it's all so easy.

Going to join all you teacher berries on your week off - not half term but I've got a reading week with no imminent uni work and no placement at the hospital - just a couple of shifts at the pub and other than that I'm freeeeeee Didn't manage to have my booze last night (friend was playing in a tennis match and it went on a lot longer than expected) so tonight's the night for hooray! Even the omnipresent bumps seem to have become less obvious (apart from the smug bump-rubber with two other children at the supermarket but I pretended not to see her). On the babymaking front we're still waiting for AF so I can have my hycosy but having heard about poor barking's experience I'm not sure I want it any more

Here's the link scone:

Chart craziness!

barking any news? We're all worried here & thinking of you! Hope you are just catching up on sleep now.

scone my first month temping was crazy but second when I got updiffed looked way more normal & that's when I switched to the BBT thermometer too. I'll post the link to the charts so you can see & other berries can be nosy too as I don't mind!

Oh & even on a pg thread the instadiffers annoy me! There are people on mine who are like 'ooh whoops pg again with no 5' or 'wow my husband just held my hand once I'm so fertile'. These people have no idea what an OPK or BBT is - thank goodness for the elderberry grads!

goose glad things are a tad better in the goosey household :-)

Crikey barking are you ok my lovely?

Thanks goosey weird temps are probably just normal for me! I take temp as soon as I wake up, time can vary by half an hour but I never wake up in the night to drink or wee but my temps have been a bit all over the place!
Oh well, AF due Wednesday and I'm regular as clockwork so not long to wait. Got a very busy weekend of work to keep me occupied and half term next week usually means we will be busy!

and Gilster, Thunder and Happy!