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.

you mean testing women to see if they've been smoking? I know it's a bad idea, but big brother or what? that's taking it too far!!

Hi barking, received letter yesterday from original consultant saying that I was being referred to an infertility consultant in the same hospital and that I would receive an appointment in due course. Incidentally, the HSG test on Tuesday is with the same person so I'm going to ask then. At least I can confirm I'm definitely not preggers -DH has been away with work for last 2 weeks and returns on Sat. So at least it has been good timing on that front. Good luck with your test on Thurs, I'll keep you posted.

gilster my friend is in same boat as you and getting her polyp removed next month (they found it about 3 weeks ago). She's been getting really painful periods so not sure if it had something to do with it. Had my Hsg few months back, was all fine and nothing to worry about x

goosey have you seen the mn article about midwives testing women for carbon monoxide? Hate seeing pg people smoking but can't see it working

Wow Happy I am impressed! What did you have for breakfast, we need some of it in the Goose household!

Don't know if I should risk this rather controversial opinion but a really good friend of mine who smoked heavily all her life really struggled with giving up when pregnant. She did really well cutting right down to about one a week straight away and then giving up completely - even her doctor said that was best as the stress physically and emotionally of giving up when so addicted is huge. Obviously giving up if any chance of pg would be better but then there are so many reasons to give up and yet people struggle. If shed been a stranger I would have felt but knowing her and how hard it was I was proud of her.

Went shopping and there were soooo many pregnant women/ children. Felt like the bumps/babies/nappies etc were all slapping me invthe face! Managed to walk strait past the gu pots of destiny and only bought healthy food for my post hol diet to get my baby body ready! Need to shift the 2kg I put on!

Hi, please can I join the berries? A bit of background: I am 39 and have been TTC for about 15 months with DH (32). I am in the middle of a load of tests and have my HSG on Tuesday. Ultrasound last week showed an endometrial polyp which has probably been preventing implantation and needs to be removed although don't know yet when this will happen, hopefully it will be soon. Still going to make an effort with DTD but not holding out a lot of hope until this is sorted. Would be nice to natter and get support with some fellow berries.

Spoke to soon. Af arriveth

Bloody Nora happy that is very impressive!

barking are you feeling better for it?

Saw loads of pg women out today too. Must be the nice weather. Even saw one smoking
On a more positive note should be OV ing anytime now. Have DTD 6 times this cycle already (3 times in the last 24hrs - not normal in the happy household!!). So if I don't get upduffed this month there's no hope!!

Hi all,

Welcome back kitty, hope you manage to get back into BST sharpish!

Grrr re the article too.

My af due today or tomorrow. No sign as yet.....

happy last post was for you! Getting my mn users mixed up!!!!

happlily I'm so mad with the mn post! I've waited until we're in a perfect place with getting married, getting the perfect house, being more financially stable etc but can't help but think that Kate f*ing-know-it-all garraway is right

boom had so much get-up-and -go from 4.00am that was strait up doing the washing, etc so left dh in bed. Now slumped on the sofa trying to get my sorry ass to sainsburys but can't seem to summon the energy! Will have to jump him before bed!

frog didn't know that ch was caught smoking. You see all the heavily pregnant chavs doing it outside the hospital where I have my fertility appointments. She's no better than them!

Hooray for the sunshine bunny! It's trying here, which is annoying because I have to go to work in an hour and it's always hell when the beer garden's full. Hope you enjoy the next couple of days, and manage to avoid all those bumps! maybe slurp your cocktail with exaggerated enjoyment next time you see one

Cate my sentiments precisely!

Thanks boom for the hugs, there seems to be an awful lot of bumps around this holiday, think I counted 17! Grrrrr

Sun out here at last, time to sunbathe for a bit, home Tuesday so not much time left!

Hope all berries are ok? Who is due POAS/AF soon?

Just throwing in my crazy idea on booze. Until u get a bfp the placenta hasn't formed therefore the little mini baby doesn't have access to your blood and all the alcohol so until you get a bfp I'd say there is no harm in a few bevies just keep hydrated

Happy Sunday berries!

Kitty welcome home! I take it the vodka and cokes were instead of in-flight sperm omelettes? Hope you manage to jump him today!

Barking sorry you're feeling rough, did you go biking in the end?

Tally hope you're feeling better too!

Bunny hugs x

Hi puppy!

happy, frog I went off the deep end with that bloody campaign. Who does she think she is to swan around telling everyone else what not to do when she's done it herself, and with fag in gob to boot! Pot - kettle - black. Besides which I would happily have started trying years ago, lack of parter and then lack of willing partner held me up I'm afraid. How selfish of me to wait until I'm in a loving, stable relationship in which to raise my kids. Should I have lined up the one night stands, flushed the pill and stuck pins through the condoms instead? Grrr

Anyway. Rant over. Nose back to essay grindstone...

sorry, hello again. been bedridden with tummy bug so will catch up later xxx

Well my opinion is I have given the NHS 13 years of not going to the doctor much and not having a sickly child/many sickly children for them to look after compared to having then at 20. how my h money am u going to cost them now? hopefully not much more than I would have earlier. what difference does that make? ooh that has made me angry. I married dh at 27 and wasn't ready til 29. was I supposed to get duffed asap once I met him? good way of scaring him off too! ffs.

happy I've already posted my tuppence worth on there on exactly the same lines! Who do we think is going to cost the state more overall - me with my older therefore allegedly more complicated pregnancy or DP's instadiffing 18 year old benefit & council house eligible niece?!

Anyway didn't KG get papped smoking when pg? Hardly a role model. The whole campaign is basically an advert for first response so I think that there should be a POAS boycott of FR.

Morning Berries by the way

So this has annoyed me before I've even got out of bed! Not just the theme of the thread but the ridiculous comments like 'if women had babies earlier in life then they'd be less cost to the NHS'. So, we should all not have a career/life and settle down with the first bloke that comes along just to save the country a bit of money?? When in fact I've been working full time for the last 12 years and paying thousands of pounds in taxes and think I fully deserve any help I need! Also who knows if we would have got upduffed any quicker 10 years ago? There are actually lots of women in hir 20s who have problems TTC. Grrrr.