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We're Gonna Need A Bigger Sleigh!!! December Hopeful's say AYE!

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RudolphsREADY · 05/12/2006 21:44

I filled up the last thread - sorry ladies... so thought I best start a new one since there is still a long ol' time to go in December!

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babylove123 · 17/12/2006 22:16

true! I've talked to my doc about "missing a period" but ive never done that in 8 yrs so hoping this isnt the 1st!!!

ladybug007 · 17/12/2006 22:12

My body makes symptoms up every day - and not just about TTC! But yes, it's difficult to know when it's all you can think about. Remember, you can't make up not having af!

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 22:10

do you ever wonder if your body makes these symptoms up?! I dont have that "i know im pregnant" but i do think i am.......i hope i am! Thanks, wishing you lots of luck too!

ladybug007 · 17/12/2006 22:07

Hmm. I've read some of your other posts and I have to say that all your symptoms do sound really positive, except for the bfns of course. I've heard women mention the fluttering thing before. I don't want to get your hopes up, cos I'm certainly not expert, but I wish you lots and lots of luck.

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 22:03

Keep getting this mysterious like jumpy feelings. y'kno like you get in your stomach and you say "oh i've got butterflies" - like that! Im trusting thats good! I get cramped up for 3 days before i bleed and havnt had that yet!

ladybug007 · 17/12/2006 21:55

I'm afraid I can't help you - am trying for my first as well. But I would think the pains are not necessarily a bad thing. Oh, I don't know, but if you still haven't had af yet you've got everything to play for! The female body is a mysterious thing.

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 21:50

Yeh its nice isnt it?! Yeh im feeling ok, confused tho. never having been pg, i dont know what 2 look 4! Worried coz been having ovary pains.....

ladybug007 · 17/12/2006 21:45

Thank you! Ooh, it's really exciting when someone replies for the first time! How are you feeling?

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 21:43

Hey ladybug, fingers crossed for u!!

ladybug007 · 17/12/2006 21:41

Hi to everyone - can I join belatedly? I've been lurking for a while but I can't bear not to post any longer. Have been TTC for nearly a year but dh works away a lot and timing is often off. Af due 25th or 26th but bd'd 2-3 days before ov then dh left so don't know whether that'll work. Good luck to everyone - babylove, am keeping all fingers and toes crossed for you, and for everyone else!

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 21:27

just a Q, did anyones skin change in early pregnancy? My skin has become really oily, i mean if you run your finger over my face, oil will literally come out! Its horrible! Wondered if it was a sign.....hormones etc.....

babylove123 · 17/12/2006 21:20

Hi MrsMc, thanks for your post, was very refreshing to hear someone so supportive

The doc said the 1st 1 may have been a m/c as i bled so heavily for a long time which was un-usual. He said last month was also poss 1 too as i was 3 days late and had never been late before. Bloody 15 days late now makes it like nothing in comparison! Am going to test Tues.......if i dont 2morro

whoopsfallenoffthexmastree · 17/12/2006 19:43

MrsMcClaus - dh went for months with nothing when I had my coil so he is very obliging (for the moment anyway!)
I also told him that I could quite possibly be pregnant so why not keep going til af arrived
someone else told me tell him that I had a bfp so it wouldn't matter although he would want to see the proof!

MrsMcClaus · 17/12/2006 19:22

No, not yet but we'll be renting so hope it won't be hard to find something if and when we get a buyer.

RudolphsREADY · 17/12/2006 19:05

OOOOH yeah!!! Excited about your viewers liking your house!! House buying and selling is different up in Scotland isn't it? Fingers crossed for you!! Have you found a place you want to move to?

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MrsMcClaus · 17/12/2006 18:54

I know Ready, doesn't it?! Pinky - so, so glad. People who viewed our house yesterday apparently really liked it, fingers crossed!

RudolphsREADY · 17/12/2006 18:53

Every other day sounds promising does it not!! Will endeavour to do that

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decorativeD2Bmum · 17/12/2006 18:53

congratualtions pinky!! cant believe all these bfps im sopleased for you all!! think i have gotten over my streak for the time being.

mrs mc that was a post and a half!! i bet your poor little fingers have got cramp!! im glad you and dh had a chat and cleared the air (along with his pipes ) you must feel a bit easier in yourself now,i find that them sort of chats always help to establish where you are both at...it would be great for us both to get our bfps in the same cycle..actually just to get our bfps would be great. i figure there is no other outlook than to be positive this year being down doesnt get you anywhere (copy and paste this when my next a/f arrives plz to remind me) as for the weight issue i have been slightly concerned about that too i am 11st2 @ 5ft8 and as much as i attempted to join you on your lose a stone b4 xmas thread it didnt work..but the new year i am determined!! i am turning over a new leaf!

congratualtions on your positive opk!!
i gave up on them and am going to be using my saliva scope thingy ma jig this month.

enjoy the rest of your sunday girls!!

RudolphsREADY · 17/12/2006 18:52

Oh ticklemepink, it all sounds wonderful!

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ticklemepinkwithtinsel · 17/12/2006 18:46

sorry - got to excited clicking!

ticklemepinkwithtinsel · 17/12/2006 18:45

hi all ,
Thank you for your kinds words, am going to be on knicker watch for the next week or so just to make sure i havent imagined it! Must say that NOTHING difrrent this month and lots of stress about it. I had a Neg opk on the sunday but we did it saturday - sunday - Tuesday - Thursday so the eveey other day rule looks like it works -
Edd is 22nd August but i know that i concived late in the cycle so more like 1st week in September, my son is starting full time school then so that will be nice for both of us as he gets away from crying baby and mummy can rest!!!

I will be here watching you all xxxxxxxxxx

ticklemepinkwithtinsel · 17/12/2006 18:45

hi all ,
Thank you for your kinds words, am going to be on knicker watch for the next week or so just to make sure i havent imagined it! Must say that NOTHING difrrent this month and lots of stress about it. I had a Neg opk on the sunday but we did it saturday - sunday - Tuesday - Thursday so the eveey other day rule looks like it works -
Edd is 22nd August but i know that i concived late in the cycle so more like 1st week in September, my son is starting full time school then so that will be nice for both of us as he gets away from crying baby and mummy can rest!!!

I will be here watching you all xxxxxxxxxx

RudolphsREADY · 17/12/2006 18:41

MrsMc - I was only teasing, I didn't think you meant I was an oddbod really although I probably am, so I don't mind!! Glad that you and your DH talked, that is the most important thing!! It's good that Spain is not a stress factor for you, the reason I asked is because in my own situation I had been putting pressure on myself by thinking "we must get pg at least by such and such so that the baby is born before that and that" and I have cleared that all from my head now (I'm proud of myself!). It will happen when it is meant to happen! My body will decide! I am just going to enjoy the trying!!

Now in 3 weeks when AF arrives feel free to remind me of this little pep talk, when I am moping and crying and being impatient!

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MrsMcClaus · 17/12/2006 18:06

Sorry that was so long

Tigertum - I crossed with you, welcome to MN! Sorry to hear about AF, are you sure it is? strange to get a false positive isn't it? Hope you get your 2nd baby soon.

MrsMcClaus · 17/12/2006 18:03

Ticklemepink ? well you have!! I am so chuffed about your BFP I cannot tell you! I know you have been trying for a while and how much this means to you and I really am over the moon for you. Congratulations!!! So glad you are staying, hope that this is a sticky one. Please, please tell us how it?s done!

Snowyowlet ? oh hon, I am sorry to hear about AF . Hope you are ok and looking forward to a boozy Christmas before trying for your autumn baby .

Greedy ? thank you for the reality shake, as I said, I always reckon health wise I am ok but carrying a bit more timber than I?d like but when I read that Zeta West classes me as overweight and therefore reducing my chances of a BFP, I felt miserable. Must put more effort into shifting some in the NY. It could be the reason, you never know! How are you doing?

Mirry71 ? hello! Sorry about AF arriving chick. It is such a massive disappointment and early too but then again, you get to the try again sooner if that cycle was not the one . Hope you had fun at the party!

Decorative ? hi there, you did remember rightly, I don?t have kids but I was pregnant once, decided not to keep the baby at the time. It was the right decision for me back then; I was in a real mess emotionally and in my final year at Uni. It?s what you say about age being irrelevant to the feeling that you want to be a Mum. I was 22 and really thought about the decision long and hard and I just was not ready at all back then. 22 sounds old enough but I know I wasn?t.

Better luck with the shopping next time and hope DP feels better soon. Thanks for all your kind words, DH and I had a big heart to heart last night (through which I was crying hysterically) because he admitted that he wasn?t that bothered about having a baby now and is worried about the cost implications. I went ballistic reminding him of how many years I waited for him to ask me to marry him (4) before I could even hope for a family (that was the order I wanted things in, just my personal feeling, especially after the pregnancy when I was younger) I tried to explain how strong my desire for a baby is and how scared I am of never holding my own child, it seemed to work I really admire your ability to have written off last cycle, it must have been really hard to leave it up to him, to have that faith. You?re right, we have been trying for the same amount of time, this is cycle 7 for me. I like your positive thoughts and really hope that you are right about it being your last drunken Christmas of just the two of you . You share the same birthday as my Mum by the way she?ll be 60 the day you are 21! I knew I liked you!

Yuletideways ? know what you mean about it being the wrong time of year to diet, but I say that all year ugh, cooking sherry! Hope you are wrong about AF

Ready ? YOU?RE BACK!! I?ve really missed you!! Not funny weird sense of humour, just funny forthright and in a way quite innocent, does that make sense?! (I was thinking about the time the meanies got you on the Xmas emoticons thread!) I meant it in the nicest way! As I said to Decorative above, it all came to a bit of a head last night; I was out all afternoon with my BF who is 4 months pregnant and so desperately wanted to be too. Spain is a moveable feast so that?s not worrying me really but the sooner we get there the better! How are you? I hope the break helped and that you are feeling strong again glad to hear things are good with you and DH

BoJingles ? I know exactly how you feel, I see people come and go and panic and think that one day soon I?ll be here alone with no one I recognize but that is simply not true, we?ll be moving on to! I really hope your AF stays away ? Babydust to you. DH says he is not in any pain when we BD but he does still need the drugs, especially in the morning. You might be right about them having an effect, I had not thought of that. I bought him some ?material? when I went to the petrol station this morning and normal service now seems to have resumed! He can do pretty much everything now but can?t sit for very long, seems to have full mobility though which is great and the original shooting pains down his leg have gone so he is really pleased. Funny you should say that about the pains and our worries, I am still getting cramps on both sides, never had that before! Today I did an OPK and got a positive for the first time in ages! I have a sperm test waiting for use that a graduate MNetter sent me but I figure that anything produced at the mo has my name on it so I?ll wait and broach the subject during the 2WW (maybe or might keep it for another cycle, see how DH is).

Babylove123- it?s frustrating waiting isn?t it? I think most people think it will happen quickly, after all, that?s what our mothers led us to believe wasn?t it?! The reality is quite hard to digest. Great attitude though, I try to think that way but panic about time after that! You really are quite late [fhm] really hope that this is your lucky cycle! Sorry to hear about the MCs, out of curiosity, what made your Dr say that about m/c? I am pretty convinced I had one 2 cycles ago. Don?t worry about what people think. People are a total pin in my opinion always trying to second guess and judging, ignore them. I know that is easier said than done but I do think that that is one thing that age does give you, the confidence to stand up for yourself and shun the crowd, learn it young and you?ll have a much better life! Sorry to hear about your friend too, that must have been hard.

FestiveFettle ? I really am so pleased for you and really hope this one is a sticky one, I can just imagine how worried and scared you are but take good care of yourself, have a wonderful Christmas and keep us posted

Sparklytreeangel ? fingers crossed you get the best birthday present you?ve ever had!

Whoops ? can I borrow some of your powers of persuasion?!

Brief update, cd15, no EWCM at all but cramps (on both sides?! ) and positive OPK so do think I?m going to OV today or tomorrow. BDed twice today ? I?m writing the first one off as a clear the pipes exercise. I have explained to DH that what we need is for his boys to ?ambush? the egg and therefore if he can send reinforcements as often as possible over the next 2 days, the war might be won! (seems to like the war games chat!)

Merry Christmas everyone!

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