Getting Ready For Baby Challenge Thread 5

Morning!

What a super fancy moniter grumpy ! I had insomnia last night (so of course was reading MN) i read that the best days for conception are the two consecutive days after peak OPK day (two people's infertility consultants had said this - have no idea why i was reading TTC over 10 months)

buzz you'll totally sort the dress, good advice to line up someone and alter towards the end! I used an absolutely fab woman on mine, she altered my dress like a dream, ordered me underskirts, coached me on how to walk down the aisle (no extra cost😂) She's Kempston near Bedford, let me know if you want her deets, i know you're fairly local x also, LOL Keith😂

confused House situ sounds stressful, at least youve got some time to organise a move if you need to? Baby + damp sounds like a no go

seven You've done SO well on your diet, I'm sure two dinners won't have set you back too much? & yay for the car!!!!

WAKE UP MR JUPITER!

Sorry if I've missed people, can only see what's on this page!

I'm feeling rough, just came on in the night. DH has left me in bed and gone to the gym... i really wanted to go cos i ate SO much last night... need to burn it off😳

Hi everyone!

TheGrumpySquirrel, is that the advanced clear blue monitor you have. Saw the pic this morning and it got my thinking I might buy one. It's a lot of money but looks quite good, would you recommend it?

I'm have had to hault ttc until I've had a op to remove a fibroid in a few weeks. Need something to keep me positive .

Hope everyone else is doing well.

It does look a stunning dress buzz. Leave it a while and see what happens. A seamstress may just be able to let it out at the sides so the buttons meet!

jupiter not really given it much thought as we wouldn't be ttc yet anyway and the geneticist said last week she would refer us for Pgd appointment so we are going to go along to that anyway. I think I would prefer to try naturally but if that all goes wrong we will then have to start that process of Pgd anyway! It isn't a nice condition. My BIL and step son have it.

I'm off to the spa today and I've been awful in any diet so don't want to wear a bikini! I have 7 weeks to shift a stone!

Yes, again this morning 😳😬

Morning lovelies

Grumpy that all looks very promising! Have you done any more fw humping? He he!

Haha at Keith...i like what I can see of your dress buzz its lovely.

Confused I have lived in a damp flat before it was awful. So much of our stuff got ruined!! Hope you get a new fridge sorted soon xx

So we went to fil's for tea last night and he has offered to lend us his car so dh can commute which means keeping up the diet and I get to see him too which is good (and we can carry on dtd).

Said tea was a Chinese and we had Indian the night before so no carbs gone completely out the window especially as I was designated drinker last night so feel like shite today! Back on it now although I think I've probably undone all my hard work 😭

Yay grumpy, go for it! (Unless you sort of are still half waiting?)

Second day of Peak and OPK is looking promising too (this is the darkest I've ever gotten)

I looked up the condition cocktails, sounds extremely challenging! How are you feeling about things?

buzz your dress looks beautiful from the picture but transforming into a lace up in an inspired idea. Maybe give it until a month before the wedding before you decide? Have a seamstress on standby just in case.. but you might not need it. You will be a beautiful pregnant bride with. baby Keith

Wish my bloody DH would wake up so we can test.. maybe be some hours yet though... Will see if my bladder can take it!

Hope you get a good sleep dancing! I'm hoping to do a bing spring clean and clear out tomorrow:)

Yeah buzz a seamstress will be able to sort it for you! So exciting!! :)

Been out this evening. I'm sooooooo shattered! 😴

Oh yes cocktails you're a genius! I could just make it lace up! Then I can let it out a bit during the day to make it a bit more comfy!

Gosh guys I don't know what I'd do without you all, feeling emosh! But seriously so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️ right now, Id have no one else to talk to about all this stuff so just thank you! ❤️

Also, DH had taken a liking to calling our lil peanut, little Keith 😂🤔🙈 he's like 'hope Keith is making himself comfy in there' 🙈🙈🙈

A seamstress could let it out at the sides or change it to lace-up?

I bought it from house of Fraser not a dress shop, so not the end of the world like it's not custom made. This is when I bought it, how far away it was from doing up so my aim was to lose an inch around my waist to let it fit. I'm thinking i could move the buttons over an inch?? that might look awful! But I suppose I have a few more months before I need to worry?

Omg wiggly do it! Yes! What a great idea! :)

Thank you cocktails :) I've never heard of that, have you thought more about what you you are going to do? Such a tough decision

Thanks laura it's still not quite sunk in yet!

My dress is really simple, had zip up the bottom and then buttons up which stop around the bust line 🤔 I'm absolutely panicking now that it won't fit!!! Just keep your fingers crossed lady's! Well to be fair, it's sort of like a in at the waist and then over the tummy kind, so I figure as long as my waist doesn't get massive I should get away with it? What do you think?

Jupiter turns out I was looking at the wrong date on my calendar 😫 haha. AF due next Saturday providing I'm on another 24 day cycle but we shall see. The dreaded wait..

Hi ladies,

Wow, a lot to catch-up on! If I was actively trying I would be here a lot more, but we’re still wondering what to do! Forgive me please if I miss anyone’s big news, etc!!

Penguin It’s a disease called Hirsch rungs (I’m always worried I will get recognised on here and people I know will find out what we’re thinking about!!). It’s a bowel condition and really difficult to live with.

Orange thank you for the support and that’s so lovely to say you are all here!

HB just hubby (well, I could have anything but just like anyone else, never been tested!). The trouble is, the whole process is drawn out and hard and then only a small chance of it working!

Redpony I hope you’re feeling better! Is it bad I sometimes secretly want sick days! I’m struggling with my confidence at work at the moment so not enjoying it so much.

Seven congrats to your hubby! If he’s staying in a hotel could you have a few date nights now and again? When my hubby worked away for a full week every now and then, we always had one of the nights as a date night and I would go over, we would go out and eat and drink and then I would stay over and drive to work in the morning. The confidence boost is good though! What does he do?

Buzz !!!!! Congratulations! What sort of dress do you have? My wedding dress def wouldn’t have worked but I’m sure it can be let out a little, etc.

Confused I hope you can sort out your property. Can you claim ruined food on your insurance or through the landlord/letting agent?

Oh god confused that's bloody awful!! I'm so sorry for you.. urgh. I'm surprised by all the cramping and things too - I swear they never mention that, the focus is all on morning sickness isn't it..

OMG we now also have Ants in the Bathroom 😩 I hate the fucking little crawly things!!! Literally cannot stand them 😭

Jupiter i think in sex ed they should stress the daily uncomfortableness/pain you go through in pregnancy... i never even thought about the fact that my body would have to stretch and that that would hurt! Lol

What sort of dress do you have Buzz?

laura when is your AF due? :)

Been a few manic days here for me too just had a quick look through the posts and omg buzz congratulations!! Super positive there 😍 let's hope that wedding dress of yours fits. I'd be having murders right now as mine is a button back so abit limited with what you can do. Also think my mother might slightly kill me after we went to all the bother of going to Holland and having it made 🤦🏽‍♀️ so happy for you tho buzz!

Sorry for you ladies BFN too 😫 now CD 33 for this month and no sign of AF yet. Not even cramping or difference in EWCM yet so god knows what's going on? 😤

Thanks buzz :) You managed to catch your egg despite that yay. Still keep smiling when I read your posts.

Thanks for the reassurance confused, I have all manner of twinges, pinches and stretches so will just let my body get on with it and not over analyse. Glad you managed to let the agent know what's been happening!!

Wiggley the TTC urge is catching, go for it!

Grumpy must be for confirmation or to make estimation more accurate. With the sticks it says that after peak reading O could be anywhere between 12 and 48 hours so maybe your monitor tries to pinpoint it better.

How interesting it asks you to test again Grumpy maybe it needs to see a drop to confirm ov

Buzz i am feeling better because I chewed the letting agents ear off (although she only shows places not manages them)... i'm more annoyed by the cost of the food we have had to throw out and that we are unable to make lunches at home for the week

Buzz are you planning on telling anyone else? You were my life buddy (as in - getting married then ttc at same time as me) now that you've gone and got upduffed it's making me think maybe we should just go for it too!!
I may just happen to wear my sexiest lingerie in FW this month and see where the wind takes us! I don't want to wait now either!

How you feeling now confused?