Getting Ready For Baby Challenge - Part 6

buzz sorry about the cramps.. I've had them this week and really normal so don't worry. Prob just Keith getting comfy :)

penguin that is literally so shit!! you deserve ALL the wine!! Would you consider moving jobs?

hb exciting new car!! And so excited for you to test on Sunday!

I have very painful stomach cramps this evening :( and I did another test just to make sure Keith is still there! He's going strong 💪🏽 also spent an absolute fortune on Zara online oops! Oh well! Going out with a friend tomorrow night, no idea how I'm going to keep it a secret!

Hope you're all well and looking forward to the weekend! Woop!

Hb your name has got shorter! :) Roll on Sunday. am willing your AB to stay away. yay for the new car.

Penguin sounds bloody unfair and actually very inappropriate and unprofessional. We all think your fab. Sod them. Have a glass of wine (if you can) and think about the future.

penguin i should know this, but where are you in your cycle... is wine drowning a possibility?!

I'm not going to test until sunday if no AB before then! I think I'd rather wait it out than see a BFN! These twinges are worrying me! I don't want to disappoint the challengers!!
Cycles are generally 29/30 days apart from last month which was 33.

Car is the same (clio) but new and a faster snazzier version! The cost of trading up was basically the cost of a service (which was due) so i said if you let me hand my current one back without the service then its a deal! I guess they're desperate to shift cars coming to the end of the financial year!

Penguin so sorry. That's such an unfair thing to say, and totally unprofessional especially without an example of cause?! Plus, you're clearly lovely and likeable, so screw them!!

Hb oo, new car!! Exciting! How long are your cycles usually? Fx for another bfp!! :)

Grumpy how are you managing to avoid the symptom spotting?!

Ah Hb are you testing tomorrow?! I need to live through you., still a week till I can test!!
What car did you buy?

There has been constructive feedback in other areas, but this has just been a plain message of dislike and nothing else. No reasoning for it, examples of situations that have lead to it, or suggestions about what I can do to make it better. I'm definitely going to look elsewhere... but right now, I want to drown in a vat of wine.

Oh penguin that sounds truly awful... what blunt unconstructive "feedback" Are you considering a move?

Sad/crazy story red Your poor friend

FX everyone's Fridays go quickly and the weekend goes slowly! Sounds like it's been a bit of a week for most!

CD28 today, few twinges going on but have no idea what this means! I don't get pre AB symptoms usually! Quite unexpectedly bought a new car today so that was a nice distraction from the dreaded TWW!

Penguin that is so upsetting and so de-motivating, I'm so sorry to hear work is so rubbish. Have they given you any constructive feedback at all? Sounds horrible and unfair x

Oh Dancing, not long to go! Then you can curl up and sleep for hours...:)

Thank god it's Friday tomorrow, indeed Jupiter! I am absolutely fed up with work. So I found out today that all my hard work over the last year is all wasted, it's not appreciated at all and just a stark reminder of the "no one likes me" message that I got a couple of weeks ago. Not me being para, actual feedback that I got. What's the point? Why do I try so hard, for nothing?? I have the biggest workload on the team, I'm paid the least on the team and I don't even get recognition for all the extra effort I put in.

Amen to that Jupiter. Cannot wait for a day off (since Tuesday...)

laura ditto the usual early nights - love a 9pm bedtime :) Hope the dining table and chairs look fab!

Natur can’t wait to see your FRER! How exciting.

Thank god it's Friday tomorrow

Thanks, Jupiter hope all is going well for you x

Must have been so harrowing for her Redpony1 and yet her son somehow a positive side to her story.

It is a sad story, 16, surprise new mum and that dad passed away She's doing great though, i think her DS is 7 now!

Hope all are resident upduff's feel better soon. It can't be nice feeling so crappy in this new & exciting time

Line definitely still there this afternoon on a new test (IC). Fainter (as afternoon wee?) but very definitely still there! Bought a FRER for tomorrow...

So strange seeing any sort of line on an IC! Only see brilliant while before...!

Buzz you are my long lost sister I've decided! I feel like I'm surrounded by a whole load of them.. god knows what I'll be like when I am preggers 😩

Jupiter I wish I had something else to focus on. Maybe my short fuse may have something to do with staying up til 11:30 setting up my new dining chairs ready for my table to arrive this evening. Bearing in mind I'm normally in bed at 9-9:30 because I'm a granny grissle 😂 haha

Thanks Jupiter I have no idea - kind of hoping this isn't my month as timing would be very tricky - last luteal phase I had loads of symptoms so not gonna take any notice if I can help it.

Wow that is quite shocking red!

I've just come back from lunchtime spin class and I'm knackered

I'm glad you're giving yourself a day at home Tigger. I left realised a 5 day week is really taking its toll atm. Hope you are able to relax while you're doing whatever work you can.

Jupiter hope the nausea stays away for you. Mine seemed better yesterday, so of course I feel dreadful today. You must be so excited to meet the newborn when it comes!

Confused sorry it's hitting you hard lovely. I feel like I've known pregnant people before and no one has ever warned me just how horrible it can be. Maybe they did and I just couldn't fully comprehend it at the time...

Thinking of you today orange. Hope it's not too traumatic being back and the extra police presence is reassuring.

Oh confused how rubbish. Are you still struggling with insomnia lovely? X

Red that is such a sad story! Poor girl.

Glad everyone is okay, just watching the news has been so distressing, can’t imagine what it must be like to be in London at the moment.

Oh para I remember you from the other thread. I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad you’ve come back. Thinking of you x

Wow nature, I’m so happy for you – huge congratulations! That’s a really clear line. Early implantation is associated with successful pregnancies so that’s a really good sign. Will cross fingers for you that AF stays away and you get stronger lines over the next few days.

Wiggley hope AF not being an AB this month… you’re so right about mothers’ day, can’t believe I will be a mummy this year (all being well).

Grumpy it’s impossible not to symptom spot. In the first two weeks I was always so chilled about it but maybe it’s progesterone that actually adds to the irrationality in the luteal phase.. although saying that isn’t progesterone meant to be soothing? I really do have a good feeling for you this month (maybe because you’re feeling quite relaxed about the result either way!)

Dancing hope the form filling is all done. It must be hard to have to recount hard times on an official document but maybe also you can reflect on how positive your life is now. All these experiences shape us I guess. Lovely time with my sister thanks, she has a big beautiful bump but not feeling remotely like labour is going to start so reckon it will be another week or so before my new niece or nephew appears. So excited.

Hb that t-shirt is hilarious.. and means something very different to avid TTC-ers. My AF is far from cute. I wonder if the story about your cousin shows how much some pregnancy symptoms are really just psychosomatic! I keep waiting for nausea to kick in but it hasn’t so far (prob a bit early.) Am very tired though already and bowels are still all over the place.

laura sorry work is being a pain. Since finding out I was pregnant I have been trying to detach myself from work stress as much as possible. Having a new focus is helping. Hope you’re feeling a bit better.

Tigger you poor thing!! I’m so sorry that you’re having a crappy day It will all be worth it in the end x

Omg red that's shocking! Poor girl