Hut of Gl/Doom, part IV - FTC, because that's what we do....

Oh - and re that magic pill feedme - I dunno - will keep looking but maybe we should ask your bearded dragon!!!

Right - deep breath here we go-

Alternative therapies:
Feb - went to Natural Health/Chinese Medicine Doc- big blood tests - confirmed low ovarian reserve - started taking 2 herbal supplement mixes (mixed by doc)
Feb - Began going to Cranio Sacaral Osteopath again (used to go for IBS few years ago)
Feb - Started acupuncture - every week for three weeks and then every other week.
March - bought fertility spell on ebay (along with londonlottie)- but hey - some of the money went to charity ebay spell Although it may be a load of hoccum - I think the affirmation you have to say (and try not to giggle while saying it) about welcoming a baby into your life blah blah blah may actually be a good excercise even though I had a hard time not being sarcastic about it
April - began taking flower essence mixture morning and evening after reading this on MN -I mixed up my own solution and started straight in with both ingredients and also added in White Chestnut essence too when I found this website think I might have overdone the brandy a bit but I have to say I felt a lot calmer last month?

Conventional medicine:
Feb had first CD21 test to confirm ov - normal
Mar - DH sperm analysis - normal
April - CD21 again - normal
May - first appointment with consultant and booked in for CD3 test and lap/dye and or HSG for June???
and last but not least DH and I had a huge falling out because he got a job abroad at the end of April so was away from CD3-11 - went mental but then got over it and settled down for another 6ww. Anyway when he came back on CD11 we managed 4 shags - one a day CD11-14 and actually it was pretty spontaneous (as much as it has been for a while) Anyway we gave up again on CD15 and then had a limp one of CD 17 and then no more so TBH I was not that hopeful- never am?
So the moral of the sorry story is send your DH away for a few day pre ov and absence make the heart (read - penis!!) grow stronger.
Oh and we used preseed on 2 shags for the fist time also I am sure this must have helped?

All the above has cost a small fortune (although not as much as it would have done had we stil been in London - then it would have been double I think) but thats me - desperate and wiling to go bankrupt trying - and I was mentally getting ready for the IVF £ hit anyway! credit cards are a glorious thing

Anyway - I can hear the tumble weed whistling through the hut as you all shuffle off and point and stare at the weird desperate one!!

Here's another vat of Baileys and some ice.

Listen - girls - I tried to get the Firth to come back but after the last time he is not keen - understandably. But I have done a bit of a deal with Colin Farrell (he is a bit dirty but up for anything it seems) anyone interested??

And a magic "take this pill" that will astoundingly make you pg!

And Colin Firth please.

Yes, we need every little detail. The whole list please.

And some more baileys wouldn't go amiss

Right - I will post all my conception aids if you want - but it will take a while so will try and compile all the info and come back later - Are you all sure you want me to waffle on about it??

And the spell?????

Ok Ok Ok - definitely too many smiley emoticons for the hut - enough already!

thanks everyone though - the hut and all of you have helped keep me sane the past few months, through DH's limping performances, BF preganancy (Oh Sh*ite- just realised ths means I now have no excuse not to organise her baby shower - bleurghhh) and the constant feelings of and - just wish I had found it and you all last year!

More Baileys anyone?

ok seaside tell us about every conception aid INCLUDING the spell!!!!!!!

Wow, brilliant news Seaside many congratulations and fingers very crossed for a healthy 8 months.

seaside - congratulations . Very pleased for you.

Am making an early start on the baileys.

Now - tell me about that fertility spell...

oooh seaside, forgot about your spell! fingers crossed!!!!

pleased for you hun x

lissie and feedme {{hugs}}

Ok so I think I might have been outed by Chocolatedays (she is a proper super slueth!!) - but there is also another contender at the moment so may be outing myself ?!! Personally I am very scared and cautious so don't worry girls no big grins and babydust in the hut from me yet.

I have forgotten what the protocol is but here is a trailer-load of Green & Blacks choc and a vat of baileys I have also stashed some spliffs in with the G&B so look out as you unwrap

Oh - and I brought this pair too, thought they might be useful to take with you to the new spa/hamman hut:
Enjoy - but play nice - they do an awesome double massage - who's first?

Thinking of you all and so knowing how you are all feeling - strangely I am obviously happy for me (selfish bit*h!!) but I really know how news like this impacts on everyone else and I would be a even happier if I came back here and found you had all graduated too - honestly I never thought this would happen to me - I hope it gives a bit of hope to someone - 34 - 14months TTC and a crap ovarian reserve mind you if I listed all the conception aids I have used in the past 3 months you would think I was cuckoo - let's not mention the fertility spell!! - or maybe we should - I dunno?? Just feeling really nervous and scared and keeping everything crossed that this is real and that the tadpole is in the right place and stay there for 8 months more at least

Will keep lurking if that's OK - gonna need you all and the hut if it all goes tits up!

saw my neice today. all pink and fluffy. then got carried away on the abortion thread and ended up sobbing in the kitchen. yet another month with a failed pg conotation, is it time i gave up?

except i cant.

GOSSIP TIME!

Guess which Hut Dweller has to pop in and deliver some good news and a shed load of goodies!

Congratulations - you know who you are!!!

Oh Sprogster, what a shite!
Beany, if your period doesn't arrive on time will you test straight away or leave it a little longer?

Totally understand feedme. I am in the early part of the 2ww but will go mad again towards the end, esp after last month's chemical pregnancy. I may actually crack if I see another faint line.

feedmenow - very well put - exactly how I feel. AF arrived today so now I start again for next month which will be 6th month of trying. The waiting while being pretty sure you're not pg is definitely the worst part.

God I HATE this time of the mont
On cd26 and am just waiting. Can't do anything at all, apart from wait. The first bit of the 2ww isn't at all bad IMO and I always think, "OK this month I am NOT going to stress/symptom spot, etc" and it feeld easy then. But as the days go by I start getting edgier and edgier (is that really a word?). I really am quite sure I'm not pg this month, and I suppose I just want the next few days gone so that I know for certain and can start planning next month. And I also know that everyone feels pretty much like this too. I feel like I'm permanently double/treble/quadruple/quin....(?) myself by telling myself that if I convince myself I'm not pg then I might really be! But if I think that then I won't be so I have to super-convince myself that I'm not!! It all gets soooooooo complicated....someone please put me out of my misery!!!!

you know what impy. life has been pretty dull!! go back to specialist on the 4th tho.

Yes, vanity won out. It's nice to be missed!

FMN: Here's a large tray of deliciously squidgy yet perfectly crumbly chocolate hash brownies.

Duchesse, your walk in the forest sounds lovely. I am tremendously jealous.

Lissie, no more outrageous medical distasters for you, I bloody well hope!

See you all anon xxxxxxxx

Impy, you'd better pop vainly back in to see if you've been missed cos you have!! Oh, and can you please bring a gift next time?

Impatience!! was wondering where youd got to. glad you're doing ok tho sweetheart, keep coming in to see us wont you x

Hello all you good ladies (and you terribly wicked ones ). I just thought I'd pop my head in to say I'm still not pg. I've kind of gently given up on the whole thing, though I might dabble. This is how I gave up smoking all those years ago: I just got fed up with it and simply stopped! And just like smoking I'm sure I'll have the odd one every now and then. Like this month I just kind of fancy trying, but we're going away so it'll probably be one shot at a stupid time. Just to keep my hand in - so to speak! I really have become that blase.

Dp is on her 2nd month. Her oh-so-reliable period was a tortuous 5 days late last month, and given her one-shot conception with ds we really thought it had happened again. She was devestated when her period came. To me it just felt like more of the same.

So I think I've only missed one month. I just couldn't really be bothered, and we suspected at the time dp might be pregnant. AND my mum was here. Blimey, was that all just a month ago? But I feel like I've given up and have had months and months off. I think this is all very good for me. I've been really enjoying my time with dp and ds lately, without constantly thinking about the mysterious dc to come. And this has been a really crazy time for me in all sorts of ways, so taking this huge stress out of the equation is an enormous relief.

Strange stuff.

So, I haven't even been lurking, and I don't know when I'll be back again (although the vanity in me might make me pop back later to see whether I was missed ). I just wanted to let you know why I'd buggered off and to wish you all well.

xxx