Post Pill Party - The Ceilidh

I'm definitely more of a cat person than a dog but I'd also love to have a dog one day! Maybe in like 10 years or so. But I've grown up with cats and I love a good lap cat to snuggle with! Georgie is definitely a snuggler haha.

@Juno231 omg I'm with you on the 70s house that hasn't been touched! Luckily no sauna paneling here but it was riddled with asbestos that cost us £6.5k before we could even move in 💀

I've been a bit confused the past few days as my cervix was definitely open and quite high! But was medium firm. But I wasn't sure if I was just 'misreading' it and maybe it wasn't actually open... It was!! Can tell because this morning it's definitely high, firm and closed. It's interesting to feel the difference. No idea what this means for where I'm in my cycle but at least I now know I can tell what my cervix is doing 😂 OPKs still negative although RHR has jumped up for some reason!

Loving the reno chat! We bought a fixer upper in Oct last year - it's not been touched since the 60s/70s basically. Our kitchen has pine wooden paneling so whenever I'm on a zoom call people think I'm in a sauna! Just finalised our floor plans so we're hoping to do phase one this year of loft conversion and new 1st floor bathroom + redecorating.

Next year will be a complete remodel of the ground floor - including a side return wrap around extension for the kitchen, adding a loo under the stairs and dividing the current dining room in half - where one half will be incorporated with the living room and the other half will be a utility room.

As for kitchens - my friend flips houses a lot and she recommends diykitchens - much cheaper than eg a howdens one but really good quality (check insta for lots of their pretty kitchens). I'm also tempted by an IKEA kitchen as they're meant to be great but just a fraction of the price of other brands. Plus they do interest free credit?

@MissC07 @Kay00 I agree that pics of your kitchens might be needed 😂

Well I'm CD7 and my temp has finally dropped today. It's gone from 36.61 yday to 36.19! Starting to get a bit nervous about the hsg on Friday...

Update: yep, it's my period! Glad it's unmistakable now but wallowing a bit (and tired, and in pain). Had a wobble last night as my symptoms suck so much, can I really do this for x amount of months ttc? And pregnancy would probably be unpleasant for me as well. I feel a bit like a failure biologically, that I can't handle this natural process. I've just had so much pain I'm tired of it!

Enjoying the reno discussions. We had our bathroom done before Xmas and it's tiny but amazing! It was a total mess before and we put up with it for two whole years. Hopefully kitchen next when it's safer to have people round (keeping Covid secure with workmen in the house was such an added stress!)

@Kay00 ours was around 15K just for the kitchen units and appliances 😭 but we will need new walls and the floor feels like its got a few dips in so the floor needs looking at 🙄 houses are just money pits!

@missC07 @chinchilly your doggos are so gorgeous 😍 I love seeing the pet pictures!

We haven't even started pricing up the kitchen yet. Its a large space but needs complete renovation (new walls, floors, gas pipe moving, fire place opening up etc etc.) So it will cost us heaps! Plus my expensive taste for handmade oak shaker kitchens 😆😆😆 i might need to settle for less.

@MissC07 😂😂 please do! Your doggo defo looks like a sassy pants!

This is my little ginger ninjer! Typical greedy lab but he’s a sweetheart

@ChinChilly I wouldn't want to inflict a migraine on you just before bedtime 😂 If I ever get a BFP I'll make sure I post it against the splashback for added shock value!

@Kay00 Your doggos are so gorgeous! I really wanted a whippet when we were looking at getting ours but we ended up with little miss sassy pants below.... 😂

@Kay00 kitchens are so bloody expensive we’re looking at around 15k for ours 🙄 your two doggos look shocked at your cat person admission! I’m defo a dog person, OH loves cats well just animals in general we call him Dr Dolittle 😂

Ladies... don't even get me started on kitchens 😆😆 my kitchen is beyond rubbish! It doesn't even have any cupboards! Its just a wooden frame with large pieces of slate on top. All my food is kept in boxes... its just awful 😩😆😩😆😩😆

We plan to replace it (and decorate the whole ground floor) towards the end of this year/early next year... depending of whether I get pregnant!

@laurat94 I love your cat 😍😍😍 im actually much more of a cat person than a dog person... despite owning these two doofus'!

@MissC07 I feel like i need to see this kitchen

@LauraT94 Your cat is gorgeous! Hope you managed to eat your dinner without getting any nicked off your plate 🤣

Good luck with the kitchen refurb! Our current kitchen has bright pink neon splash-backs and diamanté glittery countertops from the previous owners... 😱

@LauraT94 the best part was there was woman trying bras on in bravissimo and she running out in a bra in a sheer panic (or she saw her perfect opportunity to nick it) 😂Honestly wierdest day of my life 😂 wow you are a busy lady!! How do you fit it all in!
Also I’d love a kitchen extension, its a big kitchen but I’d love it it be bigger but there’s planning restrictions on these dam old houses 🙄

@TheDaydreamBelievers oops I meant to add that the whole ovulation/dpo thing is a tricky one! I'd probably test in the next few days just because I'm obsessed with POAS 😂 you got a negative before didn't you? So any line, however faint, would 100% be a new one?

@TheDaydreamBelievers thank you ❤️ she's my little baby! She's such a soppy thing and just as obsessed with me as I am with her 😂

@ChinChilly oh wow haha!! 😂 I can imagine my OH being the same if he was in that situation! Dinner was SO good and I made tiramisu for pudding too! I sell perfumes mainly 🧡 I'm also a nanny, a part time student and a mobile massage therapist (pre-covid times!). Jack of all trades!

@Moocher90 I may be ovualting but my thyroid is laughing at me 😂😂 I’m hopeful that your endo will sort you out on the 24th!

@LauraT94 I think this is the 3rd one that’s been found in the last few years, a guy found one under his shed once, put it in his car and drove it to the police station which was behind a shopping centre which my and OH were shopping in (he was security there at the time) and even though it was his day off he went to help the evacuate the centre and I was just stood there like 🙄 😂

Our kitchen is very ikea veneer finish, it’s fine it’s just not to my taste, I may try tart it up to so it’s last a few more years! Dinner looks delish! Super cute kitty! What is your business?

Dreaded commute to the dining room table tomorrow 😭

@abi555 I'm glad AF is staying away! Hopefully your HCG jumps up soon and you get a decisive result ❤️

@Moocher90 awww sounds like a lovely day! Glad you both enjoyed.

@TheDaydreamBelievers wow that RHR looks really positive! When will you test? If you'll test.

@ChinChilly sounds like you had an 'exciting' day! Glad the bomb was deactivated without more drama! We've got the Ministry of Defence nearby and bombs sometimes get driven here to be detonated/deactivated safely!

@Kay00 glad the baby shower went ok!

@Sperr hope you're getting on ok?

@MissC07 oohhh orange twirls?! Sounds good! Let's hope Lent passes quickly for you 😂

Loving all the home Reno chat! We moved into a fixer upper Nov 19 and are gearing up to do phase 2 (kitchen extension and garage conversion) in June! Can't wait as I HATE our current 70s kitchen!

I've spent the weekend delivering orders for my business, gardening and cooking yummy food 😍 Georgie wanted in on my dinner! Still no positive OPKs over here so think it was just a freak surge of fertile signs with no O 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

@ChinChilly but atleast you are ovulating xx I’m here like waiting and instead I get an early period 😂 it’s the most frustrating thing. See how this cycle goes however I am not hopeful I will ovulate

@Kay00 I had a friend who dad that, i was like wait what? You were pregnant? Since when 😂

@Moocher90 I feel abit like that, I know my TSH is too high to conceive so why do I get my hopes up each cycle 🙄 eurgh annoying

@abi555 Just came on to say I really know how you're feeling in limbo as this was exactly what happened to me last month. I stopped testing and waited for AF in the end but it was 2 days late which is apparently normal in a CP.
However I'm keeping everything crossed for you that HCG doubles and your cramping is pregnancy symptoms.
If it's not then just know that it's a positive sign you can get pregnant, you have a great chart and some people say you're even more fertile the month after a CP.
I'm thinking of you because I know how awful it is not knowing and not getting definite clear lines on a test. At least by early testing you'll be able to put it down to a CP if AF arrives now and armed with more info for your next cycle ✨

@Kay00 I’ve had two people announce pregnancies :( it doesn’t get any easier especially when you want it so bad! It’s even worse when I’m not even ovulating so there’s literally no point in TTC x

@abi555 im so glad AF hasn't turned up for you! I had some dipped doors, unfortunately they were in a really bad state under the paint, so we had to dry them out, prime and repaint 😆

Baby shower is over. Lots of baby chat and birth stories but no one asked about my situation (phew!). I have just checked Facebook and another old school friend has just announced the birth of a little baby girl!! (I didn't even know she was pregnant!!) I give up lol. 😆

Thanks all! No AF yet today, so I am cautiously optimistic once more. Will avoid testing for a few more days though as it's just worrying me and if still no AF in 2-3 days then will test again.

I am DIY'ing too! My OH wishes I wasn't, as I am enthusiastic but totally without skill haha! I have just removed all the old doors in our cottage and sent them to be dipped, and they have been returned rather more rustic (and smelly!) than we had anticipated. Will need to invest in a sander and wax I believe..... also completely destroyed the doorframes removing them so not quite sure how we are going to rehang them! OH just sighs and shakes his head at me haha!

@TheDaydreamBelievers I hated our old front door, we tried sand and paint it and it looked worse...I luckily broke the lock one morning and we had to replace the whole door ofcourse 😂