December 07- MC Avengers in big pants, going through, been through or pg after a mc, still here, still eating cakes. We will not be beaten!

Congratulations Aquababe FANTASTIC news!!! Never been a big fan of the runs, amazing the things that can become good news in the right circumstances!

Good luck with the scans Sybil and Sweetkitty - will be thinking of you.

HTGG I know exactly how you feel, and I guess our hormones might be at similar levels as you had your ERPC the day before me. We went to stay with friends of ours last weekend who have a 2yr old DD and a baby boy born in August. It killed me. But on a positive note, she had a mmc with her first pg and has had no problems since... Just very hard to see people with babies at the moment - everyone I know seems to be pregnant right now! But we'll get there [she said, trying to sound positive...]

Kasha so sorry to hear about your dream, feels like just when you've had about all you can cope with your subconscious gives you a little bit more. Very unfair. But as a friend said to me recently, the lowest ebb is always at the turn of the tide...
On a more practical level, can I ask you about basal thermometers? Have just started using one. This is a really dumb question, but do you just put it in your mouth or under your tongue? Also, how do you clean it??
Love the new thread title BTW - may amuse you to know I found it by searching for the word "cake" !!

Ah - found you all.

Congrats to aquababe. Let us know if you manage to keep your sanity for the next few weeks.

Georgie and Kate sorry for your losses. Also had mmc about a week before and I also thought was getting better but feel a bit rubbish this week - maybe AF is on the way ? So could be hormones or the reminder that no longer pg.

Kate - know what you mean about indulging in stuff that you can't have when pg - each time I have tried I have just found in a letdown. Except for a lovely red wine we had on sunday - mmm maybe red wine is the answer to all life's woes.

Hello to everyone else - lots of posts to catch up on so probably missed something big.

Hi KS - Toni Weschler's book landed with a bump on the doormat last week. Had a quick look through then balked at all the info. Will make determined effort to wade thru. Although will prob take some points from it, use OPK's and try and chart temp. Everything and anything at this point. Poor DH been packed off to work eith bumper bottle of vits and loose pants . Really sorry about your horrible dream. It totally puts you off kilter when that happens. Hope there's no repeat tonight. Lavender and a warm milky drink might help get you in the right frame of mind?

Kitty - hello lovely. Thanks for the thumbs up! How's the itching? Good luck for Thurs. Will have fingers crossed for you.

Cricri - I'm afan of OPK's, But they are rather addictive.....!

Aquababe Congratulations! Hopefully this luck thread will rub off on those of us waiting for BFPs
Kasha Those sorts of dreams are horrible aren't they and they also stay with you all day. As SK says, it's your brain trying to process everything. Try to find something absorbing to take your mind off it.
HTGG sorry you had to join us, but welcome to the thread.
ILTS sorry things didn't work out - I did wonder where you'd got to. Hope you come back soon as we missed your battered sausages
I caved in and bought some OPKs yesterday but no surge yet. Only CD11 today so very early but it's good to have something to focus on!
Hope everybody else is OK.

georgie - sorry you had to join our merry band but it is great here a mad bunch so you will fit right in I kind of threw myself back into ttc straight away became like a mad woman, I was lucky to get pregnant 2 months after mc am 7+5 today scan on Thursday so everything crossed we have a healthy bean in there

kasha - horrible dream think it's just your brains way of working through things

Congratulations Aquababe

HTGG Hello, sorry you had to join. Kasha is right, for a girl you need to BD before ov and for a boy on at ov.

KashaSarrasin Sorry you are feeling down. It's weird how our minds play tricks like this. You start to think you are coping then your brain has second thoughts. Chin up and take care x

Yay congratulations aquababe - lots and lots of sticky vibes heading your way !

I love the thread title too!

SK Hope the itchiness stops soon

HTGG Welcome but sorry you are here. Have you read Toni Weschler's "taking charge of your fertility"? There's a chapter in there about trying for a specific gender, I think for a girl you need to BD several days before O.

Still feeling a bit crap here. Had a horrible nightmare that the sonographer was wrong and that I killed my baby by having the ERPC which even though I know isn't true still makes me feel sick (sorry to lower the positive tone of the thread)

I did get my shiny new basal thermometer in the post though so now I can get back to charting...

Last one I promise.....

Kitty - forgot to say that you can add bicarb of soda to luke warm bath to stop DD's itching. And when DD1 one got it in Barbados, the doc there gave her anti histamine (sp?) to help with the itching. But you prob know this already.... Hope they get better soon. Lots of TLC, calamine lotion and DVD's. It's miserable when you're all ill.

My typing sucks today. Wade your way thru the typos if you can .

Hi there. Been lurking in the background for a while now but not felt ready to join. But today I feel the need of join the gang and eat cake. But could I be spared the big knicker wearing please ?

My history is mmc and ERPC 1999, DD1 - 6 yrs old (from 1st marraige), DD2 nearly 2 yrs old (2nd marraigae) and mmc and ERPC 2nd Nov.

Kitty can vouch for my fine character and general up-standing-ness as we share an post natal thread. Well, I hope she will!

Thought I'd got over mmc No2, but feeling rather wobbly this week as 2 g'friends have new babies and the old hormones are going haywire. I tihnk we're going to start TTC this month if AF makes a return, although have to admit to be incredibly scared. But, instead of being a paranoid wreck with DH, I can come on here and speak to you lovely ladies and calm myself down.

We used OPK's last time, but was wondering whether anyone had better suggestions? Silly thing to say, but I don't think my body 'does' boy's, so really want to 'try' for a girl. Don't get me wrong, would be completely thrilled if it was sky blue pink with yellow dots, but just don't want things to go wrong again. Do you BD before ov for a girl or other way round?

Enough with the questions. Lovely to be here and even though I don't know you all yet I wanted to say congratulations to all the BFP's and fingers crossed for all the scans.

oh there you all are, feeling very down and sorry for myself today in Chez Sweetkitty, both DDs have more spots but are fine apart from the itching. I have a sore throat so even if I could eat some food it hurts, I am drop dead tired and am stressing about my scan on Thursday. But ho hum.

aquababe - congratulations great news, you know join the knicker watching, stressed out until 12 weeks brigade I'm afraid but it's good news and fingers and everything crossed for you

ALBS - how are you doing? Have you dared to work out when you are due?

sybilvimes - best of luck for the scan tomorrow x

big hello to everyone else too xxx

CONGRATULATIONS Aquababe so very very pleased for you xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yey aquababe! What a brilliant start to a thread x
Hope all are OK. Glad to hear lissie is getting some more support finally

Aquababe, congratulations that is fantastic news!! I am now week 11 and have first scan tomorrow (so very very nervous), so just wanted to say that you will get there really quickly. Especially once the tiredness kicks in and you are only awake for 9 hours s day, then the weeks fly by!

I know I felt terrified when I got a bfp after a mc, and you will knicker check like a madthing but try to think as positively as possible - and good luck!

yay aquababe!!!!

and great thread title

Great start to a thread - CONGRATULATIONS