In the Company of Pregnant Ladies (No1 Babies Detective Agency pt6)

Well done Nomore, I'm sure the first one will be the hardest. Can you get dh to do it? My friend who had ivf had to get her husband to jab her otherwise she spent hours psyching (sp?) herself up to do it and made it all worse. It is very exciting that you are at this stage though, fingers crossed!

Sorry I haven't been around, I've been feeling lousy and ended having tests in hospital for problems breathing/fainting etc. Its getting better now but am still so faint having to get mum and dad to help out with the kids as I tend to pass out if I do anything. Still, I am 36 weeks this weekend so not that long to go hopefully.

Hello to everyone else, big kisses to the gorgeous Millie

Nomore fingers crossed. Had paracetamol trial in hospital on Tuesday - thought that no reaction, so left - had to turn back as soon as I got home and go back in - ended up with 2 consultants coming to have a look and one asking whether they could get the 'medical illustrator' to come and do photos as it was so unusual . Got treatment quite quickly, but still feeling crap - had day out at the races with our company yesterday and had to be bundled into a taxi by the md and sent home in the middle of the day

Hope all goes well tonight, Nomore. Will be thinking of you.

Have finished weeding raised veg bed this evening, and planted some seeds so feeling reasonably smug.

Still don't quite know what dh meant... will have to explore further, although not particularly easy...

Hello.

Ready Thank you very much for your words of wisdom. Everything I've read both on here and in my books suggests I should trust my temperatures (it's a bit complicated by the fact that a couple of them were taken outside the normal time and my last cycle was a day or two shorter than usual but I'm sure it doesn't make that much of a difference!) Here is my chart I'm sure that in a couple of months, it will all make perfect sense! Glad your garden is nicely pruned - I really need to attack my weeds at the back but spent Saturday as a Fairtrade banana in a local carnival procession and running a Fairtrade stall !

Gilly Congratulations on your significant wedding anniversary I saw the bit on the news. I'm glad it went well - I'd seen it advertised in my local church but we've not reached any kind of milestone like that (not sure DH would have been interested either!)

Mistlethrush Big hugs - not sure what to say. It must be really hard and frustrating although it's good that at least you've had a bit of a conversation. Just hope that DH gets a new job and with it comes less stress as well! Hope you got the gardening done!

Lots of gorgeous knitting still happening then! Nomore impressed about knitting on a hen weekend (it's the sort of thing I'd do, if I could knit, but DH would just laugh at me!)

Hello to Toomuch and Scorpio.

Just checking in

Nice to hear about anniversary vow renewals and knitting fever! Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sun

i havent had a wedding anniversary yet!

we have kittens btw, born on friday 4 of them.

PS, we've just had a 'significant' anniversary too - celebrated by having some nice food at home - diet rather precluded eating out! (lost about 10/11 lb in 4 wks...)

Hi yes our thrush has very nearly gone, thank god. soooo painful.

I am so broody again already , must try and hold out till xmas at least!

Dh threw a 'bouncer' this morning. I asked him whether it was 'no' to any more children full stop or whether it was 'no' until he had a new job - his answer was no to both. so have absolutly no idea where he's coming from now! So slightly more from me on this slightly overcast morning.

Would like the weather to continue well today, as I'd like to hand over ds to dh after we've eaten (ds and me at least) and go and do some gardening while dh 'does' bedtime.

Scorpio - how are you and Millie doing? Hope things are better now.

Hobnobs, opks are notoriously difficult to interpret ? the line can often be somewhat ambiguous and the timing is hit and miss too? that said, if you have used them for a year and had all the other signs to go with and been fairly happy that they are pinpointing ovulation, then it is natural that you will be perplexed by this confusion. What was the rise in your temp like? It is easier to see ovulation from a complete chart ? so don?t stress, it might all tally. (If you want to share your chart, go into FF and click on the section ?sharing?, it will give you your url address that you can paste here) then I could have a look for you. I would be inclined to believe temps and ewcm over opks, but I have temped a long time and know what patterns occur for me, everyone is different and you will get to know your pattern over a few months (hoping you won?t need that long) ? the trick is not to let is stress you out.
As for giving dh time off for good behaviour, don?t stress ? it?s done now, so relax and look forward to next cycle (which you might not need!)
Oh and the hsg definitely can affect ovulation, but it isn?t a given, some people might not be ? again, we are all different.

Scorpio, sorry to hear about the thrush

MT, it?s a pity that you won?t be actively ttc, but I totally understand the reasoning behind the decision, it must be very difficult for your dh. You never know what will happen when you least expect it.

Hope everyone is good? I am off out into the garden, again!

Scorpio hope thrush goes away soon. Didn't get thrush but had a crack for most of the time that was more or less bad - for several months definitely for about 4sec and then calmed down somewhat so it was bearable...

I had a discussion with dh and it transpires that he is not 'cooperating' because, apart from the general feeling knackered and fed up at work, he doesn't want to see me go through a mp again. I suppose that I hadn't realised how hard he took the mp - it was me going through the treatment just becuase I'd be dead by now without it, but it was him that really saw and had to cope with the effects. He's also worried about not being able to afford a 2nd at the moment (he needs a new job) - perhaps after he gets another we should perhaps have another discussion, but doesn't look as though we'll really be actively ttc for the time being...

Hello everyone.

'Tis quiet on here, isn't it. Hope you're all enjoying the sun (well, maybe not today)

Ready if you're lurking (and anyone else who temps) I need to pick your brains. I've used OPKs for the last year and always assumed they were fairly reliable but am a bit confused. This cycle, I didn't get a positive until day 13 suggesting that I'd ovulate on day 14 (I usually get one on day 11 meaning ovluation on day 12 and often feel ovulation pain then as well). However, this is also my first cycle of temping and my temperature rise suggests that I ovulated on Day 12 after all (which ties in with EWCM then). This is what Fertility Friend seems to think (not sure how to link to my chart there) as does the acupuncturist whom I saw this morning. I originally thought that maybe my HSG last week had delayed ovulation, now not sure what to think! Has anyone else had this? I'm now regretting giving DH a couple of nights off for good behaviour though hopefully we didn't miss the right time completely. I know that I've read that OPKs aren't reliable and that I should trust charting but just a bit confused when it's only the first cycle that I've recorded.

just saying hi Me and millie have got thrush my nipples, her mouth. god i have never been in so much pain, lol! Well maybe when i was in labour but thats about it! She weighs 8lb 12oz now and is still the best baby sleeper ever!

Hope you are all well??

I've got a 1/2 days leave booked today to try to get on top of them. Better go and do some work beforehand!

Ready & Mistlethrush you're right - there was a nurse and a radiographer but no consultant. We're due to go to the fertility clinic in August and review all the tests then but I am hoping that once DH has got his blood test out of the way (booked for next week ), I'll be able to get a cancellation. Ready In answer to your question as to how I feel, I was fine on Friday evening but did have two or three moments of strong stomach cramps on Saturday. It would be nice to thank that the pain meant it's cleared my tubes a bit but I should know better than to be too optimistic! Not sure if it's coincidental or not, but it seems to have delayed my ovulation - I've consistently ovulated on day 12 for the last 7 months - suspect though not sure it will be day 14 this time which I suppose is a bit more normal. Just hope that DH's cooperation can be extended another couple of days!

Glad you got out there in the garden over the weekend, Mistlethrush. I have lots of weeds, just calling me for attention, but I'm too lazy to respond.

I would say that will be the difference... I had a radiographer and a nurse doing mine, no consultant. Suspect that is the same for hobnobs