Bonkers Anonymous-Bonkers, Bonked and Bonkers Babies all welcome and there are plenty of positive vibes and babydust for everyone!

Have bottomed the living room in my jammies, friends are coming tonight, we are playing on the Wii !!

CE My cycle is quite often 25 days, but now and then 33 which does my head in !! By CD13/14 of last month my nipples were tender which lead to sore breasts after a few days, so i cant read anything into it, and i always start with cramps very soon after ovulation and they last right up until AF...Things are the same this cycle as the last 5 so i know ive not a chance and just want AF to hurry up ! Hope you are well and enjoy your ML xxxxx

D xx

CE - I am amazed....I thought everyone had discovered at least 1 of those series Stock up on all your favourite nibbles and switch off the phone....if you're anything like me you'll put on episode 1 of 24 after breakfast and still be there at tea time . You'll be willing beanie to be late though....there are now 6 series to watch!!!!

Nandos.......yum

morning ladies - hope you are all ok!

Detox - that was a very early start! Will dd be tired later? It must have been nice to have a night out though!

HC - I think you should relax on the sofa instead of doing housework! It can wait! What time do you expect them back? Glad the MS is easing if only a little.

Dawni - so how long is your cycle? Sore boobs is a good sign, do you normally get them before AF? The 2ww always seems like a year doesn't it!

Juanitad - don't worry I know you won't stalk me! lol! I hope you do win the lottery so you can stay at home with P! I'm sure I will be enjoying my ML within a few days - am going to take detox's advice and ask my DVD mad mate to loan me box sets of 24, prison break and lost as I have never watched any of them!

Dawn - hope you had better dreams last night! Have you had any vivid ones about when you have the baby with you yet?

ceebee - hope S is a little less grumpy today! I read that some babies are just grumpier than others! He's ever so cute though - I looked at your photo's again - they really do look very alike your 2 don't they!

BB - thanks - you're not a lurker though! You were here from the start I thought!

We are going to the cinema to see The Internationalthen to Nandos - I shouldn't say that as last time I seem to remember we all ended up fancying the piri-piri!

morning everyone

Poor lie in Detox

Im on the 2WW as you'll probably know HC Getting tired of waiting now though !! CD17, had cramps forever, boobs are killing and wish i could speed up time !!!

Need a brew

D xx

Hooray, CE my stalking paid off!! Please don't think I am some kind of loon, but we were desperate to find you and the internet is a marvellous thing!! It does make you realise how easy it would be to stalk someone if you wanted to though....I promise I won't though, unless you go away again that is!! So pleased you are back and glad you made it through to mat leave relatively unscathed!. I was also overwhelmed at going on ML, I felt really weird and for the first couple of weeks still felt really attached to school. Now I can't bear the thought of going back. I am desperate to win the lottery so that I don't have to go back to work and can be a SAHM, I am loving motherhood and would love to do it full time. I used to be such a career woman, I was always looking for the next promotion and wanted to be a head eventually, but now all that means absolutely nothing! So strange how your priorities change! Anyway once again, pleased to have you back and hope you have a lovely few weeks before mini-choc arrives!

Welcome back CE My top tips for surviving the last few weeks while on mat leave.....

...relax, lay on sofa watching dvd's (now is a great time to get into all the series of 24 & Prision Break if you haven't already!), swimming if you're up to it, relax, sleep, eat whatever you like, sleep, etc etc etc....ha ha ha! I even managed to do some cooking and freeze lots of meals for me and dh after dd arrived as that really will be last thing on your mind Get the house clean and then hide away the hoover, duster etc as you won't be using them for many months years!!

MJIM - hope you had a better night with Naomi.

Have been up since 5.45am with dd! Dsis volunteered to babysit last night so dh and I went out for dinner for his birthday which was lovely....just could have done with a slightly longer lie in

Been watching Moses Jones which we recorded, it was very good.

Hope Naomi sleeps well MJIM xx

CE So pleased your back with us where you belong xxxx

Goodnight my lovely ladies sweet dreams

D xx

Oh CE, this is the last time I will mention this whole episode, but I was just about to go to bed when DH said, "Why don't you pop onto MN and see if CE has come back?", and there you were - I'm sure he's psychic!!!

Love you and this place wouldn't be the same without you. Ahhh at all your lovely pressies on your last day!!

Dawni, profiteroles - you're such a tease. Although my willpower is immense this evening!! DH has just had two doughnuts and I haven't had anything to eat since my dinner - I'm trying to be good!!

MJIM, so sorry about last night hun, I hope that Naomi sleeps better tonight...

Big waves and kisses to everyone else!! I'm off for an early night now, hopefully I won't have any odd dreams tonight. I dreamt about going for a walk with my parents the other day and all along the grass verges were dead robins - my favourite birds!! Yuck...

Catch up over the weekend guys. Hope you all have good ones!!

xxx

Ive got 3 follicles on my cervix if that makes you feel better LOL

D xx

I haven't got any of those but I do have a very grumpy 3-month old instead!! Even DH (after working from home today) asked how I manage to put up with Sam all day every day - it is such a good job he sleeps so well!

Definitely sleep for the next few weeks and also go to the cinema/meals/shopping etc - I still look back on the 5 weeks I had after finishing work and before Josh was born with extreme fondness - was a lovely 5 weeks of doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted

Thanks guys!

My last day was erm, emotional! I think I cried 5 times altogether! lol! I did get 2 lovely bouquets of flowers which are gorgeous and some cute baby outfits and a teddy. My form made me a fab card which set me off at 9am!

I have not got any firm plans for the next few weeks - sleep sleep sleep would be a good start!

Anyway, hasn't anyone got any EWCM or strange temp dips we can discuss for a while???? ...........

Im Giddy with excitement CE {massive kiss for you} I would have missed you terribly as would everyone else

Well.......I decided to clean the cooker hood after corrie and got carried away !! Bang goes my nice long purple nails

D xx

Also you must be able to see how much we all love you by the lengths we were going to to try and get you back!!

OMg CE welcome back I actually have tears in my eyes reading your message and am so so so pleased you have come back. I promise it won't get mentioned again

So how was your last day at work and what have you got planned for your last few days of freedom before mini-eclair makes an appearance?

OH MY GOD CE !!! I LOVE YOU XXXXXXXXX

Thank the stars your back....Dont do that again lady, i was gonna hit the drink and chocolate with stress !!!!!!! Dont feel awful, it was just a blip and im sure it will happen again

YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAA

Can I slink back without anyone noticing?.............

I still feel awful about what happened ? I truly truly never meant to upset anyone (if you knew me in RL you would know this). I especially never meant to upset Dawni as she has so much on her plate already. I can?t believe you all think you have upset me and I think I have upset you all

My initial reaction was that you must all hate me and I had better leave. Don?t know what made me peek back but when I saw your brilliant detective work/stalking and all the lovely things you all said, it made me realise you don?t! (I?m also slightly concerned that Juanitad might turn up on my doorstep unexpectedly! )

I am not someone to take the easy option and blame stuff on my hormones normally, but I think I am just feeling very overwhelmed at the moment. I am usually a strong, independent woman, career all sorted and in control of my life; and I?m starting to realise that this is all about to change monumentally and I have to allow others to help me. Plus I am as big as a house, have been working really hard to leave things properly for my replacement, and haven?t slept for weeks. Even DP and I have argued and we never do that

Arguing with you guys on here must have just been the final straw and I couldn?t deal with it at all. Now I have had a few days to calm down I would love to come back if you?ll have me ? I miss you!

PS. Could we not mention this any more? ??.. (I feel like a right plank)

love ChocolateEclair xxx

Hi Ladies...Has anyone been on moonpig ?? I get cards from there for friends and family miles away, there is some lovely cards and you can write anything at all inside and out, plus they send it to the receiver if you want to !!!

HC I will get DH to take a pic of my hair and i'll post it and scare you all to death !!

I am so that it has come to this but I agree we need to do whatever we have to to try and persuade her to come back. Although I have to say that she must have amazing willpower if she doesn't come back and at least lurk/read this when she off next week - ML is so boring waiting for the baby to come - maybe that is why she deregistered??

HC what you have said is good but maybe add something in about missing her and also say we understand if she doesn't want to come back but could she at least pop back and let us know if she had a boy or a girl and what she called it.... I can't imagine not knowing that Also, maybe direct her to the thread so she can see how much we miss her and want her back??

Complete change of subject - HC I need some diet advice if you don't mind.....as you know I have lost a stone and tbh, it was relatively easy but I seem to have stuck and I don't know why I only lost a pound last week and, although my official weigh-in is tomorrow morning, it is not looking good (I know - I shouldn't do mid-week weigh-ins ). I am completely sticking to my daily calorie allowance and doing lots of walking/exercise and not doing anything different to what I was doing a few weeks ago so why am I not losing weight now???