The WIMBEWAI(N)F Club - Only a few more to find!

How are you going, Picknmix? Levi symptom-spotting is what this thread was for before we all became cynical and realised there was usually no point! Anyway, I enjoy a good discussion of symptoms (the grosser the better) as much as anyone so feel free to (over)share!

Poor DD has spent today largely on the sofa. It was raining and I am tired. At one point I sat her in front of cbeebies and had a snooze. I am a terrible mother... I just wish this baby would come out now so that I could get back to normal energy levels soon. Let's hope I don't engage in any further vegetable-related domestic violence this evening...

Hope the rest of you are well.

Hope you're doing OK, PnM - what a horrible amount of stress.

Hope you're less tired, Bucky and MrsH. Good to hear about the retail therapy - I'm totally skint as am on unpaid leave to do my course, so am participating by proxy in your experiences! And I must say I approve of your choices, Bucky...

Thanks for the support re. the decision, Caitni - I think it was the right one in that there was an awful lot that went on yesterday and, though the individual lecturers were good, I don't think I can rely on the institution to keep me filled in on things as it seemed a tad disorganized! Hope you're enjoying the furniture now it's built (such a nice feeling at that end of the process). I resurrected my falling-to-bits Billy bookcase (poorly constructed, obviously!) at the weekend and it looks fine with books in it!

Had been indulging in a bit of symptom spotting - imagined my breasts had grown, in particular (I'm sure you all wanted to know that) - but feel completely normal now, approaching AF in a few days, so think that's it for another month. Never mind, am ringing the surgery today for another pre-IVF appointment so hope springs eternal.

Anyway, it's really work time! Thinking of you all, especially PnM x

Hope the scan is not too bad today, Picknmix. I can't say I remember dildocam with much fondness...

Bucky why so floppy?

Caitni hurrah for the furniture and a good weekend. I am knackered and spending stupid amounts of time on the sofa (DD getting bored I think). And am foul tempered, last night having tried to brain my DH with a potato...

, so it turns out do Paperchase, Fat Face and Accessorise.... Should have stayed at my desk! I do however have a nice new umbrella and a hoodie which is all warm and cosy ready for winter. And just in case the two million notebooks and pens I already have aren't enough, I thought I would buy another .LOL.

Well if your going to be all floppy and pathetic like I am today, you may as well be floppy and pathetic with nice stuff...Aldo here I come.

Whatever you do Bucky, stay away from Aldo and Gap - they drag you in and steal your money....

[higs] PnM You do make me smile.

I've got that Monday feeling today.... Might pop out and browse the shops.

Hiya,

Get you Caitni, actually managing to put together some Ikea furniture! That would have sat in a box in our house for months, until eiher myself or DH stubbed a toe on it once to often and set to with the [included] screwdriver only to make a complete hash job of it in our anger. We have many lopsided billy bookshelves but they do the job!

Glad you had a good weekened thoguh and can now start to buy baby bits! Very exciting!

First day of mat leave MrsH? Hope you're finding some time to put your feet up to keep that bp down.

Just had a call back from the Dr, am now booked in for a scan tomorrow. Am under absolutely no illusions that this will have a happy ending - it truely is the end but my stupid body is not good at getting rid of the hormones. Not sure what the scan will achieve to be honest...

So its prob the dildocam for me tomorrow, yippee, just what you need when bleeding from your fanjo.

It does however, give me the perfect excuse to miss a huge meeting at work where I was set to get a right royal bollocking. Every cloud/silver lining and all that....

Morning ladies

PnM what a confusing weekend for you ((hugs)). Though I think (tentatively) it's a good sign that you're getting positives with extremely weak wee. MrsH is right, you need some serial blood tests and a scan to make sure things are developing as they should. I hope your doctor's can just do the EPU referral by phone for you today. PS very glad to hear of the retail therapy - you both need and deserve it xxx

MrsHappy so glad to hear you're off work so can now focus on yourself and your family and getting ready for the shift from 3 to 4 [excited emoticon]. You look super gorgeous in the pix on FB btw - you may feel massive but you look like a pregnancy goddess . Total normal to be scared about the birth and I really hope you get your VBAC.

Ei I'm that your period arrived but that it's such a textbook cycle. I think your weight loss must be helping .

Levi I think postponing sounds like a good plan - a few more weeks/months won't make a massive amount of difference re IVF and getting off to a good start on the course counts for a lot. I also think it's important to not put everything on hold, so to speak, for IVF. It's enough to be going on with without feeling like "real life" has disappeared.

Bucky I'm glad that your start date is so soon . If you have any Qs or random thoughts on the IVF then remember you've plenty of listeners on here who know what you're going throughj (as much as anyone else can anyway).

Ready [cainit tips her hat to you and your ability to organise and travel so many people ] Hope you had fun and the party was great.

JB glad to hear that your DD likes nursery but I hope going back to work hasn't been too much of a wrench!

Waves to anyone I've not mentioned by name. I'm pretty knackered after a very fun weekend, was great to see my family (though watching them all guzzle mojitos at the party did make me miss booze for the first time!). Managed to assemble the Ikea furniture too - we've managed to really increase our storage so I'm very about it as it means we can now start buying bits and bobs for the baby...

How confusing, Pickmix.
I reckon you need a scan and some serial blood tests to check whether pg is growing and that it is in the right place.
Let us know how you get on when you speak to the GP.

Ah, thanks for all the support people, it means a lot to know you're there.

Just to continue the saga, took a test last night - after a huge cup of tea and weeing just 30 mins previous (i.e. v weak wee) in the hope it would show neg and whole thing could be ignored. No such luck, still positive. So took another one this morning, def still positive.

Have rung the drs and am waiting for them to ring back as they had no face to face appts today.

How was everyone elses weekend?? Hope the party went well Caitni? And seriously, a trip to Ikea at the weekend?? Are you crazy? I partook in a major bit of retail therapy - new coveted boots bought under the guise of 'I'm allowed to cos I'm sad'!

Hope you all are ok - can't believe that winter appears to be here already, I'm really not a fan of getting up in the dark!

So sorry to hear this. You are definitely not a whinger. Take care. XX

Very sorry, PnM - thinking of you. The last thing you are is a whinger. We're all with you. xxx

Oh sweetheart, I am so sorry . Hugs to you, and don't stay too long at the reception if you can't stand it.

Evening all,

Bleeding horribly now so def all over, will still do the test on Monday just to make sure but this has all really messed with my head. Keep crying, shouting, poor dh doesn't know what to do with me. Am at a wedding reception wishing I was somewhere else.

I'm such a whinger, I'm sorry!

hi ladies
PnM sorry things are still not right! FWIW with my CPs the BFP went away pretty soon after i started to bleed so maybe just see if it gets any darker and get down to EPU if it does fingers crossed (and legs too) for you xx {{{{{{higs}}}}}
hi to everyone else
AF is normal for once!! i am genuinely ed as it hasnt been for months
anywho...TMI time over
xx ei xx

Another quick post from me (still at work ).

PnM Really hope it's still good news when you rePOAS but it's such a horrible thing to be going through - big (((hugs))) to you

Waves to everyone else. Won't have much time for MN this weekend as am off to Ikea tonight (more ) and then have a big family party tomorrow night (immediate family flying over, sans kids, for my sister's 40th tomorrow). Busy busy but will catch up properly soon.

Oh PnM I wish I could give you a real life hug. Take care of yourself

PnM feel bad about threatening to push you off the bench now . See how the testing goes. I had a CP or MC depending how you look at it last November remember....and here I am with my IVF so I don't think it makes a difference although like everything else, it depends on your PCT and who you get I suppose.

If the + goes away, then I wouldn't mention it, if it doesn't then its good news .

ei sorry your out again this month poppet.

MrsH saw your pics on FB, you look ravishing Mrs. So pretty.

RFN2&3...6 hours????. Do you get a prize if you pull that off?

love and kisses to everyone else. Start shooting up on the 18th, so I'll keep you posted.

Wish I could pop down there and hold your hand, PicknMix. I hope you're as ok as possible.

Spoke to the fertility clinic - the head nurse (who is lovely) and she said there wasn't alot they could do but to rePOAS on Monday and if still positive, contact GP for a referral to EPAU. She tried to be so optimistic for me but, given the (sorry, TMI alert) amount of red blood I just lost, I can quite safely assume its all over . I just hope it doesn't drag on for 3 months like last time (blood tests 3 times a week for 3 months was no fun).

Anyway, thanks for the support. Am now sat working with hot water bottle clamped to stomach, old lady blanket wrapped around my shoulders eating choc mini rolls.

Love to all, sorry for being all about me....

Very very best wishes, PnM - still what seems like mixed signals - doesn't seem like it's all over yet, as others have said, but horribly stressful and a real rollercoaster for you. Thinking of you.

Hope you're enjoying the leave, MrsHappy - calm before the (lovely) storm!

Glad DD is enjoying nursery and you can go to work with a clear conscience (if not a few pangs!), JB. Hope you start to enjoy it, or at least settle in, quickly!

Sorry about the AF, Ei - sounds like things otherwise are good though and moving in the right direction in TTC terms.

Waves to everyone else.

After all that agonizing about DH, am going to have to postpone my fertility appointment - it clashes with my first day of teaching on my new university course, and I think that that's just too crucial to miss - registration, being put into study groups, first teaching on several courses, introduction to lots of technology, etc.. Sigh. The worst day of the year for them to have given me. Feels like it's never going to happen. And I should probably be prioritizing TTC over all else, but there is just so much to miss on Monday at the university. And I figure I can get another appointment. But I know it's one more thing to slow us up. What do people think - am I being stupid?

Anyway, very minor compared to lots of other things on here. Best to all.

Just a quick post (busy busy at work) to say hang on in there to PnM - a positive is a positive, so good news, and others are right that dark is not always bad (in fact there are women on my antenatal thread who bled, quite heavily and often bright red blood, for literally weeks of their pregnancies). I also think you should contact someone - is there an early pregnancy unit at your nearest hospital? Might be a faster, and less "personal" way to get some immediate help/reassurance, without risking your fertility clinic finding out...anyway, am thinking of you and will be back later to see how you are (and catch up properly on everyone else's news).
xxx

Eeeek PnM I can see your difficulty. Well, what about going to your GP instead for a blood test? They probably wouldn't share the information with the fertility clinic. As you say you don't want to drop off the list although I can see that isn't your primary concern at the minute. Although, on the other hand, perhaps this is due to the clomid and if, that is an if, this pregnancy doesn't stick then they'd up your dose. Right I've thought it through and think you SHOULD contact the clinic.

If the blood is dark then I wouldn't assume it is all over. Dark or brown is old blood. Cramping is normal in early pregnancy. Do your boobs still hurt? I remember mine being agony!!

I'll check in later and see how you are doing.

Right onto everyone else!

MrsH OOoh how exciting. I bet you are so happy your work has finished. Your DD must be very excited at the idea of a baby sister.

ei Boo to AF. Good news on the better cycle though. Have you been doing something to regulate your cycle?

bucky Hello! Could you not get one more dog?! . Sorry I shouldn't encourage you! When does your treatment begin?

Enjoy your trip R2n1.

Sorry but duty calls. Work was OK and DD loved nursery. She was happy, ate, slept, played. I was in tears of course! Right, I'll be back later, hang on in there PnM.

Thanks Shrek. How you doing? Heard its been a wet winter for you guys this year, bet you're glad its nearly spring?

Still bleeding and cramping this morning. Still faint bfp.

Have a question - if I contact my fertility clinic, do you reckon they'll take me off the waiting list because I've achieved pregnancy? I don't know what to do, whether I should ring them or not. I don't want to jeopardize (sp?) my ivf chances (altho, right now, ivf is the last thing I want to be doing).

Maybe I could ring the head nurse - she was really nice.

God, I hate this. Wish I hadn't done the test - sometimes its best not to know!

Sorry, me me me....

Hope your journey goes smoothly R4N2+3.

Hang on in there PnM. Contacting the clinic sounds like a good idea. Thinking of you. XX