Emmsys weebles; pop in for a chat, there's always someone in the greenhouse

[VJay]

How's that? Just hope we all haven't had the same idea and there are now 5 new Emmsys threads

monkey he is totally gorgeous trousers and all

Thank you

I miss you all sooooooooooo much

Too many house visits, bad coffee, fake smiles and endless tips on how to parent to sit and catch up. Although i would love nothing more.

Thinking of you all, just wanted to say i miss you and i havent disapeared. Will try to get access to internet minus baby and catch up properly.

Hope you are all enjoying the sun i bought back!

Much love

Happy birthday to AJay i really cannot believe a whole year has gone by, give him a squeeze from yet another cyber auntie :)

Sorry to bring the thread down but i need a rant. There are now TWO pregnant ladies in the office (this is no.5 since losing mine :() actually lady isnt fitting for one of them. The latest is my ex boss, who moved departments about a year and a half ago. I hated her. I still do. Hate is a strong word but she is evil, and definitely does not deserve another baby. How come she gets to have two? She is walking round all smug and i just wanna smack her and wipe the stupid grin off her face. I am honestly never like this, usually sad and jealous of pregant women but not so angry.

Thanks, i can breathe properly now :)

monkey i meant to say your boy looks gorgeous, he does have long legs doesnt he, im not surprised his trousers are a little short, they probably fitted him last week!

vjay little ajay looks very cute still, he takes a lovely photo you must be very proud of him

blue hope your little b gets better soon

louey glad you found the acupuncture a good experience for you

hi mermaid and curly nice to see you if somewhat briefly :)

hi to everyone else, am a bit useless at the moment, i keep meaning to do a proper post only it never seems to happen.

Moon please don't think you need to come on & do a long & detailed post to everyone. It's not surprising you are feeling low, we all know how crap it is to be surrounded by pregnant ladies let alone when it's someone who, for one reason or another, you feel doesn't deserve it.

Just please keep talking to us all & please please please do yourself a favour & give yourself a helping hand with temping/opk's/preseed as what is supposed to be the most natural & normal thing in the world often needs more than just doing what comes naturally.

thank you :) i love that i can come on here and everyone understands and doesnt make me feel useless.

mls about the opks, i meant to ask this before, if i ordered some from babymad (i think someone mentioned?) how do they come packaged? i know this is a silly question, but df thinks i am being impatient so if i were to order some i would like to do it on the quiet, so no big logos emblazened on the pack, see where im going? i know thats a bit sneaky, but while he thinks im coping it makes things much easier between us. am rambling now sorry.

Yes Babymad is the place to go for all your opk & hpt needs ! Everything comes in plain brown jiffy bags so he'd not know. I was totally like that with dh too. I'd take my temp in the dark in the early hours & shove my thermometer back under the pillow & look at the reading later in the morning! Some men are put off by these things - they don't need to know what we have to do to get pregnant, ignorance is bliss so just let them believe that it all happened naturally! He doesn't even know I used to use pre-seed.

thank you mls will def look into it, have just been on to have a look and it even says delivered in discreet packaging - i didnt even think that they might tell me that!

moon God it's shit - pouring us both a large glass of blossom hill it's on spesh btw.

pre-seed rocks get some although think poor mls dh goes around with his.. um... head in the clouds if he didn't realise.

those sticks from hell I am not so sure about cos they just made me more anxious but think that maybe it could be time for you to feel that you are in control and whack mother nature round the head with a smelly haddock.

heh-heh Mermaid you are right, his head was in the clouds & he wouldn't even have the first clue that I was using anything! Sometimes us women have to use our wiley ways!

mermaid thanks for the wine, im sneaking off with the bottle in the corner of your greenhouse, you can start the other one!

moon you know I won't remember even putting that bottle down, I am like a squirrel with those bottles.

Thinking of you lots and get that order in then we can get those nice starched white coats out of the wardrobe, louey could probably don one what with her complicated charting.

moon lovely it will happen. Those opks are magic :) They arrive super fast as well. Don't wait for a really strong line, if you see anything beyond a very faint line get out there and dtd (with df, I don't mean nab the milkman), and don't wait for the 24-36 hours to ovulation, his swimmers might be the leisurely sort that take a couple of days to get there anyway!! Also, definitely recommend grapefruit juice, lots of wine and shagging every couple of days. All very hard to do when you've been trying for ages :( but it will happen soon hon :)

Hello mermaid do you want some of my chablis? How are you doing my lovely?

monkey your little boy is so GORGEOUS!! And I am loving that maxi dress :)

Big waves to mls getting close now!!!

thanks girls im even managing a smile now, you're the best :)

don't you mean beshed

wave to curly x

Moon just wanna offer an understanding hug.. I told ya about the 3 preg in my office with close edds & wierdly one was ex boss, she was nice but couldnt even look at her as was exact edd, but the one i ended up despising was a right chav who went out for about 10 fags a day.. [grr] I so understand your anger.. This time last year i was at one of the lowest points, i have 2 edds in sept (8th my 4th would be 1, 26th my 2nd would be 2, 14th its 3yrs since 1st loss ). My friend was also due on 26th and had to avoid her too.. I wanted to go to sleep on 31st aug and wake up on 1st Oct

It was on another sad date, what should of been my dads birthday on the 11th, that we conceived our little miracle tho!

I really pray that the same happens for you, that at one of your lowest points it will all turn around for you.. You know its wierd i turned over my calender today and thought of you and felt sad cos you may remember i told you that on May it said 'Blue moon rising' and i so hoped it was a sign for you! I do believe it will be soon, remember its happened before so it will happen again..

Hi all. Just popping on quickly and promise to whisper as it seems you'll all have sore heads after all that wine

Lovely pics of ajay and littlemonkeybum

Louey Don't know much about accu, but the experts on here seem positive so fingers crossed.

Moon Babymad are superfast and superdiscreet. I agree with mermaid that it might help you feel in control again. As you all know from calling me Moneeko the loss of control was the hardest thing for me.

Mermaid loving the reference to your boozy sspecial deals. Do you still go for accu? Was wondering if it would help you to destress after everything that's happened. Btw my plums from the garden are ready and delish and apples are amost there. Last week I traded some plums for some of a neighbour's courgettes and yellow tomatoes. It's like The Goood Life here

Cupcake Glad you had a nice holiday and hope the sleep was just a blip.

Barbie Stop worrying. We'll be here when you get back lovely now enjoy having Superbaby adored in RL

Sabs How long now til W day?

MLS Really really enjoy those afternoons to yourself before all hell breaks loose!

Sounds like the meet up will be great. have lots of fun ladies.

Seriously contemplating weaning here due to more wake ups. Really wanted to wait untl H was 6 months but don't know if I'll manage. Another advantage of waiting is that I don't need to sterilise. I am so lazy!

Going to try to post a pic now.

Photos added.

Hi to 4ever Hope Summer's still being good.

Neeko Absolutely gorgeous, the both of them What beautiful and happy smiley girls you have! xxx

Moon for you at what you're having to deal with everyday, it is sooooo hard. Sending you a big fat (((hug))). It is just not fair sometimes, is it. Doesn't make any sense at all
I really hope the OPK's work if you get them. I too (like you were MLS) am appearing calm on the outside to dh, but secretly plotting when best to seduce him. I so shouldn't be admitting to this! DH thinks I'm just feeling horny at the mo, but I know otherwise! Hope it works! Do keep coming on here and letting it all out, we all completely understand how difficult it is, and how you feel like it'll never happen. We have to believe it will.

Curly Thanks for your lovely comments! Hope all is well with you and your curlygirl

Neeko Why don't you try her with something, and see what happens? I was determined not to wean ds before 6 months, but he started waking in the night at 5 1/2 months and mum persuaded me that I should give him something extra. He went straight back to sleeping through, but I felt really sad that we hadn't managed to reach the 6 month mark. Silly of me really
What will you sterilise? Are you supposed to sterilise stuff for them to eat out of? Oops, I didn't

4ever Lovely as ever I hope your prediction for Moon comes true soon! Give your gorgeous S a kiss from me x

Mermaid Hope you enjoyed the vino - I'm hitting the bottle tonight Lots of love x

Blue How's little Bennyboy? Hope he's on the mend x

Barbie Lovely to hear from you Hope you're having a fab and not too tiring time!

We bought ds a long promised goldfish the other day, and on its first night it jumped out. DH found it dried onto the counter when he came down the following morning, and it was still breathing It's not doing too well now though, and is on its side struggling We have given it a salt bath and everything and nothing seems to be helping it. DS was so sad this morning when he said goodbye
Anyway, must be off as stuff to do before school run. Love to all those I haven't mentioned xxx

monkey just nip down the goldfish shop and get a reserve. Sneeky I know but may prevent a bit of heartache.

neeko little peas in a pod

*barbie8 had to laugh at bad coffee, hope you are enjoying yourself really though.

waves to 4ever know you have your hands full hope you are okx

blue also hope little ds is ok and you have had a bit of sleep.

back to work.

Afternoon hungover ladies

what lovely pics of your LOs neeko and monkey.

moon its v v v crap that you are having to deal with all of those pg women around you at work, and particularly with one of them being such an annoying person too. Hope the wine helped last night. I too get OPKs etc from babymad and you would not know what they are from the packaging. I am not as secretive as mls (how on earth do you use pre-seed without DH knowing???) but I do POAS without DH knowing or telling him the results. I suspect he guesses most of the time when I jump him in the middle of the week but it takes the pressure off him if he doesn't know all the details. I do temp and he knows about that, but I don't tell him what is going on.

neeko I think I sterilised bowls/spoons for all of 5 minutes and then gave up as realised that it wasn't going to work. Next time round I wouldn't bother and we weaned at just over 5 months. Its a tough one but lack of sleep is a killer on all of you if that is the reason for it. LOL at the good life.

monkey what's the latest on the goldfish saga and how is DS taking it??? I sympathise - I could never keep fish alive either and mine didn't even have the excuse that they jumped out of the tank. I am just not very good at keeping animals or plants alive.

barbie sympathise on the bad coffee. I am not a big fan of instant...

blue how is B - are the antibiotics working?

4ever lovely post to moon. How is our tall S getting on? Is she still looking lovely in her cot?

curly grapefruit juice - not heard of that one before - what's it supposed to do?

mls poor you - hope you get some help at the Drs. Is there any possibility that the painting may be exacerbating it? I'm not sure what type of paint you use on your fab creations. Just a thought. I'm glad that being sleepy after the acu is a good sign. DH is decidely about it all and keeps complaining about money. Men.

mermaid I'll have you know that once upon a time I was indeed a wearer of said white coat. Explains alot I hear you say. Mind you my current chart is making me do this cos I haven't got the foggiest what is going on.

sabs ooh - where are you thinking of going on holiday. Sounds like a very good plan to me.

vjay are you all partied out. How did the dinner out go last night?

Scrub what I said yesterday about feeling ok cos today I feel RUBBISH. Stupid stupid symptoms. Can't tell what is normal screwy hormones and what might be PG type symptoms. Bleurgh. I need a slap back into reality before I POAS too early

BTW forgot to mention that my referral to gynae came through in record quick time and I have an appt next Weds . So if this is a bust then at least I have that to "look forward" to. Last time I was referred before having DTs it took 6 months to get an appt.

Hi ladies.
MLS so glad you liked the cake :) Good old Hugh F-W...dh has one of his books actually and all the recipes he's done from it are so scrummy. We did the carrot cake with icing drizzled on the top instead of marscapone the other day and was delish :)

Neeko gorgeous pics! We're back to just a 3am waking now thankfully. (we'll see for how long!!) My mum commented the other day that J will be having solids in 'a few weeks' I said 'well, more than a few weeks, it's 6 months'...she was completely outraged and said we were all on solids at 4 months & J would be far too hungry by then we'll see what he's like at 5 months but like monkey I feel we 'should' wait...weird isn't it!
Plus I really need to learn some things about weaning before he gets there it's so easy when all he needs is my boobs!!

Vjay glad Ajay had a lovely day, and another gorgeous pic...what a handsome boy! That goes for your boy too Monkey :)

moon I'm glad mermaid has got in there with the wine rant away- you're so not bringing the thread down! We've all been there and it is so annoying when pg people seem smug about it.

louey fab that the first accu session seems to have gone well. I'm excited for you after the results some girls on here have had! By the way I'm almost finished with Return of the King; that blasted ring has finally been burned

Hi 4ever :) bless you with September being such a hard month. I'm so pleased that this year the beginning of autumn won't be so bad for you cos you now have an eternal summer...ohhhh check me out with my bad pun

We have had jags today and one very brave boy who didn't even cry for the first one and only a teensy bit at the second one, then was all smiles on the way out. That's my boy!

at that awful virginia ironside on pm very have to rattle some pans later.x

thanks everyone for your lovely words last night and today, its much appreciated :)

just to let you know i have ordered some opks and hpts from babymad - hope this will be sods law and i wont need them!