MC a while ago and still TTC, Join in the chat, support and laughter in the 6th Form Common Room for a bit before Grads.

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I have the Air Hockey and Ping pong tables on order.
I thought it being the first day of term we should move in and make ourselves at home.

Mixed emotions tonight for me my friends. Feeling very sad for my pal BB and what she is going through again. Wondering how life can be so cruel at times.

Still delighted about my scan yesterday although found out yesterday our work is being abolished. So a hard day with colleagues and friends all concerned about how they will cope and support their families. So lots of highs and lows all in a very short time.

Hippy I know what you mean about the scans. Like you I had another loss, a 2nd MMC in July. My bad news has always been delivered at scans and I think i've developed a bit of a phobia about them. Just praying that things will stay on track this time but not sure I'll ever have a scan without feeling utter dread.

Bee I am a total cheese fiend but haven't tried the kind you mention. Is it pasteurised? Your description made my mouth water... Jolls I will never again look at a bottle of OBSB without thinking of you!

Lots of love to BB and hope everyone else is well x

Caribou is your work going completely disappear then? Did you get given a timeframe?

I don't know whether it's pasteurised, it's made of cow's milk but they add in cream I think - it's horrendously high in fat but just makes it ultra creamy. It has a mould skin, like brie and so on. It's not a strong flavour, more lemony I think, which I think helps with the wine.

Barren - really sorry to hear your news. Maybe it might be worth having a private consultation with a specialist to see if there are any preventative measures it might be worth taking before trying again?

Bbrook so sorry to hear your news - that is just so sad. sending you a big virtual it's shit to go through it once, so I can only imagine how you must be feeling. x

Just wanted to pop by to pass my love and hugs to BB, so sorry about your news x

Sorry BB, gutted for you, big hugs mate.

BB So sorry. I thought you'd already had 2 MC's but I see now that it was 3 and now 4 .

I really cannot begin to imagine how frustrated and robbed you must be feeling. Sorry if I'm asking questions that you've already answered but did you get all the tests after the 3rd one? You say they said nothing is wrong so i'm guessing that you have had some tests. Is there any other test you could have?

It really is the most shitty thing to keep happening to you. Along with everyone else I send you love and hope you're dealing with things as best as you can, honey.

Yes, moo, it does mean that scans become a totally horrid stressful experience doesn't it? When I had my 1st son all you got was a scan at 20 weeks and that was it. With the second I think I got 2 scans but still it never occurred to me that anything could go wrong. Now I've had bad news at 2 scans and a further scan to confirm the last MC was complete and so i look at the whole thing very differently. I am aware of how lucky I am to have had my 2 DS's though, so i'll shut up now.

Good luck and re-assuring hugs to anyone else who is still in the early stages and feeling scared.

Aw, BB :( :( So very sorry you're having to go through this again. x

BB. I'm so very sorry.

(((( BB )))). So so sorry x

Hello H'everybodyPeeps.

Big hugs to my brave matey B.

Sorry I've not been posting, combination of hell during the day and having very painful hands.
I need to download a speech to text app and you'll all be sorry!

Thinking of you all and lurky lurking though so rest assured I've not had a mental breakdown and gone on a spree.

Not a jar of glue where I am with this TTC lark.

Bod has been so kind to have settled on 30 days but I'm getting pant snot very early (D8-10) and again today D14.
FF and various apps have informed me that I'll be OVing D15-16 but I think I already did???
Oh well, I'll just have to keep at it so to speak!

Good to hear from you mrspv sorry your paws are still painful- perhaps you could learn to type with your toes in a yoga style pose? !

bb hope you are being looked after x

Morning all,
bbrook I hope you're surviving this week so far, am I right in thinking you'll have a scan in few days to see where things are? Sorry this is a sensitive question but I wondered if you want me to take you off the old stats list on the other thread, I don't want to jump the gun but equally don't want it to be upsetting for you if you drop by there.

I'm just about at the end of what feels like a really long wait for my results from mc testing at my local hospital. Appt is next Monday so I'm going to start thinking about putting together all my dates and questions. Am pretty sure I won't be rocking up to it and throwing down a +ve test stick - still a while before I can test but there's no indications of diffedness.

I managed to get through our 1st wedding anniversary without a tear on the weekend, prob because I did all my wailing in the days leading up to it. I threw away my pill and we started ttc#2 the same month as our wedding, so that makes it a year with some luck getting pg, but none holding on. Sigh.

Oh well. Will keep on keeping on.

Hope you all are taking it easy and enjoying this last flush of good weather

Hello lovelies, thank you all for your very kind thoughts, I'm doing ok thank you, surprisingly (and sadly) it's all become a strangely normal occurrence.

I did another test on Monday and as expected it was negative so the scan has been cancelled and I'm pencilled in to see Consultant when he gets back from holiday.

ladybee not insensitive at all, I've not been on the other thread for a while as I became very detached from it, I couldn't keep up with all the newbies and found it hideously depressing seeing people pop in for a month or two then get their bfp. God I sound so bitter, I don't mean it like that at all, i think you know what I'm failing miserably to say! Well done on getting through your recent tough time and the very best of luck for your appointment, go armed with questions and don't do what I do and sit there nodding and grinning like an idiot! X

pv how are the hands doing? And the pant snot?! Still flowing freely ?

BB its good that your consultant is seeing you again. I'm glad they haven't fobbed you off and its good to see that you are doing so well under shitty circumstances.

Bee best of luck at the hospital. Definitely go armed with questions and be prepared. I always get home then remember all the pertinent questions I should have asked!

How's things with everyone else? I saw things 1 & 2 are well at least for 8s today on FB!! PV what's your progress on hands and the old cycle? Digi how are you doing in these early days? Clare you still keeping well and blooming? Any news from Jolls, Viv, Hippy, Owl or Urd?

bee I appear not to have answered your question the other day. We are being abolished completely, rumour has it at least - official announcement not made yet. I can't say too much until then but there have been some rumblings in the press since the weekend and some support in our favour so we'll see what happens. It ain't looking good though.

Morning lovelies x

I'm still here but no news. 11 weeks today (or 11+2 based on my scans) so getting ever closer to the point where we got bad news on both previous pregnancies. Am doing okay - have been a bit teary emotional and totally knackered all the time, but feeling quite positive about it all, and looking forward to a week on a Turkish beach next week.

bb - I think you're totally amazing missus.

moo - will you get greater clarity on your work situation in the Spending Review next week, or will it take longer? I think the uncertainty would be doing my head in, so hope you're okay.

digi - hope you're hanging in there, and bee, good luck at the hospital. I definitely echo the idea of writing all your questions down in advance so you don't forget anything.

Hi to everyone else - hope you're all loving this gorgeous weather xx

Also still here. Feeling ok, still flitting between positive and pessimistic realistic. These very early days (only 5+3) are really dragging. No 'real' symptoms to latch onto either. Just hunger and regular period-style cramping. No sore boobs and no nausea (hence only lurking on the ante-natal threads - don't feel I can join yet). On the plus side I don't feel as 'empty' as I did last time.

Scan on Monday, when I think I'll be 6+1 but as it won't tie in with my LMP (long cycles) I'm expecting them to get all concerned and ask me back two weeks later. (Just hoping it measures right for my dates).

ladybee good luck with your appt on Monday too. Definitely write everything done.

viv week on a Turkish beach sounds amazing! Hope you can relax and enjoy it as much as possible.

bb Glad to hear you're feeling ok (well as ok as you can).

carimoo Hope the rumours turn out to be false. But have you any idea what you'll do if the proverbial does hit the fan?

viv awh, thanks . When's the scan? Are you having one before hols? Very jealous of you going away and sunning yourself, lucky, although it is thoroughly deserved and it'll do you good.

digi good to hear you're doing ok love, hang in there and stay positive and stay with us as long as you want. Fingers crossed tightly for all being well on Monday for you honey x

moo I have my fingers crossed that it turns out well with the work situation. These are very scary times for us all I think, particularly in the public sector.

hippy I've had the usual barrage of blood tests done after 3 mc. The hospital I'm going to do all the tests recommended by St Marys which are (at least the ones I can remember) karyotyping, lupus, thrombophilia, thyroid, progesterone.... I'm sure they're are others but I can't remember what they are! I should really start writing things down! Apparently they've pretty much got to the point where they've done all they can for me at a general hospital level hence the talk of referring me on. I've got to wait for another appointment with the consultant first to see what he says.

Where's jolls?

Hi all
viv v jealous of some sun- have a lovely time, are you thinking of having a private scan before you go?

moo hope you are ok too? Must be v demotivating at work at the mo

digi the early days really drag- hope you're finding plenty of distractions? I have long cycles too so also found the dating really irritating

bb big love to you

cchhhheeepzzz are you there??! Hope Dubai was fab- where did you stay? We are thinking of going in nov which is a totally ridiculous use of cash just before Xmas/ mat leave etc but I sooo want some sun and guaranteed glamour!

I am ok- had a Shit day- my ex-boss who i worked for for 11 years died last night so have been very very shaken by it- she was in her prime. My dh has a serious lung infection and is likely to be sent foram X-ray tomorrow so is completely incapacitated and rolling around groaning- still good practice for having two kids I guess!

barren - completely agree with you on other list. I keep my stats there partly as reference for me and partly to depress myself.

Why not book a short and sunny holiday to cheer yourself up? A weekend in Morocco perhaps?

Morning all x

So ended up going for a last-minute nuchal scan yesterday as there had been a mix-up at the hospital (don't ask) and everything is absolutely as it should be. No cystic hygroma and the nuchal measurement is perfect, meaning my chances of having another chromosomal abnormality are really really slim. Eeeek. :)

xx

ps - My solution to anything is booking a holiday, so barren, I definitely think you should try and get away.

Same goes for you clareanna - me and DH had originally planned to go on a long-haul holiday over Christmas (we didn't want to be at home given it should have been our first Christmas with either baby) but the prices were bloody astronomical. We were then hamstrung by the fact DH has got to do jury service for the last two weeks of November, and his work wouldn't allow him to take holiday either side of that as it would mean one month out of the office - so from originally looking at going to Thailand or the Maldives in December, we were left with only one available week in Oct when we could go. Hence Turkey. :)

However, as - in my head - I'd already spent the money on the Maldives, we're going to go in January instead. I'm expecting lots of comments from family saying 'ooh you should be saving for mat leave' but fuck it. Had it not been for the jury service, we'd be going anyway and quite frankly, we'll never get another chance to go on a holiday like this so Maldives me up...

hooray viv thats brilliant news. And now [deep breath in] relax [deep breath out].

viv that is good news for you - now you can have a lovely relaxing holiday :) - I have my scan next friday when I will be 12+5. I am really nervous, and am having very bizarre dreams which is obviously me just worrying.....

to everyone else xx

Hi all
DIGI Good luck to you on Monday
VIV Great news about the scan
BATTERYHEN hope this next week goes quick for you
HI to MOO HIPPY BB JOLLS AND ALL
Well I'm two days late but done POAS this morning and neg, feel a bit tired etc, cramps but Idon't know if you will them on sometimes. I was a bit poorly at beginning of month only cold and all that but I wonder if thats why I'm late. Just have to wait I suppose. Will let you know. Take care all

Hello Lovelies!
Missed me?
I'm off today so am having a stab at catching up.
Not posted for a while. Eeek.

Made up for all the good news about.
How are me little diffed buds doing?