We're taking the train...some now boarding, some delays, some still standing on the platform! TTC 'Waiters' IIT!

[bebejones]

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Welcome aboard, make yourselves comfy I have a feeling it's going to be a bumpy ride!

Hurrah for Friday!
Good news on your blood tests Bebe.
And congrats JS on 12 weeks - does this mean you'll be telling people who don't currently know?

No exciting plans this end for the weekend - unfortunately there's still rather a lot of work to be done in this household. Oh! apart from a karaoke birthday tomorrow LAAAAAAA!

No exciting plans here either! We were supposed to be clearing out the understairs cupboard (oh the exciting life I lead) but the ILs can't have DD & it's impossible if she is 'helping'!

JS - Hope you didn't get too bladdered at lunch & managed to get your train! I used to 'commute' to see DH when we first started dating & used to get the Friday rush hour train from Paddington to Bristol....heaving & hellish! Bet you can't wait to relocate?!

JBells - Yay on 12 weeks! Are you officially telling people now?

WW - Not sure when is best to talk to DH He is mega stressed at the moment so don't think it'll be this weekend. I might attempt it over the Christmas break, unless it 'comes up' before. I won't be at the right point cycle wise to TTC until January anyway!
Do you have anything exciting planned for the weekend?

Just had a massive bowl of homemade apple & blackberry crumble & custard & am now feeling pleasantly full & warm. Going to slob about on the sofa with DD before she goes to bed! Hopefully shall be on MN later! :)

thanks for all the congrats on making it to 12 weeks seems like a milestone getting the first trimester out the way, to be honest i havnt really felt the urge to tell anyone other than close family and friends people will prob just see me with a bump one day and realise lol
got interview for a weekend job tomoro really hoping i get it money is tight and it will save on DD's nursery fees, fingers crossed

bebe- your prob right about talking to DH over xmas hols when he is a bit more relaxed and not so focused on work,so glad your blood tests cameback ok

100- glad u have found a nice diamond necklace that u like def think u shud treat yourself to earings aswell

Whywait- no exciting plans here either just the interview which i am not looking forward to i hate interviews, and then sundaylunch with DP DD his dad and sister on sunday

waves to everyone

Oh bebe that sounds yummy!!! Managed to avoid getting too plastered at lunch but didn't go back to the office!

The head of the team asked me to stay and when I told him that I just couldn't cope with working for The BFH any longer he said that there were always ways around that. He has said that they won't take on anybody on a permanent basis and that I can come back whenever I want. All very confusing as the reason for leaving is the BFH............

Hi all!

nannyl four children under 5! Sounds tough :) Although, DH and I agree that while it's probably tough at the beginning, having kids close together might be easier when they are older.

AC I saw that thread too. I didn't read the comment as a criticism of people on this thread, more a kind of frustration that people want to control exact timings so closely. It was an interesting read though and I know it's a subject that's close to your heart. Yay for the interview though, when is it?

bebe your pros and cons list seems very complete. Wonder if it's a good idea to ask your DH to do the same?

jbells congratulations for getting to 12 weeks! Glad the nausea has eased too :)

100years the necklace sounds lovely, and of course you should get the matching earrings

This weekend I don't have much planned, need to finish off some xmas shopping and go to a friend's birthday drinks tomorrow eve, but the rest of the time is free. Will probably just relax and take it easy. I though being sick was the main symptom of pregnancy, which I haven't had yet - but no-one told me about hunger! I am eating for about 3 at the moment and not impressed to read that I shouldn't be eating any more than usual during the first trimester Just the thought of not eating is enough to make me feel faint and dizzy! I have just finished dinner and I think some of that apple and blueberry crumble will go down very nicely bebe :)

Sorry bells xpost! Congrats on your 12 weeks!!!

x-posted js, is moving to Bath another reason for leaving your current job? It's good that your team head appreciates you and obviously wants you to stay :)

JS - That is positive that they don't actually want you to leave!

Squirrel - I didn't get 'the hunger' til about 20weeks! (Was too sick) From that point I just ate everything in sight. I remember going to a friends baby shower (around Easter time) and I ate 5 hot cross buns, one after the other, about 20 small sausage rolls & half a tube of pringles all in the space of an hour & a half!! No wonder I had so much 'baby weight' to lose!

Don't think I'm brave enough to ask DH for his pros & cons list! Not entirely sure he'd come up with any pros given his frame of mind at the moment! :(

Ah Bebe, you might be surprised! If you got him to make a pros and cons list in the first place, he'd at least give some thought to the issue, and then who knows, he might find pros he hadn't noticed before (in another context that last bit of the sentence would be SO WRONG)

Squirrel you seem to be getting on OK...how have you found adjusting to being pregnant for the first time? (physical symptoms aside). Us uninitiated need to know these things!

100 another vote here for the 'treat yourself' - it's a really really really good excuse to do so.

JS clearly you're of higher value to your firm than you knew you were...take that knowledge into your new job. I think women have a tendency to underestimate how much other people think of us.

jbells good luck with the interview tomorrow.

Oh yes, JBells Good Luck for the interview!

Quod - :o Maybe he would, or maybe he would find 20 different ways to say the same con over & over...he's a bit like that!! I just need to catch him on a good day.

Morning all.

Im here with my breakfast in bed again . Love OH so much lol. Have told him that its

bebe there's a chance your DH will come up with both pros and cons that you haven't thought of, and he's more likely to be persuaded by his own arguments than yours :) that's the theory behind getting him to write a list!

nannyl I'm not at 12 weeks yet, more like 6 or 7. You sound so organised with ttc, I'm impressed that you have everything mapped out!

quod not sure if I'm adjusting well or not! I can't quite believe I'm pg yet and am worried that something will go wrong. It didn't help that Lily Allen's miscarriage (very sad :( ) meant lots of stuff in the news last week about how common it is! I'm also worried that I've suddenly got boring as all I want to do in the evenings is sleep. I'm normally very active and busy and, for me, adjusting to taking it easy for a while and looking after myself is proving the hardest thing.

oops sorry squirrel! obviously got confused somewhere down the line.

Im quite an orgaanised person and i do plan things and like things 'just so'.... the thing that worries me is that i cant make myself get pregnant ...

all i can do is read up and do my best to do everything right and hope for the best, and if it doesnt work 1st time keep trying.

Im almost scared of not getting pregnant 1st month , and i have been reading this morning, the bit about how a fertilised egg is likely to be naturally rejected by your body anyway, so im now worrying about that but trying not to as theirs nothing i can do about that.... trying to convince myself that people DO get pg and eggs DO implant so it should for me too, but i hate that fact that no matter what i do i cant control it

bebe, yay for the blood tests coming back fine. I hope your DH will come up with a long list of pros and a short list of cons for you, but I agree ask him to think of the list a way in advance. Sounds like you have a really hard job of trying to 'convince' him, I hope it is sorted soon for you.

WhyWait, we have discussed things and I think we are going to have a few months of just DTD as much as we can (at least every other day) and then seeing what happens, if it doesn't work then I will start doing OPKs.

bells, sometimes you build up to a certain date and then get to it and it all feels different to how you thought it would so maybe that's why you aren't out there shouting it from the rooftops!

JS, blimey, sounds like they really don't want you to go. Is there an actual way around working for BFH?

squirrel, finish off xmas shopping? I haven't even started!

nannyl, 5 weeks, not long now :o

Well we went shopping this morning, and I have actually got a different one to the one I had seen on the internet, but it's a load nicer, and more sparkly :) And I did buy the earrings to match :) Feck. I spent £400 on 2 little earrings!!!! But hey it's a special thing. And no i cannot wait until I get to show them off. I think OH has only a couple of other people to tell now, so I am hoping that come mid week we will be shouting it from the roof tops. I just love it when he talks about us getting married. :o

Cross post as I was talking to OH for some of the time I was posting.

I was talking at work the other night, just generally as I had taken a call to a maternity case, and she was talking about when she had sex ed at school years ago (she is in her 50's) that they were explaining how it all works and she said it seemed like a miracle that anyone actually ever got preg. She actually got caught first time with both of hers. I too am really worried about how I will be if I get my period this month, I think there will be some tears, and maybe a touch of irrationality to me at the time, but you can't carry on like that and will then look forward to trying again the next month. I'm kind of in a way preparing myself for AF arriving not in an I want it to come, but in a just think it's only the first month and it can take ages.

We have agreed to have a few months of just doing it as and when (at least ever other day) and seeing what happens. I am still temping, as I will hopefully see when ov has occurred, and then if in say 4 months I'm still without a child inside me then we will look at doing more stuff eg OPKs. I know it's kind of a waiting game, and so far I'm OK about it.

100 - I was so fully prepared to be 'trying' for ages with DD, and I didn't even make it to AF being late! (I just knew I was PG, can't explain it) I got a BFP 3 days before AF was due!! Tested again a week later just to makes sure :o Don't know how I will feel next time around if it doesn't happen straight away. I guess, like you, I'll be quite upset everytime AF arrives, even though I'm expecting it (again) to take ages! Can't see how I could possibly be so lucky to catch first time again!

Squirrel - might attempt to discuss it with DH tonight. England have won the rugby & I think Spurs are about to beat Blackburn so he is in a good mood! :o

Must go & serve dinner. (Toad in the hole, with mash...proper autumn food!)

Mmmm love toad in the hole, not had it since I stopped having dairy, bit scared to try it with soya milk, but I will do soon. Unless I just bite the bullet and have it with normal milk and hope that I don't get any side effects.

100 - It might work with soya milk, I'd prob add a tad more water into the batter.

Feeling mega emotional today, was near tears at the remembrance day service at church. :( Listening to the bugler play the last post I could feel myself welling up! Must be hormones, am mid cycle & having a wobble! Plus have lost my favourite purple scarf. Probably left it in church but I can't even remember if I actually had it on when I left the house (which is what is annoying me most tbh)!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend. It seems to have gone by so fast, can't believe it's nearly time for lunch on Sunday!!

bebe - hugs, if it helps I've never had the plot to lose. LOL.

I am hoping OH hurries up telling the rest of his people, he only has 4 I think left on the list of people and to be fair has told loads so far, I just want to now make it all public and being able to talk about it properly and show off my necklace which I am now wearing, but won't be able to at work because I don't want to have to say 'but don't put anything on facebook'

Done some ironing - pah - made some soup and some marinade as we are having burritos for tea so it's spicy chicken here.

Very tired, slept badly last night :(

Must have been something in the air, I had an awful night too! At 5 I came down to 'sleep' on the sofa...didn't help! :( Feel exhausted now!

Quick and simple dinner tonight, Gnocci with pesto YUM! :)

That must be driving you mad to not be able to tell the whole world! Hope your DH-to-be hurries up & tells the remaining people!

I never do ironing if I can help it Body heat irons out creases :o

Oh, I found my scarf, I wasn't going mad...DD had hidden it!

evening all

bebe glad you have found your scarf, and 100 years i dont know how you have kept quiet! dont think i could!

We had the opposite last night... normally at a weekend one of wakes ups earlier than during the week , and only occasionaly might be get half an hour or so before one of us wakes...
but not last night... i didnt wake up until 9am and oh was still fast asleep. (have def learnt to do my temps while 3/4 asleep now!)

Had a nice day..
did some school paper work this morning while OH pressure washed his mums drive...
then we took the dog for another lovely walk.

Back for the grand prix which OH watched while i ironed, and sewed back on a button, the OH volunteered to wash my car

I have cooked us a spag bol (which we have just eaten) and done all the prep for the stuff to throw in the slow cooker tomorrow. (I have a very boring full staff meeting so wont be home until late
Still have no oven but OH has ordered it (through his company ) so i really hope to have it fitted next weekend so i can get on with my Xmas cake.

Nannyl - That fruit will be intoxicating!!! :o I miss lazy Sunday's of just 'floating' about!

I know it's odd being so upset over losing a scarf, but my Grandma bought it for me for my 21st so I was quite attached to it! So glad I found it!

DD ate not a single bite of dinner! Wits end!

Thinking about starting temping again! Should I start now, or Day 1 of next cycle?

bebe where are you i this cycle?

if more than 7 days before your ovulate then could start now, other wise not much point until day 1!

I'm not sure! Cycles still a bit all over the place :( No signs of OV as yet! But am about CD14 Will wait til CD1 I think, just so I start off on the right foot!