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Good things come to those who wait...and wait...and wait!!! All aboard, we're IIT!

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bebejones · 17/11/2010 20:25

Old thread here

Make yourselves at home everyone. Jake & George are just loading everyone's 'baggage'! Wink

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bebejones · 08/01/2011 13:54

100 - have you tried Nairns Ginger oat cakes/biscuits? (I recommend them to everyone! :o) They are low GI they don't gve you a crash in blood sugar levels. I always felt worse when my blood sugars were low. Try some low cal ginger ale as well. That was usually enough to stop me feeling like death! Although before I got to 16 weeks I couldn't stomach anything apart from ice cubes & the occasional glass of grapefruit juice! Confused

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jbells · 08/01/2011 14:09

astro-i vote ian in to or as i prefer to know him (damon) i didnt like him in lost think its him being higly dangerous blood sucking romantic vampire that helps wudnt mind stefan running erands for me either "wentworth miller www.bing.com/images/search?q=wentworth+miller&view=detail&id=ACE7E5996332A7FBEC5458673EB8A4DDE30265F1&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR&qpvt=wentworth+miller"

jbells · 08/01/2011 14:11

oops dont think that link worked meant to say i however think that the sexiest man in the world is wentworth miller out of prison break for anyone not sure who he is please take a lool at wentworth miller on google images u wont be disappointed lol Grin

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 14:29

MrsSatsuma I've been here for about ten years and it took me ages to work out that IIT in the thread title stood for "in it together". For a while I thought it was a typo! We ought to be secretive about it and keep people wondering like with BESH.

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 14:31

Also a Damon Salvatore fan btw!

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 14:37

100years I can see why you would worry but it's most probably nothing. A bit of spotting wouldn't be unusual I don't think from what I've seen on this board.

nannyl · 08/01/2011 14:41

oh 100
so sorry to read that... really hope and im sure everything will be fine (have been reading loads of pg stuff and apprently bleding in 1st trimester is quite common and doesnt normally mean the worst.... saying that i know if i get bleeding i will be sick with worry too)

im only 4& 1/2 weeks and its starting to sick in the i am ages away from the end of this trimester Sad. Just want to make it to the second trimester now.

Bebe how did you chat with DH go last night?

Mrs Satsuma cant believe your DH thought you were joking Shock

AC pleased to here you have a text book cycle Smile

Im tired so having an afternoon rest again while OH plays Wii. We are having a DVD night tonight

strawberrypie · 08/01/2011 14:44

OMG I LOVE Damon too. Phew, nice link Astro!

bebejones · 08/01/2011 14:51

As long as we are proposing new 'staff' for the train...I give you Jason Momoa I love him!! :o I do not know this 'Damon', will go & investigate!!

Back later! :)

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AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 14:52

Gosh this whole process is nothing but waiting! Waiting to try, then waiting to do the deed, then waiting to see if you've caught, and then waiting to try again, and then once you do get a bfp it's just more waiting!

squirrel007 · 08/01/2011 14:55

Hi all! DH and I have just painted the second coat of paint on our nursery/guest room :) It's looking good now, can't wait to see it all finished!

Am liking the new staff members too!

100years I had pink spotting for about 2-3 weeks and it worried me too. Several people on the july thread did too. It's so hard not to worry, but there are lots of normal explanations. My midwife didn't seem at all concerned when I asked her about it. Hope it is all ok for you.

bebe did you manage to have the talk?

nannyl sorry about the scary journey in the snow - hope it all melts for you this weekend.

Hope everyone else is well :)

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 15:09

Oh yes Bebe, did you?

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 15:44

Squirrel I can't wait till we're doing the nursery! I go all gooey just thinking about it! Will you be putting some photos up when yours is done?

jbells · 08/01/2011 18:12

i approve all the new staff suggested lol

100- lots of people on the may thread also had spotting and all was fine, i can imagine how worrying it is tho, with DD i hadquite a big bleed all over the white sheets of the bed which prob made it look worse but all ended up fine :)

JustShaggingForNow · 08/01/2011 21:45

Evening all!!
Liking the new staff! Thinking that we might have a few issues with staff accommodation so I will selflessly volunteer to share my cabin with Jake.

100 I am sure everything will be absolutely fine but no doubt it's scary none the less. Fingers crossed everything is ok.

Bebe - what news? How was the chat with Mr bebe?

AmandaCooper · 08/01/2011 22:16

Yes what news, Bebe? Are we to set the Gruffalo on him or has he agreed to knock you up?!

bebejones · 09/01/2011 09:31

Prepare the Gruffalo!!! :(

Had a 3 1/2 hour 'chat' last night (which mainly involved me in floods of tears). DH has said that he just doesn't want anymore children at all. But he doesn't know why! Hmm I can't really process this without him giving me a reason why & he says he just doesn't know & has no reason for it. He thought it was down to money, but has come to realise that it isn't that. He has agreed to ring his counsellor on Monday to see if he can talk it through & 'get some answers'. But he says he doesn't know if or when he will feel any different.

I'm in pieces, just don't know what to do with myself at all. I feel so selfish that it is my desire that is driving this wedge between us. He said it was the permanant 'elephant in the room' and admitted that he changed the conversation or ignored me when he thought I was bringing it up. If I wait 5 years, or 10 years to see if he changes his mind then he still feels the same I will probably have missed the boat as far as my MS is concerned. There were even talks last night of separating!

I know I ought to be grateful that I have DD & she is incredible & I adore her (even when she drives me mad)! So many people in this world would give their right leg to have what I have. But I was an only child, and while I never wanted for anything, I was always lonely. My parents, as wonderful as they were, always did 'their thing' & I always fitted in with it. When my dad got sick it was so hard for me coz no one else felt how I felt about it. Knowing that I am ill, and that there might never be a cure/treatment, and that I could reach a point where I have a steady decline, how can I put the burden of myself soley on DD? DH says, she won't be alone, that she'll have him, but it's not the same. :(

Just don't know what to do. Might go to my mums for a bit & get some space. I need him to work out why it is he has done a complete 180. Before we married he always wanted a large family. He even admitted that if we had just done it a year ago, instead of putting it off for the financial reasons that he thought were the issue, we probably wouldn't be having these problems now. (We'd probably have a baby!!) Part of the problem, in my mind, is that is has now become such a big issue, that he feels it is too difficult to deal with. Because of the planning & preparation that is now involved for me there is a complete lack of sponteneity & an 'accident' just isn't really possible. (Well it is, but now he knows I want a baby his sex drive has beatena hasty retreat Hmm)

Just don't know what to do. :( Sorry for the long rambling, I could go on & on but I think I've probably bored & depressed you all enough!

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AmandaCooper · 09/01/2011 09:41

Oh Bebe if you're there, don't go away - I'm going to write a reply.

bebejones · 09/01/2011 09:56

I will be back later, DH is getting up & I don't want to get 'caught' on here & add fuel to the fire!!

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jbells · 09/01/2011 10:17

bebe- just read your post i really hope your ok, will speakto u when u cum back online later

squirrel007 · 09/01/2011 10:19

Oh bebe, I'm sorry that your conversation has turned out this way :(

I certainly don't think you should be feeling selfish and bad because you want to have another child. I don't think your desire for another is any less valid than his desire not to.

I hope you can talk about it some more and understand what he is thinking.

nannyl · 09/01/2011 10:26

oh bebe

so so so sorry to read that post

sending you the most enourmouse hug XXXXXXX

AmandaCooper · 09/01/2011 10:48

It's a good thing that you've got here to come to and talk about this. We all know what you've been going through for as long as we've known you and before. It must have been really difficult making the decisions about your medical treatment on your own, with your DH refusing to discuss his feelings about ttc.

Thank god he's finally talked to you about it though, his stubborn refusal to discuss it was driving even me crazy, so you must have been going right round the bend. For me, DH's refusal to talk about the issue was by far the worst thing. Once we got talking, even though it wasn't the answer I wanted, I felt a lot better. So this is definite progress one way or another.

If your DH is willing to go to see a counsellor, keep up the momentum and make a booking straight away. I know that if my DH decides he is completely set against the idea of having a baby with me, I'll want to get to the bottom of why, so I can make my peace with it and move on.

You are not being selfish at all. Your desire for a second child is completely normal - it's the common experience of nearly everybody, and you have discussed your feelings with your DH every step of the way. He is perfectly entitled to not want a second child, but not to behave in such a passive aggressive way and refuse to discuss it until it does become the world's most massive elephant in the room.

Do go to your mum's for a bit if you need some breathing space but (and I'm no psychologist, so this is just an uneducated hunch) might it make DH feel that he is being punished for finally confessing how he feels?

Keep talking on here, we are all here for you.

bebejones · 09/01/2011 11:45

Just don't really know how to move forward from here. We went round & round in circles last night & discussed all the possible things that might be the reason why he feels so strongly against having another baby. He concluded that he doesn't know what it is! Hmm So not exactly sure what he is hoping talking to the counsellor will 'reveal' since we went over it about 10 times last night. She doesn't gives him answers, just provokes him to come up with them himself. Maybe her being impartial might help, who knows.

I was accused last night of bullying tactics & trying to railroad him into something he didn't want! I was really trying to be patient & understanding & see his view point. But that's a bit difficult when HE doesn't even know the reason why. How can I understand when he doesn't?! Confused

It's just such a big mess. HE is the one who has dragged this out. HE is the one who has kept putting things off. HE is the one who has kept making promises, and then breaking them. HE is the one who won't talk about it. Am at my wits end.

The atmosphere here this morning is horrible. He keeps asking me what's wrong, and saying that I am being 'off' with him. Just don't have anything to say. :( I don't think that he would see me going to my mums as punishment, no more than my silence.

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AmandaCooper · 09/01/2011 12:12

My bloody DH is not sympathetic. He says he doesn't see why he or your DH should have to give a reason for not wanting to have a baby and says the only reason we want a reason is so that we can better bully them into it.

I said didn't he think it was only fair to give a reason for the other person's peace of mind, just as if you decided to leave your partner it would be only fair to tell them why.

He sloped off to MIL's house as soon as he heard the Gruffalo coming (i.e. saw my furious face), but now I am confused. We are right, aren't we?