Whisky-drinking Silk-cut smoking foul-mouthed 30-something hitherto unsuccessful TTCer seeks like-minded companions. Babydusters need not apply.

[BlooferLady]

Now then you lot. I've got a 40 pack of menthol fags from my mate that just got back from Croatia, a slightly dusty bottle of Bison Grass vodka I'm not sure what to do with, and a carrier bag full of cheap eBay pregnancy tests.

Obviously it's a bit lonely in here at the moment so I'd be glad to see anyone, but please be assured that given I've been pissing on my own fingers trying to aim it onto the bloody eBay tests for a year now to no avail, those in the first month of trying for their fourth child might be met with a) a stony stare followed by b) convulsive bouts of weeping .

Disclaimer: you don't actually need to be a smoker. I'm not some kind of maniac.

Hi all!
Dreamt I ws pg last night - weird when I woke up booo...

On the upside, it means I can get leathered to ring in 2011 - the Year of The Baby (in my calendar!)

Had a battery of blood test results and thankfully (sort of ) it seems that my fertility ishoos are probably just my PCOS and not the squillion other scarier things they thought it was. So once I get my gynae appt (finallllllly) it should be full steam ahead on the Clomid which will work for me

How did everyone else enjoy their Christmas?

OP come back and be mizz here. We still have booze.

kitty

Aw no - not the only couple to have the drunken cock fight, then

Day 33 folic - interesting! But think you are right to wait before testing. Nothing brings on AF like doing a pg test though, eh?

I know, this is a v slow moving thread! We are obv all exhausted from the SWI

Welcome to all others, have a cocktail - it's nearly New Year, after all!

And I wish you would stay and be mizz here, ladybloofer - your thread, your right, I say!

As I am hoping to be- able -to giving up the RL booze, I am planning my beverages of choice for my 3 days away in the country with my fellow boozehounds party people.

Mmm I am thinking vodka to start - or maybe a nice cold beer - then on to a lovely rich merlot and then on to the shots and madness

Can't wait! On a serious note, not that I have a problem or anything, but drinking is sooo much a part of my socialising that I am going to find it v v hard to give up - or not to draw attention to myself.

Anyone have any tips?

Yes lots of cockery at this time of year. I normally patch things up quickly but I'm feeling a real mean streak of huffery.

Drinking wise, I think stopping booze in a January is the one month of the year where most people will accept it almost without question. Say you are giving up completely for the month after Christmas and NY and people will probably be doing the same. I have a lot of mates who do this (including me). Then Feb comes and you can just say you are loving it etc...on a health kick, whatever.

Yeah Day 33 would be exciting but...It's not really as I've been overdosing on the B6s and because of cockery. ARSE.

Bloofer- come back...

Love that we are plying Frankenstein with our bodies and all the crazy vitamins, etc!

Have visions of you in your basement, muttering away, pouring one steaming test tube into another, and the green B6 supervitamin liquid begins to bubble...

Like my phase of taking 3 folic acid tablets a day - deluxe version ha ha

Yeah, think I will give the old 'health kick' line a go. Lots of people do this, but there is a core group of us who usually cave on the first Friday - I will be a shining beacon this time!

And then I can always try the old 'tonic only' vodka and tonic, etc.

Am nervous about it, though, because it will be a big sign to myself that we are really trying (and therefore really failing, IYSWIM). It is the last obstacle removed. There is no logic to my thinking but it is something I am dreading, nonetheless.

On the other hand, maybe I will go to the gym every day instead and become beautifully toned. And the lack of booze calories will make me a svelte, glowing skin goddess as well although probably not

Tante Ha...something like that. Or maybe more like desperately shaking them out of superdrug bottle and washing them down sadly with booze. Aaah what an alternative picture.

I'll be giving up the booze too for Jan so we can keep each other company. Also, there is no logic to any of this nonsense is there. At least having a more clean living life will mean that you'll have a clear head. I don't think drinking wine/vodka/beer/whatever helps with the positive thinking- least it doesn't in my mind!

Cheers Second Coming

Thanks Second Coming!

Yeah, it is all too easy to fire a botte of wine down your neck on a Friday night to alleviate all the stress.

In fact, in someways, DH and my good self have had crazier nights out since ttc than we did when we were students and defo not ttc!

Think it is a combination of stress release and a 'feck it! Well if we can't have a baby, at least we can have a ggod time!' thing going on.

Glad to know I have a supporter in the Jan non-drinking

(I have honestly never succeeded in not drinking for more than a couple of weeks - eek! Sort of ashamed to admit that)

Actually, that's not true, just remembered - I didn't drink for months when I started metformin.

Dull days

Well. Spotting. I'm a week overdue and have just bought a test but got to loo, and spotting.

Why am I so gutted? Ridic as I knew it was coming. Also, I still want to test. These are nit the actions of a sane woman. Can one of you guys talk me out of it?

Hello everyone. I am downing as much wine as it physically possible tonight because as from next week my body will resume temple-like status (actually it has never really been like that but I live in hope!)

The health kick starts next week. Tonight it is game on.

Well, back to the drawing board here. Grr. I hate periods. They hurt, make a mess and prove that all those negative pg tests I did faaaaaaaar too early were right after all.

Fingers crossed for you, kitty. Fat feckin' chance here as himself is watching QI and having man flu while I'm on here being sullen.

Happy New Year to all and best of luck for duffed-up-ness in 2011.

Bloofer, pass the bleddy scotch, will you? All I have left is rum and I'm (unusually) not in a Captain Jack Sparrow kinda mood tonight.

Bottoms up! Or down. Whatever helps...

[filthy-minded emoticon]

Happy New Year! What did I get to celebrate the new year with? my period of course! wwwoohhhhhooo paaaartaaaay :(

Sucks.

I had my fingers crossed for you: it sounded so promising. Gah. I got mine on Christmas Day, like an evil present.

Here's to a month from now.

on the wagon from tomorrow for the month though but I'll keep stopping by to top up the drinks.

Hey guys

Thought I would stop by and say hi. Im in forum limbo. pregnant and hence and offensive nuisance in 'conception', but newly so and surely likely to cause bad karma by lurking in 'pregnancy'.

Well today is period due date and clearblue has gone up to 2-3 weeks (was 1-2 on thursday). makes me feel more positive.

New Year's Eve sucked. had one (probably too large for a pregnant lady) glass of wine at about 5 and that was me done. then watched husband hoover up about 6 cans of strongbow (classy folk we are), the rest of the bottle of pinot, and then half a bottle of lovely rioja that my brother bought ME. snored all bloody night, his breath stank of stale booze, and i cant sleep anyway when pregnant. i then woke up feeling worse than i would have done on a 'normal' new year.

i can see why people do babydusting now, its an easy way to end a post:

like

'chat later'
'big hugs'
'babydust to all'

or bottoms up as they would say back in the 80s (when people still used to drink in pregnancy)

Kitty, you'll be fine. Stiff upper lip and here have a glass of non alcoholic wine.

Great news that you're up to 2-3 weeks. I won't tell you to just forget about it for a few weeks, that would be madness, but I do wish you awra best. Stay positive. Stay on here, I don't find you offensive. You are an example of 'hope, life, light, laughter' (tongue in cheek of course. Been watching real housewifes of new jersey- oh the shame)

i'll stay here whilst i stealthily eat my brie sandwich....ssssssh

I will stop with the booze this month. Body now a temple, etc etc

Hi kitty, good to see you. Enjoy the brie! My sister lives in France and says that the French think we're loons for all the food restrictions but that the taboos over there include gaining any weight AT ALL that isn't the baby.

I have gone on the ovulation calculator and told DH when he's getting lucky this month. He thanked me for the warning.

Bored of this weekend now.

Ok have today hit the sales with a vengeance, with the outcome of some sexy undies for seduction purposes. Will roadtest this evening.

How did the seduction road test go, MissHellToe?

Avoided after work drinks today, am soooo proud of myself (but bored at home, tbh....)

Cor, it's gone a bit quiet over here.

DH appears to have got cold feet. I have never known.him not be up for it before but he has been avoiding sex. Not great. He says I'm reading too much into it so I am trying not to hassle him but inside I am going "Only two days of fertile window left, numpty! Aargh!". I am sure it shows. Well, the boot is on the other foot now, I suppose.

So I need to have a word with him, or just leave it and see if taking the pressure off a bit helps?

Jars that's shit. Maybe he is feeling a bit pressured. He'll know you so well that it's prob obvious to him that you are anxious with the days slipping by.

If you only have two days left this month I'd be tempted to speak to him and clear the air, then there's still a chance of a quickie before the barrier comes down this month. But of course you know him better, so you know what's best. You may end up wanting to let it go entirely for this month and then he'll be feeling more up for it by next window?

Sorry, I'm not much help.

Wonder where everyone else is too? I've been busy, back to work and no boozing.