Beanies, bumps and bikinis (all by next August please) :)

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New, combined thread. Welcome all!

Thanks Compo. I am going to sit on my hands and not test till the weekend.....

Hi guys, its me again, very tentatively coming back on the ttc threads...

Had a m/c confirmed a week ago so trying to pick myself up and dust myself down. Am so gutted and distraught. Been signed off this week which work are not happy about as I am going onto Jury Service next week...

It's taken 13 months to get the BFP and then 3 weeks to go back to sq 1. Hope you lot are all going ok, I may lurk for a while as I'm not sure how ready I am to throw myself back into it but I hope you are all ok

Jersey - CONGRATULATIONS really really pleased for you - hope it all goes v well for you!

J x

Hi Jen1209, not sure if I was here when you were last, but I have to say how sorry I am for you. I know exactly how you feel as it happened to me back in May with my first pg. It feels like someone has taken away the best present ever, just as you got used to having it You will get back into it though, but try and enjoy not thinking too hard about ttc for a while. It will happen for you soon, you've proved you can get there once. Spoils the fun a bit though doesn't it! Loads of support about on here though.

Jen, so sorry to hear your news, you must be devastated. Take things slow for a while like Strike1 suggests. xxxx

Thanks Jen and so sorry to hear about your m/c . Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Jen1209 - so sorry to hear your news

hugs Jen, really sorry to hear your news

My happy news today is that I am an Auntie - one month earlier than expected! My sister in law gave birth to a 6lb 4oz baby boy at around midday today. DH and I are inconveniently stuck in Florida for another week, so will be next week that I first meet him, but I'm very excited

Hugs,
Artoo.

Hi All

Jen1209 I am so sorry about the m/c. I was so pleased for you when you got your BFP especially as you had been trying for so long. I am sure it will happen for you one day.

Artoo - Sorry about AF hope you are enjoying your holiday. Congratulations on becoming an auntie.

Welcome to IamBlossom

I'm on CD12 & waiting for ov sign on Persona. Time to tie DH to bed to get some bd in. Just realised how that sounds not into bondage just always seems to be a reason why we can't around ov time.
My BF's baby is due today. She went to antenatal & they think that the baby is breech. She has got to have a scan tomorrow & may have to have a C-Section. I think it shocked her a bit as this is no.3 in 3yrs & she hasn't had any problems before. I hope she'll be ok.

Hi to everyone else i haven't mentioned i hope you are all ok

Take Care
J

I'm so sorry Jen. I can only imagine how horrible that is. My thoughts are with you.

Sorry about all the other blooming afs

I ran away from someone I had met a few times in Wilkisnons today as I saw (from a distance) she was pregnant with number two and I couldn't face being smily about it and being asked the inevitable questions.

normsnocker so sorry to hear about af, good luck to next cycle

Iamblossom welcome to the thread , hope you have a short stay

Hugs jen1209, so sorry about your m/c , I recently had a m/c in september and know so much about your feelings, as already said by strike and iamblossom take things easy till you feel upto ttc again.

Aunty Artoo congratulations to you and your family

Artoo - I became an Auntie again today also! My Brothers wife had their first - a little girl (wel 8:4). I have to wait two weeks to go and see them as they live in London! Baby doesn;t have a name yet - the one they picked doesn't suit - SIL is a teacher so all names are hard!

On CD 22 today - boobs aching a little but can do normally - gotta wait until next saturday but also trying to not think about it! Sorry to Jen for m/c - BF had one earlier in year and she is now 12 wks pg... and also to those with af's.

Congrtulatons to you also andyrobo on becoming a auntie

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Jane 313 - re running away from potential encounter in Wilkinsons - I can totally understand and I would probably have done the same things to avoid her inevitable inquiries about you. I NEVER ask anyone about when they are going to have kids/have another kid anymore. Now that I am trying for another, the last thing you want to tell people is that you are trying cos all they do is ask and ask "any news?" etc and I would have thought it was patnetly clear that there isn't. Questions like that are not be asked these days don't you think? Those without children usually can't/are trying/or don't want to and the last thing they want to do is talk about their reasons for any of the above.

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Yes working mothers get it in the neck big time. I have yet to meet anyone with the balance right, who is guilt free either for enjoying working or for leaving their child.

Saw yet another tearful mother leave the nursery this morning as I was driving out, booing her eyes out she was.

Hi, thank you all so much for your lovely msgs - it is so hard at the moment. My BF is pg with twins (25 weeks today) and I spent the night at her's on Tuesday (she already has 2 DS's!) It was so hard to keep smiling... THankfully she totally understands and is brill coz she has been through the mill whilst ttc too...

Just been into work and had a jolly good row with them. THey seem to think that I have taken this time off on purpose so it runs into my jury service - that's right, I deliberately lost my baby to get lots of time off work... GRRRRRR They want me to attend a company meeting on Sunday as there is a very big, importany announcement. I know of at least 3 people who aren't going and my Dr's note covers me up to Monday morning. I may go to keep them sweet as I will need time off when I do get properly pg but I am v angry about it (as is DP and making a 6 ft 4, 17 stone man angry does not have good consequences )

Sorry to go on but I cannot believe how unsupportive they are being!

Hope you are all ok, clearly I have no idea what cd no I am on! Congrats to Artoo and Andyrobo on becomeing Aunties!

J x

Jen, what a nightmare! I can't believe how unsupportive your work is being.

I had to warn my boss before coming away on holiday that we were TTC, as I felt it had affected my work for the first time (I found out I had low progesterone the same day as we had a major issue that I had to deal with, and I had to go cry in the toilets for a bit in the middle of the day because it all just got too much for me). I also wanted her to be aware, as I don't know how much time off I'll need for gynaecologist appointments, nor how flexible those can be around my working hours. Thankfully she was really supportive - she found it difficult to get pregnant with both her sons, so I felt a lot better.

Normsknockers, I'm with you on the career women thing. I get irritated by all those articles too. There's only one reason that we left it so late to start trying, and that is because I wasn't ready to have kids until now. And that's nothing to do with my career, it was just that until recently I didn't like kids. When we do have kids (PMA here!), I will have to go back to work, as I am the main breadwinner of the family, but I'm hoping DH will have got his business to a stage where I can go back part time rather than full time. We'll see how it goes.

It's still sunny here in Florida - we're off to Universal Studios today

Hugs,
Artoo.

Wish I was in Florida. have fun Artoo!

Wish I was in Florida. have fun Artoo!

Congratulations to Andyrobo on becoming an auntie too. I'm due to become an auntie on Christmas Eve.

Jen - So sorry that you are having such a tough time with work. Its bad enough that you had to suffer a m/c without them causing you more stress. Don't let them bully you!

artoo have you had any treatment for low progesterone yet as I think that what I have. You mentioned somehting about creams.

I have had a few careers and not really enjoyed any of them. The only reason I have left it late as I never found the right man. Which is the only reason I know that most of my friends who waited did so too. Its as if at 25 you can just order a good relationship.

Evening everyone. Can someone explain CM to me?!! Does it mean if you have lots it's your most fertile time (sorry if tmi!!). Also my last cycle was 46 days so this motnh when should I test if I'm feeling lucky?!!

Can I join Compo in a question? Just tested and bfn, really disappointed. Couldn't wait till weekend like I said I would, but on day 29. Thing is my last cycle was 36 days so was that too early? Spose I will have to sit tight and wait till AF arrives....

compo cm has to have an egg white appearance. ie stretchy and thin. Have a search on here or google and it will probably explain it better. I did find a site once that explained all the stages of cm. Grapefruit juice is supposed to increase it.

Iamblossom, if your cycle is usually 36 days then I think the earliest you can use the early tests is 4 days before af, which would make it 32 days.

I do all that stupid jinx like mental behaviour too. But am doing less of it as time goes on.