Emmsys Weebles planting up the greenhouse for Spring...

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...tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers... and more BFPs please! :)

Get comfy girls, the evenings are not so dark anymore so we'll be passing round the wine soon

Strong pink line sounds hopeful Monkey.. Roll on tomorrow, everything is xd..

Just a quickie as I can hear E wrecking the front room from the desk in the hall!! But I couldn't just lurk when I read the thread!
Monkey I hope you realise that women all over the country in fact the world are willing this to be what we hope it to be Keep us updated my lovely, keeping everything crossed for your results x
Barbie Korea! That is a move and a half! Brilliant news for your DH, you just don't want to come back to the english weather although I have to say it's beautiful here at the moment
4ever Loved your favourite things list made me melt too
It's no good I've got to go and find out what he's doing it sounds horrendous!
Back soon

Monkey I have everything crossed for you tomorrow.

4ever ignore those posters they have totally missed your point.

Buddha hope your room wasn't too trashed

monkey what a weekend you've had with all this and losing your dog (thank goodness she re-appeared). BUT its Tuesday tomorrow and you'll know either way. Praying like everyone else its a BFP but it is the first month of your treatment and your body may just need some some bedding in. Sending big positive babydust vibes xxxx

Buddha - sorry missed your bit about your back playing up again . How is it today? Mine comes back now and again but think excercise does help keep it at bay.

4ever - we need new Summer photos please, one of her on the phone would be lovely . Is her hair sill all mad professor-like like your DDad's?

MLS - ola! at Kitty being a Mummy's girl, treasure it

Oh & I think it was QA who said I should hire myself out as a ttc guru. I told my friend the same as I've said many (many many!) times before on the thread; upsuck theory, poas, temp charting, pre-seed & accu. Well, she had two accu sessions & fell pregnant, I had one & got up 't duff & Blue* didn't you have three or four sessions & fell preggers with Benny-boy?

Hello all. It's taken me ages to catch up, though I noted the spelling error straight away - naughty VJay

Monkey Really glad MLS was keeping me up to date. Was talking to DH about you over our child free (get me!) dinner last night and both of us are crossing our fingers for you too.

Darn it! H is awake Will try to get back on later. Big waves to you all.

Helloooo! I am hoping this week is going to be slightly saner in the louey household

Wow, I am so lucky to have so many crossed fingers, thank you all so much! No time for a proper catch up I'm afraid, but will try to get on tomorrow for a nice long post.
My blood test is at half nine, and the results should be through early afternoon - I'll be at a girly lunch by then, which is not the best place to get bad news, which is what I am sure it will be. Nevermind. Onwards and upwards hey I'll let you know what the results are asap...
Must dash, bed is calling!
Love to all xxx

Oh monkey I am so hoping that your lunch today turns in to a celebratory one and you will have your friends in lieu of us to cheer and hug and cry with you. At least it is nearly time now, I bet you have felt like time has practically stood still over the weekend. Thinking of you this morning xxx

Will be lurking today hopefully and be back later to catch up properly.

My first thoughts were of you today monkey, I am hoping for the best news for you x x

Louey ajay is so much better now thankyou, his up to his usual monkeyness!

Gotta dash we have relatives up this week so will catch up when I can x

much finger crossing and calming for monkey today so sorry to read of your traumatic weekend. I think I may have got the crossing of the grass from blue many threads ago.

moon how have df tests gone? everything ok? please report in x

qa hope you are feeling well.

louey lovely present. To recap and sorry to confuse: negative test for peri menopause, high result for potasium and something else, have forgotten which means, so I was told that blood tests are often wrong and got left out too long while the techies watched re-runs of murder she wrote. So I am meant to go back to give them more to mess about with but haven't bothered as yet.

buddha that is the most painful thing especially looking after your gorgeous little chap. hope the dr has managed to get the pain down, thinking of you.

louey I could lie and say I am the tiiiiiny skinny minnie in the pale pink dress but that is my gorgeous cousin I am in the red, yep :) I'm back to normal now thanks but yes it really was foul!! Just so glad it was a Saturday so dh could look after me and Jude but seriously grim; I blcked out in the bathroom at one point

monkey praying hard for you. As someone else said- this month that started craply needs to end well xxx

Did I miss something about 4ever? Have you been flamed by some evil MN-ers? absolutely melting at the descriptions of Summer though. Jude tries talking on the phone now too and has just started waving, it absolutely melts my heart when he waves at me :) I bet Summer is having a gorgeous pink birthday party! We're having a little get-together at the ILs but not sure if it will escalate into more Thankfully we're doing a secret santa style present giving with our NCT pals so we don't have to buy tonnes of gifts for all the babies!!

Hi neeko child-free dinner sounds lovely!!

mls I'm jealous of your cuddly girl. The only way I can get ds to stay on my lap more than 5 seconds is if he's ill or dh is hoovering (ds is terrified of it so sits there in stunned silence!)

Right, ds still napping so I'm gonna paint my toenails

and refresh x 1 million. Hope you are ok monkey

Tx from Monkey it was a negative... I think Blue put it perfectly that her body just needs a practice run...

I'm sorry monkey that this is not the month for you and know that however much we tell ourselves not to get our hopes up, there is a secret hope that it will happen 1st time and that feeling must be al the more strong for you as it such an undertaking. Of course it doesn't help when we all act like a (well meaning) bunch of mad cheerleaders egging you on blue's wise words are true and I think the fact that we are all so excited and have such a positive feeling about it, hopefully means that it won't be too much longer.

Pour yourself a large glass of and focus on the fact that this could be the start of your 1st month of pregnancy, a phrase I got from here and used to help me get through those miserable 1st few days of a BFN each month.

Was hoping to post tonight, but not feeling too good so will try again tomorrow

monkey been thinking about you all day, it wasn't to be this month but it will be one month not long from now, I just know it. Big cuddle xx Please enjoy the school holidays, you deserve to potter, stroke your Ds's hair, wander holding hands, the whole shebang.

Back on tomorrow on my lunch break at work x

really sorry monkey big hugs and to you, its a crap world sometimes isnt it, thinking of you lots xxx

mermaid df had his tests done last week, but we have 15 working days to wait, and what with the sodding bank hols in between its gonna be beginning of may til we hear anything - the only time I have not wanted so many bank hols!

monkey I'm so sorry it didn't happen this month, but this now gives us new hope for next month

moon bloomin bank holidays! they're a double edged sword when you're waiting for results but want the time off too Just think, you and monkey could be sharing the 2ww next month. I predict 2012 bubbas for both

monkey crap. I'm so sorry, big hugs and lots of for you over the weekend. I think you should chuck out those internet tests as they are clearly dodgy.

moon pants for having to wait 15 days - I hope you've got some fun things planned over the weekend to take your mind off it.

QA hope you are feeling ok today?

vjayjay hope you are having a good week with the rellies.

mermaid thank you for explaining, no need to apologise. Its a lot to get your head around. Lets hope 2nd time round they don't fuck it up- leave the blood sitting around.

Waves to blue - enjoy your last day at work for a week!

Well I definitely jinxed things. Spent the whole of yesterday in hospital waiting for a registrar being assessed. Jackie Chan decided to go completely quiet on me on Monday night, through to Tuesday morning, plus I had stomach pains which I thought was probably a tummy bug but could also have been one of the symptoms of pre-eclampsia. So I went in to be checked out. Baby is fine and did wake up (eventually) and is now back to being karate king. They did bloods for pre-e which I had to wait for (also fine) and then I had to wait for a Dr. And wait. And wait. My phone battery almost died because I was pressing refresh so many times to see what was going on with monkey. They let me come home yesterday evening but I'm going in for a scan today because they want to check it is growing as one of the reasons that movements slow down is because the baby isn't growing properly. I'm now waiting for a call from the hospital to tell me what time to come in. There was a lady opposite me who is due 9 days before and I am tiny in comparison to her.

louey jeeez big cuddle and don't care if it not mnlike. what a shit awful day. Please, please let us know and please please know that we are thinking of you.x

monkey yep your body is practicing a huge tankard of for you and I am so sorry that you are going through all this.x

moon that's a long wait. You will just have to do loads of exciting stuff on all these bank holidays to take your minds off the waiting.x

cupcake laughed lots at the image of your ds and the hoover - classic!

back to work, love to all.

Monkey sorry it wasn't to be this month, but I love the idea that it's a practice run blue very well put and a nice positive spin on it. Enjoy the easter holidays and keep smiling brave lady
Louey How scary for you yesterday but good news that it wasn't pre-e, let us know how you get on with the scan as soon as you can and keeping eveything crossed for you x
Vjay Front room wasn't too bad, but there were toys EVERYWHERE How's Ajay this week?
Mermaid Booked your appointment yet?
Blue Unfortunately back is bad everyday at the moment although luckily the SPD varies day to day, but with this beautiful weather I can't complain! Sorry to hear your's still plays up too

Buddha waves to Neeko MLS QA Barbie and everyone else I've missed

I got on well with the doctor he seems to be taking things a bit more seriously than my normal GP. He says it not acceptable for me to be in so much pain 2 years after original diagnosis with SPD, obviously the back has become worse since pg but he feels I should be referred to Orthapeadics (sp) so I feel as if I'm finally getting somewhere! Also gave me some stronger painkillers although they seem to make me rather tired (good excuse for a nana nap!)
E has got 3 teeth coming through at the moment, but no ear infection (which normally goes hand in hand with a tooth coming through) so Woo Hoo!

oh louey the worry never ends does it? What a day you've had but good news that lo is kicking away again and your a NADA for pre-e.

Were your DT's on the small size? I mean I know they would be as twins are but were they dainty even for twins? Remember you're used to carrying two babies in there and are bound to feel tiny this time around. Hope you are reassured after your scan today xx

Monkey - hope you're OK today x

Off to have a

Sorry Buddha x-post. Glad your doc is taking things seriously and phew! that E has body swerved another ear infection

Oh Louey what a worry - as mermaid said please let us know what's happening, and know that we are thinking of you. The baby measured fine at the last scan didn't he/she? I really hope everything is okay x

Buddha poor, poor you being in so much pain. I can't believe your GP hasn't been able to help more It must be awful for you. I'm glad you're being referred - I hope the wait isn't too long though. That's great that E is okay with 3 teeth coming through, wow, he certainly knows how to do things in style! Really hope you feel better soon, and enjoy those naps!

Your messages yesterday were lovely, thank you I feel a bit bad though that I managed to get everyone's hopes up (including my own ) with those darn tests. Although I'm not quite brave enough to put them in the bin louey I absolutely won't be testing early next time, I can't bear the uncertainty and the false hope. I'm now waiting for AF, and off we go again...
The thing that really gets me is that every day I have to think about trying to get pg, what with the injections and then the pessaries it's impossible not to think about it all the time. It seems such a waste of effort and emotion for it not to have worked. I also feel incredibly panicked by it not having worked. This is the beginning of our last resort, and if this doesn't work, and then IVF doesn't work that's it. I can't bear the thought of not being able to give ds a brother or sister. It breaks my heart.

Okay, better go as dad's come back with some lunch for the workers - I'm still building the climbing frame, and ds is 'cleaning' it with his water pistol

Also, can we chuck some dates/idea's around for a meet-up please? Barbie when will you be in London? I can do the second week of July, and the last one and a half weeks in August. Please please please let our dates coincide!!!

Lots of love to all xxx

I'm back. Scan was fine, tummy growth has dropped a bit but nothing to worry about at this stage. Its still breech despite 2 different people telling me yesterday that it was head down. They are clearly feeling its bottom which seems to be firmly wedged in!! The weird thing is that its legs are up by my belly button but I'm feeling movements down below. We were joking that it was the baby passing wind I have to go and see a MW next Weds because apparently thats protocol following reduced fetal movement. I'm just a bit peed off because I'd earmarked this week to sort out my office while loads of people were off on holiday and work was quiet. Its all gone a bit pear shaped. DH keeps saying that work will go on, but I will feel a lot happier once its sorted. Roll on maternity leave in just over 4 weeks.

blue DTs were very small, hence the concern. Their growth dropped off at about the same stage and way before I showed any signs of pre-eclampsia. They were 3lbs11oz and 4lbs1oz at 36wks - they should have been 5lbs each. They were classed as IUGR as their weight was below the 2nd centile for gestational age. This one is currently on the 50th centile.

monkey oh love - fertility treatment is just rubbish. Having gone through this with my sister so recently I know exactly what you mean. BUT it will work, whether it is the next IUI or you have to do IVF. One step at at time, stay positive and you know that you have lots of emmsys on here willing you along towards that BFP. If MLS were on here now she would be telling you to have some acupuncture . Bless your DS cleaning with his water pistol. Hope you are having some good weather over there for the holidays and major construction project that you seem to be doing!

buddha so glad you are finally getting a Dr to listen. Hope the referral comes through quickly for you. Well done E for getting more teeth and no ear infection!