With angel babies in the sky, some of us expecting rainbow babies, others still ttc and definitely swi!!

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started new thread! we do talk a lot, don't we?

Hi Cheese, we went for the day Ruby was born as being the date we're going to remember. She died the day before but think we'll celebrate the day that she was brought into our lives.
Hi everyone [big waves], off to see the Mil who has been in hospital overnight. I am so dutiful!

Mel you will get your reward in heaven!!!
Cheese like Mel^ Georgie's birthday is the actual day she was born though we think she died 2 days before.so, that's the actual day we will celebrate as Mel* so nicely says Georgie coming in to the world. . Hope you feel better soon xxx
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Oh god this phone!!! That was not meant to be in bold!!!

Same as you all - Thea's birthday is the day she was born, although she died the day before. It will all be pretty fraught, though, I expect . Mind you, I will have an excellent early birthday present for her!

Just a quick one to mark my place, I will be replying properly tomorrow as I just had to most busy week, with an evening meeting every single evening!
So afternoon and evening off tomorrow!

too thats fab news, your consultant sounds on the ball!

Zoe died on the saturday night around 9.30pm and was born monday 4.50am. We too will celebrate her birthday the day she was born.

Af had finally decided to show today, I feel ok about it as I wasn't expecting to be pg this month with Df working away and only dtd twice. We are hitting it hard this cycle though, I am armed with ov sticks and going to do smep if he is working from home.

Jane boo but enjoy the next few weeks x

Jane sorry AF got you but you sound well prepared for this month!! Love the SMEP with Georgie & GILS we did that!!! Good luck xxx
Too what a lovely birthday present for Thea. GILS birthday will be 8 days after Georgies as you said I didn t want GILS on Georgie's birthday. That day is special just for Georgie it's one of the only things we could do is keep it just for our angel. X

Hi girls, I'd read about that the other day and if we don't strike it lucky this month, then I think we'll try that next month. Fx'd we don't need to though x

jane booooooo for the arrival fo AF. Im on day 4 so we will be TTC buddies this month, lets hope and fingers crossed that its the month for us! DH says he has a good feeling about this month, but I think he just said that to make me feel better.

We had some bad news about the flat, its been valued £5,000 under the asking price! Its a hassle as we are buying it from a housing association so its not like they will drop their price considering they already have people in there who obviously have bought it for the asking price! Looks like its going to be a bit longer at the old parents house! Why can't it be simple!

cheese hope you feel better soon.

So glad the scans are all going well.

Angel hows the time off going? You packed your bag yet?

Morning all
Thanks very much for the info on the fetal heart monitors......I have hired one for a month off ebay and if I get on okay will but one afterwards, just felt scared to tempt fate and buy one before I no that everything will be alright (please God).
too I will be 12+5 when I go to oxford, I thought too early to see what we would be looking for but consultant thinks not, I hope he is right. I actually have NT scan the following day but they may well do that at oxford also.
green what s**t news about the valuation......is there anyway forward so that the move still happens??
jane sorry for AF but glad that you no where you are at now and can make the most of your month of trying.
cheese hope you are feeling better today
angel hope you are enjoying your time off work....GILS is nearly here!!
Waving at everyone else

it looks like we will have to pay the short fall that the bank wont give us, which will hopefully only come to £1,500. It sucks! But will cant afford not too as we will have to be put on a different housing list, which means moving out into rented and also still paying the solicitors so paying the shotfall turns out to be the the lesser of all the other evils.

Green hope you get sorted soon. Buying and selling is never simple or easy is it?? We ve found it always cost more than you think originally.I ve packed my bag but wont be doing GILS my mum is doing that. It's just too painful.
*Razz^ glad you ve got your Doppler sorted. Yes, I m enjoying my time off chilling. However, I don t mind returning to work on Monday as it will make the week pass quicker.
Hi all; hope everyone is ok and enjoying the sun? Xxx

Jane, boo for AF! What's SMEP?

Oh no, Green! I hope you get it sorted and are able to move really soon.

Ok, I have total pregnancy brain. This week I have mixed up appointment times and double booked myself so I was supposed to be meeting two different people in two different offices at the same time. However, this morning was the worst so far. I put my pants on backwards and didn't realise until my second trip to the loo! I suddenly realised that the label was at the front and that would account for why they had felt a bit uncomfy all morning! Oops.

sorry - don't want you all to think i'm ignoring or forgetting you. have been having issues at work with my boss so been rather preoccupied - will catch up over the weekend.

Too sperm meets egg plan by a woman called Deanna something if I remember correctly. You can google it but basically it's about having swi every other day from cd8 to you get a + ovulation test then swi that night, next night, night after then 1 last shag 2 nights after, if my memory serves me correctly!!! Not that you need it now!!!

Evening, not feeling quite so bad today but still fairly ill. Trying to keep up with eating though and waiting for an indian to arrive now, see how much I can manage! I called my numbers in for GD and they've put me on morning injections as well now so that's 3 times a day :( Still low doses though at the moment which is good but my numbers have been a bit off. She said that could be because I'm ill though so we'll see.

Thanks for all the input on dates, I do consider Scarlett's birthday as the day she was actually born but I didn't know whether to mark the day she died too, seeing as there were a few days inbetween and as I said to dh, if I'd have stayed in the day we found out then she may well have been born on a different day but the day she died would stay the same. If that makes any sense.

jane sorry AF turned up

Too hehe, I've been fairly dopey lately but don't think I've put anything on the wrong way just yet! :o

green that sounds crap, hope you get it all sorted out

razz sounds like a good idea with the monitor, hope it turns up soon and that you find it reassuring

Mel hope mil is ok, nothing serious I hope?

angel

Oh man, now I want an Indian! DH weighed himself last night and has been sulking ever since, so he may not be keen. He won't tell me what he weighs, it's very annoying. He says he'll tell me after he's lost 3 stone, so it must be pretty bad. I am glorying in being exempt from any dieting or strenuous exercise at present, which I think may make it harder for DH. He doesn't want to diet, though - says exercise should do the trick . Not convinced...

Cheese, poor you for having to go onto 3 injections a day, especially when you're a bit poorly too. Hope you manage to eat lots of delicious curry tonight!

What you say about Scarlett's birthday being a different day if you had stayed in makes sense, because I read your original thread and remember how things happened. If you want to mark the day she died then go for it - on the bereaved thread they commemorate birthdays, remember days (ie, date of death) and funeral anniversaries, so don't feel held to any one day. I think that both days will be sad and poignant even if we choose to only focus on one, if you see what I mean.

Mel, sorry, missed the bit about your MIL - is she ok now?

Razz, I read all the doppler stuff with great interest, but DH isn't keen. He thinks I'll freak myself out. I think I would learn to self-doppler pretty quickly, but hey. Maybe later he'll feel differently.

Hi Dachs, has your boss been giving you a hard time? You told us before that she was pretty awful about maternity leave and stuff - is she living up to her reputation?

I also meant to say thanks for telling me what SMEP is, Angel! Hope you're enjoying the time off - only 1 more week to go and then ML!

She's fine. Went in for minor op but was kept overnight as it turned out to be a big more complicated than first thought. She's ok though. Thanks for asking.
Just back from Sands meeting and I told Ruby's story. There were quite a few tears but I managed to do if and am really pleased I did x

blue really well done on telling Ruby's story. There was bound to be tears but I hope that by talking about her and what happened it gave you some small relief in some kind of way.

Well, came in from my sleep-over shift and my doppler had arrived. Made a promise to myself that I wouldnt use it until this week when i am 12 weeks. Of course promises are only kept or broken and I just couldnt resist . Needless to say, I cant find a heart beat, only the swishing sound of what I think is the placenta so I am quite cross with myself now . Oh well, Im sure I will be trying again!!

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend, what beautiful weather.

Well done Mel glad it helped talking about Ruby. I like to talk about Georgie to anyone / everyone that will listen to me!! . Also think it helps educate people. Xx
Hope the sun is shining for all xxx

well finally found some time to sit down and reply!

My package with ov and pregnancy sticks arrived 2 days ago :)

Too My DH weighed himself this week as well on the Wii Fit board, his BMI is now pointing at Obese :( he gained about 3 stone since I met him, mostly in the last 2 years since he's on antidepressants. He has been fixing his mountainbike and we will be cycling when we can, which is good exercise. I'm surprised the doctor didn't say anything about his weight gain. It also doesn't help that he is now working as a driving instructor and sits in the car all day.

Mel glad your MIL is ok and proud of you that you told Ruby's story!

cheese how are you feeling now you've gone public with your pregnancy?

Angel waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah not long now! so exciting!

jane which cycle day are you on now? are you going to stick to the smep plan? we are trying! now just need to use ov sticks every day to see when I'm ov-ing...

green I hope the house troubles get sorted soon! reminds me I think we need to sign our new rental contract

razz good luck with the monitor! I hope it gives you comfort! I have one but not sure if I will use it next time round... not sure if I was able to pick up Sterre's heartbeat, I think I had at one point, but it was so slow. DH thought it was mine, but when I checked it was different. So now thinking back about it, I might have heard her, but it was not good as she was probably dying at that point :( although at that point I wasn't worried about it. I know I will possibly freak out about it next time. It's going to be hard! (sorry for the rambling) please if you ever feel worried that you can't pick it up from about 16 weeks or so, please get checked out yeah?

mel I too am proud that youtold Ruby's story, I'm sure she is too!

angel I talk about Zoe all the time too!

blue Im on CD3. I want to do smep but it depends where df is working, fingers crossed he is not working away.

Good luck Jane xxx
blue nice to hear from you. Hope you re ok? Xx hi all hope everyone is well? How hot is it???