the rat smacking, no argument brooking, pom pom waving, goody baking, baby visualising, just fertilising, being pregnant and staying pregnant thread of exceptionally good luck

[NinjaChipmunk]

So here is our new home, hope you all like it!

sorry to hear about af maybe imps and late but glad to hear you all sound very positive about how things are. May I have a Kir royale too? I have a few extra weeks before I give up drinking....
cake have an amazing time in Bali. I'm soo jealous. It sounds incredible.

nothing much to report here as expected except i am really hoping i'm not about to come down with another bout of dermatitis in a personal place. I've been using unbleached cotton pads which have been great but switched to a different brand this month and i can feel an itch starting.....

right best make the biy and me some breakfast and think about where i can take him out to wear him out later!

morning farfalla dancing the night away sounds great. Gosh everyone sounds so perky today!

Sounds like you have a good night planned Farfalla I laughed the whole through the Inbetweeners too. When I wrote posse in my earlier post, all I could think was 'pussay patrol'

This is my 6th AF since stopping the pill too Farfalla must be a magic number!

Dermatitis sounds nasty, hope it isn't. I do feel strangely up beat this month (never really suffered from PMT) maybe it's because I know this is the last time the evil cow will come!

I'm so so sorry to hear that the evil AF has been unnaturally busy overnight! She is just the most inconsiderate hag! I'm glad you lovely ladies are so positive on day 1 of your pregnancies - those Kir Royales sound yum! Champagne breakfast, I like your style! It really will be an exciting week when you ladies all confirm your pregnancies within a few days of each other!

Farfalla it's so good to hear you're having such a good time at the moment! DH and I used to salsa all the time, but we haven't been for AGES now and all your talk of dancing is making me think we really should go again!! I'm glad your SWI is going well at the moment, you are clearly on a roll this month and I'm sure that whenever the shag dictator finally gives that peak there will be enough hardy swimmers hanging around to get the job done!

It's great to soak up some of the positivity in here, I'm feeling a bit crappy and low myself this morning. I'm not sure why exactly, I just don't feel very pg at the moment and I'm trying to not give in to stupid thoughts about a woman's intuition. It's much more likely to be my rollacoaster hormones! Right? Anyways I just need to dust off my pom poms and get back to No Brooking at full force!

p.s. Soooooooooooooo jealous of Bali! Have a fab time Cake you will be missed!

Hi,ladies, I haven't been around for a few days as I have been looking after my nieces(4&8) but. It looks like loads has been happening as usual. We are off to feed the ducks shortly but I will try and catch up later!

Morning, so sorry to hear about news of af arriving Maybe, Imps & Late but YAY you're on PG1. Glad to hear you're all still brooking no argument for this month. This will be YOUR month! I'd love to join you all in a Kir Royale too if that's ok?

Cake oh yes you're off to Bali (sorry), you are going to have a fantastic time and remember see a rat, smack it!!

Oh Ninja that doesn't sound like fun...hope it isn't!

Farfalla that sounds like a fun evening! I remember trying to entice my DH into some latin dance lessons last year, but he wasn't having it :(

Have fun feeding the duckies in the morning sunshine!

Ah Scream

You feel low because your hormones are running riot, and Whisper is brooking no argument on your behalf. As are we.

What do we want?
POSITIVE PREGNANT PEOPLE!
When do we want them?
NOW!

Chin up lovely - it's just your pg hormones driving you potty. Don't read anything more into them than that. When is your scan booked for?

Farfalla so glad you're so upbeat! This is what we like to see on this thread! Unfortunately I still have the will we?/won't we? issue around ovulation and OH is as onboard as he should be. But I'm begrudgingly accepting of that and am open to the possibility that it will take us AAAAGGGGEEESS to conceive based on this let's-just-see-what-happens approach. BUT we have SO much that we still have to do and want to do before kiddiwinks arrive so it's not all doom and gloom. It's just doom and gloom sometimes :)

Hello Wants! Enjoy feeding the ducks!

Maybe and Late I will gladly join your posse!! We're like the well coolest posse on this whole thread, nay the whole of Mumsnet, nay the whole of the internet! Bring on our BFPs!!

Thank you Maybe you are in a perky mood today, and spoiling us with eggs Benedict as well!

Maybe, Imps and Late sorry to hear AF turned up. Maybe your day "working from home" sounds blissful, have a or 2 for me later.

Cake have a lovely time in Bali. I'm

Farfalla it's great to hear you're in a better place this month. Get as much rat smacking in as possible the next few days, you're bound to catch one.

Scream I know I'm a fine one to talk with the amount of worrying I do. But you and Squeak are fine! Seriously, it's entirely normal to not feel pregnant at 5 weeks. Loads of women don't even find out until after this time so try not to read anything into it. I've had loads of days where I've felt completely and utterly normal to then have a day where my nips have only twinged a little to then have a day with full on achey boobs, nausea and peeing all day and then back to no symptoms again the following day.

My "friend" who bought all her baby stuff before her 12 week scan has now had the said 12 week scan. Thankfully all ok and obviously I'm delighted for her. But I'm very annoyed and a bit upset that's she's actually tagged me into all the scan pics on FB! So not only are they on her page, they're also on mine!!!! To anyone having a quick glance at my FB page they would think these pics are mine. So, I've untagged myself from all the pics and I will tell her why if she asks. Honestly though, how insensitive can a friend be? She knows what I've been through this year, does she think I want to be telling people "oh no I'm not pregnant, the photos belong to a friend" FFS it's not a baby photo, it's a fucking 12 week scan. Why would I want a picure of that? Pardon my language but I'm a bit

Scarlet why on earth would she have done that?? That is the most bizarre thing that I've heard! Sounds like she may be suffering from a bit of I'm-the-first-person-in-the-world-to-have-ever-been-pregnant syndrome and it just not thinking about anyone else at all, especially not you! She doesn't even know you're pregnant, does she? Bizarre.

Imps she doesn't know I'm pregnant, that make it even worse

Yes I think she does think she's the first person to ever become pregnant. TBH she's a bit like that with everything. First person ever to to get a degree, first person ever to go travelling, first person ever to get married etc etc. I sound horrible now. She is one of these people who's always bleating on about how much she puts herself out for other people, always pointing out how thoughtful, generous, charitable etc she is but this has proved to me she's actually quite thoughtless. I know I'll feel bad saying this about her when I've calmed down, but on what grounds would she seriously think it would be ok to do that?

How bizarre Scarlet!!! I mean to tag people who aren't you or DH in a picture like that - plain weird and thoughtless.

I have only ever seem people tag the child's parents on fb - otherwise it is like she is suggesting that somehow the baby is the combined efforts of her, her DH and you - I presume this isn't the case?

Very very weird.

Let's be generous and say it must be her pregnancy hormones at work

I'm not putting scan photos up on fb - I intend to take photos of my bump for us, but won't bore my fb friends with them all. If they're lucky they might get a pic when the bump is born.

I have to say too that I am disgusted by AF and very cheeky arrivals today - I am currently drafting a strongly worded letter of complaint to the DfPP (Dept for pregnancies and periods). Heads will roll for this!

Anyway hope everyone else is ok.

scarlet your friend sounds lovely

Sorry to hear about AF's arrival maybe and imps. you can join me with a June baby now though and we can merrily chat away through summer mat leave

Oooooh you guys! This is the BEST THREAD because you guys are the BEST!

I really appreciate your encouragement. I have just popped out to the local shop and back, and the outside air has really cleared my head. I'm back in No Brooking mode and ready to go! I will be ignoring all negative thoughts and focusing on my 8 week scan (which is two weeks tom). By the way Maybe I LOVE the name Whisper. Is it too late to change? Squeak could be a middle name?

Scarlet I cannot believe your "friend" did that!! It would be bizarre enough if she didn't know you have been ttc, but it's even stranger considering she knows that and doesn't know you're now a confirmed preggo. I want to say it's just pg hormones / baby brain but really I think it's just a bit cruel and thoughtless. Please don't get me wrong, clearly I don't know your friend and I'm not for a minute suggesting she's a bad person, I just think this one act is downright selfish!

Personally I am about a million miles from the put-scan-pics-on-FB camp. Even when we tell family and close friends after the 12 week scan I'm going to ask them not to mention it on my FB wall. It's just too personal for that! My three best best best RL friends are all scattering across the globe for the next year and they've already asked me to email scan pics when I have them but I'm not even sure about that! I think they're all coming back at Christmas for a visit (except one) and fingers crossed my 20 week scan should be just before Christmas, so I'll show them in person (if all is well).

I won't be putting any scan photos whatsoever on FB. Unfortunately for some of my friends as well as myself, pregnancy doesn't always mean a baby. I wouldn't want to rub any of my friends noses in it who are ttc or who have had problems. I will put some baby pics on though once it's born, that's a bit different somehow.

Anyone who asks to see a scan photo I will show of course. I know family will want to see. Other than that it's just for me and DH.

Scarlet That is beyond weird! Very strange indeed. Before I started TTC, I don't think I thought anything of putting scan pics on FB. But now I know what heart ache it can bring, I will not be putting them up either.

Glad the fresh air helped Scream. Walking always does me the power of good.

Plenty of eggs to go round Biscuits

You're right Solars I am spookily perky today.

I think it is because I am a bit relieved that my body may be getting back to normal I am just wondering whether the way I have been feeling the past week, with the sore boobs etc, is because maybe my progesterone levels are back up to normal again during my LP. I am just trying to do some logical thinking

i am on a fb break for the very reason that i couldn't handle lots of smug pregnancy updates from people. I seriously don't need it after ttc for this amount of time. i have to say that its been about 3 months since i last used fb and its really rather liberating! There's not that many threads i now look on on MN for similar reasons - either people get pg by accident or have such a rough time that they get tell very sad stories and i currently feel the need to selfishly protect my ttc feelings by staying positive on here. I really do feel for people having a rough time and know this is a very good place to offload and get advice but i can't do it myself at the moment. Is that very selfish?

Not at all Ninja I am the same. It can be very hard to stay sane at times, and I honestly think that surrounding yourself with positive people that have an understanding of where you are coming from is very important.

That and the fact that there is always an alcoholic beverage and something bad for you to eat here...

Not selfish in the slightest Ninja. TTC is a gut-wrenching experience and basically you have to do whatever you need to to make it less painful.

I find that the constant moaning-about-pregnancy updates are more galling than the smug/happy FB updates. One friend in particular at the moment seems to have nothing else to talk about - latest update is how terrible her life is because not only is she tired all the time, but she also now has to cope with a small patch of eczema on her ankle. Wow - how awful for her - some eczema! Not sure if the baby growing healthily inside her could ever make up for such horrors

I agree, not selfish at all ninja I am the same really. Talking to people in rl doesn't help because no one truly understands. We have all found our ttc home here!

Ok well best if luck to everyone. musical I expect you to have confirmed by the time I get back!

I'll catch up when I can I'll miss mn quite a bit!

Have an amazing time Cake Drink lots of Bintang for me, and tuck into some nasi goreng