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Brooking No Argument for Positive Pee Sticks, Healthy Pregnancies and Home-made Cakes!!!

968 replies

Stasi · 23/10/2011 22:51

Here we go yet again...

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NinjaChipmunk · 26/10/2011 16:37

you all seem to be coming down with illnesses, I shall brook no argument about it. And offer up vast quantities of honey and lemon. You need to rest. All of you!

Solars · 26/10/2011 17:14

Oooo Maybe things look promising for you!

For all of not quite feeling well and coming down with illnesses, surely these are pregnancy symptoms

shinyblackgrape · 26/10/2011 17:16

Popcorn - I have sore boobies too. But I think that is from DH squeezing them to see if they are sore.

He takes it very seriously. However, the "Honk! Honk!" noises are a bit unnecessary!

PopcornMouse · 26/10/2011 17:18

That's the unfortunate thing about working from home - you have to be near hospitalised to take time off sick!

PopcornMouse · 26/10/2011 17:19

rotfl @ shiny :o

shinyblackgrape · 26/10/2011 17:24

I'm going out ce soir and I have decided that I am having a drink.

If there is anything in there, then I have decided that I want a robust type baby and exposure to alcohol can only assist!

possiblemaybebaby · 26/10/2011 17:29

That's the spirit Shiny Grin Your DH sounds like mine!

I am now home, thank goodness. Kettle is boiling and the slippers are on.

Poor you Popcorn we are a right bunch aren't we? Though of course solars is right, these are most defo preggo symptoms Smile

scarletfingernail · 26/10/2011 17:52

scrambled I am now a recognised expert at all things to do with pee sticks Grin and based on extensive research my recommendation is First Response.

Internet cheapies are great if you are an obsessive tester, you can PIAR every day and then if you see a hint of a line you can then go and buy a proper branded test.

If though you suspect you are updiffed yet have no cheapies go straight for First Response. Clear Blue +/- do seem to leave an evaporation line therefore you'll go mad squinting at it and holding it up to every light in your house wondering if you're preggo or not.

Clear Blue digitals are great for establishing if you are pregnant as it literally spells it out. However, I do not recommend you use these after you have your BFP. You will become obsessed with the conception indicator if it doesn't move along week by week exactly as you've calculated yourself. Loads of threads on here about it. "Clear Blue digi has been stuck at 3 weeks pg for 2 weeks" etc.

First Response don't seem to leave any evaporation lines and are also sensitive. I've not used any Supermarket ones but I've also heard that the Superdrug ones are very good.

Sorry Generic I did giggle a bit imagining you filling your dentist in with all the details Grin

shinyblackgrape · 26/10/2011 17:56

Scarlet

shinyblackgrape · 26/10/2011 17:57

Internet cheapie allegedly a 10miu

farfallarocks · 26/10/2011 18:12

First response are actually a lot more sensitive than they fess up to, around 5iu
I was testing positive on those when my blood test revealed HCG at 11, internet cheapies (claiming 10) had been negative for days.

I only use internet cheapies to make my POAS stick obsession a but less expensive.

scarlet thanks for the tilted uterus reassurance, my grandmother also has one!!

generic brooking extra extra hard for you over here

farfallarocks · 26/10/2011 18:13

Ooooh and maybe :)

ScrambledSmegs · 26/10/2011 18:26

Thanks scarlet, FR it is then! I'll see if I can pick one up on Friday.

People use the CB as a 'how pregnant am i?' indicator? Hmm. Blimey, I only tested once when I got pg with DD. I could tell I was still pg because of the vicious heartburn and ginormous boobs!

scarletfingernail · 26/10/2011 18:59

Grin at Scrambled I'm afraid I used all of my 25 internet cheapies, 2 FR, 3 CB +/- and 1 CB digi with this pregnancy Blush I managed to keep them going until after I had a scan at 8 weeks. One of my gripes with pregnancy is that my boobs never grow!

shiny I first tested the day before AF due. The internet cheapie had a very, very faint line (had to squint) and the FR showed a definite positive pink line which was still quite narrow but no room for doubt. TBH I wouldn't test any earlier than that with anything, the pee sticks are more likely to be wrong and show BFNs. The internet cheapies grew gradually stronger but I was about 6 weeks pg before I got a really strong positive from one. I'm glad I had them though, stopped me spending a fortune on proper ones.

Get Ocado to deliver your chocolate regardless. It counts as one of your 5 a day when you're pregnant Wink

Imps7 · 26/10/2011 19:58

Haaaa Shiny I have 4 pages of submissions re: the selection pool and the scoring criteria and a further 2 querying the business rationale and putting forward alternatives!! If my bridges are not already burned, they definitely will be by the end of my first consultation meeting!! Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!!

I do hope you went for the Ocado chocolate regardless of what might be going on in your Wonderful Womb.

Generic still no AF??? Scrambled I cannot wait to see what your temperature is this morning!

I am 2 DPO and my boobs have started with the post-OV tingling. Am bloated as a bloater fish too but that's it so far.

Right off to do some chores, have a bath and go to bed. Night all!

possiblemaybebaby · 26/10/2011 20:07
TheLittleFriend · 26/10/2011 20:15

Generic sorry you had to suffer the dentist as well today, but I also had a giggle at the idea of telling her how "popcorn thinks I might be in with a chance"!

Scrambled I didn't test with my dd after I found out I was pregnant either. I just didn't think to. I'm concerned that I will if when I get pregnant again though, now the idea has been planted in my mind!

mullermum · 26/10/2011 20:21

hi im new to this but really could do with advice!been ttc this month after having the copper coil(hormone free)removed during my last period.that started on 25.10 but was only spotting until 27.10.Which is day 1 ofmy cycle?25/27th?if its the 25th then i was due af yesterday,if 27th then i'm due on fri.did eary tests on sun and mon both bfn(1st response).tested agin at 2.30pm today and me and oh were sure it was a faint positive but then it dissapeared!had sicky stomache since sat,headaches and achey boobs.do i test again 1st thing or wait?need to know before weekend as going away!thanks.xx

Imps7 · 26/10/2011 21:19

Hi Muller!

I would probably say that your AF started on 27th, if that was when you had the first proper flow (but the other ladies on here may beg to differ!). If I were you I would probably wait a couple of days and then test again. Oh, hell, who am I kidding - if I were you I would definitely be testing tomorrow morning, but I have no self-control.

Best of luck! Please stay around on this thread - the more the merrier in the Land of Brooking No Argument.

(PS - some of you may have spotted that earlier I said that I was going to bed early. Technically I am in bed - early - but figured I would treat myself to a 15 minutes perusal of twoweekwait.com before going to sleep. Not that I'm symptom spotting or anything. No, not at all.)

mullermum · 26/10/2011 21:25

thankyou!i sooooo know i'm gunna test again 1st thing,i'll keep you updated.thanks again.xx

possiblemaybebaby · 26/10/2011 21:33

Hi Muller! Good luck for the morning, I will be watching with baited breath Grin

Oooh, I love a symptom spot Imp how many have you got?!

Imps7 · 26/10/2011 21:39
Grin

Girls, I'm not usually one to laugh at my fellow ladies with ramekins, but this para on 2ww.com made me laugh out loud:

1 dbo:postive OPK in the AM. Plentiful ewcm after bm. bd late that night... and he stayed on the "dance floor" and kept dancing even after the music stopped...to help push those music notes in further. I made sure I stayed off of my feet and also acheived a post bd oragasm, as I heard that helps suck the "music notes" in :) temp 97.2

"Dance floor"!! "Music notes"!! Love it Grin

Maybe - no symptoms over and above the usual at all! I'm only really read that site, you know, for research purposes.

How are you getting on with your temping?? Care to share your chart, or is it not anonymous??

possiblemaybebaby · 26/10/2011 21:48

Oh Imps I laughed so hard a little bit of wee nearly came out Grin

I would love to share it. Now to figure out how to do it....

possiblemaybebaby · 26/10/2011 21:50

Does this work?!

www.fertilityfriend.com/home/35d448

Imps7 · 26/10/2011 21:51

If you go to "sharing" and "set up", you can type an URL for your page and use that address as the link...or something...