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

[Stasi]

Here we go yet again...

Oh and hope stasi had fun!

So excited for you!

smegs unlikely - on the one hand they've underpaid him by £500 this month because by their records he's been off sick for a month (wtf?!), but on the other hand they're saying "it all works out" because they accidentally overpaid him the month before. Fecking NHS.

(they didn't overpay him, by our reckoning, but it'll be a battle to get the money back...)

That is crap popcorn, very for you.

popcorn I can;t believe they have done that, that is so worrying, I am really sorry and hope it gets resolved and that your DH cheers up a bit!

muunki its not over just yet, ok??

biscuits hope you get to feel some movement soon!

Had a lovely dinner with my mother last night, she is very no nonsense and gave me a stern talking to and calmed me down about this TTC malarkey.

Looking forward to the appointment this evening, sort of, and need to think of a list of questions before I go in so I don't get too confused. Eeek.

Popcorn that's ridiculous, I too am for you

Thanks for the brooking everyone, still no sign of her though. Am brooking hard for Munk and Beedle too. Maybe if you two pin her down, I'll truss her up with my ball of yarn, then we can set the pup on her

Generic how are you?

I can't seem to stop crying today [scary emotional wreck emoticon]

Far hope it goes brilliantly tonight, good on your mum

possible you are so updiffed, when are the rest of you lot testing?

imps have a cartwheel for your imminent updiffedness as well.

We are TAKING NO PRISONERS understood?

I thought a nice quiet five mins to catch up with you all and I've noticed you've all filled in 7 pages since I was last on!

Really sorry to hear about AF Little but it does sound like your LP is increasing which is really good news!

Stasi hope you had a great hen night, only 2 more sleeps until wedding day (is that right?) so very excited for you!

Glad you had a lovely birthday Bean

Popcorn

Scrambled hope you are feeling better and anyone else who is under the weather.

Farfalla hope you are ok, I can so totally understand what you are going through Good luck with your appointment! Your mum sounds lovely.

I've probably missed loads of you out so a big fat wave to the rest of you preggos :)

Now to business, when & who is testing soon? Maybe are you still dodging those ramekins? Imps you are so preggo with those symptoms surely you must be testing soon and there is Beedle & Munkii too right?

Sorry Popcorn I was meant to say towards your DH's employers

maybe you are soooo pg! POAS already! :o

far, it's results day, is it not? :)

Ooh Munkii I am still brooking for you too - hope you are wrong about AF. Ask Imps to have a word.

Popcorn that is terrible re the pay fiasco! I hope he will be able to get it sorted soon and cheer up enough to do what needs to be done to make you pregnant this month

Ooh Farfalla it's results day! I hope there is a good plan of action. Yay to your meal with your mum - she talks sense, I've always liked her. I cannot talk to my mum about such things - she worries about me too much and I get all defensive and don't tell her how I really feel.

Maybe you are definitely upduffed what with the crying and all.

Solars are you post-ov now?

No signs of ov for me yet, so I have resigned myself that I may well miss the window this month because I'm away with work from Sat to Wed. Will try tonight/tomorrow just in case. It's quite nice not to think about it as much this month and of course I am still hoping for an immaculate conception.

Generic if you dtd Friday (or better yet, Saturday morning) that will cover you for most of your time away?

I have not told my mum we're ttc. She keeps fishing but I'm schtum, because she will worry how we'll manage, as she lives abroad and MIL is next to useless.

Yes Generic I am post-ov

When do you think you may ovulate, or does it vary each month for you? I too used to hope for an immaculate conception when DH & I missed a month, sigh...definitely try and SWI tonight & tomorrow! Good luck x

Hi Beedle - know exactly what you mean about nagging but gave up long ago since the old duffer is a perfect gent in pretty much every aspect of life/relationships. And v kind to me and trying to be sympathetic about this baby-biz (though he does marvel at my impatience). But sympathy stops short of consuming close to half a bottle every night. That's right Popcorn not so much one glass as a couple of schooners or two cans of delightful beer. Having been rather an enthusiastic drinker until my mid 30s I'm not really in a position to criticise but as a one GnT a week woman I wanna chuck the lot down the sink as I'm sure he'd actually feel better without quite so much. But nagging is deffo the daftest way to go on this one - he will just feel defensive. Like Beedle says hopefully the herbs/vits will go to work soon.

We're all waiting for a Stasi update I gather?

Hi Far - just interested to know what your mum says that helps? x

I fear she has gotten me rat-smackers. But, I have just tried a new Milka biscuit, and I can confirm they are indeed tasty.

As you were.

Popcorn my mum only knows because she knows about the mc and my subsequent problems/investigations. I would much rather nobody knew about our TTC as I feel pressure to announce some Good News soon and that really doesn't help.

Solars yay! How many dpo? Last month I ov'd on day 12, which I think is about normal. I'm day 8 now, so I suppose if we do it tonight, Friday and Saturday if possible (but it will have to be during DD's nap time - no chance of early morning shagging in the Generic house!)

Bean you talk sense! How long did it take to TTC your 1st and how long so far? Glad you had a lovely birthday!

Oh Maybe. Bugger. How dare she? I am incensed on your behalf.

But enjoy the new biccies!

Generic I agree with not wanting people to know about ttc. A few friends of ours know, that I told back when we first started. Regretting that now! I just think they are constantly waiting for me to announce a bfp. I'm very close to my mum, but she would be the worst person to tell as she would worry and ask me about it all the time.

I'm feeling ok about it being cd1. Well, a bit sad, it's getting harder each month. But you've gotta stay positive, hey?

I think we should start a petition Generic. 1000 signatures and we'll get it to parliament...

And I am sure that the sexing will be at the right time [persistent sperm emoticon]

Little glad you feel positive. Unfortunately a couple of my friends know too because I had to tell them last time I was pregnant to explain my non-drinking. I wish I hadn't told anyone.

A nasty fruit and veg man just stole £5 from me! Literally, STOLE it. There's a fruit and veg stall near where I work which I buy a lot of stuff from because, you know, it supports local trade, they have a lot of local produce and the only packaging they use is brown paper bags. Anyway, I just took £10 out of a cash point, walked straight over to the stall without putting the money in my wallet and bought 7 baking potatoes. He gave me £2.50 change. I said "I gave you £10 so I should have more change than that" and he said (looking all bolshy) "No you didn't, you gave me a fiver". I said "No, I'm sorry but I gave you £10. I just took it out of the machine". He looked fleetingly into his till and said "No you didn't. You. Gave. Me. £5." I told him that he had made a mistake, but he just repeated his lie that I'd given him a fiver. I didn't know what else to do, so I walked off.

GRRRR!!!! At least I know that he'll loose more than a fiver from me in the long run because I'm never going back there again. NEVER! I tell you. I should have thrown the baking potatoes at his head, one by one.

He was like the male version of AF. Horrible, cheating bastard.

Speaking of which, so sorry Maybe and Little. I clearly need to practise my menacing look for the next time I sort her out. But in the meantime...

throw not through. I'm that angry that I've lost the ability to spell.

Oh, and re: petition, I think we ought to go one step further. I propose that we all make banners with "What do we want? Positive pee sticks!" on them and actually GO to Whitehall to protest. Haaaa, I wonder what the gov/media would make of that??!