We are all jolly well going to smack the rat this month and grow a baby and we'll brook no argument. And probably eat some cake too.

[Imps7]

Ladies....begin.

Ooooh Stasi - beautiful!!!! But so sorry about your cancer treatment. And there I am moaning about work .

Right, I think I will go and make a risotto. The continual stirring will probably be quite therapeutic.

Oo Imps what risotto do you make? :d I like pea and bacon nom nom nom

sorry you had a pants day. You will get your job offer and be out of there in no time at all :)

It's a romanesco cauliflower and herb risotto tonight - it's one I've had in my scrap book for a while and this week I got a romanesco in my veg box so I'm quite excited about trying it [saddo emoticon]. Only problem is a slight shortage of herbs, but you should still be able to taste some sort of herbage.

What has everyone else got for dinner??

Sounds yummy! Recipe?

Dh is out boozing. I bought a tesco £10 mealdeal - Moroccan lamb meatballs and a goat cheese bread - and wish I hadn't. Yuck. My cat is currently nomming a meatball.

Evening ladies, not been online much today due to MAJOR incident at work. We have been into town for dinner at Strada yes we had 2 for 1 vouchers, DH had risotto with scallops and I had seafood linguine. I even had a glass of wine which is very unusual for me as I am not normally a wine drinker is craving for wine a sign of imminent BFP?

I am loving all the lovely photos of weddings, gorgeously cute kids and of course Otis!!! I have never opened my profile or uploaded photos but I will give it a go, for a limited time as you never know who is lurking. It is so nice to put a face to a name, so far no one has looked like I had imagined.

Also called a Waitrose and got the Deliah christmas cake kit. Not sure if you have heard of them but apparently flying off the shelves it was very heavy as I carried it through town so find that very hard to believe. I know I am a sucker for the hype. Also we still have our fruit wedding cake left which we had saved for Christmas.

Imps your tea sounds delish and I hope the risotto stirring calms you down. You sound very strong and capable and I'm sure you'll get through this!

Sweetie I love Delia. I make her Christmas cake recipe every year and also used it to make our wedding cakes. It's lovely. I assume the Waitrose kit contains everything you need as well as the recipe. In fact I'm making some Christmas cakes (as presents) this weekend.

Hey everyone, I've just got home from work. Ive just had a few slices of dominos for my tea not the healthiest but free! I scrounged it off the doctors before leaving work!

Just had a quick look at the photos Popcorn you look so young! And Stasi such lovely wedding pictures. I'm also a big Jane Austen fan.

I couldn't look at your pics Scrambled, it may have been my computer. It often crashes for no reason. I'll have a go again tomorrow.
So hope AF doesn't show her face either x

Imps sorry you've had a rough day. Have got my fingers crossed for that meeting with your former boss.

Solars nonchalant is the way to go. We are all getting our BFPs so no point sweating it eh?!

Right I'm off to bed, night all

Hello to Sweetie, Beedle Bean and Ninja

Generic here's to wednesday. AF is not welcome anymore

Morning all,

Just a quick one to say hello to y'all.

Stasi hope if you've tested this morning you've got that bfp . Brooking hard for you.

Generic - keeping everything crossed for you too m'dear. I think there was someone else at the end of the 2ww? I can't remember who though (and am on iPad so can't check back) but good luck whoever it was....

Solars - loving the nonchalant approach. Go get 'em (nonchalantly) tiger .

I have loved looking at all your profile pics. Some very cute children (and a DH respectively) there! And of course Otis is super cute. I love the one where he's asleep between the wellies. stasi - you looked super fabulous and gorgeous in your wedding gear.

Generic - I am intrigued by your Deliah Christmas cake recipe. Is it online anywhere or just in a book, and in that case which book? I am sorely tempted to make one this year - might even crack out my new mixer for the job . Plus I saw a lovely simple decoration design in a magazine. My only worry is that I've left it too late?

Imps, my lovely, what a rubbish day for you. So sorry you weren't chosen for redundancy (which sounds weird, but you know what I mean!) I am brooking super hard that you have a great time with your old boss and the meet and greet. Is that today? Hope you get that offer in your hand quick smart and shove your resignation in their faces are able to demurely take the upper hand with your current employers.

I've forgotten everything else now

Lovely sleepy whoof-whoof, Cupcakes. Just love those paws.

Stasi and Generic - hoping so much that this is your month imminently. BFP - double whammy.

Morning everyone else. Some seriously posh cooking going on here! Impressive.

Hope no-one has the 'next morning' feeling - now we've shared a few piccies. It is lovely to put a face to a name and to hear incredible stories like Stasi's - just so glad you are through all that treatment and so great that you are now looking forward to starting a family via a BFP or adoption or whichever route life takes you.

I have mooted the subject of adoption with DP - he's a bit concerned for DS... will see how he feels in half a year or so if no BFP coming along.

Now better walk the mutt and small boy. He's already turned the kitchen upside down and it's only 7.30am.

RIght, I'm going to do it - if I can figure out how I'm going to put up some pics. FOR ONE DAY ONLY people!

My gorgeous OH came home last night with some ice cream and a gin and tonic for me and told me that he's bought my train ticket for my interview next Thursday. He then ran me a bath and cleaned the kitchen. Thank god for lovely OHs.

Bean how do you feel about adoption? I often wonder whether OH and I should think of that instead of trying to get a BFP - we will make a wonderful home for a child and I'm conscious of all the children who don't have lovely lives who we could help. BTW your DS is gorgeous even if he does raise hell in the kitchen at 7:30am!

The risotto was pretty nice last night, even if I do say so myself. I will put the recipe on my newfangled profile once I've set it up!

Right, I'm going to put some washing on. Have told work that I have a Drs appt at 11am so will be "working from home" this morning...

Didn't need to POAS today, AF turned up first thing. Will have to plan nice dinner, wine and rom com with DH.

Generic brooking double hard for you now.

Keeping it short as hard to post on phone. Will post later while at work not working.

for you Stasi

Grrrrrr sorry to hear that Stasi.

Bugger! Stasi that is terrible. I was really hoping for a honeymoon baby for you. She'd better not come back next month.

Biscuits the Delia Christmas cake recipe is in The Bible (I can't remember the real name - maybe the Complete Cookery Course or something - it's an old book, been around since the 80s I think). She does have a website, so you may be able to get it there, although I think she charges! I think now is the perfect time to make a Christmas cake as it will have long enough to mature. Plus Delia recommends you feed them brandy to make them nice and moist (yum yum).

Aw Cupcakes cute doggy. You might live near me!

Imps I love your photos! Your OH deserves a gold star.

I will try to put some photos on at lunch time - I really must get on now! Af still not here (12 dpo) - la la la, finger in ears.

7 days to go. Irrational me is now convinced i am pregnant as v emotional. Spent entire afternoon on brink of tears as was helping "Box of Hope" check boxes and got all upset about children in Vietnamese orphanages getting excited about getting a shoebox of stuff from a stranger.

However, rational me knows am almost certainly not.

Poor Stasi I was really hoping for honeymoon BFP. Hope you are feeling ok.

I think I managed to get some photos uploaded, if anyone fancys a peek, but I will hide them again later this afternoon.

Real I have been emotional this morning, started crying at Queen Fat Bottom Girls on the Radio on my way into work, because Freddie is no longer with us!!! How ridiculous.

Morning all,

generic really keeping absolutely everything crossed for you, we deserve a BFP on here now!!

imps you and DH look GORGEOUS! Your redundancy nightmare sounds awful, here's to a nice new shiny job for 2012 as well as a BFP

Stasi so sorry about AF, grrrrr, hopefully the last one for a long time and now you can relax this weekend and drink wine

solars , you have a fantastic attitude, and your BFP is guaranteed!! Is the clomid giving you any side effects?

reality hang in there!!

So gals, I am all packed and ready to go and can't wait to fly off this evening, just have about a million hours of work to get through before then.
I am really hoping for a nicely timed SWI BFP on my return. Please leave a trail for me to find you, I imagine you will have got through about a million new threads before I get back! I expect to see loads of new BFPs on my return ok???

Oh Stasi you poor thing. Hope you have a lovely evening with your new DH an that he spoils you. Your wedding photos are beautiful. So sorry to hear about your cancer, but such good news that you are nice and healthy now. That BFP will be along in no time

Popcorn lovely pic too, and you too Bean, what a cutie

Imps so sorry about your work hassles, no fun at all.

I am on the edge of my seat for Wednesday Generic

Cupcake your doggie is gorgeous. Mine has turned into devil puppy this week. Will not stop barking and biting, and has made me cry

In other news, mt experiment yetserday buggered up, so a 3am start was wasted, and will need to do it again.

And another classic comment from my incredibly un-pc boss: 'ovulating women are nutters. Most of the month they don't come near you, then when they ovulate you can't get them off you'.

Um. Having a crappy day. AF turned up properly last night. Can't believe I had a 20 day cycle, that's the shortest ever. Also means I only had an 8 day luteal phase, after making it to 10 last month. DH wants us to go for tests privately now, he's very lovely and I think we'll do it. Think the fact that I told him I thought I was 'broken' last night had something to do with his decision .

I do have a niggling worry that I'd like answered anyway - I had a retained placenta with DD, I ended up in surgery with them checking everything was out . Just a bit concerned that my insides are now permanently damaged, although I was told it wasn't invasive at all at the time.

I'm off for the weekend to IL's now. Hope everyone has a great weekend. Stasi, sorry she got you too. Dr Smegs prescribes buckets of wine and chocolate.

PS Sorry took profile down last night. I'll put it up again for a few hours before I leave. I am neurotic about internet privacy though so it'll be down again by 1pm, sorry!

sorry to hear AF got you stasi it's so infuriating when it just appears when you wake up :( I love your wedding look by the way - completely gorgeous!

sweetie I can't seem to get to your pics? Crying at fat bottomed girl is perfectly rational, I love that song!

real listen to irrational you, it's much more fun. Positive thinking and all that :)

Imps your rabbits are the cutest! Sorry the redundancy didnt work out. hope you get something new soon so you can tell them where to stick their job

< waves > at everyone else. I did go into work yesterday but to be honest really wish I hadn't, Ive had to have today off again because I feel blooming rough as a dogs backside or whatever the dodgy saying is. A full week now of feeling poorly. On the plus side after my appointment with the nutritionist last night I am now very enthusiastic about getting healthy and am convince that it is going to get me pg so will be booking some shopping online today, lots of healthy things :)

Have a lovely time!

I tend to say "rough as a badger's arse" Raspberry! Sorry you're feeling crappy - a week of illness is not on at all.

Smegs so sorry. Deffo go for the tests - you need answers and I brooking NO argument that you get them. Take care of yourself today.

Sorry to hear about AF Scrambled hope you indulge in copious amounts of vino over the weekend. Your photos are too cute

Raspberry sorry you are still feeling so rough. It's a nasty time of year for bugs. Hope you are relaxing with your feet up today