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Are you spending all your time standing on your head Josie? Very happy it went well for you, is there anything else you need to or do now like injections or anything? Or are you literally just waiting for 2 weeks?

I'm not going to test again this month, there wasn't a hint of a BFP, I'm on CD5 now so if I was, then it would have shown up by now. I'm moving on with beer and pizza tonight. Woop woop.

How's life in the Cave?

CD12 here, been using OPKs for a few days now, cheapys and CBFM, and no sign of an LH surge yet. We'll get down to it this evening and every day from now till I ov - hopefully!

Try not to break him in doors

Have everything crossed for you josie and glad the appt went well. you'll have to think of lots of nice things to do over the next 2 weeks to help the time pass! :)

josie that is great news about your follicles and IUI, fingers crossed for the next two weeks..
Have fun cave
I'm CD27...last cycle 35 days and the 4 before that 42-45 days ish, so still having SWI just in case....
Had a BIG night out last night (tequila is never a good thing ) so hope not pregnant or will presumably spend the next 3 years worrying about the effects of it....
Very hungover... horrible, I'm really old enough to know better!

Well done Josie :) I am keeping my fingers crossed hard for you!

I'm having an odd time of it at the moment - got home on Friday and found I had a letter from the hospital telling me they need to do a blood test for a few things after my last scan. Being the scientist that I am, I looked them all up, and they're all ovarian cancer markers. Despite the letter being quite firm that "there is no evidence yet to think there is anything wrong" I immediately burst into tears and have felt decidedly off-kilter all weekend.

I've just been to have the bloods done - and even though it's more convenient to do it while I'm at work (going to the GP to get it done would have involved way more time/effort/rigmarole), going into the maternity hospital is like going into a special kind of hell. Babies and pregnant women everywhere (one of whom was wearing "yummy mummy in training" t-shirt which made me a little bit) and a baffled look from the nurse when I handed her my non-usual form for bloods.

Now we wait. I'm not quite sure how to feel.

Oh evil, please step away from the Google! No good can come of it!

[remembers self-diagnosing skin cancer on my face when it was just impetigo ]

If there were serious concerns they wouldn't have sent a letter, they'd have called and asked you to come in straight away.

(((hugs)))

Never fear, I'm not self-diagnosing, but I do like to know what my blood is being tested for. Clearly there's reason to check, anyway, which is rather disturbing - I'd much rather there was nothing to raise a concern at all, however small said concern may be.

evil did you have dodgy results on a CA125 test? Thats the marker for ovarian cancer (one of them) and I had exactly the as you and panicked. It is also an indicator of cysts, fibroids and endo too so try not to worry to much. If nothing else the results come back quite quickly, ring and ask to speak to the doctor, that's what I did as I was so panicky about it but it looks to be fine x

Evil did they give you any indication of how long you're going to have to wait?

Remember the internet always gives you worst case scenario. I know at least 5 people who have been called in to have blood tests from things found in scans and smears, all of them have been just fine.

Listen to Raspberry, she's obviously a wise woman.

Prickly I?m now on daily pessaries (oh the glamour ) but no injections, thank god, I honestly don?t think I could have done many more, my stomach looks like a dot to dot! I hope the marks go away though, I don?t want to look like I?ve got a rash!

Evil when will you get the results? I agree with others, google is bad, and if they were really worried they wouldn?t have sent a letter. I hope everything is ok though.

MrsMellow I am currently at your hangover, sorry

Cave have fun

Not a lot going on here, I keep asking ?Fred and Ginger? what they?re up to, but they won?t tell me I?m praying for them though. I worked out implantation won?t be until sometime between Thu and Mon so I?ve still got a while to wait, although I?m going mad already! I?m acting pg though, it?s quite comforting, even if it?s only temporary. FiL is being charged at the police station on Friday though, for an accident he had in December while driving (not his fault might I add) so that?s definitely a distraction, worrying times! I?m trying not to stress too much though, it?s bad for Fred and Ginger

Evil I agree with the others, I'm sure they are cautionary blood tests (rule out rather than rule in). Still crap having to wait for results - do call, and even if they won't give you the interpretation of them, get the numbers.

Josie hoping Fred and Ginger are getting very comfortable. So crap for your FIL months down the line, hope it is nothing serious.

My hangover was epic- am in the "I'm not drinking for April mode" which I expect to last until at least the weekend
I keep having flashbacks of embarrassing things I said - DH says they're not so bad and I was just very entertaining, but I did tell one very good friend who has a wee baby that condoms weren't a good source of contraception as they take away spontaneity... needless to say she laughed and laughed at the idea of spontaneity when you have a small baby....what would I know

I felt so bad about drinking tequila, I dug out some multi-vitamins ( I don't take them regularly as they make me slightly nauseated ) As if that will undo any harm of hard liquor

New leaf as of, ermm, now!

MrsMellow I'm loving the laid back approach. Unfortunately FiL is in pretty deep water, we're not sure what he's going to be charged with but it could be really bad. I don't mean this to sound awful, but it'll be a good distraction

Sending lots of sticky thoughts for Fred and Ginger

Nothing to report here, I'm CD15 and I've had no sign of ovulation. All my OPK's have been negative so I've told DH there is no point in him coming home for the next day or two (he works 200 miles away so lives away during the week). Hopefully I'll ov over Easter as DH will be home from Thursday until next Wednesday.

Hi all, Sorry Ive been a bit absent have been moving house, all been a bit hectic, but has been quite nice distracting myself from the ttc obsession I seem to have found myself with.

I'm trying to not get my hopes up, but ive been feeling quite nauseous, my breasts have been quite sore and I'm knackered. Its 16 days since my last small bleed (periods have been irregular), could I be showing signs of pregnancy this early? If I'm not pregnant then I'm really worried! I took a pregnancy test yesterday, which was negative, but I'm thinking I tested too early. Although because I don't know how long my cycle is I don't know when to test again! help!

Hope everyones ok! x

Hi all, I've also been absent for some time due to various unexpected circumstances which had me travelling back to my home country (Argentina) for two weeks due to a family emergency (my aunt was in intensive care and we thought she wasn't going to make it so I decided to go to be with her and help my mum out as my auntie is on her own and has no other close family apart from the two of us). She is a bit better now and at home but her prognosis is serious so we'll just have to wait and see.

I'd had my second IUI a few days before I left so I had to take the test on my own, thousands of miles away from home....to my absolute shock, I got a BFP! I couldn't believe it (still can't) and couldn't tell a soul so I spoke and wrote to DH as much as I could. I had my 6-week scan this morning and everything looks fine so far but I am not allowing myself to get carried away as I know it's early days...it's so hard though! We've told no one yet but I thought I should share it with you ladies as you've been a great support.

Josie: I really hope it works for you. I also thought my chances were slim due to the statistics about IUI and all that but it did work so I wish you all the best and will keep everything crossed for you.

Evil: I hope your results come back ok and it's nothing to be concerned about. As the other wise ladies have said, Google can be the enemy but it is almost impossible to resist the urge, isn't it?

Pickle: Good luck. It is so hard to tell if symptoms are pregnancy-related, period-related or simply psychological sometimes...it's enough to drive anyone potty. I've also got a funny cycle and never ever know when anything is supposed to happen. It sucks...sending you good thoughts.

Thank you for your support and I will be popping in to see how you're all getting on.

Best wishes to all

Massive congratulations MCT76 thats fantastic news! Really hoping it goes well xxx

Thanx for your encouraging words :) xxxx

Congrats MCT76
Nice to have a BFP in our midst again.

Pickle, crossing my fingers that the signs are good news!

Nothing to report in my world, CD 15 and no sign of any egg action. All OPKs negative and no sign of CM [sigh]

Massive congrats to MCT76!!!

Yay MCT76 Wonderful news, congratulations and cautious optimism...
Pickle fingers crossed for you too...
I had EWCM last night when I pee'd and was so excited and surprised (never seen it before) that I exclaimed "oh my god" in the bathroom. DH thought I'd hurt myself or something and came running to my rescue and doesn't get how excited I am (it sounds even weirder to write it down ). It probably is meaningless but it is the first potential sign in 9 months that ANYTHING like ovulation might be happening inside my body !!
I'm going to poas (OPK) today, but have very low expectations... I am CD31 - but my cycles are not short and sweet, so not an unreasonable time to ovulate (clutching at straws). Needless to see, we are on it !

Hi Ladies. Sorry I've been AWOL for a while, I thought I was pregnant at the beginning of January but then my period arrived which really knocked me for six. I kinda decided to forget the whole babymaking malarky, stopped charting and taking preconception vitamins and have been concentrating on opening a restaurant with my friend (opened last week, going really well!). Anyway, it dawned on me the other day that my period was late and my boobs are tender so did a test yesterday and low and behold I got a BFP!!!! Did a second test just to make sure and it said + aswell...they're both sat on the kitchen table and I keep checking them everytime I go past! Still don't quite believe it. All that time of trying and as soon as I decide not to bother it just happens...typical eh?! Not great timing with me opening the restaurant but we'll work something out. A Christmas baby...how exciting!
Thank you for all your support and I wish you all the best of luck. I will be keeping an eye out for your BFP's! I'll keep you informed, hopefully it goes well at the docs and he doesn't tell me I was hallucinating the BFP's (part of me is convinced his will happen!)

Sorry, that was a me me me post! Congratulations to MCT76, I'll see you on the other side! Fingers crossed for you all. x

Congratulations to all! :-)

mellow sorry about your hangover, hope it's subsided! Funnily since ttc, I tend to drink much less in general and have awful blowouts when I'm relatively sure I'm not pg! Not sure that's how it should go!!

Congratulations dessie and MCT76 come and join us in Ante- natal threads. We are always looking for some new BFPS! Plenty of advice and hand holding to be had over there- would link but can't so just go into Ante- natal and look for the First Time Frolickers threads.

josie glad all went well on FRiday. Fingers crossed for Fred and GInger! cave hope your egg makes it's self known over the Easter weekend and you have a lovely 2013 baby to look forward too :)

Crikey, you lot have been busy, 2 BFPs in 2 days! Congrats ladies. I'm chuffed for you both

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