Those rats are jolly well going to be smacked this cycle and AF shall have arrows, hatred and misery cast upon her! No argument shall be brooked on both points.

[SantaAndHisChristmasImps]

Rubbish thread title, apologies.

You lot it's only CD 19 or 20 here !

But, just for fun it did and obviously BFN!

Anyway, we'll see. Stick with original plan, just had to take DD to the emergency doctors so we are both knackered now.

She's absolutely fine, just very very high temp and generally listless but viral.

I will be watching OBEM!

Oh Munx we are terrible, terrible influences

Pleased DD is ok, poor little mite.

Oh Imps my DH is on the whole ok with the birth thing, Unless it's a CS. I actually watched the blood drain out of his face the first time he saw one of those. My lovely BIL when my SIL was pregnant told her she couldn't have a water birth because, and I quote 'it looks like a shark attack'. He came round in the end, but by the time she got to hospital she didn't have time

Men are funny. Though I am fairly pleased I don't have to watch a whole human being coming out of such a small place

You are maybe you are!

My DH is mega squeamish but he was absolutely brilliant at DD's birth, even when it got all scary and stuff.

I'm 100% convinced that my OH will pass out at the birth! He won't even walk in the room when OBEM is on, let alone watch it!

Friends of ours had their baby last year - the dad is a very tall, stocky, rugby-player type lad - he passed out when she was in labour, put his head through a wall (there's a photo of the hole on FB!) and had to go to A&E! She had to call her mum who did a mad dash from where she lived and got there just in time for the birth! Luckily she found the whole thing quite amusing, rather than hellishly stressful (although that might just have been in hindsight I suppose!)

Oh Imps your poor friend! Well done her for finding it funny though!

Anyone else watching Heston? Apparently he can make me cook like him. Debatable

Oh that poor bloke! And his wife of course!

I have been cooking up a storm for DD and us. Four separate pots. See you lot will be MUCH better at all that than me. I am rubbish and just make stuff up. I have chucked the contents of the veg tray in with some lentils and chicken and am hoping she will eat it.

You will also be relieved to hear that I just did an OPK and the test line is not the vivid purple of yesterday. You will no doubt be relieved to not have to read about my sticks twice daily!

Oh I think you could Maybe just nick a water bath from the lab

Sounds very healthy Munx I need to sit down in a bit and write my healthy eating/fitness/half marathon plan for the next few months. That will make me feel virtuous (even if I look like the back end of a bus).

There was talk the other day of making some liquid nitrogen I am sure they won't mind if a water bath accidently falls into my bag as I leave.....

That should say liquid nitrogen ice cream. Baby brain?

Yes seri agley baby brain! Remind me where you are is it about CD24?

Are you testing soon , I'm as bad as the rest of ya!

Mmmm, liquid nitrogen ice cream...my favourite ()

Sadly OH has been caught up at work so is staying at his parents' tonight rather than coming home. This has a plus point - I can watch OBEM - but a very bad negative point - I was making some homemade chips to have with the leftover quiche as a treat for him (the chips, not the leftovers) and given that they won't keep I've had to eat most of them myself . Feeling very sick, so having a peppermint tea in the hopes that this will help speed up digestion. Bleeeeuuuurgh.

Definitely...... Not seri agley? Wtf?

(sigh)

Hmmm, interesting new language Munx - "yes, seri agley baby brain"

Munx Again, baby brain?

That's rubbish Imps I never bother making naughty things when I am on my own. Have just poured my butternut soup into my new le creuset soup pots. Too hot to eat though at the mo. DH's oxtail is cooking nicely in the oven.

I am indeed on CD24. Hopefully my cheapies will be here tomorrow, so one may accidently fall into a pee-filled ramekin. You know, just to check they work

Did anyone watch the baking brothers? The opening line made me snigger

I've already nearly started blubbing!! I love the Leeds accent - which I had one.

wish I had one. Doofus.

Me too, on both counts Imps I will be in floods by the end

Baby brain all round then

Oh I love OBEM. Making DH watch it too!

Errrrm, that was a slightly frightening reaction from the dad...

Okay, I've gone

That second birth was just beautiful, like all brookers births shall be!

oooooh i have watched this as I am worried it will make me sad, loved it last year though, nothing can be as good as Joy and pillowgate though, surely???

munx good to hear that you can take a break from dtd now and you rat smacketed at the right times!!!

Sorry far I had all the chips earlier

I just had a mini-meltdown. All a bit too much for me tonight with lack of sleep, illness and a really, really annoying puppy.

But you are right Imps that Dad was a tad scary.

And we are al going to have beautiful births, just like Munx has forecast

Far I love Joy and her pillow. I wonders if she cringes when she watches it back?!

having seen a few of these threads - can you tell a newbie the meaning of rat smacking and who AF is please?

Welcome Happy

Rat smacking refers to the old fairgound game of 'smack the rat' which we likened on a very old thread to getting the sperm to the egg

AF is 'aunt flo', i.e. your period

Pull up a pew and tell us about yourself. We love a bit of fresh blood newbie!