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Flight BFP2012 - passport ready it's our time!

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Countmyblessings · 02/01/2012 00:50

Hi Ladies - this flight is going on Auto - pilot !
Feeling good things for all still wanting to stay aboard our Flight BFP2012- Welcome one and all!
As we share this journey!

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MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 19/02/2012 21:35

Evening ladies, sorry I've not been around! Been a busy wit weekend entertaining friends. Will catch up better tomorrow and read through posts as I'm shattered and going to bed.

Didn't manage to test because it was a bit awkward. Probably for the best.

Catch up tomorrow!! Xxxx

iloveberries · 20/02/2012 06:29

Hi flour, I think you should go too. I imagine if you are pg and you play it safe on food you'd be ok. Or if you are pg and you don't fancy it then tell your boss then. Personally I wouldn't tell my boss I was ttc though....

Cd 32 today. Af due today and I am really feeling like she won't turn up. Don't have my normal Af symptoms (spots and crippling tummy pains) and I am sure my books feel heavy which I dont normally get but also don't want to get my hopes up. Haven't slept a wink though.

Willing Af to stay away today so I can test tomorrow!

Rusulka - is It scan day today? I lost track!

iloveberries · 20/02/2012 07:32

Tested. Bfn. Can't believe I got my hopes up like that. Gutted. I was so sure my boobs felt bigger. Ttc is fucking horrible

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 07:41

Morning ladies - time for a proper catch up :)

Flour just to echo what others have said, i agree that you can't put your life on hold for what may be. Regardless of whether or not you are/get pg, MCs happen for a number of reasons and there is no way of knowing whether it would happen regardless of going away.

Rusulka ooooh how exciting for your scan tomorrow. Bet you can't wait. Can't believe how quickly it has come around. Please don't feel bad about the MiL thing though, she should have respected your request, she didn't. I know it's exciting for everyone involved but you asked that people be patient, and she wasn't. I don't think she should get rid of them though, seems a shame.

Alex until the hag makes an appearance it is definitely not over. What you had does not sound like food poisoning to me (I have had it several times) especially if no-one else was affected.

Festie gosh that sounds awful. I hope the doctor can give you something to alleviate the symptoms. When I was going through bouts of nausea a few years ago, i went to my GP and he prescribed me some tablets that I placed under my tongue and dissolved slowly - really helped with the nausea. Maybe he could give you something super strong to combat the sickness as well.

Winkly and Jam hope the SSing is not driving you too crazy.

Berries Fx'd for a no show on AF and good luck with testing in the morning.

Well, 14dpo here today and a huge temp drop that is almost at the coverline. Didn't bother testing and is seems that Miss Flo is waiting in the wings. Boobs still sore and cramping has started. No sign of her just yet (she is due tomorrow). The weird thing is though, usually when I cramp, she has already made an appearance in one form or another. Not holding out much hope though. Feel down but not actually that upset about it............weird Confused

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 07:42

Berries I thought you were testing in the morning!?!? A BFN does not necessarily mean that you are out though - until she shows up then you are still in the game. Here's a Brew in the meantime :)

Lilliana · 20/02/2012 07:50

Hi everyone! I'm back!!!!

Had a read through to catch up but took me so long I have no time to post now Grin

No bean, AF arrived on valentines day (2 days earlySad)

Will catch up with you all later, have a good da.

Winkly · 20/02/2012 08:39

Moo I swore no symptom spotting this month. So slap me with a wet kipper and tell me my AF-like cramps are just a result of tiredness from a week of night shifts and not implantation pains...

0840 - must be bed time!

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 09:35

Winkly unfortunately I do not think that working night shifts can be the cause of AF type cramps!! I don't want to get you excited but AF cramps at this early stage could be implantation. On the other hand, they could just be cramps. I have had these in the past and not been pg. But many women have had them and have been very much pg. Sadly, until you can test, there is just no way of knowing.

I have not helped, have I!?! Hmm

Winkly · 20/02/2012 13:59

Not in the slightest! :) The reason I say they were AF-type cramps, as well as the feel of them - TMI warning - is because I've been farting lots which I only ever do when I'm on my period. So charming. Ah, roll on next week's disappointment.

So tired. Back at work quite early tomorrow morning, so forced myself awake in the hope I'll sleep tonight.

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 14:55

But been gassy is a sign, it is a sign, i tell you. When is AF due?

Winkly · 20/02/2012 15:16

27/02 and you are officially Not Helping! Do I have to slap myself with a wet kipper and get fishy hands?

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 15:57

Ok, ok!!

Yes, all of these signs probably mean nothing; you have been rightly kipper slapped.

:)

JamRagRolyPoly · 20/02/2012 17:05

Hey ladies, hope you're all well.

I'm about 10/11dpo now and couldn't help but poas after work (I know, I know) I was in boots and saw they had a deal on their own brand ones, so thought why not?!

Well I saw something, the faintest something but then I wonder if my eyes were playing tricks because I was staring at it for so long i started seeing lines Blush

I'll try again tomorrow with fmu.

Winkly · 20/02/2012 17:37

Thanks Moo :)

Ooh Jam, exciting!

Discolite · 20/02/2012 17:49

Lots of updates!

I got no sleep last night because of the puppy so tonight he is banished to the kitchen (evil mwah hah hah) and we'll stick in the earplugs. It's just going to be a case of tiptoeing away when he's asleep in there and hoping for the best...

I continue to have mild cramps and spotting. I've got a scan tomorrow at 1pm so I can find out what's going on, the worst is the constant wet feeling I have down below which keeps making me paranoid that I've started to bleed properly. I've felt much less sick today and I think it's being back at work that has really helped - totally taken my mind off it. I'm still on the 'anything white and carbohydrate' meal plan though. My ideal dinner would be a bowl of plain pasta with grated cheese. The thought of fruit just makes me feel ill, normally I love fruit so it's a bit sad. Also this is probably the longest I've ever been without coffee...

Rusulka good luck for the scan and thanks for puppy encouragement! He does seem to be getting better (finally some brain connections are being made that when he goes to the loo outside he gets a treat). I can't believe Kaspar forgetting himself like that though! Bad dog! As for your MiL it can be hard to know how to handle things. I guess I'd take her out baby item shopping as soon as the scan results are in to show no hard feelings. Could be a nice way to bond, as long as you have similar tastes of course!

Festie what did the GP say about anti-nausea/emetics? Is your sickness shading into hyperemesis do you think? If you are feeling that awful I'd definitely ask for help, you don't want to end up in hospital on a drip because of dehydration. I know how you feel, I've not been as bad as you but I've still had the feeling that I hope it's bloody twins as I'm never getting pregnant again! I know I'll forget all the sickness in time...

Flour as long as you aren't doing anything overtly dangerous like lifting heavy weights, eating dodgy food or taking unpleasant chemicals I would say you'd be ok to go to Kenya. If nothing else and you do turn out to be pregnant, what a great story to tell your future baby - the first place you visited was all the way to Kenya!

Berries I agree, TTC is crap and I know what you are going through. However, as the others said a BFN doesn't necessarily mean that there is no hope. Don't despair xxx

Lil that is such bad luck, poor you...I hope there were other compensations to Valentine's day though. Nice dinner? Flowers? Hope so.

Jam I really hope you get a BFP tomorrow morning! Fingers crossed!

Moo I hope your BBT needs a new battery and that the drop is a mistake..hey, you never know. Winkly! Don't mention kippers (feels sick). To think I cheerfully polished off kedgeree the week before last... Have your wet fish fights elsewhere! Or was it the boil in the bag variety with a little flower of butter?!

JamRagRolyPoly · 20/02/2012 17:56

winkly good luck, I love the crazy symptom spotting. I've been having AF cramps for two days now. What dpo are you? I've also been so exhausted.

moo hope you're ok, you're not out til the hag is here.

disco I hope the scan goes well tomorrow sweet. I've just adopted two kittens and they are driving me crazy at night too, especially if they hear a noise, they instantly wake up! We lock them in the loving room now otherwise they howl all night.

liliana sorry about AF on bloody valentines too! Angry

Discolite · 20/02/2012 17:59

Wow Jam, you have a loving room especially set aside for TTC? Grin Aw, I love kittens, maybe at heart I'll always be a cat person really! Describe your little bundles of fluff for me...

Rusulka · 20/02/2012 18:21

Jam I too like the sound of your loving room. Perhaps we should have one to offset our Growlery...
Good luck with your testing!

Flour as the midwives in the EPU said to me, regardless of whether you sit still, go shopping or do star jumps, if you're going to MC, you're going to. it won't be Kenya's fault, it'll just be one of those things.

Welcome back Lil, boo to AF on V-day! Well hopefully your getaway will have you nicely chillaxed for your next cycle. :)

Festie hope you're feeling better.

Disco my MiL has appalling taste in everything, so is not allowed to go shopping for ANYTHING unless supervised. She brought us back some small paintings from abroad once that were so hideous, we told her that the mould in the last house got them. Grin

I couldn't let her keep whatever she'd got to give us, as everyone else was so good. DH thinks I did handle it badly, and now so do I, but it was either that or have everyone who had been so good feeling slighted that she got to bend the rules and they didn't... Plus I think with MiLs the minute they step out of line they need reining back in, otherwise god knows what she'll do next. At least now she knows that when I say no I mean it!!!

JamRagRolyPoly · 20/02/2012 18:21

Haha oops good typo!

They're gorgeous. 5 months old now, were abandoned. Two brother, one really fluffy black who is petite and the other black and white who is a bit of a bruiser. They've just ventured out into the garden for the first time, so lovely watching them bounding around Smile

Winkly · 20/02/2012 18:41

I'm 6dpo Jam. Long way to go. I'm not too keen on symptom spotting, it just gets my hopes up.

Disco - none of your pregnant-lady smell free bag fish here!

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 20/02/2012 19:03

Lil good to have you back, but sorry about that hag.

Disco sorry the smelly fishy is having an adverse effect on you

Unfortunately I don't think that the drop is due to a broken thermometer; it's also accompanied by AF like cramps. Due tomorrow so bang on cue. Annoyingly my boobies are more sore and getting in the way.

On the plus side I need to call the hospital to let them know I still want to go ahead with my HSG. Huzzah!!!

Grin at your loving room Jam

Lilliana · 20/02/2012 20:57

Thanks everyone, had a wonderful time and V. day was lovely apart from the hag appearing. Lake view room at the bellagio with champagne and flowers delivered to the room from Dh which we drank watching the fountains and then a stupidly expensive 7 course meal, the kind that comes with foam and caviar!!

Jam I want a loving room too Grin

Moo sorry your body is still messing you around but hope that you are at least ov'ing

Rusulka I've missed the DIY updates, it's not the same here without them. Hope the skirting boards are coming on better and sorry about the MIL.

Winkly sorry I missed the fish slapping, I'll try to be on around next time Grin Hope you have got the ss out the way.

Disco hope the scan goes well tomorrow, I'm sure everything will be ok. Update us with how it went.

to everyone on here and any lurkers.

Have decided not to temp etc this month. Going to see what happens having sex when we feel like it and trying to chill and have fun. Just think the whole TTC thing can become all consuming and I want to enjoy time with DH instead of feeling like we're on duty all the time. I'll still hang around here though or I'd miss you guys.

Rusulka · 20/02/2012 21:58

Lil the skirting boards are all on now, last ones went on Sunday morning... unfortunately I need to take all the screws out because I didn't do countersink holes for the screw heads. Dozy mare. THEN I can put the screws back in, and squirt woodfiller everywhere. Looking forward to that.

Having DH's family over tomorrow evening to share cheesecake and show scan pics, so really hope everything is ok. Mentioned my usual belly is mostly not me any more, so SiL put her hand there to see if she could feel, so I pressed her hand right in so she could feel the rock hard bit, and she got a bit excited, bless her.

Read online that every time we do that, Peanut can feel it and is reacting away, but is too small for me to feel yet. I expect over the coming months they will make their presence known, and if they're anything like I was, kick the crap out of me! Going to try tapping out rhythms and patterns to see if that soothes them. Failing that, I will turn all Lady Gaga songs into nursery rhymes and sing those... have a lovely image in my head of me rocking a baby quietly going 'Rrah, rah, rah-ah-ahh, roma-roma-ma, gaga-ooh-la-la-a... Grin

Failing that, Queen!

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 21/02/2012 07:27

Happy Pancake Day!!! YEY!!!! I am going to make loads of the little buggers tonight Grin and my plan is to give up alcohol for the next 6 weeks!!!

Rusulka good luck with the scan today. Hope that everything goes well. Great news on the skirting boards as well. Am excited for you and your woodfiller squirting session.

Grin at singing Gaga or Queen to bean Grin

Tried my hand at knitting last night - what a disaster that was; first off I couldn't make the slip knot and then after successfully achieiving that, I managed to cast on 2 very unsuccessfully. After about an hour of not getting anywhere, I finally managed to cast on 5, was feeling really pleased with myself, took my 5 and wool etc to bed and they all fell off. Not a happy Moo. My aim is to obviously get better and eventually knit some characters. It seems like a good project to keep my mind off TTC (and makes for much better updates as well :))

Jam have you re-tested this morning? Hope its good news.

Oooooh Lil sounds like V Day was lovely (despite the witches untimely entrance!). Glad you had a great time. Where abouts did you go?

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 21/02/2012 07:28

Ah................Lil ignore me; I have just realised where you were!! Did not read post and it's early........................

That's my excuse anyway!!!

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