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Just wrote a blardy long message before getting the 'thread full' message so here we go.................

bean this month we abstained for 5 days, then did SWI on day of +OPK. I'm not sure if the egg really did pop the next day, so we did more SWI 2 days later (and would have continued like that) till the temp rise was confirmed. I've also hatched a plan for SFF or alternatives every 3 days or so for DH through this cycle, hoping that regular production might help.

Imps I still prefer not to get too excited. I think if I don't get a BFP this month though then I may get a CBFM because then like pop I'll get pg instantly. Like bean I think it would be useful to know when we don't have to SWI, as it's sometimes a struggle to get DH off his computer. It's almost worse that he knows some of the science behind ttc - he comes up with equally valid reasons why we should wait till tomorrow!

Just had a long lunch in work, so really need to get some stuff done now before the weekend. Will keep reading on my phone though, and maybe a quick post or two...

Hope everyone is having a good day!

just popped on to catch up on the news, and big congratulations to popcorn and cakes82

and definitely ignore Mr Pop, you eat whatever you fancy whenever you fancy it. I find i need to eat very regularly otherwise i start to feel rough.

And McDonalds is allowed! Yesterday i had 2 cereal bars (am now struggling to eat cereal or toast, so have one bar before i get out of bed which stops me getting any form of MS) and another about 3 hours later at 9-9.30, a bowl of heinz tomato soup and bread for dinner, a bag of spicy transformer snacks, and then for tea, DP picked up a chicken legend and fries from mcdonalds because i really fancied it. We don't usually have stuff from there, but when pregnant, usual rules go out the window. I am overweight anyhow, but i am the same weight as when i fell pregnant with DS, and i'm 9+5 and not put on any weight yet, so i'm not going to feel bad about having something now and then if i fancy it. And neither should you! Carrot cake contains fibre, protein, and carrots, all good stuff, plus some fat which you need to grow your kernel. :)

look forward to seeing some more BFP's soon!!

9+5 Loopy??! Has it really been nearly 8 weeks since you got your BFP?? Time flies! You're positively glowing, by the way - hope you haven't been struck down with any morning sickness and its ilk :)

Just poking my head in to second what Loopy says about pregnancy eating.

Popcorn don't feel bad - enjoy your cake. Pasta salad and a cake is hardly a bad lunch (I feel a bit in awe of what you must normally eat if this is bad!)

I have the opposite problem with DH where he thinks I should be eating as much crap as I can stuff in to compensate for what my poor body has to go through! He was more worried than me when he thought I might have to give up chocolate when I went for a GTT test to rule our Gestational Diabetes. He was absolutely that I might have to give up chocolate, after giving up all my other vices

I agree though on the whole that you shouldn't just 'eat for the sake of it' but I also think that pregnancy 'cravings' are sometimes your body telling you what it needs.

I read a thread just yesterday where a woman was stressing because she'd eaten a whole bag of kettle chips and was worried that she'd have done some harm to the baby. I got through my first trimester by eating emergency crisps every time I felt nauseous as it was the only thing that stopped it.

Anyway - I am rambling on about crisps now so I will pause only to hug you all and to say that there is plenty of room over on the ante-natal thread so get those BFPs confirmed and get yourselves over :) We can't wait to see you all.

Hello Biscuits! Always lovely to see you pop in - you always have such reassuring advice! Assume you passed the diabetes test with flying colours?

Who's the next Brooking Baby due? Is it yours? I need to go and have a look at the PSEPP stats thread soon to keep up with you all!

I did indeed pass my GD test - which I was rather proud of given my chocolate intake :) . My mother was convinced I'd have it because I 'eat too much chocolate'. I feel like I won a point for Team Chocolate :)

I think technically Tilder is the next on our stats list, but we haven't heard from her in a very long time. Pomme has her induction booked on 27 Feb so she'll be next I should think. Followed not too long after by Too and Purple at the start of March. Then there are several other people who we seem to have lost along the way and then me :)

Also, looking at the stats list, and just a thought for those of you imminently about to confirm your BFPs, we're a bit short on the twins / multiples count. Poor old Dream is still our only Twinner. So if you could keep that in mind it might be good to get a few more multiple brooking preggos on the list?

Just a thought

Oooh I'd love twins...

I too would absolutely love twins... Identical preferably, but any kind will do.

I saw two sets of twins in the space of about 2 mins in my village the other day - must be a sign, a bit like seeing 2 magpies...

OMG - that is an absolute definite SIGN Imps

You're absolutely updiffed with twins. Or maybe it's quads if you saw two sets?

I'm even more excited about your confirmation now than I was before!

Oh Cakes I've just read your post on the 10+ mths thread - i'd forgotten you were post HSG!!!!

So you had your HSG, then an AF and then a BFP?

Are you the hat trick with Ninja and me?

Thanks for all the kinds words, ladies. I have come to conclusion that DH is being a muppet :o

Biscuits I've been plodding away at WeightWatchers with limited success for a good while so lunch is usually homemade vegetable and lentil soup or pumpkin and lentil stew - that sort of thing so pretty saintly tbf.

Hi loopy ! I can't believe how time has flown! Mmmm McDonalds :d :)

That sounds like a good plan Stasi I think it's always a good idea to try a new tactic once and while? I do agree with Imps that lots of CM is very positive indeed!

Thanks bean - I'm glad you're feeling a bit better and more positive. That BFP is winging its way towards the Chateau Bean as we speak, I'm sure of it :o

That's totally a sign Imps - it's a bit like seeing 4 magpies, no? :o

Don't give me too much hope (sometimes it's the hope that's a killer) - I have my HSG booked for 2 April. Joker's hat trick for early summer?

Also can anyone reassure me that tender breasts from pretty much 1dpo is normal? I'm not looking for BFP signs here; just feel that my jugs get v tender in the luteal phase these days. Don't remember this from the pre-DS days, but could be that I'm hyper-aware these days...

- you are too kind. Hopefully DP's crown jewels will be on 'optimal setting' by then. Feel I can relax a bit now.

Imps - actually it's triplets you've got there (have seen triplets locally - what a sight; pram like a liner).

Stasi - excited by your snail-trail evidence. [realises yukiness of previous sentence, what they heck]

Bean my boobettes do different things every month, but they have hurt from 1 DPO before - starting with the nips and then working outwards! This cycle, the outer bits started hurting yesterday - nips are fine! You ov'd yesterday then?? What shagtic (shagging tactic) did you adopt?

Good that you can relax Bean - you know what they say: Relax and it will happen

I love the shagtic concept Imps - you're a genius

My jugs have been known to cramp from 1dpo bean, I wouldn't worry.

Shagtic :o :o

Imps is a genius [with triplets] - the shagtic was a bit out of date as we only got GP's proper results on Monday eve which was cd13 (usually ov day actually or 1dpo). We'd been dtd every other day but now have to abstain as parents arriving (mum is celebrating 70, crikes).

Chinese doc/acu lady recommends every 3rd day for lazy sperm. Am planning something similar to Stasi for next few months but don't expect vit-acu-improved spermtastics until April/May which will coincide with HSG. And then I need to give the old feller a bit of time. And then - well - will have to keep philosophical.

So "relax, don't do it" [too much] is the Bean household motto for a few months. And all those fockers who've been telling me to relax may just have a point. Grrrrr.

Ok - normal bazookers I've got then. The ov' phase of our cycle is so much kinder to us isn't it?

Hi Biscuits It was af, then HSG, then ov, then BFP.
HSG was 9th January

OMG step away from interweb for a day and we get another super smashing BFP. Well done Cakes that is excellent news. I am so pleased for you and Pop can be bump buddies. Get noshing on the cake McDonalds, Burger King, KFC

Waves to Loopy nice to see you popping in, glad all is going well.

Biscuits I have always thought I would have twins, not sure why just always thought I would ? bizarre I know. Winks at others lusting after twins Imps & Stasi I am looking at you

Wow bean HSG booked you say, looking very good my dear. I am with you on the tender norks through LP, I think we just pay more notice now.

I had my GP appointment and it went well from the anxiety side of things. He has prescribed some TTC safe medication. I am goiong to wait until AF doesn?t arrive before I start taking it ? just in case. But he was bloody hopeless on TTC ? FACT. Some of the rubbish he came out with ? ?No NHS assistance over the age of 35?, ?Need to be trying over a year or 2 for a referal?, ?older women are less likely to ovulate?. I won?t go on but I am sooooo disappointed as he is so good normally. At least I know who to avoid when if we go for a referral.

Hope everyone else is well and looking forward to the snow!!!

Congratulations cakes!

Evening everyone.

Loving the multiples talk. I would quite like twins. Plus, they run in both my Mum and my Dad's side and have skipped a generation

Sweetie glad GP was sympathetic to anxiety, but why are they so rubbish with TTC? Is he of an 'older' generation of GPs?

Biscuits lovely to see you, and Loopy too. You are both blooming

I love your new motto Bean

I am baking away here, so no time to namecheck everyone. But love to all, try and pop by later x