The rat smacketeers are brooking no argument!! All for one BFP and one BFP for all!

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Smacket on, ladies...

Oh Smegs that sounds nasty. You are totally right to not want anyone oing down under, not wussy at all.

Generic are you being referred for tests at the moment?

DH's bum has just been on the telly. This makes me a proud wife

Okay, Maybe you have to elaborate on the last bit of your post...

Pomme's new Brooker has arrived!! Abigail Hazel, born at 11:45 last night!! Hurrah for Brooking!!!

Yes, details please Maybe! No, I'm not eligible for tests as I haven't had 3 in a row (mc/DD/2 x mc) but I'm starting to wonder about private tests.

Oh Imps that's wonderful news! The world needs more brookers.

Thank you scarlett

maybe is your DH a bum model?

smegs that sounds awful but we are brooking no argument you will have a much better this time around :)

pop how silly of your friend, pah. We went to a very smug married dinner party on Sat night and everyone was talking about their children's achievements, it was hilarious. Luckily we don;t know the couple that well but still, it was full of bores who have slightly excluded us from their meet ups now they all have babies. Good riddance I say, I have plenty of friends of kids who are totally normal and fun still. DH complained about how boring it was on the way home and at least he had had a couple of glasses of wine to take the edge off!! Are you feeling ill yet?

p.s. generic any questions about RMC testing, let me know, I have done hours of research on it

Morning ladies!

Maybe I have been tempted to rub DS's nose in one of his accidents on occasions, is that not what you do with a puppy? Maybe you could be more help than you think I go for my follow-up appt on 12th March where I will get results/treatment plan perfect excuse for some shopping in London while I'm there You really do need to explain why your DHs bum was on the tele

Generic I second what Far says, if you decide to go for testing I will help with anything I can as I have also spent a long time researching it! On the potty training front if your DD is resistant then I wouldn't bother, just leave it a few more weeks then try again. From bitter experience they definitely need to be keen for it to work! I am reliably assured that girls are usually easier so hopefully it will be a breeze

Imps Thanks for the advice, we did every form of sticker/reward chart when we first started training. I think the problem now is that he is just TOO busy to go and he is going through a defiant/stubborn stage so he automactically refuses when I suggest he goes! It is just so frustrating as he is a bright little boy maybe a bit too clever for his own good and this is just so frustrating! At the end of the day it is just little dribbles of wee so at least its only pants and trousers that I'm washing rather than sofas and carpets You do sound like a fab friend to visit, playing with the kids then getting dinner on the table, that sounds perfect

Sorry your mates are not so cool Pop, you don't need friends like that. I still love seeing my friends who don't have kids, it's a good way to ensure that I don't become a Mummy bore who only talks about kids Anyhow, hope you're feeling better about it today.

Yay for Brooking baby, what fantastic news! Now Far, don't even think about any sort of gymnastics in your condition

Morning all. Just nipping in before I go off on a course and to offer solidarity to pop. As a confirmed smug married with children, I'd just like to say how much i value my childless / childfree friends. And a really selfish part of me is always a bit sad when they pair off / have their own children because I liked having them all to myself.

Green I still talk about wee. All the bloomin time.

maybe!!! Was it a bare bum? My husband's feet were on the front of a magazine once. Before I met him, so I can't claim much credit.

Hi all, just a quick pop in to say thanks for good wishes. AF stopping now and have finished licking my wounds. As I said not much hope of SWI this month, so just going to try to look after myself and see how it goes.

Fab news about new brooking baby!

Oh dear, having read Whims' post, Pops I reread mine from last night and it sounds a bit like I'm saying "Well MY parent friends still like coming to mine because I'm so great, so YOU must be crap if they don't still like coming to yours" - that wasn't what I intended at all - I was just trying to point out how other people with children can still be normal to emphasise the ridiculousness of your friend. Sorry, Pops.

I feel a bit inferior to you lot as my OH has never had a body part on tv/the cover of a magazine. Still time to sort that out though!

Reread? Re-read.

Yay for another brooking babe

Far great news on those blood results. We are all here brooking for you that the next 8 months are problem free.

Maybe and Whims I'm jealous of your DHs modelling skillz Whim I assume your DH has sexy feet?

Welcome back Smegs, we've missed you. Sounds like you had an awesome holiday. Hope your kitchen gets sorted yet.

Olives and Generic good luck with the potty training. I obviously have no advice/experience to offer. It is something I've had a random panic about in the middle of the night while indulging fantasies of BFPs and babies. Does anyone else who's ttc %231 do this? I start stressing out about giving birth, BF, weaning etc.. I realise I am completely crazy

Pop sorry you had a bit of a crap weekend. My DB & SIL have been excluding us from things since having a DC. That really really hurts as not only do I feel slighted but I feel that I miss out on so much with my DN.

Bean sore boobies do you say?! Interesting

Well I've got some faint AF like feelings over here, I'm going to be very cross if she dares show her face.

Hello to all the other brookers

Oops I meant ttc number 1!

And Pops yay for telling your parents

Cups - you will be a brilliant Mum. You just kind of find the way. I wish I had been a bit more aware of stuff like BF - though I had done a bit of prep - watched a DVD on styles and talked to folk. Nothing could have prepared me for the reality anyway, tbh. I have a friend who in on baby5 and is having a really tough time with BF but had no real trouble with other 4 so there you go (baby boy altogether trickier customer than her other 3 DDs and 1 quite DS...) I do recommend hypnobirthing when you get there; I had a v peaceful birth thanks to this, mainly, with no complications or real pain (although I am slightly prolapsed now - q common I'm afraid, sorry if TMI). And I'm a bit panicky about potty training and count my blessings we have a garden...

Oh - and that's not AF, Cups. No, no, no, no, no. I won't have it.

Hello everyone else and their amazing partners' body parts.

xxx

Morning all!

Olives that wasn't the approach we took. I literally spent a week taking him outside every hour whether I thought he needed to go to the toilet or not, an it seemed to work.

Cup I will be fuming if she dares to show her face.

Hurrah for baby Abigail! I love brooking.

Duke glad you are feeling more positive.

Whim were they bare feet

Sounds like an amusing dinner party Far

Generic the '3 in a row' policy always amazes me. Well, you definitely won't be having a 3rd, as we are all brookers

To elaborate. It was a clothed bum, and it was on The Tube last night. Apparently we may get to see his little face in later episodes. i find it quite funny that I can spot his bum a mile off

I am at home today brookers. Throat has swollen quite a lot. Debating an afternoon GP appointment, though I know I will be told the same as last time Though in exciting news, I get to finish an amazing sock I am working on! I don't think I am going to know when I have ov'd this month, as my temps are all over the place. So I am going to have to muster the energy to shag DH left right and centre. He will probably think it's cos he's famous or something....

maybe glad it was a clothed bum my DP very occassionally gets his photo in a newspaper or trade magazine (not very exciting but he always cuts them out and keeps them )

and have you tried Vicks spray (can't remember what its called) for your throat, I don't think it will take the swelling away but its amazing at numbing the area so it doesn't hurt

pop sorry about your crappy friends, I hadn't really noticed any such behaviour from our friends here, but seeing as how they mostly had kids before I moved here maybe I'm just oblivious to it

olives no tips on potty training but good luck

cupcake they're not AF feelings they're early preggo symptoms

bean I also have the sore boobies, much earlier than normal this month - must be a sign that I'm pregnant

Now someone said they would be testing on Tuesday, who was it??

Yes - sore boobies must mean a couple of BFPs Beedle although unfortunately I get this every month these days, but of course you don't and you've filled out your form so have to be diffed

Thanks Bean I've got an irrational fear of giving birth. I think when I finally get my BFP I'll be looking into acupuncture and other relaxation techniques.

Of course it's not AF, it's just early pg symptoms. Thanks for reminding me everyone!

Beedle I did say I thought I might POAS on Tuesday but I managed to resist it. I'm probably only 11 dpo anyway.

Im having a bit of a rubbish day. My doggy gets anxiety attacks occasionally (about twice a year). She paces, pants,cries and won't settle. This normally lasts about a day and we have sedatives to give her. Anyway she's started with one this morning. I've given her the meds and now she is sort of sleeping on me. If I move she starts whining. I'm so tired, been up with her from 06:30. I didn't get home from work until 00:30 so I'm shattered. Plus it makes me really upset seeing her like this

Still avoiding posting much, as hand aches very quickly on the computer. I'm reading though!
I wanted to say olives my sister is having the same problem with DN. She doesn't ask him if he wants the toilet though, she tells him. About once an hour he's taken into the bathroom to sit on the toilet. Most times he'll manage a little wee/pooh then goes back to playing. She also found showing mild anger/disappointment at an accident helped, and praise/making a fuss as a reward. Seems to works very well. If you ask him if he needs to go however, he will say no every time.

Welcome Abigail Hazel Pommette!

Green I have no idea about potty-training, DD isn't there yet (thank goodness!). I hope your DS works through it soon.

Maybe ooh, a media star in the family! You must be so proud .

Pop I'm sorry to hear your friends are being weird. Probably best to let them go for now, and they may come to their senses when the baby-madness abates. If not then I guess they're not very good friends, sadly. If anything we've had the opposite experience - childless friends assuming that we're not interested in them now we have kids. This isn't true, and I love seeing them and having nights out, and silly booze fuelledchats like we used to.

Stasi sorry to hear your hand is painful. Is it RSI? DH used to get it but he found that using a powerball (?) thingy helped strengthen his wrist and the pain has mostly gone. Don't know if that could be any help?

Cupcakes of course it's early pregnancy! Sorry if I've worried you with my mini tale of woe - seriously, it was mostly ok. I'm counting 27 hours labour as full start to finish - in early labour contractions are mostly just 'tightenings', and I slept for a lot of it! I did have a tens machine too, which was pretty good for the first 12 hours or so. Also, I had a hypno-birthing CD, and practiced the exercises until the epidural. It was fantastic, you still feel the contractions but I was sort of surfing the waves in my head, if my body had decided to play ball I would have stuck with that and not even needed gas and air. Sadly I let the hospital dictate the birth, not the other way round, as I was scared by their pronouncements of doom and gloom which turned out to be utter bollocks. Trust your instincts, I say.

Thanks to all who've sympathised, by the way. Really, it wasn't an awful experience! At the time I wasn't scared or worried, I was just in the moment. I'm not sure why I suffered from PTSD, but it seems to have passed so no lasting problems.

Oh my goodness maybe, I watched the Tube last night! Brilliant telly! I used to work in rail safety (kind of) and loved sneaking around stations in the tunnels you're not supposed to know about.

I can't believe I've seen your husband's bottom. Golly.

My husband was specially selected for having ugly feet. He had to stand on a beach with his trousers rolled up in a feature about 'island tourism'.

Sympathies, cupcakes. That sounds very much like having a poorly baby of any sort (except you're not really meant to give children sedatives). Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

My dog has woken up and seems to be calmer. It's actually a herbal medicine that we give her but in my head I equate it with a sedative as it completely knocks her out. I really don't like giving it to her but it's the only thing that breaks the cycle iykwim.

Smegs don't worry you haven't scared me, I'm just a worrier unfortunately
And obviously it is all worth it as you are willing to do it again.

whimiscal you've been in the disused LU tunnels?! So cool! There are quite a lot, I've heard. There are some disused stations too, right? Are they really creepy?

Sorry smegs nothing that exciting, but there are lots of 'access' areas that are out of bounds to the public, but used by staff. For example when you have to walk for ages to get btwn one line and another, there's often a short cut through an access tunnel. TBH though, mostly it was just going to meetings, but often we had to walk down railway lines to get to portacabins and things. But all good fun, nonetheless.

And bus garages. The sights I've seen at bus garages...