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

[Imps7]

Smacket on, ladies...

Afternoon! SporadicSmegs checking in at last. Crikey, I really need to NC soon, my name is even making me feel ill at times. Shame I have no imagination.

I have missed loads so in no particular order -

Pop yay for midwifery approval! How long till your scan? Am well excited for you . And have to admit to being a bit at your SIL. Very self-centred of her. I hope her DC gets better soon though.

bean that is a talented child you have, climbing through a dog-flap! It hasn't occurred to DD to squeeze through the old cat-flap yet, just as well as she would definitely get stuck! Interesting about your CBFM giving you only one 'high' day - have you been using it for more that one cycle? I'm on my first cycle using it, so all advice is good.

Scarlett of course you've tested too early! Think positive and test again at the weekend. BFP's and joyful chicken-dancing will occur Ooh, that photo of your former best mate sounds equally gross and hilarious. My pregnancy yoga class had loads of 'arty' pregnancy photos on the walls, some were ok but one in particular should have made use of cropping and photoshop. The stretchmarks! The minge! The horror!!!

far loads of brooking for you at 3:45!

Green sorry to hear about the NK cells, although great that you can now be treated. It does sound scary when they have to warn you about side-effects, and I can imagine it must be worse if you actually have medical training. But everything will be fine, you are a rat-smacker after all!

Imps, ooh, I love a good home alone night! Was it fun? OBEM is a bit close to the bone for me these days, although I loved it while pg with DD I normally indulge in my guilty pleasure, american crime-procedural dramas with pseudo-scientific montages. It's shit, I know it is, I don't care

OK. I'm going to take a quick break and re-read then post again. I know I've missed out loads of you, RL is being a pain but basically I've been crap. Sorry all

Generic how are you doing? Oaty muffins sound lovely, mmm...

Maybe your colleagues are arses Do you think they're just being more twattish than usual because they know you're leaving? Or are they always like that? If you do go in, any chance you can go and loiter pestilently by the worst offender? Assuming that what you have is contagious of course!

Cupcakes love your mum's logic! Clearly she is a rat-smacker to the core And fwiw, I totally agree with her!

whimsical hurrah for pant-snot! Of course this will be the month

bartlett I am vair impressed by your use of the defriend button. Definitely no need to post scan photos on facebook!

Sparkle I see what you're saying about Conceive Plus. Is there any way you can make SWI less of a chore though, so avoiding the whole fed-up phase? I know DH prefers a modicum of pretend spontenaity, so sometimes I, ahem, read a naughty book in order to get myself in the mood and jump him . Sorry, TMI...

Beedle I'm sure CD11/12 will be fine for you. My hsg falls on CD12 so I'm hoping we'll be ok too

stasi Are you still here? Hoping all is well with you.

Right. Did I miss anyone?

aaaand breathe

Did the blood tests on monday, including the fancy one that tells you how many eggs you have left or something (A-something?). No results yet, I was told the nurse would call me tomorrow. I've also had a scan which mainly consisted of a good rummage with the probe-thingy and then telling me everything was fine. I did not enjoy the rummage, it hurt!

HSG next week. I am a bit nervous. I was told the scan wouldn't hurt and it did, so what will my response to the one which is actually meant to hurt be?

Mothering Sunday to get through first, that'll be fun. My mum, MIL and my DD - I suspect competitive granny-ing will occur.

At least I have something fun to look forward to. Alton Towers! The last time I went I was 18 and had just finished my A-levels [old git emoticon]

Hello everyone. Can I just agree with what everyone else said, and not name check everyone?

I'm ashamed to say I have been guilty of the FB scan pic sin in the past. But only after 20 week scan. But then I don't go on about it. Well, I don't think I do. A friend of mine has been doing weekly bump photos and incessant updates, including making tactless pg related comments on everyone else's comments. For example, I posted that I had greasy teeth (had been drinking, seemed funny at the time) to which she replied 'ooh, have you been eating butter? You must be pg'. Needless to say, I no longer subscribe to her updates. I think the odd update is ok, after all, it is what's on your mind. But it does go on a bit with some people.

And yes, I do still get a tear in my eye when someone has yet another beautiful baby.

Still, I think we now all have carte blanche to put a gazillion pics up of our scans, bumps, babies, pee sticks, ramekins the lot once we get our bfps.

DH and i were joined in bed at 1am by a vomitty 7 year old, which rather spoilt the post coital snuggle. Still, it's a good excuse for not having got any work done.

Over and out.

at posting ramekin pics! Can you imagine?!

Hope your DC is feeling better now, whimsical. Is it that bug wot's going round?

Smegs - that was first month with CBFM. It fitted with what I've read about waning fertility - less 'fertile window' days to get up the duff as various hormones have dropped off with age... But I'm lucky I got my peak - was exactly the same with digital CB sticks, although I peaked on CD11 with CBFM and usually got a on CD12 but had particularly short cycle last month. Anyway - good luck. I hope it helps you. I'm not sure it makes any difference to us, but I'm holding off until first peak with the possibly misguided belief that the spermies will be livelier.

You're lucky about HSG, Smegs - mine was booked in January for April 2 and then of course cancelled without explanation. I went back to docs 2 weeks ago and they promised to book again - haven't heard a thing since. So sick of dealing with GPs on this topic I will probably go private, if I can be arsed at all as I'm now beginning to think TTC is a waste of effort for us . Anyway - CD12 seems like the perfect day (as long as you don't ov early)...

Cups - your mum is right; this is your month, historically!

Waves at everyone else - have read all your posts and am thinking of all of you. I will experiment with the carrot cake - one in oven one in microwave - and give you results. I'm not a fan of the microwave at all. Am being nice to my neighbour. Lord knows why. She can be a grumbly old fartface sometimes, and her dog is out at night yapping at foxes (while ours is snug in her crate). (Yes - the bean can be v evil when she feels like it. Demi Moore friend needs a bucket of cold water I think. Take that.)

xxxx

Oh that's rubbish bean. So sorry, it doesn't sound like you're getting very good service. I think I am very lucky - my local hospital, as well as having excellent maternity services, has a great fertility clinic. I'm in London too, you;d think the wait would be longer. Is there anything like that near you, or are you condemned to being stuck dealing with your GP's unless you go private?

don't be woe is me. It's not a waste of effort. Maybe have break for a month or two? We all know it can take time. (Pep talks not my strong point). Take care of yourself.

Thanks smegs. He's curled up on the sofa whimpering gratingly. There's nothing really wrong with him, he's just got 'one of those things'. No doubt I would have been packed off to school with it, but I think he'll be better tomorrow. Sometimes we all need a duvet day, don't we

Maybe I'm with Imps - not cancelling a room booking is terrible - do you realise the person literally had to phone you up to ask if the room was free? Crikey O'reilly, do you have any idea of the effort that must have entailed? Shocking.

Smegs what a lovely long catch up! I will brook that your HSG will be painless. FWIW I hate dildocam as much as you and find it uncomfortable. Mind you, I have a backwards (retroverted) uterus, so I think they have to dig about a bit to scan me - yuck.

Re FB I hate the scan pics too and like Whim said, I have some friends who subscribe to those 'My pregnancy week by week' things so each week I get a sickening 'My baby is now the size of a drop of dew on a little cutesy baby leaf... blah blah... yuck yuck'. If you want those updates for yourself then fine, just don't subject your bitter friends to them.

Bean I snorted a bit of oaty muffin at your calling your neighbour a grumbly old fartface! Hope one of the carrot cakes turns out nicely though!

I am going to kill the puppy. I wrote a mammoth post. He trod on the lap top and deleted it. Oh, it was witty and everything

Ooh, can i make him into puppy soup?

See? Told you. Slippery slope. First it was forgetting to cancel a room booking and now it's killing puppies.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Gah Bloody GP's are stupid!

OH has SA on 20th Feb and they have been resolutely saying results not back so he eventually after me nagging for a week rang the hospital and they said the results are there but the GP's looking in the wrong place, so he's the rung the GP's again and the receptionist said they don't know what he is talking about and can he ring the actual GP tomorrow at noon, and I know she will be bloody busy and never ring back, they always are and they have made me again!

and breathe...

My baby is now the size of a drop of dew on a little cutesy baby leaf
Bwah ha ha ha Generic! :o

Blue cheese soup whims? That's tempting fate
I saw someone on FB leaving comments suggesting it was time a friend had a baby and when would they get round to it... I had to sit on my hands not to leave a sarky message because I didn't even know her - it was very

:( Bean I'd be tempted to phone the unit and see if they've had your referral through?

what size is kernel now pop ? See I wouldn't mind if it was one of you lot with the updates - I am friends with 2 girls on FB who are both pg, 1 I've only found out now because she's mentioned going on maternity [we have discussed ttc when drunk, she has been ttc for long time] and another I know because her OH is mates with my OH, oh an she made 1 comment about her 12 weeks scan. Just goes to show there is no need for publishing every frickin detail...

Today I have done precisely 10% of fuck all. Day is nearly over now, may as well go back to Bubble Spinner for next 45 minutes until can shamelessly log off...

By the law of double negatives, doing 10% of fuck all officially means you actually did 90% useful shit, which isn't too bad?? :o :o

Dragonfruit (DH's nn for it) is the size of a kumquat now!

@ 10% of feck all. Perfick description. And various bitternesses. Why not indulge ourselves?

Today I say feck the GPs and feck the hospital unit. Tbh I don't think I need my tubes checked it's just the last thing on the list as all other test results are pretty good (apart from DP's of course; boo to that). I rang GPs to check that they had actually made a new referral (useless GP couldn't do it during app' because he said he didn't have his 'card' for the system ) and I was assured they had done a referral from reception. No idea who I would phone at the hospital. Smegs - am impressed that you live in London and are getting great service. My original HSG was booked for King's but they must be super busy and it's standard to cancel. The new one is supposed to be at the local hospital - they don't do IVF so would have thought no waiting list... I could get private hycosy for £300. Or just take a break like Whims says, but now that I am nearly 40.5 a break seems like more than a massive luxury - just plain idiocy (but TTC at this grand old age seems pretty daft when I ever stop to think about it). I think it's just time to wean myself off the supps and the TTC 'mindset' but keep shagging round ov time. DP reassures me he's q happy to oblige though I still feel like his guitar holds more allure. (Oh, dear, I am being a bit of a miserable cow, sorry, don't know why. Had a nice swim and even bought some clothes today. Ov day coming along Friday/Saturday so no need to be moody.)

Scarlett - I think you and I are mood twins today.

Brooking for Far - hoping she gets straight on here to tell us.

I love your kumquat Pops - oh, that sounds so wrong.

Pops I love it when you tell us how big kernal is. Just to be straight! A kumquat eh? That's pretty good going!

Bean I know you are having a tough time at the mo. You won't need that hycosywhatsit though, I am brooking.

Also brooking for Far - hope she is coming to tell us good news very soon!

Thanks you lot - Generic, Smegs, Pops - all the darn lot of you Brookers. You jolted me into action. Phoned the docs again. They did do referral on 29 Feb (lucky for some but perhaps not for beans) - and I should have heard back within a week. No one told me this when I rang a few days ago. Yap. Yap. So I shot the messenger poor woman, but they are chasing. It really does seem like it's not 'meant to be'.

Generic - tbh I don't feel that I'm having a bad time at all. I daily think how sad I'd be if I'd lost a LO at any stage and that's not my story so I'm pretty lucky. It really upsets me to hear people's stories of loss - but I keep brooking that everyone here will get a happy ending. Just wish I wasn't fighting with the NHS (and that DP had firework spermies but hey-ho he's a top-notch bloke and his spermies got us our fantastic DS so I have to keep sight of the fact that's a wonderful duo to hang out with!)

Big hugs to all. I am making a strange carrot soup. It's carrot a-go-go at Bean Towers. Thanks Abel & Cole...

messengers are there to be shot bean it's their place in life

Don't be so fatalistic bean! I do believe that some things are meant to be and some are not, but I also firmly believe in the power of brooking no argument making things happen :)

...don't make me get my pom poms out, bean!