Fantastic 40+ thread - part 6

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Over here everyone

Please send up arrow prayers for me, scan tomorrow to see if we will be ready embryo transfer soon, keen to do it soon, but scared!

Ooh Italian definite prayers for you for tomorrow. I have an appointment of my own at the hospital (not nearly so exiciting). Gps have failed twice to find my cervix to do a smear, so they've packed me off to the colp clinic where apparently they've 'seen in all' .
So can I assume Italian that you quite like The Good Wife? Did you watch/like Prisoners' Wives?

Digege the hunt is on for your cervix, have images of moles with hard hats and lamps on! Hope that does not sound rude, not meant to! Hope it goes well. As well as these things can ever be! Thank you for your prayers, I really do appreciate it all.

Love Good Wife not seen Prisoners Wives. I know it is sad but all my real favourite shows have been American. Frazer, Friends, Cheers, Sex and the City etc. They just seem to be more light and perky! UK drama/comedy seems to be too gritty/sad/depressing or else it is a bit banal. I can't remember the last time I watched and really enjoyed a UK comedy sit com! Oh yes I can, Keep it in the Family .....

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_It_in_the_Family_%28TV_series%29

Although I love UK stand up and comedy club stuff, and all that observation humour and surreal, like Eddie Izzard and Michael Macintyre.

Italian good luck tomorrow xx
Diege good luck hunting for your cx xx
Hi all xx

Just popped in to say a warm hello to anyone who is struggling with mothers day. Thinking of tank, miasmum and Angelgeorgie who will be missing their beautiful girls today. Also, those who are trying hard to become mums at the moment. Much love to you all. X

italian everything is crossed for you tomorrow! Thank you for your lovely recent posts, they have been inspirational!

diege sorry, that image from Italian has me giggling... how does a cervix go wandering?? Did it get bored where it was? Sorry, totally inappropriate schoolgirl humour... it's been a long day.

lol thanks for the optimistic share about your own FSH.

italian good luck for tomorrow!
diege a lost cervix??

Hee hee, that's made me laugh about moles and hard hats. Will have that image in my mind when the nurses go a rumaging

Yes Hippy well put, today is quite a hard day for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons.

Obviously for those who lost a little one it is very hard so my thoughts and prayers are with you.

I know some singles in churches really struggle when the flowers come round on Mothering Sunday. Our church does it quite nicely by handing out little potted plants to all the ladies present. I kind of like to think of it as another women's day.

MiaAlexandrasmummy thanks so much for your kind words.

Angelgeorgie and blackcatdancing thank you so much.

Hugs to all.

Best wishes and baby dust for all.

Mia - that was very funny and I had a giggle, "did it get bored where it was"!

Deige, I hope they find your cervix. Wish mine was a bit higher -having a prolapse means it's always easily found...sorry that was probably tmi.

Italian - sending up a prayer for you. May that scan say that it is time, and that your little embies fit right at home and grow,grow,grow...

We have our mother's day in May, but sending my love to those of you have have lost little ones, and those who are wanting a baby. I'm going to light a candle tonight.

I've found I am much, much better with the grief of the miscarriages. It felt like I might always feel devastated, but everyone said it would get easier with time, and it is.In some ways I am glad I can see more clearly past the grief and realize I do still want a baby, and it isn't about "replacing" my lost ones, rather it is about wanting a baby.

Sometimes I can't believe I've been on this quest since DS was 10 months old. I had to wait a long time for my fertility to return (Deige I didn't get periods until I was ovulating, and I know that because of the O pain), but since it's return, I think it's been over two years. I think it has kind of become the norm for me, which in some ways worries me, because if I don't graduate to the next step, giving up what I've been doing for over two years will be really difficult.

My temperature has gone up, pretty sure I Oed on Saturday, and had SWI that morning, so it remains to be seen...only about 10 days to wait.

Italian, I don't watch the Good Wife. It sounds very good, but we tend to not watch a lot of American stuff because it is always on the commercial stations, and we hate watching advertising. We tend to stick to the ABC, and watch loads of English stuff, which we love. We really like the gritty nature of them. Just recently watched "Luther", which I love. He's fabulous. And last night watched "Waking the Dead". I'm hooked on police/detective type dramas. For me, it's an escape from the everyday.

I also love 'Parenthood"- an American drama.We've got some good Aussie ones too.

Love to all.

Thanks Hippy xxx

Hi all, it's my birthday today and it's sunny. A billion times better than yesterday. My best present has been hope. A little smiley face on my OPK arrived at last, 7 days late, just when I was thinking it wasn't going to come this month. I like to think that Mia sent it to me.

Happy Birthday miasmummy. Enjoy the rest of your day. I hope all your wishes come true.

Happy birthday miasmummy ! I hope you had/have a lovely day, and that the year ahead is filled with hope and love xxx
Italian, how did things go today?
My appointment went ok - cervix was eventually located, courtesy of Italian's moles I like to think , though the nurse couldn't find it and called in the main woman who got it straight away. Not much of it left apparently (due to previous loop/cone biopsies) and very posterior - just a lip and a tiny hole .
Anyway, enough detail! At least it's done and just waiting on results by telephone early April
Hope everyone is ok and enjoying the sunshine! Bathroom phase 2 starts tomorrow for 8 days - should be fun

Diege delighted they sent in a search party to find it. I had a similar experience a few years ago. It was somewhere near my tonsils and I have no idea why. It moved (I kid you not) back down to where it should be and has not given a day's trouble since. Weird!

And since you ask - onerous. Spelt onerus. What was I thinking? Glad I'm not the only one. You're also in good company - LOADS of people didn't know about the 2 ns in milennium (even the BBC). And I just have to think about Al Gore (or whichever vice-president it was) correcting the spelling of 'potato' on the blackboard in a primary school walkabout, to 'potatoe' to feel better.

Thinking of you Italian. Let's hope those hormones did their stuff x

Diege cervix located on the run - news at ten headlines
Miaalexandersmummy inundated with huge virtual hugs and kisses for birthday - CNN
Jolls trapped is massive wave of virtual support from whole army of 40 something women - BBC World Service
Italian's lining not plump enough for this week, try next week - radio 4

Hugs to all.

Happy Birthday MiasmummyI hope you had a lovely,lovely day.Great news on the smiley face

Italian - sorry to hear lining not plump enough yet. Are you feeling okay?

Deige - that's a relief that they found it!

Hello Lol - nice to hear from you. How are you feeling? Please remind me how many weeks you are?

Deige - I hope your instincts are right about me getting a baby. Are your instincts often right? Sme moments I feel very positive and full of hope, and others I think,"Don't be such a mad old biddy, there's only a 1% chance...".Trying to remain positive, and had very interesting boob twinges yesterday.

Back to work today (after my usual 4 days off).Thankfully we're having a cold snap - only 20 degrees celcius today. So cooking friands with the year eights won't be so bad.[

miasmummy hope you had a lovely birthday yesterday.

Hi Gum I've lost track of the weeks!! I'm due mid-June. Does that make me 25 weeks? It doesn't sound very much. I feel huge, although I always carry at the front so it looks worse than it really is. I don't think I'm going to go 'out' much more - 'up' is likely, though. I've got 8 more working days to go and I can't wait.

Hope the cooking went ok. 20 degrees? Luxury! The beautiful plant Steve bought me for Mothers' Day was frosted within hours. I've had to give it a radical haircut! Let's hope it survives.

Italian I hope your womb is becoming duvet-like as we speak. Next week will be your week .

Hello all. What's with these misbehaving bits then?!?! First diege and now italian. Please speak firmly to them, this will not do!! Seriously though, I second the lolfactor's idea of a duvet-like lining for you, Italian.

Thank you everyone for the lovely birthday wishes. DH took me out to dinner last night and it was lovely. He is lovely too.

Sending lots of wonderful BFP thoughts to all, fingers crossed and toes too.

Miaalexandersmummy hugs to you and thanks for your kind words.

Lol all best wishes for the next 15 weeks or so.

Hopefulgum hugs and all best wishes for you.

Angelgeorgie, Tina, Jolls, Hippy Twirlyagogo,blackcatsdancing and Diege HUGS.
I came back from the clinic feeling very happy and relaxed yesterday. I feel my family is complete; me, God, DH and DD. If we get another child through having a baby - fab, if not, we will either look at adoption or stay as we are. Or possibly foster. Anyway, I do feel OK about it all now. I feel relaxed and ready for whatever.

Sending hugs to you all.

Ladies the Apprentice starts today.

You must take a look and see who think will win????

www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/gallery/2012/mar/13/apprentice-reality-tv

TODAY is the day!

Hi all, please do send up a quick preayer (if you are a prayer) I am having problems breathing and also palpitations when I exert myself at all, which I do not do a lot. It is frustrating as not sure if the medication is causing it or something else. I am sure I will be OK - looking forward to next week and no work.

Love to all.

italian a zillion good thoughts and prayers in their bucket load for you... I'm worried, are you intending to see a doctor soon? Please be careful.