We're all in this together - Mool and the Gang's magic flying mattress ride to Switzerland!

[festiemum]

Right, I bit the bullet and started the new thread. Hope it's OK. Here's to mucho more laughter, tears, support, tea and biscuits! xxx

Oooooh interesting Chips my appetite has completely gone. Had 1 slice of garlic bread and a couple of wedges last night and couldn't face anymore. Then just now, DH bought me a ham sandwich and I felt sick eating it and gave most of it to him. hope it's a sign and not just wishful thinking though.

Chips as long as you don't panic if temps dip I would carry on out of interest, just be reassured they might not stay consistently high and I would stop after af is due.

Flour I didn't have sore boobs until a week after af was due and then oh my god did they hurt! Fx for you too.

This seems to be a good month for the mattress!

Thanks chips and Lil - trying not to get my hopes up now.

Moo, i've been feeling a bit funny but can't stop eating. And seem to be carb loading. Yesterday ate 2 bagels, a pizza, another easter egg and crisps. :-S

Am usually healthy with craving for broccoli but not at the moment.

Am currently listening to Slow Moving Millie's song Please, please, please, let me get what I want (the one that was on john lewis' xmas ads). Its my ttc anthem. Brilliant song. Youtube it!

Lilliana I promise not to temp after AF is late :) don't want to worry. Plus it'll be nice not to wake up at 6am every morning!

moo that's exactly how I felt at 9/10dpo. I hadn't eaten much all day yet wasn't at all hungry by 9pm! Not like me at all, thought I'd eaten something bad. Just a warning if you test with Internet cheapies, didn't really see a strong line, just something soooo faint. Here's my test album: Link

covered keep us posted, try not to obsess like I did! :)

Oooh chips that is interesting. Did you test with an Internet cheapy today too? I love your pics. I have 2 FRERs that I'm saving for clarification testing but maybe I should crack one open first thing!?! Hmm not sure what to do!!

Wow! Congrats chips! And moo, your chart looks AMAZING!

All plodding along here. First week of hols all children were ill, so lots of pant and bottom cleaning - the glamour! This week we have ended up with dh's two as well, as their mum has had to rush off to attend to a family crisis. 5 kids is HARD! Was watching this programme on Home and Health the other day about this couple. The woman had 6 kids with a former partner, and then got together with her current partner, and they had 3 sets of twins and another singleton! They have 13 kids!!!!! I just keep looking at the chaos at ours at the moment, and thank my lucky stars that there's just the 5 of them! (soon to be 6 I guess, but still, nowhere near 13!!!)

Hope everyone else is well; so exciting to have more graduates! xxxxxxx

Oh dear. My "symptoms" seem to have evolved into a cold. Feel awful. But not in a pg way.

covered I felt like I was coming down with a cold too as our immune systems are lower. Sounds promising!

moo those pics are all today's, see how faint the ic is?!

Chips!!!!! Congrats! FX it sticks, like you said.

I continued temping for a little while, but someone told me to stop it, as your temps don't stay high for the whole pregnancy, and you'd only be sat there going Oh My God and working yourself up into a lather.

Here's my chart-
www.fertilityfriend.com/home/36a4d6/

As you can see, I was worried enough by the dip on the 4th Jan to do another test, but I'm glad to say that exactly 100 days later, here I am still with a Peanut in the upstairs of my downstairs!

Moo I have a new friend... [stroking power tool emoticon]
My. hot. air. gun. is. fucking. awesome.
On the off chance while I was waiting for DH to come home and help me shift the last bits out of the room, I got the hot air gun out to see if it would get the shitting gloss off the door frame- AND IT ONLY BLOODY WELL WORKS!
It's going to be fiddly as shit getting in all the wanky bits, but I'm so pleased, as it means I can do that whenever I want, without worrying about dust and fumes, and just have to hoover up melted strippings afterwards. Whoop!

I got all the sanding done last night, and dremelled around the door frame, which was hairy as the sanding circles kept wanging off the dremel, and today I've hoovered, mopped, polyfilla'd, varnished and painted, and now the skirting boards are done, the walls are nearly done, and I'm itching to put the bed together.
Was going to have a bath and soak my coconuts, but it's been half an hour since I put the last bit of polyfilla on, and maybe if I'm reeeeeeaaaaally careful, I can paint it without it dropping down the back...

[arms self with brush and sneaks into room guerilla style]

Thanks Rus! To be honest I can't wait to never look at my chart again! I'll temp until AF is late then stop x

Rusulka, you make me laugh! Wish I was half as handy with a dremel as you are! ;-)

We're getting men to do all our work but you're making me think perhaps DH and I will invest in a hot air gun and be deglossing superstars ourselves!

Still can't wait for the builders to finish installing our kitchen and bathroom!!

Exciting thread today. Went out out and bought some superdrug tests to see if my "cold" is a baby. Not holding my breath, but think its telling that I bought yet more tests as we're going straight to mil's house tonight so won't be able to go home and pick up the entire drawful of them I may, ahem, have at home. Want to test tomorrow. Know its stupid but am compelled. Still at least, when I know for sure that i'm not pg, i'm going to REALLY enjoy our wine tasting holiday next week (ok, so after AF shows up, just m case)

Currently sitting in a traffic jam on the M3. Hope you're all having a more exciting friday evening!

Ladies, have to be quick because it's moving day today.

But.......I but the bullet and tested this morning. First with an IC, on which I though I saw a faint glimmer of something and then thought, sod it, I'll crack open the FRER (on which I have never even got a hint of an evap let alone a line!).

Well......it's early days, but, there's the faintest of faint lines. I mean faint. I have to tilt it slightly to see it, but no denying it's there. It's so faint it feels kinda surreal. Am not telling DH until I can get a clearer result.

As I said, never even a sniff of an evap on the FRERs.

Am not getting complacent. Have been here before!!

Ooooh! Very exciting moo! Been eagerly waiting for an update! How's your temp? Are you 10 or 11dpo? Test again tomorrow and I know it'll be darker!!

Early congrats!! That hsg did the job!!

My temp went up today which made me relieved. Had cramps all yesterday night, peeing like a trooper too.

Temps still way above coverline but dropped from yesterday but nothing dramatic. 11dpo today and if I implanted at 9dpo then it's possibly too soon to get a true positive.

Being cautious though, have been here before and it's turned out to be nothing. Just never with an FRER!!

I woke this morning at around 2am with horrendous cramps that lasted for about half an hour. Nothing now.

Sounds very similar to me: temp dropped a little but got a faint lone on frer. Your mission is to get a digi ASAP!

Always good to be cautious but like you said, a lone on a frer is always good!!

Oh moo, I thought your chart looked amazing! Comparing it to your previous charts, it's just such a good one! There's lots of stories from women who've got their BFPs after an hsg too isn't there?!

So exciting! You're right to be cautious though, until you get a good strong line. At least you've got lots to occupy you today. Best of luck with the move. Keeping everything crossed for you! xx

Oh moo being very sensible and not getting too excited for you yet but... It sounds fab. Doesn't hcg (is that the right hormone?) double every 2 days? If you can, maybe wait 2 days for a more definate answer - although I know I couldn't. Be careful moving - no heavy stuff just in case :) Hope it all goes well today and will be waiting for updates.

Flour fx you are going to make it a hat-trick!

Rusulka loving the diy updates - you should have a cape and suit with hammer and spanner crossed in the middle!

Moo!
I second Lil, leave it 2 days for the hcg to double. OMGOMG I have got everything crossed so hard for you!
oh yeah, and DON'T YOU DARE LIFT ANYTHING FUCKING HEAVY IT IS SO NOT WORTH IT! Pretend you've pulled your back or something. I'm still worried that July's maybe baby didn't happen because I moved the piano...

And Lil I'm so sorry I didn't reply! Being a total dur-brain at the moment.
I'm not really the best person to ask, as after the 12 week scan I bought a few things, but once I knew there was nothing serious from the blood tests I went all out batshit.
My midwife at my booking in appt told me not to bother buying anything until 28 weeks. How could I tell her I'd already bought an entire childhood's worth of picture and reading books 3 years previously? (including a potty training book, lol).
Get catalogues from the various baby places to see what their checklists are- Mothercare has one in theirs, Boots does but never has any catalogues, John Lewis has an online one- it'll give you an idea of the basics you'll need. Me being me, as I sit here 1 day before my 20 week halfway milestone thingy, I've pretty much got everything but the kitchen sink, and a list of about 15 things still to get. I did say I would only buy essentials, but on seeing those Lamaze toys, I kind of want to buy 3 different ones for our 3 potential children, you know, on the off chance they stop making them or something [irrational shopaholic emoticon]. I've been relatively good, overdone it on the toys, and bought plenty of babygrows- in sizes 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9 months. That's really where I've been naughty. The trouble is, I like to go look in TKMaxx, and as we all know, if you don't buy it when you see it, it isn't bloody there ever again. So that's where a lot of the cost has come from. I'm keeping a track of spending in a word document, don't know if I could share that, but I've been comparing prices and buying wherever it's cheapest/ on sale/ can use a discount code.
I bought a mother & baby magazine and that was quite useful- had 2 discount codes for money off stuff which I used to buy those merino sleeping bags and totseat protable highchairs.
I would say buy clothes in 0-3 months (you don't need them any smaller, you don't know what you'll get!), and limit any toys to 0+ so they can use them straight away. Peanut will be (FX everything ok) 3 months at Christmas, so perfect timing for an onslaught of 3m+ toys.
I used the time before I knew everything was ok to just research, research, research. Once I had a good idea of what was on the market, it meant I'm now making decisions based on ideas I've had for a while, and not impulse buys that might bite me on the bum...
I might be able to PM you my full list so far, so I don't bore anyone else to tears with it, lol.

In other news, the bedroom is (hopefully) done. After breakfast, which is going soggy while I type, I'm going to inspect the paintwork at the bottom and see if I need to do another coat. I hope not! Then I can get all the furniture back in, including the new bed. Whoop!

Ooh Moo!!!

Trying not to get too excited for you but that sounds really promising. Keeping everything crossed for you!

Things not going so well in the floury camp. DH reminded me that he had all my symptoms last week with a nasty cold and, as if pointed out "hilariously" if wasn't pg. So looks like i've just caught that from him. :-(

Poas this morning just too see and clear bfn.

Still early days as Af may not show for another week (or she may come tomorrow) but i'm not holding my breath. Still, silver lining: bring on the vino!

Oh barf, I can't eat this gop!

Ladies just very quickly. Got bored at the new house waiting for the removal guys and DH to get here so peed on an IC and..........it's only bloody positive.

Told DH - he seems a bit emotionless. Is that normal??

Still in shock. Will POAS again tomorrow (have to as going Bruge on Monday).

Still shaking!

Eeeeeeek!!!!!

Omg!! CONGRATULATIONS MOO!!!! That's amazing to get an IC positive too! Mine was so so faint! Pop out and get a digi, it's so amazing seeing Pregnant :)

Not sure about your dh, he's probably just totally shocked to be fair, mine was jumping around like a loon, hugging me and generally being shocked and dazed but everyone's different.

Amazing, that hsg worked wonders, I knew it would work for you, so happy for you darling xxxx

Also, what an amazing moving present! Hey bump buddy!

My edd is Christmas eve so yours is probably around then depending on when you ov'd x

Hi Ladies,
Sorry I haven't been around, caught up with work etc.
I'm going to scroll back and catch up with the posts this morning...... but from the last couple it sounds like we have two Xmas babies to look forward to!! Congratulations Moo and Chips - such wonderful news to have this morning (it's going to be such a lovely day, I just know it!)!!
Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!!
x

Hi ladies - long time! Those that remember me!
Big huge waves to my oldies ( been around on mn for a while)
Moo!Festie,Lilliana,Disco,Rusulka, and Berries!!!
Although not been here for a while I found TTC just way to stressful!
Congrats oh my gosh to Moo!!!!!!!!!!!!! My word what a day for good news!
Also congrats Chips!!!
I also wanted to share my BFP!!!! News - I'm in shock as I put it in hold as booked Christmas hols!!!!!!! WHOOP baby over hols anyday!