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festiemum · 19/03/2012 10:59

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

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Lilliana · 24/04/2012 21:20

Hi everyone, sorry I have been rubbish on here lately, struggling a bit with going back to work, my class are tough and I'm just so tired! Hoping it will get better in the next few weeks.

Moo I am so sorry, I hope you're feeling better and able to look at the positives that everyone has pointed out. I am sure your body working was not a one shot wonder and hopefully all will carry on next month. Try not to stress too much, easier said than done I know. Hope af is easing, lots of (((hugs))) xx

Wow Rusulka, thanks so much for the email, you are so organised. Be careful lifting tomorrow but I love building stuff so know how you feel (although Dh tells me he could do it twice as fast but I have fun Grin) I can't believe you're 5 months and in your own clothes, my boobs are HUGE compared to what they are usually and my belly is growing (mainly because of all the food I am eating).

Berries sorry pg seems to be all around you (and realise my post has not helped). I can't see why it would be unlikely for you to conceive with only one tube though. Confused Surely you only need one? Hope the TTC remains fun for you and DH, it seems to work best that way.

Alex I've been in that position, hoping I'm next (and having other people tell me I'll be next Hmm) It will happen and when it does the rest won't matter. EWCM sounds good despite irregular cycles so fx for you.

Flour glad you're having such a lovely time, despite not being able to partake in the wine! Really pleased spotting has stopped and hope all is well from now on.

Disco happy belated birthday! Did you have a beautifully iced cake?! Have everything crossed for you this month.

Count have you gone to the GP yet? Hoping all is going well and you are feeling ok.

Festie so glad the heartbeat was strong. Grin Not loving the blood taking but will have to get used to it I guess! Just waiting for scan date now - can't wait.

Hi Purple, Chips and anyone else around! Hope you are ok and things are going well.

Phew caught up - must do better! Grin

Countmyblessings · 24/04/2012 22:40

Ilove - huge big hugs to u Trust me your post could of been written by me last year and this year!!!! Mixed emotions torn heart and guilty for not being happy for others when u want that for yourself!
I had to really confess my feelings and let go!
That why I went quiet on here ( last threads) as it was too much and was really beginning to consume me!
I have been to my gp had to sign up with a new one haven't been gp since I moved!!! So now have to an appt next month! ??
I confess to my DH I so scared I'm trying not to focus on me at all which ain't good when ms is creeping in!!!!! May also have to take some time off work do I can just relax a bit but will discuss that when I go see gp!
Thanks u guys for the nudges! Glad it's done!

iloveberries · 25/04/2012 06:27

thanks count
well done on sorting your appointment.
It's hard not to worry when you've been through it a bit isn't it. I understand that. It is your turn to have a baby though :) (not that we're taking turns or anything but you know what i mean!)

Rusulka · 25/04/2012 07:49

Damn, Ikea are efficient!

Told to expect delivery between 8 and 12, got a call at about 7 to say they'd be here in half an hour, and all delivered and signed for by 7:40!

Now I get to spend the day figuring it out... flat pack heaven!
Unfortunately can't fix it to wall permanently yet because I had to order special extensions last night for the TV and all the consoles, and they will have to run along the back to the centre (tut) and have sections cut out of the back of the bookcase walls at the far left and right sides to accommodate the plugs. Grr.

I wonder how long my dining table can take the strain of 6 squillion books on its groaning surface? Hmm. Should have cleared the other wall to do the board games storage first! Blush

Lil if it makes you feel any better, my belly and boobs were already huge, so that's why I look no different and still fit in my clothes! Grin

Berries a thought occurs- surely you only 'need' 2 tubes if you wanted to conceive non-identical twins from separate eggs being released at the same time? I'm pretty sure the tubes take turns to release eggs (they're really big on etiquette).

Peanut is kicking away, so might run upstairs so DH can have a feel before work. Once or twice he's felt it, which is really nice, although apparently this is really early for him to be able to feel them! Feel very lucky.

Right! Screwdrivers at the ready!
Wish my parents' dog was here to help open the packaging, he fucking loves presents, lol.

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 25/04/2012 07:53

Morning ladies!!! Sorry I?ve been a bit AWOL; first week back in work and it?s been a little chaotic. Plus we are still trying to sort out the new house as we moved in and 2 days later we went on holiday, so there is still loads to get through.

AF has finally left the building!! WHOOP!!! Grin so going to try and DTD EOD and hope that I not only ov again but that I get a nice sticky bean Smile

Berries I completely understand how you feel. Everywhere I go there seems to be women that are either heavily pg or have just announced it. My brother called to tell me they are having another boy, and although I am over the moon for them, I am also a little jealous, especially considering what has just happened. What?s worse, no-one knows what I have been going through. Then I switched on FB after being off it for a while, and a girl I used to work with, who got married 6 months after me, is 3 months pg. Sometimes life can be so unfair. And another girl from school proclaimed on FB that she too is pg. It seems to be everywhere.

As the other girls have said, I can?t see why having one tube will make it impossible for you to conceive. Loads of women have had tubes removed for whatever reason and go on to have hoards of children. I think whoever said that was gravely mistaken. As Lil pointed out, you only need one tube!!!! And also, I read somewhere that even if you ov from the non-tubal side, the other tube can waft over and catch the egg or something. Aren't our bodies wonderful.

Lil hope you are taking it easy at both work and home. I am sure once you get back into the swing of things, work will get easier!!

Count well done on getting to the Docs!!! You can have a housepoint for that Grin Sorry the morning sickness has started to creep in though.

Rusulka how?s the garden looking? Can?t believe you are still in your own clothes. Although they do say that with your first child that it can take longer to show. Not sure why. Ooooh excited about your Ikea wall of storage. I put our clothes rail up the other day and I felt very pleased with myself, especially as I had lost the instructions!

Grin at your parent's dog Grin

To everyone else, hope you are all well. I will try and catch up properly but work is calling and I have a mountain of stuff to get through before a meeting this afternoon. Will try and pop in again later.

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 25/04/2012 09:41

I have watery CM!!! Whoop whoop GrinGrin I'm hoping this is good news and my body is once again getting ready to ov!! CP is high soft and open too.

Will be engaging DH for some SWI this evening!!! Smile

Purpledragon · 25/04/2012 10:06

Sounds great...good for you.

iloveberries · 25/04/2012 11:45

hahaha, moo i've missed your updates!!! Get going with DH!

Thanks for your posts Rusulka and moo - Yes, it is perfectly possible to conceive with one tube. Apparently 65% of women who have an ectopic have a healthy pregnancy within the year. This is vs the general 85% stat of people falling pregnant within the year. So fertility is reduced but it's not all doom and gloom.

On my side I have the fact I have already had a baby with my DH so I know we're compatible. Plus I am 31 and healthy, fit etc so I am trying to be positive. It's a fine line though between being positive and getting your hopes up so much that every month you're disappointed. We all know how that feels don't we.

Rusulka you are a DIY queen! I am so impressed!

Lil - don't be silly! You post about your pregnancy!!! I am honestly delighted for all you ladies and the anonimity of MN is kinda different to RL if you know what I mean? Honestly it is fine, today is a new day and i feel much better, I think the 3 RL announcements in a row was just a bit brutal and with my first AF arriving my hormones were probably going nuts!

festie how are you doing?

Thinking of giving up booze when we start officially TTC again. I gave up after NYE and conceived in Feb so i do wonder if it helped. At the moment i am enjoying my wine though!

Hope you're all having a nice day - pissing it down here, bloody miserable!

festiemum · 25/04/2012 14:03

Hey all! I am fine thank you berries - sorry to hear about all the rl announcements though- must really stick in your craw, and what the f**k was that GP on about?! Everyone knows that people with one tube conceive all the blimming time! Ridiculous!

moo! So glad you have stopped bleeding and it looks like your body is gearing up to ov! That's brilliant! Lots of SWI for you then! Hope you're settling into your new home too!

rusulka - you're gonna have to start hiring your skills out! You could start your own business! I bet there's plenty of women out there who would prefer a female handy person!

lil - Sorry to hear work is arduous. I think teaching is arduous when you're pg. DD1 gestated listening to me bawl at yr 9 repeatedly! I found I just had to find ways to make it easier for myself, and sometimes that meant not being the most brilliant teacher in the world!

Glad you got that appointment made count, well done!

alex - are you feeling positive for this month? purple - what about you?!

Hi flour, hi chips - how are things?!

I gave myself a fright yesterday with the most horrendous pelvic pain. After googling SPD, convinced myself I had it of course! Well after a good night's sleep, it seems to have eased off, so I think I probably just overdid the driving and walking yesterday! In other Festie news, dd2 seems to be mastering the old potty finally, after turning three this weekend! Though she still hasn't got her head round the fact that you have to remove pants etc before sitting on potty and emptying bladder! Oh well, we'll get there in the end. Oh and something has taken 4 of our 5 chickens! :( After some research, dh reckons it was a buzzard! Shock Think we're gonna get some ex-battery chooks this time and see how they get on.

Enough rambling from me. Hope everyone's having a good day! :)

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Discolite · 25/04/2012 18:39

Hi everyone,

Well AF showed up today. On the plus side, it was only about a week later than usual and 12 days after my 'ovulation' which despite the lack of boob pain I am now inclined to think it was an ovulation because of the timing of AF. It is 41 days today since the miscarriage so at least I didn't have to wait 8 weeks til AF like some people after miscarriage. On the down side...i'm not pregnant. And the bleeding is taking me right back to how I felt 41 days ago. Added to all this horrid stuff is my DPs work life which has gone from him working from home to going to London everyday and not getting back til 6.30pm or later. I know this is the normal working pattern for most people but it means that a lot of housework now falls on my shoulders, including dog walking and dog putting up with (apparently sitting on the sofa means you want to be jumped on and bitten - I never ever encourage this btw). So I'm really stressed even without TTC/miscarriage stuff. I just want to cry but have to go out to puppy training class, again without DP.

Sorry for being self indulgent, I'll catch up with everyone properly later. No doubt I'll have cheered up by then!

festiemum · 25/04/2012 20:16

Blimey disco, you're not being self indulgent! Sounds like you've had a rough time of it. Sorry af showed, but at least you're back to cd1 with a nice new cycle to work with. Not so easy when dp is working hard and you're feeling stressed, I know.

Hope puppy club is ok. Maybe treat yourself to a Wine afterwards? xxx

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Lilliana · 26/04/2012 07:18

disco so sorry, sounds like you've had a rough time and you have no need to apologise. DH being away is rubbish and it might be 'normal' for some people but compared to what you're used to it is crap. Hope af shows that you are back to regular cycles though and can start again. Take care and hope puppy club was ok and took your mind off things for a bit x

Festie think standards are going to be slipping! Working towards getting the kids through sats and then will have to step back abit. Sorry to hear about your chickens, we have ex battery for that very reason - not lost any yet but sure it will happen at some point (prob the week that DH is away and I'll have to clear up the mess!) Hope the pains stay away x

Moo watery is good Grin - hope you got some swi in last night! How long are your cycles atm? Hope the mountain has been climbed.

Berries so hope it all works out for you sooner rather than later - the stats are interesting as it's not even close to half that of someone who has 2 tubes- clearly 2 tubes are not twice as good! Stupid doctor.

Rusulka how did flat pack heaven go? Hope the dining table survived.

Count hope the ms doesn't get too bad. Glad you sorted the appointment, now look after yourself.

Got my scan date yesterday - 15th May. Decided we couldn't wait that long as really want to tell our families at bank holiday as we are seeeing everyone so have booked a private one and going tonight!! Bit scared but excited to see ...(we haven't really got a name that stuck yet, maybe after tonight when it feels more real.)

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 26/04/2012 07:48

Hello all!

Disco you have no need to apologise. This is why we are here..........to share the journey through all the highs and lows. Sending you hugs.......you seem to be going through the mill a bit lately. Here's to a nice new shiny cycle though and getting that BFP :)

OoooooooH Lil how exciting. Ooooooh. Bet you must be sooo excited. Have you told close family yet? Or have you been very patient and not told anyone? I think I would be bursting at the seams to let all and sundry know Grin

Festie sorry to hear about your chickens :( dirty horrid buzzards can just go and buzz off!!!! Hope you are feeling better today and are no longer in pain.

Rusulka how did the DIY go? Did you manage to decipher the Ikea instructions? I can never work out what they are asking me to do Blush

Well, we got in some SWI last night. Marvellous. My last cycle was a normal 31 days but the one before that was a whopping 57 days and the one before that a very unusual 23. Am hoping that the HSG has cleared the cysts out and that they take a while to come back. Am so worried that last cycle was my only chance of conceiving naturally and this cycle will be another whopper. Might have to consult Dr. Google to find out how quickly the cysts can grow.

Had another friend announce their pregnancy on FB last night. I can't escape it. I have decided to stop looking at it because it only makes me sad and angry.

Hope everyone has a good day. :)

iloveberries · 26/04/2012 08:17

bloody facebook - it can be so upsetting can't it. sorry it got you Moo.... Good that you got in some SWI and your body sounds like it will be playing ball nicely now. So hope it works out for you, and soon please!

How exciting lil - how was the scan? hope all went well and baby lil is doing nicely in there.

disco - echo what the others say, you've not need to apologise whatsoever. That's why I love MN - you can just say it as it is and people really do understand. and we do. Is DH's working in London arrangement permanent?

Well I should be ovving next week and am soooooo tempted to get in a 'try' but apparently I am supposed to wait till 2 periods/3 months after ectopic to give body time to recover . I better play safe as if i had another EP (which is why they tell you to wait) I would be so pissed off with myself. then again who am I kidding that i'll fall in month one. No, I'm going to wait, the risk of another EP is higher anyway so i want to do all i can to get another baby berries growing in the right place!

Hope you're all ok today :)

Rusulka · 26/04/2012 10:35

Hey ladies.

Moo the garden is looking... well... soggy.
and sod FB, it never tells me anything exciting anyway. Mostly it's full of MiL commenting on family stuff and getting the wrong end of the stick (also she thinks LOL means lots of love). I didn't realise this originally, which meant when we were worried about losing Peanut and I got texts or messages from her asking if I was feeling better, LOL! I wasn't impressed. (lol).

Berries I think the wine stoppage might be a good idea, if it worked for you before! No harm in trying to re-create the circumstances, is there?
And if I were you I'd try to hold out for the minimum recommended wait. It would be awful if it went wrong again, and I would hate for you to find a way to blame yourself in that situation.

Festie the midwife told me on Monday (while I was whinging about what I assume is sciatica from Peanut sitting at the back) that the pelvis is not a solid whatsit, it has ligaments and stretchy whatnots all over the place, and when we're pregnant it all just lets itself go a bit. So things that you did before will be more likely to hurt afterwards now, I guess. I find that if I've been doing a lot of bending and moving stuff around during the day, when I come to lying horizontal in bed I get sharp pains right above my left bum cheek, just off centre from my back. Guess we'll just have to be careful not to overdo it so much...
And sorry about your chickens! I didn't enjoy the one time the cat I was looking after ripped a dove to pieces in the conservatory, can't imagine the state of your outside! I'd be worried about foxes here, we back onto waste land.

Disco there's nothing wrong with feeling rotten. You are allowed. And if you didn't share it with us, we wouldn't know, and couldn't cheer you up. Hope the puppy training went ok, and AF pisses off sharpish so you don't have to keep feeling like that.

Lil how many weeks are you? I'm assuming 8-9ish, I got scanned at I think 7+4, and it was just a little monkey nut shape with a flashing white dot for a heartbeat- the difference between that and at 12+2 was amazing, all arms and legs present. Hope it's an enjoyable experience for you tonight!

Flat pack heaven not so much. All furniture is together, fairly straightforward, but living room looks like a bomb's hit it and there's crap everywhere!
Stupid Rusulka should have ordered special extensions when she put the ikea order in, then they would have been here by now. As it is I have to wait for them to turn up, so I can cut the correct chunk out of the back of the side of the bookcase, and can't put anything properly in place until the extensions arrive, so I can run them along the back and cut THAT hole. D'oh.

Going to do what I can though, and see if I can get the opposite wall's board game storage shelves in place, since I only have to cut the one hole (I hope!) for the meter box cable going into the floor. No sockets to maneouvre around!

The dining table is just going to have to groan a bit longer. Oh, and MiL is back tomorrow! This is going to be hilarious... although she has said she'll be staying in London for the weekend for a conference, so maybe, just maybe, the things will turn up and I can get it done...

Discolite · 26/04/2012 10:37

Thanks everyone for being kind. I'm feeling better this morning after a proper old cry yesterday. This period is very heavy - i can normally get away with regular tampons left in for 6 hours (if not more, but gotta avoid TSS) but they're not doing the job it's every 2 hours atm. Have resorted to the mooncup but will buy some industrial strength tampons on the way to work. It's about as heavy as the miscarriage flow was.

The dog training lady told me how to copy with puppy pestering so now I feel I can sit on the sofa again at least! Another good thing to take from this cycle is I had only one tiny bit of pre-menstrual spotting which really worried me before when I'd have 6 days of brown stuff.

Wow, I really am giving out TMI this morning!

Festie bad luck on the buzzard pillaging. I like buzzards but I would be pissed off if they ate my pets/source of eggs. Giving some ex-battery hens a new lease of life would be a great thing to do. Has your DD figured out that she has to lower her knickers before sitting on the potty yet?!

Lil how did your scan go? Fingers crossed it went swimmingly.

Moo it must be so difficult having such bonkers cycles. I hope you ovulate on day 14 and get a BFP on day 28 just to spite those naughty ovaries and those lacksadaisical doctors.

Berries it must be so tempting but you are right to play by the rules. Conceiving with one tube is only a bit more difficult (suck it up stupid doctor) but if you had another ectopic then conceiving with no tubes at all is not going to be possible naturally! Did you have that drug as well? I can't remember what it's called but I know that it is dangerous to a new embryo. Hope you are mostly happy now. I am, it just kicks me in the teeth sometimes. Should be 16 weeks today but I'm not, ditto for you I know.

Facebook is a pain in the arse. It's mostly people from school who I'm not that fussed on anyway so the instant they start getting annoying (be it poker game requests, scan photos or excessive cooing over their 'perfect' baby) I just hide them from the feed.

Anyway, better get to work! I love late start Thursdays.

Lilliana · 27/04/2012 07:18

Morning,
Moo Be careful with Dr Google, he is good at scaring people! It sounds like you are having a normal cycle so far so that has to be a good sign. Yes I too am having almost daily announcements of pg on FB - what is going on in FB land? I guess we're at that age, had all the engagements, now babies, soon ...! Enjoy the swi and try not to stress.

Berries it must be so tempting to just get going and try now. Think you're being sensible waiting though as you would only blame yourself if something happened again. It's only a few weeks and then you can swi to your hearts content and prove the bloody stupid doctor wrong by getting pg right away. Grin

Rusulka MIL again! You are a saint.

Disco glad the sofa has been reclaimed and you can sit in peace. Hope af buggers off soon but no spotting sounds good and I'm loving the tmi! Ifr you can't say it here where can you?

The scan last night was lovely. I was worried she was going to tell me there was nothing there! Saw baby moving loads, stretching and waving, strong heartbeat and all looking good. She also said we're a bit further along than we though (by 3 days) at 10+6. Me and DH left like this Grin BUT she said she thinks I might have 2 uteruses! Confused Has anyone heard about this before? She said it shouldn't cause a prob as she doesn't think it has any lining and so is prob not linked up to ovaries. Hmm after my advice to Moo I might have to consult Dr Google too!

I have told a couple of close friends but not family yet. They are all around for bank holiday (mine and DH's) so we're going to tell them then.

Friday at last, have a good day all

Rusulka · 27/04/2012 10:22

Wow, Lil!

I heard of a woman having 2 vaginas, but...

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2085255/Hazel-Jones-I-lost-virginity-twice-I-TWO-vaginas.html

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2089360/Hazel-Jones-Woman-2-vaginas-rejects-1m-pornography-offer.html

Better be careful with the shagging in case! (Although I'd like to think you'd notice if you had two hoo-ha holes)

Well, that jawdropper kind of craps on any news I had.
A mouse in the house just doesn't sound as exciting now!

I'm going to try and get on with my day normally. and try not to think about Lil's bits.
God. First Moo's, now Lil's...

festiemum · 27/04/2012 10:45

lil Shock we bow to your uterine superiority! Brilliant news about the scan too! :o

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MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 28/04/2012 09:17

Hi everyone. Hope we are all well. Hurray for the weekend but boooo to still having to sort the house out. Our new table has arrived and the bench for it comes today, so really need to get cracking with sorting out the dining room. There are million and one things to do, several piles of laundry, i need to go to the post office, the tip and get some food in.

Sod this........i might have another coffee Grin

In other news, I came home the other day though to find my grow house had blown over in the wind, all plants have been ruined so I need to start afresh. Angry did not even describe how I felt, but it was short-lived and I have decided to sort it all out once the house is in a habitable state.

Lil i did have a look at Dr. Google, but it did not really tell me anything that did not already know and never really answered the question that I was asking, so i have stopped looking now (probably for the best!). And Shock and your uterine ability. WOW!!! That's pretty amazing.....and quite cool as well. Glad everything is well with the bobba though. Bet you can't wait to tell the family now.

Rusulka sorry that you could not get the furniture all finished. Nothing is ever simple is it!?! Eeek to the mouse as well (although I am not that bothered by them but some people, like my MiL, get proper freaked out by them). Not a pleasant thing to have in the house though. Do you live quite rurally?

Right, i really best get cracking and not have another coffee or 3

CD10 i think today. Hoping to ov on Monday. Not entirely convinced that my body is going to play nice again this cycle, but miracles do sometimes happen. It would be so amazing to stick 2 fingers up to my body and not only ovulate again but get that nice shiny BFP that will actually stick.

Rusulka · 29/04/2012 09:45

Moo I ruined my plants too so have to start afresh. Cheekily bought some from B&Q so if I still fuck it up, at least we'll be able to eat something we've ahem, 'grown'. I'm the same as you, will be starting afresh, near a window with better light, once I've got the living room swapped round and things a bit better sorted. We've still got time, it's not May yet, and I think you can sow things up to June and beyond, depending on when you want the crops.
Bit peeved with all this rain as have just read in my fruit trees booklet that citrus trees hate being waterlogged, had to run out and rescue my lemon tree! I've put it next to the outside toilet where it'll get less lashed with rain...

The mouse I expect will be mice, probably 3, and we caught one yesterday morning, which I buried near the roots of my new pear tree, since I hear trees appreciate little rotting corpses. Haven't caught any more though, and they've still managed to nick the piece of white chocolate off one without setting the trap off. Sneaky buggers. Might have to resort to peanut butter.

We're not particularly rural, but our row of terraces backs onto waste land, which is all downhill from us- suspect there has been flooding that has driven the mice to higher ground, and they've found a way in. Then found my bird seed and had a good nom. I've moved it now, and in theory the only food they can get is in the traps, but might have to change to something less easily stealable...

Don't particularly like killing them, but having looked into it, with a humane trap, I either release them outside and they come back in, or to prevent that, I release them over 3 miles away and they die of starvation and thirst because they don't know the area... not really fair. So I've bought ones GUARANTEED to kill them outright, so no suffering, and just burying them as a mark of respect. So glad it's mice and not rats, I couldn't bear to have to kill rats.

Right. I'm off to remove all the books I put on the left hand side of my storage wall and unscrew the bookcases from the wall, since I stupidly FORGOT to run the TV aerial behind them when I put them on. Stupid Rusulka strikes again!
Oh, and I put a pound on this week. Grr. My eating HAS been a little bit atrocious, but I've been working my arse off too, so not chuffed. Must. stay. away. from. cupboard. full. of. milka...

festiemum · 29/04/2012 12:53

We have regular little visitors too rus, we are very rural - middle of the moors rural, so it's par for the course I guess. I hate killing them, but as you say, humane traps are useless... Nasty business all told!

Our last lonely chicken was got last night :( I think once a predator knows they're there they'll just carry on till they've all gone, so before we get our next lot we've got to fox-proof and buzzard- proof the coop. Poor chickies!

Dd still hasn't worked out the pant lowering / skirt raising start to a wee, so I'm keeping her bare. Hmm, not sure how to sort that one out, to be honest!

Hope everyone's ok and ov is happening and SWI and pg ladies are feeling well!

xxx

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iloveberries · 29/04/2012 14:54

festie what do you guys do for a living? I want to be rural rural but god knows how we'd make money as we both have city type jobs....

festiemum · 29/04/2012 15:15

Hmm, it's tricky isn't it? I'm a teacher by trade, but have been raising kids for a while now. Did a brief stint as the education officer for a breastfeeding charity in a nearby town last year. I do some exam marking too. Dh is self-employed- he designs websites. Tbh, we seem to lurch from one financial disaster to another at the mo, but somehow it all seems to work...

Difficult if you do city type things though. Unless it's something you can do via the Internet of course, which is how dh swung it! :)

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Lilliana · 29/04/2012 15:29

Rusulka, yes definately only one hoo ha-hole!! Sorry to fill your head with my bits (that sounds very weird!)

How is the mouse hunting? We have a few around (and some huge rats but luckily they mainly stay around the farm as there is so much food around and don't seem to feel the need to go around the corner to our house) chocolate does seem to be a fav with them but they are sneaky and seem to manage to get it without being caught.

Luckily my blueberries like the extra watering but are not so keen on all the icy wind, can't seem to escape it though so crossing fingers it will survive.

Festie :( news about the chickens. Once they are found it is a nightmare keeping predators out, not helped by our chickens being suicidal escape artists!
Sorry no help with DD undressing before weeing problem but will know where to come when mine has the same problem in a couple of years. I guess it will be though experience - if she always gets wet when she pees maybe she'll learn or by watching others (depends what your family are like about going to the loo in front of each other.) Hope she works it out soon.

Moo how is the move going? It will be worth it when it's all done but seems never ending at the time. Any news on the ov front? Have everything crossed that you lay another egg in a few days time.

Hope everyone has had a nice weekend despite the weather. I've not been feeling great today but DH has been fab letting me sleep on the sofe while he washes up Grin. Off for a bath now as it is cold!