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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 · 22/03/2012 07:23

Well I leave for a day and the whole thread turns around into new and unchartered territory! Grin Rusulka I love having you around, you always raise a smile :)

disco don't burst our lesbian bubble! Although true that DH/DP will be of more use to you on the concieving front!

moo are you going in today for pre op? If I remembered correctly hope it all goes well and reassures you about monday.

I'm reluctant to tell work, although am going to have to soon as I can't do some things. What's putting me off is that last time we had a pg lady the HT told a parent and their child who was looking at possible exclusion that his teacher was pg! She was only 6 weeks and hadn't wanted anyone to know but child came in the next day and obviously told the whole playground :(

Chips sorry af got you, I know it's hard but I wouldn't worry about the length of your lp, as everyone else said it is within normal range, it's only less than 10 that they get worried about. The holiday sounds like a lovely idea.

Alex hope the 2ww isn't too slow, good luck with holding off testing and obsessing. I get a bit of EWCM after. You could always have another swi just in case to put your mind at rest.

Rusulka love the knitting, the hat is very cute. I can't believe you found a parrot in your garden! Did you find out if it belonged to someone?

I feel awful - got sore throat, bunged up and ear ache :( nothing to do with pg but the bugs going round school. Had a child be sick all over the corridor yesterday and poor thing was so shocked I went and looked after him without thinking and now worried I'm going to catch that too. Yuck, hope my class are in a good mood today as I am definately not!!!!!

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 22/03/2012 09:17

Morning ladies.

lil sorry you are feeling rubbish. Could be a combination of being pg and a bug going around because your immune system is focussing all it's energy on the little bobba :)

You are correct. Have my pre-op thingy this afternoon. Have a lot of questions to ask. They want to me to bring a urine sample, although any time i have been to the hospital, they always ask this and i bring it and it's never even looked at and remains in my bag. As I am still breaking bread with the witch, I don't see much point as i am clearly not pg. I also want to ask them why there is a necessity for me to pack an overnight back for a day case procedure. I am not having surgery. I think they just send out standard letters, but still, no need to add confusion to the matter Confused

Have had a horrendous journey to work. Left at 6:30 and have only just got in. Major accident on the north bound M6 which closed the entire motorway from junction 21. Nightmare. Hope no-one was seriously hurt though.

Disco glad you have people around you. Hope dinner was nice :)

Nearly the weekend YEY!!!!

Rusulka · 22/03/2012 10:39

Hello ladies!

Moo good luck for this afternoon. Do the pee sample anyway. Don't give them a reason to fob you off and cancel anything!

Lil if I were you, I'd tell your line manager, since you're going to have to, maybe tell the odd trustworthy colleague to assist you with eg. playground duty or anything you shouldn't be doing (heavy books, PE equipment), and you can do something else in return.
Don't tell anyone else until you've had the scan. That way, you get to keep it to yourselves for at least 2 more months, and by the time you do tell people, you'll have hopefully seen that everything's ok, so if anyone does spill, it doesn't matter. That's what I wish we'd done!

Disco hope you enjoy your party today. Maybe if your boobs aren't too sore, you could even bop a little!

Chips don't fret too much about LP. Just see what's what, as you track over several cycles you'll see they vary anyway, plus 10 isn't too short as others have said.

Alex hope your keyboard is fully recovered (and your MiL sounds as bad as mine!)

Berries hope you're doing ok.

Car seats have arrived, so I'm going to have breakfast, and head out into the garden to seek and destroy sycamore seedlings, re-do that last bit of bamboo edging so it's more sexy, and keep a wary eye out for ring-necked parakeets... which incidentally, are naturalised here, according to the RSPB, and live throughout Kent, Sussex and Surrey. I know what they eat and where they like to nest- I see some wildlife-friendly woodwork projects occurring in my garden in the near future... how awesome would it be to have parakeets nesting in the big sycamore at the bottom of the garden? Then the sodding tree would at least have a purpose other than ruining my garden with its offspring...

chipsandmushypeas · 22/03/2012 13:04

Thanks everyone.

Good luck with your preop moo

festiemum · 22/03/2012 13:22

Goooooood luck moo! xxx

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alexeliza · 22/03/2012 13:41

Good luck with the pre-op Moo - hope everything goes well. xx

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 22/03/2012 14:31

Oh ladies thank you sooooo much Grin

All done; really straight forward and they were really lovely. Apart from not being able to have children, I am the picture of health :) They took some more blood though booooooooo. Just for a full blood count. And I have to go straight to the ward - never been in hospital in my life. Getting a bit nervous.

On another note though, going to see another lovely house at the weekend. And if it's as nice as it looks online, then we are taking it there and then :)

Rusulka still grinning at the parrots/parakeets but am uber jealous of your garden. It sounds amazing. The pictures you posted are fab. Love the hat (and glad i am not the only one that makes my stuffed toys come to life :))

alexeliza · 22/03/2012 17:48

Moo, glad this afternoon wasn't too difficult to get through. When it comes to Monday, just remember that we'll all be holding your hand and thinking of you!
Good luck with the house this weekend - hope that goes well - it would be nice to have that box "ticked" as well! x

Lilliana · 23/03/2012 07:15

Moo glad they were nice and hope you are a bit reassured. I hope you have a good weekend without too much worrying and we'll be here holding your hand on Monday. House sounds exciting, did you hear anything about your proposal on the previous house?

Think I am going to manage for the next week and then tell my HT after easter by which time I'll be about 9 weeks.

Rusulka didn't imagine we had parakeets wild in the uk! Your garden sounds great and the wildlife friendly projects sound like fun. Very jealous as our garden is overrun by weeds and surrounded by horrible pines that serve no purpose other than to give me something to constantly sweep up! It is interesting seeing what grows though, we're finding new things each week :) Mum has also bought me a blueberry bush so looking forward to getting some fruit from that.

Feeling much better today so hopefully will be alive for my birthday party tonight. Bit worried as rubbish at lying/pretending and I'm sure me pretending to drink is not going to work. Just hoping that everyone else is too drunk to notice! Oh well if it fails it's only 5 of our closest friends so not going to be the end of the world.

Hope everyone is ok - last day till the weekend!

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 23/03/2012 07:33

Lil Happy Birthday :) I am sure you will manage. Maybe have one glass of champagne to start with and then take charge of dishing out the drinks. A trick I have learnt is to put juice/soft drinks into a wine glass; that way no-one notices what you are drinking and only notices the glass and therefore assume that you are drinking. Like you said, once people start becoming a bit merry, they probably won't notice. Like you said, not the end of the world if it doesn't exactly go to plan.

We never heard anything more on our "offer" on the other house. To be honest, if they are going to be this ignorant I'm not sure both DH and I want to get involved. Although we would love to buy in that area, it is expensive, so renting and saving for 2-3 years will put us in a much better position. Just want to move back now. Although we like where were are living at present, the ground floor of our current house is all open plan and I am desperate to get a separate cooking/living area. If the house tomorrow is anywhere near as nice as it appears to be in the pictures then we are signing up there and then.

In other news, the witch has finally left which is good for Monday. Just hope nothing is wrong with the tubes and that the HSG gives it a good clear out and if I ov this month.............well.................you just never know.

Alex how are your temps looking?

Chips any news with you?

Rusulka how are the parakeets and garden? My plants are STILL not doing much. Going to use the fine weather this weekend to give them all an overhaul and see if I can spring them into action.

Festie how the devil are you? Scan day today. Post some pics of bean when you get a chance. Am very excited for you :)

Berries and Disco hope you are both doing ok.

It's FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grin

festiemum · 23/03/2012 11:36

Helloooo! I am trying not to work myself up into a frenzy of nerves this morning! I suffer quite badly with nerves - get anxious about most things really! Scan this afternoon at 2.30, but have to collect kids early from school and drop them at their dad's. Hospital is an hour away - it feels like a military operation for a routine appointment!

Will report back when it's done! xxxx

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Rusulka · 23/03/2012 12:04

Yes sir, Festie sir! Report back at whatever hundred hours when all is present and correct! Lol.

Moo would just like to reiterate my garden is not some sort of exotic paradise with ferns and pineapples and parakeets wafting you with their wing feathers while you recline on steamer loungers half naked sipping cocktails and some guy playing the didgeridoo.
I haven't seen the parakeet again, hence wanting to attract it back!
FX for this house, it sounds awesome. The one we bought was the one I thought looked nicest- the estate agent obviously thought so too, as she saved it til last on an afternoon of viewings. Grin
And glad the pre-op went ok. Crossing everything for you, and I'll get DH and Peanut to do the same. Staying in on Monday after a busy weekend visiting DH's grandma and then going to watch FiL run around and get sweaty, so we'll be sitting in the garden thinking of you and your bits. But not in a wrong way! [tries not to think of Moo's bits]

Am excited about plants and seeds as one of my squillion bulbs seems to have sprouted (whoop) and so has one of the seeds I planted indoors! Whee! And it's an exciting tropical thingy- ipomoea quamoclit rose (ha, clit)

Lil didn't realise it was that close to easter already! No wonder FiL is in a good mood (grammar school english). Sounds like a good plan. And have you tried the old 'I can't drink as I'm on antibiotics for an infection'? If you make it a lady infection, the girls will sympathise and the guys will NEVER SPEAK OF IT AGAIN.

Right. Going to put the radio on to drown out the voice in my head chanting MOO'S BITS MOO'S BITS MOO'S BITS

festiemum · 23/03/2012 12:43

Oh rusulka, thank you. Big lols here for "moo's bits" and "clit plant", which was well needed!

See you all later! x

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festiemum · 23/03/2012 17:55

I'm back!!!!! :o

Have a look at my profile for pics of bean! All OK. My EDD came out a bit earlier at 29th September, which I'm not arguing with! Really glad to have it done and see the bean having a wiggle!

Hope everyone's OK. Have a great Friday night! Enjoy your party Lil - hope you don't have to spill the beans (if you don't want to!)

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chipsandmushypeas · 23/03/2012 18:30

Wow amazing festie !! Glad it went well, how exciting Smile

moo glad it went well, I have a good feeling about the hsg. Glad the witch has gone.

Lilliana happy birthday! You'll be fine, have a great time.

Afm just waiting for AF to finish, had my reflexology today, was lovely and relaxing. Just going to burn my oils and have a long soak tonight.

My dr called and my day 21 tests were great, progesterone levels were fine, show I'm definitely ovulating which is good news. He wasn't worried about my lp being 10 days. I hope the b complex improves it though. Next step is my dps semen analysis and if that's normal he will refer me to check my tubes

Hope everyone else enjoyed the glorious weather! Just makes you feel better and more optimistic Smile I hope the weekend is the same x

alexeliza · 23/03/2012 19:41

Lil - Happy Birthday!! Hope you enjoy your party and have a great weekend as well! x

Rusulka - oh your posts make me laugh!! Thank goodness I wasn't drinking tea this time..... I don't mind risking the key board at work Grin but I want to look after mine!!

Festie - the photos are amazing!! So pleased for you.

Chips - glad the 21 day tests were positive and that you're definitely ovulating. And hopefully you're a little more reassured having spoken to the dr about your lp, although I'll keep my FX that the b complex does work for you.

Moo - hope you have a lovely weekend and the house works out...... try not to think of your appointment too much (but I know that might be easier said than done). FX that you'll have the house to focus on.

Disco/Berries - hope you're both well!! Disco, I agree that staying in your current relationships would be more helpful in ttc. Smile

I'm so happy it's the weekend, and the weather is such a bonus!! Hope everyone will get to enjoy it. So far my temps are staying up really high, so I'm hopeful. Had the weirdest dream last night (I generally don't dream or at least I certainly don't remember them!). I was with a woman and her husband, both of whom I don't really get on with, and for whatever reason I ended up having a really indept conversation with him about their two DS (I would never talk to him, let alone about children). Then it kind of merged into the next "scene" where I was pg with twins! I knew I was dreaming because I was telling myself to wake up, but next thing I knew, I'd actually had the twins. Not sure what was going on there - very, very weird.

Enjoy the weekend!! xx

Rusulka · 23/03/2012 22:16

Happy Birthday Lil! Enjoy your party!

Festie those pics are great! (and now I know what you look like, hee)

Chips great news on your tests so far, FX for DH's.

Moo spend the weekend in the garden if you can, the weather's supposed to be awesome. I'm going to be watering everything as I forgot! Blush

Alex maybe it's a portent!

Discolite · 25/03/2012 20:47

Congratulations on your scan Festie! Another milestone safely out of the way.

Happy birthday Lil!

Alex that is a funny dream indeed.

How was the house Moo?

Not much to report here...had a fab time on thursday, my DP has been working with a company for 9 years and the project came to an end so there was a party and stuff, we stayed in a very nice hotel too so it was good to have a bit of fun. My mum came to stay this weekend which was emotional but lovely.

My midwife sent me a card which was very thoughtul of her but set me off again, as did the (still) positive pregnancy test I did yesterday. I'm just impatient to get back to normal now. I want the HCG out of my blood and the spotting to stop. I'm a bit apprehensive about tomorrow as my DP is off for about 7 hours and I haven't really been on my own in the house at all lately. I shall just have to do something to keep me occupied...

How are you Berries?

Lilliana · 26/03/2012 07:27

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Had a loverly weekend and did tell our friends we were expecting on fri night. Dh had a few to drink and was dying to tell someone. We figured we would tell them anyway if the worst did happen so they might as well join in the excitement.

moo thinking about you today. Hope everything goes well and you come home with good news. What was the house like? Hope it was everything you hoped for.

Great pictures festie so glad everything is ok. Was nice to see what you look like too :)

Rusulka don't burst my bubble, I like to think of your garden as an exotic paradise :)

Alex how odd. I dreamt Chris Evans wanted to build an alton towers type theme park on the farm (which suddenly we owned)!

Disco glad you had a lovely weekend. will try to pop in through the day so if you need someone to talk to you know where we are x

Good news chips hope it has put your mind at ease.

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 26/03/2012 11:38

All done ladies. Just a quicky to say that it was the most awful pain I've been through but tubes all clear. Grin

festiemum · 26/03/2012 12:45

Bloody hell moo - you're done?! Well done you. I've heard it's pretty horrendous pain-wise, but you must be so pleased it's done and you're a step closer to that elusive bfp.

Hope you're getting a quiet restful afternoon now. xxxxx

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alexeliza · 26/03/2012 19:31

Moo - yoohoo!!! You're all done and tubes are all clear!!! Fantastic news, so pleased to hear. Now, hopefully it will be straight forward to starting clomid, and as Festie says, a step closer to that elusive BFP.
Hope you have a pleasant, restful evening!! xx

Lilliana · 26/03/2012 20:07

Moo So pleased your tubes are all clear, sorry about the pain but hope it is worth it and a BFP is on its way to you. Grin Take it easy and get Dh to look after you tonight Brew and Biscuit for you

Lilliana · 27/03/2012 07:30

Morning!
Well I told my head yesterday as have had my booking in appointment and it is the morning of the first day the children are back after easter! Was hoping to hold on until after the appointment but he is going to have to get me supply and that morning is a bit late notice! He was really good about it and seemed genuinely pleased. He even gave me a hug!!! Has promised not to tell anyone until I say so but we will see...

Moo how are you this am? Hope you're not in pain anymore

MooleyWooleyShamaLamaDingDong · 27/03/2012 08:35

Morning ladies. Thank you for all your kind words :)

Lil glad you have told the head - must be a relief in a way. One less thing to worry about, so to speak.

Alex hope the temps are still staying high.

Well I am still not fully recovered after yesterday. Wombage area really sore still, feel sick and in a bit of pain. Prob should have taken today off as well, but hey ho, I didn't so no point complaining. DH was very sweet and did look after me, although we ended up in Ikea to look at new desks etc. Very disappointed though. Was not much there that we liked.

We have secured the house as well Grin hoping to move in on 10th April if all goes to plan. Although we are only renting, it doesn't feel like that and the landlord is quite happy for us to make the place our own.

Just got to move now...............thnak God for Easter.

Hope everyone is ok :)

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