Fireworks, bonfires and long winters' eves will herald the Rat Smacketeers' BFPs this month and we are Brooking No Argument!

[Shrieklette]

Welcome to our new humble abode for the next six weeks or so, Brookers!

Here's hoping this fred will be as lucky as sparks' and scarlett's [hgrin]

biscuits that would be amazing if you donated eggs! I have thought about it, but am wondering now if i have cruddy eggs, so none'd want them anyway

60% sweetie that is A.Mazing. Wonder why it's higher than us regular under 35ers. Maybe cos we have hidden / unexplained issues i suppose... Gosh, am even more excited on your behalf now. sounds like there are so many options for you to choose from, bit weird having a 'menu' like that if only it were that simple; i'll have a girl baby born in september then a boy baby born the following christmas, or some such

FFS is that you, geek...? Love the name anyway. TBH i'm not sure i'd do too much work on your xmas break if you can afford not to. You've had a tough few months with work and ttc, and you have another hard bit coming up.

sparks does that mean if it's in the same company your mat leave entitlement won't be messed up? good luck with the new job, when do you start? 3.5 weeks till break up - awesome! Twins would be scary but fab, so don't worry about that. Also, is it just me or does your christmas name sound a little dirty. Ie Santa's secret stash of porn that gives him a sparkle in his eye and gets him through his super stressful seasonal job

no, geek, i just had spotting last tuesday, all at once really, then a bit of pink cm last wednesday, having got peaks on cbfm the previous tuesday and wednesday. Am likely to start pre AF spotting tomorrow, and then will be would be calling the clinic on cd1. sigh.

6 days till mrkeep is home!

Uurgh I can't do these dark rainy winter mornings. Hibernation should be compulsory

keep yay, yes it's me ( geek ) - thought I'd try out a christmassyish name. It was either this or RudeAlfredKnowsDrainsDear, still can't make my mind up Brooking like mad that the pre-af spotting either stays away or if it arrives that it turns out to be safe early-pg spotting. Your spotting last week has got to be a sign of an ironic pre-IUI BFP because I am Brooking No Argument.

sweetie yes those percentages are brilliant! I didn't pick up on them yesterday with my work-addled mind :)

sparks yes, I second keep's mat leave query - surely it counts as continuous employment?

Thanks for the advice on the christmas job, I think I'm just going through a bit of a control-freak phase and the only thing I feel I can properly control is money. You are both right though, I haven't had a proper break this year, I really do need to get off the treadmill (metaphorically speaking, as I've barely used mine this year) and unwind.

Oh gawd I'm late...

Oh, I get it....

@ biscuits

i prefer this name. Pretty darned easy for Mary, you're right, though i suppose her son did get put to death later, so it wasn't exactly all roses for her. And giving birth in a stable and all...

have seen no hint of christmas here. Not sure they're going to be celebrating it, other than days off work.

weather here. Hot, muggy, cloudy, hot. not envious of the floods and cold and gales back home though!

i'm gonna keep calling you geek, though

biscuits are you still on mat leave?

I would be keep as ds2 is nearly 9 mths but I suppose technically I'm a SAHM at the moment. I gave up my job when we moved house a couple of years ago so wasn't employed when I got pg. but that was part of our plan of moving - with ds1 approaching school and doing pre school and half days and stuff we thought I'd take a few years out as my job was a v long commute and I was out of the house from about 6:30am - 7:30pm minimum (and these are short hours compared to my DH). So that kind of makes childcare difficult to sort out. Where we lived before DH went to work later to drop ds1 off at nursery, but this directly resulted in him working weekends to make up for lost time, and my in-laws collected ds1 from nursery and often would put him to bed for me as I wasn't home. So that was ok with nursery (although still a big imposition on my in laws). But now he's doing half days at preschool and heading towards school in September, and we moved to get into a better school area, so it just made sense for me to give up for a bit. Then I'll look for a job closer to home.

Rambling aren't I? Short answer is 'no'

And BOO to no Christmas!

Cooee ladies ::twirls:: couldn't wait any longer to put on my chrimbly costume

I have been lurking and keeping up with the news, it all sounds very promising. Well most of it, what do you mean no Christmas Keep that is just

FFS/Geek I would take some time off if I could afford to, next year you have the surgery then the baby, you need to take the time while you can.

Nothing new to report here, booby is well and kicking up a storm but toddly has a cold man flu :( I will catch up properly soon.

Brooking for you all

gosh biscuits sounds much better for you not to be working at the mo/for a while. juggling everything is so difficult isn't it.
Your disguises are too good, ladies.

Oh well, spoke too soon. Spotting is here, so now just wait a couple of days for AF and then bring ON the drugs!! No Baby India for me.
(should i be worried about mid LP spotting if it wasn't IB? could it be something nasty? maybe will mention to the doc when i have to go)

{Twirls}

It took me ages to figure out how to name change!! Plus now I'm a little confused with who is who (perhaps if I stopped twirling!)

Will be back a little later once I've caught up with you all!!

Loving the name WinterSolstice, but who were you before?

gotta be solars...
but boo yours and ggek are unrecognisable!

Yes tis I, Solars!

So MissLToe is Boo and Mary is Geek right?

stupid me, of course its Solars

Morning all

keep sorry about the spotting - might it be baby India getting comfy (again) ? But good news that MrKeep will be home soon

Loving the new names FFS I also love the Rude Alfred name :o Will try to think of new name for me or maybe I'll just recycle last years

FFS I also agree take the holiday, you deserve the rest. Could you sell some stuff on Ebay to earn a bit of extra cash?

sweetie 60% chance is fab (that is for each attempt isn't it?) Our dr mentioned a 75% chance of coming away with a baby after IVF but I think he was talking about the 3 attempts we would get. And that was purely based on my age as they hadn't done any scans or tests on me at that point. And great that they have so many donors available, I thought that there was a real lack of egg donors, but maybe that was through the NHS or something.

I've forgotten evrything else so I'll leave some mulled wine to warm you all up

OK, I didn't think previous name through properly did I? ment to say Yes Solstice tis I, Boo :) Have added the Boo, I like my Boo

Oh dear keep too irreverent do you think? Damn to pre-AF spotting, but I am still holding out hope for this being your month. If it isn't IUI will sort you out pronto

solars love your name change!! Yes, tis me, geek.

boo loving your nc too, I did recognise you but only just

keep I've only just picked up on your comment about sparks' nc and now I can't get it out of my head hahahaha

biscuits it sounds like you definitely need to be a SAHM for the time being, that would be an awful lot of juggling to do otherwise.

Ladies I hate to say this but we are all so quiet I don't think we are going to have a proper 'Christmas' fred

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Totes changing my name when I get to a computer, you mean horrid lot!!!

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