Santa Baby, Leave a BFP under the Tree for me <brook the Rat Smacketeers>

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Old Fred here

Here we go Brookers, it's been a long year with lots of BFPs and newborn snuggles for the Brookers. We're just a sleigh-ride away from 2013, when the rest of us will get our get our 12 week scans (because of course we will all have BFPs under the christmas tree this year!)

So come all ye brookers, it's tinsel and baubels all the way!

29 minutes to go, boo and brookers - anyone want to join me down the pub??????

5 minutes to go - that's it, I'm packing up - my next post will be from the pub, with a beer in hand

MERRY CRIMBO BROOKERS

Aag you must be in the pub by now!! Have many mulled for me Geek and there was something else..........erm .......oh yeah I remember

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Dink boss stood me up for my handover meeting, so he has had to make do with a hastily written email.

Cheers all

Oops obvs had too much already - tis actually clootie dumpling!

Well, I have been out all evening and have checked back in for Geeks drunk posts, and what do I find???? Hmm? Nowt, nothing, nada let down!!

Hiys boo jusht got in from a wonderful night on the tiles far too much too drink, but the wethersppoons wherer I was didn't have much inthe way of phone reception so very few posts. Lots of drunken photos of my ex boss and a few colleagues. Also a primose of good times to come from MrG still wearing my antlers, told AF she can feck right off as I am planning on having a bloody good timje this weekemd xxx

ps primose = promise

Well that more than made up for it it had all, embarrassing photos, fighting talk (to be fair af does deserve it) and a promise of drunk sex, fabulous, just fabulous

Out of all the typos that's told only one you saw

erm I'm going to say that at the time yes, btu I wish I'd spotted more...

oh Geek you are priceless, don't ever change

Bahahaha drunken geek you made me chuckle!! Worse than imp finger!!

Ha ha ha geek - hope you had a fab night and can snuggle under your duvet until you feel better.

My favourite drunken typo was 'jusht' - it made me feel like I was there listening to you

solars lovely, how did yesterday go? How are you feeling today?

Thank you biscuits, though I have a feeling my typing was probably more coherent than my speech last night! Feeling loads better now after mountains of toast and gallons of coffee.

MrG and I have decided it is probably safer for us to not go to archery today! I fancy a slow mooch around the shops instead

Have been enjoying your drunk posts Geek Yesterday went really well, they got rid of the cyst and there were no signs of any other endometriosis anywhere else, which is good so all clear. I kind of stupidly thought it would be like the EC in and out but this kind of knocked me for six! Still quite sore today but slowly feeling myself again now! I have a follow up in about 3-4 weeks and the consultant told me things would hopefully even happen naturally for me now, although he doesn't know about the antisperm antibodies yet!

Hope everyone is doing well x

Oh solars that is BRILLIANT news!!! I am so pleased it went well for you, and that they didn't find any signs of endo elsewhere. That must be such a relief for you. Where are you at with the antibodies now? Are you waiting for further tests or do you now know as much as you are ever likely to about them? I love that you have been told that natural is now an option for you. I am Brooking. No. Argument. That BFP will be yours

Lots of crappy pains here so didn't bother testing this morning. Noticed some slightly discoloured CM about an hour ago, so I think the witch is about to descend. Shh don't tell her but I have the pantry primed, she is going to get locked in, and not allowed out ever again unless she promises to clean my house for me (and even then I'd have to think about it)!

I know you ladies know what I am like, so I know you won't think I am any crazier than you already did if I tell you about a little experiment I did this month. I was curious to see whether CBFM sticks could be used to test whether I was not pregnant. Amazingly, I do believe they can! Right throughout my LP the oestrogen line has been almost non-existent, it was so faint. Yesterday it was clearly visible, and this morning it was dark blue. My understanding of the CBFM sticks is that the oestrogen line gets faint when oestrogen is present in high quantities, and dark when it is present in much lower quantities (kind of making use of the hook effect - the reason why HPK tests don't show positive in late pregnancy). As oestrogen stays high during pregnancy, but drops to its normal pre-ov level just before AF lands, I'm pretty convinced my CBFM sticks have just predicted AF's arrival.

How sad am I?!?!

solars what good news!! Is he saying the cyst could have been the problem then? Let's hope so! Rest up and take care this weekend. X

geek you are actually hilarious! I hope you're wrong though. But why use cbfm stick not a normal internet cheapie? Just in the interest of science? Here's hoping you follow boo to a drunken bfp.

All good here. Lots of nice rat smacking but am going to try not to mental this month. We went to a wedding last night and dh sleeping off his hangover :) Also my little brother arrived this morning

Morning brookers, what a lovely sunny day it is!

solars hope you are feeling more like your normal self today - you are really giving me hope that my lap recovery time will also be awesomely quick.

keep well done on the rat smacking - not mentalling is definitely a guaranteed way to get your BFP because all the super fertiles say so but more than that, you are a brooker, and we are brookers, and we are brooking that this will be your BFP month

keep the reason I used the CBFM sticks rather than the ICs is the ICs only measure LH, which drops to background levels shortly after ovulation, and remain there (in all normal non PCOS people, anyway) until shortly before you are next due to ovulate. The CBFM sticks have two lines, but neither is a 'control' line - each line measures a different hormone. One measures LH, and the other measures oestrogen. It was the oestrogen levels I was interested in following throughout my 2ww, as if I was pg they would remain high with no drop towards the end whereas if AF was impending then a day or two before she was due the level would drop, as this is what hormally brings AF on.

I actually feel better for having had that couple of days' warning. AF arrived this morning, and I felt fully prepared. It's the first time since MrG and I decided to get medical assistance to TTC that I haven't wanted to curl up into a ball and cry the day AF arrived. Though I suppose some of that is me coming to terms with how badly screwed up I am inside that until I have my lap I have no chance of conceiving either naturally or with assistance.

AF is now duly locked in the pantry, contemplating the cleaning products and my promise to release her (only to house arrest you understand) if she will clean my house for me.

hormally = hormonally it's still too early to be up, sun or not!

Oh geek . Glad you're not feeling too bad though, and looking forward to your lap.
But IC opks can also measure hcg, so a pg person would see a drop in Lh, then a rise again as hcg rose. So could also be used. So cbfm with both may be quite helpful.

Ps, geek you are awesome. Hope you know it. Xx enjoy your hola. Is MrG already off too?

Can't believe I'm not going to work tomorrow. Woo hoo.

Hiya, Geek so sorry about AF, but I can understand what you mean about having a few days notice making it easier. Give old AF a boot from me while she's locked in your pantry! Tummy is still sore and it's a little painful to bend and laugh too! I'm trying not to do too much but I'm one of those people who can't sit still so that's the hard bit for me! In terms of the antisperm antibodies, DH's gp will only do a blood test and said we would have to go private for a SA so we thought we would wait until we go to the next ivf clinic before he gets properly tested.

So what have you got planned now that your brother is here Keep? I'm not sure if he was implying that the endo cyst would explain the infertility plus he was saying all this as I was still coming out of the anaesthesia. But we've not mentioned about the antibodies yet, so he may have another opinion? We'll see what he says at our follow up!

Right ladies, my christmas tree pics (and pagan house decs photos) have all been added in to a facebook album, feel free to have a browse and feel smug about your own trees being far more gorgeous

keep I was more looking for something that would forewarn me that I was not pg rather than an early indication that I was - my PCOS often means that I get random LH surges, and for the last three cycles I have had them coinciding with the start of AF, so they are really not reliable for me. I wanted to get away from all the 'oh it must just be too early' business, and know for definite if AF was on her way. I can cope with anything with enough preparation.

Yes, MrG is off now until the 27th so we really are on christmas wind-down. Unfortunately I have the dentist at 9am tomorrow, but I'm hoping it will be like the last few appointments and I'll not need more than a scale and polish.

solars good idea about waiting - what on earth could a blood test tell you about antibodies that occur in semen?? Unless they occur generally throughout the body? Good luck for your followup

Right, time to sort tea out and whip up some eggnog. I am determined to have some this year since AF has declared that I am perfectly ok to eat raw eggs.

PS I am very cross with AF - she made me clean my house myself