Hi everyone (assuming you've not all disappeared off to lick trees 
)
Wow, lots to read today! I've been lurking but have vast work deadlines looming (which idiot agreed to have 3 different reports due in on the same day? 
) so not had much time to catch up properly. I am home alone so mega post likely to be upcoming 
mrsden great news on the lap. Hope you're recovering well and taking time to rest, it's a big thing.
Nelly welcome back! Honeymoon looked amazing, glad you had a brilliant time. I was told to drink milk too, but not why, can't bear the stuff but managed to force it down in the form of hot chocolate. Might not hurt to have a bit of loved-up time out post-honeymoon before cycling again - a post-honeymoon baby would be so much better and less cliched
Lemon hope you're feeling better, those down days are the pits. I never really understood how some days I felt OK and quite positive about it all while others I just sank into despair. It has a lot to do with underlying mood and hormones I think. As always there was some great advice on here.
Am cheerleading for the IVF ladies Doll, Pout and Euro, and Gin best of luck for the FET cycle. Well done Doll and Gin for getting back to it so quickly. Short protocol sounds a lot better than long, I really hated the downregging stage. Pout I didn't feel ready either. It felt very rushed as we were pushed through before xmas and I didn't want to do it but once I had started it just kind of had its own momentum and I just had to accept that it was happening. And it can work, even if (like me) you don't have the best odds
Critter your poetry trip sounded and looked amazing, I am very 
you met one of my favourite poets, and of the frozen margaritas... sounds like it did you the world of good, hope the positivity lasts.
Joy if you're reading, been thinking about you lots and everything's still crossed. The waiting is the killer. Hoping very much for good news.
Pout glad the house is good. We've got water leaking through the roof which I'm ignoring until the snow has gone. God the enforced shagging gets tedious. IVF at least provides a break from it. And TBH I think we've done it about twice since I had the ET about 3 months ago 
. That's partly because we weren't allowed at first, then I was plain terrified, and the progesterone supplements (aka the infamous fanny candles - yep, that was my carpet...) are perhaps the least sexy thing I've encountered in my life, but in reality I think we're both just relieved not to have to do it for a while... Hopefully the urge will come back at some point (we'll need to make the effort to ensure it does) but I do sometimes wonder if the last 2.5 years of enforced swi has just used up all our reserves and neither of us will ever want sex again... And on the needles... seriously, I faint at blood tests and I managed it. The needle is tiny and not like I imagined. It helped that I had a big scary nurse scowling at me the first time though
Viv hope all's good again with you and Michael. This stuff takes its toll. Do you know when you're getting your lap? I'm one of the soft arses who didn't get on with clomid , mood swings and bloating/weight gain mainly, but I had to try 3 versions of the pill to find one that didn't give me severe PMT depression so I'm probably a general wuss rather than a clomid-specific one. I wouldn't have cared if it had got me diffed though.
Seaview I felt like you do about telling people about AC. 3 people knew about my IVF (apart from me and DP) and one of them was my mum. I'm a convert to acupuncture after being sceptical earlier on, I'm convinced it helped during my IVF cycle, it made me feel better at least which is enough for me.
Rabbit I had the short, light post-pill cycles too and blamed the fake hormones but I think Seaview is probably right, so many people take the pill that if it caused problems for people GPs would start noticing it as part of their caseload. I know it's not comforting but my cycle change also correlated with being older post-pill. I had dreadful heavy periods when younger, like you and Nao, and my two friends with 16-year-old daughters say they are going through the same, so it's maybe a life cycle thing? but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong! The medics were only ever interested in my lining so as Buzzy says if it OK that's the main thing. I love the crafting and that you are learning to crochet. I stash yarn like some people stash porn and am what Mr A describes as a 'knit nerd' (and proud of it ) Pout there is a book called the 'Happy Hooker' by the same people that do the stitch and bitch books, it has instructions in, and there are probably loads of instruction videos on YouTube.
Well I had my 12 week scan today and can't believe it's come round. Finally beginning to believe it might be real. Bean now looks more like an actual baby and was waving its arms and legs around which was pretty mindblowing. We have a 2ww for the nuchal test results (oh the irony) so I still haven't told anyone, and definitely won't be making any big announcements. I don't feel any different (apart from weight gain - v glad i can blame xmas over-indulgence for the fact my clothes are tight) and am lucky to have had no nausea etc though it did freak me out at the time.
I can smell burning... Mr A has been at the pub so is at the mercy of my limited culinary skills serves him right. I must dash go flap a tea towel under the smoke alarm. Waves to Sar and anyone else not mentioned. Love, hugs, tail feather preens and sparkly knobs for all