It is a fact universally acknowledged that a woman in her thirties in possession of a ticking biological clock MUST be in want of a baybee.

[ArielThePiraticalMermaid]

The former thread proved full of sadness and most vexatious disappointments, wherefore we know not :(. Therefore the BESH will be donning their empire dresses and enlisting the assistance of Captain Wentworth and his admirable breeches and Mr Darcy smouldering damply in his transparent white shirt both of whom with their pleasing countenances and sound judgements and enormous fortunes, in short both of whom are everything a young man ought to be in the expectation that happier times may be ahead for the BESH.

I am very glad today that I have got a lot of younger male gay friends on Facebook who clearly have scarcely a concept of mothers day as a thing to post about. It is nicely refreshing to have a selection of updates about partying and politics and gin in amongst the "thank you johnny for a whole hour's lie in and a cup of tea in bed #bestbabyever" smug wankery.

I want younger male gay friends

I have hidden about four people today. I just can't bear it. I know logically they don't mean to be smug.

I know. They are just posting to a different audience. But I wish they'd cock off with it.

You can share my young male gays, aries Though they in their turn make me feel inadequate with all their joyful bouncy sociability and three balls a week nonsense.

Balls = parties, not testicles in this instance, obvs.

I've avoided FB all day. Even my gay friends have a baybee, ffs.

If I ever do get diffed, I'm expecting shitloads of presents "from the baybee". I figure I deserve them for waiting so long.

'i know they dont mean to be smug'. To me that's even worst, it means it's completely engrained in them to be fucking smug rather than making a conscious effort to be smug :)

I was going to post a picture of my ever developing six pack today and irregularly muscly back and say something along the lines of 'keep your stretch marks and your sleepless nights, this is my biggest achievement and it took a lot more hard work than it did you to have a baby'. However, I have eaten like a gannet over the last 48 hrs so said six pack is now hiding behind a great deal of water retention :( is camera shy is all it is :)

I am being unnecessarily nasty and I don't really mean it but it's proving very therapeutic :\

Arf at the provoking "it took a great deal more effort" bit. That'll put the wind up them all right.

But it does make me try to be careful about posting anything remotely showy-offy, because you never know the circumstances of everyone in your audience.

How do the gays find the energy for all this bouncy sociableness? It perplexes me. Even ones in their forties in stable relationships?

I don't know any to my knowledge so I will happily share yours Norf. Though I am afraid they would find me very far from fabulous....

I am not fabulous either. Probably they look upon me as a project. I am Harriet to their Emma.

I know Northy, I wouldn't really. I'm not that controversial and I know lots of people who have actually had a hellish time with their pregnancies etc but it would have made me feel mucho better because when I'm grumpy I get a little bit spiteful sometimes. Generally I keep it to myself then feel bad that I ever had such thoughts. I'm a nice girl really. But fuck me it's hard work trying to get a six pack. It really, really is.

I have avoided Facebook for the most part, but I did post on my BF's status about having a lovely first Mother's Day. She's deserved it the poor love.

I'm currently undertaking my first attempt at a cross-stitch pattern. It's a teeny 3 inch square with a black cat in the middle. All well brought up young ladies ought to be able to embroider

Mother's Day = fuck right off day

I have hidden so many posts, but at least have been at MIL's today so avoided most of it. Also droid has not yet arrived (huzzah!) so that's a small blessing.

OMG I'm bored, and tired, and eating anything I can get my hands on. And I have wind. Bad mood still prevails, think I'm going to snooze on the sofa.

I have a lovely collection of Gays who were always very reliable at providing me with overinformation about cock and other such fripperies. Was suitably distracting during the vie TTC phase.

Thinking of you all today.

I've had a shower and gone to bed, to sulk out the last few hours of mothers day. This should have been my first one, incidentally.

And I know there are others here who should also have been hoping it for the first time. I didn't mean that to sound so me-centric.

:( Norf

Weird day. Seems like these events forget the flip side of highlighting how tough it is for some people. I hate the FB stuff. Especially the To all you wonderful Mummies out there... puke face I do wonder if some of them are intentionally smug?! 'Look at me, I reproduced! If you did too, you're so very speshul.' I know how fortunate I am to be diffed. Some people make me stabby on behalf of those who have lost their Mums, have crap Mums, are struggling to become Mums and those who have lost baybees

I have been in a weird mood all day, my most ardent apologies for the outburst

Happy mothers Bloody Enormous Triple Gin Day everyone.

I looked at FB out of pure habit this morning before running screaming from the internet. I have only just crept back in.. I have had a luffly day with BE and MIL though and an especially luffly morning with BE welcoming him home from his week away, naughty wink etc

Raspberry I am feeling very evil about quite a few of my baybeed-up friends today. Let it out. It's making me laugh.

I am looking at my FF temp chart and it is all over the freakin' place. My morning temps have no logic to them at all. How this app is ever going to find OV is beyond me.. It currently looks like I've already either OV'd or died several times.

I know, faif, and it must be so hard for you without your own mother :(

I miss her lots Northey, I cannot lie. But I was lucky to have her :)

For how long have you been charting MissMollington?

Faif this is only my second month of really properly doing the charts because I'm too disorganised and my first of using fertility friend. Before that, i was using some booklet-based charts that a friend gave me. The problem with these was that my BBT is really low and was off the bottom of the chart the whole time.
I've just been looking at symptoms of low progesterone as I think this might be behind some of my TTC issues. One of the symptoms is a low BBT..

My first couple of charts were really bizarre. Charting definitely has knack to it! How low is low in terms of your temps?

Grrr, my follies are on strike . My 15mm one hadn't grown a jot since Friday. The nurses have taken blood to check my hormone levels so will get back to me later to let me know what the Dr wants to do.

Oh Frank, how frustrating! I am willing on the follies for you.

Faith, my lowest temp so far this cycle is 35.2

Moll that is really low. I would say it is definitely worth getting your thyroid checked.

Frank how rude of your follies. Have you given them a good talking to?

faif I'm sorry MD was tough for you in a different way.