The Elderberry Pavlovas are pimping everyday – a lovely thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 7)

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Newbies very welcome provided they meet the entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 3+months, must have a special pot, NO instadiffers) and bring a bouquet of sausages when they join!

nice spelling. meant barking

Fantastic to hear you are feeling more positive today, Cherry! Sit tight now and try to relax (ha!) knowing that you are in the system and stuff is happening!

Cross post there.
So what are your options Cherry? Where does all this leave you?

cherry really glad to hear you have options and a bit of hope too. Fingers crossed you haven't missed your menopause cos it hasn't happened yet. Post as much as you want, as long winded as you want (I hogged the thread for weeks over basically nothing so don't worry) its what we're all here for after all. Bet you sleep a bit better tonight after some better answers and explanations x

Favourite out of context quote for a while... 'Are you sure 6 balls are enough for what you want to do?'

crying with laughter here. I'm always getting pulled up for my unintentional innuendos

Lovely to hear your news cherry and so glad you had a nicer person to talk to today .

pipbin love it

tallyra, well, one ball would have been enough but I wanted 5 different colours...

A decent nights sleep would be amazing Merkin I've had fairly disrupted sleep the last couple of days and then last night full on night sweats which just served to deepen my despair and resentment of this whole situation.

Here's hoping for some sweet slumber tonight :)

WOAH what's with all the crazy dancing!!! No shimmying here, I have Nowt to shimmy with!

Ooh a new app, might have to download it!

Bad Mr boodle men just don't think do they.

Hey cherry welcome to the chaise lounge, glad to hear your appt went better than the last one! Keeping everything crossed for you.

LOL in your endo!!!

Merk easy now, your stuff was hardly bloody nothing. I guess we should never feel bad to share, it's what we're all here for after all. Just hoping we'll all stick around to hear a bit of good news soon!

Pip next thing for me is blood test results and then hopefully to check if there are any salvageable eggs left in my baskets, so to speak, for IVF. The Dr today also mentioned donor eggs but that's a whole other leap of course.

Evening all.

At least Cherry we are in a time and country where such procedures are not only possible, but free.

Fab news cherry that initial doc's outlook sounded so bleak but now it sounds like there is still much more you can do.

Aw just seen some v cute deer from the train window. I love it when that happens

Amen to that Pip, we are still very very lucky that's for sure. I keep a grateful diary that I fill in most nights, I just write down five things from the day that I'm thankful for. Really helps put things in perspective and this was definitely in mine last night.

Haha Frog we must both be feeling our sensitive sides this morning.
< makes feeble attempt to man up>

cherry I wish I was a more positive person, I'm afraid I see the negative in most things as I'm a pessimist. I think if I expect the worst then everything that happens can't be as bad as I expect, my friend says that's an optimistic way of being a pessimist lol!

frog I love it when things like that happen, I love nature! Seeing a fox when driving in the country or a hawk sitting on our fence, just makes me smile!

Jeez just read a post on the book of Face that almost caused me to burst into tears at my desk. It was one of those pls share with your mum or mums-to-be all about having a baby changing your life etc etc. What is up with me today? AF not due for at least a week. Alternatively I really think some people should think how that might affect people who can't have children. If I do ever get updiffed I'm going to make a point of telling that person how they made me feel by sharing that when I was desperately trying.

Fab news Cherry, so happy your new dr was sensible and compassionate and let you know that there are still lots of options to explore. What a relief for you & your DH! I bet things start happening very quickly for you; it sounds like they've fast-tracked your case - this may well be one giant step towards having a baby; so exciting!!

Gray and miserable and cold down here; fx it clears up before the Easter holidays, otherwise I'll wind up bald from pulling my hair out from the stress of having two housebound stepchildren

Thanks all for the confirmation re: pee temp. Not really something I want hanging out in the loo for 20 min! Still don't know what's up with the OPKs & it's making me paranoid. The sonographer saw two huge, ready-to-blow follicles; CBFM had been giving me peak readings since Fri I believe; I've had cramping on my left side (where the 2 folls were), but OPKs showed only faint lines. that means negative, right? The test line is supposed to be as dark as the control line? Argh. I'm CD16 now & we've DTD every day since CD11, with no plans to quit anytime soon , although the pre-seed is starting to annoy. A little friction is a good thing! God knows how people cope if they use the full 4g suggested dose.

Oh frog sending you hugs. I got that post last week and studiously (almost tearfully) ignored it. I did however actually send a fb message asking her not to be offended that I was stopping watching her news feed as I can't cope with the countdown she has started to put up - 196 days until she's due apparently. she apologised and said she'd be more careful what she posted which was really nice - she knows we are trying. most people in my life do because of all the very public miscarriages I've had. I'm glad she took it as it was meant but I do wish I didn't have to say anything.

It's like Concieve plus. I used the full whack first time. It was like waving a hotdog up an alley.

In other news, 13dpo here and ........ nothing.

Pip that was my thought; wasn't good for either of us and kind of made the whole episode feel icky. The only upside to it (unless it actually works, that is) is that there's less spillage afterwards. Or it could be that I'm just using a bum pillow properly now. Who knows. all this TTC stuff sometimes feels like voodoo.

Tally & Frog fb is awful for things like that. Tally I'm glad your friend was nice about it.

Pip fx!!!

It was DP's niece in my case - 26 & 3 kids. None of his family know that we're trying as he would be mortified, they over share everything & would interfere massively be full of helpful tips. Except none of them seemed to have any problems & take it as a given. I'm dreading what they will be like if I do ever manage it let alone have a child. I've seen what the MIL is like with SS & have already told DP that I want our child to spend less time with her than SS did.

I'm obviously not using enough conceive plus as DP thought it had the opposite effect! I've got the tube not the applicator tho.

Pip, waving a hotdog up an alley- dtd will never be the same again! Sorry about the fb thing Tally and Frog, I have a friend that is constantly posting stuff about how I can never have known true love because I haven't got knocked up by a complete stranger I met on fb known the joys of motherhood. I have hidden her from my wall because of it.

Back from the fertility clinic - had AMH blood test and am booked in for day 2 bloods plus HSP and ultrasounds with follicular tracking. Partner is very pleased that as we had a CP in October they are happy with a morphology of 2%, although they might do something about it if we get to IUI, which is what the potential end result of all this is. Back in mid-May for a follow up. No idea how I'm going to get all this time off work though, the ultrasound could need three visits over the week but I'll be buggered if I'm taking leave for it unless I have to!

Your MIL sounds challenging frog. Is she alright otherwise?

LOL I don't think I'll ever be DTD again if i described DP as a hotdog Pip