The Elderberry Pavlovas who occasionally sausage wang – a fabulous thread for 30+ ladies TTC #1 (Thread 8)

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Newbies very welcome provided they meet the strict 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!

that's quite an.amazing procedure right there. Quite jealous - she's only 22!

erpc is also known as d+c. it's where the doctors have to do what your body wouldn't when mc.

Today = super diet Day 1 for me

I followed it as best I could yesterday with what we had in the house and I have to say I had the best nights sleep I've had in about three weeks. Slept from 11pm - 3am and was back to sleep within about an hour until 6am this morning. That, my friends, is a miracle!

Soo, just contemplating my breakfast options then off for a mega shop to stock up on health food extraordinaire... once I've got the looong exclusion list into my head and thought up some meals that DH will understand as edible that is! It also means I'm going to have to tackle the fridge defrost today but at least I feel I have the energy to go there today.

Yay cherry!

Aw, thanks everyone for all the kind words. Feels rather like we were moving square by square along a snakes and ladders board, suddenly found a ladder when the Clomid worked, and now we have come back down the snake again. So it's back to one square at a time :(

ERPC is the not-very-elegant Evacuation of Retained Products of Conception (miscarriage association are trying to get it referred to as Surgical management of miscarriage instead, as it sounds so awful!)
V. Short operation to get everything over with in my case, rather than waiting for natural process - I actually found it relatively untraumatic in itself.

In return, I'm going to have to ask - what's PIMPing??

Morning all!

Welcome to the thread poppy and v sorry to hear about your mc. Hope you've got lots of support around you in rl.

bomb I hope you're okay after the upset last night. I know exactly what you mean - you can prepare yourself for certain situations and feel okay about it if you expect it but the ones that get to me most are things that come out of the blue as I'm not prepared for it.

barking glad your DH spoke to the builders and you had a nice eve. They did give a crap explanation though!

sid and tally I reckon the only way to get what you want is to keep on hassling them until they want rid of you. I know it's not the same comparison but in customer service the ones who get dealt with first are the ones who shout and complain the loudest. Like someone else said on the thread these people aren't your friends so don't worry about offending them - it is there job and it is their responsibility to try and help you get the answers.

I had a very odd dream last night. I dreamt my boobs were really tender and I started getting excited that I was pg until I looked at them and saw they were just really bruised! WTF!! This ttc thing is screwing with my mind!

Wow cherry that must have been a boost . Good luck with the diet and coming up with tasty meals - is the t'interweb any help?

peanut that sounds awful. The last place you expect to be bombarded with pg women in numbers is a pub!!

Pissing In My Pot!!!!
Too many of us are using the cheap opk sticks that you dip in the urine, so POAS (pissing on a stick) didn't work and Merk I think? came up with a better one .

Bet I've cross posted and someone has beaten me to it...

Thanks barking! Thought that might be it

cherry congratulations on the sleep! That must feel good. Good luck with the meal-planning. I find Asian recipes and sauces like soy sauce, fish sauce, mirin are great for when I'm trying to be super-food person: lots of flavour and little fat or anything else.

yorkie thanks - lots of great RL support. DH has been lovely, though its hit him hard too. My parents are coming to visit today. His parents being a bit difficult, but they are further away, so we don't need to deal with them too much.

Cherry So glad you slept well, makes all the difference doesn't it! How about looking up paleo recipes, I think most of them would fit into your do's and don'ts and there are lots of good'uns online (DH eats paleo so I do a lot of googling for recipes). I'm attempting to get back on the healthy wagon myself so am writing down loads of ideas, going to do a mega shop on Mon (working all weekend, bummer) - love the smug feeling that you get when you go on a health kick and your trolley is full of green stuff. Nothing better than feeling godly at the checkout when other people are buying sausage rolls and cookies which would normally be me

Just went back up to have a look at your food rules. Have to be nosy and ask - why specifically no pork? And why sage tea? Just interested!

Thanks everyone for the sympathy. Was just feeling ganged up on last night, flipping preggos everywhere. Have recovered now, onwards and upwards!

Thanks guys and for the suggestions Poppy I can have fish sauce so feel a Thai curry coming on at some point!

Unfortunately no soy, alcohol, caffeine, dairy (except natural yoghurt), wheat, gluten, corn, pork, potatoes, white rice, lettuce, oranges, tangerines, grapes, melons strawberry, banana, refined sugar.

Then there are certain foods I have to eat a number of times a day/week for health benefits and I have to keep my calorie intake up as I'm at the bottom of my ideal weight.

Barking t'internet is proving tres useful.

Morning berries. Welcome Poppy. If you don't already have a pot of choice for pimping I can highly recommend the little glass pots that come with the Gü desserts. They are just the right size and you get to eat a lovely pudding each time you need a replacement .
Waiting for AF here, she should be along any minute now One more cycle and I'm off to the docs to demand my referral! Good luck with the healthy eating Cherry going to try to eat a bit healthier this month too as really overdid it what with the choc fest that was Easter. On that note I'm off to the gym. Have a good day all!

CD27 here and my temp has finally gone up!! Which also means we only dtd once in the right window. But I was away for two of the days and have been full of a cold since, so I should be greatful we actually did it once given my total downer and giving up attitude this cycle!

So, looks like a 34+ day cycle. AF due next Saturday or later if my LP puts in a little effort and tries to stretch itself a little further

Expecting to get given more tests at the FC next wednesday but nothing to actually 'do' to help, so have ordered some vitamin B6 and will start taking it next cycle. Just so I feel like I'm doing something.

I have a question. as it's my first cycle temping, am I expecting my temp to go down on cd1 or before? I'm expecting af, and temp went Down to bang on coverline this morning but no af yet.

Morning ladies!

Did anybody watch Graham Norton last night? The mighty Buble was on (swoon) and of course they were talking about his wife being pg, usually this sort of chat makes me but he was so funny about it all, saying the sex was no fun when TTC! And when he sang to the audience members bumps, lush!

Perve over!!! Have a good weekend peeps!

cherry there's a soy alternative called tamari sauce, you can get gluten free version (probs through online health shops) - is a godsend if you're gluten/soy free! I'm totally intrigued by your list now...

barking hooray, progress! Hope your one time did the trick . I'm officially bonkers, this morning involved about 12 supplement pills, including royal jelly and red clover. Holland and Barrett actually love me.

Right, off to work again. Pregnant ladies better stay away!

Oops, cross posted Peanut from what I can gather pork can contain retroviruses, parasite tapeworms and histamine increasing compounds. But I'm not really sure!

The sage tea is to soothe digestion and is also often used to reduce night sweats and lessen menopause symptoms.

I was thinking Paleo would be a good place to seek inspiration, will get Googling post haste thanks!

Tally I think a lot of people's temps drop below the cover line just before AF arrives. Mine comes down a lot more slowly though and usually doesn't go below the coverline until about cd3.

Oooh cool, thanks Peanut Good luck at work.

Barling once is all it takes if it's in the window. Fingers crossed!

7dpo here and am desperately trying to stop myself rummaging around to find a leftover stick. I'm pretty certain I had at least 1 left but can't find it don't know where I put them
Yes I am claiming pimping as my invention and yes I deserve a sausage wanting for my smugness

Shit, I found them. 3 OPKs and 3 cheapies, plus the 2 pack of digis I bought to confirm last cycle before it all went wrong. Restrain me otherwise I'm off to find my pot (this time last cycle I got my positive OPK which was just before my first bfp)...

Don't do it merkin! Just in case. you know how you felt last month? wait another week at least....

But in a weird way is prefer to know sperm is meeting egg even if it doesn't end well... Is that totally odd? Despite it not being a good ending last month i feel reassures that at least part of the process is working
Have i persuaded you? Can I pimp now please??

merkin agree with tally 7dpo is v early to test and if you get a bfn you're only going to feel pissed off. Wait if you can.

I've just bought some b6 for next cycle as well- does anyone know if you take throughout your cycle? I've been taking epo up until ovulation and flax seed all after ovulation until AF. Any other suggestions?

Yorkie last month I got a positive OPK on 7dpo and bfps from 8dpo... I am somebody who likes to know hence the temptation