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

[Bunnygirlie]

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!

Hi all. Have had a crazy busy weekend of marking controlled assessments ready for internal moderation on Friday.

cat I would definitely apply for the job- it'll be food practice if nothing else and you'd never know it could turn out to be perfect for you.

merkin fingers crossed for a stickie one.

Can someone explain sausage wanging to a newbie?!

cd 9 here. Started temping last week and no rise yet but had .5 degree fall today. Does that mean anything?

Heading out for long walk- have around 2 stone to lose and already eat pretty healthily so exercise (much as I hate it- lazy cow) is a necessary evil at the minute..

Oh no Merkin, that's horrible!!!

bajas an older berrie (as in original not aged) will have to explain sausage wanging or wangling as the iPhone wants to call it.
A temp dip is common before O - are you using OPKs too?

Sympathy merkin exactly how I feel around DPs pg niece. Just realised that come July when she is due the royal baby will be too & there will be no let up for me anywhere. Fx I'm updiffed by then.

merkin that's hard all right. Seeing people having no problems can be so hard.

frog thanks for that- much more positive than I was expecting! Not using opks as cycles v irregular so hoping temping and checking cm will give me some clues. First month temping and using fertility friend so am boring dh senseless with temperature reports at 540am...

Hi all,

Sausage wanging= getting a well deserved slap round the chops for being a plonker.

merk that really does suck. Sympathies. Good luck for piyp tomorrow.

cats go for it! Definitely. and not just cos you let me off

barking wow at run- a walk is the best I can do.

Ok I have a question re cycles. For those of you who know- if you ov a couple of days later than 'normal', do you usually end up with af coming a couple of days later (ie lp stays the same length)? Or does af turn up when you first expected and lp shorten?

Only joking thunder

merk I had different sticks the last 2 months and didn't get any +, gonna have to try and find some like my old ones. And yuck at the pg announcement!

bajas even though I've been a berry since the start I have no idea where the wanging began lol

frog I don't even wanna think how I'm going feel if not upduffed by the time RB (royal baby) comes

Frogcatcher, Notwithoutmymerkin and bunnygirlie, Hi back at ya!
And hello to all!

Also think ive got some catching up to do on the lingo!! ??pimping pot??!!

And NotWithoutMyMerkin - I have strangely erattic and raised temp all the time(runs between 37.4-37.9) so temping is no good for me. No pattern to it whatsoever. Has been like this scince I hade whooping cough over a year ago, Drs have checked for the obvious such as thyroid, routine hormone and routine bloods and come up with nothing! Mind you its been a while since i did a months morning temps properly so might give it ago again. Also my GP sent FC referal 5 weeks ago, shouldn't i have heard something by now?

Oh and a bit of help with the lingo would be good guys! so glad i have found you on here, don't know you or your individual situations but you all sound really supportive of each other

Love the sausage wanging explanation. Am compiling a mental top 5 list of people I'd like to sausage wang right now

It is half affectionate though bajas, I'd use something very different to Wang a real idiot. like a brick in a pillowcase

WHen I think of sausage wanging I imagine the sausage related sequence in this (at 0.21)

mentally changes list with new info

Thunder, to answer your question, if you ov late, then your lp remains the same and AF arrives later.. lp generally remains the same, whereas follicular phase (before ov), can change.

hi trying! PIMP = Pee In My Pot, a term coined by merk, as she (and her converts) use pg tests and opks that require dipping rather than being held under a stream, as it were. So, we needed an acronym to replace POAS - Pee On A Stick.

Oh and tally absolutely beautiful quilts. Gorgeous. You're very clever and your page is lovely too.

I want to get diffed so that I don't have to go for a new job.....

Yes of course, do that too cats, but no harm in having a bash?

Oh and thank you wise cats I've got a few days left to wait then!

Hey trying No need to use our full names, save on typing lol

MN (mumsnet) acronyms are here www.mumsnet.com/info/acronyms

but off the top of my head the ones we use are......

TTC trying to conceive
DH dear hubby
OH other half
AF auntie flo/period
Opk ovulation prediction kit
POAS pee on a stick
SS/SD stepson or stepdaughter
FC I believe is fertility clinic?!?
CD cycle day
O ovulation
cBFM clear blue fertility monitor

Bunny, 33, married, 10 months TTC, just getting basic blood tests/jizz test for hubby, AF coming 23rd April
Happy 35, cycle 8. AF due 12th April. Rapidly running out of time to have a baby before my wedding next year!!
Sidney, 38, married, cycle 9, AF/BFP due 8th April. IC OPK newbie, will start temping next month if necessary bc I buckle under peer pressure & don't like feeling left out
Tally 33, TTC since 2009, 3 mmc and possibly 1cp. waiting for mc specialist appointment still so not allowed TTC at the mo.
barking, 33, cycle 16, co duchess of short LP. Varying cycle length. AF due somewhere around 11th-21st April. Long awaited fc appointment 17th April.
Pipbin, 38, married 11 years, cycle 19, blocked tubes, first IVF appointment 9th April hoping for a miracle, AF due 28th April
Cherrycoconut 33, married, TTC August 2012. Somewhere on spectrum of prem ovarian failure; awaiting diagnosis and FC apt, looking for permission to hope.
Frogcatcher 36 TTC since Oct 2012, 1st cycle charting, BFP/AF due 3-5 April i.e. NOW so just put me out of my misery AF FFS
BombasticPeanut, 31, married, TTC since May 2012, MMC in Aug, cycle anywhere between 1 week and 3 months gaaaaah AF you tricky cow. Waiting for FC appt in Aug.
Haycorn 30, married. TTC since August 2012 but efforts severely hampered by loss of AF. Has anyone seen it?
Bajas age 38 (39 in July eek!). Got married July 2012 and have been trying ever since. Dreadfully irregular cycles so on cycle 7- last one was 17 days, one before was 38 so no idea when bfp could appear.
BookTart 37, 15 cycles in, CP in October, blood test on 8th April, HSP and USS with follicular tracking the week after, AF turning up any second now.
Cate 38 married, cycle 3 TTC #1 thought I had all the time in the world then woke up one morning aged 38 and thought oops I'd better get my skates on
Boodle, 30, married, cycle 20, co duchess of short LP (tips hat to Barking), fertility appointment 10/04/13
CharmingCats, 32 , month 8, cycle 4. Possible PCOS/irregular cycles.
Smoothas 30, married, cycle 6, possible short LP problem, AF due 19th April, not temping....yet
Merkin, 31, married, cycle 10 (stupidly long cycles)
Tryin123, 33, TTC from nov 2011. His swimmers are fine, waiting for FC appt for me, 1st month using OPKs and LH surge on day 20 so likely very short luteal phase -really bummed about this, have started B6 50mg and a B complex.
Blindkitty, 33, ttc for 23 months, married, HSG, 3 cycles of clomid, start IUI June, ironic pre IUI pregnancy due from holiday next month!

Merkin rubbish news re your exes daughter. However, at least we had our 20s to focus on our careers and had a damn good time partying

Thank you cats
And sorry, trying, I didn't mean to ignore you. I'm using the app so I keep forgetting what I was going to say before I get there. and stopping to multitask (watch tv) and missing stuff people say.

Although it seems contrary to common sense, when I cycle to work I have more energy when I get there. So after cycling to work a full day in the classroom (plus one duty then sorting out SENco stuff after work) didn't feel too bad. Then I cycled home, and then went for a run with my mate!! .

cats - go for the job! And yes, take up the offer of help with an application. It makes a huge difference. I have rewritten job application forms for two friends as well as my DP, and each time I took what they had written and totally redid it all, fine tuning to the application form and selling them a lot more than they'd managed to do themselves - another pair of eyes will always see a lot more than just you can.
Every application form I rewrote got an interview!!

And in my usual style I'm multi-posting...

My baby news today was that SiL is having a boy (they already have a girl). Apparently DP is not to put it on fb as they're only telling family. It's going to be a surprise for friends. WTF?!? Surely you either find out and tell everyone, or you don't??

barking know what you mean about exercising giving you energy for the day. I go to the 6.45am classes at my gym. Its a killer getting up but I always feel better for going.

Oh and I can't wait to tell THE WORLD when I'm finally pregnant!!!