The Elderberry Pavlovas, sausage bouquets, one giant sofa and the Gü pots of destiny! (thread 9)

[Bunnygirlie]

Come on ladies, this is the one! Time for some BFPs!

The smallprint- Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 3+months, must have a special pot, NO instadiffers)

In bed already here at Bin Towers.
Have told everyone that we are having IVF, even the people whose house we are buying!
I have to say that I am rather proud of my egg creation abilities. With that an DHs super sperm we should be knee deep in babies.

Moving day tomorrow. Very exciting.

Evening berries!

Definitely Pip, why stop at one when you could have a litter?

Hey Wimwom, nice to see you! How long has AF been hanging around? Do you think it's the thyroxine causing it then?

Hi goosey

Hmm, yoga. Who said yoga? I'm not sure I'm bendy enough, although I quite like the idea. Might look into it...

Tried to sort out some counselling. Turns out NHS service has a 6 month wait because I'm non-urgent (ie haven't threatened self-harm apparently threatening harm of GP doesn't count ) and private one costs £40-60 a pop, which I can't afford on top of acu . So I guess that idea's out the window! Back to moaning to the poor acupuncturist...

Oooh, barking, I love mail! It makes me feel special (I'm such a loser). If you give me a few days, I might even work out how to find it and open it

PS Oooh pip moving day already? Exciting! Here's hoping the new house has fertile vibes!

Checking in... Am waylaid by crappy job and working all hours however in true Arnie style I'll be back. Hope you've all fallen pregnant in my absence and if not, life is treating you well x

Hey goose glad you found us, I went back to painting the bathroom so didn't see your request for a link, sorry! To answer your questions on the LP thread now I've dragged you in here, my LP is usually 8 days, a couple of times when I've got excited and been convinced I'm pg it's been a whole 10 days . My cycles are anything from 24 to 37 days, but the last 3 or 4 actually seem to have settled around 32 days.
I had the day 21 test and it showed nothing, I then had a day 28 test and it apparently showed enough to confirm I had ovulated, just very late.

cats they've just advertised the maternity post so I'm probably a bit late but could still discuss it I suppose. I get on really well with my job share at the moment which is the main reason I don't want to rock the boat (she's the deputy so when I'm in class she's usually in school anyway, and when she's in class on a Thursday I'm in school for my senco day, which makes it run really smoothly as usually with a job share you don't see each other as you're in on different days!) There's also a 0.6 contract going as a teacher is leaving, which with the senco day would make 0.8, trouble is every assumes she's leaving because her job share partner is a nightmare to work with. She's one of these that will do the least amount of work possible and then still argue that she's doing more than she should be on a 0.4 etc. They actually put them on a 0,5 contact each just to stop the arguments about sharing the workload!!! All the other job shares are 0.4/0.6 though so they've gone back to this (not that she's happy about it).

hey merk

boom I had to boot up the laptop to message you, didn't know how to do it from the app!

pipbin happy moving day tomorrow, hope it all goes well!

I baked biscuits tonight but when I went to take them from the cooling tray to put them in a tupperware box there were only half the biscuits left....

pip good luck with the move today, exciting times!

boom not sure what's caused the worlds longest period (well for me anyway) had a hycosy last tues (normal) then a smiley on opk thurs, then arrived Friday. The only new thing is thyroxine - but supposed to help, not reduce me to an even shorter cycle.

Really really bored of TTc now, two sets of friends have recently announced they are having number 2 - I remember we were TTc when they announced they were having no1! DH got cross with me the other day for saying 'I bet they're only wanting to meet up to tell us she's upduffed' - and how right I was. He just doesn't understand I'm not angry with them, just frustrated with us and being reminded of what we don't seem to be ableto have just makes it worse.

Oooh, hoof luck pip!!!!

or even good luck.....

Good luck pip

Chin up wimwom my DP doesn't understand half the time either.

Am feeling positive today tho as have had a proper temp rise now so first ever confirmation that I Ov'd. Just feel so much more in control as a result. We missed the day of O itself (textbook cd15 if my FF charting skills are right so who knows wtf has been going on with my last couple of long cycles) but DTD 1, 3 & 5 days before so got to be my best chance so far. Into the 2ww waiting game I go...

Dear Auntie Flo

Do hurry the f*ck up and get here. You have been threatening to arrive for a few days now, the sooner you get here the sooner you'll leave and I can get on with life again!

That is all!

P.s. by arriving late you have possibly ruined my may! Grrrrrrr

bunny AF is by far the rudest woman on the planet. Fact. Arrives late & gets your hopes up that she won't turn up at all, barges in at inconvenient times & is just generally a pain in the derriere. Quite literally.

You have all our sympathy.

Good luck with the move Pip and well done on all the eggs!!
Ok so temp rise on cd10, serious OV pain on cd11 and EWCM on cd13. Isn't this arse backwards ??

Hi everyone,

Thank you for the sympathy, sharing and chocolate. Have kicked myself up the ass and am feeling more positive today.

frog great stuff that the temps are working out and giving you useful information.

bunny I agree- wtf's she up to? Not on. (but does this mean you may be around for your 'day 21' tests after all?

Good luck pip, hi merk- presuming af came in the end?
Hi goose and congrats! Did he choose a pretty ring?

Thunder Soooo pretty, thanks for asking! Really impressed that he chose it himself! And has scored him some much needed brownie points as - going back Pip's bedtime story (so funny, makes me laugh at random moments when I remember it) - he is busy and tired on the wrong days and causes much wailing and gnashing of teeth on my part

Barking did the doctor find it at all significant that your 28 day blood showed you do ovulate just late? Mine wasn't going to send me for another test even when I explained that 21 day one had been at wrong time of cycle - I had to ask for another test later in cycle (results tomorrow).

Wimwom TOTALLY understand your frustration with the second babies, nearly all my friends are having or have had their second mainly both born within the time we've been trying! Being nice wasn't something I used to struggle with as much!!

Evening ladies and thanks for the sympathy. I'm allowing myself one more evening of sulking and then need to shake this mood off, people at work already think I'm a grump cow and have work piss up tomorrow night. I fear I may get hammered

Def CD1 here and major cramps [ouch icon needed]

Ooh goose I want to see! I want to see!

Buggeration bunny
(bunneration?)
Definitely get hammered I reckon.

Evening all.

pip hope you're all moved in and christening the new house in style.

Congrats goose on your engagement. V impressed he picked the ring himself. I shudder to think what dh would have picked in the same circumstances!

frog we're in a similar boat. Temping for first time this month has shown me I have ovulated but don't think we dtd at the right time. Although I'm unlikely to be successful this month I'm still feeling positive that things seem to work despite crazy cycles so there is some hope. Thanks to all those who advised me that I should temp and how to do it properly

Oh goody, two friends from school announcing bumps on bookface

bunny shove over on the sofa as i'm joining you on the pity sofa. Had my AMH back today - not good, ovaries are running out of time and so as soon as thyroid ok we're straight in for IVF. Mixed feelings - at least we now know and can get on with it. Sad coz several of my other tests are borderline - so at 33 sounds like I'm not too far from the end of my natural fertility. Good news is the consultant on the phone said it means he'd try to give us twins
So lots of wine here tonight.
goose what's the ring like?

Hi Guys!

How are you all today? Nothing to do with anything but if you saw +2 lane on a road, would you know what it meant? Went a different way home tonight and didn't have a scooby doo what it meant! Do know now but curious to know if anyone else knows???

Winwom TOTALLY understand! I just wish he'd join in when I need to be bitchy about the instadiffers / fb shower-offers haha thank god I've got the berries for that!

Referring to my little meltdown on sun when my friend posted a picture of her bump, I took the berries advice and 'hid' all her posts! She actually thought I'd already gone on holiday as I haven't been on fb! Haven't got the heart to tell her she hasn't seen me because I'm a horrible jealous witch incapable of seeing anyone else happy haha.

Oh and she actually tagged me in a post earlier so I obviously opened it, only to find that she's changed her profile pic to the bump....

Hey wimwom have some ! Sorry about your news, such a worry. I'm 33 now and worried I may have left it too late too

My lovely berries, your advice please, had 2 day21ish blood tests now which have shown my levels of progesterone are low, so I guess I may not be ovulating. Doctor wants me to get another one in may (and then see her to discuss next step) but day 21 is when I'm on holiday, I don't wanna wait till mid June. Do you think I should just see the docs end of may anyway, if as I suspect I still won't be pg and ask her if we can get something happening?!?

kitty why do they just not get it? My DH just seems completely oblivious to why I might not be wanting to hear all about everyone elses bumps. Now some are fine - we have a couple of friends who are struggling TTC too - but for those who are on for one every year for two or three years in a row....

bunny thanks for the wine, top up? Are you sure blds on right day of cycle? If you are then I think you need to step up the investigations. Although it's cost an arm and a leg to see the FC (apparently no NhS funding in our area for anything!) we have learnt a lot about why things aren't working. AMH has told me my ovarian reserve is low - DH was all for waiting quite a bit longer before going for IVF but now he knows time is of the essence has been doing a time line tonight of when we can do what - scary!