The Elderberry Pavlovas: sit on the sofa of hopefulness and make yourself a special omelette while prescribing the vomming cat to those that deserve it and observing the lunching of the tactless.

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It's time for some more grads!!

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

congrats for having a good night out cats. I can't even have 1 without getting the hangover from hell so I understand the problem. hope the nap helped!
We spent the day doing stuff in the garden and clearing the shed.
it's now taken me an hour to type this so I'm sure I've missed loads...

or not!

Just quickly popping in before bed, manic today, only just finished in the kitchen and I started at 7.30 this morning!! Another early start tomorrow and Monday is our busiest day of the year so no rest for me! Can't complain though if we're busy.

Hope you are all having good weekends, will try and catch up on everyone's news soon

Morning berries,
My temp has dropped below cover line again today so I guess AF is on her way, I was quite hopeful this month as we DTD at all the right times.
Dh and I are going to book our first drs appointment when AF arrives (due Wednesday)

What are the first steps usually?

Sorry to hear that scone although it's not over just yet. If you do go to docs then they'll usually do blood tests between days 2-5 and also at day 21ish for progesterone. Therefore might be worth making an appointment to possibly facilitate these timings so you don't have to wait another cycle. They'll probably do a sperm analysis once your bloods have been done. Also, when they ask how long you've been TTC add on a few months. Good luck but fingers crossed that AF doesn't show up in first place.

Thanks gill might book an appointment for Wednesday then.

I came off depo injection in September 2011 so technically we have been TTC since then although AF didn't return until May last year. Should I say AF came back earlier than that?

Morning all. Scone I've recently been to the GPs for my first proper appointment. For me it's pretty much what Gil said. I had the cd21 back in February but they wouldn't do anything further until I'd been TTC 12 months (needed to exaggerate slightly there) This time around they did the full blood count for things like thydroid , glucose and iron levels plus the hormone tests but they didnt seem bothered about doing these on a particular cycle day even though I did ask. Going back on Tuesday for the results and to discuss being referred. DP had his jizz test back in December and I have to show proof of this to my GP so it may be worth sending yours ASAP to save time. I think procedures differ by area though so this may all be totally irrelevant!

I just googled HSG allergy. A lot of the American sites tell you to let your doctor know if you are allergic to iodine or shellfish. I can't eat shellfish it makes me very ill. It seems a very strange coincidence that I had this severe reaction that is supposed to be 'extremely rare' and in America they seem to see a connection to shellfish. So I then googled shellfish and iodine and there's a massive amount about the 'urban myth' of links between iodine & xray dyes and shellfish. All very bizarre. It does seem a very strange coincidence to me though.

I'm still not right, but it's a stunning day outside so I'm armed with painkillers and going to push on through anyway .

Happy sunny weekend everyone!

Oo, none of your messages were there when I started typing!! Morning everyone!

Scone just to add my own experience, I did blood tests on cd2 and cd21, then had internal examination and swabs taken and DP did SA. When results were all back we had a joint appointment to fill in all the forms for the referral to the fc.
I'd be vague about when AF came back .

Scone I agree with barking about being vague about return of AF. Maybe say "hard to remember exactly but sometime in the new year - Jan/Feb time 2012".

Enjoy the sun berries, lots of BBQ action and gardening for me .

Thanks all, will book appointment and hope we get a good gp.

Hope you all enjoy the sunshine today, another busy day in the kitchen for me. Tomorrow is set to be our busiest day of the year so I probably won't get time to check back here until Tuesday.

barking that does sound plausible, although I was going to vote 'a' anyway! Well done your doctor for asking if you had a shellfish allergy..

scone my butcher bakes bread!!! It's really good as well better than his sausages actually

cats come and join me in the hangover hammock!

thunder tbf you'll prob be fine going cold turkey I'm just a complete control freak and needs to know everything!

Well, went out drinking yest (hence posting from the hangover hammock) and feel rubbish despite only having a few! Spent most of night 'babysitting' my friend who decided to get blind drunk (shots in every bar). She then talked me into going to this club despite refusing as I felt extremely old and low after the last time (she asked 17 times, yes I counted). I only have in as she made out it was because she wanted to spend quality time with me only for her to completely ignore me and flirt with the dj (the actual reason why she wanted to go)!!! Love her to bits but she's in for a telling off later!!!

Hope all are well today, I guess it will be quiet in here due to the sunshine.

I'm off to make a pavlova for a BBQ :-) shall I use elderberries ;-)

bunny how domesticated of you. I'm going to a BBQ too but I'm going to take bread rolls from Asda haha

Another one for the hangover hammock here - too much wine at a birthday meal for friend of dh last night just polished off a BLT which is helping

scone I came off depo in 2011 too- last injection July, af came back Feb 2012-ish, but hasn't been regular so GP sorted me out with blood tests. If your periods aren't quite back to normal maybe you could start getting tested on that basis?

Oh kitty I'm not that domesticated, I can't really cook much but I do like baking, pavlovas and macaroons are my thing :-)

hi guys. I've Been out sewing all day and had a great time - made a quilt top in 4 hours, which is a bit of a record for me.
I'm feeling a bit better today - I've been pretty down this week because I'm now back on green week once again and we are still not TTC and waiting for the appointment to talk to a consultant. I have been tempted to say sod the waiting and try again but I keep coming back to the sensible opinion that we should at least get a professional opinion that it's worth doing. dh had a bit of a talk with me after I apologised for yet about the bad mood day that we were supposed to be enjoying together. he's being so understanding and really wants to help me to not go back shown the depression route again for no reason that we can help. bloody nhs crappy doctors and waiting lists!!!

Evening all, good work on earning those hangovers girls! Drink on through I say but I am a boozy bad influence

So cd7 here and af still hasn't entirely left the building iykwim? Humph. think thyroxine might be making them heavy and longer- anyone know anything about this?

tally a top? Sounds cool. Pics? Your DH sounds lovely.

at blind's rolls from asda

Not a top, a quilt top. But still very cool. It's the top part of a quilt - still got to put the layers together and quilt it before it can be called a proper quilt...
I bought what is called a 'jelly roll', which is a roll of loads of different strips of fabric and in my workshop we were taught how to put them together really quickly. Normally a quilt top takes me several weeks at a minimum because I'm doing it on my own at home, but in a group of motivated people you can get a hell of a lot done! I'm just getting the photo uploaded and you can have a look on my profile... It's loads of different William Morris designs. Not usually my thing but the jelly roll was cheap, and I think it's come out really well!

Ahh that sounds great, I'm really inspired by your quirking activity! Give the shout when the photo is ready!

Yep, will do. Getting a 404 error page at the moment, so not sure what's going on.

Evening peeps.

So I'm not on the ROR or the SOP or even the POP,I feel like I may be on the CLOL (chaise lounge of limbo)

CD5 so I guess all the shagging starts next weekend. Does any other berry get a feeling of dread as they head towards DTD time? The worry that one of you will be too tired, too ill, too stressed, no mojo etc...

Yes bunny it's a mixture of hope and mostly dread because of the pressure

Yes, I'm getting quite tired of it now. But DH changed it up a bit yesterday and we are getting things back to the way they were 'before TTC', ie, much more interesting. I'm still having a bit of a problem getting in the mood, but yesterday was much more fun

That's a good idea tally. I'd be up for that if af would bloody leave damnit.