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.

[barkingtreefrog]

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)

boom afraid not but lets give it a go! After all, we all seem to try every other hair brained idea! I cringe at the stupid things I've tried! Then ghats desperation for you!

I get my indemnity insurance through my union but guessing they'd be useless on a crisis!

at everyone else xx

Aaaargh, MIL has arrived and already pointed out where the cats have ripped up the carpet by all the doors, the dog hair on the sofa and the fact that I left two mugs by the sink without washing them up.

kitty we can't get insurance through the RCM (our union), it's not financially viable for them to provide it to independent midwives. There aren't enough independents so they fall through the gaps!

scone hello! Nice to see you . Think having a break sounds like a good idea, vodka and sunshine has got to beat crying over yet another soggy ic-stick all summer! Hope you'll keep popping your head in to say hello and distribute cakes x

Just realised I haven't taken my folic acid for about two weeks, DH tidied it away off the counter and out of sight, out of mind. Now waiting for my sod's law BFP I should be so lucky CD57 and counting!

Every friend I have needs to be given one of these...

Helpful at-a-glance guide to my infertility

Scone enjoy your vodka and the sunshine - all sounds very sensible. All the best with the tearoom too.

Boom cd57?! Must be quite frustrating not knowing what's going on. Hope all becomes clear. I've forgotten my supplements for the past week too. I eat a lot of wholegrain toast/ sandwiches (and chocolate) so hopefully getting some folic acid in there somewhere.

Still in a flipping train now

Ps boom I like it (the checklist thingy) - where did you find it?

boom my mil is lovely but whenever we go away I know they'll sneak in to 'fix' something. Conversation last week:
Me: oh my ha going basket looks nice, did you repot it?
Mil: no love, I just watered it
proving that I prob do need her help haha

scone vodka and mango summers sound fab! Think I've almost decided the same since finding out that iui prob won't start until sept now. However, afraid I haven't taken the plunge in throwing the opks and thermometer out so maybe I'm all talk!

Evening y'all!

boom fab list! I haven't told many people in RL but if they said anything in that advice column I would scream! P.s. your MIL sounds ace

scone wishing you luck and a lovely summer Hun! Don't be a stranger!

Hmmm still no +opk, CD15 here, what is going on?!? Managed to DTD days 11,13,15 so hoping we haven't actually managed to get a good rhythm up for no blooming reason!

Aquarius I'm sure it's PCOS, I just can't get a diagnosis from the time-wasting doctors for love nor money despite raised testosterone, previous miscarriage, two scans showing polycystic ovaries and cycles over 60 days (all of which suggest PCOS). On the bright side, I feel confident that clomid and metformin will sort me out...on the down side, the doctors won't give me any!

And randomly, one of my friends sent me a link to the list...which is why I love her, she doesn't pussyfoot about with fake sympathy, she just sends me jokes

kitty aww she sounds like a good'un! My MIL actually isn't all that bad, I struggle to find things to talk about with her but she doesn't mean to be nasty, she just points out all the things I wish she wouldn't notice!

Just been to the gym and feeling godly. Going to eat salad for dinner now, should wake up a size 10..

Sorry bunny, crossed with you! Cackling away here at the use of 'get a good rhythm up' in relation to dtd...

Hello all,

First of all, apologies for being mysterious about the job offer - am paranoid about being outed.
scone enjoying your summer sounds like a good plan. I think we will be doing the same.
barking sorry you missed out on the job and that I rubbed it in with news of mine. Could you have a chat with the smt now and explain that although you realise you've missed out this time, that is the kind of thing you're looking for and would like to be considered for in the future? A you know, staffing in schools changes all the time, there could be scope within next year.... I have to admit that I've been having chats with the deputy about this kind of thing for a term or more. Perhaps sow the seed now and they might be able to come up with something. How about some intervention teaching once you've finished your SENCo course? Put theory into practice?
boom your mil sounds delightful. Ignore as much as you can.... You're bound to wake up a size 10, at most tomorrow.....

boom mine did all my weeding at the front whilst I was away but didn't know where the garden bags were. On sun she was like 'you have remembered to move the weeds haven't you?' Erm yeh course not really

Ok, a salad and curry. But it was homemade curry...

Kitty haha sounds like my kind of trick! You've just reminded me that I've left the washing on the line for the second day in a row. I'm so undomesticated I'm practically feral!

Hiya charming - don't apologise, I like the shroud of mystery! I'm imagining a job as Jane Bond perhaps. Or Batgirl..?

Lol boom you know what I mean!

Don't apologise at all charming!! I ummed and arhed about speaking to slt for ages, but decided against it given the ttc and not wanting to make big changes that would then need to all change again if I went on maternity, and thinking about the ideal situation to then go back to. Irony is, status quo has been blown out of the water with the changes that have just been sprung on me, but I had no way of knowing that. When the deputy told me what was happening I told her straight away I was gutted that I didn't know and she said that in two terms everything could change again and now she knew I wanted more hours it could ve taken into consideration. Trouble is, in an ideal world I'll be upduffed by next April and won't be looking for more hours by then!!!! No one at school knows I'm trying though (except, ironically, the teacher who has just nabbed the extra day I wanted!!)

But it's all good as I'll get my BFP this month and still being part time will give me a chance to have a less stressful pg . That's why I missed out on the job, I knew there was a reason.....

And in my ttc news I finally got + on the opk, cd20! So will O on cd22, fitting my usual pattern to a tee! DP has op tomorrow, so will try and dtd again tomorrow morning. That will be 5 days in a row, then Ov the following day and temp rise the next. Ideally we'd dtd for another two days but as long as he can manage it tomorrow morning and isn't too stressed about the op to finish the job I'll keep skipping gaily down my yellow brick road as there should hopefully be a few swimmers still sticking around for the egg show.

I'm right there with you boom, my washing has been on the line for 3 days now!!

barking wishing Mr Barking all the best for the op!

Ta bunny, he's on his phone right now googling 'how to make cuts/wounds heal quicker' !! He's determined it's not going to be 6 weeks before he can 'use' it again!!!

Sending lots of good wishes and healing vibes to your DH barking! Gosh that's come around quickly. Hope you get your morning bonk! Xxx

*DP, not DH - sorry, fingers running away with me!

barking word of warning. My friend's dh had a frenulum op and he decided to use it early...lets just say he wished he'd hadn't....

OUCH!

When mate got with him she couldn't understand why he didn't want to have sex with her (he said it was because he loved her so much). After about 3 months (yes 3 months) they want on hol and dtd....only for his frenulum to snap!!' It had clearly happened before and he was obviously worried about scaring her! So he had to get it fixed on hol but the. He didn't wait for it to heal and it snapped again!

Don't worry though barking, it's a completely different op. tbh he prob should have just had a circumcision in the first place!

Hope your DH's surgery goes well, barking, and that you gave him a good sendoff ;)

Scone v jealous over here of your lovely sounding summer off!

Just trying to catch up w everyone else's news; lousy week over here, as Bristowpooch is still in the hospital , and I am going quietly insane from worry.

Kitty yowch!!

Sid sorry the woofer is still poorly . Do they know when he might be coming home? x

Right. Must...do...dissertation...