The Elderberry Gluckschmerzers who sausage wang between the Sofa of Pity and the Pouffe of Possibility (thread 11)

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Come and join us elderly TTCers on the Sofa of Pity (SoP), Rug of Rage (RoR), the Pouffe of Possibility (PoP) or the Chaise Lounge of Limbo (CLoL) whilst trying to avoid the BubbleBath of Gloom(BoG)!

The smallprint - Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 3+months, NO instadiffers, must have a special pot) and def no mention of baby dust or baby dancing UGH !!! Ooh we are strict...please note your house may be at risk if you do not keep up repayments lol

*quaff
My phone is a shit. Twice this week I have sent texts with CM in them by accident thanks to autocorrect. Thankfully none of them were to people TTC so they likely didn't understand otherwise they would have been

Oh FFS. I have not just corrected myself on a message that didn't even post! I give up

Thunder my emotions have been a bit out of control for the last 3 months; the only thing that makes me feel even slightly better is to remember that a good night's sleep usually makes things look brighter in the morning. I hope you feel better soon. Sometimes a good cry is exactly what's needed.

Earlier today I inadvertently exposed myself to a sonogram picture of DH's first child. It kind of took my breath away and I know it's irrational but things like that feel like a slap in the face, when TTC has dragged on and on. TBH I know I'd have a small cry about it except for the fact that I decided to PIMP about an hour later - got a positive!! First time in 2.5 months. CBFM still showing "High" so not sure if I'm catching it at the start, or if CBFM is broken, or what, but for now I'm ecstatic. DTD yesterday & today so I think we're in good shape so far!

Oh god sid, even reading that makes me feel sick. (The sonogram bit not the positive!). How bloody awful- that would have floored me totally.

How fantastic to get some good news too though- right you know you've got 4 days of solid shagging to do now?!

Sid you almost gave me a heart attack then. When you said positive I thought you meant BFP and let out a little yelp, until I remembered we're cycle buddies! Got a positive OPK this morning too plus a little EWCM (which is a miracle considering the amount of anti histamines and cold remedy I've been downing). Not a lot of good with DP hundreds of miles away though is it. Think I'm out already
Happy shag week Sid!!

thunder I have ever known myself to be so emotional since we started TTC!

happy I hope you will still pop in whilst having a rest! You can distract us with wedding news!

merk unfortunately my symptoms are pink cm and a slight TMI itchy bitch so I guess AF (due tues) is coming early

sid yuck to the sonogram

Feeling proper depressed tonight, tried on some of my summer clothes and nothing fits! I soooooo need to lose half stone but haven't been trying very hard as low calorie diet doesn't help TTC, I think I have given up all hope of it happening naturally so maybe I'll just start eating less and exercising anyway!!!

Bunny I'm not going anywhere!! I'll be here waving you all off to the grads as you abandon me one by one and leave me as the last Berry standing . Still a minuscule glimmer of hope this month so not quite out yet.

Hey Berries - sidles back in after an absence trotting misguidedly down the YBR

Really managed to convince this would be our month, cycle 6 and having DTD at all the right times, but AF due around now and all the symptoms in place so feeling quite down about everything. Had two pregnancy announcements over the weekend so also feeling pretty

I know I'm a bit behind on this one, but Barking always makes me think of the end of the District Line, so I visualise Barking as a frog on a tube train!

Evening Berries

Kuma, it's not over until the fat lady sings, hope you're wrong! Nice to see you!

Emotional berries I'm with you guys. Ok one cycle, next cycle I pimp about fifty times a day and cry at every BFN. This cycle is a freak cycle, where I know there's no BFP at the end of the rainbow and just want it over and done with so I can start on the baby pills, so I feel ok at the moment. If my first clomid cycle doesn't work there will be tears before and during, and after bedtime though..

Ooh, Sid! Get your bonk on!

Happy hoping you've got a couple of persistant swimmers still knocking around..!

So news in my world, they've just released the jobs at my two local hospitals. Trying to compose a decent personal statement which I should have done before but was too lazy that makes me sound AMAZING and doesn't hint that I might be crazily trying to have a baby as soon as is physically possible. The fact that I've already met half the obstetric unit staff at one of the hospitals whilst in stirrups and having a close encounter with a dildocam means I probably won't get away with it though

boom hopefully they were concentrating on the 'body parts' in question rather than your face and won't recognise you????? On your personal statement, make sure you sell yourself as band 5 positions generally get a lot of applicants. Try to put stuff that will make you stand out from the rest.

thunder do you not remember my week of meltdowns the month before last? I was pre-menstrual although I think combined with clomid and realising I'd reached my 2 year anniversary of ttc!!!! Anyway, MUCH better now and defo no tears since!

well I'm meant to see the GP tomorrow to see whats happening about the iui (dh talked me into booking the appointment) but think I'm going to cancel it because its pointless, yey???? what do you think?

Blind why not keep the appointment? just go and ask them what you can expect, and when you can expect it. might be a good chance to ask about success rates, if there's anything you can do to prepare for it, etc?

Boom what do you mean, you need to try to sound amazing? you are amazing! Are they really allowed to consider your TTC in terms of hiring/not hiring you? In the US that would be illegal (but I'm sure it's still done; they just aren't allowed to ask about it, but if they are told about it then I don't doubt it might factor into decisions)

Kuma good to see you again, don't let AF get you down, maybe she'll get lost on the way!!

Bunny GP suggested I lose a bit of weight myself so I feel your pain. I've fallen off my gym bandwagon but need to hop back on, although might scale back on my dance classes (sob). Don't want to dislodge any fertilised eggs out of the nest!!

Sorry for the scare earlier - just a positive on an OPK! CBFM hasn't given me a Peak reading in ages and I've never had especially dark lines on OPKs, but today's was unmistakable, and EWCM seems to be backing that up. Bonk week off to a fab start! and Happy fx your DH's swimmers are just chillaxin' (ironically said) waiting for your egg to make an entrance

Yeah and a bit more about the sonogram, I don't fault him for keeping it, or treasuring it, or any of that - I genuinely don't think it would bother me if DH & I had children ourselves. I love my SKs but seeing photos like that at the mo is just not a good thing for me mentally. It's not a pleasant thought, that someone else succeeded whereas I haven't (so far). Thanks for not saying I'm an insecure jealous freakshow

one last thing, I should've said in my note to bunny - GP banged on about how a person should get her weight as ideal as possible before a pregnancy so that the pregnancy doesn't become unduly physically uncomfortable. She was quick to say weight doesn't necessarily affect TTC - and also I can't remember who asked about paracetemol, but she said categorically it was perfectly safe, and actually I've seen it referenced as OK in the IVF booklet the FC I'm being referred to has on their website.

'Night ladies, hope you all have a good rest & that the world looks a little brighter for us tomorrow xx

sid I think you are marcia cross, not bree. It's the lovely skin and serenity and educated bits, really. Isn't she a berry too??

Sorry some berries are feeling pants. This ttc lark does get to you at times, no matter what you do. Look after yourselves....manicures?

boom good luck with the job applications. try not to worry about having been a patient, they cannot hold it against you.

So, had a handover meeting with my new class' current teacher. There are some crazy names! There's also a child who is a selective mute, who I'm panicking about. She's never said a word to her current teacher...
Have decided to create a woodland theme across the classroom. Getting quite excited about that bit!

Cd28 and sore boobs.

Hello!

Random TMI question, is everybody else obsessed with checking paper when they wipe or is it just me?!?!? Is this what it has come to?!?!?

It's a yes from me about ttc making you more emotional, and also a yes to some months (and some bumps) hitting harder than others.
Nice to see you kuma
Sid finding that would make me an emotional wreck. A totally understandable reaction.

I am away on my class residential. Was just thinking how well they'd all settled in bed (only took almost 3 hours) when we had 4 giggling boys knocking on the door. One of them had been farting for the amusement of the others, then realised he needed the toilet only it was too late.... Poo all over the duvet in the middle of the floor (no idea why the duvet was on the floor). Another teacher got there first but 'couldn't deal with it' so she just folded the duvet up and dumped it at the bottom of the corridor, still with poo inside!!!!

Same here bunny at least around the time I'm expecting ewcm or af anyway .

Ewwww Barking!! I've had some pretty horrendous projectile vomiting incidents in my time but thankfully nothing from the other end . This is why I don't teach primary!

O dear god, barking!!!!! That is hideous!

Yes to the loo roll checking.....

EEEEK, just pressed submit for two jobs! Please let my applications be ok!!

barking that is MINGING!

Barking that sounds horrific!

Deffo on the loo paper checking!

eww barking. But what a wuss - how can you look after kids and not expect to have to deal with that occasionally?

cd1 here, 2 days early. I had a really emotional couple of days and sorer boobs than usual, but no suspicions as we haven't DTD for ages and not even TTC. Being early also means that 'shag week' would be starting the day before my hysteroscopy, so that then means I'm out this cycle. but I'm getting my hopes up for next month as I'm getting too impatient to not TTC for much longer!!

Uff, morning berritos. Had an horrific night's sleep, kept dreaming I'd filled in my application forms wrong! (Checked this morning. They're fine)

Kitty thanks for the advice. I did try really hard but the problem is trying to get all the stuff in there that makes you 'fit' the job description, AND trying to think of what makes me different. To be honest, I have precisely the same experience as all the other applicants and we were specifically told by the head of midwifery in the area 'not to babble about hobbies and stuff because we don't read those bits'. So I've just put the basics of my training in and added that I really want to work in those areas because blah blah. I'm a bit disappointed with it but I just don't see what else can be put! Anyway. Now applied for, I think I'll get an interview for the hospital I trained in but not the other one (they only have 1 FT and 2 PT jobs going and they're affiliated with a different university). Fingers crossed however! Need money so that I can afford the baby that I'm going to have just in time to disqualify me from mat pay

Now just hoping I don't see anyone on the interview panel who has intimate knowledge of my uterus! No Sid they can't technically use my confidential medical history to discriminate against me but that won't necessarily stop them.

No more poo related incidents I hope barking?

Have a good day all!

Morning!

Glad I'm not the only loo roll checking loon! Lol. This morning it's darker so the bitch is on her way

Break a leg boom

Anybody else feeling a little bit sick that the RB news is just around the corner, I think I may have to stop myself from crying when the news breaks!

Another day in a hot office ahead of me, yuck!