The Elderberry Pavlovas who will graduate (thread 12)

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Roll up, roll up for the best discussions of ewcm, opk, ic and double dying you'll ever have. Probably.

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

Evening all

happy wish I'd seen your warning before I got in the car this morning. Literally not a channel without rb news! To make it worse AF arrived with me this morning...

On the plus side its the first time in six months I haven't needed a sick day for it. Lots of painkillers and v grumpy but managed a fairly productive day. bunny I notice you have reflexology too - I started around a mth ago and wonder if that's helped with AF pains. Did you notice that? Or was that you having a mare with AF pains t'other day? I also massively cut down on eating crap recently so wonder if that helped....

Anyone else done anything alternative to help their pmt and/or cycles generally?

Right let's ignore the RB!

aquarius boo to AF! Yep I love reflexology, haven't noticed it changing my pains though, but I wonder if the major pains last cycle were due to the amount of crap I eat.

Salad for lunch today and more salad for tea yay! I did slip and have two biccies this afternoon though oops!

Think we may be adopting a kitty

did you see the programme the other day saying that whole nuts, although they are full of fat, don't actually get completely divested so aren't as bad as you might think. eat plain cashews or almonds to snack on....

I meant digested...

bunny you're adopting me? Fabulous! I'm completely house trained and will be no bother . Re wedding, I agree with you. Maybe a break is just what you need anyway?

aquarius I'm thinking of starting Accupuncture again. I only had 1 session before but willing to try anything to make iui work!

tally nuts contain essential fatty acids, protein and fibre (amongst other things) so a handful a day is worth having. Yes, they contain calories but if you swapped them for another snack it wouldn't be so bad. Studies have shown that people who eat a handful of almonds a day have lower rates of cardiovascular disease.

So nothing new here to report...dare I say I wonder how the rb is getting on....?!

kitty welcome to the family!

My colleague pointed out today that on the guardian website you can press a 'republican' button and all the RB stuff disappears! Wouldn't it be cool if there was a Berry button everywhere that we could press to get rid of pg bumps etc etc etc

bunny that's a genius idea by the Guardian and even more genius by you re: a Berry button. I saw a FB baby photo today that had a clear warning sign at the beginning as in 'warning this picture contains babies' which I was grateful for. still didn't manage to look away in time though.

tally and blind I've been eating brazil nuts - just a couple at a time seem to keep the chocolate cravings away - do you think almonds are better though?

Wish I had the Berry Button now!!!

And so begins our weeks and months of hell.....

I switch the telly on to way h mindless CSI stuff and it's on bbc1. gah. rb mania is upon us.

Just cheering myself up by watching The Big C, it's about cancer!

At least producing a baby isn't our sole useful purpose in life.

I was at a work leaving do and having a pleasant time until someone's mother sent them a text to say the rb had arrived. Half an hour later the conversation had not changed, whole table of 15 was now talking about possible names etc. Sent DP an SOS text and he came to pick me up and get me out of there. They wouldn't accept any of my suggestions for the sweepstake anyway. Sadam? Dodi?

well said lady

I'm watching Fat: The Fight of My Life - v courageous 22st lady trying to get fit and lose weight so she can have a baby. I'm not overweight but I definitely could take a leaf out of her book and look after myself a bit better. keep getting the newsflash popping up about rb.

Thanks for the heads up about the Big C bunny, I love that series. Have set the Sky planner to record!

lady speak for yourself haha (just messing)

Well the rb stuff went strait over my head but dh coming home to tell me yet another friend is pregnant has basically slapped me in the face. I should be congratulating her but all I can think is when will it my effing turn?!

Ha ha barking great name suggestions!

aquarius wish I looked after myself a bit better, I eat too much rubbish and don't exercise

Gil it's ace innit! Think there have been 2 eps so far.

kitty boooooooooooo

Barking, I don't know where your school is but all your events happen on the same days as mine! (Well, your meeting of your new class and your work night out, but two's enough in my book...!)

Kitty, was it you asking about PMT? I've been having gelatinised maca powder (tea spoon in breakfast, 6 days per week). Bit of an acquired taste but I'm liking it with hot, oaty breakfasts! Hasn't helped with luteal phase or spotting, but my PMT has seemed much less severe and my period pain not as bad either. Only tried 2 cycles though so not got much evidence to support my claims yet!

No, sorry, it was Aquarius, not Kitty...sorry!!!

Ok, so plans for this morning are a rounders tournament against the other class in our year and then a goodbye picnic on the field for a child in my class who is leaving the school. It's raining very heavily. The children all know the plans and are very much looking forward to it. Fun day ahead in the classroom!!

The dog scratched at the door this morning, I opened it and he looked outside and went back to bed!!!

Yay a storm! Hope it cools things down a bit!

And I sound so old but... The garden needs it lol

P.s. hope those going to work (like me) aren't too fed up by the RB talk all day

My courgettes need it too bunny!

I'm ignoring rb news apart from to make loud raspberry noises at Cameron's 'change the lives of the nation' bollocks comment.

Cynical? Moi?

Anyone seen the Private Eye headline? 'Woman has Baby'

Bwahahahaha.

And that is all I will say on the subject.

Just got caught in a massive thunderstorm with the dogs, wearing flipflops and a vest top and half an hour from home! Now two wet dogs and a wet Boom paddling round the house...

Will come and catch up properly when I've sorted us out! x

Hellooooooooo

What's up peeps? Very quiet in here.

So anybody trying anything new this month (apart from clomid)? I'm gonna give doggy style a go and lying on my front, see if it makes any difference for my tilted bits!
DH also having reflexology and been given lots of pills to take to improve his swimmers.

Having resolved to do myfitnesspal etc, I have had two days of bad snacking! Pil left us biscuits and cakes and I've been working my way through. Not good. Thursday it is! First day of hols, so can go to the gym when I want.
Quite tearful by the time I got to work this wmorning after listening to all the rb stuff on the radio. Silly cow.
Now feeling very anxious about new job in September. My TA is completely ott enthusiastic and I've already had my display stuff critiqued as it was coming out of the printer. I HAVE to get diffed before Xmas as I don't think I can face a whole year stretching before me. Also not good.