The Elderberry Pavlovas who will graduate (thread 12)

[CharmingCats]

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

yorkie really glad about that. If you don't want to pay loads though you could always just get the amh and ask your nhs fc to explain the result?

do I smell newbie?!? Welcome star add yourself to our list -

Tally - 33, TTC since 2009, all tests done now so back to boinking. AF due 10th Aug
Blindkitty - 33 ttc 25 months, af due 11th, 1st iui appointment Thursday!
Bunny - 33, this is TTC month 15, AF due 13/8, awaiting FC appt
Happylass - 35, cycle 13. AF due 21/8. Last cycle before taking a break. Slowly ploughing my way through the ridiculous list of tests needed to get to the FC.
Sidney - 38, cycle 14. AF due 23/8. Waiting on FC referral; so far tests show nothing wrong. Not quite ready to give up TTC on our own yet (but getting close)
Boom - 31, ttc 15 months, day 15 of first cycle of clomid, Mr Boom being a fatheaded oaf and refusing to boink at relevant times.
Pipbin - 38 TTC since the Royal Wedding, in the middle of first cycle of IVF.
Boodle - 30, cycle 25. 1st cycle of clomid not going well.
Lady - 34, TTC 18 months, IVF drugs being delivered on Friday!

gil glad the op went ok

boom symptom spotting day 19 here and I have an achey back, does that count?!? obviously it wasn't caused by my attempt at sit-ups

Anybody got exciting plans for the weekend? No plans for rest of weekend here, DH off for his reflex in a min so I may make a start on painting the spare room, fun fun fun!

bunny my mum is staying for the weekend so we're going to a butterfly farm! I quite like painting actually!

hiya. I'm glad you got through the appt ok gil. sorry to hear about that fibroid but if that gets fixed you are definitely 1 step closer!
welcome stark, you can moan ay us all you like, almost certainly some of us will have been there or can understand!

Going to a wedding reception tonight. It should be nice, as it's a second marriage and I hope there won't be too many babies around. Then we are going to have a week in the woods :-) Might be out of contact for a while. I'll let you know if the symptoms increase though...

Morning all

Finally logging on with a proper computer so can add myself to the list -

Tally - 33, TTC since 2009, all tests done now so back to boinking. AF due 10th Aug
Blindkitty - 33 ttc 25 months, af due 11th, 1st iui appointment Thursday!
Bunny - 33, this is TTC month 15, AF due 13/8, awaiting FC appt
Happylass - 35, cycle 13. AF due 21/8. Last cycle before taking a break. Slowly ploughing my way through the ridiculous list of tests needed to get to the FC.
Sidney - 38, cycle 14. AF due 23/8. Waiting on FC referral; so far tests show nothing wrong. Not quite ready to give up TTC on our own yet (but getting close)
Boom - 31, ttc 15 months, day 15 of first cycle of clomid, Mr Boom being a fatheaded oaf and refusing to boink at relevant times.
Pipbin - 38 TTC since the Royal Wedding, in the middle of first cycle of IVF.
Boodle - 30, cycle 25. 1st cycle of clomid not going well.
Lady - 34, TTC 18 months, IVF drugs being delivered on Friday!
Aquarius- 32 TTC 16 mths might get FC referral at some point....
Starkin - 35 - TTC long enough to join the Berries

Hello star have added you to the list

yorkie I had counselling for over thinking / anxiety issues a few years back and it did really help - took a few sessions to start making a difference, but it had a lasting effect. I hope your sessions make a difference for you - you're not going mad, you just have a lot on your plate. I've found reflexology has helped with relaxation and sleep too.

Hi everyone else - sorry I'm not too good at checking in but have been trying to catch up on what's going on and all looks v exciting! I'm all for the odd bit of symptom spotting in moderation...

boom sorry about pukey neighbour! That sucks

Happy weekend all

Ps boodle thanks for that web link about the Maca powder- lots of interesting info on that site. I'm experimenting with healthier eating to see if it might improve my fertility... Will see if I can get hold of some....

Ooooh can I join please?? I think I qualify... except what is an instadiffer??

So been to a butterfly farm today! So lovely! Will definitely return when I've for my brood! Oh and I'll actually be one of the parents who tell their children NOT to pick up the butterflies unlike so many other parents there!

an instadiffer is someone who basically gets pregnant strait away and then probably moans about how difficult it was for her lol! We're all a bit cynical but we're actually quite a nice lot. Come and tell us your story!

Ah ok well I'm definitely not an instadiffer then . I tend to lurk on a lot of threads but really want to get involved in one and not just watch everyone's stories unfold without posting/congratulating etc don't know why I do that. Well been ttc since December, although only been tracking cycles etc since about April. I wasn't on the pill so none of the getting back to normal stuff for me which is good, but a shame I can't use it as excuse for the first few months . I'm turning 31 soon.

Will try to read back as much as a can to catch up with everyone else. But first, off to find the required special pot ready for 3 weeks time...

fox I prob wouldn't bother reading back, you could be there forever! I'd just puck it up as you go along and we can always fill you in . Re the pot, I just use disposable cups!

Hello, may I join too please? Aged 33, ttc since coming off the pill in December, OH 38 & coeliac (jizz test normal). :)

Hi snow! Nice to be newbies together!

I'll take your advice then kitty and not bother reading back

Oh dear, diet went out the window today, thought after all those hours of painting I deserved a treat my back still hurts though

Ooh newbies, newbies, newbies, tell us your stories x

Yay another new berry hi snow

bunny yes you definitely need a treat or two if you've been painting all day

Oh my goodness they're all coming out of the woodwork! Come on in! They must know we're going to have a berry shortage with all of the graduates that are about to graduate!!!

bunny my diet went out the window today too! Keys not share mfp today haha!

*lets

There's not much more to tell really. I got married in January and we thought I'd just get pregnant! How wrong we were! Oh well, I'm sure it won't be long now

Diet went out the window for me today too bunny! M&S Chinese banquet for 2! Was worth it though!

Yay piggies together

hi fox and snow! Welcome! Nice to have some newbies here, pull up a chair, bring the popcorn and fill us in...
Are you ttc 'au naturelle' at the moment or have either of you started going down doctors / fertility clinic routes yet?

Hey tallyra I'm going to wait until its been a year before going to the doctors. Used opk's last month though and got a strong positive on an opk when I expected so that's good. How about you? How long have you been ttc?

fox I think we all thought we'd get pregnant as soon as we were married! mist of us waited until we'd got married, had stable jobs, nice houses, etc! Maybe that's the problem that we'd waited and didn't get knocked up when we were more fertile and 16!

I think you're right to wait until its been a year. People will tell you to lie but it's easy to get caught up in a world of procedures and fertility treatment when you prob just need to keep shagging at the right time for now!

Moooorning folks! Just been woken by the puker again so thought I'd come and stick my head in, and check out the newbies - hello snow and fox, welcome to the berries . Good to have new recruits because I'm GOING to graduate this month (follow the yellow brick road..follow the yellow brick road...)

Bunny I am also a massive pig, went for a Turkish meal last night which was surreal but tasty (waiter was a Turkish Manuel from Fawlty Towers) and then went and put it into MFP and OOPS. Still, worth every bite.

Kitty butterfly farm! Sounds awesome and I think I want one!

Tally you may be out in the woods by now but hope you enjoyed your wedding reception and can't wait to hear about these here symptoms...

In my world, I'm happily symptom spotting away on the CLoL. Have now decided that I'm definitely far too greedy hungry to not be diffed, also if I poke myself really HARD in the nipple it kind of hurts, which is a symptom, right? CD19 so it's all in my head, but hey, no harm in dreaming...

boom the butterfly farm was lovely! They just land on you! It was in Stratford though so miles away for you.
I poke my boobs all the time but they especially hurt when I was on clomid. Unless I can convince the fc to reduce my dosage I'll start 100mg mon after next for my iui.