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

[Bunnygirlie]

Evening! Ooh lots to catch up on....

Ha thunder bug hug is def one to add to the Berry lingo, it's like our own language

kitty sleep dry humping really?!? I do however also wear a nightie and no knix during shag week in case of morning glory don't think I've worn a nightie since I was little before this! 

marie recliner for a whiner! Ace, you are going to fit right in with us nutters lovely ladies!

aquarius and kuma I am stunned at your OHs reluctance to get checked out. Are they scared that the 'problem' could be them? 

barking life is indeed not fair!!! Bug hugs to you! and boodle too!

cats that ad is ace ! 

Good old Facebook, just logged on to be faced with some stupid poem about how amazing it is to be a mother and how blessed they are, AND a 39weeks and counting picture!

[happylass]

Ugh Boodle just been hit with another pg announcement on FB too . Though I'll be shouting it from the rooftops when it's my turn!!

[Boomgoestheweasel]

Who bloody well announces births on FB at 3 in the bloody morning when I'm still doing my dissertation and was looking for a little light relief? Could have waited til tomorrow ffs. kid has a stupid name anyway

Nearly finished my diss. Love a good all-nighter me...

In other news, AF is here WAHOOO! So, given that it's 3 in the morning, is today (Weds) day 1? So I get to play with the sweeties tomorrow and immediately get diffed with at least quads and post massive in-yer-face pictures of my enormous fertile bump all over facebook until the instadiffers are sick of me

Watch out thunder, I'm on your tail now!

I think I might be having a minor reality break given the hour and amount of words I've written in the past day.

[BlindKitty]

barking charming that add is hilarious!

[PuppyMummy]

hi all, im behind now!
merk it was the sister in charge we saw this time, tbh we hav done ed/eod for so long and it hasnt worked, might as well try something else (even if her reasoning is wrong!)

icsi is where they fertilise an egg for u by injecting the best sperm, ivf the egg and sperm fertilise themselves. I hav a big booklet to read when I get chance!

we break up fri. should hav been in mon tues to but they r inset days which we hav already worked by doing twilights. this week is dragging though!

[barkingtreefrog]

woohoo for sweeties boom!
I've woken up still grumpy about last night's pg announcement . Please let the sweeties work for me!!!!!

[Gillster]

Good work on the dissertation Boom and yay for AF and sweeties! I expect to be starting the sweeties too early next week.

So I don't usually bother but PIMPed this morning just to be sure before the op later today. As expected BFN. Not too disappointed as hopefully op today and some sweeties will fix things before heading off down the IVF road.

Now have 15 mins to get some brekkie down me before I'm nil by mouth.

[IamKuma]

gillster good luck today, I hope it goes smoothly.

boom well done, I bet you'll be relieved once is handed in. I hope you're not too tired!

[Boomgoestheweasel]

Good luck gill

Kuma I'm knackered, 2 hours sleep and it's still not bloody finished. It's all the faffing about with page numbers and stuff that's got me tied in knots!

[barkingtreefrog]

Hope all goes well today gillster

So that's you, me, boodle and boom all on cycle 1 of clomid! Surely one of us has to get lucky?!

[barkingtreefrog]

Boom sounds horrendous, but nearly at the end?! Hope it's all done and over soon. I'm off work today and supposed to be finishing the first draft of my last essay but I'm already on pininterest so it looks like it's going to be a battle!!!

[Tallyra]

good luck gill xxxxxxxxxxx

[Bunnygirlie]

Grrrrrrr to 3am FB announcements!

boom YAY to the diss and the sweeties!!!

Break a leg gil

Stuck on the beanbag of boredom! Waiting for AF to jog on and the feeling of dread is sneaking up on me as shag week approaches!

[cherrycoconut]

Good luck Gill and yay for all the berries with BFP inducing sweeties to scoff and shiny new cycles to try them out on.

Boom hang in there, the finish line is in sight! You bloody deserve it, I hate all-nighters, makes me shudder just to remember those end of term days at uni. Urgh!

Welcome in Marie sorry to hear of your MC, glad to see you're already comfy on our seating arrangements.

How you doing this morning Yorkie? I understand what you're saying about being on the cusp of IVF eligibility in some places but I'm sure you'd find a FC to take you. I've everything crossed for you that the next blood readings are better. Are there any anxiety meds or natural remedies you can take safely while TTC that might help you? Acupuncture really helps me relax, others here have had success with reflexology.

I have a lovely day of tedious and erroneous meetings to get through today, then a long weekend off work. Technically Friiiday then here... yippee. I shall get that in now before all you teachers start rubbing it in next week announcing yer long hols!

[BlindKitty]

boom ah know that feeling all too well! Hopefully you'll be so relieved and relaxed afterwards you'll get your bfp!

gill hope everything goes ok for you today

So diet going well but I'm hungry already! Arrgh!

[Tallyra]

barking, step away from the social stuff slowly. get writing and come back in 2 hours and tell us how much you have written.
I had a bit of a weird night last night. was all ready to throw myself at dh but then a ferret escaped and he spent the next half hour chatting to the neighbour and then when he finally came to bed I was mad and told him so. so we started talking about stuff and came to the conclusion that I get angr because I don't know what else to do. then I broke down and cried and I feel a lot better today. don't try to hold it all in girls, it'll do your relationship no good!

[Tallyra]

barking, step away from the social stuff slowly. get writing and come back in 2 hours and tell us how much you have written.
I had a bit of a weird night last night. was all ready to throw myself at dh but then a ferret escaped and he spent the next half hour chatting to the neighbour and then when he finally came to bed I was mad and told him so. so we started talking about stuff and came to the conclusion that I get angr because I don't know what else to do. then I broke down and cried and I feel a lot better today. don't try to hold it all in girls, it'll do your relationship no good!

[IamKuma]

bunny yes I think he is scared the problem might be him, he is funny about doctors anyway, refuses even to take painkillers for a headache....

On the subject of acupuncture, I mentioned to DH this morning that a friend is having it to help conceive, he looked worried and said 'surely sticking needles in your ladybits can't be good for you'. I had to explain that that wasn't how acupuncture worked! Maybe he thinks I'm going to have him get acupuncture on his man-bits .

[barkingtreefrog]

kuma Laughing lots at images of all our men laying on their backs with pins in their bits. Nothing I wouldn't try for a baby, might stick a few experimental pins in DP while he's sleeping .

I haven't even started my essay but that's because I've fed both dogs, emptied and refilled the dishwasher and then been on the phone for AN HOUR to work ON MY DAY OFF!!
Motivation now even lower but I have the triple choc chip cookies I made last night to bribe myself with .

[SidneyBristow]

today starts our manic countdown to Holiday With Kids 2013 so can't really catch up but just wanted to pop in to say

Welcome Marie! You are in the right place, glad you're here!

Good luck today Gill hope it goes smoothly & is over before you know it!

Keep typing Boom and think of the sweet relief when you hand your diss in!!

Yorkie love how are you today?

Hope everyone else is having a nice calm relaxing aircon'd day, unlike me who will be frantically trying to tie up loose ends in the heat. (insert sweaty emoticon here!)

[Aquarius1]

Kuma that's hilarious! Acupuncture on your ladybits!

I think my dh might be concerned about his results too although I think also it might be a pride thing in that he doesn't want other people to interfere with our ttc'ing. He's far more laid back about things and says he doesn't mind if it takes us longer to get pg.

Am I right in thinking all this sweeties business is about taking hormones? If so hope all goes well for those doing the sweetie popping. If not you all have worrying sugar addictions. (Sorry am a bit behind on things).

[barkingtreefrog]

Sweeties = Clomid Aquarius, designed to kick your ovaries into gear and regulate your cycles. Not a great success rate with women who are already ovulating, but as my cycles are irregular and I have a short LP I'm hoping that's what has stopped me getting a BFP so far and therefore the Clomid will sort all that out and wave the proverbial magic wand...
My FC consultant said they probably won't work as I'm already ovulating and a short LP isn't an issue. I'm choosing to ignore the silly man. However he did say they should increase the changes of pg each cycle from 25% to 30%, so I'll take that! .

Right, have emailed my essay from the desktop to the laptop so can work in the kitchen whilst supervising the dogs and watching out for the postman...

See you berries later! I'll bring the rest of the cookies if I haven't eaten all 20 of them myself by this afternoon

[yorkiebilb]

hello all,

Good luck for all you clomid ladies. Welcome to the thread marie and so sorry about your mc. You've definitely come to the right thread for support.

Thanks for all the information and support over the past 2 days. I managed to get some sleep last night so that's good. I had my acupuncture apt this morning and I've got a counselling apt this evening and I'm spending the day laid on the sofa watching The White Queen and trying to resist the temptation to google. I've also just got off the phone from one of the consultants team. Basically he can't make any prognosis or decisions on one result and as coconut rightly said they need to be repeated in a couple of months time which means more waiting. I do understand but just feel in limbo at the moment. In the meantime I need to do everything in my power to try and reduce my stress levels and hopefully my fsh level, however, the thought of trying to reduce my stress levels is stressing me out!!! What a vicious circle! No, I'm going to try and focus on eating healthy, exercising and trying to chill to hell out! coconut did you ever get any advice on what you should/shouldn't be eating and how much exercise you should be getting?

Anyway enough about me. How are you lovely berries? kuma I laughed at your DH saying about putting needles up your lady bits so please say thanks for making me laugh today! I did panic this morning when my acupuncturist asked me to find my pelvic bone and wondered where he was going to put the needles!

Good luck with the essay writing barking and boom hope you managed to get the dissertation all sorted.

[BlindKitty]

kuma also laughed out loud at your dh! The only dh around here who had anything to moan about is poor barking's and even he's apparantly better!

Well guys .... I've finally had my iui letter!!! All systems go! I know it's success rate isn't great so I'm not completely niave that it might not work but feel its one step slider on the everlasting road to motherhood! Really hoping I'll start next cycle but know these things take time

[yorkiebilb]

That's great news blind a step in the right direction.