The Elderberry Pavlovas: still chasing that 'copter in the hope of a festive BFP. Thread 16 (the one where Happy was left in charge!!)

[happylass]

Here we go again.....

The smallprint –
Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 6+months, NO instadiffers, must have a special pot) and def no mention of baby dust or baby dancing UGH !!! Ooooh aren’t we strict!

mrsw best preseed advice (I have years of experience lol) is to pop it in in bathroom 5 mins before to warm it up and pretend its erm just you getting in the mood

birdy sorry the witch got you

happy that staff room sounds like fun I do feel sorry for those girls thinking it is that easy

barking do you still need that wang?!?

sid there is an awful lot of paperwork isn't there! When are you in next?

mrs that really made me chuckle! And I needed it after the horrid day I've had!

Evening. Thanks for the input on the dtd. It was fine, in the end. Cough.
Went for scan this evening, showed a single dominant folly! Not big enough yet, so we have to try on Thursday and I have another scan on Friday. Then May or may not have trigger over the weekend, depending on whether I've ovulated. My question now is, if I were to ov on Friday, as suggested, that would be cd 26. My cycles have been around 35 days, so would that mean a short lp? I could ov as late as sat or sun, so that could make a 7 day lp.... Mind you, my cycles are fairly unpredictable, so ithihs one may not be 35 days anyway, and I don't know about the impact the clomid will have had.... Here's to over thinkers united!

As for the instadiffers, an old school friend recently told me she was expecting. She completed an iron man competition and then got diffed straight after. Just goes to show that lots of exercise does not necessarily have a neg impact. Another 'friend' got married last month and was harping on before the wedding that she'd worked out the 3 days in October she could get diffed. Bet she does too!

In other news, work is driving me mad. I'm so stressed I feel panicky most of the time. I've spoken to the deputy about it and she told me to make a list of all the stuff I have to do and show her. Took me an hour to make the list yesterday. She didn't have time to look at it today. It has now got longer. I don't know if I'll get through the year, in all honesty. But don't know what to do. I have to assume that I won't get diffed and think short and medium term.

feather. Thanks for your update. I've been thinking of you and hoping for as good an outcome as possible.

boodle and rp the current August birthday child in my class is two academic years ahead of themselves, it's not that side of things I'd be worried about at all and obviously my child would be amazingly intelligent anyway, but this child (and most other August birthdays I can remember of the last 12 years of teaching) just seems so much younger than others in the class. My brother is a September birthday and his best mate growing up was an August birthday. They were only 3 weeks apart in age but my brother was a year behind at school and did so much better socially than his mate, had far more confidence.

More to the point I'm a June birthday and I remember that year of hell when all my mates turned 17 and started driving and I had months to wait, and then the following year was even worse when they all turned 18 and started going to pubs and clubs that didn't accept fake ID from someone who looked 15!!!

But like I say, I'd quite happily give birth on the 31st August if someone offered it right now!!!! What I'm really doing here is getting ahead of myself and cushioning the blow of my November bfn .

Charming in general your LP starts from when you O. So late O doesn't make your LP shorter, it just makes your overall cycle longer. If your LP is normally 14 days it will still be 14 days (generally) from when you O

Yes, I know. But as I don't temp, I have no way of knowing my normal lp length. Hmmmm. My previous cycle was 64 days as I'd reduced metformin. This cycle might be odd as I'm back on high dose, but of slow release, so may not have had the same effect as quickly. But, I did think that clomid brought everything forward?? Anyhoo....
I'd take an august baby, but don't fancy the thought of being heavily pg in the hot weather... The summer babies in my current class are a mixed bag academically, but socially all quite immature. In Germany, parents of summer babies can choose to keep them back a year. Very civilised.

There is that, Barking. I didn't read till after I went to school whereas lots of kids in my class had already started.

And yeah, I think DFriend was also cushioning the blow as I'd just mentioned I have no pg symptoms.

Feather if you are reading, I was thinking of you today on the drive home and hoping you are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.

charming you sounded like that woman who posted a while back about when she planned to conceive haha. Wish I had the link now. If your lp actually is short you could ask if the fc would consider prog pessaries. My friend is on get first cycle of them after 2 1/2 years ttc. Praying this will work

feather and lady, how are you both feeling?

Morning!

DH is off to make a jizz pop today, FX for no performance anxiety!

Here's to a good Tuesday, I hate Tuesday's!

Sid, I'm OK, only crying in the car, being kept busy at work. On Thursday I have my blood test to confirm beta hcg is back to 0 and will arrange follow up appointment. Also booked open evening at another clinic with better results but not sure whether to do another cycle at current clinic since at least I know them and their system now.

Lady I'm so sorry. what does your husband think about changing clinics? is there a reason other than success rates that you're thinking of switching? Maybe after the follow-up, some of these decisions will become a little clearer

on a comical note, good luck to Mr Bunny and his spermcicle

on a personal note, today is 10dpo for me and I'm not testing, no sirree I am not, it is too disappointing and I'm starting to get that empty-ish crampy feeling anyway so there doesn't seem much point.

Ahhh Sidney am 9-11 dpo (messed up temping so not 100% sure) so we can link arms and wait for bfp AF!

RP Hmm linking arms makes it sound like a schoolyard game of Red Rover (do they do that here?), can just imagine the chant: Red Rover, Red Rover, send Aunt Flo on over! Um NO stay away from us please...

are you madly symptom spotting? I think this month I'll break my tradition and keep them to myself so as to not feel like a total fool when if AF shows up right on time.

Arggggghhhhh!!!!! I can't possibly work any more hours, yet I can't get everything done!!!! Feeling very and frustrated about school at the moment. How can I be getting in at 7.15, leaving at 5.45, answering all my emails and doing all my planning at home, and yet still be so far behind with everything?!
I need a [frazzled] and [exhausted] smiley.....

Yy to that. 7.45 to 5.30 and now at kitchen table with pile of essays. Eurgh......

It is also The Rule that you will get some hellish admin email at 4.57pm telling you to transfer all records you have ever created into a new template which is only distinguishable from the last template because it is 10.5 Arial as opposed to 12pt.

bitter much

rp Completely and utterly pointless admin tasks that no-one will ever look at yet need doing immediately in a very precise but illogical way. My favourite .

Grr.

bunny actually lol at the sperm popsicle! Did everything go ok? X

lady sending you hugs x

barking sorry you had a bad day, and you too RP

sid and kitty thanks lol, not sure if the spermcicle has been made, he has to go back next week. Guess his count really is low

FC appt tomorrow, this one with a doctor, nurse one on thurs, I don't really know what to expect, who else has done this?!?

Bunny- I only had an appointment with a practitioner nurse. She took a bit of history, told us our blood, scan and SA results, told us which protocol we'd be doing and explained the procedure in more detail. We then spent around 20 mins going through and signing all the consent forms.

Also a long day at work for me (8am - 7pm) and expect this to continue for the next three weeks or so. Feel good though as got a positive OPK this morning so jumped on DH as soon as I got home whilst I still had some energy. I am now relaxing whilst he makes dinner .

Bunny - why do they freeze your DH's sperm in advance? Is it to make sure there's enough good quality stuff at the critical time?

Ah thanks Gil I wonder why we have two appts this week then?!? It's all so strange and unknown!

I am going to ask more about the sperm freeze, I assume it's coz of the low count, to make sure there is enough to work with when the time comes! Did they tell you any timescale for yours?

Gillster I also tell DH he is for kitchen and bedroom work

Today wasn't that bad really!! DSis4 rang after I'd marked 2 essays and had some major drama to relate so I haven't done all much.... Will totally pay for that later this week.

So tomorrow I will be 10dpo and on track for AF

So Bunny and Gill, do you both feel like you are on the journey properly now??

Glad I'm not the only teacher feeling overwhelmed....parents' evening tomorrow. Grrrrr.

blind. Not sure about your ref to the one planning conception. I meant that I'd take any baby, august or not. Grow little folly, grow.
Yay to bunny and gill skipping down the IVF road. Expect to be joining you soon. Hope you're feeling excited as well as everything else!
sid hoping that af stays away
lady hoping that you get some answers at your follow up.

Noticing ewcm, which should mean we should dtd, but folly wouldn't be big enough, according to Lovely Consultant. He told me to dtd on Thursday as even Wednesday would be too early. The folly grows at a rate of 2mm a day...so, is this where I've been going wrong? Dtd while there's ewcm and stopping too early? Interesting. I have to say, after 16 months of nothing, I'd be mightily annoyed if that was a factor! Nothing to do with pco, oh no.....

RP I'll let you know tomorrow or thurs after my appts how I feel lol

charming excited, scared, nervous, worried....