New year, new thread, fresh start and a brand spanking new injection of a hot new batch of posifrickenity! This is the year where our wombs will be comfy and our babies plentiful! TTC after MC.

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2014. The year of the rainbow baby. We pledge to be positive (most of the time). We pledge to cry less, shag more and swear lots. This is the one wannamummabees!

The Rules...

(1) A lady may only POAS on a Friday.
(2) Friday means the day that everyone calls Friday in the time zone where you spent the night.
(3) Rule (1) does not apply to POA-OPK-S, UNLESS they are being illegitimately used as surrogate HCG detectors, in which case Rule (1) most definitely does apply
(4) Rule (1) does not apply following a BFP because if you want to waste £25 a day POADigiS that's your prerogative
(5) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady is POAS in an attempt to get a BFN to prove she can start DTD with intent
(6) Rule (1) does not apply if a lady wants for unknown reason to pee on an actual stick, like a twig or some such, if that lady is unexpectedly caught short whilst tramping in the forest looking for bears.
(7) These rules (including Rule (1)) are subject to the change at any time if the ladies of the Posifrickentivity thread decide on a whim come up with empirical evidence to prove that it is luckier to POAS on any other day of the week
(8) Violators of Rule (1) shall be subject to fish throwing.

And as a grand finale, why not pledge to NEVER POAS before 14DPO?

Woohoo, Edinburgh crew!

Of course HollyBen I'll pm you the details now.

Otters I'm glad I'm not the only one who hides the pg books. I'm now so superstitious I won't look at them at all, or work out my edd, when I get a bfp not that it made any fucking difference last time I think I am slowly and surely going crackers...

Thanks otters. Apologies for my spelling below. Can't get to grips with the keypad on my phone

No pg books for me - I couldn't bring myself to read them. Plus I have such trouble believing I'll ever get there I might as well buy a book on being an astronaut...

Just PMd you holly

Oh I bought three of the damn things. And took comfort reading that at 8 weeks the chances of mc were tiny blah blah blah. I read that the night before my scan confirmed my mmc They'll be staying stuffed at the back of the wardrobe if I ever get upduffed again...

aah pregnancy books. I have several from ttc#1, keep thinking maybe it is time to just throw them away as they are taking up too much space on the bookshelf and no chance of getting upduffed in sight. Similarly for those with DCs - I have saved my ds's clothes and toys for the next baby - at some point I may have to decide to throw those away too.

I had slight cramps this afternoon and thought it may be implantation related as af is not due till Mon. However, i think it was just a case of me having eaten too much at lunchtime and my skirt being awfully tight.

Ok this has zero to do with anything, but I've been in childish fits of giggles over this and thought I'd share.

Check out the product description. Perhaps this is the perfect thing for all our DH/DPs post shag week?!?

amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F9YG9PC

Parsley hahahahahaha!

Hee hee!

I don't know about you gals, but my house is literally teeming with willies! I also love the 'Perfect for the backdoor' line - but only on Fridays, right?

Fnar Parsley

Parsley that is brilliant! We have lots of 'willies' that need putting at the back door here

So I have a slightly controversial question for you all - do you partake in a drink during the 2 week wait? I was determined not to this time but DP and I have just had a couple of (largish) glasses of red wine each to chill out and make up after last nights histerics (my bad) and I'm only 2dpo

I did drink a bit the month I got my BFP (not lots and lots but there was a tipsy night in there), but now I've got post-mc paranoia. Am I a terrible person to have had wine?

I don't thing a glass will hurt. And if it helps relax you and build bridges, so much the better. Cheers. :)

otters I do my best to abstain but basically, yes I do! My understanding (confirmed by my GP when I fretted over a few unknowing drinks when I got my BFP) is that there's no blood interaction between you and blastocyst/embryo until you're about 5 weeks gone, at the earliest. I also read an article saying much the same last year, if I find it I'll PM It to you!

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Thanks girls, it's not like I'm necking a bottle of gin (mores the pity!) So I'll chill out about it a bit

I was just thinking the other day that what my house lacked was willie storage - perfecto!!

I am off the keep going as you are until you get that BFP school Otters. I am a big drinker perhaps half a bottle of wine over a weekend so I figure that's fine. Saying that with BFP #2 (now almost 3) I had been at a wedding in Ireland and drunk a huge amount over 2 days. I only clocked I was pg when I still felt hungover 3 days later! Not that I am advocating that, but it had no ill efects

Shuffles in shyly. Hello again everyone, it has been a little while. Parsley, that is brilliant, we are a very muddy family with a lot of willies cluttering up the place. We keep quite a few pairs of guest willies too, for urbanites who come out to visit our mudbath country idyll in their poncy sneakers. I think I need a willy rack.

Nothing going on here, 2 week wait after mammoth effort. I calculated that every time I have conceived we were on holiday, including much afternoon and morning energetic sleeping. So this month we have been having a holiday in our house, working in London, digging the allotment and looking after two kids and a dog. Considering all that, we did bloody well and have had a fully SMEP compliant month. I got a dose of DTD phobia towards to end, perhaps it is time for a month off.

My pregnancy books are stashed away at the back of a cupboard. I cannot help wanting to look at the pictures of the 11 week old bean we lost, but I think it would make things much much worse to do so.

I think a bit of a drink is pretty much essential when it comes to the two week wait. How else are you meant to survive it?

I've so far had a dry Jan but more for optimising TTC chances than because I'm worried about any ill effects on the potential little bundle of cells. That said I'm going to a Vegas - themed party on sat so pretty sure I'm going to have a couple of drinks at least. I started off the year quite strict (no caffeine, no alcohol, healthy diet, lots of exercise) but am coming round to the view that maybe all the good stuff on moderation is the key to not having a miserable time while you wait .

Hi handsfull I was wondering where you were just the other day. 2 week wait here too. 4 dpo and I am wishing my life away until I can POAS.

Hi Hollyben thank you for remembering who I am! I have vowed not to test until it is bleeding obvious, like 2 weeks late. Hoping that might be less upsetting. Problem is, I over interpret every single twinge and have both convinced myself I am and am not upduffed already, 11 dpo. Gah. Have a to help pass the time.

Hey handsful, you are very welcome to join us on Friday for our POAS party, although we will understand if you would rather wait a while. Enjoy the .

I too got wasted at a wedding when I was pregnant with my son and he is totally fine. Went to the doctor stressing about it and she said don't worry... It's not as if you had four bottles of champagne to yourself is it. Ahem... I probably could have done! Just had NO idea I was pregnant but was actually reason I got so drunk so fast. I was under 4 weeks pregnant though so doubt any of that booze reached the cell bundle.

Just finished our shagathon and now in the dreaded 2 ww. Been not drinking mon to thurs this year so will be having a glass of wine or two at the weekend! Cheers!

Argh! Disaster! Managed to spill a massive splodge of the brightest bright red nail polish on our bathroom carpet. Thank god we are planning to replace it with lino or tiles but it might have to be sooner than anticipated. It would have to blimmin witch red too! Luckily h is the most understanding man on the planet when it comes to accidental damage (am a huge klutz) but it makes me question my ability to teach a child to be a fully functional adult when I'm apparently not one myself yet....

On a slightly less self - involved note : welcome back handsfull