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[MissHobart]

Which horse did you choose? Hope it's a good one as it might be a bumpy ride!

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Don't feel you have to though Bugs, I think we were past 12 weeks before I was a) in the mood and b) not feeling sick! I'll be honest, sex has been very rare through this pregnancy but we make up for it with lots of cuddles and general affection. It's whatever works for you as a couple.

Whoop Cletts that brilliant :)

Some clinics reckon no sechsing until 12 weeks anyway bugs - I think it's just to stop it being one of the list of things to blame a miscarriage on if it were to happen. Not that that's going to happen to you of course! Totally with you on the bullets tho - they completely put me off any kind of rummaging down there.

9.30pm last and I was home from my night out last night - crazy times eh.

I'm off to King's Landing today!

Wow, lucky pooch! Sorry to hear she's feeling so poorly though.

A place near me has been renamed king's landing (Game of Thrones for those who don't know it) for a weenand as we are huge fans it seemed only right to have our pic taking next to the sign. Oh why the hell not

Booo, poor bugs and poor pooch time to give her a lovely nest next to a radiator tonight I think!

Today I are be mostly knackered. I feel hungover and I didn't even drink - where's the fun in that? I went out last night for two parties and had lots of fun but could quite easily have stayed at home on the sofa or in bed as I was so tired. Now I know I did do actual paid work last week but I shouldn't be THAT tired should I?? Stoopid menkul. Yes it's coming up to that time again.

Hi lugs, I'm good thanks. I'm also decorating our bedroom, with Mr C. The previous owner of our house seems to have been OBSESSED with bloody beige; the whole house (walls, ceilings, woodwork, curtains) is a horrible dingy brown colour which we are slowly eliminating.

Starting to get a few symptoms - sore breasts, but mostly being completely fucking unreasonable. Poor Mr C. It's like uber-PMT. Everything infuriates me. I threw a massive embarrassing paddy yesterday because the wallpaper I was trying to strip wouldn't come off, at which point Mr C calmly took over and did a great job while I went and did something easy. God love him.

Poor dog. What kind is she?

Though having said I'm good, I realised last night that I was lying in bed deciding which procedure I'd go for in the event of another miscarriage (tablets straight away, probably).

Mr C and I agreed this morning that neither of us wants to get excited about this until the 12-week scan is done. I'm not worrying in the same way I did with the last pregnancy, during which I obsessively diarised every symptom and went for a private early scan, but I think I would feel more positive if I had strong symptoms. The question I come back to is, should I be happy this pregnancy feels (initially anyway) quite like the last one, because that's different to how my CPs felt and the last one may have been perfectly healthy up to about 8 weeks but ended because there was a genetic fault in the embryo? Or should I be concerned that this pregnancy feels like the last one, because the last one wasn't strong enough to make it?

Dunno. Just waiting and seeing at the moment. Not writing down symptoms, not making doctor's appt. If it's going to stay in it will; if it's going to fall out, it will. Nowt I can do about it

Is she huge, lugs? Mr C has a work friend who owns an 8 stone Rottweiler, it's a soppy great thing

How many weeks diffed are you, if you don't mind me asking?

A mini rottweiler God only knows what the food bill for an 8 stone one would come to. I'd love a dog, we couldn't get one before we moved here though (only a couple of months ago) so decided to wait and see how much time we've got after renovation and (if this works out) kids.

I like labs, spaniels and collies, but as the last two are mental they're probably not really an option.

I love collies! But I swore unless I was planning on marrying a farmer then I would t get one as it just would be fair on either of us. TWH actively doesn't want a dog so that's that decision made for us!

Yeah, I'd heard that about collies already decided against one. An acquaintance of mine had one that would actually play tricks on him. The last thing I need is a dog trying to psych me out.

That's a shame fab (tho you're right about the collie thing) - is he definitely dead set against it?

I grew up on a little farm with lots of animals, both pet and farmyard. Mr C, on the other hand, wasn't very keen on pets when we met - he grew up in a house with no animals and his family think they're 'dirty' - but after an intro to some of my friends', family's and neighbours' pets, he wants to have a dog.

Do your partners all have nicknames? I'm trying to figure out the abbreviations

I see

Ah. I thought you were talking about his armpit hair.

TWH - toasty the wonderhusb

I grew up with animals so have always enjoyed having then around. TWH also grew up pet free so thinks they are dirty too. Maybe once we have our dream of having a small holding ...

Ahh, that would be lovely fab. Are you a veg gardener? I love it . . . gave up the allotment when we moved but about to start industrial-level installation of raised beds at new house.

bugs the parents were made up. Immediately talking about buying stuff and babysitting.

I'm shattered now. We saw my parents on Saturday morning and then headed down to BIL/SIL's (a 3 hr drive away). The window in our hotel room rattled all night last night and kept me awake for 5 hours... And then today we helped supervise a 4 yrs old's birthday party and then I had a 3.5hr drive back. I have just collapsed on the sofa and will head off to bed pretty soon!

On the subject of sechsy time, we haven't since before the IVF... At first I was too bruised. Then I found the cyclogest rather icky. I finally got past that and tried it on about 6 weeks but KFZK was too nervous. And that was probably a good thing as my 3 week bleed started the next day, and I obviously would have blamed myself if we had gone ahead. And as the bleed finished, the nausea started and I felt about as sechsy as a blancmange for a few weeks. I feel ready now but we have had two knackering weekends away and just haven't been able to fit it in (fnar), and we have BIL staying in the week, which is a bit inhibiting. I'm sure we'll get around to it at some point...

dishes I did the same comparison thing. My symptoms this time ended up being quite different to last time, and actually milder in the beginning. I think my hormone levels got as far as "sore boobs and insomnia" last time and stalled, whereas this time I quickly moved past that stage (and menkulled about loss of symptoms).

I have just spent the weekend with BIL's gorgeous collie. She's amazing, but really does require lot of exercise. That hasn't been a problem until now as they live on an Army base with lots of open space and both run. But they are about to move off base which will make things harder.

PS - my OH is KFZK (kung fu zombie killer, after past and present hobbies).