Coggy, Pusscat, Wannabe, SOH, SOL, Pinkranger, Natty et al - Part 2!

[pussycatmomma]

OMG, when did that happen, tried to add a message on original and message said "thread too long to accept new messages!" so heres a new one. Hope no one got there before me otherwise we are going to have mulitple threads here.........

forgot to add, didnt know coggy was so musical! if we ever get board she can give us a tinkle on the old joanna in the corner
Trace, not chatted for a bit hun, Good luck to your Jack, wouldnt be suprised if he won the sodding thing cause he is just so god-damn gorgeous
Natts, not sure what the temp drop means, sorry am uninitiated. If it is a sad thing then i am sorry, if it is a good thing, then Woo-hoo!!

((bored!))
.....pusscat slinks down into sofa and pretends to read a book...

Oi pusscat, your book's upside down you know.

Had a helluva week. Apart from having the bleed on Tues, DH crashed our car and wrote it off whilst hurrying to be with me, our landlord is selling our house so we will be homeless, one of our cat's renal failure has got worse and DH's uncle died yesterday.

On the upside, our baby has a heartbeat, DH has been accepted into the police force after 9 months of tests and assessments and my hilarious other cat is trying to chase the cursor across my laptop which is keeping me highly amused.

Life's a funny old thing ain't it?

Pusscat I am so glad you're feeling better.

(it's ShowOfHands btw)

PCM - temps dropping is not a good thing it usually means AF is on her way. I try to give up booze but cause our social life generally revolves around meeting up at the pub i have failed i have cut down a bit but i get to the stage of not putting my life on hold just in case. When i get preggers i will give up 100% for the full nine months if not more but until then it is just too hard.

Trace - good luck to Jack You must be very proud.

hi guys!

has anyone heard from andi in last few days?

Hi Girls,

I cut down my alcohol intake when TTC, but didn't give up completely. I tried for alcohol free weeks and moderate drinking at the weekend.

Have now given up totally, which is actually really easy as it just doesn't taste as nice any more.

Coggy - could you post that info on the bereaved thread for me that would be great.

Still really worried about my pg, but keep thinking that as the scan showed a heartbeat I should try to stay positive. Don't have strong symptoms so am paranoid if they reduce a little.
Role on the 25th and my next scan.

Make room on the sofa for a worrywort...

hiya juicy.........how hard for you just now. Easiest thing in the world to say try not to worry, impossible not to im sure. You do have lots to be positive about - a heartbeat!! scan coming up! Park your pregnant self on the sofa for as long as you need sweetie, we are all here to chat to even if we cant offer much in the way of practicalities. For what its worth, stay positive, and remember....
If you cry for lack of the sun, your tears wont allow you to see the beauty of the stars.
Just take each day as it comes juice, You are pregnant TODAY, their is a second tiny beating heart butterflying inside yourself..........
stay strong, stay positive,
now get comfy woman, and if theres no one around to talk to , get out the choccy biscuits and watch some Jeremy Kyle. Only then will you appreciate all that is good in your life !!!
(((((((((huge hugs)))))))))))) x

oooh by the way, thanks for alcohol info. Have already decided that stopping altogether now will give me the best chance.

What a nice new Big sofa!! - loving the foot stalls

I am on CD 26 and feel that AF is on her way ( very bad PMT) but didnt really put any effort in this month... not sure how long cycle will be as this willl be first proper Af sine M/c .

trace you must6 be chuffed to bits with Jack - Bless xx

PCM, so glad you feel on the up , I have never really gave up drink while trying to concive as i think it was natty that said you cant put your life on hold.... and i was still going out clubbing, drinking and smoking the weekend i found out i was Pg with Dds , and he was fine! ( dont smoke now) Just relaxing and try and enjoy life! xxx

Hope that everyone else is well xxxx,

now whos puttingthe kettle on ??

You're obviously made out of stronger stuff than me PCM! It got easier the longer I did it and it's meant that my sleep pattern wasn't completely buggered when I gave up completely (unlike the last time I got pg and didn't sleep properly for the whole time - I'm sure it was going from drinking every day to teetotal once pg).

God sound like I was an alki!!

Anyway, right now I could do with going back to bed instead of sitting at work. I hate Mondays. Role on maternity leave. Only about 30 weeks to go LOL!!!

no, not stronger stuff j/luce, of that im sure. Prob just ultra paranoid and very self blaming.......as in, "if i dont get prg now then it will surely be my fault, something i am doing wrong. I will be at fault somehow"
Oh you know how it is. If someone said design a rocket and fly to the moon and back, then you'll get preg, id damn well have a go.
I think "desperate but putting on brave face" just about sums me up.
x x

...comes running back from scarry hm thread to comfort of sofa...

I know that feeling well PCM. Sort of promoting this Que sera sera image, but really inside switching from desperation to anxious hoping and at the same time telling yourself to RELAX in a very unrelaxed sort of way.

I unbelievably still managed to get pg despite all that, so there is definately hope for all!!!

Thought I was going to throw up a minute ago, and for obxious reasons it made me really happy - what a bizarre world we live in

Sorry coggy: I am Booboo - with scary Halloween name.

I play the piano too! At the moment it's mainly show-tunes (the nature of my job, I'm afraid).

Good idea to have a nice Christmas before IUI. We're starting building-work in Jan for the same reason.

btw PCM, I've read in a couple of places that women trying for their first are more likely to conceive more quickly if they drink moderately (up to 8 units a week) than if they don't drink at all.

For some strange reason, though, that's not true if you're trying for your second/third - then it's quicker if you don't drink.

Strange, eh?

Room for a small but growing by the minute one?
How lovely to see you all again.
Lovely sofa by the way - most chic.
So, everyone ok?
Things ok here. Had a scan today as had a bit of bleeding, and all ok - saw the little bod waving!
Anyway, need to pretend to do some work, but big hugs to everyone.
BTW Pusscat, both times I have conceived I have been pretty inebriated. DD was conceived after drinking several orange bacardi breezers, and this one after a fair few g & t's! I think it just relaxes everything, and makes you forget momentarily, that you are having sex, and not just trying to make a baby.

Glad everything is okay SOL - how many weeks are you now?

Oh dear BooBoo.....that means I need to stop drinking then!!!!!

SOL......how exciting seeing a wave!!!!!

Juicy......I'll put that info on for you now.
X

morning all.......
There doesnt seem to be much activity on this thread! i suspect ou are all off discussing your temp charts (sniff! dont think i havent noticed the 140odd posts on your software thread, sob!)
Well dont forget about the non-technical among us will you!
sol, sorry about your bleed but heart melting at thought of a hand waving (your babys hand! inside, grown all by yourself!!)How many weeks are you now?
What cd everyone on? me and dh now managed it twice now. Am trying not to be too hopeful, im sure it will take a while for my cycle to settle after jig.pok'ry but it is very difficult to keep myself contained. Trying to remind myself that it could well not happen at all but somehow that thought is difficult to properly consider.
Coggy how are you? I know you said you were going to be starting iui in jan, but until then, do drs think there is still a chance for you to concieve "naturally"? Are you taking clomid? i forget, sorry. I know trace was on clomid but not sure if anyone else on this thread is recieving treatment at the moment? a reminder would be great. Sorry to be such a cloth ears.
Have been trying to be up and about for last couple of days, and also trying to reduce painkillers. Am really suprised at how long it is taking for me to "get over" this, but i suppose everyone is different.
((((hugs to all)))
By the way, did you know if you post before 9.00 on this thread you can have your breakfast here too? online breakfast! There are lots of cerials, yoghurts, juice and coffee/tea over on the sideboard.....some danish pastries on the right for anyone in need
(pusscat is proud of her domestic organisation this morning, making up for being so crap in real life!)
xxxxxxxxxx

Hi PCM - Af arrived today for me, am on clomid. So onto to second cyle with clomid. Glad you starting to feel better am sure we will all get the babies we deserve one day.

Thanks for the coffee and danish in RW I have got water and a banana for mid morning snack!

x

hiya natty, you're welcome for the brekkie, much better than rw!
Can i ask, was it yourself who is waiting for ovarian drilling? do you have pcos diagnosis?
my lh levels were deemed too high, im wondering if i will eventually be given clomid? i thought its job was to boost flagging lh, and that if you had high lh it was sometimes unsuitable. Gosh its all so complicated isnt it.

btw, sorry about af sweetie.

Yeah i am due to have ovarian drilling i have only got slight PO so am okay on clomid and just got my blood results and pregestrone level was 66 which is really good.

my fsh and Lh levels were fine on inital blood test so it was only the scan they confirmed slight PO.

Don't they normally give you metor (sp?) if you have PCOS?

ahh yes thought it was yourself who was having drilling, but there are other nats/natalies/nattys on ttc boards and i just wanted to check.
Tbh, i knew v.little about pcos before (v.)recent diagnosis. All 3 times by bloods have shown no ovulation but am to say i dont know the exact levels of either fsh or lh, only told lh was consistently high. Was given poss diag over phone after 3rd lot of bloods! it was i who asked for a scan, they seemed happy to confirm without this. However scan showed typical "ring of pearls" (though i thought it looked like frogspawn) but on the right side only. On left were larger cysts (and my orange which i was told was not directly related to the pcos. However since chatting to others on mn and internet research, i think metformin is given to stabilise (or reduce?) insulin levels, all related to blood sugar i think, but not sure how this helps with ovulation?
It is only when i try to discuss it these questions come up and i realise how badly informed i am, with a condition i know little about, and maybe should educate myself a bit more...
Thing is, when drs tell you one thing, when you are on the start of this awful journey, i do tend to take their word for it, maybe i should start to question things a bit more. But tbh, gyny did seem v. positive in terms of the drilling, and only mentioned fertility drugs briefly saying he wanted to see how i get on and that hopefully i should "achieve pregnancy in next 6 months".
Who knows? sorry for the long ramble.

Hiya ladies, I could murder a danish pastry!
I am 11 weeks and 3 days today, so getting through the first trimester thank God.
Sorry to hear about your af Natty, and Pusscat, I am glad you are beginning to feel a bit better.
Hope everyone else is well. Fingers crossed four you all. See you later for afternoon tea!! xx

hi ladies, just wanted to put a quick post on here to 1, wish you all well with ttc and 2, see if any of you have spotted trace's thread on the pregnancy board?

SOL - time is flying be you will be happy when you get past the first trimester.

PCM - have heard good things about ovarian drilling so it should really have helped you and removing the cyst the size of the orange. Now those eggs will be popping out every month ready to get hit by 1 sperm.