We are jolly well going to have the number of babies we want and we will BROOK NO ARGUMENT. Join us if you refuse to take "no" for an answer and like smacking rats.

[Imps9]

We will get there. We will all of us get there. And we will brook no argument.

Reporting for duty!!

Molotov its a sign, get rat smacking!!

maybe how are you? Any plans for your frostie?

keep have you started your frozen cycle yet?

imps have you had a follow up for the next IVF round discussed yet?

I am feeling dreadful, much worse than last time, I am having to eat every 2 hours but then feel sick when I do and I have no energy. I am not complaining mind but still!
The guy I sit next to at work has asked if I am hungover given the random array of snacks on my desk.
hmmmmmmm.
I am hoping all this is a good sign, next scan is Wednesday.
My GP surgery have been a bit rubbish, nurse is away so no one can arrange my booking in until 8/9 weeks but I was told not to worry as the first scan is not until 16 weeks, oooookk then. Clearly they have no idea.
So I have self-referred to the team of midwives I had before and will chase it again in a week or so.

I've also not heard anything from a midwife only been to see the gp to make it official. apparently I then get referred to the midwife team who then get me sorted for scans - seems odd to me buy hey ho. need to follow up this week to make sure I'm in the system.

also feeling grotty far hungover is the closest to describing it. yackish almost permanently and eating is the only thing that sorts it which means by the end of the day I look about six months pregnant.... I'm only 8 weeks god only knows what size i'll end up with at the end!

Yes I am eating constantly too, having felt awful this morning I am feeing human this afternoon and so panicking. Goodness I need to decide what I want!!

Thanks sparke will get onto it, they were saying the GP can't see me until 8 weeks and then they will refer etc, maybe given my history they are hedging their bets!

Good afternoon delightful people.

Shag, Molotov, shag! You have absolutely no control over the outcome of a well-timed shag - just do it and let nature decide whether you are to become with child this month or not.

Glad to hear you're all feeling like shit Hinks, Sparks and Far!! This is excellent news and proof of Brooking juniors bedding in nicely. Can't believe we have so many Brooking beans at the moment - clear proof of the power of Brooking!

Loops have you had AF yet?

AFM, I phoned BH to ask about a follow-up appointment and unfortunately I didn't received their treatment report letter and invite to next consultation. This means the next appointment isn't until 27 May and by then I will probably have already started cycle 3 post-IVF...I really wanted to start at the beginning of cycle 3, but it will be too late by then. Oh well, my own fault for not following up sooner I guess.

I am also a broken women! Did a run yesterday and today cannot put any weight on my right hip! I think it's my trainers - they're pretty old and probably don't offer any support to my joints. V hurty though. Exercise, eh - who says it's good for you again?

Hi all - had problems getting onto the thread for some reason.

Hope everyone well. Will catch up later. I'm 9 weeks today. Feeling constantly Hortid and the size of a small hippo as eating is the only thing that sorts it out. Hoping I'll feel better in a few weeks

Ooooh nothing worse than that constant Hortid feeling. Hate it.

I know! It's a really serious medical condition - hence the capital letter

Just caught up and v pleased to read about your reduced hours, imps.

Hi all, sorry for the radio silence. Have had an awful awful few weeks with the culmination of one of my fallopian tubes been removed last Friday. I'm currently at my mums recovering. Who ever said keyhole surgery doesn't hurt was a lying bastard. Congrats to all new BFPs and yay to far for heartbeat. Hi to everyone else, sorry can't name check on phone. Does anyone know about tube removal? How long till we can try again? DH and I feel utterly gutted. We were all being very sensible about conservative management. On Friday it all just got very scary and E are like. I was rushed into surgery barely having enough time to sign the consent forms. poor DH I think he is still a bit traumatised. Just feels utterly shit. I feel bad for DS, he doesn't understand why I can't give him cuddles or pick him up. I hope everybody is enjoying the lovely weather. At least that's something to be positive about. Please excuse the weird sentence formations. I'm using dictation on the phone and it's quite dodgy. X

oh nest you poor thing, what happened? sorry I have no idea but I'd have thought a good few months. you need to ask your doctor at your next appointment

imps how you've missed that month. maybe we will start together, I'm thinking June/July, though actually we are away in July. hmmm

far so pleased all is going well. sparks when's your early scan?

nest you poor thing that sounds awful :( I hope you are recovering well now.
I have read that the body compensates with one tube and sometimes the other tube sweeps over to 'catch' the egg on the damaged side so hear is hoping to a quick BFP as soon as you as ready. Raj Rai is wonderful, I saw him too and he good to the route of my problem with a few tests so you are in good hands.

maybe june/july - lovely, a nice spring baby for you then :)
gobbo I am the same, eating every 2 hours, felt ok yesterday, freaked out, now feel dreadful again and wish I had enjoyed the brief pause in symptoms!

imps how annoying but at least you followed up and now have a plan, hooray! And you can enjoy some nice rose in this sunny weather in the meantime :)

Molotov are you snacking that rat yet?

Nest oh no!!! My god, you poor thing. Are you still in much pain. Brooking that your other tube does its floaty thing an catches a golden egg pronto. And wishing a speedy return to DS cuddles too. I thought you'd had an MC - was it an ectopic? Sorry if I've missed that. Oh and ps - you dictation machine has excellent spelling and grammar, although its knowledge of 90s American TV dramas is clearly limited (am assuming you said ER, not E are!). We will have to get it some box sets.

Ooooh can we be cycle buddies Keep plllleeeeeeeease?? Are your embies back safe and sound now? It feels like the process has been really swift - is that my mind playing tricks on me?

ha imps not that quick - I think I went to the gp in September! knowing it'd take ages...

yes they are here and safe

Hi all. Am shattered here, was school places day today, I was up just gone midnight checking online. Thank god DS got our first choice school, so relieved! Bought the house because it was in catchment but it's onky 20 places per year less any siblings so there was no guarantee.

Imps no sign of AF. I'm wondering whether I will even get one, maybe the consultant did such a thorough job that there won't be a bleed this month? Unless something happens over the next 3-4 days. Am impatient to ttc.

Hope everyone else is ok and enjoying the sunshine.

That's great news about your ds's school place, Loopy!

I unfortunately came down with a vomiting bug over Monday/Tuesday, and tbh I felt like a bag o' shite all day yesterday. I stupidly cracked on with my day-to-day business yesterday instead of resting and so felt the burn today, also. This is why I fear I would be a rubbish repeat CS mother. I just don't have time to sit still.

Whilst I was being sick, I kept having flashbacks of nausea and morning sickness and I kept thinking 'oh God, imagine looking after my girls and this'

A friend has recently had her dc3, whilst I admired another friend's beautiful 12wo on Monday (before the sickness!!) ... it's not a competitive thing; I'm not jealous in terms of them having someone I don't. I just miss having a baby in my arms and pram, and am now in the last throes of trying to work out if it's really a whole other person I want, or just a squashy baby. Because squashy babies grow into tricky toddlers who grow into children who need you in ever more complex ways (Dd1 laid some displacement anger on me earlier which was very upsetting. As it came to pass, she had a friendship issue today. The first of many a heartbreak, I fear. All sorted now, hopefully).

Do I have it in me to do this with more than two little ones?

Is an accidental pg what I really need? I know my friend's newest baby is

What are you guys getting from reading my posts? (Thanks, BTW ] ) Is my head trying to talk me out of a 3rd dc, or do I secretly know we are a family of 4?

i feel like you are truly on the fence [unhelpful] if you took out the toughness of conception, does that leave you with an easier decision? it sounds like you could be happy either way. what is stopping you giving it a go I think is the fear of disrupting the status quo. either in terms of the potential heartache of ttc or in reducing time and energy for your girls.

I'm a bit reverse - its the third face around the table that I'm missing rather than wanting another little baby. its the personality that I'm looking forward to rather than the squidginess. whilst I know that I'm likely to be more thinly spread, I'm also giving them another sibling which will hopefully make up for some of this.

afm I feel very rough at the moment. I woke up in the night feeling rough and so tired that I couldn't sleep - what is that all about? a mum in the playground asked me yesterday if I was pg after a totally rubbish non committal comment from me about whether we'd be interested in another baby - why oh why didn't I just say dunno thinking about it.... and she is the gobbiest one there... oh dear. clothes are definitely more uncomfortable (though that could be the huge quantity of food I'm consuming to balance out the nausea). oh and got a scan date through so whilst I haven't been booked in yet, I've got that in the diary so feel more relaxed about it all (well relatively)

hope all others are doing ok?

Thanks hinky , and that's good news about your scan date! Not such good news about that nosey school mum! Why do people think it's okay to ask such personal questions?

There's one mum of a child in my dd1's class who irritates the life out of me because of her nosiness/gossipiness/opinionatedness - in fact, she asked me only yesterday if it was time we had another baby (like you, I gave an identical non-committed answer. She probably thinks I'm right diffed! ).

I think you're right in that I truly am on the fence. That explains why I still haven't made my decision after 15m of thinking. I think I'm okay with ttc and it not happening because we already have our dds. I don't think I'd give it past December (so an August/September 2016 birth at the latest) year to ttc as it would leave too big a school year gap between dd2 and a dc3 compared to dds 1 & 2. There would be an extra 2 school-year gap if a child was born after Sept '16.

It's pg and childbirth that worry me, really. Something going wrong; something bad happening.

Although we dtd last night with no contraception on CD10 and it felt good to just not think about it and maybe allow fate to decide wimps out as head can't take any more thinking

How is everyone else doing?

Oh, and I hope the rough feeling stops soon for you, hinky. Onward to the glow of the 2nd trimester!

fate sounds like a good plan!
it was the bfn that made me sure that I wanted another scooter around. I was disappointed and then felt sure about the decision. just saying...

Just popping in very quickly to shout "YAY" in your faces and do a quick celebration dance - I've phoned BH again and managed to get an earlier consultation appointment so should be okay to start next round at start of cycle 3 post-IVF (subject to advice given at the consultation).

I'd done my sums and if we didn't start cycle 3 we'd have to start cycle 5 on account of being away. Am just a little too impatient for that!!

That said, I'm assuming we can start cycle 3 - I guess there may be a medical reason why we can't - although I can't think what that might be.

Anyway, that's enough yabbering. See you later!

Brilliant Imps! Everything is crossed for you