March bus. Free gin with every ticket.

[chasingtherainbow]

....Welcome ladies. let's get those bfp's.

Sparkly and Nomio and all you girls who know me and are so encouraging when I'm pessimistic about my chances of a natural BFP: thank you Nomio, Nancy is doing really well and is astonishingly happy considering she has a broken collarbone. She only remembers to cry about it when she's very tired

Eskimo, did you get jiggy wiv it last night?

Shiny, sorry about the spotting. How long have you been TTC?

I went to see Dr Gorgeous again today about my 'low mood'. We talked about parachute jumping, apricot kernels and maca root. Go figure...

Gold and white!! I can't see it as black and blue in any picture except the catalog one.
I don't get it, had the family round and out of the 6 of us only two saw it as white and gold and 4 saw blue and black... I don't like things like this!!! X

Welcome to the newbies Lulabelle and GotTheKey

Purdey Sorry for AF and that you're feeling glum We did indeed get it on last night. DH had had a wank in the morning though as he wasn't expecting any nookie last night, so not sure how many of the little guys he had in reserve... Glad Nancy is getting better :) Forget about Dr Gorgeous; I told you- fit Italian vets are the future!

Dizzy, put the piss sticks down and move slowly towards me with your hands in the air...

Sparkly Give me an A (a), give me an I (I), what have we got? Definitely a vote for you shoving some swimmers in yer foof tonight!

Shiny Do I detect a fellow teacher? The tons of work and the holiday during Easter are clues... Hope you feel more chipper soon

Oh... and it's Gold and White. Even if I could see black and blue, I would say white and gold just so I didn't agree with Kanye...

th'eskimo, you're so funny However, I have to point out that 'fit Italian' is an oxymoron of the highest order (except when we're talking about our Sparkly, of course); all that slick hair and moped-riding and pizza-tossing.

I'm not feeling so glum the past few days. I think that's because there is A Job On The Horizon. It is fiercely difficult to not feel panicked at returning to the workplace after eight years, though. Becoming financially responsible for my family, too, is not an endearing prospect, but, as my doctor told me today as I sucked his ballbag : 'You know, Purdey, sometimes you've just got to fucking do it'

Gotthekey, I can't get that darned song out of me 'ead now!

Yesss Purdey - the job! I'm excited and nervous for you! But in a really good way When do you start?

Oh, and winsones- a couple of pages back, you mentioned going to your first acupuncture session. How did you get on? I had my fourth session tonight. I love it! I originally went to try and entice AF to pay a visit; she still hasn't turned up. I'm starting to think it might be a load of mumbo jumbo, especially after my acupuncturist told me that he treated someone last year who hadn't had a period for three years and after the session, she came on as she walked out of the surgery towards her car

However, despite that, I really, really like the feeling of the needles and the feeling after; kind of like a numb, wooziness. Mmmmmm. Think I'm addicted...

Haha sorry Purdey

Ok so I'm bloated but no other signs of AF. at 14dpo after FMU (2 hours after last one) could a clear blue be wrong?

Lol eskimo, noted!

I'm intrigued by this whole acupuncture thing, who'd have thought needles would feel nice?

purdey I love your honesty about motherhood. I've wondered myself what I'm going to feel like. I don't seem to have a maternal bone in my body, I don't have the sense of longing for a child and I'm not naturally drawn to children like most women are. But......my DP's kids come around and I love the sense of family and I'm fascinated watching them grow and helping them learn. I do want a child of my own, but I have no idea whether I'm actually going to be any good at it!

Juney - have you still been testing every day? Xx

Hehehe yes! I'm running out of ICs so bought some asda hpt today....!

Have you tested at all?

Dizzy You sound so much like me! I am not maternal in the slightest! I don't really like other people's babies and never know what to do with them. Put me in front of a dog and I know exactly how to behave, but with a baby and I'm all 'I don't know what to do...take it off me!'

However; I've started to think a bit differently when I'm around little children and toddlers and love seeing how they take things in and process things and learn. I am a secondary school teacher, so around older kids all the time, but have never wanted to spend much time with younger kids. Now I find myself a little bit fascinated by them.

I also quite want to be pregnant and go through 9 months of changes (although I can see how the novelty of that might wear off after a bit). It's just the scary, screaming, pooey tiny baby at the end that I'm not yet fully sold on. How weird does it sound, saying that when DH and I are TTC??!!!

See I kind of want to be the centre of attention for once and everyone loves a pregnant person/newborn baby.

I think that's why I feel grumpy my friend got pregnant after one month as I wanted to be able to be the first to do something, they all had hen parties and weddings and I'm the crazy single one.

Sorry didn't mean to waffle on so much!

But yeah the fact the newborn baby hangs around for the next 18 years is a bit daunting!

See, I was the opposite: broody from a very young age and related brilliantly to children and yearned and yearned for them. So naturally I had an abortion

Sorry, I digress.....When I ended up pregnant via IVF it was so massively and inconceivably brilliant and yet...and yet....a tiny little voice kept prodding my consciousness: 'What have you done? How will you cope now the dream is over and the reality beckons....?'

eskimo I'm completely useless with babies! I'm also indifferent about being pregnant. Obviously I want to be pregnant but it's a means to an end. I can imagine I'll get quite impatient and will wish 9 months of my life away wanting baby to arrive, but I suppose everyone must get that way.

Southy keep positive, still a while to go.. It's not over till it's over! Fingers crossed

Dizzy ha ha.. Well dh does still need to be bothered and a lot of the time with no intimacy from me so he has to motivate himself to do it so there are other obstacles ha! So I guess it's me that has the better end of the bargain! TTC is a toughie at times eh!

ShinySparkly well it's a march BFP for you then lovely! Keep positive.. It's a coming!! And you have a lovely hol to look forward to no matter what happens!

Nomio yes! This IS going to be your month lovely!!

mummy sorry the routine is taking it's toll. try your best to keep positive.. It's hard and draining doing it on allocated days.. By the end of the time slot you are prob not interested but I guess if you are struggling with it try just add something nice you can do together even if it's not intimate to keep your spirits up!

Purds what does dr mchottie think about Maca?

It's probably only been an hour since the last declaration of love, but god I love these buses, so glad I found you all. You're all nuts but awesome!

Juney all my friends practically got preggers on first shot! Lucky Fertile ...... !!!

Purdooo I was 8 years out of work when I went back, it was extremely daunting.. But I was so grateful to be healthy enough to return I was just happy to have the chance and literally within a day or so it was like I had never left. I loved it. I loved having some independence again and just doing something "normal". I would give anything to be well enough again to hold down a job but will be more than happy with a lovely little bambino in nine months time (with any luck...!) as a full time prospect! Ha. I think you are gonna be just fine! It's exciting!

Juney I wish your post about loving the bus had a 'like' button on it. I would be all over that!

Eskimo thanks for the cheer squad! Loved it! Worked a treat!

CD 11 - high fertility flashing smile on CB- AI complete!

Yay Sparkly [grins]

Watching David Beckham on Graham Norton. I just wouldn't.

Juney - no I haven't! Not sure how as I was so tempted at 8dpo... But the weeks just flown by!
I'm pretty sure it's going to be bfn so don't want to test.... But a teeny part of me is thinking 'but what if? You could get a bfp tomorrow' gah!!!! Xx

Sparkly - good luck with tonight's AI!

I think I've been broody since I was about 11! Lol. But I was a little nervous when we first started trying.
Now I'd give anything for a bfp... Even the worlds last twirl Xx

Sparkly thanks. I feel so stupid as we haven't been trying for more than 2 minutes in comparison to some of you wonderful women on here. I have been yearning for another baby since DS was 3 months old but I was with the wrong person. Then I had to wait to meet him and wait for us to be ready and then wait a year for a sti to clear up (him not mine) that was laying dormant from a previous sexual partner. Then wait til I had been in my new job long enough and now I'm waiting for this cycle to stop tormenting me so I can move on with cycle 2. Ok now I'm crying. Off to bed now. I love these buses too. Thank you all so much for the support and kind words you always have.