We are jolly well going to get and stay diffed this month and we are BROOKING NO ARGUMENT.

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Gah didn't realise we'd reached 1000 messages on the old thread!

Back at work today :-( But its really quiet this week so plenty of time to be here or researching the other things we need to buy. I Think I need a geek style spreadsheet to help me decide which pram we want!

Pasta its an interesting idea crocheting something step by step and not knowing what it will look like until the end! Or did you cheat and look at all the clues Before you ordered the wool :o

I have made babybeedle a hat and I started on a cardigan yesterday, I'm surprised how well its going!

Bloody hell is that your 4 week holiday over Beedles? That flew by! The first day back from holiday is always a shit feeling, whether you're busy or not. Hope you had a great 4 weeks.

Just had my glucose bloods done (how disgusting is Lucozade?) and the whooping cough etc jab. Chilling out at home for a bit before heading into work - my boss is on leave for 2 weeks so it's going to be hellishly busy :(

Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was very nice, seeing the in-laws on Saturday and going out with friends for a picnic yesterday. We seem to have offended SIL by not buying the buggy she has and told us we ought to buy - she was quite huffy when we told her which one we'd gone for and why we'd not like it as much as she likes hers. People can be odd sometimes, can't they?

Geek your scan must be imminent. Thinking of you and Mr Geek.

I know imps, it was nice though. So Lovely to catch up on sleep and just relax.

We were in one of our local 2nd hand shops yesterday and I bought a Little cotton cardigan and some dungarees for babybeedle, they were about £2-3 each. What was mad was they were also selling long-sleeved vests for about £2 each too. You can't really buy multipack vests or sleepsuits here so it probably is cheap compared with new, but it seemed bonkers compared with what I paid in England!

I posted a post! Where the hell has it gone?

Oh it's up there. Weird. It wasn't there a minute ago.

I got some great bargains at a car boot sale last week - some gorgeous tops and trousers, barely worn, for 50p each! But then I wasted the savings buying some very cute hats and leggings from Etsy -love all the stuff here

It's a current one so not fully released yet which means I have no way to see what they final thing will look like

Good to have you back beedle, I'm back from a week off too. Boo. Still, just 5 weeks to go although I'm supposedly in my new job now.

Am feeling rather unprepared for this upcoming baby!! Not many weekends/time left and we are busy most of them. Will need to send dh into the loft to get stuff down, all I've bought is a second hand pram and a packet of white babygros!!

I'm intrigued re: your CAL Pasta - hopefully you will keep Ravelry updated so that I can track you (in a non-sinister way) - I love the idea of working on a mystery project!

Keep a pram and one pack of sleepsuits - it sounds like you're all sorted to me! We've also made the mistake of booking all weekends up with stuff until about 2 weeks before EDD, but we've managed to find a few mornings here and there to fit things in. It's not actually baby stuff that we're running out of time to do - it's household jobs like painting the loft hatch and front door that we really wanted to get out of the way before Barry-Baxter arrives. Can't believe you only have 9 weeks to go!

I haven't made a hat before Beedles but found a pattern for a v cute bobble hat which is next on my list. Doesn't look like it would take very long so may make a start on it tonight.

Sorry for long silence, MrG's spent 10 nights in hospital for a rather scary infection so things have been a bit manic here. He came out today though so hopefully things will calm down a little now.

Ooooh all those blankets are looking amazing! I'm almost 6/10 of the way through my first one but won't be posting a photo as I never do show pics of UFOs!

20 week scan is tomorrow morning. With all the hospital hoohah I've barely had a minute to worry about it, which is probably a good thing. I'm still gutted not to have had a 16 week scan as planned though, and I'm absolutely dying to find out which team we're having - Geekling had better behave him/herself tomorrow and get in a good position to reveal all

Keep that's come round so soon! Where on earth has the time gone? Beedle your painted wall looks amazing, where did you get the idea for it? Imps five flipping blankets in less time than it's taken me to do just over half of one! Impressed! Pasta well done on the CAL, I've never done one but a friend has and the result was beautiful.

What is a CAL?? I too like the idea of a mystery project, you must show us pasta

Gosh geek I'm sorry mrg has been so unwell , I hope he was well looked after. You poor things. Huge lots of brooking for tomorrow. Have you been feeling more movement? How exciting to find out if it's a boy or girl

I'm flipping exhausted. Dh also has a major exam in early sept so it's all go here. Am planning a couple of days off while kip is at nursery to get a proper rest day in...

imps I'm thinking more like 6/7 weeks, (!) kip came at 37+1 which is why I'm stopping work at bit earlier this time. I agree if you don't do that painting stuff now, you won't for years!!...

loopy presuming you're engrossed in shag week. Good luck x

I wonder where trix has got to

Crochet along. Basically you don't get the pattern in one go, it is released in parts and you wait until the end to see what it will look like. The one I'm doing has a new section released every 2 weeks. You are told at the start what yarn to buy and what hooks you need but that is all

Geek how horrid for you both. Is he back at home now? Hope the infection is buggering off. Good luck with the scan today :) Can't wait to hear if Geekling is a girl or a boy!

Yes where is Trix? TRIX COME BACK.

Keep haaaaaaa 6-7 weeks!!!! Aaaaargh what a thought! Good plan re stopping work sooner in that case. I'm planning to finish at 38+3 but will see how I feel mid-September.

Question to parents: is there any reason why a newborn hat should not have a pom-pom?

Am thinking that a bright red pom-pom would look good on this...

geek good luck with the scan, hope geekling doesn't have their legs crossed. Glad MrG is out of hospital.
The idea for the wall came from pinterest (but they were generally different shades of the same colour not lots of clashing colours!) The other 3 walls are just plain grey, so its not too shocking. No idea what I'm going to do about curtains now though!

imps have you already crocheted the hat? I Think a Little red pompom would look nice - but as I'm currently doing a lime green and Purple cardigan for babybeedle you might want someone else's opinion too! (I didn't Think it would turn out as well as it has so I just used some wool we had lying around rather than buy anything specially)

I Think sitting at my desk gives me heartburn

The hat was very quick indeed Beedles - only 20 rounds. I did start on another one which turned out to be more suitable for an older child. I will finish it but was keen to do something for Barry-Baxter to wear straightaway.

I meant to say about your wall - it is completely awesome. Babybeedles will love it.

You are clearly not fit to work beedle, go home!!

That hat def needs a pom pom I think

I stood up at my desk for a while and now I've got some drinking yogurt which seems to help. So I Think I'd better stay!

I'm hoping babybeedles likes the wall, it took long enough, I'm not painting over it for a very long time!

Come on geek the morning is over (here anyway!)

Hope all went well Geek.

Imps I can't afford to get rid of their clothes/toys to invoke Sod's law, as there is absolutely no chance we could afford to replace it all. Dread to think how many thousands has been spent over the past 6 years.

We DTD Sunday night to clear out DH's tubes to get rid of his old sperm. Mucus started to appear earlier on Sunday but not in any great quantity so very much doubt it would have counted for ttc. Same amount of mucus yesterday. I'm on cd23 today and there is more mucus today so I expect I will ovulate at the weekend as I usually get a number of days of plentiful mucus first. DH is stopping near work last night and tonight because of train engineering works so earliest we can DTD is Wednesday night when he gets home. Conveniently he is working from home Thursday and has Friday off, and he is working from home next Monday and Tuesday (which are our wedding anniversary and then the anniversary of the date that we first met) so should hopefully be plenty of opportunity. Just wish there was something I could do to ensure that its a good egg and that my body doesn't reject it as it doesn't feel possible that they could all be chromosomal abnormalities.

Oh and Prof B emailed back to say he would instruct a doctor at the main hospital to email me with my results, which they did and everything they tested for was normal (still no idea what they tested for as they haven't told me).

So it's same as normal, I'm meant to take progesterone from bfp, and clexane from bfp. And no idea if either is actually likely to do any good or whether they are making matters worse. There is a stubborn part of me considering trying with no progesterone and no clexane. Last cycle was my strongest bfp since Jan 2015, and I didn't take progesterone from bfp (I only started progesterone when I knew it was going to be another MC so that it might stop the bleeding so I could swim on holiday). Looking back, there was no noticeable change in my frer bfps from 15dpo. I started clexane on either 12 or 13 dpo. Don't know if it is linked.

Sorry, sorry, I'm back home now and have managed to get a photo onto my laptop! Everything is perfect and we are tickled "pink"

Congratulations geek :o :o

loopy maybe it is Worth a try with no drugs. its a shame they didn't give you all the details just Everything is normal. I Always Think of maybe's GP who said MrMaybe's sperm was normal when in fact there was no sperm getting through at all and never could have been. If they've gone to the trouble of emailing you, how hard is it to give you a few details?

Oh phew geek i was starting to worry. Congratulations, baby girls are the best thing in the whole world (I'm sure boys are too...) I'm so pleased all was good

loopy I think you should ring up and ask what they tested for. And you are very sceptical about all these drugs so I agree a month without might at least stop you worrying about that, at the worst, and might work, at the best

Oh Geek that's wonderful! Little Miss Geekling - fabulous stuff. Glad all was well with the scan too :)

Loops I agree that you should ask what they tested for. And a month without drugs will do you no harm. Have you considered taking egg and sperm-friendly supplements to see if that helps with quality?

Sounds like good timing for Shag Week for you and Mr Loops! Do you have plans for your anniversary?

12 rounds for that hat Beedles, not 20.

Fab pic Geek you will be able to have the Brooking pinafores :) I am not sure how many brooking babies have worn them now

So my red yarn was engaged in another project so I added a purple pom-pom and I rather love it!!

Pasta what are the Brooking Pinafores?