All aboard Minster's Ovulation Tea Party Bus - TTC away from cat poo Bus 38

[Minster2012]

I hereby invite you all to Minster’s First ever Eggy Tea Party...🥖🍍🍔🍦🍰🍫🧁held to celebrate the even slightest whiff of an Easter Ovulatory event...

Don’t fear Boris, it will be outside, socially distanced at various points of the UK & Ireland (other parts of the globe may attend), whatever the 🌞❄️⛄️we are up for it & often the sperm & 🥚stay apart at our gatherings too, even though we don’t want them too 🤣.

It’s a bring your own event, private chefs & hello fresh/gousto boxes may attend, pics of your offerings encouraged...🥦🌽🌮🥘🍝🍻🍹🍸🧉🍾☕️🍵🧃🥤🧋

Get your glad rags on ladies Cos we are having a party 💃🏼👯‍♀️👫& we can go OUT now! (Well we are done with stopping in aren’t we?)

This bus is the one where TTC happens in many different forms, shagging conventionally, unconventionally, with the help of scientific intervention, IUI/ICSI/Clomid/IVF & even just watching from the top of the bus 👀. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been trying for days, weeks, months or like some of us we’ve been around each other for so long we can’t bear to leave, nothing is TMI and there’s never a silly question...

Hell we KNOW TTC is tough, lots of us have had heart ache & are chasing 🌈so we are there for each other, as well as trying to have laughs along the way 🥰☺️

Oh and we like an embarrassing story to get your ticket for entry please!

And if you see mention of my blog then blame these guys they made me do it...#shamelessplug

minstermusings.co.uk for the blog that’s where the full stuff happens too explain my weird story & minstermusings on insta - some of our ladies have made special anonymous accounts so we can link up via me 🥰
If you want to sign up & get updates please do, please note your username if you comment shows up to others so maybe make it anonymous I won’t be offended 😂🤣(unless you are mean)

Story so far...

June 24 BFPs
July 11 BFPs
August 18 BFPs
Sep 4 BFPs
Oct 7 BFPs
Nov 7 BFPs
Dec 14 BFPs
jan 7 BFPs
February 8 BFPs
March 5 BFPs

What will April bring? 🐣

Thanks @paintfairy you don't know what a chicken shop is? Like budget kfc but usually tastier! Ooh I feel starving now talking about chicken and I've not had breakfast 😂
Thanks @Crazydoglady123 ah cute gifts tho 😍
@Somatronic how odd on the fainting! U can dtd tonight as static means ov is coming, usually the next day, so dtd tonight and tomorrow and you're covered!
@Juno231 ooh good going on the haircuts 💇🏻‍♀️ 💇🏻‍♂️ that's what I imagine you both look like 😂

Oooh @Dollybird89 I need to check out the dirty dancing one! I enjoyed dancing around to the Grease one the other day Grease and Dirty Dancing are my 2 favourite childhood movies 💃

@larrythelizard sounds like some good pamper sessions to look forward to for you 😊

Happy birthday @Crazydoglady123 🎂🥳 birthday cake for breakfast is totally acceptable on your birthday even more so when DS suggests it. Hope you have a fab day.

@Somatronic that must have been scary for DH to see if it came from nowhere. Hope its a one off and you're OK today. But I agree with your mum def let the GP know.

@Minster2012 no way did you achieve all that with a toddler around, what sort of sorcery did you use!? 😲 Share the secrets of the witchcraft, was there hidden sweets inside the duplo or mass destruction elsewhere that he crept off to do that you've just not spotted yet 🤔😂

Dropped DS at nursery and went for a lovely 5 mile walk this morn since I'm off work. It was utter bliss, love spring time when it's sunny 🥰

@notyetamumbuttrying interesting! I didn't know what a chicken shop was either in that context 😄

@Somatronic glad you've got an appointment, always good to get things like that checked out!

@DKDK123 oh how lovely!! It does look pretty idyllic in your photos. What a great way to start a day 😊

Beautiful pics @DKDK123 - I love the lambs!

@Somatronic that sounds scary, make sure you eat and drink properly today. Agree with the others, static smile is ovulation is coming imminently so the next couple of days are the ones to go for.

@Minster2012 wow impressive work! The paint for the kitchen has arrived and I want to start masking up ready to paint, but I want to take a 'before' picture and it's a mess so I'd have to clean up first..!

I need to go for a run today, haven't run in a long time and need to ease myself back in...ergh!

Damn @Minster2012 that's impressive!! I think you've done more in 2 hours than I've done in weeks 😂🙈

BOOM ensuite painted too! Yesss
Right dog walk & post office run now!

@Somatronic thank you. That sounds really scary for both you and your OH! Take it easy today.

Thank you @InkyPaper @Franklydear @DKDK123

@DKDK123 those lambs 😍😍😍

@Minster2012 feel free to come paint my house 🤪 I hate painting 🙄

Added a pic of the epic cake on my Insta for you guys that follow me 🥰

Yesterday at the clinic I was given a lovely bag, it made me think of the bus - stronger together.

Also there is 3 months free access to 'IVF babble' - the leading online fertility and IVF magazine, don't know how many people can use the code but you're welcome to try - I think it's more relevant to some of you than me

@larrythelizard I love that! I'm with The Fertility Partnership too for my IVF

Sometimes OD could be delayed. I BD every other day if feel tired about it.🤣

@DKDK123 wow amazing photos!

@Somatronic that sounds really scary, your mum is right to make you phone GP though if it could be related to pre existing condition and/or meds

@Minster2012 super productive morning go you! And DS! Epic win!
My threenager... epic tantrum this morning because she wanted to wear a dress rather than trousers (she hates trousers, don't know why she's just a bit of a tart) but trousers were a must because she needs to wear puddlesuit at nursery today. 45 minute meltdown, wouldn't calm down and mega mum guilt for having to drop off at nursery in tears. DH is convinced girls have mimi menstrual cycles from birth because this kid certainly has a time of the month!

@InkyPaper must be a southern thing then 😆
@Minster2012 smashing it today aren't ya!

@larrythelizard ah how lovely ☺️
@bez91 ha, poor you. Sounds like a fun morning for you then 😉

Gosh I'm starving now ladies! Would have had lunch by now as well as breakfast and two cups of tea, desperate for a tea! Hope it's soon now, feeling weak. You can tell I don't fast, ever 🤣

@notyetamumbuttrying I was wondering if you'd have gone in yet! Where are you on the list? Hope you've taken things to keep you occupied x

@Kirky658 next apparently! Bloody hope so, I'm wasting away here 😩🤪 got a book which I've been enjoying but now feel too weak to continue 😂
@paintfairy OP has replied in that McDonald's thread, it gets better (or worse depending on your viewpoint) 🤣 @Minster2012 you read it too, can't remember who else now.

@InkyPaper I'm lucky DH is still wfh. When he isn't it'll be a pain as I'll have to go stupidly early to park. All for the sake of a 5 minute scan! None of our hospitals have parking (that you can get in). Having said that we did manage to park last time we both had to be there.
@Somatronic I did read that word several times and failed to work out what you were saying. 🤣 I hope you are OK though.
@Juno231 I suppose my concern with it is - between months they don't do and ones I can't (I'm trying not to plan anything but June we can't do) I'm concerned that my ivf will be delayed forever because of this faff. Obviously I've already decided it won't work. 🤣
@Minster2012 you can paint my house?
@notyetamumbuttrying I know what a chicken shop is in that case, but like @inkypaper said- not in that context! 🤣 As for the McDonald's thread (I most definitely know what that is!) I'm still confused by her reply. Why because he took them for treats has that turned into monthly set visits or whatever it was? Because DH said so. What?! Just go if you want to or don't? Jeez. Nutjob.

@Minster2012 @Dollybird89 @DKDK123 I did the pitch perfect and grease one last week! This morning I did dirty dancing. I'm glad she's done some new ones. Some of them I just don't know the music (Hamilton, high school musical) and its definitely less fun if you don't.

Still got AF cramps on and off. And something fell out of me earlier. 😳 I'm wondering if the hsg causes stuff? Who knows. Should ease after today though. Gross.
The hospital rang me about half an hour ago. My first scan is Thursday. The next is next Tuesday. Then I'll have one Thursday or Friday (subject to change, and I know for sure they will, as I'll have ovulated by then). So if all goes well, I'll be inseminated by the end of next week! 😮

Ooh @paintfairy that's really soon, how exciting!!!

I knew what a chicken shop was @InkyPaper!

Hoping you're in there by now @notyetamumbuttrying 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 or even out already and eating?!

Lol at your threenager @bez91...that willpower will do her good when she's older...for now it's pretty painful! My not quite 2 year old has decided his high chair is not for him...makes mealtimes, well, messy!

Hey ladies,

Sorry I’ve been rubbish at posting but I’m still hear reading and keeping up with your journeys.

@Minster2012 you are so productive you really are putting me to shame it’s taken me like two weeks to finish decorating the spare bedroom.

@Crazydoglady123 happy birthday.

@Juno231 I’ve got to wait another couple of weeks for my haircut and I cannot wait to feel like a new woman!!

@Somatronic I hope your feeling a bit better that sounds awful.

@Vil10 I hope you get to do both trips that would be incredible!!

@notyetamumbuttrying hope all goes well and you have your lap soon so your not left starving for too much longer bless you.

@Minster2012 oh yeah definitely I'd do both!! You go girl with all your productiveness!! When's the blood tests? Or have I missed them?

@Crazydoglady123 happy birthday!!🥂

@larrythelizard omg mine were shocking!! When have you got yours?

@notyetamumbuttrying honestly I don't know how my OH still fancied me, I looked homeless😂 hope it all goes well today! Good luck❤️

@Franklydear I mean I'd love for both to go ahead but ideally Mexico to be cancelled so we can focus on the Philippines, because we're actively looking to move and wanting something bigger in a better location which obviously will be more pennies, Mexico has cost us 4K and Philippines to do what we want to do and travel around will be about 5k including everything maybe more, so it's a lotttt of money, I think we've just got to see what happens, but wherever we go I'll consider us to be lucky!!

@paintfairy that's so soon!! How exciting!!!

@Florence13 Oh I really hope so too!! How're you getting on??

So had my first pt back at the gym today, I almost crawled out!! My legs were like jelly, I didn't realise how unfit I had gotten until going today! But it's made me ever more motivated, cod rice and green veg for dinner, trying to up my protein intake but still keeping the calories and fats low!

@Florence13 @Vil10 thank you!

@paintfairy that's exciting news for you!

Had my scan and I'm re scheduled for a repeat baseline scan on Monday as linings too thick but it looks like it's breaking down on the scan so the bleed is imminent! There's still a cyst but they think its not a cyst and it's just a collapsed follicle (last scan I had the cyst and two big follicles still). It didn't look the same consistency as the cyst on the previous scan so we're praying just a collapsed follicle 🙏 if my lining is thin next week I can start stims so I'm 6 days delayed which I can handle (even if it means more buserelin headaches!)

@Vil10 30th April, work getting in the way before then!

@Crazydoglady123 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 for a collapsed follicle!

Hey guys! Keep trying to catch up then someone post a link to a thread and I go on a mumsnet tangent 🤦‍♀️🤣🤣

Hope u are all as good as can be and those with restrictions raised are enjoying that wee bit of freedom. Still in lockdown over here but tbh too lazy today to care lol. Still in my jammies 🤦‍♀️

Eldest daughter has gone viral on fb today lol not sure whether to be proud or mortified at everyone sharing the video 🤣🤣 for those who may have seen it, it's the vodka filled hand sanitiser video 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ was all done in fun for a video but wow the hate and some of the messages the girls have received are awful. Had to calm her down as some have gone as far as looking up the schools they used to go to etc and being really nasty. I think sometimes people forget they were young once too.

Anyhow happy birthday @Crazydoglady123 hope its a cracker ❤❤ xx

Happy birthday @Crazydoglady123, hope you manage to enjoy your day. Cake for breakfast is the law on your birthday isn’t it?

@Vil10 lucky you with the eyebrow appointment! I’m desperate for mine, booked in on 22/04 for brows and 24/04 for hair. Can’t. Wait.

@larrythelizard, love the pineapples! How appropriate, will be buying one for post ov again this month.

@Somatronic fainting and disorientation are both reported side effects of clomid so whilst not a 100% guarantee that was the cause, there certainly is some data to support it.

I can’t remember who asked but I’m pretty sure my blister was a hot water bottle mishap🤦🏻‍♀️ Spoke to the GP anyway who was lovely. Said I should call Surgery as soon as i I get a BFP and discuss options/see if I can get any bloods and has referred me to EPU for a scan just to make sure everything has passed and that I will be good to go again. Anyone who has been, if I ask them if I have any scarring or eggs looking like they are maturing for this month will they be able to tell me or are they just looking for any remaining tissue?

Hello catching up since this morning, this afternoon was still very productive but featured much more tantrums but DH was around to move furniture so I'm blaming it on his presence!

@DKDK123 that walked looked amazing beautiful! No sorcery but of course a quiet toddler is still a mischievous one & he had unpacked both his nursery bag for tomorrow & my handbag & fortunately had hiding my cards near. 🤣😬

@larrythelizard get on the cleaning & before shot I'm so pleased with my work today however I basically painted the ensuite coz I couldn't be arsed cleaning the scrubbable paint & turns out was much easier just to "freshen" the paint instead 😆

@Crazydoglady123 I genuinely enjoy painting maybe I should be a decorator??

@bez91 your girls time of the month!! Maybe not just girls?? DS had a massive meltdown the other day Cos I broke a banana in half for him & he screamed saying "put it back together mummy" ermmmmmm and we think being an adult is hard??

@notyetamumbuttrying OMG you weren't til after lunch??? Shiiiiittttt that's not good 😆😬

@paintfairy I prefer the emkfit when I know the music, I LIKE to think it makes me more coordinated. But I'd be lying. What fell out of you?? Like a case?? Inseminated next week!! OMG it should be YOUR PARTY!! Jesus of I'd have known it WOULD HAVE BEEN THE TITLE shit. Sorry. Maybe I should paint your house in penance. Hold on you are called paint fairy ffs???

What's a chicken shop?? FOMO! @InkyPaper @larrythelizard I swear I'm missing comments.

@EllieAdam im also missing your first comment I think! Hi!

@Florence13 heyyyyyyyyyy how are you!!! Well you better get on with thinking about a nursery eh?!

Mmmmmm Cod rice @Vil10 & you'll get your fitness back don't worry! Get you with a PT though! Def do both! And bloods at 12.30 and so annoying the lady said of this might be too late date to tell & I said I couldn't get in yesterday or Friday & she went "well I was upstairs you should have just asked for me" how do you tell that to the receptionists?? "Next time just ask if Michelle is in I'll always squeeze you in if I'm here" oh great thanks for knowing that 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Crazydoglady123 come on AF!! That's good, we can cope with that!! Must not stare at your cake 🤣

@Catherinettc I think that's great, long as she knows some ppl are just twats, but I think it's good for her!! Hope you are ok wee woman! Xx

@Haiyaa that's good then I think from the gp? Hope you feel ok xx

Hi, I've read all, but I am pretty tired to reply individually today, just know I thought it
Bossboy shenanigans, he only went and invested in stock or something similar, and the company went bust and he lost in the tune of 6k, don't normally revel on people's miseries, but... karma!