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? 🐣

Congratulations @blodyn91 😊 lovely positive birth story!

Congrats auntie @Franklydear I had a naughty breakfast too 🙈 All butter croissant and tea in bed - DHs doing. On the pineapple now just incase I did ovulate 9 days ago 🙄

It's a gorgeous day here ☀️

@Franklydear congratulations aunty ☺️ I've had a Macdonald's breakfast whilst DH is playing football. Feel I should be outside in the sun but off to a friend's later which will be nice!
Was my brother's 30th yesterday so I made him a white chocolate cheesecake and my cousin made this awesome topper

Congratulations auntie @Franklydear so are you in testing territory surely then?!! Sorry bit quiet Cos we are on full on cleaning mode for valuation tomorrow 🤣🙌🏻

@Katao yeah SURPRISE!! 😆💓🥳🤣thank you so much, honestly I'm shitting myself and so bloody scared. I need to talk to all my teams to get this thing to STAY THERE!! Shit allllll the doors 😆(though we did have gentle spoon sex last night so that's not true actually!) how are you after your time off?

@Mrsi2020 heyyyyy and thank you so much 😘that's reassuring (a bit!) 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@Haiyaa ha ha yep huge shock to all 🙌🏻and holy fuckballs is totally the right thing!! Need all you lot to help me now please stay sane and keep it there 😬💓

Congrats @franklydear on becoming an auntie 😘

@BlondePotter that looks fantastic, we have a play date in the afternoon, with ds neurotypical friend, his mum is fav at getting me out of the house
@Minster2012 thank you, really chuffed, I do have a big number of nieces and nephews but we do have a lot of brothers, testing territory? Maybe 10 dpo, 11?.... not quite yet, I had all the symptoms before, not trusting anything, I did tempt fate by calculating the due date if, 30 December,!, nearly put me off

@Minster2012 your DH HAS to agree to the house you like now, he'll soon learn pregnant woman gets the final say in all decisions from now on that's the rules so make the most of it no matter how early on you are 😉 And yip a chocolate penalty for DSs behaviour is totally allowed! There are many of us know the feeling of how much of an emotional rollercoaster this time can be post 2 lines, flitting between being elated one minute and shit scared the next so just roll with it and know we're all here virtually holding your hand.

@Billythecat those kittens look so playful and adorable 😍

@Vil10 any pup pics yet? That's amazing about the colour, sorry to hear about the 13th pup but 12 is great 🐶

Congratulations to the bus graduate babies @Busybee143 @blodyn91

@Franklydear glad to hear your nephew arrived safely 💙

Aww there's so much positivity today and good news on the thread 🥰

@Minster2012 I'm just thinking are u seriously due at Christmas with a miracle baby with a name very similar to minister and after beating a terminal diagnosis?? This baby has to be named jesus for sure 🤣🤣. What was I saying about an epic story to tell? 😯😯 xx

@Franklydear aw a nephew how lovely! 💙 congratulations! Still sending positive vibes for a cousin for him 🙏❤ xx

@Catherinettc if @Minster2012 doesn’t want to be so bold, can use the Spanish name of Salvador (saviour) after Jesus, we nickname it to salva, cute I think
One of the shrimp is pregnant , lots of eggs in her underbelly, don’t worry they won’t survive

Ahhh @Franklydear yes I have a million nephews too, only couple nieces, we don't do girls on our side 🤣yes apparently like @Catherinettc said it's looking likely for 28th Dec due date so if the usual 1st babies thing overdue is right then new year? But I'm thinking with my history a c section might be on the cards IF we get that far, I never go to speak to midwifes at a booking in appointment last time other than to say errrrr your boxes aren't big enough for my medical history 🤦🏼‍♀️so Catherine you think Jesus. Right, will bear that in mind! Long as you labour now and Minster gets a mention? Deal!

@DKDK123 yep DH did say "oh right is this where the excuses start?" Errrr excuses?? And yes we've made an offer on the house, not heard anything, everything crossed please 😬🤞🏻

How is everyone else feeling?

@Franklydear ooh thats interesting 🤔 I love all ur wee Spanish bits that u add in here :) it's so cool x

@Minster2012 I'm trying 🤣🤣 Minster Melvin has a lovely ring to it 🤣🤣 not sure the hubby will agree though 🤣🤣 xx

@Minster2012 ah I know lovely there's so much to think of and worry about but that's a major hurdle to get across getting your bfp and without a helping hand so please make sure you enjoy that triumph 😘 and then try to channel @Sausage1990's positive vibes 😃, you seem to be doing great sausage x
And thanks for asking @Minster2012 I'm doing great. The ttc break has actually been such a relief to us both. We took it because of not wanting a Christmas hospital stay but to be honest I think it was well needed mentally! Not really sure I'm back here yet, just wanted to check in on you and was a lovely surprise! I might hop off again until this cycle is done. Sorry everyone else I just skim read but hope everyone is doing well 🥰

@Catherinettc Emmanuel is also a popular choice, many options if you want to look that route, surely you’ll find more in Italian too
@Minster2012 we only have two girls too, ridiculous the pressure some crazy aunties puts on anyone pregnant and then the girls, New Years due date, crazy! Exciting in the house front, tell dh to appreciate the miracle his little family is, awesome

Felling meh, haven’t move yet, have a play date at 2 and need to make and eat lunch first.... lazy is an understatement

@Franklydear we have settled on Caolan (pronounced keelan) it's Irish. Though we are originally from Glasgow we have been in Northern Ireland for 11 years now and I loved it when I 1st heard it 💙 xx

@Catherinettc that a very nice name🥰

Wow @Minster2012 that is amazing news. I am thrilled for you! Congratulations

@Catherinettc that name is a variant of my name. Nice choice!

@Somatronic thanks 😊 just need him to come out now 🤣🤣 xx

@catherinettc that's a beautiful name choice x

@Kirky658 thankyou xx hope ur well xxx

@catherinettc all good here thanks darling, got my 20 week scan in 10 days so starting to get nervy now! Xx

@Kirky658 wow that has flown in! Only seems like yesterday u got ur bfp 😯 xx

@blodyn91 congratulations lovely❤️

@DKDK123 oh course yes I'll post some now for you all!! We said that, sad about the 13th but overall a bloody good litter!

@Minster2012 how're you feeling today pregnant lady??

Puppy pics for you all! So we ended up going round to a friends last night for a few drinks and I was rough but we went for a nice drive for a walk, OH had to pull over on the way home twice for me to spew🤣 hope everyone else is okay x

@catherinettc I know right, scary!!
@vil10 omg what a gorgeous litter of puppers 😍

@Vil10 omg thats the cutest pic ever! 😍😍 I just love puppies ❤ regarding the spewing... not fun I don't miss it lol and I can't handle when u get into bed and the room spins 🤦‍♀️🤮🤣 I think that's the main reason I don't really drink tbh. I just can't handle it lol xx