Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Conception

When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Still TTC, PPP and waiting to CCC - one down, and more than enough optimism to go around!

941 replies

calsworld · 04/04/2008 20:03

Right, so I can't start this thread using anything like..."Here we go ladies!"

So, will have to come up with something completely different....

How about Congratulations Kay!

OP posts:
calsworld · 15/04/2008 11:02

Oh NJ, I don't know how you managed not to slap or shake or shout at her, poor kids, and 7 months is very young to be receiving so little attention from his mummy. Not that its excusable for the older DC's either. Well done for staying calm though as if she's already grumpy with them, I guess it could have been worse.

Is she depressed or something, or ill perhaps? Maybe I'm naive but it doesn't seem particularly normal to be quite so detached? Good job your mum is there dishing out affection.

Ooooh Bedford, you wouldn't be a million miles from me there I'm in Derby..(I did say not a million)

OP posts:
NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 11:03

Cal can't believe you coined the resident expert thing before me!

calsworld · 15/04/2008 11:04

NJ, think you're right about length of the Luteal Phase being too short for implantation - think I've read that before...perhaps do some research on this ChoCho?

Teuch will be along later, I'm sure.

OP posts:
calsworld · 15/04/2008 11:06

here's one

OP posts:
NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 11:12

I can't say anything, mum is worried that if anything get's said that sister will stop taking the kids round to mums, so then where will they be? Besides, if I said something, I can get in the car and go home and away from it, but my mum is stuck there, I don't want to do something that is going to make it worse for her IYSWIM?

I don't think she is depressed at all, or ill for that matter, she hasn't got a maternal bone in her body. I think a lot of it stems from the fact that her DH's family is very rich, Sis and her DH run up massive amounts of debts her PIL's bail them out, every time she has another baby they give them £10,000 for the baby, last time they renovated their house with the money, not exactly for the baby was it?!! So she has a baby, get's paid a load of dosh, then palms the kids off to my mums and that's it, the cycle starts again.

The eldest practically lives at my mums, he stays there more than at his house, he stayed both nights we were there, Saturday morning, sis brings the baby over for mum to feed him, she hadn't fed him by now, it was 10 o'clock baby was distraught, sister moaning about how grumpy he's been all morning, well durrrrr do you think he might be hungry???! Anyway she walks in, after not having seen her DS1 all night, he was upstairs playing, she didn't even shout up a hello to him, or ask mum if he was OK, nothing. Mum lives close to a high school, sis says when her DS1 is old enough to go to the high school he is moving in with my mum permanantly because it will be easier to get to school, mum lives a 5 min walk from the school, sis lives 7-ish minutes! She doesn't give a toss about any of them, as long as she doesn't have to deal with them, she is happy, and that is all that matters!

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 11:36

aww nj your poor DN's!! lucky your mums there for them tho

I am on pregnacare for all the blimming gd its doing

Chochoo im temping atm not on OPKs as my cycles playing silly buggers lately... so i guess im not much help, tho im here with sympathy i know how tough it is when you want it so much!!

NJ while i was off i missed what happened wit your yum?? xx

ChoChoSan · 15/04/2008 11:45

Thanks for your responses everyone!

Particularly helpful comments re. length of luteal phase...

My consultant has never discussed anything about the luteal phase with me, but from my own research, I am wondering if that maybe the problem, as the cervical mucous seems to appear quite late as well as the ov twinges.

I must say, this makes me feel a bit more optimistic about taking Clomid, if that serves to lengthen luteal phase. Prior to this I thought it might be a bit of a waste of time, as there is no indication that I am not ovulating.

Also, if I ovulate late, it might well be that MrChoCho and I are less likely to be still shagging for England at that point in my cycle...

...not suggesting sex has become a bit routine, or anything...:-)

NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 11:47

My yum??? I don't know.... ?

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 11:48

tum!! i really cant type today!! x

NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 11:53

Oh, LOL, erm, it's OK, still get's a bit podgy in the evenings, but that is calming down now, it doesn't get anywhere near as big as it was, and during the day it is just normal I think.

All very odd!

Playingthewaitinggame · 15/04/2008 11:54

Hi all, been a bit quiet recently as work is so damn busy.

Congrats Dis!!!! Yay another BFP.

Never used OPKs or temped so I am no use really. All I am doing is avidly monitoring CM, which seems to be pretty reliable in my case and although ov seems to be changing by as much as a week my LP always seems to be 13 days so I am happy with that as an indication for the moment. I know the second I start doing anything else I will become completely obssessed which is something I am trying to avoid.

Nat - OMG, I cant believe your sis, some people just dont deserve kids! So hard to know what/if you can do to help.

I'm on folic acid and muti vits at the moment. As soon as the multi vits run out then I will go on proper maternity vits.

Hi everyone else

ChoChoSan · 15/04/2008 11:57

Calsworld - thanks for the interesting link, it was really helpful.

The more I think about it, the more it seems possible that a short luteal phase could be my problem, though I will resist the temptation to self diagnose!

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 12:02

aw thats gd then NJ, did they tell you what it was?

so this new thread... x

GeordieJogger · 15/04/2008 12:05

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 12:07

Basically just hormonal build up from the MC, and then the late period adding to that, which I wasn't really convinced about, but as the days have gone on since my period finally showed up, and my belly has gone down it seems to fit.

NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 12:09

Hiya GJ, sounds like you haven't had the most relaxing post hols week Do you think you can get through to him?

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 12:11

aww GJ that meal sounds nice, its the talk tonight isnt it?

aw Nj glad you got some sort of resolve x

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 12:12

were up to 920 posts... new title suggestions??

"the GOF express is on the rampage?!" or "Wagons getting empty all aboard the GOF express"?! x

kayzisexpecting · 15/04/2008 13:19

Hello!!

NAT! Glad you had a fairly good time.

I am fine, just bored at work all day. I am so tired andmy feet ache. And to top it all off my Due Dec 08 thread has vanished.

Love the "The GOF express is on the rampage"

calsworld · 15/04/2008 13:37

No, no, no

You can't start a new thread, I'm not pregnant yet!

OP posts:
NatalieJane · 15/04/2008 14:29

OK, how about "The GOF Express is on the rampage, for TTC'ers and TTC'ers to be"?

But shushhhhhh don't tell Cal!!

Broodybabywannabe · 15/04/2008 15:06

sounds gd!! x

calsworld · 15/04/2008 15:24

Oh OK then! But only if you promise to transfer all the luck of this thread to the next one!

I'm bored, I have a headache and DH is only just on the way home now! He's been there since 9 last night!!!

Think I might have to go to bed for a bit as headache is really bad. Have taken two nurofen but it really hasn't helped at all .

OP posts:
GeordieJogger · 15/04/2008 15:44

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

lardylumps · 15/04/2008 16:15

Evening everyone, I have had a nightmare.

DD was fine all day put her to bed as usual at 7 last night, and at 8 she started really screaming. Went straight to her and her cot is covered in sick she is covered in sick and is bright red.

Calmed her down and changed her and the cot and put the spare bed down in her room for me to sleep on. layed with her for a while but she wouldn't settle so got her out for a cuddle with me on the spare bed and errrrrrrrrrrr yep she was sick again. So me, dd, the cot and the bed are covered so stripped the bed (duvet stinks so in bin liner outside now) jumped in the bath with dd and changed her again. sat up with her all night on sofa while she was being sick and finally got her to sleep at 5 this morning in her travel cot and so I had an hours sleep on the sofa.

She seems better today no more sick but is not eating a thing. She has slept for a good four hours today though.

The house looks like a bloody Launderette and I am shattered. I lugged the travel cot out of the loft last night and all day I have had bad bad tummy cramps just hope I haven?t done any damage iykwim..

On a brighter note dp got the job?.. yay??

Swipe left for the next trending thread