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Temping, Testing and Tantrums- We've got it all on THE TCC THREAD!

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Squackycake · 24/04/2008 20:51

I thought I'd start it off. Ooh feels very new and odd, quick someone have a testing dilemma, break the new thread in.

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NatalieJane · 28/04/2008 18:11

Thanks Squacky, that makes a lot more sense!!

BB, LOL exactly, he says it better than most!

Right DH is home, so I am off, have a lovely evening everyone, see you tomorrow xxx

nobodyputsBBinthecorner · 28/04/2008 18:12

night NJ! x

lardylumps · 28/04/2008 18:13

night NJ have a good evening.

lardylumps · 28/04/2008 18:16

Right BB, after last month we have got to really go for it this month so lets get the check list out:

  1. folic acid
  2. lots of water
  3. no caffine
  4. grapefruit juice
  5. cut back on wine
  6. lots of GOF

Can you think of anything else

nobodyputsBBinthecorner · 28/04/2008 18:22

lol well um...no i cant but
1 - check
2 - could drink more
3- no more coke for me
4 - urg...i cant do it..
5- no probs
6 - he he he!!

hmm how about relax and pillows at the ready?? x

nobodyputsBBinthecorner · 28/04/2008 18:31

and i should try and eat better too!

excitedtinkerbell · 28/04/2008 18:32

lol ll @ niece that is really funny

  1. yep have sanatogen pronatal 2)i have 8 glasses a day
  2. i dont drink tea or coffee
  3. same here yuk!!
  4. dont drink anything alcoholic
  5. tried my best this month and we were ill beginning of it
lardylumps · 28/04/2008 18:33

oh yes and feet up for 30 mins after each gof...

nobodyputsBBinthecorner · 28/04/2008 18:34

right with the list in mind im off for the night GOF time x

lardylumps · 28/04/2008 18:36

Wow tink no coffee, tea or alcohol... I bow down to your greatness...

I am looking forward to the month ahead I have a good feeling about it all....

lardylumps · 28/04/2008 18:37

Night BB enjoy yourself.

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Squackycake · 28/04/2008 19:35
  1. folic acid- yes
  2. lots of water- not reeeeallly
  3. no caffiene- arggh nope, need tea I'm afraid.
  4. grapefruit juice- why , why would you it's gross?
  5. cut back on wine- does rose count?
  6. lots of GOF-ALWAYS!! regardless of ttc....otherwise it's heals over
  7. exercise- erm...I run around after 3 kids everyday does that count? I have cleaned all the carpets today that's kinda like exercise isn't it?
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lardylumps · 28/04/2008 19:40

squacky yes that is more exercise than I do, well done....

lardylumps · 28/04/2008 20:06

night all see you tomorrow.

calsworld · 28/04/2008 21:11

Oh, well that explains alot then...

  1. when I remember (I will be better, I promise!)
  2. ummm, well, not really
  3. I'm with squacky, need at least three cups of tea
  4. Not tried it yet but if the juices don't start flowing (not much this month) then I definitely will next month
  5. ooops. OK, I won't start the next bottle!
  6. Yep, Check (DH has even started to harrass me!!!)
  7. erm - well, I walk downstairs in the morning and up them again at night? Me and BF are going to start aquarobics (sp?) again next week so will be doing better!

So, to sum it up, crap effort on my behalf. I'm glad you posted the check list coz I really hadn't realised how bad a job I'm doing. Am going to pull my socks up.

On the plus side, and I think it is quite a big plus, I'm not being quite as obsessive about TTC this month and feel less manic quite more relaxed about it. I guess there is a certain element of expecting it to happen straight away like the first time and getting over the disappointment that it didn't, then the second cycle, planning it all meticulously and now third cycle - sod it, it will happen when the time is right!

Sorry about disappearing suddenly earlier, DS woke up. He seems better and managed some fruit puree and a fairy cake for afternoon tea and spaghetti with sausages for supper, good to see him eating even though its not much. I'm sure he'll be fine tomorrow.

Oh, and about the kissing - he puckers up and presses his closed lips against mine when he's kissing me - which is funny coz we only kiss him on the cheek but he seems to want to kiss me and his dad on the lips! Very cute!

calsworld · 28/04/2008 21:13

Oh, and nearly fell asleep with legs up the wall last night LOL so doing OK on that front!!

Starshinetiger · 28/04/2008 21:15

What's grapefruit juice meant to be good for?! Thanks for the list LL - I need to follow that too. Am cutting out down on caffeine from tomorrow - I really am addicted to my one cup of coffee a day! Must go and take my pregnacare in a minute!
LL - lol at neice! I still remember my birthday when I was lots younger - must have been about 6 or 7, going downstairs to kitchen and finding a boy doll on the kitchen table and being so excited. Turned out it was just my girl doll dressed in some boy clothes, which my Mum had sewed, but was still really chuffed that I had some new clothes to dress her in. I was such a girlie girl - loved pushing my dolly round in her pram!
Thinking about that, makes me really want to give up work after DC2. Have decided to try and save the majority of my salary from this month, to see if we could survive on DH's salary. If we can, then yay, I don't need to go back to work as and when and if not, we're still saving what we do manage to save of it and maybe I can go back part-time.
Right, off to chores. Night all.

calsworld · 28/04/2008 21:25

Grapefruit juice can help with the production of Cervical Mucous, more specifically, of the egg white variety!

So it may taste yuck but its particularly good for the over 30's. I read that under 30 EWCM lasts for about 5 days..after 30, around 2.

Great. Thank goodness for grapefruit juice! Though I've also read that you have to drink it for quite a while for it to have an effect. Robitussin can be just as effective as it is a demulcent (?) is that the right word - anyway, it makes your CM thinner and therefore easier for sperm to pass through in the same way that it makes chest mucous thinner and therefore easier to get rid of.

kayzisexpecting · 29/04/2008 06:20

Good morning.

Sorry I didn't come back last night. DS decided he was going to be a pain in the bottom. From about 5 until 11 he kept screaming and shouting. We all ended up covered in Calpol because as soon as it got near his mouth he would knock it out of our hands. So we had to give him a bath at half 10 as it was in his hair and everywhere. He eventually took some calopol and went to sleep at 11 only to wake up at 6

I was also a tom boy but I did have 1 doll when I was about 3 and all it did was wee and take a bottle of water. I can't believe some of the stuff they can do now.

NatalieJane · 29/04/2008 07:19

Good morning

Too early in the morning for check lists.... well that's my excuse!!

I didn't really do playing with dolls, I was more likely to be the one drawing out registers to play teachers, or being the woman from the DSS office (Cheers mum, really loved the outing to that place!! LOL) We only went the once just after mum and dad split up and I still remember the smell and style of it, even some of the other people there, things that stay in your head eh?!!

Glad DS seems to be getting a bit better Cal

Sorry you had a bad night Kay, and I expect all you wanted to do was just get in to bed, not much fun in early pregnancy is it?

Suns out, think I might wear a skirt today.

kayzisexpecting · 29/04/2008 07:29

Nat you are right, I was exhausted. I'm also a bit annoyed with DH as my Morning Sickness seems to have started and I asked him to dress DS while I was being sick and he said no as he was at work. Yet I asked him at 6 to do it and he doesn't leave until 6:40 and he just sat on the sofa for 40 minutes. To top it all off he just text me and said he forgot to empty the bin and could I do it. Duh because I can really carry a full and heavy binbag downstairs to put in the Wheely bin.

I wanted to wear a skirt today but they don't fit anymore. I have become bloated and only my maternity stuff fits ATM. I am quite annoyed.

tinkhasovulated · 29/04/2008 08:02

morning ladies
ttp://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/1f3edd

ff has given me lines ye!!

does a ross and monica dance around living room
just worried now that we didnt time gof right
i am 3 dpo

nobodyputsBBinthecorner · 29/04/2008 08:31

morning all!!

x3!

I dnt drink tea or coffee or alcohol at all really unless out on the lash , so all i really need to do is giove up coke and do more exercise

gonna be busy here today so check in at lunch, sorry ure not having a great day kays x

kayzisexpecting · 29/04/2008 08:39

Morning BB,

DH has sent me a message since saying "Doh I forgot you can't put the bin out" honestly, I thought woman were meant to get pregnancy brain not the men.

CosmogirlIsStillWaiting · 29/04/2008 08:40

Morning all,

BB - try caffeine free diet coke - that is what I drink now and it is yummy! I was never a full sugar coke person, always diet coke, but the caffeine free version tastes just the same as diet coke.

So far still impressed with real AF. Is pretty much painfree and just doing its thing. So only drawback of not being on pill seems to be the PMT so far.

Tink - LOL at Monica and Ross dance