emmsys room...only a few left...we WILL graduate the final few :-)

[QueenyEisGotTheBall]

hi ladies
here is a nice new thread with some nice brand spanking new bags of baby dust....
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i will bring our list over in a sec after i have linked
COME ON GIRLS WE WILL GET TO THAT ANTENATAL THREAD BEFORE EMMSY POPS!!!!!!!
xx ei xx

hi ladies
i had another BFN earlier today and looking at my chart me and sparkly thought that maybe my ov was a red herring and i actually oved later in my cycle so i discarded that post-ov temp and it has given me another posible on cd24 so i am taking that as more like my ov and it looks like me and dh timed it perfectly aswell so im actullay on 6DPO not 15DPO as i originally thought. well see what the next few weeks look like and i am NOT testing until i am seriously late this time i promise
my first day at my new job was good just a load of ice breaking exercises and team building activities
i will catch up properly tomorrow
xx ei xx

Hi Ei, all sounds pretty sensible to me, and pretty positive too! Naughty body for fooling you into thinking you were 9 days further on than you really are! Please would you post the link to you chart so I can have a nosey? Really glad the 1st day of the new job went well

I've been pointed in the direction of an interesting website regarding the dangers of testing too early (by justjules over on KnickerCheckers) & I wondered if anyone here would find it useful/interesting, so here it is
The bit I'm talking about is the article down the Right hand side of the page.

Night now!

here it is kate and anyone else who wants a little nose
xx ei xx

scully CD1 Cycle 4 TTC#3 (m/c Apr08 & Aug07)
Piper ??.??° CD10 TTC#1
Kate2179 CD13 ttc#1 (mmc Nov 07 & mc April 08)
QueenyEi 36.43° CD29 cycle 9 14DPO TTC#2 (CP april 08 & june 08)
HTGG CD15 Cycle 2 TTC#3 (MMC Nov07/MC Mar08)

Emmsy1 -- weeks pg, EDD 23 Oct
cricri 27 weeks pg, EDD 1 November
Mibbes 22 weeks pg, EDD 6 December
molliemooma 9 weeks pg, EDD 13th March
Fruity 8 weeks pg, EDD 22nd March
Yarnie -- weeks pg, EDD 26th March
Teeheelaydee 5 weeks pg, EDD 12th April
Sparkly 5 weeks pg, EDD April 10th-13th

Back to the top for me, af arrived over night At least the limbo has stopped now and I have an answer, just not the one I wanted
God knows when I'll ovulate this month, given the last 2 cycles were 28days and this one was 34days.
Hi to everyone

Very quick one as running out the door for hosp app, but wanted to say Scully how gutted I am for you... Fingers crossed for lucky cycle 4 xx

Scully So sorry she got you
EI Fingers crossed for the new chart
Fruity Glad to see you're not adverse to a bit of child labour It's my turn to fight for my toast this morning, my cat loves marmite and she keeps trying to steal it!
Sparkly Hope you enjoyed your rest
HTGG I'm so with you on the sun stealer! Stupid girl that I am I forgot to get my washing in last night and it has poured down all night, so it's sat absolutely dripping on the line, serves me right for being lazy!
Kate Good luck for tonight, feel free to come and rant to us once it's over and just remember to feel very sorry for them that they have lost such good friends as yourself and your DP.
Mibbes How are you feeling today?
Yarnie Heelllloooooo!!!!

Well I'm not feeling as good as yesterday, bloody typical when I'm due back at work tomorrow, I'm hoping it's just a glitch and I'll still be bouncing later on

oooh Marmite mollie I've had my toast and marmite this morning No you can't beat a bit of child labour, she's great, would fit right in at a work house
She didn't finish though so I've still got a pile of papers to get through. Mindee managed to fill a whole bin liner though
I need a shredder really but they take up too much room and the little ones don't take enough papers.

Scully {{{{big hugs}}}} to you. I'm sorry AF showed up again Do you think you might have a go at temping?

Ei I was sort of thinking that you may have ovd later but I couldn't work out when. It makes perfect sense now Best of luck!!!!

Kate that website is fantastic! I think it answers a lot of questions for us TTCers

Well I think I've discovered something to reduce the MS - Breadsticks! I was feeling right dodgy when I woke up this morning, stuck a breadstick in my gob and hey presto, nausea gone! I've just done my online weekly shop so I've added a box and also some low fat cream crackers for good measure

Thx ladies, disappointing, but considering this was the first time we could ttc in the 3mths following the m/c, I guess I would have been luck to crack it the first time....
I'm feeling lucky for May, I just know it

Forgot to mention, have managed to polish off a bottle of red wine whilst watching the Olympics tonight
Bugger it, if I'm not pregnant, may as well indulge

Scully So sorry TEW got you last night. it's just a real bugger when that happens. Have got a good feeling about May too! And red wine always the best way to banish the blues .

Kate If I'm not lucky this month then think I might have to give temping a go. Can someone give me a Temping 101 class please. Am clueless! Ooooooo. How did last night go? Did you stab her with a fork? .

CoffeeMorning Will post details nearer to time. Am fantatical organiser so don't worry, I won't forget!

Hope all you preggers ladies are feeling well today. Or if not, then have found smoething to soothe the tummy, take away the aches and pains and releive the tiredness. Actually. Who am I kidding. Just hope you make it through the day unscathesd .

Building work a total nightmare. Very stressed. Frickin builder doing my head in. Arrggghhhhhhhhh.

Off to Wim Common in a mo with DD1 for a bike ride. Need to clear my head and get some endorphins pumping round my body to cheer me up.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Scully Sorry she came to visit, but as you say limboland sucks and least you can get back on the babytrain now.

Georgie From what some of the girls told me if you are super organised you will love temping! Go for it. Also hope you had nice bike ride as you sound really cheesed off, has your hol worn off them already.

Ei Fingers crossed that AF is not just giving you the run around. Glad all went well yesterday. Let us know how it's going and how DD settling in to her new routine.

Mollie I have been known to have washing out for days and days as it just gets dry then gets wet again. (I'm not very domestic goddesssy)

Kate Don't know if you will read this before tonight but good luck, hope you get through it OK, we are here for ranting when it's all over - no pre-booking required. BTW I think you're right about the seafood , I think the fact I could eat it means I won't bother. Plus at the moment my tummy is so upset I am only eating plain boring food - nothing too rich. Quite frankly if my scan is OK on Friday I will be happy to eat plain crackers for as long as it takes.

cricri thanks for asking about my scan - it is indeed on Friday.

Got another treasure hunt gift from DP today, a really nice pair of marqusite earrings. I think that is the lot now as seeing him on Sat. 7 treasures in all. Can't wait to see him and hope to have a scan picture to put in his birthday card.

to all Emmsy's ladies

Jeeze. Has anyone ever felt like just Ebaying their children because all you hear all bloody day is mummy, mummy, mummy, mummy..... I definitely win the award for PMT bitch from hell today. And yes, TeeHee, the holiday has worn off big stylee! Scully I will be following in your red wine footsteps tonight. Is it wine o clock yet?!

Rant over.

er yes Georgie I'm forever threatening DS with Ebay Sometimes I could do a job lot and put the mindees on there too
Did you have a nice ride through Wimb common? We're going there on Friday to the windmill providing the weather isn't too awful.

kate best of luck for tonight!

Scully Sorry AF got you FWIW I had some really erratic cycles in the months before my BFP but I really think the acupuncture helped. Fingers crossed for next month.
Ei Still keeping everything crossed for you and glad first day went well
Kate Hope tonight goes as well as it can. A few glasses of wine will hopefully help - have a couple for me too
Teehee Your DP sounds like such a sweetie! Bet you can't wait to see him on Saturday Will be thinking of you on Friday - what time is the scan?
Mibbes Hope you're feeling better today.
Hi to everyone else

Evening all,
Haven't had a chance to pop in today. Have been visiting friends and family which was lovely and also eating lots of cheese...that's all I fancy at the moment!!
Am reading a book at the moment called Making Babies by Anne Enright. I'm enjoying it so far. Has anyone else read it/
Kate I can't believe how many problems my friend has had either. She had some results today which showed that her blood has dropped to 7 so she needs another transfusion. They also found out that the baby does not have cmv infection...not sure what this is but am going to spend some time trying to find out what this could mean this evening. I found the article you posted really interesting so thanks for sharing it. Hope things go as well as they can tonight.
Ei How are you feeling? Anymore symptoms?
Scully Am soo that the TEW got you but glad you enjoyed some wine. Sending lots and lots of babydust your way ready for ovulation.
Mollie Hope you are feeling a bit better this evening. Will be thinking of you tomorrow xxxxx
Fruity Thanks for the breadstick tip. I think I'll invest in some.
HTGG Sorry to hear about the building stress...punch me for saying this but I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. We will happily give you lots of temping lessons and advice .

Hi to everyone else.

cricri My scan is at 9:30 so at least I don't have all day to stress. I shall wave to you as my train goes through Colchester on the way to London on Friday to start my hols !!

hi ladies
thanks everyone for asking about my new job it is going really well
kate good luck for tonight i hope your "friends" dont try your patience too much xx
sparkly and teehee not much by way of symptoms for me only the achey boobs and nipples i have had for over a week now so who knows my mind and body are conspiring against me to confuse me
fruity oo oo oo oo!! i remember you saying you had hardly a sniff of ms with DS perhaps this bean is a girl i told you i dreamt that didnt i?? ages ago!! wen i sed you would be preggo by july i think sparkly is havin another DD aswell
how is everyone else?
georgie i felt like giving my DD away on ebay last night!! she acted up and was behaving so badly about going to bed i wanted to run away it took her half an hour to calm down and then she wanted to be cuddled to sleep
hope everyone is having a good tuesday night

Had a bit of a headache this morning, can't figure out why though At least dh got up the dd's so I had a lie in until 8.30am, although the dd's did come and visit and sit all over me several times
Public holiday here today, so I only have a 2 day working week, this week, can't stress about that
Good luck for the scan Teehee
It's great that you're enjoying your new job Ei, when do you think you'll test again?
Looks like a good website Kate, going to have a bit more of a read on there this afternoon.
Hi to everyone else

Morning ladies

Sparkly lol at your cheese addiction Isn't there an old wives tale which says if you eat lots of calcium rich foods your having a girl and if you're eating lots of sodium rich foods you're having a boy or the other way round or something like that? Or is it before you conceive? Oh I don't know As long as it's lots of hard pasturised cheese you're eating!

Ei I'm so pleased your new job is going well and at your body for teasing you like this, I've had my fair share of teasing so know how you're feeling! Sore boobs and nips is definitely a great sign. Unless DP's been secretly twisting them in the night

Kate how did your evening go?

Scully don't you just love a public holiday There's just not enough of them.

Cricri Great idea the NCT do refresher courses I'm not even sure I'll get the chance to go to the free ones at the hospital though unless I drag all the mindees with me! I can't afford to take any time off. I'd love to do a breastfeeding class though. I want to make sure I do absolutely everything I can to produce milk this time and I'm hoping I can be shown how! Let me know what you think of the classes

Piper where have you got to?

Hi to everyone else!

I forgot to say Ei I'm convinced it's a girl I have a theory; looking at my chart we BD'd a good 3-4 days before I reckon I must have ov'd and boy swimmers can't have survived that long. Also I'm with you on the MS theory too. I didn't really have any with DS and I feel pretty rough most f the time this time around. Who knows eh? Still could be a boy. I obviously don't care if it comes out with three heads

Morning all,
DP took DD to nursery this am so I stayed in bed. Still haven't bothered to get dressed yet .
Ei 12DPO today!! How is your temp? Am keeping everything crossed for you. I think I'm having another DD too.
Scully Hope the hangover headache is a bit better now. Enjoy your day off.
Fruity It is pasturised cheese. DP thinks it's fine because you need 3 portions of diary per day in early pregnancy?

Scully I'm going to hold you to your comment - May it is then! Sorry to hear you've got a headache this morning, wonder what that's from
GG May for you too as well then?? {grin]
Kate How did it go last night or are you in a holding cell after getting drunk and viscously assualting them (we'll come visit you)
TeeHee I think I'm in love with your DP, is he always that romantic and thoughtful? Not long til scan now, I'm getting excited for you x
Sparkly Thank you for thinking of me for today, only one of my RL friends even remembered the month! Not been too bad but have been having some horrible dreams which I think are linked. At least being pg means it's not been as bad as it could have been. Just getting anxious about Monday's scan, NT scan and bloods etc all sounds so scary How's the cheese craving going? Very thoughtful of you to check out everything that's happening to your friend and her baby, your a lovely friend
Fruity Off to Tesco at lunch for some breadsticks I quite fancy them now! I too am convinced that I'm having a girl, really torn as to whether to find out or not?

Mollie Hope today wasn't too difficult for you Your latest pg is bound to bring certain feelings to the fore, it's only natural especially as you're nervous about next Monday. Plus pg is notorious for vivid dreams as well. (((Hugs))) to you. I posted on the other thread about NT scans and triple test for you.
Kate How did last night go?
Hope everybody else is OK. I decided to change my NCT course yesterday - the organiser emailed us all and asked if anybody would be willing to swap courses as my original course had 9 couples and the new course had only 4. The dates worked out better for DH's shifts so we decided to swap. It means we start at the end of this month - 2 whole Sundays 1 week apart and a 2h breastfeeding session mid-week. I hope my pg brain can take in all this information! In addition I also booked one of their waterbirth courses as that's what I'm hoping to have if I get the homebirth I want.

Afternoon all. sorry for the dealyed posting.

Mollie I have been thinking of you today, I hope you are ok and

Thankfully I'm not in a holding cell, they're not pressing charges Though I'm glad to hear you'd all come and visit me if I was!

It went ok, better than I expected probably, but it's really knocked me for six today. I think I'm just totally emotionally exhausted, I hope that doesn't sound too melodramatic. It's just that I've been worrying about seeing them for sooooooo long... So I have achieved absolutely nothing today, did a bit of dusting, cleaned the kitchen, baked a yummy lemon cake (from a packet mix ) and had a friend and her 14week old over for tea. And that's it.

Don't really know how I'm feeling tbh. Talking about it made me re-live a lot of things, which I am finding hard, and of course it is hard to think that by December they'll have a baby whereas we'll do really well to even get another BFP by then.
I haven't spoken to 'her', but 'he' confronted me at the bar in the pub. DH had already had words with him for me so that was good.
'He' said we obviously needed to sort things out. I told him I wasn't sure it was going to be possible to sort things out and that I thought it might be too late for that . Important to have said it I think. I explained a couple of the major things that we have found really upsetting and, in fairness to him, he was really good about it. Said he hadn't thought of things in that way and apologised, said how insensitive their behaviour must have seemed to us, errr yes it did!
So all in all a good thing. Far from easy (I burst into tears in the middle of the pub and had to run to the loo ) but a good thing.
But for some reason now I feel like I want to run away and hide just like I did before we went on holiday, 3 weeks after the funeral. I know only time can really help, it's just hard. But knowing I have the support of all you lovely ladies means a lot. Thank you

Now. Who would like some Lemon Cake before DH scoffs it all?

Mollie So sorry to read about the dreams you've been having. PMA for Monday missy. Everything is going to be fine. I have awful veins for getting bloods out of but the midwives always manage first time. You are going to be fine. xxx
Cricri A good idea to change the NCT meeting. It'll be nicer to have a smaller group. Good luck with it all. Don't be suprised if you find it weird at first. I think it takes people a while to come out of their shells in those sort of situations. Give it a few meetings though and I'm sure you'll get along like a house of fire (sorry for all idioms/cliches!!).
Kate Thanks for letting us know how it went. You're so brave for facing up to them and I'm glad they have begun to realise their mistakes. I'd love some lemon cake pllleeeeaassseee!!!