The addictable wagoners have abandoned the waterlogged field back to the safety of the Wagon (with Spa facilities). Thread for those waiting to TTC, those TTC now and other graduates alike!!

[GYo]

New thread over here!!

Thanks Diege . Which week did your sickness stop? I can't wait to be able to eat normally again. If it doesn't stop, I don't know how on earth I am meant to nourish this baby...clusters, milk and bread and butter is all it has been getting for about four weeks.

Prob is I am not actually vomiting that much, only 5 or so times, the rest is just incredibly intense nausea and dry heaving, so maybe drugs would not help me anyway...

Good luck with the hoovering. Once the sickness goes, can't wait to blist my house, it is an absolute state!

Hi COsmo - my sickness stopped at around 13/14 weeks. Gradually petered off as opposed to waking up one day and it was gone. I still had my morning puke up until about 20 weeks, but I think that was more down to habit than actual need!
I would say being sick 5 times a day is pretty bad tbh. You could always say it's constant (naughty I know) but they did do a urine test on me that showed up keytones in urine. The other guide was if you'd lost a stone (I dropped to 7.5 from about 9 - mot a nice look) so looks like you might fit this criteria.
One website I found really helpful was 'Blooming Awful' - loads of good tips and stories from people who've been through it, plus a helpline staffed by foprmer sufferers. It all helped, though the best thing for me was being signed off work - are you still going in?
Really hope you're nearing the end! Remember, I did it 3 times as end result is worth it! (just )

Hello ladies...wonder if anyone can help me...

i am on first cycle of clomid after many years of ttc. i am due to have period tomorrow, monday or tue....just wondering about symptoms...i have had a ffeling of period tummy this morning but gone now...also swollen and tender breasts from yesterday...but the main worry is i noticed a lump on the outside of my right breast two days ago...it feels like it could be a swollen glan but i'm not sure...anyone know if this could be to do with tablets or pregnancy or should i be worried? its about th size of a 2 pence piece (but a ball!) i think there is one in the other breast but not as big....so it must just be a gland, which is prob nothing to say i'm preg ey? i'm driving myself in sane not doing a test!!

Hi Diege, not being sick 5 times a day, 5 times in the last four weeks! God, I would be dead if that were the case! Having the dry heaves about 1-3 times a day though.
If it stopped around 13/14 that would be amazing - think I could hang on in for a few more weeks. Been signed off for two weeks but boss has agreed to let me work from home next week and I said I'd be back in as soon as I feel ready.

Weird how each woman seems to be 'touched' by MS in such different ways...And I keep reading the phrase 'when the baby is in your arms it will be all worth it'! At this moment in time I have to say I'm in no hurry to go through this again any time soon!

Afternoon ladies I am back online. Shame because that means I am back to work as well ! I am also back home and we are having lots of crisis talks. DD is so happy to be back that I am sure I am doing the right thing. I am sharing dd's room at the moment which is not so good as she keeps waking me up in the night!!

Hope you are all well and I will do my best to catch up but if anyone cares to give me a quick round up that would be great....

hi ladies

it is raining really heavy here blooming british summer
dh showed viewers around said that they were very positive about everything so toughed wood.
me and dd went looking around shops

Fingers crossed TINKs, at least you are getting regular viewings! .
Hi LB!! Great to see you back, we've missed you . Sounds like things are being directly addressed at your end anyway, though must be v.stressful. E-mailed you a few days ago in case you wanted a rant, but of course rants are always welcome on here too . Here's hoping you get things sorted soon .
Back from market - pretty rubbish, not a spot on the Continental ones we sometimes get. Had an ice cream in Scoop, and got some bits from Lush. Can't decide what to watch tonight - King Kong (too sad), Volcano, or Eurovision Dance Contest ..ah it's a tough life!

Just a quickie to say scan went very well. Saw ONE baby wiggling about. Strong heartbeart. Two arms two legs. Least I know who is making me so poorly now!

Would highly recommend a private scan for reassurance.
Oh and the sonographer was very impressed as I got my dates exactly right at 10 +4 [what a geek!].

LB - good to see you. Sorry you are having probs with DP. Hope it all works itself out.

Hey Cosmo
Good to hear that the scan went well- And great news about the dates being right!

Welcome back LB...

Been out shopping today and Im shattered. That will teach me! Got some nice black mat trousers though with a stretchy waist on them

morning

gr8 news cosmo how exciting

we are going to relax today and play with dd lots

Monring! Day sounds good TINKS . Great news on scan COSMO - great to have your dates right too!
Woke up woth crippling period pain this morning, so thinking af might be early (not due till next weekend). Have accepted that my body will need a while to get back into its usual pattern, so not too worried.
Hope the rain is staying off for people (only just here).
Oh and can you believe that young pretender is threatening my Rafa in the US Open . I have no doubt Nadal will overpower him eventually, but the cheek of the kid..

morning diege sorry for cramps.
it is so dark here
we have a voucher for pizza hut so going to go there for lunch

Good Morning

Have read through but forgotten most of it

LB, good to have you back sweetie, hope things are worked out over time, can't imagine how stressful it has all been for you. Make sure you look after yourself in between everything else.

Cosmo, great news on the scan Any pics?

GYo congrats on the scan! Those pics are really clear, even I can work it out and I am absolutely useless at scan pics!! On the maternity clothes front, I can thouroughly recommend Debenhams Red Herring maternity jeans, the ones that go over the bump, I have two pairs and live in them, so so so comfy! And they are only £30 a pair, bargain I reckon!

Diege sorry for period pain, you may not come on early though, I had pretty bad period pain for a good week before it started (where I don't normally get any pain, or very little on the day it starts) after my MC.

Babymadness, not sure about these lumps, though I think if they are in both breasts there is very little chance of it being anything sinister, much more likely to be hormonal, when I was 12 weeks pregnant with DS1 I found a lump, I had a biopsy and it was just a fatty lump, although the doctors said it wasn't because I was pregnant, it was because of the hormones going wild. Get it checked out just to be on the safe side, but try not to worry too much

Cal, DS2 is into anything with wheels at the moment: Thomas the Tank Engine, Postman Pat, Bob the Builder, Brum, just good old fashioned cars, also books, he loves sitting with someone while they go through the pages with him And colouring with crayons (best I've found that don't crumble everywhere is ELC one's, think they were about £3 for 40 or so.) We bought him one of these a couple of weeks ago and it hasn't been left alone since! And also www.elc.co.uk/toy/musical-footsteps/this makes a great 'road'

Is that everything? I need a cuppa! Long shot but does anyone know anything about pet mice? DS1 has decided he wants a couple of xmas... if he is still saying it in December then I will get him some because I know he will look after them, but I know nothing about them. Are we asking for trouble with the cat? Visions of Tom and Jerry spring to mind....

Sorry second link should be this

can i eat profiteroles while pregnant

thanks so much natalie....i will get it checked out...tested this morning and bfn anyway...boo!

Hi Nat! A few words of caution about pet mice - they are quite difficult to handle for children as they're really wriggly. We settled on a hamster that sadly met her demise after escaping under tiles in downstairs loo, and coming up again at night. Found her dead on the floor with our cat licking his lips and a hamster's tooth stuck in him fur . Just a warning, but your cat will make it her life's work to get 'em! I'd say as long as you get a traditional cage with bars rather than the plastic tube ones you'll be fine
TINKS, profiteroles are fine. Not sure what ingredient you were concerned about? Enjoy!
Bad luck on af BABYMAD - agree with what Nat says about lumps - sounds cyclical to me .
Well have got EWM again and boobs killing . Have a feeling I didn't ovulate this month after all, and that af might come early! Hope so then we can have a decent go at it next month!!

Hello all

Just a quick post as about to have a bath as still in pjs

Nat - it depends on the cat - my cat was terrified of our hamster when I was little. I would be careful of bars cages though - my friend had one that was over turned by her cat (they usually separate into two halves and quite easily can come apart) and although hamster survived was very scared and a bit hurt

You would need to make sure that the cage was a secure one. If cat is troublesome I would keep mice/hamsters in a room that it was not allowed in or something. For russian hamsters (small and grey) you can keep them in glass tanks which are fairly cat proof? I would speak to the pet shop about it personally.

We have had a quick look at Pets at Home, they don't sell mice, so couldn't see them, but now DS has got his heart set on Gerbils or Guinea Pigs The Gerbils are quite sweet, but think we'd have the same problem as Diege mentions about them moving very quickly, not sure DS1 could handle them without dropping them.

Guinea pigs, never been a huge fan of them TBH, but think it might be a better idea, especially for DS2, although he wouldn't come away from the fish....

I dread Pets at Home visits! Why is it you can go to the farm and they don't go mad for bringing a cow home with them, but go to Pets at Home and they want the whole bloody live animal section moved into their bedrooms?! I am sure Pets at Home transmit subliminal messages to kids.

The cat isn't a really major issue, she is only really inside after the kids have gone to bed, and she is locked in the kitchen (with her cat flap to outside) at night time, so any small animals we end up should be fine.

cheers well we had a gr8 lunch @ pizza hut and enjoyed my profiteroles with chocolate sauce

Mmm lunch sounds delish TINKS .
Guinea pig would be good nat! Think they have to live outside? My sister has just got her ds a rabbit and guinea and they live together very happily though are a faff to clean out. In for a penny and all that .
Raining again here - just back from shops and have job of sorting out fridge for collection tomorrow when our new one arrives, yah!!! It has been so hard living out of a cool bag - my life will be transfomed!

Lunch sounds great Tink

Actually I thought guinea pigs were for outside as well, but it seems they actually prefer being indoors, especially during the winter.

Have just finally got round to buying some furniture for the play room, no more boxes, tubs, baskets and pots with everything tumbling out Well maybe a few boxes and tubs...

Our water has been cut off, some big pipe has leaked so we have nothing except the rain falling! It's been off since around 11 this morning but we were out so weren't aware till it was too late to get bottled water backed up.

Oh no Nat what a pain about the water . Do you know when it'll be back on?
Time for tea, but will pop on tonight

It is trickling through the taps now but the toilet isn't re-filling yet. You never realise how much you use till it's not there!

Have a nice tea, I am off now till tomorrow probably. At least it is only the water and not the electric!! I'd have had DH rigging up some death trap generator by now if it had have been the electric

Hello!

Cosmo - fab news re scan. Hope the MS abates soon.

LB - good to see you back here. Hope things work out for you. I know others have said it but feel free to offload on here if it will help.

NJ - you sound remarkably calm - "At least it is only the water..." Hope it's doing more than trickling through now.
Also, I used to have gerbils. Were v good at escaping and chewing furniture but were v v cute. Also though I was devastated when they died after 2 years which I found out was fairly normal...

Tink - mmmmm.... Pizza Hut....mmmmm....profiteroles!!

Diege - sorry for cramps. I was the same as NJ - after my first light AF, second one I had cramps for a week before AF. Re boobs though, are they normally sore before AF???...

I'm afraid I'm still being v tearful and have also been v tired. Was asleep in bed between 2.30 and 6 this afternoon. Whenever I try and think about being pg I just get terrified about it all going wrong again. GP asked me if I felt apprehensive on Friday and I said that I felt scared. I want this so much and I just have to keep reminding myself that feeling like this will be sooo worth it when I do have a succesful pregnancy. I think it's also hard as with all the problems I had I never once had any bleeding or spotting so I don't feel relieved by the fact that I haven't had any. Diege - I've ordered a copy of the book you recommended from Amazon so hopefully it will be here within the next few days.

Sorry to sound so ungrateful to be pg I think it's just that I won't accept it until I know all is ok.

DH is cooking roast lanb this evening so I'm going to sit and watch Soccer Aid eating that. Then hope to watch Andy Murray continue to thrash Nadal (sorry Diege!)