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!!

headache has got worse - try unbearable!

had to resort to cheerios for dinner - cant bare to stand up.

got a warm soothing mask thing on now - that is helping

Cals - i def dont drink enough - im terrible. Really trying though.

Good luck with the mattress! hope you get a lovely nights sleep

Evening! Back from pub with dds and dh for tea - not their best behaviour in a public place by a long shot . Finally got them to bed, and I can still hear dds 1 &2 grumbling and shouting like a pair of old women...
GRUFF- that sounds super-healthy - special ceriticate and platinum medal for you .Sorry about headache - hopefully a good sleep might help?
CALS what time did thr mattress come after all? Your ds sounds adorable . We have the iggle piggle for dd3 and she's inseparable from it (warning - you may need doubles!!).
NAT - any more grumbling about your tin medal and you will get demoted to plastic my girl .
TINKS - I live through your shopping - go girl! .

Well dh out tonight at some cycling thingy. I'll be up to bed soon as I've a 6am start tomorrow . Am going to a Conference for Drs and Consultants (long story - to do with me getting grant money from health people)and am sort of looking forward to it...practicing my knowledgeable nod and tilted head feigned interest expression .
Have a good night tomorrow, and speak tomorrow night!

Bye Diege

Hope it goes ok tomorrow!

I burst my eye mask - damn it

Hello everyone!

Sorry I've been so quiet the last few days. I was just getting to the stage where I was feeling a bit too self absorbed and would just have been posting v repetitively about how stressed and worried I am.

Diege - the book arrived from Amazon arrived a couple of days ago and I have made a start. I think it will be very useful so thank you v much.

On a brighter note, we should be exchanging on our house move either tomorrow or Monday all being well.

I feel like I've had full blown symptoms today. Woke up with a headache, feeling really tired and feeling queasy. Headache was gone by about 11am, tried to ignore the tiredness (although I am in bed now!) and the queasiness hasn't really gone although I haven't got as far as retching or being sick. Just had some tomato soup for tea.
Wish the symptoms were reassuring but as I've said before, I had full blown symptoms last time too!

Gruffalo - sorry to hear about your headache and eye mask

LOL at all the medals being awarded!

My friends from York are down at the moment staying with her parents. I met up with them for a hot chocolate earlier. Not sure if I mentioned but he is a quadraplegic and wheelchair bound. When we were out this complete stranger went up to him and said "Ooh - saw you there and wondered why you're not in Bejing!" He somehow managed to keep a civil tongue but we were all very Not as if anyone came up to me a month ago and asked why I wasn't in Bejing!

Cal - hope the mattress lugging went well. I love sleeping on a nice new mattress!

NJ - not had a look at the links for your stuff but the Barn themed ones sound really cute.

Finally.....

CONGRATS to 2BG and Emma

Good to hear from you Ses. Glad the house move is coming along nicely!

I am completely shocked by the bejing comment - you should have said 'saw you there and wondered why you werent in the zoo!' honestly the blimmin cheek of some people. Did he think he was being funny?

Soz I do get a bee in my bonnet about these things. Hope your friend took it ok.

My head is still pants but I am terrible and going to bed - plus am supposed to be speaking to DH on the phone at 22.30 (hes on a night shift)

I mean terrible AT going to bed - doh!

Hi Gruff!

Fortunately he has a fantastic attitude to his disability so let it wash over him after we all shared an initial rant! Just unbelievable though!

Are you going to try and stay awake for 22.30 then? Or will you be able to text DH and tell him how you're feeing and that you're going to go straight to bed?

ah thats good then.

i will try and stay awake. we both find it really hard to be away from each other - even if its just one night - i need to speak to him even if its just to say goodnight. that probably makes me sound like a bit of a nutter. he'll be home at 5pm tomorrow!

Not at all. Sorry didn't cotton on to the fact he'd be away all night (don't know why!)
DH and I have never had a day when we haven't at least spoken! I used to think that was pathetic in others before I met DH but now it's not soppy more a necessity!

I did speak to him earlier but its not the same as before going to bed!

Def a necessity, just doesn't feel right otherwise. Also DH talks the hind legs of a donkey so I need to make sure he tells me about his day today, or tomorrow night I'll get a double whammy

I find my DH is either one extreme or the other - either can't stop talking or needs some quiet time. Fortunately we're both the same and I usually like to have a bit of chill time on my own a few times each week.

I always find it amazing how we fit together in little things like that. It's good to remember that regularly so that we don't take eachother for granted.

Tomorrow I'm "working from home". Well I will be a lot of the day but I'm going to see midwife at 9am and getting a haircut in the afternoon. I know it's early to see MW but I thought it would be useful to offload on her and get things rolling. My GP said not to worry about seeing her sooner rather than later, so I am! I think I'll be 5+3 tomorrow when I see her.

Right - guess I should try and get some sleep. Hope you sleep well Gruff and your headache's gone by the morning.

Thanks Ses, you sleep well too. Hope midwife appointment goes well!

Fridays are my day off so will be around. Take care!

Right, I typed this ages ago but forgot to post it and just re-read to catch up before pressing send, and this is what I was going to say:

GS - You burnt your eye mask? WTF were you doing with it are you OK?!

But now I've re-read it, I see it says 'burst' not 'burnt' so guess you didn't have cream slapped on your face but one of those plasticky gel filled things? LOL - I was really quite concerned!!

Diege - Good luck tomorrow, sounds good, don't forget leaning forward, no crossed arms or legs (bad for your legs anyway) and drink water if you get bored!

The mattress arrived quite early - about 12.30 (supposed to be 1-5) but was good as it meant I could just delay DS nap ever so slightly and not interfere with his routine too much. We've 'built' it now and its ridiculously high! It must be at least 4x as thick as what we had before! DS tried to get off (normally not a problem) and plopped down onto his bottom, not great for a poorly boy at the end of the day - he's OK really but there's not way he's going to be able to climb onto it without a ladder - the top of the mattress is at my crotch height !

Bed sheets are a VERY tight squeeze too - so think I can justify a shopping trip to find some new sheets (See Tink, I'm learning )

Also Diege, DS already has (although he doesn't know) 3 Iggle Piggles as he is sooooo attached. DH just raised his eyebrows at me for getting them and asked where I was keeping all the spares . Ahhhh, if it makes my little boy happy when he's feeling pants I don't mind

I haven't done my run today, but that's OK as I can try and do it tomorrow instead - nag me everyone - please!

Ses, good to hear from you, glad things are going away - that comment sounds incredibly twattish, am that anyone would say anything so, well, stupid.

Am off to snuggle down in clean sheets on my mega mattress (perhaps I'll take a piccy and post it - will need to engage DH's assistance for that - perhaps I'll just measure the bloody thing!

Right, I'm offski....g'night all.

(PS - GS and Ses, I know exactly what you mean about saying goodnight...DH and I have a rule when I'm away, that when you decide to go to bed you phone the other one, so that we don't have set times...so if I haven't heard from DH I ring him, and vice versa. Works well for me as being out with business colleagues and usually one of the only women there, it feel it looks a bit feeble if I'm constantly clock or phone watching. Can't beat a last 'goodnight' )

Night Cals! Yeah a gel mask - I must have over heated it in the microwave - oops!

Bed sounds good - enjoy! I'll expect a review tomorrow morning

Hi just popped in, can't possibly catch up on all the posts today.
I might have to change my ttc date, don't worry ladies, it's still happening, it's just i've been up and down for a while and the doc has finally put me on AD's, she wants me to be on them for about 6 months so it just depends on how I feel after that, then I can come off them hopefully and ttc. At a guess it might be more like feb/march onwards.

Back later but off to bed now, night all x

Good morning

Well no nice long soak for me, spent the evening clearing the playroom up properly (BTW whoever said they were of the play room, it is in fact just my dining room, but we have taken the legs off the table and put it under our bed (!!) Just gives them more room to play, but we lost our dining table in the process ) Anyway, we did the play room, then DH asked if I'd do his hair, then 8 out of 10 cats was on, then it was well past my bed time!

Cal, hope DS is/was better last night/today? How was the monster bed? It's too early to try and make that about sex. I just did didn't I? I can't help it, honestly.... Change of subject, DS2 has a big Igglepiggle and a small one, small one goes everywhere with him, and he also gives him kisses and cuddles, for some reason DS2 calls his Igglepiggle 'Mama' - cheers for that George, makes me feel really special!

Gruff, sorry for eye mask going bang Very dissapointing.

Diege, enjoy the conference

Ses good to see you back sweetie, I think I speak for everyone when I say don't feel like you have 'over whinged'. Good luck at the MW's, hope she can offer you some reassurance somehow.

I have DS1's school photos today, DS2 is getting in on the action so that should be fun! I might nip into town if the weather is OK later, DH picked DS1 up some Wii games for xmas (£15 each in Morrisons if anyone is interested? There was a thread about it) so he has spurred me back into xmas action. Thought I might get a few bits in town.

Spose I'd better get DS2 up, normally he is up at sunrise, but today because we have to get to school early for the photos, guess what? He decides to sleep in.... Think he might have to have his breakfast when we get back from school.

Morning everyone
So much to catch up on!

Ses- good luck with the midwife! let us know how it goes

Cal- the new matress sounds great- definately helpful for a good nights sleep!

Morning Nat any decision about the barnyard vs zanzibar yet?

2BG- how are you ? Has the news well and truly sunk in?

Dal- sorry to here you might be delayed in TTC, we are all still here and will be for a long time! Glad your Dr is giving you the meds you need.

More work today, then painting all weekend- AGAIN! Feels like it will never end, but it needs to before DH self combusts due to lack of progress ...

Off to see what there is for breakfast in our office canteen. Hopefully something tasty.

Quick Q that probably should be on the other thread but its so quiet over there....

when might the weeing a lot/ tiredness start to get better? 14wks next tuesday and the weeing is now worse than ever....

Strangely I can feel the pressure getting better/worse as I guess the beany moves about.... maybe I am imagining that....

morning

lol cal yep i acan be a shopaholoc what better therapy
just off to take dd to nursery then having eyebrows done

Oooooh, I had completely forgotten about the other thread

I think the weeing depends on where the baby is, some babies stay high (so less pressure on bladder, more on ribs/lungs - which is a bugger in itself) some are lower so weeing loads is the result.

Tiredness stops when the baby has left home, or so I'm told!

If it is excessive weeing or tiredness, mention it to your MW because weeing lots can be a sign of UTI (but certainly not always) and the tiredness can be down to lack of iron etc. But mostly these things are just part and parcel of being pregnant/a mum!

Your baby will deffo be moving about now, jumping and turning around, it is normal to feel the pressure of the baby on other organs, but not actually feel the baby moving.

Cat bought a bird in this morning and I feel sorry for the bird, but then feel even more sorry for myself having to get rid of it! It is lovely to see birds flying about and what not but once they have been dragged in my house half eaten, they make my skin crawl. Also it must have had something wrong with it in the first place for our cat to be able to catch it, she has a load of bells on her collar, and she actually isn't very good at stalking things out, so the bird must have been hurt or whatever in the first place.

Photos went well, have never seen the side of DS2's head from so many different angles.....

Just popping in to say morning, got to take ds to his appointment with the dietician.

tink - hope you're happy with your eyebrows when they're done

GYo - hope you get the painting done soon, I spent all last summer painting and never want to see a paint brush again! I found tiredness eased in 2nd trimetser but can't quite remember when that starts?! The weeing never eased for me but i'm normally always weeing even when not preggers!

NJ - sorry you've lost your dining room but thats a lovely thing to have done

Have a nice day everyone, family visiting this weekend so appologies if I don't get on much x

Sorry GYo, forgot to answer your question to me, I think I am going to go with the Barn Yard stuff, still looking longingly at the Zanzibar but I do think the BY will be better in terms of colours and matching other things in with it.

Dal, TBH the table never got used for much other than a junk collecting area, the kids have a small table and chairs that they eat at/colour at/do whatever they do at, and we usually eat on the sofa Though must admit as my belly is getting bigger and my plate further away, I am having a few food fallen down top fiascos....

Right I am off into town now, see you all in a bit xxx

Morning all

head better this morning although still not 100 %

Gyo - we too have loads of painting and DIY to do. We have had the paint for months but have not quite got round to it yet!

Ive decided to paint the nursery a nice sunny yellow as the room looks a bit cold in its current lilac. Obviously that wont be for a few months yet

Got the kitchen and bathroom to do first.

I am chilling at home today which is nice. Except I need to go to bank and get loads of money out because we are hopefully buying a new car tomorrow

Morning

Was up early collecting my nan from the airport. She got back from her 3 month trip in the US. Worried about her having to come back and face all grandads things after all this time It is going to be hard for her, but we are all here for her. She seemed in quite good spirits.
I have to tell her in the next week about the move to America?!? I know she will understand but still going to be hard.

Ses- good to see you back i was starting to worry about you not making an appearance for a few days. I hope the M/W appointment goes well and she gives you some reassurance.
I can't believe the cheek of people making that comment to you friend. Just shows how uneducated some people are!

NJ- glad the photos went well, i remember mine last year for DD1 they were horrible, when she forces a smile she almost grits her teeth! great look. Playroom sounds like what we need, a room to throw everything and shut the door! Hope the bedroom changes go well this weekend, we put the DD's in the same room a few weeks ago and its been fine, actually a lot tidier.

Cal- the bed sounds lush and i'm very jealous. We have a topper on ours, is yours the ponity foam one? I will post out the Pre-seed today i promise

Tink- shopaholic is a good trait and very good therapy. Hope the eyebrows look better, really need mine done.

Dal- sorry that you are having to push TTC back, but hopefully the AD will make things a little easier on yourself.

GYO- the tiredness should ease up soon for a few months then comes back again until like NJ says when the babe leaves home.
The weeing i have no idea, i have never really had to wee alot anyway, probably cause i don't drink enough.
I am still in a little shock. Period due today and i have had a dodgy stomach but did ANOTHER test and its still BFP and darker so maybe i kinda believe it now. I do feel sick thou, don't feel like eating anything, nothing tales my fancy. I was heaving this morning after orange juice and nearly threw up but stopped myself as i had just taken my vitamin and didn't want to waste it!
I read the vitamin packet today (they are boots, mum-to-be) they have Folic acid, Omega 3 Vitamin D and Ginger as main ingrediants. Didn't realise they had ginger, suppose to settle your stomach. I have Anti-sickness bands on aswell. I never got sickness this early with the girls!
I am tired, but probably because i am waking at 2 every night and can't go back to sleep for a couple of hours. What is that all about?

GS- what car are you getting?
Think yellow looks lovely in baby rooms, nice and bright. Enjoy your chillout day.