The addictable wagoners are welcoming some lovely newbies and enjoying seeing some oldies return! Thread for those waiting to ttc, those ttc now and graduates alike!

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Here we are on another new thread! Let's hope it's a lucky one

Morning all

BB - it will be a huge change in responsibility for him I guess which he's going to have to accept. I think sometimes the problem is they don't realize the change until it hits them. Having said that, I think generally men adapt more easily.
I know I'm going to find it difficult being dependant on DH's income. Fortunately he earns enough that we should be ok. I've always been quite an independant soul though and will feel guilty spending his hard earned cash on things that I want.
Sorry - rambling now...

Well cooked steak & chips with veg for tea last night (at DH's request!) and new cooker seems fine. It's just v small which we can't do anything about as the gap was only 50 cm. I'm doing Christmas lunch for 6 this year and not sure how big a turkey I'll be able to get!
Bought ingredients for chocolate cake so may do that today!

hi

bp - sorry for row i guess it is something you need to discuss having a baby if it is both what you really want

diege - teas sounds good and chocolate cake mmmm.

i have just got back from town only bought chocolate it is nice and sunny.
good news is that plumber can come and fit new shower on tuesday he is getting us the shower too can get them cheaper. will only have to make do with baths for 3 mornings.
i am waiting for my battered sausage and chips for lunch dh and dd have gone to get it

Morning All

Glad the new oven is working out well Ses! Please fax over some chocolate cake when you've made it!

BB- Im not expert but trust is a massively important thing... the other thing that I thought about a lot once we made the decision to TTC,is that when ever you do decide to have a baby things will be the same. Unless you have any big changes to deal with coming up. I.e same job, lifestyle to give up etc. Though i've always wanted kids etc suddenly knowing my life was going to change was a shock (after working for 10yrs after Uni) but I've dealt with that now and ready to move on and give everything to the child.

Im rambling now. Not sure thats helped much.

tink- we had fog here this morning but is now blue skys. think Im going to treat myself to a trip to town and look at some xmas shopping

Just been to have my hair cut and coloured and the price has gone up loads! about 25% shocked, kind of though it might have done bu still!

Right enough irrelevant chat, back laters

ooh envy at your battered sausage lunch Tink- sounds yummy. Enjoy!

Hi tink & GYo

Chocolate cake about to get started on

We now have no boxes in lounge or kitchen!

GYo - I love getting my hair done. Hope ur pleased with it. It does always seem to make a hole in the bank account and that sounds like a hefty rise. I'm sure it was worth it!

Hurray for no boxes- such a great feeling!
Hair defo worth- just a bit shocked at til!

off to town now

bye

hi all, have just worked out i can use the internet from my bedside tv. im feeling much better and am being allowed home in a couple of hours. dh is off for a few days so i can be on bedrest as directed.

dont know when i'll next get on so just thought i'd let you all know im doing ok now.

Glaskham - good to hear from you and good news you can go home today Let your DH spoil you and try and make the most of bed rest.

Chocolate cake is in the oven. Ages since I made one so hope it turns out ok!

Afternoon! Great news GLASK! I remember you saying how you feared you may have to be admitted after gp reduced drugs. Hope you can stay well!
GYO - ooh tell more about hair. What colour did you have done? (I am a hair-obsessive ). Know what you mean about cost - sneaky £5 added to my usual bill too this week
SES, if you can be arsed get the chance could you post recipe? Have been looking for a good choc cake one for a while now . Must be lovely to have a slice in your new kitchen.
TINK - did you succomb to whisper again? I love the ones with caramel in - not sure if they're back too.
BB, agree with what others have said, dp will need to face up to repsonsibilities sooner or later. I don't think you're irresponsible to have one with debts though - goodness, that would be about 40 million of us with no kids . I think the main thing is for him to face up to what's happening, and at least reassure you that he's got to start growing up a bit. Good luck - as long as you're talking throiugh things you'll be fine, although don;t expect instant results!
Well I have resisted weeing on another stick. I've only 2 cheapies left, plus of course the dusty old clear blue, and will wait until af is well overdue before any more testing! If it's a chemical pregnancy, my body will no doubt have let me know by this time next week, which I would much prefer that a series of increasingly faint tests!
Boobs still tingly and sore when I squash them .
Right, must attack lecture!

Afternoon guys - anyone still about?

I'm in hospital at the moment, I left work at about 2 yesterday as had a sore tummy, by 6 it was agony so I went to our local walk in centre, they gave me an injection of voltarol then admitted me to the hospital.

I've had an ultrasound this morning and confirmed that I have a lot of gall stones and am going to have to have my gall bladder out.

Something is telling me that 2008 is just not my year... recurrent tonsillitis, labyrinthitis, miscarriage and now gall stones too

The hospital i'm at is the old one in my city and its blimin horrible. Plus, because I've had a tummy upset this week the're making me show them every time I go to the toilet which is just bloody disgusting and I've found it really distressing. The nurse said, don't worry,we do this all the time, to which I replied, yeah, but I don't .

Poor DH has once again had to step up to the mark and look after DS and run around fetching cars, bringing me stuff, being an all round star.

To top it all off, am supposed to be flying on holiday next week and still not sure whether its going to be possible.

And in case you're wondering, DH has brought in his diddy laptop with 3G dial up modem. He's also got a gadget installed at home that allows me to watch my home tv on the laptop at work - I always nagged him that it was completely pointless - now look at me. All on my own in an isolation ward, mumsnetting away, listening to my ipod!

Sorry to go on - I'm a bit lonely!

Oh bloody hell LATOUR what a nightmare . Are you scheduled for an op shortly, or are they just observing things? (sorry, ignorant about gallstones other than they arev painful!). I suppose one 'positive' is that your gallbladder will be sorted before next pregnancy (rather than during it), but realise it's little consolation at the moment .
What is your ward like? Do you have to stay in tonight?

Hi D, taking one step at a time, I was only dx about an hour ago. They've let me have a bowl of soup and a dry bread roll, if no pain, then its chicken salad for tea, if still no pain I can go home tonight.

I'm on a horrible ward with lots of old people, in a room on my own as apparently the mrsa I had in my c-section scar 2 years ago is a potential infection risk . The room I'm in is opposite the toilet and all I can hear is people's bowels exploding and it makes me retch - so am typing this with my ipod up loud!!

Not sure how long to wait for gallbladder to come out, I hadn't thought about it, I must ask about it as DH and I had already started ttc this month. Fuck it all. Am going to cry now

Hi

LaTour- sorry to hear you are in hosp, sounds really painful - thats two wagoners at once in hosp!!

Sounds rather lonely on the ward, glad you have TV and internet to keep you entertained...Hope you get better in time for the hol. Is it a long flight?

Glask- glad to hear that you are on the mend- sorry you had to go into hospital though, must be horrible. Do they just put you on a drip?

Diege- I love hair too! Had 3/4 head highlights with 3 colours, blond, dark blond and light brown. Also had a trim. My hair is now over my shoulders so takes aggges at the salon to do the foils, its also why it cost so much (too ashamed to post the cost here!)
What did you have in the week? Did you have any issues with the colour?

Ses- have made the tea so just waiting for a slice of wagon choc cake... have a plate ready and everything! are you sending over?

Been to town and got a couple of Maternity items in H&M. A knitted dress (no pretending to hide the bump now!) and some bump bands which are really good price vs. the bands in Bloomin Marvelous.

Sorry- mega post!

Only got 19 mins of battery life left on my laptop, so I won't be online for much longer...thanks for sympathy GYo and Diege.

Glask - sorry, was so focussed on my own woes, forgot to ask how you are feeling

Ses - Can i have a very low fat slice please?

I only wanted a baby, and EVERYTHING seems to be conspiring against me. I'm so .

Hi GYO! Have also had a trip to H&M today, though the children's dept with dds squabbling over tights doesn't sound as fulfilling as your trip . I also have the bump bands from there (somewhere!) and agree they're really good quality for the price. Your hair sounds lovely . I also had foils this week (slices, medium brown) then will have blond foils in 3 weeks time, along with darker slices (it's complicated). All in an effort to disguise the grey which I've had coming through since teenage years (am v.dark naturally).
Drat mumsnet for distracting me from work!! (v.easy)

I hereby grant LATOUR a rarely awarded wagon hug (( )). There! And you are to have a full fat slice of ses's cake with squirty cream . Really, really feel for you - you're definitely due some good news soon xxx

Ooh Diege you colours sound great.

H&M are great all round I find for adults clothes so Im guessing the kids stuff is as good too.

LaTour- sorry you are sad re timing for TTC and the gall stones. Understandable, does seem like a lot to happen to one person in one year. Did you ask the doc how much recovery you need after a removal op before being able to TTC again? I thought they did it keyhole now so its not that invasive (vs open surgery). Keep us posted anyway. Faxing you over a very low fat wispa bar to cheer you up

Hello,

LaTour - Sorry you are having a rough time. I do agree with Diege, you really deserve some good news soon. Gyo is right about it being keyhole surgery. My MIL had it done last year. She was out the same day too I think.

Glask - Glad you are feeling better and will be allowed home soon.

BB - I hope that you can sort things out. Hopefully as soon as you can as its easier to try and sort things out before the baby is born so you know how things will work.

I've had a fairly pants day today. Woke up feeling pretty awful, started having Braxton Hicks while out getting some shopping and they were quite painful. Plus its war weekend here and its absolute heloo on earth.

I hope everyone else is ok.

Tried posting a lovely long paragraph about half an hour ago and phone switched off mid way - grrr!
DH and I are just tucking into some chocolate cake - it's actually quite yummy! Sending some over with an extra large slice for LaTour together with a wish for it not to affect the gall stones!
LaTour - hug from me on it's way too. I can understand why you're feeling so down. Life's just not fair sometimes and I wish there was an easy way to look into the future and see everything ok. There's not but I'm sure things will work out - it's just not always on our timescales.

Kay - sorry for your day too.

cake recipe as follows:

225g margerine
225g caster sugar
4 eggs
30g cocoa powder
200g self raising flour
1and a half teaspns baking powder
Optional 150g chopped dairy milk

It makes enough for two 8" sandwich cake tins

Don't know what's got into me today but I'm now cooking stewed apple from apples from our trees!

Thanks SES! I have most of the ingrediants in so will try it put next week .
Mmm, are you making apple pie? If so, could you please use shortcrust and heat up some fresh custard too please - really fancy a slice!

Just stewed with raisins at the moment but pie tomorrow. You're right - have to have custard with it!

Oh I might have to make that cake soon.

We were going to make pizzas today but couldn't find a recipe that didn't involve buying a packet of pizza dough mix which they don't sell anywhere here. So we cheated and have bought some pizza bases.

ses -

chocolate cake sounds yum!!
i have eaten loads of chocolate today have had a wispa, a dairy milk caramel bar,some chocolate coins

gyo - ye for maternity bits

glas - glad you are recovering well and can go home

diege -
yes but managed to only buy one wispa and not two today but had a dairy milk caramel as well
well done on not testing again

latour - so sorry to hear about hospital hope things get better soon
sending over lots of lucky vibes ***

kay - sorry that you have been feeling unwell today

evening all- well i'm now home, on bed rest, but allowing myself to do things as long as i dont feel too worn out.

Thanks to all of you for the well wishes, It all happened so fast really that it was a bit of a shock to the system... luckily enough my consultant was really nice and said as long as i ate 3 meals a day and drank plenty of fluids i could come home asap.

It all really started sometime last week, had a couple of days of awful sickness, but didn't see it as anything to worry about. since then i realised i hadn't properly kept down more than about 3 meals... anyway on tuesday i had a pretty rough day, then weds i was being sick all day, every 10-20mins, thought i'd cope, i couldn't really do anythign else as DH was away in birmingham. went to bed at about 7.30pm, and at 8ish i started throwing up loads of blood, but DH had drank a pint or so by then so couldn't come home so i had to cope till morning either way...

I was then throwing up blood all night, hadn't eaten or drank a thing since tuesday at this point but being sick every 5-10mins through thursday night. Thursday morning i was barely with it, so weak and drained i felt like i was drugged, still throwing up, my parents took the kids at about 9am, and Dh was home for 11am, tried getting a call out GP but they wanted me to go to the surgery to see them. wouldn't see me before 3.15 at which point i was so weak could barely walk. Went in and he apologised loads and said he should have come out and just referred me straight to hospital.

Got to hospital and had to be on 2 drips giving me vitamins etc and one giving me fluids. they also gave me a jab to stop the sickness which hurt to buggery!!! but did the trick. By yesterday morning i wasn't being sick, the fluids etc were kicking in and i was just wanting to come home. I managed to eat 3 meals and drink 3 litres of water on top of the 3 litres through my drip. so my consultant said as long as i wasn't sick i could come home today... and here i am!!

Kids have been really shaken up by nothing being 'normal' over the last 3 days so they are being nightmares, my left arm isn't fully recovered from drips, but i'm able to have the next 2 days to recover at home before DH needs to go back to work. Also been prescribed some stronger anti-sickness medication and told to go to GP for another dose when i run out!! Wuhoo!!

I suppose it really taught me that i'm not superwoman after all and that not eating for days will harm me just as it would before i had kids etc to run around after!! so i was doubling my workload and it wasn't good for me!!

on the other hand i got a scan yesterday, which put me at 13 weeks, and got a pic, will upload it next time i'm on!! was nice to see that everything is real and growing normally despite the hyperemesis!!

LaTour- sorry your also in hospital- gall stones doesn't sound nice at all!! DH's aunt had them a few years back (along with lifelong problems that weren't discovered till then) and i remember her saying it wasn't so nice- wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Kay- nice to see you back!!!

will catch up more when DH allows me off the couch long enough to type (only managing to get on now as he's popped to get chinese for tea!!