July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

[Issy42]

Please don't be offended if you're not named, you're still welcome, I just have a rubbish memory. I can see a couple of you on November thread but there's a whole load of people not there. Just wondering if you wanted a little thread to keep in touch?

Headfairy - just replied to you on grapefruit thread. So sorry about your sad news. Was hoping a new thread might provide you with support from old friends.

And Sunnydale, I know you're wary of new threads, so though you might also like the company of old friends.

Wishing and Bubble having your weird long cycles and missing whole month's threads, thought this might be one for you too.

So what do you say? I'll start a list just in case:

Issy, ttc#1, cycle 14, ucl 28ish, cd 23/10dpo, mc Mar08, cp Sep08, IVF in April.

Hello Everyone,

I recognise quite a few of you from aaaaages ago - I decided to take a few months off the whole ttc thing and have just coem back to it because it was stressing me and DH out! :-)

Hi bubble, Jumping and everyone else - hope you've all been keeping well. :-)

I have been ignoring my cycle for a few months so I'm an old pro at thsi but I did buy some opks last week so we'll see if I remember to start using them!

sif I can totally empathise with the in limbo sliding down snake on square 99 analogy. I feel like I'm trying to 'catch up' on previous pgs and long to be pg so much - it really tests our stores of positive thinking doesn't it ?

oh blue it really does. It's turned into a walking through treacle on a treadmill day today. But. it really really helps to know that you understand what I mean!

Hi everyone,
Hope you are well.
I know I haven't checked in here for a while. As wella s being busy, Part of the reason is I don't want to talk too much about this pg for fear of tempting fate!! (For those of you who don;t know, my last two pgs both ended in mc last year).
I'm now nearly eight weeks pg (I hope!) and am booked for an early scan next Thursday. Hopefully I'll get that far!
I'm just so, so worried there will be no heartbeat there!
Am checking constantly for bleeding, but I know that's not the only sign of a non-viable pg.
You wouldn't believe how scared I am!!

Sifuentes- no wonder you feel a bit down, especially having nearly reached that magical 12-14week mark Big hugs to you.

Hi irishmumwannabe!

Gateau keeping everything crossed for you, really hoping this is lucky no. 3.

Saw my lovely GP this morn, who is starting a rake of tests to work out why my cycles are shorted & more variable than they used to be and why I'm spotting so much up to 4 days pre-AF. Had hormone & thyroid blood tests done this morn, then another apt next week to go through those results & do an internal examination. I'm glad she's being so proactive, especially as officially only been TTC for 8 months. But as she said spotting when I never used to warrants investigation even if I wasn't TTC. She said she suspects it's a hormonal imbalance but then the tricky thing if working out what's causing it. She's asked me to refrain from TTC this month so if anything comes up from the tests we can act on it. I am refraining from googling as don't want to scare myself. Bit gutted to miss out on a month of TTC but also really want to figure out what's going on. She thinks I'm probably anaemic too, which can't help anything- so had test fot that as well! 4 viles of blood at 9.30am, lurvely!

Good luck all those on 2ww, and for those who aren't lucky this time round I hope to be "in sync" next month when TTC again (hopefully) x

Hi everyone.

Hows things?

Hi irish nice to see you again. whereabouts are you in your cycle now?

sif i hope you feel happier soon. dont give up just yet, until af shows you could still be in with a chance. my main pregnancy symptom with both my ds' was mood swings, being short tempered and aggressive. (god knows why dh wants anymore) like pmt but lasted for a few months.

Good luck for your scan gateau. im sure everything will be fine

Sorry jumping missed your post..... im so glad your gp is helping. i hope that they find something that can be fixed easy.

Thanks for kind comments. I think it is not being completely in control that is part of the frustration!

Gateau you must be cacking yourself but just keep reminding yourself that the odds are stacked massively in your favour. Please come back and let us know how you get on x

bubble that's funny what you say about your sympotms. My friend said her first symptom was blind rage. She bit her husband!

Good luck with the tests jelly that sounds very constructive. Maybe the will prescribe you progesterone supplements or somefink.

Hi irish welcome to the thread. We've not 'met' before. It is normally very happy and chilled here so please forgive my doom and gloom and self indulgences

"Gateau you must be cacking yourself"

Couldn't have put it better myself!

thanks for everyone's kind words. The scan's not until next week, by the way. (hopefully!)

Evening all, I'm doing my catch up because I've been sleeping all day. Not as nice as it sounds strangely, only got about 6 hours which sounds ok, but 6 hours during the day is like 3 hours at night, so I'm a shuffling zombie again.

Sif, the lack of control is what I find hardest to cope with, being a total control freak. I hate not knowing the precise second I ovulate, and I hate the 2ww.... why can't I find out NOW! Mind you, if you hate the lack of control you have now, wait until you do have dcs... control? What control?

Jumping, sounds like you've got a fab doc. I hope they find something quickly that's easily treatable. I'm sure it's no bad thing to find out things like the anaemia, which is so easy to sort out, to get you in to tip top condition for ttc again. Frustrating to have to wait a month, but think of how great it will be not having to bd on demand just because...

Gateau, a billion fingers crossed for your scan. I do hope it's all ok. Please come back on here and let us know. Don't worry too much about talking about your pregnancy, it's a fact of life that someone will always be pg while we're ttc. I can imagine how worried you must be feeling, a little part of me has thought I don't even want to get pg again because I will be so worried for the first trimester. I can't bear that sick with worry feeling, so if I do get lucky I'm going to have to do everything I can to not think about it. I hope you're managing to do the same.

Hi Irish, nice to see you back. Was not ttc'ing stressing you out, or was it the ttc that was? To be honest I think both would stress me out I can't wait until I've got dc #2 then I can totally forget about all this. Knowing my luck I'll get pg straight away with triplets

Righty, off for my din dins... Have a nice evening everyone xxx

Hey Head - you post well for a shuffling zombie . How's the chocolate embargo going?

I know what you mean about control or lack of for both ttc and raise dcs! I was/am definately a 'routine' Mum and one of the reasons I so want another DC is to try and be more laid back next time around rather than refusing to go anywhere during 'nap time' .

gateau - lovely to hear from you. I'm really feeling for you and the looming scan. It will be absolutely fine but its the waiting that's the worst. I may have to be sedated if I ever go for another one as my anxiety will be palpable..

Jumping - fingers crossed your tests show up something very treatable. BTW had a peek at your profile pics and your dc are gorgeous!

sif - hope you have a better day tomorrow, as bubble says AF isn't here yet... I also had a terrible rage the week before I found out I was pg with DS and last time. I had totally irrational screaming session at DH over nothing, it just surged up from inside. I thinks its the progesterone flowing round your blood helping bean implant .

Hey Head - you post well for a shuffling zombie . How's the chocolate embargo going?

I know what you mean about control or lack of for both ttc and raise dcs! I was/am definately a 'routine' Mum and one of the reasons I so want another DC is to try and be more laid back next time around rather than refusing to go anywhere during 'nap time' .

gateau - lovely to hear from you. I'm really feeling for you and the looming scan. It will be absolutely fine but its the waiting that's the worst. I may have to be sedated if I ever go for another one as my anxiety will be palpable..

Jumping - fingers crossed your tests show up something very treatable. BTW had a peek at your profile pics and your dc are gorgeous!

sif - hope you have a better day tomorrow, as bubble says AF isn't here yet... I also had a terrible rage the week before I found out I was pg with DS and last time. I had totally irrational screaming session at DH over nothing, it just surged up from inside. I thinks its the progesterone flowing round your blood helping bean implant .

PC malfunction

Hi sif on't worry I know all about the doom and gloom - nice to not be the only one.

Bubble I am currently on cd 8 (so much for not watching my cycle) starting my opks tomorrow so God knows what I'll be like soon. Have the DH geared up for BD tonight although I am sick with a chest infection so we'll have to see.

Head I've been stressed out with both DH is also getting very stressed so I told him we were stoppng it for a while. So back on the horse so to speak.

Gateau hope everything goes well for you

Hope everyone is having a good time and I'l chat to you all soon!

The chocolate embargo is going well thanks blue, been eating far too many biscuits to make up for it though, nights require massive ingestion of sugary carbs

I never had any problems about taking ds out during his naps, in those respects I've been pretty laid back about parenting and routine (much more than my sister anyway ) but it's more I find it really hard when ds takes an absolute aaaage to get out the house, or pauses at every little twig in the park and I'm in a hurry. Or the way that they always wake up crying when you're absolutely knackered, never when you've had ten hours sleep and are bouncing off the walls. Always when you're a shuffling zombie

Righty, off to find some matchsticks to prop my eyes open, only been on shift for an hour and I'm already falling asleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

hi everyone, sif hope you are feeling better and more positive? it is a rollercoaster isn't it!
gateau I am not surprised you are nervouse, I definitly would be in your position, just remember that you were really unlucky last time and the liklihood of it happening again is really small, sticky thoughts coming your way!

jumping good luck at the Dr's - I hope they find something easily fixable!

I am keeping well away from the tests... not allowed until Monday if AF doesn't get me first!!

where has everyone gone?

Hi girl It has gone very quiet hasn't it.
How are you?

going CRAZEEE on the 2ww... i hate this bit! wish there was a way of fast forwarding and knowing for sure!
I am also getting really panicky about a family thing we have in May. my SIL is due in June so will be huge. I don't get on that well with DB or SIL and it will kill me seeing them, especially as we have been trying for over a year, and they got pg straight away on their honeymoon.
I am such an awful person, why can't I just feel happy for them? guess its the competitivness that comes of being so close in age to DB.

oh, and forgot to ask... how are you today sif
(see told you I was horrid!)

You are not horrid. Don't be silly

Being in the 2ww is rubbish, and certainly the worst time to be contemplating occasions such as SIL's June bump.

I am OK thanks. Gave myself a good talking to and feel more happily resigned to my fate again. Feeling much more chilled. There is always next month and once AF arrives I'll feel livelier and nicer again (well after a day or two) so, every cloud etc

Are you temping? sticking? I must confess that I have just stocked up on some florida pink grapefruit juice. It's actually really nice

I also have to confess that inspite of all my "well i know i'm not" bravado I have not been immune to a weeny bit of symptom spotting myself too difficult to resist!!

Hey laydeez,

girl - I'm also on 2ww and I swear time slows down on this half of the month , I just try and savour my 2 weekend's worth of wine and pate consumption as it may be the last every month for 9 months.. My appetite is something else this week but think its down to delayed recovery from night out on Friday (carbs and lots of them) rather than anyting else...

Sif - glad your feeling chilled today, and remember AF has turned up yet...

irishmum - I forgot to introduce myself and say 'hello' - so "hey".

Had my first acup. sesh last night and it went well and not sore at all. Needles in hands, arms, legs and feet and I was also connected to electrical current (on low setting thankfully ). I'm booked in again next month for the week before I ovulate and I did feel strangely calm and chilled last night but how much of that is psychosymatic? Dr also reminded me to 'stay relaxed' and it will happen - it was all very Karate Kid 3 - "yes oh wise one@ .

Friday tomorrow - yippeeee.

had not turned up

sif i am sympton spotting like mad, every litle twing or ache i am dysecting to see whether it is a AF or possible PG pain... arrrrg.... i want to scream!

Does the florida pink grapefruit taste better than the normal one, i can't make myself drink that! does it do the same thing?? you will have to report back on any findings!

I am temping, and using opk's think we timed it right this cycle, but still not holding out much hope.

blue glad the accupuncture is helping, well at the very least chilling you out and making you feel that you are doing something positive!

Can't wait for friday either (actually I can't wait for monday as thats when I can test... if AF hasn't turned up!)