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.

Hi girls,

Hope your all busy and keepng out of trouble

Bubble - great to hear that AF has finally shown up. Really hope clomid works for you and you get your BFP pronto!

Sunny - hey to you and please don't think you'll never have another baby! Have you and Mr Sunny got any holidays lined up that coincide with your fertile time? I've read so much of people conceiving when they were away and relaxed, its a cliche I know but getting away from daily grind does help. I'm sure I conceived this time on DH and my anniversary night away - lots of gourmet sex (for once!) wine and good chats...

Jumping - really hoping all well with you.

Head, Issy and sif - hope you are taking care my lovelies

Irish - like your militery plan for DH - you go girl .

Nothing much to report here, still throwing up every night (my poor teeth!) and we have now told my sisters and DH's parents (bit of a blub fest that one as MIL had several mc early 70's due to incompetent cervix..)

It was DS's 3rd birthday yesterday and his party was fab - his social life is so much better than mine these days .

a bientot tout le monde x

Bubble - Glad AF finally arrived for you. Are you taking the Clomid before bed? - That reduces the side effects. Drink plenty of water for the headaches. Really hope it does the trick for you.
Irish - Well done on the 10K run. You must be getting excited about Korea now, not long to go. Hope DH is keeping to schedule .
Sunnydale - Sorry to hear about your FIL. My friend Amanda got to the 'this is never going to happen' stage and said so to me on the phone several times after taking a year following mc to conceive again. She now has a little boy a few weeks old, so don't give up hope.
Rip, Head and Sif - Great news on your scans.
JJF - Good luck for your CVS results. Keeping my fingers crossed for you hun.
Blue - Very belated Happy Birthday . Sorry you're being sick every night. Must be exciting to be telling more family. Glad you had a good day for DS's 3rd birthday.
Headfairy - Hope your ms is not too bad and the polos are helping. How's the house sale/purchase coming along?
Sif - Glad you got you vomiting blood issue sorted but still worried about you. Take care of yourself.
Wasabi - Being pg does seem to make time pass slowly. Are you having an early scan?

As for me, already feel much better after 1st scan and, all being well, will feel better still after next one. I'm really glad that I'm on the research project now as I have another scan on 1st July and then at most every 4 weeks thereafter.

Hi all
I haven't been on because the MS got REALLY bad last week. I have left the house for the first time today. I won't bang on about it but I hope and pray I don't get that bad again.

sunny hi! nice to 'see' you again. So sorry to hear you're having a tough time though. The month i 'fell' I had made a conscious decision just to live my life and not be dictated to about what week I was in. In fact I was convinced I was too late but must have just caught ovulation which makes me think that if it's a goer it's going to be a boy (shettles method etc) I know that the whole just relax thing can send the best of us into a rage but just focussing on other FUN things is hugely important I think.
Sermon over !

irish good to hear you upbeat and with a plan. well done with the run. I can walk about 100 m at the moment so am impressed and also

issy huge congrats on the scan. it's the best feeling isn't it? Although having said that i really want another one now. The hospital have booked me in for 3 July which feels like a hundred years away. If they won't give me one earlier I think i might have a private one. My mum said she'd pay. Bless her, I think she is as nervous as me. Actually I haven't been feeling too nervous as i have been too poorly to feel any emotion recently! Not much more blood since i have been sticking to the dullest of foods like white bread and cheese and apples basically. Oh and bizarrely the odd egg and bacon sarnie

Sorry you're still yakking so much blue hope it stops for you soon. It should do. Selfishly I need to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel too. Of my friends that know - which is a handful - at least 2 or 3 have said, 'Oh God, you know, some people get it for the whole 9 months'. THANKS!!! DON'T REALLY NEED TO HEAR THAT!

I wish I had got a picture of my scan. It was all such a blur of nerves i would have liked to have been able to stare at it properly in my own time.

I think it's very funny that you have a picture of your DS's todger, head! You can definitely save that for a rainy day when he's a grumpy teenager. On my calculations you and blue and both tantalisingly close to the 12 week date. Does that feel good?

wasabs time goes soooooo slowly sometimes I'm wondering if in fact it's going backwards. I am desperate to get to the stage where I have a bump, a bit of energy and can maybe even enjoy an evening out. fingers crossed.

Poor DP. He has been working very hard but it has been tough for him living with a zombie. I think he is finding it a bit lonely seeing as by the evening all my focus is on either trying not to be sick or being sick. Not much in the way of conversation

On a plus note but also a note I had an 'O' in my sleep last night. Could that possibly be a positive side effect of pregnancy at last?!!?

Oh i left off poor bubble
Good luck with the clomid. Get those follicles popping, girl.
xx

Hello ladies

Sorry have been unable to get online since last weds...but I have the best news I could ever have wished for- the baby is not affected by CF (or any trisomies)!
Found out last Thursday afternoon, my lovely consultant spoke to me and afterwards I just wept- with DS wondering what on earth was going on! I still can't believe our luck, but I am so grateful of it! So I'm now 14 weeks pregnant, as of today, and allowed myself (with great relief) to go into maternity clothes and start telling friends and family...

Issy- wonderful news about your little bean! Hope time flies until your past the 12wk mark.

Bubble really hope AF shows soon so you can get going with clomid, it seems so strange that your cycle is so over the place. Are they going to do any more tests soon?

Sunny big hugs to you. You will get that baby- but the month by month wait is horrendous, especially when you feel you ahve tried everything. Have you seen a GP at all?

A big hello to everyone else- sorry for lack of personal replies but have a mountain of emails to tackle and some work too I guess!

Fantastic news jumping i'm over the moon for you, really. You must just feel like you've won the lottery. Can you allow yourself a wee glass of champers to celebrate?

OMG Jumping that is the best news ever - I think I was subconciously (sp) holding my breath for you as I've just let it out! (how I managed to stay alive.... ) That is absolutely brilliant - I am so delighted for you and your Dh and you little bean too.

Sif God you sound like you've been through the wringer - hope you feel much better now and that any good wishes don't jinx you. I LOL a little at you being jealous of me and my run - I can tell you at 25 degrees it wasn't that much fun.

Bubble good luck with the Clomid - I really hope it helps you out.

Hello to everyone else - sorry can't stay too long - only bad thing about hols is trying to tie up loose ends in work. BD schedule is going well but we were so tired last night it very nearly didn't happen - lets just say romance is dead in the Irish household this week.

Will try and post before I go but other than that I will be back on the 22nd (hopefully with some good news)!

Fantastic news jumping - so delighted for you . Get to the shops and get some lovely new maternity clobber right now!!

Good to hear from your sif and of your, ahem, nocturnal sauciness. Ah orgasms, not had one since gourmet sex on 2nd April . Fingers crossed sickness goes soonish, mine is better just evenings now and I think its tirednesss looking after DS and doing bathtime etc...

Head - where are you?????

Issy - hope time goes in faster towards next scan. I can honestly say the 4 - 12 weeks slot are the longest period of time EVER - harrumph.

Have a great holiday Irish and hope you come back with a BFP or not long after!

Going for lie down now, DS has fallen asleep so I'm making the most of it .

toot toot x

Thank you so much ladies! Your support throughout has meant so much.

Irish have a brilliant time in Korea, and will keep everything crossed that you have good news upon your return!

Sif really hope this week the ms isn't so bad, you really have been through the mill

Blue hope you got a bit of rest while DS napped. I do wish both of mine still had daytime naps- DD does but of course DS doesn't, however much I try to pursaude him! But he is quite good as having "quiet time" on the sofa, usually with me lying down and him wriggling around me with various space ships etc!

Hope all is ok head?

Ah, Jumping that's brilliant news. So happy for you. Isn't it lovely when you can tell everyone without worrying.
How are the rest of the Pukin' Posse (as I like to fondly call you) holding up? Oatcakes worked for me. And loads of pasta in the evening. It does seem unfair that some folks feel so sick and others don't.
Bubble that's great news that AF came and that you can start the Clomid. Please keep us posted on how you get on. Sorry to be dense, but can it literally work next cycle, or does it take a while? Fingers crossed for some lovely ripe eggs for you.
Irish, good luck on that holiday. They do say foreign climes can help. My DD was conceived in Spain, for what it's worth! Funnily enough, I'm off to Spain at the weekend for a week. We haven't been abroad with DD since she was 4 months old, but now that she's three we're hoping she'll be in to a bit of seaside action. Sadly, the hol doesn't coincide with my fertile window, but with the dreaded 2ww! Not that I plan to think about that at ALL, oh no. My fertility monitor finally showed a peak reading on CD23 and CD24 - bizarrely late, don't know what to make of that. Issy, if only I was as knowledgeable as you about these things. Anyway, we BD'd every second night since CD13, plus on each peak day... we can do no more! Now I'm just gonna try to put it out of my mind. Lots of love and luck to all you PG ladies, and all you in the waiting room. Here's to a puke-free evening!

Hi all!

jumping that is fantastic news. im so pleased for you.

How is everyone?

sif how wonderful that you get to have an orgasm without doing any work.

blue i hope you start feelin better soon.

head, issy how are you?

irish have a wonderful holiday

sunny good luck for when u decide to test.
I too am a novice with the clomid and have no idea what to expect. i could fall this month if i ovulate so fingers crossed.doubt i would be that lucky

im on day 3 of clomid and im getting a few pains down below. is that normal?

we are running out of room...who is gonna make a shiney new thread.???

I was thinking we need a shiny new thread too. Getting very close...

And yes bubble very lucky to get the result with no work Hopefully I will get hit with the horn stick like head at some point. Poor old DP I can't bare anyone touching me these days, even him. And everyone and everything stinks so badly!

sunny good going on the old BD front. No one can say you haven't given it a proper shot this month. Pardon the sort of pun. Spain is the perfect place to forget about the stupid old 2ww.

Bubble My friend who has taken clomid says she got lots of twinges 'downstairs' too but I'm sure there are plenty of others far more knowledgeable.

Where is Head I really REALLY hope she is ok and that no news is excellent news. [waves in case she's lurking]

Well. I saw the doctor again last night as she wants to check up on me every week to make sure I'm not dehydrated or losing too much wait or puking too much blood etc. She's really good actually. All fine so far tho have lost a couple of kilos which isn't so good but ok as long as i don't keep on losing weight. She offered me anti nausea meds but I said that I'd keep going a bit longer. I would rather wait and see if a few more days off work resting get me back on track a bit.

Hi to everyone else - hope you're all having a good day xx

Hi all,

Have been hiding out on some other threads recently, mainly the ?4 weeks and bricking it? lounge. I didn?t want to burden you all with my early pg neuroses given that some of you are coming up to the 12 week milestone, some way ahead and some ttc

Suffice to say I have good days and bad days. On good days I have this instinct that it will be ok and on bad days I just panic and cry. My GP told me that they don?t do reassurance scans but the blood tests I had showed HCG levels were rising as they should do which is a relief of course. Trouble is that took me up to last Friday and I was only 6 weeks on Monday. I can?t keep demanding blood tests so am having to just wait and see. I have booked a private scan for 2 weeks today when I will hopefully be 8+2. Till then I have a fortnight of acute anxiety. Admittedly I am having more consistent symptoms now which were absent on my miscarried pregnancy. The nausea has kicked in, I am knackered all the time and I get really mad dizzy fits when bending down/standing up again.

Anyway, enough of my chronicling my every symptom (see? This is why I have been staying away.)

Sunny so sorry to hear about your FIL and your stress at work. In answer to your question, I actually felt a real beatific contentment with my lot in life just before I got my BFP. We weren?t planning on stopping ttc but I felt an amazing calm and contentment with what I already had. Might have been the hormones starting to kick in ? who knows? I wish you all the conceptiontastic vibes I can muster! Have a fab time in Spain.

Jelly that is just the best news. It is great that you can finally cast off your too tight clothes, relax in some maternity wear and tell the world! I am only 6 weeks and my waist already seems a little thicker ? I no longer require my usual belt for my jeans. If I make it to 14 weeks in normal clothes it will be a miracle.

Irish I chuckled at your schedule but only in recognition. It was me that told DH I wanted his sperm super fit and raring to go! I hope you have a fabby holiday and come back with an extra passenger on board.

Bubble Best of luck with the Clomid. I am most excited for you!

Blue Glad you are now feeling relaxed enough to start telling people. When do you hit that 12 week milestone? Can?t be long now. I smiled at your comment about your DS?s social life. I know the feeling. My social circle now pretty much revolves around his. Hope the pukiness starts to fade soon. With my ds it didn?t get really bad until about 8 weeks or so but then it carried on until about 15 weeks. I remember being most unimpressed with this idea that it just stops at 12-13 weeks.

Sif Jesus you sound like you?ve had a rough time. I just hope its peaked for you by now. You will be that lovely serene pregnant chick with a lovely bump and smile! Maybe the night time O?s are compensation for having to wait! I never had one when pg with ds but I did have constant saucy dreams. Most enjoyable ? many featured David Tennant. I am hoping for a repeat run this time.

Head Hope you are good wherever you are!

hello everyone..... ive returned

i disappeared as i was trying not to think about ttc in hope the stress free approach to concieving may help ................... and it did i got a bfp yesterday!!!

i was supposed to be starting clomid so done a hpt just to be sure i wasnt pg, and there it was.... cant believe it!!!

my intention was to tell you this to keep you all positive!! it actually does happen

baby dust to you all xxx

Evening all... first of all apologies for going MIA for so long. I've been really busy. I was actually working on saturday which is perfect mnetting time and I was frantic all day with the D-Day commemmorations in France. Sunday was my niece's third birthday party, and stupidly I offered to help so I was run ragged by 20 3 year olds. On Monday I had a bad case of the tireds and as soon as I'd dropped ds off at the cm I went back to bed for three hours and then spent the afternoon doing boring housework and shopping stuff. And since then I've been busy with ds as I'm off most of this week. The good news is there's no news... as far as i can tell it's all ok still. Had my bloods done today, and on Monday I have my nuchal scan. Fingers crossed my ancient eggs haven't given us too high a risk ratio.

On to the interesting news.... huge congratulations to jumping on those cvs results, that's such great news. I hope you enjoy shopping for all those maternity clothes!

suzi that is great news too!! Isn't it funny how it happens. Do you have an idea how far along you are? I hope you are able to enjoy your pregnancy too.

wasabi so sorry you've been stressing so much. Don't feel you have to stay away... we're all bricking it here too And feel free to offload, I don't mind, makes me feel less guilty when I do! You should come up to South London and have lunch with me one day soon and have some mysterious cramps that need immediate investigation at our lovely EPU! No questions asked (well, obviously they ask a couple, but they're happy to do reassurance scans) I've practically got my own seat in their waiting room I've been there that often Seriously though, I do hope the next couple of weeks pass quickly for you, it's good you're getting lots of symptoms. I'm sure everything will be fine.

sif so sorry you're still feeling so rough. Of course I'd been chuffed to bits to lose two kilos because I'm 2 stone overweight, but it must be horrible to be so ill all the time. Glad to hear your docs keeping a close eye on you.

bubble sorry I don't know anything about Clomid, lots of threads on here about it, I hope you find someone who can help you with all the questions you must have. Glad you've started though, that bfp can't be far away now (no pressure though eh? )

sunny good luck on the 2ww... and if our paths don't cross before then, have a lovely holiday too. Hopefully it'll take your mind off the you know what.

irish have a great holiday, hope you come back with an extra stowaway on board

issy how's things with you? Hope you're well and not too sick.

No Os during the night for me ( sif) but crazy vivid dreams which I did have last time. the latest one was my front four teeth fell out in one big chunk, just clunked in to my hand ! I kept trying to shove them back in and hope no one noticed

The only strong pregnancy symptom I've got is bone knawing exhaustion, so I'm off to my bed to dream of something nicer than my teeth falling out. Much happiness to you all xxxxxx

Just realised I haven't said hello to my fellow Volvo baby-er Blue Told you I was tired! Hope you're well too and the relaxation techniques are helping. We're due almost the same time aren't we (I'm due 27th Dec) so we're almost there... the golden 12 weeks is in our sights! yay!!!!

MORNING ALL

I feel great this morning. Basically ate my way through the day yesterday - I mean like every 20 minutes or something and only hurled ONCE. Also slept really well. Might even do some work today Not going in though.

wasabs I totally echo what Head said about venting on here. We all feel the same, although I have to say that I have felt much calmer since my scan. I still worry though. I also worry that if I do make it to the second trimester whether I will actually be able to start enjoying the pregnancy rather than being scared of it and feeling ill. I am pleased you've got a scan booked. It helps to have something to work towards and focus on that is earlier than a booking in appointment or 12 year week scan. Have you tried calling the EPU at your local hospital directly? If i had asked my GP first I am sure she would have told me not to bother, or that they wouldn't do it but there was zero resistance from the kind ladies at the hospital.

suzhi HUGE congrats to you and welcome to the fingers-with-no-nails gang, as we might have been called had we been born native american.

head jeez girl you have been busy! No wonder you are exhausted. It has been so nice being off work (apart from the reson why of course). I am now terrified about going back. My brain is dazed, ketamine like mush these days. Not sure how I will be able draft any documents or make any useful decisions about ANYTHING.Oh well. Tough innit! How nice it would be to have no job over the summer.

My life's ambition has always been to own a lovely villa in Italy with a table in the garden under the shade of an old oak tree for long, late, lazy lunches, and a pool, and a view to die for
and to be able to have some kind of occupation which allowed me to spend two months there every summer and have my bilingual bambini and friends running about the place. sigh one day...

sorry - went a bit orf topic there.

head it's so great that you are nearly at the 12 week mark. You must keep us posted so that we can pop open a bottle of appletize to celebrate. I'm nervous about the nuchal too.

Now we seem to have lost blue COOEEEEE??! Are you OK? x

this thread seems to have sprung some leaks...

Any ideas for a name for the next one?

Just popping on quickly, really ...

Suzi huge congrats!! So pleased the laid back approach worked! Really hope times flies until you're past the 12 week mark

Sif glad you are feeling better today, I definitely think eating all the time is the only "cure" to ms, though it seems counterintuitive- the more carbs the better! Oatcakes here were good, lots of toast, pasta etc.

Head lovely to hear from you- how long now until 12 weeks? You're so nearly there! Really hope nuchal goes well. Well done too with entertaining all those 3yos while pregnant! No wonder you were exhausted!

Wasabi don't be afraid to share your neuroses here. The first few weeks do drag so much. Really hoping all goes smoothly

Bubble hope you get some more answers re the clomid and its effects, I'm sure a lot of ladies on the TTC boards can help you. Keeping everything crossed for this cycle for you!

Finding myself a bit anxious now too, I guess because I haven't had a scan or heartbeat check since the CVS a tiny part of me wonders if all is still ok. I am getting fatter bigger by the day so hoping that is a good sign, but now ms has eased (though not the tiredness yet- but that could just be "life") I don't feel I really have many symptoms... Seeing the GP tomorrow anyhow as need to arrange regular BP checks so will ask her to have a quick listen... Read some scare stories where ladies who'd had a CVS has no mc symptoms but had lost the baby, and didn't naturally start to mc until some weeks later... Can't bear the thought.

Ok enough waffling from me... Introduction to thesis calls, it's nearly done (211 pages so far) so final push needed...

Take care all xxx

jumping Can't believe you are a mum, you have had these worries about your bean AND you are doing a phd

HATS OFF! [in awe emoticon]

sif I am just crazy, pure and simple- DH says I have a work addiction problem- but really I just feel compelled to finish the darn thing as I started it before having the DCs and don't want to fall into the usual statistic of not finishing once DCs appear... Can't wait through for the PhD to be submitted and out of my hands (early Sept) and spend lots of guilt free time doing other things! I'm always so torn between spending time with the DCs and putting them into childcare so I can work on the thesis...will be great to just have part-time paid work and the DCs/DH to think about with the phd! Ok rant over!!

sory without the phd, doh! typing faster than brain can work, bad editing capacity here!

Not a rant at all. You will certainly have deserved a drop in gear by September!

Cooeee - I'm here!!

The day has dawned, my 12 week dating scan was this morning (supersticious me keeping it to myself ) and baby has obviously had a growth spurt as he is measuring 12+6 putting me one full week ahead . Not too worried as I can debate my dates at 32 weeks as I get a scan then due to having section with DS. I don't want them inducing me prematurely so will be explaining all about my OPKs and military operation bd!

Congratulations Suzi - sometimes a break from obsessing is all it takes

Great to hear from you Head and glad you had a rest on Monday - not long now for you .

Sif - eating is the best way to combat puking . i'm loving your Italy dream - I watched 'Stealing Beauty' some years ago and always wanted to do the whole Tuscany thing

wasabi - don't you dare think your droning on, please share with us as we know the torture you are going through and share your pain...

Jumpingbigbrain please don't worry, everything is absolutely fine, your bump is growiing and you have a wee sturdy robust baby in there!

Better dash as DS is stirring, but quickly been thinking about new names for our thread - what about:

'Issy's gang'
or

'Issybluesifheadjumpingwasabibubbleirishgirlsuzi'

Should we relocate to pregnancy thread ?

Big pregnancy hugs to all xx

Yay blue!!!
BRILLIANT news. I'm so happy for you
Really hope you can start to enjoy it all now.
re the dates - could you have implanted miraculously quickly maybe? perhaps it's a future rugby player

Morning all,

That's great news Blue, I'm a bit sad you're a week ahead of me now, I thought we were going to be having our Christmas babies together hehehe, only kidding. I'd love to be a week ahead of myself! I've only got the weekend to wait now to see the wee one!

Jumping after all your worries approaching the cvs it must seem so unfair to have yet another thing to worry about, I hope you manage to get to see your baby, can you get a scan in to check post cvs that everything is ok? In the meantime, don't work too hard girl

sif you are evil putting that image of Italy in to my head My mum and dad have a lovely house in France, it's up in the hills above St Tropez and it's got a big terrace from which all you can see are trees and a little village in the distance. Every hour you can hear the church bell chime. You can't hear a thing otherwise, no planes, no cars, it's absolute heaven. I would love to spend loads of time there.

It's a bit of a sore point at the moment as my sister has hogged booked it for the whole of August, which is the only time we could go due to the house move, so we can't have a holiday this year. As I'll hopefully be on mat leave next summer I'm booking the whole of July and August

My sister actually did the same thing a couple of years ago when her dd was newborn as she was having a new kitchen put in at her house, and couldn't face all the dust with a new baby. Her dh flew down every couple of weeks on a cheapo queasy jet flight but other than that it was her and her two dds. I was very jealous!

I think Issy's gang is a good thread title for our new thread. I'm thinking we should stay here for a while as we've still got Bubble and Irish among others who are still ttc. Perhaps we can move over when we've all made it past twelve weeks?

Have a lovely day, big hi fives to everyone