Emmsy's onwards and upwards! xxx

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For all of us who have shared so much, tears, hopes, laughter and dreams. May our friendships stay strong and as healthy as we all our.
Here is to our happy ending...we deserve it
Love Barbie x

the dog is fine thanks vjay how are you hun? ....it fels like im walking on sand paper, least my feet are nice and smooth !

I suppose it's a good exfolilation for you!

I'm fine thanks, DH is on holiday for 2 weeks after tomorrow, which means I can relax a bit as he is around to help yey!!

Any more interviews lined up? And how are you settling in?

Hi girls, I'm back,

Sorry I haven't been on for a while, been working and they have been messing around with the internet connection so not been able to connect there.

vjay good to hear DH is on hol, now you can really put your feet up and relax before treking around Edinburgh Zoo next weekend.

barbie really happy about the job hun..............also about the make up allowance.........mm looks patheticly at her own make up bag. You must feel more settled getting Freddie back with you, hope you are enjoying your time with the in laws. Love the wee chats we have on FB just feels like old times.

mollie hope you are ok after getting your toenail off. I had both my toenails off years ago (not at the same time) so know exactly how it feels, pity it isn't the summer and you could just go round in flip flops. I guess dancing is off the menu for a time, just as well that doesn't include the BD sort.

blue LOL at hissing ankles although I must admit needles are not my strong point so thinking how brave you are. It does give you some food for thought though and I guess we would try anything..........even needles. Are you still on for the 10th, looking forward to it, will drop you a message on FB.

4ever sounds as if you have lots going on right now although I can appreciate the work situation I have similar stuff going of atm, being made redundant soon so lots of changes going on.........hopefully all good in the end though. Keep counting the days till your holiday, sounds as if you will be needing it.

sabs 10 weeks and yes you have all the good signs hun. Now you have had your booking appointment it will all start to feel more real.

scamper good to see you over here, looking forward to hearing all about the scan on Monday, will be thinking about you.

Big hellos to mermaid, jools, graciegirl, ginger, MLS and anyone I haven't mentioned.

Well STILL waiting to hear from the hospital, will give them another call next week if I still don't hear anything, don't want to come across like the neurotic woman but just want some more than 'by the way your results are' from a secretary. Work is being as helpful as ever, now have some vague dates when we will be finishing so hopefully we will get some clarification soon. AF made an appearance on Thurs, we should have been starting to ttc now but with work now that has to go on hold for the time being, tbh that's the only thing that is bothering me about being made redundant. Anyway having a nice weekend with both DH and DH, hope everyone else is have a nice time too, mm xxx.

Hey girls, sounds like I have a lot to catch up on but I'm going to cheat and just read the last few posts as I need to go pack to go away again for work tomorrow.

Fab to see my lovely neighbour Scamper has found our new cave. I hope your scan goes great - I'm guessing its around 12 weeks now so very exciting time. Try not to be too nervous hon

Sounds like everything is going great for Sabs too, just hang on in there! Hope our other success stories VJ and Lionstar are doing well. Have fun with DH VJ and make sure he spoils you rotten.

On the 2ww again now and trying to ignore it. I felt really down all day today and couldn't help dwelling on things. My due date for the first lo we lost would be a few weeks from now I just hope we have good news before then. I know I'm very lucky generally so I've no reason to be depressed but I just am

MM I'm so sorry to hear you've been made redundant Hope things start looking up from here and you hear from the hospital soon.

Have a great weekend everyone. I'll be back soon to catch up properly. Lots of love in the meantime to mollie 4ever blue VM mermaid jools graciegirl Mummylovessadie ginger Barbie zen sifuentes and anyone I've missed

OOh Mollie, sounds painful hope it went ok
Scamper- hope all goes well monday
Blue- am v of acupuncture, had it a few year ago for back pain it was amazing. Saw my docs on friday and mentioned mc and he wasn't even vaguely interested, yours sounds lovely!
Gracie, have a fab wkend, went to Edinburgh on honeymoon (for festival), loved it, loads of great places to eat and drink and lots to see and do!
Hope your ok MM, redundancy sucks but then you migt find something great instead!
Barbie- sandstorm? didn't realsie you got them there (silly really, why wouldn't you, i guess it alawys looks so perfect in the media shots you just don't think about real life!)
VJ hope all gets sorted, that sounds like a lot of stress for something that shold be so easy!

Hi to anyone I've missed and have a good weekend one and all.

AF due tomorrow... did an early test today but it was negative.. will have to wait and see. Night all!

Gracie Hope you are having a lovely weekend in Edinburgh, relax and enjoy it.
Sabs Blue book? Mine have been green, must be different colours in different areas I know it probably hasn't gone quickly for you but I can't believe you are 10 weeks already!
4ever Sounds like you've got loads going on at the moment, distraction is so good! Hope all the drama's get sorted one way or another
Vjay Sorry to hear of the struggle you've got to go through to get funding, it seems so wrong that you have to do it all yourselves!
Barbie Oh dear, I just knew there had to be a drawback to living in such a wonderfully hot country and there it is sandstorms! Especially after you've just done the housework! Perhaps you should think about employing a cleaner when you start work? I think that would be a fab idea
MM I am so sorry that you are getting messed around by the hospital and work, even more so as it's messing with your TTC plans, and thats just not on! Shall I come round and sort them all out for you, I'm good at doing angry!
Curly Lovely to see you back, I'm on the 2WW too so we can hold hands together if you like? Don't beat yourself up about feeling down as your anniversary approaches, I'm much the same, the EDD for our lo is on 13th March and I've started thinking about it already, us emotionally charged women just can't help it. Hugs
Ginger I am doing my special "Send AF away" dance for you, keep us updated x
Blue I am very of your doctor sorting out accupuncture for you (although I'm not to sure about the needles!) I've heard a lot of good stories about accupuncture so will be interested to see what happens for you
Scamper One more sleep! Good luck for tomorrow

Not much to report from the household of Mollie back to work tomorrow after a week off Not looking forward to it at all!

Oh also forgot to post this

Will make you

mollie - that did indeed make me but also How is your foot today? Have you still got a big bandage on?

MM - yes definately on for 10th, was thinking of heading through @12 so we could go for lunch? Will sort details on FB.. Sorry to hear your work is mucking you around with end date etc... You can have a good moan when we meet .

Vjay - great to hear your DH is off, its so lovely when you ahve another pair of hands. that you have to source funding for DS. He sounds such a lovely wee boy.

sabs and Scamper - will be thinking of you and your upcoming scans x

Barbie - at sand storm, must be a 'mare to clean up.. At least your feet are lovely and soft.

ginger - Edinburgh rocks! I live 25 miles from there and used to work in city and its fab for culture, parks and pubs!

Curly - sorry to hear you've been feeling down, fingers crossed your 2ww ends in good news x

I at needle comments because I hate needles too but I am going to try and be very zen and chilled and I think/hope acupuncture needles are very very thin...

Had my girl's night out last night and DH gave me a lovely long lie this morning. He and DS are picking his M&D up from the airport so I'm wafting round the house in my goonie feeling all lazy - bliss!

Oh and for anyone who is buying OPKs I read a link on another thread for zoombaby.co.uk where they are much cheaper than Boots and you get pg tests thrown in for free

Finally got the sand under control and unearthed the computer, my god what a mess sand makes Its everywhere, even in places that has no windows and are away from door etc...mollie the maid idea is a brilliant one, we are seriously concidering one once i go to work 6 days a week, i see it as a good thing, one more person in work so the unemployed figure will go down i hope your toe is feeling better and good luck for work tomorrow. When do you hear about the job???

blue and mm im so jealous that you are meeting up i had a lovely afternoon with mm last time....have fun and make sure you tell us all about it. mm any news on your job yet hun?

gingermummi did af get you? i hope not...do come back and tell us....

gracie hope you are enjoying your weekend away

curleey my due date would be coming up very soon too and im feeling a little sad im really jealous of all of you on the 2ww as im still not convinced im ovualating so im no where near getting pregnant...i must admit all my positivity is slowly wearing down and im not sure what to do

I do hope we get some good news soon, im sure we will...roll on the next two weeks!

vjay sabs scamper how are you all doing lovely ladies??? ......

Well nothing to report here, just back from the atlantis hotel...dont be jealous it really isnt as good as they say, its more like disney land then a hotel saved the water park until next time the inlaws come over as they will bring the children then and it will be so much more fun! I think we are going to have a bbq in a minute and then a relaxing evening

Oh and i have been driving loads and im getting quite good...well i think so, not sure dh would agree

Love to everyone i failed to say hello too, thinking of you all xxxxx

Morning ladies, hope you all had a good w-end? Please enlighten me whats 2ww mean?!?

Well just a quickie - i'm confused, I was expecting AF on fri, 28 days from erpc, like clockwork. I know they say 4-6 weeks from erpc but last couple have been exactly 28 days after (remember I had 4 erpcs now!!!). Only thing is really wanted to induldge on hol, but tbh, done EVERYTHING right last 4 PGs so now I'm thinking, sod it - eat, drink, be merry, if it works it works. Of course all relative as dont know if I am yet?!? Would of rather had one AF, enjoy hol then ttc whilst away, anyway all speculation, just felt the need to share! xxx

BTW - its my birthday on Weds! 34 AGH!

Oh more BTW - my NK test results were normal, shock and horror! . Totally expected that - so £200 down the drain! Prayer alone is what we shall use now!

4ever 2ww is the 2 week wait...to see if your period arrives

I was rather wondering what that meant too, thanks!

Hi ladies,

thank you for the messages of support and pleased to report that little one is well and kicking! So relieved, feel like I can breathe again now. Am 12+1, and due on 13 September, if all remains well.

Now I've also had a chance to read this thread properly I can chat a bit more...

4ever how frustrating waiting for AF before hols. Is it too early to test? I hope you can try to relax and enjoy a very well deserved holiday. I can remember feeling guilty for every drink on holiday after mc, AF was typically late, its always when you're expecting her that she won't come on time. But you so need time off that anxiety. I really hope that if AF is coming that she hurries up! And also happy birthday for Wednesday if I don't pop back in before then

barbie for the makeup allowance!! Massive weldone on getting that job, I love the fact that your honesty at what would have been the end of that first interview paid off. to hear your finding it harder to stay positive...when can you get an appointment with local doctors to see if they can do scans to monitor ovulation?

It's completely natural to feel more as what would have been the due date approaches. I felt with mine that it was a real milestone, not that everything felt immediately fine after, but it was a relief in a way to mark the occasion and get past that date. curly I'd say the same for you hon. I'm sorry you have been feeling down too, but I do think that the due date is such a reminder of our lost angels, its not surprising that we are more melancholy then

blue I can absolutely recommend acupuncture. The first few sessions I had, the needles were in my back and I felt no more than a little pricking sensation. Later on, when I was pg again and worried about threatened mc, she put needles in my big toe and near my ankle, which i could feel a bit more going in, but still not half as bad as when you have blood taken.

Speaking of toes, mollie how is your poor toe? Hope its not too stressful being back at work.

vjay I'll ask my sis if she knows of any sources of funding that could help your DS. It is rediculous that the onus is on you to find the funding. Hope your well and has the nausea stopped yet?

sabs honey, just 2 weeks away for you now, then you can see your LO again! I wish I could put you in a time machine coz I know how slow the time goes while you wait. The nausea and tiredness are haggering, but hugely good signs. I felt much more sick and tired this time round, and all seems well so far, and I'm sure it will be for you too

waves to everyone else, hope you are all well xxx

Excellent news scamper.

Only popped in to have a quick catch up, am on tea break at mo. AF hasn't arrived but I've done three tests now and all negative , will do another tomorrow, not sure what's going on!

So pleased all is well for you and lo Scamper hon! Thanks for responding - been v quiet on here lately

Anyway, I did a -ive test last night... Silly cos really wanted to enjoy hol and not be worrying if PG, but a bit dissapinted im not now! Now im willing af to turn up asap cos we will be getting on the plane this time next week, can handle her for my birthday but not for hol!!!

Hi scamper congratulations on your fab scan. The sickness has stopped now, and I think I can feel lo move, I'm 14+6 weeks today. Thanks for asking your sister about funding. Me and dh are going to draft a letter this week, then see ds's speech therapist and social worker to put it down better, they both said they would help so we shall use that help, they are good.

4ever and ginger hope you get answers soon, either BFP's or af, the waiting is soooo hard.

I really must get some study done today so will check in tomorrow, when it will be 4ever's 34th birthday yey

I think that was everyone, see I'm trying to put off the studying, now I really must go........

Thanks Vjay! Well done you at nearly 15w! Thats fantastic and its flown too! (not for you tho im sure!) 5 more weeks and you are half way there girl! x

Wow Vjay - can't believe your nearly 15 weeks - as 4ever says its really flown(for us anyway).

4ever - hope TEW turns up soon so you can look forward to ots of bd on your hols. Happy b'day for tomorrow - 34 - why your just a bairn .

My bumper pack of OPK's arrived today so DH is on a week long promise as of Friday - tally ho!

My colleague at work is 9 weeks pg and I'm so , not because she's pg but she is just so confident that everything is going to be OK. She has gone pram shopping already. I think that's what makes me so so about mc is that it not only robs you of a much longed for lo but every subsequent pg is tainted with worry and doubt - aaargh!

Anyhoo to all x

Sorry meant to say great news scamper! You can finally breath a little easier

hello girlies

scamper well done on the scan and vjay 15 week you are sailing now girls...so please everything is going to plan for you. We just need sabs so come back and say she is ok too....

4ever happy birthday in case i dont get on here tomorrow as im doing the airport run to drop off inlaws. Its been a good week but ill be glad to have dh all to myself again

blue i agree totally about further pregnancies not being enjoyed as they should be, i know ill be a nervous wreak and wont relax at all

gingermummi i know that feeling all to well, i have lost count of the amount of test i have done over the last 6 months, it might take time to get back to normal but i have my fingers crossed that you get it soon

mollie any news of your job `and how is the toe and cat???

mm i havent heard from you in a few days, hope everything is ok? hopefully will speak soon

As for me i got a call re the job today. They are now saying that they have frozen the jobs and will be in contact next month...bloody credit crunch due to the lack of understanding of the lady who called im not sure if it means the job is still going ahead but later than planned or if in a month i will have to be re interviewed if the job still even is avaliable? so im still going to apply for other things and will wait and see. Least it means ill be off for the whole time that my mum is out

Hope you are all ok xxx

Thanks for the birthday greetings blue and barbie - and crap news about the job.. Cant believe their messing you around like that hon...

I also have pg colleague sitting next to me! She's 20 weeks and very visible, I should be 13 so cant help comparing, but think I confronted my bump envy head on sitting next to her every day!

Anyway - thought i'd post to tell you all AF is here with a vengence! OWWWWWW! It hurts so so bad - has anyone noticed first AF after mc is blummin agony? Least i'll be ok for hol now tho! xxx

Hello all! Congratulations on your scan Scamper. Happy birthday Barbie for tomorrow! Got back from Edinburgh very late last night, I had a lovely time. Now a bit stressed out about starting back at work tomorrow night, I'm sure it will be fine but was happier when it was "next week" rather than tomorrow!!!

Has anyone got a clue what I'm supposed to do with ovulation kits when I work nights??? Stick with afternoon ish when I've just got up or go with 2am when its afternoon ish for me. Or go with the safe option of doing both? I usually only do 2-3 nights at a time.

poor you 4ever, but as you say at least you can get it over with and enjoy your hols.

A firend of ours is at the same stage as I would have been and I keep avoiding her 9silly really). DH has seen her and she looks very pg. She had a mc last year too, am happy for hem but sad at same time.

Still no AF and test still neg. Any ideas?

Have to go as dh needs computer

Hello everyone ( Zen waves to everyone)

4ever - Happy Birthday for tomorrow,and yes I found my first AF a couple of weeks ago absolute agony!! But hey lets hope it is the last one for a while!!

VJay - Congrats at getting to 15weeks

Scamper - Bigs congrats on the scan.

I'm not too bad in general should ov this week so lots of bd for us. This DH was a bit taken aback last night with my directness
I too have a collegue who is 27 weeks and huge she was a great support but i cant help think what i should have been going through now (should of been nearly 16 weeks) and on sat saw a very good friend who is also 27 weeks and brought her 13month with her. Not as bad as i imagined but nevermind just have to keep focused.

Just wondered if anyone has any experience of getting pg straight away after a mc? xx