Morning ladies
Hope everyone is doing well.
MrsH your daughter sounds so cute - I had a great time with my 3 year old niece in Ireland and I've decided it's a lovely age (and how handy that you don't need to look after her now she's three ) as they're still very young and innocent but are starting to "grow up"...I can't believe that your DD2 will be here soon - am getting so excited about meeting my newest cyber niece!
Bucky glad things are now properly moving for you. Totally normal to be freaked out now it's here - I was the same when things finally started. Glad you're off on holidays, so you're nice and relaxed facing into treatment. I'd also recommend the accupuncturist I used - Ian at Balance Accupuncture. I went to him after LondonLottie recommended him and found him v experienced (he specialises in fertility so has heaps of experience of IVF and now working against the drugs etc) and down to earth...and cheaper than any other accupuncturist I went to!
DigitalGirl hope your cycles settle down soon - must be frustrating when you're trying to get a sense of what's happening. I can't believe A is one already...your birth announcement just doesn't seem like that long ago!
MOB your boys are gorgeous!! Thanks for the pics...it's lovely to see them in person . Hope your older DC are happy to be back to school and are loving their new little brothers.
PnM your dad is over this week isn't he? Hope you're having a good time and your sister is being more sensitive. And glad to hear of the new car (what type is it? I'm getting interested in cars since I've decided we need a new one...as my incentive to start taking driving lessons again ). Hope the Clomid works for you this month, though you must be sick of the mood swings etc.
RFN2&3 wow that the twins are over four weeks already! Time is flying...and it's lovely to hear that you're loving being a twin mum and things are going so well in the ReadyFor household .
Jollybear not long now before jollycub is properly mobile...and then you'll have to get the eyes in the back of your head to keep an eye on her!
PandaEis possibly my favourite name from you and your never-ending pot of great names! Must be my addiction to mascara talking . Glad your t'interweb connection is back but to hear you're onto cycle 24. You've been through so much in your 2 years...I really hope you get a sticky bean soon [fingers crossed emoticon]
Waves to Lizbaz and Okiwi - hope you're both doing OK
Things are fine with me. I had my "16 week" check last wed at 14+1 and it was fine except I had to wait nearly TWO hours to be seen! So my blood pressure was understandably a little higher than my booking in appointment (must have been caused by my numb arse from the uncomfortable chairs!). I then ended up seeing a registrar who had been drafted in from the labour ward to try and clear the antenatal clinic backlog. He was very nice and actually very relaxed about the home birth desire (he said "ah yes, I can see how you'd want that after the clinical experience of IVF" and I was like "yes, yes, that's exactly it!" and I now have "wants a home birth" scrawled across my notes ). It was very hard for him to hear the heartbeat but I was remarkably relaxed about it, since my extensive googling assures me that 14 weeks is early for a doppler to work clearly (an unintentional benefit of being a google pregnancy stalker).
We also had a super time in Ireland. We got to spend lots of time with all of my family, including all the nieces/nephews ranging in age from 7 to 7 weeks so lots of little people to practice on. The older ones are all very happy that we're having a baby - my 6 year old nephew was very "helpful" with names (Brian and Brandy are his top choices ).
And we're off to the States on Thursday night to visit the in-laws for over two weeks so just have to get through some manic days at work before it's holiday time again!
Sorry for the mammoth post