Mid 30's TTC--Gin Palace Two: Spawn of the BESH

[SarahAbroad]

Hey all...

Hope this thread name is okay...just moved the Gin Palace around the corner before we ran out of space!

See you soon. The bar's open!

Christ, one minute we're all talking like grown-ups about your partners, the next we're hiding in wardrobes with George Clooney.

Pass me a fag, a vat of champagne and a nice-looking man in breeches and boots. Sorted.

Happy birthday, extreme!

seriously VAG if I can do this parenthood bollocks then I don't see why you can't.didn't we decide sometime back that you were my clone?ergo you will be a rubbish slovenly umm grrreat mum just like me.here have the gin back,there's a bit left.

Good luck cheggers

cheggers Visual image of laying eggs - my eyes! My eyes! But best of luck anyway, old bean.

vag Get out from behind that faun! He's all icky and weird and should not be anywhere near children, what with all the spirit-of-fertility imagery.

ginhag Pass me that bottle.

Ok properly sloppy emotional moment to see if it works on VAG

it's been a tough day today.I'm under the weather and ratty as fuck,mani in teething hell and poss coming down with something (no don't run away that's not the good bit!)

so when it came to his naptime we both went uptairs and curled up on my bed,rain hammering on the skylights,and had a massive cuddle and snooze.

And I lay there looking at his peaceful beautiful little face and there was quite seriously nowhere I would rather have been.

(teatime however was a different matter)

Awwww ginhagster

And he just accidentally poked me in the eye and straight away turned round going 'mani kiss it better'

and he has the cutest curls that make the back of his neck lovely to snuzzle.

And he is the funniest,cutest,cleverest most handsome and kind kid in the WHOLE WORLD!

Just like yours will be.

(am stopping now as am embarrassing myself)

Awww ginpud, even I want one now...

Have survived the interviews and found TWO people to appoint - unfortunately I can only have one, so much soul searching ensued about which to have...at least neither is unemployed so I don't have to feel too terrible about the one I'm turning down.

Anyway, if I can get out from under the bed of fear, I'll sort you out with your massage now.

Choos, as you reacted entirely appropriately to first time ever having sex without contraception, I am speaking to you again. Lucky, lucky you.

Cheggers - think it shows how caring and open-minded we are to allow a chicken into our midst. Won't anyone think of the health and safety aspect? Seriously, good luck with the egg-laying. Shall be singing 'Chick Chick chick chick chicken, lay a little egg for me' in your honour tomorrow morning

Bleeeeaurgh. Have been slightly sick this avo and feel nauseous. If I was diffed it'd only be a week, so it can't be a symptom, can it? Am blaming MIL's medieval slum style of food hygiene. Earlier, she came in from the garden with hands blackened with filth and messing with car oil, unwrapped some gluten-free sausages for me and then went around doing loads of other odd jobs with hands covered in crap and raw meat germs. She also has a week-old plaster on her index finger that I think is harbouring a new form of the plague (seriously, it is green and pulsating). WHY are posh outdoorsy country types so fking skanky? I might border on OCD (oh, what happy times await my future offspring: "don't touch that!!!") but at least I know to wash my hands. Seriously, BOAK.

Sweet Jesus, she's going to make 'foJITErs' (fahitas) for the first time now (but with no spices - doesn't trust like them). Salmonella ahoy!

PS If she keeps pronouncing tortillas as tortilliers, can I stab her? Just a leedle bit?

I wash my hands repeatedly (like OCD style) after handling raw chicken or meat. In fact, just reading your post makes me want to go and wash my hands! Hope you feel better.

Lyra go with your gut instinct -sometimes you have a yes or no feeling about a person which you cant articulate but just feels right, I have made some of my best decisions that way!

"Pass me a fag, a vat of champagne and a nice-looking man in breeches and boots. Sorted"

Here you go, camelicious!

PS VAG fancies him.

PHWOOOOARGH, wet Mr Darcy! Where is the [hubba hubba] emoticon? Think we should all make ourselves a set of flashcards featuring our own personal crushes to keep looking at every few mins near ovulation. If that doesn't stir the eggwhite, nowt will (ewwww)...

Skater it gets worse - discovered that all the pans are just wiped out with oil and put back, never washed and she uses the same washing up brush for cleaning her wellies or anything else dirty. She had gone out and I lost it, ranting to TYF about her being a skank and how I knew basic food hygiene when I was 5 and most importantly, when I'm pregnant, I refuse to come here if she's going to be that vile and health-endangering. If she wants to be a rank pig with less sense, decency, self-respect and thought for others than a child has then fine, but don't make me ill with it Everything looks spotless, but no-one washes their hands. It's like an OCD nightmare - I swear I can see the germs crawling on everything, like an advert for bleach or summat. [spews] At Xmas she handled the raw turkey and then went to go touch other food things and I squirted washing up liquid on her hands by 'accident' (fake sneeze).

Sorry. Non-hygienic people are one of my biggest bugbears. I think her bubonic plaster was actually watching me earlier.

Off to bed now. Absolutely knackered. Hate not sleeping in my own bed Also v bored of this week - got to wait till Sunday/Monday to see if it's RTOD or BFP. Grrr.

Eew eew eew! Poor you, I get very grossed out by stuff like that - have tons of handwash and anti bacterial spray in our kitchen and have a separate washing up sponge especially for the cats' bowl that can't touch our plates.

Hope your nausea dies down!

Well, it's all over for me this time ladies. Started bleeding a bit this morning, which has continued in full RTOD style this morning. Tis sad but I guess this one wasn't meant to be.... Was going to go to the docs this morning so not sure whether to go anyway and see what he has to say. Not sure whether you need to check it's all out, or if your body takes care of all that by itself? Any words of wisdom from those who (sadly) know the ropes...? I think I will be avoiding google this morning...

longwee I'm so sorry.

When I had an early mc the other month (4 weeks, 5 days) I had an appointment with the doc anyway which I went to just to kind of "register" it so that if any investigations were needed further down the road they'd have my history. Because you did get that BFP keep an eye on the bleeding, for me it was all over within a normal period, trigger however has really been through the mill as not all of it was expelled and she has waited more than 2 months for it all to come out, including having to take pills to aid this. My doctor basically said as long as I'm not getting pain, smells or very heavy bleeding - and by that they mean you're sitting on a towel and soaking it through! - that everything is OK.

Words of wisdom? 1) Do something bloody nice for yourself today, tomorrow will be better, day 1 is always vile. 2) Booze not actually the best because it's a depressant. 3) Blame his shoddy manfat rather than your ancient eggs.

Hey wee am really sorry mate

I can't give much advice as my mc was very different,but I think ski has done that pretty well anyway. As she said,prob worth seeing the doc but with any luck it'll all be over in a few days...after which I believe ski's words were 'back in the saddle/back on his cock'

try and take it easy,and I second the advice to do something nice for yourself.

And remember you have a room full of lushes ready to listen if you need to vent.

Sorry wee

No words of wisdom from me, except I would also go to the doc to get it on record.

Thanks ski - 'speshly for making me snigger with the 'blame his manfat' comment. I am generally feeling 'not so bad' about it ('part from a bit snivelly...) coz at least we know we can get pregnant, which seems like half the battle. And I never felt pregnant or got used to the idea so I don't feel so much like I've 'lost a baby'. Will see what happens when the hormones kick in though. And now I know to 1) take folic acid while TTC (only just found this out so I am clearly not ready for details yet...) and 2) get used to the idea of HAVING A BABY and not just a blue line, so I don't completely crap myself next time it happens....

Sorry - and thanks donttry and ginny too - crossposted. It does help to be able to 'talk' about it here - and get beaten black and blue of course...

longwee We too took comfort in the fact that it is possible for us as a couple, I was also able to take the scientific approach - in that early losses are due to chromosomal abnormalities - and the foetus was never viable anyway.

Folic acid is great - and apparently this is a major cause of the aforementioned chromosomal abnormalities. How 14 year olds who live on B&H and Stella manage I'll never know - where are they getting their B-vits from?

Having a baby? We went in to flat-out denial when we got the BFP, who is ready? Just so you know, we don't talk about childbirth or even think about it much on these threads. It was discussed on the first page and I think the general consensus was that you just sneeze and it lands in your arms swathed in brilliant white towelling and smelling of baby powder. You may need to change your knickers once you've taken the happy family pictures to post on facebook (the photos, not your knickers natch!)

As I've said before,I'm still not sure we are entirely ready for a baby,and mani is 18 months old!

I still shat myself all over again when I got pg the second time,and will again when we manage another blue line...

Oh I also think childbirth is on balance less scary than Being a Parent (but then I had an em cs so ladybits still intact)

Oh longwee - poo news

longwee What an arse. Suspect you've been beaten up enough already by the other inhabitants of the palace, so just a polite slap from me. Would definitely think that popping to the doctors is a useful thing to do.

Skater Cheers for the wet Mr Darcy. Spent yesterday evening watching people with Too Much Money at practice chukkas, so the breeches and boots fix is definitely covered now.

Am feeling quite sick at the food practices being described by scorpy and think I need a little lie down,

Skater: he's not on the laminated list but I could see how the twining of our goatees would be quite erotic....

Scorp: I'd be locked in a (clean) cupboard, comfort rocking, and certainly not eating anything. Gawd. How much longer must you suffer stay?

Argh argh argh. Have managed to forget that BOD is the next one somehow and confince self that had another year before Time Was Up. For an accountant I am surprisingly poor at adding up.