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Emmsys Onwards & Upwards part VII - hand-holders and hair-strokers welcome!

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cupcakefairy · 25/07/2009 23:12

Shiny new thread for us

The race is on for the first BFP!

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cupcakefairy · 06/08/2009 12:10

Thank goodness barbie! what a relief! Shame you will be feeling so uncomfortable but it'll all be worth it for your LO! And kind of good to be getting regular checkups
12 weeks! so exciting! And a new bikini too turns out it is a good day after all! Have texted gracie to let her know.

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mermaidspurse · 06/08/2009 12:31

barbie2manybums your poor head, your poor dhs head.
However at least you have found the reasons for the bleed which in themselves are pretty sh*t at least can be dealt with, monitored and with a bit of careful wrapping in cotton wool and fine muslin you and your little pasty bean will be fine
I hardly need say it ut rest masses.xx

bakingqu honey thinking of you heaps and heaps through your clomid enduced time. All my fingers and toes so very firmly crossedxxx

barbie1 · 06/08/2009 13:02

mermaid diet time needed me thinks....i would love to be sitting in your greenhouse, relaxing and watching the world go by, failing that a walk around padstow or st ives...bliss (good pasty shops there too )

Ps did i say im glad you are back, missed you heaps xx

mermaidspurse · 06/08/2009 13:10

nope you are not coming in the greenhouse cos I don't think the tomatos would be safe from your constant foraging
You are being very brave and upbeat by the way and missed you all heaps toox

There is not much relaxing to be done here 4 little boys with water pistols - I just love water fights who can resist!

Cornwall has ground to a halt why do they dig up roads at peak tourist season?

cupcakefairy · 06/08/2009 14:27

mermaid I'd love to be having a water fight in a garden right about now!
Just had a nosy parker at work quizzing me about 'how we're getting on with trying' I have never even brought the subject up with him, how rude.

baking sorry to hear about the clomid-meltdown (but it did make me smile a teeny tiny smile that you said dh had got gastroenteritis on purpose ) hope the bd fest can still continue and that follicle is good and ready for fertilising!!

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bluesatinsash · 06/08/2009 14:47

oh barbie . Couldn't log on til now as DS had playdate this morning. I'm reading through posts willing you to reappear with good news and you did .

Think you have placenta previa which is a low lyihg placenta and can cause bleeding as baby grows. At least you now know what has caused the backache too. YAY! for being 12 weeks today - congratulations!

bakingqueen - damn those hormones. Hope you're feeling a wee bit more chilled today.

mermaid - 4 boys with pistols . I've just had two with swords and that was exhausting enough to referee .

Its so clammy here today...

hopingalways · 06/08/2009 20:20

barbie that is such a relief! and look at it this way, you're going to get the best care going!

sabs your baby knits finally in the post! just before a 3 day postal strike...1 emmsys hat in yellow, and a yellow and green set of booties and a hat. hope they fit! at the rate I get round to sending them vjay will be getting an emmsys hat for little optimus prime about the time he starts school!

cupcake sometimes down the temping route lies madness - like the wise lady says, every pg is different. just relax, it will happen for you...easier said than done I know! I always tell nosy parkers "if it was any of your business you would already know", usually shuts them up

gracie how's the office job going? as an office girl myself I can tell you the only substitute for magic nurse pockets is a fabulous handbag! you do deserve a treat

blue two small boys and swords, that's brave!

mermaid 4 small children and water pistols, that's crowd control!

bakingqueen hang in there honey, clomid sounds grim but wow it will be worth it when you're cuddling your twins!

mrskate look after yourself and your very special cargo! comfort yourself that if the Dr said no to the scan, your little bean didn't need one. I'll be knitting your emmsys hat before you know it!

iggypiggy time off to read and relax, sounds blissful actually. bury yourself in some good reads and ignore the 2WW...

blue shingles, ouch! thank god you can work from home... you don't want to try that in the office...

moon how are you today lovely?

jools hope you are feeling more yourself. We're always here when you need us. take care.

bloody emotional rollarcoaster this end. had mini meltdown yesterday about how I'm going to be a career witch and mad cat lady, today I'm fine. dh thinks it's like living with someone with bi-polar disorder can't blame him when yesterday I was running round in the house in the middle of the night threatening to take a secondment to the stablisation unit...which works in war zones. there's running away from your problems and there is going absolutely nuts...

GracieGirl · 06/08/2009 20:25

Barbie I'm so pleased your bean is fine. thank you Kate, Sabs and Cupcake for updating me by text, i managed to get an office with a mobile signal today so it was lovely to hear Barbie's news.

mermaid a water fight sounds great fun! Good to hear from you.

I've been trying really hard not to get stressed too much about my Bean, but its really strange once all the nausea disappears, even though I know its supposed to at 12 weeks, it just seems so long till my 16 week midwife appointment when she'll listen to the baby's heartbeat. Anyway, I was just finishing work today and I bumped into a friend who's a nurse in A&E and used to be a midwife. I haven't seen her since I told her I was pregnant at 5 weeks. She asked if I'd mind her having a quick listen to baby's heartbeat as she hadn't done it for ages. Mind???? Why would I mind??? I wanted to hug her! Anyway we sneaked into an empty cubicle and I got to hear my baby's heartbeat and hear it moving around. Its really helped me feel better about things (for a few days!) I hope she realises I'll be stalking her now for the remainder of my pregnancy!

I've only just got home as I visited my Mum straight from work. I had good news waiting for me when I got home, my blood results are back and I'm low risk for a baby with Downs syndrome.

I'm off to bed I'm soooooo tired.

BlueMoon1981 · 06/08/2009 20:44

barbie sorry you have had such a crap day, but so relieved to know that all has turned out well, i bet you were scared silly. at least you know what caused it and that bean is fine had to laugh at your dh comment about 4 bums, oh well you get a new bikini out of it!

gracie really pleased you got to hear beans heartbeat, i bet that was sooo lovely and i hope it put your mind at rest a little.

hoping well done on knitting your way through the big pants ladies, make sure you save some wool for your own lo's wont you. i can sympathise with your mad meltdown, i had a similar one yesterday when i threatened to leave work after i had a run in with a stupid manager who thinks she knows it all. i asked if i could transfer to a job with no responsibility and no stupid people but today i am fine too!

hope all the rest of you lovely ladies are ok, soon be the weekend

littlebellsmum · 06/08/2009 23:40

Evening ladies - note I am not really here, just a figment of your imagination. Been lurking and found out that both Mrs kate and Neeko are up the duff, and that Barbie, Garcie and Curly are just about/ pas the miagic 12 week mark - what fantastic news!!!![Grin]
Life here is crazy but with my edd approaching, I find I'm thinking of my friends here more than usual... Thought I'd be pregnant again by now but it doesn't appear to be. Not really trying but not really not trying iykwim . Not looking forward to Sept 1st.....

Sorry - got all maudlin for a minute. Not allowed on a mythical post!! Take care of you and the ever increasing Emmsys bumps

4everhopeful · 07/08/2009 07:50

Morning! Yay yay yay to Barbie so pleased barbie beanie is ok! Had a real panic reading through! Bf, SIL & workmate all had lowloying placenta & had a few bleeds & all their babas just fine so try not to worry & rest up! Bonus of lots of scans new bikini too - double bonus! xx

Im off work, burst water main so got sent home at 11am yest & looks like off today as well - YAY!

Great to see you back Mermaid xxx

You too Jools ditto, with you girl but we'll get there xx

Lotsa love to you other lovelies, really intended to keep more distance but cant help worrying about you all so had the odd lurk & then need to post when theres been drama! Today is 2yrs since 1st ever BFP & sept is 2yrs since lost no1, EDD for no2 & no4 (last mc, so should of been fit to pop now) Would love to fast forward it! Im cool tho, off to family wedding 2moro & staying in hotel with all in laws & nieces/nephew so a great distraction! xxxxxxx

barbie1 · 07/08/2009 08:52

4ever sorry for it being two years today and the other important dates that are looming you sound more positive then you have in a long time, so i guess not being around so much is totally working for you...so i dont want to see much more of you! Seriously though its great that you and dh are positive, and its nice that mermaid and jools are back too...one big, mad family!

Enjoy your day off, the wedding sounds fab....i lurve staying in hotels!

Im off to get some sun and then to the mall to get some bigger clothes i have so many tops but nothing that fits on the bottom halve without cutting me in halve!....new bikini shopping too!

jools your message really touched me yesterday, i didnt get it until much later due to having no battery but it made me well up walking through the mall so had to put my sunnies on! Take care of your back and get lots of rest

mm Now why wasnt i surprised to get a text from you either, always checking up on me and wishing me over each hurdle that comes my way...thankyou x

lbm im glad you are still lurking, sorry it a hard time coming up for you too....i know the pain of not being pregnant by the edd...for some reason we all convince ourselves that we will be and that it will make everything better. I hope you stick around....

mermaid your tomatoes would be safe, i hate the bloody things...however you other plants might not be good idea not wanting me anywhere near your green house, however i would be a great guest because i wouldnt drink your wine!

cupcake is it testing day yet????????

budda i cant believe its scan day soon, i bet its a blue flavour, but then on the other hand it could be pink im dying to know!

Its scorpios scan day today too, just seen her post on fb...

blue hope the itchy boobies are better and you can finally wear clothes again are you realxing and enjoying your pregnancy now....

bluemoon laughing at your request to transfer where no stupid people work is there such a place? glad you are feeling better now...

neeko how you doing hun? an orange sick yet?...or weird cravings?

kate when you go back to work will you get moved too? how is your week off, are you fed up watching phillip and holly yet?

gg i now what you mean about losing symptoms past 12 weeks, feels strange to almost feel normal i would love a friend like yours...i think i would stalk her be very nice to her for the next 6 months in order to get her to listen whenever i felt the need for some reassurance everyday

curly hope you are haivng a great time

bakingqueen i have heard so many good new stories about clomid, i very nearly demanded it myself. Its hard taing it but think of the outcome, what happens next? do you have to go back for another app? (sorry dont really now how all this works)

vjay any sign of the wee boy yet?

sabs you are next thanks for your email, i might pick your brain later about low lying placenta since you have experience!

iggy how is court? are you saving your lunch allowence? i did and went and brought a fab dress! Im just reading my sisters keeper....so so so sad, cried so much but i cant put it down Want to see the movie once i finsh.

hoping you will not be the mad cat women! you will be the mad cat women with children who annoy the cat and cause it to hide for days in your neighbours garden while the whole street looks for it!

Who have i forgotten...

Went out for a drink last night and met a girl who had been ttc for two years with no luck, she didnt speak to me when introduced nor would she look at me wasnt til later and she was drunk she came over and gave me a hard time for being pregnant (our other friends had told her) But instead of being angry i felt so desperatley sad for her i sat with her and tried to tell her what had been through, but of course she couldnt see past that fact that i was where she wanted to be...Cant stop thinking about her, how angry and bitter she seemed, it only reminded me of what i was doing to myself too.

Anyway have a good weekend everyone...of to spend some of dh cash

Neeko · 07/08/2009 09:18

Hi all

Barbie sorry you had such a drama but relief that all is well. No gym for you until you're trying to get rid of your baby belly and no lifting heavy things like hoovers either Sorry I wasn't on last night but MLS texted me to let me know what happened. Yay for being 12 weeks.

Jools Lovely to see you back. Hope each day makes you stronger and that a BFP this month will bring you back to us.

mermaid great to hear from you too. i assume you are winning the water fights?

Littlebellsmumtheapparition So lovely to hear from you. I think about you often. My hand's here for you for September !st and any other time you need it.

4evertheobsessivenon-nonposter I, for one am really glad you can't keep away. I'm sorry you have so many sad anniversaries coming up I know you'll cope but my hand is always here when you need it.

Gracie yay for a lovely friend who likes babies heartbeats. I'm sure it really helped. In a few weeks you'll feel your little one kick and will have constant reassurance so you only need to stalk her til then! (I felt DD at 16 weeks when I was lying on my tummy reading a magazine. I think she wanted me to move )

Cupcake Hope the 2ww is flying in for you, I have a feeling that you're up the duff whether you have a temp rise or not.

Iggy Is this your last day of jury duty? you'll have reading withdrawal. Fingers crossed for you too.

Bakingqueen Hoping and Moon Hope you're all feeling a bit less hormonal now. Your time is coming- I promise!

Blue are you still smiling? Just wait til your DS is having a sword fight inches from your lo's face

MrsKate Hi. Hope you're feeling better. Are you still off work?

Bigwaves to Sabs and Vjay Hope you're both resting lots and enjoying the last few weeks.

Buddha Fingers crossed for today.

I've had a really busy week with DD and I'm exhausted. Feeling really bloated and bump-like and having plenty of nausea so hopefully all is still well with me.
I wish you all a happy and drama-free day Hope Curly is relaxing on the beach too and doesn't have a bikini that does the same thing to her bum as Barbie's

Neeko · 07/08/2009 09:23

Barbie x-post. at the way that girl was with you. We've all been there with the but I'd like to think no matter what we thought, we'd never react like that. You never can tell what someone has endured to get their BFP by just looking at their bump!

No orange sick but I did have a VERY vivid dream about it the other night which I'm blaming you for!

cupcakefairy · 07/08/2009 09:31

Oooh a mammoth barbie post, are you filling curly's quota while she's gone? That cracked me up that you spent your lunch allowance on a dress
Aw, My Sister's Keeper is sad I'm currently listening to audiobook of The Tenth Circle (another Jodi Picoult) which is awful though, so not v impressed.

It's sadly not testing day yet no I'm day 29 and only ovulated day 19 so a bit too early. I want to wait until af is actually late because I seriously can't face another BFN.

LBM! So great to see you on here, even if it was mythically thinking of you with the edd coming up, hope you are getting lots of lovely cuddle from your LOs

Gracie that's so fab you got to hear baby! Can't tell you how excited I am for you, barbie and curly at reaching the magic 12 weeks (and beyond) you are having real babies and you have to start letting yourself believe that.

Am I right that it's becks and buddha's scan days today? I have them both pencilled into my diary so they must have mentioned it at some point... hope we get some news later

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cupcakefairy · 07/08/2009 09:36

Hi Neeko! x-posted sorry.. Glad you are getting the reassuring nausea (not 'glad'...but you know what I mean!) next step- orange sick!

Hoping forgot to say hi to you too. I will join you as mad old cat-lady if this month isn't the one

Enjoy your family wedding 4ever have you heard any results from your tests yet? Will you and dh still be trying this month or do they advise you to hold off until you know if you're still covered by the treatment?

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barbie1 · 07/08/2009 10:20

Hi neeko and cupcake!

neeko what dream are you blaming me for ...i really wanna know!

bluesatinsash · 07/08/2009 14:03

oooh wonder if Buddha knows the flavour yet . I'm with Barbienewclothes and think its a boy!

Gracie - what a lovely colleague letting your hear baby's hb. Its so reassuring in the limboland between 12 and 20-week scan.

4ever - have a fab time at the wedding. Are you wearing one of your Julian MacD dresses?

Hoping - glad to see you've come out the other side of your meltdown. The knitting factory seems in full flow . Hope your craft room is bringing you serenity and peace of mind.

Neeko - glad to hear hormones are giving it big licks, all good signs! Hope your going to relax over the weekend .

Cupcake - really feeling a BFP for you this month, just a feeling in my waters.....

Moon - if only there was such a workplace with no stupid people - sigh!

I'm D-mob happy today as DH and me finish up work for a fortnight and my shingles are on their way out . I didn't have to sheep dip cover myself in calamine during the night last night and rash is definately not as burny today. We've also tentatively started telling DS about baby. He loves to look at old photos of him in my tummy so have started the whole "perhaps Mummy could ask for another baby to cuddle in her tummy which we could ask Santa to bring" etc. He seems keen on one condition - that its a BOY! I'm convinced its a girl so eeek!

cupcakefairy · 07/08/2009 15:53

Where is everyone? I come on for a sneaky 10 mins at the end of a working day and barely any gossip!

Thanks blue, I so hope you are right...if you're not then everyone's 'feelings' have been very off this month! So glad you're feeling on top of the world! Enjoy your 2 weeks off.

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Neeko · 07/08/2009 17:51

The sun is shining here Cupcake so I was out for a picnic. Your symptoms sound very promising. Fingers crossed.

Bluethebrave Very impressed that you've mentioned it to your DS. Also pleased to hear that shingles are going and you're on holiday to. Have fun.

Barbie I dreamt I was being sick lots and lots of orange vomit Wonder who put that idea in my head?

Come on, Budha we NEED to know!

MrsKate · 07/08/2009 19:12

hi all
i was just checking on news of budha.

how is everyone this lovely eve dh is making a bonfire as we are getting a new shed tomorrow . well my dads old one which is in pristine condition compare to the one we have got lol

barbie1 · 07/08/2009 19:48

hey girlies back from shopping....no bikini yet, still between sizes need to wait a few more weeks....

Did buy the lesley regan pregnancy book, big step!
and i also brought the mama mio tummy oil, expensive but my little bit of indulgence Im going to have to get mat trousers soon, seen lots of nice things in topshop of all places.

Come on budda where are you??

neeko lol at orange sick dreams....sorry for givng you nightmares...i was very nearly sick earlier in the changing room, got dressed so quick and ran, surprised they didnt think i was a shop lifter and send a secruity man after me...

GracieGirl · 08/08/2009 08:15

Morning! Same again yesterday, came in from work, quick lurk on Mumsnet then straight to sleep. Woke at 8pm, had some dinner, then slept till now.

Still no news from Buddha? LittleBellsMum it was lovely to see that you've been on checking we're all ok. I'll be here for hand holding on 1st Sept, mine is 3rd Sept.

Moon - No stupid people? I think you'll find there's no such work place!

Cupcake you are so right when you say "you are having real babies and you have to start letting yourself believe that". I can't believe how difficult it is to relax about it all, even after 12 weeks. I will definitely be making sure I never have a wednesday off work (my heartbeat listening friend works wednesday 4pm till midnight) so she can keep reassuring me.

Right off to do the coats of paint on the one wall we decided to do a different colour in the dining room. Then leaving the gloss paint to DH - far too smelly!

barbie1 · 08/08/2009 08:31

is anyone else concerned about buddha

Hi Gracie, hope you take it easy, paint chemicals are a no no for baby gracie!

Neeko · 08/08/2009 09:00

Morning.

Barbie I'm concerned too. I really thought she'd have been on by now.

Gracie your lo clearly needs lots of rest so make sure you have it. Pregnancy is a great excuse not to gloss

Cupcake How's the symptoms today? I read the tenth circle recently too and it definitely wasn't her best. If you're listening to it you'll be missing out on the comic book part too.

I had a very vivid dream last night that I lost my bean and I can't shake the feeling this morning. To make matters worse, my symptoms are hardly here today. Roll on 8 weeks so I can have a scan...

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