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Emmsy's in weeble land....Where weeble's wobble but don't fall down!

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barbiebigpants · 07/09/2009 11:12

Do you like our new home?...

Here's to another happy thread!

The fun, the laughter and the tears will get us through, and help the weeble stay forever upright

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4everhopeful · 14/09/2009 14:26

Damn that AF Hoping Onwards with your battle plan!

MLS take heed of what Vjay just said too..

Jools well holidays are the place to prepare for pregnancy hon! You lay on the beach & let the laidbackness wash over you & you'll be up the duff in no time Glad to hear you sounding positive sweetie xx When do you actually go? Im

All good with me, meant to say thanks to all on fri for being so lovely about my dads birthday.. You're all so sweet, none of RL mates even remembered but thats cool, he was my dad not theres! We 'all' enjoyed our chinese & spent the weekend pottering around the house & garden, v chilled...

Its 2yrs today since my first miscarriage, I'm not dwelling, as said to MLS earlier, Im more determined than ever. So, thats 3 of the dates I was dreading all done in the space of 6 days.. Phew. (4ever pats self on back!). Last up is another edd (now 1st birthday) of no 2 on 26th sept, however my bf was due then - but had her dd early, & of course so are Sabs and Lion so will be nice that Emmsys graduates 2 & 3 will make it a good day...

Been working like a trooper today so lotsa love to you all xxxxxxxxx

barbiebigpants · 14/09/2009 16:25

hey girls....

nothing has happened to me today! I have lived a normal live for the last 12 hours i bet i more than make up for it tomorrow!!!

mls im glad you posted, i wanted to email you on fb but i thought id give you some space. On my first scan i thought i was 6.5 weeks and they couldnt see anything...do you remember that? i had to go back 2 weeks later and then they placed me at 7 weeks although it was still too small to measure. This meant all my dates were out, and would mean i got the bfp 7 days after ovualating ....i had to have blood tests for the first week to see if bloods doubled..
I guess what im trying to say it that early scans are pretty inconclusive and very unrealiable...oh and trying to work out when you ovulated can cause heart ache too. I learnt to forgot dates etc and just went from the 12 week scan.
I still have everything crossed this will work out for you.....sending you all my positive thoughts and lots of hugs.

jools have a fab holiday...what is your body doing to your poor mind?????? i hope it sorts itself out soon and like 4ever say it will soon be you!

4ever some mate, no matter how good there are just dont understand or forget important dates...least we were all here to talk too and support you. Glad the day passed and went ok. Sorry about al your dates tomorrow is the day that i had my operation, thankfully this morning i felt the lo move so i too will be moving forward and looking to the future. Of course i will take time to remember, but its a daily occurance in my head so i think it will be ok this time. Hugs for you too...

mm happy anniversary...for tomorrow!

hoping bugger bugger bugger! Chocolate, wine, cheese, chocolate, wine, wine, wine!

blue im ordering a tummy tub! although dh is convinced its just an expensive bucket!

mermaid bbq, bikes and blackberrys.... sounds like you live in some kind of enid blyton story book

Big hellos to everyone else...im shattered, finally cleaned the barbiemobie and its wiped me out! off for a nice cold glass of juice, which it was wine!

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MrsKate · 14/09/2009 17:34

hi all mls the same happend to me this time i thought i was nearly 7 weeks but had scan and the baby was the size of a 5-6 week baby its due to funny cycle mine varied from 30 to 35 days . we will see on friday for me if all is well. for my dating scan god knows what size it will show .

hope you are doing ok and big hugs for thursday

xxxxx

MummyLovesSadie · 14/09/2009 19:02

Thanks Barbie & MrsKate, I need to hear loads of stories like that! Barbie yes I do remember now you say it that your dates were all over the place. How you lasted 2 weeks between scans is beyond me.

I'm feeling a bit more positive today. My boobs are definitely tender & that can only be a good thing?

Joolsiam · 14/09/2009 19:35

My boobs are still sore too - and still no AF and no PMT

cupcakefairy · 14/09/2009 20:03

Evening girls, thanks so much for all your congratulations you're all so lovely!
It all just feels so surreal. Am convinced we will have to relocate for dh job and really scared about being friendless with a LO... my Mum says babies are the best way to make new friends (I told her the news on Sat) which I know is true, but I want my current friends around me
I know, I know, I shouldn't be feeling down when I have got my BFP, but everything feels very scary.
I started a temp job with our church today which is ok- good to be around people I know & love. Heard from the other job that I was successful but post now on hold cos they can't afford it...this country is going to the dogs!

Still no brown spotting (I'm knicker-checking way too much!) which is good as had it from day 1 with my last bean. (Still can't believe there's a new bean)

Jools sorry your body is playing tricks on you wanted you to join me on the bench... there's still hope though. But if not your holiday is perfect timing!

Vjay loved your little Alex update...still just so chuffed for you.

Sabs & Lionstar hope you're both not too fed up!

Iggy so gutted for you really thought we'd get our BFPs the same month. Fingers crossed for October then we will at least only be a few weeks apart

Moon so soooo sorry you are back with one foot in meltdownland made me really sad to read that. Have a huge hug; we all love you x

Hoping and Bq so sorry TEW got you too hoping if you are getting spotting so early on in your luteal phase you should talk to your doc about supplements. My fab nutrition book says taking something called 'fertility blend' (it's american but if you look up what's in it there are similar products here) massively increases progesterone and lengthens the LP...
(By the way am going to email you about that coffee..)

MLS thinking of you loads. I remember the week between my 6 & 7 week scan was the longest EVER and well remember that feling of dread. So hoping it is a case like barbie's and you can head off on hols smiling.

Neeko thanks for being so pleased for me how are you lovely? Not long now til you're a fully-fledged bigpanter, YAY!

Well that was a rather big post...!

BlueMoon1981 · 14/09/2009 20:15

i feel a bit about yesterday now, especially when there are others in worse situations than me. and i never said hello to anyone, how rude am i? i've just had an exceptionally bad year, so many bad things have happened, not only the 2 mcs, so i am feeling a bit like someone forgot to hand out any luck to me. thought these things happened in 3s, not more than that? oh well, please ignore me being selfish, i am looking forward to next year, cant be any worse than this one. turning into a bit of a rambly post, please excuse....

littlebellsmum · 14/09/2009 20:29

Barbie - LO moving!!!!! How fab is that
Yes it is an expensive bucket but your baby desrves the best bucket!!

Cupcake - as you know mums are always right ( in this case she is) and if you have to move, your friends will travel to see your little one!!

pat on the back to 4ever - the month will be over before you know. Have a chilled zen like evening

Moon - I think that we are here for meltdowns aren't we? You're not rude just understanably **ed off with life and getting it off your chest here helps, methinks.

Boo Hiss to the evil witch again - I need to go and cook some tea!

littlebellsmum · 14/09/2009 20:33

MLS How did I forget you..... So good to hear from you and that you are trying to be positive. Whatever the result, it sounds like you have a very well planned holiday next week. As with everyone else lots of sticky bean thoughts.

Mrskate - you too , a dating scan on Friday? Time is flying for you too, although I'm sure it doesn't feel like it.

Barbie Have I told you that I think you are having a boy? With all the trouble he's causing you , he must be a boy. No girl would cause her mum so much stress!!

bluesatinsash · 14/09/2009 21:01

Barbie - had a big fat reading you felt your lo move today, just lovely.

MLS - hope your taking strength from barbie and mrskate's stories.

Hi Cupcake - I knicker checked so much it was beyond . Even did it slyly in car one day when no-one was around... Glad your new job is going well and you're amongst folk who care . Hunker down and get through the next few weeks...

Moon - have a huge hug. You've had a rotten year and everything feels worse when you're in the middle of AF. Ramble on here as much as you like, typing it all down is good for you and better than bottling it up.

I'm knackered and off to bed, later lovelies x

cupcakefairy · 14/09/2009 23:07

Moon, blue is right, everything feels wse during af.. Neeko text me a few weeks back saying I would feel better when af was over nd I so didn't believe her, but she was right
I'm with you on looking forward to next year; this one has been cruel. I'd quite like to sleep through the next 3 months in fact...

Thanks LBM for your kind words

MummyLovesSadie · 15/09/2009 07:06

Morning everyone

I did an hpt this morning & it was just as dark as the one I did a week ago & it's very positive - in fact you couldn't get a more positive hpt. Surely if I'd had a mmc nearly 3 weeks ago it would have started to get lighter by now??

I'm sorry for my self-centered rambly posts but I'm in my own personal hell & I'm desperately trying not to fall over the edge.

barbiebigpants · 15/09/2009 07:59

mls can you feel that im squeezing your hand tightly.... on my mc the hpt got lighter as the weeks went on not darker, and also i was spotting on and off by now...i think you are still in with a very good chance. I wonder why they didnt do blood test on you? at least you wouldnt of had the long wait....only two more days of this horrible limbo, which i could help more.
Last night i got out my early scan pics and the so called 7 week scan didnt really show anything at all, let alone something that could be measured. Chin up darling, im here if you need anything (at work but what the hell, you far more important!)

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hopingalways · 15/09/2009 08:45

mls moon don't feel bad about posting how you feel. You are in a really tough place right now and you can feel how you feel. We are all here for you so post away, and don't worry! When you've got a lovely wiggly bean scan waving away with a good healthy heartbeat then you'll be in a position to hold all our hands. For now take care of yourselves and let us take of you.

cupcake still so pleased for you, and glad you've got something lined up. relocating is scary but we're only a mouse click away. will catch my email for that coffee!

ladies, made a big decision. Now we know that we will have a baby one day, even with a tough slog, we've decided to stop TTCing for the rest of the year. With the building site house, the job insecurities, the recurrent MCs and messed up hormones getting in the way of the next BFP it is just too much for us and we need a break. I'm fed up of only having one thing on my mind, of my sex life needing military planning, of having to dash to the loos to cry everytime I see a pg lady, and I really hate the 2WW.

We're young. We have time. So until 1st Jan 2010 I'm joining Mermaid in taking my small pants off (whoever was writing gracie those pervy emails probably had a field day with that image )

I'm not going anywhere though...

barbiebigpants · 15/09/2009 09:07

To those ladies who are going through a time time right now, listen to this...

A year ago today about this same time i was sitting in a packed waiting room full of pregnant ladies waiting to confirm what i already knew, that the mc had taken place weeks before. I shall never forget the look of horror on the nurses face when she realised the mistake, she was so kind and took me upstairs to the room in which i would spend the next 48 hours.
Sat in the room after my operation, staring out at the rainy, grey newcastle skies i really thought life couldnt get any worse.
I was in pain, both mentally and physically. My sister had just announced that she was leaving her dh after only 2 weeks of marriage, dh was trying to do a degree, we just heard that the housing market had crashed and we were half way through a huge renovation on our house, the re mortgage had just been refused and we were in the worse finacial mess we have ever been in. We had to struggle through the next few months and finish the house when we knew we wouldnt be able to make back any money...

Fast forward a year,
Im living in the sun, the house is rented out, our finace is back to where it should be, sis is living with a new guy and is very happy, and im....well you all know the situation!!!

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4everhopeful · 15/09/2009 09:28

Big hugs to Moon I sympathise with your meltdown so much & need to vent & be heard. Im right with ya honey...

Hoping that sounds very healthy hon & exactly what we are doing, as I said if it happens by xmas, or even our birthdays in spring that will be great, but am in exact same place as you & cant do a military planned sex life & sink into depression when AF gets me, have really worried for my sanity lately, so up & down, & very alone.
Not spoke to any mates about this for a long long time & now drifted from most. The bf who had her 2nd baby is wrapped up in a bubble & feel cant chat to her now either. TBh feeling crap & today. The last week was hellish with all my dates & feel like no-one apart from dh, mum & you girls give a f*.. I just want the chance to be a mum & make dh a dad, but shit scared this will happen for a 5th time I try & be positive & pull myself up, but its tiring.

MLS hon, lots of positive stories for you there from the girls.. Wish I could get you to thurs quicker.. Hope what I said to you yesterday helped a bit & you ok? Was worried didnt hear back cos want to give you hope & could only advise on my own experience with cyclogest...

fifisboys · 15/09/2009 09:34

MLS i had to do a hpt last wednesday and the line was so faint i had to hold it up to the light to see it, and that was just under 3 weeks from my mc.....thinking of you and praying everything is ok

I've struggled the last couple of days, finding myself crying randomly and getting annoyed and upset at everything...i've had to take another wek off work which i didnt want to do but i don't think i can go in and face everyone

4everhopeful · 15/09/2009 09:39

x post barbie - you are very sweet honey, and I know I should cling onto your hope story, but all I can think is 2 years ago today I was losing my first baby.. I ended up rushed to hospital & given morphine & having it removed with forceps cos was stuck in my cervix. Then I lost another one, and another one, and another one. Here I am 2 very long years later at 34 not knowing if I will ever make my husband a daddy... I know it can happen but as moon says it feels like I have no luck, almost like im being punished. Iv had redundancy hanging over me for 2 yrs too & a whole heap of other worries.. Its just s*. I try & be positive but tbh the whole 'acting strong brave & normal' thing is wearing thin. When my dad died I felt I didnt want to inflict my grief on others, thats what Im doing now, but once in a while I feel like snapping...

4everhopeful · 15/09/2009 09:55

Fifi sorry Im oh woe me at the mo, but here is a hug.. This is a long road, the girls on here will help you through... x

iggypiggy · 15/09/2009 11:15

hello all... apologies for this post in advance...

I think everyone who says stuff is worse with AF is right - and mine is making me miserable again. I keep having dreams where I am pregnant or have a baby - which I think means my mind is dwelling on it far too much.

I heard yesterday that a friend is PG - last time I saw her we met another friend who was PG at the time (now has a baby) and I have realised that actually all 3 of us were PG at the time... She is due a week before i would have been - she got PG on honey moon - first attempt - and is 3 yrs older than me. Am feeling v. sad

mls am thinking of you - but do take heart from all the positive stories xx

moon am with you on this...

cupcake I really thought we would both get PG the same month too but am still so happy for you. Move to near me!

barbie so excited you felt your LO move - and I know that things will be ok for me really, your story is lovely.

mermaid neeko et al... thank you for all being lovely.

I will be back xxxx

iggypiggy · 15/09/2009 11:16

4ever and fifi have a hug xxxxxxxx

mm1509 · 15/09/2009 11:51

Hello ladies, not been on for a while but I have given myself a few projects in the house to get done before lo arrives so been keeping very busy but having a much needed feet up day today so here for a catch up.

mls just had a quick look back at what happened with your scan, so sorry it wasn't the best news but don't give up on you little bean in there. I know you will have heard all the stories but the dates can so easily be out at this stage and you hpt test sounds very good. The emotions that we go through are torture, no other word for it, but I keep remembering the nightmare that vjay had to go through in the early days with Alex and just look at her now, hold onto that thought.

4ever keep clinging onto the hope stories hun. As you know my story has been going on nearly 2 years and deep down I had given up hope although I wouldn't fully admit it to myself. DH and I had basically said lets try one more time and what will be will be. I fell preg this time fully expecting to go on and mc again, the tears when I seen a hb this time were as much shock as relief. I finished work after being made redundant the day before I fell preg this time so I know the worry that also brings. In fact with each of my mc's the financial situation would have been perfect to have a baby, this time round it is not ideal and look what happens, it's almost like it's against the odds. Eight years ago today I married my fabulous DH, that day we could only see happy times and we had no idea the road that lay ahead for us but it has made us who we are, both together and as a family. Sorry if I am rambling (very sentimental these days) but I guess what I am trying to say is don't give up and even on the dark days keep clinging onto those stories of hope, it's the only way we get through them. I truely believe that you and your DH will be parents one day and your experiences together will go on to make you just the best parents ever...................your time will come.

barbie thinking about you today as I knew what this date mean't. Glad you sound upbeat, what a difference a year makes.

fifi sorry you are finding it hard atm, some of the days just seem so dark but it does get better and you do get through them. We have all been there so feel free to get it all out on here anytime.

hoping we took 6 months out ttc for our sanity, it just got to the point where I knew we had to. I know this time round I was in a much better place both physically and mentally and I believe it made a difference. Now I am sitting here 24 weeks preg feeling my lo kick away. I hope I will be sitting in 2010 reading about you feeling you lo kick.

vjay not posted yet but Alex is gorgeous, so happy for you hun and love the name. I am sure his big brother just loves having him around. DD for the first time felt her little brother or sister kick this morning, her face was a picture, another precious moment to remember.

cupcake congrats on your BFP, you must be thrilled, so happy for you.

Not much to report here, been really busy painting and stuff like that but time to give my back a rest now. Going to catch up with the rest of the thread then go decide what to cook for DH tonight for our anniversary dinner, sun is out here so thinking will probably cook on the bar-b-q before it goes away for the winter. Big waves to blue, jools, neeko, curly, mermaid, gracie, kate, moon, sabs, annie, lbm, baking, lionstar, iggy and sorry if I have missed anyone. Will post properly to you all later xx.

Joolsiam · 15/09/2009 12:46

Hi Everyone

work is getting in the way of my mnetting at the mo - am away on business again and working crazy hours. I get home late tonight, then fly out on hols in the morning, so may not get to post much other than bits and pieces from my phone.

Rest assured I will be lurking and cheering everyone on. Huge hugs for those that need it - I will be there with you in spirit tomorrow MLS and check for news from the airport lounge.

As for me - sore boobs, intermittent nausea, ridiculous insomnia and no AF

Fertility Friend tells me "You are past your usual luteal phase. You may take a test, you may be pregnant!"

I doubt it somehow, but will keep you posted

4everhopeful · 15/09/2009 12:50

Thanks for the kind words MM. The one thing that keeps me going is that we wont give up on this, even if adoption ends up the only way. Ive seen babys hb 3 of the 4 pregs as had scans every week & have loads of pics, with n03 I watched it growing sometimes only 4/5 days between scans, I saw its little hands, toes, little mouth, right to 13 wks. Why is life so cruel to us? Think am just having the fallout from edd last wk, & 2nd anniversary of 1st loss yest. Neekos been a sweetie, I told her iv self isolated from friends, she summed it up, hard when an elephants in the room. I conscioulsy thought will try & hook up with bf with new dd & try & talk thru feelings a bit, but felt I had to justify recognising dates & feeling sad, think the angers been brewing since that call yest, woke up angry thinking about it. Also bf of 25 yrs has many issues (mostly self inflicted) she is full of anger & v self obsessed but really has no problems... It hurts she has not made any attempt to be there for me as Iv been like her personal counsellor for most of our lives, but since my dad & losing the babies its like she cant be bothered cos the attentions not on her.. Im really sorry and to all for just rambling & venting away.. Think I need to go to bed & wake up again next year tomorrow...! Its grey & rainy here & thats not helping & Iv just been trying to train & pass on the 13ys of knowledge Iv acquired doing the job I love to a 24yr old jobsworth frosty face who will now manage the area I specialise in & have to leave in about 2wks.
Oh woe bloody me eh? Im very at myself here. sorry all....

4everhopeful · 15/09/2009 12:55

Ignore my ramblings MM and have a lovely Happy Wedding Anniversary!!

Feel better just for getting that off my chest & quite Sorry again everyone. Normal service resumed tomorrow...