Feisty & Fabulous at 40+ more adventures of TTC

[gonepearshaped]

Actually now I feel guilty using up the last post of the thread - hope this will do as a continuation

Just dropped in quickly to see how everyone's doing and.....

kiwi Fantastic news! There is justice in the world. SO pleased for you! Words fail me - I'm just delighted. has it sunk in yet?

TFLS brilliant news about the scan. How lovely to have reassurance after all the doubts.

ILGH good to read it's all moving along, it's so nice to read about a pregnancy progressing - i feel so completely focused on the conception bit (!) that it's good to hear about the next bit actually happening

hippy thank heavens for nice, reassuring, sensitive consultants who make you feel better about things...you've echoed so many things i thought after the MC but never posted.

So nice to read all these positive things in the posts.

Waves and kisses blown to rowing gumblossom alba jollster italian i listened to that prog too, and sniffled into my hanky imagining seeing my DD once a year...

Good luck GPS

Welcome haystack

GPS If you don't hurry up and test - I shall have to do it for you and seeing as i'm in the middle of AF - it aint gonna be good news.

Arrgghhh How can you have the test there and not do it. Stop it Hippy! Leave her alone.

You're right, best wait for early morning pee - ahh ha see what I did there - reverse psychology - works on the kids!!!!

alba just re-read your post...! very quiet woo hoo from me too...

AlbaDeTamble wow, quiet little giggle of joy from me, confirm when you know more, I am sure you will shout it from roof tops. Alba, little arrow prayer for a super result.

gonepearshaped we are all eager to know what happens when you poas. Don?t worry about stress, whatever happens you can weather it. Where are you now? (I mean geographically as in you are not in the UK?)

Oooh just seen the latest Specksavers ad with the guy on the beach, have to say it made me laugh!

Waves and smiles to all, nothing new to report except I have had sinus type headache for last day and I am not feeling like a pin cushion at the moment!

Off to soak in the tub and listen to Zita! S*x was on offer but after 24 hours of sinus headache strangely feeling less than lusty!

Alba, what lovely news about not skiing!! can't wait to officially congratulate you...
GPS, you must have willpower of iron! I could never wait as long as you have, however I can understand you being apprehensive.

I'm so pleased to hear about all the bfps.Just shows you that 40-something women can and do have babies!

I spoke to my doc's practice manager today,and she thanked me for bringing my complaint to her notice and apologised. Said that she appreciated having calls to cancel appointments as they never have enough. I obviously caught the other receptionist on a bad day. Glad I got that off my chest!
We are now trying an anti-bacterial cream for the impetigo.Fingers crossed it sorts it out. As my DH pointed out to me, we have visited the dr 4 times,bought two lots of antibiotics,anti-bacterial body wash, manuka honey, cream etc.Probably spent over $200 on it! I really hope we'll be rid of it soon.

Well, it's getting late down under and I'm tired.

Seeyou tomorrow!

hello everyone - I'm a relative newbie here and on my first 2ww.

Lots of positive news around here though - it's fantastic! Spring is in the air and so many of you are blooming. Big to ILGH and TFLS and extra excitement for brand new BFP's Kiwi, and Alba.

For those who are waiting to poas - well done for hanging in there! I did one yesterday, ridiculously early but it's all so fresh again to me and I just couldn't help myself. I shall have calmed down by next month hopefully.
Felt unbelievably preggers all last week - would have sworn it was so. (Even though I would hardly have conceived - Ha ha!). This week I am still a week away from AF and feel decidedly normal. Hey ho. Gives me a chance to shift a couple more pounds then.

Hello to Haystack - another newbie!!
Rowing and Hippychick -make the most of the wine and soft cheese - I had a lovely melted brie sandwich today thinking....better get these in while I can! Happy Spring days all round. x

Hi all, just wanted to let you know no need to test looks like AF is on the way after all. Thanks for all your support, back to the beginning again for me unfortunately.

GPS arsicles if that's the case. (My new word to try and not swear in front of DS). Sorry to hear that. But when you say "on the way".... surely that means not definitely here..? .

laurasmiles enjoy the brie, have been doing lots of that forbidden munching myself. YUM YUM.

HI to everyone else - very rare night out at the cinema for me, WAY past my bedtime, off for zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs.

Alba, what news?

GPS, hope you're wrong about AF.

Gumblossom, nice to get some positive feedback from the receptionist.

Jollster, quite like 'arsicles'. I've got into a very bad habit of muttering 'buggery bollocks' at times of crisis. Not classy, but soooo satisfying.

Can I suggest that we keep an eye on the number of posts on the thread, and have a new one ready to go, with a link on the last post here? We got caught out yesterday when the Assisted Conception thread ran out, and there was a wee bit of a panic getting a new thread sorted out and we didn't know where to go.

Waves to Italian, Rowing, Tetley, Hippy and everyone else.

Well done Kiwi for being organised and suggesting getting a new thread ready. How do you know what it is going to run out though?

Alba, Gumblossom, hippy TFLS, ILGH, GPS and all, best wishes for all our attempts/scans whatever.

DS has said 'buggers' a few times recently. We're desperately trying not to laugh and to completely ignore it, and to be a bit more careful what we say when he's around! might have to adopt 'arsicles' too

Happy to hear you got the apology you wanted gum, though not such great news on the lingering impetigo.

Italian, threads go to 1000 posts. I feel a little too new around here to start the new one (she says, happily using up one of the last valuable few posts left...)

GPS echoing Jollster on wondering if you're sure... RTD on the way does feel very similar to early implantation cramps. Am reciting that to myself this morning, too scared to take another test as the early one was super-sensitive so if I take a regular one may yet be getting false negative, but at the same time feeling really crampy and hoping this little one is going to stick around. The perils of early testing. Still, the ski brochure arrived yesterday and there's some good bargains and it does look like fun, and at least I can take comfort in knowing that having fallen so quickly, odds are good of it happening again... what am I saying, I may still be pg, must stay positive.

Ah, lovely wave of nausea, making me smile, albeit briefly.

Hope all still going well with you Kiwi -- I think I need to get one of those hypnotherapy CDs, might help keep the worries at bay.

Kiwi was thinking the same as you.

What shall we have for our new thread title? I have the imagination of a plank so can't think of one right now.

Hi all,

Thansk for all the hopeful messages but AF is definitely here, had a night of thinking it was maybe just spotting but now its proper, bright red (sorry tmi) and I have cramps.

Good idea Kiwi.
I like the Feisty and Fabulous bit, but perhaps we could change to the 'continuiing adventures' or 'forging ahead' or something like that, partially so I can tell the thread apart.

How about "Conceiving at 40+, feisty, fabulous and forging ahead". Or something.

Yes 'Conceiving at 40+ the adventure continues'
Or 'feisty fabulous and slightly mad'

Any other thoughts?

GPS -
(((((hugs and chocolate and red wine)))))
or arsicles - which sounds like I word we could all adopt!! It seems to sum up that certain feeling.

GPS, so sorry.It sucks to have your hopes up and then have AF find you. Bugger.

So who's going to start the new thread? I'm guessing it'll be up and running next time I log on. I like the new titles.Very apt.I like the idea of "forging ahead".

Wish I had something to report, but alas...

Hope all are feeling well, or nauseous (cos that is always reassuring) and that there are many more bfp's to come.

I'll see you over on the other thread.

ditto feelings on new thread - think all sentiments work well.

have had a lovely eve with one of my oldest closest friends drinking too much white wine and chatting too long so off to bed zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz x

PS sorry GPS had a special glass for you tonight x

Hi ladies.

Hope all is well.

Love to all who have been scanned, are feeling better, are feeling worse and whatever else.

How about 'Continuing conceptions and follicling ahead of Feisty, Fabulous Forty somethings?'

Bit long!

Can whoever posts last put the new title in place!

That guarantees it will not be me!!

Love, waves and smiles to all, you know who you are!

Our news, think that EC will be Wednesday. Nearly there! So excited.

Headaches almost gone.

Only ate half of my Calzone at dinner in fabo restaurant tonight (with fabo sis and friends) and have lost 2 pounds at WW my two pounds griming as they go!

It's all good.

Love and waves and hugs, to all and chocolate boobs as we say there on the assisted conception thread (where we have also just moved house to pastures new!).

Just getting bad news out of the way before the new thread. Day of cramps and sharp pains and all other symptoms stopped yesterday. Clearblue this morning says try again next month... And check out that ski brochure.
Thankful for all that lovely recently delivered wine as AF will doubtless be heavy and painful when she arrives.
Not buying any more super early sensitive tests as they only cause heartache but keeping in mind DH reckons the same thing happened the month before we conceived DS, only we didn't have the early test to prove it...
Oh, and given DH had vasectomy reversal in August it is good to know all in working order as we were warned despite test saying count fine etc there was still risk of antisperm antibodies. So can be confident that's not a problem yet and all still looking hopeful.
No chance of a 2010 baby now though

Alba, so sorry that really is a big pile of arsicles. Enjoy the skiing and its good that you know DH swimmers can do their thing. Have a well earned glass of wine or two and feel free to join me in the 'slightly grumpy but still going for it' corner .

Having eaten quite a lot of chocolate and given the mooncup a rather vengeful boiling (thought I'd melted the damn thing) am now packing to leave my lovely little town in Italy for a new life in Devon.

Having distinct second thoughts about going back to UK not least because now I've actually got to go and do the flash new job I somehow blagged my way into .

Big hugs to all to need them and good luck to the rest.

Hi all,
Alba I'm sorry to hear the clearblue is giving you a negative. Those early tests can be a pain, been there! I now just wait and wait on the basis that it doesn't make much difference if I wait, the baby will be there or not whatever I do.
On the plus side, lots of goodies to enjoy so I hope you can throw yourself in and have a thoroughly good and guilt-free time skiing down a bit hill with a bottle of gin in one hand.
Plus, yay for your DH's swimmers!

GPS you use a mooncup, how does that work out? I would love to try, but kind of a bit squeamish at thought.
Big life changes for you, how exciting. It's going to be a big adventure by the sound of things.
I think I will start the new thread, using Italian's suggestions, seems to incorporate every single suggestion - clever, diplomatic woman.

OK here it is

new thread