Waiting to TTC part 2!

[bebejones]

Shiney new thread before we drop off the end of the last one!

How's it going ladies?

Having a very chilled weekend & the perfect Sunday morning. Croissants for breakfast & then an near hour long soak in the bath while DH looked after DD.

Had a terrifying dream last night where I was in labour & locked in a bright white room by myself! Probably some dark hidden meaning in there!

Hope everyone else is ok & havinga good weekend. Am feeling broodier than ever, even after the scary dream!

Ha ha that's just typical female madness Bebe! I'm having a lazy weekend too - the ironing needs doing but I'm skiving on MN.

We've been viewing flats all weekend, hoping to get something a bit nicer than what we've got at the moment. We meant to stay here for six months, and it's turned into two and a half years! Hopefully I'll be pregnant while we're living in the new place, so I'm vetoing big flights of stairs with no lift!

Hi Pipoca, hope your weekend's going well?

hello AC and bebe. Weekend going quite well, had house on the market for months with no interest and just had viewers round who seemed to love it, so hopefully will turn into something!

Hi all

Nice to hear everyone's having a nice Sunday.

DP and i have had a lovely day so far building a raised bed in the garden for growing veg and we went out on our bikes to get coffee. I've been so busy with work in the last few weeks that it's great to actually spend some time together.

Ttc can't come soon enough though. I shouldn't have looked at the baby names bit on MN. It's got me too excited.

Sounds very wholesome! DH and I woke up with monster hangovers, sat about in our pyjamas, went to see the flat, then ate some chips. DH is now in bed watching the Simpsons.

bumping cos we're way down on page 2!

Sorry everyone it's been very quiet on here recently and I've not been on MN at all. I've had so much going on: my sister's hen do to organise (just on the train on my way there now), a presentation I gave yesterday at a local school, a seminar at work, looking for a new flat and applying for a new job and running my brownie unit. It's been intense, and I don't have a clue how I'd manage if I had LO so I'm trying not to imagine lol.

Really looking forward to this weekend - and then less than a month to the wedding. It's so exciting and I'm so pleased for her. Sis is marrying the boy she hooked up with in the park when she was 13!

How's everyone - how have your weeks been? Bebe how are you coping with the meds? Hope you're ok.

My secretary's waddled off on her maternity leave today grinning from ear to ear and glowing with health. Am a bit envious.

Been so very quiet on here lately!

I've had a busy week away at my mums & am very glad to be home.

Had some sad news over the weekend. SIL has found out that her baby (she is due in July) may possibly be brain damaged. They aren't quite sure what is happening, but baby hasn't moved at all in 2 weeks but still has a heart beat. It's head size is above the normal range expected & she is carrying alot of fluid. It is a waiting game now to see what will happen with more tests. It is so very very sad.

On a happier note, have just been and bought paint samples for DD's bigger room. Need to start getting things sorted. Left my BFing pillow at my mums, DD still sits on it (for comfort we think) when she has her beaker of milk before bed. So said to DH I should get another one, as we will need it for another baby anyway & it would be useful to have one here & one at my mums. He agreed that it was a good idea!

Hope everyone is well & had a good weekend!

Oh no Bebe that's awful news about your sister. Will they be able to get a more definite picture of what's going on, or is it really just wait and see? She must be just beside herself.

On your happier note so you're moving into Stage 2 of the Have Another Baby plan! AND Mr Bebe's on board too - that's wonderful!

We're desperately looking for our next flat having given notice on this one - we have to be out by 5 June and there's not much around at the moment. Very nearly got a ground floor flat, which would have been very exciting from my TTC point of view, but some bugger beat us to it.

So what are we going to do about the lack of other waiters?! Perhaps nobody else is waiting... Or maybe it's time to start dragging people in off the streets?

SIL has decided to have the baby regardless & to just deal with whatever happens when it happens. To make matters worse her DH has just taken a job a long way away so she is stuck at home most of the time on her own. Really is a waiting game as I don't think anything obvious has shown up on tests they have done.

DH laughed at me buying paint samples, said it wasn't needed for a while. Isaid I wanted to move DD at Xmas time & he just laughed and said 'can't we just have a few months of stability before making any big changes?' I said 'No'...he smiled! It was all very light hearted so am taking it as a positive!

AC - shame about the flat. Hope something else 'suitable' turns up soon. It has all gone very quiet lately. I saw in the Conception section that the Feb 'bus' is just starting. Felt a bit ...wanted to be on that bus! Oh well, 6 months til October bus...that's the one for me! (I hope)

Ooops meant 8 months! (Brain is too full of cold & gunk today!! )

At least there's still a chance then? Imagine having that thrown at you when you're seven months gone, I really hope everything is ok. It puts all our worries about who has the first child and who has the last child into perspective, I think I shall shelve that issue.

How are you thinking of doing DD's room? That's a fun project for you - and when that's finished, well, you may as well move on and do the nursery!

Any news on the house sale Pipoca?

Oh yes, Pipoca, how's the house sale going?

AC - How is your flat hunt going?

For DD's 'new' room I'm planning on painting the chimney breast a bright deep pink then pale cream on three walls & a sort of pea green on another wall. White woodwork & fireplace. It sounds odd, but will look nice in the room, it has very high ceilings and is very light. It has to be girly but not twee (she isn't a twee sort of girl) and it needs to go with her stuff IYSWIM. I have a canvas I painted a while ago that I think will work really well in there, it's a wildflower meadow but sort of impressionistic! She loves butterflies, so that will probably feature in there too! Think I'm nesting without actually being pregnant! Getting her in the bigger room will open up the nursery for re-decoration! I love a project!!

Trying to put things with SIL out of my head (she is only 2 years older than me) everyone is trying to stay positive as docs have said the heartbeat is very strong. Fingers crossed everything is ok.

That does sound lovely, it is less like hard work when you're being creative instead of just painting everything magnolia. I know what you mean about not too girly, my friend's little girl wanted everything in her room vibrant pink for a few years to her mum's horror and disgust!

Not made much progress on the flat, which means that homelessness is imminent! We're seeing a couple more tomorrow, so fingers crossed. There's quite a good one imo, but DH says he doesn't like the view. It's got everything else we want though (except it's not on the ground floor, but we will probably move again anyway).

Things are very quiet on this thread, I don't know whether people are just too busy (a correlation between having to wait to TTC and being busy does sound likely!) or what it is. Maybe we need some controversy, or to start a row!

Hi, Pipoca here with a new name.

The room sounds lovely Bebe. I have been kind of busy AC but also had a horrible, horrible cold that has gone on forever and now have 2 whopping great coldsores...feel like my entire upper lip has suffered third degree burns. Urgh.

Not long to go now til when we said we'd NPP and I'm getting a bit nervous about actually taking the plunge. Just seems a lot to deal with at the moment, family stuff, finances etc. Wonder how I'd cope. Maybe I should be on the ditherers thread!

House sale came to nothing....

Ew that doesn't sound nice, poor you. Weird when people name change, but I daresay I shall get used to it! Are you feeling better from the cold at least? Sound like you've had a rough time, what with that and the house.

You're always welcome on the ditherers thread. I was worried it would make me dither, but today I want to get cracking!

Just playing with a new name as I get twitchy about people in RL working out who I am and reading my innermost thoughts. Will probably change again to something fluffier.

The closer TTC becomes the more the things that have been stopping me seem like something to worry about. feeling broody but simultaneously dithery today...green but red all at the same time.
Ho hum.

Spent the afternoon at soft play with DD & some friends, (with an 7month old & a 4 week old) SO broody now....I want one! Little one was just adorable and so tiny!

Snails - Know what you mean about the dithering, sometimes I love just being me & DD & think how much I'd miss that. But on the other hand.....I want another one coz she is so damned cute!!

yes, bebe I get that when I see people's newborns, and then I get jittery about how we'd cope with 2, what would happen to my business (self employed) how I'll manage if I get bad MS again...all that stuff. But then, that will be true if I wait and I don't want an only child. I guess there's never a "right" time is there?

from August will be right ish in that DS will go to nursery from sept, but it does all worry me a bit.

I worry about DD getting too used to being an only child then suddenly having to spoe with another baby in her little world. But also worry that maybe it would be best to wait until she is older so that she has other things to occupy her (school, friends etc) and I can spend quality time one on one with a newborn. You are right about there never being a 'right time'! Completely a swings and roundabouts situation. I suffered really badly with ms last time too & it would be awful with a toddler to deal with too. But an even bigger worry is how I will be after the birth, as my MS can flare up & I could really struggle & get quite ill! Just never know what's going to happen, & I hate not being able to plan!

Selfish post, sorry folks. Took last pill on Sunday night. A month of condoms now then it'll finally be time to SWI. Wow.

Alba - How exciting!! Good Luck SWIing!!!!

very esxciting Alba !

Very exciting indeed, and not selfish at all, it's just the morale boost this thread needs.

Understand the fear about being unmasked in RL - am paranoid that work could find out I've been on here and don't dare log on from my work PC.

Good news from me: we've got a flat, we move on 5 June. It's not ground floor, but I really like it, and we're very pleased and excited about the move. A bit sad to move out of our first home though.