The virtual girls' holiday in Ibiza thread - moving on from mc with or without ttc but with plenty of wine and virtual all night dancing

[freelancegirl]

Ok ok I succumbed to peer pressure to create the thread. This is a place for some of us (and anyone else who wants to join) who have been through the downs of mc and are ready for brighter days and a place to chat nonsense away from the How Are You Feeling Post MC thread. The How Are You Feeling thread should still survive, especially for those newly going through the process, but here we can move on to hopefully brighter days.

Really (newly minted with a BFP and therefore the first of the group to be properly ttc) can kick us off with her no doubt filthy dalliance with a Geology student (was it?) in Crete and we can all pretend we are in a girls' holiday in Ibiza. Grab a glass of sparkly and plonk your (this is virtual so we can look exactly as we want to) toned bikini bodied bum on a bar stool! xx

Oh and LIG I hope today's exam went well, let us know xx

Hi all well i finally got an appointment at the docs. Lady doc said i had no temperature and she thinks the brown spotting is just my hormones.

However since i come home i have toilet checked and there is red blood!!! I am at the period podeium woohooo :) and only 2 weeks after i thought i had stopped bleeding confused! I may brave the ttc threads.

Glad u all had a fab night! xx

pnjeff my af started 2 and a half weeks after finished bleeding so could well be.
Thought of you girls last night as I was watching those macho sperms. Hope it was fun x

Hope it's your AF, pnjeff. My first one after mc was very heavy but strangely cathartic...

Lonving the macho sperms! Sorry you don't feel more optimistic engine but there's every reason to think it will be okay. I'm guessing you got a BFN between the mc and BFP?

free - nice news about your friend. Our good friends had a baby girl last weekend and I am really chuffed for them as they have had a really crappy couple of years, including a mc. I am hoping to go round and maul their baby this weekend.

Bleurrrgghhh, I am feeling well rough today and I'd love to say it was multiple margaritas with marco but the truth is more like a dry night in with Holby City (have I confessed about my Holby addiction yet?) Think I have The Lurg. But I have some nice goat's cheese lined up for supper (not a freebie by the way just in case you were wondering) which is the universal cure for all things.

I love Holby and Casualty! and I am a little bit tipsy after getting to the pub at 5pm today! Exam went ok - I think but my brain isn't very well and I have trouble concentrating still so not sure what the results will be like! So glad you enjoyed last night and upset I missed it-luckily I drank a drink for everyone on this thread tonight!will post again when I am a little more sober tomorrow!x x

Well I just KNEW this would happen. I have finally made it to Ibiza (long flight from Australia and all that) and I missed the RL meet-up. The good news is, you ladies don't strike me as the type who won't back up and have a few more virtual cocktails now that I have finally made it along to the bar. Forgive me for being so late to the party.

OK so the last time I had a proper read of the thread but no time to post, Pixie had told us all that she is not a real Pixie or something. Well, Pixie, I for one (as has already been said probably) am so glad you made that post because it reinforced that I am among like-minded people on this thread, which is a relief considering that the all-too-often scary threads on MN have meant that I am hardly ever brave enough to actually weigh in to a conversation!

Speaking of which, I have taken you up, IC on your pointer to the threads in the Feminist section about being a SAHM. Something in me at the moment is obviously in need of a bit of intellectual stimulation because I am finding it all quite fascinating, and all quite re-assuring that I am not the only mother who indulges in a fair bit of navel-gazing about what it all means to be a mother / woman, be it a SAHM / WOHM or whatever. This is not the place for this topic, and I am really not well-versed enough to even express my thoughts well (evidenced by the arguments I have started with DH recently only to end up feeling like I've been rather unfair on him, because really my issues are just my own and nothing to do with him), but just wanted to say thanks IC for pointing me in the direction of those threads.

Mind you, it is giving me even less time to enjoy my virtual drinks in Ibiza. How many virtual conversations do you ladies manage to actually keep up? I feel I can barely manage one thread.

Really good luck with your scan on Tuesday, I hope that your feelings of worry are nothing more than natural anxiety after a MC. How many weeks do you think you will be up to by Tuesday?

Hi to Free, Cream, Pnjeff, mopey, ILB, LIG and Arti and sorry if I have missed anyone

Here's Luck! (that use to be my Nana's form of a toast when raising a glass. Bit of an Ibiza-twist on Travel Hopefully, whaddayathink?)

sorry for all the bold

Hello all

Ok this is going to be an all about me post I'm afraid - and nothing to do with mc - but as we are on the topic of holidays I thought this would be a good place to come. And I know we have a travel expert on board you know who you are FL Maybe I should just pm you rather than dominate this thread.

Basically it is my DP's 40th birthday next month and I want to take him on a city break for 3-4 nights but I'm going round in circles and a bit hotel'd out.
I'm currenlty looking at Rome, but also considering Madrid or Barcelona (seem to get more for your money there), Vienna is another option (but you seem to pay a price to go there). Anyway any recommendations of good places you have been will be greatly received as I can't bear to look at Trip Advisor anymore, but need to get this sorted as soon as.

Hope everyone is ok and enjoying their weekend (Ibiza style) I promise my next post will be more relevant x

Sounds like a great RL meet up, free, pixie, Really - I wish I'd been there!

Lovely news for your friend, free, likewise for yours arti.

That prog sounds ace, blue - cheers for sharing!

Welcome to the period podium, pnj!

bll the Feminism section is ace and highly addictive, I've found. It's really got my grey matter working again. The arguments can get bloody feisty at times, but there's some great support on there too. And yes, it is fascinating once you start looking at situations through your feminist goggles. And infuriating/depressing/empowering.

cc naturally I have to plump for Madrid (we'll still be here - we could even meet for a quick caña!)
It's great for a weekend stopover and I could suggest the best things for you to do while you're here, if you like. I've yet to meet anyone - especially couples - who haven't had an ace time when they've come to the city....

IC the minute I posted I thought - ahhh IC is in Madrid. For some reason I hadn't thought to go there until this morning an offer came up on Groupon and it put the idea in my head.

I'm looking to go on the 12th June for about 4 nights, so it would be during the week (his b.day is on the 14th). Firstly do you have an hotel recommendations? That's turning out to be my biggest stumbling block as I think I've found one then read terrible reviews on trip advisor. Also some ideas on what we can do when we when we are there would be great!

Maybe I should pm you so I don't take over this thread - how do I do that though? We could even have our own little RL meet up!!

Hi creamcracker I went to Palma recently and thought that was lovely in the old town - some nice hotels too - free would know more I guess.
I loved Madrid when we went there too.

Oh now Mopey that one wasn't on my list, hadn't thought of there - I shall have a look at that now! Thank you for the suggesation and for the 2nd Madrid recommendation. x

To pm, just hit "Message poster" on the top right hand edge of the relevant poster's post....

Oh Yes

Don't worry, I didn't work it out immediately either!

Hi all...
just wanted to say I'll be away for couple of days in area with dreadful reception so apologies if I don't login/postjust wo u know I've not been abducted by the high lord or prince of Pixie land (although that does sound like fun).

Love n hugs to you all. Sorry to b leaving ibiza but I'LL BE BACk

Pixie x mwah x

Hey to all you very funny and clever ladies!

Was sticking with the Ibiza theme last night and guzzling sangria and tapas in london. So was everyone else I was out with!!

Cream - Madrid and Barcelona are both lovely. Madrid is alot more modern and glamorous and Barcelona is a bit more spanish (well catalan). What about Budapest? The weather will also be very nice there around this time of year and the hungarian people are lovely.

pnjeff very glad you got an AF - i seem to get some spotting when I am naughty but i think that is because i still have some stuff left. (getting very annoyed now and think i should have pushed more for a ERPC.Would love to be able to go to the toilet without inspecting my underwear and toilet paper but I think it is a bit of a habit now.)

Really good luck for Tuesday - hopefully it is a real BFP and you are just protecting yourself mentally incase things go wrong!!

Free well done on the wine diet - i like the sound of it. may give it a go!!!

Feeling remarkable well today - even made it to a gym class first thing. (On the outcome of potential pcos and exercise being good have decided to throw myself back into the exercise as it really cheers me up - going to do a bikathon with some people from the gym next week and really start getting my fitness up again.) Had a lovely night out last night and now about to go out again with a lovely single friend. (No chance of any pregnancies announcements!)

Anyway of to put on a very short skirt and pretend i am actually in Ibiza. (Dh is at work tonight so pretending i am single for the evening and then will get him to pick me up on his way home!)

Hello to everyone else arti, ic, mopey, pixie, babylanguagelearner, blue, jemima, securegal -

Urgh. I do have the lurg and today has not been fun with an unforgiving 2.5 year old and trying to sort everything out for our holiday next week. I don't even feel like drinking so can't numb the pain that way.

LIG sounds like your exam was okay - and well-celebrated! Gym on a hangover is quite some achievement! I am meant to be training for a 10k that I signed up for in a moment of post-mc madness but finding it really hard going so am thinking of signing up for these fat ass to 5k podcasts or somesuch. Glad to have a fellow Holby fan on board; it's my one soap compulsion! Henrik Hansen lives on my road and I sometimes peer through his hedge.

Have a good time wherever you're off to pixie.

creamcracker - city break sounds lovely. I've done Prague, Vienna and Stockholm, all of which were lovely but for some reason we always used to go for freeze your arse off snuggly winter breaks so can't vouch for them in summer. Otherwise Florence and Venice both lovely but probably hell on earth in June as they will be packed.

Waves feebly at everyone else - ic, free, mopey, babylanguagelearner, blue, jemima, securegal, really, pnjeff - and goes off to collapse in a sorry heap.

Sorry you're feeling rotten, arti - I hope you feel better soon.

Sounds like you've been having some serious fun, LIG! FX for the exam results.

cc Budapest is indeed fantastic and the Hungarian people are also very friendly, so I can second that one. Both Prague and Vienna are also well worth visits (can't speak for Stockholm).
But I would avoid Florence and Venice in June - arti is quite right, they are best enjoyed in the off-season.
A slightly different idea might be to go to Ljubljana in Slovenia - lovely country, fabulous multi-lingual people and so small, it's really easy to visit the various countries on its borders. And Lake Bled is breathtakingly gorgeous and very nearby indeed.
But of course, loyalty compels me to stick with Madrid - it wouldn't let you down.
(Interestingly I would have described Madrid as more "Spanish" in many ways than Barcelona - Barca is very Catalunyan...)
Have fun choosing!

Ooh I do like a weekend away discussion! Even away from Ibiza...

Hi all sorry i havn't posted sooner! Period is very heavy and worked from half 7 this morning untill 10 tonight! No energy and feel eughhhh!!
Hope everyone is ok?
Good luck for tuesday really are u just seing the doctor or is scan already booked for tuesday to?
arti hope your feeling better soon!
Big waves to everyone :)

Thank you all for your weekend break ideas, I'm still dithering over hotels etc.. but that's just me. I have however taken Free's travel advice and looked at where I can get the cheapest flight to so I can splash out on the hotel. ( Free that skyscanner sight is my new addiction, oh the prices change from airport to airport, day to day - I'm easily pleased). As it stands today the winner is currently Madrid (with the help of IC marketing) as I can fly there for £52, Rome for £79, Budapest for £112 - and for all the ladies not currenlty with us in Ibiza you can fly there for £76. Right time to go and get a life, and find a bloody hotel - I'm such a fuss pot which is proving a problem.

Hope everyone is well.

pnjeff hope your AF symptoms are subsiding now. and you are getting some rest.

arti hope your managing to fight off the lurg!

LIG pleased to hear your feeling better after the pcos news - yes indeed exercise is a good medicine for that.

Really hope it's good news for you on Tuesday.

Hi to BLL and to Mopey. Hope pixie is having a good weekend away in pixie land - hey maybe I could there for my city break!

IC I have a feeling I will be pm-ing you shortly. (Now I know how to do that complicated task )

Hooray for Madrid!

well af seems to be slowing which is a big relief! Didn't have to work so long today so not too bad! Getting a bottle of wine out or maybe two!
arti are you feeling better?
really where are you?
Been to see my niece today as its her 2nd birthday! Sister said she wanted a child's gazebo so put it up in the garden for her although she insists on calling it a tent! Bless her!
Feeling like i need a cuddle today not sure why so sending and big hugs to everyone xx

Much better today thanks. Despite residual sore throat have just downed two glasses of champers and feeling rather merry (looks like there's a few of us on the sauce today, hehe). I had to though, as we went to see our good friends and their new tiny daughter. She is so beautiful! Feel very broody but in a good, hopeful way.