The fourth WIIT thread travels far and wide, with tales of new adventures to share.

[100years]

Hello Ladies,

Here is the 4th WIIT thread for our enjoyment.

Stats will have to follow at a later date, as I can't check back to see where everyone is accurately at the moment.

Get posting and lets see where this thread takes us. :)

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Oops 100years xposted again!

Damn your calculations are the same as mine. 27 weeks would take me back to 16 May. Now is that the earliest safe date for the LMP before starting to TTC, or is it the earliest safe date for actual conception? I don't think it matters, because AF is likely to be around May 16 and OV around May 30.

I was hoping it would work out a bit earlier, so we could TTC on the trip, but tbh I can't see DH going for that - no doubt it would ruin his holiday.

Couldn't wait to tell you all - my sister rang to tell me I'm going to be an Aunty! The relief and joy in her voice was wonderful to hear.

Now she's campaigning for me to catch up so we can go through it all together

Quod that's lovely news! Wouldn't it be nice for the little cousins to be the same age!

Yep that would be brilliant! Let's just hope I've also inherited the conceives-super-easy gene

So do you think you might start TTC straight away? How big's your sister's head start?

AC, I would say the 27 weeks would be the earliest LMP date, otherwise you will be 29 weeks at the point you've counted back from if you have that as your conception date.

Quod, that's fab stuff :) I'm glad she is happy about it, I'm sorry I didn't get round to messaging you last night, time went away from me when putting LO down I then did some house stuff.

Oh and it's ME obviously

We'll see, need another chat with DP but I think he's pretty close to the starting line. Sis is about 8 weeks so she'd have at least a 3 month head start

Well that works out - just. Not much margin for error though. And obv it's dependant on cycles working out pretty consistent. And DH agreeing... actually it's probably not happening!

100 - like the festive name! Didn't spot the name change initially and wondered what you meant!

Quod ooh get chatting pronto!

Oooh Quod, get seducing your DP then :) ;)

AC I really hope it does work for you. Keeping my fingers firmly crossed.

Fantastic news Quod! Wouldn't it be great to share the experience with your sister- exciting times!

I've got my work Xmas meal tonight....the first time I have gone anywhere without Emma! Eeek! I have been expressing so DH can give Hera bottle and we have practiced with the bottle a few times so it should be fine. I'm a bit worried about my boobs becoming really engorged- I might end up expressing in the toilets!

How is everyone doing? Ready for Christmas?

It's been a bit quiet on here lately! Are all the LOs taking your attention away from MN? I'm sure I read in the DM that it was the other way round!

My life seems to be going back to normal after years of extreme work stress. It sounds stupid but I'm really noticing that I'm functioning so much better on a practical level, doing normal things like sending christmas cards! I don't know yet how this job is going to work out (waiting for the bubble to burst) but if it gets bad like the other one, I'm going to pack it in and do something else.

Just in the hairdressers with a magazine and a cup of coffee. Not too bad!

In other news I have applied to be a BESH. A dubious move seeing as I don't meet the criteria, but the Waiting threads are not really helping me anymore. I don't feel like I really have much of a connection with anyone on there, they are all waiting two months or so. I'm turning into the elephant in the room.

Strawberry enjoy your night out, it's nice for Emma to have some daddy's girl time, and it will be good for you to see all your work friends. What are you wearing?

Sorry been a bit AWOL again. I have been reading but just never had time to sit & post without a screaming 3 year old bouncing on me!

Quod - That is brilliant news about your sister!! Hopefully you won't be too far behind her!! Maybe you could have a very Merry Christmas?!

AC - All the working out of weeks has made me a bit cross eyed lol :o Hope you get it sorted! Glad the new job is giving you a better work/life balance, long may it continue. Also FX on convincing DH!! I haven't been on the waiting thread in months I just didn't 'fit' there anymore. :( Not really sure what the BESH criteria are?!

Strawberry - Hope you enjoyed your first night out alone! Bit daunting I know, but it's a good idea to do non mummy things! :o

Think I am further away than ever from convincing DH to TTC. DD is being such a handful at the moment & it's really dragging me down being 'shouty mummy' all the time. As a result all me & DH do is bicker and argue with each other. :( He's so stressed with work, and it's really disrupting our home life & some days all I want to do is run away from it all. I wake up & don't want to think about what's going on & everything will be fine until DH rings or comes home & his black mood just drags me down again! For better or worse right?!

Hello Bebe!! I have missed you!

I got cross-eyed too, thank goodness for 100years and her mathematical genius! But it's important to have the exact date pinpointed when DH will change his mind and break my heart again. Wouldn't do to be one or two weeks out with that!

I have to be honest, everything sounds pretty awful. Is there any way DD could spend a weekend at your mum's to give you guys a bit of a break? This awful situation will pass in the end you know, DD will be going to school full time, you'll be able to work on your cake business, this intense stress just can't go on forever.

Hello all - hurrah, I thought everyone had disappeared. Where's SPR gone? Is she on holiday yet?

AC it's really great about your job being so much less stressful. That kind of stress can just eat at every aspect of your life, can't it? And it becomes really hard to recognise that it's not just 'normal' in my experience.

Bebe that does sound rubbish, and AC's right I think it does sound like the two of you are in desperate need of some relaxation time together to reconnect. I appreciate that that may be impossible. Sorry it's all being so rubbish for you. Are things still as dire for him on the work front?

Strawberry how was your works do? Did Emma and you cope OK? We had our 'work' do yesterday (well, my work lot are all also very close friends) and had one of our number's three month old daughter along, she's ever so sweet.

MAJOR developments over here - we've had the chat and DP is up for ditching the contraception and giving it a go. He had a really strong emotional reaction to my sister's news and says it has triggered something in him and connected it all up. This has put me into a complete head spin - after such a long time with him being the obstacle, now that he's not the obstacle anymore I don't know how I feel at all, apart from quite terrified/overawed of the prospect of all that having-a-baby business . Clearly you are all going to think I am being ridiculous!

Ha ha I will be just the same Quod! A friend of mine on fb started a thread earlier about what a hard time she was having with her toddler and then loads of people pitched in to say "god yes it's so relentless etc". Things like that make me waver.

Yes I don't think my friends comparing notes about their babies poo yesterday in graphic detail helped me... I started thinking 'but I like my life without lots of poo in it!'

It's not so long since we had a kitten running round the flat getting poo everywhere, and it wasn't too bad after the initial horror!

Oh bloody hell DH manchild has got it into his head that we're going to do this next summer. It's in July as far as I can tell, and it costs £6,250 just to enter!

Whaaaaaaaaat? Is this TBT2: Return of The Big Trip?
Have you said to him 'but darling, I may well be pregnant by July, don't you think high-speed car racing might be a little dangerous?'

I did! He replied "well if you're knocked up, I'll take someone else." meaning a male friend, I hasten to add. It's £6,250 ffs! I could have the baby at the Portland for that!

That's all I have to contribute!

Will be back when I have more time! Toddler in the house and all that!!

AC you could have a full year's childcare for that!

The angels are looking down on our house this week I think - DP has just landed a commission which could potentially change our totally-hand-to-mouth financial existence. Not sure exactly how much it's worth yet but definitely substantial by our standards. It would be so so so nice to cross 'how the f**k will we cope financially?' off my Things To Worry About Re Having A Baby List (I have actually got a word document!)

Oh don't worry, unless he wins the lottery between now and July he won't be going. It'll be a cold day in hell before I let him spend the house deposit on racing his car from one hedonistic european holiday spot to another. It's just the whole mentality he has got - this is not a man who's gearing up for the responsibilities of fatherhood.