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[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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AC, I hope this comes across in the right way, but you can't TTC for a few months yet, by which time work things may have settled down enough for you to feel more comfortable with it. Having it at the front of your mind at the moment, possibly isn't helping you just now to focus on work, I know it's hard to put TTC to the back of your mind, but maybe it needs to go there until you know it's safe to do so, put your focus into learning and progressing at work and hopefully it will click. Then when things are more settled at work you get the chance to think about the TTC stuff.

RE the CC discussion, I have not read through it myself, I don't know if I would use it or not, at the moment LO is too too little to even consider it, and sue I figure there is no point in reading all the judgy pants people going on about how horrible it is, when I don't know if I will need to or want to use it. For now though I won't leave LO crying, and I'll never leave her screaming, there is a big difference between the two. I don't like it now when she screams, but I do stuff to try and help her.

I need a bit of a hug today, poor nipple latch in the middle of the night led to a very short feed and me questioning if I could express for 6 weeks!

Quod sometimes I think it would have been easier if women had just never moved out of the home, and then we wouldn't be expected to balance these two impossibly incompatible things! When will you start trying again after your break?

Bebe I don't see what your DP's logic is at all, and I think it's quite unfair that it seems to be all about his life goals (working in the family business at all costs) and never yours (another child). Another DC would be hard work for a while, and would cost money as time goes by, but if he thinks there'll be some light at the end of the tunnel in two years time, that should work out well. And you would be the one doing 99% of the work, not him. He might even get some pleasure from it.

As for my problem, I think (as usual!) 100years is right, I should just shelve it for now and focus on the issues of the here and now. Dammit though, I'm only supposed to be four eggs away.

We did CC with the cat last night, shutting him out of the bedroom (he was waking me for feeding three times a night by scratching the furniture till I got up). DH said he was kept awake for over an hour by desperate mewing, but I slept like a baby and never heard him!

Come to think of it, it was more cry it out than controlled crying, it's not like we went in to sooth him and say shh shh!

Actually did just LOL at CC with the cat! :o Brilliant! He must be a porker if he wants food in the night! Have you considered one of those electronic timed feeding bowls? My two just get shut in the dining room/kitchen overnight & have dried food & water to see them through til morning! Plus, if it's keeping your DH awake why does he not get up to feed the cat? Thought it was his baby?!

4 eggs time will still take a while to get to, alot can happen in 4 months!

Just logged in to fertlity friend, I'm now on cycle 30 since I joined, so that's more than 30 cycles since I started waiting to TTC...over 30 little eggys (at least) wasted! :(

He's just spoilt. He won't eat dry food and we took his electronic feeder off him because it was plastic and he has allergies. I gather meowing is better for waking DH than the furniture scratching!

Cycle 30? Blimey!

DH wants to get one of those cots that attaches to the side of your bed for the cat to sleep in. He's going to be a hopeless pushover when we have DC!

Rearrange these words to complete this well known phrase:

making a rod You are for back your own!

Think I must be a very strict mummy!! Cats get what their given (as does Phoebe) and they have never ever shared my bed at night (neither has Phoebe) mummy needs sleep! (Have even been known to kick DH out if he's been keeping me awake! :o

We had a cat when I was little who was allergic to cat fur, whenever she scratched & it all came off her she used to have a sneezing fit. She was also allergic to fleas & her fur used to drop out, which of course aggrevated the fur allergy/sneezing. On the plus side, at least the fleas didn't stand a chance in our house, we even had the council come and fumigate just to be sure! (Back in the days where you could get them to come and do that for you!)

Tis DH who is fashioning the rod for our backs, if I had my way (you may have gathered by now that I never do) the cat would get short shrift.

P.s. no co-sleeping? Noooooo!!! But you are the thread's earth mother!!!

I hope your job settles down AC, what would your employer say if you asked them for more support? Like Quod said very well- it's in their best interests to provide you with what you need to do the job. Re the CC thread, I think too many mums on here are very blinkered and judgemental with their views- you do what you think is right for your own child and leave other people to do the same- if they have got time to get worked up on threads then they need to get out more IMHO. Like bebe said- don't worry about the worst case scenario- don't they say 'chilled out parent chilled out child'?

100- good luck with the TTC! Sorry for TMI but OH and I are not using contraception at the moment- I sort of assumed that you had a low chance of conceiving if you were EBFing for the first 6 months but obviously if your periods have returned that is not always the case! Ooops, might have to start being careful!

Bebe- another vote here for a second child NOW! I wish things would pick up at work for your OH so you could crack on with trying now. I feel a bit sorry for your childhood cat! Poor little bald, sneezing thing!

Quod, AC and 100 you have inspired me with your talk of C25K- I had never heard of it so I did some googling and decided to give it a go! Am on week one run 3 next and am doing it with LO in the buggy. I have also joined the C25K thread on here to get some motivation!

I am no earth mother!! I do actually really need my sleep, tis important for my MS (that's my excuse & I'm sticking to it!) I'm the grumpiest person ever if I don't get enough sleep! Plus I'd be terrified of squishing a baby if it was in bed with me & DH! Co-sleeping definitely not my bag at all! Sharing a room, yes. Sharing a bed, no no no NO!! :o

AC - put your foot down!

Strawberry - How are you doing? How is DD? SO impressed with the running! Bit out of breath thinking about it!
Once we tackled the allergy issue the cat improved alot, so she wasn't that bald in the end! So don't feel too bad, she had a very happy little life! :)

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AC, you might still only be four eggs away, but for now your energy needs to be on things that you can do something about at the moment :) I must admit to LOLing at CC with the cat. We actually have one of those sidecar cots, it's the best thing ever (for us)

bebe :( to it being 30 cycles.

Strawberry, there usually is low odds of conceiving in the first 6 months if you are EBF, it's supposed to be about 98% effective as a contraception, but it is dependent on factors, here is some info on it, and I've just read this paragraph - With LAM, your breasts need to supply all your baby's suckling needs. In other words, your baby shouldn't have a dummy. Your baby's suckling stimulates the hormones that suppress ovulation. Well my LO doesn't have a dummy, but she does suck her thumb now, and has done for a good few weeks. But I've also dropped the expressing I was doing, which probably equated to two feeds, so my body thinks I'm not needing to produce as much and so that can restart your periods. However I might not be ovulating yet, if I am I'll shortly be in 2ww period! Anyway.. GReat news on the running, well done. I've restarted running again now, after stopping because of that cold/throat thing. Run 2 is today although I'm debating going onto week 2 today instead of staying with week 1.

Went to the farmers market this morning, got lots of nice goodies :) yum yum yum. LO is currently sleeping, but when she wakes I'll be feeding her, going for a run, then consuming cake I bought this morning.

I think come monday I'm going to knuckle down and concentrate on what I'm eating with a view to losing weight.

Strawberry I've asked for more support and supervision and I'm getting it. Hopefully it's just new job teething problems. It's frightening to be out of my comfort zone after years knowing exactly where I stand and where I fit in. Btw I have to say my couch to 5k is going extremely casually! A few 2k jogs every now and then is about the size of it. I'm more impressed at you attempting it with Emma in the pram!

You sound loads more positive AC.

Strawberry yep really impressed with the pram jogging! I feel like it's really been worth it - I've never in my life been able to run for more than a few mins at a time, and after doing it for a month this morning I managed 4.75km run without stopping, in 30 mins, before breakfast!! It's really satisfying seeing how quickly your capability can change. And for me a really positive mental boost too as it proves how quickly something hard/impossible can become easy/manageable (running the risk of self-help twaddle but you know what I mean).

100 has BF resolved from your bad night the other night?

AC, well done, glad you are getting more support, that will help things no end I'm sure. Casual running is better than no running. I want a running buggy, but until I know I haven't still got an injured foot I'm not sure there is much point, although my OH could use it.

Quod, that's 2.95miles that you ran this morning, excellent stuff :) And in 30 minutes, fantastic. Have you heard of parkruns? We regularly go to a local one, OH runs it, I used to volunteer, free and a weekly 5K. No pressure on you, just a chance to run a 5K. I've done them before and been last finisher at about 46 minutes when I was at my heaviest. here is the link

Thankfully the BF seems to be almost back to normal again, it's not perfect, but not hurting like it was. I think I was super tired and I wasn't paying much attention when I should have done.

I'm in a bit of a bad mood, not sure why, but I'm finding a lot of things just irritating, I would really like to have a big argument, but I've nothing to argue about really.

I think LO may be having teething issues, she's out of sorts today bless her. Had a lot of tears earlier on.

Bebe that looks just like our cat! It just needs to be tearing strips off the bed! Love it!

100years I'd like a sidecar cot, just not for the cat!

Sorry to hear you are feeling a bit irritable. Possible pg symptom?

Glad you sound more upbeat AC- I love Simon's Cat, very funny!

Wow Quod! That is amazing! Well done you. I have also been going to a park run locally for the past few weeks to cheer on OH and his friend, I might try to join in next week and run/walk.

Glad the bfing has been better 100, how long do you plan to continue? I hope to carry on for as long as LO wants to but at least until she is one but I've had some funny reactions from people when I've mentioned this.

Forgot to say, did anyone watch Birdsong last night? I loved it. More Masterchef this week too, yay!

We watched Birdsong! Puts everything in perspective a bit doesn't it? I mean, however bad things are we haven't seen a generation of men go through that hell on earth.

100 I'll look into Parkrun, thanks! I've got the run keeper app which is great for knowing how far you've gone anyhow fast, but it's be great to have the experience of running with lots of other people.

Right ladies, it's that time in the month for a fun game of 'Pg Symptoms: Real Or Imagined?'

Today (9dpo) i feel woozy, tired and slightly hungry-sick, as if I haven't eaten enough. Is this a) pg or b) going running before breakfast?

When giving your answer please bear in mind that approximately zero sex was achieved in the days before OV.

erm................................b? But then again maybe a? But more likely b? But possibly a?

a definitely! When will you POAS? How many days before AF is due? How exiiiiiiiiting! :)