July 2010: Warning, this thread contains offensive language; 1 wedding, --d--jogging and some Creme Eggs (although we don't know why). Oh and some babies who are nearly 1 year old.

[CakeandRoses]

See? Panicking works!

Ok, ladies, have just done a pg test, even though I'm only 1 day late, and got a strong test line, a strong horizontal line and the faintest whisper of a vertical line. Am I clutching at straws? Is it possible to discern the positive line, even when a test is negative?

Gwen has a terrible cold, she's got red eyes and a dribbly nose and has been utterly miserable all day.

cake do you not get any say in what job you do when you go back? Are you set on going back?

TSC i'm sure she barely noticed. My house has been a hole since we moved in but I think you're always more critical yourself than anyone else is.

Hmm I'm not sure needle, I'm not an expert on pg tests (I've only ever taken 3 in my entire life I think and 2 were a v strong positive)...I would suggest another test in the morning as the result might be clearer (early morning wee having stronger concentration of the hormone the test detects)

That's what I though, thing is, its dh's birthday in a week and I really wanted to save the news as a birthday surprise, so if it is positive i don't know how i'll keep quiet for a week!

My guess is you won't be able to

I must! When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday he said "a son"

mlic it's like being married to Henry IIIV

And look at what happened to his wives .

crikey needle! hope you are pg.

Bad news about the cat viksam, that's really sad.

Had to take my cat to the vet today as she has been in a fight and got a nasty cut at the base of her tail. That's £70 today and presumably another £40 when we go back next week - and the insurance excess is £90, so probably not really worth claiming.

No judgey pants allowed on mn tsc! So she won't have thought anything. Are you near didsbury(sp)? My cousin lives there just came hom from holidays and her house has been burgled . You glad to have dp home?

albrecht agree with what the counsellor said about not worrying about things outwith your control. My problem is its made me a control freak! Great news regarding longer lie. R slept till 4.45 and I have been avoiding feeding but due to sore throat I had to give her a drink but she went back to sleep.

dh 3 days and counting. Are you all organised?

mlic think that is a great idea regarding nursery days it will definitely get you a break. How was the mot?

kk you ok?

trudy whens your first session with the therapist?

chulita how was your time off?

cakes its only natural to be nervous. I'm job hunting at the moment and I'm bricking getting a job but know I need one.

viks you poor love regarding the cat. I'm with mlic my dog drives me mad but would be gutted if anything happened.

woods is your cat going to be ok?

memphis I had R out walking today and didn't put suncream on even though it was in the bag as it didn't seem so hot now she has sunburn on her cheek . How are you getting on with the volunteer? Sounds like your dad and his oh are causing your brother problems. By not. Giving him boundaries, hope that doesn't sound rude just seems they are very lax with him.

needles think you should do a first morning pee for the test. Do you have another one in the house?

Good news here. Dps mum is getting home tomorrow the infection has cleared, so relieved. Jack got an award for PE and for being pupil council. He's getting his swimming award tomorrow and next week he's. Being awarded for his contributions to the school badmington team and football team. Can you tell how proud I am? Beware fb will be over ran with pictures

TSC we want six anyway. But yes, we'll keep going till we get a boy. Even if it's just so that people stop saying "ooh, he'll have to write a Dangerous Book for Girls" now!"

needle a line's a line. Seriously F & A's tests were barely even visible (you had to stare at the test in strong light to see even the slightest hint of a line) and look at them now

the only possible non-positive false line is if you view it after the time suggested as you can get an evaporation line. if you saw the line within time then Dr Cake says you're pregnant!!!

on the rather less interesting subject of my job: yes, i'm definitely going back, i can always leave if it feels wrong altho it would be better if i could wangle a redundancy pay out if that;s the case. i do have a say but that's what i meant by it's my own fault, i could try to get something easier/'smaller' which would fit better with my hours but i enter a parallel universe when i talk to work and forget that my main priority is only doing 20 hours and I start to think like i'm i'm the love child of Trump and Sugar and can take on anything.

really sorry about your cat vik how old is she?

you're probably right about slotting back into work. it;s just i do feel very comfortable at home too

tsc the most likely job we're talking about would be working into a Director who's a rather dinosaurial ex-public school boy (have nothing against ex-public school boys btw, i'm just painting a picture), 'my job' would be managing all the online sales to businesses. it will be all the more challenging because said dinosaur knows fuck-all about online but thinks he does so will think that impossible stuff is totally possible . On the upside, the team i'd be managing are really bright, lovely lot (i used to manage some of them before) and so that part would be great.

anyway, it might not come off and i'm not sure if i'll then be relieved or disappointed...

congratulations Jack stac. clever lad

like 'be-willied' tsc

tsc I have to agree I wouldn't go either. (The judgey pants were for the woman visiting you not us - double standards you see). Is it a nice area? Just feel so sad for her.

needle when I got bfp with J it was barely visible twice. If dh wants a son he should give up drinking and smoking as they slow down the swimmers. Or so I was told by a friend who was obsessed with ttc.

cakes do you enjoy your job? Or should I be keeping my fingers crossed for a redundancy?

six needle??!! seriously?

i'm so trying not to say see if you feel the same after number 2 kicks your arse

mini-rant alert

so, A's 1st birthday... none of DH's family can make it and after not responding to my invite for weeks, when i chased her, my mother said she is trying to speak to her neighbour to see if they can 'look after the cat' that weekend. incidentally she only lives 1.5 hours away so could do a day trip here regardless of cat/neighbour. i'm probably being precious but i feel quite sad that none of them are fussed about her 1st birthday.

I'm sure my father and step-mother will be lovely and make up for all of them not being there tho, so all is not lost

i do enjoy it stac or rather i used to enjoy my old job. i technically don't 'need' to work, we could manage on DH's salary but as we've all said before on here, i don;t want my career to completely disintegrate because i've left my job for too long (my field in particular is very fast-moving being technology-based)

thank you tsc

Cake do you really think so? oooh,m i do hope so! I've got another test so I'll do one first thing tomorrow, but oh my gosh, how am I ever going to keep it a secret for a week?!
WRT having six, I almost always suffix it with "but after I've had two you might find that I change my mind". I do love the idea of a huge family though, with lots of little monsters running around. To be honest, we'll have as many as we can afford. I was the eldest of three and always found it desperately lonely. I would have loved to have a few extra siblings.
As for A's birthday, I'm not surprised that you're upset- I would be too. I've been having a similar issue with G's christening, as I don't know whether to invite my father or not, given that he's basically disowned me because of the row I had with Trollface back in September.

BTW, how far from Brentwood are you? I only ask because I'm hoping to make it back for the Church patronal festival on the last weekend in June, and if you're not on holiday it would be nice if there was somewhere in teh middle we could meet up with DCs

Stac, you must be so proud of Jack! and that's briliant news about DPs mother, must be a great load off your mind.

What does bfp mean? It's been driving me mad for weeks. I mean, I know it means a positive pg test result, but what does the actual acronym stand for? (can we call it an acronym, or is it just initials?)

It stands for big fat positive needle. There's an acronym list somewhere on MN.

cake, are your parents ok getting together for family occasions? Dh's mum and dad split up abotu 35 years ago but they still are not happy being in the same location. Crazy stuff. Apparently they were just about OK being in the same room at his sister's wedding but they wouldn't ever have a conversation.

WSS it's a nightmare isn't it? My Dad refused to go anywhere near my mother at my wedding, I had to arrange everything so tha they didn't cross paths all day, even though my mother was absolutely fine to sit next to him etc. in all the photographs everyone has these really tight, uncomfortable smiles which just scream "SHOTGUN WEDDING!!!" I hope your family are more civilised than mine Cake!