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Anyone else kept their poa sticks?

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FastWindow · 02/12/2013 22:17

I've got both mine. Have no clue what I'm going to actually do with them... Perhaps I will turn into that mum who gets them out at inappropriate moments (new bf/gf of dc, say) and say ' see that? That's you, that is'

Hmm...

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flatmum · 02/12/2013 22:57

I've got the THIRTEEN I did for ds1, 9 PLUS all 24 POASs from the Persona Sticks of the month he was conceived AND the 5 OPKs from that cycle.

blueshoes · 02/12/2013 22:58

Yes, I do. And all the charts of my periods, which I still keep.

DramaAlpaca · 02/12/2013 23:01

Fast - no idea, haven't looked at them in a few years!

Solo · 02/12/2013 23:01

Blush erm...I've kept everything BlushGrin

I still have the first one from my first pregnancy that took 12 years to get. That one is now...18!

Solo · 02/12/2013 23:03

Should say that he ended in a MMC.

AnyFuckerWillDo · 02/12/2013 23:08

Haha I've got the clip with the cords haha it's gross but that's what connected us. I've got the bfp ticks, the baby grows etc etc ...

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FastWindow · 02/12/2013 23:10

Sorry solo I hope by you saying you have everything, that means you went on to have dc.

I didn't mean to bring up any sad memories for anyone... Just wondered if I was being gross.

As dancing says, is your own wee!!

I did have a record of my contractions, recorded in one of those phone apps. First one at 0430 and then a terrifying roller coaster until dd born at 0815. But I changed phones and lost the data. Bit sad about that.

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ArgyMargy · 02/12/2013 23:11

Yes, and cords and hospital bracelets. Ahhhh!! DH thinks I'm bonkers.

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FastWindow · 02/12/2013 23:11

anyfucker is that you back!

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MoominsYonisAreScary · 02/12/2013 23:12

yes i have all 5 in their baby books, and umbilicle cord clamps

MoominsYonisAreScary · 02/12/2013 23:13

and the hospital bracelets

PoopMaster · 02/12/2013 23:17

Yes I have kept them for both my DDs! I wasn't sure why I'd kept them, so I'm very pleased to learn it's not just me!

MoreCrackThanHarlem · 02/12/2013 23:22

I have all dd's teeth aswell. I sometimes arrange them into her little toddler smile.

AnyFuckerWillDo · 02/12/2013 23:39

Haha morecrack

AnyFuckerWillDo · 02/12/2013 23:40

No I namechanged in protest, need to revert but keep forgettin when on PC

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FastWindow · 02/12/2013 23:43

Morecrack you could get a tiny denture thingy and glue them in. And hang it on the wall. heads off to dragons den with idea

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FastWindow · 02/12/2013 23:44

Aha anyfuckerwilldo, a tribute act. Splendid Grin

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MoreCrackThanHarlem · 02/12/2013 23:51

Teeth, hair and POAS all in memory box.
I may enter it for The Turner Prize..

Solo · 02/12/2013 23:51

Oh yes I did FW :) I had 5 pg's which lead to two born babies! and I have the stick testers and have/had (may have had a sensible moment) cord stumps, cord clips (carry Ds's around in my purse no less!), hospital bracelets, plaster from the heel prick test on Ds, but Dd didn't have one for some reason Hmm. I have curls, teeth...probably more embarrassing stuff that I can't recall.

Mrswellyboot · 02/12/2013 23:54

Yes
In knicker drawer

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FastWindow · 03/12/2013 00:10

solo Grin

Are you like me and have more carrier bags in your 'bag of bags' you will ever use in a lifetime of shopping?

morecrack stranger things have happened.

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BlackholesAndRevelations · 03/12/2013 11:36

I have the two from current pregnancy. After two miscarriages I decided to keep these sticks til the baby is born and safely in my arms. Binned the ones from other two dc eventually!

NigellasLeftNostril · 03/12/2013 11:37

no i binned them they were covered in piss.
had no idea that people kept stuff like this!

OddFodd · 03/12/2013 11:42

Yep. In a sealed plastic human waste bag Blush

I've not kept the gross cord stump or clamp. I have kept wristbands etc

SaucyJack · 03/12/2013 12:14

Eww at keeping cord stumps. DD1's stank of rotting flesh (unsurprisingly).