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[bigbetty]

3 days till AF is supposed to come. Will she? I have no idea, honestly.
Bases are covered for O days, I've been so tired since about 2 dpo... my BBs have felt heavy the past couple days but that could be PMS. I don't know what to think.
Crossing my fingers though that AF stays away and I get my

I started spotting this afternoon.

It's still just spotting, I've never had this happen before so I don't know what to think really, but I'm pretty down.

CD 25, 12 dpo...

I am used to AF arriving as spotting on the morning of the day I expect her, proceeding to a medium flow later in that same day. Never had spotting 3 days early.

What day are you planning on testing if she doesn't arrive love? Fingers crossed for you sweetie xxxxx

 

[StarlitHome]

3 days till AF is supposed to come. Will she? I have no idea, honestly.
Bases are covered for O days, I've been so tired since about 2 dpo... my BBs have felt heavy the past couple days but that could be PMS. I don't know what to think.
Crossing my fingers though that AF stays away and I get my

I started spotting this afternoon.

It's still just spotting, I've never had this happen before so I don't know what to think really, but I'm pretty down.

CD 25, 12 dpo...

I am used to AF arriving as spotting on the morning of the day I expect her, proceeding to a medium flow later in that same day. Never had spotting 3 days early.

What day are you planning on testing if she doesn't arrive love? Fingers crossed for you sweetie xxxxx

Was planning for the 19th, but I'm fairly certain AF has arrived now.
24-day cycle? Really? Not pleased.

What can you do...

 

[Bunnigrl3]

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[Bunnigrl3]

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[LittleSpy]

Ok well just a question to everyone!!

When we all do have kids what type of schooling are you planning?? I know we have all already thought about it.. lol

My husband and i want to do homeschool because my career choice will put us on the road a lot.

What about you??

Dh and I wholeheartedly agree on Montessori.

 

[Bunnigrl3]

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[LittleSpy]

Hmmm never heard of it... I'll look it up

Here's the gist of it:
Q. What is the difference between Montessori and traditional education?

A. At the under age six level, Montessori emphasizes learning through all five senses, not just through listening, watching, or reading. Children in Montessori classes learn at their own, individual pace and according to their own choice of activities from hundreds of possibilities. They are not required to sit and listen to a teacher talk to them as a group, but are engaged in individual or group activities of their own, with materials that have been introduced to them 1:1 by the teacher who knows what each child is ready to do. Learning is an exciting process of discovery, leading to concentration, motivation, self-discipline, and a love of learning.

Above age 6 children learn to do independent research, arrange field trips to gather information, interview specialists, create group presentation, dramas, art exhibits, musical productions, science projects, and so forth. There is no limit to what they created in this kind of intelligently guided freedom. There are no text books or adult-directed group lessons and daily schedule. There is great respect for the choices of the children, but they easily keep up with or surpass what they would be doing in a more traditional setting. There is no wasted time and children enjoy their work and study. The children ask each other for lessons and much of the learning comes from sharing and inspiring each other instead of competing with each other.

Montessori classes place children in three-year-or-more age groups (3-6, 2.5-6, 6-12, and so on), forming communities in which the older children spontaneously share their knowledge with the younger ones. Montessori represents an entirely different approach to education.
https://michaelolaf.net/FAQMontessori.html

I used to volunteer teaching at the Children's Museum when I was in college and the Montessori kids were always so brilliant and so much more advanced than children who attended traditional public or private schools. I knew then that if/when I had kids, they would be Montessori kids! It just makes more sense to us than traditional education.

 

[Bunnigrl3]

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[EmmyReece]

I haven't thought about schooling yet

I'm kinda having trouble thinking that I might even get pregnant at the moment. Spotting arrived again today, a bit heavier, but gone again now so I'm just completely

 

[Bunnigrl3]

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[EmmyReece]

It's ok hun ... normally just have a few days of light flow, but this time it's been on off spotting lol, just a bit confusing sometimes - I hate my cycles

 

[Butterfly24]

ohh hat type of schooling sounds brilliant!

i'll have to see if they do that in the UK

i'm still plodding along here, been having pg symptons but BFN's lol last night and today i've been having lower back ache like af symptoms which is the first time in like 2 yrs or something

i had a couple of glasses of white wine and lemonade last night as that usually brings on my af but not here yet

am starting a diet as from tomorrow my gyno told me to loose 42lbs before i can get any help, they wouldn't even prescribe me metformin for my pcos as he doesn't think it's 'fashionable' anymore and they don't give it out in my county

to be quite honest i am mighty peeved about it i always knew i'd have to loose weight but he's given me 6 weeks to get most of it off in - surely as a man of medicine he would know that amount of weight in such a short space of time just can't be healthy

what annoys me even more is that two people i know with the same conidtion, weight etc and they have started all of this at the same time as me have been given either metforim or clomid - yet we are in exactly the same boat

it seems to me everyone is getting help but us lol

well diet starts tomorrow fingers crossed i do well

 

[EmmyReece]

I need to re focus on my diet too ... I've had a fortnight of no will power, wanting to eat the wrong things ... I'm dreading weigh in on tuesday, I really think I've put on weight for the first time in 5 months

6 weeks to lose most of 42 lbs??? That's just crazy talk, you need to lose it bit by bit, and rushing it is only going to make it all the more likely that you'll put it back on ...

 

[Butterfly24]

i know thats exactly what i thought! lol

i'm going to see a dietician on 3rd dec so hopefully they can give me some advice

my gyno told me to go on a low carb diet because of the pcos and also take xencial which will mean i'll basically be on a high protein diet but that makes it so much easier to put the weight back on and he wants me to maintain the weight for around 6 months after that before he'll provide any help Grrrr

i get the impression he doesn't want us to try until after the weight has been lost hence advising me to take xenical - which i find utterly ridiculous.

i'm hoping to make a good dent by 30th december but there's no way i can naturally loose 4lbs in 6 weeks - unless i drink water and am allowed to gorge on a whole lettuice leaf per day pmsl jking!

 

[StarlitHome]

Cycle Three, here I come.

Planning for lots of BDing before Ov as that seems to be working for others

On the schooling thing - dH is a teacher (at a charter school) and both his parents are teachers (Catholic schools), I was raised by homeschooling parents.

We'd love to send our kids to the charter school dH works at, crossing our fingers that it's still around when our kids are school-age.

The arrangement of the school and the classes is kind of like the best of both regular school and homeschool. Much of the regular work is done at home (and then emailed or handed in to teachers), with the students coming to the school for classes in things like Robotics, Gaming, Virtual Worlds... It's a tech school, and dH wishes it had been around when he was in school

 

[Butterfly24]

ohh that sounds brill i think my oh would love that lol x

 

[Wannabe Mommy]

Hey Butterfly 24,

You live in the same county as me and by the sounds of it we have the same doctor!! LOL.

Possibly not though cos I can't even get an appointment to see mine they're constantly booked up.

Can't believe they told you to lose all that weight in 6 weeks it's madness. You'd have to live on water and exercise all day and that's hardly healthy is it?

Good luck, FX'd and to you. Just do the best you can if you decide you do want to diet and if the doc says anything negative tell him that you'll do it if he starves himself for 6 weeks first to show you how it's done!

 

[LittleSpy]

am starting a diet as from tomorrow my gyno told me to loose 42lbs before i can get any help, they wouldn't even prescribe me metformin for my pcos as he doesn't think it's 'fashionable' anymore and they don't give it out in my county

to be quite honest i am mighty peeved about it i always knew i'd have to loose weight but he's given me 6 weeks to get most of it off in - surely as a man of medicine he would know that amount of weight in such a short space of time just can't be healthy

Wow, I know this isn't my place but that's the worst advice I think I've ever heard from a doctor. Unbelievable!!
Unless you're VERY overweight (I'm talking hundredS of pounds overweight), you should plan on 42 pounds taking you at least 4-6 MONTHS.

(I feel somewhat qualified to make a statement on this because I've lost 80 pounds in the last year and MAJORLY screwed my metabolism in the process. And that was with me creating a WAY smaller calorie deficit than someone would have to create to average losing 7 pounds a week. In general, the bigger calorie deficit you create, the more you royally eff your metabolism. For me to even come close to losing 7 pounds a week, I'd have to eat 2000 calories a day and exercise very vigorously for 6 hours EVERY day. That is, that's what I'd have to do until my metabolism adjusted in an attempt to keep me from starving to death. Then I'd have to exercise more and more to continue to achieve that same calorie deficit.)

 

[Bunnigrl3]

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[Butterfly24]

lol wannabe mommy! well i live in hinckley so perhaps not but my docs told me that they can't make you wait for a gyno appt for longer than 6 weeks new gov guideline or something?

i know 7 pounds a week is ridiculous, i'd never have time to do all the excerise because i work crazy shifts it's never going to happen lol i'd be more than happy with half of that by then

how are you getting on with your docs?