Supplement help

[MarieMo7]

I'm trying to not be one of those crazy women who sees a line every time she pees on a stick. Really. I'm not one of those women. I can't ever even see the lines half the time when women post them on these boards.

But I'll be damned if I didn't see the faintest little line on my test this morning. I can't tell if I'm imagining it, or if it's real. I'm 9dpo, which I know is crazy early, but like I mentioned, I have no willpower. I can see it in person. Tried to take a picture but I can only see the line if it I really tweak it.

So now I'm going to be obsessing over this all day, and I have a CRAZY busy workday today. I'm losing my mind over here.

 

[Mrs W 11]

OMG how exciting!! If you can see it in person then it’s a bfp hun!! Try another test tonight and if not then tomorrow morning, if it’s a bfp it should defo be darker by tomorrow morning. It is early but definitely possible! I had a feeling for you this cycle when you said you had no symptoms, always the way! I am really hoping this is it for you! Obviously I want my bfp too but I don’t have any deadline or needing to take a break so I am really hoping you have got lucky this cycle and I pray I wont be too far behind you!! I’ll be stalking tomorrow now to see your update!!

I am glad you’ve had a nice weekend! Freya was really happy and easy too and it makes everything so much better doesn’t it!

I expect part of me feeling so down could also be hormone related. If I have some kind of hormone inbalance it isn’t surprising that my moods are exaggerated I guess. I just feel so low and desperate. If I think about it logically I know it doesn’t make a huge difference if my next baby is a few months younger than I had ideally hoped/planned for, but I really wanted a baby in 2014, not really at Christmas as having a due date near Christmas means we cant go away and we don’t live near any family or friends, plus I wouldn’t really want a birthday at Christmas myself. I know it doesn’t matter, just feel sad as I really wanted the july due date I had and I would have been ok with any month after that but haven’t got any of them. Silly I know, just feeling really sorry for myself.

I started taking the agnus castus and starflower oil this morning. Have you heard much about either? The agnus castus says on the packet not to take if trying to get pregnant but the man in the health food shop recommended it to me. Its made me nervous but I guess I would just stop as soon as I got a bfp. The starflower oil is like EPO but has a strong GLA, again he told me to take it all cycle long but I know many women only take EPO until ovulation? Most of my issues are after ovulation so I don’t really want to stop taking anything before that. Its all so confusing. I have got my drs appointment Friday and am booking my first acupuncture for Saturday.

Hope your day flies by and hope to see your bfp here tomorrow.

Becky xx

 

[MarieMo7]

I've heard it's common for temps to jump around a bit during AF - it looks for sure like yours are. Yes, I agree that your emotions could be hormone-related.

YES - Agnus Castus is the same thing as Vitex - I've used it before. It's supposed to regulate your hormones. Before we got on Clomid when TTC #1, I did a month on Vitex. I did the tincture, but I've heard the pills work fine as well. Anyway, I took it throughout my entire cycle and I did ovulate, did not get pregnant. But for a girl who doesn't ovulate on her own - the fact that it did make me ovulate is reason enough for me to believe it works. I haven't heard not to use it when TTC, but have heard not to use it during pregnancy. I have done some research on this...apparently it helps keep your progesterone levels up, so you're either supposed to stop it at ovulation and let your body take over, OR if you find out you're pregnant, then you wean off of it over a few days, that way there's not a big progesterone drop all of a sudden. Given that your hormones are probably all over the place, I think it'll definitely help, though. If we don't get a BFP this week, I'll go back on Vitex again as well. I hate not getting periods because you just don't know what's going on with your body!

I went to the store to get some FRERs - oh sweet Jesus I forgot how expensive those were. The Wondfos had me spoiled! I've been debating whether or not to take another mid-day test after a good long hold, but decided that I didn't want to waste a test on that - it'll be easier in the morning anyway, since I won't be at work! A girl on one of the March threads tweaked the photo for me - it's actually pretty good and looks a little clearer. I put the un-tweaked version below. It's nearly invisible and I change my mind every time I look at it but I really think it's there!

We'll see more clearly tomorrow.
Ugh. Kicking myself now for testing so early. Should have known better.

At least work is busy. It's a good distraction.

 

[MarieMo7]

Can't stop yawning. All day.
Pregnancy?
Time change?
Catching up from insomnia last week?
Ugh.

 

[Mrs W 11]

On my phone so will reply tomorrow but just wanted to say I think I see the line!! Fingers crossed the tiredness is your bfp exhaustion!! X

 

[MarieMo7]

OMG OMG OMG!!!

 

[Mrs W 11]

Eeeeeeeeeeek! Congratulations Marie! I am so thrilled for you! How are you feeling hun? Any new symptoms today? Have you told your hubby yet? Ohh and when will your edd be? Mid to late November? I wonder what it was that you did this cycle that made a difference, have you any inkling?

That’s good to hear that Agnus Castus helped you ovulate, fingers crossed I will ovulate around CD 14 again this cycle so much earlier than normal for me. If it’s going to take me months, shorter cycles would be good! My worry is really post ovulation though as all was ok with ovulating last cycle, its more that I worry I have low progesterone maybe causing the erratic temps and bleeding during the tww and then the very short 9 day luteal phase. I am toying with taking b vits to help progesterone but then again I worry about taking loads of new stuff this cycle and if something messes me up I won’t know what it was. I might try adding B vits next cycle.

Ok thanks that interesting about weaning off the agnus castus slowly. Maybe I will start to wean off around CD 10 if I haven’t had spotting and see what happens. I am taking one pill a day so maybe go to one every other or half a pill? I guess I should do the same with starflower oil?

I have doctors Friday and acupuncture Saturday so at least a few things to look forward to in terms of feeling like I am doing something positive. Still feeling pretty down though I can’t lie. It’s so scary wanting this so badly and having no idea when it might happen. And its very hard to picture events in the future and wonder if I will be pregnant and whether I’ll have had the 12 week scan so people know or not. If I am not pregnant by my original due date in July I will be absolutely devastated. Fingers crossed I will be.

We had a second viewing of our house today so I am hoping that went well. I haven’t heard from the agent yet so I guess she didn’t make an offer there and then but maybe she will call them. Fingers crossed. I would love some good news after so much bad news recently and selling the house would really give me something to focus on!!

Well congrats again Marie, hope you have a lovely day today. Praying this is a sticky bean for you.

Becky xx

 

[MarieMo7]

Feeling good today. Feeling like it's actually real, since that clearly positive hpt. You know I still haven't told DH - still wanting to surprise him for his birthday! Our photo session with Chase is Saturday morning and he won't be there, so hoping I can sneak in a picture with my phone that I can get printed and slip into his birthday card. I bought a little chalkboard today, I'm going to write "Big Sister" on it. Ugh, can't WAIT. I have no idea how I'm going to make it till Saturday without busting!

No symptoms really. Tired, but I think that's mostly to do with the time change. I went to bad last night and could not fall asleep for the life of me. And then our dog woke us up at 3:30, and I couldn't fall back asleep until almost 5am. Why why why? I don't want pregnancy insomnia, but I'm starting to think this is a pregnancy symptom!!

Scheduled my 8-week appt and ultrasound today - it'll be April 11. 31 days from now. Oh man. EDD is November 19 (based on LMP) or November 22 (according to FF - I'm assuming based on ovulation date).

Have 2 more Wondfos and 1 more FRER. Which obviously I will use up! So I'm thinking Wondfo on Thursday and Friday morning. FRER on Saturday morning JUST TO MAKE SURE. It's weird,the Wondfo was still just a shadow this morning. I can see it, but it's no darker than it was yesterday, not even a little bit. The only reason I'm calling it a BFP today is because of the FRER!

I have no idea what did it for us this cycle. It's not like our BD schedule was aggressive - we managed 2 during my fertile phase - O-1 and O. Which from what I understand, is supposed to be more likely to yield a boy? Hmm. We'll see. But here's what I did differently this cycle:
B vitamins (B-50 Complex and B-6), CoQ10, Evening Primrose Oil, Maca Root, Omega 3/DHA, and one time I used Conceive Plus. It could be any one of those things that did it, or it could be none of them. I'm honestly just thinking it was the timing of BD. I know I don't ovulate on my own, but I do with Clomid. Once I ovulate, I think my body can do what it needs to do. Yours is the same way - the mc just threw it for a loop and it needs to get caught back up. I think whatever you do to get your hormones back in line will help.

I have never had a mc, so I can't possibly imagine what it must be like to loom in our your original due date. But I hope and pray and cross all of my fingers and toes that it happens for you soon, and well before that July date. I know what you mean about the future as well - a few weeks ago, DH and his cousins started trying to plan a summer trip to Mexico. All I kept thinking was, "What if I'm pregnant? I can't go to Mexico!" But then I though, what if I'm not? I have no idea. And we have very little control over it all, really - all we can do is try to make the odds work in our favor. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't.

I think weaning off at 10dpo is a good idea on the supplements. Quick note about the starflower oil - apparently EPO is supposed to soften the cervix and make it more sperm-friendly, but it can also cause uterine contractions - which is why you're not supposed to take it when you're pregnant. When I was 38 weeks with Chase, I would take a capsule twice a day and place it up right next to my cervix. I don't know if it did anything, since my eventual induced labor did not progress, however my doctor always told me my cervix was soft!

Okay, back to work. I've been relatively unproductive today and I really need to get caught up!

XO
Marie

 

[Mrs W 11]

Hey

Oh yes, I had completely forgotten about yours plans to tell hubby on his birthday, that's so weird that I did that with my last bfp in November and you get to do the same!! We are definitely twins Marie!!

Aww I hope you enjoy the photo shoot, and hope I might get a sneak pic of a few pics!! Can't wait to hear your hubby's reaction, what an amazing birthday present!!

Glad you are still feeling ok, except for being tired. Fingers crossed it stays that way and morning sickness doesn't get you. Did you have morning sickness with chase? I had nausea all day with both pregnancies, but was not sick.

Have you done anymore hpts today? I think I'll have to bin mine next time to stop me poas every day!! It's too addictive!

Yeh I'd heard that about epo, I also I inserted epo once overdue with Freya, not that it did anything!! I still need to read up on the starflower oil but I might stop that one early depending how my bleeding goes. If I bleed alot this cycle, I think I will assume I won't get a bfp again and I still need help regulating those hormones and will keep taking both. But if I have no bleeding mid cycle ill wean off after ovulating.

Is very early days, 4dpo I think, and so far so good. Last month after af I had brown bleeding and spotting that dragged on for a good week after af stopped. This time, af has finished, it was very light yesterday and so far today, nothing, no spotting or anything, yippee!! I'm sure it will soon appear but ill keep my fingers crossed.

Got to bath f, back later.......

 

[Mrs W 11]

I'm back. Edit above I meant I'm cd4 obviously, not 4 dpo, I wish haha!! But according to my ticker I'm cd 5, Saturday was the day I knew for sure it was af so yes I'd say at least cd5. I'm going to start opks soon as I had so much bleeding I'm not 100% sure when af arrived and as I ovulated early last month and am taking the starflower and ac this cycle I'm hoping it will be early again, rather than back to my old cd20!

What days do you work? I've forgotten. I work mon, tue and thurs so had today off and met a friend at a soft play with her dd who is 6.5 months old. Freya was so good today and we had a really good day! She loves buses and there was a big climb on bus at the play centre and a slide too so she was very happy!! Cute, I love days like today.

Not heard from our agent so assuming the second viewing didn't go so well. But we have another agent coming over Saturday so if no news by then we will swop agents.

Ok off to finish dinner, we have tomato, chilli and garlic pasta bake with salad and tear and share garlic bread tonight. Might have to have a glass of wine too. We don't normally in the week but I'm commiserating af being here (although I'm pretty sure she's totally gone now, but stil.......) and poor hubby is having a really shitty time at work and feeling really stressed so he won't say no to a little glass hehe!

In other questions..... Did you get married in a church? Just wondered if you are religious at all. Tell me about your wedding day when was it and what was it like, what was your dress like etc.

Speak tomorrow.

Becky xxx

 

[Mrs W 11]

So I had just mentioned to hubby that the bleeding had gone and I was hopeful this cycle would be better.... And now the brown spotting is back I'm having a real why me moment!!

Plus I've had what I thought was an in grown hair on my c section scar and started bleeding tonight. Now I'm panicking its something more sinister. I can't take much more, I'm not string about this stuff I need some positives.

 

[MarieMo7]

Oh honey I'm sorry
But you're still only on CD5, brown spotting is normal. My last period I got brown spotting all the way through CD6. The bleeding on your scar is strange though. Kind of a funny story - when I was probably 3 months PP I got this crazy pain at my scar, I was freaked out something had popped open. Turns out it was an ingrown hair. I picked it and the pain stopped.

Wedding...we did not get married in a church. We got married outside by the lake. Our old house was just a few blocks from a big lake, and that's where we used to go on walks when we first started dating. It's also where DH proposed - it was kind of our "thing." So we rented out their pavilion and got married outside, on a gorgeous October day. It was very casual - my dress was short, like knee-length, and I got it at the department store - it wasn't even a wedding dress! It was very Marilyn Monroe/Greek goddess - empire waist and pleated all the way around. The wedding was small, just family, but we did a big reception in the pavillion with friends and a DJ and barbecue. It was such a fun day.

We're not very religious. Both of us were born and raised Catholic (my husband was even an altar boy as a kid) but we've both fallen out with religion. I'd like to get back into going to church, so that Chase has some sort of faith in her upbringing, but it's going to take a lot of research before we're ready to commit to anything.

Now tell me about your wedding!!

I caved today and told DH. I thought talking about the "plan" would make me stick to it, but nope. I couldn't hold it in any longer. He was so, so happy. And that made me so happy. I was almost a little worried, but I should have known better. He's such an amazing daddy.

Yes, I took more tests today. I took another Wondfo this morning - still light, but a tad darker than before. I'll take that. And I took one this evening just before I told DH - less than an hour hold, had drank a lot, and there was still a line. So that's a good thing!

I'm still planning on doing the photo shoot to tell my parents. They'll be here next week! So excited!

Alright, still exhausted. Headed to bed now. Hope you get good news on your house soon!

XO
Marie

 

[MarieMo7]

BTW I work Monday-Friday. Only get my weekends free

 

[Mrs W 11]

I am feeling a bit better about it all today. The spotting has stopped now, it was just last night. Now I have thought about it, my spotting during ovulation last cycle was only at night so I am fully expecting it back tonight but its much much less than my spotting after AF last cycle when it was a lot. So I guess maybe it is getting better, only time will tell. I guess I was hoping for a miracle this cycle but I know I need to be realistic.

I cant actually see a hair on my c section scar, I just assumed that’s what it mist be….. I will ask the dr tomorrow when I see him. I am having an odd nerve twitching in my tummy today that feels just like a baby kicking, how cruel is that! I wish it would go away.

Your wedding sounds lovely, I love the idea of getting married by a lake and having a big party afterwards. We did get married in church, we were both christened church of England but were not religious at all. We had to attend church quite regularly to be allowed to marry there and I did really enjoy it but we haven’t been much since Freya was born mainly due to time! Our reception was in a marquee in some beautiful gardens, we had a meal and a hog roast in the evening with a band and fire show which was quite cool. My dress was quite big, its in my profile pic on here.

How about honeymoon? We just went to Devon (south coast of England about 3 hours drive) for 5 nights, one in a posh hotel and four in a cottage. Then a few months later we went to Australia for 3 weeks as my DH was a best man at a wedding there. We went to Hamilton Island and the Great Barrier Reef which was absolutely amazing.

Im not surprised you couldn’t wait until Saturday to tell your DH, it’s a long time to keep such an exciting huge secret! I’d never have managed that! I suspected for a few days before I tested last time but I didn’t test as I knew I didn’t want to tell him before his birthday. I then tested the day before to double check as I didn’t want to get a bfn on his birthday! The timing was perfect! I am so pleased he was so happy, that’s fab news.

I caved today and told DH. I thought talking about the "plan" would make me stick to it, but nope. I couldn't hold it in any longer. He was so, so happy. And that made me so happy. I was almost a little worried, but I should have known better. He's such an amazing daddy.

Hope you have a good day.

Becky x

 

[amariee]

MarieMo7, on the list of supplements you told me you take...are you taking them throughout your cycle or just until ovulation? I started all those supplements in Feb. Just curious thanks in advance.

 

[MarieMo7]

MarieMo7, on the list of supplements you told me you take...are you taking them throughout your cycle or just until ovulation? I started all those supplements in Feb. Just curious thanks in advance.

I'm still taking all except the Evening Primrose Oil, which I stopped at ovulation. I have decreased my dosage of the B vitamins and the CoQ10 since getting my BFP, though. I know they're okay to take during pregnancy but don't want to overdo it!

Good luck!

 

[MarieMo7]

I'm glad you're in a better place about the spotting. Hopefully you stick with shorter cycles, that would be awesome! Less waiting to O is definitely a plus. That would be in just over a week, right? If you mimic last month?

The twitching is cruel I totally know what you're talking about though, I've had that same feeling before. It's especially hard when you remember what it feels like to have a real baby in there. I swear I am going to appreciate all those little moves and kicks this time, instead of wishing she'd just settled down! LOL!

Three weeks in Australia sounds AMAZING. I would love that. I've always wanted to go, but never made it there. I had a mild obsession with koalas as a kid, would love to see them in real life!

We honeymooned in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. We had a week in a honeymoon suite with an ocean view. It was awesome. We went over Christmas, about 10 weeks after we got married, and it was awesome to have a Christmas with no obligations, no traveling to see family, no worrying over presents. We did have a near-death experience though - no lie! We went on a deep-sea fishing excursion one day, and the weather got really bad. Our boat got hit by a couple of rogue waves and literally broke the top part of the boat off, and it fell right on top of us. We had to get rescued by people from shore. One of the scariest experiences of my life. Amazingly enough, the worst injury sustained was one guy who got a scratch on his hand. So, needless to say, we stayed on shore the rest of the trip, and spent most of our time at the spa!

What about school - did you got to college/university? What did you study?

I am absolutely famished. I can't stop eating. I'm hoping it's the progesterone!

I have a weird little feeling that this one is a boy. I think maybe it's timing - have you heard much about the Shettles method? Intercourse close to ov for a boy, further away for a girl. Based on the fact that we only DTD twice during my fertile time, and so close to O, i'm thinking if the method is valid, then that's what we'll have! But also just a strange little feeling. I guess I'll decide in a few weeks. I'm also convinced that if I have morning sickness, it'll be a girl, and if not, it'll be a boy. My mom said she was only sick with me, and with none of my brothers. I did get morning sickness pretty bad with Chase. Threw up a handful of times, but I was nauseous ALL DAY LONG. Ugh. It sucked.

Alright, about to leave work. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. I can't handle much more of this week!!!

XO
Marie

 

[Mrs W 11]

Hi Marie,

Oh gosh your honeymoon sounds lovely except for the scary incident on the boat, you must have been petrified. I don't blame you for spending the rest of the time on the shore! I'd love to go to the Caribbean, it's on my list of places to go!!

Usually I don't like to go to the same place twice, I think there are so many amazing places out there, it's always worth going somewhere new. But Australia we will definitely go back and I would love to go to Hamilton island again, I have to believe I will! Hubby's best friend emigrated to auz and is now married there with a baby so we will def go back. The flight is a killer for me, I'm scared of flying!!!! We had a 12 hour flight to Hong Kong, 9 hours to Sydney and then I think 4 hours to Hamilton island. Horrendous. But worth it.

Yes I went to college for 2 years and did a gnvq in business studies and then I went to university and did a degree in hospitality management. We had to do a years work experience and I did mine in America. I worked at a little inn at a place called Jackson in the white mountains in New Hampshire. How about you, did you study?

Yep I'm hoping I ov early again and if I do it will be in about a week! Fingers crossed. I had no spotting last night so none at all since the night before last so this cycle is already looking better than the last and I knew it wouldn't miraculously change but an improvement is good. I had my drs appointment this morning and he reassured me that it's very normal for my cycles and hormones to be erratic after mc. He said it usually takes 3 cycles so see how this one goes and come back if its no better.

I'm always famished when pregnant too, it's a good sign!! Yes I believe when you dtd can affect gender too. They say girl sperm live longer but boys swim fast so if you dtd before ov the girl sperm are waiting when the egg pops out as the boys have died off but if you dtd on or after ov it's the boys who get to the egg fastest. Interesting theory, was true for me with Freya we dtd 2 days before ov but not the day before or the day of ov and got a girl!! Can't wait to know if you do end up having a boy!

Today's question..... How did you meet your husband? And and how long was it before he proposed, how did he propose?

Our weekend has begun, seeing some friends today for lunch and have my acupuncture tomorrow morning yippee!!

 

[MarieMo7]

I had no idea the flight to Australia was so long - WOW! I've never thought much about it I guess, though.

I went to university and studied journalism and PR. Somehow I ended up in human resources. I tried being a journalist for about a year, and I absolutely hated it. Wasn't for me! So, HR it was.

I'm so glad your doc was not concerned. Very reassuring. Three cycles sounds legitimate for everything to get back to normal. Really hoping for a good one this time - I want us to be bump buddies!!!

I took my last Wondfo today and it's darker than all the others - I breathed a big sigh of relief! And I also took a digital, because they were on sale yesterday and I got two for pretty cheap. There is nothing quite like seeing that word "Pregnant" actually spelled out on something. It's surreal.

I need a name for this baby. Like, a pre-name. We called Chase "Poppyseed" for a long while, because that's the size she was when we found out. Guess I'm going to stick with "Baby" for a little while.

About today's question....that's so funny, because as i was driving in to work this morning, I thought, "ooh, I wonder how she and her husband met!"

We met at work. We both worked for an insurance company. I did HR and he was a manager. It's actually a pretty good story. So we both worked for Esurance, him in Texas and me in Arizona. The HR position opened up in Texas and I asked to transfer, because my older brother had just had his first baby and I wanted to be nearer them. Well just before I moved, someone from the Texas office transferred to Arizona. He told me to watch out for two people: Randy (who was basically the office pervert) and Bryan (who hates HR).

Well within two weeks, Randy has asked me out (I politely declined). Bryan was just quiet, but sometimes he'd come into my office and take some candy from my bowl and we'd chat. Well I started dating someone else, and it got serious pretty quick (quicker than it should have). But Bryan kept coming into my office, and our chats got longer and longer. So eventually, after dating the other guy for a year, I got engaged to him. We were buying a house, and inching towards closing. Well about a week before closing, Bryan called me at work and basically told me that he had feelings for me. We talked a lot that afternoon, but the gist of it was this...he said that if I was completely happy with Mike, then that was fine and he would leave me alone. But if i wasn't 100% sure that Mike was the right guy for me, then he needed me to know how he felt.

That sunk in immediately. I knew that Mike wasn't right. I knew it deep down, but I was in such a hurry to get married and buy a house and have babies that I kind of forgot how important it was that I married someone I was 100% certain about. So the day before closing, I broke up with Mike. Bryan and I started seeing each other, very casually - in fact our first date was technically his birthday 6 years ago - March 17th! We got more serious a few months later. I moved in to his house in May the following year, and he proposed in April the year after that - so we'd been together for about two years.

We went down to the lake for a walk (something we did often, so I wasn't terribly suspicious), and at one point we sat down on a picnic table looking out at the water. He was standing behind me and asked me to turn around, and when I did - he had a ring!

So that's our story! I love it. It's something I'm going to love to tell Chase when she's older.

What about you and your hubby? Tell me the story!!
And I want to know - favorite/least favorite parts about having a girl. What do you love and what do you hate? Now, and looking forward into the future.

Okay, I've officially written a novel! Going to get back to work and coffee now. Enjoy your weekend!

XO
Marie

 

[Mrs W 11]

Happy birthday mr mariemo!! Hope he has a lovely day and you guys enjoy celebrating today! I also hope the photoshoot goes well today, let me know what it was like, it sounds so lovely. What did you dress chase in?

Wow how amazing was it that Bryan made that phone call to you when he did to tell you how he felt about you! Thank goodness he did fate!!

Well I would say you won't believe this but given all the stuff in common maybe you will haha....... My husband and I met 6 years ago in October just gone so 6years and 5 months now. We met at work!! And he proposed after 2 and a bit years, in April!!!! So pretty much the same as you!! We then got married in may 2011 a year later. When was your wedding?

We both worked in a hotel, me in sales and he is an accountant. We got chatting, emailing and stopped numbers and then had a date. He bought a house and we moved in together one year after our first date. Shortly after that our boss at that hotel moved down south and offered chris a job. He offered me one as well so we moved and we still work at the same place now. He is finding it stressful just now though so looking to move whereas I love it.

He proposed on a weekend away in Bournemouth, our favourite place. We had a nice meal but it was all pretty relaxed, we went for a walk on the beach and he asked me then. He already had the ring, a platinum princess solitaire diamond and it was beautiful. What was your ring like?

Favourite bits about having a girl - I absolutely love it! I love all the pink, girly, pretty, flowery clothes! I love her toys and they are stuff I enjoy playing with her like she has a cute little treehouse with a swing, slide and see saw and when she's older we can play barbies, sylvanian families and horses. I guess I relate more to having a little girl, since I've been a little girl! There's nothing I don't love about having a girl but hubby loves football so it would be nice for him to have a mini him to take to football matches and also I hear boys are easier as they get older whereas teenage girls can be more likely to be moody and difficult and stroppy!! How about you, what do you love and not love?

So I had my first acupuncture this morning. Have you ever had it? It went well, felt very therapeutic and I feel calm and positive since. We talked a lot and then he did a balancing treatment in me with the needles in my back. That bit was a bit odd to me I guess never having had anything like that before but I didn't really feel anything.

Today's question...... What was your childhood like and how many siblings do you have?

Hope you are having a lovely weekend. My acupuncturist told me Chinese medicine advises against drinking for fertility.... Yeh right! I'm hoping to give up wine for 9 months soon, I'm having a glass tonight!!

Becky xxx