TTC 1st child 35+ (Please spoiler any PG news/announcements).

[purplelou]

Lavalux - lovely news!!

and thank you Tigerlily - that's our from our wedding the pussycat in your pic is just gorgeous!!

Macwooley - we are in the same part of the world

thank you onmymind - Im learning slowly

 

[tigerlily1975]

Hello, I'm new on here, but I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to so many of you right now. I think you're all incredibly courageous and have such tremendous strength. I hope that in time, you find that peace that you so rightly deserve.

Bless all of you.

C xx

Welcome Tigerlily, this is a fantastic bunch of ladies on here!!!

PurpleLou, yes AFM means As For Me

Thank you for the warm welcome

C xx

 

[HappyAuntie]

Hello, I'm new on here, but I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to so many of you right now. I think you're all incredibly courageous and have such tremendous strength. I hope that in time, you find that peace that you so rightly deserve.

Bless all of you.

C xx

Welcome to the thread, Tigerlily - LOVE your pic - is that your kitty? She's gorgeous!!

FM - sorry to hear you got a bnf, (hope it's ok to send hugs when Im so new!)

HA - I bet your hair looks amazing!! if the photo's of you all are anything to go by - there are some seriously beautiful ladies on this thread!

Twinkle - asking a grown up? lmao!! I nearly spat tea over my keyboard!

Northstar - hehehehe. My DH wouldn't notice if i were wearing a binbag, If i asked him how I looked , he'd always say "fine" - he's no help whatsoever.

Hi to everyone else too!

quick question AFM - is this as for me??

Thanks, Lou, and welcome to you as well! I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say hugs are always welcome. And yes, AFM = as for me. Somewhere on BnB is a thread listing all the common acronyms... I'm sure someone on here can point you in the right direction but I'm not sure where to find it myself.

Well, I just got good news. Numbers are still going up. From 994 on Monday to 4942 this morning. My first scan is on Thursday afternoon! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

 

[tigerlily1975]

Hello, I'm new on here, but I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to so many of you right now. I think you're all incredibly courageous and have such tremendous strength. I hope that in time, you find that peace that you so rightly deserve.

Bless all of you.

C xx

Welcome to the thread, Tigerlily - LOVE your pic - is that your kitty? She's gorgeous!!

Hello HA, thanks for the message

Alas, that is not my kitty. I do have a plump black and white Tom (Kramer) who now lives with my dad - we're not allowed pets in our apartment. We're moving early 2011, so I'm hoping to take him back, but I think I'm going to have a struggle to regain him from my dad! I think he enjoys the company since my mum passed and Kramer certainly laps up all the pampering

Your piccie is lovely, looks like you were both have a good giggle about something for a perfectly time shot

C xx

 

[HappyAuntie]

Welcome to the thread, Tigerlily - LOVE your pic - is that your kitty? She's gorgeous!!

Hello HA, thanks for the message

Alas, that is not my kitty. I do have a plump black and white Tom (Kramer) who now lives with my dad - we're not allowed pets in our apartment. We're moving early 2011, so I'm hoping to take him back, but I think I'm going to have a struggle to regain him from my dad! I think he enjoys the company since my mum passed and Kramer certainly laps up all the pampering

Your piccie is lovely, looks like you were both have a good giggle about something for a perfectly time shot

C xx

Thanks re the pic - we certainly were having a good giggle, because we were both several pints in at that point! It was taken at a friend's party last summer, and she had several kegs from a local brewery all tapped... we had a good time that day!

So sad that you can't have your cat with you right now. My sister went thru the same thing in college, and when she finally got into a place where she could have her kitty with her, our dad wouldn't part with the little furball! We always joked that my sister had her parental rights terminated! She adopted a new kitty at that point and her old girl lived out the rest of her days with my parents.

I'm sorry about your mum. My MIL died several years ago, and we often wish my FIL had a pet - he is extremely lonely but he thinks he wouldn't like a pet. I think the world would be a happier place if everyone had a furry little snuggler in their lives.

 

[Macwooly]

I agree with everyone needing a furry little snuggler

 

[purplelou]

HA - you are so right, how can anyone not feel better with a snuggly cuddly friend. I have 2 dogs - both Jack russell crosses, they can be so naughty!! BUT if you have a 'down' moment they always cheer you with a snuggle or funny antics!

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Hi everyone. Thank you all for your love and prayers. For anyone not on the "graduates" board I thought I'd post today's appointment and experience. I'll hide the bit about my Perinatal Appointment for sensitivity reasons as usual for anyone who wants to look at it and to hide it for those who aren't interested.


Hi everyone!

Sorry it's been awhile but besides the appointment today. My gmail account was hacked by someone in China. Found out from the Huffington Post that political advisors and military advisors accounts were hacked as well as other gov't agencies. I'm not sure if I'm just a freak accident or if with my political stance and backing of military men and women if I was targeted for that reason. I received MANY calls while at my appointment from people wondering what the heck was going on. I couldn't see because I was OBVIOUSLY at my appointment so when I got home, came home to a MESS. Had to change ALL my passwords, deal with facebook which had a post from this idiot, throw out a mass mail to tell everyone DON'T open, Don't Click, and DELETE, while also going through with a fine tooth comb to "lock" certain aspects of documentation and test outgoing mail and such to be sure it's safe to email friends and family again. I wondered how it happened because I don't click on ANYTHING that's unknown and all my sites are known and protected so this idiot accessed my account by hacking through googles problem areas.

At any rate, NOW I can update you all...

Spoiler

Had my appointment today and it went well. Bed rest has helped my length to go from 2.0cm's to 2.4cm's. Still funneled but with 1.3cm's ABOVE the stitch which is excellent and 1cm BELOW the stitch. She's not down to just the stitch holding her and according to a reliable source in the IC thread, we're actually doing GREAT!

They were able to see her heart completely and the sonographer said SHE didn't see any sign of Ventricular Septal Defect. There was a black spot that "could" be, but she said it was SO tiny that she was confident it'd fix itself "IF" it was. We're still going to have to see the Pede. Cardiologist to get their final stance on things, but the fact that her final report told the Perinatal Center she didn't see ANY heart problems, it made for a joyful day! \o/

Still on bed rest for as long as it takes to keep the baby and stitch working to term but they are SO confident there are no more internal sonograms to check the stitch and length. This is to keep from risking length to dwindle with overdoing internal sonograms as well as once the baby gets to 26 and 28wks the risk of preterm labor gets less riskier for me.

We're almost there! Only 15-17 more weeks to keep her safe and healthy.

We have another anomaly scan in 5wks for the Peri Center and OBVIOUSLY have to go back to the cardiologist in July for HIS opinion with his OWN sonographer. Praying all is clear and he see's NOTHING!

Love and to you all.

 

[Dwrgi]

appyAuntie;11070531]AFM, the last few days have been kinda rough/weird/stressful. The basement crew took a day longer to finish the job than anticipated, and they finished up only 20 minutes before my sister and her family arrived on Wednesday. I had no time to clean up the concrete dust or mud or any of the mess before they got here, which of course I felt badly about. But I'm glad to see them.

On top of that, Wednesday morning (while the basement crew were still hard at work and before my sister et al arrived) I had a really rough counseling session that left me feeling completely raw. It was good and cathartic and all, but good God why does it have to hurt before we can feel good sometimes?! I have had increasing anxiety during the week, because AF is due to arrive tomorrow and that means starting my follistim early next week. The closer I get to starting treatment again, the more scared I become - scared of the disappointment of another failed cycle, and scared of the anxiety of a pregnancy and fear of losing another baby. There is just no easy outcome to this. And putting off treatment another month won't make that anxiety go away, it's just something I have to push through and deal with. I opened up to DH last night and tried to explain to him how facing another treatment cycle is terrifying for me, and he's having a hard time understanding (bless his heart - at least he's trying! ). It's just not the same for him. They don't have the tww and the wondering if every little tingle in my boobs or abdomen means it worked and then the disappointment. They just have no idea.

Then yesterday I got a haircut... no major change, but my stylist decided to have a little fun and styled it curly when she was done. I thought it was cute and fun and sassy, and I felt pretty good. (And nothing permanent - just a curling iron - it'll be straight again as soon as I wash it.) So DH comes home from work, walks in the door, and it takes him a good two minutes before he says a WORD. And when he DOES, it's "Your hair looks............. different." WTH??!! I started crying because that, following the anxiety of the week, was just the last straw. How dumb are men????!!!! He might as well have told me I have a fat a$$ while he was at it!!!! I don't care if you don't like my hair, it's MY hair! And ALL you better say when I get it cut is either "Your hair looks cute." or "Oh, you got a haircut." And you'd better not PAUSE before you say it!!!!! How hard is that to figure out??!!! How do men not get that a little white lie, when it comes to your wife's appearance, is always going to be in his best interest? As long as we're not headed out the door and I have a giant spider in my hair that I don't know about, I need to believe that he thinks I look good. I don't really care if that's not what he thinks!

So now I get to go out feeling ugly instead of sassy. I think I should point out his receding hairline in retaliation and see how he likes it! You'd think after 12 years of marriage he would know how to respond when I get a haircut.

My sister and her family will be here until next Saturday so I may not be online much for the next week. (I mean, I'll be lurking - if I go a week without reading, I'd be a mile behind!) I should start stimming next Monday, so send me some good follie mojo in your spare time. Have a great weekend - xoxo to you all.

Dear HA-how you made me laugh! I bet your hair looked really lovely, but the thing is that men don't like any change! They cannot think of anything outside of the box, so when your DH comes home to see you looking different, he's like 'Whoooooooah there!' You're right, though, it wouldn't have taken much to muster up a little white lie... I'm so glad that you brought our attention to the receding hairline-as if THEY are so perfect!!!!!! Ha ha!

As for your cycle, I know exactly how you feel after three clomid cycles and a failed IUI. It is all so stressful. I read on another post a comment that really struck a chord with me-"I love the two week wait as it's the closest to pregnant that I get" and I thought how very sad, and I felt so bad for the girl, but it is so true. We get our hopes up, no matter how hard we try to remain stoic and 'whatever' and when that most awful of visitors turns up, the Evil Hag herself, it is the worst feeling in the world-all hopes dashed, all tentative feelings of PG gone. However, we have got to be 'in it to win it' and to achieve our most richly deserved BFPs, we just have to find the strength to carry on, and we do because it is something we want so badly.

Good luck with the stimming and let's make this YOUR time and your cycle! Go Happy Go!

Enjoy your time with your visitors-having people over will help take your mind off TTC.

I'm sorry but I have to say, that I have my two furbabies sitting beside me now, and, how can I put this delicately, one has just broken wind. It is completely disgusting, and the funny thing is, he looked at his bottom as if to say 'What was THAT?'!!!!! Sorry, just had to share (I'm sure you'd rather I hadn't!!!).

Have a great weekend, go girl go!!
Axxxx
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[Dwrgi]

Just lurking really and wanted to say to HA and Northstar, yes men can really be dumb but what do they know about hair lol?!

Lava look forward to hearing good results from the blood tests

FM so sorry you got a BFN, have a lovely relaxing holiday if you can

MissyT hope the shopping trip goes as Ok as it can

And to all the other ladies (OMM, B4MJ and PB particularly), still thinking about you and sending

AFM getting a bit despondent which is silly, maybe just panicking that I will not O at all, tests coming out negative but still some days to go I guess. Thinking about what to do if it doesn't work when i should be thinking and concentrating on it working. Anyway, off to visit BF tonight for 4 days of to try and cover all bases so will be lurking mostly.

Good luck Butterfly! Enjoy the ! Fingers crossed that you will OV and that you catch your egg!

We will all be rooting for you!
Love and
A
x

 

[Dwrgi]

Hello, I'm new on here, but I just wanted to say that my heart goes out to so many of you right now. I think you're all incredibly courageous and have such tremendous strength. I hope that in time, you find that peace that you so rightly deserve.

Bless all of you.

C xx

Thank you TL, and welcome on here!

What an adorable photograph-I love it! Is it your cat????

Anyway, good luck with the TTC-lets hope you catch your egg soon!

Lots and lots of to you!
x

 

[Dwrgi]

Well, I just got good news. Numbers are still going up. From 994 on Monday to 4942 this morning. My first scan is on Thursday afternoon! Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Goodness gracious me, those numbers are AMAZING!!!! Good luck Lava-everything is going to go brilliantly, I can just tell!!

Enjoy your weekend,
Love
A
xxxx

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Oh TOTALLY forgot to comment on HA's post. Men! Mine puts his foot in his mouth ALL the time! Love him, know HE loves me, but they are SO not in touch with their sensitive sides. Come on guys...a bit more sensitivity wouldn't hurt you sometimes?!

At any rate, ignore the comment and hopefully he learned his lesson. I tell my husband to just say "yes dear", acknowledge I'm ALWAYS right , and be sensitive to my need for encouragement and love OR end up with a VERY cranky wife in the end.

We both have our issues, but after all is said and done, we work through them and "hopefully" learn from them!

Praying you feel better. I know this can take a toll on you. ESPECIALLY coming to terms with the sensitive things that come up in counseling sessions. Took me a while and I found I was REALLY tired during it all. Just emotionally worn out!

Love to you dear friend!

 

[Dwrgi]

Hi everyone. Thank you all for your love and prayers. For anyone not on the "graduates" board I thought I'd post today's appointment and experience. I'll hide the bit about my Perinatal Appointment for sensitivity reasons as usual for anyone who wants to look at it and to hide it for those who aren't interested.


Hi everyone!

Sorry it's been awhile but besides the appointment today. My gmail account was hacked by someone in China. Found out from the Huffington Post that political advisors and military advisors accounts were hacked as well as other gov't agencies. I'm not sure if I'm just a freak accident or if with my political stance and backing of military men and women if I was targeted for that reason. I received MANY calls while at my appointment from people wondering what the heck was going on. I couldn't see because I was OBVIOUSLY at my appointment so when I got home, came home to a MESS. Had to change ALL my passwords, deal with facebook which had a post from this idiot, throw out a mass mail to tell everyone DON'T open, Don't Click, and DELETE, while also going through with a fine tooth comb to "lock" certain aspects of documentation and test outgoing mail and such to be sure it's safe to email friends and family again. I wondered how it happened because I don't click on ANYTHING that's unknown and all my sites are known and protected so this idiot accessed my account by hacking through googles problem areas.

At any rate, NOW I can update you all...

Spoiler

Had my appointment today and it went well. Bed rest has helped my length to go from 2.0cm's to 2.4cm's. Still funneled but with 1.3cm's ABOVE the stitch which is excellent and 1cm BELOW the stitch. She's not down to just the stitch holding her and according to a reliable source in the IC thread, we're actually doing GREAT!

They were able to see her heart completely and the sonographer said SHE didn't see any sign of Ventricular Septal Defect. There was a black spot that "could" be, but she said it was SO tiny that she was confident it'd fix itself "IF" it was. We're still going to have to see the Pede. Cardiologist to get their final stance on things, but the fact that her final report told the Perinatal Center she didn't see ANY heart problems, it made for a joyful day! \o/

Still on bed rest for as long as it takes to keep the baby and stitch working to term but they are SO confident there are no more internal sonograms to check the stitch and length. This is to keep from risking length to dwindle with overdoing internal sonograms as well as once the baby gets to 26 and 28wks the risk of preterm labor gets less riskier for me.

We're almost there! Only 15-17 more weeks to keep her safe and healthy.

We have another anomaly scan in 5wks for the Peri Center and OBVIOUSLY have to go back to the cardiologist in July for HIS opinion with his OWN sonographer. Praying all is clear and he see's NOTHING!

Love and to you all.

Yay MA!! Way to go girl! This news is amazing, I am just soooooooo delighted for you and so pleased that Black Thursday has been and gone for you! You must be sooo relieved. It's all good news, isn't it, with the heart looking fine, and the stitch holding up! Brilliant brilliant!

I can't believe about the hacker though-that must be so weird for you and such a hassle to try and sort out. I hope all is okay and that you feel that you have covered all bases, I'm sure that you have.

Have a restful weekend and sending you BIG
A
xxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[lavalux]

Welcome Tigerlily. I have two Siamese kitties and I call them my nutty buddies b/c they are BFFs. They make me so happy. They have stuck with me through thick & thin.

Good luck with the BDing, Butterfly. Have a great weekend.

MA, I am overjoyed with your good news. I'm not 100% ready yet for the graduates thread that you mention, but may like to lurk a bit. Can you point me to it? I couldn't find it. Thanks.

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Welcome Tigerlily. I have two Siamese kitties and I call them my nutty buddies b/c they are BFFs. They make me so happy. They have stuck with me through thick & thin.

Good luck with the BDing, Butterfly. Have a great weekend.

MA, I am overjoyed with your good news. I'm not 100% ready yet for the graduates thread that you mention, but may like to lurk a bit. Can you point me to it? I couldn't find it. Thanks.

SURE! 35 ttc 1St Graduates

 

[twinkle1975]

Sorry for anyone who has read this elsewhere but - Heehee - just been late night shopping in Tesco & got chatted up by a guy!! He asked if I was single & when I said I was married he asked how old I was. I got him to guess & he guessed 23!!! Feeling pretty foxy now

 

[lavalux]

Twinkle,
Woo, you go gir!!! Say it with me now ... "Foxy ... Lady"

 

[Mommy's Angel]

Wowee! What a compliment!

 

[HappyAuntie]

Sorry for anyone who has read this elsewhere but - Heehee - just been late night shopping in Tesco & got chatted up by a guy!! He asked if I was single & when I said I was married he asked how old I was. I got him to guess & he guessed 23!!! Feeling pretty foxy now

yeehaw!!! I hope you went home and capitalized on that feeling!!!