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

HCG dropped to 702 from 2316 in a week....slowly but surely :)
 
Hi girls, just popped in to see how you all are and ANOTHER PG!!! Delighted for you Ness, and will be cheering you on for the next nine months! Excellent news! A* young lady! :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

Lils-you poor thing, whatever you have sounds like a complete nightmare. I get sinusitis too, and it makes me snore like a rhinoceros (not that I know what they sound like, but I can guess simply by looking at the shape of their noses! :haha:). Actually, my OH said I snore like a sailor from Bootle, which is even more insulting. I digress. I REALLY hope that it clears up soon. I always wondered about doing DIY colonics with a garden hose, but decided against it. Princess Di used to do it, didn't she? A claim to fame. Well, as for getting rid of toxins, it's certainly worth a try, and I really hope you don't find it too uncomfortable. Lots and lots of humongous Welsh cwtches to you, lovely Flo Rida, and sending lots of health fair dust your way too! For now, keep up the vit Cs and lots of R&R, and that's an order, young lady! :hugs::flower:

Chicken-am so sorry that hcg levels are low. Don't know much about this, but I'm sure there'll be people who can advise. Big :hugs: to you! xxxxxxx

GrkPorn-ditto you too. You poor thing. Nightmare scenario. Take the time you need to grieve and to say goodbye and the lovey ladies on here will be glad to hold your hand when you are ready again. Big :hugs:!

Dash-how are you doing lovely? I'm sending you lots of positive vibes for your treatment! Incidentally, I completely agree with your comments re th eflu jab, as I ended up really ill after mine two years ago, so never again. Also, I took my temps during the last treatment, and it really helped me to work out what was going on. You will remember that my temps dropped after I went to Glastonberry (Lils-:winkwink:) and I knew that the bar steward AF was on her way. It helped me to prepare for the worst. It will also help you to prepare for the best! Just a thought! Big :hugs:

Butterfly-I agree with Lils, your lifestyle is just TOO luxurious!!! I bet you can't wait to have heating and hot water, especially now that weather has turned a bit chilly. Sounds like you're making loads of progress-well done you, lovely! xxxx

Lady H-:hugs:

Dr H-hand on in there lovely! Good idea to get hubster's sperm checked out too, though. No harm in leaving no stone unturned. And is biatch hag bag AF arrives, I am sending you all the chocolate and red wine in the world, because you deserve it! :hugs:

Hi Moondust-big :hugs:

Tiger-I too am excited to see a IMSI 2 mentioned for 2013 listed in your siggie! That's the spirit, lovely, onwards and upwards! xxx

Twinke-are you still lurking lovely?

HA-good luck!!

Purplet-really can't believe that you are so close to your due date! You must be so excited and nervous too. Big :hugs::hugs::hugs: to you! xxx

Padster-how are you lovely? Hope all is okay? xxx

Pbl-love your avatar! Just too cute! xx

Owl-how are you lovely? Big :hugs: to you!

Some of you may remember JoC-R from last year-she and I became firm friends, although she then went and said ta ta to the thread! Missed her greatly but we've kept up and actually met in Bath last September. Anyway, she had her first IUI in January and her baby son, Flint, was born yesterday. Mum and baby doing fine. Brilliant news! And a message to us all that IUI can work (as Asry will attest too, of course! :flower::flower:).

Despite my intentions to not bother with DTD during O time this month (last month I didn't ovulate :nope:)and keeping OH at arms length, I had loads of EWCM yesterday (ewwwwwwwwww), and then woke up in the middle of the night with really severe ovulation pains. :saywhat: Anyway, went back to sleep after taking some painkillers, and then woke up again because of a really bad thunderstorm. I don't know how it happened, but I found myself in OH's bed (we sleep apart-see comment above re. sailor and Bootle:blush:) and lo and behold, we DTD! Of course, it's all academic, but it shows that it takes some doing to get out of the TTC groove. It's almost like an addiction. Ho hum. A miracle would be great, of course, but I'll just settle for the bonding session!

Oh, and for those who know the story, am in Court tomorrow to get a Possession Order on my house (yay!!!) and a Judgement on the arrears that Chav Tenant owes me! Bring it on!!!! Thankfully, I won't need to say anything, as solicitor will do his work. Hopefully!!!
Love to you all, and lots of :dust::dust::dust: to each and every one of us!
Axxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs:
 
hey all!

Sorry been MIA!:wacko:

Firstly... hello lovely Dwrgi! I missed you and the piccy of your lovely furbs xx :flower:

And hello also HA! So nice to hear from you too!!:thumbup:

Grk and Pbl you are both going through such a hard time... I have been there... you need to be very kind to yourselves.. indulge... and take your sweet time xx:hugs:

But there is also lovely news! Neesaw... great news! Congratulations!:happydance:

Chicken so sorry about your results ... to give you an idea my 21 day test was 22... and that was considered low. However, remember that the 21 day test is only accurate for those who have 28 day cycles.:nope:

DrH... I agree... i am a FF dufus, but your temp hasn't dipped below coverline... so don't give up yet!:thumbup:

Lils chick... feel better sweety.. pleased you have got some meds now. Colonic .... really???? You are one brave... or crazy chick! Hahaha:haha:

Dash you are so clever... pickled pink.. I love it!!:cloud9: You bet your a** I found my pickles... the second he went out the door I sniffed them out! Hahaha I am sending lots of fertility vibes for your IVF! xx

Purps... less than a week now! Wahoooooooooo!!!:happydance:

Asry, Fro and Hope .... am hoping all is well with you all x

Hello Moon, Butterfly... (so nice to have an update of your bung chick), Angel and all you other lovely ladies!

AFM...
so far so good.... one day at a time and all that... hope hope hope.. pink pink pink! hmmmmm pickled onions....:blush:
 
Dwrgi, thank you for sharing the update on Jo. Please send her my best! And woo hoo on getting that tenant out!!! :dance: :happydance: :dance:

Grk, I am so sorry for your loss. :hugs: I don't have an answer for you as to how long the bleeding will last as my losses have all been earlier or later than yours - how long you bleed depends a lot on how far along you were. But for me, AF usually arrives 3-4 weeks after the bleeding stops.


Thank you all for the shout-outs, even though I mostly lurk these days... I feel kind of weird now because I know all of you ladies who joined after I started lurking and you don't know me at all.... :blush:

But since some of you asked, my retrieval for IVF/ICSI #3 will be on Friday and it looks to be a good one - I have 20 good follicles and my ovaries feel like they could blow at any moment! :haha: I had 6 mature eggs retrieved in my first cycle and 8 in the second - dr changed my protocol this time around and it looks like we should get quite a few more this time. FX'd!!!!
 
OMG HA that is brilliant news!!! I will be sending sticky vibes out to you on Friday chick!!
 
Angel - not far behind me as I am 6DPO. Oh yeah, was it you that asked about temping/charting? It's really very easy when you are ready just ask if you need help :thumbup:


Ok, so I'm doing something super-daring today. Colonics - has anyone ever done this? I won't go into the deets, but my holistic friend swears by it. Apparently most of us get build-up in our descending colon which can sit there & release toxins, poisons (you ever hear what really happens when you eat red meat? Apparently it goes there too). I guess it builds up in there thoughout our lives. Of course, there is proponents for & against it as usual, but after hearing about how her 50-yr old friend actually had a Barbie shoe come out - lol, can you imagine? All the My Little Ponies, Strawberry Shortcakes & Barbies I played with, it could get interesting... :shock: :haha: I won't have to buy my future kids toys now! :rofl:

Will come back with an official report after. :thumbup: (P.S. - the "Poo-Guru" swears it helps TTC too; I suppose getting rid of toxins & poisons can help pretty much everything, so I'll buy it!) :winkwink:

:hugs:, :wine: & :dust:

You're one day ahead of me chickie! I'm at 5 DPO today. Would love it if we both came back with a :bfp:! I'd be doing the :happydance: all the way to Tokyo!

As for your colon clense, I have heard a lot of people doing it. I'd do it for the simple fact that I'd lose a few pounds and feel a tad bit sexier for :sex:! (Love that little icon and couldn't wait to use it. :winkwink: ) I've heard that certain one's in the market are really hard to do because some feel like they're being starved and others because it just tastes gross. In any event please keep me posted ... maybe I'll give it a shot too.

Anyway, got to go make dindin. Ya'll have a great evening!

:hug: to all you lovely ladies especially to grkprn. My heart <3 goes out to you. I'm sending postive vibes your way. :dust: all around!
 
hiya lovelies

i am red wine positive. today the sperm ended up in the glovebox of the car. hmmm. after the first time i have ever seen/assisted dh to give himself "a hand" he he he, and at least an hour before work of can you/can't you which has never been a problem till now when it really matters, when i am late have a promotion and need to prepare for the biggest work event of my life, then hubby can't get a park. (what the) so he abandons after a fifteen minute attempt to drop off his sperm, taking it to work in the glovebox.

So I have my period, I am now somewhat tiddly and am thankful for that as the whole thing is absolutely a crack up. if it wasn't funny, I'd cry

Nessaw so happy for you.
Grkprn so thinking of you. I know its gutting. Nothing makes it better except time. I'm so pleased that you can do it though, ie. you got pregnant. Its cold comfort at the mo, but thats a good thing. I would just wait till the bleeding stops and just keep on going.

Lils so sorry to hear about your sinusitis. sucks!! I've never heard of colonics for fertility but if it feels right.. ha ha ha... go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pebbles thinking of you.

HA your ovaries honey are ready to pop the first class follies of 2012!!! You may get more frosties than you can shake a stick at!!!! woo hooo!!! fxed

And dwrgi yay yay yay!!!!!!!!! we missed you!!!!!!!!! and you had a shag because you felt like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Super super super

moon, purps, butterfly, asry, angelsmom, lady H, ;ickled pink pad, neesaw, thinking of you...
 
Hi lovely ladies, hope you are all having a good day!

just a little one to say :hi: to Dwrgi, and wish you luck for court today - please come back and let us know how you got on!! I hope that woman who is in your house gets the heave-ho very soon and everything else she deserves xxxx

DrH - I am so sorry that :witch: arrived, but you did make me smile with the tale of poor dh and the sperm in the glovebox. enjoy the wine anyway xxx

huge :hugs: and loves to everyone else xxxx
 
Pah to AF DrH! Tis indeed pants! Remember red wine is your friend and get royal pished!

Good luck in court Dwrgi... give her hell!!

2 days til mat leave purps!! WAHOOOOOO
 
Hi ladies!:flower:

Grkprn - :hugs::hugs::hugs::hugs: again your way....

Dwrgi - so happy to see you on here!!:happydance: Yay for DTD because you were 'in the mood' and wanted to!!!:thumbup: Good luck in court today - you give that crazy no-good tenant what she deserves!!! :thumbup: Thanks for your well-wishes and for the temping advice - I was thinking I would do the same in my TWW during treatment -but really is there any point to doing it before?? (as I will be triggered etc right?) Although I dread taking temps near the end and seeing them fall it really depresses me.:nope: Hope you are doing well hun :hugs::hugs::hugs::kiss:

HA - yay for new protocol and 20 follies!!! I have such a good feeling for you this time.... GL tomorrow on your ER:thumbup::thumbup::hugs:

Dr. H - I'm so sorry that AF arrived ! that nasty no-good witch-bitch! :growlmad: Red-wine positive :haha: I like that one!!! Frustrating about the sperm thing - isn't it always the way -when it really matters ! So are you saying the sample was in the glove-box or the empty container was in glove box (cause he's gonna try later)? (just wondering cause we've always been told it has to stay warm -close to your body and brought in shortly after?) Good luck hun!!:hugs::hugs:

Lils - hope you are feeling a little better today?????:hugs::hugs::hugs::kiss:

Purps - whooo hoo!!! only 1 day left after today! Are you getting emotional at work?? :hugs::hugs::hugs::kiss:

Pad - glad things are moving on :hugs::hugs::kiss:- still thinking PINK Hey do you think little Pad-ette is getting 'tickled' by all the pickles!!!:haha::haha:

Angelsmommie - GL to you! :hugs: Oh and wanted to mention -I think the 'colonics' that Lils is doing (correct me Lils if I'm wrong) is different than a 'colon cleanse' - in that it's not something you eat/drink.... it's a procedure where they actually shoot water up your rear wha-hoo :winkwink: to clean out old 'stuff' accumulated (TMI) like barbie shoes and what-not:haha:

Hello and hugs to all!!!:hugs::hugs::kiss::kiss:

AFM - taking tomorrow off to prepare for DH's b-day family gathering at our place tomorrow night...(his b-day was yesterday though)....As Purps would say our house is really "angry" at the moment (means it needs a good clean) :haha: And so I'll have a 4 day weekend as this Monday is Thanksgiving Holiday for us. Not going to cottage anymore as originally planned as I'll be doing my first injection of Lupron on Sunday and want to be at home for it.... So it's like Friday for me!!:happydance:
 
just wanted to share this (I get daily motivational auto-emails from TUT's Adventurers Club &#8211; Mike Dooley every morning).... they customize it by putting your name in it too.... I love getting these.


At any point in one's life, the greater the uncertainties they face, the greater their chances of hitting a major, life-changing "home run."

Rock the Casbah,
The Universe
 
Hi all! :hi:

Dash - ya, I know what you mean about being in a bad mood right before AF thinking about possibilities and testing!!! Have a great "Friday" today!!! 4-day weekend sounds wonderful! Good luck with your first shot - I'm sure it will go really well and you'll get the hang of it in no time :thumbup:

Grkprn - so glad your HCG is dropping :flower: Take care of yourself. :hugs::flower:

Dwrgi - Ooo a nice session in the middle of the night just for fun sounds very very nice :happydance: Good luck in court!!!

Pad - PINK!!! :cloud9:

HA- Good luck on Friday!!! FX!!! 20 follicles sounds GREAT!!!! :happydance:

DrH - LOL with the sperm sample!!!!! So glad the whole thing made you laugh!! So sorry for AF, but that's great news about the promotion and red wine positive is the best type I've heard of!!! :wine:

Purps - You must be so excited work is almost done!!! Have a great last couple days, and definitely treat yourself to a nap or ice cream!! :icecream:

Hi to all the other lovely ladies here! :wave:

AFM - I can't wait for this weekend to come and for the TWW to be over!!! I'll probably test on Saturday (CD13). AF is supposed to come Sunday. I'm curious if I'm having chemicals by any chance. Mid-cycle my boobs were so flipping sore - so I was getting pretty excited. Now that that's mostly gone I wonder what it was all about (they aren't usually that sore mid-cycle). Regardless, what I REALLY want today is some caffeine!!! I really want some tea!!! Or a flavored latte. Just something nice and warm and caffeinated!! Maybe I should look into getting some decaf tea. I wonder how much residual caffeine is in that, or if it's bad for you. And by the way, WTH is up with this smiley face??!?!?! :flasher: A flasher?? :haha:
 
Hmmm yes dash 'twas a pot full! Doesn't everyone's sperm analysis need to go to work in the glovebox and need recollection?
 
GreekPorn - :shock:? Oh no, honey &#8211; I thought you had already mc&#8217;d on 9/22 & it was over? I must have misunderstood. :hugs: Yeah, everyone is different & even each one of my mc&#8217;s was different. Some people get it light 2-3 days, some very heavy for many days. For mine, they were all mostly heavy 5-7 days & my body counted it like it was AF & then AF would come a month or so later. I even O&#8217;d post-mc & got a post-mc BFP but that ended in mc #4. Did your Dr say to wait until real AF to try again? Either way, idk if you know this, but a lot of women are super-fertile post-mc :thumbup: (if that helps a bit?) :hugs::hugs: :hugs:
 
TGIF!

Dwrgi – Ahhhh, crazy-biotch tenant lady from hell!!!! :devil: :grr: I hope you did let the Solicitor talk yesterday, hun, because felons don’t get too many privileges in life! :trouble: :haha: Um-hum, so the ole “I’m scared – it’s a thunderstorm” trick, eh? :sex: :winkwink: :haha:. I’ve actually noticed your chart & have been secretly following you :blush:. It’s easy bc you are Thread Queen so I don’t have to go past page 1 to check on you. :haha:. Looks like yo are getting a tease, so you may need another thunderstorm or two? :rain:


Dash – yeah, I clench too & have a nightguard, but I just clench that (have broken 2 already) :blush:. It saves my teeth (thank God), but not my jaw so much. But I’ve had that a long time – this is defo sinus – ENT Dr. confirmed. Going back in today. There just better be something good & happy after all this suffering!? Birds & bees – or something! :thumbup: LOL on your description of colonics! Yay for 4-day weekend! I have one too, except today I’m working on OUR taxes (from 2011 :haha:) vs everyone else’s – so being that this is actually worse, I count as a work day, which means :wine: tonight! Monday is Columbus Day (?). (He didn’t really “discover” America, but who cares it’s a day off, so I’ll say he discovered whatever they want if I get a day off for it! :winkwink:) GL ON SUNDAY – I’ll come check in even if its just for a second :hugs:


Purple – HAPPY LAST DAY OF WORK!!!! :cake: :yippee::wohoo: or :sleep::sleep::sleep:. Can you send some of that cake my way? Just a bite is all I need – thanks. (mmmmm!) Enjoy your office party :hugs: It’s all getting so exciting now! Do you know when I joined BNB, it was when you had graduated college so it was just before your BFP? So I feel like I’ve gone thru all of this with you – (I’m like a proud mom or something right now – lol. Ok actually tearing up now, so new subject!!!) :wacko:

Moon – Ugh, yes I know sciatica! (6 back surgeries here). Butterfly has had some back surgeries too – both of us from snowboarding like wild women :blush:. What’s yours from? We are all 3 doing the yoga thing – how funny. Walking is really good too to keep those joints lubed up & keep scar tissue from forming if from trauma or if surgery was done. :thumbup: I’m keeping everything crossed for you for tomorrow morning! Don’t go by sore boobs – ever. It just means more progesterone in your system & your body can fluctuate every month normally. Also, my last 2 pregs months I actually had a lack of sore boobs which gave me a clue. Then if you add the estrogen surges that happen to all of us 1-2x in LP (counteracts prog), it’s all just a clusterf***. No one really knows, so defo don’t try to tell by boobs alone! Oh yeah, the flasher (?) & I love this one too: :finger: (?!) I had to verify w/the group that it was smiley giving not just “the finger”, but double finger salute. Lol

DrH – You got a +RW test? Yay, congrats! :happydance: :wine: :haha: We should do that from now on – congratulate everyone regardless. Either they are +RW, +C (Cider), +CCA (choc-covered almonds), or +HPT – any others? I’m glad the SA ambulatory glove box worked! :haha: You gotta laugh at this stuff or it can drive you :wacko:… :hugs:

Fro – how you doing hun? I hope you are doing as well as can be expected. Sending big :hugs::kiss::friends: your way.

Pad – did we officially go PT yet? Hope so chic – you deserve it! :hugs:

Angels – Colonics – yes, they stick a hose in the back door & flush you out several times! Aka “Colon Hydrotherapy” (like it’s a great day at the spa?!). OMG, I lost 3 lbs & apparently my intestine is super-long bc a 30-min session should pretty much do it (although you may have to go back 2-3x). Mine wasn’t even near finished after 45min, and that makes me sick to my stomach…:sick: We all apparently walk around every day with 5-10lbs of toxic waste in there :shock:. And I won’t get into details to spare everyone a :sick:, but I am just SO GLAD that that sh** is OUT - literally! I have to go back 3-4x to get the rest but since its pretty toxic, you have to wait a couple weeks in between. And I’m going to wait until not in 2WW, bc I probs shouldn’t have gone in 2WW (but it was early). I was wrong thinking it was the descending colon (mixed up w/ascending), but apparently you have pockets in there & they fill up throughout your life (some people get diverticulitis which is that pocket-poo getting infected & BF’s mom had to get several feet of intestine cut out). So, “Just Say No to the Pocket-Poo”! :haha: I highly recommend it though :thumbup: Colon cleanses just can’t get that deep – she did over 20 flushes on me & still… :shrug:

OK, now I’m out of time, but the AFM stuff is pretty much scattered around above anyway! Gotta go back to Dr’s, so hopefully he’ll know this sinus stuff out for me once & for all so I can get some decent sleep & not be a miserable Blah! :thumbup: :happydance:

Lots of Luvs, :hugs:, :dust: & :wine: tonight!

Asry – Gosh, not long at all for you hun! Oh, great idea someone brought up – will you be our Halloween spell-casting good witch of the North? That’s perfect because you are our northern-most BNB beauty! So, your job is easy – just get us all pregs by Halloween, K? :haha: OK, so some of us Ov or ER on Halloween, so we’ll give you until mid-November? :winkwink: Wait - you can send us some Hocus Poke-us! :haha: Just let us know what Hocus looks like so we can let him in! :haha: Here you are:
 

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I am soooooooooooooooooooo behind on this thread, and actually all of life. DO NOT GET SICK. YOU WILL FALL BEHIND ON EVERYTHING!

Grkprn, I am so sorry you're going through this. :hugs: :hugs: It's the absolute worst. But congratulations on the rapidly falling numbers! Mine too are falling well: down from 2000 to 980 in a week after the metho shot! :happydance: Cheers to us! :wine:

Dr. House, I believe you have an idea for a new scientific study: The Effects of Glove Box Storage on Sperm Analysis for Fertility Specialists: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Clinical Implications. Let's write a grant!!!

For the rest of you, I'll catch up on your posts soon. I just wanted to duck my head in and say :hi:. Hope you're all doing well, and succeeding in coping with whatever stage of this crazy process you're in.

:hugs: :dust: etc.....
 
OMG Lils.... what a life you lead... could they not do snot irrigation at the same time as the colonic?? Save you a whole load of hassle... tubes in both ends! Mwahahaa!

Purps... thats it... you are on MAT LEAVE... Wahoooo

Dwrgi did you give her hell????

Dash hope you have a lovely 4 day weekend and enjoy the Birthday celebrations! Happy injecting for Sunday!

Hey Moon much luck with the testing!! Hoping for a BFP for ya!

DrH... what can I say... glove box accidents mean double wine at a weekend... plus chocolate.. what can I say? It is international law!

Same goes for you Pbl and Grk!

As Dash's email would say... rock the Casbah all... love the Universe!

... ooo and Hope is Important!
 
Pad - you didn't know that this was National Flush All Orifices Week? :haha: Yeah, now back from Dr's so I may lose another pound in snot. So this extra 5-10 lbs I've been carrying around for the last 2 years? It really wasn't from eating cookies, chocolate, candies, cakes, snacks, hors d' oeuvres, party food, drinking egg nog, wine & every Christmas cocktail you can imagine, 2 Christmases ago! It was just poo & snot... totally not my fault! :haha: Are you PT now chickie?

Oh yeah, Dash I loved the Rock the Casbah quote! (immediately the song came to mind & now I can't get it out of my head, either - thanks for that too! :haha:)

Pebble - thank God, finally! :thumbup: Yeah, no sick days allowed on BNB, you didn't get the memo? If I miss more than 3 days, it takes me like 2 hours to catch up & then post! But these ladies are so worth my time & effort! :winkwink: You are going thru a lot & sometimes we just can't keep up, so don't worry yourself. You just take care of YOU & get through all of this OK & that will make us all very happy. :hugs:

Moon - I'll come & check on you this weekend too :winkwink:.
 
Oh YES, I'll take on some of your :wine: tonight because after missing my Friday night :wine: dinners for the last 5 weeks? GAME ON. Sinusitis or not, I'm having 1 or 2 (or so) tonight! :drunk:
 

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