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[mushmouth]

Squirrel - icecream cone cupcakes? what on earth are they???


Soph - sorry the witch got you mines the heaviest its ever been (to be expected after the MC I believe) but no longer painful, and I did have a lovely Birthday!

tanikit - awww the poor little doggy! i hope you OH lets you keep it and the op goes well. I want to take the vuvuzelas and stuck them up someones behind! the big buzzy bee noise does my head in!!

hope you're all doing well girls!

I think TTC is off the cards for me for the foreseable future, darling hubby has decided it would ruin our lives/relationship. I hope you all get your BFPs this summer and I can live through you all! x

 

[Ejay]

Mush I am so sorry about you and your Hubby, maybe he is just frightened after your loss. Men don't seem to be able to show their true feelings very well especially when things like TTC feel so much out of their control. Hopefully you can talk things through with him and get to the bottom of what is realy on his mind. I am sure that he does not truly believe that having a baby will ruin your relationship.

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Hi Nixilix glad to see you, how's it going?

Tanikit - that little dog sounds cute, I hope he pulls through and you are able to keep him.

Soph - sorry AF got you, I am CD1 today so fingers crossed for both of us this cycle.

Lucky - hope your OH had a lovely birthday

 

[mushmouth]

Thank you Ejay - I've put more detail in my journal but I just feel quite deflated. I guess we'll have to wait and see, I don't want to push it more at the moment, I don't feel strong enough.

I hope your fertility statue works for you! x

 

[Tanikit]

Nixlix welcome back - been wondering how you were doing, but couldn't find any posts anywhere.

SquirrelGirl glad the cupcakes went down well!

Mush sorry to hear that DH isn't up to ttc right now - I think sometimes we don't realise how things affect them - my DH is adamant I must have a C-section next time I get pregnant because of all the worry when I gave birth naturally last time - until I had the chance to really discuss how he had felt I didn't understand. Maybe give yourself a bit of time and talk to him and try to get him to explain how he feels (not the easiest thing to do) and hopefully you can ttc again soon.

Happy BnB anniversary Anna.

Well I took DH to see the dog and he said we could keep it! Yay! We will operate tomorrow - I looked at the leg this morning and amputation is actually the only option now, so I don't feel bad - it couldn't be fixed another way. It is such a friendly little thing. My DD wants to call it Fudgie - not a name I would choose normally, but when you have a little one they get to choose.

 

[SquirrelGirl]

Hey ladies, just popped on before work, but I see there's a lot to respond to. Don't want to read and run, but Mush -- I do hope you and your hubby can talk it out. I agree with everything Ejay said. My hubby will barely talk about it.

Ice cream cone cupcakes... basically you fill an ice cream cone with cake batter, bake, then ice and put sprinkles on top. The only problem is having something to keep them upright in the oven and when storing/transporting. So I ordered these awesome carriers that have a holder in them for baking and transporting.

And now I am really late for work! Gotta go, catch up on the rest this afternoon.

 

[mushmouth]

Squirrel - oooh i love baking so may look into them! they sound funky! thanks for the idea!

Tanikit - good news on Fudgie! fingers crossed for the OP.

hmm as for hubby - I'm just going to leave him to it for now, I have my counsellor booked for tonight so will talk it over with her, not that she ever gives an opinion of course, just asks "and how does that make you feel" but often leads to answers!

I've asked him before and the bit about the loss that affected him most was seeing me go through the physical and emotional pain, maybe he doesnt feel he can risk that again...

thank you for all your support girls. it means a lot!
x

 

[Jaimie2Eyes]

Hi girls! Just checking in. I hope everyone is doing well! Honeybee and Jaimie I have been taking a break this month. Last month was very difficult for me and I found that if I am on here too much then I tend to ss a lot more and then when I get a bfn it makes it that much harder. I have been trying to stay relaxed and not think about it much this month. I have no symptoms other than the usual pms symptoms minus the cramping.

Also, Honeybee I also HATE it when someone ask me when I am going to have a baby. I get asked at least once a week now because I have been married for six years this month and because there are like five hundred girls around me that are pregnant now. I just want to scream at them!!! I think asking someone that question is so rude and discourteous!!! Anyway enough of my venting. AF will be here soon for me, and I am calling the urologist Tuesday to schedule an infertility workup for DH. Hopefully that comes back good.

I love all you ladies and even when I am not on here for a while I am cheering you all on!

I hope the break has / will be good for you bbdreams! I agree, it is rude to ask anyone when they plan on having a baby. It is right up there with "when will you get married?" and other inappropriate questions. Definitely hope that DH's workup comes back clear. Same here hon, even when you aren't on I'm cheering you on!

Changed my avatar today. When OH and I first got together we went on holiday to Malta, we went round some of the ancient sites and this godess featured everywhere, it turned out she is the godess of fertility. I nearly bought one when we were there but I didn't in the end. Thought I would put a pic of her in my avatar in the hopes it helps.

I was TOTALLY thinking about doing the same thing, putting an ancient fertility goddess carving up as my avatar. Great idea! I hope she brings us all her special blessing.

Speaking of anniversaries, dh and I have been together 6 years yesterday!

Check my siggy ladies - cd1 today
She got me.
Oh well, like I said I would be - I am fine. There really was no chance so I am ok with the witch coming. She has been a bit tough on me today but has finally eased off on the cramps.

I slacked off on taking maca so I have started taking that again and started the epo again today. I haven't caved in and started taking my hayfever tablets yet so vagina should be lovely and sperm friendly (I am dying to get my bfp so I can have a tablet again! Every part of me itches like crazy, but even when I do get the green light to take them I am going to try to not become so dependent on them like I was before. This break has been good in that I have realised that I can cope without them)
I am going to keep using preseed, softcups and digi opks.
That aught to do it!!!!

I am ordering my July bfp now!

So sorry Soph temping is awesome till your chart looks deceptively preggers! I hope AF has eased off. Is there a problem with taking allergy medicine while TTC? I didn't realize that...

I'm right there with you - doing EPO, softcups and digi opk's this cycle and put in my order for a July BFP

Hey everyone xx

Sorry for no long replies but am going to bed realllll soooon - so tired!

Promise I will do better replies next time!

CD7 for me and nothing to report...just chillin'.

No worries whatsoever LuckyD ~ my feeling is that when you have the time to respond to what interests you, great. If you don't, you don't! And that is perfectly ok ~ especially when you need to take a little break as we all do from time to time.

well hello girls! long time no speaky!!

Howdy Nixilix! How are you doing? Thanks for checking in, it is great to see a post from you

hmm as for hubby - I'm just going to leave him to it for now, I have my counsellor booked for tonight so will talk it over with her, not that she ever gives an opinion of course, just asks "and how does that make you feel" but often leads to answers!

I've asked him before and the bit about the loss that affected him most was seeing me go through the physical and emotional pain, maybe he doesnt feel he can risk that again...

thank you for all your support girls. it means a lot!
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Aw Mush ~ I hope the counseling helps you feel better. I agree, counseling doesn't always give you clearer direction but at least you are getting heard and working your thoughts and feelings out. I can't imagine how hard this must be for you. I hope that you and your hubby can take the time you need to work this out together and build up the confidence to move on

I had a face to face TTC chat with a friend here in Tucson on Saturday. I've only hung out with her a few times but she is a super sweet gal ~ we have loads in common and recently found out that we have long term TTC in common too! She has been trying for two years and is getting her third cycle of IUI today. She and her hubby have come back clear on all their diagnostic tests and just haven't gotten lucky yet for some reason I really hope she joins the summer BFP explosion!

I picture the summer of BFPs as a block buster movie I play the trailer in my mind over and over

Love yas,

Jaimie

 

[Moondance]

I think TTC is off the cards for me for the foreseable future, darling hubby has decided it would ruin our lives/relationship. I hope you all get your BFPs this summer and I can live through you all! x

He really thinks having a baby would ruin your lives????? What a gorram selfish prig!!! Children might at times, make you wanna pull your hair out, but they're a wonderful blessing, they can enhance your lives to an awesome extent.
I mean, I don't have one, but have wanted a child for years, but all of my exes weren't interested in having kids, which is why break ups ended up happening because I wanted more out of the relationship, and to have children together.

I think for a guy to say "having kids would ruin our lives" is just pure selfishness. Especially when you WANT children.

 

[Nixilix]

im good girls thanks. have no idea where i am on this cycle which is not like me but i was away for the first 11 days!

Could be 6dpo or could not of o'd yet!! so confusing! I promise i will come on for a big long chat soon, really need to catch up with you girls xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[SquirrelGirl]

So much for getting caught up on everything today. But I had a wonderful night hanging out with a bunch of ladies and bought some clothes. You know of Pampered Chef or Tupperware parties, right? Well, this was the same sort of thing, but with clothes! Weird sounding, yes, but I actually found a black dress, a straw colored jacket and some cargo pants.

Now it's time for bed!

Big hugs to everybody, and hope things are going well. Nighty Night!!!!

 

[LuckyD]

Hey Ladies!

Soph - I meant to say happy anniversary to you and your OH! Congrats x hope you had a nice day!

Lucky -- Hope you have a fantastic day at work. I know it's hard to get motivated for another week, but I hope you're enjoying what you're doing and getting more comfortable with the new job.

Thanks Squirrel, I am getting more comfortable with it, still a lot to learn though. One of the main reasons I don't look forward to work is getting up early! I am not a morning person. But it's all going fine xx

well hello girls! long time no speaky!!

Hey Nix! Nice to see you! Hope all is good in your world xx

Hi to all the other ladies. I hope everyone is doing well. It's been storming here most of the weekend and I'm ready for the rain to stay away for a bit.

Me too! Loads of rain, and the mornings are getting frosty - I had to scrape ice off my windscreen the other day...brrrrr....

Thank you Ejay - I've put more detail in my journal but I just feel quite deflated. I guess we'll have to wait and see, I don't want to push it more at the moment, I don't feel strong enough.

So sorry you are having a rough time mush I think you are wise in saying that you are going to wait until you are feeling stronger to bring up the discussion again. I am sure that when you feel up to it and when your DH has had some space that things will be different. I am going to go read your journal now xx big hugs

Well I took DH to see the dog and he said we could keep it! Yay! We will operate tomorrow - I looked at the leg this morning and amputation is actually the only option now, so I don't feel bad - it couldn't be fixed another way. It is such a friendly little thing. My DD wants to call it Fudgie - not a name I would choose normally, but when you have a little one they get to choose.

Aw, cute! Awesome that you are keeping the dog! I bet your daughter is super excited x

No worries whatsoever LuckyD ~ my feeling is that when you have the time to respond to what interests you, great. If you don't, you don't! And that is perfectly ok ~ especially when you need to take a little break as we all do from time to time.

I had a face to face TTC chat with a friend here in Tucson on Saturday. I've only hung out with her a few times but she is a super sweet gal ~ we have loads in common and recently found out that we have long term TTC in common too! She has been trying for two years and is getting her third cycle of IUI today. She and her hubby have come back clear on all their diagnostic tests and just haven't gotten lucky yet for some reason I really hope she joins the summer BFP explosion!

I picture the summer of BFPs as a block buster movie I play the trailer in my mind over and over

Aw, I am interested in everything you ladies have to say! I just had a busy and tiring couple of days...

So happy you have found a friend that can understand what you are going though - that is really great. Totally include her in the BFP explosion! Which, by the way, is going to be a WINTER explosion over here in NZ!


And winter it definitely is! There was snow on the hills again today...and our electricity bill has suddenly shot up as we have to have the heater on all evening.

Things are fine with me, work is busy but am getting my head around it all. It is a lot more responsibility and self-management than what the job description says, and I really should be getting paid a whole pile more than I am. However, it is a position that has only been funded for a year (which is normal in my line of work) and unfortunately there is not a lot of funding going into the youth sector. There are so many amazing people that do such incredible work with young people in our communities - and they are getting paid such crappy amounts.

We put some tenders in for the army houses on Friday - will wait and see what happens. If we get one, we think we could actually do it up to be pretty nice - they are so well built, and under the carpet have lovely wooden floors and we could easily knock down internal walls and play around with them a bit. So that is fun.

I think I am 9dpo today, but haven't been paying too much attention. I do have sore boobs - but as those on the 30-something thread will know, I choose to ignore my boobs! They have given me false hope too many times...


Hope you are all doing well!

 

[CelticNiamh]

Hi Every one dashing in to say hello and hugs to all

Mush oooh hun may be a break is what you need, to heal a bit more you and DH you can may be try but not try ??? is your DH worried over the stress of TCC and may be a repeat it does effect them as much as us, but I guess men think they have to be strong for us.

Nelix how the hell are you doing

Feel like I have missed lots!! been so busy and I guess out of the loop, it was nice not stressing this cycle and seeing AF did not bother me at all she was very kind as well over very quickly but no spotting yay! hope the MACA is doing its thing!

LuckyD sounds chilly like that you are not SS or stressing yet

Jaimie sending sticky vibes to your friend

Hope every one else is ok

 

[honeybee28]

Hey everyone!! I think lucky has said everything i was going to say lol!! ooooh fx you get the house. and fx your sore boobies mean something!

squirrel those cones sound amazing, how do you keep them upright in the oven? do the cones not go soggy at all?

Mush you know im here if you need a chat. always thinking of you.x

ive had a high on my cbfm for 6 days now grrrr hurry up eggy!!

I have a job interview tomorrow!gulp. im so nervous about it coz it involves a lot of tests and i don't like them. never mind, i can only do my best huh.

me and hubs have been married 6 months today!!

running late (again!) gotta gooooooooo xxx

 

[Tanikit]

LuckyD gald the work is going ok and hope they will get more funding so you can get paid more - sounds like you certainly deserve it. Like where you are, its freezing here now. It will be -5C tomorrow which for us is really unusual (it seldom gets below 0C) - I have no gloves or scarf or any winter stuff simply because we don't usually have winter like that. Hope you get your house - will be fun to get it looking great.

Mush sorry things are hard right now - taking a break when you want something so badly is always hard.

Jaimie glad you could chat to your friend - having someone going through the same thing always helps. Hope you both get your BFPs soon.

Honeybee happy half year anniversary! Good luck for your interview tomorrow - hope it goes realy well.

7dpo today and not noticing anything much. I amputated that little dogs leg today and it all went fine. I may bring the dog home tomorrow depending how everything goes this afternoon. At the moment it doesn't feel like my dog which is why it was easy to operate, later on I don't think I could have done that.

 

[MyTurnYet]

Hi ladies! I'm having trouble keeping up, lately. Was feeling really sad this morning, so need to get back into TTHF mode. This is my first full month temping and had a big temp drop this moring, which I guess means that AF is coming later today/ tomorrow. Every holiday I get in my head how great it'd be to announce to our families when we get together, so was just thinking how wonderful it'd be to announce the pg (that hasn't happened yet) on Father's Day this weekend. Looks like that is not happening! On the bright side, have an OB appointment tomorrow, so that makes me feel slightly better. Am going to ask if she can help me and/or recommend an RE. Think I'll go in there with a list of questions.

Also, went to visit my sister and new niece again last night. She is so, so, so cute. Not sure if I mentioned, but holding a baby makes me want one even more!

Tanikit- that's such a cute/sad story about the doggy. I'm so happy you were able to save him, and hopefully will be able to take him home soon. Feel free to upload a pic if it's not too much trouble!

Soph - sorry to hear about stupid AF. I hate AF.

Honeybee - good luck on your intereview! Was that you that was talking about eating babies feet? That cracked me up...totally know what you mean! I feel the same way when I see little baby hands and even kittens...I just want to eat them up because they're so cute!

Lucky - how exciting about the house! Glad your job is going well, even though it sounds super busy! I think you said it's going to be full-time for a couple of months, and then go to part-time, right? Is that still looking like the plan?

Squirrel - the new clothes sound fun! Hey, would you mind passing along your cupcake recipe? Only if it's not too much trouble. I have a 4th of July party coming up, and thought that'd be really fun to bring. Are they difficult to make?

Jaimie - did you post about your trip, yet? Did I miss it?

Mushmouth, bbdreams - lots of hugs.

to anyone else I missed!

 

[honeybee28]

haha jill yup that was me. i totally want to eat kittens too, and puppies lol. mmmm yummy babies foot nom nom. lmao!! hope you're ok sweetie sorry you're sad. i dont know anything about temping so can't offer any help im afraid but i have heard it's not always so reliable.

thanks girls, im nervous about tomorrow, will let you know how it goes eeek. still it was a good excuse to buy a really smart new dress lol. in fact i bought two! as i have to go straight to the interview from work, so i got a new dress to wear yesterday so people dont ask questions when i wear a brand new dress on wednesday lol. that's how i justified it to hubby anyway, not sure he bought a word of it!!

imagine if i get a bfp and a job offer before the end of June, how amazing would that be!! (though id be more than happy with the bfp alone)

cooking fajitas for dh tonight, then we're gonna watch a movie and an early night ;-)

what's everyone else up to?

 

[Tanikit]

MyTurnYet - sorry your temp has dropped - while chances are AF will come when that happens, there is still hope til it makes an appearance. Hang in there.
Will try and post a picture of the puppy when I get it home and take some photos.

Good luck for tomorrow honeybee - always a good excuse to get new clothes

Its a public holiday here tomorrow so we'll all be at home - I have to see someone in the afternoon, want to pick up the puppy in the morning and I need to take DD shopping to get something for her Dad (DH) for Father's Day. It is so cold here though that I just want to stay in bed - we will also watch a movie tonight though.

I have been quite irritable today so have decided to start taking high doses of calcium now - apparently it can help with bad PMS (which I always get) and it won't do any harm if I am pregnant. I've had quite a few weird symptoms today mostly since I last posted, but am trying to discount them else I'll just drive myself crazy.

 

[honeybee28]

ahhh that sounds a nice day tankit - why is it a public holiday there.

woah make way for gale force mood swings. i've totally trashed our half anniverary with my whinging and bitching - dh won't even sit in the same room as me now. well done me. i dont know whats wrong with me sometimes.

 

[tryforbaby2]

 

[SquirrelGirl]

squirrel those cones sound amazing, how do you keep them upright in the oven? do the cones not go soggy at all?

I have a job interview tomorrow!gulp. im so nervous about it coz it involves a lot of tests and i don't like them. never mind, i can only do my best huh.

Good luck on the interview!!!!


Here's how you can make the ice cream cone cupcakes without a special carrier that I just bought.

Take a 9 by 13 inch pan and put as many ice cream cones (with a flat bottom obviously! no pointed sugar cones!) standing up in the pan. You want them tight enough that they keep each other upright. Fill 2/3rds full with cake batter, any flavor you wish! Bake just like you would cupcakes (so probably 350 degrees). Keep an eye on them while they bake. But they might take about 20 minutes. If you overfill them, they will spill over the sides. If you underfil them, then they don't look very good! So it's kind of tricky to get it just right.

Once baked and cooled, frost and put sprinkles on just like you'd do with any cupcake.

The ice cream cones get soggy after a day or so, but if you eat them the same day you make them, they taste awesome. They aren't incredibly crispy, but they aren't soggy either.


I ordered carriers from "Joy" ice cream cones... They aren't sold online, but if you buy some cones, on the side of the box is an order form. This carrier helps you keep the cones upright in the oven and also works great for transportation.

Without the carrier, transportation is nearly impossible. But what I had done once was use the empty ice cream cone boxes, turned them on their sides and cut holes the size of the bottom of the cones, then slid the finished cones into the holes. It helped keep them upright.

Attached are some pictures of some I made for a friend's kids' birthday party so you can see the progression. This was before I had the nifty carriers I love so much!