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[CelticNiamh]

Niamh, Thank Goodness! I am glad you and your bestie had a nice chat and sorted your differences. Again, Thank Goodness! I don't know what I would do if I lost my best friend!

Yea I feel so much better, she was so sorry for upsetting me so its all good as well, I think I may have been a bit to sensitive as I am an over thinker and worrier and she is very out spoken and says what she think's which I have always loved about her. better to talk and get it sorted eh

Hey everyone,

Still been thinking about you Tanikit - hope you are doing ok xx

Sorry I haven't had time to catch up with everyone either! Been cooking all day, then family for dinner and then we have family and friends up here all weekend so it's going to be busy (but good). Will have to have a proper catch up after the weekend!

Niamh - so glad to hear that you had a good chat with your friend and are feeling better now. I am doing pretty good thanks love xx

So sorry to be so rushed everyone! Hope you are all doing well xxx take care and promise I will catch up properly soon

yep its great feel so much better, glad to hear you feeling good, Im having roasted pumpkin to night. you know today I miss Australia which is strange for me as I was so homesick there. but the weather is hot so hot and humid like it was when I was on the sunshine coast you know the heat that hits you when you come out of a shop you can smell it in the air. my DH said the same.

wow you know every time I have sat down to reply on BnB some one has knocked at the door, rang or I am in a rush out the door, I am looking forward to relaxing next week when all the madness is over


hugs to every one

 

[MyTurnYet]

All -

Thanks for the encouragement to be honest and not worry too much about posts. I tend to be the peacemaker in my fam, so am hypersentive about offending people. Always worried about making someone else upset or uncomfortable and will sometimes suffer myself to avoid it. Basically, try to make everyone else happy. Sometimes it's a good trait, but sometimes it's not. Learning to speak up a bit more.

I'm so loving the talk of writing and publishing! I'm getting my masters in English and am a total bookworm. I write, too, but for now it's mostly my thesis. Have some time off from school while I'm waiting for my thesis proposal to get approved, so am getting my hands on any light, fun reading I can at the moment. Right now, I'm focused on chick-lit (currently reading Baby Proof by Emily Giffin) until I go back to my Edith Wharton thesis stuff.

Soph - I would LOVE to read some of your short stories. Is there somewhere I can read online, or would you be willing to send to me? I can give you my e-mail address in a PM. Only if you want, to, of course, but was v. excited when I saw that. Will definitely pick up your book once you write it, too!

Moon - I would follow Soph's advice. I've been reading a lot about self-publishing and print-on-demand books lately, as well. I suppose it's best to try for an agent/publishing house first, but w/ the economy the way it is publishing houses are picking up less and less authors since they are losing money, so some writers are turning to self-publishing. At least, that's what I've read. A few have made the New York Times Bestseller list.

Now that I know there are so many writers in here, and that my secret is out that I'm an English MA, I'm going to be all self-conscious of my typing. I tend to be lazy, so don't spend as much time paying attention to grammar in my posts.

SquirellGirl - BnB is bad for your brain - not only is it waaaaaay TMI for real life, but a whole different language too! lol

Couldn't agree with this more! You know what, though? I noticed I've been being slightly more open w/ girlfriends about TTC since posting on here all the time. It's kind of a good thing because I can get my feelings out. Aside from one very rude comment that I posted on the 30-something page. I won't repeat here, but she wasn't a good friend, anyway.

I'm in a relatively good mood today, despite having been to school. Makin friends with this gal in class, Gilda (who likes to be called Jill, so I call her Jillybean, lol). We were just being smart aleccy, sassy bom chica wow wow girls all day, ROFL.

I'm called Jillybean, too. Also, JillyWilly, JillBeana, JillyWillyWonkaBeanie, Jill-o, Jill-o-willo-meano (that one is hard to explain), Jill the Pill (growing up, by my sister). Why is it that everyone else's nicknames get shorter, but mine get longer?

Thanks for all the wishes everyone. We are all a little exhausted this morning as we battled to sleep. I did get some sleep eventually and so feel a bit better today. There is a lot that we need to do today - I feel a bit annoyed because I have been trying to sort my sugar levels out and the readings were all stored on my sugar machine which also disappeared last night. I know its stupid things we think of now. DD had to ask to go to bed last night because we kept the kids up with us for a long time.

In some ways I am glad I know I am not pregnant this cycle else I would be worrying what had happened to the embryo now.

Hope everyone else is ok - who is next to test?
Will have to try to do something fun today so I can type something good on here next. What is everyone doing for the weekend?

Tanikit, like Julia said, I'm still thinking of you.

All I have a confession to make. I cried this morning. Started getting cramps last night and then AF came on full force, and just couldn't help it. Feeling slightly hopeless, but started to research fertility specialists and made an appoint. w/ my OB for June 16th.

 

[Tanikit]

Celtic glad you could have that chat with your friend. Enjoy all the visitors and get some rest afterwards.

Today has been very hard. We are battling to get things sorted out - there is so much admin and red tape to getting cards back here - its easier for the criminals than for the victims. We are also all exhausted so the kids are playing up and I have a short fuse. I just want to be left alone and sleep. Celtic we live in South Africa - hijackings are fairly common - so common they do not make the newspapers, but we all know people who have been killed in hijackings cause sometimes they are trigger happy, so it is very very scary when it happens. The people who hijacked us had stolen a car with an immobiliser that had stopped at our neighbours and they were just looking for a get away car so were luckily in a big hurry - they forgot to search me properly so at least we still have a cellphone. I am angry about it now though and still rather scared everytime we stop to let the car into the house.

Lucky enjoy having the family round and enjoy the weekend.

We may go and spend the night with the inlaws tomorrow - while its good to get away I also need some space though, so not entirely sure its the right idea.

Its nice to hear there are so many writers in here - Soph would also love to read your stories if you wouldn't mind. I spent some time doing nanowrimo a few years back but that is as far as my writing has gone - I get too impatient to edit.

MyTurnyet - sorry AF arrived. Hope you can get a helpful OB and get a BFP soon.

 

[MyTurnYet]

Lucky, I'm trying to find your post about your wedding party and the picture of you riding in on the segway. I thought that was so awesome!!! Sounds like the funnest day, ever...I kind of wish I was there.

 

[MyTurnYet]

Tanikit, that sounds so scary. I will continue to think of and pray for you. I'm sorry.

 

[tryforbaby2]

Jill, I am glad to hear you made an appointment. It's so hard to wait, even though we know the statistics. Sometimes I think BnB makes the journey more difficult because then you have to see complete strangers get their bfp's, see them have MC's, fall into the poas addiction, different views and opinions, etc etc....I know there were times I thought about stopping BnB so it wouldn't drive me crazy!
Maybe once you see someone and get some advice/assistance you may feel better knowing that there may be a way of actually doing it soon! I am happy for you, keep me posted on your appointment! Good Luck!
Oh and I am so sorry the witch arrived for you, what are you planning on trying this cycle?

Niamh, you are a busy gal aren't you! Thats how I was all weekend last weekend!

LuckyD, you also are a very busy gal this weekend. Don't worry about us, have a blast this weekend and we will be here when you return!

Hmmm.....if almost everyone is taking a fun weekend break this weekend maybe I should go out and have fun too!

Hi everyone! How is your days going?

 

[MyTurnYet]

Oh no, sorry for being confusing - we didn't go out and get hitched that day! We had our Civil Union a year later. We were living in Australia at the time, and they don't do Civil Unions, so came back to NZ for it. It was awesome! Such a good weekend. We had about 65 friends and family, lots of them stayed up the coast with us for the weekend. We had a celebrant, but totally made up our own ceremony and vows. We had a friend MC it, then a whole pile of talented musician friends form a band for the day, to play a few songs that we wanted. Oh, and we came in on segways - my Dad has a whole pile of them, it was hilarious. Then had an awesome meal and speeches and crazy dance floor action til 5 in the morning. It was so much fun.

Have an awesome, awesome time on the road! We went through Roswell on our trip - went to the UFO museum there - pretty funny. Drive safe and keep in touch when you can!

Oh, and AF is definitely here! But am fine xx

Here is a photo of me and my OH arriving at our Civil Union on segways...

Finally found it!! That took forever. Can you possibly make this pic your avatar? It makes me smile. I do like the bike avatar, too, though. Come to think of it, your avatar always features some kind of outdoor experience and transportation. Always looks like you're really living the TTHF life! I love it.

 

[MyTurnYet]

Thanks so much, Julia. Truth be told, you're the one who inspired me to finally make the call. After reading your posts about it, I promised myself I would do it if not successful this cycle. But then, you wound up not even needing to go!

Edited: Go for additional appointments/procedures I meant to say.

 

[tryforbaby2]

Good, I hope my wonderful luck of a bfp before my initial treatment is good luck for you all and inspiration. I also noticed the flock of bump belly avatars, which I also hope is luck for you all!!!
Truth be told Jill,I was referred to an RE in January but was too scared to make the call/move. I waitied until March/April to call and get an appointment. Luckily it only cost me $375 for my exam and no more! I am thankful I don't have to go through that huge out of pocket expense!

 

[MyTurnYet]

Oh yeah, last cycle I kind of pulled out all the stops, so guess this cycle I'll do the same...Maca, FertilityBlend/Fertilitea, soft cups, SMEP (modified version), pre-seed...

One thing I am doing additionally now is temping. I tried in the past and kind of gave up on it after one day, but I finally got on FertilityFriend last week, and am trying the whole temping thing. Figured it can't hurt and will give me more info to take to the dr. when I go.

 

[tryforbaby2]

Thats true about the FF and temping you will definitely have some more info and be able to narrow down your ovulation better! I also tried for one day and gave up. I didn't want the rejeciton of seeing my temp drop before af and I coudn't make myself remember to take it every morning either!
Hmmm...have you tried digi opk's?

 

[mushmouth]

SquirellGirl - BnB is bad for your brain - not only is it waaaaaay TMI for real life, but a whole different language too! lol

Couldn't agree with this more! You know what, though? I noticed I've been being slightly more open w/ girlfriends about TTC since posting on here all the time. It's kind of a good thing because I can get my feelings out. Aside from one very rude comment that I posted on the 30-something page. I won't repeat here, but she wasn't a good friend, anyway.

hahah having said that, I am now able to talk to my bestest about much more intimate things, but still... not as far as we go in here

I'm actually feeling a bit torn about my first AF, part of me wants it here so I can move on, the other part of me is terrified it'll be a nasty reminder that its not happening - so I'm sure I'll shed a tear or three too. I'm sorry AF got you MyTurn

 

[MyTurnYet]

I'm waiting for someone to write a book about our TTHF group, so I can read it.

 

[mushmouth]

oooh I started temping last week, and have no idea what any of it means so it should be fun! I use IC OPKs and they seem to work for me....

 

[MyTurnYet]

Haha, me too Mush on having no idea what it all means.

I'm using the CBFM, but backing it up w/ IC OPKs. I haven't tried a digi OPK. Maybe I should get a smiley-face one, just for kicks.

 

[MyTurnYet]

SquirellGirl - BnB is bad for your brain - not only is it waaaaaay TMI for real life, but a whole different language too! lol

Couldn't agree with this more! You know what, though? I noticed I've been being slightly more open w/ girlfriends about TTC since posting on here all the time. It's kind of a good thing because I can get my feelings out. Aside from one very rude comment that I posted on the 30-something page. I won't repeat here, but she wasn't a good friend, anyway.

hahah having said that, I am now able to talk to my bestest about much more intimate things, but still... not as far as we go in here

I'm actually feeling a bit torn about my first AF, part of me wants it here so I can move on, the other part of me is terrified it'll be a nasty reminder that its not happening - so I'm sure I'll shed a tear or three too. I'm sorry AF got you MyTurn

Same here...I've had to stop myself short a couple of times. Like on soft cups. SOOO not ready to divulge that to the general public. I don't even tell anyone but DH I'm on here. I like that I can say whatever crazy/ gross thing I want and not worry about being judged, or all of my friends and family talking about it.

 

[MyTurnYet]

Mushmouth we're all here for you and your AF. I can imagine it must be quite hard.

 

[mushmouth]

Mushmouth we're all here for you and your AF. I can imagine it must be quite hard.

awww thank you - you made me quite teary then!

HUbby Knows I use a site, but not HOW much, or the things we'd say - I think he'd die of embarresment

 

[MyTurnYet]

Oh, forgot I had some questions from earlier posts, and then really must pull myself away from BnB and get back to work (wish me luck)!

1. What is a "bogey"?
2. What is a "misgog"?

 

[mushmouth]

bogey = snot, the green stuff in your nose...

misgog - if I wrote that - its more than likely a typo! haha


good luck doing ANY work!