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[bbdreams]

:wave: Just dropping in to say hello to all my tthf girls! I am missing you girls, but I have been in a such a better frame of mind since taking a break. I have not been obsessing... just tthf on my own!

Titi-welcome!

parkgirl- I am so sorry to hear of your loss; it must be so hard!

Ann- I feel so bad for you that you are in such limbo; that must be really hard. You may have already answered this, but I missed it if you did, but have you talked to a doctor or found out why your cycle is so long?

DH took me away for the weekend for our anniversary! We had so much fun, and I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time and I even ov'd over the weekend. Now, I am just staying busy cleaning house, doing homework for my research class, and getting ready for vacation. I have more faith than ever in God that it is his will for us to conceive and that we will.

Anyway, love to you girls. I am always thinking of you. and 's for everyone!

 

[Annamumof2]

well testing day is tomorrow if i feel up to it, so fingers crossed girls

 

[Annamumof2]

:wave: Just dropping in to say hello to all my tthf girls! I am missing you girls, but I have been in a such a better frame of mind since taking a break. I have not been obsessing... just tthf on my own!

Titi-welcome!

parkgirl- I am so sorry to hear of your loss; it must be so hard!

Ann- I feel so bad for you that you are in such limbo; that must be really hard. You may have already answered this, but I missed it if you did, but have you talked to a doctor or found out why your cycle is so long?

DH took me away for the weekend for our anniversary! We had so much fun, and I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time and I even ov'd over the weekend. Now, I am just staying busy cleaning house, doing homework for my research class, and getting ready for vacation. I have more faith than ever in God that it is his will for us to conceive and that we will.

Anyway, love to you girls. I am always thinking of you. and 's for everyone!

if you mean me then its because of the depo, they cant do anything unless ive been trying for 2 years

 

[Jaimie2Eyes]

Hey there bbdreams! so glad you've been able to take a break. Thanks for thinking of us and checking in. Your weekend sounds delish!

Good luck with your hpt Anna, if you feel up to it.

Titi ~ DH and I have not tried to BD in the telescope. It is sort of hilarious to imagine it because it is really dirty and weird in there. It was built in 1962 so it has these ancient electronics everywhere...and a mouse had died in one of the hallways and that smelled super nasty. We joke about it though because they use red lights as night so as not to mess up people's night vision. The entire facility becomes a "red light district". However, it is about as un-sexy as possible...but DH does have a very big "telescope"

 

[Tanikit]

Anna Fx for tomorrow.

Jaimie love the pictures - lol about being in the telescope - could you make it sexy in any way at all and how much work would that take?

bbdreams glad you are feeling relaxed - it definitely helps and I am sure God does want you to have a baby. Two months before I fell pregnant we did the story of Hannah who gave birth to Samuel after crying to God in the temple (it was a Moms and Tots group story at our church for the littlees) I have cried a few times to God when in the bath just before AF arrived. The month I fell pregnant I prayed every single day that I could be pregnant - I had very little faith though cause I started crying and getting angry a few days before AF was due cause I didn't believe I could be pregnant - felt very guilty when I got my BFP about that. Hang in there - he has his own plan and knows what is best - and I say that now, but gee I struggled when ttc for long! Looking forward to hearing about your BFP soon.

Here's a question for everyone: If you won a million dollars but had to give it away (to anyone (one person only) - not an organisation though) who would you give it to and why? And more importantly what would you do about the people who were upset that you didn't give it to them?

 

[tryforbaby2]

Anna that is crazy - must be so frsutrating - still hoping in the mdist of this that you get your BFP.

Tryfor by the time I get my first scan you'll be heading into the second trimester - wow, can't believe it! I also came across one of Nessicle's posts recently and see she is at 15 weeks - where does the time go?

Parkgirl have you had it confirmed that you have lost the pregnancy or is it suspicion based on your signs? either way - it sounds so hard what you are going through - let us know further what is going on. Thinking about you.

When are you getting your first scan? They did mine early and I tried to get them to wait a few more weeks so I can get a nub picture but they said they couldn't let me wait. The days go by quickly but the weeks are seeming to take forever if that makes sense. I'm still trying to cope with having to share the pregnancy spotlight with my two sisters. They got pregnant right away and it took me nearly a year. They do nothing but complain about their pregnancy (gaining weight, having no money, they wished they didnt do it) but they don't know how it feels to people who have tried a long while and who really really want children more than anything in this whole world.

The only girls I think about are you tthf girls!!!

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This was a BIG weekend for our crew - so it is time for some big gif's!!

ParkGirl - I'm so sorry hon. I really hope you are hanging in there and truly taking some solace in your all too brief BFP, as proof that you and your OH can get pg. But I'm sure you must be very upset regardless. We are all thinking of you and hoping you are able to hang tough. Let me know if you'd like me to add your BFP to the roll call, of course I completely understand if you'd rather I didn't.

WELCOME TITI! I'm glad that the other ladies explained our disdain for "pop in BFPs" so well. We welcome anyone that wants to TTHF But explaining how to actually do that isn't so easy. One cycle we decided that you have to share your most embarrassing story after you ov. That was REALLY entertaining and it gave us something to laugh at rather than get all nervous about whether or not we've caught the egg. So that is sort of the jist of it - we are trying to support eachother without supporting the obsession, you know? We've also been sharing our favorite and least favorite words, along with fun vacation photos and stories. Oh, and we also shared the stories about how we met our OHs. So you've got lots of story telling to catch up on Totally kidding, but I am a big fan of the most embarrassing story in our lives. We tell each other minutia about CM so why not just put it all out on the table, you know?

Niamh - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I'll be 35 in December Even though that does seem kinda old those are my two favorite numbers so they still make me happy. Your camping trip sounded like FUN! I'd love to go camping with kids - I've never done that! Except when I was a kid myself...

Squirrel - You've inspired me to bake bananna bread for DH tonight! I can't believe how rude your co-worker is being. My only thought is that maybe because he is a guy he thinks that is a subject you'd be interested in and he is just trying to strike up conversation? But that is a horrible way to do it. Like its been said, you should never ask a women when/if she is having a baby unless there is one waving from between her legs!!! I will ask my DH about a good telescope in that price range. My boss just got one too so I'll ask him as well.

Did I tell ya'll that I spent the night on the mountain where my hubby works Saturday? He showed us sunset and the full moon through the world's largest solar telescope. It was too friggin' cool! The atmosphere works like a prism when the sun sets and you see all sorts of colors around the corona (edge of the sun). He works during the day because he observes the sun. I'll attach a pic. We could actually see the outlines of saguaros (super big cactus) on the mountain the sun sat behind.

You gals were KILLING me with the smepping trauma stories!! I'm definitely a believer that doing it every day is not what you need to do to get pg. Every other day at the most ~ drugging your DH's is pretty darned funny too!

Lucky - did you ever get the snorks cartoon in NZ as a kid? It was a knock off version of the smurfs. snorkel is a super fun word! Love your "growing tube" - yet another hilarious kiwi phrase. We just call those green houses here - but I will call them growing tubes from here on out, because that is far better!

MyTurn - did I already ask you what your thesis topic is? I'd love to hear it again if my memory has failed (as usual)

Honey - so glad you aren't spotting and that you busted out a nom fest!

Vitex is chaste berry, right? Is it something you have to stop taking after ov?

Howdy TryFor!

Hey Jaimie!! I think I wrote some comments to you on this thread the past few weeks, I'll have to go look for them and re-ask you! hehe!

Hey there bbdreams! so glad you've been able to take a break. Thanks for thinking of us and checking in. Your weekend sounds delish!

Good luck with your hpt Anna, if you feel up to it.

Titi ~ DH and I have not tried to BD in the telescope. It is sort of hilarious to imagine it because it is really dirty and weird in there. It was built in 1962 so it has these ancient electronics everywhere...and a mouse had died in one of the hallways and that smelled super nasty. We joke about it though because they use red lights as night so as not to mess up people's night vision. The entire facility becomes a "red light district". However, it is about as un-sexy as possible...but DH does have a very big "telescope"

With all that awesome traveling and fun you and your DH concoct together, you and him will be fantastic parents!

 

[honeybee28]

tanikit - hmmmm can i give it to my hubby so he can still take me on holiday!?

titi cant believe that family member of yours!! TTHF really is the best thing that's happened to me since we started TTC, but it can be really hard sometimes. if i see someone announce a pregnancy or whatever on fb i get so jealous etc it's tough to remember to have fun sometimes. but we're all in this together, and we'll all get there together, and it's making the journey a lot more enjoyable.

10dpo and the spotting started today, better than the last couple of months when it started on 8dpo i guess. but i'd still rather it didnt happen coz it makes me realise af is on the way.

niamh HAPPY BIRTHDAY LADY!!!!! What was your best birthday present? I have blood test results tomorrow.

xxx

 

[honeybee28]

i forgot to ask, i was wondering if anyone knew what happened to misszoiex that ran the odd testing thread? havent seen her around in a while.

also, funny story. so i talk in my sleep A LOT. Last night, just before we went to sleep i was helping dh with some work, he was preparing questions as he's interviewing for a new person on his team at work. we were up til about midnight and i was really trying to help and i was so tired. it had obviously got stuck in my head, i fell asleep and woke up in the night saying 'are any of your team mates going to come in here', hubs (who's very used to me talking in my sleep) answered 'no, of course they're not silly', to which i answered 'good, because im going to take my top off now', stripped, and fell back into a deep sleep again. lol!! I am officially crazy!!!

 

[Titi]

Thanks Honeybee! I think I am done feeling sorry for myself for now-it gives me secret pleasure that she is STILL in labor after forcing them to induce her this morning. giggle. BTW I REALLY hope the witch isn't coming for you.....I HATE her!!!!

Jaimie-I love the nosiness of TTC....where else could I ask someone where they do it?? ha ha! I think the red lights are definitely a sign though-and you could play astronomer and student, ha ha!!

Tanikit-thanks for sharing your story about your prayers. I have said more prayers and novenas etc. then imaginable. I get angry too sometimes and then feel guilty!!

Happy Birthday Niamh! and happy anny bbdreams!

If I won the money-and couldn't give it to dh, I would give it to my father. He used to be a police chief when we were growing up and used to always pick up extra shifts just so we would make ends meet. I'm one of 4 and my mom was a SAHM for years and we were pretty poor. My parents have great values and today are two of my best friends. They don't struggle as much anymore but my dad has to work third shift as a security guard and they have to really watch what they spend. I'd love for them not to worry anymore, esp. as they get on. But also my dad is such a good person, and with his value system I know he'd just keep enough and donate the rest.

 

[Jaimie2Eyes]

honeybee really sorry to hear the spotting has returned. I haven't ruled you out yet though - amazing the stories you hear about women spotting and even getting what might seem like AF despite being UTD. I love that saying! It was pretty funny what you said in your sleep

Tanikit - I would give the money to my Mom ~ she has never had much money and has always had to work very hard. And she raised us on her own for many years before marrying my step dad.

Oh no TryFor! I don't remember the questions you asked me either...sorry I didn't answer them!

 

[SquirrelGirl]

Happy Birthday Niamh!!!!

Honeybee, I was trolling around the LTTTC threads and saw a post of hers in there.


So much to catch up on, I tried reading through everything, and now I'll go back and start over to get all my quotes right!

 

[parkgirl]

Thanks for being so supportive. It's nice knowing you all actually understand.
I saw my doctor today and she was really positive. Gave the "you didn't do anything wrong" speech...it was actually nice to hear. She did give us the go a head to start trying again as soon as we wanted to. I may want to wait a month, but DH is ready to go.

I hope everyone is doing well. I feel completely out of the loop right now.

 

[SquirrelGirl]

Holy Moly ladies, you have been busy! I thought I was up to date...and then had about four pages to read!

Titi - so lovely to see you here! Welcome!!!

Loving the garden talks....our garden is dying out as it's winter and we are planning to start planting on our new land (my OH has already put a whole pile of garlic in...) but the spinach and coriander are still going strong, and our leeks and carrots are going to be ready soon....

The people that have been staying on the land we bought were running an organic seedling business, and had a grow tunnel which we bought off them...I will attach a pic...it's ridiculously big but imagine all the yummy tomatoes and basil we can grow in there!!!

How are all the lovely TTHFers doing today/tonight?

A little birdy told me it's someones birthday.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIAMH!!!!

That's so awesome that you have a green house/growing tunnel/grow tube/whatever! I think it would be cool to have one (much smaller obviously) so I could get a jump start on some of our veggies in the spring!!

Okay-suggestions please. How do you TTHF! on a day when a family member who was a total beeeeeeeeyotch complaining about being pregnant for nine whole months and drank through her pregnancy and refused to put up one single bump pic (b/c she was too fat, wah!) is in labor and its all anyone else is talking of?

If you figure this out, you will be elected our new supreme leader to whom we will pledge our undying allegiance! But in all seriousness, wow, that's a tough one. If I come up with an idea, I'll be sure to let you know!

https://www.smileyvault.com/albums/userpics/10172/grouphugg.gif

This was a BIG weekend for our crew - so it is time for some big gif's!!


Squirrel - You've inspired me to bake bananna bread for DH tonight! I can't believe how rude your co-worker is being. My only thought is that maybe because he is a guy he thinks that is a subject you'd be interested in and he is just trying to strike up conversation? But that is a horrible way to do it. Like its been said, you should never ask a women when/if she is having a baby unless there is one waving from between her legs!!! I will ask my DH about a good telescope in that price range. My boss just got one too so I'll ask him as well.

Did I tell ya'll that I spent the night on the mountain where my hubby works Saturday? He showed us sunset and the full moon through the world's largest solar telescope. It was too friggin' cool! The atmosphere works like a prism when the sun sets and you see all sorts of colors around the corona (edge of the sun). He works during the day because he observes the sun. I'll attach a pic. We could actually see the outlines of saguaros (super big cactus) on the mountain the sun sat behind.

You gals were KILLING me with the smepping trauma stories!! I'm definitely a believer that doing it every day is not what you need to do to get pg. Every other day at the most ~ drugging your DH's is pretty darned funny too!


Honey - so glad you aren't spotting and that you busted out a nom fest!

Vitex is chaste berry, right? Is it something you have to stop taking after ov?

From the bottom up! Yes, I believe it's also called Chaste Berry. There's a bit of debate about whether to stop or not after O. I have chosen not to stop after O. I read that you can take it all the way through, but take a 5 day break during AF. I am hoping it will help with the spotting and otherwise regulate my cycle...... But others say to not take it after O. If you're thinking of taking Vitex, you should do some research and decide for yourself what you think you should do.

NOM NOM NOM!

Those pictures are soooooooooo cool! That's nice that he works during the day. I think it would be tough to have alternate schedules.

Thanks for asking about the telescopes! I "think" I've narrowed it down to two, but one is a refractor and the other is a reflector, and every article I read never seems to agree which one is really better!

That guy at work made another comment today, about how I woudn't understand since I don't have kids. So I responded, "and boy do I appreciate you bringing this up EVERY SINGLE DAY!" just dripping in sarcasm. Another guy nearby laughed, but this guy didn't seem to let it register. Next time he says something, I'm going to have to calmly and directly say Please stop it. I'm afraid if he makes a comment at the wrong time (ie, right after AF arriving), I won't handle it well at all. Probably wouldn't be a good idea for me to start bawling or screaming (or both!).

And thanks for the big group hug! I love that smiley!

 

[SquirrelGirl]

I hope everyone is doing well. I feel completely out of the loop right now.

Hiya, Park! Don't feel you have to keep up! Take it easy and jump in whenever!

If you don't mind sharing, what is your first name? I'm Sara. I hope you're hanging in there.

 

[SquirrelGirl]

My DH wants to know, Jaimie if you "did babymaking in the telescope?"

I'm going to ignore Jaimie's description of the inside of the telescope and create my own fantasy for my hubby and me in my head! It sure sounds sexy!

Here's a question for everyone: If you won a million dollars but had to give it away (to anyone (one person only) - not an organisation though) who would you give it to and why? And more importantly what would you do about the people who were upset that you didn't give it to them?

hmm.... in real life, I'd give it to my sister. Just because, I'd want a family member to have it and my parents' have enough to be comfortable.

In BnB land, I'd give it to LuckyD so she could have a rockin' house for us to come hang out with her on her land! And also help her community where she works since it sounds like it's really needed.

10dpo and the spotting started today, better than the last couple of months when it started on 8dpo i guess. but i'd still rather it didnt happen coz it makes me realise af is on the way.

xxx

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR to the spotting!

 

[Titi]

SquirrelGirl-made me laugh twice when I read about electing me supreme new leaderme if I can figure out how to TTHF! admist beeeyotchy sucky pg people crap days and envisioning hot sex in the telescope!!!

 

[Titi]

Catching up:

Enjoying reading the beginning of the thread and your stories of how you met DH/OHs. Here is my first contribution-

I met DH in 1999 when I was bartending through school and his friend worked at the same place and he would come in to visit his friend. Because we were in relationships with other people we were polite but nothing really more, although there were sparks! He came in very infrequently and it took about a year for us to each be out of relationships and he started coming in again more often. I found out he liked me to when he was visiting and mentioned he had a stereo up for sale. One of the guys asked how much he wanted for it and he said he could have it if he would just get him a date with me. He was just joking around but it got the point across. We started dating in 12/2000 and I definitely knew he was the one. We originally got engaged in 2002 and built a house in 2003 & although we were really in love DH was refusing to grow up in a few ways and was too young & stubborn for an ultimatium so we took a "relationship vacation" in 2004 & I moved out for a year. DH agreed to counseling which we went to for years and it worked wonders (he is like the model husband now!!) DH then really took his time making sure that the changes were real and not just something he was doing to keep the relationship going. I was getting impatient waiting but he kept saying he wanted to make sure he could be the man I deserved and that this time it would be forever. In Atlantis, Bahamas, in 10/07 he proposed again, a surprise on the beach. We were so excited and started planning the wedding right away in which we did everything together (bridal shows, invitations, you name it, it was so much fun!) The best was that DH told everyone we were celebrating a union of love and that it should be all about love and respect and thus he wanted in lieu of bachelor/bachelorette parties one big dual shower. It was awesome-I loved it although he got so much crap from the guys. We got married in 09/08 back on the beach and then just recently this May renewed our vows in a Catholic Convalidation ceremony at our church. Kinda boring, but that's it.......

 

[SquirrelGirl]

That's not boring, Titi! That's amazing that your hubby was so in to working on being a good partner to you! What commitment and love! Definitely have a keeper!

 

[Ejay]

Hiya Titi, welcome x

Happy Birthday Niamh, sorry if i am a day late.

Squirrel - my goodness you certainly manage to keep up with all the posts, I think you deserve an award!

Had a madly busy day yesterday and weekend was a bit mad. I took my young horse to a dressage competition on saturday, both her and my second ever comp, we managed 64.2% and got 6th place, I was really chuffed, especially as the difference between us and second place was only about 2%

It has been really warm these past few days, I think it has buggered up temp chart a bit, FF started to make wild guesses at when I might have ovulated, I think it was early this month and have put my guess in at CD12. Have had no sore boobs after O this month, which I always get, it really annoys me, but this is great!!

Parkgirl - glad things went well at the docs, fingers crossed for you.

to everyone.

 

[Moondance]

also, funny story. so i talk in my sleep A LOT. Last night, just before we went to sleep i was helping dh with some work, he was preparing questions as he's interviewing for a new person on his team at work. we were up til about midnight and i was really trying to help and i was so tired. it had obviously got stuck in my head, i fell asleep and woke up in the night saying 'are any of your team mates going to come in here', hubs (who's very used to me talking in my sleep) answered 'no, of course they're not silly', to which i answered 'good, because im going to take my top off now', stripped, and fell back into a deep sleep again. lol!! I am officially crazy!!!

I LOLed SO SO much reading that honeybee! You are so awesome! LOL

Had my doctors appointment today, after missing yesterdays, got in with a different doctor today. I told her my symptoms of watery discharge and itchiness. She stood up then said "drop yer drawers"
So I got on the examination table and dropped the drawers. She puts on her gloves and points a hand at me like a gun and says "spread em!" I was pmsl.
She had one look and says "You has tha thrush... or rather the thrush has you... but I swab anyway" so she grabs the swab and stuffs it in and caps it. She was so cool.
She told me to go get me some Canesten cream with the applicator, and then the swabby stick got taken down to pathology to run some tests to rule out any other problems. Results whenever!