UK SMOG Wannabes ~ December

[indigoviolet]

Goodnight all, heading to bed, feeling wiped out.
Sleep well

[Sunset]

Evening ladies!

HappyLea ~ omg how scary! I hope your dad is ok!!!! There are a few ladies who are waiting to ttc until March so you won’t be alone I do believe both Chocolate and Wishing4pink is planning on swaying then
The test line has to be as dark or darker than the control line for the test to be positive so i would say it was probably negative this morning. When it’s positive it’s usually very obvious
I think if you are happy with your sway plan then it will definitely be a good sway! For my sway I took calcium citrate, magnesium, cranberry and vitex supps. I could locate my cervix but could never quite work out when exactly i was ovulating by cervix position alone so i used to rely more on my cm and temp shifts to work out approximately when o+12 happened. To test your ph you will need to collect a little cm high up in your v. It doesn’t necessarily have to be right from the cervix if you cant find it but don’t use cm from the entrance as that will be very acidic. I used to insert a menstrual cup for half an hour to get a good sample to test

Deaks ~ oh your rash sounds so terrible! I hope it’s not too uncomfortable for you! Good luck with your attempt this month! Are you planning on doing a true o+12? Will you be using any lime or aci gel?
4 days :P i think it’s safe to say you’ll be celebrating Christmas more than us this year

Petal ~ it’s so nice to hear from you again! Glad to hear he is sleeping well for you!

Indigoviolet ~ i know you’ve told me before but forgive my terrible memory, are you Swedish? I’m wondering because you seem to have alot of Swedish traditions in your family and you seem to understand alot of Swedish? Unfortunately i don’t like sill but the Christmas ham, meatballs and potatoes can’t go wrong
good luck at your scan on Friday! I’ll be stalking!

Zanacal ~ If you’ve never gone early before i wouldn’t worry if it’s only for 3 days. Personally because of ds2 being born at 36 weeks i wouldn’t dare going away on holiday in my 3rd trimester.

Inglewood ~ enjoy tonight! I hope you have a good time!!

Hello to everyone else!! i’ve spent over an hour wrapping presents tonight.. i don’t think i’ll ever feel my legs again haha

[HappyLea]

Thanks Sunset - Dad is back home now after lots of tests turns out its a throat infection that was affecting his breathing and the dont know what the blip was on ECG but all his test came back ok which is good.

With everything with dad today i forgot to do another OPK between 2-4pm but just done one now and it is very nearly the same shade but maybe not quite 100% same shade but going in the right direction to get a + one soon i also getting what i think is o pains in my lower back.

I have just read about the menstrual cup on another thread also and think i will give that ago, its nice to know that it does have to come right from cervix entrance. Just looking at getting some of the supps and holland and barrett have a sale on the vitex sucker for a bargain...lol!

Im excited to be getting ready to actually do this...eeek!!!

[Kell]

Hey guys!
I'm so exsausted from having the boys all weekend I'm just popping in to say hi!

Inglewood have a good night out!

Zanacal the holiday sounds like a great idea!

I'm off to bed! Need some beauty sleep!

[zanacal]

Thanks all, now to twist DH's arm

[HappyLea]

well quick update before i go to sleep, i had few o pains earlier and still getting them now. so i thought i would try and check cm (i still didnt find cervix) but i got some ewcm. I think i may just get the hang of tracking my cycle yet.

does ewcm come before ov or after? as OPKs today are much darker but a shade or so lighter than control line. Am i right in think i may actually ov in early hours??

Inglewood ~ hope your night out was fab

Zanacal ~ the holiday sounds great

Goodnight all x

[pinga]

zanacal - holiday would prob be fine. I'd just make sure I'd worked out all the hospital options nearby. I got married at 32 weeks and he stayed put despite all the excitement. was dancing all night too

Well I'm sure I've missed loads!! My brother has left now - he's gone on to stay with my sister in Sydney. Was lovely to meet my little niece - shes only 18 months with blonde crazy curly hair! Must admit I did get sad a couple of times when I was hanging out all her little girly washing.... thinking I wonder if I'll ever get to do this.

There was a program on cable here the other evening and I finally got around to watching it. It was called "8 boys and wanting a girl". It was an English show... mentioned IG and PGD. It was really good to see actually... and interesting to see what the men said about the situation.

How are everyones Christmas plans going? I can't believe its only in a few days. Was rushing round this moring buying a couple of last minute things. I think I'm finally done though.

Hope everyone is going well...

[charlieispy]

Hi all

Sounds like we are all busy getting ready for xmas x sunset hope you got the feeling back in your legs i sat and wrapped presents for a couple of hours last night too was feeling really sick so not my best wrapping! Still have a few joint presents for the boys to wrap and ds2 bike!!!!

Inglewood - how was your night out hope it was fun and you are not too tired this morning x

Zanacal - hope you get that holiday booked x x

pinga - how lovely but so hard to have a little girl about the house FX for your very own x x what are you having for xmas dinner - bbQ??

Deaks - hope the rash is still improving not long till your attempt? FX for you hun you really deserve a sticky BFp

(BTW cant do capital p's as ds3 has fiddled with puter and it pops up a virtual keyboard!)

Littlemiss - how are you feeling

indigo - hope you arent too tired and sick

Kell - you too x was DH working all weekend? Mine often does and i find it really hard

maybe - how are you hope bump is doing well x are the boys excited for xmas

London was fantastic the theatre only took us just over an hour to get to but parking was ridiculous in the end DH dropped us off and parked in a disabled spot (other people were doing this too) glad he didnt tell me till the end or i would have screwed! Was shattered though - DH let me sleep in the afternoon which was good as I HAD to start the wrapping kept meaning to but so totally washed out once the boys are in bed. Only have a few bits left now.
Had a moment in bed listening to the boys being boys and discussing which DVD to watch - all boy ones of course and thought oh god please let me have a pink one in my belly - i just want someone to share girly stuff with and to feel not so totally alone and alien in a house of blue...........although i am sure I will produce another boy! My friend had her first yesterday too and beautiful little girl........<sigh> anyway enough of that

any plans for the holidays before the big day? We are about to make gingerbread x tomorrow have to go food shopping and deliver cards etc x thurs/fri no plans as of yet

[Sunset]

HappyLea ~ glad to hear all the tests came back normal! I can only imagine how worried you must all have been! Ewcm is very individual i would say. I always got ewcm several days before ov so i’m not much help there lol if you’ve had 2 what looks like +opk’s you might well be ovulating soon. Is this your first cycle tracking ov?

Zanacal ~ did you manage to twist his arm?

Kell ~ hope you manage to get some zZz

Inglewood ~ hope you had a good time last night!

Pinga ~ good to hear from you again! I can imagine it must have been hard to have a little girl in the house, but who knows you might be cooking your own daughter i’m terrible, i’ve still got to buy my DH as Christmas present.. but in my defence he’s ridiculously hard to buy for!

Charlieispy ~ i did finally feel my legs again i think from now on i’ll have to sit at the table and wrap presents instead of on the floor. It was a bad idea! Glad you enjoyed the theatre! aww don’t lose hope yet, i didn’t think i was cooking a pink one, but it seems I am and I have got a pink feeling for you!!! i still can’t believe you’re gonna stay team green and keep me waiting eek! I admire you so much for not giving into curiosity!!
No plans really, i’m busy tidying the house so it looks somewhat presentable when we have guests on Saturday. Ds1 is still poorly with croup so we’re having lazy days in at the moment. I need to go food shopping tomorrow as well.. should be fun *not*. I tried to book a delivery slot online, but was I a fool to think there would be any available at this time of the year so i will just have to brave the supermarket lol

I'm going to see the midwife this afternoon to check my blood pressure again and hopefully it will behave

[chocolate]

Hey everyone, not long till Christmas!!!

Im wrapping tonight, will not do wrapping on Christmas Eve, takes so much longer than expected and Christmas Eve I get all the pressies out and decorate the room with tacky xmas decorations and say the elves did it :-)

OH has been back to work and I made him sleep on the sofa for 2 nights (good job it isnt ttc months) he just doesnt seem to ever get my points unless he gets a punishment! I jokingly made him a good behaviour reward chart too lol.

My friend is off for a scan today, she is early pregnancy and started spotting yesterday and it hasnt stopped, she has had miscarriages before but has a boy and a girl so really hoping its just one of those things. I miscarried on the 29th December just after Christmas, miscarriages are awful but around Chrsitmas just adds to it :-( Fingers are crossed for her.
Made me realise to def. go back under the specialists care so I will get monitored and early scans as my risk goes up to 40% by just having PCOS. Life can be very cruel but trying to remember people who are worse off and cant have children, have a lot to be grateful for this Christmas :-)